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Turn recap: 'Nightmare'
Abe seeks revenge, but Simcoe will be waiting
By Jeff Labrecque
July 01, 2017 at 10:28 PM EDT
Credit: Antony Platt/AMC
“Your whole future — your name — depends upon the outcome of this war. Suffer defeat and you’ll face infamy as America’s Judas. Achieve victory and they’ll build monuments to you.” —John Simcoe to his new commander, Benedict Arnold
Hindsight is 20/20, but Benedict Arnold’s fate was not yet sealed in 1781. After betraying his friends and the American Revolution, his future could still be written in his favor. But even he may not have truly understood until oily John Simcoe explained the personal stakes over drinks. Expectant-father Arnold finally has command of a Loyalist American Legion, with Simcoe’s Queen’s Rangers and other redcoats under his command. General Henry Clinton — and the rest of the British officers—loathe Arnold, so much so that the British commander gives Simcoe (and Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas) permission to “incapacitate” Arnold in the field as soon as they have an opportunity. But Simcoe has a different perspective: In Arnold, he sees a resolute leader who will not relent until absolute victory — no matter the methods. This is a man Simcoe can work with. Arnold had finally received the command he craved by promising, “With fear and terror at my side, I will bring the hammer of war down on Washington’s head like the god Ares himself.” With Simcoe, fear and terror is what the patriots can expect.
The Culper ring knows firsthand what havoc Simcoe is capable of wreaking. And it doesn’t take them long to see his fingerprints on the prisoner-exchange ambush that killed Judge Woodhull. For Abe, the assassination weighs heavy, for obvious reasons. Remember that Abe’s older brother Thomas was killed trying to suppress the Liberty Pole Riot, a disturbance that Abe participated in sparking. He never stopped blaming himself for Thomas’ death, and now he feels guilty for his father’s death as well. In his dream, he writes words in the Culper spy book that must feel like millstones around his neck (disapproval, malcontent, defeat, disappoint), and then his angry father confronts him again and blames him for ruining everything.
When Abe awakes from his nightmare, he finds that he’s not back in Setauket. Instead, he’s in a barn in Washington’s camp in New Windsor. His father’s cold dead body rests nearby, and Anna is there to console Abe. After the ambush, Ben had delivered Caleb to a different military hospital and then returned to New Windsor with the Woodhulls because he couldn’t get them across the Sound. When Caleb awakes and comes to his senses, he remembers that Simcoe deduced during his brutal interrogation that Abe — not Robert Rogers — was Culper, and Caleb quickly sets out on horseback out to warn Ben and Abe. When patriot pickets pull an exhausted Caleb to safety, he’s muttering “Hail Mary” prayers — or is he pleading for someone to save Mary Woodhull and her son?
Abe’s done with the Culper ring. All he wants is transport home so he can bury his father properly, near the church and next to his wife and son. But as Washington quickly points out to Ben, “This is not the first time he’s threatened to quit his post.” The general bluntly suggests that Abe can keep spying for him or he can pick up a gun and join the army. Washington is not quite himself. “One defection is tearing us apart — still,” Ben will later say in anguish, and it’s true. For Washington, Arnold’s defection was a personal betrayal, and a painful lesson that no one can be trusted. He admired Arnold. He confided in Arnold. And such affection had made him blind. “Never again” is the unspoken postscript to every Washington sentence, and the ripples from West Point continue to spread outwards.
Most notably, there is growing discontent within Washington’s camp. Anna has witnessed it firsthand, and Alexander Hamilton acknowledged he was powerless to remedy the problem without financial assistance from Congress. These soldiers have fought and died for their new country, and many of the survivors haven’t been paid in a year. Meanwhile, Congress hands out bounties to new recruits in order to replenish the ranks while stiffing the men who have bled and kept the revolution alive. It’s difficult to argue the former Drunken Sleazy Officer’s point when he says to his fellow mutineers, “If a general like Arnold can’t get paid, what chance have we got?”
If Washington and Hamilton can’t pay them, then the angry and armed troops of the Pennsylvania Line will march to Philadelphia and have a friendly-like conversation with the politicians claiming poverty. They murder some American officers who try to stop them from leaving their posts, and chant “We are not Arnolds” when they’re finally confronted by Anthony Wayne’s army. They don’t intend to switch sides — though in truth, Clinton sent word to them that he’d happily pay them for their service. They just want what is owed them, and what they and their families need to survive.
But this is happening at a fragile time for Washington and the American army. Giving the disobedient troops what they want after they’d committed mutiny and murdered their own officers would only encourage others to repeat the offense. An example needs to be made in order to preserve the rest of the army, so Washington approves Wayne’s settlement, which discharged many of the troublemakers but required the execution of 10 of the ringleaders.
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Did you know Wayne was known as “Mad Anthony”? He shows us why during the executions, handpicking the shooters from the insurgents’ units and forcing them to fire at their comrades from point-blank range. If you though that scene was graphic, you can thank AMC for not going even further. As one witness described, according to Washington biographer Ron Chernow:
“‘The fence and even the heads of rye for some distance within the field were covered with the blood and brains.’ When one firing squad victim lay bleeding but still alive, Wayne ordered a soldier to bayonet him to death. The soldier balked, saying he couldn’t kill his comrade. With that, Wayne drew his pistol and said he would kill the man on the spot if he didn’t obey orders. The hapless soldier then stepped forward and plunged his bayonet into the writhing man. To ensure that the bloody message of these deaths lingered, Wayne ordered the entire Pennsylvania Line to circle around the dead soldiers.”
Mad Anthony, ladies and gentleman.
The execution scene was not a fraction as powerful as it could’ve been if we had been invested with any of the doomed characters. The show had planted the insurgency seed only recently, with the officer that Ben had bludgeoned after he killed Ben’s flame, Sarah, pleading with Anna to send a warning up the ranks. He’s not exactly a sympathetic character, and we barely know him. Watching the execution, more fascinated than moved, I couldn’t help but wonder: What if these events had been brewing in the background for a longer period of time, and instead of Drunken Sleazy Officer wearing the blindfold, what if it were Caleb Brewster or someone else we love?
In New York, Robert has to remind James Rivington that they are partners and that Robert will not stand for being treated like the help in front of the tavern’s customers. Moreover, he frowns upon Rivington’s editorial lacquer. (“The truth is bloody enough.”) In the basement, printing out all the news that’s fit to print (but not be copy-edited), Rivington explains that he’s come to his current stance on freedom of the press only after some tough lessons at the hands of the Sons of Liberty. Before war broke out, Rivington had published a more evenhanded paper, the New York Gazettier. But when he failed to indict the Crown with every story, the patriots smashed his printing press, forcing him adjust his editorial principles. “One cannot speak truth to power if power has no use for truth,” he tells Robert. “For all their talk about liberty and virtue, the patriots are as zealous and intolerant as the enemy they seek to defeat. And my rhetoric does not hold a candle to their roaring flame.”
Clearly, Rivington has some scars that he blames on the patriots. But his speech also revealed a side of him we haven’t seen before: a professional news man who is making the best of a bad situation. It’s not impossible to imagine him rediscovering his ideals, under the right circumstances.
Back in New Windsor, a plan is afoot. Abe is agitated and wants to get home as soon as possible to bury his father (and then kill Simcoe); Ben owes Washington a plan to kidnap Arnold. Solution: After Abe buries his father, he will enlist in Arnold’s new American Legion, pretending to be a good Tory seeking revenge against the evil patriots who kidnapped and shot his father. Once embedded as a redcoat, he’ll be able to send Ben intelligence and help arrange the kidnapping of Arnold that Washington wants so badly. (Funny: It was just last week that Abe muttered, “When I was a boy, I wanted to wear the red coat more than anything.”)
But what the Culpers don’t know yet is that Simcoe and Arnold have joined forces. When Abe goes to enlist, he’ll be walking in to a British camp where at least one man — his greatest nemesis, no less — knows that he is an American spy. Nevertheless, that is the plan. Caleb and Abe bring the Judge’s body back to Setauket. All is well during the funeral; no sign yet of Simcoe or his Rangers. But they’re coming, one way or another. What can stop them? Certainly not Abe, who leaves to enlist. Certainly not wounded Caleb, who heads to the woods to practice his hatchet-toss. He’s no danger to the enemy in his condition.
But did you notice the brief POV shift as Caleb hurled another hatchet lamely at a target? It’s a technique the show has used before to indicate that someone is spying on another person. In fact, it was most notably used when Robert Rogers was lurking in the woods, stalking Abe. We haven’t seen Rogers since he settled his score with John André. But might he be back on the island, and might he be the X-factor in saving Abe from walking into Simcoe’s clutches?
Turn series finale recap: 'Washington's Spies'
Turn recap: 'Reckoning'
Turn recap: 'Belly of the Beast'
Turn recap: 'Quarry'
Turn recap: 'Our Man in New York'
Turn recap: 'Blood for Blood'
Turn premiere recap: 'Spyhunter General'/'The Black Hole of Calcutta'
Turn season 3 finale recap: Trial and Execution
Turn recap: Blade on the Feather
Turn recap: Mended
Turn: Washington's Spies recap: Judgment
Turn recap: Many Mickles Make a Muckle
Turn recap: Hypocrisy, Fraud, and Tyranny
Turn recap: Hearts and Minds
Turn recap: Benediction
Turn recap: Cold Murdering Bastards
Turn premiere recap: Valediction
Turn recap: Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot
'Turn' recap: 'Providence'
Turn recap: 'Valley Forge'
Turn recap: Houses Divided
'Turn' recap: 'Sealed Fate'
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Decomposition of Crystal Violet by an Atmospheric Pressure RF Plasma Jet: The Role of Radicals, Ozone, Near-Interfacial Reactions and Convective Transport
H. Taghvaei, V. S.S.K. Kondeti, P. J. Bruggeman
Cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) oxidizes organic compounds in water through the generation of a variety of reactive species including O3 and OH radicals. While the energy efficiency and rate of decomposition of the chemical compound in water is already extensively studied, only few studies focused on the reactive species responsible for the decomposition. We report on an investigation of the chemical reactive species involved in the decomposition of crystal violet (CV), a model organic compound, by an RF driven plasma jet in different gas mixtures. Different gas mixtures lead to different concentrations of reactive species responsible for the decolorization of CV. Moreover, the effect of transport limitations on the efficiency of the plasma treatment is reported. A study of positive control measurements, the effect of scavengers of relevant reactive species and particle imaging velocimetry reveal the dominant role of short-lived species at the plasma–liquid interface in which OH most likely plays an important role. Moreover, the decolorization rate is limited by transport of CV to the near boundary region. The results suggest that for the optimization of water treatment by the short-lived species generated by a plasma, an optimum transport of the to-be-treated compounds to the interface might be more critical than effective reactive species production in the plasma.
Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-019-09965-w
Atmospheric pressure plasma
Hydroxyl radical
Plasma–liquid interaction
10.1007/s11090-019-09965-w
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Plasma jets Chemical Compounds
Gentian Violet Chemical Compounds
Surface chemistry Chemical Compounds
Atmospheric pressure Chemical Compounds
ozone Physics & Astronomy
plasma jets Physics & Astronomy
Taghvaei, H., Kondeti, V. S. S. K., & Bruggeman, P. J. (2019). Decomposition of Crystal Violet by an Atmospheric Pressure RF Plasma Jet: The Role of Radicals, Ozone, Near-Interfacial Reactions and Convective Transport. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 39(4), 729-749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-019-09965-w
Decomposition of Crystal Violet by an Atmospheric Pressure RF Plasma Jet : The Role of Radicals, Ozone, Near-Interfacial Reactions and Convective Transport. / Taghvaei, H.; Kondeti, V. S.S.K.; Bruggeman, P. J.
In: Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, Vol. 39, No. 4, 15.07.2019, p. 729-749.
Taghvaei, H, Kondeti, VSSK & Bruggeman, PJ 2019, 'Decomposition of Crystal Violet by an Atmospheric Pressure RF Plasma Jet: The Role of Radicals, Ozone, Near-Interfacial Reactions and Convective Transport', Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 729-749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-019-09965-w
Taghvaei H, Kondeti VSSK, Bruggeman PJ. Decomposition of Crystal Violet by an Atmospheric Pressure RF Plasma Jet: The Role of Radicals, Ozone, Near-Interfacial Reactions and Convective Transport. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. 2019 Jul 15;39(4):729-749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-019-09965-w
Taghvaei, H. ; Kondeti, V. S.S.K. ; Bruggeman, P. J. / Decomposition of Crystal Violet by an Atmospheric Pressure RF Plasma Jet : The Role of Radicals, Ozone, Near-Interfacial Reactions and Convective Transport. In: Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing. 2019 ; Vol. 39, No. 4. pp. 729-749.
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Phylogenetic inference of reciprocal effects between geographic range evolution and diversification
Emma E. Goldberg, Lesley T. Lancaster, Richard H. Ree
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
Geographic characters-traits describing the spatial distribution of a species-may both affect and be affected by processes associated with lineage birth and death. This is potentially confounding to comparative analyses of species distributions because current models do not allow reciprocal interactions between the evolution of ranges and the growth of phylogenetic trees. Here, we introduce a likelihood-based approach to estimating region-dependent rates of speciation, extinction, and range evolution from a phylogeny, using a new model in which these processes are interdependent. We demonstrate the method with simulation tests that accurately recover parameters relating to the mode of speciation and source-sink dynamics. We then apply it to the evolution of habitat occupancy in Californian plant communities, where we find higher rates of speciation in chaparral than in forests and evidence for expanding habitat tolerances.
Systematic Biology
https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr046
FUNDING This work was supported by the National Science Foundation [DEB-0919089 to E.E.G., DEB-0614108 to R.H.R.]; and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, a center funded by the National Science Foundation [DEB-0072909 to L.T.L.].
comparative methods
macroevolution
10.1093/sysbio/syr046
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Ecosystem Medicine & Life Sciences
Forests Medicine & Life Sciences
phylogeny Agriculture & Biology
source-sink dynamics Earth & Environmental Sciences
chaparral Agriculture & Biology
habitat Earth & Environmental Sciences
habitats Agriculture & Biology
Parturition Medicine & Life Sciences
Goldberg, E. E., Lancaster, L. T., & Ree, R. H. (2011). Phylogenetic inference of reciprocal effects between geographic range evolution and diversification. Systematic Biology, 60(4), 451-465. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr046
Phylogenetic inference of reciprocal effects between geographic range evolution and diversification. / Goldberg, Emma E.; Lancaster, Lesley T.; Ree, Richard H.
In: Systematic Biology, Vol. 60, No. 4, 07.2011, p. 451-465.
Goldberg, EE, Lancaster, LT & Ree, RH 2011, 'Phylogenetic inference of reciprocal effects between geographic range evolution and diversification', Systematic Biology, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 451-465. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr046
Goldberg EE, Lancaster LT, Ree RH. Phylogenetic inference of reciprocal effects between geographic range evolution and diversification. Systematic Biology. 2011 Jul;60(4):451-465. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syr046
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Staged bilateral total shoulder arthroplasty: improved outcomes with less than 6 months between surgeries
Peter D. Fabricant, Christopher S. Chin, Brian M. Grawe, Joshua S. Dines, Edward V. Craig, David M. Dines
Background Research on optimal timing of bilateral anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) is lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate functional outcomes in patients undergoing bilateral anatomic TSA to understand the ideal timing for the second arthroplasty. Methods Patients who underwent bilateral TSA for osteoarthritis between 2000 and 2012 with a minimum follow-up of 12 months since their most recent surgery were evaluated. Postoperative patient-reported outcomes (University of California–Los Angeles [UCLA] shoulder rating scale, Constant score, and Simple Shoulder Test [SST]), biometrics (strength and range of motion), and a subjective questionnaire were compared for 4 “interval groups” based on timing between surgeries: <6 months, 6 to 12 months, 12 to 24 months, and >24 months. Results Eighty-two shoulders (41 patients, 70 ± 9 years old) were analyzed. Mean postoperative UCLA, Constant, and SST scores were 29, 72, and 9 points, respectively; 83% of patients reported satisfaction with both shoulders. Patients with <6 months between surgeries demonstrated significantly better UCLA scores than 6- to 12-month interval patients (P = .04), greater Constant scores compared with all other groups (P < .001), and greater SST scores compared with 6- to 12-month and 12- to 24-month interval patients (P = .002), with no differences in length of follow-up between groups. Conclusion In the absence of extrinsic factors, such as convenience, changes in social support structure, or changes in health status, patients may be advised that having the second surgery within 6 months of the first might optimize their postoperative functional outcomes and satisfaction compared with waiting a longer interval between surgeries.
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.004
Published - Nov 1 2016
Simple Shoulder Test
10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.004
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Arthroplasty Medicine & Life Sciences
Shoulder Medicine & Life Sciences
Social Change Medicine & Life Sciences
Patient Reported Outcome Measures Medicine & Life Sciences
Articular Range of Motion Medicine & Life Sciences
Social Support Medicine & Life Sciences
Patient Satisfaction Medicine & Life Sciences
Osteoarthritis Medicine & Life Sciences
Fabricant, P. D., Chin, C. S., Grawe, B. M., Dines, J. S., Craig, E. V., & Dines, D. M. (2016). Staged bilateral total shoulder arthroplasty: improved outcomes with less than 6 months between surgeries. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 25(11), 1774-1779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.004
Staged bilateral total shoulder arthroplasty : improved outcomes with less than 6 months between surgeries. / Fabricant, Peter D.; Chin, Christopher S.; Grawe, Brian M.; Dines, Joshua S.; Craig, Edward V.; Dines, David M.
In: Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, Vol. 25, No. 11, 01.11.2016, p. 1774-1779.
Fabricant, PD, Chin, CS, Grawe, BM, Dines, JS, Craig, EV & Dines, DM 2016, 'Staged bilateral total shoulder arthroplasty: improved outcomes with less than 6 months between surgeries', Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 1774-1779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.004
Fabricant PD, Chin CS, Grawe BM, Dines JS, Craig EV, Dines DM. Staged bilateral total shoulder arthroplasty: improved outcomes with less than 6 months between surgeries. Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2016 Nov 1;25(11):1774-1779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.004
Fabricant, Peter D. ; Chin, Christopher S. ; Grawe, Brian M. ; Dines, Joshua S. ; Craig, Edward V. ; Dines, David M. / Staged bilateral total shoulder arthroplasty : improved outcomes with less than 6 months between surgeries. In: Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. 2016 ; Vol. 25, No. 11. pp. 1774-1779.
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abstract = "Background Research on optimal timing of bilateral anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) is lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate functional outcomes in patients undergoing bilateral anatomic TSA to understand the ideal timing for the second arthroplasty. Methods Patients who underwent bilateral TSA for osteoarthritis between 2000 and 2012 with a minimum follow-up of 12 months since their most recent surgery were evaluated. Postoperative patient-reported outcomes (University of California–Los Angeles [UCLA] shoulder rating scale, Constant score, and Simple Shoulder Test [SST]), biometrics (strength and range of motion), and a subjective questionnaire were compared for 4 “interval groups” based on timing between surgeries: <6 months, 6 to 12 months, 12 to 24 months, and >24 months. Results Eighty-two shoulders (41 patients, 70 ± 9 years old) were analyzed. Mean postoperative UCLA, Constant, and SST scores were 29, 72, and 9 points, respectively; 83% of patients reported satisfaction with both shoulders. Patients with <6 months between surgeries demonstrated significantly better UCLA scores than 6- to 12-month interval patients (P = .04), greater Constant scores compared with all other groups (P < .001), and greater SST scores compared with 6- to 12-month and 12- to 24-month interval patients (P = .002), with no differences in length of follow-up between groups. Conclusion In the absence of extrinsic factors, such as convenience, changes in social support structure, or changes in health status, patients may be advised that having the second surgery within 6 months of the first might optimize their postoperative functional outcomes and satisfaction compared with waiting a longer interval between surgeries.",
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doi = "10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.004",
journal = "Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery",
publisher = "Mosby Inc.",
T1 - Staged bilateral total shoulder arthroplasty
T2 - improved outcomes with less than 6 months between surgeries
AU - Fabricant, Peter D.
AU - Chin, Christopher S.
AU - Grawe, Brian M.
AU - Dines, Joshua S.
AU - Craig, Edward V.
AU - Dines, David M.
N2 - Background Research on optimal timing of bilateral anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) is lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate functional outcomes in patients undergoing bilateral anatomic TSA to understand the ideal timing for the second arthroplasty. Methods Patients who underwent bilateral TSA for osteoarthritis between 2000 and 2012 with a minimum follow-up of 12 months since their most recent surgery were evaluated. Postoperative patient-reported outcomes (University of California–Los Angeles [UCLA] shoulder rating scale, Constant score, and Simple Shoulder Test [SST]), biometrics (strength and range of motion), and a subjective questionnaire were compared for 4 “interval groups” based on timing between surgeries: <6 months, 6 to 12 months, 12 to 24 months, and >24 months. Results Eighty-two shoulders (41 patients, 70 ± 9 years old) were analyzed. Mean postoperative UCLA, Constant, and SST scores were 29, 72, and 9 points, respectively; 83% of patients reported satisfaction with both shoulders. Patients with <6 months between surgeries demonstrated significantly better UCLA scores than 6- to 12-month interval patients (P = .04), greater Constant scores compared with all other groups (P < .001), and greater SST scores compared with 6- to 12-month and 12- to 24-month interval patients (P = .002), with no differences in length of follow-up between groups. Conclusion In the absence of extrinsic factors, such as convenience, changes in social support structure, or changes in health status, patients may be advised that having the second surgery within 6 months of the first might optimize their postoperative functional outcomes and satisfaction compared with waiting a longer interval between surgeries.
AB - Background Research on optimal timing of bilateral anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) is lacking. The purpose of this study was to investigate functional outcomes in patients undergoing bilateral anatomic TSA to understand the ideal timing for the second arthroplasty. Methods Patients who underwent bilateral TSA for osteoarthritis between 2000 and 2012 with a minimum follow-up of 12 months since their most recent surgery were evaluated. Postoperative patient-reported outcomes (University of California–Los Angeles [UCLA] shoulder rating scale, Constant score, and Simple Shoulder Test [SST]), biometrics (strength and range of motion), and a subjective questionnaire were compared for 4 “interval groups” based on timing between surgeries: <6 months, 6 to 12 months, 12 to 24 months, and >24 months. Results Eighty-two shoulders (41 patients, 70 ± 9 years old) were analyzed. Mean postoperative UCLA, Constant, and SST scores were 29, 72, and 9 points, respectively; 83% of patients reported satisfaction with both shoulders. Patients with <6 months between surgeries demonstrated significantly better UCLA scores than 6- to 12-month interval patients (P = .04), greater Constant scores compared with all other groups (P < .001), and greater SST scores compared with 6- to 12-month and 12- to 24-month interval patients (P = .002), with no differences in length of follow-up between groups. Conclusion In the absence of extrinsic factors, such as convenience, changes in social support structure, or changes in health status, patients may be advised that having the second surgery within 6 months of the first might optimize their postoperative functional outcomes and satisfaction compared with waiting a longer interval between surgeries.
KW - Constant
KW - interval
KW - Simple Shoulder Test
KW - spacing
KW - timing
KW - TSA
KW - UCLA
U2 - 10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jse.2016.04.004
JO - Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
JF - Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
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Hastily produced, sporadically scary spinoff of The Conjuring focussing on the film's devil doll
James Wan's name is synonymous with modern horror. He's the man who directed Saw, Insidious and Insidious: Chapter 2 and here he acts as producer on this spinoff of his other smash, 2013's The Conjuring, passing directorial duties to his cinematographer John R Leonetti.
A violent, bloody prelude provides a frantic and grisly introduction to happily married couple Mia (Annabelle Wallis) and John (Ward Horton), who are expecting their first child. When a couple of cult members invade their home it results in the soul of perpetrator Annabelle Higgins entering a creepy doll that John has given to his wife to mark the imminent arrival of their baby.
Set in the late Sixties amid the terror of the Manson Family murders, cults and Catholicism are very much at the film's forefront. Screenwriter Gary Dauberman plays with doctrines, inducing paranoia in Mia who acts as a conduit for an investigation into post-traumatic stress. However, his insistence on directly referencing a multitude of horror films, particularly Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, is questionable. Given that Polanski's pregnant wife (the actress Sharon Tate) was one of the Manson gang's victims, is this a heartfelt exploration of pain, or the exploitation of an ordeal?
Annabelle appears to have been knocked up extremely quickly considering the doll in question only planted her maniacal, fixed grin into our nightmares just over a year ago, as she stared out from a locked cabinet in the home of The Conjuring's paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Tellingly, Leonetti's previous directorial efforts are two other cash-in style follow-ups: The Butterfly Effect 2 and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Here he recycles jump scares from Wan's vault of work, resulting in a dampening sense of familiarity. Meanwhile, his heavy reliance on Annabelle's supposedly terrifying presence is at times rendered giggle-inducing, thanks to repetitive zooms honing in on her cold, lifeless eyes.
Still, he delivers a neatly packaged prequel which is better than it deserves to be thanks to a convincing performance from the aptly named Annabelle Wallis, and a couple of genuinely frightening set-pieces.
General release from Fri 10 Oct.
Annabelle - Official Main Trailer [HD]
Directed by: John R Leonetti
Cast: Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis, Alfre Woodard
UK release: 10 October 2014
When cultists invade the home of expectant parents Mia (Wallis) and John (Horton), the soul of one of them enters a doll named Annabelle that John has given to Mia. This spin-off from 2013's The Conjuring over-relies on the doll's supposedly terrifying presence, but it's better than it deserves to be, with some…
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Find Pubs in Shoreham By Sea on the Shoreham Herald directory. Get reviews and contact details for each business including phone number, postcode, opening hours and photos.
Marlipins Public House
38 High Street, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 5DA
6 Middle Street, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 5DP
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33 High Street, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 5DD
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1-3 East Street, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 5ZE
Bridge Inn
87 High Street, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5DE
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Piston Broke
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The Swiss Cottage
34 Old Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 5TD
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Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5LD
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368 Brighton Road, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 6RE
Old Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 5TE
Buckingham Arms
35-39 Brunswick Road, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 5WA
Royal Coach
Brighton Road, Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5LD
The Royal George
Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 6TA
Amsterdam Inn Shoreham
467 Upper Shoreham Road, Shoreham by Sea, BN43 5WQ
The Robin Hood - Brakspear Pubs
1 Norfolk Place, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 2PF
The Waterside
Ferry Road, Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex, BN43 5RA
New Unity Pub
52-53 London Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 4JD
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John McAfee releases McAfee its own currency Coin?
John McAfee said today in his Twitter account about plans to launch its own currency, “McAfee Coin”. Looks like it will be Fitna currency backed cryptocurrency.
. @SmartPayMINT sent this. What’s odd is that tomorrow night I am going to make an announcement of the new “McAfee Coin”, based on a radical new concept: Fiat currencies (collectible) backed by crypto – the reverse of what banks are attempting. Seriously. pic.twitter.com/3uTHHKG18M— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) 29 May 2018
It all started when a little known cryptocurrency exchange SmartPayMINT placed on its platform photo Fiat currency with a face McAfee. Such was the representation of the artist about how it would look likely the currency with the image of John McAfee.
Last week, the name McAfee flashed in many headlines. It was connected with the publication of John’s “Declaration of independence from the currency” which was seen as a landmark event in the history of cryptocurrency. Of course, McAfee will aim to break traditional norms, issuing a currency backed by cryptography.
The collectible currency is a Fiat currency, the value of which is reinforced by the value of the cryptocurrency. Is it really “the other side of what the banks do”.
Fans of John on Twitter began to discuss his idea. For example, user Income Sharks said:
“Good interaction crypts and Fiat. It will be interesting to see how you distribute the coin, if it is true, of course.”
McAfee responded, saying:
“You’re gonna love this!”
User JF Carpio was optimistic to the idea of a new currency, saying:
“Thus we return to the gold standard”.
But a Tanke even invited John to visit:
“Come to Spain, You’ll like it here!”
An hour ago, McAfee made a new statement, confirming their intention to issue new currency:
No hoax. The “McAfee Redemption Unit” is real and coming in 26 days. The graphic is low res – don’t want to give much away yet. Printed on currency paper, holographs on both sides, serialized, linked to the blockchain, redeemable, convertible, collectiblehttps://t.co/ySUwkDuW7s pic.twitter.com/75xTje39X8— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) 29 May 2018
No cheating. “McAfee Redemption Unit” is real and will be released in 26 days. The graphics are not super awesome, but I don’t want to pay a lot. Printed on paper currency hologram on both sides, is tied to the blockchain, ransomed, converted, kollektsioniruya.
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The case for $ 1.5 million: Hackers have stolen from blockchain startup 2,500 ETH Taylor immediately after the ICO
The Taylor company has recently launched the initial range of coins to raise funds for the development of smart assistant in cryptocurrency trading. After graduating from ICO hackers attacked cryptocurrency wallets of the owners of the project and stole a total of 2,578 ETH (about $ 1.5 million), as well as tokens of a startup — TAY.
According to the company it is unclear what happened in reality, although some evidence point to a group of hackers who hacked into another project CypheriumChain, thus stealing about 17 000 ETH (about 9.8 million U.S. dollars).
Hackers, according to Taylor, started the stolen coins from multiple sources into one account and then transferred them to the larger ones, which were already funds CypheriumChain. At the time of publication of the material balance of the above purse was $ 48,440 ETH, more than $ 28 million.
After the theft, the Taylor team was able to detect the attempt to merge the tokens Tay at the decentralized exchanger IDEX :
“We noticed an attempt to get rid of stolen tokens at IDEX, we then asked the team IDEX to delist TAY, until we have a clear vision of the situation.”
The company says it also contacted EtherDelta , but never received a response. According to representatives of Taylor hackers somehow managed to get access to the same 1Password file.
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What Iowa Voters’ Second-Choice Picks Can Tell Us
Dec. 11, 2019 , at 6:00 AM
By Dave Peterson
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Democratic presidential candidate South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks to guests during a November campaign stop at the YMCA in Creston, Iowa.
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Polling in presidential primary campaigns is notoriously fluid. In an effort to gauge movement among voters as they might change their mind and as candidates pop in and out of the race, pollsters will often ask voters about both their first-choice candidate and their backup. This question has been particularly popular this cycle, given how crowded the field is, and can be useful for understanding the overall level of support a candidate has, including who benefits if one candidate loses support or whether voters are grouping candidates into “lanes.”
Take, for instance, Sen. Kamala Harris’s exit from the race last Tuesday. Attention soon turned to who her supporters might back: One Morning Consult poll found that 22 percent of Harris’s supporters listed former Vice President Joe Biden as their second choice, while 21 percent put Sen. Elizabeth Warren and another 14 percent put Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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But just how accurate are voters’ second-choice picks? Do they really tell us who voters would support if their first-choice candidate dropped out? This is a hard question to answer, not only because voters’ first-choice picks aren’t set, but also because any test for accuracy would require re-interviewing respondents and comparing their second-choice answers over time.
For the last three months, I’ve worked with Iowa State University and Civiqs to try and answer these questions by interviewing the same group of Iowans to see how voters’ minds are changing in the lead-up to the caucuses. Iowans’ second-choice candidates could be particularly important because candidates who receive support from less than 15 percent of the caucus attendees are not considered a viable candidate.1 This means a candidate’s backers must either shift their support to a candidate who cleared the 15 percent threshold or go home — so someone’s second choice might be especially revealing as to who the voter might end up supporting.
But before we dive into what voters’ second-choice preferences tell us, it is worth noting just how many Iowa Democrats are still changing their minds. Of the 306 likely caucusgoers who supported a candidate in September and responded again in October, nearly a quarter (23 percent) changed who they were supporting. Slightly more respondents were consistent from October to November — 20 percent of 226 respondents supported a different candidate. This is hardly evidence that most voters have made up their minds. In total, 30 percent of the 210 likely caucusgoers who responded in all three waves of our surveys named the same candidate as their first choice all three times.
So perhaps unsurprisingly, we found even less consistency in second-choice picks. Slightly less than half (44 percent) of likely caucusgoers who listed both first and second choices in September and October selected the same second-choice candidate, although over half (52 percent) of people who responded to the October and November waves selected the same second-choice candidate both months. Similar to the frequency with which respondents stuck to their first choice pick, almost a third (30 percent) of Iowans who responded to each wave also named the same second-choice candidate in all three surveys.
Overall, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, surged from fourth to first and Biden fell from second to fourth over the last three months, according to our survey. But interestingly, these changes weren’t primarily driven by voters throwing their support behind the candidate who had been their second choice the previous month. In fact, we found that less than half (45 percent) of the respondents who changed their minds between September and October switched to the candidate they initially listed as their second choice.
It is possible, though, that voters’ second-choice picks are becoming better predictors of how they might switch their allegiances. We found that, of the voters who changed their minds between October and November, 55 percent listed their October second-choice pick as their top candidate in November. Keep in mind though that since about 20 percent of respondents shifted candidate preferences between survey waves, and only half of those respondents landed on their second-choice candidate, there is still about 10 percent of the electorate that changes its minds in ways not predicted by their first and second choices.
But with this many candidates in the race, the fact that voters’ second-choice preferences can account for about half of the movement means we see that these responses are at least somewhat useful. If people changed their minds by randomly selecting a candidate from the field, they would do much worse than a coin flip. That said, treating these answers as if they accurately capture who voters might support if their candidate drops out provides a false sense of certainty about how the race is going to evolve, especially given the closeness of the polls in Iowa. At this point, there’s still just a lot of uncertainty about who Iowans will end up supporting in February.
Known as the viability threshold.
Dave Peterson is a professor and Whitaker-Lindgren Faculty Fellow in political science and Iowa State University, specializing in political behavior and public opinion. He is author of “Mandate Politics” and the forthcoming “Ignored Racism: White Animus Toward Latinos.” @daveamp
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The Columbia Metropolitan Airport (CAE hereafter) and Riverbanks Zoo and Garden today unveiled a new addition on the concourse – a Mamava lactation and breastfeeding pod. The private, secure suite provides mothers with a new option for breastfeeding and pumping while traveling.
“We’re always looking for ways to enhance our traveler’s experience,” said Mike Gula, Executive Director of CAE. “The Mamava pod is an offering needed for our traveling mothers that is currently not available on the airside, and with this partnership with the Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, we’re glad to be able to provide this to them.”
Mamava pods are accessed remotely through the Mamava Pump and Nursing Finder App. Once registered, mothers will be sent a code specific to the CAE unit granting access to the suite.
While inside the pod, mothers will be able to use the app to dim the lights and control airflow. Additionally, mothers will have access to roomy benches, space for a stroller and a place to plug in a pump.
“Riverbanks is proud to partner with the Columbia Metropolitan Airport which serves as a gateway to our region for many travelers,” said Tommy Stringfellow, president and CEO at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden. “The Mamava pod provides a convenient, intimate space for traveling mothers who choose to breastfeed and pump in private while giving users and passersby a glimpse of some of our zoo babies.”
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India to take on Tajikistan in Intercontinental Cup opener
By: Rajarshi Chakrabarty, July 7, 2019 10:53 am
The Indian football team, under new head coach Igor Stimac, will take on Tajikistan in the opening clash of the Hero Intercontinental Cup scheduled to be held in Ahmedabad from July 7 to 18.
After facing Tajikistan on July 5, India will meet North Korea on July 13, followed by their match against Syria on July 16. The top two teams from the round robin stage will qualify for the final that is scheduled on July 18.
According to the latest FIFA rankings released in April, Syria are ranked 83rd followed by Tajikistan and North Korea, who are placed 120 and 121 respectively. India currently occupied 101st position in the rankings.
The Blue Tigers are the defending champions as they lifted the title last year with a victory against Kenya in the final. The other two teams that competed last year were New Zealand and Chinese Taipei.
Defending champion India takes on Tajikistan in its first match on the opening day, while Syria and DPR Korea are the other two participating teams. All teams will play each other once with the top two making it to the final. All matches kick-off at 8pm.
Stimac stated that “all players worked really hard at the preparatory camp in Mumbai.”
“We are satisfied with the execution of work for the past ten days,” he informed. “The players worked really hard, and we are all very enthusiastic about our upcoming games,” he added.
Indian Arrows defender Narender Gahlot was named in the list along with Mandar Rao Desai. The list will be cut down to 23 prior to the kick-off of the tournament.
This is the first time Gujarat is hosting a Senior Men’s International competition.
Stimac, who coached Croatia to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 expressed, “all our work has been programmed to get us in form for the qualifiers.” The Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers kick-off in September, the draw for which is slated for later this month.
“Once again, I will use the upcoming games in the tournament to have a look at all the players in action. Each one of them deserve the chance,” the Coach explained.
Stimac had summoned a list of 35 players for the preparatory camp in Mumbai which had kicked-off in Mumbai on June 25. The 10 players who were released include Vishal Kaith, Nishu Kumar, Salam Ranjan Singh, Sarthak Golui, Anwar Ali, Raynier Fernandes, Michael Soosairaj, Nikhil Poojary, Jackichand Singh, and Balwant Singh, while Ashique Kuruniyan was earlier released from the camp.
India’s 23-man Squad:
GOALKEEPERS: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Kamaljit Singh.
DEFENDERS: Pritam Kotal, Rahul Bheke, Sandesh Jhingan, Adil Khan, Anas Edathodika, Narender Gahlot, Subhasish Bose, Jerry Lalrinzuala.
MIDFIELDERS: Udanta Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Anirudh Thapa, Pronay Halder, Rowllin Borges, Vinit Rai, Sahal Abdul, Amarjit Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Mandar Rao Desai.
FORWARDS: Jobby Justin, Sunil Chhetri, Farukh Choudhary, Manvir Singh.
Intercontinental Cup 2019 fixtures are as follows:
July 7: India vs Tajikistan
July 8: Syria vs DPR Korea
July 10: Tajikistan vs Syria
July 13: India vs DPR Korea
July 15: DPR Korea vs Tajikistan
July 16: India vs Syria
July 18: Final.
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Is education reform possible in America?
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Since publication of A Nation at Risk (1983), the United States has engaged in nonstop efforts to raise K–12 academic outcomes and close the tragic achievement gaps between different sectors of its young population.
There has been no dearth of reform efforts, and some have shown positive results: stronger curriculum plus strong professional development; more robust state standards; a focus on college readiness and (a very few) high-quality assessments made available to disadvantaged students; higher standards for entry into teaching; high caliber urban charter schools; and broad accountability for results.
This has not been wasted effort, for the country has seen modest gains: all student subgroups are doing better on NAEP (the National Assessment of Educational Progress —the country’s gold standard), and there has been a slight gap-closing between African American and Hispanic students and their white peers. That overall NAEP scores have been flat since 1992 masks such progress, and is likely due to changes in the demographic mix of students (e.g., more English language learners) rather than to stagnation within any elements of the pupil population.
Yet our progress to date has been modest indeed, and the gaps remain large. Stagnation in twelfth-grade scores is particularly concerning, especially in light of the real risk that the much-touted rise in graduation numbers rests at least in part on alternative, low-standard exit routes instead of real college readiness.
Of course, we shouldn’t give up on promising interventions. But nothing has made close to the kind of positive difference that other nations—some as poor as Poland and Slovenia—have achieved. Why, after thirty-five years of effort—and a near-doubling of real-dollar spending per pupil—has there been so modest a change in results? And are there grounds for expecting it to be different in the future?
Even as we persist with worthy reforms, we see profound cultural, attitudinal, and structural obstacles to large-scale improvement in the performance of U.S. education and—sadly—little reason to expect them to disappear. These issues were foreshadowed in the themes (and titles) of two aging books on our shelves: Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1963) and Diane Ravitch’s The Schools We Deserve (1987). The former argued that Americans are utilitarians at heart with little use for learning per se, much less for academic excellence; the latter contended that Americans stick with the schools they have because deep down they don’t want any other kind, either for their own or for other people’s children.
To fully understand the impact of Hofstadter’s evidence of anti-intellectualism—and Ravitch’s version of widespread acceptance if not complacency—we need to add American localism in education. Often fleeing from the old world to escape authoritarian regimes, Americans never embraced a nation-wide approach to education—indeed the Constitution is silent on the topic. At one point, the country contained some 110,000 school districts; local education leaders had differing views regarding what should be taught. Once local variations were combined with a broad shift among educators toward constructivist learning, our curriculum increasingly replaced knowledge with skills and today’s assessments for the most part follow suit. They emphasize, for example, “finding the main idea” in a text while being indifferent to the text itself. In recent times, this indifference is amplified by cultural nervousness about “imposing a canon” and political angst about a “national (or even statewide) curriculum.” All this, despite ample evidence, that the performance gap is in large part a knowledge gap: one doesn’t become a good reader without ever-increasing knowledge about the world—its geography, history, and science—or without exposure to outstanding writing about the human condition.
Ravitch’s claim, too, deserves to be considered in a larger context. Annual evidence from Gallup polling makes clear that most parents feel basically satisfied with their own children’s schools, no matter the evidence of systemic mediocrity (or worse). When making choices, parents understandably want schools that are geographically convenient, safe, and welcoming, schools that offer rhetorical reassurance about caring for the whole child. Amid these understandable preferences, academic performance isn’t high priority for many. This is a complicated issue: Would providing parents with transparent and user-friendly data about their children’s school’s performance make a difference in their propensity to be satisfied with it or would it simply generate even deeper mistrust of testing and test results?
What’s clear is that teachers’ current practices contribute to parents’ dismissal of state assessments. How so? A combination of inflating grades and faith in one’s child’s classroom teacher—even when teachers report on surveys that many of their pupils are ill-prepared for grade-level work. For parents, it is psychologically preferable to believe the A-minus on a school report card than to accept “below-proficient” performance on a state test. Nor do lofty report-card grades make much real-world difference for many children: Most U.S. colleges and universities accept all who apply so long as they meet minimal course credit requirements—no further questions asked, although remediation is often the inevitable result. Much of U.S. higher education is so hungry for additional students that it now reaches into the high schools themselves through dual-enrollment and early-college offerings, partly in an effort to ensure that students reach college able to do the work.
Recent evidence for what is occurring in America’s classrooms comes from TNTP’s The Opportunity Myth: “In the four core subjects—ELA, math, science, and social studies—an average student spent almost three-quarters of their time on assignments that were not grade-appropriate”—which means doing work below students’ grade level.
There is a certain inevitability, therefore, to underachievement in American schools. It is unwittingly informed by a culture of pragmatism and local control, the economic and political constraints that limit parents’ choice of schools, the comfort of high grades (and attacks on testing), pervasive under-teaching, and the general conviction that learning should be a pleasant experience.
If pressure from the overall culture and from parents to improve our education system is so limited, where might we look for the drive for more dynamic reform?
One place might be education research that could point schools and educators to better practices. After all, early-reading results did improve, to some degree, with better implementation of phonemic awareness that followed major research findings in early literacy. In general, however, education researchers themselves generate mixed messages: Would spending more money create major education improvement? “Yes,” says Kirabo Jackson; “No,” says Eric Hanushek. Do charter schools help student achievement? “Not really,” says Stanford’s CREDO research unit, surveying the whole country; “Yes, really,” says the same organization, of some charter management organizations and of charters in urban areas. Should tests be downgraded in importance in favor of other measures such as social and emotional intelligence? “Not really,” says Dan Goldhaber; “Yes,” say Dan Koretz and Tony Wagner. The point is not that these seemingly discrepant findings cannot be deciphered by those trained in the relevant methodologies. Rather, it’s that those charged with managing our schools and shaping education policy have neither the time nor the expertise to adjudicate between the specialists—and are thus motivated to go with the political flow, the predilections of their own advisors, or their gut instincts.
A second source of reform might be the education system itself. After all, school principals, superintendents, and state education leaders all seek stronger learning outcomes. Once again, we have some important positive examples—in states such as Tennessee and Louisiana, and districts like Florida’s Duval County. Yet failure to move learning outcomes substantially is far more the rule than the exception. Each layer in education’s governance hierarchy—the principal, the district office, the teachers’ unions, state departments of education, the legislature, the governor’s office, the federal government—can block changes initiated by any other level and each creates opportunities to blame the others when some change cannot be made or properly implemented. Worse, pretty much all of those levels are dominated by adult interests that benefit from the status quo. Where major change has occurred, it’s in exceptional circumstances where political stars align over a long period (e.g., Massachusetts), where an unnatural event sweeps away old structures (New Orleans), or where a political earthquake alters the governance system itself (e.g., New York City under Michael Bloomberg)—but even these reforms eventually get recaptured by the forces of stasis and adult interests.
Faced with this mix of deeply embedded structures and forces that tend toward self-preservation, widespread satisfaction with the underperforming schools attended by one’s own children, and a reporting system that gives off multiple false positives about achievement, reformers face a daunting task. After an era that displayed some common purpose and bipartisanship, today, like so much else in the U.S., they have aligned themselves into oppositional groups.
One argues that serious progress will not be made until we address underlying economic and social inequalities. They call for more funding for district schools, most especially in the inner cities, and a confrontation with the latent racism reflected in disparate test scores.
The second group calls for fundamentally altering the structure of public education by dismantling the district structure and empowering parents to choose educational pathways for their children—whether via vouchers, tax credits, or education savings accounts.
Both views have merit, yet both mistake symptoms for cause. Both blame “the system,” albeit in very different ways. And both disregard the plain fact that many nations with heterogeneous populations do better by their children than we do in the United States—and do so neither by spending more money nor by abandoning public education.
What those countries have that America lacks are three key elements that we see scant likelihood of finding on U.S. shores anytime soon: a culture that values education, including learning itself; a conviction that parents, schools and children themselves are jointly responsible for that education; and a governance arrangement that points toward unimpeded and continuous improvement in the delivery system and its performance.
Yet it’s still possible at least to imagine conditions that might accelerate the glacial pace of education change in the U.S. Already, urgency amongst minority families in New York and elsewhere have shaken the educational status quo, but more widespread and intensified pressure is required. The key is the middle class: As the meager achievement of its children proves ever less sufficient to secure the economic lifestyle of their parents, and as those young adults increasingly come back home because they cannot afford to buy homes of their own, the complacency we describe above may melt. Political leadership counts, too: Here the answer probably lies less at the federal level—Washington’s voice in education is suspect from the start—than in state-level leadership of the kind we once saw in Massachusetts and, more recently, in Louisiana and Tennessee. Once the economic consequences of a mediocre education face millions of households, an honest, tough conversation with the parents of the United States may become not only necessary, but possible at last.
An abbreviated version of this essay first appeared in Education Week.
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TT: Silence of Ownership is Deafening
By Tony-OH, October 26, 2018 in Orioles Talk
Plus Member since 11/04
I am really curious as to whether the Orioles ran an operating profit in 2018 after a 47-115 record? If so, maybe that's why the brothers feel no urgency to communicate with their customers (fanbase). I would think that being in the red would light a fire under their a$$, as it would any other business owner, baseball or otherwise.
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6 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:
But T, were the Mets coming off a historically awful season? Again, this is not just this last month we are talking about. We're talking an entire debacle of a season and they said nothing. They let Duquette runs the trades and talk about the future and then fire him? They allow Buck to stay as manager even though his overall record as manager here was being tarnished? The Orioles lost and lost and lost and the said nothing to anyone. Then all they do is drop a press release when Duquette and Buck are fired?
Sorry, that's a consistent history or them not communicating with their fans and they have shown to be no different than their father in this regard.
Letting Duquette spout off the Orioles future plans and then firing him two months later is another reason why the Angelos brothers should have to reveal themselves to the public.
They could be doing the right things behind the scenes, but the image they are projecting is it’s the same old Orioles. Optics matter to the average fan. Maybe drawing only a 1 million fans will wake up the brothers.
2 minutes ago, stockpile said:
MASN $$$$
SteveA
41 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:
This is big part of what people are missing here. There are always going to be fans that think the Orioles can do no wrong and there is some extraordinary puppet master in control and we just don't know about him. That behind the scenes all is well and the fact that ownership has not had press conference in gheese, I don't know when, is par for the course because that's what they've been groomed for under the Angelos regime.
Good owners/CEOs communicate to their fans/customers. They don't make major changes and then put out very generic press release and then go back into hiding while major changes need to happen. Tell me one successful business that fires their leadership team then goes in secrecy for a month?
The Angelos brothers are communicating with the fans exactly how their father did. Peter Angelos just never cared enough about the fans to worry about communicating with them. It appears by their actions over the last year, the Angelos brothers intend to operate in the same way and that's disappointing.
I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt that they could be different, but their silence this entire year during this debacle tells me either they don't have control, or they are apples that did fall far from the tree.
Let's face it, the Orioles 47-115 record is embarrassing. Strong leaders would have called a press conferences, announced the firing of Duquette and Buck, and then told their fans their were in the middle of exhaustive approach to find the best baseball operations people to bring this team back to winning ways.
They do that, and we all feel better that things are in motion. Maybe some people don't believe they need to do that, but that's short sighted in my opinion and not the way to run a professional sports franchise.
I feel they need to communicate, but not in the middle of a search for the VP & GM.
If they don't speak at the press conference announcing the hiring, THEN I will be upset. Being upset that we aren't hearing from them now just seems silly. They came out within 3 days of the end of the season, issued a statement that major changes at the top of the organization, the 3 most powerful spots, were coming and that it would be someone hired from outside the organization and that person would be given complete control. Now I say let them make those hires, and THEN we need to hear from them.
And you know what, if they speak at the press conference but keep it short and simple and say this is our new VP of baseball operations, Mr. X. He knows more about baseball than we do, so we are giving him complete control, and then they step back and let him give a statement about how he wants to rebuild the organization and his vision, I'll be fine with that too. All I want is a clear organizational structure with a smart baseball person at the top. Can they make that happen? I don't know. But they have at least stated they are trying and while the hiring process is ongoing, that's enough for me.
LookitsPuck
I'm curious why Duquette released that statement and then acquiring all those international funds...and then wasn't brought back after most (not me) thought he'd be back.
I do go back and wonder what was done between July 18th (Dan Duquette's midseason statement) and October 3rd (Orioles announcement that Duquette won't return). That's a 3 month period. A lot could have changed then. What truly happened? I think he handled the Adam Jones situation incredibly poorly. Both from a personnel and a PR perspective. But also I'm curious about its impact from a trade perspective. The Zoellner acquisition was (and still is) one of the most idiotic acquisitions. It essentially further nullified the dismal return from the Gausman trade. And perhaps had an impact on the Mesa negotiations. But my real thing is it a combination of things? 3 months and you have an incredibly poor handling of Adam Jones, the Zoellner debacle (potentially something "owed" to the Phillies for overpromising something) and then anything else...
4 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:
The "average" fan isn't even thinking about the Orioles now. It's a small percentage of us fanatics that are breathlessly awaiting a new VP of baseball operations and GM.
You make a lot of good points. And under normal circumstances more communication with the fan base would show good leadership on the part of the owners. However this is a different time for the O's. They are different from any other team this off season because of three events.
1) An ownership change appears inevitable. Even if it is only from father to sons. It has to be approved by the MLB owners.
2) The MASN dispute probably needs to be solved or least seem to be on the way to a solution for the commissioner's office to support that ownership change.
3) There has been a press release from he Orioles that says that the O's will bring in an executive from outside the organization. Roch has said the this is a President of Baseball Operations. But we don't know that to be true. It could be a President or some other title who is in charge on all O's operations.
With this backdrop what things may be taking place?
The Angelos sons may be following MLB rules more strictly then other teams just to be in lock step with the Commissioner's office. Thus they may not make announcements until after the World Series as the commissioner office would want.
One of the candidate for President of the O's may be from the MLB offices. (And I don't mean Ng). The Commissioner's office may not want the name disclosed at this point.
There may be other valid reasons why the O's keeping quiet that I am not aware of.
I could be completely wrong and this could just to be the mode of operation for the Angelos sons. But we don't know.
5 minutes ago, SteveA said:
This. 100%.
The last game of the season was on 9/30. 3 days later (on a Wednesday), they announced the following:
Dan Duquette will not return
Buck Showalter will not return
They'll hire a new top baseball executive from outside the organization
The new executive will have a final say in picking the next manager
They potentially will hire an additional executive
They assigned an interim baseball operations guy in Brian Graham
They announced that Gary Rajsich and Brady Anderson will remain under contract
They gave a statement on Buck's and Dan's contributions
That seems plenty to me. It's been 24 days.
Hiring people that are going to change the entire shape of an organization takes an absurd amount of time. It wouldn't shock me if this takes *months*.
AnythingO's
15 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:
They do have a plan to fix the franchise. The fact that everybody in this thread *knows* that they're hiring executives *outside of the organization* should speak volumes. What more do you want them to do? That's my problem here.
I don't think the majority of posters are clamoring for detailed info but we are not content that they intend to hire outside the org. What if all they do is hire retreads like Syd Thrift or Valentine or Colletti? What if their hires are just as resistant to analytics or only favor international signings from the bottom of the barrel? That would pay lip service to your statement but doom the franchise. I fear John is in charge and he will operate just like PA, won't hire people who will challenge him, and that John's inner circle will consist of Brady and Stockstill. If so, IMO we are doomed. What I want to hear is that they have identified a pool of candidates, are conducting interviews offsite, intend to have the new team in place by mid-November to allow them to get familiar with the system before Winter meetings. That they intend to build the minor league system, renew the Oriole Way, and impose it consistently across the system. No specific details just a broad framework to ensure we will improve.
Can_of_corn
1 minute ago, AnythingO's said:
I'll complain about that when it happens.
thezeroes
2 minutes ago, AnythingO's said:
What I want to hear is that they have identified a pool of candidates, are conducting interviews offsite, intend to have the new team in place by mid-November to allow them to get familiar with the system before Winter meetings. That they intend to build the minor league system, renew the Oriole Way, and impose it consistently across the system. No specific details just a broad framework to ensure we will improve.
Would not this type of statement be coming from the new Executive In Charge Of Baseball Operations??
So what do you want right now to reassure you from them? A statement that we are going to try to hire someone GOOD from outside, not just someone who sucks? That would make you feel better?
2 minutes ago, thezeroes said:
Or perhaps whomever decided to "fire or release or not renew" Dan and Buck.
theocean
1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:
We're also not talking about just during the Series, stop being dense.
Tony, you have a habit of being very rude to posters here who you disagree with. It isn't a good look and singlehandedly keeps me from being a plus member. Not trying to attack you, just thought I'd share.
See the last part of my post. No specifics just a plan. Get new people i place before Winter meetings, people that will focus on international market, consistency across the minors, people that value analytics. That the team will be spending more on building the minors and player development.
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Author Topic: Applied Scholastics is losing ground (Read 34275 times)
Re: Applied Scholastics is losing ground
DeMorning DeBonis: July 8, 2010 - Washington Post (blog)
8 July 2010, 10:56 am
CHURCH AND STATE -- Nice find by WTTG-TV's Melanie Alnwick: A tutoring group approved by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education has ties to the Church of Scientology, and some parents are none too happy. "Applied Scholastics International is one of 29 tutoring services listed in the Title I Supplemental Educational Services Guide. ... The list makes no mention of the group's controversial ties. But Applied Scholastics' website does not try to hide its connections. ASI uses a method called Study Technology, 'an exact system which teaches one how to learn' that was "researched and developed by L. Ron Hubbard." Hubbard is the founder of the Church of Scientology. ... FOX 5 has learned that D.C. Public Schools paid the group a total of $12,000 in federal funds for tutoring services provided for the 2009-2010 school year."
found at http://voices.washingtonpost.com/debonis/2010/07/demorning_debonis_july_8_2010.html
Quote from: ethercat on June 06, 2010, 18:31
Stopping for now on page 20 (so I can keep my place).
AnonLover, should I continue proofreading?
Final List of 2010-2012 SES Providers Approved by the State Board of Education at the May 2010 Meeting. The providers are approved to provide services from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2012
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/2010prov.asp
Applied Scholastics is not on it.
I can haz ferret.
Quote from: ethercat on July 26, 2010, 21:28
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belated thks for the info pack corrections ethercat - real life stuff had me delay finishing up my project on this front. but looks like a fine time to finish it up with latest news that more states have kicked ASI SES approvals to the curb!
new polished/updated info pack document coming soon.
Thanks for the update, AnonLover.
NEW! The Symphony of Leif. Leif Csuba is sent to a Scientology Boarding School.
« Reply #47 on: January 04, 2011, 18:58 »
Wow! Must see video..... I wonder which school the author based this book and video clip on:
The Symphony of Leif
Leif Csuba is sent to a Scientology Boarding School...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msXve4_qBT0
Author Publishes Scientology Novel
The Symphony of Leif by Hawaii author Paul Y. Csige makes its debut at bookstores throughout the U.S.
Email PDF Print .Kailua Kona, HI (PRWEB) January 3, 2011
The Symphony of Leif (CsiMec, Inc. 2010) by Hawaii author Paul Y. Csige made its debut in U.S. bookstores this month. Distributed by Ingram Books and also available for Kindle, the novel is a coming of age story about a boy from the Big Island of Hawaii who is sent away to a Scientology boarding school in the Pacific Northwest. Desperate to escape his current school and his domineering father, Leif says “Aloha” to his island home. At first blush the Lamia School seems to be a dream come true, but soon Leif discovers darker and more sinister intentions than educating young minds.
Paul Csige was dubbed, “a scarily talented young fellow from Kailua-Kona who seems able to do just about anything,” in a review of The Symphony of Leif by Burl Burlingame in the Honolulu Star Advertiser. In addition to his recently released first novel, Csige, age 28, has had a successful career as a composer and film maker. In 2009 he collaborated with renown Polynesian artist and historian, Herb Kawainui Kane, to produce an hour long animated film, Voyagers: The First Hawaiians (Guiding Star Pictures, LLC 2009) an adaptation of Kane’s 1976 book Voyage: The Discovery of Hawaii (Island Heritage). Csige directed, edited and animated over 300 of Kane’s works of art for the film in addition to composing and recording the original musical score. Voyagers: The First Hawaiians aired on PBS in 2010 and is currently available in DVD.
Paul Csige was commissioned by The Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra to compose an original opus for the symphony’s January 2008 performance in Hawaii. Again collaborating with Herb Kane, a multi-media recording of the concert earned the Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence from the Honolulu International Film Festival.
Paul Csige is currently working on a second novel, a concerto, and a live action feature movie scheduled for filming in Hawaii in the summer of 2011.
Please visit the official site at: http://www.thesymphonyofleif.com
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/01/prweb4925484.htm
I apologize if this is linked elsewhere. There are some excellent resources on Applied Scholastics in this WWP thread:
http://forums.whyweprotest.net/threads/applied-scholastics-infodump-summary-thread-background-and-current-events-2011.77633/
bumpty... the draft info pack swapped around earlier in this thread that i was working on early-late spring of 2010, never got completely finished before the school year ended & SES approval season rolled 'round.
But it has been recently resurrected, dusted off & finished up for spring 2011 due to some ambitious MO anons appearing on the wwp scene with an interest to knockdown ASI's approval in their home state turf likes been done elsewhere.
so yeah - took me over a year, but my doxmeister researchfag masterpiece is now complete!
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Applied Scholastics Exposed Info Pack 2011 (ver3)
Main document - Harpooning ammo & Monitoring toolkit: Applied Scholastics Exposed Info Pack
Extended collection of info pack + other dissemination dox: Applied Scholastics Exposed Dox Collection
Fileshare Dox Collection - includes additional orig. sauce materials: Applied Scholastics dox
Related wiki page with the list of SES approval states, recently updated for current 2010-11 school year approvals, contact infos & new school district stats/references: List of States Using Applied Scholastics
^^Once late season approvals/changes factored in, ends up we're NOT gaining as much ground as was thought before the current school year got underway. (we went from 9 states last summer up to 11, Iowa amongst the most recent additions that almost went unnoticed). Thus i figured it was high time we had nice comprehensive set of harpooning tools & ammo readily available before the current school year ends and new approval season gets under way.
Changes done to the main document since the draft version shared include Ethercat's corrections (thanks again!), additional graphics/links on the original content plus a good bit of brand new content that came out in last year incorporated.
Very nice. Thanks!
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I always love seeing these kinds of progress!
It's yet more chipping at Scientology's recruitment base. Some states may take a while, for various reasons, but it's worth continuing.
AnonLover, I appreciate the work you and others have been putting into this, and the good news is always astounding.
What I'll find entertaining is when I start hearing that Scientology is changing the name of Applied Scholastics, trying to get around their lack of approval by many states' school boards. At that point, it should be much easier to notify school boards that a non-approved entity is circumventing their refusal to "help."
A discussion dedicated to the latest list of approved states and related harpooning efforts has been started on WWP here:
Applied Scholastics Tutors Approved in 11 States (2010-11)
Indiana is one of the bigger targets for concentrated attention this year - their rumored to be suspended for 2010-11 due to lack of utilization. IOW, one foot out the door.... just needs a couple little shoves to help it along
Thank you for your efforts, AnonLover. You are truly a gem.
It's good to keep an eye on what they're doing, because while we all have lives beyond exposing scientology, scientology has people dedicated FULL TIME to promoting it.
« Reply #54 on: August 21, 2011, 08:08 »
GA SES Directory 2011-2012
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/SESDirectory.PDF?p=6CC6799F8C1371F6E0FF327D4AE71B7B94044C1475231FBED0F62B3ABA2012EF&Type=D
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Quote from: mefree on September 07, 2009, 22:01
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/03/01/tutors0301.html
^^^ link no longer working. Here is the archived link and story on the now-defunct program
Controversial church linked to tutors on state list
By Cameron McWhirter, Heather Vogell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
https://web.archive.org/web/20090304141811/http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/03/01/tutors0301.html
A tutoring agency in Cobb County with ties to the Church of Scientology has drawn critics along with federal dollars.
Applied Scholastics pledges to offer only secular lessons. But critics who lodged four complaints last year against the nonprofit —- which uses Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s teachings —- wrote they feared it wouldn’t keep ideology out of the classroom.
State education officials began an annual inspection in February and will observe the group’s tutoring this month. The review will include making sure Applied Scholastics’ policies and teachings are geared toward secular instruction, officials said.
Private agencies apply to the state Board of Education for a spot on the list of tutors parents can pick from to get extra help for children at certain schools that failed to meet federal academic standards. Georgia’s Department of Education monitors approved tutors while the federal government foots the bill.
Scientology is a religion that counts among its members such Hollywood celebrities as Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
Applied Scholastics has caused controversy in recent years in U.S. cities as well as in other countries. In April, for instance, a Boston pilot program for a charter school had its foundation grant questioned after a newspaper reported the school was adopting Applied Scholastics.
Supporters argue the program is nonreligious and has helped students overcome learning problems. Opponents argue it’s a veiled way for Scientology —- which some opponents charge is a cult —- to bring its ideas to children and their parents.
Applied Scholastics uses Hubbard’s “study technology,” described on the group’s Web site as “a system of learning how to learn.” Hubbard argued that a tutor needs to work closely with students to overcome barriers to learning by breaking down complex ideas.
Critics argue that Hubbard’s framework and terminology used in StudyTech mimic the practices of Scientology. People joining Scientology are assigned an “auditor” who helps them break down barriers.
A spokeswoman for St. Louis-based Applied Scholastics said the tutor does not teach Scientology, but does use Hubbard’s educational practices.
“Our organization is not a religious organization,” said Keri Lee. “There is no connection to any church. We use Mr. Hubbard’s teachings. And we are really grateful for them.”
Four of the 123 other state-approved tutors say they are faith-based. None has received complaints, state officials said.
The Georgia Board of Education approved Applied Scholastics in 2006 for a three-year license —- which is up for renewal in September —- to tutor children in grades one through eight in reading and math. The group currently tutors 17 students in Cobb County, state officials said.
The four e-mailed complaints last year alleged Applied Scholastics is a front for Scientology, though none came from a tutored student’s parent. Two of the writers identified themselves as Georgia residents; a third said she was a former Applied Scholastics student.
Mona Manus, who learned about the group while surfing the Web, filed a complaint in April.
State officials said that as long as Applied Scholastics follows state and federal rules, it can remain on the approved tutor list.
“The law was designed to give parents the option and allow them to do the research,” said Dana Tofig, state education spokesman.
Applied Scholastics received $11,300 in federal money for the past two school years, a Cobb district spokesman said.
In its application, Applied Scholastics cited Hubbard’s work as the basis for its approach. State examiners gave the application acceptable marks overall, but they raised questions about the group’s effort to remain non-ideological.
But in its spring 2007 review, Applied Scholastics met or exceeded all state requirements, documents show, including neutrality. State tutor program monitor Lou Ferretti said that during that site visit he saw students sitting at a table at a Cobb library working.
Cruise was a speaker at the opening of the Applied Scholastics world headquarters in 2003. The Scientology magazine Freedom reported he told the crowd that he was trying to learn how to fly for the 1986 movie “Top Gun,” but he had trouble understanding the manuals. He said he had been “diagnosed with a false label, dyslexia.”
“Shortly after that I discovered ‘the Study Technology,’ ” he said, adding that he later learned to fly.
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A favorite article. I think it is linked earlier in the thread, but always good to bump!
Applied Scholastics Online Academy has actually managed to get WASC accreditation. (WASC is a real accreditation organization.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Association_of_Schools_and_Colleges
I've started to throw a page together on them.
Category:Applied Scholastics Online Academy
One oddity that I've noticed is that their Form 990s used the Applied Scholastics group exemption number 4171 until 2010, but not after.
They seem to have a lot of revenue, but very little assets. Gee, I wonder where all the money goes?
As they are "online", I wonder if they'll be used as a backdoor accreditation for students at other Applied Scholastics?
Thanks for keeping us informed on this, DH
BigBeard
That's odd, unless they're omitting it to mask the fact they are part of APPLIED SCHOLASTICS INTERNATIONAL.
The ASI branch operating as "APPLIED SCHOLASTICS ONLINE ACADEMY" is still listed in the IRS database as part of Group Exemption Number 4171. And it's obvious from the ruling date, they only have there 501(c)3 status because of the Group Exemption granted to ASI as part of the 1993 Closing Agreement.
This is current list of ASI facilities the IRS considers part of GEN 4171 as of 06/08/15:
CITY, ST, ZIP
GEN, SC, AC (AC 6 = Controlling organization, 9 = Subordinate organization)
RULING DATE
DBA (If any)
APPLIED SCHOLASTICS INTERNATIONAL
SAINT LOUIS MO 63138-3610
15020 BURWOOD DR
PERRIS CA 92570-9499
APPLIED SCHOLASTICS ONLINE ACADEMY
SEATTLE WA 98125-4508
ACADEMY OF SEATTLE LAUREL ACADEMY
1018 E SAHARA AVE STE D
LAS VEGAS NV 89104-3222
ACADEMY FOR LEARNING
913 E SYRENA CIR
SANDY UT 84094-3032
APPLIED SCHOLASTICS ACADEMY OF SLC
APPLIED SCHOLOASTICS INTERNATIONAL [Note 'Scholastics' misspelled in IRS database]
536 E MENDOCINO ST
ALTADENA CA 91001-2232
RENAISSANCE ACADEMY INC
LOS ANGELES CA 90029-0726
APPLIED SCHOLASTICS OUTREACH
3031 ANGUS ST
CARROLL REES ACADEMY & ARTS
APPLIED SCHOLASTICS WUS
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Insurgency - General Discussion
Issues with Objectives and Roles in coop
cool_lad Reply Quote
It's no secret that the coop, in spite of being a large part of the game has failed to improve in any tangible way. Bots can't defend and have many frustrating aspects, objectives are unsatisfying and don't scale with player numbers and a number of roles are pointless.
What has been added are "Hardcore" and "frenzy" modes that have failed to be any better in practice due to their artificial difficulty and being riddled with the same issues as the main checkpoint mode; such as the laser guided molotov artillery. They act as Checkpoint but with clunky artificial difficulty that drags the mode down.
Let's talk Objectives:-
The objectives don't scale with player numbers. In practice this means that instead of getting more challenges, more players just dogpile into a single objective making the whole affair boring and meh.
Cache objectives are too easy; incendiaries and the bots being unable to set up defenses makes them perfect for rushers.
Bots can't defend; this means that the only thing even remotely challenging is the occasional defense objectives, which themselves just see players dogplied into a single objective.
There are also roles that are, in practice, useless.
The worst offenders here are:-
Gunner: they essentially function as riflemen in practice; the ushing run and gun play, high recoil for MGs and lack of any sort of suppression mean that the Gunner is quite literally useless. He can't lay down suppressive fire, and any attempt to do so ends with him getting shot.
Demolition: outside the grenade launcher, this role just functions as another Rifleman. His launcher gets maybe one use throughout the match, and when it comes to destroying caches, the incendiaries mean that he has no actual use there either. He has incredibly pricey tools that, in practice are useless because they have no real use that would justify them.
Suggestions:-
Add more technicals to the modes; both on the defense and offense, the technicals are the only thing even remotely working like gunners for the bots. A single technical makes a world of difference to the difficulty of any point and actually gives the Demolitions something to do.
Remove all incendiaries from the modes: nothing else has as negative an impact on every aspect of coop as incendiaries. In the hands of players they enable rushers who make the game worse for everyone else and in the hands of bots they act as laser guided artillery that just adds to player frustration.
Make the modes scale with player numbers, add more objectives as more players join rather than just upping bot numbers so that there's more actual challenge and you don't have all players just dogpiling a single objective.
Make the bots respond to suppressive fire, so that the Gunner isn't just dead weight and can actually do something instead of being a worse rifleman.
bahzooga Reply Quote
100% thumbs up, moreover, I would suggest removing the area restrictions and randomizing cache objective locations using the entire map or at least a vast part of it.
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Current Team Updates and Social Media
Nene replied to charappleby's topic in S14
I have to admit, I was a little surprised that Kelli seemed to know so little about wigs, how they're worn and wig maintenance during Kat's makeover.
I agree. With everything so discombobulated, my guess is they keep all or most of the vets. I expect there have been or will be some behind-the-scenes conversations with some of the vets who would likely be cut (ie Christina, Jalyn, Meredith, Lily, Kat, possibly Savannah, would be my guesses) on the expectations if they return, etc., maybe to nudge them toward a graceful pre-TC exit via retiring vs. public humiliation of being a vet cut during TC on TV.
Show Format: Irritations and Fresh Ideas
Nene replied to dccfangirl's topic in Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team
His assistant, Kevin Walsh, is amazing too!! I LOVE Marshall and Kevin!
Lol! Molly mentioned on one of her IG posts that she's retiring this year, which made me sad, because she has always been one of my favorites. Honestly, I have to agree with you about Christina too. I like her story and her perseverance but it always perplexes me when these girls try out for SO LONG, through a process that is s physically, mentally and emotionally grueling, MAKE it through Training Camp and onto the team, then either let themselves go physically and/or collapse performance-wise or fall back into the same habits that got them cut from TC or auditions before.
Christina, Lily, Jalyn. Meredith has a guaranteed spot due to her Jones family connections. I'd say Kat might be one of the "on the bubble" storylines but gets back on the team for the sake of diversity and being a foil, with her slightly ditzy, outgoing personality, to make VK appear mature and grown-up. I am really curious to see if Christina and Brennan try out for another season, especially Christina, who appeared to have struggled performance-wise and in balancing her full-time job with her DCC TC obligations.
This might have (and surely HAS) been asked and answered but I couldn't find it with a quick scroll. How many vets, as of the close of the first round auditions, are DEFINITELY retiring? And how many have definitely stated they will return? Please and thank you very much! Also, you all are wonderful! I enjoy this forum SO MUCH!
Her non-waterproof mascara and eyelash extensions streaming down her face ...
I love Maddie and I have loved her STORY since she returned the second year. However (and I say this as someone who falls over her own feet walking), she's never struck me as being a powerhouse dancer and if it's glamour you are looking for, she's not the gal to bring it. She has always come off as a more tomboy type of personality and physique (which is expected, she grew up in her mom's dance studio). She also has appeared to have a slight jiggle a couple of times, I think at last year's field audition (?) she was a little "fluffy." I was not impressed with either Amy or Maddie at point this season. I expect you're right though about her having a hold on that point spot. I wonder if they'll have a backup since Maddie has had a recurring hamstring injury? IF Bridget (the OBVIOUS point and/or backup, IMHO) is retiring, that gives TPTB the perfect excuse to slide their little pet VK into the backup spot and then into point. And God help us if the uber-wealthy Jones family had to pay extra for an All Star! Char and her kiddies might have to cut their Med cruise on the family's $250 mil super yacht a day short.
Rookies? I'm thinking that with 30ish vets returning and knowing they have All Stars to put in for those 6-7 open spots, they can be REALLY choosy for this season's rookie TC class. I have to think it would take a HUGE screw up from a vet to get cut at finals or during Training Camp.
Nene replied to ByTor's topic in Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team
I LOVE Charm! She is definitely a breath of fresh air and some of what's needed to rev up the show!
I would love to see an episode that introduces the behind-the-scenes staff of the DCC and talks about what they do. Judy has assistants, presumably Kelli does too. Let's see how they make DCC operate. Get rid of the atrocious theme song. Either get the rights to the actual music that goes with the routines or match appropriate music to the routines. STAHP with the Star/Cowboys product infomercials. It's awkward and embarrassing. Show more of the individual group rehearsals and the rookies-only and/or vets-only rehearsals. Show more of the events that the SG and other DCCs do in the off season. Film and show the post-game victory celebration song and dance that the DCC does in their locker room. Film and show a whole training camp session. Refresh the audition judging panel (not a show thing but a DCC thing, I know.) I love Neal McCoy as a singer but Neal is 61 and him leering over girls who are young enough to be his daughter or granddaughter is getting kind of creepy.
Melissa wasn't even that great as a DCC. She didn't seem to grasp the concept of traveling across the floor/field, Kitty (or someone) called her whiny a couple of times and she just never really stood out. There are other DCC alumni and All Stars who would be MUCH better mentors and coaches than Melissa, Sarah Gourley Idziak, for example, or Jennifer Colvin, who taught some of her choreo this past season. I've also thought Melissa is pretty snotty and downright mean when she talks about the ladies who audition badly or who don't fit the DCC look in the first few rounds. I've also often had the thought that Judy isn't the biggest fan of Melissa and her role. There was a famous moment with Maddie in her rookie season when Melissa told Maddie to smile more and Judy said to Melissa, "So THAT'S why we brought you in! As the smile coach!" and the sarcasm was EPIC.
OMG, YES! AT LEAST get elevator music WITH THE TEMPO THAT MATCHES THE DANCE THEY'RE DOING!! Denise Dicharry's OUTSTANDING drumline routine was set to the actual music for the first season. When that season went into reruns, they set it to some horrible music that isn't even the same tempo!
I wonder just how many are working full time or going to school full time anymore? They used to focus on the jobs the ladies had and they've veered away from doing that as much, which makes me think they are not enforcing that rule (request?) and that fewer girls are working full time jobs. I think Christina was the only one whose job was shown last season, in the cheesy scene with retired vet Danielle, in an office with absolutely NOTHING ELSE in it. Bridget mentioned working as a veterinary assistant and she's not doing that anymore. PLEASE PLEASE please make this happen! That song is awful in every way!
What was Heather being punished for?
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Home Artists Elohim continues to release hit singles with new track “The Wave”
Elohim continues to release hit singles with new track “The Wave”
Doesn’t it seem like Elohim just released a track that we fell in love with? Well, that’s because she did. Exactly a month ago. It was the summer anthem we all needed, and it was in collaboration with breakout star Whethan.
With summer over and fall beginning, it’s only logical that she’s released another single entitled “The Wave” to soundtrack our new season. This one’s going to keep you dancing for sure.
Elohim has had an incredibly packed year, and it’s no surprise she is unrivaled on her rise to fame. Her performances at festivals this past year include Coachella, Middlelands, Lightning in a Bottle, Firefly, and Lollapalooza. She’s currently on tour, supporting Australian producer Alison Wonderland (hellloooooo, female producer tour. I see you). She’ll also be supporting Jai Wolf for select dates on his North American tour.
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Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Review
Daniel Pinheiro December 4th, 2020 - 3:52 PM
My exposure to and interest in Koei Tecmo’s Warriors franchise has always been fairly limited. On the other hand, I am a longtime fan of The Legend of Zelda franchise, and Breath of the Wild in particular happens to be one of my favorites. So when it was announced that Breath of the Wild would be getting a direct prequel in the form of a second Hyrule Warriors installment, I was both interested and wary. While Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is a solid action game, several issues hold it back from true greatness.
Being a Warriors title, Age of Calamity primarily sees players plowing through massive armies of foes with a simple, flashy combat system. Combos are mainly performed through a string of light attacks followed by a heavy attack finisher, and they usually have massive areas of effect so that tens if not thousands of enemies can be defeated with ease. It’s an intuitive system that allows for a decent amount of variation in characters’ movesets, and half the fun of the game involves experimenting with each character’s different combos to see what they do. The smaller, weaker enemies mainly exist as fodder to fill up the special attack gauge more quickly, while the larger enemies are where the main challenge lies. Beating these foes involves depleting the weak point gauge for a super attack, which will only appear after the player dodges certain attacks or exposes weaknesses. These conditions make the weak point gauge a solid method for encouraging players to learn enemy tells and vulnerabilities, and the massive attack performed after depleting the gauge is a wonderful reward for fully engaging with foes. Aside from some light base management elements, this makes up the core gameplay loop of Age of Calamity, and it’s an incredibly addictive one that provides a surface-level power fantasy while still encouraging players to think about their attack strategy.
What really makes Age of Calamity stand out is how the ideas and mechanics present in Breath of the Wild are repurposed to fit an action game context. For instance, the Flurry Rush mechanic, in which players perform a series of attacks after dodging an attack at the last moment, is a perfect fit for Age of Calamity’s fast-paced combat. The Sheikah Slate runes used for puzzle-solving and environmental traversal in Breath of the Wild are smartly incorporated here both as extra attack options and as hard counters for certain enemy attacks, and it’s fun to see each character’s flashy variation for each rune. The paraglider also fits well in Age of Calamity as a tool to extend aerial combat options. The playable cast includes nearly every major character from Breath of the Wild, each of which has an entirely unique moveset befitting their personality or original role. Some of the attacks even pay homage to extremely obscure techniques found in that title, such as the bomb parry that Urbosa performs in her variation on the bomb rune. Elements like these really make Age of Calamity feel less like a cynical cash cow for the Breath of the Wild brand and more like a loving tribute from developers who were passionate about that title.
As fun as the gameplay can be, it is hampered by some glaring faults. Although the dodge has invincibility frames, it is unclear at which point in the animation those invincibility frames occur. I found myself getting hit by several attacks that I felt I should have dodged, and this issue is not helped by the occasionally wonky hitboxes on enemy attacks and the wildly inconsistent framerate, which caused many of my dodge inputs to be delayed. The camera can be horrifically uncooperative at times; often when the player is up against a wall, the camera will zoom in to clip through the character, making the action nearly undecipherable. This was especially problematic when a certain late-game boss spent nearly half the battle stuck in a narrow doorway, leading to many bad camera angles and failed attempts to get the boss to cooperate.
In addition to these problems, the latter half of the campaign really drags down the experience. It is at this point when the titular Calamity occurs, which means that whereas most games would place their climax near the end, this game extends its climax throughout most of its second half. To justify this from a gameplay perspective, the later missions pit players against scores of high-level enemies back-to-back, each requiring multiple weak-point strikes and special attacks to defeat. Considering how lengthy the campaign is, having to fight so many damage-sponge enemies for such an extended period of time quickly grows stale. I was completely worn out by the end of the game, and while this can be a satisfying feeling to have after finishing a hype-filled action game, having to fight three drawn-out mini-bosses twice in a row is the opposite of hype.
One particular mission exemplifies this issue and then some. Later in the mission, I was being utterly swamped by high-level enemies and could not prevent more of those enemies from infiltrating the base, leading to an instant game over. As it turns out, I neglected to defeat those enemies one-by-one before they began invading the base, which was the only time where I was punished for not effectively micromanaging the battlefield without the game telling me to. Unfortunately, the game automatically created a checkpoint well after the point where I could fix this problem, effectively locking me in an unwinnable situation that I could only undo by restarting the mission. The fact that this situation occurred in a modern AAA title is frankly awful, and that’s not even getting into the arduous process of defeating all of those enemies individually on the reattempt.
Ultimately, Age of Calamity is a fun action romp with many highlights, such as its presentation, combat, and extensive side content. Unfortunately, its issues leave it feeling like a footnote rather than a legend.
Score: 6 out of 10
Reviewed on Nintendo Switch
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Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s Henry IV, Part I, is honor bound
By Juliet Whitman, WESTWORD
King Henry IV gained the throne by deposing his predecessor, Richard II, and having him murdered, and in Henry IV, Part 1, the crown lies uneasily on his head. He’s beset with political problems: Men who aided his insurgency have turned against him; there’s rebellion brewing throughout the kingdom; and, worst of all, his son, Prince Hal, is a disgrace to the family name, a disreputable layabout who spends his time with whores and a fat, dissolute old knight named Falstaff. Harry Percy, the hot-headed Hotspur leading the charge against him, is an enemy — but he’s also the ideal warrior the king would have wanted as his own son.
One of the wonderful things about this play, now receiving a strong production at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, is the way it’s structured — the parallels drawn, the echoes and resonances. While Henry is Hal’s blood-and-flesh father, his chosen father appears to be Falstaff, with all his calculating cowardice and intense zest for life. The scene in which Henry berates Hal for the company he keeps is mirrored by another in which Falstaff satirizes the king and lavishly praises himself: “sweet Jack Falstaff, kind Jack Falstaff, true Jack Falstaff, valiant Jack Falstaff.”
The concept of honor provides another — and unlikely — parallel, this one between Hotspur and Falstaff. For Hotspur, honor is a gleaming ideal, something for which he’d lay down his life. Contemplating the carnage of battle, Falstaff has a different take: “What is honor? A word. What is in that word honor? … Air. Who hath it? He that died a’ Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No.” The contrast is brilliantly encapsulated in the image of Falstaff lying on the battlefield faking death near Hotspur’s corpse.
The primary characters are brilliantly drawn, complex, entertaining, and tantalizingly morally ambiguous. Appealing as he is, Hal’s a schemer. Early on, he turns to the audience and explains that he’s only pretending to be a bum so that when he rejects Falstaff and takes on his rightful role as king, he’ll seem doubly virtuous by contrast. And yet he does seem to enjoy his time at the tavern and to feel real warmth toward the old fat knight. You want to love Falstaff, but he’s just as ethically ambiguous. Pocketing the money he’s given to raise a fighting force, he recruits an army of desperate beggars, remarking contemptuously that they’ll do as cannon fodder. Only Hotspur has real integrity, despite the fact that he’s a quarrelsome hothead and has a deep love for violence — and that’s because he’s so purely, honestly and simply himself. Geoffrey Kent comes close to galloping away with the entire production in the role; his Hotspur is tough and quick to anger but also very funny, and both rough and tender with his wife, Kate, portrayed by Jamie Anne Romero in a lovely performance. This woman is gentle and loving, but she can more than stand up to her bull of a husband.
As Hal, Ben Bonenfant provides a strong balance to Kent’s Hotspur. A lightweight, capering imp at the beginning — though showing hints of ruthless determination — he grows into his royal role in front of our eyes. I did have one cavil with this performance: When Hotspur dies at Hal’s sword, it’s a symbolically huge moment, a transfer of power that shakes the heavens a little. I’d have liked to hear Bonenfant deliver the eulogy over Hotspur’s body with a little more power and gravity instead of sounding ready to weep. But that’s a matter of interpretation.
Michael Winters is a deft, funny Falstaff. Sam Gregory gives a wonderfully committed performance as the perplexed, very human king, balancing skillfully between anguish and unexpected humor. He’s clearly highly imitable — inimitably imitable, in fact. During the fake king-son scene at the tavern, Winters and Bonenfant in turn take on Gregory’s distinctive speech patterns, with hilarious results.
I do have a couple of quibbles with the production. Sometimes the rhythms feel off or a scene seems rushed. The costumes are deliberately anachronistic, with period and contemporary bits and pieces mingling; perhaps this is supposed to make the action seem timeless, but it distracts, and the gold jerkins and helmets worn by the king’s side into battle look flimsy and cheap. These are small criticisms, however, of a well-acted and sometimes inspiring production.
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Facebook’s Algorithm: Declaration Of Independence Is “Hate Speech”
Tim Brown July 5, 2018
You read that right, Facebook’s algorithm targeted a Declaration of Independence post on the Fourth of July this year and marked it as “hate speech.”
For a while now, Facebook believes itself to be the people’s mother and father, sanitizing their platform for the masses so that they let through only things they approve of rather than allowing free speech.
Obviously, everyone has heard of the specific targeting of conservative Facebook pages, but Facebook is even more sinister in its algorithms.
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The latest example comes by way of The Vindicator.
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Casey Stinnett, the managing editor at The Vindicator, wrote about hos Facebook labeled his post as “hate speech.”
Somewhere in paragraphs 27-31 of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote something that Facebook finds offensive.
Leading up to Independence Day, The Vindicator challenged its Facebook followers to read the Declaration of Independence. To make it a little easier to digest that short but formidable historic document, the newspaper broke the Declaration down into 12 small bites and one to post each morning from June 24 to July 4.
The first nine parts posted as scheduled, but part 10, consisting of paragraphs 27-31 of the Declaration, did not appear. Instead, The Vindicator received a notice from Facebook saying that the post “goes against our standards on hate speech.”
Facebook’s notice then asked The Vindicator to review the contents of its page and remove anything that does not comply with Facebook’s policies.
The offending passage of the Declaration reads as follows:
“He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
“He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
“He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
“He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
“He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.”
From a screenshot, here’s how Facebook responded to his post.
“Only you can see this post because it goes against our standards on hate speech,” Facebook wrote.
To be fair, Stinnett did try to come to a rational conclusion as to why Facebook may have labeled his post “hate speech.”
He suspects that because his post included “Indian Savages,” that was the reason for the actions of Facebook.
Eventually, as complaining about the restriction of the post, Facebook acknowledged it has misapplied their community standards.
“It looks like we made a mistake and removed something you posted on Facebook that didn’t go against our Community Standards,” Facebook responded. “We want to apologize and let you know that we’ve restored your content and removed any blocks on your account related to this incorrect action.”
One thing The Vindicator did acknowledge was this: “While unhappy with Facebook’s action, the editor reminds readers that Facebook is a business corporation, not the government, and as such it is allowed to restrict use of its services as long as those restrictions do not violate any laws. Plus, The Vindicator is using Facebook for free, so the newspaper has little grounds for complaint other than the silliness of it.”
That’s absolutely true, and this is why we complain loudly though because businesses need money and if they want to go full Naxi censorship on everyone, then those who are spending money with Facebook may decide to voice their dissatisfaction by not spending any money with them.
Stinnett then concluded his post with “This is frustrating, but your editor is a historian, and to enjoy the study of history a person must love irony. It is a very great irony that the words of Thomas Jefferson should now be censored in America.”
Indeed it is, but this won’t be the last time they are censored, rest assured.
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Nearly two thousand locations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland breaching air pollution limits
A data audit* by Friends of the Earth has revealed the 1,758 sites across the England, Wales and Northern Ireland that have breached the annual Air Quality Objective for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) levels, which is set to protect health.
Published: 27 Feb 2019 | 2 minute read
View full map here
High levels of NO2 can cause a flare up of asthma or symptoms such as coughing and difficulty breathing. A leading cause of NO2 pollution is emissions from road traffic.
With toxic air above limits affecting huge swathes of the UK, Friends of the Earth is campaigning for Clean Air Zones to be rolled out in far more places than are currently being planned, supported by measures such as improved infrastructure to support safe cycling and walking. This would see fewer polluting vehicles on our roads and would ultimately improve public health. Removing such vehicles would also contribute to reducing carbon emissions and fighting climate change.
Simon Bowens, clean air campaigner at Friends of the Earth, said:
“It’s unforgivable that across the UK there are nearly two thousand locations over air quality limits, leaving millions of us breathing dangerously polluted air.
“Air pollution is often an issue thought of as affecting only the biggest cities. The reality is that unacceptably toxic air can be found across much of the UK, even in smaller towns. It is harming the health of people across the country and is especially bad for young children whose lungs are still developing.
“The government needs to step up and do more to help deal with this air pollution crisis – they can’t just carry on leaving the difficult decisions with local authorities, many of which are severely under-resourced.”
UK locations ranked by annual average level of NO2 (in ug/m3) - the Objective is 40ug/m3:
Earls Court Station, Kensington & Chelsea, London – 129.5
Junction North Circular Rd / Chartley Avenue, Brent, London – 115.39
IKEA, Hut, North Circular Road, Brent, London – 102.1
Neville Street (NW Tunnel entrance), Leeds – 99
Fir Tree Close, Hickleton, Doncaster – 96
Kensington H St/Kensington Church St, Kensington & Chelsea, London – 94.5
Euston Road, Camden, London – 92.45
Strand, City of Westminster, London – 92
High Street, Harlesden, Brent, London – 91.83
Haddon Hall Tower Bridge Road, Southwark, London – 90.79
UK locations (outside of London) ranked by annual average level of NO2 (in ug/m3):
John O’Gaunts, Hickleton, Doncaster – 87
Hennef Way, Banbury – 84.8
Upper Stone Street, Maidstone – 79.3
Market Hill, Maldon – 78.97
North Street Clock Tower, Brighton – 77.9
Platform 3A/2B, Sheffield – 77
Neville Street (NE Tunnel entrance), Leeds – 76
Holyhead Road, Coventry – 75.6
*Data has been accessed from the most recent local authority annual Air Quality Status Reports submitted to government. The results are all bias corrected, and distance-adjusted where appropriate. In some cases, this data is provisional and awaiting approval from DEFRA.
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As the laid-back days under the midnight sun glide by, it’s almost a job to keep up with the slew of summer weekend events. This month the Midnight Sun Fly-In Association held (take a wild guess) its Midnight Sun Fly-In event. It’s a bi-annual gathering of and a tribute to the bush pilots of the North.
Starting from the Thursday before the event weekend, current and former Northern aviators flew in to town, keeping the airport and the float plane dock busy. There was something on offer for everyone: entertainment in the form of a Burlesque show, fishing trips, sight-seeing flights, a fly-out picnic, model airplanes on display, a scavenger hunt by air, pilots telling stories of rescue and other aviation adventures, and, of course, lots to eat, including a bush pilot pancake breakfast.
On the Sunday morning there was a float plane fly-past, to honour the intrepid bush pilots who have passed on. Due to the numerous wildfires that we’ve been experiencing again this summer, the skies were smoky and visibility was not the best. Despite that, a good number of spectators walked up the hill in Old Town to the Pilots Monument for the event. That is to say that the adults walked and the children ran eagerly up, then they occupied themselves by scampering among the rocks at the top.
The NWT Pipe Band also made the trek up, dressed in full regalia. Things took a while to get underway, so they played a couple of tunes to keep us happy while we waited.
NWT Pipe Band entertaining the crowd
Eventually, engines turned over, propellers began to spin and float planes began motoring through the water down in Back Bay. Slowly but surely, about a dozen of them formed a semblance of a taxiing queue and took off, one by one, into the smoky sky.
Float-planes forming a taxiing queue in Back Bay
They banked and passed on one side of the hill where we were standing, and disappeared into the smoky expanse above the lake. Soon enough, we could see them in the distance, heading back. This time they flew past on the other side of the hill, while an announcer mentioned the name of each pilot and the type of aircraft, then they splashed to a landing in Back Bay. Excitement over.
Float plane fly-past
Without the bush pilots of the early 20th century, there would probably not have been a city of Yellowknife, a large-scale Northern mining industry, nor would the North have become as accessible as it is today. These days they still fly people and cargo to and from the bush, whether it be geologists on an exploration trip, or hunters to bush-camps or cabins, or taking supplies for crews battling wild fires.
The history of flight in the Northwest Territories is eventful and it’s chronicled quite well at the museum, where there’s a room dedicated to Northern transportation. The first flights over the Northwest Territories took place in 1921, and at that time the territory was a much larger land mass, as it hadn’t yet been carved up. Those early flights were funded by Imperial Oil, after oil was discovered on Great Bear Island on the Mackenzie River, downstream of Tulita, which was then called Fort Norman. It took a while for others to venture north in large numbers.
The Royal Canadian Air Force made its first northern exploration with the Henderson Strait Expedition in 1927, flying north from Winnipeg to the eastern Arctic. The pilots flew without maps and they wouldn’t have lived to tell the tale had it not been for the help of the Inuit families who accompanied them. Repairing the planes was dicey under the circumstances, so the occasional crash did occur. That was when the Inuit knowledge of the terrain and of how to survive in the inhospitable climate came in more than handy; it saved lives.
As geologists, surveyors and prospectors began to head north during the summers – on foot and by boat – small-scale mining operations commenced. That was when it became commercially viable to offer aircraft flights to the mining industry.
Prospectors and pilot in 1940 Yellowknife
Airmail service reached the North in 1929. In January of that year, a young pilot called Clennell Haggerston “Punch” Dickins made the first experimental mail run, from Fort McMurray, Alberta, to Fort Simpson, NWT. He hauled the mail for most of that year.
“Punch” Dickins
Prior to that, mail had been transported by horse-drawn sleigh and dog-sled. The 600-mile trip between Fort McMurray and Fort Smith took 24 days over land. (In this day and age, we have no clue what snail mail really is.) Northern bush pilots had to be able to fly under difficult conditions, in terms of both weather and terrain, as there was no airport at their destination, no runway for landing the plane.
Another bush pilot called Wilfred R. “Wop” May won the contract for hauling Northern airmail starting in December 1929, and by the end of the year he was flying the mail as far north as Aklavik, near the Mackenzie Delta.
Early NWT air mail delivery
Wop May was probably better known for his more exciting role in helping the RCMP to track down the fugutive Mad Trapper of Rat River, a.k.a. Albert Johnson, in February of 1932.
“Wop” May
The Mad Trapper had escaped multiple RCMP attempts to subdue or capture him. He had wounded an RCMP officer in one shootout, and he had singlehandedly escaped another shootout and standoff with 9 RCMP officers that lasted well into a wintry night. After that incident, an large posse set out on a manhunt for him, but they were having a hard time finding him. They enlisted the help of Wop May, who tracked his footprints in the snow from the air, and shortly after that the RCMP got their man, who went down in a final firefight. Returning to carrying mail must have been rather ho-hum after an adventure like that.
Nowadays, we don’t give any thought to what it takes for the mail to be delivered to us, if we still get snail mail at all. We hop on our choice of flights to travel to the larger centres in the NWT, and we expect to be able to access most of the smaller communities on a scheduled flight. The float-plane fly-in weekend reminds us that we have the bush pilots to thank for that.
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From Iceland — Oldest Houses In Icelandic History Possibly Found
Oldest Houses In Icelandic History Possibly Found
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Archeologists working in Stöð í Stöðvarfirði, on the east coast, believe they have found the oldest lodgings in Iceland, dating back decades before Ingólfur Arnarson settled in 874.
The two hovels are believed to have been an outpost used for resource utilisation, and the reason why they are not thought to have been permanent settlements is the lack of any evidence of animal husbandry. The older of the two is believed to date back to early parts of the ninth century.
Among the most important finds
Bjarni F. Einarsson, who heads the archaeological dig told pressan.is that the lodgings and items found on site are similar to those from Northern Europe at the time, but is uncertain of the specific origins of its builders.
“This is high Nordic construction and the items we’ve found are similar to those found across the northern part of the continent,” he said. “But whether the people who erected them came from the British Isles, Norway or Northern Norway we don’t know.”
Last year, the find was chosen by archaeology magazine Archaeofeed as one of the world’s most important archeological finds in 2016.
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Product Crunch: The Future Fashion Edition
Whether you realize it or not, fashion touches us all. It’s how we express our personality, values, culture, interests, and identity. And yet, the industry is changing. While the culture of fast, affordable shopping has led to an increase in waste, technology has automated, personalized, and sped up the entire production and distribution cycle.
On Thursday, February 20, the Berlin product community escaped from the cold and gathered in Goodpatch’s Berlin studio to discuss the future of fashion: Trends, technology, and how our actions today will shape our quality of life tomorrow.
Up first: Anthony Obiri Yeboah, founder of Obiri, a smart-fabrics fashion brand. Only 21 years old, Anthony is nothing short of a wunderkind: He’s founded two companies, has lived and worked in Japan, and lucky for us, returned to Germany where he founded Obiri in 2019.
Anthony Obiri Yeboah, founder of Obiri
In his talk, ‘Back to freedom- with tomorrow’s fashion,’ Anthony walked us through the smart fabrics trend and how technology is going to have a direct impact on everyone from the elderly community to athletes. Smart-fabrics will allow us to track our movement, monitor our health, and communicate like never before.
We then had siblings, Keiho and Alisa Menkhaus, founders of SUSUMU AI, take the stage to talk about tradition for a new generation. A Japanese-German fashion brand, SUSUMU AI, which means continuous love in Japanese, has a powerful connection to the Menkhaus’ family. For one, Susumu is the first name of their grandfather, while the syllable AI (愛) is the first character of Alisa’s name written in Japanese. What’s more, the SUSUMU AI logo is their grandfather’s family crest.
Keiho and Alisa Menkhaus, founders of SUSUMU AI
They spoke to the Product Crunch crowd about the significance of tradition to their work designing a modern take on kimonos. Their mission is to preserve the Japanese craft, translate tradition for a new generation, and promote sustainability through a slower fashion cycle and greater attention to quality.
Finally, we were joined by Hervé Dupied, Environmental Initiatives Manager at Patagonia. Before joining Patagonia, Hervé, spent a year walking 7,500 km, from Mexico City and Ushuaia, Argentina, during which time he crossed the Patagonia region at the southern tip of South America. Passionate about adventure and the environment, his motto is simple: Daily willingness for action.
Hervé Dupied, Environmental Initiatives Manager at Patagonia
In his talk, Hervé asked the question: How do we build a common future that we can all enjoy? At Patagonia, he worked on the team responsible for creating Patagonia Action Works, a digital platform that gathers environmental change-makers. The platform connects people who do not represent the NGOs Patagonia works with or athletes from our their sports, but individuals that have a strong record in environmental activism and give their love, work, time, and passion for the protection of our planet. Hervé reminded us that we all have the power to create change in our communities and that what may seem like small action taken today, will amount to a more desirable future for us all.
Need we say…another great event for the books. A HUGE thank you to our speakers and everyone who makes Product Crunch possible!
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Provincial Traffic Updates This Week – July 10 2015
CONTINUING WORK
ANTIGONISH COUNTY: Highway 104
Sections of Highway 104, from Pomquet River Road for about two kilometres to Exit 36A, are reduced to one lane for repaving until Friday, July 17.
Traffic control people are on site. Work takes place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
CAPE BRETON REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Grand Lake Road
Grand Lake Road (Trunk 4), from the Gardner intersection east for about three kilometres, is reduced from four lanes to two lanes for repaving and upgrading.
Upgrade work is also being done on Murphy Road, Windemere Drive, and the Yolanda Drive intersection.
Traffic control people are on site but delays are possible. Drivers should allow extra time or use alternate routes if possible.
Work takes place from dawn until dusk and is scheduled for completion by the end of August.
CAPE BRETON REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Trunk 4
Trunk 4, near Big Pond, from west of the intersection of Glen Albert Drive west for about 2.8 kilometres, is reduced to one lane for repaving and upgrading.
Traffic control people are on site but delays are possible.
Work takes place from 7 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and is scheduled for completion by the end of October.
COLCHESTER COUNTY: Barnhill Bridge
Barnhill Bridge, about three kilometres north of Trunk 2 on Belmont Road, is closed for repairs until Wednesday, July 24.
Detour signs are in place.
COLCHESTER COUNTY: Highway 102
Sections of the southbound lanes of Highway 102 from Exit 11 at Stewiacke to the Colchester County line are reduced to one lane for rumble strip installation until Friday, July 31.
Work takes place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
COLCHESTER/CUMBERLAND: Highway 104
Traffic on sections of the eastbound lanes of Highway 104, from west of Exit 8 at Westchester to the Mines Bass River Road underpass, are reduced to one lane for guardrail repairs and repaving until Monday, Aug. 31.
Traffic control people are on site. Work takes place from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
COLCHESTER COUNTY: Trunk 4, near Londonderry
Sections of Trunk 4, near Londonderry, between Baseline Road and Highway 104, are reduced to one lane for guardrail repair and paving until Monday, Aug. 31.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Eddy Road
Eddy Road to Fort Lawrence, near Amherst, is closed until further notice because of a collapsed culvert.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Malagash Road
Malagash Road, from Smith Road to Purdys Loop Road, is reduced to one lane for chip sealing until Monday, Aug. 31.
DIGBY COUNTY: Bonnie Road
The Bonnie Road Overpass over Highway 101 near Meteghan, Digby Co., is closed to all traffic until further notice. A detour route is marked.
DIGBY COUNTY: Highway 101, Gilberts Cove
Highway 101, near Gilberts Cove, is reduced to one lane for culvert repairs until Saturday, July 25.
Traffic control signals are on site. Expect delays of up to 10 minutes. Work takes place from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
DIGBY COUNTY: Melanson Mills Bridge
Melanson Mills Bridge on Marc Comeau Road is closed until further notice to replace the deck.
A detour route is in place.
HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Highway 102, Night Work
Sections of the Halifax-bound lanes of Highway 102, between Exit 5 at Fall River and Exit 4-C at Glendale Avenue and Duke Street, are reduced to one lane during night hours.
On weekdays, lane reductions begin at 7 p.m. and end at 6 a.m. On weekends, the lane reductions are from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m.
Delays are possible during construction. Travel with caution and use an alternate route if possible. Work will be completed this fall.
HALIFAX REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY: Highway 118, Fall River
The Highway 118 overpass over Perrin Drive in Fall River is reduced to one lane in each direction during repairs until Saturday, July 18.
Two lanes are open during peak hours. For inbound lanes, it is 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday to Friday, and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday, for outbound lanes.
HANTS/COLCHESTER COUNTIES: Meadow Road
Meadow Road, from Cooks Brook Road to Route 224, is reduced to one lane for patching and paving. Drivers must reduce speed and be prepared to stop in the construction zone.
The work is from sunrise to sunset and is expected to be finished by Wednesday, Sept. 30.
HANTS/COLCHESTER COUNTIES: Whittenburg Road
Sections of Whittenburg Road in Lower Stewiacke, from Route 224 north for about four kilometres to the Colchester County line, are reduced to one lane for patching and paving. Drivers must reduce speed and be prepared to stop in the construction zone.
INVERNESS COUNTY: Crowdis Bridge
Crowdis Bridge is closed until further notice for repairs. A detour is available via Crowdis Cross, West Big Intervale and Hatchery roads.
INVERNESS COUNTY: Trunk 19
Trunk 19, from about five kilometres north of the Port Hastings Rotary at Creignish, north for 6.5 kilometres, is reduced to one lane for patching and paving until Friday, July 31.
Traffic control people and a pilot vehicle are on site. Work takes place from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
INVERNESS COUNTY: West Lake Ainslie Road
The Hayes River Bridge on West Lake Ainslie Road has a 15-tonne weight restriction.
KINGS COUNTY: Gaspereau River Road, Wolfville
Gaspereau River Road, Wolfville, is closed between Greenfield Road and Black River Road to replace a culvert until Tuesday, Aug. 4.
Detour via White Rock Road.
KINGS COUNTY: Whitman Bridge
Whitman Bridge, on Whitman Road between Maple Avenue and Ward Road in Aylesford, is closed for repairs until further notice.
The detour route is Maple Avenue to Victoria Road to Ward Road.
LUNENBURG COUNTY: Varner Bridge
Work has begun on a new bridge beside the existing Varner Bridge on Route 208 near New Germany. The existing bridge is open, but there may be occasional, brief closures during construction. Drivers should use extra caution in the area.
The new two-lane bridge will be completed this year.
PICTOU COUNTY: Highway 104
Sections of the eastbound lanes of Highway 104, from Exit 20 at Alma for 4.4 kilometres, are reduced to one lane for bridge repairs and paving until Friday, July 31.
Speed through the work zone is reduced from 110 km/h to 80 km/h. Motorists are reminded that speeding fines are doubled in construction zones. Work will take place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
PICTOU COUNTY: Highway 104, Eastbound Lanes
Sections of the eastbound lanes of Highway 104, between Exit 19 at Salt Springs and Exit 20 at Greenhill, are reduced to one lane for repaving.
Speed limit through the construction zone is 80 km/h and drivers should use extra caution. Work is scheduled for completion by the end of July.
PICTOU COUNTY: Frasers Mountain Branch Road
Sections of Frasers Mountain Branch Road, from the intersection of Frasers Mountain Road to Glenfallach Road for about three kilometres, are reduced to one lane for gravelling and seal coating until Monday, Aug. 31.
PICTOU COUNTY: Glenfallach Road
Sections of Glenfallach Road, from Woodburn Road to Frasers Mountain Branch Road, for almost one kilometre, are reduced to one lane for gravelling and seal coating until Monday, Aug. 31.
PICTOU COUNTY: River John Road
Sections of River John Road, from Meadowville Station Road to Scotch Hill Road, are reduced to one lane for patching and paving until Monday, Aug. 31.
PICTOU COUNTY: Scotch Hill Road
Sections of Scotch Hill Road, from Route 376 north to River John Road, are reduced to one lane for patching and paving until Monday, Aug. 31.
PICTOU/COLCHESTER COUNTIES: Route 289
Sections of Route 289, from Pictou/Colchester county line west for almost six kilometres, are reduced to one lane for patching and paving. Drivers must reduce speed and be prepared to stop in the construction zone. The work is from sunrise to sunset and is expected to be finished by Wednesday, Sept. 30. A flag person is on site.
QUEENS COUNTY: Highway 103
Sections of Highway 103, from Exit 20 in Summerville west to Port Joli, are reduced to one lane until Saturday, Oct. 31.
RICHMOND COUNTY: Grandique Ferry Road
Grandique Ferry Road, from Route 320 for 3.6 kilometres to the end of pavement, is reduced to one lane for paving and patching until Saturday, Oct. 31.
Traffic control people and a pilot vehicle are on site. The work takes place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
VICTORIA COUNTY: Gillis Bridge
Gillis Bridge, on North Branch Road, just past Uisge Bàn (USH-KA BAN) Falls Provincial Park, is closed until further notice. Access to the park is not affected.
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England to play Egypt in March
The FA have announced that England’s first World Cup warm-up will be against Egypt at Wembley on March 3. The friendly is thought to have been arranged with England’s Group C opponents Algeria in mind.
Whisper it quietly, but could it just possibly be Bobby Zamora’s international debut as well?
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Running the rule
by Dan | Jun 9, 2011 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
Rich ran a very interesting experiment over at CCN earlier today. I wanted to respond to his survey asking about our squad but a hundred people beat me to it, which is a testament to his site’s deserved popularity. Anyway, the results were fairly conclusive and threw up the same sort of questions that Martin Jol must be mulling over in his mind:
At what point do I replace Schwarzer with Stockdale? If it’s not now, how much football should I give the younger man?
What to do about the left back conundrum?
What’s my first-choice midfield?
Where do Dembele and Dempsey play?
There are no easy answers – or we’d all be football managers. I’d advocate a fairly high diet of first-team football for Stockdale for the simple reason that he’s going to replace Schwarzer at some point in the near future and needs to be ready. The left-back question really centres around Matthew Briggs. If he’s the long-term answer, the solution is to slowly introduce him to the Premier League (rather than throwing him in at the deep end, as Mark Hughes did/had to do). If he’s not, then a foray into the market is needed quickly.
The midfield questions really concern the wide men. I’d be fairly sure that Jol would consider Sidwell and Murphy the first choice for the central positions, however harsh that might seem on Dickson Etuhu. Damien Duff had a mixed season last year: moments of absolute brilliance contrasted with injury frustrations. Bearing in mind that Clint Dempsey’s coming off a far more hectic summer schedule than any of our other first-teamers, it’s by no means certain that either them (with Duff still recovery from injury) will be 100 per cent right by August.
Much comes down to shape, too. For the most part, Fulham have operated a fairly rigid 4-4-2 over the last couple of seasons. A change of shape could get the best out of Dembele, who seems to enjoy roaming behind a central striker, and Dempsey, but might leave us markedly more open at the back. I’ve already offered some thoughts on Moussa’s role going forward, but of course the picture may change if Jol invests substantially in new faces over the summer.
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SDCC2013: The Lego Movie Gets a Poster, a Game, and Big-Name Voices!
July 21, 2013 Amanda Broyles Leave a comment
So I’ve already gushed over The Lego Movie trailer but now there’s even more news coming out of Comic-Con, plus a new poster so I get to do it all over again!
First off, check out this new The Lego Movie Comic-Con exclusive poster!
Love that lens flare.
Not only is there a new poster, but it was announced this week that there will be a The Lego Movie video game as well. Much like their other games, such as Lego Marvel Super Heroes, it will have plenty of characters to collect and play, 90 to be exact. Plus 15 levels of Lego Movie fun!
Just that news would be enough but during the Warner Bros./Legendary panel at Comic-Con, which brought us the news of the Man of Steel sequel and Flash and Justice League movies, the actors who would be providing some of the voices of the characters in The Lego Movie were announced as well.
It had already been announced that the main character, Emmet, would be voiced by the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy star, Chris Pratt, but now we also know that Channing Tatum will be providing the voice of Superman and Jonah Hill that of Green Lantern. While those are big names, it’s the voice of Wonder Woman that is a little bit surprising.
Perhaps having one of the busiest Comic-Con’s this year, it’s none other than Cobie Smulders. One minute she’s part of the huge Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot, the next she’s moving over to DC (sort of) as Wonder Woman’s voice. Oh and her CBS show, HIMYM, officially announced it’s final season. Girlfriend is a hot commodity right now!
One big update on Lego Marvel Super Heroes and his name is Stan Lee. I don’t know if you’ve heard of him, but you might have. Check out what the guys over at IGN have to say about the Marvel mastermind’s involvement.
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That does if for a Lego update, be sure to catch all of Grizzly Bomb’s Comic-Con coverage through the weekend and in the coming days as we consume and digest this gluttonous amount of info from San Diego!
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Charles Gunn & Sam Jackson…
May 9, 2013 Amanda Broyles Leave a comment
ABC is set to announce their fall schedule on May 14th so we figured it was about time to round up all the news we could find on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and put it in one handy dandy place.
First, let’s look at confirmed cast members. Of course we all know about Carl Gregg and his Agent Coulson returning from the dead (or was he ever dead?) but there have been quite a few other cast members added, not the least of which is Angel alum and most recently, Arrow assassin, J. August Richards. It hasn’t yet been announced who Richards will play, but I think we can all agree, it doesn’t really matter because he is that good. Maybe it’ll just be the return of Charles Gunn…
In addition to the three cast members we’ve already discussed here, those being Ming-Na Wen, Iain De Caestecker, and Elizabeth Henstridge, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. also includes Chloe Bennett from Nashville and Brett Dalton. Bennett is Skye and Dalton is the up and coming Agent Grant.
While it is nice to hear about these new characters and who will be playing them, we all are asking the same thing… what about Nick Fury and Maria Hill? Well as for Nick Fury, Samuel L. Jackson was asked about it during an interview with MTV and here’s what he had to say.
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So Nick Fury as S.H.I.E.L.D.’s version of Charlie? I could live with that. Of course it would be even better if Jackson were to make cameos occasionally, but that might be asking a bit much. As for Maria Hill? Well Joss Whendon told TV Line that we shouldn’t “expect” her because obviously Smulders has a busy schedule with not only How I Met Your Mother, but also various other projects, but that she could make an appearance. In my dream world, Smulders would wrap up HIMYM and immediately take off her Robin Sparkles costume and put on her S.H.I.E.L.D. uniform. Throw in a stop at SNL (how has this not happened yet?) and, well that would just be great.
Of course everyone is looking for more news and insight to the show and who better to go to than Agent Coulson himself, Clark Gregg. Screenrant caught up with Gregg at the Tribeca Film Festival.
It’s always nice to see when an actor has such a fondness for the character they play and Gregg certainly does for Coulson.
So that gets us all caught up and ready for the upfront next Tuesday where it’s pretty much a sure thing that Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will be announced. Could ABC finally making a run at beating CBS? They certainly have that potential so we’ll have to wait and see.
What we’ll also have to wait and see? If Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark/Iron Man makes an appearance on the small screen. When asked by EW about it he said, “You know what? There’s no telling. I am open to everything.” which doesn’t mean no. That’s pretty much all fans need to get their hopes up so here’s to Iron Man on S.H.I.E.L.D.!
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SNL: 38.7- Jeremy Renner & Maroon 5
November 18, 2012 Amanda Broyles Leave a comment
I was looking forward to this episode mainly because in the back of my mind I’d hoped there would be a Cobie Smulders sighting with an Avengers sketch. Sadly there was no Cobie Smulders but there was an Avengers sketch. Unfortunately the episode wasn’t all that funny. There were some bright spots however, not as many as last week, but a few nonetheless.
One of those bright spots was the cold open. Everyone in the world knew that General Patraeus and his side projects would be the subject for at least one sketch, but SNL thought he was good enough for two sketches and a Weekend Update sketch. The cold open was Cecily Strong as Paula Broadwell reading from her new book All In. This was one of those sketches that I can’t believe they were able to keep a straight face. The second time I uttered “dirty girl” I would have been a goner. Strong got through it without even cracking a smile, that’s impressive. All I could think of though, was Allison Janney in 10 Things I Hate About You as the smut writing guidance counselor. She would have loved Broadstone’s book. Well the SNL version at least.
The monologue was just bad. Yes there are fangirls who are absolutely beside themselves with excitement that Jeremy Renner sang for his monologue but when you are doing a musical monologue the week after Anne Hathaway killed it with her Les Mis monologue? It isn’t going to go well. It’s not that he doesn’t have a good singing voice, it just wasn’t that funny. I will give him this though, he played off the technical difficulty quite well and even though he was visibly nervous, he did perform well, I just didn’t find it entertaining.
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Another thing I had really looked forward to in my “dream SNL episode” was another short type of piece with Adam Levine because “Iran” remains one of my favorite sketches to date. I get that song stuck in my head all the time. However, as disappointed as I was that there wasn’t an Adam Levine short, I have a feeling that the “Tourism ad: Your Hometown” piece might be a new favorite. If for no other reason than I can relate to that completely. Granted my mom doesn’t send us home with leftovers but I can not tell you the number of times I’ve had to hear about my “crap in the basement”. I’m not one that would ever return to my old high school but just the image of Taran Killam sitting in the parking lot and then changing his mind about going in makes me chuckle. That was the highlight of the night for me.
My feelings on “The Californians” were addressed the last time this awful sketch was rolled out.
“The Situation Room” returned to General Patreaus and frankly, wasn’t that funny. The highlights were playing the one bit of footage they have of Jill Kelley over and over and when they then decided to go with a “CNN Dramatization” I woke up my “sleeps like the dead” husband because I laughed so hard. How could I not laugh at Tim Robinson dressed in a pretty pink dress as he happily pranced to his car?
Tim has a nice rack.
“The Standoff” was actually a really good short. Much like the shorts have been this year, it wasn’t in your face funny but it definitely had its moments. When it was over I was left with more of a “you know I enjoyed that” feeling rather than “Oh that was hysterical!” one and even though I watch SNL to laugh, it’s hard to not appreciate when they put something together that is well done even if it’s not slapstick.
Bobby wearing suspenders in the shower though made my night.
Maroon 5 was good, there wasn’t really any doubt they would be. Thankfully they left their screensavers at home.
When Weekend Update has two guests, I usually love one and can’t stand the other. This week however, both guests were great. If you haven’t seen any video of Katt Williams then make your way over to YouTube immediately and watch some. You will then appreciate how spot on Jay Pharoah’s impression was. If he petted his hair one more time I was going to lose it.
When Seth Myers announced Chris Christie, I fully expected to see Bobby Moynihan again. Instead, we got the real thing. Whether you are a fan of Christie’s or not, I think we can all agree that he did a good job. He was quite the good sport and I appreciate that in people. Make fun of yourself a little bit and you’ll go far. Well done Gov. Christie, well done.
Not well done? The Avengers sketch. Lazy, lazy, lazy. The joke of Hawkeye not really doing anything was funny but the execution of the sketch just sucked. I was quite disappointed because I (like I’m sure many others) was looking forward to seeing what they would do. Thankfully Thor asked for a scrunchie otherwise the entire sketch would have been a loss.
“Thug #2” seemed like a throwaway sketch. Not much point to it beyond, Jason Sudekis is an ass and his name is Dick Fuel. That’s about it. Boring.
I thought I’d been transported back to the 90’s with the animated “Cool Drones” piece. So much so that I actually went to the internets and looked up to see if Robert Smigel was involved. Smigel being the man behind “TV Funhouse”. He actually was not a part of “Midnight Snack” as it was done by Augenblick Studios. Whoever had the idea to turn drones into a boy band needs a big kiss on the mouth because that was awesome. Here’s hoping there are more episodes of “Midnight Snack” in the future.
If “Tourism ad: Your Hometown” was my favorite part of the night, the final sketch of the night was my second favorite part. It was a simple sketch but they did a good job with it. I am somewhat amazed that Taran Killam did not absolutely lose it as Bill Hader was beating about the head and chest. I don’t think he even cracked a smile and that is impressive.
As a whole, the episode was weak. It felt like they wrote sketches that they then put Jeremy Renner into instead of writing sketches for him. I personally am not a fan of episodes like that. Then when they did write an episode for Renner (I’m assuming “The Avengers” was written with him in mind) it was just lame. Very disappointing.
I really wish they had included this “Thanksgiving Dinner” sketch that was put up on NBC’s site from the dress rehearsal.
Here’s hoping that the show on December 8th (there is no new episode the next two weekends) with Jamie Foxx is much better.
Until then SNL fans, have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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ABC Orders Up Marvel & Joss Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D. Pilot
August 29, 2012 Chris Tansuche Leave a comment
Hey, remember my one article on how Joss Whedon decided to be awesome and got signed to oversee Marvel Studio’s ‘Phase Two’ of movies, capped off with how he was going to produce a show in the Marvel Universe? Also, how I predicted in said article that it had to be a show based off of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Boom. I just gave myself a pat on the back. According to Entertainment Weekly, Hollywood Reporter, and SuperHeroHype, ABC has officially ordered the pilot for S.H.I.E.L.D. It will be written by Joss Whedon, as well as his brother Jed Whedon and his wife, Maurissa Tanchareon. Joss is also scheduled to direct the pilot, as long as his extremely busy schedule permits.
Of course, we have to start thinking that this had to be in the works for awhile so the big question is who’s the central character tying this all together? Obviously, one would think that Nick Fury has to show up and while Samuel L. Jackson is slated to be in every movie that contains a vowel in its title, I can’t imagine he’d give it all up for a regular TV series gig other than to show up the obligatory appearance on the pilot. How about Cobie Smulders’ Maria Hill character? Well, they haven’t found the mother yet on her show so I doubt CBS would let her go to a rival network before that whole thing is resolved. Regardless, I assume it’s still in the early writing stage so I’m sure something will get resolved and we’ll have more details for everyone out there when they announce them. Let’s face the main fact: Joss Whedon is coming back to TV and that’s reason enough to celebrate. How about we get Felicia Day in on some Marvel/Joss Whedon TV action so everyone can gush about it more?
Speaking of Cobie Smulders, Yahoo! movies also released a new featurette from The Avengers Blu-Ray that shows an alternate opening to the movie. It’s a lot more Debbie Downer actually so I’ll let you view it before I make snarky comments below. This is the link because the stupid Yahoo! site’s embed code is busted it so it’ll have to do until they get it fixed. Let me know when you watched it, I’ll be waiting for you in the next paragraph.
Soooo yeah, that would’ve killed the whole mood of the movie. It’s interesting though because it shows direct conflict between Maria Hill and Nick Fury, which never really showed itself in the final movie. Hell, it kinda shows that the Avengers…failed? I mean, who’s to say what really happened after a quick peek into this alternate opening but crap man, if we saw this open the movie, I would’ve just looked in the movie for the moment where they all screwed the pooch and been distracted the whole time so I guess good on trashing that opening scene.
Since this whole thing ends on a weird note, I just threw in a Debbie Downer sketch after this paragraph to bring your spirits back up. Unless you don’t live in North America. Then you can’t watch it. Or if you hate ads. Because there’s one in the beginning. So yeah, it might infuriate you more. My bad.
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GB Assemble! Let’s Talk ‘The Avengers’
The Avengers is a box office smash, having shattered records with a $200 million opening weekend. So when it came time for us to review The Avengers, we realized that pretty much every staff member and their dog (and Michelle’s cat Pepper Potts) had something to say about the film. So it only made sense that we provide a forum for us all to share our thoughts. Of course not all our thoughts were entirely positive. But most of them were. I also enlisted a few friends of the site to get their opinion on this monumental movie. Let’s get to it.
Dr. Kronner:
Well, after years in the making, my childhood imagination was finally given life this weekend with Marvel’s release of The Avengers. Writer/Director Joss Whedon took what was given to him from the previous 5 movies (Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger) and showed us that in this case, the sum is greater than the parts. With huge potential to epically fail from a creative standpoint (ala X3, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Iron Man 2) as many people were concerned that it was just too many characters to gel together, The Avengers proved the to be Marvel Studios best film yet. And after the early vocal concerns about Mr. Buffy – Joss Whedon directing, it would seem he was actually the perfect man for the job. There was enough of a comic book feel to appease the readers, while remaining accessible enough not to lose the average movie goer.
The movie itself provided perhaps the best ever use of the Hulk on-screen, as it’s obvious that he works better in a supporting role than carrying a movie himself. And his interactions with Thor were immensely enjoyable. Mark Ruffalo I thought was also the most enjoyable Bruce Banner we’ve seen, at least since Bill Bixby on the 70’s TV show anyway. The scenes with Stark and Banner nerding it up while Thor and Cap struggled to follow along just felt right.
Overall, Loki made a solid villain, even if we are never really clear what his powers are, and the last 30 minutes of the movie were non-stop awesome. The humor was well-timed, and while things started a little slow, the payoff was well worth the wait. I’ve gone twice already and I loved it both times.
MY FAVORITE PARTS (Possible Spoilers)
– Thor Headbutting Iron Man
– Hulk vs. Loki
– Stark and Banner in the Lab
– Hawkeye shooting Loki out of the air
– Cap stopping the Thor/Iron Man fight.
SupaScoot:
I’ve never been happier to be a nerd. I’ve been a fan of The Avengers since I was old enough to read, and like many fans never imagined I would ever get a chance to see the team on the big screen. Then the Iron Man post-credit scene opened the door and the little fanboy inside of me rejoiced. The Road to the Avengers was a long one, and we witnessed some great entries and some not-so-great entries, but they were all leading to what I now consider my Holy Grail. All they needed was the right director to put it all together. And they found him.
Whedon delivered a breathtakingly awesome portrayal of some of my favorite characters. I was practically near tears at a few moments throughout the movie, and my emotional roller-coaster didn’t stop until well after the final scene of the film. While it started off a little slow, I never felt that the exploration of the characters bogged the movie down at all, and it all led nicely to the ridiculously action packed third act of the film. As a comic fan, I was overjoyed to see a little more development of Black Widow’s character, as well as probably the best Bruce Banner I’ve ever seen. Kudos goes out to Mark Ruffalo for absolutely nailing it. The Big 3 (Thor, Cap, Iron Man) were very consistent with their characterizations and were enjoyable, but what really stood out for me were some of the supporting cast. Obviously Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye (Agent Barton as he is most commonly referred to) was a high point of the movie for me, but I really enjoyed Clark Gregg’s Agent Coulson and Cobie Smulder’s Agent Hill. I left the theater feeling more satisfied then I have at any summer blockbuster I can remember, and that feeling continued even after I saw it a second time.
I don’t even know If I can look forward to future movies. The Avengers might have just spoiled me as a movie lover. The Dark What? Who’s Batman?
MichelleLynn61:
Although I knew that The Avengers would be a star-studded, explosion-fest, I had very low expectations. After some pretty bad Marvel blunders (Spider-man 3, where Peter Parker looks like he is a member of Fall Out Boy, and “Ghost Rider” which had an equally terrible sequel) I was terrified for what they might do with this film. After seeing The Avengers, I would say this movie not only exceeded my expectations greatly, but it is the most fun I have had at the movies in… well… since I can remember. Aside from the teenagers clapping every time Tony Stark said something, The Avengers was an amazing movie experience.
One of my favorite parts is when Thor shows up. The three-way battle between Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor was absolutely amazing. Also, there’s Loki catching Hawkeye’s exploding arrow. However, of my favorite parts, I would have to say that the most hilarious was when Hulk treated Loki like a rag-doll. “Puny God!” There has got to be a way to get a GIF of that (Check the link above in Dr. Kronner’s piece). When I left the movie theater, my face literally hurt from smiling. I am very pleased with this film. Joss Whedon- I love you.
The Wozz:
The Avengers is a project that isn’t meant to work in Hollywood: Four different movie franchises culminating into one team-up action blockbuster. It’s a concept that would essentially read as fan fiction were it not already an established concept in source material. The amount of scheduling, policing, planning and communication that has to go down just to make it happen is astounding. Having it succeed would be nothing short of superhuman.
Enter the seventh Avenger, Joss Whedon, whose penchant for writing characters has earned him an almost mythical reputation in the Nerdscape. Whedon has an uncanny ability to isolate the most interesting elements of his characters and bounce them off one other, and that’s just what he does here. The fact that superheroes by nature have such bold, highly concentrated personalities makes every line of dialogue crackle with electricity, and every character arc feel attended to. This is the foundation of The Avengers success. We’ve seen countless action movies crumble under the weight of too many characters, or a convoluted script. The Avengers manages to tie everything down and keep the story grounded.
I could go on and try to summarize The Avengers experience for you, but I could never say it better than Patton Oswalt did on Twitter:
joey123mo:
Despite keeping my expectations low for this film, The Avengers is, from its first scene, underwhelming in every way. With a script littered with excuses for a plot, and an exposition that lasts far too long, The Avengers doesn’t only take a few pages from the Transformers: Dark of the Moon Handbook; it steals the handbook and uses every page. Mark Ruffalo is fantastic and the Hulk keeps the film grounded in some realm of human emotion, but The Avengers is too busy setting up for yet another Marvel movie to take a minute and reflect on how far it’s already come. Furthermore, The Avengers is just proof that Loki needs a hug.
Fister Roboto of LeftHandHorror:
Nerds everywhere owe Joss Whedon an enormous ‘thank you’. Not only has he satisfied critics and hardcore comic fans with his adaptation, but he’s given the film a soul as well. Every scene smacks of his signature witty and snarky dialogue; a welcome element to a team of super serious heroes. If the film felt effortless and organic to you, we can once again thank Joss for turning his love of The Avengers comic into a passionately well-crafted film. The Avengers is everything we’ve ever wanted in a comic book movie. Packed with action, great banter, citywide property destruction, mesmerizing special effects and a rampaging Hulk on the loose – The Avengers cements Whedon into geek infamy forever. This film is a true rarity of success and substance.
Christopher Brown of ModernBro:
Two words: HOLY. SH*T.
Avengers could possibly be the best comic book movie of all time. Not only did they achieve exactly what the fans wanted, but they did it with style, humor, and a boatload of action. For a two and a half hour movie, it flew by, never dragging or lagging, always entertaining and always faithful to the characters’ characterizations. Everything about this movie was great, in my opinion, and each character had his or her charm and appeal (though Hawkeye and Black Widow seemed a bit flatter than the rest of the characters). Without spoiling anything, I think that The Hulk flat out stole the show with some of the most amusingly badass – and flat out hilarious – scenes. I’ve got a definite new found respect for The Hulk as he was done RIGHT in this movie.
This one’s definitely being added to the collection, and I can’t wait to compare The Dark Knight Rises to it. It’s going to be extremely difficult for anyone – including Marvel – to top this…and yet, the extra scene after the credits makes a BOLD promise that they intend to try. And for that, Marvel, I salute you with a good old fashioned Stan Lee “Excelsior!”
Tim of Tim’s Film Reviews
Joss Whedon you beautiful man you. Well he has done what many thought would be impossible creating a film with six superheroes without it being a total mess. The film is not only not bad but in my opinion pretty damn perfect. By perfect I mean I honestly don’t have any complaints, no stupid stuff, no boring scenes, it’s just a great action film.The characters are surprisingly well performed by the cast and were written as being more human than any of their own films have portrayed before (especially Bruce Banner).
The avenger’s first contact with each other certainly was kept true to the characters created in the films and comics meaning there was plenty of clashes involving all the heroes.There are a few things Joss Whedon does very well and you see two of them a lot in this film, the first would be brilliant character development meaning in this film that each of the characters in this massive film had their own screen time without one being more important than any other(even lesser characters got their time on the screen). The second is making smaller film sets get packed with massive stories and characters which looks and works great (action scenes within flying fortress, fight between Iron man and Thor within the woods), he obviously feels more comfortable on smaller sets because of his work on TV and lower budget films but he knows how to make these look just as good as in the open landscape scenes. This film is great for anyone to watch and I hope it does as well as it deserves.
So a pretty resounding success for Marvel Studios and the cast of the film. I guarantee you that as the numbers were rolling in for the opening weekend Keven Feige and Co. were spinning out new movie ideas left and right. Which is a good thing in my eyes.
So what does everybody else think? Let us know your thoughts on the movie in the comments section below!
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New Japanese Avengers Trailer Features Some Amazing New Footage! Plus New Character Posters!
March 16, 2012 Scoot Allan Leave a comment
Japanese trailers are generally awesome. Always complete with a kick ass voice over and epic sub titles, so why should the Japanese trailer for The Avengers be any different? The trailer was recently released, along with some new character posters. What should you expect from this trailer as opposed to the one we showed you not too long ago? How about your first real good look at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier? Or the first spoken lines from Hawkeye and Maria Hill? And an even better look at the mysterious alien race Loki enlists in his quest? How about a cameo from an Iron Man alumni? Yep, that’s all in there.
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Hero Express – ‘Beware the Batman’, ‘Man of Steel’ Set Pics, and Luke Cage on TV!
November 15, 2011 Scoot Allan Leave a comment
Welcome back to the Hero Express, your one-stop sometimes SPOILER filled shop through the news filled world of superhero’s in Film, TV, Video Games and whatever else floats your boat.
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When TV shows become Lost: ‘How I Met Your Mother’
February 26, 2011 TheAsswhole 1 Comment
Like most Americans I spent hours of my life watching Lost. I didn’t start watching until during the third season at the request of friends so I just jumped into the first and second season DVD’s. I was hooked. Those first two seasons were so good at captivating me and teasing me with all these clever questions that they would only answer with more questions. The characters were engaging and the story was somewhat fresh. After catching up and somewhere in the fifth season I got my room-mate just as hooked in it as I was. We burned through the earlier seasons (again for me, first time for him) and caught up to speed quickly.
Unfortunately what we both soon realized was that the spark had quickly left the show. Unlike most shows where they “jump the shark” and continue to stick around long after their expiration date, Lost had promises of something different by giving its self a time limit on its story. However it only seemed that the reason the writers gave themselves this time line is because they realized they had written something too clever and now knew no way out. The story fell apart and the questions I had once had three seasons ago were now replaced with different things altogether. If it wasn’t for Lapidis keeping things so chill there would have been nothing saving that show at all. (I mean honestly, all that Walt build up, the hints of telekinetic possibilities, the others possessing some unknown power to silently walk through the woods only to find out it’s a fat old guy in a fake beard. Come on!) Finally though, it ended and my time was better spent wasted on other programs. However I always had a little bit of disdain whenever Lost would be brought up again. I felt betrayed by the writers for letting such a good idea get away and at myself for holding on to it for so long.
Recently I’ve noticed a similar trend with other shows I watch. Shows that I wouldn’t say “jumped the shark” just yet, but rather got Lost as I’m going to refer to it in up coming posts. I’m going to pick out shows I once loved, but now can barely recognize. This trend became clear to me when watching last weeks episode of another show I used to love, How I Met Your Mother.
I’m sure most of you didn’t even watch the last episode, because most people I know have just given up on it. Here’s a quick run down of the episode for you kids at home:
Marshall and Lily have given up on life and are married and boring and now useless to the show and life. No one cares about their storyline, only Alyson Hannigan’s boobs.
The writers are again trying to show Barney as more than just a funny suit. They introduced another love interest for him, which Robin attempts to help with, and again, no one cares about this. Everyone just wants to see a gay man try to hook up with slutty women all while saying clever things, and of course, Cobie Smulders’ boobs.
Ted is dating another new female who the show has built up for almost the whole season, like it does literally every season. They get all the way to the end of the episode and leave Ted and his new girlfriend (whose name I honestly don’t even remember because it means so little and I hate the show so much) [Ed. – Zoe] apparently super happy in love, and headed towards possibly finding out this is finally the mother. Only we don’t find that out. Instead out of no where it’s randomly revealed that this new love interest is not the “mother” that we all want to “meet”, but just another useless story line with great tits. The show laughs at our waste of time and poops noisily, on our chests.
It seems to me that the writers of this show had so little faith in this project they never expected to make it past season one or two. Now they are stuck in season six of a show with no end game. Someone needs to tell these writers that no one actually cares who the mother is. I know I don’t, and as long as she is well cast I don’t see how anyone else would. It would have been great if Sarah Chalke (Scrubs) had just stayed around, she would have made an excellent new cast member, instead she choose obscurity and is more than likely unemployed or dead. [Ed – which is the same as starring in the new, and sure to be canceled, or at least suck, CBS show MAD LOVE]
The fact of the matter is the show works because the characters are likable and the jokes were clever, Slapsgiving = classic. However the gag of teasing us with the identity of the mother is old. Its time for the show to move on and come to terms with it’s self. I might return for an episode or two here or there, but after this weeks steaming pile I’m out.
This show has officially become ‘Lost’. With Charlie Sheen (see legen—-dary, super awesome, hard partying, hooker beating, crack head) shutting down production of Two and a Half Men, (Dr Kronners’ favorite show) it looks like CBS is pretty much doomed. [Ed. If they weren’t rated #1 in everything] Let’s hope next season things shape up and TV magically finds a way to fix itself. Until then I’ll stick with NBC and hopefully others will too.
R.I.P. HIMYM
– B. VanGorder
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Artist Interview: Bad//Dreems
Connor Lorrigan December 18, 2017 Music
Photo: Thomas Champion
Fresh after their national tour of polished album Gutful, GROK sat down and had a chat with guitarist Alex Cameron on the LP, tour and the upcoming summer dates for a colourful festival season.
Personal Stories reflecting Australian culture fictional or non-fictional? – Cowards punch line in Gutful true?
I guess the stories are based on our own lives. Thankfully none of us have been the victim of a ‘one punch attack’, but I guess we come from a background, I mean we met at a football club, and while we all love creative arts, music, literature and film, we grew up in places like football clubs, and the ‘blokey’ Australian atmosphere.
Once we started the band both of those sides have come out, but we can’t hide the fact that we are guys that have played football, and to an extent like football, but on the other hand, there are a lot of aspects of that culture that we don’t like. Its been interesting with our band because I think a lot of people have perceived us as some kind of chauvinistic pub rockers. But really if you listen to the lyrics in the songs we write, they’re often railing against that type of thing.
I really like that song Gutful because you can imagine a pub full of macho-guys chanting along, but also the message in the song is really ‘anti’ a lot of those things that you could associate with that kind of crowd, like its anti-racism, anti-violence, anti-boorishness. That kind of thing is what we try to do as a band, like try to challenge people’s perceptions a little bit of who we are.
It’s okay to be male, it’s okay to be into things perceived as male like football, but also that doesn’t mean that you can’t have sensitive views on things, or have liberal views about things that are going on in the world. I’ve always kind of been on both sides, there’s like a divide between those two worlds, and as I’ve grown up and become more confident within myself I’ve realised that its okay to be both things, and that there’s good and bad parts of both of those worlds.
Recording the album with Mark Opitz and Colin Wynne, what kind of influence did they have on your work? And obviously, they have such a distinctive Australian kind of background with INXS and Cold Chisel, what kind of honour was it to be kept in that sort of company already so early in your career?
It was a great honor for Mark to want to work with us. In terms of influence, Opitz has always been very about what his mission statement is, as a producer he tries to bring out the essence of whatever band he’s working with, for us that was a really good live band. He said he had a vision, even though he hadn’t seen us play when we were working together, he said he had a vision of us playing in a warehouse in the city somewhere with a big crowd in a sweaty environment, so that was informing what he was trying to do.
To achieve that, I guess it was keeping things fairly simple with the instrumentation, not really recording more than what we would have in a live gig. The other thing that [Opitz] is very big on is talking about the feel of a track. So recording the tracks with a live band playing, not using a clip track like some producers do, and making sure that the groove in the song is right from the get-go.
Playing a song through various times, recording it, and listening to them back, that’s determining which of the tacks has the best feel to it. And that feel can be a relatively intangible thing, you kind of have to get a feel for when everything is fitting correctly.
Once you get that hard part right, the rest of the process is a lot easier. Other producers will try and fix things up down the track, by moving the drums, putting them in time or editing parts, whereas Opitz is much more about just getting the actual take of different parts right from the get-go. Even if there are little mistakes, it’s about overlooking them in favour of the song. It’s those small mistakes left in there that really add flavor and character to the recordings.
Album Artwork who is it?
Taken up in a pub called Humpty Doo in Northern territory an hour out from Darwin, Luke Stevenson took the photo and we decided to come up and celebrate Australia day in Darwin which would be interesting. We went out to a few pubs and found Pete which we felt definitely captures what were trying to do with the album.
You mentioned you all met playing footy together, cuffed and collared is featured as The AFL game track, was that a bit of a honour?
Yeah I haven’t actually played it but the boys reckon its terrible, bit of a stinker of a game. AFL and cricket games get renounced for being a bit shit hey?
You’ve got falls coming up some great Australiana scenery with Lorne and Fremantle, Have you been to any of the places before ? Which city are you most looking forward too?
Have been to Byron and Lorne – both pretty beautiful and different to South Australian shorelines where we don’t have that rainforest kind of fauna. Both spaces are really beautifully. A lot of people go on about Marion Bay so it’ll be nice to go down there.
In comparison to the other artists on the bill, Bad//Dreems kind of stand out as one of the more gritty mosh-pit bands, do you think you’ll gel well with the other artists and make better company?
*Scoffs* I think it’s a good to have a bit of variety, the people like a bit more variety. I just wanna have a beer with Liam Gallagher Basically.
Bad//Dreems are set to play at Falls Festival Fremantle on Sunday January 7 2018.
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Mt Sashiro (205m), Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saturday, March 7, 2020
This hike was also different from usual, since it was more walking and sightseeing than pure hiking, albeit with a couple of summits and some views. I had hiked nearly all the mountains near the Mito and Joban lines, except for the ones near Kasama station. The hike described in my “Mountains of Ibaraki” was only 3 hours long . However, it followed the Kanto Fureai no Michi, and I was confident that there would be some interesting sights along the way enabling me to stretch the hike to a full day.
Nearing the top of the castle
After a later than usual departure, I transferred to the Mito line in Oyama, and reached Kasama station a little before 11am. There was a tiny tourist information office outside, where I picked up some good maps of the area. It took half an hour through town to reach the Kasama Inari Shrine, the main attraction of the area. I spent some time exploring the shrine and the main shopping street in front of it, and I only started up the hiking trail, ten minutes East of the shrine, around 1pm.
Kasama Inari Shrine is dedicated to the fox god
The first part was a short climb up a rounded hill called Fujiyama (143m) 富士山, quite a common mountain name in Japan. It was an azalea park, but none were in flower at this time of the year. Although there was no summit marker, there was an observatory platform with a 360 degree panorama of the entire area. Looking South, I could see Mt Wagakuni, climbed in 2017, and West, Mt Takamine and Mt Bucho, climbed in 2018. The skies were overcast, but I am sure the view must be spectacular on a cloudless day.
Mt Takamine (left) and Mt Bucho (right)
I followed the road down the other side, crossed a larger road, and continued up a small road into a cedar forest. On the side of the road, there was a large boulder known as “Daikokuseki” (大黒石 or big black rock), which had been rolled down from above on castle attackers. A little further on the right, was the start of the road up to the ruins of Kasama castle. Halfway up, I took a shortcut via a flight of moss-covered stairs, to reach a flat grassy space. It was hard to figure out the way when looking at the map, but it was easier while walking it because there were frequent signposts of the Fureai no Michi.
Leafy and mossy steps leading to the ruins of Kasama castle
As with many old Japanese castles, there wasn’t much left to see, just traces of the foundations overgrown by grass. At the back, there was another staircase leading to the shrine at the very top of Mt Sashiro 佐白山, which I reached just after 2pm. It was completely in the trees, except for a small gap to the West. Behind the shrine, was an alternate path going down. It was steep and rocky, but there were some chains for steadying oneself. It led to a place with some big boulders, called ishikura (石倉 or rock cellar). I climbed on top of one of them to see the view to the East. A mostly level path through the forest brought me back to the castle ruins.
Stone steps leading to the top of Mt Sashiro
On the other side, there was a hiking path leading down the mountain through the forest. I arrived at Sashirosanroku park after 3pm. At this point I felt quite satisfied with today’s hiking, and since I was close to the city, I decided to have a late soba lunch. I chose Sobakiri Ichibee そば切り一兵衛, fifteen minutes away on foot. It seemed quite a famous place, judging from the autographs of celebrities covering the walls. After a satisfying meal of soba and tempura, I made my way back to Kasama station, twenty minutes away. There I got the local train for Tomobe, where I switched to the limited express for Ueno.
Soba lunch at Sobakiri Ichibee
NEXT UP: Mt Hinata & Mt Mijo in Tanzawa (Kanagawa)
Author vitellusPosted on March 31, 2020 April 20, 2020 Categories IbarakiTags Castle Ruins, Local Food & Drinks, Short Hike, Station to StationLeave a comment on Mt Sashiro (205m), Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saturday, March 7, 2020
Mt Kamimine (598m), Mt Oiwa (530m), Mt Takasuzu (632m), and Mt Sukegawa (328m), Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Sunday, February 9, 2020
Hiking in the Hitachi Alps 日立アルプス
This was my first time hiking in the Hitachi Alps 日立アルプス, but traversing the entire range in one day seemed too long, so I decided to go up the West side, do a round trip to a peak on the North end, then head to another peak on the South end, and finally walk down the East side. This was a combination of two hikes from my Mountains of Ibaraki hiking book.
View of the Pacific Ocean near the end of the hike
Using the Tokyo Wide Pass, it took me less than 2 hours to reach Hitachi City from Ueno station. I was impressed by the view of the blue sparkling sea through the wide station windows, but I had to hurry since I only had a few minutes to catch the bus for Oiwa Shrine 御岩神社. It took about half an hour on a nearly empty bus to reach the shrine, known in the area as a power spot. I was fascinated by the many tall cedar trees within the shrine grounds, especially the group of three towering up to 50 meters near the entrance gate. Apparently it’s one of the one hundred forests of giant trees in Japan. I definitely felt like I was inside some enchanted world!
Walking among the tall cedar trees inside Oiwa shrine
I found the entrance to the hiking trail behind the main shrine building. For once, I wasn’t hiking alone, since most visitors to the shrine continue up to the mountain directly above. The straightest route to the summit was closed due to typhoon damage (predating 2019), but the detour path is clearly indicated. I reached the top ridge before 10h30, and turned left along a mostly level path. There were a couple of ups and downs, but each can be avoided by taking an alternate path on the right (something I confirmed on the return). I reached the top of Mt Kamimine 神峰山 just after 11pm. The view of the coast stretching Southwards and the Pacific Ocean was stunning.
View of the sea from the top of Mt Kamimine
I enjoyed a late breakfast sitting on the ground under a tree, since the bench was taken by another hiker. It’s possible to continue beyond Mt Kamimine, and back down to Ogitsu station (one stop from Hitachi station), but today I retraced my steps to where I had reached the top of the ridge one hour earlier. I continued up a short rocky path to Mt Oiwa 御岩山. It wasn’t the highest point of the ridge, and it didn’t feel like a mountain top, but there was a wide view to the West of the forested hills of Ibaraki, including Mt Nantai and Mt Yamizo, as well as the snowy mountains of Tochigi in the distance, so who am I to complain?
Panoramic view from Mt Oiwa
Unsurprisingly, there were quite a few people, and there was even an interesting sign forbidding people to eat rice balls (see below), so after checking out the views, I moved on quickly since it was nearly 1pm. There were multiple paths, but they all joined up eventually. The next part was easy to walk, and quite peaceful as there were few hikers.
Pleasant winter hiking after Mt Oiwa
I soon reached the top of Mt Takasuzu 高鈴山, the highest point of the hike. There was a sixty meter high white tower for measuring rainfall on the Eastern side (no view), and a wooden observation platform on the West side, with similar views as before, plus Mt Kamimine to the North.
Observation platform at the top of Mt Takasuzu
I had my lunch, and set off again at 1h30. The path continued Southwards, but I backtracked a few minutes till a road signposted for the ruins of Sukegawa castle 助川城跡 which I had crossed a little earlier. After a few turns, it joined up with a hiking path on the right. This section was very enjoyable. I saw no one while I made my way down the mountain, and it felt like a secret path. I sometimes wondered if I was on the right trail, and was relieved everytime I spotted a signpost!
Hiking down from Mt Takasuzu along a narrow path
I reached Omusubi pond おむすび池 before 3pm. It was part of a wide park, nearly completely deserted in the middle of winter. Fifteen minutes later I reached the top of Mt Sukegawa 助川山 with a superb 360 degree view.
Arbour and lookout point at the top of Mt Sukegawa
I could see the entire range of the Hitachi Alps, Iwaki to the North, Chosi to the South, and the Pacific Ocean. It was hard to believe that San Francisco lay 8000 km straight ahead with nothing in between but the ocean.
In clear weather, one can see all the way to Choshi
It was windy and cold, and already past 3h30, so I took off again for the last part of the hike. At the edge of the park the signposting was a little confusing, but thanks to Google Maps, I managed to find my way to the ruins of Sukegawa castle, and the edge of Hitachi city. There I caught a bus back to the station, and the comfortable limited express train back to Ueno and Tokyo.
Looking back at Mt Kamimine
NEXT UP: Jogasaki in Coast Shizuoka
Author vitellusPosted on March 8, 2020 April 19, 2020 Categories IbarakiTags Cedar, Pacific View, Temple & Shrine, Tokyo Wide PassLeave a comment on Mt Kamimine (598m), Mt Oiwa (530m), Mt Takasuzu (632m), and Mt Sukegawa (328m), Hitachi City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Sunday, February 9, 2020
Mt Ontake (230m) & Mt Amabiki (409m), Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Sunday April 7, 2019
This is most likely my final Ibaraki hike till autumn. I purposely chose a low hike so that I could check out cherry blossoms trees on the way, and a shorter one since I had skipped the previous week due to Hanabi. The hike starts from Iwase station on the Mito line and follows the “Kanto Fureai no Michi”, a network of trails through the Kanto area (I followed another portion during my previous hike in Chiba). This is the last portion of the ridgeline stretching North of Mt Tsukuba and Mt Kaba (one can continue to Mt Kaba for a longer hike).
An example of the well-maintained trail on this hike
Outside the station there was a sign informing me that I was inside the Mt Tsukuba area Geopark. Apparently there are about 30 such geoparks in Japan. There is also a cycle rental shop near the station since the Tsukuba Ring Ring Cycling Road passes nearby, and the hike uses it to get back to the station. Around this time of the year it is lined with cherry blossom trees in full bloom.
Outside the station I turned right, walked through the town for a short while before turning right again and crossing the railway track. The road than led straight up the hillside to the start of the trail with an information board. There are 2 trails but apparently they join up so I took the right one. Very soon I reached the top of Mt Ontake 御嶽山 where there is a nice little “azumaya” with a good view of the valley I just came up, framed with sakura. The top also has a small shinto shrine.
Mt Tomiya, not in my guidebook, but can be hiked
After a short break, I continued along a pretty path through the forest. At one point, a yellow-furred Japanese stoat or weasel “itachi” darted across the path and disappeared into the trees, only the third one I’ve ever seen while hiking. So far, all “Kanto Fureai” paths I have walked have always been well maintained and easy to walk, with nice surroundings. After a while, I reached a long staircase (just as I was attempting a timelapse video – see video below) and I reached the top of Mt Amabiki 雨引き slightly out of breath and ahead of schedule. The mountain name can be read as “rain pull” but fortunately the weather was sunny that day, although a bit hazy.
View of Mt Kaba from the top of Mt Amabiki
I had lunch on one of the benches around the summit and took in the view of Mt Kaba and Mt Tsukuba to the South, and the Kanto plain to the West. After I set off again, the path soon started to descend and I reached the junction with the trail to Mt Kaba. For some reason the sign for Mt Kaba hadn’t been repainted as the other ones had. Since I had already been up there, I turned right and proceeded further down the mountain.
Soon I took a left along a steep descending path, supposedly a shortcut for the Amabiki Kannon temple at the end of the hike. There were a lot of visitors, and it was an interesting place to explore, since I had enough time for once. The sakura in full bloom made the place especially beautiful. I then followed an old staircase that ran parallel to the car road to reach the base of the hill and the main road.
Early April is a good time of the year to do this hike
Here are I was supposed to rejoin the cycling road but I spotted a bus stop out of the corner of my eye. Although my guidebook stated that there was no public transport in the area, it seemed that amazingly there was a bus for Iwase station coming in just a few minutes. It was still mid-afternoon but the clouds had rolled in so I decided to take the opportunity and get back to Tokyo early for once. I will come back another spring and see the cherry blossoms along the Ring Ring road by bicycle!
Get a feel of the hike by watching the timelapse video
Author vitellusPosted on May 28, 2019 April 19, 2020 Categories IbarakiTags Sakura, Short HikeLeave a comment on Mt Ontake (230m) & Mt Amabiki (409m), Sakuragawa City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Sunday April 7, 2019
Mt Nantai (654m), Daigo Town, Ibaraki Prefecture
This was a trip to a prefecture that I have recently come to appreciate as a great hiking destination. Most of its hikes are situated in the Abukuma Mountains 阿武隈山地. This was also my first time to take the Suigun line that connects Mito, the capital of Ibaraki, and Koriyama in Fukushima (I took it again this year). Finally it was a good station to station hike – I had to walk one hour along a road from Saigane station to reach the start of the trail, but the surrounding scenery was beautiful.
One of the other peaks in the area
Once I started hiking in earnest, I got some really great views of the rocky summit of this Kanto 100 famous mountain. The weather was perfect, and the autumn colours were still at their peak. Soon I started climbing through some beautiful forest, and I reached the top of Mt Nantai 男体山 around 1h30. From the top, there was no doubt that this was the highest mountain in the area. To the south, I could see the shape of Mt Tsukuba in the distance.
At the very back, Mt Tsukuba and neighbouring mountains
After enjoying the bird’s eye views, I continued along the ridge. First down a steep slope, then along a pleasant mostly level path. It was so pleasant that I completely missed the turn-off down the mountain. After a while, I realised I was going in the wrong direction and retraced my steps to the junction which was properly signposted – I must have looked the other direction just when the sign came into view!
The prominent bulk of Mt Nantai
The downhill part to Kami-Ogawa station was through pleasant autumn forest, then along countryside back roads. Looking back, I got some more nice views of the rocky summit of the mountain I had just climbed. I reached the station in time for the infrequent train back to Mito city.
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Pashtun culture
Peshawar – The capital of KPK
Nowshera – Centre of KPK
The history and the origins of Pashtun has been a controversial debate however not much of a consensus could be formed . There were theories ranging from Pakhtuns having an Aryan, Jewish, Arab or mixed origin. None was convincing enough to form a conclusion. Patahns are extremely obsessed and curious to know about their origin of their race, however it might not be a major concern for many other races. Some people believe that they might also be related to Khalid bin walid and as a result of which Pathans might also have an Arabic origin. While another school of thought relate them to of Adolf Hitler’s that has a link to the Afghans to the Aryans and ultimately a linkage to Pathans of Peshawar.
Pashtun culture is based on Islam and Pashtunwali, which is an ancient way of life.
The most famous and renowed tribes in Khyber pakhtoonwar are Lodi,Suri,Hotaki, Durrani,Barakazi.
Classes of Pathans Society
Mian,Gujar,Rangi,Kulal.
Holidays , special events and Traditions
Gham khadi,Wada Koidana,Topak tamacha,hujra,kat bistara along with those is the arrival of Sparlay or Spring, known as Nava Wroz (New Day), is also celebrated by some Pashtuns. It is an ancient annual Pashtun festival which celebrates both the beginning of spring and the New Year. Amongst some Pashtuns, Sheshbeeyeh, a prelude festival to Nava Wroz is also celebrated.
One of the most famous dishes includes tikkah,serge,sugi ka halwa,kawa,chapali kabab,kabala palao,special long naans. And many more.
Pathan are very famous for their poetry ,they are very passionate and patriotic which is obvious from their poetry. Some of the famous poets are include Amir Kror Suri, Khushal Khan Khattak, Rahman Baba and many others.
Tappa is the oldest and most popular form of the Pakhtuns poetry. The first line is shorter than the succeeding one, yet it reflects all human feelings .It is also common among the Pashtuns that a boy of school would sing it, the elders in their hujrahs. It is the only song sung in the time of grief and on the occasion of marriage. In music it is sung with the traditional Pashto musical instruments rubab and mangai. Tappa has up to 16 different models of harmony and is being sung with full orchestra.
Charbeta
Charbetta is another famous form of peotry, which consists of an epic poem with special rhythms. There are four kinds of Charbetta’s. Normally, it’s a poem of four lines but might also have six or eight lines. All aspects of life are discussed in it. That includes the heroic deeds and heroism by legendary figures and sometime expresses the romantic feelings. The tempo is usually very fast and is sung by two or more singers as part of a chorus in which ones singer reads the first line while the others follow the remaining. The singing or recitation of a Charbetta is called Tang Takore. Traditionally Charbetta is started just after the finishing of a Tappa.
Neemakai
Neemakai has many different forms and normally women compose it. It is usually very short (1 to 3 lines). The first lines are repeated in the middle of the song and Tappa is usually added according to the subject and circumstances. Most of these songs in Pashtoon culture have been expressed in different areas about daily life and love.
Loba is very popular among the masses and are added within Tappas occasionally. This is a form of folk music in which a story is told. It requires 2 or more persons who reply to each other in a poetic form. The two sides are usually the lover and the beloved (the man and woman).
Shaan is sung during happiness such as marriages and or the birth of a child, and are sung in private congregations and social gatherings.
Badala
Badala is a professional form of folk music and consists of an epic poem or a ballad. Instruments used include the rubab, harmonium, mungey or tabla. In Badala, tribal traditions are the main theme as well as heroism, tragedies and romance. Badala consists of variations, because each couplet is varied in rhythms from other. It is sung traditionally at night.
Rubayi
Rubayi is a Pashto form of a Ghazal. The Rubayis of Rehman Baba are popular among the masses and is sung before the starting of Badala. As with the Ghazals, the Rubayi have been heavily influenced by Arabic, Persian and Turkish poetry.
Attan: In this dance, the dancers perform to the music.This dance is performed by both the genders involving 2-5 steps, ending with a clap given while facing the center, after which the process is repeated again. This dance is typically performed with the musician dictating the duration and speed.
Khattak dance: The Khattak Dance is performed by the Khattak tribe.
Mahsud dance: A unique dance routine using rifles performed by the Mahsud tribe of Pashtuns. Originally it was used to dance at the time of war, but later on became a cultural dance. The dancers dance empty handed and require only large drums. Nowadays though it is danced with the guns in the dancers hand.
Waziri dance: Two drummers and a flute player play a particular tune. Two persons leave the circle; go dancing towards the drummers, and come back dancing in the same manner. During performing both the persons turn around two times at a time once towards each other facing face to face and once keeping faces in opposite direction. After doing this separately they march while dancing to the assembled crowd.
Pashtun men usually wear a Partoog-Korteh in Pashto(salwar kameez is Urdu)with a pakul (Pashtun hat). In the Kandahar region young men usually wear different type of hat similar to a topi and in the Peshawar region they wear white kufis instead. Leaders or tribal chiefs sometimes wear a karakul hat, like Hamid Karzai and others. Women and girls wear traditional long dresses with a light piece of cloth used to cover their hair.They also wear beautiful hand made jewellery. And beautiful pakhtoon frocks.
Some Pashtuns participate in buzkashi, which is a sport introduced in the region during the Mughal era.. The word “buz” means “goat” and “kashi” means “dragging” or “pulling”. Not a team sport, it is every man for himself and that becomes apparent as soon as the game starts. Although buskashi is primarily an individual sport, alliances are built up between various players. Between the alliances, the strongest players finally take control .This is very similar to polo. Football is another sports very enjoyablely played by pathans of Khyber pahktoonwar.
Since Khyber Pakhtoon war is situated to the Northern side of Pakistan. It usually has a cold climate and people living their usually travel to other side of Paksitan in search of income. Other then that agriculture goods such as dry fruits and food are also grown there.Ladies also tend to do hand embridory and jewellery making which is very much appreciated all over the world.People are very hospitile and loving .They are appreciate the arrival of guests at their place and tend to be very mehmaan nawazz.
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Angela & Heather videos target HR commenter with credible death threats
Regular readers are well aware that on Wednesday Angela released one of her most bizarre videos to date.
Reading from communication between herself and Heather Brown (aka Suzy Jones, aka Prudence Halliwell), who she claimed would “validate” her “testimony” by typing “yes” (or something), Angela made a record number of delusional, threatening, and/or just plain strange statements, including:
Heather admits to having stalked Steve Keys, his wife, and his parents;
Ghost of Sam, Grobnob, El Coyote, and Tinribs are all Steve Keys;
Scarlet Scoop is Steve Keys’ wife;
It’s been “forensically proven” by “anons” that Hoaxtead Research is run by (you guessed it!) Steve Keys (which apparently lets RD and Sheva off the hook, as it was “forensically proven” that they ran the blog on Angie’s last outing of this sort);
This blog has claimed responsibility for breaking Angela’s leg…via curses!;
Steve Keys’ wife stole Heather’s identity, and Heather and Angela plan to report her for identity theft;
Heather is going to get EC’s and Scarlet’s passwords, hack into this blog, and close it down, a feat she claims she could accomplish “with one click”;
Heather sent Steve Keys a private message threatening to burn down his elderly parents’ café;
Heather claims that the café runs some sort of dog-stealing operation.
And then there was a lot of gibberish about how HR and/or Steve Keys’ wife have been hacking Heather’s email and/or Facebook, and she can watch it happening in real time (and doesn’t think to turn her computer off) but that’s all right because she’s going to put a Trojan in someone else’s computer and we lost track after that because she was making no sense whatsoever.
‘But Brain…how will you get the Trojan into the computer?’
As we listened, we were torn between anger on behalf of Steve and his family, who have absolutely nothing to do with this blog other than Steve’s comments, and hysterical laughter at the stream of clangers issuing from Angela’s mouth.
Round 2: Let the death threats begin
Not content with having made a complete fool of herself, last night Angela released another video, this time consisting of a Skype conversation between herself and Heather.
While it lacked the Hilarity Quotient™ of Wednesday’s effort, this one featured Heather making credible death threats toward Steve Keys and his wife, who she believes have been hacking her email.
At about 19:00, she says,
They’ve been found in my email box, and they’ve been sending emails, and they’ve been stealing emails. Just a warning to the thief of those emails: you are in serious danger. We know who you are, and we sat and watched you do that.
And you stole emails about seriously dangerous actual gangsters who’ve been doing things for years, and they never spent a day in prison. So if you think they won’t do you, they know what you’ve got about them, and that you stole it.
Watch out. Because they will know. And how they will know is, because I will tell them. And I will show them exactly what you did. Because I wanted you to do it, because I watched you watching my email box for a long time. So I fitted you up and stitched you up like a pair of kippers.
Heather follows this with an apparent claim that she was involved in the 2005 killing of Jim Gray, a UDA brigadier, and combines this with another threat toward Steve and his wife:
If you don’t believe me, go and look at what happened to the last adversary, the last person who crossed me was a man called Jim Gray, who ran the UDA in East Belfast. You go and look at what happened to Jim Gray.
And you can phone the police and say, ‘Ooh, she said she did something to Jim Gray’ because the detective in charge of his murder inquiry spoke with me, and was laughing, and then said, ‘but we’re scuppered’.
The police know exactly what happened to Gray. And how. And who shit-stirred and caused it. Yeah, it was me.
So you can go to police. Because if you cross me again, you’ll end up just like Jim Gray, in an unmarked grave, and that’s a promise. A certified promise.
Rather than do the sensible thing—put this video on ice and pretend it never happened—Angela weakly reprimands Heather, saying maybe they shouldn’t be making death threats.
Not because it’s a terrible thing to do to another person, mind you. No, she’s just afraid she’ll get her channel taken down. Go, Angie.
Heather takes this very seriously, and refrains from issuing death threats for…oh, at least another half hour. Possibly some sort of land record for her.
At 1:05:36, however, she forgets Angela’s admonition. At this point, Angie is reading from private messages between her and Steve:
Angela: Then he says, ‘Despite me telling my wife to block her, I’m glad my wife gave back as good as she got…’
Heather: No, I blocked Lynn Keys. She’s raging about it. Because she was on his page ranting about it.
Angela: Right, then he says, ‘You and Angie since March try and target my parents’ business is shambolic—’ His English is crazy. ‘Now claiming that they are—’
Heather: It’s a Freudian slip, because if I get my way, it will be shambolic. It will be a shambles. Because they are active criminals, and I am out for them. And I am out to get them. Yes.
Heather follows this up by threatening Jimmy ‘Outlaw’ Jones, saying she knows where he lives, and challenging him to come to see her in Southeast London “and see what I will do to you”.
We sincerely hope that Steve will take Heather up on her invitation to report her to the police.
As for Angela, she ought to be ashamed of herself, publishing a video like this. She’s clearly fully aware that Heather is making death threats, since she half-heartedly asks her to stop; and surely she must be aware that in doing so, she makes herself an accessory to any charges which may be laid against Heather.
Christian, Angie? Hardly.
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71 thoughts on “Angela & Heather videos target HR commenter with credible death threats”
The hags strike back. heathers as deranged (and as grey) as Angie.
tdf says:
I assume that the reference they are making is to Jim “Doris Day” Gray, not Jim Grey.
He was notorious.
Plenty of stuff about him on the net, from reputable sources.
Jim Gray didn’t end up in an unmarked grave, but very few people attended his funeral. He was certainly a UDA commander of some type at some point, that much is true.
He was a pederast, a drug addict and drug dealer, and a violent criminal, and at the time of his death, almost everyone thought ‘good riddance’. A rare moment of agreement between the Loyalist and Republican communities in NI.
Incidentally, Jim Gray died in 2005, not 2003. They can’t even get basic facts right, when they issue their weird threats.
Peg Plunkett says:
So Heather was dressed up as a man the day he was shot. She seems to have a fascination with the UDA, she has referenced them before too.
Ah, the misspelling is mine. I’ll fix it.
^ Ah ok, yes probably for the best. We don’t want loonies running around trying to re-exhume graves of innocent parties called Jim Grey who died in 2003, just to see if APD’s claims stack up. Ireland, north and south, has enough problems as it is, frankly.
DuchessGaGa says:
This is one of the reasons why a lot of genuine, good people don’t try and help expose these hoaxers and liars because these people are dangerous and deranged.
The despicable behaviour by these two witches who think their tough and strong while believing their denchers can seriously hurt anyone they sink their teeth into is hilarious . Oh puhlease!!!
I hope these two idiots are reported to the police. Has Angela’s time finally come were she has to take accountability for her action? Karma is a bi*c*!
Everyone stay safe!
They are both a nasty pair of bitches, how dare they make videos like that! I do hope Mr. Keys that you go to the Police about it, they are really disgusting & think they are so funny!
Comment from the FB page of the couple they were slagging off last night, for unknown reasons it seems.
“The top one (Angela) looks like Peter Kay in a wig…..and the bottom one looks like she’s an inpatient in a mental hospital!)
APD lives in Ireland (south of border) IIRC. Surprised she hasn’t been arrested, mind. There ought to be some co-operation between the police forces of England and the ROI.
Exactly TDF I don’t understand why these conspiraloons along with Icke and Neelu get away with dangerous and damaging lies they spew.
@DuchessGaga
I am a bit less harsh on Icke or Neelu as I believe they are mentally ill.
APD I think is just bad.
Have you read Jon Ronson’s book “Them: Adventures with Extremists”?
He records finding no anti-Semitism in his dealings with Icke personally, but he did record over-hearing a comment from one of Icke’s followers along the lines of ‘we showed the fat Jews’.
There behavior is abhorrent cringe worthy and pathetic they are bullies and abusers. The sooner they are dealt with by legal entities the better. Keep up the great work it is empowering others.
Mental illness doesn’t excuse bad behaviour. I think its all an act so they can hurt and harm people so when its time to face the music they say diminished responsibility. Thats just my opinion.
These Truthers have done so much harm its shocking they are still allowed to lie. They shouldn’t be forgiven or let off so easily.
No, thanks for the recommendation. I will now.
THE OUTLAW (@outlawjimmycom) says:
I have spent the last few years being pursued and threatened by a few online nutters, and some in the real world too …. but being threatened by a mad old bat, who also claims to have close links to South London ‘Gangsters’, is a first, even for me.
One for the memoirs I think 😉
Yes, Heather is mad as a box of frogs.
You too, FD. I had a hearty laugh at your video yesterday…thought you did very well holding onto your temper with her, but enough was enough.
Yes agree Flo. However the legal entities seem to be dragging their feet. I hope the tide changes and these nasty, mean people who have no problem upseting and endangering innocent people, are brought to justice.
Its heartbreaking.
@tdf, I don’t think she is important enough in the grand scheme of things. Mind you, her local Garda/Gardaí had a few words to her before for a live she did.
Her constant claims of the ‘RA’ are bull, I reckon 75% of people living on the isle of Ireland know someone associated with paramilitary groups but would NEVER talk about that on live videos.
EC would you be so kind as to fix my bad typing this morning please. *bulk to bull* & missing parenthesis. Thank you.
Thank you! 👍
Agreed Peg Plunkett,
I really doubt if she has ever had serious connections to the Provies.
The Provies did dreadful things, but they weren’t stupid.
What a pair of actual knobheads. Do they think anyone believes their Walter Mitty bollocks that they can have people killed ? Angie can’t even afford a reconditioned pc and has to to ebeg to raise the required £100 or so.
As for me, I’m neither Steve keys nor married to scarlet scoop.
I’m so glad you publish these posts, saves me having to hold my lunch down trying to watch the crap myself.
We do it so you don’t have to. 🙂
Don’t forget, Alex Jones was recently wiped off the internet, and he didn’t make any death threats or murder claims. The time has never been better for flagging youtube videos.
I bet Alex Jones blood pressure is stable now he doesn’t need to go on a volcanic rant were his face is so red it looks like he smacked himself silly and he is about to let one rip like in the nutty professor. LMFAO
Fireman Sam says:
Jeez. Finally two super dingbats in one session. I thought APD was a looney but this other harridan surpasses even APD in the fruitloop bowl. I would pay good money to see these two and the Lebanese Looney “mass debating ” each other in a frenzy!! What a gob fest that would be.
Seriously though, this pair of twats don’t even realise how hilariously funny they are.
For anyone who missed it at the tail end of the last post, Maloney’s being hampgroomed by Anthony Pike:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/truth-transparency-all-we-people-require-from-bill-maloney-devine/?published=t
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1p9qdV-8-AwBBjQFsmhcojpADL6-kv4oY
And Guidance is hampgrooming Eddieisok:
Arfur Braynsell says:
LOL:
Check this out. Angela, you really are the lowest of the fucki*g low.
Plus lest we forget that Icke’s made a fortune out of his “delusions”.
Scarlet Scoop says:
Congratulations on your “sting operation”, FD 😀
By the way, do you have a blog that we could add to our “Blogs We Like” page?
The Office Panda says:
If you haven’t come across Heather before, Sam, you’re in for a treat:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1VSV0dKUCXMWpF5v5TlLBboLSlzBkIVC_
I don't exist says:
Angie says: “God loves me the way I am”. I’ll be having a word with him tonight after supper as I believe standards have dropped lately.
I have no idea who Mr. Keys is but he has my sympathy. These two harridans really are the pits. They simply cannot accept that in the Hampstead matter there is 100s if not 1000s of locals infuriated and alarmed over the whole ghastly affair. These are innocent residents, families, and relatives caught up in the maelstrom and endless cycle of false accusations and internet gossip while just trying to get on with their lives. There just has to be a legal reckoning at some stage.
# Publishing my latest passport snap so there can be no mistaking as to my identity. People say I have a familiar face but you can see I couldn’t really be mistaken for someone else.
Another day, another bandwagon…
A nurse writes says:
He’s deranged. He tells the world he’s about to rain riches down upon them and then when obviously desperately poor people in Lebanon reach out to him he tells them to basically piss off and it will come in his own good time.
More (mini) exposés from Flo Destroyer 🙂
Steve’s an occasional poster here, as Postnein. He’s also featured in one or two of EC’s posts:
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/facebook-group-a-study-in-paranoia
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2018/06/22/angela-barks-up-the-wrong-tree-again
https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2018/07/08/angela-continues-attack-after-her-enemy-has-left-the-field/
Arfur Daley says:
Seems Heather is threating to team up with John Patterson & the Sarf London Mob. I’ve put the word around the manor that they’re to be given the cold shoulder. We don’t put up with interlopers and trespassers on our patch.
In the meantime can I interest you a new range of plus 50 size gorgeous frocks that have come into my possession recently?. Meet me at the lock-up.
Rainbow Farmer says:
Oops! I think I may have touched a nerve…
Exactly Chris. Shocking really how some are so manipulated.
More tears and tantrums…
Whoa! So Abe and Ella are in Spain? So there isn’t an arrest warrant anymore?
Has Guidance changed on Hampstead? I am confused?
These conspiraloons ain’t loyal. LOL
Mark Trellis says:
I work in mental health. The GP/ local CMHT of Heather needs to be informed about her as she is becoming seriously unwell. Risk to others needs to be considered. Heather is showing marked paranoia and is delusional. Unresolved grief of the son she lost but could not mourn will be a factor to consider when it comes to her treatment in the long term..Right now she could benefit from appropriate medication…legal measures may need to be taken to protect Steven keys and his family. He seems to have taken more than his fare share of the fall out from this case, first code 2222, and now this. If someone could write a letter to Heather’s GP or the CMHT lead in her area f heather providing video evidence of death threats and stalking, harassment, etc. Proper assessment of the risk she poses needd to be carried out. Steve should also call adult safeguarding or social services in heather’s health authority and discuss his family’s safety and what support they can offer as the woman is at the very least causing a lot of stress to him and his family. The police can also alert GP and CMHT/CPE to MH issues re any person, of course.
Abe & Ella have been in Spain for about three years and the arrest warrants are still in place as far as I know.
Walnut Sauce says:
I think she’s in one of her moods…
I still have the recording of the 5am death threat woman, who got a visit from the police, telling me anons would turn up and slit my throat if I didn’t leave Angela Power Disney, Mel Ve and Hopegirl alone. The police visited the woman, she stopped.
I left this comment, which will of course be hidden, lol….. I’ve reported twice, on others behalf mainly Stephen and his parents and of course for myself……
Apparantley I have gout ? News to me, lol 🙂 I think I’d know ! It’s not something that can be ignored, serious, I’ve met people who suffered with it.
Is the Spanish police refusing to get involved and arrest them? I can’t believe it or are they hiding out?
Someone call Dog the Bounty Hunter!
I hope your advise helps Mark. Heather seems really serious and unhinged.
I am glad the people being threatened can get help and support too and that they are not alone.
Good luck with that, John 😂 😂 😂
The saga so far:
Angie & Heather’s Bullshit Extravaganza, 15.08.18
Just posting this for no particular reason…
Thank you Scarlet Scoop the “sting” would not have been possible without the resources that have been made available on this blog and the support of others.
I appreciate the sentiment however the quality of my work would not be to a standard i would feel comfortable being associated with you fine people due to my own lack of ability . I appreciate the offer greatly though and have been humbled by the response and am glad i am on the right path.
Thank you for the kind words and treatment your work is highly respected and valued.
Check out this comment from Guidance. I had a feeling this was gonna happen – Eddieisok is not happy about the conversation being covertly recorded and posted:
The full transcript:
https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=RUb0dlsFJIk&lc=UgwjzZDgHR-JI5CjuQ94AaABAg
It’s a long transcript but this bit looks interesting:
I get gout. A fellow sufferer told me that he wouldn’t wish it on his worst enemy. I politely declined to agree. I have a short list of people I would wish it on. APD would make a fine addition!
Generally refusing to say anything is the behaviour of someone who knows either a little or a lot. Shooting off your mouth is the sign of someone who knows absolutely nothing.
He’s only ever been in it for the money. He’ll be hurting at the loss of his monetized youtube channel.
Hey wifey, where did you hide those emails we stole ? I can’t find them anywhere.
Very true, it reminds me of someone that wants to be in the know but never will be.
I’m sorry to hear that, I can only imagine, but it looks really painful, to me. I don’t like to wish harm even on these horrible lot of scammers, liars and accusers, but am mightly glad that justice seems to be catching up and don’t feel sorry for any thing that they’ve brought on themselves……
It is excruciating. However, the pain and agony can be treated. What is more painful is the old gouty port drinker reputation, as in “it’s self-inflicted”. It’s true that too much alcohol can reduce the body’s capacity to remove excess uric acid, but it doesn’t cause gout. Gout can be caused by failing kidneys, poor diet, too much of a good diet (shellfish etc), dehydration. high blood pressure, diabetes etc. Men produce more uric acid naturally anyway. It can be caused by drinking too much orange juice! There is no one cause and can occur in almost any joint in the body.
Top tip. If you are caught off guard, the recommended dosage levels of Ibuprofen can be doubled for short periods (always befriend a pharmacist, unless it’s a super qualified one).
Oh, I havn’t actually got it, that was Heather Browns assertion, insinuating that vile myth, as she was vile about me, during the video with Angela, yesterday.
Oh yeah, south London gangsters have si much free time inbetween doing blags, running knocking shops and banging out Charlie to yuppies that they just love defending butt hurt youtubers who get their knickers in a twist. Mad frankie fraiser was often in the dock for slapping people who left contentious comments on facebook. Not.
Funny you should mention that in light of what happened next. 😂
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Solid but unspectacular. Winner of the G2 Los Alamitos Futurity in December, odds-on favourite Thousand Words took his unbeaten record to three after challenging between horses to beat Royal Act by three-quarters of a length in a gritty performance from off the pace. In the process, the $1 million yearling reached a notable landmark for trainer Bib Baffert as the 3,000th North American victory of a legendary career.
Bob Baffert (trainer): “Being stuck down on the inside, he got the worst of it. Usually, a young horse like that, they won’t run that well and they don’t respond, but he’s got that big long stride and the further the better with him. You could tell about the last 50 yards, he was really getting going. He came back and he wasn’t even tired, so that is a good sign. He is progressing with every race and to win three in a row like that is pretty impressive.”
25-1 Max Player (Linda Rice/Dylan Davis)
Aqueduct: Withers Stakes G3 $250,000 1m1f, dirt
Sire: Honor Code
Likely target: Wood Memorial (April 7)
Max Player clearly appreciated the step up in trip as he threw his name into Kentucky Derby calculations with a determined effort. Hard ridden on the turn and four wide into the stretch, he was doing all his best work at the end with a strong rally to beat Remsen Stakes winner Shotski by 3¼ lengths.
Linda Rice (trainer): “The nice thing about him is that he’ll get the distance, and he got enough points to help us down that road. It’s exciting. I would think the Wood Memorial would be the right spot; I don’t want to shorten him up to one-turn in the Gotham.”
? Taraz (Brad Cox/Florent Geroux)
Oaklawn Park: Martha Washington Stakes $150,000 1m, dirt, 3yo fillies
Sire: Into Mischief
Likely target: Rebel Stakes (March 14)
Juddmonte filly who has been turning heads Stateside waltzed to another easy victory as 1-10 favourite for this four-horse stakes race on her debut around two turns. Making most of the running after a slowish start, she scored by nearly four lengths; she has now won her three career starts by a cumulative total in excess of 22 lengths.
While she is a leading fancy for the Kentucky Oaks, the big question is whether connections will try her against her male counterparts, though she is yet to be quoted in Derby markets.
Brad Cox (trainer): “It was a big effort in her first race around two turns. We knew she would be tough to catch, but she has a lot of improving to do. Her talent is there but she needs to settle down mentally.”
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Youre here to bring back our game. This is the Creators Game. We dont play it for ourselves we play for Creator.
With these words, Clint Letch, president of the Native American Law Enforcement Summit, kicked off a four-day lacrosse camp at the Fond du Lac Reservation in northern Minnesota during July, the first in a series of camps across the region that will pair up professional lacrosse players and native youth.
The camp, a partnership of the Fond du Lac Band, the Minnesota Swarm professional lacrosse team and NALES, focused on lacrosse fundamentals, leadership skills, nutrition and cultural connections between native people and the game given to us by the Creator.
Letch was a driver behind creation of the camp, but quickly found strong allies in Andy Arlotta, an owner of the Swarm, and Fond du Lac tribal leaders, including Chairwoman Karen Diver, Council Member Wally Dupuis and Brookston Community Center manager Bryan Bear Bosto.
We are all very excited about what's going on with lacrosse and the native youth, Arlotta said. This would have never been possible if it weren't for Clint Letch of NALES and Bear Bosto of the Fond du Lac tribe. These people made it happen.
The camp was an easy sell to tribal leaders.
We were looking for positive alternatives for youth involvement athletics is one way to do that, said Diver. The cultural connections to lacrosse made it a good fit. We also saw the health benefits encouraging physical activity is important as well.
Dupuis agreed: Organized activities are vital for our youth. I dont know where theyd be today if they werent here.
Staffing the camp were Swarm assistant coach and former professional lacrosse player Aime Caines, Swarm defenseman Travis Hill, a Tuscarora from southern Ontario, and other members of the Swarm front office.
Lacrosse is more than just a sport, said Caines, who also coaches at the University of Minnesota, its a way of life.
Hill, 28, has been playing the game since he was 2. Hill, as a well-known native player, has been at the center of the Swarms outreach into native communities across Minnesota.
Its in your blood, whether you know it or not, he told the 30 teens from five Minnesota and Wisconsin tribal communities. It will come naturally to you when you pick up that stick.
The lacrosse equipment the youth used at the camp was donated by Harrow, Bite Tech and Under Armour. The excitement on their faces as they lined up for helmets, pads and sticks lit up the tribal government center.
Youth and chaperones came to the camp from the Twin Cities, and from Fond du Lac, Mille Lacs, Red Lake, Grand Portage in Minnesota and Lac Courte Oreilles in Wisconsin.
Bob Dykstra, who works for the LCO school system and Boys and Girls Club, brought five teens to the camp. He said they were inspired by a trip to St. Paul this spring to watch a Swarm game.
Thats what excites us about this camp that the kids are so excited about lacrosse, he said.
Joe Porter, a chaperone from Grand Portage, said his tribal council asked him to bring a group of boys to the camp and even went so far as to pay the youth as part of the tribes summer work program.
They are really big supporters of this effort, he said. The checks will be waiting for the boys when they get back I told them they are now semi-professional lacrosse players.
Throughout the camp, the adults kept reminding the youth that they were at Fond du Lac for more than just fun and games:
Were here to get healthy, Letch told the boys as they prepared to start the first day of camp. Instead of picking up a gun, I want you to pick up a lacrosse stick. Instead of losing a limb or your lives at a young age to diabetes, I want you to play lacrosse, to become leaders in your communities. You dont need to be in a gang to learn leadership you can be leaders on the field. You will go back to your communities as ogitchidag, as warriors.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved only a limited number of gene therapy products for sale in the United States. Hundreds of research studies (clinical trials) are under way to test gene therapy as a treatment for genetic conditions, cancer, and HIV/AIDS.
Gene therapy is an experimental technique that uses genes to treat or prevent disease. In the future, this technique may allow doctors to treat a disorder by inserting a gene into a patient’s cells instead of using drugs or surgery.
Cystic fibrosis is a single gene disorder viewed as a good candidate for gene therapy because the affected gene is known, the target tissue, the lung, is accessible and less than 50% gene transfer may confer clinical benefit.
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The Atom platform, which now integrates the graphics and memory controller on the same piece of silicon as the CPU, is primarily used in netbooks.
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Intel introduced its next-generation Atom platform Monday, offering computer makers smaller, more energy-efficient packages that make it possible to build slimmer netbooks and smaller mini-desktops.
The netbook platform comprises an N450 Atom processor and a low-power NM10 Express Chipset. For mini-desktops, primarily entry-level systems sometimes called nettops, Intel is offering the single-core D410 Atom processor and the dual-core D510. The two chips use the same NM10 chipset.
A major advancement in the latest platforms from the previous generation is the integration of a graphics and memory controller on the same piece of silicon as the CPU. The combo reduces the number of chips from three in previous products to two.
The Atom platform is primarily used in netbooks, which are defined as mini-laptops with displays ranging from seven to 10 inches. Despite the performance boost, the new platform is not expected to change how netbooks are used. The systems are primarily used for basic computer tasks, such as Web browsing and e-mail.
However, the smaller chips are expected to lead to slimmer netbooks and smaller nettops from computer makers. Intel claims the netbook platform is 60% smaller than the previous generation, while the desktop platform has a nearly 70% smaller footprint.
In addition, the new platforms are more power efficient, reducing average power usage by 20% in netbooks and 50% in desktops, according to Intel.
Intel claims to have more than 80 design wins to-date for the new platforms from such computer manufacturers as Asus, Acer, Lenovo, Dell, MSI, Toshiba, Samsung, and Fujitsu. Most of new computers will run Windows 7 Starter or Home Basic, with some systems offering Intel's Moblin Linux v2 operating system.
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Infrastructure Today Magazine | We will reach the target of 1 billion tonne per annum by 2020
We will reach the target of 1 billion tonne per annum by 2020
Interview / May 01, 2015
Indian coal mining sector has gained traction with the recent passage of Coal Mines Special Bill 2015 in Parliament. Anil Swarup, Coal Secretary, Ministry of Coal, Government of India shares his views with Infrastructure Today on the coal block auctions, the impact of the approval of Coal Mines Bill on the country´s power sector, strategy for augmentation of coal production for Coal India Limited (CIL) and much more. Excerpts:
Can you please apprise us how the passage of Coal Mines Special Bill 2015 in Parliament will prove a game changer for the mining sector?
It will be a game changer in the sense of providing a platform for transparent auctions of coal blocks. These blocks were earlier allocated in such a manner that the Supreme Court and other agencies had concerns over its allocations, leading to its cancellation.
Now, the new act enables the government to auction these blocks through a transparent mechanism. Apart from this, the legislation also allows commercial exploitation of coal in the country. So far the coal blocks had been allocated only for specified end use, which meant that those allotting the coal blocks could not sell the coal in markets. But, the new legislation allows this for future coal mines if the government so desires.
Do you think it will change the mining landscape of the country? Coal India has monopoly in coal mining. So, is this Bill going to abolish the monopoly of Coal India?
Definitely, it will change. Coal block allocation as per the new Act will also provide further scope for improvement in technology for the excavation of coal. It will allow private miners, who have the capability to use advanced technology in mining operations, and will bring efficiency too. All this will augment coal production in the country and change the landscape.
It´s rather harsh to say Coal India has monopoly in the coal business across India. The government of India, through recent coal auction, has given equal chance or for that matter level playing field to the private miners. This will enhance coal production beyond one billion tonne which was alone Coal India´s target. The role of CIL will be enhanced in terms of coal production from the current level of 494 million tonne per annum to almost one BnT per annum in the next five years. Similarly, there will also be greater requirement of coal beyond one BnT. We are also encouraging private sectors to mine coal so that we will have 1.5 BnT of coal production by 2020.
Therefore, both Coal India as well as private players will be encouraged to increase the coal production in the country. That is the need of the hour.
As you said, Coal India is expected to increase its output to one billion tonne per annum by 2020. How are we likely to achieve this target?
A very detailed mine-wise plan has been prepared in terms of increasing coal production for each mine. In addition to this, we will identify issues like land acquisition, environment clearance, human resource management and technology requirement; and the resolution of all these issues will enable Coal India or those mines to produce more. A system has been placed for the resolution of these issues. If we go by what has been happening during the last year and the first month of the current year, the indications are that we should be able to reach the target of one BnT per annum by 2020.
Has Coal India geared up to achieve this output? With CIL improving its production, will it involve a third party in the excavation process?
Coal India is already ready to achieve this target. It will take some time to materialize as it requires technology up-gradation, human resource management, and prudent planning. But a lot of work has been done on this front to reach one billion tonne per year level.
Coal India has already involved a third party in the excavation process and more such participation will be required in future for pushing coal production.
What challenges do you face during coal mining operations?
The challenges will be evacuation of coal by railways, land acquisition, and forest clearances. There will be human resources related challenges and technological challenges. There are huge challenges in achieving the target, but we are trying to meet those challenges.
What kind of opportunities will the approval of Coal Mines Bill 2015 generate for the coal mining sector? How will it impact the power segment?
It will create immense opportunities. We have already auctioned a number of mines and allocated them. Beyond Coal India, there will be private entities that will start mining operations soon. Subsequently, it will enable them for commercial mining of coal. There are huge opportunities for non-Coal India companies.
If the country has sufficient availability of coal, the power sector is going to benefit from it. It is, again evident from past few months that power generation has improved to a record level. This has been possible only because coal supply has improved. As on date, there is no single power plant that is short of coal. So, with improvement in coal supply, power sector also will witness enhanced power supply.
Please give us an update on the current coal block auctions? How much did the government receive from these auctions? When will these allocated coal blocks start production?
We have so far auctioned 29 coal blocks and 38 have been allocated. The government has not received the entire amount. The entire amount will flow over to the states and not to the central government over the next 30 years. The estimated benefit accruing would be Rs 3,35,000 crore and the states will receive this amount in terms of auction fee, royalty, other fee etc.
The production from allotted coal blocks will vary from block to block and also depend on preparedness. The blocks that are in Schedule II will start production any day as all the requisite clearances are in place. Most of them should start production as quickly as possible. However, the blocks in Schedule III may take some time, may be 6 to 8 months or even a year, before they start coal production.
How much revenue would you expect in next round of coal blocks auction?
I cannot say. There is no estimate of revenue per se. We have put in place a transparent mechanism for auction. It will depend on demand and supply.
India is set to overtake China as the biggest importer of power-station coal by 2017. May I have your comments?
If our production level goes up, then there is no necessity to import thermal coal because the quality of coal that is required for thermal power plants is available in the country. One of the government´s objectives is to reduce imports. However, it will depend upon the amount of coal we are able to mine. If we are able to produce adequate amount of coal for thermal plants, there will be no import of coal for power plants. But there are certain qualities of coal, which are unavailable in the country and will be imported.
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PRESS RELEASE: Western Australia’s 2009 Best Employer Awards
Attraction and retention drivers revealed based on responses of 2169 WA employees
Insync Surveys, a customer, board and employee survey provider, and WA Business News yesterday announced the inaugural winners of the 2009 Best Employer Awards in Western Australia (WA).
Harry Kleyn, WA Business News’ CEO said: “We’ve faced a challenging market recently. In its first year, the Best Employer Awards have managed to successfully help employers discover what is and isn’t working within their organisation.”
Tracie Dawson, Insync Surveys’ WA Practice Leader said: “Looking at the study’s results overall, the attraction and retention issues that emerged are very interesting. Job security is the top attraction driver for WA employees who have less than six months of service under their belt.
“As a standout organisation, Georgiou Group is not only managing to assure staff of their job security
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Georgiou Group, a company that delivers projects in civil engineering, building, infrastructure, project management, mining services and precast manufacturing, won the Best Employer Award in the large category (for organisations with more than 200 employees).
Workpower Incorporated won the 2009 Insync Surveys Innovation Award and the medium category Best Employer Award (for organisations with 51-200 employees).
Tracie said: “Innovation is about creativity and acting on tools and strategies to increase capacity for advancement. Workpower Incorporated creates opportunities for people with disability or mental illness; they won the award for encouraging employees to think outside the square and pursue opportunities for significant growth.
“For example, Workpower Incorporated opened a new business in Mandurah because there was a need for people with a disability to find work close to home.”
The study also showed that support from management is the top retention driver for WA employees who’ve worked at an organisation for over six months.
“This is happening at Modal, where employees say it’s a great place to work because it feels more like a family than a workplace,” said Tracie.
Modal, a specialist consultancy that improves the performance of people, teams and organisations, won the Best Employer Award in the small category (for organisations with 10-50 employees).
Over 350 business leaders attended yesterday’s luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Perth. The Best Employer Awards recognise WA employers who are performing well in areas that are critical for their employer brand. Insync Surveys conducted the research, which included feedback from 2169 employees, in partnership with WA Business News.
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Office leasing down 36% YoY to 16.7 million sq feet in H1 2020
Majority of the deals expected to take place in Q2 2020 were pushed to subsequent quarters, or are being reconsidered, as occupiers focus on business continuity plans during the lockdown and workplace readiness, as they slowly look to reopen offices.
Sobia Khan
However, the market is seeing some positivity with large tech and e-commerce firms looking to lease large spaces across tech hubs of India.
BENGALURU: Office gross absorption across the top seven cities touched 16.7 million sq feet, a drop of 36% YOY, led by COVID-19 induced economic slowdown and slow decision making by occupiers, said Colliers International in it's latest report.
On the supply front, the first half of the year saw about 24.1 million sq feet of project completions, a 2% increase, led by project completions in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Hyderabad, the report mentioned.
“Office market has been the flag bearer of consistent and highest returns amongst all real estate asset classes in India for quite some time; the market today, needs to read the Occupiers’ challenges and customise solutions for a win-win coexistence”, said Sangram Tanwar, Managing Director, Mid- India at Colliers International.
As per the report leasing in Bengaluru, during H1 2020 dropped about 33% YOY to 5.4 million sq feet, from corresponding period last year. The majority was due to the loss of activity in Q2 2020, led by the government-imposed lockdown that affected the city. While some deals in the pipeline have been postponed, the city continued to see some large deals, as planned. On the supply front, about 6.9 million sq feet became operational during H1 2020, a drop of 13% YOY.
“Market fundamentals in markets with low vacancy levels have not changed much in terms of rentals and it continues to be developer-centric. We do not foresee much change in the long run”, said Arpit Mehrotra, Managing Director, South India (Office Services) at Colliers International India.
Hyderabad and Chennai saw leasing fall by 62% and 32% YOY on account of slower uptake of office space. Delhi-NCR saw 27% YOY to 3.2 million sq feet. While Mumbai saw the steepest fall at 53%, the report mentioned.
“After a historical high in 2019, leasing is likely to see a dip this year, and we forecast about 38 million square feet of gross leasing for 2020, before rebounding next year, led by the technology sector. Post the initial unrest, we believe occupiers should return to their drawing boards to revisit their space requirements, keeping facets such as densification, health and wellness at the core of the decisions.”, says Megha Maan, Senior Associate Director, Research, Colliers International.
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Statement Issued by NSI on the recent arrests : Democracy Under Siege !
31/08/2018 subhash gatade 2 Comments
A Statement Issued by New Socialist Initiative (NSI) on the recent arrests of human rights defenders and public intellectuals
Democracy Under Siege !
With Ground Slipping Fast Beneath Its Feet, BJP government Resorting to Draconian Measures !
New Socialist Initiative strongly condemns the arbitrary and malicious manner in which the Pune Police, at the behest of its saffron masters, raided the houses of leading human rights activists, lawyers, professors and poets in different cities simultaneously and arrested five of them – Sudha Bharadwaj, Gautam Navlakha, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves and Varavara Rao – under concocted charges.
Demanding immediate release of all these persons unconditionally and withdrawal of fabricated charges filed against them under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) , it also said that appropriate action should be taken against the guilty policemen as well involved in this act.
Reports of these raids reveal that the police had no qualms in treating these persons – who are highly educated and have devoted larger part of their lives fighting for the marginalised and exploited upholding constitutional methods – as dreaded terrorists and also insulting their near and dear ones.
The case of Prof Satyanarayana, Head of the Department of Cultural Studies and Dean of inter-disciplinary studies at the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) – a highly respected academic and scholar in his field and author of many books – reveals, how his house was also raided just because he happens to be son in law of Varavara Rao, a well-known Telugu poet and activist. Police had the gall to question his wife why (despite being a Brahmin) she has opted for intercaste marriage (with a Dalit) and why does not she puts sindoor on her forehead.
The fast changing developments reveal this ill-conceived move has completely backfired and has led to tremendous outrage and uproar all over the country, with marches and rallies organised in different cities and towns joined by hundreds of people. Declaring that the unfolding situation in the country as worse than emergency, with a ‘republic of Hope’ turning into ‘republic of fear’ people have underlined that the present government has resorted to this move basically to deflect attention of the wider populace over its all round failure in managing the economy or addressing the issue of growing ruptures in social fabric or reining in vigilante gangs who have made a mockery of rule of law.
It need to be noted that even the mainstream print media has also questioned the government for this ill thought move and charged that it is BJP’s McCarthy moment reminding the people of the witch hunt by the US regime in late forties and early fifties against writers, scholars and activists alleging left leanings.
The unprecedented intervention by the highest courts of the country in this issue has played a key role in putting the government on the defensive. The Supreme Court created history of sorts when it allowed a third party intervention in this case responding to a petition filed by leading intellectuals and constituting a three member bench an issue a notice to the Maharashtra Police. Terming that ‘Dissent is safety valve of Democracy’ it has reminded the government that democracy would not be safe if the government quells dissent. As of now the focus of the case has shifted to the Supreme Courts, which will deliberate on the issue next week.
It is crystal clear that the immediate trigger for this action on part of the Pune Police was the great expose by the Maharashtra ATS itself of a cache of arms, explosives and detonators from the houses of Hindutva zealots allegedly associated with the Sanatan Sanstha and related Hindutva groups, arrest of five activists and unearthing of a plot to further exacerbate communal tension by putting bombs at crowded places and festivals.
In fact, these revelations had put added pressure on the government at the state level as well as the centre to ban the Sanatan Sanstha and its affiliated organisation Hindu Janjagruti Samiti. which openly talk of ‘Destruction of Evildoers as Spiritual Practice’. It should not be forgotten here that these outfits have been under the scanner of the investigating agencies for more than a decade, for their promotion of violent activities and even involvement of their associates in terror acts and earlier governments in the state had similarly sent its recommendations to the centre to ban these outfits.
It is important to emphasise that this expose was possible because of investigations into the assassination of Gauri Lankesh ( Sept 2017) undertaken by Karnataka police which had revealed how people associated with these organisations were not only responsible for this particular killing but earlier assassinations of rationalists, scholars and left activists – namely Dr Narendra Dabholkar, Comrade Govind Pansare and Prof Kalburgi – which had rocked the nation The Maharashtra ATS is reported to be in possession of a hit list prepared by these terrorists of many scholars, activists, social workers who have always remained critical of the idea of Hindutva world view and have consistently opposed its proponents.
The powers that be had also presumed that nationwide arrests – followed by a pliant media – would also help cover up their blatant failures on the economic front. In fact it is for everyone to see that the way in which the BJP dispensation led by Modi has bungled the economy has also become more and more apparent.
Close on the heels of the controversy around Rafael deal which is being called a ‘Defence Scandal Larger than any thus far” and where “gross misuse of office and monumental criminal misconduct” (https://www.newsclick.in/rafale-defence-scandal-larger-any-thus-far) is evident has come the report released by Reserve Bank of India itself which has revealed that 99.3 per cent of the demonetised currency has returned to the bank which has vindicated what ex-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had said on the floor of the house that the whole demonetisation exercise was ‘organised loot and legalised plunder”.
Barring few cheerleaders of the present dispensation there is general consensus that within a span of one year the Modi government government has delivered ‘twin blow’ to the economy firstly through demonetisation and secondly through the ill-conceived Goods and Services Tax (GST), which have proved to be a complete disaster for our economy and broke the back of small businesses.
Whatever might have been the claims of the present dispensation before assuming power, they have proved a disaster on the employment front also. While 2 crore jobs were promised to the youth, not even 2 lakh new jobs have been created till date.
As the unfolding developments demonstrate governments calculations in this case have gone awry.
It had felt that with these arrests of leading human rights activists, renowned intellectuals it would be able to deflect people’s attention from its cosy approach towards these Hindutva terrorists and their deadly machinations. And as already discussed the government is finding itself on the backfoot on this issue.
Equally troubling for the government has been the arrest of a person associated with Shiv Pratishthan, an organisation floated by Sambhaji Bhide, a fanatic Hindutva leader, in the arms haul case. It is the same organisation which is allged to be involved in the Bhima Koregaon violence against Dalits when they in their lakhs had taken out a massive procession to the Vijay Stambh situated at Koregaon near Pune to commemorate ‘victory of Dalits’ against the Peshwas two hundred years ago.
A FIR filed immediately about the violence had directly blamed Sambhaji Bhide and another Hindutva zealot Milind Ekbote for this orchestrated violence. Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of Dr Ambedkar, who was a key speaker at the ‘Elgaar Parishad’ event held a day earlier in Pune to ‘celebrate this Dalit victory’ had also lodged a similar complaint against these zealots and asked the police to take up the cases under SC-ST Atrocity Prevention Act (1989). While the Maharashtra police has not even deemed it necessary to even interrogate Sambhaji Bhide – with Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis giving him clean chit on the floor of the house – it seems to be hyper active in following a fabricated case by a Hindutva activist against these left leaning scholars, activists.
We should not forget that these raids and arrests are in continuation of arrests of Sudhir Dhawale, Shoma Sen, Advocate Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut and Rona Wilson in June on allegations of ‘instigating the Bhima-Koregaon violence’ which was witnessed a day after the Elgaar Parishad and also being part of a ‘Rajiv Gandhi type assassination plot’ targeting PM Modi. Time and again two retired judges of the Supreme Courts, Judge P B Sawant and Justice Kolse Patil have underlined that they were the organisers of this Elgaar Parishad and the persons arrested earlier or in this round had no role to play in its organising the government wants to ‘prove’ that these persons were involved in it.
The cavalier manner in which the government itself is investigating the alleged assassination plot is visible not only in the questions raised by the Delhi HC about the irregularities and lapses on part of Maharashtra Police when it was hearing the Habeas Corpus petition against the transit remand ordered by the CJM Saket Court in the context of Gautam Navlakha’s arrest but also the time gap of around three months in the two round of arrests.
The story of this plot – supposedly targeting PM Modi – reminds one of the Gujarat of the first decade of the 21 st century, when similar plots were talk of the town, when Mr Modi happened to be chief minister of the state. It witnessed deaths of many a innocents in fake encounters on the specious claim that the particular ‘jihadi’ had come to assassinate Mr Modi. It is now history how many a police officers spent years in jail for their alleged role in these fake encounters. Today, the word ‘Jihadi’ has been replaced by ‘Urban Naxal’ – a new narrative which the government wants to build against its critics and dissenting voices.
New Socialist Initiative is of the opinion that draconian laws like Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) – which have been used in arresting these activists and which have earlier been used against thousands of activists and innocent persons – should not have any place in democracy.
New Socialist Initiative has appealed to the people at large – citizens, residents of this country who still believe in democracy, secularism, equity, pluralism – to remain vigilant about the machinations of the powers that be at the centre, as survey after survey indicate that the BJP under Modi is fast losing its popularity, and it is possible that to remain in power in next elections it may resort to divisive agendas to polarise people.
Delhi : Dated 31 st August 2018
Arun FerreiraBhima KoregaonBJPElgaar ParishadGautam NavlakhaHindu Janajagruti SamitiMilind EkboteModiNalasaporaSambhaji Bhidesanatan sansthaSudha BharadwajUAPAVaravara RaoVernon Gonsalves
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Apurba K Baruah says:
It is not merely divisive agenda it is a fscist politics with stormtroupers and coercive action. Unless all thosae who wants to save democracy, irrespective ofideological differences on other matters, get together and defeat BJP the country will see a suspension of democratic rights constitutionally and complete silencing of dissent wioth the help of both government and non-government forces. Needless to say it will eventually lead to officially declare India a Hindu Rastra. .
The country has been under ‘ seige ‘ since many years ….only the intensity has increased ….
Now that the movement has started, it should continue till all the prisoners who have been implicated ….adivasis, saibaba, chandrasekhar ‘Ravan’ , kobad ghand y, etc released without any harn. There are scores of people in jails for decades and their plight must be addressed
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There’s Something in the Fog!: The Fog (1980)
So I don’t know about you all, but I love the fog.
I actually like driving in it, walking in it, just foggy days in general. I went to school in the bay area and loved mornings (not evenings-as that is a killer’s delight) when the fog would roll in. It just makes me want to drink tea, make cookies, bake or cook something, curl up with a good book, etc.
I hated having to bike in it though-soooo scary. When I went to university, I used to work at a music hall and they used the hall as a class some mornings. The class started at 6, and we had to be there at 5:30.
It was sooo scary biking to work every morning. The way to go from my apartment to the hall I had to bike up the highway. All I could do was pray every morning, please let no one hit me. The fog there was really bad-like mushroom soup bad.
I hope I can do it.
Where I live now we get really bad foggy days and nights too. Back in the 1800s the whole area used to be underwater, the winter rains would come and create a lake on the land, that would recede in the spring. Years later, the area my nieces live in are full of houses but still retain the bog-like quality they used to have hundreds of years ago-so when the fog comes it is really bad.
I like driving out there, as it is peaceful in a way-it almost feels as if you are the only one in the world. However, it is also still dangerous. There were a ton of accidents, a semi completely blocking the road, and I was almost in an accident when someone’s car broke down and they just left it in the road! Seriously, dude. Anyways…with all that in the especially in October-it made me think of:
There’s something in the fog!
Years ago my sister brought The Fog (2005) home for us to watch. It had Tom Welling from Smallville, that girl who was the bipolar superhero in Heroes, and the girl that Elle gets dumped for in Legally Blonde. It was kind of confusing, the effects were blah, and I remember not getting into it at all.
The whole time we watched it, my mom kept saying how she loved the original. Because of that, I have always wanted to watch it, but just never got around to it-until someone donated it to the library.
My time has come!
So this film starts off with a ghost story-no one knows its connection to the town, but we will.
The community Antonio Bay, CA is about to celebrate their 100th anniversary. That morning (12:00am) strange things begin happening. The first is that the minister, Father Malone (Hal Holbrook) in the old church discovers a piece of masonry falling off-for no logical reason-and a diary is discovered and with it an ancient curse!
That’s not good.
Meanwhile, fisherman are out at sea when the fog rolls in-it brings an 1880s ship and ghostly, creepy creatures that attack the ship.
Nick Castle (Tom Atkins) is driving home when he spots a young girl hitchhiking (Jamie Lee Curtis). She is weird.
I know blunt, but she is just so strange. If it was me, I would have kicked her out of my car.
Elizabeth Solley: Listen, I never hitchhiked before. I just really want to be careful. Can I ask you something?
Nick Castle: Sure
Elizabeth Solley: Are you weird?
Nick Castle: Yes, I am. Yes, I am weird.
Elizabeth Solley: You are weird. Thank God you’re weird. The last one was so normal, it was disgusting.
Yes, she basically has no character other than being nothing like a normal person. Like she does not react normal to anything, it’s almost as if Jamie Lee Curtis got a different script, like she thought the movie was about an alien pretending to be human going to a town with paranormal occurrences and trying to figure out “how” to do that without giving themselves away.
The two go to Nick’s place and sleep together. After they re done, something knocks on the large windows that Nick’s place has.
Now that I love-the way Carpenter creates these monsters in the fog-sooooo creepy.
As I mentioned above, I like walking in the fog, but not at night. It is so creepy as you can’t see anything, you don’t know if there is danger lurking there. When I was at university, I hated having to walk across campus at night. There was always that fear when turning a corner or passing an area thick with foliage-could there be someone waiting? Especially creepy when you hear footsteps, but can’t tell who or where they are coming from-or if the person coming your way is planning on hurting you.
I think Carpenter captures those feelings perfectly in his monsters/ghosts. Watching it, brought back all those feelings again.
So Nick is worried when the next morning, the fisherman aren’t back. He sets out, with-ugh-Elizabeth, in tow. When they get on the boat they found the corpse of Dick Baxter, while the other fisherman are missing. While there it seems as if everything is after Elizabeth?
Why? Who knows. She’s from “Pasadena”, maybe, but that’s all we get from her. We know nothing else and she is really bland. Why did Nick even take her along? Or even better, why does he continue to take her along when everything is after her.
Meanwhile, D.J. Stevie Wayne (Adrienne Barbeau) finished up work and visits with her son. He found a piece of driftwood with the word “DANE” on it. He gives it to his mom, who has to go back to work to listen to some tapes, taking the driftwood with her. It begins to seep water, and her tape player playing a gravely voice saying that revenge must take place. The wood spells out that “Six Must Die”. Then everything catches on fire! Stevie puts it out and the wood goes back to Dane.
Back with the fishermen, the doctor reviews the one body they have and discovers a mystery.
Dr. Phibes: [the pathologist has just examined the body of Dick Baxter] What the hell happened out there?
Nick Castle: There was rust all over everything. It was like the boat had been out there a long time, taking on water. He was down below, near the bunks.
Dr. Phibes: Nick, his wounds are covered with algae, his lungs are full, and there’s silt under his fingernails. I tell ya, I saw Dick Baxter three days ago in Salinas. Now he’s lying there on the table looking like he’s been underwater for a month!
That’s not the only weird thing. While the men step aside to talk, Elizabeth waits by the body. Suddenly, Dick’s body reanimates and attacks Elizabeth. What a Dick move! (LOL sorry, couldn’t resist).
When the men return he is dead again, with the number 3 carved into him.
Kathy Williams (Janet Leigh) is overseeing the centennial celebration, and is worried about her husband’s-one of the fishermen-disappearance. As she moves forward with the celebrations she stops by the church. The pastor is freaking out as he has stayed up all night reading the journal he found and frenzied by lack of sleep and what he discovered!
Father Malone: [reading from Patrick Malone’s journal] “December 9: Met with Blake this evening for the first time. He stood in the shadows to prevent me from getting a clear look at his face. What a vile disease this is. He is a rich man with a cursed condition, but this does not prevent him from trying to better his situation and that of his comrades at the colony. December 11: Blake’s proposition is simple, He wants to move off Tanzier Island and re-locate the entire colony just north of here. He has purchased a clipper ship called the Elizabeth Dane with part of his fortune and asks only for permission to settle here. I must balance my feelings of mercy and compassion for this poor man, with my revulsion at the thought of a leper colony only a mile distant. April 20: The six of us met tonight. From midnight until one o’clock, we planned the death of Blake and his comrades. I tell myself that Blake’s gold will allow the church to be built, and our small settlement to become a township, but it does not soothe the horror that I feel being an accomplice to murder. April 21: The deed is done. Blake followed our false fire on shore and the ship broke apart on the rocks off Spivey Point. We were aided by an unearthly fog that rolled in, as if Heaven sent, although God had no part in our actions tonight. Blake’s gold will be recovered tomorrow, but may the Lord forgive us for what we’ve done.” I couldn’t read any further.
Sandy Fadel: You’re grandfather had a way with words.
Father Malone: The celebration tonight is a travesty. We’re honoring murderers.
Yes the story that was told in the beginning, the truth has been revealed. These lepers cursed the town and have waited 100 years to exact their revenge. They have come to kill the descendants of the six men who murdered them. The six are:
Al Williams
Other Fisherman
Dick Baxter
Father Malone
Tommy Wallace
Mrs. Kobritz
At least that is what I am assuming-the problem with this film is it isn’t really clear on who are those involved and those that aren’t. They kill the other fishermen who were on the boat but if I include him, that would make seven-when there were only six. So did they just kill him for fun?
Hmmm?
The other problem is that no one knew about this secret. It makes it not as interesting in my opinion. Now the 2005 film was really bad, but one thing it does do much, much better is clearly state who the descendants are. That was a much needed improvement-I also liked how the descendants all knew about the murder. I think that made the film more…fulfilling then having the ghosts kill people who have no knowledge and are paying for a crime they had nothing to do with.
So as the night picks up, so does the fog. Stevie sees it and how it is going against the wind. She warns everyone and begs someone to save her son-urging all to flee to the church.
The ghosts kill the nanny, Mrs. Korbitz, and go after Andy (why as he isn’t a descendent), but Nick saves him. Elizabeth is just there, why? Who knows. Why is she even in this film?
Now I know this is a small fishing town, but where are all the people? The only ones at the church are Kathy Williams, her assistant Sandy, Father Malone, Nick, Andy, and Elizabeth. Where is the rest of the town? Are they alive? Are they dead? There were a lot at the celebration, but what happened to them?
I really feel like John Carpenter wanted to copy The Thing from Another World (1951), where you have this small group of people being attacked and trying to overcome it-there it made sense as they were on a small research center in Alaska. Here you have a whole town! Where are all the people? What happened to them? Obviously they are not attacking just the descendants as they were going after Andy-yet they left Nick alone? Just doesn’t seem very thought through.
Anyways, the gang hide out below the church in the room where there is a giant gold cross, a cross made from the stolen gold.
So the ghosts attack Stevie in the lighthouse-why as she is not from there but moved there. She isn’t a descendent, why are they after her?
And they attack the people in the church. Malone feels the guilt and brings the cross out, begging the ghosts to spare everyone and take him. As he offers the cross-it and the ghosts disappear.
All seems to be fine.
Stevie Wayne: I don’t know what happened to Antonio Bay tonight. Something came out of the fog and tried to destroy us. In one moment, it vanished. But if this has been anything but a nightmare, and if we don’t wake up to find ourselves safe in our beds, it could come again. To the ships at sea who can hear my voice, look across the water, into the darkness. Look for the fog.
But later, Father Malone is thinking over what happened. Why didn’t they take him? Then we have a fantastic twist!
So yeah, I didn’t love it. But I think it was way better than the new one. There was a lot in this film that just didn’t make sense, I mean there were so many unanswered questions.
I also hated the Elizabeth character. She makes no sense! Why is everything after her? Who is she? She doesn’t add anything to the plot and if she wasn’t there, it really wouldn’t change the film.
I do have to give the 2005 film credit for trying to make there be a reason why everything wants Elizabeth, and giving her a reason to be in the film. Even though it was still dumb.
I think the only thing I would watch it for are the ghosts, those are just done so well.
To start Horrorfest VIII from the beginning go to, Count Dracula the Propagator of This Unspeakable Evil Has Disappeared. He Must Be Found and Destroyed!: Horror of Dracula (1958)
For more John Carpenter, go to China is Here Mr. Burton. The Chang Sing, The Wing Kong, They’ve Been Fighting for Centuries: Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
For more Janet Leigh, go to We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes: Psycho (1960)
For more on Jamie Lee Curtis, go to Everyone’s Entitled to One Good Scare: Halloween (1978)
For more horror films with fishermen, go to You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Jaws (1975)
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Tagged 100th Anniversary, Adrienne Barbeau, Al Williams, Antonio Bay, Bay Area, D.J. Stevie Wayne, Dane, Dick Baxter, Dr. Phibes, Fishermen, Fog, Hal Holbrook, Heroes, Hitchhiker, Hitchhiking, Jamie Lee Curtis, Janet Leigh, John Carpenter, Kathy Williams, Legally Blonde, Lepers, Leprosy, Mrs. Kobritz, Nick Castle, Paranormal, Patrick Malone, Sandy Fadel, Smallville, Spivey Point, Tanzier Island, The Fog (1980), The Thing From Another World (1951), Tom Atkins, Tom Welling, Tommy Wallace
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Meyer Azriel Rabinovitz Papers
Identifier: P-367
Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society
Contains photocopies of four Hebrew letters endorsing Rabbi Rabinovitz, three of which were written by Rabbis Jacob Widrewitz, Ph. Klein and Joshua Siegel in New York in 1907. One is specifically addressed to Cong. Tzemach Tzedek and Agudas Achim of Chelsea, Mass. Also includes the photocopy of a Hebrew contract signed by ca. 50 members of the congregation in 1907, photocopies of two requests for funds from Poland, a photograph of Rabinovitz, an announcement of his son's wedding in 1925, and a special Resolution issued by the Board of Aldermen of Chelsea at his death. Also includes photograph of Rabinovitz & correspondence with Hannah Schiffres re: donation of materials (1981).
Rabinovitz, Meyer (Person)
The collection is in English and Hebrew.
This collection is open for researcher use. Please contact us to request access or to make an appointment to view this collection at jhcreference@nehgs.org.
There may be some restrictions on the use of this collection. For more information contact jhcreference@nehgs.org.
Rabbi Meyer Rabinovitz was a rabbi in Chelsea, Massachusetts in 1865. He died in 1929.
Located in Boston, Mass.
Copies of original material donated by Hannah Schiffres in 1981.
Reprocessed by Stephanie Call, 2010
Chelsea (Mass.)
Clippings (information artifacts)
Klein, Philip, 1849-1926
Publications (documents)
Rabinovitz, Meyer
Schiffres, Hannah
Siegel, Joshua, 1846-1910
Vidrowitz, Hayyim Jacob, 1835-
JHC3. Rabbis and Cantors
JHC2. Family and Individual Papers
Guide to the Meyer Azriel Rabinovitz Papers, P-367
Reprocessed by Stephanie Call
Processed by Stephanie Call, Schilder Assistant Archivist, made possible by a grant from the Schilder Family Fund. This collection has been digitized, made possible by a grant from the Trustees u/w of Herman Dana.
Part of the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at New England Historic Genealogical Society Repository
https://jewishheritagecenter.org/
99-101 Newbury Street
Boston MA 02116 United States
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Published citations should take the following form: Identification of item, date (if known); Meyer Azriel Rabinovitz Papers; P-367; box number; folder number; Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at NEHGS, Boston, Mass. https://jewishheritagecenter.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/208 Accessed January 19, 2021.
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“Part 2 of My Interview With Yukon Men’s Courtney Agnes; Girl Power the Tanana, Alaska Way”
August 22, 2017 Jim Jax 8 Comments
Courtney, Cuppy, Archie & Carrie
Here is Part 1:
https://jimjax4.wordpress.com/2017/08/21/part-1-of-my-interview-with-yukon-mens-courtney-agnes-girl-power-the-tanana-alaska-way/
We all have a story. It doesn’t matter if we think we are exciting or not; all of us have a story. Courtney Agnes is no different. People probably see Courtney as a tomboy who is just like one of the guys, but she is much more than that.
Courtney is a self proclaimed “girly girl”. “I just don’t have any fashion sense” she admits. Courtney is a good athlete as is displayed by her talents in sports. She is also a highly skilled artist in bead work and crafting, creating amazing clothing and jewelry. This skill was encouraged by her grandmother Carrie who always seemed to supply her with amazing material to work with. How about Courtney’s Native Craft’s for an online store name? Her love for her culture and the Athabascan way of life is embedded in her heart through generations of tradition and respect for the land and what it provides. She works at keeping that way of life alive in the future generations to come.
Jim Jax: Describe your relationship with your dad Pat and how has it changed since you were a kid?
Courtney Agnes:
I was always my dad’s baby. I even told mom and dad that they couldn’t have anymore kids because I had to be the baby forever. From the first moment I had him wrapped around my finger. He was the one to get up with me in the middle of the night when I cried and he would spoil me rotten. I am now getting paybacks with my two girls and my husband, Archie. I find that Cuppy and Carrie pull the same tricks that I used to do when I was their age with their dad and I feel like my mom did back then. Nowadays, I get really upset when my dad leaves town without telling me. He also really relies on me to help him around the dog yard, or to even ground him in his busy life. We really enjoy doing things together, like planting his huge garden that’s almost as big as the bottom section of my house.
Courtney, Braedon & Pat
Jim Jax: What type of amenities do you have at your house. I.E. Television, cable, wifi/internet, running water, electricity, etc…..
I lived my entire life without running water until I moved out of Tanana. About half of the homes in Tanana finally got hooked up to the water system in 2006-07. My home has cable, wifi, and electricity; all of the comfortable amenities. The only thing I miss about city life are the readily available fresh groceries. We have to plan for shopping excursions and freeze, dry, or blanch veggies and fruits to make them last.
Courtney Practicing her Guilty Look
Jim Jax: I always think about the normal every day things. As a teen and a young woman, how hard was it to date with so few men around, and what activities as a young person did you have to do to meet people?
When I was a teenager, I was kind of awkward and geeky. I always had straight A’s and had my nose in a book (I have bad eyesight from it). I wasn’t really interested in boys; nothing serious anyways; and I wasn’t really that popular. That really didn’t bother me though. Living in a remote village, it’s kind of common to play sports or travel, or to date someone if you already hadn’t found someone to hang out with in your own village. Most people are related to each other in our small rural populations, so it’s easier to date outside of your hometown. I always played basketball just to get out of work and chores, so I met new and interesting people that way.
Courtney is all smiles at a dog mushing race
Jim Jax: What is your favorite food to eat that you can only get in Alaska?
My family and I just got back from a vacation in Hawaii, and I have to admit the girls asked for moose meat as soon as we got home. Luckily my best friend had moose roast in her fridge in Anchorage while we hung out there for allergy appointments to appease the girl’s cravings. I’m pretty sure I couldn’t ever live without moose soup either. The only other food that I couldn’t live without is Yukon King Salmon. I’m sure it’s because I grew up eating it, but no other salmon compares. All of the people that I grew up with here in Tanana are pretty picky about the salmon that we eat, and pretty much don’t really like any other kind.
(Above: Some of Courtney’s Jewelry)
Jim Jax: What was your scariest moment while filming Yukon men.
The scene when I shot the black bear was the absolute scariest moment while filming. It was slightly raining when I was stalking the bear, and I kept hearing him but I couldn’t identify where the sound was coming from. We were walking through a small stream, so I had to also focus on being quiet when I moved. It is pretty hard to do with rain gear and rubber boots on. Ryan (camera man) had seen him first and he was headed straight for him, although the bear had never seen us. The instant that I saw the bear, I pulled my gun up to shoot, but he walked behind a huge clump of willows so I had to wait for the shot. I got him with one shot to the neck and he was only 20 feet from Ryan. So in short, the bear almost ate Ryan. Although he was packing, it still could have gone way wrong if I hadn’t waited for a good shot.
(Above: Alaskan wild blueberries and kippered fish)
Jim Jax: Your husband doesn’t get to be on camera much; explain what kind of person he is.
Archie is a really quiet guy and he’s often gone for his job. He works on an oil rig up north in Alaska. He usually works 2 weeks on and then has 2 weeks off, but he has to add 2 travel days to the days he’s gone so we basically get him 12 days per 28 days. He sacrifices so much to provide for us to live here in Tanana. It’s a really tough work environment that he has to leave us for and we really appreciate him. He’s an avid outdoorsman like I am, but way shyer than me. He also lives for speed. He used to race boats in the Yukon 800 race, and now races snow machines in the Iron Dog across Alaska. Both are physically brutal races, but he races them for the physical and mental aspects of it. He’s an amazing dad to our girls, he’s very patient and kind, but he’s also a pushover when it comes to them.
Courtney’s Scarecrow look
Jim Jax: What is the thing you like most about filming Yukon Men and what is the worst thing about filming it.
The thing that I love most about filming Yukon Men is that I am paid for doing things that I normally do anyway on a daily basis. I mean, we always have to get food, wood, fuel, and get ready for winter, so it’s kind of easy to just do both at the same time. It’s kind of like killing two birds with one stone. The hardest thing about filming is being away from the girls. I’m a pretty hands on mama. They really have a hard time going to sitters and not being in their own familiar environment, although we do have an amazing support system here in Tanana.
Cuppy, Courtney & Carrie
Jim Jax: With the new road comes a whole new group of people coming to the area. Do you ever worry that things will never be the same and it may get harder to survive?
I really worry about what kind of people the new road will bring in. There was a straggler in Manley Hot Springs 20 years or so ago, (which is now 50 miles away from us on the road) who shot and killed 9 people and threw them in the Tanana River.
(Courtney is talking about the famous 1984 mass murders by drifter Michael Allen Silka in Manley Hot Springs. He was a military marksman and he shot and killed 9 people. One was a trooper who was flying overhead in a helicopter. After murdering a neighbor he befriended people in Tanana saying he was a mountain man. He often camped near the one of the docks. People were impressed with his skills and he said he wanted to make roots in Tanana. His victims included a trooper, a pregnant woman and a 2 year old child).
My husband’s family also has land not even one mile away from the road, and we worry about encroachment from trespassers. What people don’t really understand is how resilient Tanana people are, and we will fight for our way of life.
Jim Jax: What hobby or personality trait do you have that would surprise viewers of the show.
I really hate being idle, so I’m always doing one thing or another. I really love to play basketball, I grew up playing with 6’ or taller guys who had the mentality that you had to be tough to even try to play with them. I remember getting elbowed or punched in the face and getting told not to cry when I was like in the 10th grade. Being pretty short (5’5”) enabled them to practically jam the ball down my throat so I had to figure out ways to shoot and score around them. When playing in tournaments in Fairbanks in later years, teammates would tell me, “I don’t know how you get in there and shoot like that”. Sometimes a ref asked me why I hadn’t ever played college ball (I was too shy). The only other thing I can think of is that I really am quite girly. I love make up but I have zero fashion sense.
Jim Jax: What message do you hope to communicate about your way of life to those that enjoy the show.
When I was in high school, my late Grandmother Carrie used to always tell me to learn to live off the land. At the time I really did not understand what she was trying to tell me, so I basically disregarded her advice. It wasn’t until I moved back home and started to hunt, fish, and trap on my own that I learned what she meant. She was trying to explain a simpler but rewarding lifestyle where she learned intrinsic life values from living off of the land. This would allow me to be able to care for my family while living off the land. It is an inherent value in keeping our traditions and culture alive that I will always appreciate.
Jim’s Jamz:
I’d like to humbly thank all of those in the Discovery Yukon Men family for the kindness and trust they have shown me in telling their stories. Thank you to the fans of the show for their support. I so enjoy their passion and dedication to the show. Thousands of people have read these articles and I hope you have enjoyed reading them as much as I liked writing them.
Even with all of the amazing positive feedback though, I’ve also received negative responses too. I’ve been contacted by various publications and websites speaking out against me for writing about Yukon Men. I’m small potatoes I’m sure but there have even been petitions started to stop the show.
First off I’m not naïve. Most reality shows are extremely fake and staged. People always say they know that yet they act like it’s real. Out of all of the shows though, Yukon Men is right up there with being as real as it gets. Are some of the scenes enhanced? Of course they are. Ask hunters how exciting it is walking in the freezing cold for hours looking to hunt something. Then you must ask yourself how real was it for George Roberts to lose his life in a snow mobile accident? Ask if it was real when a young pilot Seth Fairbanks died after his plane went down? A while earlier he helped find a stranded Joey Zuray who was slowly being surrounded by water and ice. While the most popular network shows lie to no end; (yes I’ve talked to some of the actors and behind the scenes people and you have no idea), Yukon Men tries to keep an integrity that is rarely seen anymore on television.
The struggles are real. And while many crews on other shows stay for short times and move on, the film crews for Yukon Men have spent significant time in the area and have tried hard to win the respect of the communities.
Like I said, I’ve seen petitions to try and cancel the show in the past due to the hunting and trapping scenes. In reality these are not trophy hunters cutting off heads or antlers of animals and leaving the meat. These aren’t people laughing and partying after killing an animal for show so they can take selfies so strangers will increase their likes on Instagram or Twitter. These are people who for generations have respected their surroundings and gratefully used the land to survive in one of the most difficult places in the world to live.
As long as I write about Yukon Men I will continue to send the message that the Athabascan lifestyle tries to teach. Respect and love for your family, with an appreciation and love for what the land provides and gives you through a subsistence lifestyle. And lastly the constant reminder to never forget the great skills and pride that have been taught through previous generations. Like I said, we all have a tale to tell so let’s always respect and appreciate where we come from. And may we always respect each other’s story.
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August 21, 2017 Jim Jax 1 Comment
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My love for Alaska first started when I watched the amazing PBS special “Alone in the Wilderness”. It was the story of the famous Naturalist Dick Proenneke who went to Twin Lakes and lived mostly alone for 30 years. He made his own cabin, cache, tools, and anything else you could imagine. He also filmed his adventures in a 2 part series called “Alone in the Wilderness” and I was hooked. His cabin and building area is now on the National Register of Historic Places. He was the king of sustenance living.
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I don’t watch much network television anymore but when I first watched Yukon Men, I was hooked. I approached Stan and Kate Zuray for interviews and they graciously agreed. Here are my interviews with them below. Please support them!
https://jimjax4.wordpress.com/2017/05/02/my-interview-with-discovery-channels-macguyver-yukon-mens-stan-zuray/
https://jimjax4.wordpress.com/2017/06/16/discovery-channels-yukon-mens-hidden-gem-an-interview-with-kate-zuray/
Ironically the first person I asked to interview was Courtney Agnes. She had some things come up at the time, but she agreed to do it at a later date. I enjoyed her personality and her ability to do whatever it took to get the job done. I also liked her dad Pat a lot (Go Raiders Pat!) and the story of her mom Lorraine was a touching one. Battling a dangerous aneurysm and arthritis, her mom was now a living miracle surviving a terrible ordeal. Once the rock of the family, she now has to be the emotional inspiration due to her health issues that have been difficult for all. The family takes care of her with a dedication and love that can be very challenging at times. It’s obvious she is a huge part of the foundation for Courtney and her family, and the struggle is a daily one. Courtney’s mom’s amazingly kind and giving spirit has touched many people over the years.
Courtney and her dad Pat with a big fish haul
Courtney is the epitome of an Alaskan “girl”. She is at home in the wilderness and can do whatever a man can do, but she also can show the maturity of a woman, mother and daughter which is needed in such an environment. She’s done construction, dog mushing and can hunt. When the family desperately needed a moose, she got it. When Pat needed help with the dogs, she did it.
I also enjoyed her mischievous and fun nature. Courtney; and Alaskan women in general; show a huge strength and work ethic and passion for their families that is inspiring. I live in California and though we have a lot of beautiful women on the outside, for some there is something major lacking on the inside. Courtney and many other women in Alaska may not be glamour girls, but their kind and vital spirit and passion for life and family creates an outer and inner beauty that makes the world a more beautiful place because they are in it. I hope you enjoy learning about Courtney as much as I have. Here is Part 1.
Courtney showing off some amazing traditional clothing
Jim Jax: What were your first memories growing up in Alaska as a little girl.
Courtney Agnes: The most prevalent memories that I have of growing up in Alaska as a little girl had taken place at fish camp. I think I started climbing trees at the age of three, and by age five I had excelled at climbing. I would often climb 20-30 foot tall trees. One time I climbed a smaller willow tree to the top and after it bent over from my weight, I had to scream for my dad and he had to catch me from about 20 feet as I fell out of the tree. I also have amazing memories of dog mushing with my dad. He stayed home with me while mom worked and I would ride a snow racer behind a team of dogs that pulled both my dad’s dog sled and mine. We were always outside doing something together; mostly working; but he always made work fun.
The fam; Courtney, Cuppy, Archie & Carrie
Jim Jax: Growing up as a kid, what fun activities did you do outside of working? Who influenced you?
Courtney Agnes: Growing up with the parents that I had, we didn’t have much time at all for play, because we were always working. I mean, my girls don’t even know the meaning of chores compared to my brother and I back in the day. From the time that I turned 8 years old, I never had a real fancy, huge birthday because we were always cutting fish from 7 am to 12 am in the summers. We survived from making a living off of selling the fish that we cut. The fish could be jarred, and put away for the winter so the entire family’s help was vital.
We were super lucky to grow up with thousands of cousins to play with. We even played baseball games on the airport runway, which was located next to mom and dad’s camp. I did have a tight knit group of friends who all took turns helping each other do their chores in order to play. We mostly raced our four wheeler ATV’s around town at break neck speeds, jumping them anywhere we wouldn’t get caught. There wasn’t much else to do, other than invent games of our own because we didn’t have the luxuries that the city provided.
Courtney and her dad Pat at her Confirmation
Jim Jax: Every family has stories; what is a good story while you were a kid
Courtney Agnes: Here is my absolute FAVORITE story of the adventures of my oldest brother Thomas and I. When I was about 8 and he was 12, (I was all knees and elbows then) during the summer he and I were left home at camp together. We always had chores to take care of, like watering the dogs, watering the garden, and many other things. Mom and dad always went to work and we were left alone to be savages. Dad found a parachute at the dump that was discarded, and Thomas pulled it out and decided to play with it.
It was a windy day so we strapped him in and he tried to launch himself on the airport runway. I really do not know what he was thinking, but it didn’t take off, so he said we needed to go down to the beach. (I was at the age where I had to do whatever he said because he would have killed me if I didn’t). I stood back and held the parachute end up and FREAKING A if he did not take off like a rocket! He didn’t take off in the air, but the parachute did and it started dragging his limp butt about a 1/4 mile up the river on the beach over rocks, mud and sticks. He was moving faster than this skinny ass girl can run after him slipping in the mud the whole way.
As I’m watching him being drug like a limp noodle, he was screaming at me saying, “Siiiiiiiiiiiiis, heeeeeelp meeeeeeeeee.” He was terrified and I was running so hard that I slipped in the mud too. At one point I was laughing so hard that I couldn’t even get up out of the mud. Finally the parachute strings caught on a log and it stopped him. He had bruises and scratches all over his body and was sore for days. This is just one of the amazing stories I have of my brother.
Funny Face time with Carrie, Courtney and Cuppy
Jim Jax: Was there ever a time as a teenager where you wanted to leave Alaska and go somewhere for college and leave the lifestyle behind?
Courtney Agnes: When I was a teenager, I couldn’t wait to leave Tanana. I hated it. I hated being so confined to one place without many outlets which is typical teenage stuff. I always dreamed of going out of state to college, but I didn’t know what kind of career path that I wanted to pursue so I played it safe and went to college in Anchorage. Before I moved away my dad called it. He said that I’d miss Tanana and I would be back. It took 1 year in Anchorage and 4 years living in Fairbanks for me to decide to come back home. I disliked the monotonous everyday driving place to place, fighting crowds and paying for any kind of small activity that was to get me out of the house. Everything cost money, and here in Tanana all we have to do is buy gas and we’re gone for the weekend camping on a sandbar or crashing through the forests chasing a moose for dinner. I still love to travel though and Europe is on my bucket list of places to visit.
Peace; A girl, her dogs and an Alaskan Sunset
Jim Jax: You have a close relationship with your mom and dad. We’ve learned about your dad Pat, but please tell people what type of person your mom is?
Courtney Agnes: My mom worked my entire youth to support our family and was always taking care of something or someone, no matter how tired or exhausted she was. We always had different kids staying with us for extended periods of time, whether they were cousins or kids that wanted to go to school in Tanana (the school used to be pretty big in my youth). In college, if I ever needed money, $500 would show up in my bank account. She was always a giver. Before her aneurysm she had a really close relationship with our oldest daughter, Cuppy. Cup would run over to Gramma’s because she would spoil the crap out of her. The aneurysm really changed mom. She became fully disabled and unable to do a lot of things, but she constantly still worries about all of us in everything that we do. She also lives vicariously through me in wishing that she can race dogs still. She always cries before any of my races. She’s so tough physically when she wants to be though. I really don’t know anyone else who might have survived the scale of aneurysm that she survived.
Please come back tomorrow for Part 2 of my interview with Yukon Men’s Courtney Agnes.
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“Part 2 of My Interview with Discovery Channel’s Yukon Men’s Kate Zuray”
June 23, 2017 Jim Jax 13 Comments
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Part 2 of my Interview with Kate Zuray of YukonMen.
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Below is part 1 of my interview with Kate Zuray:
I’d like to thank all of the families associated with YukonMen who have shown me nothing but patience and kindness in our interactions. I hope that all who read this will support them in all of their projects and passions, including Stan’s amazing book above!
I hope that everyone that has enjoyed the show and read my articles will feel the great sense of family that these fine people show us week after week. I hope that it also teaches us that even though we all have different backgrounds, races and beliefs, what truly makes us a great nation is the respect and sense of kindness that we show one another. We all count, and our importance in our families and social circles are most felt when we are giving of ourselves unconditionally with a pure heart and an open mind.
Kate in the Tanana Traditional Dancers
Jim Jax: What is the coldest temperature you’ve been in and what did it physically feel like?
Kate Zuray:
The coldest temperature recorded in Tanana was -76 F on January 27, 1989. From my memory I have experienced -60 F in the month of January. I was getting ready to drive somewhere in my car and it would not start even though it was plugged in. I didn’t want to push the car’s limit so I just let it sit until it warmed up and then the car started. My friend didn’t turn his car off, and just let it run for a whole week. Yes, even during the night, because he knew it wouldn’t start again if he turned it off.
I walked outside to take an iPhone picture of the frozen frosted trees and my phone immediately shut off and froze. It physically starts to cause pain and your skin starts to hurt and you run back inside. I basically wear ski pants for the entire month of January even when I’m inside because I like to dress up and keep myself warm. During this time you don’t go outside often unless you really have to, like to go get water from the Laundromat. You spend a lot of time inside with friends and family when it’s this cold.
Joey & Kate in Traditional Clothes
Jim Jax: How difficult was it to go from living in Alaska and then all of a sudden being in the public eye?
I don’t consider myself being in the public eye; now Joey and Stan; my brother and dad are more in the public eye. When my dad leaves Tanana and goes to any city, he constantly has people coming up to him wanting a picture or just to meet the Yukon Man. If someone knows who I am, I’ll say “wow you must be a very big fan”. My name Zuray is more recognizable than my face, which is completely okay with me though. For example, if I go to the post office and they see my name on the mail they know who I am and usually ask “how’s your dad doing?” or “I love Joey”. I kind of got scared during season 1 of YukonMen. I remember going on my Facebook and I had 500 friend requests in just a couple days. It kind of scared me and I ended up deleting my Facebook for 3 years or more. But I love when people come up to me and talk to me about my family or the show. I’m always friendly and open to conversation.
Jim Jax: What part of your life living in Alaska isn’t shown on the show?
So much isn’t on the show, we do a lot of cool fun things as a family and with friends. However it shouldn’t be on TV, because it wouldn’t be entertaining or shocking enough. I’m presently a student. I have been a water treatment operator for the past three years. I am an activist for subsistence hunting & fishing and attend meetings about the health of the salmon run on the Yukon River, I’ll be going to Canada soon to learn about the salmon communities on the upper Yukon River. I am a member of the Tanana Traditional Dance group where we wear our native regalia and sing traditional Athabascan songs. It was filmed a couple times but never went on the episodes, which is fine. I totally get that the viewers want to see guns and wild game.
Traditional Dancers
Jim Jax: I’ve enjoyed watching your brother mature on the show; what type of relationship do you have with him?
Joey and I are very close. We are two years and two days apart in age, so we spent a lot of time growing up side by side together. I sometimes say when he is happy I’m happy and when he is sad I’m sad. We always text and keep up with happenings in each other’s lives. We have similar personalities, beliefs and political views so sometimes I’ll just speak to him about frustrating things and we back each other up because we think the same.
As children I was the boss, but as adults he has acted like an older brother to me and even corrected some mistakes I’ve made. Once he even heard I was dating a certain person and put a stop to it because he didn’t believe the person deserved me and I’m thanking him now. Joey is courageous and I learned this through hard times in our family. Sometimes I will keep my mouth shut and not tell people to be better because I don’t like confrontation, but if Joey loves you, he will tell you to be better and to stop bad habits, be a better parent, and to me that’s courage.
He will also stick up for himself or his family at any time. He has taught me to be stronger and not just hide in the dark when things get hard.
It seems like many people in the show have very deep relationships with their family. It must feel good knowing what a familial bond you have especially in times of trouble and need. I’m a very independent person and I like to spend time by myself, but I need my family and I appreciate their support & love.
My parents did a lot of things to keep us close. A simple thing was, we always ate dinner together sitting down at the table every night. It takes a lot of work to make any relationship or family unit work though. It’s not always perfect and we have disagreements but work through them. Another way we stay close is communication. We are always contacting each other to see how everything is going and we tell each other I love you. I’m very grateful for my family and I have to remind myself to not take them for granted. In Tanana, everyone belongs to a family, and if you don’t have a family, someone will adopt you into their family.
Kate, Mary Scannella, Ariella
Jim Jax: What would you like people to know about you that isn’t portrayed on the show?
That I’m a happy fun outgoing person who loves to laugh with my family and make jokes. We are not constantly in turmoil and pain. Yes it’s a hard life, but it’s also healthy and a lifestyle we choose to live. I’m really excited for summer because we all head up to camp and in the morning we make a huge pancake breakfast while talking about our ancestor’s oral history and traditions. We will work all day and then eat a big salad from our many gardens and a salmon dinner, usually grilled by Joey.
Jim Jax: What are some of your future aspirations?
I haven’t filmed a lot because I’ve been going to school and working. I’ve been very focused on my goals. It didn’t happen over night and its been many years of staying motivated and I want to continue reaching my goals. I recently got a great job that will allow me to be in Tanana more so that’s really exciting. I want to repair our fish camp, because a lot of things are aging. I also want to build a huge kitchen shack, and eventually build my own house in Tanana. I feel like it’s been so much hard work to get where I am today and now I just want to start enjoying life, doing things that make me happy. I want to do things like buying a four wheeler, boat & motor and spending time on the river and mountains. Some hobbies/aspirations I am interested in is film and continue concentration of the health of the salmon run in the rivers.
Kate Representing Tanana Dog Mushers Association
Jim Jax: What are you most proud of in regards to your family being on Yukon Men.
When this show first came out there was a lot of backlash and jealousy. I even told my dad that I didn’t want to associate myself with the name, but we learned to not let that bother us and just kept working & filming. When people come up to me and tell me “your dad is my hero” or “you’re brother is an amazing young man who takes care of his family”, it almost brings me to tears because everyone is seeing what I’ve seen all my life. I’m so proud to be their sister/daughter. So I’m most proud of the strong family values that people can see because it’s something we work hard on to have.
Kate is all Smiles as a part of the Tanana Traditional Dancers
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“Discovery Channel’s Yukon Men’s Hidden Gem; An Interview With Kate Zuray”
Part 2 will be released next Friday. Thank you so much for reading! Please like & Share & Subscribe to follow my articles here as well as my Twitter!
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Stan & Kate Zuray
Last week during an interview I did on a Podcast, someone asked me what I thought of today’s television shows. I told them I didn’t watch much television anymore due to the lack of quality, but that I did like a handful of shows. Of course one of those was Yukon Men on the Discovery Channel.
I wrote about Stan (above) and I so have enjoyed him showing his points of view and his talents. The two people though that interested me was Stan’s wife Kathleen and his daughter Kate. Most of us growing up know that the grunt work often is done by our fathers, but the glue to the families are usually the mom’s. Kathleen is the glue of the Zuray’s plus being an Alaskan woman, she is a tireless worker as well. She is not a big fan of all of the attention or fame and I respect that. As most of us can attest, Kathleen is the classic mother who’s strength and heart solidify what a great family is all about. Another person has shown that same kind of familial spirit that solidifies and guides Alaskan families such as the Zuray’s and that person is Kathleen & Stan’s daughter Kate. In the few times that we get to see her, Kate has shown that same kind of passion for family. Her maturity and kind nature was easy to see. I asked if Kate would do an interview with me and she graciously accepted. Here is part 1. I hope you enjoy her comments as much as I have.
Kathleen & Kate Zuray
Jim Jax: What are your first memories as a child growing up in Alaska?
One of my first memories was during winter time being bundled in a sleeping bag very early in the morning before daylight. My dad put a long cardboard box in his dog sled, where I would lay there for hours while we drove 40 miles to my dad’s trapping cabin. I would sleep and then wake up and I could hear the dogs mushing while my dad whistled or hummed a song. I feel like I was a good passenger.
Kate Zuray & Alaskan Puppymania
Kate, Joey & Kathleen in Beautiful Tradition Clothes
Jim Jax: As a kid was there ever a chance that you thought what it would be like to live somewhere else?
Being hidden from the world, I didn’t know we were a poor family living in a small village. I was happy with my family and life as it was. When I became 12 years old I began watching music videos and MTV and I learned quickly that we were very different from people in the lower 48 states. The fast busy lifestyle wasn’t very desirable to me as a child, but I think I was mostly attracted to the ocean and sea life, so living near the warm ocean was desirable to me.
Kate & Joey at Fish Camp
Jim Jax: As you got older did you ever think of leaving Alaska?
Yes! I was like, “I’m out of here!” I felt so ready to leave the village life behind and explore the world. I wanted to move to NYC or LA; typical small town dreams; I would talk all the time about how I was going to leave. I did live in Hawaii and Boise Idaho for a short time, but what I learned while living out of Alaska was that I’m actually a family person and it’s hard for me to leave them. I didn’t know how much I needed my families support. Also, people in Alaska are very nice and genuine people who would help you out if you needed it. It’s a great state to live in and I also missed the big green mountainside.
Kate Working & Lounging at the Same Time
Jim Jax: As a teen living in a small population, how hard is it to socialize or date?
In Tanana or any small village, you have the same classmates from preschool to 12th grade. My classmates were more siblings to me and we would even argue like siblings. You didn’t want to date your classmate you’ve known since preschool. You almost have to be strategic and take advantage of your time when you traveled to other villages or cities. There was no going to the mall and accidentally meeting the love of your life. A good example was my cousin. She had no romantic prospects in Tanana. She is related to most everyone so she moved to Fairbanks in order to find a boyfriend which is really common for people here. It was just like Charlie Wright who went to the next village to find a girlfriend. As far as socializing and dating for me, I was able to become more social and meet new people once I went to the University of Alaska.
Joey, Stan & Kate During The Early Years
Jim Jax: What was the scariest event you experienced so far in Alaska?
My brother Joey was a wild kid. Once at fish camp, he built plane wings that attached to his back and jumped off a cliff to fly. So there were those scary moments when someone would get hurt and were 40 miles away from the nearest clinic. Once at camp, I was maybe 10 years old when a spooked dog bit my dad’s wrist which tore off his skin and he started bleeding heavily. I remember thinking can I drive the boat? What if he dies and it’s just Joey and I with no help. If you get seriously injured out in rural Alaska it would take half a day to get to a doctor. Afterwards my dad Stan taught me what to do if he died suddenly and it was just us kids alone. He taught me how to grab the rifle, and fire three shots at the bank of the river, and hopefully a nearby fish camp would hear the shots and then come help us. I remember he made me load the gun then unload the gun over and over until I got it right.
Kathleen, Kathleen’s Daughter Ariella, Kate & Joey
Jim Jax: You help your dad out with some of his social media activities; what are some of the things that you do to help him?
He handles his Facebook all by himself. I’ve never helped with that. I do help him with his twitter and Instagram pages though, and recently we have been making some YouTube videos. He has been making YouTube videos for years all by himself. All of the pictures we post from his social media, he actually took himself. He reads every single tweet or message and comment that is sent to him. With Twitter I’ll make sure the YukonMen promos are retweeted or sent out. Instagram was iffy and I wasn’t sure if I should make him a page. However what I learned is we get more likes and comments on IG than Twitter so I want to put more focus into that. I assist him, give him tips, sometimes he’ll call me and we will just discuss social media, Twitter vs. Facebook and how the fans/followers differ. It’s really fascinating to us and we have seen changes and tried to adapt to those demands.
We put a lot of effort and thought into what we post and we genuinely love the connections we make with people. I still talk to people that followed me on Twitter from season one. We remember people and even have become legitimate friends. One time I got a twitter message from a women asking to meet me for lunch. I was really hesitant but just went for it and it was one of the most fun lunch dates I’ve ever had. We talked and laughed the whole time! She and her husband & kids moved to Alaska for a better job and life. I would call her my friend today and I’m excited for them when they visit Tanana. This winter I made a few Youtube videos with my dad, and it was so much fun. We filmed for hours one day and it was just a blast! I really loved it and I hope to continue making videos. Maybe I’ll even be in some!
Alaskan Girl Power! Kate, Joey’s Girlfriend Samantha, Kathleen, Auntie Faith & Ariella
Jim Jax: You don’t see your mom much on Yukon Men; what type of a person is she?
She’s the strongest women I know, and so beautiful. She just wants her family to be happy and healthy. She doesn’t want fame or attention, but I think she’s so funny and makes everyone feel welcomed. If I introduced her to my friends she would hug them and welcome them to the family. Filming can be so awkward especially when you don’t know what they want from you. She doesn’t get that everyone wants to meet Stan’s wife and get to know her. She’s like “I support you filming but I’ll stay behind the lens”. She is an excellent salmon cutter, and puts so much work into it. At fish camp she’ll cut fish from morning till midnight, it will be dark and I’m getting cold watching her work, and we just have to force her to finish up for the day. Filming isn’t for everyone and you just have to respect that.
Even cold, Kate Showing Some Alaskan Love
Part 2 will be released next Friday. Thank you so much for reading! Please like & Share!
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“Part 2 of my Interview with Discovery Channel’s Yukon Men’s star Stan Zuray; Behind the Scenes; His New Book!”
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Here is PART 2 of my interview with Yukon Men star Stan Zuray. Please follow Stan on social media, and buy his book (the link is above) on Amazon. It’s amazing and gives an insight into his journey through life into Alaska. (below is the link to Part 1)
Jim Jax: What are you most proud of in your life?
Stan Zuray: I ‘d have to say after some thought that I’m most proud of the possibility that I may have done more good than harm to people and things I have come across in life. On a more specific note I’d have to say most proud of our kids who are now adults.
Jim Jax: Did you ever think in your life you would touch so many people as you have on the show?
Stan Zuray: I never considered that ever. Even when it was happening it only seemed like a fleeting possibility. I try to recognize it as a good chance to do something right as I can, and not get to high on it. There is that saying (and I fully believe) what goes up can and will come down even easier.
Jim Jax: When you are out on a hunt or other excursion, do you sleep and eat with the crew? do they eat the same food? Sleep in the same cabin/tent?
Stan Zuray: Yes, Just like being out with any other friend. It’s no different. Very few shows are made like ours and the relationship between crew and cast is extremely close. There is no big production stuff; just real quality tv with a good touch of drama to make good compelling viewing.
Jim Jax: I like the honesty of many of the Alaskan shows; as you’ve said, the network has to spice it up a bit for television; was there anything that you have said no to or insisted on changing a scene?
Stan Zuray: We aren’t the editors at all but the crew and production guys do rely on us to say yes and no all the time. We are the ones who know what we are doing. Also sometimes there are understandings of what we did in a scene and we have to straighten people out all the time so it doesn’t get explained by the narrator the wrong way. It’s important to get it right.
Jim Jax: What aspects of your life in Alaska would you like to talk about that the show didn’t cover.
Stan Zuray: Probably the side of our existence where we really don’t worry about life all the time (but that might be boring). The other thing that is real hard to show on TV; but I would think is cool; is how hard some things really are. Many of the best dramatic moments don’t come close at all to showing true harsh reality of things. Like how do you “show” 40 below and a full day of hard travel/trapping. It’s easy to show that wolf in the trap but it’s not easy to show the great work that it takes to get to that point.
Stan has been an ordained minister for over 30 years.
Jim Jax: We all feel the wear and tear to our bodies as we get older, are you ever fearful that you will not be able to do all you want to do and would you ever leave Tanana?
Stan Zuray: I Got it all figured out. I Just got an operation to a worn out knee (motorcycle crash, bear bite etc.) made worse because of all the no snow this winter and rough ground. So I’ll keep fixing those things till I really mess myself up and then I have to quit. I’ll enjoy some lazy time till it gets boring and then I’ll entertain ideas without much concern. You never know, it may not even get that far. I might not make it through one of them wind storms someday. My mother used to sing “Whatever will be will be” all the time while working and I do it to my dogs.
Jim Jax: I read where thousands are now trying to live off of the grid around the U.S. and leaving their city lifestyles. Many are failing miserably and losing everything they have. What advice would you give them in regards to preparations and even if they should do it or not?
Stan Zuray: First thought is maybe losing everything is just on the path to finding something of more value. There are no guarantees but you need to keep trying because it can be done.
Also every step towards civilization insulates you from the crueler realities of nature. Each step you give up puts you closer to what animals feel all the time. You might confuse failure with that “being one with nature” you have been looking for. Maybe it is not for some. You have to soul search maybe. There is a reason we have built the civilizations we have as people. Wish I could help more.
Jim Jax: You and Joey got most of the attention but Kate and your wife are obviously huge parts of your life. I really enjoyed Kate. She was tough, sweet, caring and very responsible. Alaska is a special place and creates special people. I want to interview her in the future; what would you like people to know about Kate?
SZ – Kate is a loving, strong-minded, hard-working, accomplished woman. I am proud of her. We will get her on some time. She’d love to talk I’m sure. She helps me do my YouTube videos and social media organization. She is my manager.
Jim Jax: Have you heard of Dick Proenneke? He was the man who the documentary “Alone in the Wilderness” was about.
He was a videographer, carpenter/wood craftsman, and bush pilot. He lived at Twin Lakes (west of Anchorage) for almost 30 years; mostly alone. He was the one that got me into loving Alaska. Explain your emotions when you are in the wilderness and things are going great with hunting, trapping, fishing and you seem one with the land.
http://www.aloneinthewilderness.com/index.html
Stan Zuray: Hunting, fishing, and trapping when done as a job are just like any other job. Most of it is often a lot of hard work, or steady work with problems along the way or things that don’t go as smoothly as one would like. Then one day the trails are not to blown in and the injured dogs are over their sore muscles and I’m feeling okay and everything is clicking along well including a good catch of fur. Those are the days we live for. I think it’s like climbing mountains. A lot of work and every now and then you make another peak. The only thing is it never ends. There is always another day and that’s not a problem at all.
Stan’s Wife Kathleen
Jim Jax: Many have called you MacGyver. You always seem to get things to work and people are still talking about the franken truck. In the states people just buy a new item but in Alaska you have to make things work. What is your favorite Stan Zuray MacGuyver story?
Stan Zuray: When we run fish wheels we use this big fence thing we call a lead to direct fish into the catching baskets. Some are small but we use monster leads that no way can be manhandled much. When I first started fishing around people on the Yukon River I had one of these leads flip on its belly on the wrong side. Eventually I figured an easy way to get it set in the current again using the current to do it. Fast forward years and one day on my wheel with another elder fisherman I flipped my lead again and he almost came unglued and said “Oh no! I’m so sorry. I’ll go get everyone and we’ll help you winch it out of the water and flip in on its side manually on the beach.” (they are huge, water soaked, heavy things). I said no big deal and I used the current and showed him how to do it. He said he’s been running wheels all over Alaska for many years and he’d never seen anyone do it like that. Now everyone does it like that! We all think up of ideas though. Our lives are an accumulation of all those who thought up good ways to do things. This one was cool though because it saved everyone so much time.
Jim Jax: Decades from now, how would you like to be remembered?
Stan Zuray: As someone who did a little more good in his life than he did harm.
Jim Jax: One thing that frustrates me with Networks is their lack of communication on whether shows are cancelled or renewed.
Have they contacted you about doing another season or told you that the show will be cancelled? What is your feeling on whether there will be another season.
Stan Zuray: We seem to be doing a little better than some years. We never know though and will never know until right when we get picked to run again or get cancelled. In all fairness to the Networks I don’t think they know much more about the future of the show than us. The TV world is brutal and competitive and unsure. Whatever will be will be.
Jim Jax: If the show is cancelled, what would you like to say to the fans of Yukon Men.
Stan Zuray: We will still be here living and putting out good pictures on Facebook and videos on YouTube about the life. We are not going anywhere even if someone else may.
Jim Jax: What is the best way for people to connect with you Stan.
Stan Zuray: Facebook is maybe the best. I rarely miss any comments made to my Facebook posts in the few days after I posted. I try to answer all questions I can. On Twitter I read every one but because of the shortness allowed don’t try to answer often. I don’t check YouTube as much but I do answer all of the comments eventually. All media gets put aside for days or more when traveling so it’s all off and on.
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“Jim Jax’ Interview with Discovery Channel’s “MacGuyver” Yukon Men’s Stan Zuray”
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Below is our podcast interview with Stan Zuray and filmmakers Ryan Walsh and Kari Pickering.
Yukon Men is back!
After little to no communication from the network, the hit show on the Discovery Channel is back. It will be shown on Fridays at 9 pm (8 pm Central) with the third episode of the season premiering this Friday.
Charlie, Stan, Courtney, Pat and all the rest will be back in the small town of Tanana, fighting the elements, outsiders, and the changing times in the small Alaskan town.
Below is a crowdfunding effort by filmmaker Ryan Walsh to create a series about Stan’s life.
BELOW IS STAN’S NEW BOOK!
My Love for Alaska:
My uncle spent time in Alaska as a young man and since then it fascinated me. I also remember watching the amazing special with Dick Proenneke on PBS called, “Alone in the Wilderness”. While moving to a remote area in Alaska, Dick built a cabin, cache & other structures by hand without electric tools or chainsaws. He lived alone at Twin Lakes from 1968 to 1999, with only a few trips outside of the area and only occasional visitors. Dick also was a talented videographer and he filmed and made records and journals of his daily routines which are still used today by experts. His craftsmanship was amazing on his structures. Dick’s Documentary is one of the highest rated in the history of television.
https://www.nps.gov/lacl/learn/historyculture/proennekes-cabin.htm
Another love of mine was the show Survivorman featuring Les Stroud. Les filmed himself in a grueling series that is still the standard for survival shows. While the others admit some scenes are staged, other than film editing, Les showed the reality of survival and taught amazing skills in a truthful and straight forward manner.
Dick Proenneke Filming in Alaska
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Les Stroud “The Survivorman”
Why is Yukon Men Popular?:
I have to be honest; tv is brutal these days. I’m sorry but shows like the Bachelor and Naked & Afraid are so sophomoric and dumb and fake that I can’t stand it. And yes, they are highly controlled by the network. A while back I went out with a girl in LA that did the make up for a season of Survivor. After a few drinks she admitted the show was staged at times and that they did retakes.
What I like about Yukon men though is that it’s as honest as a show can be. Are some of the situations enhanced for tv? Of course; I’m not naïve; but the everyday struggles, pressures, and situations they battle are very, very real.
I think people also enjoy that these are everyday people that they can relate to. Every woman isn’t 5’ 9” with blond hair and blue eyes and every man doesn’t look like Brad Pitt. These are good hard working people looking to feed their families and create a life teaching the skills and cultures that they have been taught. We see ourselves in some of them and we appreciate their honesty and humbleness towards their everyday life.
“Joey, Kate, Stan Zuray”
Looking Ahead to This Season:
I fear that with the opening of the new road allowing easy access to the area, it will probably have a very negative impact on the Tanana residents. Tourists and others usually bring greed, garbage, and a lack of respect whenever they venture into the wild. The hunting borders, animals, and the environment need to all be respected.
“Kathleen and Stan Zuray at the Opening Bell for Discovery”
Stan Zuray:
I admit I was not a big Stan fan at the beginning. I think it was because of my relationship with my own dad. Like most young men, Joey was headstrong and opinionated even though he didn’t have much experience. I related to him and felt his frustration when dealing with Stan. Just like with Joey, when you start walking in your dad’s footsteps, you begin to appreciate and respect them more and see how wise they really are. Joey has now a great appreciation and trust towards his dad and it has allowed their relationship to grow. It’s made me like Stan a lot.
I really appreciate Stan’s passion towards his family and the land around him. I also love his skill set. He is known as the “MacGuyver” of Yukon Men. His Frankentruck is still talked about and his ingenuity and great talent is often seen. Stan was gracious enough to allow me to interview him. I felt bad because I know he’s so busy but I wanted to share the interview. Stan was forthcoming and open and I greatly enjoyed his responses. (I also found out Stan has been an ordained minister for over 3 decades).
Jim Jax: Before coming to Alaska, where were you raised and what kind of life was it compared to the life you live now?
Stan Zuray: I was raised in a part of Boston, Mass. called Dorchester. It was a very urban environment with very tight neighborhoods with many parts ethnically divided. Much has changed there since my childhood. While I was young, my parents would take us to beaches and drives in the country and a couple of times to my dad’s rural home area of Pennsylvania. That was the extent of my “wilderness experience” however.
I worked in a tire and mechanic shop all my summers and times off from school to make money. I was into hot rod cars and all the things boys get into including, when older, all the bad things. It was the hippie generation then and much was happening socially in the country.
Many of my friends came back from Vietnam a mess. Many friends were into hard drugs with some casualties, and Boston was becoming a very lonely place for me. I had a good home and good parents, but outside the home it was not good.
I went on the road to New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and the West Coast. I’ve been all over, including into Northern British Columbia where I experienced for the first time back to the earth native people living so to speak. I loved it. It wasn’t real though until I came to Alaska the next year and found myself without a lot of food and supplies.
There are few similarities between Boston and Tanana, Alaska. People however are much the same everywhere it’s just that in Boston they don’t have the luxury of helping people and being as friendly because many are on the verge of losing their homes if they can’t pay the bills. One way I always think of comparing the two is I used to travel to Hampton Beach 50 miles north of Boston sometimes and I think of all the people and cars and buildings I would pass in that 50 miles. Then I think of all the trips to my fish camp I’m at now 40 miles up the Yukon River where I see just a few plywood fish camp shacks and often no people and no boats passing. And then you consider the Yukon is the main (and only) route of travel available.
Jim Jax: Do you think you were born to live the lifestyle you do now or was there something that inspired you to do it?
Stan Zuray: I think I am one of the lucky ones. I survived the crazy and dangerous things we did and did not die or ruin my brain or get lost in drugs and alcohol. I had enough drive to want out and get myself out and I was lucky enough to have certain people and events help me on my way. I don’t think I was born for it but I did find something of better value to me. I always say “perseverance furthers”.
Jim Jax: Where did you meet your wife and how hard was it to date with so few people to socialize with?
Stan Zuray: I met my wife in the village of Tanana. She liked to dance at the village gatherings and we started hanging out and traveling by dog sled to my trap line and fish camp in the summer. She is a proud, strong, full Athabascan woman. When the kids started coming along we got serious and raised our family. There aren’t many places to date in Tanana in the city type of ways and there are not that many people, but lots of things to do.
Jim Jax: You are very respectful of the people around you. How accepting were the natives to you when you decided to make this your home?
Stan Zuray: Some were very good to me right away and some were very opposite. The Traditional Chief of Tanana, Lester Erhart, gave me my first lead dog and much welcome while some didn’t like outsiders. Like I say I think people are very much the same everywhere (they are all different) it’s just the environment people are in often dictates their time for compassion and friendliness.
Jim Jax: What kind of amenities are in your home? Do you have the internet; wifi; etc…. Do you have television/cable/dish.
Stan Zuray: We have TV, internet, power from a local generator and a telephone line. Some areas of the main town have running water and cell service, but those things we don’t have. Our main heat source in Tanana is 9 cords of wood I cut each year but I have a backup oil stove for when it gets 40 below or colder. My trap line and fish camp is much cruder with none of that but we do have a satellite dish at the fish camp for communications.
Jim Jax: I think Fairbanks is probably the largest city in your area; Do you get a chance to go there much? Do you ever go to major stores or enjoy a dinner out some time?
Stan Zuray: Tanana is about 150 air miles northwest of Fairbanks which has about 100,000 people and is the second largest city in Alaska. I go there about 2 times each winter and also go every other year outside Alaska to Boston or somewhere else. When we do, we fit right in and we have brought the kids with us many times also. Definitely after a few days I’m ready for freedom, driving sled dogs and being in the back country again.
Jim Jax: The stress of the fire was really seen in the Yukon Men episodes. Please tell the readers just how bad it was on your end and how has it changed your life, especially with so much hunting grounds destroyed.
Stan Zuray: We lived with the fire right at our doorstep for almost one month. It showed us it could wipe us out a couple of times and consumed our summer with stress and work. Hopefully some of the country will recover stronger and richer than before as is often the case. I have lost everything to a fire before in the 1970’s. I have a respect and fear of fire for life I’d say.
Jim Jax: When Joe was younger there was the normal friction between an eager impatient young man and his father, but as he’s matured I’ve really enjoyed your relationship growth with him. I think the more he had to do, the more he respected what you have done and who you are. How did you feel seeing him becoming a man before your eyes?
Stan Zuray: Joe was always strong willed. I always said the best way to get him to do something was to suggest the opposite. That will hopefully help him out in life at times and it is good to see him want to be independent. It is of course often fun working with him when he was younger. Now that we are older I see many things in him like myself and the way my father and I were. We have a close relationship but as with all my kids they will always be something I am proud about and worry about. That always never ends.
Thank you so much Stan. I look forward to this season of Yukon men. May the fishing and hunting always be plentiful. Please get Stan’s book with the link above. A great 5 Star Amazon read!!! Jim Jax
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Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins
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Director and writer Miranda July’s filmography to date has contained a through line of characters suffering an emotional longing, combined with more than a touch of the whimsical. This has given July’s work an entirely singular aesthetic which seems to put those who have seen her films into one of two camps: those who are enchanted by them, or those who find July’s style particularly irritating.
July’s latest, “Kajillionaire”, sees her carrying straight ahead in her now signature style, and so is not likely to change much for either party. The film tells the story of Old Dolio (Evan Rachel Wood), a twenty-something woman who lives and works with her parents (Debra Winger and Richard Jenkins) as thieves and con-artists in Los Angeles. Old Dolio has for her whole life only ever been used as a playing piece in her parents’ efforts to become rich – her name came from a homeless man who won the lottery, in a vain attempt to get some of his newfound money from him – and the closest thing to love and affection she’s ever received from her parents is the even share she gets of their con jobs.
Evan Rachel Wood in Kajillionaire (2020) | Photo Credit: IMDb
“Kajillionaire” is at its most compelling when focussing directly on its characters…July is a terrific writer of character though and the acting talent she has available here get stuck right in.”
This life of subservience to her parents’ life of crime is put under threat by the arrival of Melanie (Gina Rodriguez), who first encounters the family during a flight to New York and is quickly taken into their small band of grifters, potentially to gain her trust to swindle her as well in the future. It’s Rodriguez who is the driving force of the film’s story, as she begins to realise the truth of the family’s dynamic, and of Old Dolio’s quietly growing desperation for even a bit of tenderness, which builds to a quite literally earth-shaking crescendo late into the film.
The dynamic between Wood and Rodriguez’s characters is very sensitively developed over the course of the film, and Wood’s performance is a fantastic balancing act between a facade stuck in a grumpy adolescence and a timidness borne of a growing closeness to Rodriguez’s Melanie.
Evan Rachel Wood and Gina Rodriguez in Kajillionaire (2020) | Photo Credit: IMDb
“Kajillionaire” is at its most compelling when focussing directly on its characters, something which it admittedly struggles to do before Rodriguez arrives on-screen around half an hour into the film’s running time. Things falter when July indulges her more fanciful ideas, such as the family’s living space being overrun with bright pink froth from the neighbouring bubble factory. July is a terrific writer of character though and the acting talent she has available here get stuck right in. Rodriguez is the star of the piece, and the ever-brilliant Winger and Jenkins as Old Dolio’s parents give their roles a disarmingly charming depth, which makes characters that could very easily have descended into the ridiculous feel almost justified in how they’d raised their daughter.
There is much to enjoy in “Kajillionaire” for those who can overlook the more egregious excesses of July’s flights of fancy, and Old Dolio’s journey towards a more loving, empathetic relationship central to her life offers a cathartic, hopeful perspective on modern life. Given the way 2020 has gone so far, it’s an outlook which is more in need by the day.
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Industry Update: Brands Take a Stand, IGTV Ads, and More
How will recent events curate your marketing strategy?
Brands Publicly Support #BlackLivesMatter
Following the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man at the hands of Minneapolis police, an outpour of support for the Black community and in support of the Black Lives Matter movements has come from brands, celebrities, and influencers. Because, in 2020, it’s hard for brands to deny the importance of social issues.
In 2018, Nike resonated its Just Do It slogan in support of Colin Kaepernick and taking a stand against injustice. The brand’s past rhetoric made its recent support of Black Lives Matter much more authentic. But, this isn’t just a theme for large brands, smaller companies have ingrained their values into their brand identity. Like KeepCup, a company that produces reusable cups and strongly advocates for the environment. KeepCup transitioned their environmental activism to social justice, by expressing that caring for the world means caring for people.
Dr King said that positive peace is the presence of justice and negative peace is the absence of tension – protecting the status quo. The standard we walk past is the standard we accept. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. #GeorgeFloyd Thanks @allbirds, we love your words and love your work.
A post shared by KeepCup (@keepcup) on Jun 1, 2020 at 12:20am PDT
In an analysis of the Fortune 100 Best Workplaces for Diversity, we identified that in response to the Black Lives Matter protests 31% of companies made a public statement in support of the Black community and against racism. Companies that released a statement included Salesforce, Dropbox, FedEx, Delta, FootLocker, and more. Statements ranged from social media posts, letters from CEOs, to donation pledges.
We stand with the Black community against racism, violence, and hate. Now more than ever we must support one another as allies and speak up for justice and equality.
A post shared by Salesforce (@salesforce) on May 28, 2020 at 11:00am PDT
Additionally, this social justice is not just a matter of importance to American consumers. The #blacklivesmatter hashtag is used internationally. In fact, in the last 7-days, 34% of posts are from the US, 23% are from the UK, 7% from Australia, 4% from Germany, and 3% from Canada. If recent protests in places like London, Berlin, and Iran are an indication, this is a global issue.
People Want to Hear Your Brand:
Understand who your audience and partners are. For many, saying nothing is saying something. Influencers have called out brands who have remained silent, perhaps indicating that brand opinions can sway potential collaborations.
IGTV Ads
IGTV, Instagram’s long-form video platform, has been around for some time, but many have been unsure on how to use it. For those unfamiliar; there is a stand-alone IGTV app, or you can opt to use the IGTV Instagram integration. Basically, it is Instagram's version of YouTube.
The one main difference between Instagram and YouTube is ads. Not anymore.
Starting this week Instagram is going to begin running ads on IGTV and sharing 55% of ad revenue with video creators. This is just an initial testing phase that will run with a select number of influencers, to help advertisers and creators understand the monetization value of IGTV.
Video content tends to have the highest overhead fees, with influencers charging between $114 - $3,138, yet significantly less expensive than most production studios. The ability to monetize video content on Instagram will be a game-changer. It will not only let brands measure their ROI, it will also enhance the quality of Instagram video content.
What Does This Mean For Brands?
You can begin to see a revenue stream if you use IGTV correctly, and create monetizable content!
Sell Directly On Facebook & Instagram
Last week Facebook announced the launch of two exciting platforms; Facebook and Instagram Shops, offering brands the ability to list and sell products from Facebook and Instagram.
In a recent company blog post, the company announced that Facebook Shops was created to help small businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic to easily transition to eCommerce. “Right now many small businesses are struggling, and with stores closing, more are looking to bring their business online. Our goal is to make shopping seamless and empower anyone from a small business owner to a global brand to use our apps to connect with customers.”
Creating Facebook Shops are free and relatively straight-forward. Businesses list the products they wish to sell from their catalog and have the ability to customize their page to fit the look and feel of their brand. Instagram Shops will be launched later in Summer 2020, but will initially be part of the Instagram Discover feature.
Why is Facebook Shops exciting?
Influencer marketing, like any other marketing channel, requires sufficient metrics to measure reach and impact. The ability to now measure purchases will help create a more holistic picture of your campaign, and provide additional data for analysis.
Twitter Factschecks Trump
Trump and Twitter go together like...I’ll let you finish that sentence. But, the two’s relationship took an interesting turn last week when two of the President’s tweets were flagged as potentially misleading. The President’s tweet implied that Mail-In Ballots would lead to voter fraud, which Twitter fact-checkers debunked.
Twitter is rolling out a new policy that attempts to curb the spread of misinformation. In a company statement Twitter said, “In serving the public conversation, our goal is to make it easy to find credible information on Twitter and to limit the spread of potentially harmful and misleading content. Starting today, we’re introducing new labels and warning messages that will provide additional context and information on some Tweets containing disputed or misleading information related to COVID-19.”
The President also posted a Tweet in response to the Black Lives Matter protests and subsequent looting. His tweet implied that “thugs” looting will result in shooting, and caused Twitter to take the unprecedented step of removing the Tweet as it incited hate.
Comparatively, the President used similar rhetoric on Facebook that was not flagged or removed. Many Facebook employees have expressed anger over this, even staging a virtual walkout. Mark Zuckerberg has argued that the President’s statements were hateful, but did not break Facebook guidelines.
What Does All This Mean For Your Brand?
The world is moving fast. Navigating your brand message during turbulent times can be challenging. Influencers are a great way to have an authentic conversation, and right now authenticity is everything. Schedule a call with one of our influencer marketing experts to learn more.
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Pak cooking up stories to defame India: Rijiju
New Delhi: The Union Minister of State for Home,Kirren Rijiju said the release of the video by Pakistan Army of an arrested ex-Indian Navy officer purportedly “confessing” his “involvement” in terror activities in Balochistan at India’s behest will have no impact on international platforms.
“It was a completely doctored video, fake video made by Pakistan. They are just cooking up stories and doctoring videos to defame India,” he told reporters here.
Rijiju said the Pakistans allegations will have no impact on international platforms.
The head of Pakistan Armys Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Asim Bajwa and Federal Information Minister Pervez Rashid had released the video yesterday in Islamabad, saying Kul Bhoshan Yadav “confessed” to working for Indian intelligence agency RAW to “foment trouble” in the restive province of Balochistan.
Yadav had been arrested recently in Pakistan, which described him as an officer of the Indian Navy, a claim debunked by the Indian government which said he had no link with the Government since his premature retirement from the Navy.
Sources said there is no proof that the retired navy officer, who owns a cargo business in Iran, was arrested in Balochistan as claimed by Pakistan and his abduction from Iran can not be ruled.
Yadav owns a small ship and used to carry cargo from Bandar Abbas and Chabahar ports in Iran and other adjoining areas to various destinations, sources said
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ACB Arrests Naib Tehsildar
Observer News Service | December 4, 2020
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Srinagar: The Anti- Corruption Bureau officials on Friday arrested a revenue official from Srinagar for amassing huge assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Abdul Rashid Malla, Naib Tehsildar, Rawalpora was arrested by the ACB on Friday in a case FIR 23/2020 u/s 5(10 (e) r/w 5(2) of J&K PC Act Svt. 2006 registered against him on 17-11-2020 for acquiring huge assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, a Bureau spokesperson said.
The case, he said was registered on the basis of a verification conducted by ACB Srinagar into the allegations that Malla was in possession of huge assets in the shape of Shopping complex, palatial house etc.
“During investigation, it was further established that the suspect has received a salary of around Rs 45,00,000/- with effect from year 2008 up to 2019 however, the properties acquired by Abdul Rashid Malla in the said period are worth crores of rupees which is totally disproportionate to his known sources of income. The omissions and commissions on behalf of the suspect invokes the provisions of section 5(1) (e) of J&K PC Act Svt, 2006”, the ACB spokesperson said.
“Subsequently, after registration of the instant case search warrants got from the competent court and searches conducted on18-11-2020 at various places in district Budgam and Srinagar simultaneously. During searches, important documents were seized by the search teams of this bureau,” he added.
He further said that after collection of evidence it has been found that Malla, a resident of Hassipora Chadoora has committed the offence u/s 5(1) (e) r/w 5(2) of J&K PC Act Svt. 2006.
“During the investigation, it has been found that the accused has acquired properties at different places in District Srinagar and Budgam for which the arrest of accused was mandatory so that the alleged accused could not temper the evidence”, the ACB spokesperson said.
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“On 04.12.2020, the accused has been accordingly arrested and he shall be produced before the Court as per procedure. Further investigation in the instant case is going on,” he added.
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California’s Contentious 2018 Primary Election Tuesday Could Reshape National Politics
Democratic dreams of regaining a House majority are taking a nightmarish turn in California, where a surge of new candidates risk splitting the vote on Tuesday and, in the process, shutting themselves out of the general election in a handful of swing districts.
It’s an odd state of affairs, the unintended consequence of voters’ decision in 2010 to move California to a nonpartisan primary system. Under the current setup, the top two vote-getters advance regardless of party affiliation, meaning Democrats are not guaranteed a place on the ballot in November.
But the problems run deeper than the quirks of the process. If Democrats fail to make the final menu in districts most analysts rate as up for grabs in the general, confidence in party leadership, its campaign arms and leading outside spenders will come under threat, along with the tenuous ideological détente that’s made 2018 a quieter season than many expected.
A California collapse would prime progressive activists to ramp up their criticism of organizations like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which they’ve frequently accused of clumsily thumbing the scales and pushing out more ideologically ambitious candidates. Other party establishment figures and groups, similarly seeking to place and avoid blame, will surely return fire (and then some), ascribing the mess to a combination of missteps by electoral neophytes and overwhelmed state and national operatives.
The sum result: a party thrown deeper into internal crisis and distracted by internal sniping — which will extend way beyond California — at precisely the moment it most needs to be focused on uniting and energizing its coalition.
The reality, of course, is that any self-inflicted failure in a state like California would come with plenty of blame to go around. The candidates, for one, are all fully aware of the dynamics in play — and the consequences of their decisions. In many cases, though, they are the ones with the least to lose. In the hotly contested 39th, 48th and 49th congressional districts, all in Southern California, the party’s influence has been diminished by the emergence of self-funded campaigns by first-time candidates mostly immune to conventional pressure tactics. Worthy candidates without overflowing war chests have shown themselves more willing to drop out and back fellow Democrats.
The DCCC, meanwhile, is mostly focusing its big spending on cutting down Republican hopefuls, like those angling to nick second-place finishes, as it seeks to stay clear of the liberal fray and make the best use of its resources.
That’s due in part to the financial independence of the party’s own candidates, but also speaks to the organization’s standing with Democratic voters, who — especially after the 2016 presidential primary — have shown themselves to be skeptical of pre-primary interventions by the party establishment. The backlash to the DCCC’s efforts to narrow Democratic fields in Texas and Pennsylvania was intense, further complicating its role in California.
Concerns about the party’s ability to successfully steer its midterm ship are also bubbling up in connection with the California gubernatorial race. With Democratic Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to finish a strong first in that primary, there is growing angst over whether Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, a former Los Angeles mayor, can outlast Republican John Cox for the second spot in the general.
This matters immensely for Democrats because, as the logic goes, the presence of a Republican like Cox at the top of the ticket statewide in November will inspire more GOP voters to hit the polls. And even a small spike in Republican turnout across the state could damage Democratic candidates in swing districts down the ballot.
Hence the frustration in liberal corners at Newsom and his allies’ efforts to effectively elevate Cox by tying him to Trump and the National Rifle Association. As a general election campaign tactic, it makes total sense. But coming ahead of the primary, critics say, it has the practical effect of rallying the state’s Republicans behind Cox, while hurting Villaraigosa and complicating Democratic hopes of denying the GOP a general election rallying point.
The absence of a clearly defined Democratic leader, someone with the sway to push back or rein in this kind of potentially self-defeating behavior, has rarely been more glaring. Now, only a bit more than 24 hours until the polls close, the state of play in a number of high-profile races remains in question. The answers, when we get them — likely sometime on Wednesday — will tell us as much about the Democratic Party’s national prospects as who appears on the November ballot in California.
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China hits out at US after report of new visa restrictions
BEIJING (AP) — China on Thursday accused critics in the U.S. government of “an escalation of political suppression” against Beijing following a report of new visa restrictions on members of China’s ruling Communist Party and their immediate family members.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said China would “make representations” to the U.S. following the report Thursday in the New York Times that such people would be limited to one-month, single-entry visas.
Hua called Washington’s approach “totally inconsistent with the U.S.’s own interests,” and said it would damage America’s global image.
“I think it is obvious to all that this is an escalation of political suppression by some extreme anti-China forces in the U.S. out of strong ideological prejudice and deep-rooted Cold War mentality against China,” Hua said at a daily briefing.
The Times report could not immediately be confirmed, but follows earlier hints that Washington was planning such a move, possibly even including a total ban on all 92 million Communist Party members. It wasn’t clear how the restrictions would be enforced since many members do not play active public roles in the party’s institutions.
The restrictions would be the latest punitive measure taken against China’s leadership and economy amid sharpening disputes over human rights, the coronavirus pandemic, trade, technology, Taiwan and a host of other issues.
On Wednesday, the U.S. said it would block imports from a major Chinese producer of cotton goods because of its reliance on workers detained as part of a crackdown on ethnic minorities in China’s northwest.
Washington has already slapped travel bans and financial sanctions on officials connected to the crackdown on Uighurs and other Chinese Muslim groups in Xinjiang, as well as on Chinese and Hong Kong officials it accuses of restricting social and political rights in the semi-autonomous Chinese city through the implementation of a harsh new national security law.
Diplomatic ties hit a low point over the summer when the U.S. ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston and China responded by demanding the U.S. vacate its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu.
Washington had been loosening restrictions on travel by Chinese to the U.S., seeking to take advantage of the lavish spending habits of China’s newly wealthy. Beginning in 2014, Chinese travelers — whether party members or not — became eligible for multiple-entry visas valid for 10 years, with stays of 180 days allowed for each entry, while students were permitted visas good for five years. China reciprocated with similar treatment for U.S. citizens.
Chinese who make up the single largest group of foreign students at American universities have already complained of tougher conditions for obtaining or extending visas. Chinese academics have also faced greater scrutiny, while dozens of journalists with state media have been forced to return home and visa restrictions placed on those remaining, prompting retaliation from Beijing.
Analysts have long speculated that President Donald Trump will impose harsher measures on China before leaving office on Jan. 20, placing President-elect Joe Biden in a bind in managing the increasingly fractious relationship.
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St. Vincent releasing a stripped-down, piano-driven version of “MASSEDUCTION” album
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St. Vincent will release a remixed, stripped-down version of her 2017 album “MASSEDUCTION” on Oct.12 via Loma Vista Records (nearly a year to the day of the original album’s release), this time titled “MassEducation.”
“MASSEDUCTION’s” kinetic energy and androgynous sexuality brought Annie Clark wide acclaim and the album appeared on many best-of lists for 2017. This was then followed by the supporting and equally well-received “Fear the Future” world tour. “MassEducation” will involve Clark and collaborator Thomas Bartlett (also known as Doveman) on piano in what Clark calls a “reimagining” of the album.
In announcing the album, Clark shared a handwritten letter via social media chronicling “MassEducation’s” concept and creative process. Clark said that she and Bartlett “played two to three live takes, picked the best one, and trusted in the feeling of the moment.”
Earlier this year, St. Vincent released a reworking of her track “Slow Disco” titled “Fast Slow Disco” complete with a Zev Deans-directed music video. In promotion of “MassEducation,” Clark released another reworked version even slower than the album appropriately titled “Slow Slow Disco.” In a statement she said “Songs are living things. They grow, they evolve, they change their moods and personalities over time.”
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WASHINGTON — After 4 years of enabling and appeasing President Trump, Republicans discover themselves on the finish of his tenure in precisely the place that they had so desperately tried to keep away from: a poisonous internecine brawl over his conduct and character that would badly harm their get together.
With their Senate energy on the road in Georgia in two days, Republicans entered the brand new Congress on Sunday bitterly divided over the fundamental query of whether or not to acknowledge the truth that Mr. Trump had misplaced the election, or to abet his unjustified and more and more brazen makes an attempt to overturn the outcomes.
The extraordinary battle amongst congressional Republicans displays the dilemma they face after 4 years of acquiescence to Mr. Trump’s whims and silence within the face of his most outrageous actions. Now that the president has escalated his calls for to subvert an election, they’re confronting a litmus check involving democracy itself, keenly conscious that many citizens might punish them for failing to again Mr. Trump.
The rift has thrust Republicans — who sometimes attempt to reduce their variations in public — into an intramural battle extra pronounced than every other of the Trump period earlier than what would usually be a routine joint session on Wednesday to certify President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory. High get together officers, together with the highest two Senate leaders and the No. 3 Home Republican, quietly pushed again in opposition to what all sides conceded can be a futile effort — although one which has the backing of a rising section of the get together — to reject the outcomes.
Others spoke out publicly in opposition to the instigators of the transfer to invalidate Mr. Biden’s win, accusing them of placing political ambition earlier than the nation’s curiosity.
“Efforts to reject the votes of the Electoral Faculty and sow doubt about Joe Biden’s victory strike on the basis of our Republic,” Paul D. Ryan, the previous Home speaker and Republican from Wisconsin, stated in an announcement on Sunday. “It’s tough to conceive of a extra anti-democratic and anti-conservative act than a federal intervention to overturn the outcomes of state-certified elections and disenfranchise thousands and thousands of Individuals.”
Consultant Liz Cheney, the third-ranking Republican, circulated a prolonged memo calling the transfer “exceptionally harmful.”
Because the conflict unfolded, newly disclosed recordings of Mr. Trump making an attempt to strain state officers in Georgia to reverse his loss there mirrored how intent he was on discovering sufficient votes to cling to energy and what little regard he had for the fortunes of his get together, whose Senate majority hangs on the result of two runoffs within the state on Tuesday.
Through the dialog on Saturday, a recording of which was obtained earlier by The Washington Publish, Mr. Trump by no means talked about Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, besides to threaten Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, that if he failed to search out extra votes for the president by Tuesday, “you’re going to have folks simply not voting” within the runoff contests. Mr. Trump is scheduled to marketing campaign within the state on Monday.
Most Republicans have been mum on Sunday in regards to the revelations, although Consultant Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a frequent critic of Mr. Trump, referred to as it “completely appalling.”
“To each member of Congress contemplating objecting to the election outcomes, you can not — in mild of this — achieve this with a clear conscience,” Mr. Kinzinger wrote on Twitter, appending the hashtag #RestoreOurGOP.
Past Georgia, the Republican dilemma had implications for the flexibility of get together members to work with each other and a brand new Democratic White Home after Jan. 20, for Republicans on the midterm poll in 2022 and for the get together’s presidential subject in 2024.
It was a scenario that Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the bulk chief for a minimum of just a few extra days, had assiduously sought to keep away from.
He has labored feverishly to maneuver his get together round Mr. Trump’s outbursts and outrages since January 2017, hoping to reap the political and coverage advantages of getting a mercurial ally within the White Home with out having to pay too excessive a value. The discount delivered him a private legacy of 234 conservative judges together with business-friendly federal insurance policies prized by Republicans. Mr. McConnell even delayed the standard recognition of the presidential winner — a person he has identified for many years and considers a good friend — to mollify Mr. Trump till it grew to become untenable with the preliminary tally of electoral votes on Dec. 14.
It was nonetheless not sufficient for Mr. Trump, who made clear that he anticipated Republicans to hitch him first in sowing doubt in regards to the election outcomes and finally in shifting to overturn them.
In a pointed problem to Mr. McConnell’s affect and authority on the outset of Congress, a dozen Senate Republicans rejected his plea to not contest the tabulating of the electoral votes within the Home on Wednesday. They introduced that they might be part of scores of Home Republicans in difficult the electoral depend, forcing members of their get together to aspect with both Mr. Trump or Mr. Biden in a transfer that’s nearly sure to fail even because it sows deep discord. Amongst these planning to attempt to reverse the depend have been 4 incoming Republican senators whose first official act was to announce that they might problem the integrity of the vote that introduced them to Washington.
“I feel the folks of Kansas really feel disenfranchised, and so they need us to comply with by means of on the various irregularities they noticed,” stated Senator-elect Roger Marshall, Republican of Kansas. “We would like our day in court docket.”
Judges throughout the nation, and a Supreme Courtroom with a conservative majority, have rejected almost 60 makes an attempt by Mr. Trump and his allies to problem the outcomes.
The looming showdown over the electoral votes, together with attendance restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, solid a pall over the primary day of the brand new Congress, sometimes a celebratory affair with throngs of household and pals packing the hallways and spectator galleries for the swearing-in of latest members and celebrations round Capitol Hill. As an alternative, in an uncommon weekend session that was the primary time a brand new Congress had convened on a Sunday, the Capitol was quiet because the dispute over the election hung over the opening proceedings and dashed any hope for a contemporary begin in 2021.
In her 21-page memo, Ms. Cheney refuted allegations of widespread election irregularities, recounted the litany of court docket findings in opposition to the president and warned fellow Republicans that they have been making a severe mistake.
“Such objections set an exceptionally harmful precedent, threatening to steal states’ specific constitutional accountability for selecting the president and bestowing it as a substitute on Congress,” her memo stated. “That is straight at odds with the Structure’s clear textual content and our core beliefs as Republicans.”
“It undermines the general public’s religion within the integrity of our elections,” warned Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, who was sworn in for a fifth time period on Sunday.
Different Republicans stated the decision by senators difficult the election for a particular fee to “audit” leads to swing states inside 10 days was ill-conceived and unworkable.
“Proposing a fee at this late date — which has zero likelihood of turning into actuality — just isn’t successfully preventing for President Trump,” stated Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and a prime ally of the president. He stated these disputing the election outcomes would have “a excessive bar to clear” in persuading him to again them.
However these planning to attempt to upend Mr. Biden’s victory stated they have been exercising their independence and appearing within the pursuits of constituents who have been demanding solutions to questions raised by Mr. Trump and his allies about election malfeasance — prices which have been extensively dismissed.
“There are many of us in my state that also need these solutions to return out,” stated Senator James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, who pointed to “all these totally different questions which might be hanging on the market.”
He and different Republicans stated they have been appearing no otherwise than Democrats had in 2005, when then-Senator Barbara Boxer of California challenged electors for President George W. Bush. However in that case, John Kerry, the Democratic nominee, had conceded and was not actively instigating efforts to reverse the outcomes.
Republicans making an attempt to carry their majority with victories in Georgia have been significantly nervous in regards to the dangers the combat may maintain for his or her candidates going through voters in two years, when incumbent Republicans resembling Senators Roy Blunt of Missouri, Rob Portman of Ohio and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska might face main challenges from the fitting in the event that they refuse to help the try and overturn the election. Given the Democratic majority within the Home and the truth that sufficient Republicans have made clear that they might be part of Democrats in holding off the problem within the Senate, Mr. McConnell and others view the trouble to bolster the president as each dangerous and doomed to failure.
In opening the brand new session of the Senate, Mr. McConnell didn’t straight deal with the combat, however he alluded to it, conceding that there have been “loads of disagreements and coverage variations amongst our ranks.”
Democrats have been watching the unfolding spectacle with outrage and a way of foreboding over the long run implications. However they expressed certainty of the result.
“Look, they will do no matter they need,” stated Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic chief. “On Jan. 20, Joe Biden might be president and Kamala Harris might be vice chairman it doesn’t matter what they attempt to do.”
“I feel they’re hurting themselves and hurting the democracy,” he added, “all to attempt to please someone who has no constancy to elections and even the reality.”
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Cops Catch Man Who Executed 5yo Boy For Accidentally Riding Bike On His Lawn
by Wes Walker | Aug 12, 2020 | Crime
The frustrating thing is that you just KNOW this would be ALL over the news if the racial dynamics in play were reversed. But when the guy pulling the trigger isn’t white, or a cop, is it even newsworthy? Apparently not to the ‘mainstream’ US networks and papers. At the time of writing, this story has been picked up in the UK, and by some right-of-center or niche crime sites, but the major US outlets are not coming up on a web search of this story. A man who executed a 5yo boy for the crime of accidentally riding his bike on the guy’s lawn should be big news, but it’s not.
It began as the most ordinary scene you could imagine.
A little boy was riding his bike in his own yard. He was only 5.
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Darius Sessoms walked up to his neighbors kids who were riding bikes outside their home, placed a gun to this 5 year old boy’s head & executed him in front of his two sisters for accidentally riding his bike on his lawn. Not a peep from the national media.https://t.co/pDKws1P3ZA pic.twitter.com/tvXc5VKKGm
— Once Great Pyrenees (@ThatOldSheepDog) August 11, 2020
North Carolina police have charged a neighbor with the murder of a five-year-old boy who was riding a bike in his own yard when he was shot at point blank range on Sunday evening.
Darius Sessoms, 25, was taken into custody by Wilson police around 24 hours after he allegedly approached Cannon Hinnant in front of the young boy’s father’s house at 5:30pm and shot him in the head.
Hinnant’s seven-year-old and eight-year-old sisters witnessed the killing, their mother told WRAL.
Sessoms lived next door to the family, and the killing is not believed to be random. Neighbors claim he had dinner with Hinnant’s father Austin on Friday and had been over at the house earlier on Sunday.
The motive for the killing is still under investigation, but a GoFundMe established by a family member says that the young boy rode into Sessoms’ yard.
‘Sunday, August 9, 2020 a sweet soul named Cannon Hinnant was taken from this world over a senseless act,’ it reads.
‘A beautiful 5 year old baby boy riding his bicycle was shot by his neighbor point blank in Wilson NC. One minute he is enjoying his life, the next it all ends because he rode into his neighbor’s yard.’ –DailyMail
Nobody expects to see a five-year-old boy gunned down in cold blood before his first day of kindergarten. But here we are.
Talking about injustice has become something of a national pastime.
Could we maybe start talking about why some of us see life as being so cheap that ending a life has become little more than a transactional act for so many among us?
If a man raises a gun at a cop and gets killed in the process, cities burn.
If a grown man puts a bullet in a five-year-old’s head at point-blank range, nothing but crickets.
We’ve got a bass-ackwards understanding of what being a ‘tough guy’ really means. We really need to recalibrate it. We’d live in a very different world if we measured our ‘tough guy’ standards against this
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Reflections and Hopes from our Local State MPs
Wednesday, November 25, 2020 7:45pm - 9:15pm
Zoom and Facebook Live
Join us at 7:45pm to give a special thank you to long-serving Convenor Carolyn Ingvarson, before a personal discussion with our local State MPs on the year that was and the year to come at 8:15pm.
We look to our parliamentary representatives for leadership on climate and the environment. This month we've asked them to share with us their thoughts, feelings and ideas about the year that’s been - and also their hopes for the year to come.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Our forests are under threat. They host a wealth of biodiversity, harvest water and form a natural buffer against climate change. Fortunately dedicated community organisations are taking up the fight. Recent victories in the courts have given hope but there is still much more to do.
This event will introduce you to the people who actually took the battle to VicForests in the courts and saved 66 logging coupes, and the endangered species they contain, from destruction. But you will hear how VicForests is now challenging the ruling. You will also hear about the Bob Brown Foundation's recently launched Great Forest Case and the implications for all of Australia's forests.
Boroondara Candidates Forum
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Council elections are finally here for 2020! Don't miss this chance to ask climate and other questions of your ward candidates, and find out what their plans are for a climate-friendly future for Boroondara.
Join us at 7:30pm for an opening address from environmental documentary maker Craig Reucassel before we break out into separate ward events to hear from the election candidates. Instructions and links for joining the ward events will be provided to you on the night.
Councils stepping up on climate action
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Join us to discover how councils can lead the charge on climate. What does best-practice climate action look like at a local government level? What are some Melbourne councils currently doing to spearhead emissions cuts?
To help explore some exciting local solutions we’ll be joined by three sitting Councillors: Cr Amanda Stone from Yarra City, as well as Cr Prue Cutts and Cr Tina Liu from Whitehorse. They’ll be joined by Hannah Snape, Climate Program Manager at Ironbark Consulting - a leading sustainability solutions firm that assists local governments across the country with their climate action plans.
Climate: listening to an Indigenous perspective
Wednesday, July 29, 2020 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Join us for an honest look at the relationship between the climate movement and Indigenous Australians. Do we walk the talk and, if not, how can we do better?
Recent police murders of African Americans in the US and the Black Lives Matter movement are causing Australians to reflect on the systemic racism that forms part of our society. The climate movement is not immune and we can learn from the values connection between environmental degradation and inequality. Lidia Thorpe - former MP for Northcote, soon to be Victorian Senator, Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman and long-time champion of Indigenous rights in Victoria and Australia will explore these confronting issues with us.
Communications success: engaging with your MPs on climate change
Wednesday, June 24, 2020 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Join us for an inside look at successfully engaging with your elected MP: including leads and steps to help you book your meetings.
Sue Dwyer from Climate for Change and Katherine Barraclough from Doctors for the Environment join us for an evening of confidence-building and communications strategy. What do you need to reach out to your MP for a meeting? What are good ways to build constructive, long-term relationships with your elected reps? Using their own experiences as a guide Sue and Katherine will help you feel ready to take the first step, and we have some basic activities planned to help build your confidence. Join on Zoom (from 7:30pm) or Facebook Live (from 7:45pm).
Anna Skarbek – Decarbonisation Futures
Wednesday, May 27, 2020 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Join us as ClimateWorks CEO Anna Skarbek breaks down her organisation's latest report: a vision for a net-zero Australia by 2050.
ClimateWorks CEO Anna Skarbek joins us to take her through her organisation’s latest report - a detailed, sector-by-sector blueprint for Australia to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Join us to learn more about the opportunities and challenges of decarbonisation, and what it will take for an “all in” approach to succeed. Join us online via Zoom (from 7:30pm) or via Facebook Live (from 7:45pm)
ECAM & Lighter Footprints Community Meeting
Thursday, May 21, 2020 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Join ECAM and Lighter Footprints for a community meeting: "Local Government’s role in climate change action"
With a focus on the Canterbury to Box Hill area, ECAM and Lighter Footprints are providing an opportunity for concerned local citizens to hear from four commited, active locals: Josh Fergeus (Chair of Eastern Alliance for Greenhouse Action, and Monash Councillor), Steph Liow and Thomas White (local School Strikers) and Bryony Edwards (Co-founder of Council and Community Action in the Climate Emergency). Join us on Zoom from 7:30pm, register using the link below.
Simon Holmes a Court – Building the Recovery
Find out the latest from energy insider Simon Holmes a Court!
Energy expert Simon Holmes a Court will update us on the current energy picture. He will give us his take on how we can move forward to shape the transition towards renewables and build a better future. Join us online via Zoom (from 7:30pm) or via Facebook Live (from 7:45pm)
Climate, the Financial Sector and Shareholder Action
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Join us online for this event with Market Forces!
Heard of Market Forces? Financial climate activism is driving the flight of global capital away from fossil corporates! Campaigners Pablo Brait and Rachel Deans explain how together we can hold corporates accountable, drive divestment, and protect the planet through funding the clean energy transition. It's time to make our funds, banks and insurance companies part of the solution!
Implementation Day: Get Involved with Lighter Footprints’ Action Groups
Sunday, March 15, 2020 2:00pm - 5:00pm
The Guide Hall, 1 Faversham Rd, Canterbury
Do you want to contribute to the work of Lighter Footprints on climate but aren't sure how? Come and find out what we do. Join us for an afternoon program on getting involved with our action groups on Sunday March 15 from 2-5pm. If you are short of time you can drop in from 2.45pm for afternoon tea and a self paced tour of the group tables and a chat. Carolyn will present a report back on February's Strategic Planning Day, we take a deeper dive into the work of our working groups and support groups, and you will have an opportunity to find a place for your skills and your concern for the climate.
We would love to talk to you about what kind of volunteering would work for you. Come and meet fellow Lighter Footprints members and supporters who are the powerhouse of Lighter Footprints’ climate action at local, State and Federal levels. Our action groups include Energy Transition, Local Government, Climate Emergency, Letter Writers and Speakers, Communications and more. You can contribute as much or as little as you have time for, using skills you have now, learning new skills or just offer a helping hand at events. Whether you are a policy nut, great at social media, keen on clean energy transition, want to support climate candidates, good with new visitors, or are fantastic at combining letter dropping leaflets with daily walks, we need you. Our working group and support group leaders would love to meet you and learn more about how you can contribute to climate action in Boroondara and Kooyong.
2020 Vision with Simon Holmes à Court
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Marwal Centre, 9 Marwal Avenue, Balwyn North
DUE TO OVERWHELMING INTEREST, THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL - With federal energy policy missing on energy and climate, and with public calls for emergency action, what can be done? Simon Holmes à Court has an international perspective on how energy policy is impacting practice in countries that take climate action seriously. Join us at the Marwal Centre to hear his vision for Australia in 2020 and beyond. 7 pm for 7:30 pm for a glass of wine, nibbles and a warm welcome!
Simon Holmes à Court is senior advisor to the Energy Transition Hub at Melbourne University and sits on the advisory board of the Melbourne Energy Institute. He has been a pioneering force in the Australian community energy movement, as the founding chair of Hepburn Wind, the country’s first community owned wind farm, and founder of Embark Australia, a non-profit consultancy helping communities share in the benefits of local renewable energy. Simon writes regularly on the technical and political aspects of the energy transition.
Powering Up Summer
Marwal Centre, Balwyn North
Cut through the spin and find fresh solutions to Victoria's summer heat and energy problems!
Toss energy experts Dylan McConnell and Ric Brazzale your trickiest questions, and find out more about how Victoria could lever affordable approaches like demand management, energy efficiency and load shedding into effective remedies for those summertime energy blues.
Living in the Clean Economy
Thursday, October 31, 2019 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn
Lighter Footprints is excited to present Prof Tom Kompas, Prof Peter Newman and Anthea Harris on the benefits of a low carbon economy, and the case for a faster transition.
Tom Kompas is an expert in Environmental Economics and is the lead author of a high level business case on a faster transition to a clean economy for Victoria and Queensland. His work details avoiding the massive costs of inaction (conservatively $584 billion by 2030), and three to one benefits for a faster transition to a clean economy. Peter Newman AO is an IPCC Lead Author and a much lauded sustainability expert. He will bring global perspectives and a vision of what living the clean economy could bring to communities. Anthea Harris leads the newly formed Energy Group at DEWLP and brings a Victorian perspective.
Agriculture, Regeneration & Climate
Guide Hall at 1 Faversham Rd, Canterbury
Our modern industrial agricultural monocultures are a vast climate problem but agriculture should be a source of climate innovation, reducing emissions and restoring our soils.
Conventional agriculture has led to loss of soil carbon, declining soil productivity and desertification, and in the face of heat, droughts and floods, this has become worse.
Hydrogen: The Coming Wave
The hydrogen economy is coming whether we like it or not. Can we get a place in the game, and take up hydrogen’s massive export opportunities in a carbon constrained world?
Soon the hydrogen economy will be humming. Are we going to be left out in the cold?
Waste and Climate: Problem or Opportunity
Household scraps or valuable garden compost? Rubbish or biochar? Broken bottles or tougher roads? Let's apply our imagination in building a better future.
Waste management is a key area to lower carbon emissions and build value instead of costs.
Kooyong Candidates Forum: The Heat Is On
Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Hawthorn Arts Centre
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24 Comments on One Netbook A1 handheld computer preview
Over the last decade the average laptop computer has gotten a lot thinner and lighter. But a handful of Chinese companies have been taking a different approach to portable computers by releasing a series of pocket-sized (or nearly pocket-sized) computers.
GPD got things started with its Win line of handheld gaming PCs and Pocket line of mini-laptops. But then rival One Netbook kicked things into weird gear by adding a kitchen sink full of features to its competing products including 360-degree hinges and pen support, cellular data support, and even detachable gaming controllers.
And now there’s the One Netbook A1, a mini-laptop designed for engineers. It has a 7 inch, full HD touchscreen display, pen support, a backlit QWERTY keyboard just (barely) large enough for touch typing, and an old-school swivel hinge that lets you twist the screen 180 degrees and fold it flat to transform from mini-laptop to mini-tablet modes.
But what really makes this little computer unusual are its ports: there are full-sized Ethernet and USB ports on the back of the system, along with a micro HDMI port and an RS-232 serial port.
It’s available for pre-order from AliExpress and GeekBuying for $599 and up (or use the coupons listed below the specs/pricing section to save some money). For the past few weeks I’ve been testing a pre-production demo unit that One Netbook sent me for the purposes of this preview.
Wait, did you say serial port?
Most people will probably never need a computer with a serial port unless they’re time traveling back a few decades and want to make sure they can use the printer they had in the home office at the time.
These days some networking equipment and other headless systems (meaning they’re not designed to work with a monitor and keyboard) still have RS-232 connectors, allowing technicians to connect with a cable to monitor performance or make changes. And that’s where a little computer like the One Netbook A1 might come in handy as a compact but versatile alternative to a full-sized laptop with a serial port.
I’m… not an IT professional. So I don’t actually have any gear with a serial port lying around. But I can still appreciate having a little computer with full-sized ports for when you need them. It’s nice to be able to connect an Ethernet cable for a stable internet connection when you need it. The world hasn’t totally transitioned to USB-C yet, so it’s nice to have both Type-C and Type-A ports on any computer these days.
One Netbook isn’t the first company to create a handheld computer aimed at IT professionals. Last year the GPD MicroPC hit the streets, also featuring full-sized serial, Ethernet, and USB ports and a full-sized HDMI port.
But GPD took a slightly different approach with its handheld system, using a thumb-style keyboard that’s not really large enough for touch-typing (and which doesn’t really provide sufficient key travel and tactile feedback for it). The system doesn’t have a touchscreen. It doesn’t work as a tablet. And it has a relatively slow Intel Celeron N4100 Gemini Lake processor.
By comparison, the One Netbook A1 has a higher-performance Intel Core m3-8100Y processor, a convertible tablet-style design, touch and pen support, and a larger keyboard that makes this device feel more like a shrunken laptop than an oversized BlackBerry.
One Netbook did have to make some compromises with this system though. Battery life could be better. The hinge mechanism feels a bit wonky. It’s a little too large to consider pocket-sized. And while it’s nice to be able to touch-type, I suspect that system engineers using a little computer like this in the field might actually prefer to hold it in one hand and type with the other, at which point a thumb keyboard might be more appropriate.
Specs and design
Pen support (4096 levels of pressure)
CPU Intel Core m3-8100Y
GPU Intel UHD 615
Storage 256GB or 512GB M.2 SSD
1 x USB Type-C
1 x micro HDMI
1 x 3.5mm headset
1 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet
1 x RS-232 Serial
1 x microSD card reader
Battery 6,000 mAh
Charging 12V/3A (30W USB PD 2.0)
Wireless WiFi 5
Keyboard Backlit, red
Dimensions 173mm x 135mm x 18mm (6.8″ x 5.3″ x 0.7″)
Weight 550 grams (1.2 pounds)
Pre-order price 8GB/256GB for $599
8GB/512GB for $639
Retail price (Nov 13) 8GB/256GB for $649
Note: Liliputing readers can save up to $13 at GeekBuying:
8GB/256GB for $590 – coupon: GKBA1256GB
8GB/512GB + digital pen for $657 – GKBA1FS
The demo unit One Netbook sent me is a pre-production model with slightly different hardware than the company will use for the commercial version set to ship soon.
For example, the model I’ve been testing features a 7th-gen Intel Core m7-7Y75 processor, while the retail version will have an 8th-gen Core m3-8100Y chip instead. And the company says the hinge will be sturdier in the unit that ships to customers thanks to an “improved rotation shaft.”
In order to make room for the full-sized ports, One Netbook put USB-C, headphone, and microSD card ports on the sides of the computer, but everything else is on the back.
That means the company couldn’t use a 360-degree hinge like the ones typically used for modern convertible tablet-style notebooks (and which One Netbook has used for most of its other mini-laptops so far). Instead, you move between laptop and tablet modes by opening the screen to a 90-degree angle, flipping it around horizontally, and then closing the lid back over the keyboard so that the screen is facing up.
It’s an old fashioned design that works… but which means that the screen is only connected to the computer at a single point rather than at two or more points. The result is that if I push back hard enough when opening the lid, it feels like I could easily break the screen off.
If the screen is pushed back a little too far, the bottom also scrapes the base of the computer when I rotate the screen.
Again, One Netbook says the retail version will feature a sturdier hinge, but since I haven’t tested that version yet, I cannot say how much more stable it will be.
The QWERTY keyboard is similar to the ones One Netbook has used on other mini-laptops with 7 inch screens. The keys are a little small, kind of close together, and some are awkwardly placed. But the more time I spend typing on computers where the colon and apostrophe buttons are to the right of the space bar instead of to the right of the L key, the less time I have to spend hunting and pecking for commonly used keys.
For some reason One Netbook decided to include a red backlight instead of white, which seems like a strange choice. But it’s nice to at least have the option of illuminating the keys when you’re in a dimly lit environment. You can toggle the backlight on and off by holding the Fn + Space keys.
You can also hit the Fn+ fan/touchpad key in the upper right corner to switch between “Mute” and “Performance” modes, which adjusts the fan speed.
On the demo unit One Netbook shipped me, the display brightness buttons seem to be reversed – press brightness down and the screen gets brighter, and vice versa. But the volume shortcuts work as expected.
Below the keyboard is an infrared touch sensor that serves in place of a trackpad. It’s not my favorite way to move a cursor around the screen, but it gets the job done in a pinch if you can’t connect a mouse or don’t find reaching up to touch the screen convenient. There are also left and right click buttons to the sides of the touch sensor.
Above the keyboard there’s a power button with a built-in fingerprint sensor, which seems to do a pretty good job of letting me quickly login to the computer.
One thing the One netbook A1 does not have? A webcam. At a time when we’re all stuck at home videoconferencing, that seems like a major oversight, but this is a handheld computer designed for use network engineers on the go… One Netbook probably figure they have a different computer back at their desk that they can use for video calls.
I’ve been testing a pre-production prototype for the last few weeks, so while I’m going to share some benchmarks, you should definitely take them with a grain of salt. The One Netbook A1 prototype I’m testing does not have the same processor as the models that will ship to customers.
But since I have tested other mini laptops that do have an Intel Core m3-8100Y processor, I can make an educated guess that you may see slightly better CPU performance and a slightly bigger bump in graphics performance. But these are still tiny computers designed for basic computing tasks. They’re not gaming or workstation-class computers.
Both the Core i7-7Y75 and Core m3-8100Y chips are significantly faster than the Intel Celeron N4100 chip that powers GPD’s microPC though, so the One Netbook A1 should outperform the device that may be its closest competition. It also costs substantially more – you can pick up a MicroPC for around $400.
OK, so let’s look at those benchmarks:
Of course, synthetic benchmarks have limitations. While they provide a way of running the same exact test on multiple machines to see how they compare… you only find out how they compare at running those exact tasks. And sometimes speed isn’t the only thing that matters when it comes to using a computer.
So here are a few other things to know about using the One Netbook A1.
It can handle 4K video playback from YouTube when running Windows, but had difficulty playing anything higher than 1080p video (at 60 Hz) when I tried running Ubuntu 20.04 (see below for more details on running Linux).
The computer has a 33.1 Wh battery that lasted for just under 5 hours in a battery run-down test that involved streaming 1080p video from YouTube over WiFi with the screen brightness set to 50-percent. You may get longer battery life if using the system for light tasks with the wireless turned off and the at a dimmer setting. But under heavy load, don’t expect the One Netbook A1 to run all day on battery power.
It has a CNC aluminum chassis and the body feels pretty sturdy. It’s just the hinge that feels a bit fragile, but One Netbook says that the model that ships to customers should have a sturdier hinge.
The keyboard is definitely on the small side, but I was able to hit 66 words per minute on a typing test with a little practice. That’s below my usual score of 90+ on a full-sized keyboard, but faster than I could type with a smartphone or a thumb keyboard like the one used on the GPD MicroPC.
The speakers aren’t very loud, but they’re good enough for listening to video playback or VoIP calls. There’s also a headphone jack if you need it.
One Netbook did not include a camera on this model, but there is a built-in microphone. So if you’re looking for a tiny Zoom, Skype, or Google Meet machine, this model is a voice-only solution at best.
The digital pen seems to work as expected, but I have horrible handwriting and can’t draw very well, so I didn’t test this extensively.
Having a full-sized Ethernet port comes in handy if you’re using the system for network administration, but also if you just want a faster, more reliable connection than you can typically get over WiFi.
The 7 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display is easiest to view with the display scaling set to 200 percent, which means that you have an effective screen resolution closer to 960 x 600. That doesn’t give you a lot of room for viewing multiple windows, so I often found myself maximizing app windows and running one thing at a time. The system has enough horsepower to handle some multitasking in the background. There’s just not a lot of screen space for multi-window computing… unless you connect an external display.
Given the other full-sized ports on this computer, it’s a little odd that there’s only a micro HDMI port. But since I happen to have a micro HDMI to HDMI cable, I was able to confirm that you can output audio and video to a TV or monitor without any difficulty.
How upgradeable is it?
A little bit.
The RAM is soldered to the motherboard, and like most laptops (and mini-laptops), the processor cannot be upgraded. But you can swap out the SSD.
Remove the six small screws holding the bottom cover in place and you’ll find the SSD populating an M.2 2242 slot. One Netbook sells the A1 with a choice of 256GB or 512GB of storage, but it should be relatively easy to upgrade to a higher-capacity drive.
I also spotted an Intel AX200 WiFi 6 & Bluetooth 5.0 wireless card under the hood. That would probably be a lot tougher to replace, but it’s a reasonably decent wireless card, so I see little need to change it.
What about Linux?
I haven’t done extensive testing, but I did boot from an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS live USB and noticed that most things were working properly out of the box. But not everything.
WiFi, keyboard shortcuts, and audio all worked properly. As I mentioned above, I was able to stream 1080p60 video from YouTube without any trouble, but playback got choppy at 1440p and higher resolutions.
The bigger problem is that the screen orientation is a bit wonky.
In order to boot from a flash drive, I shut down the computer and pressed the Del key to get into the UEFI/BIOS settings… and they were all sideways. As is often the case with mini-laptops featuring 7 inch screens, it seems that One Netbook may have used a tablet display, so the system thinks that it should display the UEFI Settings in portrait mode… even when you’re using the device in landscape like a laptop.
Navigate to the Save & Exit menu using the arrow keys and you’ll find a boot override section that lets you choose to boot from a USB flash drive. So I inserted an Ubuntu live USB and did that… only to get dumped out to a GRUB bootloader menu that was also sideways.
The good news is that once I selected the Ubuntu option and the operating system loaded, the screen orientation was correctly set to landscape. I didn’t have to do anything to make that happen.
I was able to use the keyboard, optical touch sensor, and touchscreen to navigate without any difficulty in laptop mode.
Things get trickier if you switch to tablet mode or try to use the digital pen. While Ubuntu can detect touch and pen input, somewhere deep down it still thinks it’s in portrait orientation… so when you touch your finger or the pen to the screen, it registers as a touch somewhere else on the display. It’s possible that a driver update or a configuration change could resolve this issue, but out of the box the pen is kind of useless in Ubuntu.
The other thing that’s kind of useless in Ubuntu is automatic screen rotation. When I flip the screen around and pick up the computer, it recognizes if I switch from landscape to portrait orientation. But Ubuntu consistently flips the display so that everything is upside down in portrait mode.
Again, folks who know there way around Linux display configuration settings better than I do might be able to resolve these issues. But the out-of-the-box experience is imperfect if you plan to use the One Netbook A1 as anything other than a basic mini-laptop.
The One Netbook A1 is an unusual little computer designed to fit a very specific niche: it’s a tiny laptop that can also be used as a tablet that’s designed for network engineers and other IT professionals who may need a portable device with full-sized Serial and Ethernet ports.
I don’t really fall into that category. But the One netbook A1 is still a fascinating little device because it’s one of a relatively small number of modern mini laptops with display the size of a small tablet screen, a keyboard that you can touch type on (once you get used to it), and a convertible tablet-style design that I thought had gone out of fashion a decade ago (with a 180-degree swivel hinge rather than a 360-degree “yoga” style hinge).
Like many devices from One Netbook, the A1’s battery life is rather disappointing. But the prototype I tested offers decent overall performance and it’s likely that the retail version will score slightly better in benchmarks thanks to its newer processor.
That said, the little computer measures about 6.8″ x 5.3″ making it a little too big to call pocket-sized. But at 1.2 pounds it weighs less than half as much as a typical 13.3 inch notebook, and it’s easier to hold in one hand while you’re working… plus most 13.3 inch laptops don’t have Serial or Ethernet ports.
The One Netbook A1 also has a feature you won’t find on most larger laptops: you can attach an optional wrist strap that will help keep the computer from falling to the ground if you drop it while working.
So I suspect there is an audience for this sort of device. I’m just not necessarily a member of that audience. If you are, and you’ve got $600 or more burning a whole in your pocket, then the One Netbook A1 is a slightly larger, slightly more powerful, and slightly easier to use for touch-typing alternative to the GPD MicroPC. It’s also more expensive, with prices starting at around $200 to $250 higher than the cost of a GPD MicroPC.
Meanwhile, if you don’t need full-sized Ethernet or Serial ports, then you might be better off with the similarly-priced One Mix 1S+ mini-laptop. It has the same Core m3-8100Y processor, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and 7 inch touchscreen display, but it has a 360-degree hinge that may make it a better fit for folks looking for a convertible tablet-style mini-laptop.
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Hilbert says:
“That said, the little computer measures about 6.8″ x 5.3″ making it a little too big to call pocket-sized.”
Probably right given the fact that the depth of pants pockets has decreased in recent decades to the point where it’s dead easy to lose a smartphone when sitting down (in fact, I now get the pockets of all my new pants altered to avoid such expensive losses).
That said, that size will easily fit into cargo pants side pockets — they even take my old netbook which is much larger than this device. Cargo pants are now very popular with techies and engineers who, like me, often carry all sorts of tools and misc junk around in them.
As I see it, its size is not a significant issue here.
With reference to the point about the RS232/serial port likely never to be used, it’s important to note that much industrial machinery such as lathes, milling machines, etc. still use serial ports.
Unlike modern electronics, this equipment often has lifetimes measured in quarter centuries. It’s not unusual to see machines between 25 and 50 years old still in service.
The use of RS232 is also still commonplace in similar applications. Yes, it’s being phased out slowly but it’ll be around for a while yet.
As I see it, having an RS232 port is a strong selling point for an albeit small section of the engineering market.
Can’t say I’ve ever seen a serial port on a lathe or mill, most old cnc machines used a parallel port to communicate with their host, as timing critical operations needed to keep machine axis movements in sync require multiple data lines. Same with printers. There is sometimes a db9 port for a dro or mpg, but it’s not running a serial protocol, it’s just a convenient connector type.
Most industrial grade config ports however, are serial, as it was a stable connection that could be driven over long distances on low baud rates.
Similarly, a lot of pro grade AV gear still offer serial protocols for control. I frequently install $300k digital projectors, and still have them controlled by a serial cable.
turk says:
What are those holes in the middle area of the bottom of the device? Are they for mounting/screwing it onto something? Doesn’t look to be for screwing the case together.
Brad Linder says:
They’re for attaching to a VESA mount if you want to connect it to a stand.
tartar says:
How loud is the fan? Does it ramp up and get loud pretty quickly? I don’t have a job that involves working in loud data centers so I hope the fan isn’t loud.
Honestly, how niche do they want to go? Should have ruggedised this and they could have captured the IT crowd as well as casual industrial/worksite users.
mordor says:
So the only issues in Linux are the pen and screen orientation? Finger touches in tablet mode are fine right? Hopefully, the usual screen orientation fixes on other UMPCs work on this too. Plus, I only plan on using the touchscreen for scrolling/panning.
I hope they replace that ugly red keyboard light with white. They’re not targeting the gamer crowd anyway.
Upon further inspection, the same issue affects touch in Ubuntu – the operating system treats touch as if the screen was in portrait orientation, even when it’s in landscape. So touch input is detected, but it’s pretty much useless because your touch is registered in the wrong place.
Just finished watching the video. It seems both the pen and finger touches are not quite working. Hopefully a config change or a newer kernel fixes it. Otherwise, I’d have to just disable the touchscreen driver.
Although, using that optical pad seems painful for scrolling/panning/zooming. A nub + middle mouse button would be great.
sewfew says:
give back my alrGr and pgup down home end key!
Grg says:
I can’t speak about this model in particular, but on the OneMix Yoga 2s, pgup, pgdown, end and home are easily accessible by Fn + arrow keys. For AltGr, on Linux there is a simple way for mapping CapsLock (which is useless to me anyway) to be used as AltGr (on X you can use setxkb, on Wayland/sway you can enable that option right in the config file for the keyboard).
tarwin says:
I always preferred this kind of hinge for 2-in-1s. I always felt like it protected the keyboard…
Though they are not as as stiff as current solutions
TKG says:
I also prefer this from the user experience point of view. Never liked feeling the keyboard.
Although, durability seems to be more of a question with a swiveling hinge.
Good thing this isn’t a GPD device. GPD can’t make a reliable hinge on any of their devices. Got a broken MicroPC hinge here and GPD support has been pretty non-existent (assume bad support is the same with One Netbook).
The Sharp Zaurus SL-C3x00 I had used a similar hinge and it was never an issue. Granted, it was about half the size, so the leverage on the screen was less, but the Fujitsu U8x0s were the same design, about the same size, and sturdy as hell.
Do I think this Chinese manufacturer can make a device as hearty as Fujitsu, nah. But I think those 180 deg hinge designs aren’t too bad providing you don’t try to always carry the thing by the screen at a bad angle.
I like the swivel hinge over a 360 degree hinge too. One Netbook just needs to make sure this is durable.
aelfin says:
I don’t have a use for the RS-232 port but I do have uses for the Ethernet port. Not sure I’d pay that much more over a MicroPC though given I prefer using such a device in handheld mode.
I know One Netbook has a much better track record on reliable hinges than GPD (does GPD have a device that doesn’t have hinge problems) but I wonder about that swivel hinge mechanism.
I’m more interested in a 7” screened One Mix with 4G. Anyone know if their next One Mix devices will have 4G options? They tried but gave up on the 3 having it. Hoping they try again.
Also, I’m not interested in those One Mix devices some random Internet person hacked 4G modules into.
If this had a built-in LTE, I’d replace my MicroPC with this and live without the handheld/thumb typing use case.
Odd that they went with a micro HDMI given the full-sized port thing this is going for.
That red backlit keyboard is a disappointment. Seems more appropriate for the 10 year old gamer crowd than adults. Hopefully, they replace it with white.
Yeah, too bad about no LTE option. The extra performance isn’t enough for me to replace my MicroPC with the A1 but LTE would be.
If there was an LTE option, I’d definitely get it.
Harrison Smith says:
Agree on LTE! That makes 5 of us. At least provide us an M.2 card slot. Everything else looks so appealing, but I’m not going to carry it around with a USB modem sticking out or bother with tethering it to my phone every time.
I’m hoping the next One Mix gets an official LTE option.
And, no, I won’t be risking getting one of those hacked One Mixes that someone added LTE to and selling online.
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IR35 – The new Intermediaries Legislation form 6 th April 2017 “The Public Sector”
The intermediaries legislation ensures that individuals who work through their own limited company pay employment taxes in a similar way to employees, where they would be employed were it not for the personal service companies (PSC) or other intermediary that they work through.
This new measure, “Off-payroll working in the public sector” moves responsibility for deciding if the off-payroll rules for engagements in the public sector apply from an individual worker’s intermediary to the public authority, agency, or third party paying the intermediary.
The measure makes that public authority, agency, or third party responsible for deducting and paying associated employment taxes and National Insurance contributions (NICs) to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
This change does not affect workers who providing their services to private sector organisations or where an agency directly employs a worker and it operates PAYE and NICs on earnings it pays to the worker.
Where a public authority, agency, or third party, “the fee payer” makes a payment to a worker’s intermediary on or after 6 April 2017, it decides if the rules apply, and then deducts tax and primary NICs from the payment it makes, and pays employer NICs all dealt with through the RTI system.
This new measure applies to payments on or after 6 April 2017 and so will affect contracts entered into before 6 April 2017 and operating after that date.
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CMAP Officials Left Off Invite to Illiana Planning Council
Maybe their invitation got lost in the mail.
The Illinois Department of Transportation yesterday named 41 people to a new Freight Advisory Council that will advise the department on how to maintain and even improve Illinois’ position as the freight hub of the nation.
Included are a broad range of private- and public-sector officials, including executives from Caterpillar Inc., the Illinois Petroleum Council and CenterPoint Properties, plus Chicago Transportation Commissioner Rebekah Scheinfeld, Illinois Tollway Executive Director Kristi Lafleur, IDOT Secretary Ann Schneider and Will County Executive Larry Walsh.
Not on the list is anyone from the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, this area’s official gatekeeper for federal transportation money, which last time I looked had something to do with the movement of freight. So, what’s up?
It’s strictly happenstance with no slight intended at all, says an IDOT spokesman. “This has more of a statewide focus and is primarily seeking input from the private sector,” he continued, adding that, after all, Illinois has 11 official MPOs, or metropolitan planning organizations, in federal lingo.
Of course, none of the other 10 represents an area with almost 10 million people. And none of them vehemently opposed IDOT’s prized proposed Illiana Expressway, as CMAP did with vigor, charging that the road never will pay for itself. Beyond that, it’s surely a fluke that Will County strongly pushed for the road, which would be near CenterPoint’s Joliet Arsenal property. And it’s probably not worth mentioning that the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, which accused CMAP of being biased against the suburbs, has a seat on the panel, too.
Golly, it just has to be one of those things, I guess. Don’t you just love a good coincidence?
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Alarming increase in Australians living in extreme poverty
by Wes Hosking and Susie O’Brien
Fewer Aussies are living in poverty but the poor are getting poorer.
People who live alone and single parents are struggling most.
There's concern the COVID crisis will make it harder for households to stay afloat as handouts run out.
University of Melbourne research shows about 15 per cent of households nationwide are living in poverty, down from almost a fifth a decade ago.
But the proportion of households in extreme poverty - classed as less than a quarter of the median household income - increased slightly to 3.9 per cent.
Melbourne Institute Professor Abigail Payne, based at the University of Melbourne, told the Herald Sun: "If we are just looking at the national poverty rate we are missing the deeper story."
"There are deep pockets of entrenched poverty,'' Professor Payne.
"It's a national issue we really have to dig into at a community level."
Researchers examined poverty rates between 2006 and 2016 using three sets of Census data.
Poverty was classed as having a household income less than 60 per cent of the nationwide median.
Extreme poverty was as high as 6.9 per cent among singles, who survived on less than $166 a week.
It was 3.9 per cent among single parents, with those who had one child living off less than $216 a week.
"If they are in poverty it is a lot harder for them to get out of poverty,'' Professor Payne said.
"They only have one income."
National Council of Single Mothers and their Children chief executive officer Terese Edwards said her organisation's own research showed three-quarters of single parents limited showers and cooling and even sold belongings to pay their rent and keep the phone and internet on.
A fortnightly $550 coronavirus supplement had kept them afloat but had since ended.
"It was the path out of abuse and the ability to stand on solid ground," Ms Edwards said.
Paul Ramsay Foundation chief executive officer Professor Glyn Davis, whose charity funded the University of Melbourne research, said the pandemic made it especially urgent to find solutions to poverty.
"Some communities continue to be stuck in entrenched cycles of poverty," Professor Davis said.
"With the onset of the pandemic, the challenge for reducing entrenched poverty in these communities is even greater, and will take years to address."
Two-fifths of more than 2000 areas examined nationwide had above-average poverty levels.
A fifth were in Victoria, up slightly from a decade ago.
Areas with above-average poverty also increased in Western Australian and Queensland.
The Northern Territory was most affected.
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Said Neil Goulding, facilities and construction director of TIVOLI Cinemas: “We are delighted to bring our second TIVOLI venue to Cheltenham following the successful launch of TIVOLI Bath late last year. The response to the Bath cinema far exceeded our expectations and we are sure the people of Cheltenham will be just as excited to see what TIVOLI has to offer.”
At the same time owners Canada Life Investments announced it had exchanged contracts on a 13,000 sq ft unit at the front of the centre to Metro Bank for its own occupation. The unit is currently let to River Island.
Cushman and Wakefield has a long-standing relationship with Canada Life Investments and has been instrumental in securing a string of deals within the 200,000 sq ft shopping centre including TIVOLI cinema and Metro Bank. Commented James Merrett, partner, retail services at Cushman & Wakefield; “It is great to see that work has begun on the TIVOLI cinema which will open its doors to the Cheltenham public in spring of next year. As a result of the huge success and learnings following the opening of TIVOLI’s cinema in Bath earlier this year, the plans for Cheltenham will include a luxury bar and lounge area set to be best in class.
“As for Metro Bank, they have taken a long lease on one of the most prominent units in Cheltenham bringing their award-winning service to the High Street at a time when most other banks are closing branches. Metro’s arrival will provide a much-needed boost for the town centre in today’s challenging retail climate.”
Commenting on their new branch, Ian Walters, managing director of retail and business banking at Metro Bank, said: “As the revolution in British banking, we’re excited to be coming to Cheltenham. We’re committed to bringing amazing customer service to local residents and businesses in the area.”
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Support, Suggestions & Site Development
Our own Video Gallery, your thoughts?
Thread starter tjpeople
tjpeople
There has been interest in this for a while. But having our own video site isn't a super-easy thing to implement.
By "video site/gallery" I mean our own YouTube, where you can upload videos.
I'm thinking of using http://www.vbtube.com/forum/vBTubePRO
I'd also have to get some new hosting for it. This is useful for the fact that any video copyright issues shouldn't effect the rest of the site, also video uploading is server intensive, so if the video site slows down, it won't effect the rest of the site.
The vBTube script (software) is $129 and new hosting is around $5/month (maybe more).
This wont be for uploading episodes, this is for the various video I upload for front page posts and your fan made videos, anything MITM related that isn't full episodes.
Richiepiep
This sounds like a great idea! We now have the problem that videos are exclusively linked to the home page News sections, if I'm not mistaken, which means that they lose prominence over time.
Splitting up the server to have dedicated hosting for videos sounds like a very wise decision too, to spread the workload and the risk of takedowns.
Perhaps even more so than with the Gallery, we've seen the number of MITM-related videos and audio fragments (trailers, promotions, behind the scenes clips, interviews) on relatively stable sites decrease, because production or distribution companies, or first-time fans have lost interest, and popular video streaming sites like YouTube, Megavideo and Veoh maintain extremely strict copyright regulations.
We can't make up for all of that, but it would be awesome (and fun first and foremost) if we could work towards that goal of archiving and showing clips that (ahem) deepen our appreciation and knowledge of all things 'Malcolm'
AlexTheMartian
Even though episodes will not be put on it, I do not think that eliminates all copyright issues. Sometimes just hosting something as simple as footage of someone on the red carpet of an award show (for example) can cause copyright issues. If the company that films it has hold the copyright of all footage they take.
AlexTheMartian said:
Of course, but we have been posting videos like this on the site for years, never had a copyright complaint. If it happens it happens.
As you may remember, they even claimed copyright on the logo and typeface , so they could be bothered by anything, and there's nothing really that would get us off the hook, bar limiting ourselves to text messages.
The way I see it, we as a community need to be able to share our thoughts about MITM with images and videos, because otherwise it's really no use and far from fun! Of course we could link to pictures and stuff on official sites, but time and again these would get moved and are bound to disappear after a while. We've become a sort of clearing house for MITM by now, and that's a task and a feature of this site that makes up a great deal of its appeal to both members and staff I guess.
It wouldn't harm us to include a statement like 'All images © Fox - we don't claim ownership etc.' whenever we post a copyrighted item, but if they have it in for us, it wouldn't really help I guess. Adding a video gallery wouldn't put us in a worse position.
MITM_Fan
tjpeople, let's see, it would be great but YouTube has hundreds of homemade mitm videos and uploadin em all to here would be quite hard.
MITM_Fan said:
We don't expect to have every video uploaded instantly, just like our Gallery, it would always be a work in progress.
Dew_Fan
I totally think that it is a good idea, but I do wonder about about the copyright issue. I think that if we could do something like that, the site might get more members.
It's mostly a matter of time and effort I think, and I wonder if any of us right now is willing or even able to devote a lot of time to it.
As for copyright issues, we can always use hidden links, only open to senior members I guess.
But I agree it would be a great feature. There have been a number of behind the scenes clips, blooper reels, interviews and extras (like the family therapy sessions and the series farewell with Dewey) that are no longer or hardly available. Same with some audio. It would be great to have them all in one spot.
P.S. I just noticed some have turned up again, so I'd better save them, as they might be taken down any minute.
Great rediscovery! This was in Real Video originally!
Tyno
Malcolm-France
Well, as we have a video gallery over at Malcolm France, if you would like, Rich, you could send me what you have stored on your computer and I could upload them on Malcolm France.
We already have some stuff here.
Tyno said:
Wow, Tyno, that's an offer that's damn hard to refuse! Great, thanks a lot! Sorry for the late reply, I really should check back here more often, but when I do, I concentrate on the picture Gallery, so you see. I think I'll have a little more time right now than I used to have.
Anyway, I see what I can get together and will contact you in time. I see you even do your nifty little sous-titres sometimes! C'est chouette!
Are there any format restrictions? Can you upload straight Flash, or should it be in one of the more regular digital movie formats, like mpg, mp4 or avi? I think I have some flash from earlier web downloads.
That's cool! You can PM me when you'll have the videos sorted. Actually, we're working on a new version of Malcolm France at the moment so I can't promise I'll upload the videos asap, you all might have to wait - a couple of months or so - for the new version to come out with your videos.
As for the format, we can't play flash. We only use mp4 but you can send the videos in any other format (except flash) and we'll convert into the right thing.
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Euro 2016: The Group Stage
The Copa America this year has been quite the goal fest, the group stage of the Euros not so much. Weirdly enough there was a 7-0 win in the semi-finals of the Copa America, Chile getting the better of Mexico and Javier Hernandez, a score-line which of course ineveitably merits a comparison to Germany’s 7-1 defeat of Brazil. In the other semi-final the USA of course lost to Argentina, meaning they’ll be playing Colombia for third place. The final is a repeat of last year’s, Chile v Argentina. It’s strange, the USA opened the tournament against Colombia and it’s how they’ll be ending it. On a similiarly strange note Germany started their tournament preparations against Slovakia and now they’ll be meeting them in the last 16, though their tournament journey is of course unlikely to end there.
Despite the low number of goals and a lot defensive football being played it’s not been quite so bad. True there hasn’t been a huge number of goals, but there have been plenty of exciting ones. Last gasp winners and equalizers have been a key feature. On the one hand it keeps things interesting, at the same time it makes for a very nerve-wracking experience. Especially as far as Albania are concerned. I knew them getting through to the next round was a long shot anyway but it was so damn close. They almost got there, the first half of last night’s games went exactly as they needed them to. But Portugal came back to draw and Ireland somehow got the winner against Italy. The latter in particular is most annoying. Both countries are on my root against list anyway, Italy for that video of Jogi and Ireland for beating Germany in qualifying.
Germany will be playing Slovakia in the last 16 which is most disappointing, I was hoping they’d play Albania which I know is completely illogical seeing as how that’s a guaranteed defeat for them but it doesn’t matter now. I do still have one of my wildcards left in the tournament though becuase Iceland made it through to the knockout round whcih is pretty incredible. A nation of approximately 330,000 people is up against the fifty somethimg million of England. With Albania out and Denmark not there at all I’m left with Iceland to root for as a second team.The last 16 has thrown up some good draws, not least Italy v Spain. I was disappointed by that at first, it means one of the favourites going out at such an early stage. I’m not now and will be rooting for Spain to win. This is very strange indeed, I have to root for Spain to win. The other game of interest to me is Switzerland v Poland. Two players I like going up against each other, former Freiburg player Admir Mehmedi for Switzerland going up against Robert Lewandowski.
I have to admit I had mixed feelings about the expanded format, I know without it teams like Albania would be unlikely to even be at the tournament let alone have a chance of progressing to the knockout stages. It has been a little more interesting than I thought it might be but it still feels wrong, the idea of being rewarded for finishing in third place. Not that it matters now anyway, Albania are out. But at least I got Amir Abrashi’s sticker before that happened, plus three more Germans:
As for favourite moments there’s two sets of those, Jogi moments and then the best of the rest. Some of the Jogi ones are from training and some from matches, my favourite one is probably him gloving up or maybe him taking pot-shots at Bastian in goal. And it pains me to say it because I’m not a fan of Mario Gomez at all but his goal celebration with Jogi was quite cool.
As for favourite goals so far, Shkodran Mustafi would be top of the list but he’s upstaged by Armando Sadiku scoring Albania’s first ever goal at an international tournament. Apart from that I think Schweinsteiger’s is my favourite out all of them:
Posted in Euro 2016, Fußball, Germany, Jogi Löw, Stickers
Tagged Albania, Amir Abrashi, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Euro 2016, Euro 2016 stickers, Julian Draxler, Lukas Podolski, Roman Bürki, Thomas Müller
EM 2016 Ausloslung – 12/12/2015 & Joachim Löw Interviews
The video of the draw: Part 1 & Part 2.
And two interviews with Jogi, the second of which has English subtitles:
And of course pictures from the draw and the interview:
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Tagged Euro 2016, Joachim "Jogi" Löw
Advent Calendar Day 12: The Man from Cottbus, Speedy Karim & Papa Sokratis
Behind door number twelve in the Freiburg calendar was striker Tim Kleindienst who joined Freiburg in the summer from Energie Cottbus which is also the former club of his fellow striker Nils Petersen. Random Jogi tangent, Cottbus is team who VfB Stuttgart played in the DFB Pokal final of 1996/97, Stuttgart beat them 2-0, Jogi winning his first trophy as a coach. In the DFB one was the card of quick footed winger Karim Bellarabi. He’s speedy in more ways than one, not only is he quick footed but he holds the record of having scored the fastest ever Bundesliga goal. Said goal was scored just nine seconds after kick off against Borussia Dortmund in the 2014-15 season.
It’s very fitting that I get Bellarabi’s card today, he and Leverkusen brought to an end the reign of Andre Schubert’s lucky green sweater, beating his Gladbach side quite spectacularly so in a 5-0 rout. Since he took over Lucien Favre he’s worn that green hoodie for every domestic game and they haven’t lost any of them not until now. It was a much needed victory for Leverkusen after getting knocked out of the Champions League in midweek, in addition they’ve been struggling for form in the league so it will have been a considerable boost to their confidence.
And last but not least in the Dortmund calendar was Greek defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos, helpfully nicknamed Papa and the subject of one of my most favourite GIFs:
Today went much the same as yesterday did, a late night because of getting carried away with a new adventure, this time for Jogi and Hansi. Difference is this time I didn’t get up in time for the game, I missed the first five minutes. Good thing it was only KSC’s game and not Freiburg’s, I can’t make the same mistake tomorrow.
Today Bayern played Ingolstadt, I only saw some of the game, it wasn’t a lot of fun to watch but I don’t think that matters. I couldn’t think of anything but the impending draw for the Euro 2016 groups. I’m happy that not only did I get a video of a Jogi interview from the news but I got all of my wishes in regard to who didn’t want to be in Germany’s group. Jogi himself said that he didn’t have any preferences, neither do I, but there were a few teams I did want to avoid. Not because they are tough teams to beat but for my own reasons. Most important of all I wanted Albania not to be in Germany’s group so I don’t have to root against them. It’s a very strange quirk of fate in that Albania have been drawn in the same group as Switzerland. Strange because Freiburg midfielder Amir Abrashi is of Albanian descent but he grew up in Switzerland and he considers himself Swiss. Yet he plays his international football for Albania, not out of a sense of connection with his homeland but because of practical issues. The Swiss team has several talented midfielders, it would take a while for him to break his way into the team, so he opted to play for Albania instead. I’m very happy that they qualified and even more happy that they aren’t in Germany’s group. Assuming Abrashi makes the squad for the tournament and that Mehmedi does for Switzerland then the current Freiburger will be facing off against the former Freiburger.
Germany’s group is ok, Ukraine, Poland and Northern Ireland are the teams in their group. They’ll obviously be the favourites to win the group but they can’t take anything for granted. It’s nice in a sense that Poland are in Germany’s group because they were in Germany’s group for the very first tournament that Jogi was involved in, back in 2006 when he was Klinsmann’s assistant. Given that next year will be his tenth year in charge it’s very fitting somehow.
To get back to the topic of Bayern’s game, it may not have been much fun but Philipp Lahm’s goal certainly was. The last time he scored for Bayern was last season when they beat Bremen 6-0. It was his celebration with Thomas Müller that I particularly liked:
Tagged Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga, Euro 2016, Joachim "Jogi" Löw, Karim Bellarabi, Philipp Lahm, Sokratis, Thomas Müller, Thomas Tuchel, Tim Kleindienst
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Joachim Löw at Bayern München v RB Leipzig 2019/20
Joachim Löw at Eintracht Frankfurt v RB Leipzig 2019/20
Joachim Löw at Hertha BSC v Bayern München 2019/20
Joachim Löw at RB Leipzig v Union Berlin 2019/20
Joachim Löw at SC Freiburg v Bayern München 2019/20
Joachim Löw at Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen 2019/20
Joachim Löw at Bayern München v Borussia Dortmund 2019/20
Jürgen Klinsmann at Hertha v RB Leipzig 2019/20
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Day 207: The Man and the ‘Leg Up’on Tradition; ‘Replacement’
Ahahah. Get it?! It’s a ‘leg up’ because it’s duck legs!
Wonderful, delicious, fatty, rich duck legs.Made even more wonderful using what is perhaps the most recognized Filipino dish, adobo.
Recently I’ve been loving playing around with Filipino food and Filipino recipes. Honestly Filipino cuisine is a wonderful playground for creative minds for three reasons.
The first is that Filipino food is, by its very nature, improvisational. It is hard to nail down a uniform Filipino culinary identity. Most Filipino recipes rely on a sense of ‘tantsya‘ or ‘cooking by feeling’. The senses take over and inform the decision making. You know what adobo should taste like, look like, smell like, so you chase after that image in your head. The basic technique, the major underlying characteristics, are there but the specific amounts and ratios can vary from person to person, day to day, mood to mood. For example, the Filipino version of adobo is meat simmered in a mixture of soy sauce and vinegar. But how much soy, how much vinegar, that’s entirely up to you. But not only that, whatever else you add may be subject to regional, familial, or personal preference as well! Can I say with 100% certainty that adobo should also include onions, garlic, and bay leaves? No, I cannot. Did mine? Yes, it did. A TON of garlic. Why? Because I LOOOVE garlic and this is my baby after all. But you can add as little or as much or none at all, based on what you want. And still every single version of this dish can be called, without a doubt, adobo. Why? Because it still has the same feeling. Travel around the Philippines and you may find a hundred different version of the same dish, each highlighting different aspects or regional flavors, but all of them will be immediately recognizable. Because of this, the Filipino chef is not afraid to experiment and is never unsure or uncertain what to do in the kitchen. Give them enough ingredients, and they’ll be able to make anything close to home.
Which brings us to the second point. What I have loved discovering about Filipino cuisine recently is how international it really is. Now I know Thailand and Vietnam with their French, Dutch, and English influences has really dominated the Southeast Asian food revolution, but don’t forget that the Philippines was for a very long time colonized, and therefore influenced, by the Spanish. So while we have our own very distinct and local ways of preparing dishes and flavoring foods, we also have that wonderful Spanish culinary background. I have been looking up some of the most popular and well-known Filipino dishes in the Philippines and I’ve realized so many of them have counterparts in other well-known cuisines. We’ve been right there with France and Italy and all the Asian culinary giants this entire time! You love French escargots or maybe frog legs? We do them too. Thai peanut sauce really get you going? Kare-kare is a stew of vegetables and beef in a rich peanut sauce. Japanese tempura? Try our camaro rebosado and forget about it. I’m not saying Filipino food is the end all be all. I’m saying that Filipino food has had an international sense for a very long time but has lacked the international recognition (I feel) it deserves. But it’s great for me because I get to play around with this bridge. I can use these similarities to bridge the familiar with the new. For example, this duck adobo, simmered in this sauce and its own fat, is just close enough to duck confit for those who have never tried it before. If you’ve grown up eating, or better yet cooking and preparing, every cuisine but Filipino, I think you will be pleasantly surprised at how many things we’ve already been doing.
And the third best thing about experimenting and cooking with Filipino food is while the techniques may be universally recognizable, the ingredients certainly are not! And this is where I really get to have fun with experiments, replacements, and substitutions. For example, I love that this version of adobo with the duck is also a great way to introduce more people to itlog na maalat, or preserved duck eggs. These salt-cured eggs are soaked in a brine for a couple weeks giving them a completely different texture and very strong taste. But its saltiness wonderfully and perfectly complements the complexity of the adobo and with the fresh ripe juicy tomatoes, it is a common pairing in the Philippines. I love these eggs, often times having them at breakfast with fish or dinner with adobo or any time we need a quick and easy vegetable side that still packs plenty of flavor and character. Another wonderfully unique and complex Filipino ingredient would be taba ng talangka, or crab fat. The fat of small, local crabs is painstakingly harvested from hundreds and then sauteed in garlic to create a paste that is seafood-y, slightly brine-y, and chock full of the same umami characteristics as say, Japanese uni (sea urchin) only often times at a fraction of the cost. I get to use these very Filipino ingredients and dishes (like sisig, which will make an appearance later on) and showcase them in Filipino riffs of other cuisine’s dishes to do the reverse. I can either showcase Filipino ingredients by using them in familiar recipes, or use Filipino recipes to reintroduce people to familiar ingredients.
I still have plenty more recipes to experiment and to share so I hope you all enjoy!
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Elaine's Bloggers Paradise
I love your enthusiasm for food. The duck I bought for my birthday was mediocre, the spare ribs were yummy 😋The best meal was roast pork with all the trimmings on Sunday cooked by my daughter mm, I had seconds and thirds too. Followed by bread and butter pudding 🤤
I love spare ribs! Especially in that sweet and sticky sauce in most Chinese restaurants. I’ll admit Ramsay has a pretty good riff off of that too that I like to make that is sweet and spicy and sticky and any other good word that starts with ‘s’. Hahah. That roast pork sounds wonderful and I’ve always been utterly fascinated by English ‘puddings’. I want to try them all. Bread and butter pudding. Blood pudding. Figgy pudding? Hahah.
Black pudding made from pigs blood and fat, pass me the sick bucket 🤢
Hardly. Blood sausages are a common dish in many cultures, and in the Philippines we have a blood stew. So I totally want to try blood pudding, or the Icelandic dish, slatur (literally pronounced as ‘slaughter’).
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M.Gin
SISIG! HAHAHA. Great cooking and as always, a fun-filled post.
Thanks! I’ll be cooking with sisig next week. American sisig is very different from what I’ve gotten in the Philippines. No mayo or egg. Just pure crispy fried goodness. But no one here makes it spicy enough. You win some you lose some.
Oooh. Didn’t know they have one. Looking forward to the sisig photo! LoL.
Well what I mean is Filipinos making sisig here. American palates, and Filipino-American palates too, are a bit different. Less tolerant of spice (which is a shame because sometimes I really crave like, an authentic Bicol express that burns my soul or a sisig that’s actually chock full of labuyo) and (I agree with them here) not such a fan of taking perfectly crispy and crunchy sisig and softening it with mayo or egg.
Oh, I see. Too bad then. But I haven’t had sisig any other way so I can’t judge. Hahah. Not too tolerant about spicy food? That’s cause they eat more sweets! Joke!
In most Asian restaurants here there’s ‘white spicy’ and then there’s ‘Asian spicy’. Hahah.
Hahah! Taste has race. I’d tell that to a friend. She’ll get the joke. Nice!
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The Creation Process in Music
I begin by consciously connecting to my source of inspiration, which I call the Core of Creation. I place my hands on the keys and am in an immediate state of surrender, anticipation and wonderment.
Each note has an identity of its own and is spotlighted for its brief moment of fame before surrendering its luminescence to the next note in the now moment; but each note is also in relationship to the preceding and subsequent notes, which are in relationship to the whole.
There is an understanding and communication between the notes which are not unlike the leaves of a tree – they are all in cooperation and perfect harmony / alignment with the purpose of the tree. The uppermost leaves may receive more sunlight, and be so seemingly showcased; but there is no heirarchy because they are no more, no less significant to the overall plan of beneficience for the tree.
Each note is similar to this. Each note becomes part of the germ of an idea, a motif; each motif may be joined to another to create a phrase; and each phrase may likewise join to create a broader statement or movement.
Any number of notes, from one to many, parades itself in the theatre of the present moment and each subsequent note or series of notes is a reaction and variation of its predacessor.
Even if it is a re-statement or replication of the preceding, because of its place in time its statement is different and thus it is a statement standing on its own footing, a statement which more fully gets the point across; it emphasizes.
Each motif is an entity, and has a life of its own. It is comprised of a vibration which reverbrates through many dimensions and makes its mark in manners beyond our conscious knowing and understanding.
A motif, a single note or song, leaves our auditory awareness but continues its vibrational journey and pops up in another dimension as a flower, a fish, cloud or some other ethereal creation and continues its existence.
There is a march toward organic unfolding in the process of life/creation expressing itself. Life, throught statement in music, proclaims itself.
We are Creators and our creations take on their own life and continue to spin and vibrate and manifest creatively in numberless subtle worlds. We can follow these, our progeny, to their respective worlds if we wish. Or we can continue creating.
It is our predilection to create. For we are made in the image of our creator and follow the impetus to manifest anew.
And our progeny, whether flesh or idea, will continue to spawn their creations.
I am not solely a musician, but a creator. These words, as creations, affect others and alter the world, whch is then reflected back to me.
I look at my body of creations and say, “this is me,” and bask in that wonderment. This Reflective Pause of accomplishement is crucial.
And then the process of creation starts afresh…
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Artist of the Week Interview: Second Story Anthem
Posted on September 16, 2015 by mwmusiccollective
Pop-punk is always a party, it’s the reason I fell in love with the music. Every band plays with such high energy and passion that it’s infectious. There’s also a very large pop-punk fandom around pizza that I can definitely get behind, pizza is amazing. Second Story Anthem is another band to add to the long list of pop-punk bands that can get a party going. Their sound is very traditional and old school, if you’re not paying attention they could be mistaken for New Found Glory, but they sometimes drift into easycore territory and become Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! depending on the song you’re listening to. No matter the track though they often stay close to pop-punks roots: fast paced guitars, a quick tempo, and impressive vocals. We sat down to talk with the guys of Second Story Anthem, you can check out their debut album Just Bear With Me here and their Facebook here.
First, just tell us a bit about yourselves and how you got started.
It all started in 2012 in our original drummers basement. We started as a 3 piece cover band. We decided we wanted to get more serious, so we brought in a different bassist and started writing our own material. In late 2014 we released our first EP. The response was good so we kept at it. We added another member which really filled out our sound. We wrote and recorded our newest album “Just Bear With Me” in 2014. A couple months after the release we began playing many more shows. Our drummer and guitarist quit the band in April 2015. We brought on a new drummer, Myles and a new guitarist, Justin and went on tour 2 weeks after they joined. Since then we have played 2 more tours and are in the process of booking more.
Pop-punk seems to draw a particular crowd, what about the genre drew you guys in?
It’s a party. Its fun. You can go to a show and the whole crowd is jumping and moshing. The idea of brotherhood and friendship is really popular in pop punk and its something that we take seriously.
What bands did you guys listen to that made you say “Yeah I want to do that type of stuff”?
Blink-182, New Found Glory, Sum 41, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk, Four Year Strong
You guys recently put out your first full album, what’s it like to finally see that hard work finally come out for people to hear?
The producer we recorded with, Trevor Boggs, took such good care of us. We loved the process of writing and recording and when we finally heard the finished product, it was amazing. The quality of the album was mind blowing. It was something we were proud to share with our fans.
The Great EmancipaTOUR and The Extreme Tour, what’s it like doing those types of tours back to back? Something you’d do again?
The Great EmancipaTOUR we went on with our good friend Down They Fall. It was very DIY and we roughed it. We slept in a van with no A/C and barely had money for food. It was an amazing experience especially being able to go play in Canada. The Extreme Tour was a completely different experience. The tour itself has been bashed on a lot, but it was a life changing . It was more of a community outreach tour than a “make money and get famous” tour. Everyone on the tour was so amazing to work with and they took such good care of us. They were two completely different tours but both were equally as fun.
You’ll also be playing with This Wild Life in October, how’d it feel getting that news? Is it like a small “We made it!” moment?
Being able to play is an honor, but we understand that they’re normal people just like us. They have a really awesome fan base and it will be awesome to play with them. However we believe success doesn’t come just from opening for a bigger act, it comes from the fans enjoying your music.
I have to ask, your Facebook has a few photos of a bear-suit. Was that a planned mascot from the start or did he just sort of show up and you guys went with it?
It’s not a mascot. It’s a real bear. He just kinda showed up one day and we rolled with it.
Lastly, the most pop-punk questions: Who makes the best pizza and what is the #1 topping?
Cappy’s Pizza in London, OH. We keep it simple with pepperoni and cheese. You can’t go wrong at Cappy’s though!
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Translating Myth: Re-wording the unseen knowledge
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Translating Myth
Edited by Ben Pestell, Pietra Palazzolo and Leon Burnett.
Legenda 2016, hardcover $120.00 kindle $37.22 ISBN978-1-910887-04-2 (hbk) 978-1-315-54320-8 (ebk)
Reviewed by Drs. Susanne van Doorn, edited by Christian Gerike.
Translating Myth is a book that attempts to scientifically define myth. Or at least, come to describe 5 aspects of it: how to translate it, how to create it, how to establish it in a a new country, how to sing its poetry and how myth is related to politics. The book clearly establishes that myth can not be measured nor captured, but it is only possible to study the ways in which one can enter the realms that display myth to an individual.
Translating myth: introduction
Translating Myth has the ambitious goal of covering as many aspects of translating myth as possible. “Throughout the book, “translation” is broadly interpreted in order to emphasize the various modes by which a myth is carried over from one cultural context to another“.
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In a world where edited books are plentiful, all the contributing authors need to provide another vision on the main theme. Does Translating Myth succeed in this? It does, even though I miss consistency in the five parts composing the book. It jumps around from continent to continent, from poet to poet, from century to century. And unfortunately, our century is missing.
Divided into five parts, three chapters each, this book offers a broad range of concepts related to translation. Translations in language, in medium: from written language to art, in time: from one century into another; and in space: from one continent to another. I will cherry pick a quote from each of the five parts, giving you brief insights into this book and then I will summarize the pro’s and cons.
Translation and myth across languages, media and cultures
The first part, Translation and Myth Across Languages, Media and Cultures, focuses on the translation of myth from one culture to another and on the translation of myth from one medium to another. In the chapter “Accommodating the Primordial: Myths as Pictorial Storytellings” Leon Burnett, former Director of the Centre for Myth Studies at the University of Essex, gives a definition of myth that really resonated with me:
“There is however, another sense of myth, which lacks plurality, one that is implicit in the title of this volume, Translating Myth. Like the word poetry, myth in this second sense possesses no natural plural and cannot be preceded by an indefinite article. It is more a condition of life, a mode more than a text” (page 28).
A scientific book about myth that acknowledges that it is trying to define the unspoken. I was charmed on the spot.
William Blake’s myth
The second part: William Blake’s Myth takes us back to 17th-century England. William Blake acknowledged that he had to compose his own myth. Throughout this book there are many people mentioned who made an effort to compose their own myth: Goethe in Faust, Jung in the Red Book, Yeats in his poetry about Ireland. This part carefully defines all the stages Blake went through. It is both challenging and intellectually stimulating to read it. It is the part of the book that really pays attention to how mythology is connected with authenticity.
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In the first chapter of this part, “The Evolution of Blake’s Myth: Urizen’s Multiple Identities,” author Sheila Spector emphasizes the importance of vision in myth. “Having throughout his life experienced visions, and believing his prophecies to have been the product of divine dictation, Blake rejected the notion that the only sources of valid knowledge are experience and logic. Consequently, his composite art was driven by two fundamental questions: first, how is it possible that exoteric religion, being predicated on reason, could displace the esoteric, based on visions derived from the innate gnostic faculty, and second, how can we, in the material world, restore vision to its originally intended prominence?” (page 63).
Myth in Early United States Literature
The third part, “Myth in Early United States Literature,” explores why America has no myth. This was a bit surprising for me as European. For me there is a clear American myth: the hard-working self-made man. Another myth we learned about America in history class, was that America was the great melting pot of cultures.
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Christina Dokou, assistant Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Athena, suggests the reasons for the absence of the myth.
“One could well argue that the vastness of the American land, the diversity of its experience and its constituent peoples, is such that one cannot allow a single voice to encompass and define American identity.”
So now we know that a myth is connected with the collective unconscious as much as it is connected with the own identity of an individual. But how are they connected? How do they relate to each other? We are going to find out in the next part of the book.
Myth in Modern and Contemporary Poetry
The fourth part, Myth in Modern and Contemporary Poetry, embraces poetry as a way to connect with symbols. The symbols are retrieved from what psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung has come to call the collective unconscious.
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Rached Khalifa, Professor of Irish and English literature at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, says this in his chapter “‘I have no speech but symbol’: National and History in Yeats’ Poetics of Myth and Myth-making”:
“Myth is structured like the unconscious or the dream-work, in the Freudian sense. It rests on the distortion of literal meaning through symbolism, itself governed by the mechanisms of condensation and displacement” (page 167).
Myth in New Political and Cultural Environments
The last part is called Myth in New Political and Cultural Environments. In the last chapter, (Re)writing and (Re)translating the Myth: Analysing Derek Walcott’s Italian Odyssey, author and translator Giuseppe Sofo encourages us to attribute our own meaning:
“Rewriting and translation share the possibility of changing what already exists” (page 230).
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What is the verdict: to buy or not to buy?
I must admit that I love the book and that I understood so much more after I had finished it.
Even though there is not a lot of attention in the book for dreams and the mythology derived from them, there is enough attention for the principles that underly dreams and their interpretation that I consider this book a very worthy complement to your library.
The book is very clear about the fact that we all have the same archetypical notions in our head that construct myth. But it never embraces the idea of a mono-myth. A mono-myth is the assumption made by Joseph Campbell that mythology follows one pattern: the story of the hero.
It is not an easy readable book (English is not my mother language). The language in the book is rather scientific, and the writers assume that you know and have read the poets they talk about.
Another point to be aware of is that it is rather pricy, although the kindle version is much more affordable. If you can afford it, buy it, you will not be sorry.
I missed a chapter about the modern myth in politics, taking place in America right now with the Titan fight between Hillary and Trump.
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Love Is A Drag - For Adult Listeners Only - CD
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A once shocking 1962 LP of love songs by men, for men. A long lost treasure featuring the cool & sophisticated vocals of Gene Howard and a cast of prime studio jazz musicians, performing a set of standards sung to a male suitor. Ahead of its time in every way. Reissued for the first time ever! Available on CD and pristine RTI pressed gold vinyl!
A fantastic, once-shocking album finally sees reissue - and brings with it the answer to a half-century mystery!
Case file: A big band vocalist, a Hollywood photographer, and an LGBT music and history archivist - they are the heart of the story behind Love Is A Drag, a 1962 shrouded-in-mystery long-player comprised of love songs by men, for men.
Decades ago, JD Doyle, renowned LGBT music historian and archivist, happened upon a copy of Love Is A Drag. Resonating with him immediately, the album presented compositions such as "The Man I Love" and "Mad About The Boy," (songs that were intended to be sung by a woman to a man), and featured them as songs performed by a man to another man. Doyle would often play cuts from it on his radio show, Queer Music Heritage. He remained intrigued by the lack of either artist or producer credited on the album. A vague line of jacket text ambiguously announced, "For Adult Listeners Only - Sultry Stylings by a Most Unusual Vocalist."
And, the facts behind the album would have most likely remained unclear if it were not for one Murray Garrett (Hollywood star-photographer through the late 1940s to the 1970s). Out of the blue, Murray Garrett contacted JD Doyle and wanted to talk about the album. According to Garrett, through his photography career, he had forged a friendship and partnership with prolific big band vocalist, Gene Howard. The two worked together on projects, eventually teaming with Jack Ames, founder of Edison International Records. When queried for ideas for a potential Edison International release, Garrett recalled a performance he had once seen in Greenwich Village - a performance of a man singing love songs to another man, in serious fashion, i.e., not at all campy or overly-dramatic.
Gene Howard (straight and happily married!) agreed to sing on the record, accompanied by a who's-who of Los Angeles A-list session men. Completed, the record was issued on a "surrogate" label named Lace Records - an imprint hastily-created in order to avoid any misinterpretation of the Edison International focus. Upon release, the record sold well in Hollywood, with Frank Sinatra, Liberace, and Bob Hope among its biggest advocates.
With the masters proudly owned by Sundazed, Love Is A Drag is now set to make its long-overdue reappearance. Presented on our new Modern Harmonic imprint - we give you both a pristine gold vinyl RTI pressing and a handsome CD edition, including original artwork and notes, and insightful new liners from LGBT historian, JD Doyle!
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Chipotle's turnaround looks legit
by Nathaniel Meyersohn @CNNMoney July 26, 2018: 5:46 PM ET
How the new Chipotle CEO plans to win back customers
Chipotle's blowout year continues.
Sales at stores that have been open for at least a year grew 3.3% last quarter, exceeding Wall Street's expectations and sending shares of Chipotle up 6% during after-hours trading.
After struggling for much of the past three years, Chipotle has been on a tear under Brian Niccol, the former Taco Bell CEO who took over in March. Chipotle's stock is up close to 55% this year.
Related: How Chipotle plans to win you back
Chipotle (CMG) said that higher prices and customers adding queso to their orders lifted sales growth last quarter. Although traffic was down from a year earlier, Chipotle increased menu prices by 4%.
Niccol said Chipotle had not seen evidence that the price increases turned away customers.
Higher prices and a reduction in spending on marketing and promotions helped increase Chipotle's operating margins. Chipotle also got a boost last quarter from lower avocado prices, even though beef prices were up from a year ago.
The menu price hike also helped offset wage inflation.
Related: What higher wages means for Domino's and McDonald's
Chipotle has been raising wages to reduce employee turnover. Analysts say it's been a lingering problem for Chipotle, and increasing pay is one way to attempt to keep workers.
Labor costs are rising at the company. Chipotle spent upwards of $341 million on labor last quarter, a 12% increase from the same time last year.
"We are doing a better job staffing our restaurants," Niccol said. "We have lower year-over-year hourly turnover, which tells us we are making progress on training and building great teams."
Digital sales, including delivery orders, increased 33% last quarter and now make up a tenth of total sales.
Chipotle believes that getting more customers to order on the app will shorten lines. Customers also spend around $5 more when they order off their phones than in the store.
CNNMoney (New York) First published July 26, 2018: 5:46 PM ET
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The MoneyGuru Sites and Features may provide you the opportunity to participate in, make available, and/or post text (e.g. questions, comments, and suggestions), images, audio, videos, or other content (collectively, “User Content”) publicly through our blogs, chat rooms, forums, interactive features, public-facing member profile, third-party social networking services or other communication functionality (“Community Features”). Please note that certain information, such as your username, Service start date, earning preferences, total rewards earned, profile picture and other profile information we believe will help motivate you and others to participate in our program may be publicly displayed on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features along with User Content. User Content may also contain metadata, which may contain information about or relating to you, that we may also collect, share and use. Anything posted through Community Features is publicly available. This means that others will have access to that User Content and may use it or share it with third parties; this is beyond our control. If you choose to voluntarily disclose Personal Information in the User Content and/or on the Community Features, that information will be considered publicly available information as well. The protections of this Privacy Policy will not apply to publicly available information. In addition, by posting through our Community Features, you are agreeing that we may use your User Content (and excerpts from your User Content) in connection with our Business Purposes.
The MoneyGuru Sites and Features contain links to other websites and other third-party provided goods and services that we do not own, operate nor control. In addition, because aspects of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features include third-party Offers for goods, services and the like, third parties may collect your information based on your interaction with those offers. Third-party privacy practices are not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties. We encourage our users to be aware of and to read the privacy statements and similar disclosures of any third-party website that collects personally identifiable information before using or disclosing any personally identifiable information to such website.
Advertising Networks and Analytics Companies
We may allow other companies, commonly called third-party ad servers or advertising networks (collectively, “Ad Networks”), to display advertisements on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features. These advertisements may be based on your interests as reflected in your use of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services, as well as your use of other websites and services. Some of these Ad Networks may place a persistent cookie or other similar technology on your computer, mobile device and other devices you use (collectively, “Device(s)”), allowing them to recognize you and/or your Device each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, Ad Networks may compile information about where you see their advertisements online and determine which ads you click on, so that we and they may provide you with Offers believed to be of most interest to you. We do not have access to or control over the cookies or other similar technologies that may be placed by these parties on your Device, nor do we have responsibility for these parties’ privacy policies or information collection practices. You may limit or remove such cookies and similar technologies through your Device settings; for more information, visit our “Cookies and Tracking Technologies” section (below). Likewise, we may also work with consumer data resellers that buy and/or sell information to other companies for multiple purposes including offering products and services that may interest you, and we use certain third-party analytics providers to help us understand how you use the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services, and these companies may set their own cookies and similar technologies on your Device. For example, we use Google Analytics to track visitors’ activity on our website. Google Analytics and similar third-party analytics providers use web browsing data and other data analysis to improve their own products. These and other Trusted Service Providers may collect information about you, including but not limited to your online activities over time and across different websites and services, when you use the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services, or other online websites and services. Each of these third parties has its own privacy policy that may differ from this Privacy Policy. We may share your Personal Information and other information with our Trusted Service Providers for the purpose of making it easier for you to sign up for their Offers, validating your communications or transactions with them, authenticating and/or validating your identification, crediting you with any earned rewards, and for our Business Purposes. Additionally, we may share information with our Trusted Service Providers to assist us in delivering Offers to you, both on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features and elsewhere, and for our Business Purposes.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We set and allow third parties to set and access cookies and other similar tracking technologies (referred to herein generically as “cookies”) on your Device(s), including, without limitation, web beacons and embedded scripts. Such cookies may be set alone or in combination with other cookies. Such third parties may collect information across various channels, including offline and online, for purposes of delivering more relevant Offers to you. As used herein, cookies are a small data file (used on or in connection with the MoneyGuru Sites and Features) which are stored on your systems. We (including our Affiliates and Trusted Service Providers) may use a variety of cookies in connection with the Business Purposes. Cookies automatically capture certain information, including, without limitation, your IP Address, operating system, screen display settings, browser type, use of Flash and Java and they detect whether your Device or software has certain capabilities such a microphone or webcam access. Cookies may also collect your Personal Information. We and our Trusted Service Providers use such information to support the MoneyGuru Sites and Features and to support our Services generally by (i) offering you surveys, shopping, and other targeted Offers, (ii) for identity verification, (iii) for analytics and (iv) to ensure compliance with our programs. Cookies also help us understand or predict your interests so we can personalize your experience. Cookies are also used as follows: (a) to provide you with convenience when you access the MoneyGuru Sites and Features by remembering that you have visited us before and by remembering your username, password and other user information, and your preferences to help you avoid future re-entry of certain information. (b) to allow us and our Trusted Service Providers to customize the layout and tailor content shown to you on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features and throughout your online experience across Devices, web browsers, email, mobile and other applications. In doing so, we may link the information we collect from cookies and (from other sources referenced in this Privacy Policy) with your Personal Information and we may track your activity (including, without limitation, your web-browsing activity) in order to provide you with Offers and for Business Purposes. (c) for anonymous and also for personally identifiable analytical and statistical purposes, quality control, validation and verification purposes, and to improve the services we, our Affiliates’ and our Trusted Service Providers’ Offer. (d) Our Affiliates and Trusted Service Providers may link the information we share with them (or that they collect) to the cookie stored on your browser or Device, and they may collect information such as your IP address, browser or operating system type and version, and demographic or inferred-interest information. Our Affiliates and Trusted Service Providers use this information to recognize you across different channels and platforms, including but not limited to, computers, mobile devices, and Smart TVs, over time for advertising, analytics, attribution, and reporting purposes. For example, our Trusted Service Providers may deliver an advertisement to you in your web browser based on a purchase you made in a physical retail store, or they may send a personalized marketing email to you based on the fact that you visited a particular website. Your data may be transferred outside of the country from which it was originally collected. (e) Our mobile applications may include tracking technologies via software development kits that share your device’s precise geolocation and other details about your device (like hardware characteristics, a variety of sensor data, and a list of installed third-party applications) with our Trusted Service Providers who may use all of this information to generate Offers for you. For example, third-party tracking technologies may analyze restaurant visit trends to better serve customers’ needs or your mobile application install history to provide you Offers that may be of interest. See instructions to limit or disable such tracking in this section below; but be aware that limiting such tracking will affect some device or mobile application functionality. We use both session cookies and persistent cookies. For the session cookies, once you close your browser, the cookie terminates. A persistent cookie is a small text file stored on your hard drive for an extended period of time. Persistent cookies can be removed or disabled by following your web browser help-file directions. We also use Flash cookies, which are data files placed on a Device via the Adobe Flash plug-in (or other compatible Flash plugin) that may be built-in to the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or downloaded by you. Flash cookies may be used for various purposes, including, without limitation, enabling a Flash feature and remembering your preferences. We do not use Flash cookies nor locally-shared objects in connection with MoneyGuru’s own ad effectiveness research activities. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually configure your browser to prevent this. To learn more about interest-based advertising in general, to opt-out of certain cookies and for more information about cookies, please visit the following resources:
http://www.aboutads.info/choices;
http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices; and
http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp
If you’d like to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics, simply install this add-on to your browser: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout Not accepting cookies (or opting out of cookies), installing ad blocking technologies and/or and disabling analytics providers may make certain features of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features and our Services unavailable to you and may affect our ability to validate whether or not you earned a reward by successfully completing an Offer or action. For more information about Flash and the privacy choices Adobe offers, visit http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html. Note that your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to websites and online services you visit. At present, we do not believe that there is a consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Like many websites and online services, we currently do not alter our practices when we receive a “Do Not Track” signal from a user’s browser. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” you may wish to visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.
Card Linked Offers Program
The MoneyGuru Sites and Features may offer a service enabling you to enroll a qualifying payment card in order to earn rewards or benefits when you make qualifying transactions with participating merchants (“CLO Program”). Your participation in a CLO Program is further guided by the “Card Linked Offer Service Terms”. If you participate in a CLO Program and provide your Payment Information for that purpose, the Company and its Trusted Service Providers (including, without limitation, Braintree Payments, a division of PayPal, Inc., Visa Commerce Solutions, Inc., Rakuten Card Linked Offer Network, Inc., Groupon Inc., and MOGL Loyalty Services, Inc.) will have the right to use the transaction information generated in such CLO Program (“Transaction Data”) for the purposes of operating the CLO Program, including, without limitation, the following purposes: (a) Using Transaction Data to confirm a Qualifying Purchase or return to match transactions to confirm whether you qualify for an Offer, cash-back or points; (b) Sharing Transaction Data with the participating merchant where a transaction occurred as needed for the merchant to confirm a specific transaction occurred or cashback / points should be awarded (for example, the date and amount of your purchase and the last 4 digits of your card number so the merchant can verify your purchase if there is a missing or disputed transaction); (c) Providing participating merchants or Trusted Service Providers aggregated and anonymized data relating to Payment Information activity to allow participating merchants and the Trusted Service Providers to assess the results of their campaign and analyze ways to improve or optimize a CLO Program and its Offers; (d) Creating a record of the Transaction Data and thereafter maintain and use such record and Transaction Data in connection with operating the CLO Program; and (e) Providing information in response to a request from a government authority or a payment organization involved in a transaction with you, a merchant, a relevant Trusted Service Provider, or others. By participating in a CLO Program, you authorize the sharing, exchange, and use of Transaction Data described above and herein by and among the Company and its Trusted Service Providers, applicable payment card networks and participating merchants. Please visit the Card Linked Offer Service Terms to learn more about the data collection, use, and sharing practices related to the CLO Program. If you would like to opt out of card linking and transaction monitoring in connection with a CLO Program, please visit the card linking section of the applicable Service and remove any payment cards that you no longer wish to be associated with the CLO Program.
Social Features
Certain functionality on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features may permit interactions that you initiate between the MoneyGuru Sites and Features and a third-party website or service, such as Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter (“Social Features”). Examples of Social Features include enabling you to “like” or “share” content from the MoneyGuru Sites and Features with other websites or services; to log-in to the MoneyGuru Sites and Features using your username and password for a third-party website or service; to transmit content to the MoneyGuru Sites and Features from your account on a third-party website or service; and to otherwise connect the MoneyGuru Sites and Features to a third-party website or service. Enabling or interacting with Social Features may also set one or more cookies on your Device(s). Please refer to the terms of use and privacy policies of such third-party services offering such Social Features. If you choose to use Social Features, information you post or provide access to will be shared with that third-party website or service and others, and may be publicly displayed on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or by the provider of the Social Feature that you use. Similarly, if you post information on a third-party platform that references any of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features (e.g., by using a hashtag associated with any of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features in a tweet or status update), your post may be published on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features in accordance with the terms of the third-party website or service. Also, both we and the third party may have access to certain information about you and your use of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features and the third-party website or service. In addition, we may receive information about you if other users of a third-party website give us access to their profiles and you are one of their “connections,” or information about you is otherwise accessible through your connections’ web pages, profile pages, groups you or they belong to, or similar pages on a social networking or other third-party website or service. The information we collect in connection with Social Features is subject to this Privacy Policy. The information collected and stored by the third-party website or service via Social Features remains subject to the third party’s privacy practices, including whether the third party continues to share information with us, the types of information shared, and your choices with regard to what is visible to others on that third-party website or service.
In addition to the types of sharing described throughout this Privacy Policy, we may disclose your Personal Information (and other information related thereto) as described in this section. Residents of California should also refer to the section of this Privacy Policy titled “Your California Privacy Rights” for additional disclosures. We may disclose your Personal Information when required by law, or where we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a judicial or administrative proceeding, a criminal investigation, a court order, or legal process served on us. We may also share your Personal Information at the request of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, or if we in our sole discretion believe there to be a credible situation that requires us to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, or violations of our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy for any of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services. We may also use IP addresses or other Device, activity or session identifiers to identify users, and we reserve the right (in our sole discretion) to do so in cooperation with our Affiliates and Trusted Service Providers as well as copyright owners, Internet service providers, wireless service providers, or law enforcement agencies. These transfers and disclosures may occur without notice to you. We may also share your Personal Information with our Affiliates for our Business Purposes, and with Trusted Service Providers in connection with their performance of services to, or on behalf of, the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services (and vice versa). Such services include, for example, customer support, collecting and analyzing information about usage of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services, delivering (and confirming the successful delivery of) Offers to you on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features (or elsewhere online), processing payments, operating a CLO Program, analyzing receipt data, verifying activity, and performing our other Business Purposes. In addition, if you use our mobile applications, we may share your current location with our Affiliates and Trusted Service Providers for Business Purposes and so that we or they may provide you with Offers based on your location, including, without limitation, attribution, analytics and research. Please see the section on “Updating Your Information; Choice/Opt-Out” below for information about how you can opt out of such sharing. We may share or sell aggregate or individualized information about you that may include, without limitation, (1) your personal information, (2) your use of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features and our Services, (3) websites you visit, and (4) your location and information derived therefrom which we believe reflects your interests. We share this information with Trusted Service Providers for the purpose of providing you with Offers and for Business Purposes. Additionally, such sharing of information is made with service providers in connection with anticipated, ongoing, completed or disputed transactions relating to you or your activity on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features. For a sample list of Trusted Service Providers and their respective privacy policies, please visit: https://www.MoneyGuru.co/trustedpartners/
In the event the Company (or any of its Affiliates) goes through a business transition, such as a merger, consolidation, restructuring, acquisition by another company, sale or assignment of rights or assets (or a portion thereof), or other company change, we may transfer users’ information, including Personal Information, and other business data in connection with that business transition (e.g., to a subsequent owner, co-owner, or operator of any of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features, or any affiliates and trusted agents, service providers, or partners of the foregoing), including during the course of any due diligence process.
Updating Your Information; Choice/Opt-out
You are responsible for maintaining the accuracy of any information you submit to us, such as your contact information. If you have any questions about updating your information, privacy choices and/or opting out of certain programs, services and data activities, please visit the “Contact Us” section below for more information and instructions to contact us. You may opt out of receiving marketing emails by either (i) following the opt-out instructions provided to you in those emails, (ii) by visiting your account settings or similar features on the relevant MoneyGuru Sites and Features, or (iii) by contacting us as provided in the “Contact Us” section below. Please note that as long as you remain registered with or a user of any of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services, even if you opt-out of marketing emails, you may still receive administrative emails, such as notices about service and status changes and changes to our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy. If you sign up to receive SMS or MMS messages from the MoneyGuru Sites and Features, you may unsubscribe from any SMS or MMS messages received by replying “STOP”. If you do not wish to receive advertisements, content, surveys, promotions, Offers, or rewards from us which would be sent to you by virtue of your having installed our Extensions, you should not install or should uninstall such Extensions. You may remove or disable cookies as described above in the section on “Cookies and Tracking Technologies” and you may clear your browser history in accordance with the system settings of your web browser. Certain advertising networks and exchanges may participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance (“DAA”) AdChoices Program and may display an Advertising Option Icon for interest-based ads. You can learn more about the DAA AdChoices Program here: http://www.youradchoices.com. In addition, certain advertising networks and exchanges may participate in the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI). The NAI has developed a tool that allows consumers to opt out of targeted advertising delivered by NAI members’ Ad Networks. To learn more about opting out of targeted advertising or to use the tool, click here: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices. You may opt-out of providing your location information to us. If you do not want us to use your location information as described in this Privacy Policy, you should turn off the location services for your Device located in your account settings (if available) or in your Device settings. If you do not want our mobile applications to collect any information from you, you should uninstall the application using the standard uninstall procedures that may be available as part of your mobile Device or via the mobile application marketplace or network where you obtained the mobile application.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to change this Privacy Policy, we will provide notice of such changes by sending you an administrative email and/or posting those changes in places on the MoneyGuru Sites and Features deemed appropriate by us so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances it may be shared with others. Your continued use of any of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services after delivery of the administrative email to you or after the changes are posted constitutes your agreement to the changes. If you do not agree to the changes, please discontinue your use of such MoneyGuru Sites and Features and our Services. To the extent that an arbitrator or court of applicable jurisdiction determines that applying any changes to this Privacy Policy to any prior events or circumstances would render this an illusory or unenforceable contract, such changes shall be applicable on a prospective basis only, with respect to events or circumstances occurring after the date of such changes, to the extent necessary to avoid this Privacy Policy being deemed illusory or unenforceable. In any event, if any Personal Information was previously submitted to or collected by us pursuant to an earlier version of this Privacy Policy that required a certain notice period prior to any changes being effective, any changes under this Privacy Policy will not be effective as to you or such previously-collected Personal Information until the previously-specified notice period has passed after the date of this Privacy Policy.
The MoneyGuru Sites and Features and our Services are for general audiences and we do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children younger than the age of 13. If you are under 18, you should use the MoneyGuru Sites and Features and our Services only with the permission and guidance of your parent or guardian. If you are under 13, you should not submit any Personal Information to us. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected Personal Information from a child younger than 13, we will take commercially reasonable efforts to delete such Personal Information from our databases. If a California resident is known to us to be between 13 and 15 years of age, we will use reasonable efforts to promptly request that such consumer provide their expressed opt-in consent to the sale of their Personal Information in order to continue to use the MoneyGuru Sites and Features, in accordance with the CCPA and applicable regulations thereunder.
We maintain security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the Personal Information under our control. Please be advised, however, that the Internet and other technologies and communication channels are, by their nature, not entirely secure, and your information may therefore be subject to interception or loss which is beyond our reasonable control. While we strive to protect your Personal Information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any Personal Information you transmit to us, and any transmission is done at your own risk. Accordingly, we assume no responsibility or liability for disclosure of your Personal Information or other information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access or other causes beyond our reasonable control.
Location of Processing and Applicable Law
Although we generally maintain our user data in the United States, it is possible that some of the data processing may occur outside of the United States, carried out by companies or individuals under contract with us. While the data protection laws of these countries may vary, we will make every reasonable effort to protect your Personal Information under this Privacy Policy. By using the MoneyGuru Sites and Features and our Services, you consent to this transfer of your personal data to any server used by the Company or its service providers from time to time. If you are not a resident of the United States or Canada, please consult the international version of our Privacy Policy (https://www.MoneyGuru.co/privacy-policy-intl/) and be aware that data protection laws in the United States and Canada (as well as the legal procedures for courts, governmental authorities, and parties in civil litigation to obtain access to our user data) may differ substantially from the laws and procedures in your country of residence. If you are located in a country outside the United States and Canada and submit Personal Information to us, you are consenting to the transfer, processing, storage and use of that information in the United States as provided in this Privacy Policy. The interpretation and application of this Privacy Policy shall be governed by the laws of the United States and the State of California without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Your use of the MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services are not intended to subject us to the laws or jurisdiction of any state, country or territory other than that of the United States.
Your California Privacy Rights (FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ONLY)
(a) When California residents provide certain Personal Information to a business, they have the right under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 to request certain disclosures if that business shares that Personal Information with third parties, and in some cases affiliates, for the third parties’ or affiliates’ direct marketing purposes. Once per calendar year California residents may request that the business provide a list of companies with which it shares such Personal Information for the third parties’ or affiliates’ direct marketing purposes, and a list of the categories of such Personal Information that the business shares. California residents may request further information about our compliance with this law by emailing [email protected]. Please include “California Privacy Rights Request” in the first line of the description and your California mailing or street address. Please note that we are only required to respond to one request per customer each year, and we are not required to respond to requests made by means other than through this e-mail address nor requests made by non-California residents. (b) As of January 1, 2020, California residents also have the following rights provided to them under the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, Civil Code §1798.100 et seq. (CCPA): (1) Right to Know About Personal Information Collected. California residents have the right to request that a business disclose to them the Personal Information it collects, uses, discloses, and sells, subject to certain exceptions and limitations. Please consult our Notice of Collection of Info (https://www.MoneyGuru.co/collection-notice/) which contains a list of categories of Personal Information collected, used, disclosed and/or sold to third parties for a business or commercial purpose. (2) Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information. California residents also have the right to request the deletion of their Personal Information collected or maintained by MoneyGuru, subject to certain exceptions and limitations. (3) Right to Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Information. California residents have the right to opt-out of the sale of their Personal Information. Under the CCPA, the “sale” of Personal Information broadly includes any communication of Personal Information to any business that is deemed to be a “third party” (as defined in the CCPA) for monetary or other valuable consideration, subject to certain exceptions and limitations. For more information, please consult our Notice of Right to Opt Out of the Sale of Info (https://www.MoneyGuru.co/do-not-sell/). (4) Authorized Agent. California residents may use an authorized agent to exercise certain privacy-related requests and rights on their behalf. The authorized agent’s exercise or request on your behalf sent by mail shall include a power of attorney or a notarized statement properly signed by you appointing such authorized agent for such purpose. If your authorized agent submits the exercise or request online via the link below, a copy of the power of attorney or the original notarized statement shall be mailed to the following address: MoneyGuru, LLC, P.O. Box 70, Manhattan Beach, CA 90267; Attention: Privacy, within five (5) days after submitting such online request, or we may in our discretion otherwise verify the agent’s authority to our reasonable satisfaction. (5) Notice of Financial Incentive. California residents have the right to receive notice of financial incentives provided to them by a business. Please consult our Notice of Financial Incentive (https://www.MoneyGuru.co/financial-incentives-notice/) which provides information regarding financial incentives or “price or service differences” that MoneyGuru may provide in exchange for your Personal Information. (6) Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights. California residents have a right not to receive discriminatory treatment by a business in the event that the California resident exercises one or more of their privacy rights conferred by the CCPA. (7) How to Submit Your Request. MoneyGuru offers California consumers (or their authorized agent) two (2) ways to submit requests concerning their California privacy rights under the CCPA: (i) by completing the online form located here: /PrivacyRequests or (b) by mailing your request to the following address: MoneyGuru, LLC, P.O. Box 70, Manhattan Beach, CA 90267; Attention: Privacy. MoneyGuru will review all properly-submitted requests and respond in a timely manner in accordance with the CCPA and applicable regulations thereunder. As part of this process, and to prevent unauthorized use of your Personal Information, you may be asked to verify your identity so that we can match you to a person in our systems. The verification methods we use may include requests to disclose your first name, last name, email address, location information, security question, Service activity and other information; such verification may be conducted by a third-party on our behalf. TO ENSURE THAT YOUR CCPA REQUESTS ARE EFFECTIVE AND RESPONDED TO IN A TIMELY MANNER, YOU MUST USE THE WEBFORM OR MAILING ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION. PRIVACY REQUESTS SENT TO US BY ANY OTHER METHOD OF COMMUNICATION WILL NOT BE VALID AND MAY NOT BE RECEIVED BY OUR PERSONNEL AS WE CANNOT MONITOR ALL CHANNELS OF COMMUNICATION NOR CAN WE VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY OF PRIVACY REQUESTS SENT VIA ANY OTHER CHANNELS. (8) Publication of CCPA Statistical Data. Starting January 1, 2021, and updated each year thereafter (if and as required by the CCPA), MoneyGuru will publish a summary of statistical data pertaining to the following categories of California-resident consumer privacy requests: (1) “Requests to Know”, (2) “Requests to Delete”, and (3) “Requests to Opt-Out of Sale” in our Notice of Collation of Info (https://www.MoneyGuru.co/collection-notice/). The statistical data MoneyGuru will publish will include: (A) the number of requests MoneyGuru received in each category of California-resident consumer privacy request, (B) the number of such requests that MoneyGuru complied with in (in whole or in part), (C) the number of such requests which MoneyGuru denied and (D) the median number of days within which such requests were responded to.
Contact Us : Questions and Feedback
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or your use of any MoneyGuru Sites and Features or our Services, you will find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) by visiting the Help Center of each of our Services. Generally, our Help Center or contact options are located or accessed from the applicable MoneyGuru Sites and Features footer or main menu options. For questions relating to our privacy practices (other California residents making CCPA requests), please visit the Privacy section of the appropriate Help Center. If your question is not answered in the Help Center, you can submit a privacy-related request by submitting a ticket to our Customer Support team for the appropriate Service. To contact us by mail, send your correspondence to the following address and specify the Service you are using along with your request, question or concern:
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BOLD II. 2019
Below is an expanded version of an article published in print and online by The Canberra Times on 28 January 2019.
Canberra’s remarkable performer, mentor and choreographer, Liz Lea, has once again taken on the mammoth task of presenting BOLD, a festival she founded in 2017 in anticipation of it becoming a biennial event. In that inaugural year, Lea boldly did the whole thing without any external funding. At least this year she managed to secure some financial backing so, while life for her at the moment may still hold a myriad of organisational problems, at least there are fewer financial concerns. And as BOLD patron, Dr Elizabeth Cameron Dalman of the Lake George-based Mirramu Creative Arts Centre, says:
Making a career in the arts, particularly in dance, is not an easy pathway. It requires skill and discipline, both a flexible body and a flexible mind, determination and a great deal of audacity. One needs to be ‘bold’.
In its extensive program of talks, film showings, workshops and performances, BOLD II will focus on the legacy and heritage of dance in Australia and elsewhere, but will also have a strong focus on diversity of practice and issues of gender and ethnicity.
Indigenous artists will play a prominent role. A soft launch by the senior group from Tasmania, MADE, will be held at the Dickson Tradies Tramway Bar on the afternoon of March 13. It will be followed that evening by the official launch—a performance by Vicki van Hout whose indigenous heritage is with the Wiradjuri people of New South Wales. Van Hout will perform her recently created solo plenty serious TALK TALK at QL2 Theatre, Gorman Arts Centre. The work examines the consultative process that characterises the creation of indigenous and van Hout has been reported as saying:
Even if I am on stage by myself, as an artist, I am never truly alone as I am bound to bring my family, my peers and mentors to work with me. In this piece, I decided to place the usual behind-the-scenes action of the indigenous arts making process front and centre.
Another indigenous performer we can look forward to seeing is violinist Eric Avery, who may be remembered as the musician who played violin for Lea’s earlier work made with Tammi Gissell, Magnificus, magnificus. Avery, who also dances with Marrugeku, a company operating between Broome in Western Australia and Carriageworks in Sydney, will amongst other activities, lead a dance through Parliament House, creating choreography while playing live.
Not all performances will take place in theatre venues. In addition to Avery’s activities at Parliament House, there will be performances at the National Portrait Gallery (as happened in 2017), and several performances will take place at lunchtime on the podium outside the National Library. On March 14 Katrina Rank, who in 2018 was the recipient of an Australian Dance Award for Services to Dance, will perform her solo, Birdwatching. On the following day Canberra’s senior ensemble, the GOLDS, will also be on the podium performing Annette from Lea’s collaborative and award-winning work Great Sport! .
The GOLDs in Liz Lea’s Annette, 2016. Photo: © Lorna Sim
Several international performers are also taking part this year, including Javanese dancer Didik Hadiprayitno,whose approach to dance certainly highlights the theme of diversity of practice. He is a cross-dresser who impersonates women in his performances of traditional Javanese and Balinese dance. Lea first encountered his work in 2017 when she was appearing at a festival in Java, which Hadiprayitno was directing. Lea recalls:
It was an outdoor festival with the theme of Gods and Goddesses. It rained and there were umbrellas everywhere, even on top of lights. But it was extraordinary. I wanted to bring so many of the dancers to Australia for BOLD but in the end was only able to bring Hadiprayitno.
Indonesian cross-dresser Didik Hadiprayitno. Photographer not identified
Also coming from Asia, this time from Singapore, is violinist, Kailin Yong, whom many in Canberra will remember from last year’s 40th anniversary performance by Canberra Dance Theatre when he performed with Anca Frankenhaeuser in MIST. For BOLD II Yong will be bringing along his wife and young child, who will feature in a trio that ex-Canberran Stephanie Burridge is creating on the family. Yong is also composing new music for a solo for Frankenhaeuser, and another Canberra-based dancer, Debora di Centa, will also perform with Yong as accompanist.
Former Canberrans will also feature throughout the festival. Sue Healey, who led a dance company, Vis-à-vis Dance Canberra, for several years in the 1990s, and who has since made a career as an award-winning film maker, will show a selection of her most recent short films at the National Film and Sound Archive on March 15. They include selections from En route, a film made as part of a public art installation project for Wynyard railway station in Sydney. En route was shot at various disused stations and railway lines across New South Wales and features several performers with Canberra connections including James Batchelor and Elizabeth Cameron Dalman, Dalman will also feature in others of Healey’s films including in Weerewa, a collaborative venture with the Taiwanese group Danceology.
Still from En route. Courtesy Sue Healey
Paige Gordon, whose company Paige Gordon and Performance Group was also a significant force in Canberra in the 1990s, will speak at the festival. Her talk goes back to a moving work she made in Canberra called Shed. A place where men can dance. The reaction to Shed inspired Gordon’s current path of working with people across the community, and helping them to move and be moved by dance.
A new feature for the 2019 festival, which Lea anticipates will be a permanent feature of future BOLD festivals, is the BOLD lecture in honour of Janis Claxton. Claxton, who died last year, was an Australian who graduated from the Queensland University of Technology, and who went on to make an impact on the contemporary dance world in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe and America. Lea explains:
She was a feisty woman. I first saw her work in the 1990s and was impressed by the way she was promoting gender equality and working in non-traditional spaces. She contacted me just before she died and I was moved that she had done that. She was a bold artist and I wanted to honour her.
This year the BOLD lecture will be delivered by Claire Hicks, director of Critical Path the Sydney-based organisation fostering choreographic research and development. Other keynote speakers for 2019 are Karen Gallagher, Padma Menon and Marilyn Miller.
Perhaps what is most interesting for Canberra audiences is the way BOLD II will reflect the legacy of Canberra dance over several decades. And as we look at the past, we can also see a future. The finale to BOLD II, however, will be less about dance and more about what Canberra has to offer visitors. On Sunday March 17 the BOLD Balloon Breakfast will take place with participants watching the launch of hot air balloons at the Canberra Balloon Spectacular. The breakfast will be followed later that morning by JUICE, a closing performance by the Canberra group Somebody’s Aunt at McKellar Ridge Wines at Murrumbateman. A wine tasting will follow.
A schedule of events (subject to change according to injuries and other matters that inevitably affect dance artists) is available on the BOLD website . It indicates the many artists and speakers from Australia and across the world who have not been specifically mentioned here. Registrations are now open.
Featured image: Katrina Rank in costume for Birdwatching. Credit Robert Wagner
Anca Frankenhaeuser BOLD Canberra dance Elizabeth Dalman James Batchelor Liz Lea Marrugeku Paige Gordon Stephanie Burridge Sue Healey The GOLDS Vicki van Hout
2018—Australian Dance Year in Retrospect
In Canberra
Below is a slightly expanded version of my year-ender for The Canberra Times published as ‘State of dance impressive and varied’ on 24 December 2018. I should add that The Canberra Times‘ arts writers/reviewers are asked to choose five productions only for their year-ender story.
Looking back at 2018 I find, thankfully, that I don’t have to complain too much about the state of dance in the ACT. In 2018, in addition to work from a variety of local companies and project-based groups, dance audiences in Canberra were treated to visits from the Australian Ballet, the Australian Ballet School, Australian Dance Theatre, Bangarra Dance Theatre, the Farm and Sydney Dance Company. Most performances were in traditional venues, but one or two were site specific (notably Australian Dance Party’s production of Energeia performed at the Mount Majura Solar Farm) and, in addition, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery of Australia offered their venues for dance performances. Beyond performance, it was exceptional news that Rafael Bonachela, artistic director of Sydney Dance Company, had agreed to become a patron of QL2 Dance, Canberra’s youth organisation. In a casual conversation with me he mentioned that he had always been impressed with those ex-QL2 dancers who had gone on to perform with Sydney Dance Company and also that he regretted that he had not had a strong mentor himself during his early training. Both thoughts fed into his decision to take on the role of patron.
I have arranged my top five events chronologically according to the month in which they were performed.
RED. Liz Lea Productions
In March Liz Lea presented RED, a work that won her a Canberra Critics’ Circle Award later in the year. It was a powerful, courageous, autobiographical work that touched on Lea’s struggle throughout her career with endometriosis. But beyond that it was distinguished by outstanding choreography from four creators, all of whom highlighted Lea’s particular strengths as a dancer. In addition to Lea herself, choreographic input came from Vicki van Hout, Virginia Ferris and Martin del Amo. There was also stunning lighting by Karen Norris; a range of film clips that added context throughout; and strong dramaturgy by Brian Lucas, which gave coherence and clarity to the overall concept. It was a highly theatrical show, which also presented a very human, very moving message.
The Beginning of Nature. Australian Dance Theatre
In June Australian Dance Theatre returned to the national capital after an absence of more than a decade. The Beginning of Nature, choreographed by artistic director Garry Stewart, focused on the varied rhythms of nature. It was compelling and engrossing to watch. The dancers seemed to defy gravity at times and their extreme physicality was breathtaking. But the work was also an outstanding example of collaboration between Stewart, his dancers, an indigenous consultant familiar with the almost-extinct Kaurna language of the Adelaide Hills, and composer Brendan Woithe, who created a remarkable score played live onstage by a string quartet.
Cockfight. The Farm
The Farm, featuring performers Gavin Webber and Joshua Thomson, arrived In September with Cockfight. Set in an office situation, and dealing with interpersonal relations within that environment, Cockfight was an exceptional example of physical theatre. Both Webber and Thomson gave riveting performances and the work presented a wide range of ideas and concepts, some filled with psychological drama, others overflowing with humour. It was totally absorbing from beginning to end.
Gavin Webber and Joshua Thomson in Cockfight. Photo: © Darcy Grant
World Superstars of Ballet Gala. Bravissimo Productions
This Canberra-only event early in October showcased a range of outstanding dancers from across the world in a program of solos and duets, mostly from well-known works from the international ballet repertoire. It belongs in the list of my dance picks for 2018 on the one hand because the artists showed us some spectacular dancing. But it also belongs here because Bravissimo Productions (a newly established Canberra-based production company) had the courage to take on the task of defying convention and certain ingrained ideas about Canberra, including the perceived notion that Canberra equals Parliament and the Public Service and little else, and the constant complaints about performing spaces in the city. Bravissimo brought superstars of the ballet world not to Sydney or Melbourne or Brisbane, but to Canberra. The international stars that came were not the worn-out, about-to-retire dancers we so often see here from Russian ballet companies, but stars of today. I hope Bravissimo Productions can keep it up. Canberra is waiting.
MIST. Anca Frankenhaeuser and Kailin Yong
MIST was the standout performance of the year for me. It was one item in Canberra Dance Theatre’s 40th anniversary production Happiness is…, which took the stage in mid October. As a whole, Happiness is… was somewhat uneven in the quality of its choreography and performance, but MIST, listed as a duet in the form of a pas de deux between a dancer and a musician, was simply sensational. And it really was a pas de deux with violinist Kailin Yong moving around the stage, and even lying down at times as he played and improvised, and with dancer Anca Frankenhaeuser involving herself with his playing in a way that I have never seen anywhere before. With choreography by Stephanie Burridge, an ex-Canberran now living in Singapore, it also carried an underlying theme about relationships between people. It was an exceptional concept from Burridge, beautifully realised by Frankenhaeuser and Yong.
I hope we can keep moving forward in Canberra in 2019 with dance that is inclusive and collaborative, and also theatrically and intellectually satisfying. A varied program of dance in 2018 showed us the possibilities.
Beyond Canberra
I had the good fortune to see quite a lot of dance outside of Canberra including in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as well as outside of Australia in London and, briefly, in Wellington, New Zealand. Leaving London and Wellington aside since I am focusing on dance seen in Australia, the standout show for me was the La Scala production of Don Quixote, staged in Brisbane as part of Queensland’s outstanding initiative, its International Series. Apart from some seriously beautiful dancing, especially from the corps de ballet who seemed to understand perfectly how to move in unison (even in counterpoint) and how to be aware of fellow dancers, I loved that extreme pantomime was left out. As I wrote in my review it was a treat to see a Don Quixote who actually presented himself as a quixotic person rather than a panto character.
I was also intrigued by Greg Horsman’s new take on La Bayadère for Queensland Ballet. Horsman set his version in India during the British occupation. The story was cleverly reimagined and beautifully redesigned by Gary Harris, yet it managed to retain the essence of the narrative and, in fact, the story was quite gripping as it sped along.
But for me the standout production/performance from outside Canberra was Alice Topp’s Aurum for the Australian Ballet and performed in their Verve season in Melbourne. It was filled with emotion from beginning to end, sometimes overwhelmingly so. In one section it had the audience so involved that all we could do was shout and cheer with excitement. Choreographically it was quite startling, moving as it did from surging, swooping movement to a final peaceful, but stunningly realised resolution. A real show-stopper.
May we have more great dance in 2019!
Featured image: Kailin Yong and Anca Frankenhaeuser in MIST. Photo: © Art Atelier Photography
Anca Frankenhaeuser Australian Dance Theatre Bravissimo Productions Canberra Dance Theatre DON QUIXOTE Garry Stewart Greg Horsman Liz Lea Queensland Ballet Rafael Bonachela The Farm
MIST. Anca Frankenhaeuser & Kailin Yong
12 October 2018. The Street Theatre, Canberra. Canberra Dance Theatre
Stephanie Burridge first choreographed MIST in Singapore (where she lives and works) in 2016. She came to Canberra to oversee its staging as part of the 40th anniversary celebration for Canberra Dance Theatre, where Burridge was artistic director from 1978 to 2001. Its original cast was Kailin Yong, violinist and composer, and Yarra Ileto, dancer. Yarra Ileto was unable to come to Canberra and Anca Frankenhaeuser, who had danced in many CDT productions during the years of Burridge’s directorship, took on the dancer’s role.
The program notes stated that MIST is ‘A duet for two performers in the tradition of a dance pas de deux—but one is a dancer and the other a musician.’ What to expect? Well it was the most moving and stunningly beautiful work I have seen for years. This was in part due to Kailin Yong, who played his violin while sitting, standing, walking and even lying down (and part of the thrill was that it appeared as though he was playing live); and to Frankenhaeuser, who danced and acted out her role from deep within her body and heart. But in part it was also Burridge’s exceptional concept and the way in which she brought it to the stage.
As the work began Kailin Yong was lying on the ground, violin poised. Frankenhaeuser entered from an upstage wing making her way towards him. She was blindfolded and tentatively worked her way across the stage, gesturing in ways that suggesting listening, querying, wondering. On reaching him she moved around and over him and at one stage lay down beside him and placed her head on his chest. Did she know him? Was she listening to his heartbeat?
Later Frankenhaeuser removed the blindfold and her thoughts about her partner became stronger or more obvious. All was shown through her body whether through her often powerful, or sometimes timid movements; or through her facial expression and her gestures. Kailin Yong stood apart at times and played his music at her. She danced at him at times, throwing a leg high in the air towards him. But at other times they were close together, more intimately involved.
In a third manifestation of her character, Frankenhaeuser took a piece of white tulle. She used it to divide the space between her and her partner. She used it as a decorative item as she seemed to conduct a conversation with herself and with us, becoming more irrational and excited as time passed. She danced with the tulle tossing it, throwing it. And then she sank to the ground and was covered by it as her partner slowly came to her side.
What a dancer! What a musician! What a pas de deux! A life before us!
All photos, including featured image: Anca Frankenhaeuser & Kailin Yong in MIST, 2018. © Art Atelier Photography
Anca Frankenhaeuser Canberra Dance Theatre Stephanie Burridge
Restraint(s). Ken Unsworth & Australian Dance Artists
28 October 2017, Ken Unsworth Studios, Alexandria (Sydney)
I am a long-term admirer of Ken Unsworth’s sculpture, especially his various suspended stones sculptures. I have often wondered what it would be like to give those stones a push to see what motion would ensue. Well, Restraint(s), a work that should probably be described as performance art, put my mind at ease to a certain extent. Unsworth clearly enjoys making sculpture and installations that move, or can be moved. No doubt the suspended stones would move too, although I don’t think I’ll be trying it out any time soon!
Unsworth has worked with the four dancers of Australian Dance Artists—Susan Barling, Anca Frankenhaeuser, Patrick Harding-Irmer and Ross Philip, and their associate Norman Hall—over several years, most recently using his Alexandria studios as a performing space. Restraint(s) showcased several Unsworth objects that, as the title of the work suggests, put various restraints on the dancers, although the dancers never looked restrained. They simply used each sculpture/installation in an exploratory manner—how can the body move within or around a moving three-dimensional item or items. In the opening section they pushed the very pushable boundaries of a kind of boxing ring made up of stretch ropes. This was, for me anyway, the least interesting of the several sections that made up the evening.
Susan Barling and Anca Frankenhaeuser in Restraint(s), 2017. Photo: © Mike Buick
Much more interesting was an early section performed by Susan Barling and Anca Frankenhaeuser in which they engaged with a very large golden ring (a bit like a circus cyr wheel), which changed colour at various times. The wheel was slowly lowered from an exposed part of the ceiling that revealed a machine-for-lowering-and-manipulating-rings-and-other-things. The ring was at times in mid-air, parallel to the floor, but at other times was manipulated from the hole in the ceiling so that it stood on edge, vertical to the floor. Barling and Frankenhaeuser wore simple, long-ish dresses that had a hoop inserted into the circular hemline, thus mirroring Unsworth’s ring. They moved around, alongside, inside and over the ring, depending on how it was positioned. Towards the end they flung their skirts up so that the ring in the hemline framed their faces. A very interesting variation on a cyr wheel performance.
I also enjoyed a surprising section involving two sliding floor boards that moved in opposite directions across the width of the performing space. Initially they simply seemed like regular floor boards but, as Barling and Frankenhaeuser began to pose on them, the boards began to move. The dancers’ poses became varied—sometimes they stood, other times they reclined as they took a ride back and forth across the space. Ross Philip joined them and began to pose with them, over them, and around them. This became an exercise in maintaining one’s balance and keeping within one’s space.
Then towards the end there was a somewhat mysterious section that involved Patrick Harding-Irmer and three white (plaster?), human-sized dummies. Harding-Irmer, dressed in black trunks and black caftan with hood, and carrying a long black stick, danced around the dummies, occasionally moving them to another position in the space, sometimes pushing and balancing them with his stick, and occasionally mirroring their various static poses. This section segued seamlessly into the finale when a large structure, consisting of a circular platform holding four tall glass panels, with a peacock etched on each one, was pushed into the space and connected to that hole in the ceiling. The glass panels divided the structure into quarters and as it spun around, Harding-Irmer was joined by the other three dancers, also dressed in black, and the company dashed in and out of the spinning spaces.
Susan Barling and Ross Philip in Restraint(s), 2017. Photo: © Mike Buick
I guess what I really enjoyed about this show was its coherent concept and the versatility with which the concept was presented. I definitely found some sections more interesting to watch than others. The one that had the most inventive and polished movement came from Barling and Philip who worked like aerial artists in a forest of hanging ropes. But every section had been thought through carefully. The use of colour, the costume design, the music (original score by Kate Moore) all focussed on the concept. And there was an innate and refreshing simplicity in how the evening was strung together. Initially I thought it might be a little like the experimental performance art that people like Rauschenberg, Cunningham, Cage (and others) were making in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. And in many respects it was, except that it was not quite so wacky. There was coherence amid the eccentricity. Well done!
Anca Frankenhaeuser Australian Dance Artists Patrick Harding-Irmer
BOLD dances. National Portrait Gallery
10 March 2017, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
Canberra’s first BOLD Festival, a varied program of dance events over the period 8–12 March 2017, offered a wide-ranging series of activities. Those activities included performances in a variety of styles, as well as talks and discussions on a variety of topics. Dancers showed a range of skill sets and artists came from across the country. The Festival culminated with a performance, To boldly go…, featuring, again, a wide variety of artists.
For me, however, the surprise highlight was a selection of dances performed at the National Portrait Gallery on 10 March. I guess I am constantly fascinated by what dance looks like in the space of Gordon Darling Hall, which is really the entrance lobby for the Portrait Gallery. I love watching how choreographers make their work fit into this space.
The performances began in the afternoon and, as has been the custom at the National Portrait Gallery, there were three short sessions of a program that consisted of two works. Each short session began with Kym King’s Time, danced by Judy Leech and Rosemary Simons, and concluded with a solo by Katrina Rank, My Body is an Etching 2. Neither was choreographically complex but both had emphasis on small details, which were a pleasure to watch in the intimate space available. I especially enjoyed Rank’s solo, which concerned the notion that a dancer’s body is marked by the individual movements that, across time, have affected that body in some way. As Rank remarked in her program notes, those marks consist of ‘intersecting grooves, gouges, grazes and feather like marks’. To add a visible emphasis to her thoughts, Rank had added a subtle yet clear representation of those etched marks onto parts of her body—down her legs, along her arms and extending up the side of her neck.
Katrina Rank in My Body is an Etching 2. BOLD Festival, 2017. National Portrait Gallery
An early evening session was a set of five works. Tammi Gissell reprised a section from Magnificus, magnificus, a work concerning the red-tailed black cockatoo and choreographed by Gissell herself with directorial input from Liz Lea. Gissell is a strong dancer and her performances are always remarkably emotion-filled. The background to Magnificus, magnifcus, which was made in 2013, is discussed at this link.
In an earlier session at the National Film and Sound Archive that morning, Gissell had talked about the fact that she had been advised by her grandmother not to mess with the black cockatoo and, as she turned her back on the audience, not only did the strip of red in her costume remind us of the black cockatoo’s flaming red tail, but her tensed hands reminded us of the warning. Then, as she stalked off I thought what a wonderful Carabosse she would make!
Tammi Gissell in an extract from Magnificus, magnificus. BOLD Festival, 2017. National Portrait Gallery
The Magnificus, magnificus extract was preceded by Plastic Time, a work choreographed by Peng Hsiao-yin, artistic director of the Taiwanese dance company Danceology, and danced by Peng and three of her performers. It was amusing to watch the dancers producing, time and time again, plastic bags and other such items from surprising places—and sometimes using them in surprising ways. One dancer looked as though he was using a long strip of plastic as dental floss, for example. But at the same time, Plastic Time made a pertinent political statement about the pollution of our environment.
Then followed three short pieces from Anca Frankenhaeuser and Patrick Harding-Irmer. I especially enjoyed Viola Duet in which Frankenhaeuser and Harding-Irmer danced together and yet stayed apart. Their connection with each other, achieved through eye contact, glances towards each other, and changing facial expressions, was remarkable and exceptionally moving.
Anca Frankenhaeuser and Patrick Harding-Irmer in Viola Duet. BOLD Festival, 2017. National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery showing was a personal favourite. I am sure others would have their own favourites from BOLD, which was the brainchild of independent artist, Liz Lea. I am amazed at what was accomplished over those five days, given that NO external funding was forthcoming for the Festival.
Featured image: Anca Frankenhaeuser in Toccata. BOLD Festival, 2017. National Portrait Gallery
All photos: © Michelle Potter
Anca Frankenhaeuser Canberra dance Liz Lea National Portrait Gallery Patrick Harding-Irmer Tammi Gissell
Dances for David. National Portrait Gallery
15 October 2016. National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
The National Portrait Gallery is currently showing a number of images from its performing arts collection—mainly images of dancers but also musicians and designers. Along with Jenny Sages’ wonderful image of Irina Baronova ‘passing on the torch’ to an unknown (seen from the back only) young dancer, there are images of Steven Heathcote, Graeme Murphy, Meryl Tankard, Russell Page, Stephen Page, Marilyn Rowe (not the Gallery’s best acquisition I have to say), Kenneth Rowell, Sidney Nolan, Peter Sculthorpe, and others. They are there to support a new acquisition, a photographic portrait of artistic director of the Australian Ballet, David McAllister, by Peter Brew-Bevan.
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. A selection of performing arts images on display, October 2016
Portrait of David McAllister by Peter Brew-Bevan, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
And as has been happening with a certain frequency recently, the National Portrait Gallery commissioned four dancers, Elle Cahill, Julia Cotton, Anca Frankenhaeuser, and Patrick Harding-Irmer, to present a short program of dances to celebrate the acquisition. There were four dances in all: Solo from steppingstone by Patrick Harding-Irmer, Duet for David by Julia Cotton and Elle Cahill, Ebba by Anca Frankenhaeuser, and Quartet for David by all four dancers. All dances had a certain technical simplicity to them, which is not to deny their appropriateness for the occasion.
Two of the pieces, those featuring Harding-Irmer, seemed to refer specifically to McAllister. The duet from Cotton and Cahill seemed to be more of a dedication to the art that McAllister has promoted throughout his career, while the connection that Frankenhaeuser’s quite beautiful but mysterious solo with a hanging garment had to McAllister wasn’t all that clear to me.
Harding-Irmer’s Solo was a work of poses. Some were quite a simple ballet positions—first position of the feet, fifth positions of the arms. for example. We all start our careers learning the basics. As the piece progressed the poses became more introspective but always searchingly so. And Harding-Irmer, impeccably dressed in suit and tie (although he did remove the coat at one stage), suggested that a dancer’s life moves more and more into a complexity of thought.
(left) Patrick Harding-Irmer in Solo from stepping stones; (right) Anca Frankenhaeuser in Ebba.
Duet for David was the most balletic of the dances and in many respects it reminded me of the Jenny Sages portrait of Baronova ‘passing on the baton’. Cahill’s youth in relation to Cotton (and Harding-Irmer and Frankenhaeuser) was clear and, as Cahill and Cotton danced together, they seemed to change places in the performing space. There was a lovely entrance by Cahill followed by a quiet arrival from Cotton, who then seemed to take the dominant position. But as they circled each other, dancing simple but fluid and attractive steps in differing spatial patterns, Cahill came to the fore, as if representing the future of classical dance.
Julia Cotton and Elle Cahill in Duet for David, National Portrait Gallery, 2016.
But if Duet for David was the most balletic in a technical sense, the closing piece, Quartet for David, was filled poses (again) that recalled the manner of McAllister in the classroom or rehearsal process, along with references to ballets with which McAllister might be identified. From Swan Lake, for example, we had a reference to the linked arms of the Four Little Swans and from The Sleeping Beauty there was a nod to the Rose Adagio. And the final moment saw Harding-Irmer taking the very pose McAllister takes in the Brew-Bevan portrait.
Finale from Quartet for David, National Portrait Gallery, 2016. Back row (l-r) Julia Cotton, Patrick Harding-Irmer and Anca Frankenhaeuser; in front Elle Cahill
What was especially attractive about this show was the element of time that it encompassed—time past, time present, and time future all seemed to have a place. But I wish I knew more about Frankenhaeuser’s Ebba. For the first time in my experience with these Portrait Gallery shows there was a mini printed program, which listed the names of the works and the creatives behind them—a welcome initiative. I am dead against judging a work according to the artist’s intention, but I would have liked a bit more information. A search online didn’t help all that much.
Dance in Canberra is flourishing as a result of this kind of show. And it is refreshingly ‘underground’ in the sense that it doesn’t rely on the fads and puffery of popular mainstream organisations. Good, honest dance with something to say.
Featured image: (l-r) Julia Cotton, Patrick Harding-Irmer, Elle Cahill and Anca Frankenhaeuser in Quartet for David, 2016.
Anca Frankenhaeuser Canberra dance David McAllister Julia Cotton National Portrait Gallery Patrick Harding-Irmer
Dance diary. November 2013
Alexei Ratmansky
With Alexei Ratmansky’s Cinderella now playing a Sydney season with the Australian Ballet, it was a delight to hear that in 2014 Sharmill Films will be screening Ratmansky’s Lost Illusions, a work based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac and made in 2011 for the Bolshoi Ballet. It opens at cinemas around the country on 29 March 2014. Follow this link for the full Sharmill program of ballet screenings.
I am, however, also looking forward to the visit to Australia (Brisbane only) in 2014 by American Ballet Theatre when Ratmansky’s gorgeous work, Seven Sonatas, will be part of the company’s mixed bill program. I wrote about this work in an earlier post. It is truly a work worth seeing.
In the meantime I am looking forward to further viewings of Cinderella very soon. More later.
Canberra Critics’ Circle Awards: Dance 2013
The dance awards in the annual Canberra Critics’ Awards this year went to Liz Lea and Elizabeth Dalman. Lea was honoured for the diversity of her contributions to the Canberra dance scene, in particular for her input into the dance and science festival she curated in collaboration with Cris Kennedy of CSIRO Discovery, and for her initiatives in establishing her mature age group of dancers, the GOLD group.
Dalman received an award for Morning Star, which she created on her Mirramu Dance Company earlier in 2013. Morning Star was based on extensive research in and travel to indigenous communities and the final product used an outstanding line-up of performers from indigenous and non-indigenous communities and mixed indigenous and Western dance in insightful ways.
Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery was recently the venue for a short program of dance presented by two Sydney-based independent artists, Julia Cotton and Anca Frankenhaeuser. Called Movers and Shakers and held on the last weekend of the Gallery’s exhibition of photographs by Richard Avendon, the short, 30 minute program was largely a celebration of dancers Avendon had photographed over the course of his career, including Merce Cunningham and Rudolph Nureyev. Cotton and Frankenhaeuser are mature age performers and it was a joy to see that, as such, they had taken their work to a different plane in terms of technique but had lost none of the expressive power that has always been at the heart of their dancing.
Julia Cotton (left) and Anca Frankenhaueser in Movers and Shakers, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, November 2013. Photo: Michelle Potter
The tiny objects you see on the white pillar on the left of the image above are little decorative items representing bees, which Frankenhaeuser initially wore on her face and which she removed and stuck on the pillar at one stage in one of her solos. This part of the program referred not to a dance portrait but to Avendon’s well-known shot of a beekeeper. It was a particularly strong and confronting solo by Frankenhaeuser who danced around the pillar—and was sometimes almost completely hidden by it—using little more that fluttering hands to convey her story.
Hot to Trot: Quantum Leap
Hot to Trot, a program for young, Canberra-based choreographers has been around for fifteen years, although the recent 2013 program is the first one I have managed to see. As might be expected the short pieces, which included a few short dance films, were of a mixed standard. One stood out, however, and deserves a mention—Hear no evil, speak no evil. It was jointly choreographed by Kyra-Lee Hansen and Jack Riley who were also the performers. The dance vocabulary they created was adventurous and compelling and the work itself was clearly and strongly focused and well structured.
Kyra-Lee Hansen and Jack Riley in ‘Hear no evil, speak no evil’, Hot to Trot, 2013 season. Photo: © Lorn Sim
Jack Riley will join the WAAPA dance course in 2014.
Meryl Tankard and Régis Lansac
News came in November from Meryl Tankard and Régis Lansac. Tankard’s acclaimed work The Oracle was performed in mid-November in Düsseldorf, Germany, by Paul White, now a member of Tanztheater Wuppertal, as part of a celebration of the legacy of Pina Bausch.
At the same time, the gallery of Mac Studios in Düsseldorf held an exhibition of more than twenty large-format portraits of Tankard by Lansac. All were produced in the summer of 1984 in the Wuppertal apartment of the American art critic David Galloway. One of Lansac’s most striking images held in Australian public collections also comes, I believe, from the shoot Lansac undertook in this apartment. Follow this link.
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WegoWise: Surprise Lessons from a Massive Database on Buildings
October 13, 2013 By Elisa Wood Leave a Comment
With data comes wisdom. And true to its name, WegoWise has plenty of both.
The Boston-based software company has amassed what it describes as the largest energy-related database on North America’s multi-family buildings. That’s 16,500 buildings, accounting for over 400 million square feet (and growing).
What’s the data say?
Energy efficiency companies might be surprised to learn they often miss a big market. It’s not about saving energy exactly, but water.
“Any retrofitter who is not looking at water is leaving a lot of savings on the table,” said Daniel Teague, WegoWise director of business development, in a recent interview.
Water equals energy
The savings are two-fold. Water is often heated with natural gas, so reducing use of hot water leads to lower energy bills. Plus, water costs are rising and becoming a growing concern for building owners. Water now rivals natural gas costs in many apartment buildings. Over the last 12 years, water bills have more than doubled in one in four US communities surveyed by USA Today. Moreover, water costs are expected to double again, or even triple, in many areas by 2035, says the American Water Works Association. Rural communities are often hardest hit, since they have less people to spread the costs among when their water companies make infrastructure upgrades.
“Water has become a bigger and bigger issue for multi-family building owners,” Teague said. “We try to encourage our owners who are often thinking in terms of electric and gas to try to understand their water bills. A low investment can often yield good savings – on the water side ofcourse, but there are also savings on energy as well.”
Where’s the love?
Dan Teague, Wegowise
Water doesn’t get much love when it comes to building retrofits, at least compared to energy. WegoWise’s database shows water retrofits a lowly third in popularity to lighting and mechanical equipment replacements.
This is surprising, given that water-related improvements are three to five times less expensive than their energy counterparts. Payback often occurs quickly, generally in six months, but in as little as one month. Multi-family buildings achieve an average 12 percent savings from water retrofits, although many have seen 30 to 40 percent savings, Teague said.
“It is not the sexiest retrofit going. But the economics make sense,” Teague said. “And you get a nice additional benefit of natural gas savings on top of the water savings.”
In addition to offering the eye-opener about water, the WegoWise analysis confirms some common assertions about energy use in multi-family buildings. For example, it does make a big difference who pays the utility bill: the tenant or landlord. WegoWise found that when tenants pay, they use 25 percent less electricity and 8 to10 percent less natural gas.
So, where possible it makes sense to switch to tenant-pay systems. However, this isn’t typically an option in low-income housing. And unfortunately, low-income buildings tend to be some of the least efficient.
“It’s tricky to get at that piece. People are trying to figure out other ways to do behavioral change in those units,” Teague said.
It helps to discuss ‘comfort’ when talking to building owners, he said. For low-income housing, it goes like this: Energy efficiency improvements bring greater comfort to tenants, and more comfortable tenants are less likely to complain and demand additional service of building owners. So energy efficiency saves the building owner money and hassle over the long run.
Amassing the multi-family data base is just one part of what WegoWise does. The company offers services that measure and analyze building performance (homeowner, multi-family and commercial) before and after retrofits based on a building’s utility bills and physical characteristics.
“We do this without installing expensive hardware in buildings. We deliver good measurement verification for people who cannot afford to spend $10,000 or $20,000,” Teague said.
Too often building owners install energy efficiency improvements blindly and then stop there, he added. This bodes poorly for the future of energy efficiency.
“We have building owners come to us all the time. They don’t have the data tracked,” he said. “Instead, they do retrofits and have no idea whether it works or doesn’t work – which is a big problem because they are not going to make any more investments.”
The wise part
WegoWise started just three years ago, but its name already is well known in energy efficiency circles. Among other things, the company recently struck a deal with Peabody Properties, which is benchmarking 10,000 units in more than 100 multifamily properties across New England, New Jersey and Florida. WegoWise also recently announced its first major commercial customer, Liberty Property Trust. The company was selected as an Energy Innovations Pioneer at IHS CERAWeek 2013 in March.
WegoWise also gets praise for having one of the most memorable names in the industry. And by the way, the pronunciation is not like Lego, but is We-Go, which stands for water-electric-gas-oil — the kind of data the company collects. As for the ‘wise’ part, Barun Singh, a founder and chief technology officer, offers interesting insight here into what’s to come for energy efficiency in the next decade. He sees utility consumption data becoming a metric used in all building transactions, as basic as today’s square-foot-measurement.
Do you agree with what WegoWise says about water and energy measurement? Let us know by joining the discussion on our LinkedIn Group, Energy Efficiency Markets.
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Linlithgow Burgh Trust was set up as a SCIO (a Scottish charity and an incorporated body) to replace Linlithgow Civic Trust (established in 1971) which was an unincorporated organisation. The Trust’s purposes are to promote, for the public benefit. The advancement of environmental protection and improvement, the advancement of heritage and the arts and the advancement of community development and citizenship in Linlithgow. Linlithgow Burgh Trust includes two main operational groups: Linlithgow Civic Trust and Burgh Beautiful Linlithgow.
Linlithgow Civic Trust aims to encourage the conservation of the town's built and natural heritage. It makes its views known on planning applications and development proposals likely to have a significant impact on the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow. An annual programme of social and other events is organised. This includes illustrated talks, visits and excursions to places of interest, and a members' discussion evening.
Burgh Beautiful is an environmental campaign with the aim of maintaining and improving the local environment. We enter the Britain in Bloom competition. Also, more than 90 volunteers look after planting and hanging baskets throughout Linlithgow. Linlithgow Floral Trails and Inviting Gardens encourage people to enjoy Linlithgow's horticulture.
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The Current State of Science Fiction on Television
June 15, 2011 June 19, 2014 Guest Writer 1 Comment being human, buffy the vampire slayer, camelot, game of thrones, ghost hunters, sci-fi, Star Trek, syfy, terra nova, the twilight zone, the walking dead, true blood
The golden days of Star Trek, when televised science fiction meant space opera and space opera only are long gone, but some might argue those days never existed in the first place.
After all, even The Twilight Zone, which ran from 1959 through 1964 and still airs in syndication on many cable channels, mixed science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural tales, and psychological thrillers all under one successful heading.
The Twilight Zone dramatized classic space stories by hardcore science fiction writers like host Rod Serling, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, but also mixed in less traditional fare based on the writings of Damon Knight and Ambrose Bierce.
The current state of science fiction on television bends genres even more radically than The Twilight Zone did, widening the ever-growing age old split between science fiction and fantasy, and throwing lots of spooky paranormal mind-candy into the mix to spice things up.
Viewers who just can’t bear to watch one more teen vampire romance might want to avoid the third season of HBO’s bite-fest True Blood, and instead settle into a second season of Sheriff Rick Grimes blowing away zombies on AMC’s The Walking Dead.
For comic relief, supernatural romance addicts might enjoy following a ghost, a vampire, and a zombie trying to get along as unlikely housemates on the new season of the SyFy Channel’s Being Human. And of course, an endless buffet of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is still served regularly on Logo.
New fantasy shows like HBO’s Game of Thrones and Camelot on Starz try to marry the popularity of the Lord of the Rings cinema trilogy with the upsurge of fantasy role-playing games like World of Warcraft and Dungeons and Dragons.
Will mixing Arthurian legends with role playing games work on TV?
Fantasy has traditionally been more of a chick-lit genre, while LOTRO and WOW is mostly marketed to guys, so the success of the TV blend remains to be seen. Members of the Society for Creative Anachronism, re-enactors, and Medieval Fair fans should definitely tune in.
Space opera diehards and Trekkies need not despair, however. The original Star Trek series, as well as latter day Star Trek incarnations like The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise, are still running in permanent syndication loops all over cable.
Although nothing new and Enterprise-ing will hit the airwaves this fall, the Star Trek franchise is almost certain to continue to boldly go where only Star Trek can, as long as Trekkies demand it. Star Trek will never die, and it is only a matter of time before the next sequel arrives on the scene.
Battle Star Galactica continues on Sy Fy this fall with Blood and Chrome, a new series that examines the tenth year of the Cylon wars that first started between Battle Star Galactica and Caprica in 2007. Ensign William Adama returns to head up a Galactica mission to destroy the intelligent, rampaging Cylon robots.
British favorite Dr. Who will spend its sixth season in the wild American West, and its popular Starz spinoff Torchwood will follow along for the ride, bringing alien-fighting Captain Jack Harkness and his dishy sidekick Gwen Cooper to The New World. Big name American stars like Bill Pullman and Mekhi Phifer make guest appearances as a nod to American fans.
Alien invasion addicts are already nervously awaiting the very promising series Falling Skies, with its hunky star Noah Wylie and its promise of ongoing doom and battle: May this Spielberg-backed attempt not break hearts and dash expectations the way that the The Event did.
Speaking of broken hearts and dashed expectations, sci fi fans are also hoping the new Spielberg series Terra Nova will not become this year’s Lost—a series that got so lost over its long run that it eventually lost its fans. Words cannot describe the bitterness that accompanied that disappointment.
On the new show, Terra Nova, a family travels back in time to prehistoric Earth, where presumably they have adventures and discover amazing discoveries. Not much information has been released about the plot or the characters, but so far, the director has walked off the show, half the writing staff has been fired, and the tab is now running at about $4 million per episode.
Maybe they could add a red-haired kid, a snotty professor, and a talking robot and rename the unlucky series Lost in Jurassic Park.
On the far opposite end of the production cost spectrum, an ever-mutating mix of viral paranormal reality shows continue to fester. Cheap to produce and alarmingly self-replicating, the paranormal reality series first took shape with Canadian TV’s A Haunting, and then caught fire with Sy Fy’s wildly popular Ghost Hunters.
Ghost Hunters then spawned Ghost Hunters International and the short-lived Ghost Hunters Academy, and after that all bets were off. Now almost every cable channel offers at least one ghostly-themed reality program.
A small cross section of these spectral junk food offerings currently includes A&E’s Paranormal State, the Biography Channel’s Celebrity Ghost Stories, the Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures, the History Channel’s Haunted History, and believe it or not, Animal Planet’s The Haunted.
A naïve viewer might assume that the Animal Planet series covers deceased pets and their antics, but no, it simply features a live pet in each episode, usually a live pet with issues. Rover is upset. Fluffy won’t eat. The not-very surprising explanation behind these mystery veterinary symptoms turns out to be a malevolent spirit. What else could it be, after all? Enter all the animal psychics, exorcists, and ghost hunting paraphernalia a superstitious animal lover could ever want to see in a one hour show.
This mind-numbing glut of reality ghost shows plagues diehard science fiction fans, who mostly see them as the worst kind of TV junk food, but lots of viewers love them and follow every single episode of every single show. For that reason alone, hopes that the trend will soon exhaust itself for lack of new subject matter are unfortunately premature.
For example, the Sy Fy network already promises two more hybrid reality shows that blend ghosts with antiques: Paranormal Collector, about two paranormal researchers who hunt down haunted objects for their private museum, and Legend Quest, about a self-proclaimed ‘symbologist’ named Ashley Cowie who travels the world in search of mystical artifacts.
The fact that no such thing as a ‘symbologist’ exists in the real world is not a problem, not here anyway. That same invented profession helped sell millions of copies of Dan Brown’s infamous novel, The Da Vinci Code, and the Sy Fy Channel is banking on the assumption that anyone tuning into this show isn’t going to really care which branch of the academy Mr. Cowie occupies so long as he digs up cool spooky stuff.
With Pandora’s box of bad TV spirits cracked open this way, can Dancing With the Deceased, Zombie Survivor, and Paranormal Pawn Shop be far behind?
Purists need not despair.
Classic science fiction fans can still cuddle up to reruns of Farscape, Babylon 5, Star Trek, Stargate SG-1 until the bad paranormal experts are finally exorcised.
Matthew Warren writes content for a Geek T-Shirt Company and loves wearing movie t-shirts.
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One thought on “The Current State of Science Fiction on Television”
I agree. The current state of ScFi on TV or web can be summed up in word word. Crap.
I still Really miss Firefly, slow starter this one, but you want more by the end and Serenity the movie, just made me want more still.
SGU, Star gate Universe, god it started terrible, but got really good by the end. Missing that now.
Sanctuary, bad writing! just like watching Mc-Gyver how they introduce characters than just some how become so bad ass and knowledgeable. Just terrible. Amazing that the actors can keep it up. No meat and potatoes there.
being human. Oh, just don’t. true Blood is better, only if u like vamps and he loves me, he loves me not type story line romance crap.
V…. meh, it’s just not interesting enough. I don’t feel that it’s real the families are all plastic, the emotion is all tentative. just dunno.
God i miss Firefly. I can’t even pick a favorite character by the end of that series lol, they all are so well written an acted. Why do people expect it to all be chirpy and easy. Much more realistic would be the whole hardship of being constantly in space. My only gripe for this show was, how did they make the artificial gravity? ;-) well, i guess the fact it was axed should be another.
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Microsoft made its foray into the “personal computer” market back in 2012 with the launch of the original Surface — notwithstanding the tabletop computer with the same name that the company showcased at CES 2008. The first Surface was a Windows RT device designed to compete with Apple’s iPad at the top end of the tablet market.
While the Windows RT experiment came to an end pretty quickly — the Surface 2 was the last Microsoft device to ship with the version of Windows optimised for ARM devices, as Microsoft switched to “regular” Windows even for its tablets — the Surface name has lived on, and indeed thrived.
The company has announced several Surface devices in recent years, and we’ve seen the line evolve from tablets and hybrid 2-in-1s to form factors as varied as the Surface Studio and the Surface Hub. What they’ve all had in common is the fact that they are premium devices designed to showcase the best of what Windows has to offer.
With the launch of the Surface Go, Microsoft aims to make the Surface experience available at a more accessible price point, with the entry-level model starting at Rs. 37,999 in India. A tablet with a price tag of nearly Rs. 40,000 sounds like an expensive proposition on paper, but does the flexibly of running Windows 10 enhance its value proposition? Should the Surface Go be your pick if all you need is a premium tablet? Let’s answer all these questions and more in our Surface Go review.
Microsoft Surface Go design and specifications
From the front, the Surface Go looks like a pretty standard tablet with fairly thick bezels on all sides of the screen. The bezels seem rather old-fashioned compared to present-day smartphones, and even the iPad Pro to a lesser extent.
With that said, the Surface Go doesn’t look too dissimilar to the 2018 iPad, for example, though the iPad does have thinner bezels on the sides. The 2018 iPad, of course, also features a home button, while the front of the Surface Go is completely devoid of any buttons.
The back and sides of the device are a lot more interesting, and where the Surface Go starts to look and feel like a premium device. The top side (when the device is propped up with the kickstand) has a grey strip that houses the power and volume buttons towards the top. The strip extends on to the back, where you’ll find a camera module and a noise cancelling microphone in the centre, giving the back a two-tone finish.
The right has a headphone jack, a USB Type-C port, and a proprietary port called Surface Connect that’s used for charging and for connecting accessories like the Surface Dock. The bottom edge has the Cover connectors for you to snap on the Surface Go Signature Type Cover, which, of course, is sold separately.
The most important design element of the Surface Go is the kickstand at the back. By default, the stand sits flush with the rest of the body, but it can be easily popped out to prop the tablet at various angles (up to 165 degrees). A microSD card slot sits behind the kickstand and is rather easy to miss.
The kickstand feels solid, and stays in place when you need it to, while still making it easy to change the angle as and when needed. Of course, the kickstand works great when you are working on a table, but initially we had reservations about how the experience would be while using it on the lap. As it turned out, our fears were unfounded, and using the Surface Go on our lap wasn’t much different than, say, using the iPad Pro with its Smart Keyboard.
At 245 mm x 175 mm x 8.3 mm, is marginally bigger than the 2018 iPad, but at 10-inches — compared to 9.7-inch on the iPad — you also get a screen that’s a little bit bigger. At 522g, it’s also slightly heavier than Apple’s tablet, but still portable enough to be lugged around without any problems, even when you throw in the extra weight of the Type Cover (more on that later).
The Surface Go is powered by the Intel Pentium Gold 4415Y processor with integrated Intel HD 615 graphics. The Pentium Gold line of processors sits between the Intel Celeron and Core i3 lines, so that should give you an idea of what to expect in terms of performance. Though Microsoft doesn’t officially share the clock speed of the chip, a quick look at Intel’s website shows that the 4415Y is a dual-core (four threads) chip with a base frequency of 1.6GHz.
In India, the Surface Go is available in two variants — one with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of eMMC storage priced at Rs. 37,999, and the one we had in for review, with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of SSD storage, priced at Rs. 47,999. You’ll get 44GB and 97GB of usable space respectively on the two variants. Microsoft hasn’t yet launched variants with LTE in India, so your connectivity options are limited to Bluetooth 4.1 and Wi-Fi 802.11ac.
As you might have noticed, you get a Type-C (USB 3.1 Gen 1) port on the Surface Go, but there are no full-sized USB ports, which means you will need to embrace dongles if you want to use your existing USB drives and other accessories. There’s no USB Type-C to Type-A dongle in the box.
Microsoft Surface Go accessories
Like Apple with the iPad Pro, Microsoft is positioning the Surface Go as a laptop replacement, which makes the keyboard an important accessory. Just like the iPad, however, the keyboard is not bundled with the tablet and is sold as an optional extra.
You can of course use any Bluetooth keyboard with the Surface Go (just like with any other Windows device) but the Surface Go Signature Type Cover — as Microsoft calls it — does not need charging, and doubles up as a cover for the screen when not in use. It connects to the Surface Go via the connectors we mentioned earlier, and is pretty easy to snap on and off when you need.
The Signature Type Cover is available in Platinum, Burgundy, and Cobalt Blue colours and is made out of the premium Alcantara microfibre material seen on some other Surface devices as well. At Rs. 11,799, that’s a pretty expensive keyboard, which makes us glad that it’s also available in black at “only” Rs. 8,699, using less expensive fabric.
We got a black keyboard for testing from Microsoft, and while the Alcantara keyboards certainly feel more premium, the more affordable option still felt pretty good. Despite being fairly compact, typing on the Surface Go Signature Type Cover keyboard was a pretty decent experience. We found the keys to be well spaced out with decent travel for a keyboard of this thickness.
The keyboard layout is fairly standard, with a row of thin function keys at the top. The backlight is a welcome touch, and a reminder to the likes of Apple that it’s possible to add this feature without compromising on portability at least, if not battery life. Microsoft has also managed to pack in a fairly decent-sized trackpad with the keyboard, and we have no issues to report in terms of its performance.
The Fn key can be used to alternate the top row of keys between standard function keys and special functions such as increasing/ decreasing the display’s brightness, controlling media playback, and toggling the keyboard backlight. Print Screen, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down, and Delete are implemented as secondary actions for the function row keys.
Apart from the keyboard, the Surface Go supports other Surface accessories like the Surface Pen, and the experience is pretty similar to what we’ve documented elsewhere. In short, while Windows has better native handwriting recognition than, say, iOS, and the Pen works pretty well, we don’t think it’s an essential tool unless you are an artist or prefer taking notes the old-fashioned way.
The Surface Go has limited support for the Surface Dial, in that you can get it to work with the tablet, but it does not support on-screen interactions.
Microsoft Surface Go performance and battery life
A tablet is nothing but a giant screen with the internals to back it up, and it’s safe to say that the Surface Go gets the basics right as far the display is concerned. The 10-inch display is arguably the highlight of the device, and it offers very good colour accuracy and viewing angles. It can get sufficiently bright, which makes it good to use in nearly all conditions.
The display has a resolution of 1800×1200 pixels, and out of the box, Windows 10 is set to 150 percent scaling. We changed this to 125 percent to fit more content on the screen and still found it to be more than usable, though your experience may vary.
The Surface Go handled most basic tasks such as Web browsing, checking email, and watching YouTube videos without any problems, and you shouldn’t expect anything less at this price. With that said, as we noted before, we got the more expensive variant in for testing, and the performance of the lower priced variant with just 4GB of RAM and slower eMMC storage will almost certainly be less smooth.
The Surface Go will run basic games, but don’t expect this to become your portable gaming device. We tried playing Asphalt 8 on the tablet, and while it ran without any major problems and was certainly playable, the overall experience was rather choppy with dropped frames aplenty. Given our experience with this game and Surface Go’s meagre 247 score in 3DMark’s Time Spy test, we didn’t bother installing any heavier games
Moving on to other benchmarks, we got a score of 32.59fps in Cinebench R15’s OpenGL test, and a PCMark 10 score of 1,835, which is practically identical to what we got with the Smartron tbook flex and more than what the iBall Compbook Premio v2.0 scored. However, it’s less than what the Rs. 35,990 Asus VivoBook 15 scored, though that machine has a much-slower, spinning hard drive and packs a display that’s nowhere near as nice as the one on the Surface Go.
In Geekbench 4, the Surface Go recorded single- and multi-core scores of 1,966 and 3,756. That’s rather underwhelming compared even to the 2018 iPad, which scored 3,445 and 5,837 respectively in the same tests, and well short of what the more expensive iPad Pros manage.
Using CrystalDiskMark, we recorded sequential read and write speeds of 1,200MBps and 88MBps respectively, while random read and write speeds with the queue depth set to 32 were 94MBps and 38MBps respectively.
The Surface Go has an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera and a 5-megapixel front camera. No one expects their tablet to be their primary camera, but the ones on the Surface Go will do a decent job if the need arises. The highlight here of course is support for Windows Hello, Microsoft’s face recognition technology that’s built into Windows. Using Windows Hello to unlock our Surface Go was pretty smooth for the most part.
The Surface Go packs dual 2W stereo speakers with Dolby Audio Premium, and in our experience we found that while they can get fairly loud without sounding harsh, the resulting sound is still rather tinny.
The Surface Go ships with Windows 10 Home in S mode, which means you can only install apps from the Windows Store. Of course, it’s trivial to unlock full Windows 10 Home if you want, though this is an irreversible process. Perhaps more interestingly, we noted that the Surface Go has Windows 10’s “tablet” mode disabled by default, which we found be a rather curious choice. Let us explain.
Most, if not all, Windows 10 tablets and 2-in-1s can detect their current state and offer an optimised user interface. In tablet mode, with no external keyboard attached, these devices present a user interface that’s optimised for touch devices, with large target areas and apps that open in full screen mode by default. When a keyboard is attached, they can revert to the traditional Windows interface with the Start Menu and Desktop at the centre of all user interactions.
Out of the box, the Surface Go ships with tablet mode disabled, which means it shows the traditional Start Menu by default, even when there’s no external keyboard attached. You’re not prompted to toggle into tablet mode manually either, which is something we’ve noted with other devices including the Surface Book 2. Perhaps this was done to offer something familiar to users on first boot, but we found this to be a curious — and even sub-optimal — choice, as the tablet mode definitely offers a better experience when dealing with a touchscreen.
Other than that, the Surface Go offers pretty much what you would expect from a Windows device. This includes a true multi-tasking experience, compared to the likes of the iPad Pro. This means you can, for example, have a YouTube video playing in the background — newly launched YouTube Premium notwithstanding — even as you work on a Word document in full screen, something the iPad cannot do. Of course you also get full file system access access for external media, though the lack of a full-sized Type-A USB port might disappoint some people.
In terms of battery life, the Surface Go was a little underwhelming. While the tablet lasted an impressive three hours in the Battery Eater Pro benchmark and around 11 hours in our HD video loop battery loop test — exceeding Microsoft’s own claim of 9 hours of continuous video playback — our real-world experience was rather different.
We struggled to get even four-and-a-half hours of usage from the Surface Go, even when we were doing nothing more than basic browsing, checking emails using Outlook, and watching an occasional YouTube video. For a device that’s first and foremost a tablet, that’s disappointing to say the least.
Microsoft ships a 65W charger with the Surface Go, which will top up the tablet pretty quickly through the Surface Connect port. You can also use the USB Type-C port for charging, though you will obviously need your own charger and cable.
The Microsoft Surface Go is a pretty interesting device that gives you a lot to like. The design is nice and premium, the display is excellent, and the performance is good enough for most everyday tasks. But who is it for?
If you are looking for an extremely light and portable Windows notebook, the Surface Go and Surface Go Signature Type Cover combination could serve you well. We recommend getting the higher-end variant that we reviewed and the black keyboard cover, a combination that will set you back by nearly Rs. 57,000. Sure, that kind of money could buy you a laptop that’s more powerful, but nothing will come close in terms of the portability and finesse that Microsoft’s solution will offer.
Yes, there are a bunch of Windows tablets that aim to do something similar at lower prices, but most of them end up making too many compromises, especially in terms of design and display quality. The only real problem with the Surface Go is its battery life, and that is truly disappointing for something that’s otherwise designed to be used on the move. We also hope Microsoft launches the LTE option in India soon to make this machine a true road warrior, though that would obviously push the price even higher.
With that said, if you are someone who’s looking for a device that’s a tablet first and foremost, you would be better served by the 2018 iPad or the iPad Pros. While we absolutely love the fact that Windows offers true multitasking without any restrictions, the iOS ecosystem is better in terms of the quality of tablet-optimised apps.
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Are video games making kids fat? No, that would be food…
It’s a familiar theme in the news and it only needs the slightest of sparks to get going. If there’s a murder it means that the killer has been honing his skills on Xbox Live, amassing headshots of spotty American teens on Call of Duty. If there’s a horrifically tragic car crash then the kid’s obviously been getting ideas from the mindless traffic weaving, crude language and pedestrian skittles of Grand Theft Auto and the like. If a young girl is sexually harassed by a young guy, he’s been spending too much time working through the levels of Teach that Girl a Lesson: The Titillating Adventures of Spankatron Part II, or something.
What’s even more infuriating than the casual asides of blame in news stories though, is the supposedly in-depth and professional advice columns on the sort of parenting that can banish the evils of the games console. This type of thing is inevitable written by Dr Terri Praisebut Dontsmother or Professor Lilia Mollycuddleova of the Belgrade Child Tantrum Institute. These Gods of infant psychology will proceed to patronisingly explain the dos and don’ts of video gaming, which will ultimately turn out to be common sense.
Rather than appeal to such things as maternal instinct or the law of the bleeding obvious, these articles will be stuffed with lots of studies about the effects of gaming. Profound insights will stem from their findings, such as the fact that gaming immediately before bed might make it difficult for your child to sleep and that too much button bashing might cause inflammation and conditions like RSI in their hands.
Of course the really contentious question is: do games cause aggression? Our helpful Agony Aunt will usually start by admitting what a hotly debated topic this is, before laying out briefly the two views in the debate. The anti-games view will normally be presented with greater weight of evidence and any postives will be qualified, with phrases like “limited evidence shows that they can improve children’s willingness to co-operate”. Wrapped up somewhere in the waffle, will be the admission that the effect of games depends on the child’s environment, i.e. they don’t do any harm in a healthy and stable home, and it’s the badly behaving parents doing the damage in the poor environments, not video games.
Once in a while a reasonably interesting point will arise from one of the numerous studies being quoted. For example, that playing football based games increases appetite. However rather than seeking any positives in this, like, I don’t know, interest in playing ACTUAL football and getting regular exercise, a new evil shall be swiftly created. Football games = fat kids. So no shooting because that makes murderers and no scoring because that makes gobblers.
Some studies will just be frankly ethically dubious. They’ll casually mention that a group of children failed to do as many sit-ups as they once could. Who is making our primary school kids do sit-ups? Who is callously tracking their progress, as if we were breeding an army? I didn’t do any sit-ups in primary school, at least I won’t have thought of them as sit-ups. Forcing painful and sweaty exercise on our young, as if we were training race horses, sounds a lot worse than letting them dabble with escapism that isn’t The X-Factor or In The Night Garden, now and then.
It should be obvious that video games, like anything else that came before it like TV or comics, should be used in moderation. By anyone, not just kids. It should also be said more often that the greater immersion of video games has its developmental benefits as well as drawbacks. Increasingly experimental and quality narratives and technology, like that in LA: Noire, is simply an advancement in storytelling, not an untameable, corrupting beast to be feared.
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DVD Review: London Boulevard
The trailer for London Boulevard at the tail end of last year promised the best kind of British gangster flick; slick, stylish, smart, sexy and darkly funny. A disappointingly short run in cinemas and a lukewarm critical reception suggested that something didn’t quite click though, despite the stellar cast and seductive snippets of footage. Perhaps audiences anticipated more of the same; substitute Ray Winstone for Michael Gambon and Colin Farrell for Daniel Craig and you essentially get Layer Cake. But I was inclined to disagree with the tepid expectations because of interesting parallels between criminality and celebrity.
Farrell plays Mitchell, a cockney con straight out from serving three years for GBH. He explains he was merely involved in “an altercation” (he educated himself through hordes of books inside) and that he’s no thief. He’s trying to convince Keira Knightley’s paparazzi besieged actress to employ him as a bodyguard, after he uses his street smarts and hard as nails attitude to help a friend of hers avoid a nasty scuffle. Mitchell eventually takes the job protecting the star from crude happy snappers, whilst simultaneously trying unsuccessfully to remove himself from friendships drawing him back into London’s underworld. Without even trying he rapidly builds a reputation for himself that Ray Winstone’s crime boss wishes to utilise.
I found the idea of a gangster tied to his life by the contracts of violent deeds and debts, compared and contrasted with a celebrity trapped by fame, an extremely interesting one. Neither can easily escape those aware of their existence and constantly keeping tabs on them. The relationship between Mitchell and his globally known actress had the potential to provide a refreshing lens through which to view a swaggering, traditional gangster story.
And at times the angle is slightly different. Some of the dialogue between Knightley and Farrell, particularly when they slip away to the countryside, is both full of black humour and believable observations about their determined destinies. But sadly most of the dialogue is ordinary and predictable and has indeed been seen countless times before. Farrell’s performance is neither fantastic nor a failure, merely passably cut off and charismatic, in keeping with the genre. He is suitably cool. Most disappointing is Knightley, who despite looking the part with a withered and thin appearance, never truly inhabits a role that must be close to the reality of her life on occasion. She ought to be capable of more than caricature with such personal experience to draw on.
For me the main problem with London Boulevard was that it boiled down to an endless simmering. The stylish and often mildly funny build up was pleasing enough for a while, but only because it seemed to hint at the plot coming together and igniting at some point. It never really does. The climax on offer lacks intensity and urgency. With funny, vivid performances in supporting roles from David Thewlis, Ray Winstone, Ben Chaplin and Anna Friel, London Boulevard ultimately lets down an impressive cast of capable Brits. As well as the audience.
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Posted on April 9, 2011 | 1 comment
Source Code is being compared to almost every film under the sun. It’s Groundhog Day meets Inception meets Final Destination meets Moon meets something totally awesome by Hitchcock. If you have a goldfish memory then you might appreciate being told that it’s a bit like this year’s The Adjustment Bureau, but better. It’s an unconventional and emotional sci-fi.
Duncan Jones, apparently the offspring of David Bowie no less (I actually do some minor research for my reviews!), has followed up his 2009 critically acclaimed debut Moon with another “certified fresh” hit. His direction in Source Code is assured and you wouldn’t guess this was Jones’ first big budget feature; there’s nothing tentative about his approach. The camerawork and characterisation for a film that constantly relives the same eight minutes needs to be intricate and skilled; it remains exemplary throughout, making Source Code an irresistibly stylish and satisfying watch.
For me though it’s Ben Ripley’s taught, clever and zippy script that’s the real masterpiece. It tantalisingly drip feeds the audience information on the central premise of the Source Code; technology that allows the military to send someone into the last eight minutes of a recently deceased person’s life. Jake Gyllenhaal’s Captain Colter Stevens must find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train before he strikes again, from inside the body of a teacher he’s never met, as he simultaneously tries to figure out what happened to him after his helicopter crashed in Afghanistan.
The genius of the script is that it brilliantly builds tension and fully formed characters on top of an ethically fascinating central idea, despite being predictable on a few occasions. I guessed fairly early on, for example, who the bomber was. I could pretty much work out where things were heading for Gyllenhaal’s character. But I was still hooked and I was still knocked sideways by the surprising emotional impact of the film’s conclusion.
For some the film’s life affirming and rather cliché ending might be a turn off given the originality and sharp execution of what went before. Perhaps it’s just that my emotions are in tatters and unusually receptive to sentimentality. But for me everything that made up the thrilling ride that was the first part of Source Code, added to the emotional effect of its climax. It didn’t feel fake and soppy, but raw and real.
Gyllenhaal convinces completely as confused everyman, then as determined hero and finally as grief stricken and resigned to his fate. The film would have fallen apart had his performance not matched the material and direction. Michelle Monaghan plays fellow passenger Christina as the sort of woman you could fall for in eight minutes. The chemistry between the leads is as convincing and addictively sexy as that between Matt Damon and Emily Blunt in The Adjustment Bureau, but the writing and the story as a whole here is far superior, much more intense, despite similar themes of fate and free will.
If I could explode two myths about Source Code it would be these; that it’s the best action film of the year and that Jeffrey Wright gives an awful performance. Firstly Wright simply looks poor in comparison to the other actors, Vera Farmigan, Gyllenhaal and Monaghan, because he’s given the worst of the script’s dialogue; technical babble to explain the Source Code. He’s also the only two dimensional character in the whole thing, but with the exception of one particularly expositional passage his performance never spoiled things.
To its title as “action film of 2011” then. I would not describe Source Code as an action film. It is thrilling yes, it’s full of gripping drama yes, but these elements come from characters and the pacing of the plot. Fight scenes, gun fights and chases are minimal and restrained. This is not a film reliant on explosions (despite one devastating and recurring blast). If it’s stunts you’re after there will be better ones in cinemas this year. It enthrals without the set pieces.
But if sleek, modern and thought provoking storytelling is your thing then see Source Code. It will be the best sci-fi film of 2011. It might make you cry and in the warm afterglow of this film in the spring sunshine you’ll look at everything in your life more closely. It’s unlikely Source Code will change your life but for as long as it lingers fresh in the front of your mind, you’ll appreciate it more.
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Fairytales: they’re all sickly sweetness and light right? You know beautiful princesses, magical kingdoms, swashbuckling heroes, kindly companions etc. Well no. Think of any classic fairytale and chances are there’ll be generous portions of nasty evil deeds hand in hand with the overwhelming prettiness and niceness. This is certainly the case with Tangled, a Disney anniversary special retelling of the story of Rapunzel.
As a baby, Rapunzel is the girl with the golden touch, or to be precise, hair. After her mother, the queen of a kingdom that rather fittingly resembles the Disney logo with its picturesque towers and steeples, falls ill during childbirth, it turns out the only way to cure her is with a magical golden flower (formed from a drop that fell from the sun – bear with me). The royal guard promptly retrieves said flower just in time and mother and baby make it through fine, with the unexpected complication that baby Rapunzel adopts the plant’s amazing abilities. Prior to the soldiers snatching the flower for the good of the kingdom however, a miserly old crone had been using it to stay forever young. Bitter and after revenge, she steals the wondrous baby with the golden, glowing locks in the dead of night. Then, tucked away in a lush green wilderness, she raises the child in a tower as her own, and sings to it instead of the flower she replaced for eternal youth. Meanwhile a kingdom mourns and the endlessly saddened royal couple release thousands of lanterns each year on their child’s birthday, in the hope that she will return home to them one day.
So far, so Disney. This is the back story to Tangled. And if you’re anything like me, you’ll have been concerned about accidentally vomiting in such a family orientated environment. Much like Marmite, you either love this sort of sentimental tale, or you hate it (although I mildly like Marmite, so does this ruin the rule?). However this background to the story is dealt with swiftly in Tangled’s opening. And it gets away with its sickly sweet, emotional mush, to such an extent that it wins you over.
If you’re a Disney sceptic, you’ll be dubiously asking how. The key to Tangled’s immense appeal is that it recognises fairytales are too sweet and sugary for some, so it gently sends up the whole tradition at times. That’s not to say you can’t enjoy the fundamental fairytale aspects, as I say the relief is only gentle, but it’s crucial and enough to make Tangled an extremely accessible movie. It’s refreshing because it doesn’t take itself too seriously, despite being a significant anniversary picture. It can entertain kids and adults alike with its broad range of humour and sentimental punches.
The key to the appeal for adults lies with the self-depreciating performance of male lead, Zachary Levi. His loveable rouge character, Flynn Rider, crashes into Rapunzel’s life after stealing the kingdom’s crown. Incidentally he grabs the crown in an amusing homage to Mission Impossible, lowered from the palace ceiling and later on he snatches a frying pan (used throughout as an effective weapon, with decent comic effect) as Indiana Jones would snatch his hat from beneath a closing booby trapped door. Touches of adult humour like this, alongside Levi’s well judged, constantly witty tone, provide more than enough sly, self-mocking moments to stop normal human being’s brains turning into vegetables.
This is no mean feat, given that Tangled is not just a typical Disney tale but one with random bursts of song. This sort of spontaneous, inexplicable, irrational singing is usually enough to tip most men over the edge. Whilst none of the songs from Tangled are particularly memorable, they are poignant at the right moments (and had kids dancing in the aisles occasionally). Donna Murphy, as evil Mother Gothel, delivers a charming diva like performance whenever she gets the chance to belt out a musical number. “I’ve got a dream” an ensemble piece in a seedy tavern, is heart warming and funny and stands out from the crowd, along with “I see the light”, a romantic duet between leads Levi and Mandy Moore at the emotional peak of the story, as Rapunzel’s dream of watching the floating lanterns seems to be realised. This scene is one of the best examples of the film’s startlingly vivid animation, with glowing candles fantastically rendered in the early night sky. With my secret soft spot for sentimental songs, I nearly shed a tear at the beautifully animated visuals coupled with the emotional duet.
Indeed Tangled as a whole is touching and visually captivating. There are lovely strokes of animation on the expressions of the characters, amusingly so on horse Maximus, but what strikes you most of all is the colour of the scenery. Vibrant and vivid greens and blues contrast with bright pastel colours in the city, set against a varied, but always stunning sky. The animation also allows for some distinctive action set pieces, most notably when a chase climaxes at a dam. There are gobsmacking leaps, acrobatics with endless reams of magic hair and exciting sword fights, with a frying pan, guards and a horse. But most impressive for me was the glistening water, which eventually erupts outwards in a great, mesmerising wave, chasing our hero and princess into claustrophobic confinement.
I saw Tangled in 2D and there is really no need to seek out the 3D version. It’s refreshing to see an animation go back to basics at a time of endless technological advance and reinvention. Here we just get funny, moving storytelling, that’s generally inclusive and pretty for all. From a hilarious opening montage of Rapunzel simultaneously rejoicing and hating herself for escaping her “mother’s” prison, to a heart wrenching emotional finale, Tangled has ingredients to delight everyone. It’s a pretty near perfect family movie, with bags of not only laughs but tender moments for adults too, which rest on the scripting and performance of Levi’s character Flynn Rider. My friend and I really enjoyed it, despite a disappointingly small portion of popcorn and initial doubts. Tangled will reel you in and surprise you, too, whatever your preconceptions.
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In Brief Praise of Bryson and Brooker
I’ve been meaning to sing the praises of two particular writers for some time. However perhaps I have found their work so enjoyable and admirable that I’ve been deterred from writing and attempting to sum up their brilliance, as it’s certain I’ll fall flat on my face in a puddle of failure. Perhaps broadcasting my enjoyment will in some way diminish it. Perhaps I’m embarrassed of elevating these men to the status of idols and role models when I neither write funnily enough to be considered in the same humorous bracket as them, or seriously enough to be amused by their ramblings from afar, occasionally distracted from the rigours of my precise, academic dissections of culture and politics by their simple gags.
I don’t think the craft of these two men is simple or easy though, although embracing the merits of simplicity can often be an important part of their success. It’s a far from facile task to be simultaneously intelligent and laugh out loud funny. Of course one can write cleverly and with wit, but that sort of writing rarely plucks an audible chortle from the depths of the reader’s throat. These two writers share three qualities that I admire and often strive for in my own work: 1) they’re hilarious, 2) they have a knack of describing things in a spot-on, accurate, unique and truthful way and 3) an undertone of self-depreciation flows through their work that makes what they say accessible and allows a degree of more outrageous opinion and conviction.
These men then are travel writer Bill Bryson and critic Charlie Brooker. I’ve recently read Bryson’s Notes From a Small Island and Brooker’s Dawn of the Dumb, a selection of his Screen Burn and opinion pieces from The Guardian. Obviously in subject matter alone these writers are poles apart, but I’ve already pointed out some of their crucial similarities to me. They also have appealing differences. In Bryson’s book he showcases a subtle humour through the description of characters as well as more rib cage rattling stuff. He also brilliantly evokes a sense of place and has encouraged me to consider strongly exploring a number of locations anew and afresh in our glorious land, such as distant Edinburgh and the closer South Coast. In Brooker’s book he consistently demonstrates a commanding handling of contemporary culture and an ability to scathingly insult and pick apart any target he sets his sights on. He also has a wonderful understanding and sense of pessimism about the media age we live in and has mastered the art of the interesting review. His reviews often relate to his own life or a version of it and do not feel like reviews until some way into the article. They surprise and baffle, whilst always capturing something essential about the essence of the show, programme or film.
Indeed both men refreshingly offer up a lot of themselves into their work which gives it an engaging, “real” quality. They basically have a recognisable and distinctive style and voice which most writers, myself included, struggle to emulate, especially as they remain versatile and able to cover a spectrum of subjects at the same time. Often the qualities I have described so far blend in particular phrases and images. For example early on in Bryson’s book he demonstrates his knack for perfect description, “The world was bathed in that milky pre-dawn light that seems to come from nowhere” and later in the same paragraph does the same thing whilst being humorous and self-depreciating at the same time with this gem of a line: “I sat there for some time, a young man with more on his mind than it”.
That sense of experience pervades Bryson’s writing and he talks hilariously of times when he was still acquiring his nous, and of times when despite his age events still get the better of him. As an outsider Bryson also has a wonderful way of describing the faults and habits of the British, such as a hilarious passage in which he accurately describes the way we discuss traffic and routes on the road with terrible serious and deliberation. He also appears to have picked up a sense of British reserve, for when he insults someone he often qualifies the statement or does so gently but hilariously. Occasionally his musings and rants on architecture become tiresome, but he instantly acknowledges this fact and it is worth it for the injection of identity into the writing.
If Bryson harnesses experience then Brooker channels a youthful fury into his writing and displays consistently the art of the preposterous, rude and yet eerily accurate insult. There are too many to list but a particularly memorable image deployed during a rant against posing Mac owners, Brooker dubs the Apple computers as “glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults”. I always enjoy his articles, in the book and continually on The Guardian website.
In summary if I end up writing in a similar way or doing a similar job to these men later in life I shall be one happy bunny.
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Let’s be clear from the start that Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps is not a great or even good movie experience. It spends 133 minutes undecided as to what type of film it wants to be. As a result it’s a largely dull tale that takes time to get going and never really bursts into life as you might expect. I’ve never seen the original Wall Street and honestly couldn’t say if seeing the first film would enhance or diminish your enjoyment of this post-9/11 and banking bailout sequel. Certainly a fan would have got some of the references that left me unmoved, perhaps a cameo from Charlie Sheen’s wax work face would have made more sense, but they ultimately may have been disappointed by the nothingness of this follow-up.
The cinema was strangely empty for the first night of a film jammed with star performances and lavish shots of the Manhattan skyline, all marshalled by acclaimed director Oliver Stone. It was dotted with the odd couple who may have been young when the first movie came out. Indeed at times Stone’s direction felt dated, with nostalgic fades between scenes and a less than subtle focus on the image of bubbles throughout the film. You can spot a bubble billowing child in the background of almost every scene with a crowd. Much of what really grated about this movie, besides the ponderous plot, was the way in which motifs and messages were rammed down your throat. These ideas are never fully developed or explored, for instance the focus on renewable energy that seemed to be thrown in simply to be topical, and are far from intelligent or insightful. What really makes you shift uncomfortably in your seat is the way in which the script makes it plain, through some at times terribly clunky dialogue, that it thinks it is saying something clever and new that needs to be said. In reality it merely scratches the surface of some big themes from recent times and then quickly ties itself up in knots with another strand of the purposeless plot that rarely engages the audience.
The opening titles also felt dated and these informed me that there were original songs on the soundtrack, which also sounded distinctly 80s and not exactly in keeping with the tone throughout. However for all the film’s faults it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what makes it such a lifeless watch but easier to highlight the aspects that make it more bearable than expected.
The first surprise (I was tempted to say pleasant but it really wasn’t) was the way in which I could tolerate so much screen time from Shia “dollar signs” LaBeouf. Since his childhood role in Even Stevens, in which he was passably amusing, I have found his acting irritating in every major film that has catapulted him to mega-bucks star status. However in this movie, despite being given some terrible lines, he is watchable not only as the young adult trader with a conscience but also as the infatuated lover struggling to keep his relationship together. The object of his affection, Carey Mulligan, was also a strong point of a poor film, as expected. Here she demonstrates an American accent and short haired sex appeal that might see her cast in more big budget projects across the Atlantic, but I would hope she tries to stick to quality British film in the main.
In fact if Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps gets one big review tick it is for the acting performances. Michael Douglas, despite looking drained even after his transformation at the end of the film, has an undeniable charisma in the role of Gordon Gekko and again this is despite the fact he is given some appalling dialogue to work with. The film, whilst continuously slow and plodding, feels even more so before Douglas makes his first proper appearance. The reconciliation scene with his daughter Mulligan is also the one genuinely moving and engaging moment in the entire movie, which is a real testament to both performers given how little I cared for the back-story. Josh Brolin also plays the big baddie banker extremely well.
So whilst there’s no need to rush out to see a film with an identity crisis that can feel like that annoying high minded acquaintance who doesn’t really have an opinion of their own, there are worse ways of spending two hours thanks to some quality acting and the beautiful, shiny gloss of extreme wealth present in every escapist scene.
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It’s difficult to precisely pinpoint the moment I fully embraced the mantra “don’t get sad, get mad”. It may have been after my first THRRIP (Totally Humiliating Romantic Rejection In Public), or my second, third or fourth, or it may have been at the doctors after being diagnosed with yet another niggling ailment, or that time on holiday. Yeah that time. Anyway it’s an incredibly liberating and practically useful little philosophical phrase that never fails to help when intoned in worrying hushed tones to oneself at times of crisis. Normally it’s best to redirect your waves of gloom into stinging volleys of verbal venom at something or someone else. However if you can’t quite manage this straight away there is the intermediate stage of self-loathing as opposed to self-pity. It’s surprising how much better it feels to mentally pound yourself, the equivalent of smashing your knee caps to bits with a hammer, than to sit and curse your bad luck and the unfairness of the world and stay true to some ideal that ultimately makes you a worthless martyr. That’s a bit like watching Comic Relief in black and white without the Comic bits and you feel so guilty you want to ring up, only you can’t because you’re tied to a metal chair in a freezing igloo with only cockroaches and old copies of Bella with outdated fictions about the Loose Women for company. I mean you can find the fun in bashing anything with a hammer.
Obviously though it’s better not to destroy yourself, no matter how fun it is, but that’s the beauty of the mantra “don’t get sad, get mad”. Anger is far more productive than depressing sadness and can usually be channelled like a satisfying stream of hot piss as opposed to the dreary, relentless drip of sadness. If you let it that drip will erode your soul, whereas that stream of piss will just make it a stink for a while, and people will think you’re a prick, but you’ll feel better. Anger gets things done. They may not be worthwhile things but it will get you out of bed in the morning. Countless critics for example seem to make a living out of analysing and ripping to shreds pointless content, such as ITV’s new morning show Daybreak. I mean really who cares about its quality, who actually expected it to tackle the news seriously and intelligently as the producers claimed before the revamp? But what would be the point in collapsing into weepy hysterics about the futility of life, symbolised by Adrian Chiles’ empty autocue reading posture, or Sharon Osborne’s incompetence standing in for Loraine Kelly? Much better to write scathing, fury fuelled critiques that might just brighten the day of all those who tolerate such comfort TV, whilst secretly seething at its failings.
I have to say though that I have realised I was exaggerating to say I “fully embraced” the mantra “don’t get sad, get mad”. The little method outlined above to deal with life’s ups and downs really just dips its toes in the rivers of possibility. Michael Caine’s character Harry Brown, in director Daniel Barber’s 2009 debut of the same name, fully adopts the philosophy and dives deep into those waters out of grim necessity. Harry has more reason than most to be sad, and therefore extremely mad. He lives in London’s hellish underbelly and watches, his face illuminated in the gentle amber glow of the street lights, as his neighbourhood is terrorised and ruled by mindless thugs. And what really irks Harry is that they are totally mindless. Harry was in the Marines in Northern Ireland and saw ghastly things in that warzone, but that violence was always motivated by deeply held beliefs. In this modern hell he watches as his life is torn apart by bored teenagers, snatching filthy pleasures and dangerous highs where they can get them.
Caine was full of praise for Barber’s directorial skill on his debut after this film’s release and that praise is mostly justified. That is not to say his first film was perfect but it is a solidly gripping and at times moving tale. The film opens strikingly with a random shooting, seen from the frenzied perspective of drugged up youths on a fast moving, noisy bike. The incident comes to a crashing halt and despite the horror of it all the audience can feel the thrill and therefore the twisted motivation behind the criminals’ actions. Barber then swiftly contrasts this dizzying, dangerous high with the monotonous, lonely day to day existence of Harry Brown in his drab flat on a graffiti splattered estate, with only chess games at the pub and visits to his dying wife to fill the dragging bags of time. When Harry’s only real mate, his chess buddy, is murdered standing up to the thugs and the police investigation quickly stumbles in an excellent, frustrating interrogation scene, Harry resolves to begin unpicking the threads of his local underworld. Actually just to back up my earlier theory Harry tries drink first, feels sorry for himself and then is forced to act by a knife wielding hoodie. Sad first, then get mad.
Now if the idea of a pensioner getting things done, pulling out the roots of crime through strength of will alone, seems a little implausible to you, then you’re not alone. Even though it was Michael Caine, once so imposing in Get Carter, so assured in The Italian Job, I was sceptical. But Caine’s performance, vulnerable puppy dog eyes and all, ultimately draws you in. Indeed this is a very well acted production. David Bradley puts in a solid turn as always as Caine’s murdered friend but most impressive for me were the police officers involved in the investigation. Emily Mortimer’s well meaning Detective and streetwise Charlie Creed-Miles as her Sergeant make an intriguing double-act, whilst Iain Glen as the superior officer in charge is totally convincing in his brief scenes trundling out the official line with cold hearted efficiency. If the film has a weak point it is perhaps the crude characterisation of the yobs, whose performances are somewhat predictable. But then again the slightly heightened and simplified version of grim estate life may simply be making the point that scum exists and even the police recognise the best they can do is to be seen to be doing something about and to contain it within areas beyond help. The actions scenes, whilst not perfect, are hard hitting and gripping. The film builds to a climax in which the estate becomes a battleground, with shield wielding riot police standing helplessly against the hordes of savage youths. Again this feels simplified but the film concludes well with a satisfying twist. Barber definitely deserves more opportunities in the director’s chair, if only for the vivid vision of a grimy, sodden and hidden London that is present throughout.
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Servetus unashamed, or: Many fewer than 95 Theses on Armitagemania
Richard Armitage as Richard Armitage, photographed at the Strike Back premiere, April 15, 2010. The straight-on, appraising gaze. One of my absolute favorite pictures of the man himself. Source: RichardArmitageNet.com
Last week I admitted that I had some questionable fantasies about John Porter, and then I admitted that I had developed a certain kind of fantasy life around Richard Armitage himself. So did a sister blogger.
I got a fair amount of off-blog mail about those posts, either expressing concern about my sanity, or admonishing me for my inappropriate action in writing about this stuff (or writing about it and not labeling it as fiction).
That notwithstanding, I say to all of you, I feel so much better now. Because not admitting it did not make all that stuff not real. And since that is a classic coping strategy of my mother (pretending that real things aren’t real in hopes of making them not real), I should have realized by now both what I was doing and why it was creating problems.
As John Porter (Richard Armitage) warns Hugh of all of the things he is likely to suffer when the truth about the Bratton extraction comes out, we see him remembering all the pain inflicted on him as a result of the distrust he received from his family and the regiment, in Strike Back 1.6. Source: RichardArmitageNet.com.
All of which realizations prompt me to try to express a few things that have been percolating a few weeks and since the last time I addressed the issue of what constitutes “appropriate” behavior for fans in general and for me in specific. As in the past, this is probably at least partially a work in progress.
Richard Armitage and a fan after he hugged her, in the publicity buildup to the Spooks 9.1 premiere. Interview on Radio 1, September 17, 2010. Source: RichardArmitageNet.com
1. If you have Armitagemania, pretending you don’t have fantasies won’t work as a means of getting rid of them. Writing about them will also not necessarily help you get rid of them, although it will force you to look at both yourself and your fantasies. Writing may also calm you, however, and you may find friends to sympathize.
2. If you have Armitagemania, admitting that you have fantasies — or even writing about them in detail — will not make you into a “crazy” fan who does “inappropriate” things. (Unless, of course, you are already one of those, in which case see [2] below.) I’ve experienced no impulses to mail Mr. Armitage my underwear or a photo of myself in a bikini with my cell phone number scrawled on it, and not even the faintest desire to move to Wellington and follow him around town, either before making these admissions or since. Why not? Because I am not the kind of person who does those things. Admitting to a fantasy — no matter how “crazy” or “inappropriate” it may be — is not a step on the path to criminal behavior. Without evidence, that’s a slippery slope argument.
3. Writing about your Armitagemania will not cause someone else who’s been “on the cusp” to turn into a “crazy” fan who does “inappropriate” things, either. Why not? Because people who do those things decide to take those steps all by themselves. They were “crazy” people with a tendency to do “inappropriate” things before Armitagemania, and they have a likelihood of being that way afterward as well. People like that are hiding in plain sight by masquerading as “normal” fans, not waiting, susceptible, to be fertilized into crazies by the fantasies of other “normal” fans. Writing about my fantasies does not facilitate the questionable behaviors of other people; they do that all on their own, without assistance from me. My fantasies are a vehicle, I suppose you could argue, but not a cause.
Richard Armitage as Alex Track in The Golden Hour. Putting this here because it pains me to take it off the top of the blog when I publish this post. Source: RichardArmitageNet.com.
4. Conversely, I have come to believe, writing about “inappropriate” behavior and why it is bad will never stop people who behave “inappropriately” from doing so. My disapproval of the action of any other fan will never be a sufficient barrier to her decision to do something she has decided is acceptable. I know this because such statements would be unlikely to stop me. If I claim that it’s okay to trust myself as a rational actor who can make decisions according to a conscience derived from what I find to be a thoughtful moral calculus, I have to assume that others can also make such claims and that they are legitimate, at least on their own terms. Just as I am the only one who can change myself, I cannot protect Mr. Armitage from the “crazy” behavior of anyone else but myself. In that sense, the only way in which I can make prescriptions about appropriate vs. inappropriate behavior is by following my own conscience. Presumably, each of us has her own and doesn’t need to be burdened with the strictures of those of others. You’ve noticed that I never broach certain topics here that are discussed with some regularity elsewhere. That needs to be my decision for me — not for everyone else in the fandom.
5. I want to apologize for steps in the direction of prescription of others’ behavior that I have made in the past, because I really don’t know better than others how they should behave. I believe that on some level this discussion of appropriate fan behavior is a necessary step in the development of any fan’s consciousness, and a way of thinking through a problem that uses other fans as a measure, but I think we have to keep in mind that this is an identity development problem for the fan herself, not an essential statement about the essential appropriateness / inappropriateness of others’ behavior. That is, by looking at others’ “crazy” behavior, we develop our own personal sense(s) of the boundaries of “normal.” I think it’s not surprising that such statements sometimes occur early in the unfolding of a blog insofar as writing in a single authorial voice for the public about the role Mr. Armitage and his work play in one’s life can be read as “too much.” Once one has engaged in the act of speaking about one’s fascination, such statements become part of the process of deciding “how far I will go” or “how far is too far.” At the same time, however, I have grown to believe that to some extent such statements reflect our own guilt, not about our actual or likely behavior, but about our feelings. We see a behavior (for me it was lewd comments on youtube videos) and recognize the emotion or reaction that underlies it in ourselves. It’s not enough to say (for instance), “I will never make crude comments about Richard Armitage’s posterior on youtube”; instead, we use prescriptions we make to others to reassure ourselves that we are not “inappropriate” fans. Let’s recognize that in this case, saying “she shouldn’t do that” is, in many cases, really a statement that says, “I wouldn’t do that, but part of me wishes I could.”
6. Given that prescriptions we make to others are really about our own identities as fans, it’s time for us to abandon the frequent justification that we’re prescribing behaviors to others because we are trying to protect either them (a sentiment I regularly heard in my comments for awhile) or, more commonly, that we are trying to protect Mr. Armitage. Mr. Armitage does not need protection from his “normal” fans; indeed, he needs support from them and they are important to his career. He potentially needs protection from “crazy” fans (or, perhaps, from rude ones), but this is not something that we can give him from our position as writers. Our forays into Armitage protectiveness mode are really all about us. Honestly, I hardly think that people who are doing the sort of things he occasionally reports he doesn’t like are members of our community. So let’s ease up on each other in this regard. We risk making each other into shrews, I fear, and all over something that we have no control over, anyway. Let’s prescribe not to prescribe, or rather, that if we do prescribe, it’s that each of us uses her conscience.
Next one in the series. Repeated for the same reason as specified above. Source: RichardArmitageNet.com.
7. Why is this important? For two reasons. The first is that I sometimes think that insofar as there’s tension with this fandom, it has to do with precisely the issue of what it’s okay to say one thinks about Mr. Armitage. (And in rare cases, how should one behave if one meets him — but very, very few of us have that opportunity, so it’s a relatively smaller issue.) This tendency relates not only to disagreements over concrete issues (would Armitage prefer his fans keep their distance, or is he essentially fan-friendly?), but even to what it’s acceptable to discuss (can we talk about his personal life ever?). The reason I think this mutual policing of each other is unfortunate relates to the second reason, which is that every second I spend prescribing behavior for someone else is a second that I’ve wasted in terms of self-expression.
8. Here I am potentially burying a central assumption of this argument in a disadvantageous position, but I’ll write more about this eventually, too — that is, while I think Armitagemania is about many things, in a different mix for different individuals — about appreciation of artistry, about the perception and critique of identity, about fantasy, about desire, about thinking about partners, and certainly *also* about sexual attraction — I am starting to think that its central feature is the facilitation of expression. Armitagemania helps people find a voice — whether an artistic one, a verbal one, a visual one, an analytical one, a personal one. How else to explain the many blogs that have sprung up in the last year? The numerous drawings and paintings of characters he’s played? The unbelievable industry of fanvidders? And all the stories of people who’ve been moved to try something new that they’d never have contemplated without the Armitage example? The number of voices moved to express is impressive. And I remain clear that the plurality of voices is a strength, not a weakness. The more, the better.
9. Every second I spend thinking about what I am not allowed to say for reasons that have nothing to do with my own conscience is a waste of energy and a betrayal of self. Armitagemania happened to free me from the waste and self-betrayal I’ve experienced as a professional for the last decade. No more rules for me except those self-imposed: to follow my conscience, to be forthright, to be honest, to say things the best way I can. Not to waste energy, and not ever to betray my voice, even though it’s only developing now.
~ by Servetus on May 3, 2011.
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213 Responses to “Servetus unashamed, or: Many fewer than 95 Theses on Armitagemania”
Could have put this off-blog; but the h with it. Don’t give a second thought about
fitzgj4 said this on May 3, 2011 at 2:29 am | Reply
Bravo, my dear Servetus. Well said.
I see Richard as an extraordinary catalyst in my life, an amazing muse who has inspired me in so many ways and has helped me through some very dark days. I like him, I admire him, I respect him–and yeah, I think he’s absolutely gorgeous and very, very sexy.
But even if I am “larger than life” as Frenzy says, I would NEVER send him undies or photos of me in compromising positions or start stalking him. Even if I was 20 years younger and never mind how many pounds lighter. Because I DO like and respect and admire him. And you don’t treat people you consider special in such a thoughtless manner, do you?
Angieklong said this on May 3, 2011 at 2:36 am | Reply
The laptop bounced. May I finish, WordPress? Thank you. Watching election returns. Multi-tasking isn’t always a Good Thing. having the odd fantasy about the actor himself. Hardly unnatural or indication of insanity. Who doesn’t have such fantasies? Our fantasies might not take all take a similar form. Who cares?
There’s so much respect for Mr. Armitage within this blog and among the commenters. There is also no doubting that an enormous part of the actor’s appeal is sexual. Please express yourselves, servetus and everyone else. Publish and be….
@Angie 😀 you interrupted me – giggle 😀 and hugs.
Oops, fitzg, Sorry!! I wanted to add, “Servetus, you have nothing to be ashamed about.” Mr. A is who he is, and he is one enormously appealing man on a number of levels. I agree, the occasional fantasy is not something anyone should beat themselves up over (or berate anyone else over). We’re human; he’s, well–Richard Armitage!! 😀 I rest my case.
I should perhaps clarify, if it’s not clear from the post, that one of the issues in my mind was the question of whether my expression of my fantasies endangers others. That’s most of what I am claiming to have resolved here for myself 🙂
That’s the point of course Servetus. You don’t claim them as anything but fantasies.
You don’t write about doing anything inappropriate with Mr A and you give him the respect he very much deserves.
Nothing dangerous there that I can see.
Amandajane said this on May 3, 2011 at 7:56 am | Reply
I’m taking a bow.
RAFrenzy said this on May 3, 2011 at 3:13 am | Reply
Well, you know, a fair amount of this was for you 🙂
servetus said this on May 3, 2011 at 11:23 pm | Reply
Endanger others? If we’re not adults on this blog, then we don’t have to be here. Don’t feel like an endangered species myself. 😀
That smacks of censorship and Big Brother for me when people start talking about “endangering others” — let’s take this book off the shelf, close down this blog . . . NO ONE is holding a gun to anyone’s head (well, as far as I know) makiing them read this or any blog. It’s your choice as an grown-up individual, isn’t it?
You guys should be able to speak your mind in your own blog as your conscience guides you.
Also, considering recent events, people endlessly quibbling over things that are really not of earth-shattering importance kind of irritates me. That and the fact I have “those” cramps for the first time in well over a year. *sigh*
Grapefruit, anyone? 🙂
It couldn’t hurt at this point.;) Perhaps because it hasn’t happened in so long, it seems worse than ever?
Coupled with the fact I am knackered.
Angieklong said this on May 3, 2011 at 11:38 pm | Reply
No endangered species here either Servetus. I may not be the sharpest knife in the block, I may be be eccentric and I admit to having treatment for a mental illness ( ie depression ); what I’m not is unable to tell fantasy from real life.
I’m also able to appreciate a highly talented, intelligent, hard working, modest, polite and charming actor who I happen to find incredibly attractive; and keep it at a distance and be respectful both to him and fellow fans.
I’ve certainly never read anything (and since 2006 I shudder to think how many words that amounts to ) that would ‘endanger’ that.
The problem, Fitz, is that everything you see on this blog is not everything to be seen.
Servetus, I think you know I needed this post. Thanks. There are times I get so close to really letting go, well, I may do it any day, and Damn! I know it will be good even if it pisses everyone around me off.
Frenz, if you do decide to let go, know you’ll only tick off the ones who probably need to go elsewhere anyway. The rest of us will cheer, “thank goodness she finally said it!”
I always wonder: do these people have anybody to tell them when to stop, the sort of person who they admire and respect, who says their crap stinks and they’re out of control? Because I get the impression nobody else has.
judiang said this on May 3, 2011 at 5:02 am | Reply
That was supposed to be “Because I get the impression they think nobody else has.”
Can you tell I abhor thought police?
Thanks, Judi.
RAFrenzy said this on May 4, 2011 at 12:10 am | Reply
Me too, Judi. Please don’t tell me what I should watch, read, or listen to or how I should think. I am an adult and I can make those decisions for myself.
Angieklong said this on May 4, 2011 at 12:26 am | Reply
I agree that there should be no thought police. I abhor it too, but usually the problem in communication doesn’t arise from an explicit statement of do’s and dont’s directed toward someone(s). It often comes when someone just gives an opinion, and not necessarily directed to anyone in particular, for example,if I were to say, “I don’t like slash. I think it has an ick factor, and I don’t want to read it, and I probably will never feature it on my blog.” If I were to say that, what would you think? Would you think I had overstepped my bounds and was trying to corral what you’re doing? Those are honest questions. I’m curious what you think, and no, I’m not trying to be antagonistic at all.
Ah, but you aren’t saying, “And no one else should be reading or writing this kind of stuff.” You are not setting yourself up as the Hall Monitor for Armitage-Related Creative Stuff.
That’s the difference for me, Frenz.
You aren’t writing RA and his agent and complaining about slash or mounting a campaign to end all slash on fanfic sites.
Plenty of people don’t like slash and I respect that. I don’t like all of it, anymore than I like some people’s writing of hetero relationships or some fanfic writing, period. All fanfic authors are not created equal, let’s be honest.
But I am not going to tell them they can’t write what they choose to write. I just don’t read it.
And I think you know me well enough by now to know you coudn’t corral me if you wanted to 😉 You are one of my peeps, girl.
You’re right; I would never be try to corral you. 😀
But you and I know that someone reading what I just wrote is hacked I said that and has already construed it as a type of control since I guess it’s a restrictive (disciminating?) statement. But really, it’s just my opinion, which begs the question: do you never share your tastes, which by their very nature are restrictive?
Is this where I slip in that I didn’t like the LOTR movies. Yes, I’m one of those who didn’t like the movies (ducks). The second movie was so boring to me that I fell asleep in the theater. BUT I’m willing to take a second look. LOL! 😎
I did say earlier I might cut loose at anytime. 😉
I’m really, really not trying to be antagonistic.
LOL! I hope the Wrath of the Tolkien fans doesn’t rain down on you, dear Frenz. I read the books and loved them as a teen, but I haven’t seen all of any of the movies, so I can’t really weigh in on my feelings.
(I do love other things PJ has directed, though.)
Seriously, it’s a shame if we feel as if we can’t express our own views and tastes because we fear someone is going to beat us up for it if they don’t coincide with their views and tastes. How boring and Stepford Wife-ish if we all thought exactly the same way.
Of course, I have no shame. I’ve made two videos with Ke$ha songs. And bought her CD! My guilty, guilty pleasure . . .
I liked the books. OOh, maybe that makes it sound worse. LOL!
The fact I run an anonymous blog should indicate how I feel about potentially getting beat up but certainly not by someone in cyberworld. Although a few of you do know the “real me.” I hate that term. This is the real me dammit! 😀
And we like the real you. The real you on blogs and the real “real” you offblog. Wait. I’m confused. Who’s on first? 😉
Angieklong said this on May 4, 2011 at 3:31 am
Should I even go on about understanding guilty pleasures? 😉
I think we all have them, don’t you, whether or not we admit it. I would love to know what RA’s considers his guiltiest guilty pleasure . . . 😉
I agree that this is a real problem, but I think on some level we could conclude that the Internet is a way of circumventing it. I’ve noticed how this works in my class at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution lecture, when I ask my students how many pairs of underwear they have (usually dozens and dozens) and then ask them what they would do if they didn’t have automatic washing machines and dryers and cheap textiles. Some classes are willing to be creative (can I turn my underwear inside out?) but in some classes, someone expresses a restrictive opinion about how people who don’t change their underwear every day are gross, and then everyone feels they have to agree. At least part of this dynamic is due to the fact that they see each other all the time. no one wants to be known as that kid who doesn’t change her underwear enough.
But on the Internet, we can be freer, right? We don’t have to be afraid of the consequences of having our fantasies known. I’ll never run into one of you in the hallway and know that you’re thinking, “ah, she’s the one who dreams of bondage.” Obviously, that freedom has its negative outcomes too (social constraints also restrict trolls from being too trolly in real life), but it has to have some positive outcomes, no?
Yeah, we can be freer and yeah, there are pitfalls, but I still love it, and when the issue is raised about free thought I wonder how much people really mean that. It’s just like the statement of underwear being gross. Who is going to disagree and say we need more thought control?
Well, not if you call it “thought control.” But if you call it “appropriate writing”? Plenty of people.
servetus said this on May 4, 2011 at 8:48 pm | Reply
I should have phrased that as “thought police” since that was the issue raised.
Well, even the thought police have their defenders. They certainly did in the East bloc in their day.
servetus said this on May 5, 2011 at 1:53 am
I’m a fan and heartily endorse everything you said.
I’m going to go out on a limb and add an observation from my years in other fandoms:
IMHO the most strident and loudest “fans” who attempt to police others are the ones fearful of or in denial of their own potential craziness. They don’t understand boundaries, see only in black and white and don’t get nuances in behavior. They are unable to distinguish between wholly disturbing behavior/thoughts or innocuous ones. Hence they straightjacket themselves into a unreasonably rigid mindset and attempt to foist this thinking on everybody else. Personally, this type of fear-based repressed thinking is exasperating because it attempts to shutdown thoughtful discussion and keeps things on the level of superficial squee where these fans are comfortable. This element of enforced mindlessness is one of the reasons I don’t participate in fan forum discussions.
The fantasies you described were harmless, and truth be told, they weren’t particularly shocking. The only surprising part was you felt free to say them, based on your earlier posts. I saw it as a watershed moment of liberation for you.
This type of fan will never understand your blog; it’s too esoteric for them. However, I applaud you for that post and this follow-up. I can’t imagine you saying any of this a year ago. Your tone and language is becoming more direct and true as you discover and find your voice. I’m thrilled for you.
OneMoreLurker said this on May 3, 2011 at 3:13 pm | Reply
Or perhaps, just perhaps, they’re not repressive Calvinists, but they’ve seen the damage obsessed fans can do to the fandom as a whole?
Fanfics about RA and the woman who starred in North and South with him, written as though they were a real word couple, exist and are excruciatingly embarrassing to read, and would probably seem intrusive to RA if he searched them out for some reason. But I doubt he has, and presumably they haven’t hurt the fandom as a whole.
But a few years back someone wrote a fanfic about Guy of Gisborne, post series 2, capturing Marian and abusing her sexually in revenge for her rejection at the altar. There was a certain logic about it–he did torture people for a living–but to say it was graphic and violent S/M would be to understate things. It caused a huge reaction in the fandom. Some posted that it was not their usual cup of tea but disturbingly sexy all the same. But apparently many concerned fans wrote him about it. Eventually RA waded in to say that he felt it was inappropriate to post such material about a character in a show that was watched by children. The writer removed it from the internet, which was surely the appropriate thing?
And since that time he’s distanced himself from the fandom–sometimes his “spokesperson” announces things, but there have been no more messages to fans and he’s mentioned frustration with fans more than once since then. There haven’t been any more references to how he feels like he has an army of fans supporting him. (If you look at his messages, which I think are on richardarmitage.com, you can pretty easily see when this transition happened.) Sometimes posting fantasies is neutral; sometimes, and I hope most often, it just gives pleasure to admiring fans; sometimes it takes readers to places where they read things they wish they could forget. Sometimes it makes a person a little bit embarrassed for the writer, and sometimes it has a real-world negative effect on the fandom.
aaa said this on May 3, 2011 at 3:23 pm | Reply
Truthfully, I think the lunatic fringe element is, sadly, always going to be there in any fandom. And because they are lunatics, they are going to draw more attention to themselves.
Then there are those who are obsessively overprotective IMHO of Richard Armitage.
He’s almost 40 years old; he’s intelligent, astute, thoughtful and more than capable of managing his life without us. I think he does appreciate his fans but his fans also have to remember he doesn’t owe any of us anything. I think fans demanding too much of him and trying to police not only what fans said and did but what Richard said and did put the nail in the coffin for those regular messages.
He learned to be more wary, and who can blame him?
Not sure I approve of any fans contacting him about fanfic good, bad, or indifferent as it may be.
That seems to me to be a further invasion of his privacy, somehow, and is more troubling to me than the fanfic concept.
Just my two cents worth.
I wouldn’t ever choose to write about Richard and any other real person in a relationship nor would I read that sort of thing, but I can’t imagine writing Richard and complaining about it to him. He has far more important things to do than manage our silly quarrels, don’t you think?
Angieklong said this on May 3, 2011 at 5:26 pm | Reply
I don’t want to hijack this thread but since you offered a long considered reply, I’ll offer a response. I knew RA had distanced himself from fandom, but thought it was due to the BAFTA brouhaha that he was gay. I had not heard about the S&M story.
I don’t like RP fiction. I find them creepy and disturbing; there are ample fictional characterizations to use for stories without bringing a real personality into it. That does strike me as invasive. But I wouldn’t insist they not write the story. Instead I’d suggest it be placed on a password protected forum where like-minded people can read it and the celebrity can not find it.
As for the concerned fans that went out of their way to tell RA, I highly question their motivation. They didn’t like a piece of sadistic fiction about fictional characters. Did they actually believe the story or the writer by extension was somehow personally harming RA? It’s probable RA knows little of fandom and nothing of fan fic. His reaction was no surprise, and of course the story had to be removed which they knew would happen. Removing it was appropriate because he objected, but telling him was not.
This “concern” is a perfect example of what Servetus was pointing out in her post about censorship and policing. Was RA in actual danger of anything? Was that really necessary? This strikes me as an overwrought kneejerk reaction over an issue that should have been resolved within the fandom. To run straight to the man himself has the taint of spitefulness, if not maliciousness. RA was only distressed by that story because *they* told him. If they were supposedly viligant for stalker craziness, that wasn’t it. Meanwhile, RA’s sweet interactions with his fans got pruned. So who did the most damage in the zeal to police the actions of others? Who was obsessed, the writer of the story or the concerned fans?
A personal story: in an old fandom, a writer posted a real person fiction on our closed mailing list that was revolting by any standard. The list mom told the writer RP fic wasn’t allowed on the regular or EF list but she was free to set up shop elsewhere, which the writer did. Nobody cast aspersions and it was resolved quickly and quietly. And nobody dreamed of telling The Man. For what?
I’m aware in every fandom exists a few who are genuinely disturbed and there is a real fear that one may act out and make us look bad as whole. However I’m confident, at least with this blog ring, that we will be able to identify such people and act accordingly. Here’s an example of legitimate craziness that was appropriately reported: it was leaked in my Other Crush’s fandom that he was first, engaged, and then his fiancee was expecting a baby. This news outraged one fan so much she ranted at great length that the unborn should die, among other things. BTW, OC also had a stalker. This is the type of behavior we should watch for, not fictional character based stories or Servetus promoting an honest discussion about fantasies by discussing her fantasies.
Personally I tired of this trend towards of unthinking hysteria, no matter what the issue. It’s so pervasive today.
judiang said this on May 3, 2011 at 5:31 pm | Reply
Let’s see if my connectino will hold this time. Judiang, as you can see by my latest comments, you and I seem to be on the same page.
As a community newspaper journalist, I have to say I am heartily sick of mountains being made out of molehills and people taking idle gossip and thinking it’s the gospel truth.
Tired of “unthinking hysteria” myself.
And I never have liked tattle-tales or bullies.
Connection. Well, I am home under the weather today. *sigh*
Sorry to hear that, hope you feel better soon.
Thanks, Judi. A combo of FMS, allergies and my female hormones trying to bring back the “bad old days” have conspired against me. I have still managed to write a couple of stories and cutlines, IDed folks on a picture page pdf and send them and photos to the office while reclining on my bed. Hooray for the Internet.
@Angieklong, learning about the all the unnecessary furor over the sadistic story made me angry. RA took precious time to write those missives and court the fans; it was very sweet. Then along comes “concerned” fans who couldn’t think past their zeal and “protectiveness.” They didn’t consider who he would feel or what the lasting consequence might be. This incident plus the gay rumor nastiness must have been a shock, like petting a dog and it suddenly turns and bites him.
It’s a damn shame.
Yeah, a nice guy like RA with that purity Frenz mentioned in her latest post–that sweetness of spirit–certainly wouldn’t have expected some “fans” to behave as they did.
(And note I put “fans” in quotes, because I suspect they aren’t as considerate of and concerned for Richard Armitage himself as they are holding up some priggish plaster saint image of him they’ve created in their minds . . . I don’t think he wants or has ever wanted to be put on a pedestal.)
He’s older now, and more savvy, “wisdom from the pain.”
I’m sure plenty of actors are squicked out by fanfic on general principles – some of it is quite excruciating. But seriously, what was to be gained by writing to him about it? That, to my mind, crosses a lot more boundaries than any fic I can imagine.
CP said this on May 3, 2011 at 6:38 pm | Reply
Exactly, CP. Re fanfic, we’re not saying it’s all great stuff–I still can’t believe someone wrote slash stories about the guys from Top Gear!– but why, WHY would anyone feel compelled to write Richard about some fanfic they didn’t approve of?
What good did that really do anyone? A writer, who was receiving no pay for her work BTW, was hounded off the internet because some fans freaked out over her stuff?
Thst’s not an accomplishment I would be particularly proud of.
In the immortal words of the drill sergeant in Stripes–Lighten up, Francis!
Slash about the guys from Top Gear?! The mind is a curious thing. Wait, that means there’s Guy/Vasey slash too! Ewwwwwww! 😉
As for telling RA, that’s why I sense an element of spite; they need to protect their view no matter what.
yeah, there is definitely Guy / Vasey slash.
Well, as you know, Servetus, I have written slash, but I have to do it my way, which is definitely kinder and gentler than some of what I have seen out there. For me the dark and sadistic route just doesn’t work. It’s not “me” as a writer. Not criticizing others who do write it, just stating my POV. Someone said it’s like a sweet, funny romance that happens to feature two guys LOL
The thought of Guy/Vasey slash creeps me out. Although I always thought the Troll put his hands on Guy just a little too much for Guy’s comfort . . . in this “children’s” show.
Guy manipulates Vasey in “Dangerous to Know” playing upon those kinky thoughts Sherry has about Guy. Much to Sherry’s detriment Muhahahahahaha!
Angieklong said this on May 4, 2011 at 12:02 am
Wait. Top Gear slash?
Yeah, I know. The mind boggles.
But a fellow RA (and Top Gear) fan whom I trust said Top Gear slash is out there, although she hasn’t been able to bear the thought of reading any of it, even though she does read slash (can’t blame her there . . .) The Hamster and Captain Slow and Jeremy doing the nasty? With each other? I just don’t want to go THERE . . .
Some people have taken things way too seriously — including Richard Armitage at times. Yes, I really said that. No offense to him, but he should have never deigned to address that issue or others, and I’m not down on him because he felt it was a reflection on him. It was not at all. He is not responsible if someone who happens to like him misbehaves. I’m sorry that he felt it was, and I’m so glad he’s distanced himself from that crap.
And it’s amazing to me when fans feel entitlement beyond paying to watch something and wanting to get their money’s worth for it. Almost two years ago now I remember a fan who frequented IMDb (as I did in those days) getting their knickers in a twist over one of his interviews where he seemed to be criticizing some fans. She wrote to his agent to complain. Color me shocked when he replied with one of his messages. I’m so jaded I thought it was a joke at first and laughed about it.
Thankfully, he’s learning that an arms’ length relationship with the public is healthy. In his innocence he didn’t realize at first how ferocious the public can be. No, innocence is not a euphemism for stupid. I think it’s more the case of “to the pure all things are pure.”
And now I need to listen to my own words.
RAFrenzy said this on May 3, 2011 at 5:54 pm | Reply
I seriously doubt RA has been part of any fandom; he’s unaware of what goes on. Mostly likely he surmised from the letters that the story was a rare aberration and a Big Deal, and he was expected to address it. Had he known about fan fic, its varieties, and that such stories are common, he probably would have ignored the letters. So, yes, his innocence played a part too.
Apparently from his Christmas greeting, he’s venturing a toe in the water again. Hope nobody bites it off. Again.
Judi, you’re probably right about his addressing the fanfic situation, but he’s been part of his own fandom at times, which is not an accusation at all. I realize he was not a big name and had time and was kind and innocent enough to interact with fans.
Funny enough, my next diary entry is about discovering his messages to fans. It’s interesting to read my reaction to that now.
Of course I agree about his annual greetings. I hope they do not swell expectations to unrealistic proportions. LOL! I couldn’t help but laugh. It is so absurd that this is even an issue. But then this is the general public, and with it come some nuts. Just hope I’m not one of them. 😆
Frenz, it’s my unqualified but considerably hot-aired opinion that the ones who are self-ware and keep tabs on their sanity usually aren’t the ones we need to worry about. You’re fine. 😉
That’s “aware.” I need to take my sloppy proofreading over to my own blog.
That is the thing I recall I’d been a fan about year when that broke. It was a really sad episode on so many levels. Fans taking sides and RA withdrawing from fandom.
I write FF but I would never write about a real person that is just creepy. I cannot stand slash it just does work for me. Do I complain about them no, I just don’t read them
I guess that the wonderful people who write the blogs do in a way lay themselves open to criticism if a poster does not agree with the point they are making. But as I said those people replying don’t have to read it.
I wonder if his fandom is evolving as well. When he first came on the scene it was really period dramafans who liked him. That has changed over the years the fan base is wider and more diverse. So RA does not have a hope of pleasing us all and nor should he try.
The other thing I notice about the internet is that
1 peoples comments get misunderstood. There is no body language or change of tone in a typed comment.
2 people can be unbelievably rude when they hide behing a user name.
No 1 happens a lot in RA fandom especially on a certain board.
NO 2 happens rarely but is normally found where there are no mods.
khandy said this on May 3, 2011 at 6:31 pm | Reply
Khandy,
I do think his fanbase is definitely evolving. North & South was the catalyst for the intial furor over him and it’s been–what? seven years since that originally aired?
Since then, he’s done what has been called a children’s show (Robin Hood) and two contemporary action series, Spooks and Strike Back. Now he is playing a Nazi spy and warrior dwarf. Quite different from the romantic period hero many initially gushed and swooned over.
Some fans will fall away (or already have) because they don’t like his choice of roles; others will continue to support him because we know no matter what character he chooses to play, he will bring something special to the table. And new fans have been gained along the way who are perhaps quite different than those original JT-oriented fans.
That sense of entitlement some “fans” feel still amazes and confuses me, Frenz. To me, THAT is something to be concerned over, not somebody’s fanfic or vids or artwork that you in some way find objectionable . . . read, watch, listen to what you like and enjoy and leave the rest ALONE. If a particular forum or blog distresses you greatly, then don’t go there unless you are a glutton for punishment.
But don’t assume you should have the power as some sort of Red Queen of Armitageworld, shouting “off with their heads” every time someone, including RA, says or does something with which you disagree.
I had a former boss who once told me that if you are unhappy/angry about something that you have read, write your reply, but then wait 24 hours and read it through again before deciding whether or not you should send it. Giving yourself this time to think about your response, you invaribly find that it is unwise to press the SEND button.
I was never “the sharpest knife in the drawer”. I have always been of ‘C’ grade intelligence and should have listened my boss’ wise councel.
Because (RAFrenzy), I’m the “fan that got her knickers in a twist” about reading an interview where I felt that RA was criticizing his fans, and consequently, as you correctly stated above, I wrote to his agents. I was misguided and don’t know what I thought I was trying to achieve by sending the e-mail. It backfired on me, big time.
This is one of those stupid/foolish moments in my life that I still regret on almost a daily basis. I was naive, to say the least, and was terribly hurt by some of the cruel replies, and, some say, deserved backlash I received. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and I should have certainly have waited 24 hours and read it through again.
I was incredibly shocked at the response from his protective fans, who told me in no uncertain terms what they thought of me, and it was not pleasant, I can assure you.
To this day, I still feel physically sick, as I did on reading you mention the event in your post above. And when RA wrote a message a couple of days later, I wished the floor would have opened up and swallowed me.
It made me ill at the time and shattered any confidence I ever had about making any comments about RA on any blog again. This is extremely scary and painful to write, but isn’t confession supposed to be good for the soul?
I know admitting that I am the person responsible for my lunacy on this blog today is very risky and I’m dreading reading the comments that you will post in reply.
Also, I understand if I’m banned from posting comments or am removed in the future.
Before this happens, I’d like to say that I’ve enjoyed all threads and posts from all on this blog.
I now don’t feel so alone in some of my thoughts about RA and I’m not as crazy as I once thought I was, although you may all disagree with this. He’s a man that inspires us all in so many ways, such an incredible human being, and VERY easy on the eyes.
lizzie said this on May 4, 2011 at 9:29 pm | Reply
Wow. THIS WAS BEYOND BRAVE.
Nobody pick on lizzie. Seriously. Questions and comments are allowed, NO CASTIGATION.
Bless your heart, lizzie.
NovemberBride said this on May 4, 2011 at 9:51 pm | Reply
Amen to that! Well done you, lizzie! That took guts and I take my hat of to you!
Teuchter said this on May 4, 2011 at 11:21 pm | Reply
Should proof read BEFORE I post a comment!! That should read “hat off”!!
It takes a big person to admit what you have, lizzie, and I have a lot of respect for that.
And that was great advice from your former boss. I think if some of the people who comment online at my newspaper would do just that–give themselves 24 hours to think things over–they wouldn’t post or they would certainly re-word things.
No castigating from me, I assure you.
Lizzie,
I echo what others have said in their admiration of your making the post, and yes, confession can be good for the soul. But please know that you owe me nor anyone else a thing. You were and are entitled to an opinion even if someone disagrees with you — as I did about this incident.
I do want you to know that I’ve never condoned anyone being nasty to you, and I really hate that the situation was so painful for you or anyone else. I hope that your post and this discussion will allow all of us who may have a need to put it behind. I know I had put it behind, and I should not have made that comment about the entitlement as it was a direct hit on you.
What’s so ironic about this is that when the interview backlash happened, I also felt I shouldn’t have written that long diatribe on IMDb about how I hate the word fan. Imagine how it felt to see it in a postscript from Richard Armitage. It felt pretty weird and had me wishing I had never said a thing. Now I find myself in that situation again with the same incident. LOL! Yes, I’m chuckling at how this bit me again. LOL!
So tell you what, let’s just move on. You game for that? 😀
Pax,
RAFrenzy said this on May 4, 2011 at 11:57 pm | Reply
-Lizzie, I want to agree with what everyone has said here, in particular that you have the right to an opinion even if people disagree with you, and you have a right to express and explore it on this blog.
-Second, I need to think a bit more about my own ethical position in writing something that essentially was a criticism of your behavior when I am asking people not to criticize. This is a really hard tightrope to balance on, and I beg your forgiveness for saying something that hurt you.
-Third, I really think you should not blame yourself, and certainly not on a daily basis (though I completely understand how guilt roots itself in one’s soul). What the comments on this blog argue, and I agree, is that the trend was always going to have to be for Mr. Armitage to take a more distanced stance toward his fans. “Good behavior,” whatever that is, wasn’t ever going to change that. He had to “grow up” and his fans had to realize that they weren’t going to control him with their behavior, no matter what kind of behavior it was. I don’t even think we can say that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time with your comment, that it was a bad coincidence, because I’m not sure it was you (that is, your letter could have been just one, or the last complaint in a series of complaints — we just do not have enough information to know) that caused anything. And anyone who blames you or makes you feel responsible for something that practically had to happen anyway has an awfully big axe to grind themselves, I am guessing.
–fourth, even if if you are right, and it was “your fault,” there *has* to be forgiveness in the world, both from others and from yourself. No one can live with that kind of guilt. Anyone who feels they have to keep making you feel guilty is really expressing something fundamental about themselves, not about you. I urge you: say to yourself: “I learned from this, I would do it differently now, I can’t change what happened, I’m sorry.” Don’t shut yourself off from people, because then you can never experience their forgiveness, and you end up trapped in pain and guilt. This is also a dynamic I am all too familiar with from my own life.
Fifth, a sum total of one person has been blocked from posting on this blog (and there’s been one other person I’ve thought about blocking). No one is ever blocked here for diversity of opinion. I shut down one thread when I felt that I had caused a flame myself by not adhering to my own rules, but as long as no ad hominem attacks take place, you are *always* free and welcome and encouraged to say whatever you think.
Again, I really admire your bravery. You get the purple heart for today. 🙂
Granted the things that human beings can do to hurt each other . . . you’re in the clear, Lizzie. You didn’t really do anything wrong in expressing your opinion; you just did something other people disagreed with.
Anybody here who hasn’t written an upset or angry note at some point in her life? One that you regretted? I thought not. Your misfortune was to write something which happened to upset a number of people who were very vocal and hostile, I gather. If you were “wrong” to write what you did, they were “wrong” to write things that made you feel miserable and guilty. Perhaps a general forgiveness on all sides is in order? It’s a shame that something I truly believe most of us have done backfired so harshly because a number of people learned of it, but the people who criticized you were part of the problem. It certainly sounds as if their contribution wasn’t always peaceable and benign. It’s a shame when such things happen in a fandom; we all are fans because it bring us joy, and then occasionally we stumble into something in the fandom that causes HUGE grief. You’re not alone in experiencing that.
aaa said this on May 5, 2011 at 5:15 am | Reply
Many months late, but I am going to come in support of Lizzie here. I’m sorry it is so tardy. I was the OP on the thread Lizzie is talking about. The topic related to “Do Actors need fans” and was very much a topic all of you have discussed from time to time on the blogs. In fact it was a discussion with regard to fan behaviour and we were reflecting about whether RA’s fandom was becoming a bit unmanageable and whether he was a trifle embarrassed by it all. Does he (or any other actor), “need” fans or does he not “need” fans and their expressions of support/presents etc. The rationale behind all of this came from comments he had made, (or was reported to have made) in the print media during the promos for Spooks 7 (2008) with regard to the fandom/the AA and the presents some fans have given him including a pair of boxer shorts with a caricature drawn by an artist placed on the leg (I believe these were the “knickers” everyone so loves to refer to) – if you can be bothered to search, you can find a lot of the interviews on Richard Armitage Online where fans are being described as going into paroxysms of orgasmic delight over him; where he described some of his presents as “weird”… well maybe they were, I don’t know. All in all the impression that was given by the journalists was that RA was ambivolent about, to the point of embarrassed by, the fanbase. Those of us who were original posters on the thread were questioning whether actors like RA really need a fanbase of the intensity it was in those days (at the time of Guy of Gisborne RH S2); and/or whether actors find fanbases at times, annoying and embarrassing. There was some confusion about what measure of support and respect RA really wanted from the fanbase. At no time in my opinion was there ever any implication that RA “owed” his fans anything … I still don’t understand where that misconception came from, but the IMDb posters of that time became a target for every recrimination that could be hurled at us simply for expressing our confusion about the comments made. None of us to my knowledge had ever written to RA, sent him presents, or were even interested in meeting him – we simply watched his work and liked to discuss on IMDb.
As Lizzie has mentioned, she, in the heat of the moment, sent an email for which she deeply regretted, and had to suffer absolute vitriole, ostracism and nastiness from the fandom. We all did, but she was given the harder time and I’m sorry for it. Like her, when RA chose to reply, I was ready to sink through the floor as I had felt responsible for starting the discussion which led to the response. To this day, I don’t know why RA decided to even respond and I was upset that he did. Lizzie, I think suffered at the hands of the fandom way more than I did, but I did not visit the forums for over a year, and I still avoid that particular message thread as we were labelled “crazies” and no doubt other derogatory descriptors simply for expressing a concern we had on a public forum. I personally have learnt my lesson, and as a person who is very sensitive to criticism, ridicule and downright meanness, I am very careful these days to avoid any sort of conflict within the fandom. Apologies to Lizzie for not commenting earlier and clarifying the circumstances surrounding that RA message before now.
MHJ
PS: I’m really glad RA continued to send a message at Christmas after that August 3rd message, as it showed we were not entirely to blame for him stopping communication.
MHJ said this on August 21, 2011 at 12:34 am | Reply
Thanks for the thoughtful comment, MHJ, and the helpful context. I do think it’s easy for communities to pick on each other — I know there are RA communities that I like better than others myself, and it’s tempting to condescend or allow oneself to be mean.
It was in 2007 that he mentioned that he got complaints about an “adult only Gisborne site” (though I never found out what that really was) but the messages continued for more than a year after that. I don’t know what caused them to stop but I don’t think it was connected to speculation about his private life either. I always was under the impression that it had to do with something happening behind the scenes that was pretty serious.
Jane said this on May 3, 2011 at 6:40 pm | Reply
I came on the scene in early 2008, and this was still being talked about. I never knew what happened either, and frankly, I didn’t care. I was never going to frequent that site, so I blew it off, and therein lies the most important part of having fun with this — blowing off things that do not matter.
IMO (yes, it’s just my opinion you know what they say about opinons; yes, it’s true. : D), too many people take themselves too seriously. I think we all do that at one time or another, and I really resist that urge ’cause when I don’t, I bore myself not to mention others it probably bores.
I read in an print interview in which he said he was distancing himself from fandom or words to that effect. It was the first time I realized some sort of implosion had occurred (a phenomona I’ve unfortunately encountered in every fandom in which I’ve participated). It made me wonder why he would feel the need and expressly say so after being so interactive.
Judi, I’m not surprised this is a common phenomenon. Is the general public involved? LOL!
Yeah, amirite you know? LOL!
Sigh. This is why we can’t have nice things. BTW, I also learned fans aren’t the only ones who can hurt a fandom. I also keep an eye on the source of adulation. Happily RA seems a stable agreeable bloke.
I just want to mention that Calvinists have some of the most intellectually curious minds of the European seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It’s mostly to Calvinists that westerners owe their tradition of religious dissent.
Very good point, having Calvanistic leanings myself, and being from a church based on that kind of theology.
Teuchter said this on May 4, 2011 at 12:06 am | Reply
I just want to thank you for having less than 95 theses. : D
I did say it was a work in progress 🙂
Well, this bucks me up, granted that my ancestry is so heavily Calvinist. It’s used as though it’s a swear word.
How right you are aaa! Made you almost afraid to mention the name as folk would come down on you like a ton of bricks. I have found that some have quite erroneous ideas about him and his theology!
Teuchter said this on May 5, 2011 at 5:11 am | Reply
I think the problem comes in with something called tulip. In an effort to simplify it, a stumbling block was created.
Very well put!! That is exactly what happened and didn’t help at all!
Teuchter said this on May 5, 2011 at 5:31 pm | Reply
yes, although the dynamic was a much older one. In much of his writing on free will, for instance, Calvin is already trying to resolve problems set up by Augustine and raised again by Counter-Reformation era controversialists. So even though Calvin was at best a shaky endorse of limited atonement (I can think of at least twenty articles or books on this topic and whether he did or didn’t), the TULIP people were only taking up themes that were already under discussion by the mid-16th century. DO NOT ask me how I know this stuff 🙂
Calvin should certainly be included in any rousing discussion of identity, and I’m sure there will be some oaths. 😉
Absolutely, since Calvin was so critical of people who pretended to be something they weren’t.
OK, I think I’ve read this whole train of comments now regarding things that have happened in the fandom in the past.
I can understand that not every fan is comfortable with everything that is written about Mr. Armitage, either as himself or in the guise of characters he has played. I’m certainly not. However, how is it not coercive to Mr. Armitage to write to him or his agents to complain about what other fans are doing? Of course, once anyone writes to say, “here’s this fic of questionable taste about a character associated with you,” he *has* to react. What is he going to say? Social mores being what they are, it’s inconceivable that he could say, “write what you want.” I have to agree that he was not personally hurt by the fiction (since the vast majority of readers, even those under the age of 18, can distinguish between a real person and a fictional role) — but he was pushed forcefully into a corner about complaints about it. If he had not responded, he’d have been understood to have been condoning it. But I think it’s important to note here that it wasn’t that he was surfing the web and ran across something he found offensive and asked the author to remove it. He was told by a segment of his fans that he should do so. I agree that it’s the fans here who are hurting the fandom by acting on their insecurities and then insisting that Mr. Armitage do so as well, putting him in a position where he had little choice as to how to respond.
I don’t see how fans can possibly be under an obligation never to do anything that the object of their attentions finds questionable, embarrassing, or whatever. That would suggest that becoming part of his fandom requires that I adopt Mr. Armitage’s conscience for my own. First of all, he’s never asked that of any of his fans; he’s limited himself to rather generalized moral discussions along the lines of modesty and the Golden Rule. But secondly, that would be difficult. The lines of what constitutes an embarrassment are drastically different in England than they are in the United States. Probably cultural mores in the UK require that he’s somewhat embarrassed by having fans in general. Does that mean that because I know it’s embarrassing to him, I should avoid being his fan? That would seem counter-intuitive to his success as a performer, which requires to some extent that he has fans.
servetus said this on May 4, 2011 at 12:06 am | Reply
His reaction to the alarmists who were outraged by the S/M story was interesting. If I remember the message, he sounded sort of half-hearted about even mentioning the issue and, I think, was careful to say that posting S/M material about Guy was a problem because Guy was in a kids’ show. And so they might see it, which wouldn’t have been a good thing at all. Fair enough. But it did seem as if he was backed into having to respond in some way. That seemed outrageous to me at the time. Bullies by proxy.
Wasn’t there also at some point a message saying that he didn’t favor one message board above another, didn’t communicate personally with anyone who runs a message board or fan site, and so on? It made me think “Somebody’s been saying that she and RA are friends, at the least . . . yechhhh. How pathetic to have RA as an imaginary friend you brag to other people about!” I don’t actually know what happened behind the scenes that led to that message, though. Those messages left me thinking “This poor man is being made miserable by fans who want him to control his own fandom. He doesn’t want that, and in any case, it would be impossible. Poor man; some fans must drive him batty.”
I read the half-hearted “please don’t post stuff inappropriate for kids” message and thought “This is a grown man, and unless he’s very unusual, he’s probably seen some porn in his life. He’s probably seen S/M porn in the past; it’s out there. I assume he knows that reading porn doesn’t automatically turn a person into a slavering sex maniac, and S/M porn doesn’t necessarily make readers race out and buy whips and chains. For all we know he read the piece as a piece of fiction and enjoyed it! Who knows?”
On the first, I’d need to check my chronology on this before making any definitive claims, but there was an article that interviewed him and Keith Allen heavily, I believe from 2007, in which he was asked directly about fanfic and he referred with what seemed to me like amusement to “sadomasochistic stuff.”
Well said. Bravo. 🙂
Darkangel66a said this on May 3, 2011 at 6:06 am | Reply
Spot on, Servetus, and beautifully argued! 🙂
Nietzsche said this on May 3, 2011 at 6:51 am | Reply
I wonder, Servetus, do you regret all this? I mean finding Mt A and becoming a fan with all that that has entailed for you? Do you wish. It had never happened? Or do the benefits (for you) outweigh the costs (I don’t mean monetary costs obviously).
Mr A has a pretty special fandom (I think) and if you had latched onto another actor or celebrity then you might not have found the level of interest and responsiveness to your writing that you have going on here. Perhaps. And your interest (in that other actor/celebrity) might have fallen away quickly as a result. What am I trying to say here? Not sure. But I think the community aspect of this “hobby” is important and has many facets.
kaprekar said this on May 3, 2011 at 6:57 am | Reply
He is very special. I have never had such a strong reaction to a performer (and never such fantasies, but only about his characters), although I had my crushes, naturally. He is different and his beauty is different – he has an inner beauty and a way to move and inspire that must be very unusual.
Wow, what a question, and again I feel “seen through,” kaprekar 🙂 this isn’t the first really shockingly intuitive comment you’ve made.
On the whole, I don’t regret things, period. There’s one post on this blog I really regret making, because I wasn’t mature enough to follow my own rules and see what was going on when I responded to comments.
Maybe I should save this for a post much later, but on the whole, no. On individual days when I get a poison email I want to throw in the towel, but the good outweighs the bad by a large percentage. When Armitagemania happened, I was in desperate straits — something was going to have to happen. I was grateful that it happened. And I am very grateful for the many *kind* and supportive readers I have.
I feel a little weird barging in here, since many of you are friends, but Servetus’ brave post about her fantasies has brought this lurker out of the shadows. 🙂 Lots of fans say they spend hours online watching RA because they admire his acting skill and would never fantasize about him (and that’s probably true in some cases–I don’t mean to offend anyone) Still,I have wondered if the fans making the raunchy posts on youtube are more honest than the rest of us. 🙂 I don’t generally crush on celebrities and never to this extent– my RA fascination sometimes seems more like an illness than a crush. 🙂 I’m now at the point of asking myself “Why him?”, “Why me?”, “Why now?”. For what it’s worth, here are my thoughts:
1. Why him? I could name a dozen talented, beautiful actors who I admire but have never fantasized about. My current theory is that RA represents a powerful masculine archetype, a masculinity that is capable of both extreme brutality and extreme gentleness. His characters seem to swing on a pendulum between those extremes. They spend more time at the extremes than in the middle, yet he somehow makes the character completely believable. He sort of referenced this when talking about the monstous mill-owner versus the “vulnerable boy” in Thornton, or when he said: “If I’m offered the role of the hero, I immediately look for the antihero within; I see everything in terms of an outer skin and an inner skin.” Women respond to RA much more than men, so maybe the tension or attraction of this archetype (or duelling archetypes) is especially powerful for women?? I think this could also explain why he inspires such creative growth and expression in his fans; he stirs the psyche and the psyche responds.
2. Why me? Where am I in my life right now that makes me respond to RA in this way? My current thinking is that I’m struggling to access my masculine self. I need to connect with the part of myself that is strong, effective, powerful, that focuses on action rather than feelings, that does what’s necessary, that isn’t afraid to be confrontational. I think perhaps RA portrays these qualities, and at the same time (especially in Guy and Lucas, haven’t seen Strike Back) he shows an ambivalence and even self-disgust at his “masculine” behavior and actions. I think that
ambivalence resonates for me emotionally at this partcular time. I’ve also toyed with the idea RA often conveys a certain self-consciousness or shyness which I, being fundamentally shy myself, find attractive. I also liked Servetus’ post about the way he draws in his audience by both withholding and revealing at the same time. In a couple of interviews he’s described trying to both conceal and peel back layers in his characters.
3. Why now? Well, there’s the issue I mentioned above, about my
stuggle to release my more masculine qualities. Also, while I have a good life, I’m dissatisfied with many things right now: my work, my relationships, my feelings of irrelevance as I age and become less attractive and productive in a society that puts a premium on both, my lack of expression, my lack of a creative community. I don’t think it’s an accident that I’m drawn to RA at this point in time. I also don’t think I’m actually in love with a total stranger who I’ve never seen and probably never will see. But, as Servetus said, ignoring the experience isn’t good, and in my case at least, nor is pretending it isn’t significant. My current plan is to study my fantasies and try and learn from them. I’m hoping that when the fantasies end, I’ll even be a wiser and happier person as a result of this experience.
I’m vaguely off-topic here but that’s my 2 cents and thanks for all the thought-provoking comments and the great photos. I’m not very computer-savvy, so I’ll slink back into the shadows now.
P.S. If I was computer-savvy, I’d make a screencap of Thornton at the first (male-only) dinner party. There a beautiful candlelit image that I haven’t seen in a screencap anywhere. Cheers.
Daisy said this on May 5, 2011 at 11:40 pm | Reply
Daisy,
You make some excellent points here and please don’t stay in the shadows. This is a very good place to be, lots of food for thought, and civilized behavior, two things you don’t find just everywhere on the internet. 😉
Richard registering in your life at a time of crisis and/or reaching a crossroad in life, wanting something more from your life; so many of us seem to fall into those categories.
Richard Armitage is an amazing fellow, and how he affects me certainly goes above and beyond being a handsome, talented and charismatic performer. He seems to strike a special chord in us and it is, yes, I have to say this, a life-changing experience.
And one I do not regret. I love the way he inspires me and indirectly encourages me as a great role model in life–his dedication to his craft but lack of self-importance; yes, that shyness and sweet-naturedness that shines through, his support of charities, his gentlemanly behavior.
By the way, have you checked out all the N&S screencaps at Richard Armitage Central Gallery and at IHEARTRichardArmitage? I could swear I have seen the screencaps you are speaking of . . . There are links here to access them.
Thanks for your nice comment, Angieklong. I don’t do much of this and appreciate the response. And I found the screencap, thanks so much!! It was on IHEARTRichardarmitage, http://richardarmitagecentral.co.uk/v/Main+Gallery/North+and+South/Episode+1/vlcsnap-00308+copy.jpg.html?
Daisy said this on May 6, 2011 at 4:26 pm | Reply
Hey, Daisy, thanks for the great, detailed comment and welcome. I apologize that it’s taken days for me to get back to you — it’s been a big five days or so. I really like this point about masculinity and ambivalence. I’d like to expand on it in future if you don’t mind. My Dear Friend the feminist film blogger thinks something very similar, and the body language involved is interesting.
A year and a half ago most of us didn’t know each other. So we hope you’ll be friends with us, too 🙂
Thanks for the welcome, Servetus. Please do expand on anything I said — that’s why I put it out there. Sounds like you’re going through some big career changes in the last few days, so best of luck in whatever you do next.
Oh, and the suffering, introspective gaze in the Porter picture is amazing. Great acting moment, haunting grey-green almond eyes. Wonderful cap! 🙂 Lucas’s memories cause different expressions.
I am guessing being fan is different for each of us. I certainly don’t regret it. On the whole it has been positive experience for me. Any disputes I have been involved in have been easily resolved.
Although I don’t fantasize abour RA himself, but quite obviously I do about his characters. Why is that I wonder, I think it is because he immerses himself in his roles so completely that I know his characters better than the man himself.
I’m not a dreamer as in close my eyes and dream while asleep. Infact I have probably only has five or six dreans in my entire life. I have no idea why I just don’t. So I certainly don’t dream about the man or his characters. It is only in my writing that my thoughts are played out.
I do find that I am protective of him and find myself defending his choice of roles. It got so bad that I actual in the main avoid those discussions. That is my choice and as I think Angie says we do have a choice about whether we join in with a discussion or not.
khandy said this on May 3, 2011 at 11:53 am | Reply
I need to write more about the protectiveness issue. The last time I raised that I got a comment that sort of shut down my desire to continue, but it’s been on my mind.
Amen! I think finding your voice is not only liberating for YOU, but it liberates all of us because it gives us the freedom to do so, and I don’t just mean in our fan lives but in RL. We are all grown women and it is for each and everyone of us to establish her boundaries. As for Mr. Armitage, I agree he does not need our “protection” as he is as a grown man and is more than capable of taking care of himself. He seems to be doing a great job thus far.
@Rob said this on May 3, 2011 at 1:18 pm | Reply
I feel exactly the same way. Everytime I see a new blog emerge or a new fanfic author, I think, “someone else is finding a voice.” It’s really gratifying and inspiring. I think that’s the aspect of the fandom that we should emphasize and promote.
I second what Kaprekar is saying. Having been a part of another fandom for many years, I can’t imagine anyone having the type of discussions that RA fans have, all the many unique blogs, and especially here Servetus, you challenge us to think about RA, being fans,and so many things. I agree this is all unique to RA fans and a reflection of the wonderful man that he is.
Of course, I also believe people have a right to disagree, as long as they do it politely and in a civilized way.
I admire your honesty Servetus. As for Richard Armitage, he’s an adult, a very level headed adult as far as I can tell, an intelligent person,and it was his choice to become an actor and a public figure. As a shy man he may not love the red carpet moments and other things, but I’m positive he knows it’s part of his job as an actor, and I’m positive that most of the time he’s grateful to have loyal fans who support his career after struggling so many years. I’m sure he can tell the difference between supportive fans and fans that cross the line, and there’s nothing from what I have seen or read of him that tells me he hasn’t handled all of it well.
Not meaning to sound pompous, but here’s a quote from a favorite writer that sums up what I believe better than I can:
Liberty is the right of every man to be honest, to think and to speak without hypocrisy.
Musa said this on May 3, 2011 at 1:28 pm | Reply
Ah, José Martí. He was a really important theorist of freedom. Thanks for the reminder!
Wonderful! You really describe an ideal fan-world and I admire your courage and energy to fight for your believes. RA is a freeing energy and a wonderful motivator, not a ‘bean-counter’ (= German: Erbsenzähler; absolutely intentional reference to “Strike Back”). I feel the same effects of him for my life and wish you all the best with your efforts! (Besides, I want to read more of your wonderful posts about fandom. Your analyses are absolutely addictive and brilliantly written ;o)
CDoart said this on May 3, 2011 at 1:50 pm | Reply
I suppose the next step in this analysis is to talk about why watching him promotes self-expression … thanks for the kind comment.
I will look forward to such a post. I know he has unleashed something in me that I can’t imagine would have happened with any other performer.
I desire to express myself all the more, even in ways some may not agree with or condone (and as a people pleaser, that is something of a breakthrough for me); a wellspring of creative impulses seem to flow out of me. And I have seen this happen to others again and again and again through fic writing, blogging, vidding, artwork . . . This is the only fandom I have ever been involved in, but surely, this is a somewhat unusual communal experience?
I look forward to her take as well. The inspiration has puzzled me exceedingly. The effect on me has been marked. Sorry I can’t share what as so many have been willing to do, and I’ve enjoyed that thoroughly.
I’ve scratched my head over this question more than once. Why Richard Armitage? Why the Armitage Effect?
I can’t imagine making more than 40 videos on little more than a month NTM writing all that fanfic and commenting frequently online for ANY other performer.
I remember consciously looking for things I could dislike about him because I questioned my sanity over going so gaga about a fellow at this stage of my life. Didn’t happen.
Don’t really anticipate it happening, either.
But it’s wonderful, it really is, this effect, and all those I have gotten to know through my various efforts. Being part of the fandom has, in fact, been a blessing.
But what else could I expect from a good man sent by God? 😀
It puzzled me too, and I did think about it a lot, but I realized something along the way, and that’s what my diary is about.
I wonder why I felt the need to write about this man’s character. I mean he is not the first actor that I have admired as my Mum pointed out yesterday I have watched a lot of Kevin Kline, Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks movies.
For me at least It was timing he entered my life when things were grim. Writing was something I could do away from society while m wounds healed to stop me going mad from boredom.
Servetus and all the other bloggers I think were I you I would try and hold on to the fact that these people who criticise you are very much in the minority
khandy said this on May 4, 2011 at 7:40 am | Reply
I’ve said this before but it is worth saying again. RA seems to come into our lives–to register on our radars–just when we need him most. For me, it was struggling with the decline and deaths of parents and in-laws while dealing with my own health issues.
The fandom and becoming a fanfic writer and now vidder allows me to escape some of the pressures and strains of my daily life without resorting to less healthy things like alcohol and pills.
And I agree. I think the joyless, humorless ones who try to rain on the parade are definitely im the minority
“in the minority”
I was struck by something you mentioned early on in this post, about how you were taking flak for not “labeling [the Porter vignettes] as fiction.”
Firstly, I applaud you for NOT calling these fiction. It takes a lot of nerve to make this kind of disclosure. The fact that you’re willing to look hard at things – sometimes difficult things – is the reason I follow this blog.
And secondly: what? Do “inappropriate” thoughts somehow become acceptable when narrated in the third person? Is that why the video that launched a thousand comments was artistic, but talking about how it makes us feel is lewd? Where does that leave the performer, when the purpose of a performance is to be seen and reacted to?
Excellent! I should just quote your entire post. : D
Thanks. I think your second point is essential. One might say that one desired effect of theatrical performance is (inter alia) to produce discomfort. Now, of course, Strike Back is not theatre of alienation — but one would guess that for an actor part of the desired goal would be to deliver something that makes his audience struggle a bit with their reactions.
Actually, in all forms of art, the desire is to move the spectator, the reader, the audience in some way, is it not? Whether it is happiness or pleasure or fear or anger or guilt, the artist wants to spark a reaction.
In the newspaper biz, we say if we aren’t making at least one reader angry every day, we aren’t doing our job.
I’ll make no bones about it. I wrote the first paragraph of my story on the drunk driving demonstration with the goal of making my readers very uncomfortable. But as my co-worker said, it grabbed their attention and held it. If I can save one kid from drinking and driving, it will be worth making a thousand people squirm in their chairs.
When people tell me my fiction makes them laugh, or cry, or feel all tingly for that matter, well, then I think I am doing something right. When your blog entries spark spirited discussions, Servetus, then surely YOU are doing something right.
I’ve been thinking a lot about this “it’s ok if it’s the third person” thing. Historians wrestle a lot with the problem of what the difference is between autobiography and fiction. The distinction isn’t entirely obvious. My students have trouble with it, too.
Why I like to read this blog? because the author is not “crazy” fan of RA. Writing about Mr. Armitage you always write with such esteem. Your analysis also helps me to understand the phenomenon of this artist. I think that your fantasies do not endanger others. They are beautiful and I thank you that you’ve shared with them
Ania said this on May 3, 2011 at 3:04 pm | Reply
On a more general level, may I offer felicitations to servetus and other RA blog-owners (yes, Frenz) for the courage in speaking?
As simply a commenter, I don’t feel exactly the responsibility of the blogger. As for commenters, the courtesy, tolerance and unity engendered by common appreciation for this actor, has been striking. We might not agree all details, but the discussions are, and have been broadening and enlightening. Appreciation to fellow commenters, too.
Any who come with agendas less tolerant and express themselves sans courtesy and respect, (only a few) do find that this is not their environment. That can be a tough call for the bloggers, and I’ve been impressed with your reluctance to eject anyone except as a last resort.
I truly hope that everyone will continue to speak their minds, with politesse and the good humour that has characterised these venues.
I do lurk on one or two sites and forums, without comment, because I won’t shut my eyes to opinions which are far from my frames of reference. I also subscribe to diverse TV news networks and print media in the same spirit. Pointless to shut eyes.
Good on you all.
And major support for Richard Armitage.
fitzgj4 said this on May 3, 2011 at 3:07 pm | Reply
I’ve always thought it was healthy to read and listen to opposing viewpoints. That’s how I was reared, and I can’t imagine changing. Or to be blunt: it never bothers me for someone to disagree if it’s done with courtesy,and sometimes when it’s not.
I am just so grateful for your erudite and well considered comments on such a variety of topics. I am constantly being made to think by your writing and it has enhanced many RA scenes for me. I love your work and it enriches my life. I know of no other actor who has the same effect as Mr Armitage which seems to be an opinion widely shared here. I greatly admire your honesty and integrity and please don’t stop. What would I do without your musings?
kathy said this on May 3, 2011 at 4:26 pm | Reply
Wow!! All these comments already! I should have guessed it would generate a lot of interest. Haven’t read all of your post yet or the comments but just wanted to say that I’m with you Servetus on the picture at the top of your blog today. Since everyone is so good at admitting things here, this is the picture I have enlarged a bit and look at last thing every night and first thing every morning! Would love LOVE to know what is going on behind those compelling eyes. I feel he is looking right into my soul!!!
RA fans have a certain honor, grace and respect for the feelings of the man who seems to be a bit shy and humble – which most all of us share.
“Every second I spend thinking about what I am not allowed to say . . . is a waste of energy and a betrayal of self.”
You said it best. It’s your blog. Say exactly what you want to say and be true to your self.
RavenRoseBeetle said this on May 3, 2011 at 5:25 pm | Reply
I can only agree to what has been expressed in the previous comments.
Although I’ve hardly ever commented here, I’ve been following your blog for almost a year now and I am still looking forward to any new entry. Your analyses are extremely well written, your arguments are well balanced and your meticulous observations provide a lot of “food for thought”. I’ve sometimes felt that you are too demanding on yourself but I’ve NEVER found your posts disrespectful either towards Mr. Armitage or your readers. I very much hope that I will be able to enjoy your blog for quite some time.
I am really thankful to you – and to your regular commentators – for making me feel more at ease with my Armitagemania.
Suse said this on May 3, 2011 at 6:09 pm | Reply
I don’t think Servetus has it in her to be disrespectful, and this is a wonderful asset, but it is also what makes for the struggle in speaking without feeling like you’ve crossed into something forbidden. I pray for wisdom for her, and selfishly, for myself as well.
Got it in one, Frenz. I don’t want to be disrespectful, but I have to be myself. I have no other choice anymore. How to balance those things for myself is hard enough, without the intrusions of people who think they know better.
Very much with you Suse in what you have written there. I love this blog and so happy to be a part of it now. I find it a learning experience so many times and have NEVER EVER found Servetus disrespectful to Mr Armitage or us, the readers. On the contrary I have found just the opposite and feel very comfortable being here and thankful that others are part of this Armitagemania too and to know I am NOT crazy – even at my age!!
Servetus – know you are LOVED!!!
Wow, didn’t expect all these comments! Let me get at it.
I really want to thank you all individually, severally, and collectively for these thoughtful comments. They were really helpful, reassuring, and also made me think about the next stuff to talk about. I really look forward to continued honest conversations on this blog with your support.
And we truly look forward with you, to be sure!
This is such a rousing discussion. There are so many issues raised, I’m still collecting my thoughts. (I DID mention I’m a slow thinker.) There are points raised by servetus and Frenz that have been immensely intriguing from the blogger PoV.
Even for the commenter:
One issue is, just how free do we feel post or comment? Even on such congenial and collegial sites as these. Personally, I still have a fear of making a donkey of myself and measuring below the radar on IQ. So, I have to think responses through. Which is also very self-conscious. There is also the fear of revealing oneself in too raw glory. etc.
If you’re a slow thinker, there’s no hope for me. LOL!
You made me laugh re: your comments about “slow thinker” and and below the radar IQ. Don’t we all sometimes suffer mental lapses? LOL
Tedgirl said this on May 4, 2011 at 5:41 am | Reply
I’ve been wondering lately if there’s any communications research into the conditions that facilitate speech on a blog. People have to feel comfortable. Maybe. Or they have to feel outraged? I’ve never wanted to encourage an atmosphere where people just deliver manifestos or statements and then march off into their corner to sulk.
Speaking of donkeys, touch-typing, after all these years, escapes this donkey. Proofing from the screen does, too. Failed the IQ test on both counts. 😦
I hadn’t been to see any of the LOTR movies when they were in the theatres but I saw part three of the Trilogy in a store, bought it, found that my son had the other two, watched all three in as short a time as I could and really loved them even though I wasn’t sure I would! HAD to read TH as soon as I found out a certain TDHBEW was to star in it and thankfully one of my granddaughters had a copy so devoured it quickly! I’m sure it will be magical as I think Sir Peter is a genius! Sorry if this is a little off topic but LOTR was mentioned above.
A little anxious after hearing about, and seeing video of, the NZ tornado – thankfully (and selfishly) NOT in Wellington. Not on anything like the scale of the ones in the U.S. but scary none the less.
Somehow I’ve found myself in a household of LOTR zealots. We own several copies of the LOTR books and two complete sets of the movies, and now they’re all laughing at me ’cause Richard Armitage is going to be in ‘The Hobbit’.
I mean the household laughing at me and not the movies although I wouldn’t rule that out.
I know the feeling! I can hear mine groaning inwardly (and sometimes outwardly!) or see them rolling their eyes when I mention him yet AGAIN!! Just wait though! WE know “The Hobbit” will be fantastic, especially Thorin!! So who will be laughing then, we ask! Some of my grandkids want to see CA with me though, so that is a start!! I am seeing some of the girls (there are 11 girls and 4 boys among my grandkids) taking a bit more interest though, so I’m doing my part!
Oh, I hear you. We will certainly have the last laugh. My Significant Other is taking great delight that I’m now going to relent and see ‘The Hobbit’ when I swore I wouldn’t. So much for oaths. But I’m taking great delight that he will pay to watch Richard Armitage. MUHAHAHAHA.
Revenge is sweet, isn’t it? *evil grin worthy of Vasey. Only I’m much cuter*
Yes, I am very much looking forward to taking Dearest Benny to see both CA and TH.
And I love having the last laugh. 😀
Prof, Thank you for the beautiful photo of RA that blew into my face when I switched on last night. I believe it takes a lot of guts, courage, responsibility, time, dedication even financially to be a blog owner/moderator (is that the right term)?
When I ventured into this blog, my thoughts were this is a place for intellectuals, not that I am one.. but try to keep up with the discussions. I’m not a critique of topics, just comments at times but I love reading all the long discussions… and I learn historical facts. Thru this blog, I’ve gone to other sites too reading their fanfics, some I like some I don’t. It all depends on individual taste..which topic we love to read.
Reading is also entertaining, so as the vids and the photos. Most probably there is envy around this blog for all the positive discussions and analysis going on. Who are we to antagonize one another in the pretext of constructive criticism? We have to be tolerant and develop a thick skin to deflect the arrows coming our way and learn to explain if our comments are construed the other way or taken out of context. Nobody’s perfect!
This is no ordinary fan blog (not to offend the others). The bloggers seem to be good, nice people. The atmosphere around is informative, fun, loving and dedicated to the craft of the actor we so admire. If we fantasize, so be it, we don’t harm anybody and we don’t go over the top. We maintain the decency expected of us as fans of a modern society.
I believe the most appalling aspect of cyber blogging is envy and squabbling. It would be more shameful I think if RA picks up the intrigue going on to think that we have one common denominator. I hate to think also that the reason for him staying under the radar is to avoid too much attention on his part as an actor and a person that even his private life is being scrutinized.
I think we can assume that he loves his fans and he knows to stay in this business, one should have a fan base. We cannot blame him if interaction with fans’ within arms length ’cause he can’t choose the kinds of fans to have. Hope we all learn from the discussions.
Keep up the good work! Thanks
nice point that he can’t choose his fans. I wonder what kind of fan he would choose? The situation is complicated by the problem of humor — if he says, my fans are mostly mature Radio 4 listeners, he may be making a joke about himself, but not everyone may realized that. I’ve fallen into this, not liking to be called motherly, for instance. It’s nice that in the summer when asked about his fans he admitted, I talk about them like they’re one person but really they are very diverse.
Just a heads up that I will be slightly revising my ‘desire’ thesis. I have another one in the works… but are concerned it goes into terrain some folks will not want to think about. I may, once again, disrupt the fun of fandom.
I’m a firm believer in reading and writing dangerously though, so keep at it, Servetus!
Skully said this on May 4, 2011 at 8:04 am | Reply
Look forward to reading the revision. It’s my opinion that one reason there is such policing of other fans is the fear that Richard Armitage will cut off his communications completely. I think I’ve even read statements to that effect, e.g., if we don’t stop, there will be no messages. Or maybe that tone was there so much in some parts of RA universe, that I read that in. Whatever the case, the desperation was made starkly evident when I made my request for a verbal message.
I love the messages, but I think the day I feel I can’t be honest about what I think of his performances or of anything to do with him actually, I will not want to participate in whatever this is — group, fandom, collection of fangirls, not sure what to call it.
Forgive me, I’m rather new to this sphere, but it seems strange that people are so wrapped up in these missives from Mr. Armitage. I think it’s sweet that he has sustained this conduit to fans for as long as he has, but I don’t see this continuing except perhaps as an occasional gesture for old times’ sake. And I don’t believe it has a thing to do with what individual fans say or don’t say. As Martin Freeman so eloquently put it, Mr. Armitage “is in “The ***ing Hobbit.” I think fans are accustomed to a sense of intimacy with him that he simply won’t be able to deliver once he hits the mainstream.
Hmmm. I think you are misunderstanding what I’ve said, so at the risk of being repetitive, I’ll try to be more clear.
Part of the fan base is indeed used to the intimacy the messages bred and hates to give it up. It was cool that he was that connected and developed a type of relationship through his messages. So I can understand the desire for him to continue. But I take exception to the lengths to which some have gone to make sure the fan base is well behaved in the misguided belief this will induce Richard Armitage to continue. This kind of policing, no matter the well intentioned words with which it’s couched, really makes having fun a lot of work, and I’ve got plenty of work elsewhere.
When I made my request for a verbal fan message (when or if he does one again), it was amazing the emails I got. Some were concerned for my mental health should he not reply. LOL!! Sorry I had to pause a moment and roll around on the floor at that. Some were put off that I would deign to make a request and how it would probably be offensive to “him” should he hear of it. Oh brother. LOL! I’m sitting hear having difficulty typing this for laughing, and I’m sorry if some who sent me those notes are reading this and are offended, but a lot of you need to lighten up. This is supposed to be fun. I know I’m having fun, but I did have a stutter step at all the amdonishments I received for supposedly overstepping a boundary. One good purpose it’s served is that I’m not sure I will be so responsive to them in the future. It was a drain, and I don’t need a drain.
Did I misunderstand? I meant my comment to refer to the aforementioned “other fans” who seem so anxious to preserve the relationship (I’m resisting the urge to put scare quotes around that word).
From my vantage point, the present state of Mr. Armitage’s interaction with fans seems congenial and perfectly normal. Then again, I’m a latecomer and don’t know how it was before.
Aahh. I see I misunderstood, and we are agreed.
Definitely agreed! And for the record, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with lobbying for a fan message. It never hurts to ask. If you later put it about that he was a jerk for not providing one, that would be excessive. But you don’t seem particularly prone to excess. 🙂
Well, I like to think I pick my excesses wisely. 😀 Glad we’re agreed.
Some people just don’t get humor. Sad, but true.
I do want to clarify that I have no problem with asking for a verbal message or an interview or an autograph or having him sign your copy of one of his shows. Heck, I made the sound bite asking him to consider coming to the US and playing a southern gentleman which RAF posted at her site!
There’s no harm in asking . . . I just have a problem with fans who get all stroppy if he doesn’t do what they expect of him or says something they don’t like. Again, that sense he “owes” us something.
It’s a bit like the crowd in front of Buckingham Palace shouting “kiss her” to William and Kate, I think. The joy is in making the request, not in having it fulfilled. And the addressee can fulfill it or not.
Yep. I think of the fan who cheekily asked RA if she could feel his bicep muscle at a red carpet event. Well, he could have flashed one of those grins, crinkled his brow and said no, but he flexed and let her do it.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
I think it’s true that the first time you end up the object of some distress, it’s harder to take then later. A year ago, when something I said was misunderstood, I tried hard to clarify, until I realized that there are some interlocutors for whom you just can’t make it good. The growing significance of that realization has made some aspects of blogging easier.
yes, I mean to say “here.”
I think there can be a self-consciousness even about commenting on a friendly blog. Which leads me to question: is this the real, unadulterated me? Or what image do I wish to present? For my satisfaction?
Just ruminating.
Behooving slow-thought grazers anywhere…
I love ruminating and haven’t embraced it enough. I’ve always been moving too fast.
Today, I’m actually sitting here grading papers and then saw this pop up. Unlike Servetus, I only have two students (a senior and a fifth grader). I know how hard this is for me, and I respect her all the more for what she is able to do.
Based on my experiences online, which has reached the 25 year mark this year, people who post long enough reveal what they’re about whether they intend it or not, so this idea that someone can craft a false image is somewhat of a myth. Oh, some can do it for awhile, and a very few can do it for a long time, but eventually, people get comfortable and their real personalities emerge.
Emphatically agree. I’ve often found that I’ve developed a line for how much I can say about myself on the blog and then realize that I’ve implicitly crossed it later. Pseudonymity is increasingly a pro forma exercise for me. Of course, all this may change depending on what happens after June 1. And even if I said nothing about myself at all (though there are significant things I don’t say about myself here), basic facets of my personality emerge through my writing. Servetus is a piece of me that has significant overlap with the actual writer here.
I always feel certain qualities in me end up in my fiction and even in the way I approach feature writing for our magazines. I don’t mean that the characters are me with a different name, please understand; just that certain elements–my humor, my tender side–tend to shine through. But I think that is part of finding your voice as a creative person.
RAF, you are so right. We can run, but not hide. That doesn’t prevent me being self-conscious, and therefore – what? spinning? Yeesh. I shudder to think what I’ve revealed of my pompous self on this, and other blogs.
As for ruminating: spent so many years rushing among family/education/career etc responsibilities and trying to catch spaces to “ruminate”. We’re all a bit familiar with that. And I’m so not high-energy, go-go, always needing action. Just action in travel. Cows, goats and yes, tortoises come to mind 😀
Rumination and chewing the cud is a bit easier now. (Oh, the fence blew down, and the carport requires remedial action? More manageable).
When I think pompous, I surely don’t think of you. LOL!
Me neither, Frenz. And I have known some pompous *sses in my time, let me tell you. 😉
@CP, Complete agreement. I see no reason whatever for Richard Armitage to establish a web site/blog or to return to writing notes to fans. His earlier notes, from the RH days were charming.
It is delightful of Sir Ian McClellan and Peter Jackson to communicate their thoughts via “new media”. Mr. Armitage is at a completely stage of his career, and somehow, it doesn’t seem appropriate. I’d like to offer more analytical reasons for this feeling; but it’s purely intuitive. Actually, I’d feel somewhat that he was pandering to fans, and it’s just the wrong time.
Please maintain your privacy and discretion, sir, and allow your talent to speak for you.
Naturally, I’d love to interview the gentleman, and enjoy thinking up questions, but in RL that’s best left to professionals who just might refrain from ask about circuses etc. in future. Or regrettably, not. Fun to play with, though.
He has moved to a different stage of his career, and we have to accept that things change.
I love the messages. They are charming, funny and disarming. But expecting him to keep it up now, to maintain these close ties to the fandom, when he is moving into the big time–it just seems to be asking a lot.
I think he has already gone above and beyond in his treatment of his fans.
But we are not automatically entitled to anything from him. He doesn’t belong to us.
I would also love to interview him as I think he is such a fascinating, talented and interesting gentleman. And I definitely would NOT ask him about the bloody circus. 😉
Late in 2008 when I discovered that there had even been those charming messages from Richard Armitage, he had already said he was ceasing. Imagine my surprise when there was a Christmas message in 2008, and then it happened again in 2009 and again in 2010. Great fun to receive those, and of course the one wedged in there during the summer of 2009 about the interview issue. So I think it’s fair to say it’s not clear he’s ceased his messages. If he does, then it was great fun while it lasted. If he hasn’t, I don’t feel the least funny about having requested a verbal, and there’s about a snowball’s chance in hell he would even know of my request anyway. But I had fun doing it and would do it again. 😀 And I might be the only one to make so public a request. I could be wrong about that. If so, please feel free to correct me.
In the meantime, I’m continuing on with what I’m doing because as I’ve said over and over again, I’m having a blast. I wish I had done something like my blog sooner. Great fun, which thankfully has not been marred enough by all the angst over what Richard thinks or is inclined to do. LOL!
I had said, when mulubinba asked whether it was time for him to have an official fan site, that he should do as he pleases. I stand by that. But in a way, I think that the official site would solve some of these fan factionalism problems. He would then be officially neutral with regard to communication.
@Frenz, we (fans, or I prefer “supporters”) exist in a different, parallel sphere from actors who capture our imaginations. I think the wish for a verbal message is a lovely one. Why should we not dream?
Please just keep doing what you do. As far as I’m concerned, it’s not inappropriate, and crosses no lines. I hope I am clear about this. i don’t think you said anything that is construed as demanding of the actor. Good grief, we’re just enjoying discussions. Dreaming, and making no demands of the gentleman. .
Thank you, Fitz, that is exactly what I’m doing.
@fitzgj4, so true about fans existing in a different sphere. I worry though, that we will have our particular bubble burst when The Hobbit comes out, especially if he is attractive enough in that to generate squee. And also at the other extreme if his career does not take off spectacularly as is generally expected now. But I have a lot of confidence in him, which tends to pull me through my doubts. He’s fab. Squeeee!!!!!
kaprekar said this on May 4, 2011 at 10:10 pm | Reply
I worry about this, too. Sometimes I think that people who’ve been “fans from the beginning” are bothered by us newcomers because we’re ruining their beautiful little secret, and then I think, what will happen in the winter of 2012? How will I feel? Already the number of people who come to this blog daily has exploded beyond my expectations. When I started I thought I’d be writing to at most two hundred people or so. Cough.
I feel where Servetus was brief in her theses, that I’ve been making up the difference in my comments, yet I would much rather read all of yours.
…I wasn’t going to mention the 136 Theses comments here (to which I contributed)… 😉
I’m not shy, so I could keep going, but I’m out the door in a few minutes, so you will be spared. 😀
Well, many theological statements have way more than 136 paragraphs 🙂
Ahhh. Then you’re saying I should cancel my ticket to fly over in Aug. w/birthday cake in hand? Crud.
I almost choked. 😆 I had a mental image of you with a cake that had sideburns.
I think you should wait till you get over there to back the cake. Hard to get a cake through the xray detectors.
NB 😀 Don’t give up that ticket!! And bring the sideburned cake!
So good that we can laugh at ourselves, and each other. Let us never take ourselves or fandom TOO seriously!
Actually, I am thinking Richard needs a really large birthday cake–what with it being the big 4-0–and Deb can pop out of it. Now that would be a surprise! 😀
I have great difficulty relating to people who cannot see the humor in life and particularly in themselves. Richard seems to be a person who takes his craft very seriously; himself, not so much. That’s the kind of person I find sympatico. I hate the feeling of walking on eggshells I get with some people. Makes me “noivuss.”
@Angie…honey, that would be ONE BIG cake if I popped out. ROTFLOL!! =0)
@fitzgj…you know the sideburn thingy is kinda growing on me. Off to grab my sketch book…
NovemberBride said this on May 4, 2011 at 10:43 pm | Reply
@NB I forwarded a picture of that amazing cake to one of my granddaughters and she replied that she could see why I liked the SFR spoon!! I loved that cute raised eyebrow BTW!!
@kaprekar, Yes, I actually worried that Mr. A would be seduced by Hollywood, and have his nose “fixed”! For heaven sake. He turns 40 this year, and he’s learned a few things on the way. He seems to have a sensible team around him. No worries about his portrayal of Thorin. It’ll be fine.
fitzgj4 said this on May 4, 2011 at 10:19 pm | Reply
I know he had a lot of years of struggling and wondering if he was ever going to make it in this business, but I think all this happening now rather than much earlier may be a blessing. He is older, well-grounded, wiser; I don’t think he’d be tempted now to have rhinosplasty as he might have been in his youth(I consider that nose one of the national treasures of England). I can’t really see him “going Hollywood.”
Whatever else the movie is or is not, I feel Richard’s performance as Thorin will be terrific. And I suspect it is going to be one of those critic-proof movies that will do well at the box office even if it doesn’t get great reviews (of course, I am hoping it WILL. Especially good things said about RA).
Well said! Once again you have taken the words out of my mouth – or at least a lot of them!!
Yeah, that’s why they pay me the (not-so)-big bucks to write . . . ’cause that’s how I roll . . . 😉
If he were younger, then he might be coerced into going Hollywood, but he’s definitely of an age that allows him to be who he is more. At least I hope that’s the case. I hope that for everyone frankly. Be who you are, and no, the irony of saying that from an anonymous id is not lost on me. LOL!
PS kaprekar, I loathe the word, but SQUEEEE 😀 One for all, and all that.
this is just a general comment, to some extent in response to lizzie, but also as a bookmark for myself to reinforce: I think we may have to give up the idea that we can really understand anything meaningful about “the real” Richard Armitage based on (esp) print interviews. We are asking those media for information that they don’t deliver. I’ve had various discussions with people about the meaning of these statements he’s made about fans, and they seem highly ambiguous to me. I backed off of this after “Armitage epistemology” because it made people so angry but maybe it’s time to go back there. It’s been a year, my nerves are a bit calmer now and my skin a bit thicker.
Print interviews are certainly not good source material with respect to picking up the tenor of someone’s comments — especially if there is dry humor. SO has a fantastic sense of humor and has been interviewed countless times, but it’s amazing how different the printed piece sounds from what he actually said. Of course he’s learned, as I’m search Richard Armitage has learned, that you have to think for yourself and the interviewer when you’re being asked questions for publication, and the dry humor rarely works.
In fairness to journalist, they are usually under a deadline and have only so much space, so they can’t always develop a piece to convey humor effectively.
RE: Armitage Espistemology, I’ve been waiting for you to go back there. Let’s get into a rousing identity discussion. I say that selfishly since that is my favorite topic no matter who is the subject.
I actually quite often prefer his audio interviews because we get that lovely voice, of course, but there is also the addition of hearing how he says things. I remember that distinct growl when asked about Guy killing Marian during a radio interview–“No. He should have married her.” I really don’t think he was very happy with TPTB at Tiger Aspect re certain developments (oh, how little we knew, it was all going to get much, much worse at Kudos for Lucas . . .)
And yeah *raises hand* journalists DO have deadlines. Sometimes very tight ones. And space in print editions is more precious than ever.
I would LOVE to be able to write a feature such as you would find in Rolling Stone on someone like Richard. Lots of space, plenty of room to get descriptive and fully convey the personality, temperament, aura of the interviewee. And, of course, this would require me to spend a significant amount of time with said interviewee. 😉 A journalist can dream, can’t she??
Agree on print interviews, they are always filtered trough the eye of the journalist and more often than not they like to give the article a slant they think pleases the reader. If it is a tabloid they try to sex up his statements, if it is a high-brow newspaper they are dismissive of the fans etc.. IIRC The Stage and Reader’s Digest from last year were quite good though. A formate like the Vulpes Libris interview is different because as I understand he was sent the questions and answered them via email.
Forgot to add, with his frequent and eloquent facebook updates Sir Peter Jackson has found a good way to work around having his words filtered by journalists!
I think Sir PJ is a marvel with everything he gets done. I’d love it if Richard Armitage had a facebook page he updated, but I know myself how much work it is to keep that sort of thing up, even if it’s just a few paragraphs every month or so.
Just go ahead and re-visit that issue, servetus. Let the chips fall. Respectful discussion can only be enlightening.
Very thin-skinned myself, literally and figuratively; but age has withered and seasoned (if only it had offered the ability to tan rather than sunburn, literally, not figuratively). So, perceived affront or criticism have a shorter term effect of grieviously hurt feelings now.
OK. I may do a prelude before I get into full blown interpretive mode again, though. Those posts take a lot of time, and I’ve got finals starting a week from today.
Just wanted to say that this blog post and all the comments is a COMPLETE TOUR DE FORCE!!! Sorry for shouting but I had to say it. I know that what you write, servetus, and what others, me included, add in comments will be regarded by some fans with horror, embarrassment or simply “rolled eyes” but you know there are many people (me included) who love it (warts and all) and whatever your stance there is no denying this blog is a simply amazing work, the like of which I have never seen or heard of before. I’d like to say more but now I need to go and vote. Later, perhaps.
kaprekar said this on May 5, 2011 at 6:45 pm | Reply
Wow, kaprekar. Have to tell you how much this meant to me when I read the other day. I think it’s the commentators who really make the blog. I learn so much from reading the comments!
I know I’ve enjoyed it, but I feel compelled to apologize for all of my comments on this entry.
I should have said “so many entries.” I’m not apologizing for all of them just the number of them. : D
No need.
[…] Protection Mode,” see what Frenz said today, in a very intelligent post. I can only reiterate what I’ve written about this before: that I personally don’t think that on the whole, other fans are endangering him, or that if […]
On the eve of my “new” life … « Me + Richard Armitage said this on June 21, 2011 at 5:58 am | Reply
[…] I’ve come out against prescription with regard to other fans’ behavior, and I stick with that. If you are so motivated to express your convictions about Armitage that you’ll hack a poll to do so, I trust that you must have some significant reason for coming to that conclusion, and I won’t tell you not to do it or try to burden your conscience. The people who do it must understand themselves why, or what they think is fun about it, or why anyone should care enough about a poll like this one to hack it. […]
Why I don’t like these things « Me + Richard Armitage said this on August 14, 2011 at 8:24 pm | Reply
[…] If this is how you feel, that’s great! Nothing in what I say below seeks to make anyone feel guilty or move them to think or behave any differently than they are. I write here about things that move me to think about them, about problems that concern me — so what I say I am saying only about myself and my observations. It may or may not be of significance to you, but if it holds my attention, I’m going to write about it. I can’t control what you think about that, of course, but if you think that the simple (re-)opening or continuation of the discussion of sexual objectification in the case of Richard Armitage somehow constitutes an indictment, nothing I will ever say on this topic will make you happy. I will say honestly that I think that a clearer discussion of it would defuse some of the apparent anxiety and/or outrage around this issue much better than criticism of the attitudes of other fans. But above all, I say, as I’ve been trying to articulate for months: Let each woman question and follow her own conscience. […]
On the Genesis of Perving: ad quod respondit Servetus — THREE « Me + Richard Armitage said this on October 17, 2011 at 3:24 am | Reply
[…] yeah, I’m breaking my rule about not disciplining other fans. Because this kind of behavior is cruel and destructive and it damages the very thing that many […]
Stop cruelty. Don’t participate in it. Don’t let others think you tolerate it. « Me + Richard Armitage said this on November 1, 2011 at 4:27 pm | Reply
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Could anybody tell me about that fanfic thing? I see a lot of you have mentioned it in your comments, but I don’t know the background. From what I surmised, a person wrote an RPF with Richard Armitage, and a fan told him about it, cauing him to ask it to be removed. Is that correct, or?
Tribi said this on May 8, 2013 at 3:01 pm | Reply
Thanks for the comment, and welcome to the blog.
The story as I received it was that in the wake of RH 1, a fan wrote a fanfic in which Guy captured and sexually abused Marian for her behavior at the altar. After fans pressured the author to remove the story unsuccessfully, they turned to Richard Armitage to achieve the same end. The story was removed (or hidden?) and Armitage issued a message urged fanfic authors to remember that RH was a story for children. This happened about two years before I was a fan of Armitage, so if you need more info than that you’ll need to find someone who’s a fan of longer duration than.
As far as we know, Armitage has never commented publicly regarding RPF written about him. (There was very, very little until The Hobbit premiered.) Any statement a fan makes about his feelings on that particular issue are thus speculation.
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The Patrimony and Donald Trump
July 10, 2020 by Neo 5 Comments
At Mount Rushmore, President Trump noted that:
Our Founders launched not only a revolution in government, but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity. No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States of America. And no people have done more to promote human progress than the citizens of our great nation.
It was all made possible by the courage of 56 patriots who gathered in Philadelphia 244 years ago and signed the Declaration of Independence. They enshrined a divine truth that changed the world forever when they said: “…all men are created equal.”
He’s right, and that is the very first time that it was stated, openly, proudly, and loudly. Our Founders were also the first to say that our rights come from God, not man, and especially not government. That was truly revolutionary, although there are precursors, including the publication just a few months before of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations. Since we have been keeping the flame, those beliefs have spread around the world like a prairie fire.
But here, in its home, Freedom is again in danger.
Sumantra Maitra, writing in The Federalist makes the point that it comes down to this:
Increasingly, even as Trump might be an unlikely cultural conservative messenger, structural forces are placing him in a curious situation where he finds himself the defender of the patrimony in an ongoing cold civil war. This is not a matter of choice anymore.
That’s true and he identifies two opposition groups:
That’s no longer even arguable, but academia including k-12 education is by far the primary driver here. Sumantra says the battle comes down to three speeches, the President has given.
West Point where Trump said that,
” We are restoring the fundamental principles that the job of the American soldier is not to rebuild foreign nations, but defend — and defend strongly — our nation from foreign enemies. We are ending the era of endless wars. In its place is a renewed, clear-eyed focus on defending America’s vital interests.”
Rather reminiscent to me of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams who wrote on July 4th, 1821,
“The interest, which in this paper [The Declaration of Independence] has survived the occasion upon which it was issued; the interest which is of every age and every clime; the interest which quickens with the lapse of years, spreads as it grows old, and brightens as it recedes, is in the principles which it proclaims. It was the first solemn declaration by a nation of the only legitimate foundation of civil government. It was the cornerstone of a new fabric, destined to cover the surface of the globe. It demolished at a stroke the lawfulness of all governments founded upon conquest. It swept away all the rubbish of accumulated centuries of servitude. It announced in practical form to the world the transcendent truth of the unalienable sovereignty of the people. It proved that the social compact was no figment of the imagination; but a real, solid, and sacred bond of the social union.”
This is the same report that concluded with this,
“Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will recommend the general cause, by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant sympathy of her example.”
It is indeed time to return to the wisdom of our forebearers.
Warsaw, where the President voiced his concern for and defense of Western Civilization, saying,
“We write symphonies. We pursue innovation. We celebrate our ancient heroes, embrace our timeless traditions and customs, and always seek to explore and discover brand-new frontiers.”
So many have said this that I’m not going to quote anyone. Free countries could have arisen only in the West, in fact in the Christian West. BTW, while he is no angel, this may be part of the reason that the globalists attempt so hard to denigrate Putin, like Trump, he professes as a Christian.
Last week at Mount Rushmore, iconic mountain celebrating American heroism. where as Sumantra says.
Finally, his latest speech at Mount Rushmore, which argued for a nationalism, regardless of race or class, focused on the classical Western canon and intellectual inheritance, from Andrew Jackson to George Patton, from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman. He vowed to defend the country from anarchists and Marxists.
Taken in combination, these speeches argue for a revival of classical education and art, preservation of culture and history — appropriately recognizing Anglo-American heritage, a restrained foreign policy abroad, and strong law and order at home.”
He’s correct, of course, taken together these three speeches illuminate the legacy our predecessors have left to us along with the duty to hand it down unimpaired. So about our opposition:
The corporate media is obvious, of course, if you saw any of its reporting of Mt Rushmore, no doubt you were left wondering what speech they heard because it surely wasn’t the one Trump gave. In any case, media, even more than politics, is downstream of culture. In this case, a specific part of culture, which takes much of its lead from academia.
And so, academia, which is not downstream of culture but is actually the creator of culture. Sumantra says this…
This brings us to the crux of the issue. While a culture war is looming, a culture war will not be won by tweeting and giving speeches, but by legislating policies. Furthermore, these policies will only be effective if they target the propaganda centers in academia. Joy Pullmann and I recently wrote a joint paper on how to redress this massive imbalance. Of the five policy proposals we outline, two are especially relevant to this cultural civil war.
The first policy seeks to limit public funds for all activist disciplines. Legislating a “no politics in education” policy, while making it compulsory to have free speech on campuses and protect against ideological discrimination (as a recent South Dakota law ensured) would be a good first step.
The second policy would be to increase scrutiny of the biases within academic departments by forcing university administrations to ensure research produced by social science and humanities departments is not actively anti-national, subversive, or one-directional. These proposals are well within the capability of the federal government and could ensure proper tax funds disbursement, as well as ensuring balanced academia, without interference in content.
Politics, it appears, is not downstream of economics, but the downstream of culture. And to win the culture war, conservatives need to redress the overwhelming disadvantage in media and academia. While there are conservative media houses, academia works primarily and divisively to denigrate the commonalties of a nation-state.
If shared civic virtues, symbols, and stories are maligned, then there remains no nation and no society or community, but a giant supermarket that houses “consumers” who feel no loyalty to the land beneath their feet. If President Trump is serious about the culture war, then he needs to address the imbalance to win the messaging war against the propaganda markets.
And that too is so. In the coming days, we will explore some ideas about that. As long as I’ve been writing this blog, this has been one of my paramount concerns, how to begin the long march back. It seems from my reading that the President has shaken the Liberty Tree vigorously enough to shake loose a lot of ideas. Some (most, or all) need to be taken up, and this will require legislation, both state and federal, which means we’d best vote FOR America this fall, or we may lose it for all time.
John Adams to Abigail Adams – July 7, 1775
Your Description of the Distresses of the worthy Inhabitants of Boston, and the other Sea Port Towns, is enough to melt an Heart of Stone. Our Consolation must be this, my dear, that Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty, may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty once lost is lost forever. When the People once surrender their share in the Legislature, and their Right of defending the Limitations upon the Government, and of resisting every Encroachment upon them, they can never regain it…
I am forever yours —
Filed under Conservatism, Corruption, Culture, Donald Trump, Duty, Freedom, History, MSM, Personal Responsibility, Political Uncorrectness, Rule of Law, The Leaders, United States, Western Civilization Tagged with Democratic Party (United States), Donald Trump, Government, History, Politics, United States
5 Responses to The Patrimony and Donald Trump
audremyers says:
I never cease to be amazed; it’s one thing to be able to spout the dates of the important times, acts, laws of history, it’s quite another to be able to tie those important times of the past to the present. I have such admiration for folks who are able to do that. It’s people like Neo and the historians among this readership – and those historians who people the comments section of The Conservative Woman in the UK – who will help guide our countries back to the basics of what we stand for – did stand for, have stood for, will always stand for.
boudicabpi says:
Reblogged this on Boudica BPI Weblog.
Well, when so called victims discover their ” brand-new frontiers” of personal liberty and responsibility of individual freedom…:
Uh, big WHEN & IF there.
P.S. Don’t mistake me as a sheep, I wear a mask to just keep leftist snot droplets away at the grocery story. Choice, mine to make. 🙂
Oh, they’ll find the limits, semi gently if we win, if we lose standing against the wall.
Nobody would ever make that mistake. 🙂
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NBPA President Suggests 2020-21 NBA Season Could Be Played In Bubble
by Alexandra Francisco
The NBA’s plan to resume its season in a centralized location has gone better than expected.
Despite teams and players traveling from all over the country to Walt Disney World in Orlando for the return, COVID-19 cases on the campus have been low despite Florida’s being incredibly high. And there were zero new cases of the coronavirus in the last round of testing.
So with a potential second wave of the virus looming, could the NBA try this again next season?
Apparently, the NBPA thinks it’s a possibility.
“If tomorrow looks like today, I don’t know how we say we can do it differently,” NBPA president Michele Roberts told ESPN’s Tim Bontemps.
“I’m not in the Trump camp in believing it’s all going to go away in two weeks, but I’m praying, praying that there will be a different set of circumstances that will allow us to play in a different way. But because I don’t know, all I know is what I know now. So it may be that, if the bubble is the way to play, then that is likely gonna be the way we play next season, if things remain as they are.”
Hopefully, it doesn’t come to that, as it’s a lot to ask of players to isolate together for an entire season. Especially if their families can’t join them. Not to mention, basketball just isn’t the same without the energy from a packed arena.
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I am confident that under the continued leadership of Staffan Göjeryd, Head of Telia Carrier, Polhem Infra will be an excellent owner for Telia Carrier and that it will continue to go from strength to strength under their stewardship.” n NEWS IN BRIEF www.networkseuropemagazine.com 07 www.networkseuropemagazine.com 07 Genomics England scales up genomic sequencing with Quantum ActiveScale object storage Quantum Corp. announces that Genomics England has expanded their Quantum ActiveScale object storage solution as part of an integrated environment designed to store, protect, and provide access to hundreds of petabytes of genomic data. The solution enabled the organisation to scale up from sequencing 100,000 genomes to millions while improving data resilience, controlling costs, and avoiding IT complexity. The implementation supports Genomics England’s commitment to sequence the genomes of intensive care patients with COVID-19 and other people with the virus, and is an example of Quantum’s leadership in storing and managing unstructured data. Genomics England was established in 2013 by the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care to support the 100,000 Genomes Project, a groundbreaking effort to sequence whole genomes from a vast number of patients with rare diseases and common cancers. In 2018, the project was significantly expanded: The new goal was to sequence up to five million genomes over five years. Unfortunately, the existing network-attached storage (NAS) system used for genomic data was not up to the task. The NAS, which held 21 PB of data, had reached its node-scaling limit. Genomics England needed something more scalable than existing NAS solutions — an infrastructure that could grow to hundreds of petabytes. A new solution also had to facilitate simple, flexible access to data by more than 3,000 researchers around the world. To explore new storage solutions, Genomics England consulted with Nephos Technologies, an independent UK-based data services organisation, to design and implement a new storage solution. After evaluating several possibilities, the Nephos team designed a multi- faceted solution that incorporates a high-performance parallel file system from WekaIO, Mellanox high-speed networking, and Quantum ActiveScale object storage. The solution creates a two-tier architecture that combines flash storage plus an object storage system, which serves as a long-term data lake repository. The two storage tiers, each of which can be scaled independently, present as a single hybrid storage environment. As a result, researchers have the flexibility to query data in a highly randomised fashion. Within a few years of deploying the new storage environment, Genomics England needed to expand again. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 presented new, urgent challenges for the global medical-scientific community, and Genomics England was in a prime position to help better understand who is susceptible to the virus. The organisation committed to sequencing the genomes of up to 20,000 intensive care patients with COVID-19 plus up to 15,000 people with the virus who are experiencing only mild symptoms. Around the same time that Genomics England was ramping up participation in COVID-19 research, the ActiveScale solution platform was acquired by Quantum. A Quantum team facilitated a smooth transition for Genomics England, which then expanded the object-storage environment from 40 PB to more than 100 PB. Genomics England takes advantage of the geo-distributed capability of ActiveScale, an added strength of Quantum’s RAID replacement technology that spreads data and parity across multiple nodes in the storage grid. With ActiveScale object storage, the organisation distributes data across three data centers, for full data protection against a major disaster such as site-loss. Data can continue to be accessed for reading and writing at the remaining sites and withstand additional hardware failures offering 19x9s data durability. n Axiomtek introduces 4K-Ready Intel Atom-based Pico-ITX Board for industrial IoT applications – PICO317 Axiomtek, a manufacturer of industrial products, announces the PICO317, its new fanless Pico-ITX SBC powered by the onboard quad-core Intel Atom x5-E3940 processor (code name: Apollo Lake). This tiny 2.5-inch embedded board can withstand a wide operating temperature range of -40°C to +70°C (-40°F to +158°F) for use in harsh and space-constrained environments. It comes with dual-display capability through 4K-ready HDMI and 18/24- bit single/dual channel LVDS. Combined with a rugged design and high- speed processing, the PICO317 is suitable for a variety of industrial IoT applications, including industrial automation, transportation, retail and more. Responding to the surging demand for imaging processing, the powerful PICO317 has Intel integrated Gfx graphic engine which optimises the graphics performance and brings captivating visual experiences. This low-power industrial motherboard has a full-size PCI Express Mini Card slot supporting mSATA for wireless and storage. It has three USB 3.0 ports to connect with industrial cameras for machine vision applications. "The PICO317 is a feature-rich, flexible and customisable pico-ITX form factor motherboard that is a great choice for many IIoT applications. Its fanless and ultra-compact design allows easy installation in environments and more flexible product designs. The varieties of I/O connectors are offered to deliver true customer value for fewer integration hassles,” said Kevin Lin, a product manager of the Motherboard Division at Axiomtek. The feature-rich PICO317 supports one DDR3L-1867 SO-DIMM slot with up to 8 GB of system memory. It is equipped with one Gigabit Ethernet port with Intel i211AT which supports Wake-on-LAN and PXE Boot ROM. Other I/O interfaces include two RS-232 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, three USB 3.0 ports, one HD Codec audio and one SATA-600 slot. This stunning Pico-ITX board also has SMBus that is compatible with I2C for smart battery support. To meet the industrial needs, it has a 5VDC input with AT auto power-on function. Moreover, the PICO317 has a watchdog timer and offers hardware monitoring functions to detect CPU/system temperature and voltage to ensure reliable operation. n www.networkseuropemagazine.com 08 NEWS IN BRIEF Schneider Electric, StorMagic and Hewlett Packard Enterprise launch collaborative ‘Edge in a Box’ solution Schneider Electric announces the launch of ‘Edge in a Box’ in collaboration with Alliance Partners StorMagic and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). Available immediately across the globe, the joint solution utilises Schneider Electric’s 6U Wall Mount EcoStruxure Micro Data Center, StorMagic SvSAN software and HPE ProLiant Servers, to deliver simplified, pre-integrated and cost- effective IT systems specifically designed for edge computing environments. The solution meets the compute requirements of any small or space constrained site. It can be wall-mounted to save space and offers complete customisation through a global network of channel partners. From supermarket chains, high-street pharmacies and service stations, to universities, hospitals, and research labs, ‘Edge in a Box’ meets the requirement for resilient power, ultra low-latency connectivity and secure, on- premise servers and data storage at the edge. Comprising StorMagic SvSAN software, two HPE ProLiant servers, a choice of VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or Linux KVM hypervisor, alongside APC Smart-UPS with Lithium-ion models, APC power distribution unit (PDU) and HPE Aruba networking, the system is optimised to run edge applications and offers industry-leading uptime. Together with EcoStruxure Micro Data Centers and HPE ProLiant servers, StorMagic ‘Edge in a Box’ delivers a combination of cost, performance and lightweight, high-availability edge compute for organisations of any size – from one to thousands of sites. “Customers with edge sites are experiencing a number of unique challenges, including budget constraints, lack of space and limited, or non-existent IT support,” said David Terry, Vice President, IT Channels, Schneider Electric, Europe. “The 6U EcoStruxure Micro Data Center is the smallest, secure and lightweight data centre solution in the market, helping organisations to quickly modernise their IT infrastructure, while reducing the costs associated with deployment, servicing and maintenance.” “IT teams must be able to quickly deliver what the business needs - simplicity, low-cost and 100 percent uptime to ensure confidence that business-critical applications are always running,” said Bruce Kornfeld, Chief Marketing and Product Officer, StorMagic. “By combining StorMagic SvSAN with APC by Schneider Electric infrastructure and HPE servers, customers can work with their integration partner of choice to customise, build and deploy ‘Edge in a Box’ solutions that meet their budget and space requirements.” “At HPE, we are committed to enabling our partners with the technologies and resources to accelerate time-to-market for their products. Through the HPE Technology Partner Program, our partners can efficiently validate their innovative solutions with a range of our storage, networking, and compute offerings. This portfolio includes HPE ProLiant servers, which are high- performing, secure and versatile, and can power various workloads and increase outcomes,” said David Stone, Vice President, Worldwide Ecosystem Sales Leader. “By integrating HPE ProLiant servers with advanced technologies from Schneider Electric, we are able to power the edge in the box solution. Together we are making it easier for customers to deploy and manage edge computing solutions and enable them to focus on unlocking new value and creating new experiences from edge-driven data.” The joint system can include Schneider Electric’s next generation data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) platform EcoStruxure IT as an option. With real-time data analytics and predictive servicing capabilities, EcoStruxure IT remote monitoring enables customers to work with Managed Service Providers (MSPs), IT Solution Providers and Value Added Resellers (VARs) to increase uptime and reduce the cost of on-site maintenance. EcoStruxure IT offers a free 30-day trial for end-users and partners. Its Public API provides complete integration with third-party management platforms, increasing resilience across multiple edge locations, without the need for local IT support. Customers can also leverage EcoStruxure AssetAdvisor and Schneider Electric’s expert service bureau, for 24/7 remote monitoring and troubleshooting support. n09 NEWS IN BRIEF www.networkseuropemagazine.com 09 Share your news. Contact the editor at: editor.networks@abacus-comms.co.uk Colt Data Centre Services achieves 100% pre-letting of its Frankfurt West hyperscale facility Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced that its hyperscale data centre in West Frankfurt has secured customer commitments for 25.2MW of IT power, bringing the site to full capacity. This pre-letting comes sixteen months prior to operational commencement of the Frankfurt West facility and marks one of the largest in the European data centre market to date, further testament to Colt DCS’ dedicated expertise in the Hyperscale Data Centre market. Frankfurt West is one of many hyperscale facilities to join the list of Colt DCS’ hyperscale data centres currently in development around the world, which include a 100MW facility in Mumbai, India as well as a 40MW facility in Osaka, Japan. The multiple locations of hyperscale facilities Colt DCS operates globally means that the provider is very well-equipped to take customers to market quicker in their locations of choice, across Europe and Asia allowing them scale as they grow. Colt DCS’ Frankfurt West facility is set to complete in Q4 2021. Customers will have access to a scalable infrastructure to support their business growth in a cost-effective, highly resilient, efficient and secure manner. The Frankfurt West data centre will provide a significant power capacity of 25.2 MW, spanning across 14 data halls, each capable of delivering up to 1.8MW IT power. The large capacity and strategic location of the facility means Colt DCS is able to offer its customers access to the largest international carriers that pass through the region. Frankfurt, often lauded as one of Europe’s “Big Four” interconnection hubs alongside London, Amsterdam and Paris, is one of the region’s premier connectivity centres, second only to London as the continent’s most important data hub. Quy Nguyen, VP Global Accounts & Solutions at Colt DCS said, “The customer commitments that we have just secured at our Frankfurt West facility is further proof that the demand for hyperscale services is showing no signs of slowing down.” “We are excited to meet these rising demands by showcasing our continued commitment to growing our hyperscale offering globally and developing tailored solutions to meet our customers’ needs. As our footing in the hyperscale market continues to expand, we look forward to cementing our position as a key player to watch within the hyperscale data centre industry for years to come.” n Ancala Partners sells Dutch fibre network platform, Fore Freedom Ancala Partners LLP (‘Ancala’), the independent infrastructure investment manager, on behalf of its managed funds announces the sale of its majority interest in Fore Freedom for an undisclosed sum to funds managed by H.R.L. Morrison & Co. Fore Freedom is an independent developer, owner and operator of fibre networks across the Netherlands. Ancala acquired a majority interest in Fore Freedom and its related entities in September 2018 and through a buy-and- build strategy has helped transform the business into a fibre network developer, owner and operator in over 80 business parks across the Netherlands. Fore Freedom provides essential broadband connectivity to businesses via high-speed, reliable, open access fibre networks in commercial and industrial areas. The company also has its own network operator and internet service provider through its subsidiary, XXLNet. Since the acquisition in September 2018, Ancala has worked closely with Fore Freedom’s experienced management team to create a standalone business focused on the development and growth in the business fibre market in the Netherlands. This included implementing a new organisational and reporting structure, strengthening the sales and marketing team, executing a redefined sales strategy and product offering, as well as providing capital to fund accretive fibre deployments. “We are delighted to have supported Fore Freedom’s accelerated development into a leading independent fibre network provider in the Dutch market.” Spence Clunie, Managing Partner, Ancala Partners LLP said. “We thank the Fore Freedom management team for their contribution and wish them continued success.” Edwin de Raadt, Managing Director, Fore Freedom commented: “We have enjoyed working with Ancala Partners over the past two years. The access to capital and operational experience they have provided has allowed us to transform Fore Freedom into the Netherlands’ leading independent developer, owner and operator of fibre networks to business customers.” n BlackBerry AtHoc expands EU data centres to comply with data residency mandates BlackBerry Limited announces it is now providing dedicated EU instances of its BlackBerry AtHoc service, a networked crisis communication solution. BlackBerry AtHoc will enable customers to comply with EU data protection regulations and prepare for the upcoming Public Warning directives by localising personal data in additional data centres located in the Netherlands and France, as well as the existing one in the UK. BlackBerry AtHoc, has already been chosen by the German Development Agency, because of its security compliance, native language support and ease of use. It empowers organisations to achieve situational awareness to keep their people safe in emergencies, providing two-way communication across the entire organisation to virtually any device. “Empowering our customers with the most secure communication platform for increasing resiliency and communicating swiftly is critical in a crisis,” said Adam Enterkin, Senior Vice President EMEA at BlackBerry. “It is also vital that we are able to adhere to new and existing EU data residency requirements per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With BlackBerry AtHoc’s new EU based data centres we are able to scale our infrastructure to better support our customers’ needs over a secure and reliable network.” In anticipation of a more connected future, the EU has introduced a new Directive on the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC). Under the new Directive, all EU member states must establish a public warning system to protect citizens by 2022. The system will send alerts to all citizens and visitors’ mobile phones in a specific area in the event of a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or other major contingencies in the area. BlackBerry AtHoc allows organisations to safely and securely communicate with their workforce and other organisations through any device, from mobile apps to sirens or desktops to building systems such as fire panels. nNext >
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EEOC Proposes Rules in Line With Trump Guidance Order (1)
May 19, 2020, 10:51 PM; Updated: May 20, 2020, 1:27 PM
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A federal workplace civil rights agency has proposed rules for how it will publish guidance for employers and workers, a move that could affect the flow of information during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proposal says its guidance related to anti-discrimination in the workplace will be publicly available and legally nonbinding. All “significant” guidance will be subject to public notice and comment, and there will be a process to give the public more opportunity to weigh in on any proposed guidance changes or repeal, the agency said in a Federal Register notice Tuesday.
The EEOC is the first of the federal labor agencies to propose a set of rules for publishing guidance under a pair of President Donald Trump’s executive orders designed to limit documents, such as advice for businesses, memos, or answers to frequently asked questions, that are issued apart from the formal rulemaking process. Trump laid out steps agencies must take, including setting procedures for publishing guidance.
The EEOC is voluntarily complying with the orders, although as an independent agency, like the National Labor Relations Board, it isn’t required to do so. Agencies have until August 2020 to come up with rules for guidance.
One consumer advocate said the rules, if finalized, could limit the flow of valuable information for businesses as they try to reopen during a critical time—a public health emergency. But attorneys for employers say guidance related to Covid-19 isn’t likely to be impacted.
An EEOC spokeswoman said the proposed rules “are being issued in accordance with section 4 of Executive Order 13891 and we don’t want to comment any further while it is in the rulemaking process.”
The NLRB isn’t working on rules for guidance dissemination at this point, a spokesperson said. The Labor Department is “working on such a rule and plans to publish it by the deadline,” an agency spokesperson said. The Environmental Protection Agency said it was looking to propose its guidance rules for publication.
Pandemic Guidance Excluded?
The EEOC has regularly updated guidance available for workers and businesses on how to prioritize health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic while remaining compliant with federal employment laws.
Amit Narang, a regulatory policy advocate with consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, said in an email that the White House has already suppressed guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on pandemic reopening guidelines.
“The last thing we need are more opportunities for Trump Administration political appointees to make it harder for agencies to issue guidance from career experts in the government,” Narang said. “This EEOC proposal would do just that.”
Narang cited sexual harassment guidance that’s been pending White House evaluation for more than two years as an example of how the review process can be used to hamper release of guidance.
But to trigger a public notice-and-comment period for guidance, it must meet certain criteria to be deemed “significant,” meaning it has to have an annual economic impact of $100 million or more; adversely affect the economy; muddle action by another federal agency; substantially alter budget items; or raise novel legal issues.
The EEOC’s coronavirus guidance wouldn’t get caught up in additional review because it isn’t significant, said James Plunkett, a senior government relations counsel with Ogletree Deakins.
“The employers that we work with are looking for simple guidance documents that can help them be in compliance with the law,” Plunkett said, adding that he, and employers he works with, have found EEOC guidance on the pandemic useful.
—With assistance from Hassan Kanu and Bruce Rolfsen.
(Updated with additional reporting on the EEOC's pending sexual harassment guidance.)
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To contact the editors responsible for this story: Melissa B. Robinson at mrobinson@bloomberglaw.com, Martha Mueller Neff at mmuellerneff@bloomberglaw.com
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The King George and four more races you won’t want to miss this Xmas
The grandstands may be sparse at Kempton, Leopardstown and Chepstow this Christmas but there’ll be no sparsity when it comes to the action on-track with a festive schedule packed full of star quality.
It all begins on Boxing Day with the Ladbrokes King George and the Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle before Desert Orchid Chase Day on the 27th alongside the Coral Welsh National.
Attention then turns to Ireland on the 28th for something other than Brexit with a tip-top renewal of the Savills Chase, featuring a whole host of Cheltenham Gold Cup fancies.
We reckon it’s going to be a Christmas period to remember, and we’ve previewed each of the five biggest races before the first set of tapes go up on Boxing Day.
Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle (14:25, Sun 26th Dec)
Epatante won the Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle en-route to the Champion Hurdle last term and Nicky Henderson’s champion will follow the same path again in 2020.
She’s a comfortable favourite after blowing away the field in the Fighting Fifth at Newcastle, with Goshen, Sceau Royal and Silver Streak expected to line up as the main challengers.
It’s difficult to see any of those beating the jolly, although Silver Streak likes it around Kempton and appears most likely to hit the frame after finishing second in the International Hurdle at Kempton.
Ladbrokes King George (15:00, Sun 26th Dec)
Clan Des Obeaux is 7/4 favourite to follow in the hoof-steps of Kauto Star and land a hat-trick in the King George, although Paul Nicholls’ inmate might not get it all his own way with a stellar field on show.
Cyrname bombed at Kempton 12 months ago but produced a taking comeback to win the Charlie Hall in October, and connections seem positive of an improved performance this time around.
He’s 15/8 second-favourite ahead of 2019 Gold Cup runner-up Santini at 11/2, with Lostintranslation and Monalee available at 8/1 apiece, although the inclusion of the latter is in doubt.
Ladbrokes Desert Orchid Chase (14:30, Sun 27th Dec)
The Desert Orchid has been a bit of a nothing race in the recent past, but that’s not the case this time around with Altior and Put The Kettle On set to lock horns in a fascinating renewal.
The former skipped the Betfair Chase on account of poor ground which means this will be the first run the two-time Champion Chase winner has had since February 2020.
With question marks over Altior’s age, fitness and preparedness, last season’s Arkle winner Put The Kettle On will be on hand to clean up if there’s anything amiss with the favourite.
Coral Welsh National (14:50, Sun 27th Dec)
The Coral Welsh National is a more testing affair than getting through Christmas Day without having a row with the family, and that means it requires a horse with extreme stamina.
Our traders reckon Secret Reprieve has the tools for the job after hacking up in the Chepstow Trial, although he’s yet to prove his stamina the 3m 6½f distance on offer here.
Truckers Lodge finished runner-up in the race 12 months ago and is expected to go close once again, while our old favourite Yala Enki has hit the frame in each of the last two seasons and is worth a look each-way.
Savills Steeplechase (15:00, Mon 28th Dec)
Plenty of familiar names are in contention to win the usual red-hot renewal of the Savills Chase, with last season’s RSA runner-up Minella Indo the favourite with our traders.
Henry De Bromhead’s star was chinned up the Cheltenham hill in March but looks every bit a Gold Cup horse in waiting after back-to-back Graded wins at Wexford and Navan.
The good news for him is that he won’t have to face Champ, who is being re-routed from Leopardstown, although there’s still plenty of stiff competition to judge him against.
Presenting Percy looked back to his old-self at Thurles last time out, Delta Work ran a cracker in the Gold Cup, while the likes of Kemboy, The Storyteller and A Plus Tard can’t be discounted either.
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Fifty-five great topics for your essay in 2020
By Vikas Kaushik April 20, 2020
A myriad of graduates tends to have freedom in choosing topics for their papers in order to fascinate them to write an essay. Suffice it to say, students find writing academic papers tedious and tiresome, especially when they get assigned tasks. As a consequence, a plethora of youngsters looks for a variety of writing services to get their job done quickly. However, not all of the websites are candor and do their job with decent quality. Have a look at essayshark review, the service that offers the best deals in an academic world related to writing different papers. When it comes to the best topics for your essay, glance at the categorized list of several various types of essays and appropriate topics to them.
Argumentative Essay and Superb Topics
First and foremost, in an argumentative essay, you will have to explore a topic in great detail. For instance, here, you have excellent ideas for this type of paper:
Students should take charge of their school syllabus.
The role of physical education in the school system.
Does the death penalty have to be implemented globally?
Do people learn the ropes of becoming an artist, or are they born with it?
Social media platform CEO should monitor and ban comments and users that spread messages containing hateful language.
Are young people empowered or enslaved by technology?
How difficult is life when someone is living off-grid?
It should be illegal to produce and sell alcohol.
Girls should be motivated to participate in all sports.
People who have failed at parenting must be punished.
Persuasive Essay with Topics
By the same token, it has a similar concept to an argumentative paper. However, in a persuasive essay, the writer aspires to convince the audience of his/her point of view.
Vending machines selling energy drinks and sugary drinks should be banned in educational institutions.
Gambling is tantamount to a crime.
Should abortions be banned universally?
Hunting is an evil act.
Is it right to use animals in a circus?
Dogs that pose a threat to society should be euthanized.
Cell phones should rigidly be banned in schools.
Sex education must be compulsory in high schools.
Should employers examine the applicant’s social media profiles?
In this type of essay, you depict a certain thing and use sensory information to engage your readers’ five senses, which are taste, hearing, touch, sight, and smell.
The impact of COVID-19 on my life.
The person that is responsible for making a difference in my life.
My once in a lifetime journey.
Describe the benefits of electronic gadgets to someone from the early 50s.
Describe the experience of falling in love.
Do you have any specific place that you come back to in your dreams? How does it look like? What do you feel?
How would you describe your emotional state to a stranger?
Do you think GM food is safe to eat?
What are the signs of being addicted to technology? How can we recognize such a person?
Your idea of an outstanding day.
In a narrative written discourse, your aim is to share a personal experience by telling a story.
My experience of living off-grid.
Reasons why I didn’t become enslaved by technology.
Females/Males that influenced your life the most.
Situations that demonstrated that your parents were or weren’t always right.
A moment when you were sincerely surprised by kindness, honesty, and generosity.
My accomplishments outside of academic life and what it took to achieve them.
A subject and a teacher that had the most robust impact on your life.
The time you faced denial.
A situation where someone waited for your support, but you were helpless.
When it comes to writing a research paper, the most predominant thing you have to do is to select a topic that you are interested in, and that is broad enough to conduct the aforementioned, entire research on it and put it on a paper. You are likely to write about anything that has specific information on it, which you, in turn, will have to attach to the paper, precisely in the works cited page, which appears at the end of your essay.
Effects of the Beat Generation on the Hippie Generation.
Events and social issues I agree with that stimulate the drastic increase in terrorism.
How much technology should we put in our schools? Does it affect them positively or vice versa?
Universities are rapidly becoming money-oriented.
Do academia-related loans affect the future lives of the graduates?
Analyze the relationship between the United States of America and China. What are the benefits of them? What are the drawbacks?
Was the healthcare system prepared for the outbreak of coronavirus?
Examine the influence of the US on the latest decision of the OPEC agreement regarding the cut down on oil production.
Did children change their behavior because of the devices they use?
Compare the immigration policies of two different countries.
Speaking of writing an expository essay, you have to complete, explain, and clarify it a way that it becomes clear to the audience. The topics per se are extensive, so you won’t draw a blank while writing it.
Why is the suicide rate among teenagers high?
Reasons why people are obsessed with one particular singer.
Why does a young generation use drugs?
Why is it not possible to entirely ban drug production and consumption?
The best ways of relieving stress.
Medical employees should earn more than celebrities.
COVID-19 gives a boost to a mental breakdown.
As shown above, the list combines central essay types that have their own unique aim, structure, and style. For instance, while writing a research paper, one has to stick to the formality, citing credible sources and giving appropriate examples, whereas a narrative essay intends to disclose a storyteller’s emotions, thoughts, and conclusions after the occurred situation. As follows, the topics are to improve your critical thinking, to augment your vocabulary, and, finally, to captivate in the interim of a writing process.
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Home News OGUN INITIATES DIGITAL PHYSICAL PLANNING PROCESS
OGUN INITIATES DIGITAL PHYSICAL PLANNING PROCESS
Ogun Agency reporters
Ogun State Government has initiated an Electronic Digital Planning system (EDPS), to aid easy processing of the State Physical Planning and Urban Development activities as well as provide more efficient services that will facilitate local and foreign direct investments.
This was made known in Abeokuta when the State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Tpl. Olatunji Odunlami received proposals from members of Info Tech on their resolve to digitalise monitoring mechanism of the Ministry.
Odunlami said the State government had conceived the idea to migrate from the manual issuance of planning documents to a more accessible 21st century compliant process to improve ease of doing business and endear stakeholders and investors alike in the built sector of the State.
In his remarks, leader of the team, Mr. AbdulHameed Mustapha explained that the system proposed would be used to capture most of the process that currently require inter-facing with public and the team would understudy the Ministry’s processes, make suggestions and incorporate them into the system.
Mustapha added that the process could be integrated with other existing platforms like the automated Lands Administration Platform, Building Control Application platform and any other future applications saying that each of the executives would have their respective dash board and monitor what goes on daily.
He pointed out that it would be an extensive exercise, focusing on the day-to- day activities of the Ministry and its allied Agencies, adding that this would replace the cumbersome manual approval processes, making it easier, faster, transparent and efficient.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner, Tpl. Olatunji Odunlami advised the leaders of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and Association of Oil and Gas and Stakeholders of the LPG Skids, to monitor and regulate the activities of their members in other to ensure a secured environment.
Odunlami who made the call at a separate meeting with the executive of the associations at the Ministry’s conference room in Abeokuta, said the State government seeks to ensure safe and orderly citing and operations of Petrol Filling Stations (PFS) and Gas Plant for the overall safety of residents in the State.
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‘’Many of your members are in the habit of boycotting approved channel, to get their documents processed. I urge your members to consult the Ministry for necessary information and work in compliance with the provisions of the law before embarking on any development’’, he said.
The Commissioner advised intending investors to get all required documents ready before submitting building plan for approval processes, so that all bottlenecks that could delay the issuance of approval would have been settled before applying for Planning Permit.
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announces 14-day statewide 'freeze'
By SARA CLINE
Of The Associated Press/Report for America
SALEM — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Friday announced a statewide two-week “freeze” which will limit restaurants and bars to take-out only and close gyms, indoor and outdoor recreational facilities during that period.
The freeze will be in effect from Nov. 18 through Dec. 2 and aims to limit group activities and slow the spread of COVID-19. The state is experiencing a spike in coronavirus infections and has reached record high positivity rates so far in November.
“If we do not act immediately, we will soon reach a breaking point," Brown said in a video posted on social media Thursday.
She has long warned about implementing tighter restrictions if Oregon's cases did not decrease. The latest set of restrictions are the most stringent since the start of the pandemic.
As part of the freeze, grocery stores, pharmacies and retail stores are limited to a maximum capacity of 75%. Faith based organizations will also have their capacity reduced to 25 people indoors and 50 people outdoors.
However, other facilities — gyms and fitness centers, museums, pools, sports courts, movie theaters, zoos, gardens, aquariums and venues — will have to close their doors completely. McMinnville Aquatic Center will be closed through Dec. 2 because of the governor's new order, for instance.
Restaurants and bars, which had a capacity limit of 50-100 people depending on the county and curfew of 10 p.m., will now be limited to take-out only.
All businesses will be required to close their offices to the public and mandate work-from-home “to the greatest extent possible," Brown said.
Lastly, both indoor and outdoor social get-togethers are limited to six people, total, from no more than two households. In the past, Gov. Brown has described social get-together measures as “self-enforced.”
“These risk reduction measures are critical in limiting the spread of COVID-19, reducing risk in communities more vulnerable to serious illness and death, and helping conserve hospital capacity so that all Oregonians can continue to have access to quality care,” the governor's office said Friday.
The freeze does not apply to barber shops, hair salons, congregate homeless sheltering, outdoor recreation and sports, youth programs, childcare, and K-12 schools that are currently open.
Brown, along with the governors of California and Washington issued travel advisories Friday urging residents to avoid non-essential out-of-state travel and asking people to self-quarantine for 14 days after arriving from another state or country.
“COVID-19 does not stop at state lines,“ Brown said. ”As hospitals across the West are stretched to capacity, we must take steps to ensure travelers are not bringing this disease home with them.”
Coronavirus cases in Oregon have been increasing since mid-September and began to surge at an “alarming rate” in November.
On Thursday, Oregon recorded 1,122 new confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19, the first time it had surpassed 1,000 cases. The total number of cases since the start of the pandemic is nearly 54,000. The death toll is 746.
The percent of people testing positive was nearly 12% statewide, more than double what it was in the summer, according to Oregon Health Authority data.
For the past two weeks officials have expressed concerns about nearing hospital capacity in the state.
“There are limitations to what Oregon’s healthcare system can handle,” Dana Hargunani, the health authority’s chief medical officer, said Tuesday.
The Oregon Health Authority reported a record of 303 coronavirus patients in hospitals Friday — a 81% increase since the end of October.
Several major hospitals in Portland have begun curtailing elective surgeries this week amid the surge.
Cline is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
Rotwang
Riots will also be exempt, again?
06:53 am - Sat, November 14 2020
MacExPat
AND, If that doesn't work, she will cancel all future holidays until morale improves.
02:38 pm - Mon, November 16 2020
sbagwell
It's not morale we're worried about. It's health and safety.
If the reckless and defiant mask resistors would get with the program, that and potentially sterner measures wouldn't be necessary. Until then, she has my 100% support. I'm in a risk class were I can't afford to be around self-destructive idiots.
Amity fan
I agree sbagwell. We have one such individual as a county commissioner who refuses to wear a mask - simply because the Governor is asking it. Political statements don't stop a pandemic.
12:47 pm - Wed, November 18 2020
RobsNewsRegister
I saw these and found them interesting. Follow the science. I have yet to see a rational justification for keeping our kids out of school. Data is showing inside a classroom with children may be one of the safer places to be during this pandemic. Of course, mitigations will need to be in place for any adult to adult interaction or possibly older [e.g. high schoolers] as we obtain more data.
1st Paragraph: "Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) had said that schools would close if the positivity rate of coronavirus tests in the city passed 3 percent, and it did."
6th Paragraph: "The positivity rate within New York schools, where an aggressive testing program was in place, was below 0.3 percent."
Does this mean that a school setting is ten times safer (on average) because children rarely develop COVID-19?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/11/19/new-york-schools-closed-bars-restaurants-epidemiology/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/german-study-covid-19-infection-rate-schools-saxony
02:49 pm - Thu, November 19 2020
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Trump and Biden Will Maintain Competing City Halls on Thursday
President Trump is probably not debating Joseph R. Biden Jr. on the identical stage on Thursday evening as initially deliberate. However the two candidates will nonetheless face off in prime time.
NBC stated on Wednesday that it could broadcast a televised city corridor with Mr. Trump from Miami on Thursday at 8 p.m. Japanese — the precise time that Mr. Biden will appear on ABC for his personal town-hall-style occasion in Philadelphia.
The choice to schedule Mr. Trump immediately towards Mr. Biden generated a swift backlash on Wednesday amongst high Democrats and media pundits, who stated NBC was permitting the president a chance to blot out his opponent on the airwaves.
Vivian Schiller, a former information government at Twitter and Nationwide Public Radio who beforehand labored at NBC, referred to as the timing choice “shameful” in a Twitter post. “The purpose of a information group is to serve the general public. That is the alternative,” Ms. Schiller wrote.
Mr. Biden’s city corridor has been on the books since final week, after Mr. Trump, who had not too long ago contracted the coronavirus, rejected plans to transform the second formal presidential debate right into a digital matchup; the talk was finally canceled.
Sustain with Election 2020
Officers at NBC stated the 8 p.m. timing for Mr. Trump’s occasion was, in reality, about parity: NBC hosted a city corridor with Mr. Biden on Oct. 5 that aired throughout the 8 p.m. hour, and the community needed to retain the identical circumstances for the president’s occasion.
ABC’s announcement that Mr. Biden would seem on its air prompted Mr. Trump’s marketing campaign to hunt its personal rival telecast, resulting in a prolonged negotiation with NBC officers who needed impartial proof that the president wouldn’t pose a security danger to different individuals — together with community crew members, the Florida voters readily available to ask questions, and the moderator, Savannah Guthrie of the “At present” present.
On Wednesday, NBC stated the city corridor would happen “in accordance with the rules set forth by well being officers” and proffered a press release from Clifford Lane, a medical director on the Nationwide Institutes of Well being.
Within the assertion, Dr. Lane stated he and Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s high infectious illness skilled, had reviewed medical knowledge about Mr. Trump’s situation, together with a P.C.R. check that the N.I.H. “collected and analyzed” on Tuesday. (A P.C.R. check is a extensively used virus diagnostic that’s thought-about extra dependable than a speedy antigen check.) Dr. Lane concluded “with a excessive diploma of confidence” that the president is “not shedding infectious virus,” NBC stated.
The community didn’t explicitly say that Mr. Trump had acquired a unfavourable consequence from the P.C.R. check.
Mr. Trump and his aides haven’t shared in depth particulars concerning the president’s medical situation with the general public, and over the previous few days, NBC executives have been no exception.
Oct. 14, 2020, 10:52 a.m. ET
Till late Tuesday, the community had been ready to cancel the occasion if the president’s crew didn’t current convincing proof that Mr. Trump was not a danger to contaminate these round him, in accordance with two folks conversant in the planning. NBC administration stated it was not comfy relying solely on the phrase of the White Home doctor, Dr. Sean P. Conley, the 2 folks stated.
In an interview on Wednesday, Dr. Fauci stated that he and Dr. Lane had reviewed the P.C.R. consequence, in addition to knowledge from viral cultures and a number of unfavourable checks on a speedy antigen check, Abbott’s BinaxNOW.
Dr. Fauci stated he and Dr. Lane had corresponded with Dr. Conley, who supplied all the data that they assessed. “We have been simply given the info and we made a willpower from the info,” Dr. Fauci stated.
Mixed with the truth that Mr. Trump was greater than 10 days out from the onset of signs, Dr. Fauci stated, “We are able to say with a excessive diploma of confidence that he’s not transmissible.”
Mr. Trump’s P.C.R. check had a cycle threshold — a proxy for viral load — of 34.3, Dr. Fauci stated. Based on knowledge supplied by the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention, folks with a threshold over 33 carry little to no reside virus.
The NBC city corridor will probably be held outside on the Pérez Artwork Museum in Miami, and viewers members will probably be required to put on face masks. The community stated that Ms. Guthrie and Mr. Trump can be seated a minimum of 12 ft aside.
Dr. Conley, the White Home doctor, has not taken reporters’ questions in additional than per week. On Monday, he stated that Mr. Trump had examined unfavourable “on consecutive days” utilizing a speedy antigen coronavirus check not meant for that function. Consultants have cautioned that the check’s accuracy has not but been investigated sufficient to ensure that the president is virus-free.
The NBC occasion is one in all Mr. Trump’s final alternatives of the marketing campaign to make his case earlier than a big televised viewers. Will probably be simulcast on MSNBC and CNBC, nearly guaranteeing the president a better Nielsen ranking than Mr. Biden’s city corridor that evening, which is about to air on a single conventional TV community. (Nielsen scores don’t embody many on-line streaming views.)
The 2 candidates are additionally scheduled to fulfill for a ultimate debate in Nashville subsequent Thursday, Oct. 22, moderated by the NBC Information correspondent Kristen Welker.
Maggie Haberman contributed reporting.
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A hedonic resource
Woman's Own, Woman's Dream and Deluded Sparrows
Regular readers of this blog will know that it was assiduous study of my mother's copies of Woman's Own that made me the man I am today. One of the regular features I enjoyed (along with Mary Grant's Problem Page, the adverts for mysterious women's things, and the musings of Beverley Nichols) was 'Doctor's Diary' by one Roderick Wimpole, M.D. This invariably took the form of a dialogue between the doctor and a worried woman patient, who as often as not was suffering from some form of 'nervous exhaustion' (a housewife's lot was hard in those days when most of them didn't go out to work and had only to do the housework and wait on Hubby). The patient's anxiety would soon be allayed by Dr Wimpole's reassuring, fatherly words, and perhaps a prescription for a mild sedative – though, as the image above shows, there was sometimes talk of more drastic treatment.
Naturally I assumed that the chap with his back to us in the picture was Roderick Wimpole in person, and that the words below were his. I was very young. In fact, as Katharine Whitehorn recalls in her memoir Selective Memory, the 'Doctor's Diary' feature was written by a woman in the office who happened to be married to a gynaecologist and knew how to use of a medical dictionary.
I was reminded of all this while reading the latest Auberon Waugh novel I'm enjoying (after this and this). The hapless hero of Who Are the Violets Now?, Arthur Friendship, earns his living by writing for Woman's Dream, a magazine that sounds very much like Woman's Own. Among his responsibilities are writing 'Padre's Hour' (as the Rev Cliff Roebuck), and, as Dr Dorkins, a medical column full of such stuff as this:
'When Mrs B came into the consulting room, it was clear she had something on her mind. She needed a bit of drawing out, but I was soon able to discover that she was worried because she no longer enjoyed her housework, was listless, and felt tingling in her finger-tips in the early morning...'
Pure Roderick Wimpole.
At the point I've reached in the novel, the semi-deranged proprietor of Woman's Dream has had the bright idea of publishing a shock special issue devoted to cancer (about which, of course, Arthur knows almost nothing). Feeling that this might be his moment, Arthur, as Dr Dorkins, is diligently pursuing his researches (cue darkly comic hospital scene – a bit of a Waugh speciality) and has high hopes for the success of the special issue. Something tells me it might all go horribly wrong...
Meanwhile, I'm being woken early every morning by sparrows charging beak-first at my bedroom window pane. The first time this happened it was accompanied by much frantic chatter, fluttering of wings and scrabbling at the roughcast. I thought there must have been a squirrel (or corvid) attack on a nest, or a lost chick somewhere, but I could see no evidence of either. As it persisted day after day – and mercifully got rather less noisy – I realised that it must just be a case of sparrows fighting their own reflections, mistaking them for intruders on their territory. They are birds of very little brain. Let's hope it doesn't end badly –
I was the shadow of the sparrow slain
By the false rival in the window pane...
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As planned, I spent the day of the Great Betrayal (Mk 1) walking with friends in Hatfield Forest (which is nowhere near Hatfield, but over the Essex border, East of Bishop's Stortford). The day got off to a bumpy start when we found ourselves stuck in a wholly stationary traffic jam somewhere on the... actually I don't know the number of the road, and it hardly matters; we were somewhere near Potter's Bar, I believe, on our way to the M11.
After a while, people started getting out of their vehicles, stretching their legs and chatting desultorily in the already warm sunshine. One of two – commercial drivers with deliveries to make – were understandably put out, but most were acting with typical English stoicism, laced with cynical humour. A rumour went around that 'they' had closed the motorway to fill in potholes, and this was widely believed, being just the sort of thing 'they' would do. I suggested that, in view of the date, there'd been a coup and the nation had ground to a standstill. Or maybe it was a dress rehearsal for the day we 'crash out'. Then a more plausible story developed, based on traffic news reports. Apparently there had been a lorry accident, which became an 'incident' for obscure reasons. Someone said there had been fighting, which might have explained the two police cars that whizzed by on the hard shoulder at one point, sirens blaring. Anyway, after an hour and three quarters of stasis in the sun, the traffic started to move, a cheer went up, and suddenly we were on our way...
Hatfield Forest is an extraordinary survival. Here, as the great Oliver Rackham puts it, 'all the elements of a medieval compartmental Forest survive: deer, cattle [sadly we saw neither], coppice-woods, scrub, timber trees, grassland, fen, the medieval Forest Lodge, and dozens of houses round the boundary of various dates back to the thirteenth century'. (There's also a rabbit warren, of later date.) Rackham reckons it unique in England and perhaps the world. It has survived because, in the mid-19th century, the Houblons, a banking family with a country house nearby, bought it to save it from the developers. They had used the forest as their deer park and pleasure ground since the 18th century, when Capability Brown put in a lake, and a very pretty Shell House (now a cafe and visitor centre) was built.
The Forest was saved again when the National Trust bought it in 1924, and since then the Trust has done good work on the conservation and restoration front, maintaining Hatfield's character as a working forest. It attracts a good many visitors, especially when the sun is out and it's dry underfoot, but it's easy enough to get away from other people and feel yourself part of a largely unchanged, centuries-old landscape of broad grassy rides, woodland paths and rough pasture. The coppices were carpeted with violets, both blue and white, and celandine, and the sun had wakened large numbers of Peacock butterflies, along with Brimstones galore, and the odd Tortoiseshell and Comma.
Ah, England – England on a sunny day in spring, with the trees just coming into leaf and the birds singing. Whatever happens, nothing will ever lessen the beauty of that...
Cather: What's to Say?
Some weeks ago, I finished reading Willa Cather's The Song of the Lark, the middle novel of the so-called Prairie Trilogy (and the last of the three that I've read). I realise now that I haven't posted anything about it, except to quote a passage. But then what is there to say about Cather? I find it hard to say anything much about her, other than that she is a quite wonderful novelist, who seems more wonderful to me with each of her works that I read. And I don't know quite why, still less how she does it. Though there is clearly great strength in her narration, characterisation and scene-painting – but there seems also to be some kind of magic at work...
Some critics, and indeed Cather's first publishers, have found a problem with The Song of the Lark – a lack of believable continuity between Thea Kronbog, the Nebraska girl we meet in the early part of the book, and Kronborg, the formidable opera star that she becomes in the course of the latter parts. Some feel that, as she ascends into the musical firmament by way of Chicago, Germany and New York, she is somehow less present, her character weakens and becomes less convincing. I sometimes felt that myself, in passing, but by the end the transition from the one Thea Kronborg to the other seemed to me entirely believable: the seeds of what she was to become – the fierce determination, the ability to harden her heart, the romantic urges, the soaring aspirations – were all present in the young girl. The later Thea is certainly at times unsympathetic, but that, for me, is one of the strengths of Cather's heroines, that they are always portrayed in the round, with all their faults – and yet they are in the end quite extraordinarily lovable. That's part of the magic.
In general, I simply cannot explain how Willa Cather achieves the powerful effects she does, how her novels hit home with such force. But there's no denying they do.
Leon Edel said of Cather that 'the time will come when she is ranked above Hemingway'. That time has surely come already – and I feel sure her star will rise yet higher.
'A fact as eerie as a dream...'
Robert Frost was born on this day in 1874 (as was A.E. Housman in 1859). Frost's centenary fell therefore on March 26th, 1974, so I was pleased to find that the Richard Wilbur poem usually titled April 5th, 1974 sometimes turns up as March 26th, 1974. If it isn't a centenary tribute to Frost – whom Wilbur hugely admired, and with whom he had a kind of family connection – then it certainly should be. It is one of the most Frostian of all Wilbur's poems, recalling the 'frozen ground-swell' of Frost's Mending Wall.
Here it is – call it what you will. It's a lovely piece of work, with a wonderful ending...
The air was soft, the ground still cold.
In wet dull pastures where I strolled
Was something I could not believe.
Dead grass appeared to slide and heave,
Though still too frozen-flat to stir,
And rocks to twitch, and all to blur.
What was this rippling of the land?
Was matter getting out of hand
And making free with natural law?
I stopped and blinked, and then I saw
A fact as eerie as a dream.
There was a subtle flood of stream
Moving upon the face of things.
It came from standing pools and springs
And what of snow was still around;
It came of winter’s giving ground
So that the freeze was coming out,
As when a set mind, blessed by doubt,
Relaxes into mother-wit.
Flowers, I said, will come of it.
Today brings the sad news that the famously enigmatic singer and songwriter Scott Walker has died at the age of 76. In a sense, I grew up with Walker, relishing those epic pop songs he performed with the Walker Brothers, and following him into his solo career with something like obsessive devotion – I still have half a dozen or more of his solo albums on aged, played-to-death vinyl, and remember many a smoky evening wallowing in the glory of the Scott Walker sound (which at that time was largely the creation of the great producer and arranger Wally Stott, who later became Angela Morley). From the Eighties, as he moved on into ever more hermetic realms, often beyond melody and coherence (or so it seemed to me), I gradually gave up trying to follow him – it was too late for me; the world was too much with me, the smoky evenings were over, my musical taste had moved on. But I never lost my respect for that elusive touch of greatness in Scott Walker at his best. Here's a track from his first solo album. The lyrics don't bear much examination, but what a sound, what a performance, what a chorus – what grandeur...
This morning – sunny at last! – I was astonished to see one of these little beauties darting from flower to flower in a garden just round the corner from our house. At first I thought it was a bumblebee I'd spotted, but as I got closer I realised it was, unmistakably, a Hummingbird Hawk Moth. I'd never seen one of these aptly named day-fliers so early in the year – they're a summer sight, and an increasingly common one. But in March? Must be that global warming – time for action, if you ask me ;-)
I also saw my first Small White of the year, flying rather desperately in West Ealing, just near my childhood home.
Poor Collins
This is the extraordinarily heartfelt epitaph of the poet William Collins, from his monument in Chichester cathedral. His name is often yoked with Gray and Goldsmith as the three leading poets of the mid-18th century, but he is probably now the least read even of these. The fervency of his epitaph shows how highly he was esteemed in his time, even after years of sad, unproductive decline.
In his Lives of the Poets, Johnson (himself one of the best poets of the 18th century) gives a judicious account of Collins's strengths and weaknesses as a poet, and clearly feels great sympathy for him as a man:
'The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right, without the power of pursuing it. These clouds, which he found gathering on his intellects, he endeavoured to disperse by travel, and passed into France, but found himself constrained to yield to his malady, and returned: he was for some time confined in a house for lunatics, and afterwards retired to the care of his sister in Colchester [for Chichester], where death at last came to his relief.
After his return from France, the writer of this character paid him a visit at Islington, where he was waiting for his sister, whom he had directed to meet him: there was then nothing of disorder discernible in his mind by any but himself, but he had then withdrawn from study, and travelled with no other book than an English testament, such as children carry to school; when his friend took it into his hand, out of curiosity to see what companion a man of letters had chosen, "I have but one book," says Collins, "but that is the best."'
And that is the book (in rather larger format) that he is shown with in the relief above his epitaph. The relief was carved by Flaxman, the epitaph written by William Hayley, the friend and biographer of Cowper.
Harold Gilman and Nick Goss
Yesterday to Chichester to visit the cathedral and Pallant House, one of my favourite galleries. The cathedral is something of an art gallery in itself, with its paintings by Sutherland, Patrick Prockter, Hans Feibusch etc, its Sutherland tapestry and Chagall window – and of course it's home to the famous Arundel 'tomb', of which I wrote recently. And the Pallant, I'm happy to say, has two exhibitions on which are both well worth seeing.
Harold Gilman: Beyond Camden Town brings together a fine array of paintings and drawings by an artist often described as 'the English Vuillard', our home-grown intimiste. This is fair enough, and you could also describe him as 'Sickert in full colour'; having shaken off the powerful influence of his mentor, Gilman explored a world of light and colour that owed as much to French postimpressionism as to anything English, least of all the muddier aspects of the Camden Town school. Despite its title, this exhibition does include some Gilmans that are very 'Camden Town', but it shows how widely Gilman's art roamed, and indeed how widely he travelled in search of inspiration. The Van Gogh-influenced painting above – Canal Bridge, Flekkenfjord – was the product of a Norwegian sojourn, and there are works created in Sweden and even Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Gilman was also a frequent visitor to Dieppe, and I was glad to see his fine painting of the Swing Bridge (which is still in place, and looking very much as Gilman painted it).
There are paintings and fine drawings of English landscapes and, particularly, trees, including the Cézanne-influenced Beechwood, Gloucestershire.
But the exhibition also offers plenty of the portraits and interiors for which Gilman is best known. There's the tender Interior with the Artist's Mother –
And several domestic interiors featuring the redoubtable Mrs Mounter, Gilman's housekeeper – including this luminous, beautifully composed example.
The large painting known as Tea in the Bed-Sitter is represented in two versions, of which the one below, with only two at the table, is the more tense and unsettling. Note the wallpaper – this is the room from which we see Mrs Mounter in the painting above.
This is a delightful little exhibition which does enough to demonstrate what a gifted and interesting artist Gilman was – and to make us wonder what he might have done next had his life not been cut short by the Spanish influenza in 1919, the day after his 43rd birthday.
I noticed, as I went in to see the Gilman, that there was another exhibition running, showing paintings by one Nick Goss, of whom I had never heard. I thought I'd give it a look – and I was hugely impressed. Goss is a young(ish) South London artist, who draws his subjects from life (and commuting) in London, personal memories and past events – in particular 'De Ramp', the terrible 1953 flooding of Zeeland, where Goss spent childhood summers (long after the floods, but these disasters cast long shadows). A related obsession with J.G. Ballard's The Drowned World also finds its way into many of his paintings.
The exhibition, titled Morley's Mirror, is of large pictures on linen, all created with pigment, oils and screenprinting, creating strong, collage-like images working at several levels and depths. These are immersive pictures, the kind that draw you in and envelop you in their imagery (though not all of them, I thought, quite achieved this). They don't reproduce well on a small scale, but here is the title picture of the exhibition, the central motif of which was inspired by the window of a café –
and here is one (unusually in landscape format) that clearly shows Goss's obsession with inundation – Lagoon.
Supplementing Morley's Mirror is Inspirations, an exhibition of Goss's drawings, sketches and preparatory work, and of some of the paintings (taken from the Pallant's collection) that have inspired his art. One of these is Michael Andrews' The Estuary, a large, powerful and ultra-immersive canvas from his Thames Paintings series. Pointless to reproduce it, but here's part of it (below)...
If you're thinking of going to Chichester, now is a very good time.
Bach in Space
Today (by the Julian calendar) is the 334th birthday of the greatest composer this world has ever known, Johann Sebastian Bach.
It is also the birthdate (by the Gregorian calendar) of the Belgian violinist Arthur Grumiaux (1921-86), who made many recordings of Bach's violin music. One of these was chosen for the Voyager Golden Record that NASA launched into space in 1977, to let the aliens know what we Earthlings were all about. Here it is, the Gavotte en Rondeaux from Partita No 3...
There are three Bach recordings on the Golden Record – more than any other composer (the others being the first movement of the second Brandenburg Concerto, and the first Prelude and Fugue from The Well-Tempered Clavier). Here's the one they should have sent, IMHO, to show what realms of glory Bach, at his greatest, could ascend to...
(Not the greatest recording, but the graphics are appropriate.)
Equinox, and the Perils of Prediction
Today is the Spring Equinox, and Radio 4 is marking the occasion with a seasonal sprinkling of vernal poems dotted about the schedule. They seem like quite a nice selection, to judge by what I've heard. Larkin's The Trees has made the cut, and, to make sure nobody gets too jolly about the coming of spring, Edward Thomas's The Cherry Trees...
The cherry trees bend over and are shedding
On the old road where all that passed are dead,
Their petals, strewing the grass as for a wedding
This early May morn when there is none to wed.
The weather (round here at least) is disappointingly dull and grey today, but it looked very different on this day in 1966, when Richard Crossman, a Labour grandee who is now all but forgotten, wrote in his diary: 'A lovely day here ... a cloudless blue sky and hot spring air. Steady, perfect electioneering weather. It really is getting uncannily like the autumn of 1959 when Gaitskell was fighting his valiant, hopeless campaign against Macmillan and the country had never had it so good and would have nothing said against him. All this week we have been fighting 1959 in reverse. Now it is we who are on top of the world, we who are the Government being given credit for the weather.'
Amusingly, Labour went on to lose the 1966 election. Even then, political prediction was a hazardous business. As for now – well, we've reached the point where even the most usually confident pundits have given up trying to predict what's coming next. The only thing they're all agreed on is that to leave the EU without a deal on March 29th (exactly what Parliament voted for by a large majority when they triggered Article 50) would be an economic catastrophe. Which, you might recall, was exactly what they said would be the consequence of a Leave vote (and no such thing has happened).
Thanks to Mrs May's staggering incompetence at every turn, those of us (17 million or so, I seem to remember) who voted to Leave are being presented with a choice between a 'deal' that ties the country into indefinite vassal status or – well, or what? I'm just hoping the clock runs down and we end up leaving by default on the legally enshrined, and repeatedly promised, date, in nine days' time. Failing that, the best chance of getting out is to stay in for a couple of years, which would give us the chance of negotiating (competently this time, perhaps) with a weakened and differently constituted EU – and we'd still have a say in EU decision-making during those two years, which we wouldn't have under Mrs M's 'deal'.
God, this is boring. Sorry, I shan't mention it again for a while.
On the 29th March, I shall be walking in Hatfield Forest. I think that's a pretty safe prediction.
The Stuffed Owl
Lately I've been trying to cut down on my book-buying; I've already got too many books piling up waiting to be read. So, the other day, I really should have stopped myself walking into the most book-rich of all my local charity shops. There on the shelf was a copy of The Stuffed Owl, the classic anthology of 'good bad verse', which I've been aware of for years but have never owned. Needless to say, I was unable to resist, especially as it was an as-new reprint (NYRB) of the second edition, complete with the most entertaining Subject Index ever compiled – of that, more later...
The Stuffed Owl is edited by D.B. Wyndham Lewis and Charles Lee and was first published in 1930. Wyndham Lewis – no relation of the other one – was, among other things, a very successful newspaper columnist ('Beach Comber' in the Express). As an introductory note puts it, 'he intended to pursue the legal profession, but, after having suffered two bouts of shell shock and one of malaria, he set his sights on journalism' (and what better preparation could there be?). Charles Lee was an all-round intellectual, prolific author, editor, composer and pianist. Both men seem to have had an extensive knowledge of and affection for seriously bad poetry – hence the anthology, which draws on the unfortunate lapses of otherwise competent, good or even great poets, from Cowley to Tennyson. No poets still alive are included, partly from delicacy and partly because by 1930 many were abandoning the kind of formal structures that show up poetical missteps so cruelly. The anthology, says its compilers, is a 'sunny optimistic book ... since it reveals the follies of our predecessors and proves by implication what splendid fellows we are now'.
Each poet is introduced with a lively thumbnail sketch, mostly with a biographical nugget or two: Abraham Cowley, for instance, 'lived comfortably enough ... enjoyed the incense of his contemporaries, and died (according to Pope) of the consequences of spending a July night under a hedge on the return, with his genial clergyman friend Sprat, later Bishop of Rochester, from a "repast of Attick taste", with wine'. Sprat himself is represented in the anthology by a lament (On His Mistress Drowned) which 'must represent the Absolute Zero of frigidity, and it is difficult to believe that the lover's sighs shook much powder from his great full-bottomed wig'. There are poets here I had never heard of, such as John Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire, whose 'verse is good stout colonel's work, and he rides Pegasus on the snaffle' – and poets everyone has heard of, including Byron, Poe and of course Wordsworth, whose poetical lapses are well known, numerous and truly dire: 'Spade! With which Wilkinson has tilled his lands', 'The piteous news so much it shocked her, / She quite forgot to send the doctor', 'A fly that up and down himself does shove', etc. Henry Vaughan contributes the immortal line 'How brave a prospect is a bright backside!'
As much fun as the anthology itself is the lovingly compiled Subject Index, which is full of entries such as 'Adam, his internal fluids', 'Beaux, Irish, their grovelling minds', 'Christians, liable to leak', 'Gases, goings-on of', 'Monster, grim, awful behaviour of', 'Clutterbuck & Co, their services requisitioned'. This last leads to George Crabbe's deadly lines 'And I was ask'd and authorised to go / To seek the firm of Clutterbuck & Co.' Wordsworth's terrible Simon Lee is comprehensively indexed: 'Lee, Simon, rumoured reduction of his stature; conflicting evidence concerning his age; fore-and-aft view of his coat; his general appearance, and particularly his legs and ankles, described; location of his residence; stumped by a root.' A fine strand of associations begins with 'Sugar. See Sand.' This takes us to 'Sand. See False Gallia's sons.' Which leads to 'False Gallia's sons. See Frenchmen', and finally to 'Frenchmen, fraudful, mix sand with sugar.' Which takes us at last to a passage from The Sugar Cane by one James Grainger – 'False Gallia's sons, that hoe the ocean's isles, / Mix with their sugar loads of worthless sand, / Fraudful, their weight of sugar to increase. / Far be such guile from Britain's honest swains.' Indeed.
I'm inclined to agree with Vita Sackwille-West that 'The Stuffed Owl ought to be in every house'.
Today comes another of those birthdays that make you feel old – in fact, two of them. Phil Lesh, the Grateful Dead's incomparably brilliant bassist, is 79, and Mike Love of the Beach Boys is 78.
Lesh, a musician more interested in avant-garde classical music and free jazz than in rock, had never played bass before Jerry Garcia enrolled him in his proto-Dead band The Warlocks. Since he had no preconceptions about the role of bass guitar – traditionally little more than an extension of the rhythm section – Lesh developed along highly original lines, making the bass an equal musical partner with Garcia's guitar.
Lesh claimed his playing was more influenced by Bach counterpoint than by anything in rock or soul music. It could certainly be a thing of beauty, as here on Ripple (from the Dead's American Beauty album), a kind of secular 23rd Psalm, perhaps appropriate for this sad day...
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'I escaped being blown over and blown under...'
On this day in 1818, Keats wrote to his friend John Hamilton Reynolds from Teignmouth in Devon, where he was experiencing weather very much like what we've been having here lately, as Storm Gareth sweeps across the country. Keats makes merry with the weather conditions, taking off into one of those quicksilver flights of fancy that make his letters so dazzlingly entertaining, so bursting with life and invention...
'Dear Reynolds,
I escaped being blown over and blown under & trees & house being toppled on me.—I have since hearing of Brown’s accident had an aversion to a dose of parapet, and being also a lover of antiquities[Pg 83] I would sooner have a harmless piece of herculaneum sent me quietly as a present than ever so modern a chimney-pot tumbled on to my head—Being agog to see some Devonshire, I would have taken a walk the first day, but the rain would not let me; and the second, but the rain would not let me; and the third, but the rain forbade it. Ditto 4—ditto 5—ditto—so I made up my Mind to stop indoors, and catch a sight flying between the showers: and, behold I saw a pretty valley—pretty cliffs, pretty Brooks, pretty Meadows, pretty trees, both standing as they were created, and blown down as they are uncreated—The green is beautiful, as they say, and pity it is that it is amphibious—mais! but alas! the flowers here wait as naturally for the rain twice a day as the Mussels do for the Tide,–– so we look upon a brook in these parts as you look upon a dash in your Country–– there must be something to support this, aye, fog, hail, snow rain–– Mist–– blanketing up three parts of the year–– This devonshire is like Lydia Languish, very entertaining when at smiles, but cursedly subject to sympathetic moisture. You have the sensation of walking under one great Lamplighter: and you can’t go on the other side of the ladder to keep your frock clean, and cosset your superstition...'
And so on it goes – the young Keats on fizzing form.
'The flowers here wait as naturally for the rain twice a day as the Mussels do for the Tide' – surely only Keats could have made that connection.
Patrick Kurp recently quoted Auden's observation that the style of the great letter writers is 'characterized by speed, high spirits, wit, and fancy'. Almost any letter of Keats proves the point.
Troubled Times
Today to the House of Lords for lunch with Lord and Lady –––, Mrs ––– and Lady–––. Lady––– (the first one) showed us around, and it really is quite a place. The iconography, expressed in huge Victorian narrative paintings, heraldic stained glass and sculptures of great men (yes, men, virtually all of them) of the past, drives home the deep history (and potent mythology) of Britain so forcibly that you wonder how those who run the country (in the Commons, at least) seem so blithely unaware of the past and what it has to tell us. I blame Tony Blair.
A highlight of the day was shaking the hand of Jacob Rees Mogg. I told him I'd once been mistaken for him (by the proprietor of a Turkish restaurant, but I didn't mention that detail) and he professed himself honoured. It's possible to carry good manners too far...
Meanwhile, outside, the crowds of Leavers and Remainers were milling around stoically, carrying their placards and waving their banners. Troubled times. But, as Lady––– (the first one) remarked, it's not a civil war. Not this time.
Moravians and More
It's endlessly surprising what you come across in this richly various country of ours. The fine Georgian building above is the Moravian church in the village of Ockbrook, near Derby (yes, I've been on my Mercian travels again). The Moravian Settlement there is one of only three in Britain, and dates back to the 1750s. The Moravian Church itself, however, had its origins in the 15th-century Bohemian Reformation, and is arguably the oldest of all surviving Protestant sects. Being keen on missionary work, the Moravians still have a worldwide presence, not least in the Caribbean, where they were the first Protestant missionaries to minister to the slave population. The motto of the British Province is 'In things essential, unity... in non-essentials, liberty... in all things, charity', which seems fair enough.
The Ockbrook settlement (which includes a large and thriving independent school) is a charming little enclave of handsome red-brick Georgian buildings, including some commodious houses, one of which has a box-hedge maze in its front garden.
Other highlights of the weekend included a visit to the inland port of Shardlow, a survival from the canal age, and one of only two recognisable canal ports in England (the other being Stourport). More handsome Georgian red-brick buildings, many now converted from industrial to residential use. And a walk around Elvaston Castle Country Park, the gardens and grounds of a grand neo-Gothic house (by James Wyatt) in what is now a Derby suburb. And now I'm back in storm-lashed Surrey, with the hatches battened down.
Thursday, 7 March 2019
GlassGlossGloom: In TV Dramaland
Last night, being too weary for anything else, I found myself watching BBC2's new, much-hyped, much-trailed big-name drama series, MotherFatherSon. My expectations weren't terribly high – but what I saw was even worse than I'd anticipated: a highly polished showcase for every tired cliché in the 'serious contemporary drama' book, and all enacted with such ponderous solemnity that it would have taken very little tweaking to turn the whole thing into a rather good spoof.
Richard Gere – yes, that Richard Gere (he should have been better advised) – plays one of those immensely powerful media barons who, as we all know, are running the world. He's flown into Britain to sort out various business and family affairs – but first he drops in on the Prime Minster (who turns out to be a genial black man) and they have a loaded conversation about shortbread and fruit cake. Yes, really – you might not have thought it possible to have a loaded conversation about shortbread and fruit cake, but it is. Every single exchange of words in this massively self-important drama is taut, portentous, loaded with subtext, punctuated by pregnant silences, and delivered to the accompaniment of long meaningful looks.
What's it all about? As the mists clear, we are given enough clues to gather that – as the title suggests – there's all sorts of trouble between Gere and his son, who edits his London newspaper, and between said son and his mother, Gere's ex-wife (played by the excellent Helen McCrory, who manages to breathe some life into her part – no mean feat), and between Gere and his ex-wife. There's a story brewing about the ex-wife getting too friendly with a man at a homeless centre where she volunteers. And there's a mysterious, much bigger story lurking beneath that, being investigated by two ethical journalists (the maximum permitted number in any TV newsroom), one of whom is newly sacked and, of course, dying.
The editor, Gere's son, is a complete mess. He spends his time staring anxiously into the middle distance, rarely showing a spark of life except when he stirs himself to stuff his nose with large quantities of cocaine. Even as TV drama newspaper editors go, this one is deeply unconvincing – as is the high-gloss newsroom, full of underoccupied 'journalists' with nothing better to do than stare silently at the passing scene. As we know from last year's ludicrous TV drama, Press, newspaper editors live in expensive glass-and-chrome apartments with fine views across the city, and have depersonalised sex with high-end call girls. The sex this editor has is so weird it's hard to watch – with a straight face, anyway. And he follows it up on this occasion by snorting even more cocaine than usual, washing it down with whisky, and ending up the next morning collapsing with a brain haemorrhage. This brings his parents rushing to the operating theatre to watch as a surgical team opens his skull – a final treat for the viewers. The parents watch from a kind of VIP viewing gallery – behind glass, of course. There's an awful lot of glass in this drama – great sheets of the stuff everywhere in this high-rise glass city, a city of glass and gloss and gloom. It's the Anywhere capital of TV Dramaland.
Technical Note 2
From the responses I've had to my recent note about commenters encountering problems in posting on this blog, I've concluded tentatively that (a) You should be all right with Chrome and Firefox (which account for the vast majority of the Nigeness audience, according to my stats), but you might get problems with Safari and other browsers, and (b) There may be a problem with commenting via mobile phone, but I have no firm evidence on that. Anyway, keep 'em coming (unless you're a certain Bangalore-based removals firm).
Second Chances and Top Novels
Under the curious headline here (on the BBC News website) is quite an interesting story: Cambridge University is going to use the clearing process to offer a second chance to students from 'deprived' backgrounds who narrowly miss getting a place on their initial application. As this is not a quota as such, and ethnic origin is not taken into account, it seems a sensible enough attempt to redress an undoubted imbalance. I knew things were bad, but I was startled to read that these days only two per cent of Cambridge students are white working-class. The percentage was certainly very much higher in my day – but there was a reason for that. As Charles Moore remarked in last week's Spectator:
'The truth is that no policy ever devised has seriously challenged the dominance of hereditary elites at Oxford and Cambridge, except for one. This was a thing called the grammar school, but you don't hear much about it these days.'
On a quite unrelated matter (and with a double tip of the hat to Dave Lull and Frank Wilson), I've been reading about a new list of the 100 Top Novels. What makes this one interesting is that the sole criterion is aggregate library holdings. And the most widely held novel in libraries worldwide is... Don Quixote. I must admit I was surprised (and I wonder if the figures include all published versions of the title, including abridgements, children's editions, graphic novels, etc.). The literary monument that is the full and unabridged Don Quixote is surely one of the least read of all the great novels (and I suspect Moby-Dick runs it fairly close). Everybody 'knows' Don Quixote, but how many have read it in its entirety? I know I haven't (nor, to my deeper shame, have I ever read all through Moby-Dick). Strange that a Great Unread like Don Quixote should be the book most frequently found on library shelves... The rest of the top five are much less surprising – Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Even I've read all of those.
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Blackcap
Not my photograph, but all through this winter I've been enjoying watching a hen Blackcap, very like the one in the picture, who has been haunting the garden, feeding on suet cakes and mealworms. All through my early years, I seldom saw a Blackcap. They tended to behave like the other warblers, singing generously but staying out of sight – and they were strictly summer visitors. Now, having discovered the benefits of garden bird feeders, they are overwintering here and have become quite a common bird of the suburbs. Common but never commonplace – in their subtle, unshowy way, they are surely one of our most beautiful small birds. And the female, with its chestnut cap, is every bit as beautiful as the black-capped male.
'really shocking habits of classification'
'Scarcely anything was attractive to her in its natural state – indeed, scarcely anything was decent until it was clothed by the opinion of some authority. Her ideas about habit, character, duty, love, marriage, were grouped under heads, like a book of popular quotations, and were totally unrelated to the emergencies of human living ... In her behaviour Anna was a harmless girl, mild except where her prejudices were concerned, neat and industrious, with no graver fault than priggishness; but her mind had really shocking habits of classification ... She had none of the delicacy that goes with a nature of warm impulses, but the kind of fishy curiosity which justifies itself by an expression of horror.'
That's Willa Cather, writing about the elder sister of her heroine Thea Kronborg in The Song of the Lark (which I'm reading, slowly and with relish, at present). What a brilliant, insightful description of a certain kind of priggish closed-mindedness that is still very much with us, though it now takes different forms and classifies under different headings.
The more I read of Cather, the more luminous and magical I find her writing. Those of her admirers who regard her as the greatest American novelist of the twentieth century may well have a point...
Sore Heads in Reykjavik
Yesterday, as well as being St David's Day and Richard Wilbur's birthday, was also Beer Day in Iceland. I discovered this some time last night on the BBC World Service, where an interesting feature told the story. Iceland, a country which has (or had) its share of teetotallers, brought in prohibition of all alcoholic drinks in 1915 – a ban that was relaxed slightly in 1922 when the Spaniards refused to buy any more Icelandic fish unless Iceland agreed to import Spanish wines. So wine was no longer prohibited. Then, in 1935, a referendum resulted in the legalising of all alcoholic drinks – except, bizarrely, 'strong' beer, i.e. beer with anything more than a paltry 2.25% alcohol content. It was feared that freely available beer would have a deleterious effect on the nation's youth. However, with spirits and wines now legal, the nation's youth – and many of their elders – found ways of getting far drunker than they would have done on beer. Spirits were routinely added to the under-strength beer, and disgusting improvised cocktails of whatever was at hand were routinely drunk – just like my teenage years, when my friends and I would raid our parent's cocktail cabinets, take a bit from every bottle and mix the lot together into a kind of malign punch, guaranteed to make you first very drunk and then very ill.
In 1985 the teetotal justice minister banned pubs from adding spirits to beer (how on earth was that enforced?), and that proved the last straw. Eventually, on March 1st, 1989, beer of all strengths was legalised, and prohibition was at an end. Ever since, the anniversary – Beer Day – has been celebrated with epic pub crawls. There will be sore heads in Reykjavik today.
Today, St David's Day, is Richard Wilbur's birthday. He would have been 98 today if he were still with us. Here, in the month of his birth, he observes, with his wonderfully sharp eye, the fate of gale-stripped beech leaves...
Beech leaves which might have clung
Parching for six weeks more
Were stripped by last night's gale
Which made so black a roar
And drove the snow-streaks level.
So we see in the glare
Of a sun whose white combustion
Cannot warm the air.
From the edge of the woods, in gusts,
The leaves are scuttled forth
Onto a pasture drifted
Like tundras of the north,
To migrate there in dry
Skitter or fluttered brawl,
Then flock into some hollow
Like this, below the wall,
With veins swept back like feathers
To our prophetic sight,
And bodies of gold shadow
Pecking at sparks of light.
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Nige, who, like Mr Kenneth Horne, prefers to remain anonymous, was also a founder blogger of The Dabbler and a co-blogger on the Bryan Appleyard Thought Experiments blog. He is the sole blogger on this one, and his principal aim is to share various of life's pleasures. These tend to relate to books, art, poems, butterflies, birds, churches, music, walking, weather, drink, etc, with occasional references to the passing scene. His book, The Mother of Beauty: On the Golden Age of English Church Monuments, and Other Matters of Life and Death, is available on Amazon or direct from the author.
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