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Little Leadfoot
(person) by Evaline Sun Dec 26 2004 at 12:16:26
He feels it when she hits his bloodstream. Reckless and Hungry for his heart. Single-minded as a jealous ghost. Traveling into him at unnatural speed, engine revving. It's a pressure on his chest, stealing his breath; that everything he does happens inside her and everything she does takes place inside of him. But.
He loves her anyway.
In an entirely human way. Sometimes inspired. Sometimes clumsy, knocking things over in the dark. Barking shins until she turns the lights on.
Love can make you wish for death, but will not actually kill you. That is why people say Love is cruel. This he learned the hard way. A painful education. But.
This he knows too: Love need not be painless in order to be perfect. It need only always be beautiful. Like a Velveteen Rabbit in a Pox-free world.
She stopped his heart. And. Inside those missing beats, he was as infinitely alone with himself as God. God, who sleeps alone every night. God, who beds down on cold sheets, with no woman to throw her leg over Him to quench the chill. God, who never rolls over to anyone in the morning.
She stopped his heart. And. When she started it again he wasn't alone anymore. Needn't ever be, again. Whatever else it may be, it is always wrapped in beauty. And. What is Love, anyway, if not reason enough? So.
Softly then, and into her ear,
"I will make myself a temple, but build it for you; out of every broken thing, I could not bear to throw away. I will pave the road with every ugly thing you've ever known so you can walk across them coming home. So that you will know that they have always been beneath you, Little Leadfoot on the highway coming home."
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Scientology Losing Its Teeth
Posted on February 24, 2015 by Mark C. Rathbun | 89 comments
It is heartening to see that established, credible media is now seeing the reality of what we set out to accomplish six years ago and suggested we had accomplished a year ago.
On 10 February 2014 we posted Miscavige’s Obsession With the Rathbuns.
On 24 February 2015 the New York Times posted Scientology’s Chilling Effect.
Tagged "mark rathbun", David Miscavige, Joe Nocero, marty rathbun, New York Times, Richard Behar, scientology
Scientology and the French Resistance
In the most recent edition of its ‘Freedom’ magazine, Scientology may demonstrate why the people of France and their institutions constitute one of the few remaining bastions of resistance against abuses of the cult. Freedom’s article entitled ‘Get Religion?’ is at first blush a level-headed plea for ‘freedom of religion.’ Clearly it is scientology’s latest effort to hide behind the cloak of religion in response to unprecedented media coverage of its abuses. In that regard, Freedom espouses a number of ‘religious freedom’ arguments that are the epitome of hypocrisy. They rail against censorship and alleged attacks upon conscience while carrying on operations as perhaps the most censorious and violent usurper of expressions of religion and conscience. Its aims to dominate and silence opposition are so strong that even within its best efforts to convince the world it is reasonable, scientology cannot restrain nor well-disguise its overriding intentions. Scientology’s stripes appear loud and clear to the attentive reader in the following Freedom passage on the recent, highly publicized terror attack on and murder of French journalists and artists:
“The editors at Charlie Hebdo appeared to go to great lengths to antagonize extremists and some might even say provoke the deadly terrorist response with its publishing of sacrilegious depictions of the Prophet Muhammad they knew to be deeply offensive to Muslims. Is the freedom to publish also the freedom not to publish?”
‘Some might even say’ is textbook scientology code for ‘everybody knows’; a generalization technique deftly developed by its founder L. Ron Hubbard to mean ‘we say, but the hell if we are going to take responsibility for saying it.’
Scientology is notorious for its take-no-prisoners retribution apparatus. The stories and testimonials about its vicious attacks on whistleblowing former members and the media who interview and publish their testimony are legion. Perhaps then it should be no surprise that they would be in the vanguard of defending fundamentalist terrorism and murder particularly when it is ‘justified’ by media coverage that some might even say would provoke as much.
Scientology’s final word on the Charlie Hebdo murders is this:
“The fury aimed at the Muslim community speaks to a disturbing level of bigotry and outright discrimination.”
Interesting. Bigotry and outright discrimination against the ‘scientology community’ is precisely what Scientology accuses French law enforcement officials and media of when it comes to scientologists. Yet, there are no scientology ghettos in France. There are no scientologists arrested for crimes committed by others because of the way the scientologist looks or even acts. There is freedom of economic opportunity for scientologists in France. The millions Scientology continually rakes in and funnels overseas is testimony to that. Scientology has even giddily published evidence that it has unbridled access to the highest levels of French government (photo of Tom Cruise schmoozing with former President Sarkozy).
Scientology has no respect or affinity for the Muslim community in France or anywhere else. At the same time Scientology espouses a mighty fury aimed at France. Could that be because France apparently is one of the few republics remaining that has not been cowed and censored by Scientology?
Tagged Charlie Hebdo, David Miscavige, France, l. ron hubbard, scientology, Terrorism, Tom Cruise
Scientology Beliefs (revised)
Posted on February 3, 2015 by Mark C. Rathbun | 1,016 comments
In plain English, here are scientology’s core religious beliefs.
Scientology’s sophisticated mix of pop psychology and hypnotism are firmly believed to be the only workable ‘technology’ for curing mental issues, neurosis, psychosis, physical disease, increasing awareness and intelligence, and for creating OT’s (operating thetans, L. Ron Hubbard’s version of Nietzsche’s superman or Aleister Crowley’s magician).Note: Scientology is at first presented in secular, scientific terms promising and then false reporting 100% workability. In fact scientology never achieved even the scientifically recognized 20 to 30 percent placebo effect in terms of long-term satisfaction. In order to explain away that discrepancy the less-than-placebo percentage who stick with it are led to adopt the remaining listed beliefs. The ‘technology’ evolved being carefully designed and administered so as to lead scientologists to wholeheartedly accept and live according to these beliefs.
2. Planet Earth is a prison. The vast majority of human beings – and billions of invisible other beings – are its inmates.
3. Xenu is the name of scientology’s Satan who established Earth as a prison and transported billions of beings to serve as its inmates.
4. Our continued imprisonment is assured by ‘psychs.’ ‘Psychs’ are defined as psychiatrists, psychologists, psycho-therapists, priests, ministers, and anyone else practicing in the field of the mind and spirit. Psychs were sent here from a planet called ‘Farsec.’ They are a special breed of being created and invested with the sole purpose of keeping humankind mentally imprisoned.
5. Ron Hubbard is the first to discover the above ‘truths’, and the only one to have devised a means of escaping the prison planet.
6. Navigation through the only hole in the wall consists of closely emulating Hubbard and behaving as he did when he lived.
7. Enemies, including psychs as well as anyone expressing any doubt or reservation about these beliefs, must be destroyed by any means necessary by scientologists. Such means include lying, suing, cheating, harassing, intimidating, blackmailing, smearing and by physical violence.
8. When a scientologist has expended all of his best efforts in the vain pursuit of these beliefs he is expected to ‘discard’ his body so that he may continue to pursue them without such a physical ‘impediment’.
Whether the ultimate belief, number 8 above, constitutes suicide is a wholly subjective question of religious belief.
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Maaike Siegerist
Story-telling songs with a touch of jazz
Tag: songwriting
Posted on 1st November 2019 22nd August 2020
13 Songwriters in a cottage in Scotland
The cottage is empty when its owner greets Jonni Slater and me. ‘Becci’s just gone to get some groceries,’ he says. The air is crisp and the leaves are red and yellow.
We had visited glistening lochs and rugged mountains on the way up, in a rental car just big enough to fit a keyboard and a guitar in the trunk. Scotland’s natural beauty is stunning, and yes – it’s very wet at times.
Early morning at Loch Goil
We greet the other songwriters as they arrive. Some are old friends – we met at a (now almost legendary) songwriting camp six years ago, and play gigs together under the banner of ‘Fresh Tracks: Unknown Animal.’ Others are new friends.
After a home-cooked vegan meal, we play each other our songs, and we know we’re in good company.
We don’t make it a late one – there’s work to do in the morning, and the retreat’s driving force, the Glaswegian artist Becci Wallace, has caught laryngitis. (Although she resolutely refuses to be defeated by it.)
Catherine Rudie shares one of her brilliant songs.
Day one, task one: individual songwriting
The next day, there’s music coming out of every room, even the BBQ hut in the garden. Somehow, we all manage to find a space to write.
Becci had brought historic letters, illustrations and photos to inspire us, but I already know what I want to write about: billionaires in space. Elon Musk in particular wants to colonise Mars. I like a bit of science fiction.
When I play my new creation ‘Moon and Mars’ for the other songwriters that evening, my hands are shaking. I’m so full of adrenaline. Flashbacks to my first gigs years ago. But they like it! (You can hear a bit below.)
Day two, cowriting
Every song you write together is a negotiation. Sometimes you create something that’s more than what either of you could have made individually. At other times, it’s too much of a compromise.
I work on one song with Becci, whose powerful voice has been reduced to a husky whisper, and blues rocker David Sinclair. We encourage Becci to whisper a rap over the bluesy chords, and I smuggle in some jazz tones. It’s a fun exercise.
There are guitars in the cot, in the room where Becci and I write a cheeky second song. It’s a response to all the beauty adverts we see on Facebook, and friends endlessly taking and filtering selfies.
I propose to use the word ‘armpit’ in the lyrics but Becci vetoes it. We have a good laugh and the song’s a keeper – ‘So You Think’!
Day three: gig time!
Birnam Arts Centre is packed as we’re on stage on the evening of the third day. We sit in a half circle as we play our new songs; I play both ‘Moon and Mars’ and ‘So You Think’. It’s less scary now than in the cottage!
On stage with Rosie Bans, with guitarist Geoff Peel in the background.
We had started the day with a two-hour songwriting task. Jonni and I ran out of time but started something good. A romantic song in an apocalyptic setting. Thereafter, we had spent the afternoon rehearsing for the gig.
I’m really impressed by everyone’s songs and performances. The audience in Birnam agrees. We are invited back.
Space rage
But enough talking about music – here’s a fragment of my new song ‘Moon and Mars’ – the one about the billionaires’ space race:
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Posted on 1st December 2018 22nd August 2020
Working with a top producer in France
Working with James Sanger at Vibey Studios
Out of the blue, I received an email from a British top producer. He had heard my songs on the Fresh on the Net website and asked if I wanted to come to his studio in France, to work on new music.
I didn’t have to think long! In no time, Jonni Slater and I were on a ferry from Poole to Cherbourg.
The producer is James Sanger, and he’s worked with the likes of Dido, U2, Mel C and Annie Lennox! His Vibey Studios are located in an old farmhouse in Normandy.
Under James’ guiding hand, we worked on a new duo project, with unusual instruments and a new sound! To be continued…
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Bethlehem (300), Etzion DCL
Bethlehem (300)
Etzion DCL
DCO (District Coordination Offices)
Yael I. and Ruth O. (reporting)
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From 6:00 till 8:30 AM
The closer we got to the checkpoint the more Palestinians we saw. They had already crossed the passage and were on their way to work. Those walked, whereas near the checkpoint they were sitting on the sidewalk or in the olive grove along the road; hundreds of workers who were waiting for transportation to their work place. We were reminded of a slave market. At the entrance to the CP we met a young Irish man, member of the ecumenical movement EAPPI who had crossed from the Bethlehem side. He reported that today the passage had been smooth; that there were no large crowds on the other side and that up till then, it was 6:15 AM already more than 2,500 people had passed. Also on the Israeli side the crossing seemed easy, except for one girl-soldier who sat at one of the windows and occasionally was screaming. When I approached her window to find out what the shouting was all about, it turned out that she was screaming at someone whose permit was not valid. When she saw met getting closer to her window she shouted at me too and asked what I wanted. I replied that since I heard her screams I wanted to know what happened. She told me to move away and stand in the corner (like in elementary school) next to the entrance. Afterwards she also called the commander of the CP, so he could discipline us. He indeed came and with a threatening finger demanded from us not to disturb the work process. We tried to explain to him that we had not come to disturb and that we only came to ‘observe’. He turned away from us and returned to his office without any comment to the impolite girl-soldier. Some workers approached us and asked for Haya or Sylvia and we gave them their telephone numbers. Many smiled at us and greeted us friendly and one woman thanked us a lot for our presence. In addition to the soldiers who manned the windows there were two civil security guards who were nice to us. Our friend A. from Wallaje crossed and we were pleased to see him. The EAPPI volunteer continued counting and reached 6,00 by 7:30 AM when he returned to the Palestinian side of the CP. When we left we were shocked by the filth all around the building.
We reached the Etzion DCL at around 7:45 AM; the parking lot was deserted and the door was still locked. At 8:00 AM the door was opened but only two people had arrived. One came for a permit and was indeed immediately called inside by the soldier at the window who was polite and even spoke Arabic. The second man was dealt and imported electrical appliances who spoke Hebrew fluently. He had been denied a permit for security reasons since last year and since then has been trying to cancel the verdict. According to him he has never been involved in anything illegal. He had come to personally speak to the representatives of the Security Services. Besides these two men nothing occurred at the DCL and we felt superfluous. The parking lot of the DCL is also full of rubbish and we wondered who is in charge of cleaning it up.
Located adjacent to the Separation Wall ("Jerusalem Wrap") at the north entrance to Bethlehem, this checkpoint cuts off Bethlehem and the entire West Bank from East Jerusalem, with all the serious implications for health services, trade, education, work and the fabric of life. The checkpoint is manned by the Border police and private security companies. It is an extensive infrastructure barrier and is designated as a border terminal, open 24 hours a day for foreign tourists. Israeli passport holders are not allowed to pass to Bethlehem, and Palestinian residents are not allowed to enter Jerusalem, except those with entry permits to Israel and East Jerusalem residents. Israel buses are allowed to travel to Bethlehem only through this checkpoint.
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Latest News in Nigeria This Morning, 18th of October 2020 | MadNaija
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Tag Archives: themes
Joe Dolson 9:22 pm on January 21, 2016
Tags: accessibility-ready ( 7 ), themes
Updates to WordPress theme accessibility guidelines
The accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)-ready guidelines for WordPress themes were updated today. There are no explicit changes to the requirements, but the order of the guidelines has been changed so that it corresponds more effectively to how it makes sense to run tests on the guidelines.
Additionally, I’ve added some information on how to run tests for each guideline into the guidelines, so that theme developers are more easily able to find information on how to self-test when they’re creating an accessibility-ready theme.
Review the guidelines.
#accessibility-ready, #themes-2
Joe Dolson 4:16 pm on February 9, 2015
Tags: classes, plugins ( 2 ), screen reader ( 7 ), themes
Hiding text for screen readers with WordPress Core
WordPress introduced the class .screen-reader-text in 2009. Since then, it’s been the canonical way that WordPress handles any HTMLHTML HTML is an acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a markup language that is used in the development of web pages and websites. output that is targeted at screen readers. Introducing new HTML in the admin that uses this class has never been an issue; but adding more hidden text to output into themed content has been an ongoing problem.
Starting with WordPress 4.2, coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. will be making greater usage of the .screen-reader-text class in front-end code, so theme and plug-in developers need to know how to work with it.
It’s easy to hide text — but the .screen-reader-text class is not about hiding text. It’s about providing text to a targeted audience that’s using a non-visual method to access it. So the simplest methods of hiding text – display: none; and visibility: hidden; aren’t an option. These techniques really do hide the text – from all devices, and all assistive technologyAssistive technology Assistive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them. Assistive technology promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish, or had great difficulty accomplishing, by providing enhancements to, or changing methods of interacting with, the technology needed to accomplish such tasks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology.
How to use screen-reader text
The purpose of screen-reader targeted text is to provide additional context for links, document structure, and form fields. Usually, that context is readily available to a sighted user because of visual cues and familiar patterns.
Screen reader text has many specific applications. One common example of this is a link that says “read more”. On its own, this link lacks context in a screen reader. While a sighted visitor can easily identify the context from the surrounding text and images, a screen reader user benefits from including the title of the target in the link:
<a href="{article.permalink}#more">read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> of the title of {article.title}</span></a>
Another use of .screen-reader-text is to hide labels in forms. Search forms are a common place where designers use placeholders and image buttons to convey the purpose of the form. Adding a label that’s available to screen readers make the form usable for screen reader users, without altering the design.
Defining the class
When you define classes for .screen-reader-text, there are two common methods: absolute positioning and clipping.
The clip method is used by WordPress core, and is the preferred method. The ‘clip’ property has been deprecated, but its replacement ‘clip-path’ has poor browser support, so providing both is necessary.
Note: this CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. is updated on October 2017
/* Text meant only for screen readers. */
.screen-reader-text {
clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
clip-path: inset(50%);
word-wrap: normal !important;
The absolute positioning method is simpler, but requires you to provide alternate styles for right-to-left and left-to-right languages:
left: -999em;
It’s common to see the absolute positioning method also using negative positioning on the top margin — this is not recommended. While the arbitrary measurement of -999em is effective almost 100% of the time off the left margin, almost no value will be universally usable off the top margin. Additionally, if any object that can receive focus (such as a link, button, or form input) is positioned off the top of the screen, it will cause the browser to automatically scroll to the top of the window if that element receives focus. This can be disorienting for anybody using a keyboard to navigate the page. It’s also worth noting that the off-left positioning method can have a negative impact on web site performance.
Bring Hidden Text into Focus
In some cases, it’ll be necessary to bring your hidden text into view when it receives keyboard focus. This is relatively rare, and primarily effects Skip links, which need to be made visible for keyboard users. You shouldn’t apply a focus state on most screen reader text; if that text doesn’t need to be seen in order for the context to be understood by a sighted user, don’t make it visible on focus.
If you do need to bring screen reader text into focus, you can use these base styles to move the text into view when using the clip method:
.screen-reader-text:focus {
background-color: #eee;
clip: auto !important;
clip-path: none;
left: 5px;
padding: 15px 23px 14px;
z-index: 100000; /* Above WP toolbar. */
Using the absolute positioning method, it’s simply a matter of changing the value of the left positioning so that the text is on screen.
#classes, #plugins-2, #screen-reader, #themes-2
Joe Dolson 6:07 pm on December 15, 2014
Tags: themes
Taking Steps for More Accessible Themes
We’ve been working with the Theme Review team to coordinate sharing more information about making themes accessible, with an eye towards the goals in our Accessible Themes Roadmap. The first step in that roadmap has been published today, Three Easy tips for Accessible Theming, published at the Make/Themes blog.
Read it, share it, and most of all, build accessible themes for WordPress!
#themes-2
Joe Dolson 3:39 pm on June 24, 2014
Draft guide for accessibility-ready reviewers
To go along with the accessibility-ready guidelines, I’ve been working on a document to help people who want to help perform accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) reviews on themes. This document is targeted at members of the accessibility team who want to help support the review process by checking themes for accessibility.
Please provide comments, so I can edit them into the most helpful guide they can be!
Theme Accessibility Guide for Reviewers
Joe Dolson 9:02 pm on April 15, 2014
Update on accessibility-ready theme tag
We’re gradually working the kinks out of the process. There was an oversight in the automated process that added the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)-ready keyword to themes, so that only new themes were automatically getting the keyword, and not updated themes that added it. That’s been fixed, which will improve our ability to note themes that need to go through the review process.
There’s a lot of support for the process, and the theme review team is invested in making this work, but I could use some backup in actually doing the reviews. Even if you don’t have the accessibility background, let me know if you’re interested: I’m happy to provide training to make sure you’ve got the knowledge it takes to do this review.
Joe Dolson 11:14 pm on February 8, 2014
Want to participate in reviewing WordPress themes for…
Want to participate in reviewing WordPress themes for the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)-ready tag? There’s a tracTrac Trac is the place where contributors create issues for bugs or feature requests much like GitHub.https://core.trac.wordpress.org/. keyword for that! Themes awaiting an accessibility-ready review.
Andrew Nacin 5:53 pm on April 23, 2013
Tags: attributes, themes
Post titles in attributes
In pretty much every theme, there is something that looks like this:
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Permalink to %s', 'twentythirteen' ), the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) ) ); ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
My question: Is “Permalink to (title of post)” a WordPress anachronism that, by being a redundant title attribute, actually harms accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)?
#attributes, #themes-2
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Certain Songs #1926: Rilo Kiley – “It’s A Hit”
Album: More Adventurous
Just after the turn of the century, Rilo Kiley put out a pair of well-regarded indie albums — 2001’s Take Off and Landings and 2002’s The Execution of All Things — that are no doubt remembered as classics by Millennial indie kids. I think that they’re both fine, but except for the massed chorus over acoustic guitar, glockenspiel (and handclaps!) at the end of “With Arms Outstretched” , none of the songs fully hit me.
That wasn’t the case with their major-label debut, 2004’s More Adventurous, a pop-rock album with songs that were on the level of Squeeze or Aimee Mann. It was a record filled with tunes which somehow combined sophisticated song structures, incredibly lovely vocals and hook after hook all while fully signifying as rock and roll.
Any chimp can play human for a day
Use his opposable thumbs to iron his uniform
And run for office on election day
Fancy himself a real decision maker
And deploy more troops than salt in a shaker
And this was evident from the very first song, the wordy angry “It’s a Hit,” which somehow juxtaposes Jenny Lewis’ nervousness at the expectations for their major label debut with her frustration over the George W. Bush administration’s useless war.
“It’s a Hit” starts with Lewis singing that opening verse over Blake Sennett’s jittery guitar, but “It’s a Hit” almost instantly blossoms into a full-blown production, never staying in any single place for longer than a verse, strings plus a really cool horn riff floating in and out of the mix at will.
Any asshole can open up a museum
Put all the things he loves on display
So everyone could see ’em
The house, the car, a thoughtful wife
Ordinary moments in his ordinary life
And so it goes, verse after verse, up and down, in and around, never settling down anywhere, even when she finally switches to herself.
But it’s a sin when success complains
And your writer’s block, it don’t mean shit
Just throw it against the wall and see what sticks
Gotta write a hit, I think this is it
It’s a hit
And there’s a pregnant pause as the horns come in as Jenny Lewis quietly sings, “and if it’s not” before they slide into the biggest hook of the song, maybe their career.
Then it’s a holiday for a hanging, yeah
It’s a holiday for a hanging, yeah
Shoo-bop, shoo-bop, my baby
And somehow Jenny Lewis wrings both joy and sadness out of every single syllable of that chorus — which is more than halfway into the song, and worth every single second of the wait — and of course lasts way short, because she still has two verses left, the first one quiet and accompanied by cute guitar curlicues and the second ending with a massive build, leading to the final now inevitable chant of “it’s a holiday for hanging” over and over and over world without end amen.
“It’s A Hit” of course was way too weird and angry to become an actual hit, of course, but as an opening track for More Adventurous, all it did was make me want to listen to the whole album.
“It’s A Hit” (Official Music Video)
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Toronto FCTOR
Sat, Sep 6
Toronto FC 0, Philadelphia Union 2 | MLS Match Recap
Armen Bedakian
TORONTO – Different stadium, same result.
The Philadelphia Union beat Toronto FC for the second time in four days, taking a 2-0 win at BMO Field to wrap up a home-and-home against their Eastern rivals and leapfrog them in the standings. The visitors scored on two first-half headers, including another game-winner from former Toronto FC forward Conor Casey, who now has seven goals in 15 all-time matches against TFC.
COMPLETE BOX SCORE AND MATCH STATISTICS
Casey's early strike in the 8th minute set the tone for the rest of the match. After Toronto failed to clear their lines on two separate occasions, the ball fell kindly to the foot of Philadelphia's Sheanon Williams out wide on the right. The right back swung the ball into the box where Casey met it with his head, beating goalkeeper Joe Bendik for a 1-0 lead.
Toronto FC, who started veteran Dwayne De Rosario for the first time since April, attempted to find the equalizer, but despite maintaining prolonged possession they couldn't find a way through an organized Union side. And Philadelphia answered by counterattacking with poise and confidence. Just one minute before the halftime whistle, the visitors were rewarded with a second goal.
The ball bounced off the head of three different Union forwards before finally being directed at goal by 23-year-old Andrew Wenger, who beat Bendik again with a free header in the box for a comfortable 2-0 lead at the break.
PHOTOS: All the best images from the contest at BMO Field
In the second half, Toronto introduced substitutes Kyle Bekker, Jackson and Warren Creavalle, and captain Michael Bradley made it a point to push forward on several occasions. The increased urgency led to a handful of chances including three shots that hit the woodwork: a Mark Bloom curler tipped by Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath against the left post (55th minute), a header by Jackson that struck the crossbar (76th minute) and a Bradley volleyed blast that nailed the corner of the goal (89th minute).
Toronto FC, losers of two straight matches under new head coach Greg Vanney, next head to Chicago to take on the Fire next Saturday (8:30 pm ET), while the Union host the New York Red Bulls at PPL Park on the same day (3 pm ET, NBCSN).
MLSsoccer.com Men of the Match
Rank Player What We Saw
1 Maurice Edu With Carlos Valdes on int'l duty, he slotted right back into the centerback role and once again looked might comfortable. He also may have a claim on the 2nd Union goal.
2 Vincent Nogueira Had a few more turnovers than you want to see out of him, but still took advantage of the space in the heart of Toronto's midfield, connecting passes and helping to launch the counter.
3 Nick Hagglund The rookie was the busiest TFC player, running up and down the right flank, winning balls in the air, making recoveries and proving dangerous on attacking set pieces. Toronto need five more Hagglunds back there.
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How to Adapt Your Co...
How to Adapt Your Content Into an Instagram Story, According to HubSpot Marketers
Home / Inbound Marketing/How to Adapt Your Content Into an Instagram Story, According to HubSpot Marketers
If you’re a marketer, at some point, it’s likely you’re going to be asked the question, “Is it on brand?”
This is especially true for social media content. Companies with social media pages generally have a theme that relates to the organization. The use of colors, sensory details, and styling all contribute to the overall theme of a page. I, for one, love thematic Instagrams — they’re so aesthetically pleasing.
When the colors, text, and photos all fit, I find myself going through all the content because it’s so easy to look at — the same is true for Stories.
Sometimes, I come across posts that make me think, “How did this marketer turn a simple content idea into this engaging Instagram Story?” And, as always, curiosity got the best of me. I had a question, and I was ready to search for the answer.
Fortunately, I knew exactly who to look to for help. I wanted to know just how social media marketers choose the right pieces to include in Stories, so I turned to the experts. I asked HubSpot’s marketers this question and compiled their tips.
Let’s see what they had to say.
How to Pick and Adapt Instagram Story Content
Look for buzzy, trendy content.
Choose media that’s easy to understand.
Think about if you can make the story interactive.
Decide if you can make the text sparse and actionable.
Experiment, experiment, experiment.
Be mindful of story length.
Put yourself in the audience’s shoes.
1. Look for buzzy, trendy content.
When choosing content to add to Instagram Stories, HubSpot Audience Growth Writer Pam Bump, asks herself a question: “Is the content buzz-worthy?”
“Trend or buzz-worthy content usually relates to a topic, trend, or piece of research that people in my industry are talking about or sharing on social media,” she says. “If a topic is already being widely discussed and shared, it might be more engaging as a story on a social platform.”
For instance, if you find that a hot topic in your industry is, say, personality tests, and you have a blog post all about them, think about how you can adapt that into a story.
Check out this example from HubSpot:
This story corresponds with a post about free personality tests. It takes the main ideas from the article and uses short, digestible sentences to recap the content. Additionally, the story’s following tiles included a few of the options outlined in the blog:
This tile includes a “Swipe Up” function, so audiences can see the post and get details about the test. Remember, the swipe-up tool is a great one to use for backlinking. You can bring new browsers to your website without making them exit the app.
Sharing buzz-worthy content will throw your company into the conversation and keep the content fresh and topical on your page.
2. Choose media that’s easy to comprehend.
When you want to adapt content, think about what can be split up into small, comprehensive pieces. If an audience member is scrolling through Instagram during their lunch break, it’s likely that they’re not interested in reading Stories that are full of text.
“Odds are, much of your audience is on Instagram looking for quick entertainment during a work break or daily commute,” notes Kelsey Yamada, one of HubSpot’s social media managers. “This is why my most important tip is to start your story actively rather than passively.”
Yamada suggests that, to keep audiences engaged, “Grab the reader’s attention with an interactive element, interesting fast-fact, a video, or eye-popping graphic. Then, use the following pages of the story to go into depth about the topic.”
Let’s look at a visual:
This first tile asks the reader a question to get them thinking. The Story doesn’t use much text, and instead, includes an interactive function — the emoji slider sticker. The next tile gives survey data to add background.
This content is easy for audiences to engage with as a quick brain break from their busy day. It takes data that was previously collected by HubSpot and turns it into a visually appealing guess-and-check for marketers.
You can use stats, like survey data, for Instagram Stories. Use short questions to engage users right off the bat, then use the following tiles to give them the full story.
3. Think about if you can make the story interactive.
One question Bump asks herself when choosing content for Stories is, “Can I make this content interactive?” For instance, you might have some less-than-glamorous topics covered on your blog or web pages, but take a look at them from a different perspective.
Bump notes, “Even a bland topic can be zested up with a quiz or poll. For example, sometimes, when adapting a post with heavy research into an Instagram Story, we’ll format the story like a quiz. Then the last page will offer readers the ability to swipe up to read more about the answers.”
For example, this story was adapted from a post about the difference between millennials and Gen Z:
It might not be the most exciting topic, but using Instagram Stories can make the content interactive, raising the interest level of audiences. If I were to see this story before the blog post, I would stop in my tracks and ask myself, “I think I know the difference, but what does HubSpot have to say?”
Alternatively, if I saw the blog post, I might not want to engage. But this story makes the content fun, gives the value of the post, and brings readers to the content in a new format. If the last tile included a link to the post, you could boost the number of reads.
4. Decide if you can make the text sparse and actionable.
“One thing the social media teams I’ve worked with are mindful of are the amount of text and the amount of pages in each story. I’ve seen that more than a paragraph of text on one story page can result in reader fatigue, which, in turn, could cause people to drop out of your story,” notes Yamada.
Remember, it’s likely that your Instagram audiences are checking their feeds as a quick brain break or a source of entertainment. Bombarding them with text-filled stories will take away from that experience.
Instead of using a paragraph of text, include bullet points. This will break up text and allow for emojis, stickers, or other content that will make a story visually appealing.
“If you can include a swipe-up with more content, consider a less-is-more approach where you include a quick tip, poll, or quiz related to a topic. Then, encourage the reader to swipe-up to learn more about the topic,” recommends Yamada. “If you can’t, but the story is more complex, consider breaking it up into a larger amount of pages.”
5. Experiment, experiment, experiment.
What works for HubSpot’s socials might not be the case for companies in different industries. So, remember to experiment with your content to find what works the best for your audience.
Bump recalls, “While you should do research and keep social media manager guidelines in mind as you craft a story strategy, don’t be afraid to try something different. For example, if you have a low drop off rate and most of your audience gets to the end of your Stories, you could experiment with a longer story to see how far they’ll get.”
Don’t be afraid to think outside of the box. Sometimes, new ideas are the ones that will be the winning ticket to better engagement. That sales metric that you’re unsure about sharing? Experiment with it, and see if you can change the wording to make it enjoyable.
“Regardless of which experiments you do,” Bump continues, “Be sure to start with a hypothesis, know which metrics you’ll be monitoring, and identify what you’ll do if the experiment works or doesn’t work. This will allow you to develop a strong set of learnings around your audience and their behaviors.”
As for metrics to look for, Bump recommends looking at story views, impressions, swipe ups, and exits. Outside of the app, analyze overall Instagram traffic, or use a tracking URL. ” If you include a swipe-up to your full web content, use a tracking URL, such as one made with HubSpot or Bit.ly, as your swipe-up link,” she says.
“A tracking URL will allow you to see how many page views you received from the story. If you have a CMS with an analytics dashboard that can distinguish social media sources, like HubSpot, you can also see how much traffic your post has coming from Instagram.”
6. Be mindful of story length.
We’ve talked a bit about keeping the audience’s attention. The length of your story could impact their engagement. So when you’re choosing content, think about how many tiles it would take to convey the message. Can you do this in less than five?
Yamada says, “If someone doesn’t get to the end of your story where a swipe-up link is located, they won’t swipe up. So, I try to keep Instagram Stories content within 4-5 pages if it will include a swipe-up.”
Remember, in our personality test example, the story had five tiles. At the end of the last tile, there was a link to the corresponding blog post. This captures the reader’s attention quickly and backlinks the source before they exit:
“Do your best to cut the content down to the biggest takeaways. If your audience wants all the details, provide a link to the source material in a swipe-up or in the DMs if anyone reaches out. If a piece of content can’t be summarized and cut down, it’s not the best fit for Stories,” Yamada explains.
In the example above, the content explains a test the audience can take, where they can find it, and how to get more information. Basically, the story is used as a “preview” for the rest of the content. Is there content in your arsenal that’s similar — like a study you just performed?
7. Put yourself in the audience’s shoes.
Keeping your audience in mind is at the forefront of content creation. Remember to think about their motivation as much as their interests.
“Whenever I’ve adapted long-form content into Instagram, Snapchat, or Facebook Stories, I’ve tried to imagine what my audience will be doing and thinking when they aimlessly tap through Stories and come across my brand’s,” states Yamada.
Think about how you interact with Stories on Instagram. A story that’s short, simple, and includes visual elements probably keeps you more interested than a story that’s too busy, with a lot of moving parts. It’s jarring to tap to a story and see a huge video with no explanation, right?
To choose content that your audience will be intrigued by, Bump encourages marketers to “Think about what your audience likes to see from you on Instagram. If you get a ton of engagement on sales-related content, for example, try adapting a blog post about sales into a short-form story.”
As Yamada notes, “Adapting your existing content into stories will give it the opportunity to provide value on a different platform to a different audience.” If your audience misses content you want to boost, or you want to present it in a different way, take to your Stories to give it more exposure.
Adapting your content into stories gives audiences a rounded view of what your brand is about from a different perspective.
“Why shouldn’t more people see the awesome content you’ve already worked on creating?” she asks. “You’ll also find yourself saving time when adapting content, as you won’t have to create a whole new piece just for Stories. A win-win!”
These tips made me excited to jump into my content and see what I could turn into the next high-performing story. I can’t wait to find new data or research that I can make more engaging with a few emojis. Plus, I feel more confident about what I can put out there. Knowing I have a solid direction now, I’m ready to be bold and experiment.
By manage on 10 Aug 2020 0 Categories / Inbound Marketing, Instagram Marketing Tags: Instagram Marketing
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What are primary & secondary engine balance?
I am kind of confused when it comes to this topic. I think I kind of understand primary balance. Which is the back and forth rotation of the pistons. But I don't fully understand it or even get secondary engine balance at all.
engine engine-theory
The simplest way of explaining it would be to say primary, first-order, balance is related to things that vibrate the engine at a frequency equal to the engine speed (e.g., 1000 Hz at 1000 RPM). Secondary, second-order, balance is related to things that have a frequency of twice the engine speed and so on.
In common usage, primary usually refers to sinusoidal and secondary non-sinusoidal vibrations. Of course this all begs the question of what causes the different types of vibrations…
Imagine a typical engine with pistons connected to the crankshaft with connecting rods. While in operation the pistons drive the crankshaft, it may be easier to understand what is happening by thinking about what happens as the crankshaft rotates – we'll see that the vertical movement of the piston is not equal as the piston moves the 180º from 90º after top dead center (ATDC) to 90º before top dead center (BTDC) as it is when it moves the 180º from 90ª BTDC to 90ª ATDC. This difference creates unequal speeds of moving masses and therefore unequal vibrations. Secondary balance is related to these vibrations.
One way to prove this to yourself is to go back to high school geometry and the Pythagorean theorem (a2 + b2 = c2, where a and b are the short sides of right triangle and c is the hypotenuse (the long side)). In thinking about what is happening as the crank turns consider the connecting rod to be c, the crank throw to be a and the displacement of the piston to be b. We can use a 3-4-5 right triangle to make this easy to think about in our heads:
At 90º BTDC or ATDC we have a right triangle formed by the horizontal throw of the crank (a which we can assign to 3 in this case), the vertical displacement of the piston from the center of the crank (b which is 4), and the connecting rod itself (c which will be 5). So the piston is at a position of 4 units above the center of the crank.
At bottom dead center (BDC), where the crank throw is straight down, the piston displacement is 2 (length of connecting rod minus the crank throw). The piston has moved down two units from the 90º position of 4.
At top dead center (TDC), the crank throw is now straight up and the piston's displacement is 8 (length of connecting rod plus the crank throw). The piston has moved up four units from the 90º position of four.
The unequal distance in the two halves of the crank's rotation translates into unequal piston speeds and thus unequal inertia and vibrations.
dludlu
Fantastic answer. I think the OP may also need a pic of counterbalancing shaft in relation to the crank to understand how a counterbalancer can flatten out the frequencies. Simply a suggestion.....but this is a great answer that get's to the core. Thank you! – DucatiKiller Jul 7 '16 at 18:09
Ok, I'll need to get on that. Finding good illustrations has been harder that I'd have thought… – dlu Jul 9 '16 at 2:15
I dug around a bit. Here's one. It's seems to illustrate what a counter balancer does. dansmc.com/counterbalance3.jpg – DucatiKiller Jul 9 '16 at 4:00
Here's a great image. 66.media.tumblr.com/129ba31bdd7fc5461b159446dd244771/… – DucatiKiller Jul 9 '16 at 4:02
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Bird Box review: don’t look at it
Posted on January 2, 2019 January 2, 2019 by Genevieve Rose
”Watch Bird Box!” The megaphone of the internet shouted. Well, the internet was wrong (as it often is). Not sure what an estimated 6 million viewers saw in the Netflix original movie directed by Susanne Bier where sight is forbidden, but I remained blind to the appeal. Less than five minutes in, I said, “blind guy saves the day.” I figured if no one was allowed to see what would be the foil to that? Somebody who doesn’t need to see. Easiest resolution ever. Writers, step your game up.
To be fair, there’s good, bad and ugly but ugliness is destined to dominate this review (stuffed with spoilers.) In order to properly tear it apart, I have to give away the secrets. This review is sure to be the opposite of the vagueness that is this movie. Vagueness to the degree of not even knowing where you are like the characters Felix and Lucy played by Machine Gun Kelly and Rosa Salazar.
Buckle yourself in readers of Mindless Peace because Bird Box has me irked beyond restraint. I do promise to end with the good of the film but first, ranting.
Why Bird Box was quite possibly the worst film of 2018:
1. Copycat (sort of)
2. Unanswered questions
3. Extreme vagueness
1. Sat there, saw that
The movie is actually based on Bird Box the novel by Josh Malerman that came out in 2014. Late 2018 was an unfortunate time to release the movie adaptation due to the intensely similar John Krasinski film; A Quiet Place which came out earlier this year as well. What sound is in A Quiet Place, sight is in Bird Box: not allowed under any circumstance.
The commonalities of A Quiet Place and Bird Box involve similar antagonists; fatal mysterious creatures that no one can identify. Also, the cinematography and music echo each other greatly. The difference between the one where no one talks and the one where no one sees, is that the former doesn’t leave you hanging with the relentless itch of what are they up against? The entire time. The villain(s) in A Quiet Place is revealed early but not completely. We only know enough to know what the threat is. An outline of what it looks like. Why couldn’t BIrd Box do that? No one is asking to peek behind the curtain but man, leave a trail of breadcrumbs. The entire cast is clueless as to what’s after them for the entirety of the film. The ambiguous entity that makes everyone kill themselves. Even with a five-year jump into the future, no one knows, everyone is still just running blind, literally. Even Lil Rey Howery who played Charlie, the supermarket worker/writer had no real answers despite art imitating life in the book he wrote. He figured out the cynical plot in Get Out as Rod, the paranoid TSA agent who was right the whole time.
No such luck in Bird Box though. What’s more, is that Charlie somehow magically had his completed manuscript in hand as he ran for his life to the sanctuary house. As a writer, I can say having a completed manuscript is a miracle in itself, let alone taking it with you while you fight for your life. Charlie wrote a dystopian novel much like the world those in Bird Box are living in. He insisted it was not like The Hunger Games.
He says It’s not like kids killing each other. He says It’s about real stuff, meaning demons. He goes on to name them, all different ones from all different religions. Different names of demons with different origins that all translate to ‘the end of us.’ Can you hear the eye roll? What an obscure stretch for conflict. What’s the problem? Oh, well, it could be anything. No one knows. Don’t open your eyes though. Seriously? C’mon. This is the only definitive thing to go on though so viewers are stuck with a wispy idea of what could be the end of humanity.
It’s unrealistic to leave everything up for interpretation. Movies are not fortune cookies or reflective therapy sessions. This is not a DIY project. Viewers are smart but nobody can make something out of nothing except God. Also, if they were demons, where was God? Classic good and evil theme right there but nope, we all travel through Vague Land for 124 minutes. Maybe it would’ve been a good movie if I had watched it blindfolded. Then again, if I had done that I would’ve missed the handsome Trevonte Rhodes who plays Tom, the love interest of main character Malorie played by Sandra Bullock.
Bird Box is not really about a giant deadly leafblower. Honestly, the Big Bad Wolf would’ve made more sense. Blowing everybody’s house down. Oh, wait, it doesn’t destroy houses or disturb electricity. Right. That makes sense. Destroy minds but leave the lights on. The central themes are actually connection and family, ones that Sandra Bullock portrays perfectly despite being blindfolded for fifty percent of filming but it’s so hard to focus on that without knowing a single definitive thing about what everybody is shielding their eyes from.
The Mist directed by Frank Darabont, released in 2007 was similar to this too. The difference was that those who were not caught up in the poisonous mist were smart enough to take refuge in a supermarket. The Bird Box people risked their lives to get to a supermarket and then decided to risk it all again to go back to the house. Despite the drunken revelation of John Malkovich’s character Douglas, who points out the obvious that they have all that they need there and they should just stay.
“There is no statistical, logical or legal argument for trying to get back there,” Douglas said, holding a half drunk bottle of booze. He lost his wife to the monster and it’s the end of the world so he was having a bad day.
“Well here’s an argument, we’re not assholes and we’re not staying,” Malorie counters. Okay, so there is a solid moral argument to not leave any man behind but why not go back to bring the others to the supermarket? Multiple years worth of food and drink, why not live there? Didn’t they see The Mist?
The Happening is the third film similar to Bird Box. The plot is a mysterious threat causes people to commit suicide, except it was better than Bird Box because they revealed what the antagonist was eventually, which enabled the characters to find a solution. How can a solution be found if the problem cannot be identified? That’s the arc of every story. Incident, conflict, building tension, climax, less tension and then resolution. What’s a story without resolution? Bird Box.
I kept asking myself ‘why’ the entire film. On a loop like a three-year-old. Why? Also, how did Tom get the proper amount of protein to stay so buff when food was so scarce?
2. 20 Questions
If I had been watching Bird Box with any of the heartwarmingly adorable tiny humans that I know, our responses would’ve been the same. Audible questions. (I tend to watch TV out loud when I’m incredibly interested or irritated. Yes, I’m aware that it’s annoying.)
The only insufficient answer offered:
The antagonist is different for everyone because everyone’s greatest fear is different.
1. Is that chick from American Horror Story? (It was, she was in AHS: Apocalypse. In Bird Box, Sarah Paulson plays Jessica, the sister of Malorie.)
2. Was Sarah Paulson also on Grey’s Anatomy? (Yes. She was Dr. Ellis Grey.)
3. Why don’t we at least know key character’s fears so we can infer something?
4. Why didn’t coocoobananas Gary talk about the things he drew?
5. Why didn’t he at least write about them on the back?
6. Where do the ’fears’ come from?
7. How did it get to the States? Did it just float? Did it take United?
8. No one figured out anything in five years, really? Y’all still just running blind?
9. Why do most people die and some people just go crazy?
10. Why is it only the mentally ill who don’t kill themselves and instead, think the monster is beautiful?
11. How can the image of the thing on a computer screen cause BD Wong’s character Greg to bash his own head in? If that’s the case wouldn’t Gary’s sketches have made people off themselves too?
12. Why does it destroy everything except houses and people?
13. Why is it only birds in a freakin’ box (that somehow survived the rapids) that are the only animal who tweet a warning when the shadow is coming?
14. If the monster can destroy anything except for some reason people, won’t it ruin the sanctuary?
15. If blind people are safe, what about the sighted?
16. What does that mean for future society?
17. Will people blind themselves to survive?
18. What if people conquered their greatest fears?
19. How did Tom stay in such good shape?
20. Why does this movie exist?
3. Vague Land
This movie is what writers would call; a first draft. More questions than answers does not a good movie make.
4. Good Stuff
Sandra Bullock does wonderful work no matter the movie, so no she should not be referred to as ‘the lady from Bird Box’ when she has Oscars for The Blind Side and Gravity. Not to mention her wonderful comedic performance in The Proposal.
Trevante Rhodes was excellent as well, despite the weak plot. Just as he was in Moonlight, the movie that actually won Best Picture and not the initially announced La La Land. How delightfully ironic it is when not even Hollywood can get the performance right. Sorry, guys.
Give it up for the kids, Girl and Boy who were eventually given legitimate identities when they became Olympia and Tom in honor of their guardians. Little Tom was played by Julian Edwards and little Olympia was played by Vivien Lyra Blair. It’s beyond impressive that these kids did so well in such a tense movie without overacting, whining or crying when Sandra Bullock was yelling at them because I probably would have. The anger-motivated from parental protection of course-was up close and personal. Something I believe was refreshing for audiences to see, harshness does not mean lack of love. On the contrary, if it’s done with pure intent, it demonstrates just how strong love is. Love is not a feeling, it’s a promise. It would’ve been nice if the kids could’ve had a more significant role, perhaps in their innocence being the antidote to fear, teaching the adults how to conquer it.
Revisiting question eighteen on the list. What if people had conquered their fears? Would that have been the end of the suicide inciting demon? Could that be the moral of the story? Roosevelt’s famous words; “the only thing to fear is fear itself.”
Probably not because it was terribly constructed film but that’s a good takeaway right? No need to waste your life watching it. Just close your eyes and meditate on the truth that there is no need to fear. The only thing to fear is God and He is on our side.
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear but one of love, power, and a sound mind.”-2 Timothy 1:7
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Workers’ Comp rewarding employers through rebates
Workers’ Comp rewarding employers through…
Thousands of Ohio employers are receiving more than $9.4 million in rebates from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for participating in one of 78 safety councils sponsored by the bureau.
Employers can earn a 2 percent premium rebate for participating in a safety council and an additional 2 percent bonus by reducing either the frequency or severity of workplace accidents by 10 percent or keeping them at zero.
The bureau said more than $5 million was awarded to 1,900 employers for participating in a safety council, and 2,600 employers received more than $4 million in performance bonuses.
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MIRA has been there to help us in many ways, They were instrumental in leveling the playing field as a number of gas stations started opening up nearby. Now you have the dollar stores carrying eggs and milk, so it’s been a difficult time, but MIRA has been there to help us through all of it. They also provide legal representation for stores that can’t afford it, and they keep us informed on what’s going on in the industry and what to look for in the future.
Namir GarmoShoppers Valley Market, Wyandotte MI
Before, MIRA was all about donations. After Auday (arabo) took over (as President) though, the programs and organization improved tremendously. It’s all about helping the people and not just asking your members for donations.
Nash PattahSavon Foods Supermarket
We get better deals thanks to MIRA. We get the rebates with the coupons, and we can send them directly to them instead of sending to each manufacturer. It’s easy to send them to one place, and that is it. That really helps us save a lot of time. They also help us with the Dairymens Milk Company, and we get the special price, too. That is very nice.
Mario ShomanHayden Food Plus
I serve on the board to help out where I can, stay involved, and be a part of the success of our industry.”
“We need to promote membership so that the MIRA can prosper, and so that retailers are on the same page. Membership makes us stronger.
Joe NasharGrand River & Halstead Shell, Farmington MI
Our partnership with MIRA has been vey intimate and very beneficial for both of us. It’s a true partnership.”
“We piggyback on new members, MIRA sells our product, and we sell theirs. There’s a lot of team selling there, if you will. I didn’t expect that, to be honest. It’s quite unusual to have an association work that hard for a supplier.
Cindi Quinn-VenturaDTE Energy Supply
According to MIRA we are their biggest member on the Dairymens rebate program. The coupon program is also a big help to us, and the rebate for a preferred wholesaler company makes a big difference to us because, as a small independent store competing with other chains, it puts us on the same level playing field.
Sam TahaMini Mart, Cleveland OH
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About The Money Godmother®
What’s Tooth Fairy’s Going Rate?
By moneygodmother
Got kids losing baby teeth and anxiously awaiting Tooth Fairy loot with every one? Time to pay up…but wondering just how much you should stick under that pillow?
Parents…It appears the Tooth Fairy is getting more stingy for the second straight year. Since August 22 is National Tooth Fairy Day, it’s a perfect time to compare what you pay your kid for losing a tooth. (Hint: it’s way more than a couple of quarters!)
Tooth Fairy Rates & U.S. Economy
According to Delta Dental’s annual “Tooth Fairy Poll,” the going rate for a single lost tooth in 2019 stands at $3.70, but that’s down 43 cents from a year ago. Delta Dental began its Original Tooth Fairy Poll in 1998 as a fun way to monitor Tooth Fairy generosity. Since then, interestingly enough, the poll has also been a decent indicator of the economy’s overall direction. It has tracked with the movement of Standard & Poor’s 500 index (S&P 500) for 14 of the past 17 years.
“While our Original Tooth Fairy Poll is rooted in fun…parents share that the Tooth Fairy is delivering so much more than a tangible gift for a lost tooth, such as teaching our next generation about proper oral health habits and personal financial responsibility in a memorable way,” said Jennifer Elliott, chief marketing officer for Delta Dental Plans Association.
Kids Learn to Save Tooth Fairy Cash
No matter how generous the Tooth Fairy decides to be, almost half (48%) of parents said their kids were saving the Tooth Fairy money. Nice. Considering a set of baby teeth totals 20 (10 on top, 10 on bottom), that makes an average payout of $74.00 a kid might stash away. It’s hardly a windfall, but plenty to start a good savings habit.
The Tooth Fairy’s generosity varies by region, however, with statistics for 2019’s average monetary gift for a lost tooth coming in at:
$4.19 in the West, highest U.S. region but down from $4.85 a year ago.
$3.91 in the South, down from $4.12.
$3.75 in the Northeast, a drop from $4.35.
$2.97 in the Midwest down from $3.44 a year ago.
About the Survey: The Tooth Fairy Poll sponsored by Delta Dental was conducted between December 31, 2018, and January 13, 2019, among a nationally representative sample of 1,058 parents of children ages 6-12. The margin of error is +/- 3 percent.
Categories: Facts & Trends, News & Views, Quips & Quotes, Teachable Moments
Tagged: economy, kids' money, money decisions, parents and financial education, personal finance
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2 Responses to “What’s Tooth Fairy’s Going Rate?”
Baby Boomer Super Saver December 16, 2019
I just visited a young family who’s daughter reported she received $20.00 from the tooth fairy! Definitely an outlier tooth fairy, even in California! 😂
moneygodmother December 21, 2019
Yes, that’s a lot for a lost tooth, isn’t it?
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Newcastle United 1 – 2 Leicester City
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Fine first-time finishes from James Maddison and Youri Tielemans helped Leicester beat Newcastle and move to within a point of the top of the Premier League.
Maddison fired in Jamie Vardy’s pull-back from just inside the penalty area to break Newcastle’s resistance before Tielemans curled home from 20 yards after Marc Albrighton’s pass.
Andy Carroll’s equally impressive volley reduced the deficit, his first goal since rejoining Newcastle in August 2019.
Leicester moved back above Tottenham into third, although they have played a game more than Spurs, leaders Liverpool and second-placed Manchester United.
Having drawn their past two games, Leicester were in danger of dropping off the pace in the title race, but they showed their class in patches at St James’ Park and deserved three points.
Apart from a tidy Vardy finish that was disallowed for offside, they were restricted to very little in the first half, although returning pair Maddison and Tielemans unlocked Newcastle after the break.
Carroll stroked home to put some gloss on the scoreline for Newcastle – his first goal for the club since 2010 – but the hosts saw their winless league run extended to five games.
Manager Brendan Rodgers rested Vardy for Monday’s trip to Crystal Palace, a gamble that failed to pay off as Leicester were held to a 1-1 draw.
Rodgers restored Vardy and Tielemans to the starting line-up against Newcastle and was boosted by the returns of Maddison and Timothy Castagne from injury.
The difference was telling as Leicester recorded a seventh win in nine away games this season, the best record in the top flight. Vardy latched on to through balls from Maddison and Tielemans in the early stages, only to be foiled on both occasions by the offside flag, but the danger to Newcastle was readily apparent.
While the Magpies were able to snuff out the supply for the rest of the opening 45 minutes, they were fortunate when Vardy sliced wide from a Castagne ball over the top early in the second half.
The 33-year-old striker neatly skipped inside Federico Fernandez to tee up Maddison for the breakthrough and later hit the bar from distance, albeit when a belated flag went up again.
Although Vardy did not add to his 11 goals this season, only Harry Kane, Jack Grealish, Bruno Fernandes and Kevin de Bruyne have more Premier League assists than his five.
As much as Newcastle’s resilient midweek display in holding leaders Liverpool to a goalless draw was rightfully lauded, they have collected only two points from a possible 15 since 16 December.
The struggles of the teams below them mean Steve Bruce’s side, in 15th, retain an eight-point cushion above the bottom three, but they again paid the price for a lack of cutting edge against Leicester.
Kasper Schmeichel had not had a save to make until Carroll’s classy volley flew past the unsighted Foxes keeper eight minutes from time.
That was Newcastle’s first goal in four games and the absence of Allan Saint-Maximin to long Covid continues to have an impact on the service to an isolated Callum Wilson up front.
Newcastle have taken points off Liverpool, Tottenham and Everton – three of the top five – this season, but struggle to follow results up, recording successive league wins on only one occasion.
December’s Carabao Cup quarter-final exit to Championship side Brentford did not help Bruce’s cause as Newcastle seek a first trophy for 50 years, making Saturday’s FA Cup third-round trip to Arsenal an important one for their floundering season.
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Professor issues an apology after offending Maskandi fans
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Legendary house musician Professor, real name Mkhonzeni Langa has come under fire after expressing his anger at Ukhozi FM’s Song Of The Year which was awarded to Khuzani for his hit song Ijele which scooped an impressive 957 950 Votes.
When the popular radio station Ukhozi announced their top 10, many were rooting for rapper Big Zulu to win the title for Song Of The Year, as his hit single Imali Eningi has broken records and has also amassed more than 5.3 million views on YouTube. As a song that was played in many radio stations for people like Professor, the win was definitely his.
As the clock moved steadily towards midnight, the top three was announced and it was non other than Big Zulu who took the number three spot. It then became pretty obvious that the two biggest songs in the country according to Ukhozi FM and their 7.7 million listeners were Maskandi songs performed by Khuzani and Indlabeyiphika.
Like every other year, the Ukhozi FM Song Of The Year which is decided by listeners in all radio stations causes a stir on social media and conversations around tribalism occur. Yearly, the radio station gets lambasted by many people for only showing support to KZN artists.
In a video, Professor said the radio station presenters Tshatha Ngobe, Sipho “DJ Sgqemeza” Mbatha and it’s listeners, especially Maskandi supporters were jealous of Big Zulu’s success. “You are all jealous, Big Zulu did not win Song Of The Year?” he says, as he proceeds to cuss the radio presenters. “A song that is played nationwide and around the world, did not win. You guys are all jealous.
Realizing his mistake, Professor then took back his words and apologised to everyone he offended. He said he has no idea where his words came from and he does not wish to repeat what he said.
Many artists were also rooting for Big Zulu to win as they believe it would mean a lot for the game. Cassper Nyovest said, “@BigZulu_ZN winning song of the year on Ukhozi FM would be such a dope moment for the culture.
In other radio stations Makhadzi won Song Of The Year for her hit single Murahu on various radio stations nationwide. She also made history by being the only artist to take the title for two years in a row. Last year she won Song Of The Year for Haka Matorikisi.
Mzansi’s celebrated star actress Manaka Ranaka, who plays the role of Lucy Diale on Generations The Legacy finally shared a series of her bouncing baby boy pictures with his husband. Learn more
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In other news – Generations actress Manaka Ranaka (Lucy) shows off her Boyfriend holding their cute newborn baby boy – Photos
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We Are Still Willing
By Steve Kriss, Executive Minister
Courtesy of John Sharp
I remember Michael J. Sharp (MJ) as a rambunctious junior high kid from the time we overlapped life at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center and Scottdale in Western Pennsylvania. I’ve been aware of his work and life thereafter mostly through social media and Mennonite publications. MJ and I share a lot of geography, relationships and institutions in common.
MJ represents much of the best of us as Mennonites, an image of what a Washington Post article calls “courageous but not reckless.” He was a millennial, a son of the church. MJ was shaped by an array of Anabaptist communities which includes time in Franconia Conference when his dad was a pastor at Salford Mennonite Church. Afterward MJ went to Scottdale (PA) and Goshen (IN), then to college at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg (VA) and according to an article in the Albuquerque Journal, had just begun to entertain the idea of settling down into a life at The Plex, a unique apartment complex that housed other similarly-aged and valued Mennonite young adults in that city connected with Albuquerque Mennonite Church (NM).
MJ had worked in Europe for several years as a counselor for conscientious objectors. Most recently he had worked in the Congo, first as a staff person with Mennonite Central Committee, then for the United Nations as a human rights investigator. MJ and several colleagues went missing two weeks ago. His body was found this week in a shallow grave along with his colleague Zaida Catalan — a Swedish investigator — and their Congolese interpreter, Betu Tshintela.
Michael Sharp visited Elizabeth Namavu and children in Mubimbi Camp, home to displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of Congo, during his time in the country. Jana Asenbrennerova/Courtesy of MCC
Washington Post further went on to say, “Sharp, 34, was a ‘standard deviations above the norm’ when it came to integrity and compassion. ‘He just deeply cared about everyone and saw no difference between people of different nationalities,’ said Rachel Sweet, a Congo-based researcher.”
MJ’s death is a reminder that our work and calling is both relevant and risky in volatile times. He’s a reminder of the powerful witness of faith lived out in practice with integrity, kindness and dedication, and that some of our millennial generation shaped by life in our families, churches and institutions have heard what we have said about faith, life and peace and intend to live it out. Even unto death.
MJ’s life glimpses the best of who we are as Anabaptist/Mennonites, in a time that we are sometimes confused about who we are, in front of a watching world, in the Congo, one of the countries with the most Mennonites in the world. MJ exemplifies Jesus’ words: “greater love has no one than this . . than to lay his life down for his friends.”
To the Sharp family, MJ’s friends and community of colleagues and to Albuquerque Mennonite Church, we share the hope of Christ’s peace at this time when words are inadequate. With much love, we are still willing to bear witness of the nonviolent way of Christ, until the full intention of God comes on earth.
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Cocoon at 30
July 18, 2016 DVD, Science FictionCocoon, Ron Howard, sci fi, Steve Guttenberg, Topless Steve GuttenbergIndy Datta
It’s 1986 week here at MF Towers, where sometimes the present day is too grim to contemplate and we allow ourselves a period of reverie in the past. The fun kicks off with Indy Datta on today’s anniversary re-release of Cocoon.
There were two distinct flavours of alien visitation stories in mainstream American culture in the 70s and 80s (before they became, with the likes of Independence Day, largely just another pretext for spectacle). One drew its inspiration from the sphere of ufology rather than genre science fiction (which has always tended as a subculture to be hostile to the credulity of believers in phenomena like flying saucers, Area 51 and alien abduction). Whitley Streiber’s novel or memoir (controversy endures) Communion, which consolidated all the tropes of the subgenre, from the taxonomy of extra-terrestrials (“small greys” and so on) to mind-probes and anal probes, is its ne plus ultra, perfectly encapsulating its blend of conspiracism, sexual anxiety and global paranoia.
And on the other side there was, well, Steven Spielberg, whose “first contact” stories Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, while drawing on some elements of ufology, may also have been influenced by the quasi-religious impulses of Arthur C. Clarke. In works from Childhood’s End to his collaboration with Stanley Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clarke consistently linked human exposure to alien consciousness with humanity transcending the limitations of its own consciousness, although Spielberg’s own nexus of alien life and religion, from the resurrection in E.T. to Close Encounters‘ climactic rapture, is less mystical and more rooted in the Christian doctrines so central to American life. Spielberg’s first contact films are not free from dread or anxiety, but their ultimate message is that the unknown is to be welcomed rather than feared, and that our humanity is most fully expressed when we embrace it and allow ourselves to be changed by it.
Of Spielberg’s many imitators, Ron Howard is arguably the most proficient – Cocoon, his 1986 follow-up to Splash, wasn’t made under a Spielberg production banner but it may as well have been. Howard lacks the angst and darkness that are the grit in the Spielberg oyster, however; in Cocoon, this results in a film that, by the standards of 2016, is refreshingly devoid of conflict. Imagine the contemporary version of a film where the immortal inhabitants of Atlantis return to Earth thousands of years later to rescue the few they left behind, only to discover that the cocoons those few shelter in have the power to give humans eternal life, but at a terrible cost to the aliens. Imagine the sturm! Imagine, if you will, the drang!
In Cocoon, conflict eventually arrives, in rather rotely Spielbergian form, when uncomprehending authorities try to stop the film’s human and alien protagonists from reaching their goal. But for most of the time, differences are resolved, transgressions are forgiven. So when a gang of Florida retirement community residents (studio system veterans Don Ameche, and Hume Cronyn, and 50 year old stripling Wilford Brimley) are caught by alien elder Brian Dennehy breaking into the swimming pool where he keeps the cocoons of his friends, which has mysteriously acquired the powers of a fountain of youth, he agrees to let them continue using it, even though he knows this won’t end well. When boat-bum Steve Guttenberg, spying on nymphy alien hottie Tahnee Welch, discovers to his consternation that her pretty skin is some kind of Antarean rubber human suit, no harm results that will stop them kissing in the last act (they’ve already had freaky alien mind-sex by this point, to be fair). When the superannuated Huck Finn gang blow their secret and the Cocoon pool is overrun, with terrible results, Dennehy’s reaction is to let the people who ruined everything join the aliens in eternal life.
The things that are harder to forgive, in Cocoon, are more human in scale, like Hume Cronyn’s rejuvenation freshening up his roving eye, until his wife (The actor’s real life spouse Jessica Tandy) runs out of patience and kicks him to the kerb. Or Jack Gilford’s guilt and grief over his refusal to let his wife, in the final stages of dementia, use the pool until it’s too late. These subplots, beautifully performed, are the real heart of Cocoon. The Oscars, inexplicably, chose to honour instead a fairly unremarkable turn from Don Ameche (who should have won his late career Oscar for Things Change instead), whose big moment in the film (breakdancing in a nightclub FYI) was performed by an unconvincing double.
The disc
The usual decent package from Eureka. None of the extras, including a 2004 commentary by the director, is new, but it’s worth watching the EPK featurettes for the moment when Steve Guttenberg refers to dolphins as elephants. The main event is the image quality. Cocoon isn’t a particularly artful film, visually, but Don Peterman’s cinematography, rich with colour and light, is beautifully served by a flawless transfer, encoded at a very generous bit rate (the paucity of extras leaving plenty of space on the disc for the main feature). Howard’s film is no classic, but it’s rarely looked better than this.
The anniversary Blu-ray edition of Cocoon is released in the UK today by Eureka Entertainment.
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How to Hook Readers with Nuanced Emotion
by Jennifer Baruta
When the spark of a new story ignites in my brain, often it is merely a snap shot, or the heart tug of an emotional moment. That heart tug can sometimes hit me so hard, and feel so real, that I know there is a story lurking behind it, begging to be written.
Erik Bork, writer of the mini-series Band of Brothers, notes, “as writers of stories, our mission is not so much to engage people’s minds by presenting them with things that are interesting. Our primary job is to stimulate them to feel something – and that’s what they pay us to do,” (Ten Key Principals to Writer Success).
I believe that at the end of the day, when a reader chooses a story, either from the shelf or from a device, they are searching to feel something in the same way we felt the first heart tug that compelled us to write in the first place. Whether that feeling is joy, passion, aliveness, fear, or relief, readers want to feel part of something they care about and connect with.
But as writers, navigating the vast emotional landscape of an entire novel can be challenging. How does one create the authentic emotions in a character necessary to create deep emotional attachment by the reader?
Obvious vs. Nuanced Emotion
I wore a black suit and a white shirt, a black tie and black shoes, all polished and shiny; clothes that normally would make me feel uncomfortable, as if I were in a stolen uniform, or pretending to be an adult. Today they gave me comfort of a kind. I was wearing the right clothes for a hard day.
When I first started writing I knew I wanted to stir a deep well of emotion in my reader. I poured my heart and soul into the emotions of my characters, allowing them to laugh, cry, scream, rage, tremble and sigh. Yet, when people read my stories the feedback would always come back as “I did not feel connected to the character in this moment. The emotions did not feel authentic.”
Did not feel authentic? How was that even possible? I had written entire pages describing the pain and sadness of grief. I had showered the page with my character’s tears. I had been brought to tears myself! How could this not feel authentic?
Because emotion, like dialogue, when too obvious can often feel ‘on the nose’. Similar to ‘on the nose’ dialogue, ‘on the nose’ emotion will feel inauthentic and ‘staged’ to readers.
So how do we avoid ‘on the nose’ emotion in our writing?
By understanding that human beings never feel one emotion at a time, and mining those alternative, subtle, nuanced emotions.
Oftentimes newer writers will give the character the first emotion that comes to mind, usually the most obvious emotion they think the character would feel. But real people don’t feel only one emotion at a time. Real people can feel a confusing mess of many possible emotions, sometimes even in conflict with each other.
Hunting for ‘On The Nose’ Emotion
Familiar emotions, especially when in neon lights, have little effect on readers. By contrast, going sideways to explore secondary and nuanced emotions can bring a fictional moment ferociously alive.
Donald Maas, Writing 21C Fiction
Open your manuscript to an emotional moment for your character. What is your character feeling? If your character is in mourning she may be feeling sadness. If your character is in a tavern brawl he may be feeling anger. If your character is holding her first-born child she may be feeling happiness.
But all of these are obvious emotions.
Have a look at your character again. If he/she is feeling rage, fear, loathing, desire, joy, or grief, delete that now. Think sideways. What other emotions could that character be feeling at the same time?
If we consider the quote above by Neil Gaiman, he gives the character an obvious emotion, discomfort. The character is on his way to a funeral, dressed in clothes that normally would not make him feel himself. Gaiman could have stopped there, but he didn’t. Simply stopping there would have given us only one side of the character making him a flat cardboard cut-out. Two dimensional.
In order for our characters to feel three dimensional they must feel more than the obvious, and so Gaiman showed the reader that while typically these clothes would make the character uncomfortable, today they felt like the “right thing for a hard day”.
The character feels two conflicting things at once, bringing him to life and making his grief feel more authentic.
Have a look at that emotional moment in your manuscript again.
Think of a few other emotions that your character could be feeling at that time. Perhaps the grieving woman is also relieved that the dead no longer feels pain. Perhaps the man in the tavern brawl feels remorse about damaging an establishment he enjoys frequenting.
Replace the obvious emotion with a less expected nuanced emotion to wake up your reader and make your character feel more alive.
Are you a cool or warm writer? Do you love to keep character emotions off the page, or do you prefer to splay character’s hearts wide open?
What strategies do you use to help bring life and humanity to your characters?
How do you handle character emotions in non-human characters?
Have you ever been surprised when you planned for a character to feel a certain way, but when it came to writing it down it came out as something unexpected?
Jennifer Baruta
Reading outside. Preferably in a tent in the rain.
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Categories Writing Craft & Technique
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Splay characters! YAY!!!
I can’t imagine writing a book where seriously deep thoughts and emotions weren’t a major part of the story. When reading, i enjoy lighthearted reads, but when I write, I want to punch a reader in the gut and then kick them while they’re down, I suppose. But I hope that with each ending I write, it feels like a hand extended to the reader, to help them back to their feet. I’d hate to be cruel, but I do like to cause a little hurt. I don’t know what that says about me as a person, but it’s what feels right.
I definitely subscribed to the same belief, even before I ever knew it was actually a thing: make a character want two equal but opposite things. She wants to run in fear, and wants to stand her ground and draw a line in the sand. He wants to trust her, but he doesn’t trust women anymore. They always swore they’d be friends forever, but their paths are diverging.
I think the best scenes I’ve ever written had those equal but opposite sorts of emotions, and though the emotions may not have been particularly “strong” (I mean that someone might have been annoyed, rather than hateful, or proud, rather than elated), they were magnified by their conflict with the opposite feeling that occurred at the same time.
Thanks Brian, I’m glad this was helpful for you! A little trick I have learned is when writing an emotion scene if a certain character reaction comes to me right away I reverse it. This way I avoid the obvious reaction and offer the reader a puzzle instead. When i reverse the obvious reaction and find a way to use the opposite the reader has to sit up and take notice because it becomes a mystery. Why would the character react this way?
I find when I get in the habit of doing this the scene becomes more ‘real’.
A.S. Akkalon
Thank you for this great reminder.
I try not to be blatant and one-dimensional with my characters’ emotions, but I sometime wonder if I go too far the other way. I find it challenging to gauge how a reader will respond to my attempts. In going too subtle, have I made the emotion not there at all?
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It’s possible you are just a “cool” writer, in the ranks of Hemmingway. Many writers believe in keeping emotion off the page, leaving it up to the reader to fill in the blanks. That is totally okay and if your readers are satisfied then keep doing what you are doing!
I know that I often find myself rewriting paragraphs because the emotion that’s coming across just doesn’t feel right. It’s one of those things that’s usually hard to put your finger on, which is why I appreciate this article. I’ll be on the hunt to weed out “on the nose” emotion in my writing.
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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to suspend its planned screening and documentation exercise for 5,000 new recruits.
Malami said his attention was drawn to a directive the NDLEA gave the 5,000 candidates to appear at its Academy, Citadel Counter-Narcotics Nigeria, CCNN, Katton-Rikkos, Jos, Plateau State for the screening and documentation exercise between January 10 and 23, 2021, at 0900 hours daily.
He described the invitation as “ill-advised and inappropriate given the current and alarming wave of COVID-19 pandemic across the country.”
While acknowledging that the exercise was long overdue and necessary for the actualization of the Agency’s mandate, Malami said the recruitment should be kept on hold, pending the receipt of clarification/advice from the Presidential Task Force.
A statement that was signed by the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr Dayo Apata, SAN, disclosed that the NDLEA Chairman, Col. Muhammad Abdallah (rtd), was requested to notify all the applicants of the development.
The statement read: “The attention of the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice has been drawn to the fact that the has directed a total of 5,000 candidates to appear at the Agency’s Academy, Citadel Counter-Narcotics Nigeria, (CCNN), Katton-Rikkos, Jos, Plateau State for the screening and documentation exercise between January 10 and 23, 2021 at 0900 hours daily.
“It is not in doubt that the exercise is long overdue and necessary for the actualization of the Agency’s mandate, however, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice notes that the timing is ill-advised and inappropriate given the current and alarming wave of COVID-19 pandemic across the country.
“In view of the foregoing, the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation has directed that the Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr Dayo Apata, SAN to seek clarification/advice from the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on the public health implications of such an exercise especially as it relates to the adequacy/possibility of strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols by 5000 applicants at this time of the nation’s health emergency.
“Considering the above, Malami directed the Chairman of the NDLEA, to stay further action on this matter pending the receipt of clarification/advice from the Presidential Task Force.
“The Chairman was further requested to notify the applicants of this development accordingly.”
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Most Canadians would flunk citizenship test
I was saddened, but not surprised, to read this article citing recent poll results showing that more than half of all Canadians lack sufficient knowledge about their own country to pass a citizenship test.
[According to this poll,] 60 per cent of Canadians would fail a citizenship exam similar to the one newcomers must pass in order to become citizens. ... In a similar survey 10 years ago, 45 per cent of Canadians polled would have failed an identical test.
"The findings of this ten year benchmark study suggest that we are fast becoming a nation of amnesiacs who lack basic knowledge about the country's past, its democratic institutions and practices, and the physical geography of Canada," said Rudyard Griffiths, Co-Founder of the Dominion Institute.
Well, what can you expect in a country whose ruling politicians (and to a large degree the media and educational system) are indifferent, if not hostile, to community groups like ours that actually try to address that knowledge deficit... often at our own expense?
For decades the government has been refusing the Ukrainian community's request to return monies it confiscated from Ukrainians and never returned. Community leaders have repeatedly stressed that this money, the contemporary value of money and goods the federal government confiscated during the WWI internment and never returned, would not go to individuals. Rather, it would be spent in its entirety on an educational campaign about this nationally significant but still little-known chapter of Canadian history. ... for the benefit of all Canadians.
Given the intransigence on the part of the Canadian government on this request, and the utter disinterest on the part of the national media for more than two decades, this acceleration of national ignorance is just an indicator of the state of our collective national pride.
And so, as sad as it is, it really should come as no surprise.
- June 29, 2007 4 comments:
Love Ukrainian style - Erotic Symbolism in Ukrainian Folk Songs
Winnipeg ethnologist, translator, writer (and walking, talking encyclopedia on all things Ukrainian) Orysia Tracz will be giving a presentation at the Honchar Museum in Kyiv on Saturday, August 25, 2007 called:
Songs Your Mother Should Never Have Taught You? Erotic Symbolism in Ukrainian Folk Songs
Remember all those old Ukrainian folk songs you have been singing all these years, the ones you learned from your mama and baba? Do you really know what they're about?
The love song lyrics have special meanings, and are rich in deep ancient symbolism of a most interesting [sic] kind.
With an exhibition from the Museum's collections -- KOKHANNIA po-ukrains'ky / LOVE Ukrainian-style: Love Themes in Ukrainian Folk Art.
Orysia tells me that people who have heard this presentation have told her that they blush whenever they sing the old folks songs now, knowing what the lyrics really mean. ;-)
Cossacks "down under"
Here's a great cabaret act to catch if you're in Australia ...
The Cossack Brothers were formed in 1996 by Artistic Director/Choreographer Taras Galas. A dancer for over 25 years he has performed in many Ukrainian dance ensembles and cabaret groups within Australia and overseas. Along with dancers Alex Dechnicz and Greg Huzij, they together formed a powerful trio. Newcomers Justin and Adam Semciw have further strengthened the troupe adding depth and excitement to the already spectacular show.
This Ukrainian Cossack Cabaret group has captivated many audiences, performing a traditional song and dance routine consisting of death defying sabre routines, acrobatic tumbles, breathtaking spins and leaps and the infamous cossack kicks!
They've performed at a number of venues at home in Australia. And they travel, too, so keep your eyeballs peeled in case they come back to North America, or wherever you live! They've been to the US (Disney World and Vegas) and in Canada at Folklorama in Winnipeg... where I managed to miss them! Rats! Well, hopefully they'll come to Vancouver sometime.
In the meantime, check out the video clips at their website here.
- June 28, 2007 No comments:
NDP MP calls on government to treat Ukrainian community honourably
It's nice to know there are some politicians out there with a sense of fairness and decency.
Peggy Nash, M.P. for Parkdale – High Park, joined the Ukrainian-Canadian community in urging a reformulation of the Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP) to better meet the wishes of the Ukrainian community. ...
The proposed government plan would require the Ukrainian community to get funding on a project-by-project basis from the federal government. “I encourage the government to offer the Ukrainian-Canadian community a timely and honourable settlement.” said Ms. Nash. “This situation should be resolved while the last survivor of the internment camps is still alive.” Ms. Nash added. ...
Read her entire press release here.
I find it very interesting that after the government agreed to redress and restitution, they suddenly noticed there are other aggrieved ethnic groups and decided to lump us all together.
The Restitution Act was about the government returning to the Ukrainian community what it confiscated (and never returned ) during the WWI internment. A symbolic act, to be sure, as the community's intention for that returned money (the value of the confiscated goods) was to use it to educate Canadians of all backgrounds about this little known chapter in our history ... something mainstream Canadian historians and educators have not been wont to do.
So now, after passing the Restitution Act, the government wants to make the Ukrainian community line up, hat in hand, with other designated groups to beg for money promised to them ... and that was ours to begin with? No wonder organizations like the Ukrainian Canadian Congress rejected it.
Interesting how selective the government is with its largess. The government is offering "symbolic ex-gratia payments" to Chinese Head Tax payers and any surviving spouses. Appropos, certainly. Any chance, however, that it might have something to do with good optics within a large, identifiable voting bloc?
Perhaps our community's mistake has been in not demanding similar individual compensation. Given the government's track record (regardless whether it was Liberals or Conservatives at the helm), a person could certainly be forgiven for wondering if they have been deliberately dragging their heels until the one sole Ukrainian survivor of the WWI internment operations passes on ... just in case we might.
During WWI Ukrainians suffered much discrimination from the government and the Canadian establishment. Seems not a lot has changed.
Vancouver audio archives updated to Jun 24 , 2007
The latest Nash Holos broadcast and podcast are now available for your listening pleasure!
(Pavlo Manugevych is still vacationing in Europe so there are no new broadcasts of Chetverta Khvylia (4th Wave) until his return.)
On Ukrainian Food Flair, Sylvia has a recipe for chilled summer borsch smetana. On Travel Tips, Myrna talks about the culinary delights to be had on a trip to Ukraine. On A Spiritual Moment (Із Духові Твоєму), Fr. Bruce Power discusses the importance of family ties.
Community events, proverb of the week and of course plenty of great Ukrainian music!
Great Ukrainian Music site
Here's another great blog in the Ukrainian blogosphere: Ukrainian Musical Matters.
As it is all about Ukrainian music, it will be near and dear to my heart!
Check it out! (And tell Orest that Pawlina sent you. ;-))
Hollywood lobbies for Canadian piracy law... and gets one
Anyone interested in creating good optics (while doing nothing of substance) can take a lesson from this video ...
It's called The Power of Lobbying: How Hollywood Got A Movie Piracy Bill. And it took less than 6 months.
So this is what we pay politicians to do ... cater to well-heeled crony-capitalists from other countries? It would certainly appear so.
Get the low-down on this useless bill here.
Not that I have an ounce of sympathy for the propagandist film-maker in question, but still. It's the principle of the thing.
Besides, what business does this self-serving foreign media cartel have wasting the time of our civil servants... whose salaries are paid by the hard-earned tax dollars of Canadians?
And here's a question from one of those tax-payers: Why aren't our politicians looking at Canadian films to shape Canadian distribution laws? If the accusations of Canadian piracy are bogus, as this video claims, then why are they wasting time on American lobbyists instead of getting to work and passing made-in-Canada bills like this and this?
It's things like this that make me believe that politicians and crony capitalists are one and the same, and all cut from the cloth ... whether they live in Canada, the United States, Ukraine or Russia. Any wonder there are so many swing voters?
H/t Michael Geist, expert on Intellectual Property Law in Ottawa.
If I Did It - unauthorized autobiography of V. Putin
This little piece of satire originally posted on InfoUkes last December is catching on and making the rounds. It's a list of very imaginative imaginary testimonials about the imaginary autobiography of Vladimir Putin ...
From the same people who almost brought you O.J. Simpson's almost Blockbuster Book, straight from Moscow, a Sensational tale of Intrigue, Action, and Mystery, the Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin story:
IF I DID IT
Here's How It Happened
The story is told from Exotic locations such as Moscow, Kyiv, London, Chechnya and many other places you would love to vacation at.
You will never look upon the statement "Let's Do Lunch" the same way ever again.
Such ringing comments from the following well known celebrities:
"The Bastards Got Me! I was riveted to my hospital bed the whole time I read it!"
- Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko
Former lieutenant-colonel of the Russian FSB
"They almost got me in the early 1980's. Thank God I survived so I could do my part to bring down the Soviet Union aka 'Evil Empire'. I am sorry to see it is back!"
-Pope John Paul II (1978-2005)
Karol Jozef Wojtyla
"Damn bastard sure drove up my medical bills! At least I have a good paying job with a good Health Plan! I don't know what I would do without it!"
-Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko
President of Ukraine (2004-)
Other "endorsements" from O.J. Simpson, Walter Duranty, Stalin, Kyle Broflovski, Bubbles and his cat, and more... Read it all here.
Wickedly funny!
CBC documentary on 1919 Winnipeg General Strike
Danny Schur, Composer/Producer/Co-Writer of Strike! - The Musical sent round this email recently:
I am writing to inform you about an upcoming TV documentary entitled Bloody Saturday produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and airing Saturday, June 23rd, 7:00 P.M. across Canada.
Bloody Saturday deals with the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, which my musical Strike! is based on. A particular focus of Bloody Saturday is the role immigrants played in the 1919 strike, and specifically, how a Ukrainian immigrant, Mike Sokolowski, was killed, virtually on the steps of Winnipeg's City Hall. Much of the documentary deals with my search for Sokolowski's grave and his role within my musical. Bloody Satuday is the first documentary to bring so much focus to the plight of the immigrants of the era.
This should be interesting so make sure to tune in if you can.
Caveat: I suspect that this documentary may create the impression among those unfamiliar with Ukrainian Canadian history that the only Ukrainian immigrants who were discriminated against by were socialist, communist, or accused of being either or both.
I'm sorry for posting yet another cynical diatribe. (I've been too cynical lately, maybe I need some new music sent my way to perk me back up!)
However, in this case my cynicism is justified, I think ... given that the CBC refused to air the award-winning Freedom Had a Price (about the WWI internment operations) or any other films about discrimination against non-socialist Ukrainian immigrants in Canada, or anywhere for that matter.
It's not that information about the history of Ukrainians in Canada isn't out there, or isn't being taught in universities and available on reputable internet sites like InfoUkes. The historical record shows that Ukrainians who belong(ed) to socialist and communist organizations in Canada are/were by far in the minority, yet still they get the majority of coverage by the mainstream media, especially the CBC. Not exactly "objective" journalism, is it.
But, don't let that stop you from watching this film. If it's based on Danny Schur's research, then hopefully it will be a reasonably accurate portrayal of Canadian history, rather than another piece of anti-capitalist propaganda that the CBC is so often wont to foist on its captive tax-paying audience.
There. I've got that off my chest. Now I'm going to go and prepare the playlist for next Sunday's program. Doing that always puts me in a good mood!
In the meantime, enjoy the documentary and do post your comments about it here if you are so inclined.
Shoom Live in Winnipeg
This post comes a tad late, but none the less. . . . Winnipeg's own Shoom was at the West End Cultural Centre on Thursday of last week recording their fourth album . . . entitled (are you ready for this?) "Live in Winnipeg" *loud roar of audience applause* I had the pleasure of being in attendance with my co-host Slava and we were able to record most of the snippets of them talking in between songs. We didn't record any songs as well, that was the whole point of being there, and we didn't want to reveal anything that we shouldn't have. Anyhow, we were going to interview them, but they basically did their own interview in a roundabout way just by what they said in between songs. Needless to say Slava and I put it all together in a very nice sounding half hour bit for our show, which air yesterday (Monday) evening on CKJS.
And now for those of you wondering . . . the CD is set to be out early August, maybe for Dauphin Festival, and if not, for Folklorama for sure, so if you're going to be in Winnipeg in August, the 5-18 is when you'll want to be around so you can get your hands on a copy of that cd.
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
- June 19, 2007 1 comment:
Language wars being waged on all fronts
Everyone is raving about the book A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, so I guess I'd better jump on the bandwagon and get reading it! By all accounts it is very funny and brilliantly written. Here's a bit from the publisher's website:
[It] begins as narrator Nadia’s widowed father Nikolai announces his intention to marry a glamorous divorcee fifty years younger than he. His two feuding daughters realize they must unite to free their father from the clutches of Valentina, a Ukrainian bombshell ... with “superior” breasts and a “genius” son... Family secrets are revealed, and the tragic history of Ukraine is revisited in this moving, informative, and laugh-out-loud funny family drama.
The author was interviewed in this article and mentions that the book has been translated into other languages. She found the Russian translation rather "slapdash" and skimpy (for examples, she points out that Tolstoy's works in Russian are three times the size of the English versions).
Sigh. This sort of thing is supposed to dispel the notion held by many Ukrainians that Russians remain imperialistic at heart and, at best, patronizingly paternalistic towards Ukrainians?
Vancouver audio archives updated to Jun 17
The latest Nash Holos broadcast and podcast are now available for your listening pleasure! (Pavlo Manugevych is still vacationing in Europe so there are no new broadcasts of Chetverta Khvylia (4th Wave) until his return.)
On Ukrainian Food Flair, Sylvia has some interesting info about cucumbers and a nice refreshing soup (for whenever we get some warm weather out here in Lotusland!) On Travel Tips Myrna talks about the growing presence of the Rotary Club in Ukraine, and on A Spiritual Moment (Із Духові Твоєму), Fr. Bruce Power talks about what makes fatherhood special.
And of course, plenty of Great Ukrainian Music from all corners of the globe ... CD of the Week: Korinnya (Roots) by Millenia of Edmonton.
Elton John in Kyiv
I really try not to be cynical, but sometimes it is really, really hard.
So the beknighted singer is going to Kyiv, supposedly to raise awareness of AIDS. As if Ukrainians aren't quite aware already.
More likely, given that billionaire Viktor Pinchuk has arranged it all, it's probably more to raise awareness of western music and culture, which would help make Pinchuk a kajillionaire.
Yes, I know. That is such a cynical view... but IMHO it would be more impressive if Viktor and Elton demonstrated their concern for AIDS victims by spending their own money on, say, building a hospital or two in Ukraine instead of on flashy shows promoting wealthy western pop stars.
H/T to Vasyl at UAMuzik for this story.
And this one, which rings rather much more sincere vis-a-vis charity in Ukraine...
Chatting with Ukraine's President
Globe & Mail reporter Mark MacKinnon recently interviewed President Yushchenko.
He has since written a series of articles for the paper (list here) and also posted a transcript of the interview on his blog here.
Also some other very good posts on Ukraine and surrounding countries. He's a fabulous writer so I heartily recommend visiting his blog often ... better still, subscribe to his RSS feed!
Holodomor a political hot potato in House of Commons?
It's hard to know what to make of all this. But it's easy enough to think the worst.
Today another politician, Conservative MP James Bezan (Selkirk-Interlake) tabled a private member's bill calling on the federal government to recognize and commemorate the deliberate starvation of 7-10 million Ukrainians by communists in 1932-33.
Last week Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj (Etobicoke Centre) introduced the Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide Remembrance Day Act. Apparently NDP MP Judy Wascylycia-Leis (Winnipeg North) also introduced a motion on the Holodomor-Genocide (M-101) on April 4, 2006. (This was in Wreznesewskyj's press release, which came to me by email. Unlike Bezan, neither Wreznesewskyj or Wascylycia-Leis has anything about this on their websites.)
Anyway, both Wreznesewskyj and Wascylycia-Leis, and others, are crying foul, accusing Bezan of plagiarism and partisan politicking.
Well, all I can say is that it's very sad to see that three Canadian politicians of Ukrainian descent cannot seem to grasp the concept of Razom Nas Bahato (Together We are Many) ... you remember, that pithy slogan from the Orange Revolution...
Maybe to Ukrainian Canadian politicians it is just a song from the past and the very idea of "razom nas bahato" has become a foreign concept. And the Holodomor just a convenient hot potato for scoring political brownie points in the House of Commons and with the electorate.
Very sad.
At any rate, there is still a petition that the League of Ukrainian Canadians is sending around, as first noted here, calling on the government to recognize the Holodomor as genocide and honour the memory of those who perished in it. The text has been amended to reflect non-partisanship and a spirit of unity.
Please sign it. If enough of the electorate demand that politicians start thinking and acting beyond their own personal partisan politics maybe, just maybe, they might come to realize that doing so might actually serve them well.
Welcome, Breanne!
Just thought I'd introduce Breanne Korban, our newest blogger here on the Nash Holos blog. As you can see, she is a bundle of energy and already beat me to it! But, better late than never... ;-)
Breanne co-hosts the Ukrainian program in Winnipeg on CKJS Radio with Slava Yuraschuk. She has also been filling in for RJ Tomkins on the Zabava Hour in Winnipeg while he was convalescing over the past several weeks.
Watch out for this gal, she is one mover and shaker! Expect to read and hear more from her in the near future!
Вітаємо, Breanne!
No media consolidation in Canada!
It's a good thing we have the CRTC to ensure there is no concentration of media ownership in Canada, eh?
Rogers Media is paying $375 million in cash for the five Citytv stations that the CRTC ordered CTVglobemedia to sell late last week.
The purchase will further solidify the presence of Rogers as a major media player in Canada as it adds a national network of TV stations to its already extensive portfolio. ...
Rogers already owns several over-the-air and specialty TV channels, including OMNI Television, Rogers Sportsnet, the Shopping Channel, and the Biography Channel. It also owns 44 radio stations and a host of magazine titles, such as Maclean's, Chatelaine, and Canadian Business.
Full article here.
Arkan Words
As the newest blog person, I want to start off with a request. Anyone know where I can get the words/lyrics for Arkan? A friend of mine had requested them, as they knew only 3 verses, and apparently there could be as many as 6 verses. If anyone has any idea, it would be much appreciated.
Also, how do I add my station to the "side menu" of Ukr. Stations and live streaming broadcasts etc? I'm guessing it would be something an administrator would have to add . . . . *cough*Pawlina*cough*
Vancouver radio archives updated for June 10
Nash Holos archives are now updated and ready to download!
Pavlo Manugevych is vacationing in Europe so there are no new broadcasts of Chetverta Khvylia (4th Wave) until he's back ... but stay tuned. He will return!
However, the latest Nash Holos broadcast and podcast are available for your listening pleasure! On Ukrainian Food Flair, Sylvia will tell you how to make "beetniks" (and no, it's nothing to do with those weird guys from the 50s ...), on Travel Tips Myrna has some tantalizing tips on rail travel in Ukraine, and on A Spiritual Moment (Із Духові Твоєму), Fr. Bruce Power talks about cherishing your churches.
And of course, plenty of Great Ukrainian Music from all corners of the globe ... including a musical tribute to Vancouver bandura busker, the late Roman Bociurkiw, produced and presented (in Ukrainian) by Andrij Hornjatkevyc ... courtesy Roman Brytan, host of Radio Zhurnal in Edmonton.
Support Bill C-450 on Recognizing the Holodomor as Genocide
The League of Ukrainian Canadians asks you to sign their petition, called "Support Bill C-450 on Recognizing the Holodomor as Genocide."
This Private Members Bill was presented in the House of Commons on June 6 by Borys Wrzesnewskyj, MP for Etobicoke Centre.
The purpose of the Bill is to establish the fourth Saturday in November as a day of remembrance for the estimated seven million to ten million Ukrainians [who were starved to death in 1932-33] by the Soviet regime under Stalin. ...
Part of the Soviet strategy also involved suppressing, distorting and wiping out all information about the Ukrainian famine, now and into the future to be known as the Holodomor-Genocide.
By enacting this legislation ... Canada will reaffirm her core values of defending human rights and condemning ... genocide.
Read the full transcript in Hansard here. Sign the petition here.
Vancouver audio archives for Nash Holos updated to June 3
Apologies for the irregular posting and programming lately ... first technical difficulties for the May 27 program, then a death in the family and travelling to a funeral out of town put me behind schedule this past week.
But, Слава Богу, we're back on track now! The June 3 Nash Holos archives are now available. You'll find out a lot of interesting things including a Ukrainian seafood delicacy (herring), good places to travel to in western Canada to experience Ukrainian culture, the significance of Pentecost to Christianity and the world, a chat with the producers of the feature film Acts of Imagination, and community events including an upcoming visit to Vancouver by Edmonton author Molly Anne Warring, whose two novels on Ukrainian immigrants were nominated for the Governor General's award.
And of course, plenty of Great Ukrainian music!
Love Ukrainian style - Erotic Symbolism in Ukraini...
NDP MP calls on government to treat Ukrainian comm...
Hollywood lobbies for Canadian piracy law... and g...
Support Bill C-450 on Recognizing the Holodomor as...
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Audio archives for Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio updated to October 23, 2011
Unusual yet still traditional recipes, the latest news, interesting people and great Ukrainian music as usual on the past two editions of Nash Holos. Here's what's on:
- October 24, 2011 No comments:
Transcript of Prime Minister Harper's speech upon accepting the Shevchenko medal from the Ukrainian Canadian Congress
Greetings to the Most Reverend Bishop Chmilar, and Your Grace Bishop Andriy.
Thank you Paul for those kind words.
I am honoured to receive this award and such a warm welcome from the Ukrainian-Canadian community.
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress does tremendous work to promote the Ukrainian cause in Canada. So let’s
Labels: Canada-Ukraine relations, politics, Ukrainian Canadian community
Ukrainian-Canadian community honours Prime Minister Stephen Harper
In Toronto today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper accepted the Shevchenko Medal Award, for his and the Canadian Government’s many contributions to the Ukrainian-Canadian community and the people of Ukraine.
The Shevchenko Medal Award is the highest form of recognition given out by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. It recognizes individuals for their outstanding national contribution towards the development of the Ukrainian Canadian community.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper recives Taras Shevchenko medal
from Ukrainian Canadian Congress president Paul Grod.
"I am honoured to receive this prestigious award that recognizes the significant efforts our Government has made to address the needs and interests of our vibrant Ukrainian-Canadian community and to strengthen our ties with Ukraine," said Prime Minister Harper. "Our Government will continue to acknowledge and embrace the contributions of Ukrainians, their struggles for independence and their contributions to Canadian society."
The Harper government has taken
Nash Holos audio archives updated for week of October 9-15
Here's what's on this week's Vancouver October 09 podcast and
While we're certainly accustomed to beets in soup, pickled, or roasted with other root vegetables, they're also excellent in salads!
In addition to their wonderful taste, beets have outstanding health benefits as well including (among other things) high amounts of beta carotene, vitamin C and iron. Perhaps this is why they're the pagan symbol for love and beauty!
I was introduced to this recipe some time ago by Nash Holos food columnist, the late Sylvia Molnar. I thought it was an unusual (even odd) combination for a salad, but gave it a try ... and it's become one of my favourites.
It's a make-ahead, so on top of being easy to make in the first place, it's one less thing to worry about during meal prep time.
In a pinch, canned beets can be used in this recipe. But I prefer using fresh beets. They have a rich, sweet earthiness that gets lost in the canning process.
Beets can be prepared easily enough. Choose beets in similar size. Wash them well, wrap in foil and roast at 400ºF for about an hour, or until tender when pierced with a thin bladed knife. The skins will slip off easily once they’re cooked.
Less messy than peeling them raw and boiling!
Here's what you'll need for Ukrainian Beet & Mushroom Salad:
Labels: Recipes, Sylvia Molnar
Spectacular violinist coming to Canadian stages starting in Vancouver
One of the performers traveling across Canada this month with The Talents of Ukraine 2011 show tour is contemporary violinist Innesa Tymochko. Now a New Yorker, Innesa originally hails from Lviv, Ukraine where she studied music and launched a musical career that had her performing on stages throughout Europe.
In a recent interview on Nash Holos Ukrainian Roots Radio, she revealed that she was a child prodigy at age 6. While she studied classical violin, she was also enthralled by the beauty and power of traditional Ukrainian folk music. In fact she was so drawn to it that she developed her own "fusion" style of contemporary Ukrainian folk music.
With charming candour, she admits to an abiding love of Ukrainian folk music, the stage, and pleasing audiences with her music. This woman's joy of performing shines through the minute she first pulls the bow across the strings. She'll then take you on a musical journey that is guaranteed to pluck the heartstrings of any Ukrainian folk music lover.
This will be Innesa's first trip to Canada and she is very excited to be part of this tour. It starts out in Vancouver on Tuesday, October 11 at the Vancouver Center for the Performing Arts. After that it's on to Vernon for a Wednesday evening performance, then to other points east, wrapping up in Montréal on October 25.
If you haven't bought your tickets yet, don't wait a minute longer! This will be a show you don't want to miss.
Along with Innesa, you'll be delighted with the performances of two outstanding singers from Ukraine as well as the spectacular Donbas Song and Dance Company of Ukraine. Tickets for the performances in Western Canada can be purchased from Ticketmaster, and elsewhere from the venues where the show is being held. Details at the Boen Arts website and in earlier posts (here and here).
Innesa has her own website which is www.innesa.com and you can read more about her and order her CDs there.
Meanwhile, I found a few YouTube videos of Innesa performing. They’ll give you an idea of her onstage charisma. But there’s nothing like the real thing! So I hope you'll join me in seeing her perform live on stage in Vancouver... or at a venue close to you.
This is Vivaldi's Storm, which opened the show we chatted on:
This is her performing Podolianka at her own wedding.
...and someone else's wedding (where she puts me in mind of the late Al Czerny):
For those earlybirds amongst us, here she is doing a medley of Ukrainian Christmas tunes:
And one more medley of Ukrainian folk tunes:
See you at the show!
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Share this Story: Review: Giant pig movie 'Okja' gives us a lot to chew over
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Review: Giant pig movie 'Okja' gives us a lot to chew over
Jun 26, 2017 • June 26, 2017 • 3 minute read
Just in time for summer comes a film that seriously threatens the core component of barbeques, baseball games and block parties. To be blunt, “Okja” may force you to put down that hot dog.
Director Bong Joon Ho’s uneven movie is about a girl, her giant, adorable pet pig and an evil corporation that wants to separate them — and also to separate our porcine heroine into bacon strips. There’s not a lot of nuance here: The bad guys are very bad and the heroes are very good. It makes the finger-wagging of “Avatar” seem demure.
Review: Giant pig movie 'Okja' gives us a lot to chew over Back to video
But it’s not always a well-marbled ride. There’s an inconsistent tone, with horrific moments spliced with satire and detours into vaudeville and a few moments when it’s kidnapped into a heist movie. “Okja” also has too much Tilda Swinton, a curious Jake Gyllenhaal and some weird musical choices. But Bong must be congratulated for forcing us to see what’s for dinner, even if his message is as heavy-handed as a public service announcement for veganism.
“Okja” has already gotten plenty of attention, but not because of its message. It was the subject of handwringing from traditional film folk because it was picked to compete for the coveted Palme d’Or top prize at the Cannes Film Festival despite Netflix’s plans to release the movie online in most markets, bypassing the movie theatres. Whatever form you see it, the effects that bring the lumbering title character to life are remarkable.
The film centres on the fate of Okja, who was created by the malevolent Mirando Corp. — a less-than-subtle stand-in for the Monsanto Co. The sow is a genetic freak created in a lab, one of two-dozen hippopotamus-sized miracle pigs with skin like an elephant, floppy ears, understanding eyes, a wagging tail and nostrils that flare expressively.
The company, led by Swinton, channeling the public relations savvy of Gwyneth Paltrow and the iciness of Anna Wintour, insists these beasts will reduce hunger and waste. “The world is running out of food and we’re not talking about it,” she says.
All this comes as an understandable shock to the South Korean girl who has been raising Okja for the past decade in a forest that recalls Eden itself. An Seo Hyun plays Mija as a self-possessed young woman with undeterred, dogged love and the resourcefulness of Lara Croft.
The early part of the film spends time with these two as they gambol in exquisite nature, hugging and working together to gather food. A moment when the super pig shows intelligence and altruism foreshadows the horrors to come.
Okja is snatched back by the Mirando Corp. and Mija pursues her pet all the way to New York, aided by a group of very polite animal rights activists. There are car chases, poo jokes and the curious use of John Denver’s “You Fill Up My Senses.”
There’s also an unhinged Gyllenhaal, who plays a Steve Irwin-like wildlife expert who has sold his soul to the evil corporation. He starts out as if in a slapstick comedy, ends up like Heath Ledger’s demented Joker and speaks in a falsetto for reasons only he may know.
Things take a grimmer turn in the last third when we witness a pig rape, electrical shocking and a slaughterhouse that resembles a Nazi concentration camp. Swinton makes another appearance as the twin of the Mirando Corp. head, this time taking her love of using false teeth to a questionable degree. A second serving of the very hammy — sorry — Swinton seems too much.
Bong, who also wrote the story, has created a film with echoes of other kid-animal flicks, especially “Pete’s Dragon,” “Fly Away Home,” “Babe” “Free Willy” and “Chicken Run.” But “Okja” could never be confused with a kiddie movie.
What it is, however, is less clear. It could be an indictment of capitalism, but business seems to win. It adores nature, but a lab-grown genetic freak proves to be its playful heroine. It’s more like an interspecies love story, one that promises to make lunch ordering very hard from now on.
“Okja,” a Netflix release, is rated TV-MA. Running time: 121 minutes. Two stars out of four.
Online: https://www.netflix.com/title/80091936
Mark Kennedy is at http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits
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Tag: heavy metal
#WildCardWednesday: Chiefs of Eden – ‘Feed’
13/05/2020 13/05/2020 Rob ManhireLeave a comment
Over the last year or so I’ve had many conversations with friends and fellow musicians over a worrying lack of younger audiences and bands coming through our local scenes. It’s not non-existent but compared to what I remember growing up, there just isn’t the same feel for shows. Friday nights were solely a time of going to see your friend’s band from school supporting older artists at what ever local space could be hired out for cheap, and if it had a bar, it was a bonus. Sure, some of the bands were crap, but it didn’t matter because occasionally there were some gems that went on to do some great things.
This brings me on to my wild card for this Wednesday, Chiefs of Eden. They are a young metal band from Kent, UK, that I have been following for a while mostly through proxy of a colleague at work. For some reason they just caught my attention and reminded me of times past where we would give the time of day (or night) to young local bands striving just to be heard.
Anyway before I take myself down a very long and old nostalgic road (lockdown’s got me doing that a lot lately!), lets talk about ‘Feed’. This is the debut release for Chiefs of Eden and is the work of a reformation of the band after a break of a year to try and hone their sound. They claim influences from a lot of mid-2000s metallers such as Trivium, Gorjira and Lamb of God. Those influences really shine through the track. It follow that great sequence of trudging verses leading into the sweet relief of melodic metal chorus. The chorus itself is the highlight of the track, a good hook which gets lodged in your brain. The verses are a real mix of nu metal riffing similar to old 36 Crazyfists and the dirtiest vocals of death metal. Perhaps it’s too dirty, perhaps I’m too innocent? I’ve never been a fan of the heavily tracked, multi-tone screams, but the right audience will appreciate it.
I would say that the track lacks ambition in its structure. It’s calling out for a raging guitar solo or something to lift it out of the breakdown before the final chorus. Without it, it feels like it falls a little flat towards the end and you can loose your interest.
For a first release, for a young band, it’s good. There is clearly talent here and as they continue to write together and draw on more influences the small issues will iron themselves out. It’s worth your time just to realise that there are very young bands out there with embers of something worthwhile.
‘Feed’ is out now on all major streaming platforms.
What are your thoughts of this band’s single? Got a #WildCardWednesday track to recommend us? Please leave your thoughts or song suggestions in a comment or via social media.
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‘Feed’ can be downloaded off iTunes now – https://music.apple.com/gb/album/feed-single/1510140582
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#WildCardWednesday: Firing All Cylinders – ‘What Is Love’ (Haddaway Cover)
I am a huge sucker for 90s dance classics, so when I saw that Firing All Cylinders had done a metal version of ‘What Is Love’ by Haddaway, I was all ears. The Californian metallers toyed with the idea that initially started as a joke but we are happy they went with it!
If you don’t know the song by title, you will certainly know it by its opening synth hook. ‘What Is Love’ charted across the world in 1993, but by no means set it on fire, however, it has become a cult classic along 90s music fans. Firing All Cylinders have kept the essence of the track by keeping that oh so recognisable synth motif almost exactly as it sounds on the original, but have brought their own metal chug and groove underneath.
Personally I love it, but I know it will divide a lot of people. It’s not the first time we’ve seen metal bands do this to beloved pop songs, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. 90s dance just seems to lend itself well to this kind of thing. However unlike others, I feel the band have not strayed too far away from the original that it is not recognisable. There are no heavy breakdowns, no guttural screams just a homage to a classic.
The video really stretches the idea of what love is. The original video had a slight dark feel to it (for the 90s anyway), but Firing All Cylinders have taken it about 1,000 steps further. It’s dark, it’s ritualistic and involves sacrifice and is probably more what fans of the band would expect.
We aren’t too fussed by the video, but the track is definitely worth a listen for all you 90s dance cross metal fans out there!
What are your thoughts of this metal band’s cover of the 90s dance classic? Do you have a cool cover for #WildCardWednesday to recommend us? Please leave your thoughts or song suggestions in a comment or via social media.
‘What Is Love’ can be downloaded off Apple Music now – https://music.apple.com/gb/album/what-is-love-single/1505584706
Posted in Wild-Card WednesdayTagged 1993, 90s, 90s dance, alternative metal, classic, cover, cover song, cover version, cult, cult classic, dance, firing all cylinders, haddaway, heavy metal, metal, synth, wednesday, what is love, wild card, wild-card wednesday
#Review: The Darkness @ Brighton Dome, Brighton – 10/12/19
On Tuesday 10th December 2019, The Darkness brought their Easter Is Cancelled Tour to Brighton Dome! The event was packed with people and full of fun, with support from Rews. Here’s what we have to say about the event…
Rews
This duo (accompanied by a drummer) are a riotous, girl-powered pair that are unafraid to pack a punch! For just three instruments and a butt-load of distortion, they sure bring about a lot of noise – they kind of reminded me of a more serious, angry-sounding Pink Slip (remember them from Disney’s remake of Freaky Friday, with Lindsay Lohan?!) Although they’re quite the raucous act, the vocal harmonies between them are nothing short of immense and clearly must have been rehearsed for hours! The bassist is full of charisma too, working the stage with conviction, at times, capturing the most attention. An interesting act with some fairly catchy tunes – they made for a good support.
Highlight: The vocal harmonies – honestly, they were awesome!
As The Darkness took to the stage, dressed all in white, the crowd errupted with excitement, to see the rock band strike out the first notes of Easter Is Cancelled‘s opening track, ‘Rock And Roll Deserves To Die’. After a couple of songs, Justin explained that on this tour, the band were playing the entirety of their latest album, from start to finish, before doing a selection of their greatest hits…and it was awesome! He made a joke about people only coming for their Christmas single or their older songs but people were lapping it all up – both the new and old material.
If you haven’t already heard it, their latest record (Easter Is Cancelled) is great – it’s packed with the usual The Darkness lyrical wit, falsetto vocals, incredible musicianship and powerful rock anthems and is probably one of their best albums in recent years – so it was amazing to be able to see it all performed live.
The stage set was visually stunning too – with three, church window-shaped screens, surrounded by flashing lights, the backdrop for each song was unique, diverse and sometimes just outright bonkers (think cartoon dancing cows moshing!)
After finishing the run-through of their latest album, the band retired for a very quick costume change, before coming back to perform an array of their back catalogue, to much enthusiasm from the crowd. They performed a selection of tracks from nearly all their albums, from ‘Japanese Prisoner of Love’ and ‘Solid Gold’ (from 2017’s Pinewood Smile) to ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ (from their 2003 debut, Permission To Land).
It didn’t matter whether they were playing new or old material, people were singing along with every word, jumping around and having the best time! They perform with high energy, good humour and flawlessness, ensuring their audience come away from the show feeling euphoric. The Darkness are a lot of fun to watch live and whether you know all their songs or not, you are guaranteed to have the best night with them – I really can’t recommend them highly enough!
Justin‘s live vocals are powerful and flawless, whilst his charisma oozes with dry humour and a stage presence like no other.
The band themselves perform to perfection with impeccable professionalism and high energy and their individual talent for each of their instruments is spell-binding.
Justin doing a headstand in front of the kick drum during a song, before casually returning to the microphone to finish the song, was pretty damn impressive!
There was one point that someone did something to make Justin laugh at the start of a song, which was touching to see.
During the set, Justin brought up that it was Dan‘s birthday coming up and the audience spontaneously burst out with a round of ‘Happy Birthday’ which Justin then led into ‘For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow’.
The ad-libs between songs, like a funky riff and vocal melody Justin bust out with before ‘I Believe In A Thing Called Love’ (in the video below) and some of the between-song banter is pretty amusing.
I just highly recommend watching them live – already, I would love to see them again!
📷 All of the photos in this post are credited to Damon Peirce  📸
Easter Is Cancelled
Rock And Roll Deserves To Die*
How Can I Lose Your Love
Live ‘Til I Die
Heart Explodes
Heavy Metal Lover
Choke On It
We Are The Guitar Men
One Way Ticket*
Growing On Me*
Japanese Prisoner Of Love
Love Is Only A Feeling
Givin’ Up*
Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Get Your Hands Off My Woman
I Believe In A Thing Called Love*
Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)*
* These songs can be viewed in the YouTube playlist, below.
Finally, I want to say a massive thanks to The Darkness and Rews for putting on a great show as well as Warren and Charleigh from Chuff Media for enabling this review to happen.
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#Review: The Darkness – Easter Is Cancelled ✞
03/10/2019 04/10/2019 Matt Wright - Muzik Speaks1 Comment
The Darkness are an English rock band from Lowestoft, Suffolk who first came to the public’s attention in 2003, with their debut album, Permission to Land. In particular, their debut single, ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’, was a monster hit, reaching Number 2 in the UK Charts. With 5 albums already under their belt, 2019 sees the release of the band’s sixth album, Easter Is Cancelled. Here’s what we have to say about it…
It may have only been a couple of years since The Darkness released their last album, Pinewood Smile, but the band are now back with a bang and have possibly created an even better album than their last!
As with their previous record, the standard edition comes with just 10 tracks, whilst the deluxe edition comes with an extra 4, but that said, the standard version alone, is excellent!
The album opens with single, ‘Rock And Roll Deserves To Die’, a song which starts out quite calm yet epic – almost soundtrack-like – with middle-eastern vibes, alongside an accompanying acoustic guitar. It’s satirical and once it fully kicks in, serves up something very Tenacious D about it, with edgy, hair metal qualities too- especially with the sensational, chaotic guitar solo to finish.
Whilst the album is very much a rock record and clearly, at it’s heart, still very much The Darkness, they have managed to bring some great diversity too. From the wonderful 80s-like guitar licks (with a hint of country vibes thrown in for good measure?!) and sensational falsetto vocals of ‘Live ‘Til I Die’, to the more “middle of the road”, mellow and beautiful tones of ‘In Another Life’ – a great, acoustic-driven, country-style power ballad with clean guitars in the verses and a slightly heavier chorus; Easter Is Cancelled could easily become a classic album for the more recent era of the band.
It certainly has its quirks too though – ‘Deck Chair’ is a serious-sounding, acoustic-led ballad about…a deck chair! Whilst the subject matter is somewhat insincere, there’s a very Queen/Freddie Mercury quality to this song. It’s particularly hilarious when whispered French vocals come in, as well as shimmering guitar effects and plucked violins. ‘Choke On It’ seeks Hawkins sing about gold diggers riding off their success and even busts out a random northern accent at one point before pulling off a strong chorus with his trademark falsetto voice and gritty gang vocals to accompany. Additionally, ‘Easter Is Cancelled’ feels very old school metal, with some great gang vocals, yet is possibly the weakest track on the album – whilst it is still good and the guitar lines are great, it’s just not as strong as the rest of the record, despite being the title track.
Easter Is Cancelled could easily become a classic album for the more recent era of the band.
Moments that impress most are the surefire, new fan-favourite (and mine too!) ‘How Can I Lose Your Love’; sweeping, grungy synths open and build as if it’s going to be an intense beat, before becoming a suddenly, more calm chorus. It’s unusual to have a fast verse and slow chorus – such a great, unexpected yet catchy-as-hell track. ‘Heart Explodes’ is dramatic with wailing, ghost-like vocals during the breakdown and haunting guitar solos too. Also, ‘Heavy Metal Lover’ is a hilariously witty track about a lover being really into heavy metal. Juxtaposition is rife with chaotic and heavy metal-inspired, guitar breakdowns following the sweet-sounding, lovey-dovey, harmony-filled choruses.
The album draws to a strong close with ‘We Are The Guitar Men’, a lyrically diverse ode to the band’s guitars, demonstrating great personification, as though the guitar a beautiful woman. The chorus feels full of nostalgia, like a solid 80s rock tune, blending electric and acoustic guitars, with the occasional synth thrown in too. Ascending vocals lead into a lovely show-off guitar solo at the very end of the track.
I remain captivated by The Darkness, even after them having been around for 16 years now. And sure, they are predominately a modern, not-so-slightly tongue-in-cheek version of a 70s/80s rock band, that doesn’t often deviate from the recipe for their successes, but somehow they are still great to listen to and bring about just enough diversity in each of their records, to still keep them fresh and their fans interested, that you can’t help but love them.
Whilst the band have not had another Number 1 album since their debut, Permission To Land, I’m sure that this record will still do very well and hopefully become a modern classic and fan favourite, since the band reunited in 2011…it’s near perfect!
‘Easter Is Cancelled’ is out now and can be downloaded from iTunes – https://music.apple.com/gb/album/easter-is-cancelled-deluxe/1473988829
Easter Is Cancelled on Spotify
Rock And Roll Deserves To Die (Official Video)
Heart Explodes (Official Video)
THE DARKNESS ‘EASTER IS CANCELLED’ 2019 TOUR
The band are also heading out on tour across November and December 2019. Tickets are available here.
26th – Belfast, Limelight
27th – Dublin, Academy
29th – Nottingham, Rock City
1st – Birmingham, O2 Academy
2nd – Leicester, O2 Academy
3rd – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
5th – Norwich, UEA
6th – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
7th – Bath, Pavilions
9th – Portsmouth, Pyramids
10th – Brighton, Dome
11th – Watford, Colosseum
13th – Manchester Academy
14th – Newcastle, O2 Academy
15th – Glasgow, O2 Academy
17th – York, Barbican
18th – Liverpool, O2 Academy
20th – London, Roundhouse
We hope you’ve enjoyed our review! What do you think of the band’s sixth album? Are you as much of a fan as us? What would you rate it out of 5? Please leave your thoughts in a comment or via our social media.
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#Review: Afterlife – Breaking Point 🌡
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Afterlife are a metal quartet from West Palm Beach, Florida, consisting of Tyler Levenson (vocals), Andrew McGuire (guitar), Tristan Edwards (bass) and Luke Walkinshaw (drums). Since signing to Hopeless Records, the band are now putting out their debut album, Breaking Point. Here’s what we have to say about it…
The album bursts into life with serious tenacity, in the form opening track, ‘Sacrifice’ – a song laden with creepy vocal effects (somewhere in the same vein as Marilyn Manson) and come served up with a huge dose of angry, metal instrumentation.
From there, the album takes off into a flurry of metal-induced fury and it’s clear throughout, that the production quality of the record is impeccable. Not only is it a great quality record but there are a lot of layers to the tracks, making it interestingly chaotic, in parts. Unfortunately though, in places it feels like there is more style over substance and that the production and intricate instrumentation outweigh the lyrical content. For example, ‘Giving Back The Pain’ is a great song for crowds to mosh to and it has a certain commercial quality to it, but I hate to say it – lyrically, it is bordering on cringe-worthy. It’s clear what they’re trying to achieve, but I’m just not feeling it.
That’s not to say it’s all bad, by any means. ‘Throat’ has some quirky, downward spiral sounds and a catchy melody to it that is actually reminiscent of the early Eminem track, ‘Kim’, though the lyrics attempt to be profound but end up somewhat disjointed. ‘Breaking Point’ focuses on getting angry to the point that you snap and the motion of the chorus vocal is pretty captivating, while ‘Holding On’ has this brilliant bass-line leading into the track (and underpinning the chorus) with a well-written rap-style verse and an understated melody leading into the chorus, that make for a brilliant listen.
‘Grey Sky’ has a wonderful melody to the chorus line, “Where did your mind go?” that you can’t help but love – it’s gritty and raspy and really captivates the lyrical content about being trapped in your own dark thoughts.
The band’s performance throughout, is brilliant and Tyler Levenson‘s screaming is incredible – he has a great singing vocal too.
Possibly the best tracks on the record have to be ‘Karma’, which is a really great angry anthem to blare out when you just want someone to get what they deserve. “Try to run, try to run, try to hide, Karma’s coming for you bitch” – I mean God, it just oozes rage! And ‘Broken Home’ – the album doesn’t really let up on the anger front until this track, where suddenly it seems to get a little lighter in tone and whilst the subject is sad and there’s still a little grunginess to it, it’s not so fuelled by hatred and dark screaming – it’s more honest and self-reflective. It’s quite possibly the best track on the album.
As far as Hopeless Records releases go, this is not your typical release from the label – it’s a lot heavier but undoubtedly, it will have an appeal to corners of the metal market. In fact, it’s got elements of rap merged with metal, like Linkin Park meets Rage Against The Machine, but just not quite as well-crafted.
That all being said, the band’s performance throughout, is brilliant and Tyler Levenson‘s screaming is incredible – he has a great singing vocal too, but the frequently-used, rap-style verses just don’t quite make the mark (lyrically and stylistically) – perhaps as the band continue to mature, they will grow lyrically too.
I’m sure there will be a lot of support for this album, particularly from fans of Hopeless Records and perhaps those who’ve begun to venture more into the metal realm, from the softer, pop punk genre. However, for the band’s next release, I hope they will work on their lyrical content to match the great instrumental performances.
‘Breaking Point’ is out now and can be downloaded from iTunes – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/breaking-point/1435412838
Breaking Point on Spotify
Throat (Official Music Video)
Holding On (Official Music Video)
Sacrifice (Visual)
We hope you’ve enjoyed our review! What do you think of this band’s new album? Is our review fair? What would you rate it out of 5? Please leave your thoughts in a comment or via our social media.
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#MuzikSpeaks: An Interview with Crypitus
Crypitus are a thrashing death metal band from Vermont consisting of four friends, Doug Friend (Guitar/Vocals), Joe Minard II (Bass), Peter Snee (Rhythm Guitar) and Zach Patch (Drums). Find out more about these rockers in our interview below…
Hey guys, how’s it going?
Zach: Hi. It’s going great.
Pete: Hi I’m good.
Joe: Hi. It’s going alright.
Doug: Hey guys! I’m doing well!
What future plans have you got? Any new singles or an album in the pipeline?
Zach: Well the big future plan is world domination, but were working on putting together our next tour for spring/summer.
Pete: One last show this year and we have plenty of shows planned for next year.
Joe: One more show this year and a tour next year.
Doug: We are heading to Portland, ME on 12/8/17, planning on working on a new single this winter and working on setting up our spring tour!
Where do you take inspirations from when making your music?
Zach: My biggest influence is Blake Richardson from Between the Buried and Me, but I also take notes from Terry Bozzio with Frank Zappa and Mike Portnoy.
Pete: The mountainous woods we live in. Some of my favorite artists are Frank Zappa, Roger Waters, Chuck Schuldiner, Aaron Marshall.
Joe: Old Metallica, Primus and System Of A Down are some of my inspirations.
Doug: I take inspiration from how screwed up this fucking world is.
What’s your usual process for writing/recording?
Zach: We usually just start jamming on something, and when we play something that really sounds good, we start to build on it and fine tune it. As far as recording goes, we just try to lay down our parts as best we can.
Pete: We usually jam to a certain riff or riffs over time and they get fleshed out into full songs.
Joe: I just go with the flow.
Doug: Every song has been made on accident.
If you could do a collaboration with anyone, who would it be and why?
Zach: I’d really like to work with the guitarists from An Unction in Braille. I bet we could come up with some sweet Schmidt.
Pete: Any of the incredible musicians I meet at open mic nights in our home town.
Doug: I’d love to collaborate with Black Absence for a track!
What music have you been listening to most recently?
Zach: Blotted Science, Between the Buried and Me, Plini, Sithu Aye.
Pete: Scale the Summit have been blowing my mind for a little while.
Joe: Animals As Leaders – Madness of Many album.
Doug: Unflesh, Kreator, Blotted Science and Death Angel.
If you had to cover a recent chart song, which song would it be and why?
Zach: I wouldn’t.
Pete: Like Top 40 charts? Fuck that noise.
Doug: Never.
What makes a great show for you?
Zach: A really enthusiastic crowd. Even if it isn’t a big one.
Pete: An energetic, responsive crowd. Not breaking a string too.
Joe: A fun and energetic crowd.
Doug: A good line, inviting audience and headbanging.
Do you have any pre-show or post-show rituals?
Zach: I have to stretch. Otherwise my body will now do what it needs to do. Caffeine too.
Pete: A few minutes by myself to mentally prepare for melting faces.
Joe: Drinkin’.
Doug: Not particularly I like to wear my guitar for like ten minutes before I play though hahah.
Has anything scary ever happened to you on tour?
Zach: Not scary, no.
Pete: I popped a tire going 85 on a snowy highway. That was fun.
Doug: One time Pete road with me, I never wanted to get to a venue so fast.
Do you have any other passions outside of music?
Zach: I like fishing.
Pete: Star Wars, DC comics, nature, movies.
Joe: Video games, beer, and just chillin’.
Doug: Hiking and exploring mostly. I like to see new things.
What really grinds your gears?
Zach: Idiots.
Pete: Lack of lubricant can grind gears pretty bad.
Joe: Not a lot.
Doug: Bad drivers.
What’s the best film you’ve seen lately?
Zach: Natural Born Killers.
Pete: I really liked Justice League.
Joe: I don’t watch movies often.
Doug: I’m with Joe on this one.
If, in say 20 years time, a film was made about your life, who would you want to play you?
Zach: Nobody could fill these shoes.
Pete: Well, anyone acting now wouldn’t be the right age. I’d want someone new to the mainstream acting scene.
Joe: I don’t know and don’t care.
Doug: Leonardo DiCaprio.
If you could be any chocolate bar, which one would you be?
Zach: A nutty one.
Pete: An Almond Joy.
Joe: A Milky Way.
What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?
Zach: Always keep a jar of marbles. Don’t lose them, cause what are you going to do when you lose your marbles?
Pete: “Get yourselves a bass player.”
Joe: Practice makes perfect.
Doug: Hey, don’t eat that.
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#ThrowbackThursday: The Used – ‘The Bird And The Worm’
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‘The Bird And The Worm’ was the first single to be released from The Used‘s third studio album, Lies For The Liars. The song was the band’s highest charting single at the time, reaching #9 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
This song is epic with its heavy post-hardcore guitars and Bert McCracken‘s unique vocal style. The way he uses his voice is remarkable – such a talent to be able to blend screaming vocals with singing so seamlessly.
The music video is quirky and cool too but then you’d expect nothing less from The Used.
Do you remember this song? Have you got a different, favourite song by The Used? Or another song you’d choose? Please leave your thoughts or #ThrowbackThursday suggestions in a comment below or via our social media accounts.
‘The Bird And The Worm’ can be downloaded off iTunes now – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/the-bird-and-the-worm/id254115609?i=254115685
Posted in Throwback ThursdayTagged 2007, Bert McCracken, billboard, billboard modern rock tracks chart, chart, Dan Whitesides, emo, hardcore, heavy metal, Jeph Howard, john feldmann, Justin Shekoski, lies for the liars, pop punk, post, post-hardcore, pretty handsome awkward, punk rock, Quinn Allman, reprise records, screamo, the bird and the worm, the used, throwback, throwback thursday
#ThrowbackThursday: Nickelback – ‘Photograph’
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Nickelback; you either love them or hate them, there doesn’t appear to be a middle ground for people. Personally, I love them!
‘Photograph’ was released back September 2005, and it reached inside the Top 20 of the UK charts and Number 1 in the UK Rock chart.
The song itself is filled with sentiment and is sentimental to me personally, as it was not long after the song’s release, that I left school.
Nickelback have become synonymous with either producing heavy, metal-influenced power songs, or the complete opposite; easy-listening, emotive ballads; this song is the latter, but it’s just perfect!
What do you guys think of Nickelback? Do you like/remember this song? What would be your choice for this #ThrowbackThursday? Please share this post on your social media and tell us your song choice in a comment below.
‘Photograph’ can be downloaded off iTunes now – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/photograph/id214403406?i=214403497
Posted in Throwback ThursdayTagged 2005, alternative rock, avril lavigne, ballads, chad kroeger, easy listening, heavy metal, metal, nickelback, photograph, rock, september 2005, soft rock, throwback, throwback thursday, thursday, top 20, uk rock chart
#WildCardWednesday: Seether – ‘Broken’ featuring Amy Lee
Seether are a South African, hard rock band from Pretoria. The band have performed under their current name since 2002 but found more global recognition in 2004, with the release of their second album, Disclaimer II, although this was more of a remixing of their debut, with some extra tracks added.
This particular song, ‘Broken’ was a single from the album and features guest vocals from Amy Lee (singer of Evanescence) who was also formerly the girlfriend of lead singer Shaun Morgan.
The band are known for their hard-hitting metal songs but this is a much more stripped-back, epic song of theirs, featuring strings.
The video for the song is also fairly fantastic, seeing the singers wandering through a post-apocalyptic type of setting, which apparently was a real-life trailer park which was a former meth lab, which burnt to the ground…interesting huh?! Ha!
What do you think of this #WildCardWednesday choice this week? Have you got any similar, epic tracks for us? Please leave your choices in a comment below!
Posted in Wild-Card WednesdayTagged 2004, amy lee, broken, disclaimer, disclaimer ii, evanescence, hard rock, heavy metal, seether, shaun morgan, south africa
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Austin 28 (1938-1940)
Austin Twenty-Eight
Austin Motor Company Limited
July 1938 – September 1939 Quantity 300 (sold) 1938—138 1939—152 1940—10Longbridge
saloon, limousine
4,016 cc (245 cu in) Straight-six
11' 4", 136 in (3,500 mm) Track front: 4'10", 58 in (1,500 mm) Track rear: 5'0", 60 in (1,500 mm)
39 cwt 4,368 lb (1,981 kg)
Austin Sheerline
The last of the Austin range to be given Dick Burzi's new body-shape it was announced twelve months after the entry into production of Austin's update of their Sixteen into their stubby-nosed Eighteen, a 50% more powerful engine in a longer-nosed (by 18 inches) body. The new body which only shared its general appearance with the smaller Eighteen was described as notable for its roominess and luxurious comfort. Generous seating with a flat unobstructed floor together with draught free ventilation by sliding quarter windows, sound insulation for all the steel body panels and generous luggage accommodation were further new features. Equipment includes a reversing light. The price of the new Twenty-Eight was £700.
Other improvements across the board would include: pistol-grip handbrakes under the dashboard, increased luggage accommodation, piston-type hydraulic shock absorbers, more accessible batteries and a quick filling petrol tank.
Steering system was by Marles-Weller.
Brakes were by Girling.
Rigid axles back and front supported low-periodicity positively lubricated half-elliptical springs with hydraulic shock absorbers and jacks.
New engine July 1938
The new 4-litre engine was announced to a gathering of Austin agents and distributors at Longbridge at the end of July 1938. The design with the alloy cylinder head having proved so successful on the Austin Fourteen it would now be applied across the range. It included a higher compression ratio, "upwards of 6 : 1" which in combination with the larger inlet valves improved fuel consumption and power output.
The cylinder bore was increased by 7 mm from 79.35 to 86.36 mm lifting cubic capacity from 3.4-litres to 4-litres. The tax rating was increased from 23.42 to 27.75 but the power output went up from 58 bhp (43 kW; 59 PS) @2,600 rpm to a reported 90 bhp (67 kW; 91 PS) @3,200 rpm.
The previous eight main bearing crankshaft was replaced with a four-bearing crankshaft fitted with a vibration damper which decision fitted with the then current trend.
The new detachable aluminium alloy cylinder head was fitted over inclined side valves and anodised aluminium alloy pistons. Pressure lubrication was supplied to the tappets, coolant temperature was controlled by thermostat and coil ignition was provided with automatic advance.
A new and roomy seven-seater which has much to recommend it including the price. Unusually good windows, long and fairly deep give a good view and enhance the appearance of the car. The cushions and shaped squabs are comfortable, the compartments are divided by sliding glass panels. There are folding foot rests, blinds to the division window, shaped armchair backs to the seat and a double arm rest in the centre. The occasional seats give reasonable comfort, the doorways behind are wide, the boot has two good-sized fitted suitcases with the spare wheel below and its platform is designed to take 1½ cwt 168 lb (76 kg) of extra luggage.
The new engine has the extra refinement in running noticeable in the other new Austin units and shows much improvement on the former Twenty. The horn button and the signalling lever are on the top of the thin three-spoked steering wheel. The brake lever is inverted and under the dash. Acessible it does not interfere with entrance and has a thumb-plate trigger. The greatest comfortable speed was 70 miles per hour.
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discontinued replaced by ohv Austin Sheerline 3460 cc and 3995 cc "100 hp engine"
Straight 6-cylinder
4,016 cc (245 cu in)
Cylinder bore
86.36 mm (3.400 in)
Piston stroke
114.3 mm (4.50 in)
Cylinder block alloy
Cast iron. Aluminium pistons with anodised surfaces. Four-bearing crankshaft with a vibration damper.
Cylinder head alloy
aluminium, detachable
inclined side valves, inlet larger than exhaust, pressure lubrication for the tappets
downdraught carburettor, coil ignition with automatic advance
floating filter pick up for the oil pump and anti-surge valve
forced water circulation thermostatically controlled
90 bhp (67 kW; 91 PS) @3,200 rpm Tax horsepower 27.75
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About Motown Junkies
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499. The Four Tops: “Without The One You Love (Life’s Not Worth While)”
Posted by The Nixon Administration in The Four Tops, Writing credit: Holland-Dozier-Holland
Motown M 1069 (A), November 1964
b/w Love Has Gone
(Written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Edward Holland Jr.)
Stateside SS 371 (A), January 1965
(Released in the UK under license through EMI/Stateside Records)
After the Four Tops’ magnificent breakthrough with Baby I Need Your Loving, I had high hopes for this first follow-up, a classic example of Motown not messing with a winning formula: the same writers, producers, musicians and vocalists, of course, but also pretty much the same song, slightly faster but unmistakeably built on the same skeleton as its predecessor.
Hard to imagine a more blatant soundalike sequel than this, really. They don’t even try to hide it; the song blasts into life mid-flow, almost as if someone’s carelessly dropped the needle on the record, and in the very first line of the song the Tops chime in: Baby, I need your good lovin’! Got to have your love right now! Shameless, sure, but then trying to remind people how good your last record was is forgiveable when your last record was a masterpiece. Carry on, boys and girls.
How disappointing, then, that this turns out to be a shambolic, noisy attempt to riff on the perfection of the Tops’ Motown début but completely missing the point, seemingly misunderstanding just about everything that made that record magical. No, I don’t like this.
On the Tops’ début album (left), the two are sequenced back to back, and this song strikes up right after the closing bars of Baby I Need Your Loving; there’s never been a less flattering comparison. Everything that was great about that one is missing on this one; like a clumsy junior chef who’s followed the recipe to the letter without ever tasting it to see if it still works, and perhaps without even knowing what it’s meant to be like. “Yeah, sure, I can do what it says here… you want a big, operatic chorus, okay, you want Levi Stubbs free to roam over the top, you want the same kind of tune. I can do that for you, no problem. It’ll be about half an hour, is that OK?”
The lyrics are a blunt, obvious parody of the desperate, all-or-nothing “man on the edge” that so captured my heart in Baby I Need Your Loving, not that it matters because the vocals are so indistinct you can only make out about two-thirds of them anyway. The heavenly mix of the three “other” Tops and the female Andantes, the unique sound that would propel so many Tops records to greatness, is ruined by a staggeringly cack-handed production job from the normally laser-precise Holland and Dozier, the whole thing fuzzy and indistinct, the boys’ harmonies harsh and loud, the girls’ operatic swell in the chorus drowned out in a cacophonous sea of distortion. The band sound like they’re laying down a cover of Baby I Need Your Loving to fill album space at 5am (which they may have been, for all I know) and struggling to get all their parts down. It’s just not that good a record.
Damn, I really, really wanted this to be amazing. Instead, it’s the biggest drop-off between first and second singles since the Supremes, and it’s a crushing, sucking disappointment, so much so that it’s taken me a few listens to uncouple my expectations and try and give it a fair shake on its own merits.
And it does have merits. Levi Stubbs, again, comes away from this looking pretty good; he certainly emerges with the most credit by far. The other six vocalists on this record seem to be doing whatever they want, so much so that it almost sounds as though they couldn’t hear themselves while recording, even when they’re only having to sing “oooh” in the background; the producers can’t keep them on a tight enough leash, and the result is a mess, a few sweet moments bobbing in a sea of amateurism. But, oh, Levi! A man who’s always at his best when freestyling anyway, here he delivers another tough, wounded performance in the verses, half-singing, half-cursing, and when HDH and his beloved bandmates hand him lemons, he sets about making wholly passable lemonade. Whether through luck or excellent judgement, his lead vocal really works against the chaotic backdrop, and it’s the record’s only real redeeming feature, enough to almost single-handedly save it from disgrace and push it to the dizzy heights of mediocrity.
(Of course, this being a Golden Age Motown single from one of the label’s best and most beloved acts, it has plenty of defenders, and I’m guessing this review will probably upset a few people – as will likely be the case every time something doesn’t move me from now until 1972. Don’t be offended; I calls ’em as I sees ’em, I can’t love ’em all, and everyone reading this is absolutely welcome to have your say in response.)
But, honestly, as it strikes me, well… it’s just not all that good. If I didn’t know that they’d dust themselves off and make some of the best records in history, I’d be worried. As it is, I’m just really disappointed – this could, and should, have been fantastic.
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50 thoughts on “499. The Four Tops: “Without The One You Love (Life’s Not Worth While)””
Nick in Pasadena said:
I guess I’m one of this song’s defenders. While I don’t consider it in the class of “Baby I Need Your Lovin,” and it is a pretty obvious imitation of that disc’s structure and feel, it is by no means a “mess ” or a “crushing, sucking disappointment.” In fact, I find myself listening to it more these days than I do “Baby,” probably because that earlier hit has been so overexposed. I think this is another case where the expectations are unrealistically raised for certain Motown acts, and Motown in general. I’d give this a “7”.
The Nixon Administration said:
You wouldn’t be alone (hence the pre-emptive defensiveness!) – as 144man put it a few months ago, from now until 1972 there’s probably an army of fans for everything I dislike. Except Ray Oddis, maybe. But I just plain don’t like this one.
I’m certainly guilty as charged when it comes to heightened expectations; I often find myself marking my favourites (and the Tops are probably my favourite Motown group, trivia fans) harder than if they were long-forgotten unknowns, simply because I know how good they can be when it all hooks up.
jyx95k said:
Despite it’s obvious ‘safe follow-up’ nature, I’ve always loved this record. It’s great. Not, obviously as great as ‘Baby I Need Your Lovin’, but I still love it.
BILLY RICHARDSON said:
I found this record in the 50 cents pile a year after its release as I never heard it until I took it home and played it and was blown away. I love it more than baby I need your lovin really. It is just a pretty song. I give it a 10.
Dave L said:
In the late 80s, when I finally got a hold of several of Joel Whitburn’s assorted books on Billboard charts, I was stunned to read that this one only reached No. 43 nationally. I remember both sides of it being well received all over my Philadelphia neighborhood.
While I like it more than you, I also agree that Levi is the best thing about it. It could have disappointed even more if Stubbs didn’t have the chops to deal with the kind of bombast the record asks for. In less talented hands, it could have been a laughable disaster.
After “Baby I Need Your Loving’s” slow, woo-ooo intro, I actually liked the way this one begins fully-charged, as if splashing right into the deep end of the pool. I know who these guys are by now, so if they don’t want to introduce themselves gently the second round, that’s okay 🙂 And on AM radio, it left no room for a mouthy DJ to step all over any long intro, something that frustrated many a play of, say, “Heat Wave” and “Back In My Arms Again.”
Certainly the record is a ‘valley’ between the mountain peaks of “Baby I Need Your Loving” and “Ask The Lonely,” but like all of their Golden Age stuff, even though I’ve got two original 45s of it, I’d buy a clean third copy today if one were around.
In my own affection, I couldn’t honestly drop it below a 7. 🙂
Adam White said:
This diagnosis suffers from 20/20 hindsight, if I may so say. Perfectly rational, but too distant from the sheer visceral thrill of hearing more in ’64 of the epic sound which had just upended the world. Well, my world, at least, before I knew there were hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of like-minded people out there, instead of the handful known to me. Stunned by the majesty of “Baby I Need Your Loving,” we surely just wanted another fix. HDH and the Tops could have sung that first hit backwards, and it would have been sufficient. That they went on to make, as you correctly observe, some of the greatest-ever recordings fulfilled all those first hopes and brought justice to the world. You can’t second guess the past from the present. Well, you can, but then, life’s not worthwhile.
Bob Harlow said:
I guess the public in 1964 America felt the same way Nixon does about “Without The One You Love” It stalled out at #43 on Billboard..
The fact that this is an obvious attempt to sound like the hit record before it doesn’t bother me. That happened all the time: “Heat Wave” to “Quicksand” ,”Can I Get A Witness” to “You’re A Wonderful One” and “I Can’t Help Myself” followed by “It’s The Same Old Song”.
I have to agree with Nick in Pasadina..to me this one is a 7. Not as good as “Baby,I Need Your Loving” (few records are) or the next one,”Ask The Lonely” but still a 4 seems way too low.I’ll bet Nick heard this one on KRLA when it was new.I did. I really liked it then and I like it even more today.
Yes, Bob, I may have heard it a couple of times on KRLA! Back then some discs didn’t stay long in rotation if they didn’t take off right away.
MichaelS said:
Sure, it pales in comparison with “Baby I Need Your Loving” but taken on its own merits it’s quite good. A “4” is quite a severe rating for this tune; imo, it deserves
144man said:
To me this record stands up well in its own right, and I think it’s got a lot going for it. I like Levi’s vocals, I like the tune, I like the harmonies, and I like the arrangement. Not being able to understand the words in a record is nothing unusual, but I don’t think it’s worse here than anywhere else. I particularly like the mini-climax where, instead of ending the chorus with the usual “so come and fill my empty arms and make my life worthwhile”, Levi sings “so come and fill my empty arms and fill my empty life”.
I’m with Nick, Dave L, Adam and Bob on this one, so 7/10.
…and with MichaelS.
I thought you were snubbing me at first, 144man. LOL!
gregory said:
Nixon admin., I heard your guest radio bit on the show. it sounded good!!!!! it’s too bad to you weren’t on for more than 4 songs !! I really liked and in the sixties terminology I really dug it man!!! I’ve Been reading your comments and thoughts on all these songs for two years it’s like I’ve gotten to know you almost!!!! now I have finally got to hear your voice on the radio!!!! your show bit sounded great!! I hope more opportunity comes your way to do more!!! On This Four Tops song I Often wrestled back an forth! the melody and the vocals are of hit material But I have often wondered if the lyric was of a different nature (not to match with or be so close as a follow up to” baby I need your loving “) that has been a kind of a Comparison I’ve heard through my many years in the music business, It some times is unjust but other times fair in a way, Because the story that the song tells is different but yet kinda match as a follow up to the story told on their first hit!!! I think If the beginning lyric and chorus was different This may not be in any form an issue!!!! and Maybe The tune would be judged on its own merits rather than on the sounding to much as a cheap follow up to baby i need you loving!!! I think it is a great song !!! you have to remember the type of records and sound that where coming out of Motown in just a years time!!! It was The song writers and producers learning and and a good way competing with one another and with the sounds coming out on other labels as well!!! It was the artist that where starting to mature and starting to sing with confidence !! Even though the 1964/5 was a real time of change! o Not knowing weather say would an artist would continue to other contracts or not be renewed. but as a result it seems like their best (mostly) Efforts at the time got put forward! it was close to this time that berry Gordy put up a higher standard and expecting Top 10 to” number 1″ in reality material hits! The Holland ,Dozier ,Holland where writing much more marketed aimed material than in the last previous songs in previous years! The funk brothers (the individuals a mixture through the years in the house band), They were putting more sounds,And strings and things.etc. The songs where really becoming the Motown sound!!!!! Real class productions compared to the last 3 of4 years of producing… However it was not perfect thou There where still some duds and not so good ones. but it was a growing company trying to be the best at what they do!
So when I say that the song should be judged on its own merits. I believe that it should be on a number of things that make the song, and elements there in!
The Melodie , The hooks ,The instrumentation, The vocal arrangements, The performance of the artist The story that the song tells and the feeling you get when you hear it. it should be easy to understand Not too complicated or too busy!
It is my humble opinion that if the lyrical chorus referring to the baby I Need your loving” sounding” content was different. it still would tell the same story,still have the same great sounds and production with the great hooks, the Tops where polished at their craft at that time an it shows!! since they had been in the business since about 1954!! The record would of still be a big Hit if not better.. And the stigma of a follow up copy would not be there!!! I would give it a 7ish It was a great 2nd hit!!
Many have asked Me though the years what really is early Motown and where does it divide., Is it the early pink Motown label/ early shaped tamla labels(U.S.)? is it around 1966? Is it a the forefront of the H.D.H. releases? Is it the beginning of the Supreme s Hits around the time of where did our love go? When??When??
I believe that at least for me it is in my opinion this period of time, basically its about mid summer to fall of 1964
Robb Klein said:
I would give this a 7 as well. Despite the obvious effort to cash in on a sound similar to “Baby I Need Your Loving”, this song stands up well on its own. I admit that it was a slight disappointment that it didn’t reach the high standards of their first Motown release as feature artists. But i liked it a lot, anyway, and bought it just after hearing it.
I’M always impressed of how much research and careful thought of how the picture of things where in the time and era of Hitsville when you make your review of the particular record!! its like some times I can Imagine an or it brings a particular memory of the story back then in the day!!! It’s great that you research both charts in the U.S. as well in the U.K. in The U.S. since about the 1980s it seems as though Billboard was the main chart in the industry.That people paid any attention to, But in the late 1950’sthrough the 1970’s, There were whats called the main 3, which where Billboard, Cash box and Record world charts..One song may be high on one chart and not very high on the other !! I believe to get a true picture of what the record chart performance was in that Time is to have and compare all 3 charts. I for the longest time have been trying to do this but my resource is very limited.. outside of Joel Witburns billboard charts books I Haven’t been able to find much on the other two . in the U.S.I know this might be off the subject but I was wondering if you had come across any books or material on the chart action on cash box or record world charts??it would be interesting to see side by side Also see how they did on the U.S. and U.K.charts I only have very limited info on the u.k. charts that don’t list them all to 1970 I believe We would find especially on some of the lesser known hits how the really fared and how some Motown tunes in the u.s. went unappreciated at home in the U.S. Did a lot better in the U.K. after 1966/7 the U.K.was the 2nd successful largest market for Motown and it seemed to edge a bit up in the early to mid 1970’s on some selections!!! it would be of great value to know what action was happening across the pond!! as well as The U.K. just kind of a thought . Can you Help Me with this??
gregory, there is a book titled “Cash Box: Pop Singles Charts, 1950-1993″ by Pat Downey, George Albert and Frank Hoffmann.” It is out of print and quite expensive
if you can find it. There also is a Cash Box chart website: http://cashboxmagazine.com/the-legendary-cash-box-magazine-charts/
For ME, “Early Motown ends in mid 1963 with the break-outs of Martha and The Vandellas, continuing greater popularity of Mary Wells, The Miracles and Marvin Gaye, as well as The Marvelettes and The Temptations. At the same time, Motown was dropping their older, more gritty, more bluesy artists, and their main sound was evolving in a new direction (The classical Motown Sound). Around that time (a little later), Gwen Gordy’s and Harvey Fuqua’s Harvey/Tri-Phi Records were gathered into the fold, and The Four Tops were signed.
Mm, I think there’s a temptation to group Motown into “early”, “Golden Age”, “Silver Age”, “late” – or there was for me, anyway – but I think Robb’s absolutely right, wherever you choose to put the start of the “Golden Age”, “early” has finished by mid-1963. When I was on the radio at the weekend and the DJ said our discussion of 1964 would be “talking about Motown’s early years”, it felt very incongruous.
Hi Gregory (and everyone else!)
I can’t contribute much about alternate US charts, but the UK equivalent of the books being mentioned was the Guinness Book of Hit Singles; Tony Brown’s Complete Book of the UK Charts was also an excellent resource. Both are now out of print, unfortunately.
But I’ll be covering every British Motown release (whether through Tamla Motown, or just licensed to a UK label as in this instance) on here anyway, so you won’t miss anything.
thank you michealS For the info. on the book!! I will see if I can locate one ..It is quiet rare as you said., It might be a challenge but hopefully I will prevail and find one that will be a wealth of greatly appreciated chart info. once again many thanks!!
Ron Leonard said:
The very first time I heard this song.it was Thanksgiving Night on the way home from my Aunt Marge’s and I was in the back seat of my parents 1964 Buick Convertable the top was up and the Four Tops were on the radio..and I absolutely loved it!! For me it was a sound that I knew was different from anything else that I was hearing on the radio…When Levi sings ..’Hang my head and I sadly reply”..the word “reply” Levi hangs onto the word where you could feel his pain..
The arrangement on this one is different enough..it’s the lyric that’s somewhat similar to “Baby I”…and The Andantes really stand out!! This stil gives me goosebumps..7 to 8 at least!! Nationally number 43 but these are just numbers!
this old heart said:
oh no! so “without the one you love” gets the “come see about me” treatment, and “baby i need your loving” receives love along the lines of your big crush on the supremes “baby love” … jeez. even more insulting is the big number “4” you gave it! i am shocked!!! first and foremost it sounds nothing like a rewrite of “BINYL”! whereas the andantes had very distinct roles in “BINYL”, the tops/andantes merge is almost complete here, making this the closest true tops sounding single yet. and what is all this talk about this being a retread of “BINYL”? no way! mr. stubbs is well on his way to playing his great part of the pleading, heartaching lover he will play on all of the tops h/d/h hits to follow save “sugar pie, honey bunch” … a review i am thinking i will dread! “without the one you love” is the first very good tops single … a solid “7” or “8”! i am afraid of the battles to come, giving this review … but, as always, await with baited breath!
No, no, no, no, no. Come See About Me is an excellent record, as I hope I made clear. I gave it an 8, because I think it’s excellent. As the Marks Out Of Ten page (linked to at the top of every page here) says, 8/10 means “…especially good, knocking on the door of the Best Motown Tunes Ever Club (and sometimes being allowed in), there’s almost nothing about this record that could conceivably be made any better. Hearing this come on the radio makes you stop and listen. A classic.”
I don’t dislike this because it sounds like Baby I Need Your Loving (and it really does, I assure you); as I said in the intro, when your last record was a masterpiece, it’s entirely acceptable to turn in a soundalike sequel, and besides some of my favourite Motown hits are so-called soundalikes anyway. Nor do I dislike it because it’s less familiar – nearly all of this is new to me in some way or another, being a relatively late (but fervent!) convert to Motown, and I hadn’t ever knowingly heard this OR Baby… when I first got TCMS 4. On first listen, one of them took my breath away, the other promptly gave it back again with an apologetic shrug.
No, I dislike this because it’s ruined by too many mediocre things. I don’t like the lyrics, which seem too blunt and “on the nose” compared to its predecessor (one of my all-time favourite Eddie Holland texts). I don’t like the production and the harmonies, which seem to conspire to buzz in the speakers and drown out the words. And I don’t like the tune in the chorus, which opts for a series of big, loud, punchy “orchestra hit” crotchet pumps but feels much too forceful and bludgeoning for the really rather lovely melody of the verses. The only thing I really love about this is Levi Stubbs. Luckily, he’s so good – so good! – that he makes it a half decent record – as Ron says, that and I sa-a-dly reply bit is just exquisite. But I’m not bending on my rating, no matter how much I’ve apparently misjudged the public mood (well, actually, I didn’t misjudge it, as I knew this was going to happen and I did it anyway, but hopefully you know what I mean – I ackowledge I’m way out of step with popular opinion).
mndean said:
Since I have dissented strongly in the past, I’ll kick in with an agreement that this is (to me) a very mediocre followup. The idea it may be the worst HDH production is also something to consider. Also I dislike it because once long ago I bought a vinyl compilation that included this with Ask The Lonely nowhere to be found!
Oh, and without wanting to get into spoiler territory, I like Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch a great deal, so you can rest a bit easier anyway!
treborij said:
Nixon – I find you usually underrate songs I really like but that’s OK. But here’s a case where I agree with you. It actually sounds a little like generic H-D-H (although I usually don’t think of that coming until a year or so later. This song is OK but it lacks everything that made BINYL so great (the haunted pleading in Levi’s voice, the harmonies of the other Tops and Andantes, the beautiful use of brass in the horn chart).
I hadn’t heard this song in quite a while until I got the 1964 Motown singles. There were a couple of things that surprised me. First of all I think this is one of the worst sounding records of the period (at least on this set). The sound is almost distorted. Not sure if that’s just on this set.
But what also surprised me is that over the years, I’ve tended to ignore this track. And because of that, in my mind, I always think of Ask The Lonely as the follow up to Baby I Need Your Loving and Without The One as the lower charting third record that preceded the triumph of I Can’t Help Myself. Ask The Lonely wasn’t the chartbuster it should have been but it was much closer in spirit and tone to Baby I Need Your Lovin’ than this track was. And I also think it’s more of a sound-alike than Without The One You Love. I think I agree with your 4.
Thanks Treborij! I agree with everything you’ve said there – and as for your second paragraph, I’d agree word for word – it sounds dreadful, like a throwback to the Fifties tracks where the TCMS compilers couldn’t find a clean master tape to work from. Maybe the version on TCMS 4 is just mangled or something?
I’ve just dug out my UK 45 and played it on my old record-player. Without a doubt, it sounds better on vinyl -crackles and all- than it does on CD, and I don’t think this is uncommon.
Abbott Cooper said:
I was so glad to read the comments directly above mine. I purchased 12 of the 14 volumes of TCMS set in one bundle and, due to massive quantity of tracks suddenly appearing in my home (close to 1,700), I failed to sample each song for the purposes of detecting defects in the product, as I usually do, in timely fashion .Needless to say, I was not pleased when I heard today’s as signs of distortion commenced at the beginning of the second verse. I knew that was not the original production because I own 2 versions of this song (one in the Four Tops Anthology which I obtained in the the ’70s and the other which I recorded right off the radio on my Voice of Music reel-to-reel tape recorder in late 1964. The song is loud, but I can assure one and all that there are no distortions on those other versions. So, all of the above begs the question: Would Nixon have rated this one higher if he had listened to a distortion-free copy?
As for MY feelings, as I have mentioned in the past, I am no fan of Motown’s followup soundalikes, but in this case, I really like this one, I don’t possess the musical knowledge of Kevin Moore, but he seems to be saying, in his comments further down the line, what I would have if I did have a better understanding of musical structure. Also I really dig the macho feel that MotownFan1962 alludes to in another comment below, especially where the guys almost shout out those “RIGHT NOW”s. Therefore a grade of “9” is quite worthwhile.
nafalmat said:
Talking about sound quality and distortion on this track, the worse without question is the version on the UK pressing of the Four Tops first album TML11010. The whole track on this album sounds fuzzy and distorted and that’s not due to a worn record. I bought my copy brand new in 1965 and it sounded distorted right from the start not a patch on the much clearer version on the US album equivalent. In fact several other tracks on TML 11010 have always sounded very poor in particular ‘Don’t turn away’ and ‘Love has gone’ which is the worse of the lot and is completely distorted throughout. I bought another new copy of TML11010 in 1970 just before it was deleted and that was no better for sound quality. EMI certainly didn’t take care when they made the masters for that LP!!
I never compared the TCMS 4 with the vinyl before!! Being that I collect pressings from different pressing plants I have found differences in the vinyl singles from different plants!!!and how they sound . Some To the clarity of the sound! RCA plant vinyl sounds clear, less distortion ,you do not hear the crackle and pop as much. But the bass is not there, as much! And it has more (in the old school terminology)Treble to it. . most likely when RCA Mastered there own stampers for pressing the 45 they toned down the base pitch signature a bit to even out the amount of space in the grooves so the would make more space among the high pitch tone grooves ! that’s why the pressing as a whole sounds clearer in the higher notes and so on, because They mastered their stamper Plate with a little more space in between the grooves during the high pitch signaling. But of coarse at the expense of a little of the bass which requires more spacing between grooves.. The Monarch pressings mostly are Styrene They seem to to especially after a number of plays distort during the high notes some time I’m not sure whether this is due to the nature of the type of vinyl it is pressed on ( Styrene ) or if it is in the stamper mastered with the high pitch grooves too close that once in a while the needle wants to pop up and ride the top of the groove or cross into the next groove. I do know that the monarch Styrene is brittle and does not hold up very well especially under a lot of friction and heat. compared to some other plants(Columbia) for example [ yes the used both types of vinyl ] That Lasted longer and sounded better! less high pitch distortion unless the record was wearing out !! Due to the number of plays !! The A.R.P. (American record Pressing plant) in Michigan Pressings (mostly have all of the bass sound in the record!!! and have a (Louder sound)!!! The vinyl is NOT styrene, but shows signs of wear after a few plays and has a little bit of what I call vinyl noise in the silent parts of the song etc . So THE SONG CAN SOUND DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE PRESSING YOU HAVE!! but even with the vinyl noise, It is not filtered to death as in some C.D.s do!! or have tape deterioration mostly in the high notes or subtle parts or more hiss coming from aging tapes.. Or the thing that bugs me most especially for those of us that know the records by heart is when who ever masters the C.D. tries to get rid of the hiss on the ending fade they cut out or fade out a little earlier and you miss the last word in the song ,or lick of the guitar etc. that happens during the fade of the original record!!! But I do appreciate the effort to preserve and to bring the Motown sound to the next generation and generations to come!!!! not matter what way or vehicle it’s done
Styrene is a very different type of plastic from that of vinyl. The stylus wears down the sides of the grooves on styrene records (whose fidelity when first used is better than vinyl, but after 30-50 plays, it is already worse. Styrene was significantly less expensive. But, as a record purchaser, who liked to play my records often, I am very sorry they didn’t use vinyl, exclusively. RCA Midwest used vinyl exclusively, and a good quality of it, at that. They also did a very good job of mastering. I find that I like their pressings best. They also were extremely flexible, and thereby, nigh onto unbreakable.
Yes Robb I AGREE 100% The RCA Pressings are my Pressing of choice Out of all of them!! the sound is clearer, the labels are cleaner and present a better presentation of the product the print is more uniform and it seems that the vinyl is more solid and last longer!!!! most of the time RCA mastered their own metal work (masters mothers and stampers) that is why there seems to be a little more Possibly room between the high pitch groves and balance out between the Bass and high pitch !!! you have to remember that it was RCA that Introduced the 45 rpm to the U.S. and the world ( His Masters voice) and had high a quality ethic!! So they took a little more time to Master the record to bring out as much of the record in good balance… but as some people like more bass ,then other people like more treble I’m really one or the other but I Like a clear sounding song the highs not distorted The subtle parts as well as the bass the record reproduction is clear !! especially on the Indianapolis R.C.A. Plant Pressings!!!! the bass is a bit lower though , But Probably Like I said before it was most likely done to balance out the Mastering of the Stampers !! with a a bit of more space between the high pitch grooves for better tracking and basic all around sound….It probably cost more per unit than say monarch or A.R.P. However Columbia made some great sounding records also! But the one in the U.S. i would chose to favor is the R.C.A. Pressings.
P.S. in the U.K. , Gramophone or E.M.I. Tamla Motown Issues I Wish I had more but the ones I have. I’m Impressed with it is too bad that Tamla Motown/E.M.I. Didn’t Have More colorful labels… But I really like the Red and white and Green U.K. demo records!! the sound also doesn’t have as much bass but there are some songs that should of been released and become hits in the United States that where Released in the U.K. I’m sure Steve (Nixon Admin.) will review them as they come!! It is a Fascinating story!! of its own!!! It escapes my mind but i think the man’s name is Dave Godin? or something to that effect..??
Start here: Britain
Then go here: Greetings to Tamla Motown Appreciation Society
…and you’ll be up to speed.
bogart4017 said:
very useful information for vinyl junkies!
John Plant said:
Four might be a bit severe, but I’m with you here, Nixon. There’s a French critical insult ‘pompier’ – a ‘pompier’ is a fireman, but it’s used for art which is overblown, which calls attention to its own grandeur. The song doesn’t earn its own climaxes, which come too early in any case. It’s one of the few Four Tops songs which has never given me goosebumps (or brought tears to my eyes).
Damecia said:
I agree with this verdict completely. This is a lame and bring version of “Baby I Need Your Lovin”. Perhaps that is the reason for the performances we are givin on this record. They new the song was lame and a copy. IMO the B-side is much better than its A -side.
Mickey The Twistin' Playboy said:
This is an example of Motown adhering to its gospel roots. The Tops and Andantes provide a great gospel choral aesthetic behind Levi’s grit. I’ve loved this song since I was a kid. Rating: 9/10
Landini said:
Yo! I’m wit ya on this one Mickey. Always liked it. And you’re right about the gospel feel. I’m kind of funny when it comes to 4 Tops records. I admire their classic songs but tend to like their offbeat stuff better. (For instance, “Yesterday’s Dreams” is one of my favorite songs by them. FYI – in 1970 the 4 Tops recorded this one again with the Supremes (for the Mag 7 album).
I LOVE THE SUPREMES AND TEMPTATONS said:
Guess i’m in the minority…but I love this song…The four tops and the andantes sound great on it…
Is it their best?….no…but it’s not that bad
I had never heard this song before today, but after reading this blog for a while I started to buy the box sets and recently got my hands on 1964. Noisy? Yes. Messy? Yes. Pales in in comparison to its predecessor? Yes. But, man, when the first few bars came through my headphones I sat up and took notice. If this had been worked on a bit more, the rough edges smoothed, the most blatant ripoff lyrics fixed up, it would be an out and out classic. I agree with commentators above who lift this mark up in the 7 range. In fact, one of the most exciting things now that I’m listening to these box sets is seeing all of the less than stellar marks this blog has given to some of my favourite songs. That probably means that there are a lot of songs I’ve yet to hear which got similar bad marks that will be new favourites soon. By the way, Hip-o-Select has really outdone themselves with these sets. They are beautiful!
Hmmm…i never thought of this as a mediocre followup. For me it was more of a Levi rave-up and due to production values recorded proof that there were more than 4 “tops”.
I will agree with you on one point—that record was LOUD. You could literally put the 45 on and turn the volume all the way down to nothing and hear clearly what you were playing.
Anyway, interestingly enough, when we would go to see the Tops during their “golden phase” (1964-19677/8) the shows were paced so that you never noticed that the other 3 voices were missing. I never wondered about that until after the show was over. Perhaps it had to do with being recorded a key and a half out of range and then when you sing live you can bring it down, relax with it, and have the musicians pitch to your key then the average audience member doesnt pick up on the other 3 voices gone missing.
Also if you still think you’re disappointed after a while pick up on the 1970 “The Magnificent 7” by the Supremes and the 4 Tops. Their version of “Without The One You Love” is one of the highlights of the album.
Yeah. That Mag 7 album has some good stuff on it. Love their version of “Baby You Got What it Takes” (the Brook Benton/Dinah Washington song). One of the few songs where Cindy Birdsong gets a lead vocal!
longlivegin said:
i love this record
4/10 is very, very, very mean 🙂
MotownFan1962 said:
One more person who disagrees with, sir.
I’ll admit it’s not as good as “Baby I Need Your Loving” to my ears, but as many have said, this song stands one it’s own. I think of it as Baby I Need Your Loving with a little extra testosterone added. It’s got a rougher, more gospel-esque sound. It’s still excellent in my books and is probably in my Top 50. Of course, that’s coming from a guy who favors loud, raucous songs (i.e. “Lovelight” vs. “Baby Love”).
P. S, Another thing I’ll admit: The harmonies on the chorus are slightly iffy (only because Marlene squeaks when she goes too high, as can be heard on “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted”).
I’d give it a 7 or an 8.
Feel free to delete that comment if you want.
If you like ’em loud and raucous, watch out for “Can You Jerk Like Me” just a few train stops down the tracks. One of my all-time Motown faves.
Kevin Moore said:
I agree wholeheartedly with NickInPasadena on this (and not simply because I’m from South Pasadena myself [CA, not TX, right?])
In any case – yes, it’s a blatant example of a cannibalized followup single, and yes, it’s not nearly as good as Baby I Need Your Lovin’, but it’s only the second time in all of pop music that we’ve heard the incredible device that it cannibalizes (i.e,., dropping into the middle of an Eb progression from Bb using bVII [Ab] as a pivot). It’s like saying Sexy Sadie is a cannibalization of I’m So Tired. Yes, both use VII (not bVII, and not in a modulation) in the same amazingly wonderful and creative way, but all of these were brilliant and flexible enough to merit many more “nickings”. I mean, think how many songs returned to the 12-bar blues, doopwop & La Bamba progressions.
An even juicier comparison than Sadie/I’m So Tired would be to Penny Lane, Magical Mystery Tour and Maybe I’m Amazed – all written within a relative short period of time and all built on two keys separated by the same distance (a whole step – Baby I Need Your Lovin’ and today’s song each use two keys separated by a fourth).
All that said, Baby I Need Your Lovin’ and all of the aforementioned Beatles songs are drop dead 100/100s in my book and (although I haven’t heard it enough to render judgment) I don’t think Without the One You Love is likely to exceed Nick’s suggested 7/10. I think if HDH had considered that we’d all be here examining their followup singles with an electron microscope, they might well have done what the Beatles seemed to do by instinct, i.e., spend extra time and effort disguising their reuse of recent ideas. The Beatles were every bit as diligent when stealing from themselves as when stealing from others. And all THAT said, the Beatles, in 1964, were a couple years from engaging in this type of ground-breaking modulation. You might even speculate that the above songs, (and Lucy In The Sky, I Am The Walrus et al) “nicked” HDH’s concept, but used keys that were different distances apart.
While Without the One You Love steals Baby I Need Your Lovin’s opening section and the beginning of the modulation hook line and sinker, it contains several golden hooks that are much better and more original that many higher rated songs. For example: “so come and fill my empty arms and make my life worthwhile” – it’s not in Baby I Need Your Lovin’ and – especially in 1964 – it’s a pretty great hook unto itself.
Sadly, the first thing you hear – the verse – is the simplest and least original part of Baby I Need Your Lovin’ and could have SO easily been disguised as something just as good that wouldn’t bring the earlier hit to mind. The tragedy of Gordy’s approach is that he seems to have actually NOT WANTED HDH to disguise the similarities. I think he felt “you won’t go broke underestimating the sophistication of your audience” – you have a brief bit of airplay to capture their imaginations, so exaggerate rather than disguising the similarities to the earlier hit.
Also, “without the one you love, live is not worthwhile” is quite different from “got … to have all your lovin'” – especially with Jamerson playing the 3rd of the G chord in the bass. It’s not AS great a hook, it’s still a hell of a hook! If this song had a bridge, I’d give it 10/10 in spite of the shamelessly undisguised cannibalization.
The biggest question I have is where HDH got the idea for the Baby I Need Your Lovin’ modulation in the first place. Finally, what if this song had come first and Baby I Need Your Lovin’ second?
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Oh Bobby Darin and Louis Armstrong They made a record, oh but they did And now Ella, Ella, and her fellas We're making a wreck, what a wreck of Mack the Knife. It may have been a wreck, but the crowd loved it - many in the audience didn't speak English anyway. Released as a single, this was the last version of the song to chart, coming in at in June. Edward from Henderson, NvIn the same big band style as "Mack the Knife," Bobby Darin also did "My Darling Clementine," and "Hello Dolly. Look out, ol' Dolly's back!) Randy from Houghton Lake, MiI was about 3 years old when this was but I remember hearing it and have always liked this song.
Single by Bobby Darin. from the album That's All. B-side. Mack the Knife" was introduced to the United States hit parade by Louis Armstrong in 1956, but the song is most closely associated with Bobby Darin, who recorded his version at Fulton Studios on West 40th Street, New York City, on December 19, 1958 (with Tom Dowd engineering the recording). Even though Darin was reluctant to release the song as a single, in 1959 it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Black Singles chart, and earned him a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Deana Martin recorded "Mack the Knife" on her second studio album, Volare, released in 2009 by Big Fish Records. Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Buffett recorded a duet of the song for Sinatra's final album Duets II. Tito Puente recorded an instrumental version.
Mack the Knife - Студийный альбом от Bobby Darin. Вышел Неизвестно В альбом вошло 33 треков. Продолжительность альбома: 01:15:16. Bobby Darin - That's the Way Love Is. Marc Almond talks ‘Not For Me’ and Bobby Darin.
Album That’s All. Mack the Knife Lyrics. Oh the shark, babe Has such teeth, dear And he shows them Pearly white Just a jackknife Has old Macheath, babe And he keeps it Out of sight. You know when that shark bites With his teeth, babe Scarlet billows Start to spread Fancy gloves, though Wears ol' Macheath, babe So there's never, never a trace of red. Now, on the side walk, ooh Sunday morning, uh huh Lies a body just oozing life. The Darin version was a hit single, hit number one on the Billboard Top 100 in 1959, won a Grammy for Record Of The Year for Darin the same year, listed as the third most popular song of all time by Billboard, reached on the Rolling Stone top 500 songs, and Simon Cowell named Mack the Knife as the single greatest song. Mack the Knife" Track Info. Written By Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht.
This song is by Bobby Darin and appear. his song is a cover of "Moritat" by Harald Paulsen. Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dearAnd he shows them pearly whiteJust a jackknife has old Macheath, babeAnd he keeps it out of sight. You know when that shark bites with his teeth, babeScarlet billows start to spreadFancy gloves, though, wears old Macheath, babeSo there's never, never a trace of red.
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Written-By – Bert Brecht*, Kurt Weill, Marc Blitzstein
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The ultimate Bolivia itinerary: gay La Paz, Torotoro NP, Cochabamba, Salar de Uyuni and more
Stories > Itineraries > The ultimate Bolivia itinerary: gay La Paz, Torotoro NP, Cochabamba, Salar de Uyuni and more
Curation by Yasmina Rodríguez, words by Laura Tucker
Wickedly underrated and wonderfully diverse, Bolivia lays humble as the least travelled country in South America, overflowing with hidden Inca ruins and unexplored mountain wilderness. Besides the rich cultural carnival on show in big cities like La Paz and Santa Cruz, Bolivia at large wows visitors with a magical display of death-defying Andean peaks charmed rainforest and Amazonian savannah illusions. From the stark salt flats of Uyuni to the lesser-travelled ancient Inca trails of Cordillera Apolobamba, Bolivia unravels an endless stream of colour and intrigue, leaving you reluctant to ever leave. Discover Bolivia’s best bits with us today.
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Salar de Uyuni | Photo: Kal Visuals
LGBT Travellers in Bolivia
Though gay marriage and same-sex unions remain illegal in Bolivia, somewhat remarkably the nation was among the first countries in the world legislate against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Though protection under the law should give you some peace of mind while travelling, bear in mind that conservative attitudes prevail and homosexuality is still met with some stigma. PDA is ill-advised while in public particularly in more rural parts.
Within the big cities is where gay Bolivia truly shines. The Bolivia gay scene is the most active in Santa Cruz and La Paz, with a discreet community sharing mixed spaces around La Paz’s Plaza San Francisco. The pride of La Paz gay scene is La Familia Galán, a gender-bending theatre group aiming to educate locals on sexuality and gender through performance. Check out Open Mind Club for events and schedules. Otherwise, Santa Cruz is where you’ll find the most progressive minds, a city home to various LGBT+ rights organisations and the host of the country’s first Gay Pride march since 2001.
For all travellers, it must be said that while Bolivia is not without its share of drug-related crime and political instability, in comparison to the rest of the region, the country remains among the safest – not to mention cheapest – options for travellers.
Landlocked in the centre of South America, Bolivia stretches across diverse landscapes and climates to become one of the most thrilling terrains in the region. This means that ‘when’ becomes more a question of ‘where’, as temperatures and climates vary wildly depending on topography. To the west, the Andes sweeps along two long parallel ridges split by the gusty deserts of the Andean plateau – these are the chillier climes. Move down into the valleys however and you’ll soon reach the warmer lowlands, lush with vegetation on course to the Amazon rainforest.
More generally speaking, seasonal changes are still noticeable. The long winter from May to October is dry season and noted as the best time to visit the lowlands for milder temperatures and less humidity, though rain is still a year-round possibility in these parts. This is also high season so prepare for busier attractions and higher prices. In the months of June and July meanwhile, hiking and climbing become the top draws thanks to clear skies and sunny days. Later on between July and August, Patagonian winds chill the nation – even the Amazon – while from late August to September agricultural fires spring up, making for suboptimum views and possible respiratory troubles. Asthmatics be warned!
Photo: Hugo Kruip
Lying within a hollowed canyon way up on the Andean Plateau, La Paz comes backed by the snowy peak of Mount Illimani and flanked by steep valley slopes laden with ramshackle residences
An astounding city located 3,640 meters above sea level close to the troposphere, La Paz may leave you both literally and figuratively breathless. What the city lacks in oxygen levels it more than makes up for in picturesque natural beauty, however. Lying within a hollowed canyon way up on the Andean Plateau, La Paz comes backed by the snowy peak of Mount Illimani and flanked by steep valley slopes laden with ramshackle residences. The majority of the city sits within the crater, where boutique hotels and carnival parades take over the sunnier spots, while meanwhile, in the shadows of El Alto, the city shows its cooler, grittier character. As well as acclimatizing to the altitude, visitors must grow used to a cacophony of honking traffic while moving past machine-gun-wielding bank guards and balaclava-clad ‘lustrabota’ shoe-shiners, towards vibrant plazas where old-world architecture and concrete jungle collide.
Stay out of the shadows and exhaust fumes and La Paz is able to amaze with its skyline of Gothic spires and glittering hotels, all connected by a modern sky railway that helps make this hilly metropolis somewhat more accessible. Jokes aside, altitude sickness is a very real possibility while staying in La Paz, so travellers with pre-existing medical conditions should seek medical advice before arriving.
La Paz | Photo: Sofia Khlebnikov
Photo: Stephan Medina
2. Cochabamba
A fast-growing city renowned for its gastronomy in a fertile hilly region of central Bolivia, Cochabamba is one for us foodies. Translating as ‘swampy plain’, Cochabamba sits in a lush crater beside Cerro Tunari, the region’s highest peak, and is the perfect base before heading out to Parque Torotoro. The upper Cochabamba Valley is the city’s most densely populated area, known as the breadbasket of Bolivia, thanks to its mild springtime climate and fertile fields of maize and wheat. Here you’ll find a population of outward-looking peasant farmers, as well as new communities of students and young professionals among aspiring districts where new restaurants, bars and gay Cochabamba clubs pop up daily.
Despite three centuries of Spanish rule, Cochabamba – like much of Bolivia – maintains the deep-set traditions of its indigenous people, with a population that in one breath embraces Catholicism and in another looks to ancient mountain deities for guidance. The Fiesta de la Virgen de Urkupiña in mid-August is a fine example of this cultural mix, a celebration luring upwards of 500,000 visitors each year for a costumed procession and eating extravaganza to mark the famed local sighting of the Virgin Mary who is said to have ascended from heaven in the early 19th century. Going deeper, however, the fiesta in fact links back to Quechua culture and pre-Christian belief, referring to an Incan moon deity conflated as the Virgin Mary by Spanish settlers. The town of Quillacollo – a popular place to experience the fiesta – translates as ‘mountain of the moon’ in reference to the female moon deity, and is the main site for locals to light candles for the Andean earth goddess Pachamama as a way to bring about health and prosperity.
Cochabamba | Photo: Nicki
3. Santa Cruz
Coming down from the sky city of La Paz and recovering from the foodie feasts of Cochabamba, Santa Cruz is the next city to uncover, one of the world’s fastest-growing cities and the most populated city in Bolivia. Merging business with pleasure, Santa Cruz brings a classy mix of suited tradesmen and rather more casual communities of international settlers. Diverse in its makeup, with enclaves of Japanese, Brazilian and Russian cultures, Santa Cruz will surprise newcomers with its lowland location in proximity to the rainforest and countless other natural attractions. After getting used to the higher humidity and tropical temperatures, travel beyond the city’s borders to see regional wildlife at the Biocentro Guembe or sleuth sloths in the jungle on any number of river and waterfall hiking trails. The nearby sand dunes are also a popular attraction and the perfect way to end the day before returning to the city centre for a great selection of restaurants and nightlife downtown to the west of the San Lorenzo River.
4. Sucre
Somewhat overlooked by travellers searching for the biggest and best Bolivian cities, Sucre is actually a true jewel of a city, bursting with charm and a whole host of colonial heritage up on an eastern-edge highland valley on the Andean Plateau. Once the centre of Spanish Empire in Alto Peru and the post-independence capital, Sucre has since relinquished much of its past power to La Paz while keeping its aristocratic ways. Entering Sucre is like stepping back in time to the 19th century, to a world of ornate churches, monasteries and mansions concentrated around the UNESCO-listed historic centre, a site founded in the 16th century and since preserved in white paint as ‘La Ciudad Blanca de las Americas’; ‘the White City of the Americas’.
Though refined, Sucre is softened by its large student population who attend one of South America’s oldest universities within the city. Mapped out in ever-impressive colonial styles with a spring-like climate all year round, Sucre is surprisingly cheap and uncrowded, allowing visitors to easily explore on foot among its many cultural sites and plazas. Set some 2,700 metres up, Sucre and the surrounding area is home to a number of Quechua-speaking indigenous communities. Take a trip to any of these rural towns, such as Tarabuco in the southeast, to witness their beautiful weaving skills for yourself or simply visit the Museo de Arte Indigena on an afternoon.
Sucre | Photo: Pedro Basagoitia
Photo: Tobias Jelskov
5. Potosi
Around 160 kilometres south is the former colonial centre of Potosi, once one of the biggest cities in the world owing to its foundation upon the silver-laden Cerro Rico (Rich Mountain). Though today Potosi’s economic importance has dwindled significantly, the city is still very much worthy of a visit, offering travellers insight into the nation’s colonial past and murky mining history. Take a guided tour of the mines to learn of the abject conditions within one of Bolivia’s most notorious mines, a site in operation since 1545 and bankrolled by the Spanish Empire.
What wealth Potosi once had has long since dried up, with the city having survived decline and poverty before once again resurging in the 21st century, thanks in part to increased tourism. Mining continues to be one of the region’s biggest industries but conditions are sadly not much more favourable than before. Regardless of Potosi’s shady side, it remains to be said that the grand churches and ornate architecture of this ‘Imperial City’ make it a very worthy stop-off. Again, as in La Paz, be sure to consult your doctor if you are worried about altitude sickness – at 4,090 metres Potosi outranks the capital in height and is named one of the highest cities in the world.
Photo: Marco Torrazzina
6. Torotoro National Park
When journeying into Bolivia’s remote realms, there’s one place that sticks out as a must-visit destination. Torotoro National Park is his name, nestled deep in the valleys of the Andes just 130 kilometres south of Cochabamba, famed for a diversity of landscapes despite being the smallest national park in Bolivia. Spanning 164 kilometres around the village of the same name, Toro Toro Bolivia brings all manner of attractions within your grasp, including waterfall-filled canyons, hanging valleys and limestone rock formations lined with caves and fossils. Walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs on an adventure through the eroded Torotoro Canyon, peering into the bordering caves of Umajallanta for a glimpse at ancient rock paintings beside pre-Inca ruins. If hiking is on your to-do list, then expeditions to the fortress of Llama Chaqui is a top choice, allowing for sightings of brightly coloured macaw, flocks of parakeet and vultures in the woodlands and ravines surrounding the trail.
For the least taxing itinerary, it’s possible to take a day trip starting and ending in Cochabamba (such as the Ciudad de Itas or Cueva Humajalanta tours). These bus tours usually take travellers passed the fossils and into the caves for fully-equipped (though often muddy) explorations of the best cave systems.
Photo: Virginie K55
Long renowned as one of the best places to visit in Bolivia is Salar de Uyuni, the largest and highest of its kind in the world
7. Salar de Uyuni
Long renowned as one of the best places to visit in Bolivia is Salar de Uyuni, otherwise known as the Bolivian salt flats, the largest and highest of its kind in the world at 10,000 square metres in size and 3,656 metres above sea level. To embark on your Salar de Uyuni tour you must take a bus, train, plane or combination of the three to the town of Uyuni, the nearest town found 360 kilometres southwest of Sucre. Though inconvenient, you’ll soon realise the necessity of your journey upon first sight. Flatter than flat, the huge expanse within the Eduardo Avaroa National Andean Wildlife Reserve is a year-round spectacle, mirroring the sky during the rainy season from December through April and messing with your grasp on perspective at all other times. Get playful with your camera during the day or wait until sunset for Salar de Uyuni night tours to experience a four-dimensional, 360° view of the Milky Way, with you at its centre.
As Aymaran legend would have it, the Salar de Uyuni was formed by the mountain gods of Tunapa and Kusku mountain. According to the myth, Tunapa and Kusku were married but Tunupa deserted his wife for the perkier peak of Kusina. It is said that the jilted Kusku, in endless heartache, cried so many tears that she formed the salt flats we see today.
Uyuni Salt Flat | Photo: Samuel Scrimshaw
8. Sorata
From the flats to the fertile valleys, our next stop is to the adventurer’s town of Sorata Bolivia. Although most travellers come here to engage in some of Bolivia’s best trekking, climbing and downhill mountain biking experiences, there’s another side to Sorata that allows for relaxation amid the snowy mountains and forested slopes of the region. Semi-tropical and gifted with year-round sunshine, Sorata lies just 55 kilometres north of Achacachi and serves as the gateway to both the Amazon Basin and the gold mines and chocolate farms of Alto Beni at the foot of Illampu Massif. Sorata, coming from the Aymará words ‘shuru ata’ or shining peak, is way up at 2,695 metres above sea level, allowing for some head-in the-cloud-type strolls through the village to learn of colonial history and the neo-Inca rebellion in which the village was purposefully destroyed by river flooding, before once again being rebuilt as one of the main Yunga trade routes in the 19th century.
9. Lake Titicaca
Maintaining altitude and travelling some 75 kilometres northwest of La Paz, you’ll eventually meet the shores of the world’s highest lake; Lake Titicaca. The vast site straddles the border to Peru at around 3,800 metres above sea level flanked by the Andes chains on the Andean Plateau. Arrive at the tourist hub of Copacabana for the best first impression, where you’ll not only find a bustling party town but also daily opportunities for island excursions, hiking tours to secret coves and all kinds of insight into regional culture. Towards the southeast, catch sight of the Cordillera Real mountains, a hikeable granite peak topped with glaciers some 125 kilometres across. If the hike sounds too much like hard work, simply sit back and enjoy the view from countless traditional villages that line the lake’s edge. From here you can also listen to the Inca legends of the region, learning of how Lake Titicaca is said to have played a role in the birth of their civilisation.
More sacred stories can be had on any number of the Lake Titicaca Islands, such as Isla de la Luna and Isla del Sol, the latter offering the chance to hike across in three hours, passing Inca ruins backgrounded by stunning lake scenery, believed to be the birthplace of the sun and moon. Other attractions around the lake include floating village markets and views of the Peruvian border from Isla Taquile.
Lake Titicaca | Photo: Pixabay
10. The Cordilleras
Moving north along the border takes us to our final stop and the trekking capital of the nation; the Cordilleras. The Cordillera range is comprised of several epic peaks, with the Cordillera Real being the highest and most sought-after of them all among the Cordillera Oriental chain. While Real is the one for hard-core climbers (reaching over 6,000 metres up), it’s Cordillera Apolobamba that might appeal more to non-climbers, for its untouched natural environment on a protected area of almost 500 square kilometres. Explore the region in proximity to rare birds such as eagles, condor and caracaras, as well as the odd puma and spectacled bear if you’re lucky on the upper eastern slopes. Sticking to the high plateau of Ulla Ulla meanwhile and herds of majestic vicuña may also make themselves known! Though there are Aymara communities dotted throughout the Cordilleras, the only real towns around Cordillera Apolobamba are Charazani and Pelechuco, both accessible from La Paz by bus with the option to trek between both on the five-day Trans-Apolobamba Trek.
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Can We Just Create a Civil Society Where Black Boys Can Feel Free to Just Be?
by Ernie McCray on August 19, 2014 · 1 comment
in Civil Rights, Culture, From the Soul, History, Media
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by Ernie McCray
Michael Brown. Another black boy dead, unvalued and unloved by this society, unseen for what he is, a human being, dehumanized before he’s memorialized because we love to show a victim at his worse. They just had to show him strong arming a man for a pack of cigarillos.
So now we get away from his being shot (six times I just read) by someone paid by the citizenry to “serve and protect” and we start thinking, because of his criminal shenanigans, that maybe, just maybe, he isn’t deserving of continuing to live on earth with the rest of us.
Well, I’ve known many kids, a grandson of mine being one of them, who thought, at one time, they were slick and went off and committed some stupid crime and then went on to become outstanding human beings. Why? Because nobody killed them. My grandson spent some time in juvenile hall away from all who loved him and came out declaring “The criminal life is not for me” and went on to graduate from UCSD and learned to speak Chinese and is now embarking on a possible business venture with China. We have to give children a chance.
To borrow words from Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights hero of mine, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired” of this American game where a black boy is killed and then painted in an ugly dismissive light as rationalization for the taking of his life.
I’ve seen it too many times, the first time as a teenager, in the 50’s, when a kid I knew was killed, supposedly, by a ricocheting “warning shot” for “disturbing the peace” (got to have an excuse) on a street in Tucson we called “The Strip” which was known for just about anything you could imagine other than “peace.”
Hanging out with his buds, talking trash animatedly against a background of music blasting from more than one night club was all that he was guilty of. Mr. Do Right often doesn’t like the sight of black boys having a good time so he rolled up on them with a “What’s going on here?” attitude and got a “Go f__k yourself!” in return and an unarmed black boy didn’t make it home that night. The cop remained on the exact same beat. Justice was knocked flat off its feet. Chilled me to the bone to see such a travesty, a murder carried out with absolute impunity. My country as a reality became much clearer to me.
This latest tragedy is just too much deja vu. I’ll never forget, in August of ’55, right before my senior year in high school began, opening up a Jet Magazine, looking for the “Beauty of the Week” page, as any boy would do, and being absolutely startled and frozen in my seat as I looked at a picture of Emmitt Till who had been beaten and shot in the head and disposed of in the Tallahatchie River. His flirting with a white woman was given as the perpetrators’ defense of their brutality towards another human being.
I about lost my mind and it spooks me even today, as I write, to recall the anger I felt back then, fully realizing that people like me were terribly expendable in this country.
When the murderers were set free by a jury of their peers, I had to struggle to keep love in my heart for all of humanity. But hating just isn’t in my genes.
Michael Donald was next, lynched by some good old boys in the KKK looking for revenge when it looked as though a black man who was charged with killing a white policeman was going to beat the rap. Somebody had to pay. Word went around that Michael had been slain in a drug deal gone awry. That lie was debunked by the FBI and I couldn’t help wondering, in my 40’s back then, if such atrocities would ever end. At 76 I wonder the same thing.
I mean Trayvon Martin came upon a man who was scared of black boys in hoodies and ended up lying in a pool of his own blood and we couldn’t even mourn without being abused with news about how bad a thug he was supposed to have been. This lessening of a black boy’s humanity in our country is nothing short of a sin.
It’s so hard correcting such a horrible practice because we have no sense of history in the United States. Like now many of us are letting ourselves be distracted from what happened to Michael by going on and on about the rioters and looters in Ferguson. Now don’t get me wrong, what these folks are doing is wrong, criminally wrong, but I, at the same time, don’t look at it with wonderment. To me their actions are a natural result of how their history has played out over centuries.
Their ancestors arrived on these shores packed into slave ships like sardines and overtime their languages and customs were eradicated and their families were broken up…
And then one day they were told they were free and they found themselves with very few money making opportunities, no matter what their abilities or potentialities happened to be…
And the custom began of no one wanting an African American living next door to them as though they were naturally diseased…
And generations of black people ended up living in ghettos of stifling poverty, too often sans basic amenities and their schools too often are substandard and the idea of going on to a JC or four year university too often is viewed as an impossibility and affirmative action programs for them too often are fought against ferociously…
And profit making jails and prisons welcome them with open arms and women hold their purses tightly when they are near and their vote is slowly being taken away through various means…
So, these hell raising black folks might just feel justified as they look at the social muck in which they’re mired and light a rag in a bottle on fire and throw it through a window and grab a beer or two and an iPad.
It’s a hell of an ugly sight but to me it pales in comparison to black boys being slaughtered on our streets.
There is no justification whatsoever for these murders that should carry weight in a civil society.
Langston Hughes wrote a poem called “What Happens to a Dream Deferred?”
Or fester like a sore –
Or crust and sugar over –
The dream deferred in Ferguson, Missouri has exploded and the taking of Michael Brown’s life should be a loud call for us, as a society, to end this madness or we can’t refer to ourselves as a civil society.
Dickie August 20, 2014 at 11:52 am
Thanks, Ernie, your words are filled with passion and commitment and enough specific info about events not heard of by me to make me feel like exploding. And of course that children can rise above and grow past the misdeeds, poor judgments, misguided pranks of youth should be news to no one . . . how the hell else can we learn? The smearing of Michael Brown by the Ferguson police is one of the most rank things in the whole chain of events.
There is a petition to demand a special prosecutor in Ferguson at http://petitions.moveon.org/show.html?show_optin_checkbox=0&source=s.em.mt&fb_test=0&r_by=204274&state=&email=dickiem+%40frontier.com&city=&id=&country=United+States&no_mo=0&petition_id=79373&postal=®ion=&name=Dickie+Magidoff&address2=&mailing_id=&zip=96013&comment=&recognized_user=0&test_group=&address1=.
And finally, Fanny Lou Hamer was a hero of mine as well. Did you ever hear of the “Ballad of Fanny Lou”? It was written in the late ’80s by a NY/Oakland songwriter, Gerry Tenney, and I would love to send it to you as an MP3. I think you will like it . . . send me your email . . .
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What Grin and Mimblewimble Mean for the Future of Bitcoin Privacy
In a little over a month, one of the most eagerly anticipated cryptocurrency projects in recent times will launch. There will be no ICO or premine, and, like the transactions themselves, the project team are highly private. Grin, the first network to utilize Mimblewimble cryptography, has wide-ranging implications for privacy that could ultimately shape the future of the Bitcoin network.
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Grin and Beam Will Give Privacy Purveyors a Lot to Smile About
Grin and Beam are two projects that will make use of Mimblewimble, a form of cryptography whose applications include facilitating private transactions. Of the pair, Grin has garnered the most attention from bitcoiners. One reason for this is that the success of new privacy protocols could pave the way for Bitcoin Core or Bitcoin Cash to adopt similar tech. That possibility remains some way off, but in the meantime, there are other reasons why Grin has intrigued the Bitcoin community.
Observers have noted the similarities between the launch of Grin with that of Bitcoin and Monero. Grin has a largely anonymous team, no founders’ rewards, and a community spirit that harks back to the early days of Bitcoin, when proponents were more interested in creating something useful than posturing and profiting. While Grin will certainly attract its share of speculators, its technology is its primary talking point. “Grin has no amounts and no addresses,” explains its website. “Transactions can be trivially aggregated … It’s not controlled by any company, foundation or individual. The coin distribution is designed to be as fair (but not gratis) as is known to be possible.”
The Magic and Mystery of Mimblewimble
At the heart of Grin, as well as Beam, the latter described as a “Scalable confidential cryptocurrency,” is Mimblewimble. Named after a Harry Potter spell also known as the Tongue-Tying Curse that prevents an opponent from casting theirs, Mimblewimble enables the bulk of a blockchain’s past transaction data to be removed. It first surfaced on the #bitcoin-wizards IRC channel back in 2016, proposed, fittingly, by a pseudonymous developer known as Tom Elvis Jedusor, named after Voldemort’s real name in the French edition of Harry Potter.
Intriguing as Mimblewimble’s origins are, it’s what the so-called Tongue-Tying Curse can do in the here and now that’s had tongues wagging. “Mimblewimble collapses all transactions within a block into a single block-wide transaction,” explains Jordan Clifford in “Behind Mimblewimble”. He continues: “It uses a modified version of Confidential Transactions so that the balances are stored as cryptographic commitments rather than publicly visible amounts.”
Because Mimblewimble does away with conventional addresses, sender and receiver essentially have to agree to transact before broadcasting their actions to the network. With the amount that has been sent masked, it is extremely difficult for third parties to eavesdrop. This is in stark contrast to networks such as Bitcoin, where “blockchain voyeurism” is a very real thing.
What Mimblewimble Means for Bitcoin
Like many cryptographic technologies to have emerged over the last decade, Mimblewimble’s origins can be traced back to Bitcoin. For one thing, it uses Dandelion, a technology that was originally designed for Bitcoin, as a means to obfuscate transactions by routing them through a series of network hops. Due to the decentralized design of Bitcoin, network upgrades are few and far between. “Move slow and break nothing,” is basically the mantra.
Bitcoin is still a long way from introducing privacy-enhancing technology, and there are many who believe that, due to pressure from institutional investors and regulators, it may never be possible to broadcast fully anonymous transactions directly on the BTC blockchain. Schnorr signatures, a scaling technology which can help to combat spam attacks, have a greater chance of being introduced first. This could provide a stepping stone, however, for the addition of Coinjoin or alternative privacy tech based on Mimblewimble.
Given the potential applications for a Bitcoin network with optional private transactions, it’s no wonder that Grin and Beam are attracting so much interest. The Beam mainnet launch is due this month, while Grin’s is set for Jan 15, 2019. Both networks will provide a fascinating insight into the capabilities of Mimblewimble, two and a half years after it was conceived.
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Will we see Galadriel run to his full potential in the Albany Stakes?
Last Updated: 21st June 2019
When a horse is thrown in to the challenge of a Listed race for their racecourse debut, it goes without saying that connections consider them to be Group-class in the future.
Galadriel began his racing career in the Langley’s Solicitors British EBF Marygate Fillies’ Stakes at York and on first impressions his performance was solid, finishing fourth of 18 and just over five lengths adrift of eventual winner Good Vibes.
However, it’s only once going back and reviewing the race that it becomes apparent just what a strong effort it was.
Breaking from the outside rail in stall 21, Galadriel was immediately being ridden along in the rear and was quickly around 15 lengths adrift of the leader in a 5f sprint.
What happened next can be seen below, as he quickly began to scythe a passage through the field, without jockey Andrea Atzeni having to get especially forceful on board.
Look at the horse in last here with the noseband – quite the debut in Listed company from Galadriel 👀 @yorkracecourse pic.twitter.com/DxpRzUMPNi
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 17, 2019
Galadriel in the Albany Stakes
Galadriel’s next assignment is a step up to Group 3 level for the Albany Stakes, for which he’s been installed at 16/1 in the Royal Ascot betting.
Significantly, Kevin Ryan’s two-year-old is being stepped up in trip to 6f, which should reduce the possibility of him getting left at the start. Based on his debut, Galadriel should have no issue seeing out the additional furlong.
The form of the York sprint has been franked slightly since, with the runner-up Mighty Spirit already finishing sixth at Royal Ascot this week in the Queen Mary Stakes.
Lady Kermit was third at York and has since been seen lining up as the favourite for a Listed contest in France, when running credibly to take fourth.
Galadriel and fitting the Albany Stakes statistics
Considering this is a race solely for two-year-olds, it will come as no surprise that all of the last 16 victors had set foot on a racecourse no more than twice previously.
What is more significant is that each of the last 13 winners broke from a double-figure starting stall. Galadriel will start from stall 22 in the Albany Stakes.
Over half of the last 16 horses to triumph were also sent off at a double-figure starting price, which means Galadriel seems to be in the right ballpark in terms of odds too.
Remember to check out news.williamhill.com for horse racing betting tips, we served you up Britannia Stakes scorer Biometric, who went off at 28/1.
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Coming to a supermarket near you? Retailers fear Northern Ireland-style food shortages
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Certain vehicles will be given access to open lanes on the M20 in Kent during delays at the Port of Dover and the Eurotunnel terminal in order to cross the Channel, refill and return as quickly as possible.
The consultation document issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) says these are ’emergency measures only to be used in extremis and for the shortest time possible’.
The scheme would be triggered once congestion on the approach roads to Dover reaches eight hours, and deliveries to UK supermarkets fall below 75 per cent of the schedule for two consecutive days.
It came as truckers queued for up to eight hours for their border paperwork to be signed off at a beleaguered Brexit lorry park in Kent.
Photos show drivers left waiting in the rain in a giant queue at the Waterbrook Park estate off the M20 in Ashford, which is being used for customs checks until the end of February.
In the documents, Defra said ‘the potential for further disruption remains high’ due to the pandemic and new border processes and procedures resulting from the end of the Brexit transition period.
It went on: ‘The combination of these unprecedented factors is likely to contribute to delays at the border which could, in turn, prevent the speedy return of empty goods vehicles to the EU where they can collect more food.
‘Such delays are likely to have a direct impact on the UK’s food supply.’
In a further blow to Boris Johnson over the UK’s trade borders, a senior Northern Ireland politician warned that Brexit trade rules that have left supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland empty of fresh food risk undermining the Good Friday Agreement.
DUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson urged the Government to intervene to resolve the issues that have hindered the flow of food products from Great Britain to Northern Ireland since the end of the transition period.
Sainsbury’s, Marks & Spencer and Tesco have all faced supply issues after the new customs paperwork came in following the transition period ending on January 1.
Photos show drivers left waiting in the rain in a giant queue at the Waterbrook Park estate off the M20 in Ashford in Kent, which is being used for customs checks until the end of February
Police officers manage freight lorries queueing for the Ashford International Truckstop in Ashford, Kent today
The site is at near capacity as Channel traffic builds up following a quiet start to the year and the end of the transition period with the European Union on December 31
Unionist Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (right) today warned that the 1998 Anglo-Irish deal which ended three decades of bitter violence risks being breached as a result of disruption to post-Brexit Irish Sea trade.
The Prime Minister said ‘teething problems’ were to blame for a lack of fresh fruit and vegetables in Ulster in the past weeks – branding the situation as ‘absurd’.
Retailers have warned that shops in Northern Ireland could face further problems unless the EU is prepared to extend the ‘grace period’ in the Brexit agreement
Diggers get to work on another lorry park as they carve up farmland above White Cliffs of Dover
Work has begun on yet another Kent lorry park as diggers carved up farmland above the White Cliffs of Dover today for a new post-Brexit customs facility.
Once complete, the site in Guston, near Dover, will open as a customs checkpoint facility, with the ability to hold 1,200 lorries, should there be delays at the ports similar to those seen last month.
Work is well underway at a similar facility in Sevington, Ashford, which will be able to hold up to 2,000 trucks.
The sites in Guston and Sevington are set to be used for post-Brexit customs checks to prevent delays at nearby ports – with three other sites in Kent are set to also be up and running by July.
But villagers are up in arms over at Guston, referred to as the Dover White Cliffs site, amid fears it will replace Manston Airport as the main holding bay for lorries in the event of cross-Channel delays.
Fresh fruit, vegetables and chilled meat are among the products most affected as many food suppliers face delays on getting goods into the country.
Defra is also proposing to fast track Gibraltar-bound groceries, as it relies on the UK for about half of its food supply.
It comes as Food and Drink Federation chief executive Ian Wright today expressed concern about the potential for delays at the Channel ports as the numbers of lorries making the crossing picked up over the coming months.
‘It will get worse. Currently volumes across the short straits are at about 2,000 lorries. They should be around 10,000. So the opportunity for the scale of concerns to rise is huge,’ he said.
British Retail Consortium director Andrew Opie also issued a warning over disruption to goods crossing the Channel, saying ‘it will get worse before it gets better’.
He said he is on watch for any impact this week and onwards, with British businesses ‘still not 100% prepared’ for the changes as the French step up customs checks.
Rod McKenzie, director of policy at the Road Haulage Association (RHA), said the delays In Kent were ‘shocking’ as the industry body branded the situation a ‘perfect storm’.
HMRC said the average wait time is 65 minutes in Ashford but that drivers are warned to expect delays and are encouraged to pre-book a space online.
After the lengthy wait to have their documents approved, frustrated truckers then need to be tested for coronavirus before they are allowed to proceed over the Channel.
The delayed, 1,700-capacity Sevington Lorry Park will take over the task from Waterbrook in March, as fears continue to grow over long delays as a result of the UK’s exit from the EU, with business chiefs admitting today things will ‘get worse before they get better’.
PM warned Good Friday Agreement is ‘at risk’ from Brexit trade rules that have left supermarket shelves EMPTY of fruit and vegetables
Boris Johnson was warned today that Brexit trade rules that have left supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland empty of fresh food risk undermining the Good Friday Agreement.
But Unionist Sir Jeffrey today warned that the 1998 Anglo-Irish deal which ended three decades of bitter violence risks being breached as a result of disruption to post-Brexit Irish Sea trade.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: ‘The protocol (which governs the new arrangements) is damaging the Northern Ireland economy and if it damages the Northern Ireland economy it actually undermines the Good Friday agreement.
‘And furthermore, that agreement makes clear that Northern Ireland will remain an integral part of the United Kingdom unless the people of Northern Ireland vote otherwise.
‘Therefore this breaches a fundamental element of the Good Friday agreement by increasingly separating Northern Ireland from Great Britain in trading terms – our biggest trading partner, our biggest trading market, and that simply doesn’t help anyone in Northern Ireland.’
Under Brexit rules which came into force on January 1, hauliers headed to the EU need to obtain a Kent Access Permit and complete the correct paperwork for their cargo, or else they could be fined.
It comes after chaotic scenes over Christmas saw thousands of lorries trapped in Kent when France closed its border with Britain due to the discovery of a new fast-spreading Covid variant in the UK.
Posting a photo on Twitter yesterday, Mr McKenzie of the RHA wrote: ‘Ashford truck stop today with drivers queuing for up to eight hours to get their border paperwork cleared then having to get COVID test afterwards for France.’
A spokesperson for the association said: ‘Trucks are sat there for hours at a time and not able to pass go. It’s no surprise to us. The systems they’re using are untested.
‘Everything has been last minute. They’ve had no time whatsoever to get used to a raft of new processes. It’s a perfect storm of the worrying delays that were going to happen.
‘The worry is that the capacity and volumes are below usual and it’s quieter than usual. We’re really, really concerned about what happens when volumes are returned to normal.’
It is thought that the queues are being caused by a lack of staff to process paperwork checks at the site.
A HMRC spokesperson said: ‘HMRC has set up five inland border facilities across the country for hauliers to use. Drivers are encouraged to pre-book their space at an inland border facility by using our online service, which will allow them to see how busy each site is in advance so that they can avoid delays.
‘With a majority of drivers using Ashford Waterbrook, this has led to longer waiting times and we have advised drivers to expect delays.
‘Current site data has shown that the average wait time is 65 minutes. However, any driver concerned about the wait time may choose to visit an alternative location.’
Traffic at Dover has increased in the last week and is now running at two thirds of the normal rate for the time of the year, according to the Port of Dover.
Yesterday a three and a half mile queue of lorries had built up on the M20 due to Operation Brock, according to motorists.
The transport management system, which was originally devised to cope with the possible fallout of a no-deal Brexit, queues lorries in the left hand lane of the M20 – allowing other vehicles to continue flowing smoothly.
In the Kent village of Sevington, a ‘glut’ of lorries were reported to be clogging up roads in the area.
The sleepy parish, home to just over 300 people, is surrounded by the Waterbrook Park site and the partially operational giant post-Brexit Sevington Lorry Park, where Covid-19 testing is taking place.
According to figures from Sevington South councillor, Paul Bartlett, 690 lorries had passed through the Waterbrook site in the 24 hours up to 9pm last night.
A further 1,190 people had used the Sevington Covid testing site.
Cllr Bartlett said: ‘There’s a lack of communication between various agencies and a lack of communication when traffic is moved between the two sites unfortunately.
‘It’s important to make sure that there’s not a glut of them at the same time.’
He added that the queues around the village yesterday began at 6.30pm and lasted two hours.
Earlier this week, work began on yet another Kent lorry park as diggers carved up farmland above the White Cliffs of Dover for a new post-Brexit customs facility.
Diggers were at the Dover White Cliffs site in Guston on Monday to start work on a post-Brexit customs check point
Work is underway on another customs checkpoint, with space for up to 1,700 lorries, in Sevington, Ashford
Kent will have five customs check facilities up and running by July, which will monitor traffic using the Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover
The sites in Guston and Sevington are set to be used for post-Brexit customs checks to prevent delays at nearby ports – with three other sites in Kent set to also be up and running by July.
Once up and running, the 70-acre Dover White Cliffs site will carry out checks for the Port of Dover, while Sevington will monitor Eurotunnel checks.
Work on the Kent coast comes after thousands of lorries trapped were trapped in the county last month when France closed its border to Britain.
Lorry drivers were forced to park up at Manston Airport, where there is provision for 4,000 HGVs, as well as Ashford International Lorry Park, which has space for 200, while the M20 was also used as a holding bay under Operation Stack.
Truckers clash with police at Manston Airport in Kent last month, where thousands of lorries were parked up as France closed its border with Britain
Dark clouds loomed over thousands of lorries parked up at Manston airfield in Kent last month, as they waited to be given the green light to continue their journey over the Channel
Meanwhile, Kent Police has revealed it has issued more than 407 fines to HGV drivers who failed to obtain a valid Kent Access Permit before entering the county.
A further 152 HGV drivers have breached traffic regulation orders, including attempting to bypass Operation Brock.
Assistant Chief Constable Claire Nix of Kent Police said: ‘Whilst the majority of HGV drivers travelling to Europe via the Port of Dover or Eurotunnel are entering the county with a valid Kent Access Permit in place,
there are still too many who we are having to stop, fine and turn back to their point of origin.
‘If this trend continues then it could potentially lead to traffic disruption here in Kent, where the volume of freight is expected to increase significantly over the next few weeks.’
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A Fantasy Tip from History: Medieval Fonts and Posters
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Herman Strepel’s Advertisement sheet for scripts, c. 1450 (The Hague, KB, 76 D 45) – Image: medievalbooks.nl
It was a slow day in 1450 and Herman Strepel, a scribe in Münster, Germany, was bored. With the last manuscript almost complete, he needed a new client. So, his eyes lit up when a passerby stepped into his store. His clothes spoke of a wealthy merchant. Perhaps even a member of the aristocracy, although Herman would have probably recognized him. The man stopped to gaze admiringly at the wall, where an advertisement sheet hung, showcasing samples of Herman’s versatile handwriting. Much like every other scribe in the city, Herman had been using such posters to cover his walls and part of the window, in order to entice clients into ordering.
He walked next to the potential client and pointed at a script name, written in appealing golden letters. “We have two categories of letters.”
The man nodded. “Do say.”
Emboldened by the response, Herman continued. “Firstly, the shape of these letters differs because they belong to different script families. Secondly, the precise execution varies because each scribe opts for a particular size, thickness, quality, and pen angle.” He pointed at three samples. “Take for example the three major script families from our past: Caroline minuscule, Pregothic, and Littera textualis – also known as Gothic script. The first was used between 800 and 1050; the second between 1050 to 1250. The third one has been in fashion ever since.”
Three medieval script families: St Gall, Stiftsbibliothek, 14 (9th century); Leiden, University Library, BPL 196 (12th century); London, British Library, Arundel 28 (13th century) – Image: medievalbooks.nl
Herman Strepel’s script samples. Paris, BnF, fr. 25526, fol. 77v (1325-50). Image: medievalbooks.nl
“So you can tell when a book has been written merely by studying the font used?” the man asked, his voice betraying his surprise.
“Indeed,” Herman said proudly. “If you know how the font evolved over time, you can pinpoint the decade during which it was produced.”
The man leaned closer, squinting to study the letters. “I don’t notice much of a difference.”
“Ah, you have to know what you’re looking for.” Herman pointed at a word. “Take the letter pair de. Here are two elements of this letter pair, which was written down in 1156 or 1157. See how they’re touching one another, albeit only slightly? Just twenty years earlier these same letters would still have been written fully separated.”
Letter pair “de” in Charleville, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 246 B (dated 1156-1157) – Image: medievalbooks.nl
Herman’s finger moved to another segment of the poster. “In fact, by the 1300s the pair has moved so close together that they share the central vertical pen stroke: the right side of d is also the left side of e. The two have literally become inseparable because separating them would leave one of them incomplete. Of course, as a book takes years to finish, even a single script feature needs time to spread to all corners of the script.”
London, British Library, MS Arundel 28 (1250-1300) – Image: medievalbooks.nl
“And you know all these scripts by heart?”
Herman’s chest swelled with pride. “A number of them, yes. Unlike the monks, who are by their very nature conservative, we commercial scribes can produce a range of fonts on command.” He beamed his best smile. “Now, can I interest you in a book?”
“You know,” the man said as he tapped his lips, “you may be just the man for the job. But I’m not looking for a book. I’m looking for a flyer to be posted in the city. Do you do these?”
Medieval advertising flyer. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Arch. G. e. 37 (c. 1477) – Image: medievalbooks.nl
Herman rubbed his hands together. “Of course! Let me show you some of my work…”
You can find out more on Medieval advertising posters and fonts on Erik Kwakkel’s Medieval books blog.
M T McGuire on November 14, 2016 at 01:58
I am useless at calligraphy too, which just goes to show that there was a reason that only some people could be scribes. 😉
Nicholas C. Rossis on November 14, 2016 at 14:03
Lol – tell me about it 😀
Let's CUT the Crap! on November 8, 2016 at 23:41
It’s artistic and painstaking but hard on the eyes. Interesting story, though. 😀
Nicholas C. Rossis on November 9, 2016 at 10:03
Giovannoni Claudine on November 8, 2016 at 22:26
You need a lot of patience… it is only akin of exercising. We are used to typing on the PC keyboard all time… is nowadays hard to write a letter by hand… but believe me, calligraphy is something marvelous! You need the right ink, several pen nibs… the good special paper… and you can start! It is a lot of fun and makes, for example, a lovely dedication when you sign your book for a buyer
Have a lovely day :-)claudine
Nice! Sounds very meditative. Thanks for sharing 🙂
beetleypete on November 8, 2016 at 12:27
Love this. I once bought a calligraphy set, and tried to learn to write using italics. I couldn’t get it at all though, just didn’t seem to have ‘The Hand’ for it.
I’ve never tried it myself, but wouldn’t be surprised if I had the same experience as you. I seem to lack the patience for it 🙂
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November Seven-th (Part 2)
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‘ a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.’
The following is an hypothesis of events, potential, to the outcome of the United States Mid-term elections: November 6, 2018:
As portrayed in the first part of this essay titled: November Seven-th , the global situation is tenuous at best as several nations elect, to government, political parties with right-leaning, conservative, and ultra-conservative, platforms and agenda. The scope and breadth of reason for this current trend are too complicated to clearly express their detail, in just a few lines. One need only be attentive to daily news broadcast to have a reasonable understanding to grasp the validity of general statements made henceforth in this essay.
Leading up to election day, November 6, much is occurring in the United States congressional, senate, and gubernatorial state, election campaigns to amplify, even louder, the differences between democrat, republican, and independent member camps, since the inauguration of President Trump, January, 2017.
White, republican candidates becoming increasing embolden to dog-whistle the race card against their Black-American opponents especially in the Florida and Georgia gubernatorial races. The president’s insistent rallying of his political base with incendiary, contradicting and abusive rhetoric pointed to his political, and mainstream media opponents. To the level as to incite one of his supporters to mail pipe bombs to senior members, past president, news organizations, and business icons associated with the Democratic party or deemed to support a liberal agenda.
Compounding this increasingly flammable and volatile situation, across the United States, is the matter of illegal immigration, security of the southern border, and most recently, a Caravan of Latin American migrants purportedly seven thousand, plus, strong making its way through Mexico, to the United States. The republican party candidates, assisted by FOX NEWS, FOX and Friends, FOX Business, and other editorial programs of FOX, have unanimously, seized upon this issue, inflating the matter to a state of hysteria in the minds of constituents, and viewing audience, respectively; and whom of course, are the same demographic that elected Trump to Office and fill his rally stadiums.
The crescendo to all this bellicose, from all sides of the political spectrum, and those factions that support them, is to be heard most stridently November 7th, with the finality of the voting process sheds light on what comes next.
It can be reasonable to suggest: no matter the final distribution of Republicans to Democrats seats for either the House of Congress, or Senate: there will be significant upset and accusations of wrong doing that renders an outcome of the casting of votes, by they who are dissatisfied with the outcome.
With the mainstream media doing the reporting of the election, their reputation for impartiality already tainted, preceding the election, they will be deemed bias if the Democrats take any majority in the race.
If the Republicans hold to their pre-election majority; Trump given a clear mandate and all to be expected second term at 2020; a conservative majority bench in the Supreme Court; Democrats will essential be rendered non-existent and impudent to rule by Trump for the foreseeable future.
So either scenario will likely call for recounts, accusations of vote tampering, voter suppression, etc.; and not to forget mention of Russian influence.
No matter: there will definitely be violence of varying order of magnitude.
If violence escalates to an extreme level resulting in high death counts, and damage and loss of property; Trump may be obliged/willing/tempted to institute measures for Marshall Law to be put into effect, possibly, even before newly elected members can be sworn into Office.
This would provide him the perfect opportunity to suspend habeas corpus, rendering him free of constitutional limits. Trump could execute a coupe of the United States, rendering it a dictatorship with little to no resistance by members of his Cabinet, Department of Justice, Congress, Senate, and most critically: the Supreme Court! It would be a pivotal moment in United States history, and degree to which democratic patriotism truly exists. But, most assuredly, a major civil battle would ensue.
In conclusion, only time’s passage will render a path to history’s making; it can only be hoped that civil disorder, and potential for chaos are condition of last resort.
NOVEMBER SEVEN-th
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Since the inception of this 21st millennium, the Planet has been in turmoil. The sources: too many to chronicle save to say many lives, innocent humans, have egregiously suffered, or worse: Died.
Now, at the threshold to the birth of the next, the third decade to this Century; and the Planet has moved even deeper into the darkness, proceeding down the path to conflict. The precursors to this deadly conclusion are self-evident to they who wish to observe. The rest will suffer the shock of their ignorance, as those of past epoch, have so fallen.
Like a spiral unwinding of all that came before; civil order unravels, exposing its flaws masked over by progress of that which is built, to what is coming. Where the faults to blame, whether they be a premeditation to a want outcome, or purely accident of cause to consequence, seem irrelevant. Their fate are being unleashed.
Nations, large and small, are present to this same discomfort being victim to the charted, progressing course, energized by meaning of unexpectedly, ill-defined purpose. The confusion these developments garnered allowed for the sense of national insecurity, fanned by events beyond their shores, innocent to, yet through, passive/aggressive acquiescence to what was put before them.
The fuse, to ignite the powder-keg of global discontent, has been in process of its making since the start of the 2nd decade of this century; and now, approaching its end, the conditions are set, and ready, for its explosive, energy, spark!
One by one, the gate-keepers to rational investment of reason to conditional compromise, basis of historical rise to civility’s fragile organization, are being displaced. Their message to caution expunged from station of credence by a seemingly corrupt power, fueled by ignorance beyond self-indulgence of knowing their harmful consequences.
At large, and increasingly defining the track of this current, global unwinding course, residing in North America: the United States, the leading, global power, now, since 2017, is embarking upon the process of deconstructing the foundational, pillar structures upon which its dominance, as a global force since 1950, are founded.
Crisis is at hand, driven by the wedge of differences, hammered between factions of every description, premised and promised, by the algorithm design paradigm: divide and conquer ; to defeat an impediment to reward.
The falsehood of democracy as being an equal, unequivocally shared power to the masses, is gaining its dominance of being a truth.
Engineered politics being employed to maintain a stronghold, impervious to the reaches of constitutional laws, state, or importantly: federal.
NOVEMBER SEVEN-th, 2018, will be an eventful, historic day: heralding in a politic with potential to forever change the face humanity on the Planet: the potential, lit fuse to the keg!
ENIGMA: ‘a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand’
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Could this definition not be applied to the 45th President of the United States: Donald J. Trump?
Even long before Trump pronounced his candidacy, he was portrayed as one whose achievements in business, finance, and personal life, bellied all sense of reason, justification, and rationality in light of the norms most professionals, and the general public of all strata, have been accustomed to believe.
Since his official inauguration, he has successfully pursued the implementation of a significant portion of his electoral platform promises, be it through executive orders, to the more recent contentious matter: with the support of a Republican Congress and Senate, to nominate and approve Brat Kavanaugh as the ninth Supreme Court Judge solidifying a conservative weighted Court Bench for decades to come. All this with no seemingly clear and comprehensive plan or strategy, or so it is thought.
Again, since his official inauguration, the focus of the official, Democrat opposition in both the House, the Senate, and the broader mainstream media, with the exception of FOX News Channel, have set their ambitions to find means to impeach Trump on a variety of charges stemming from influence of Russian meddling and collusion by senior members of his 2016 campaign team; tax evasion and avoidance hallmarked by his reluctance to release his personal and business prior year tax returns; and personal sex scandal with a porn-star and other women. Their collective goal, at minimum, being to conjure enough suspicion and negative accusation on these contentious issues, unresolved though they may be prior to the Mid-term election of November 6, 2018, will embolden Democrats, independents and non-affiliate members of the public to take back either or both, the Senate and House of Congress, to enable the pursuance of impeachment and, ideally, repealing of legislation of regulations enacted through executive orders.
Is it possible those of all stripes who have voiced their concern, and opposition, over the measures taken, to date, by the Trump Administration, domestically, and possibly more critically, on matters of foreign policy and national security, are being measurably, and strategically, mislead?
An eye-opening encounter with a talk given to a predominately white, middle to upper class, right-leaning audience of elderly, men and women by Victor Davis Hanson, the Wayne and Marcia Buske Distinguished Fellow in History at Hillsdale College, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a professor of classics emeritus at California State University, Fresno [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoAz6o4bUIA&feature=share], wherein he details the conditions that led to the electing of a president, unlike any of his predecessors, as is Donald J. Trump. But, possibly more importantly, the identifying and detailing of the strategy to be employed by his Administration to intentionally respond to those conditions on both the domestic and international stage.
The title to this strategy: Principled Realism.
Principled Realism is a national security paper authored by H. R. McMaster, former National Security Adviser, recently replaced by John Bolton, published in December, 2017.
The symbolism of a change to a policy that now embraces our values was richly expressed by U.S. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart: “We will no longer have to witness the embarrassing spectacle of an American president doing the wave at a baseball game with a ruthless dictator.”
[http://sfppr.org/2017/07/trumps-new-foreign-policy-of-principled-realism/]
“Idealism holds that the purpose of U.S. foreign policy is to advance American values by fomenting freedom and democracy throughout the world. The ultimate goal of Idealism is to bring about a just and peaceful world by ending tyrannies. In the idealist view, the United States should engage in humanitarian missions, military interventions, and nation building, to advance this goal. Idealists believe that U.S. foreign policy should not be determined by what is best for the United States, but by what is, morally, the right thing to do.
In contrast, Realism holds that the purpose of U.S. foreign policy is to secure America’s national interest. Realists believe that moral principles are incompatible with the protection of our national interest. Interests come before values, and U.S. foreign policy should set aside moral considerations, and focus on whatever works.”[http://sfppr.org/2017/07/trumps-new-foreign-policy-of-principled-realism/]
Trump’s Administration strategy as detailed in McMaster’s published policy paper is neither of these two, previously held foreign policy objectives.. No longer will the United States foreign policies and/or interventions be premised, or measured, on the historic strategy of being the global watchdog and purveyor of democratic tendencies, but rather, on the practical approach to international developments focusing on their direct impact on the economic and national security interests and concerns of the American Peoples, solely.
“Principled realism opens up diplomatic possibilities anchored on the intersection of our values and our interests. President Trump’s foreign policy will not be one that puts fear in the minds of oppressive regimes as some had hoped. Dictatorships offend our values, but not necessarily our national interests.” [http://sfppr.org/2017/07/trumps-new-foreign-policy-of-principled-realism/]
So it would seem, with `eyes wide shut’, while the Democrat establishment incumbents and supporters, the liberal-leaning on-screen mainstream media and entertainment industry, and political pundits exhaust their efforts to bring down the man: Donald J. Trump; through his folly, embarrassing tweets, and public rally displays as a bombastic idiot, his Cabinet team is stealthfully implementing the doctrines, through legislative policy, of measured principled realism.
To appreciate, and possibly decide the what, where, why, and how this strategy just might have a foresight beyond most to currently understand, view this informative, video conference presentation given by Peter Zeihan, a geopolitical strategist who specializes in global energy, demographics and security in February, 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0eJK4Avk2M
Catastrophic Finality?
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There was a time one could write of the failing world condition,
Speak clearly to the issues that give rise to fear and division,
To recognize the societal elements eroding into submission,
But, alas, time now seems beyond words to make corrective revision.
The reality is; political ineptitude is given undeniable power,
Pervasive media is filled with murder and hate to make one cower,
Filth of selfish greed reigns down like a golden-piss shower,
Nationalistic tribalism, once constrained, now let to flower.
This new millennium, since the days of its early start,
Tainted by the powder-keg lit by a terrorist spark,
Submerging all into a history growing increasingly dark,
Now two-decades in, convinced, it’s not to be a passing lark.
Not surprising, Hollywood films seem reflective precursors to a reality;
Conveying plausible reason not to ignore their story’s seeming banality
As often, the protagonist, confronted by a choice of a brutal-end totality,
In the end, misguidedly lures away from a truth of impending, catastrophic finality.
State of the Ridiculous
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There are times when few words are needed to speak volumes:
Should anyone be surprised?
Thoughts De jour
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It’s been a while since motivated to put random thoughts to reality’s gain; but, so goes this day:
Nights Spent:
Like roaches that feed in the void of light; hiding their machinations from morality’s sight; to garner the lust of debauchery’s delight; filled with feelings contrite; displacing rancor with blithe; to find refuge in other’s fright, so go the hours spent by night.
Field of Dreams:
Blazoned upon open fields of trails; foot passages that hide deviant tales; trodden by exploits where wanton lust prevails; greed for pleasure hard to curtail; a place, ethical prohibitions are destined to fail.
Bathhouse:
Through dim-lite corridors, naked men parade; each lost to their own charade; to orgasm of pleasure, they’ve become the slave; for it, their moral soul to trade; open doors, engorged lust wantonly displayed; stale sweat, spent cum pervade; pheromonal triggers waff and cascade; driven to frenzy, driven to engage.
Creative Block:
Cloistered in a humble room of mindless imagination; spawned from germ of discontent; survived by the fruit of constant failure; striving toward ill-conceived ambitions; thwarted by the causation of reason; hopeless to gains of promise; foments realization to threat of survival.
Brandishing tool of eloquence; striving to be creative and communicative of mind, thought toward their realization of meaning; embodied in time, the measured vehicle of distributed reason; unencumbered by resistance of ridicule; saved for perpetual salvation of archival history.
Comments Are Much Appreciate: (consider them a author’s reward)
The Millennial Challenge: Survival of the Species?
Categories: 2018, alternative energy, America, Artificial Intelligence, automobiles, big business, China, civilization, climate change, communication, computer sciences, Congress, corporations, Democrates, Earth, ecomomy, Economics - Finance, elections, empathy, endless war, engineering, environment, Essays, Europe, Eurozone, food, fossil fuel, fracking, freedom, George Soros, Germany, global warming, Governments, Health, history, human nature, Human Rights, humanity, information, Internet, legislation, LIFE, Manufacturing, migration, military, money, Nature, people, Politics - Government, power-elite, privilage, Profit, pyschology, Reality, Republicans, revolt, revoluition, Russia, Science/Technology, sea level rise, security state, Social - Humanity, sociology, technolgoy, United Nations, United States, Venture Capitalist, Wall Street, war, White House and wisdom
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As the title infers, the present course of humanity on the planet is destined toward destruction: self-annihilation. Whether this unwelcome end is manifest by the disastrous effects of climate-change or, equally as bad and potential: thermal nuclear war and the nuclear winter that will ensue.
Regardless of the mechanism, to thwart such potential happening, if there is a solution to be had, it is the Millennial generation, to this current epoch, to take affirmative and permanent action to manifest it.
Inspiring such a movement is Vice documentary production titled: `The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy’ (https://youtu.be/QX3M8Ka9vUA) hosted by Jeremy Rifkin, American economic and social theorist, writer, public speaker, political adviser, and activist, who addresses an American audience of several millennial age men and women, detailing what amounts to a challenging road map to usher in a new economic system. A system presently hinting its way into the lexicon by way of such words as `block-chain’; `share-economy’; bio-system economy’; etc..
The hour and half is stark in Rifkin’s picture painted of the present state of global and earthly affairs detailed by the chronology of events initiated from the start of the 1st industrial revolution, through the second, and to where matters stand today. And the picture is not pretty nor is to where, if matters do not change dramatically, and soon, things are determined to get much worse.
What is clearly evident by way of Rifkin’s presentation; the European Union countries, led by example of Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel; and, China’s President, Xi Jinping; are leading their respective countries through revolutionary policy changes clearly established to lead them on the path to what he refers to as the `third industrial revolution’. And, simultaneously, asks: `where is the United States on this important issue?. And further, for that matter, by extension: all of North America and remaining regions of the world to address what is essentially a global problem demanding a global solution.
It is almost an imperative that those comprising the Millennial generation, supported by those of all previous generations, to watch, listen and respond to what Jeremy Rifkin details in this very informative and inspiring documentary.
In the United States, Millennials will have the opportunity to institute affirmative action by voting in the upcoming mid-term, November 2018 election to draft a new body of legislators, Senators and Congressman. Those acknowledged to be pro-active in the challenges, not solely on matters of climate-change, but too, a heightened awareness of the role smart technologies and systems of value exchange such as block-chain and crypto-currency/asset value exchange; AI infra-structure and autonomous technologies; construct of the share-economy, to ignite a new era of human r-evolution:`The Third Industrial Revolution: A Radical New Sharing Economy’.
In keeping with my typical voice being expressed in poetry; the following is a poem written early in 2010 acknowledging the state of matters then, that, eight years later, seems most appropriate to express in context of the revolution humanity is upon the threshold to embark:
R-evolution of Human-kind
Only a handful of the world’s people are in the know
And what evil doings they do sow
And from it the hatred amongst all does grow
Question to be answered: What is their game?
And from it: What is the gain?
And by it: Who ultimately does the pain?
The saga of this siege has long been played
The life and blood of the masses is the price paid
When does it stop – when does it go away?
Populations of people are all getting smarter
No longer will they serve as the elite’s fodder
The uprising to come will undo this ongoing slaughter
A cataclysm will it take to break the slave chain
Only then will the people of the world take back their rightful claim
With actions taken to see it never happens again!
(Naykdpoet 2010)
Six Degrees???
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In the interests of social science dealing with the theory experimented by psychologist Stanley Milgram ,1960’s, Yale University, on the concept of degrees of separation: `Six degrees of separation is the theory that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries’ (google search). And, the subject of like experiments conducted by Duncan J. Watts, Professor of sociology, Columbia University, and associates, as detailed in his book: Everything Is Obvious – Once you know the answer, (Chapter 4 Special People – Six Degrees of Separation, page 82); I am interested to conduct my own experiment.
Several years back when Stephen Colbert, currently the late-night host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS Broadcast); was the host and political pundit satirist on the Colbert Show, Comedy Central, I have been attempting to get a communication to his attention.
It began when the Colbert Show ran an art competition involving portraits to be submitted rendering Colbert in all his, self-indulgent, narcissistic glory.
To that end, I responded with the following photo-shop rendering:
It was meant to reflect his mastery of satirical yet, poetic, right-wing political punditry to rival the rhetorical eloquence of Shakespeare. It certainly seemed relevant for the time.
Though Stephen Colbert’s stature and image being elevated since his taking the host position of the Late Show formerly held by David Letterman, I’d like to think he’d get a kick, or at least a chuckle, of his portrayal in this dated image.
So, to the experiment: how many individuals will it take to get this image to the eyes of
Stephen Colbert, host of the Late Show broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, New York, US of A? And his comment to its accompanying poem written in his honor:
‘Stephen Colbert’
This ode of word to the King
Of the comedy hour
His craft of speak
Is yielding much power
Nightly he espouses
A pundit’s cynical political view
To most who watch
It sounds as something new
The double entendre of his nightly spiel
Is taken by some who think it real
He manifests reasons for thought
A most clever and insightful plot
His wisdom portrayed by his crafty craft
Even all the while making his audience laugh
How great is Stephen’s desire to have you know
That his is not just another COMEDY SHOW
But before the close there’s need for just one more claim:
To all who are aware, Stephen Colbert – is more then just a name!
So, with each communication to an individual you think would get a link of this page (https://naykdpoet.com/2018/02/13/six-degrees/) to Mr. Colbert, please:
Cc: naykdpoet@outlook.com
and lets see how many emails, etc., it takes to determine how close I really am to Mr. Stephen Colbert!
tesla in space
Categories: 2018, adventure, areospace, Art, automobiles, Cosmic, Earth, Elon Musk, Essays, Governments, humanity, Media - graphic, photography, posting, science fiction, Science/Technology, Space X and technolgoy
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The recent achievement of Elon Musk and Space-X, to launch a heavy rocket, carrying a rather unusual payload of a Tesla Roadster, need to be acknowledged for their greatness and the wonders of science and engineering advancement of Earthly ambition to venture into deep space.
By way of these modest representations of the Space traveler in his Tesla Roadster to the out and beyond, through these series of imagined, spun renderings of the Spaceman’s encounter:
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Rio urges Centre to expedite Greenfield Airport, Trans-Nagaland Highway projects
NITI Aayog meet: Nagaland CM urges Centre to complete Dimapur-Tizit railway line project
DIMAPUR , June 17, 2019 2:42 am
Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Image credit - Northeast Now
Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio has urged the Centre to expedite various pending projects in the state such as the Greenfield Airport at Ciethu, Kohima; Trans-Nagaland Highway (Foothill Road) and Dimapur-Tizit railway line along the foothills.
These projects need to be completed so that all the districts of the state are well connected and the state’s connectivity with other parts of the country is improved.
Addressing the 5th governing council meeting of the NITI Aayog in New Delhi on Saturday, Rio pointed out that the Ciethu Airport was proposed in 2003 but it is still pending even after feasibility surveys and studies by various central government agencies and preparation of DPR, a CMO release said on Sunday.
He said the project may be little costlier than other airports in the country primarily due to the terrain and amount of earth cutting needed.
The villagers of the area are prepared to give additional land as per requirement for which the state government had consented to bear the cost, he said.
On the 400 km Trans-Nagaland Highway (Foothill Road), Rio said the highway would connect Tizit in Mon to Khelma in Peren district bordering Assam via Dimapur town and pass through six districts of Nagaland along the foothills.
It will also connect the state with Arunachal Pradesh in the north and Assam in the south, he added.
Stating that the road will improve connectivity and boost economic activities across the state, the CM urged the Centre to declare the “alignment” as National Highway and for expeditious sanction of the project.
Rio also called for expanding the railways in the state while stating that the construction of Dimapur-Zubza railway line is underway. He said the Dimapur-Tizit railway line along the foothills needs to be expedited.
He raised the long-pending demand for an economic development package for eastern Nagaland districts bordering Myanmar.
Rio said the ministry of home affairs on June 12 set up a multi-disciplinary committee after holding a meeting with the state government on the issue in May.
The committee was asked to submit its report on or before August 31.
The CM hoped that the development gaps in those districts would soon be addressed.
Rio thanked the Centre for converting all centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) for the Northeast into 90:10 funding pattern and making the North-East Road Sector Development Schemes (NERSDS) 100 per cent centrally funded schemes.
He hoped that the Centre would convert all the existing CSS into 100 per cent central funding projects for the north eastern region and Himalayan states.
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Charlie Baker Wins Re-Election As Governor
By NBP Staff | November 6, 2018, 21:39 EST
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Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker cruised to victory over Democratic challenger Jay Gonzalez on Tuesday.
Gonzalez, who trailed badly in all polls before the election, conceded around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Baker, a Republican, led by about 40 points in recent polls.
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Oklahoma couple accused in home repair scheme facing 10 felony counts
Published: Wed, January 8, 2020 1:04 AM Updated: Wed, January 8, 2020 12:01 PM
A husband and wife are accused of cheating 10 people out of more than $300,000 in a home repair fraud and embezzlement scheme.
Bobby Lee Smith of Yukon and Crystal Louann Marie Smith of Edmond were charged Monday in Oklahoma County District Court with five felony counts of home repair fraud and and five felony counts of embezzlement.
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter charged the couple, who owned Ultimate Roofing and Construction. The Oklahoma City company is no longer in business, a spokesman for Hunter's office said Tuesday.
Prosecutors allege the couple requested up-front money for projects they either never started or began but didn't complete. In some situations, the Smiths completed contracted work but did not pay for materials, resulting in liens being placed on victims' residences and businesses.
"It's unacceptable for individuals to build a career out of defrauding others," Hunter said in a statement. "When they do, it is the job of law enforcement to ensure their schemes are shut down and the victims are made whole."
Bobby Smith was taken into custody Tuesday by agents with the attorney general's office. He was booked into the Oklahoma County jail on complaints of fraud and embezzlement. Bail was set at $50,000. Agents were seeking Crystal Smith on Tuesday, a spokesman said.
In May, a Noble man paid Ultimate Roofing and Construction $118,221.38 to repair earthquake and water damage to his home. The repairs, which displaced the man and his wife for six months, were never completed, an agent with the attorney general's office reported in a court affidavit.
"URC left the house without plumbing to connect a dishwasher, nor a shut off valve for the gas," the agent reported. "Furthermore, (the client) was unable to cook or use the dishwasher because he did not have any kitchen countertops."
The man subsequently received two liens on his property, and the Smiths avoided his attempts at communication, the agent reported.
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Theodore C. Syriopoulos*†
This chapter discusses key issues in modern shipping finance and explores the growing role of global capital markets in fund-raising for investment projects of shipping firms. We critically assess the attractiveness and efficiency of international equity and bond markets in particular, as important ship financing mechanisms that offer funding opportunities distinctive from traditional bank lending.
The structure of the chapter is as follows. Section 2 discusses the financial decisions in shipping and the implications of the capital structure mix for the financial performance of the firm. The major phases in modern ship finance are summarised and the dynamic role of global capital markets in shipping finance is assessed. Section 3 examines in details the function of equity markets as a financing mechanism, discusses the pricing of equity issues, analyses the risk return and volatility profile of shipping stocks and concludes with a brief presentation of alternative hybrid financing instruments. Section 4 covers the role and functions of bond markets with a focus on shipping bond credit rating and probability of default. Section 5 contributes a note on the important issue of efficient corporate governance mechanisms, emphasising on implications for shipping firms. Section 6 concludes.
2. Financial Decisions in Shipping
2.1 Strategic finance dynamics
An important shift has been seen recently in shipping finance instruments. International capital markets, predominantly equity and bond markets, have gradually gained a growing share in fund-raising for shipping firms (Syriopoulos, 2007). The capital intensity and magnitude of shipping investments requires capital availability at reasonable cost, but also careful project selection, based on a solid capital budgeting framework (Cullinane and Panayides, 2000). In a highly dynamic and volatile business environment, modern shipping finance becomes highly sophisticated, innovative and complex.
Shipping is a cyclical industry with idiosyncratic characteristics, highly leveraged assets, active second hand market and an estimated average ROA at 10% (Veraros, 2008). Market timing is critical to shipping investment decisions that bear high levels of risk and uncertainty. The behavioural pattern of shipping business is related to a number of factors, including, predominantly, the derived nature of shipping demand being sensitive to economic growth and trade, cyclicality in freight rates and vessel prices, demand and supply imbalances and fragmented business structure. The issue of optimal capital structure mix and the appropriate funding method is critical for an industry that is capital intensive and its operation employs real assets (vessels) of high commercial value.
Strategic decision making in shipping firms gradually shifts from simple profit maximisation to corporate value enhancement. To attain this, shipping firms require a selection of investment plans that bear growth potential and produce positive returns higher than the respective cost of capital employed. Intensified competition and tighten margins in the shipping markets have led companies to constantly pursue managerial efficiency, operational flexibility, and robust financial liquidity. A shipping company can attain business growth by following either an internal or external course of development. Subject to freight market conditions, shipping firms can expand their fleet by building new assets or purchasing second hand vessels. On the other hand, mergers, acquisitions and strategic alliances can be an alternative external growth path. In any case, these corporate growth strategies, combined with replacement requirements of ageing fleets, require substantial capital funding and careful financial planning.
As shipping companies adjust to a dynamic and rapidly changing environment so do the financial methods and instruments available to funding their investments. Convenient, cheap and timely access to capital financing is a prerequisite for a flexible capital structure mix, competitiveness, undisturbed operation and sustainable growth, particularly for shipping business. Two broad approaches in fund raising can be distinguished: (1) self-sustained or internal funding, by own (shareholder) equity finance; and (2) external funding, by debt finance (borrowing). Increases in own equity are based on corporate profitability and robust retained earnings sufficient to finance prospective investment projects. This source of funding is directly affected by the dividend policy of the firm that defines profit share distribution to shareholders, albeit at the expense of potential reinvestment decisions. As to external financing, shipping firms can alternatively turn towards international capital markets in order to raise investment funding. Debt financing may come from bank lending of wide variety and sophistication (bank mortgages, leasing, mezzanine finance, securitisation). In fact, this has been the prevailing and dominant source of ship funding over the years. Alternatively, shipping firms can turn into international debt markets to issue corporate bond securities or commercial paper. Furthermore, global equity markets can enhance own equity funding by issues of Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) or Seasoned Equity Offerings (SEOs).
The role of capital markets is critical for the promotion of shipping business growth and the creation of corporate value, since capital markets perform the following fundamental functions. As ‘primary’ markets, capital markets act as intermediaries to provide the funds required to financing new investment projects and sustain business growth. Fresh funds are channelled to firms in need through the issuance of securities. Furthermore, as ‘secondary’ markets, capital markets provide an efficient mechanism for valuation and trading of outstanding equity and bond securities. Growth potentials then of the underlying shipping firm (issuer) are reflected on the price movements of the issued securities, signalling investors’ perception of the firm’s value creation prospects.
Despite the marginal participation of international capital markets in ship finance for a number of years, some revitalisation is seen in public equity and bond issues more recently, on top of dominant bank lending. However, the recent global financial crisis, escalated since mid-2008, may affect shipping firms’ priorities as to their sources of capital funding. This is related to the fact that this unprecedented crisis and the induced economic recessionary phase directly involve the international banking system as a cause of the problem rather than simply as a victim of it. Combined with pressures imposed by a much more demanding disciplinary framework, such as the Basel II Accord and governmental supervisory constraints, bank lending is expected to become more careful, selective, conservative (relative to commercial risks undertaken) and, ultimately, scarce.
2.2 Capital structure and financial performance
A company can obtain long-term financing in the form of equity (issuing shares), debt (borrowing), retained profits or some combination. There is a fundamental distinction between equity and debt as sources of capital: equity refers to firm’s own funding by its shareholders and shares correspond to ownership rights. Debt, on the other hand, implies a core liability the firm has to meet over a plausible time horizon. A fundamental financial decision then relates to which of the two major fund raising approaches or mix should the firm prefer to finance its investment projects. The relative proportion of debt, equity and other outstanding securities constitutes the firm’s capital structure.
When corporations raise new funds from outside investors, they must choose which type of security to issue. The most common choice is financing through equity alone or through a combination of debt and equity. Whatever the firm’s choice, this affects the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) and has critical implications for the firm’s ROE and risk. The firm can attain growth and enhance corporate value only in case it undertakes investment projects that produce returns higher than their cost of capital funding. An incorrect financing decision may result in many forms of higher direct or indirect costs, such as higher cost of capital, lower stock price and lost growth opportunities, increased probability of bankruptcy, higher agency cost and possible wealth transfers from one group of investors to another.
The seminal Modigliani-Miller (MM) theorem on the ‘capital structure irrelevance principle’ has been the cornerstone of the firm’s capital structure decisions in perfect markets (Modigliani and Miller, 1958). According to the MM theorem, in an efficient market that follows a certain price process (random walk), in the absence of taxes, bankruptcy costs and asymmetric information, the value of a firm is unaffected by how that firm is financed. It does not matter if the firm’s capital is raised by issuing stock or selling debt or what the firm’s dividend policy is. In other words, the market value of a firm is determined by its earning power and the risk of its underlying assets and is independent of the way it chooses to finance its investments or distribute dividends (Pagano, 2005). However, as a firm’s debt increases, critics of the MM theorem argue, the increased risk of bankruptcy is ignored, though it can be substantial. Bankruptcy costs have two components: (1) the probability of financial distress; and, (2) the costs that would be incurred given that financial distress occurs. This relates to the ‘trade-off theory of leverage’ in which firms trade off the benefits of debt financing (favourable corporate tax treatment) against higher interest rates and bankruptcy costs. In practice, managers often have better information than outside investors, implying asymmetric (and not symmetric) information effects. Financing decisions then indicate some signalling to market participants about the firm’s prospects, according to the ‘signalling theory’. For instance, the announcement of a stock offering is generally taken as a signal that the firm’s prospects, as seen by its management, are not bright. A firm with positive prospects would try to avoid selling stock and seek to raise new capital by other sources instead; a debt offering is then taken as a positive signal. Issuing stock emits a negative signal, potentially depressing the stock price (even if the firm’s prospects are positive), so the firm should maintain a ‘reserve borrowing capacity’ to finance exceptional investment opportunities. This in turn implies that firms should, in normal times, use more equity and less debt than is suggested by the trade-off theory of leverage. However, the presence of flotation costs and asymmetric information may cause a firm to raise capital according to a ‘pecking order’. In this case, a firm first raises capital internally by reinvesting its net income and selling its short-term marketable securities. When that supply of funds has been exhausted, the firm will issue debt and perhaps preferred stock. The firm will only issue common stock as a last resort.
To conclude, the optimal capital structure for the firm is that which maximises corporate market value (the firm’s stock price). This generally calls for a debt ratio that is lower than the one that maximises expected earnings per share (EPS). As a brief illustration, Table 1 summarises the capital structure and financial performance of a diversified sample of shipping firms listed in the US equity markets (NYSE, NASDAQ), as they are depicted by the debt-equity ratio, Return on Equity (ROE) and Return on Assets (ROA). An anticipated, though striking, finding points to the extremely high debt/equity ratios for most of the shipping firms in the sample, albeit at diverging levels. This holds irrespective of the corresponding market segment and supports the view that shipping finance is heavily dependent on debt funding over time.
2.3 Major phases in modern shipping finance
During the last 30 years, international shipping markets have been moving through a volatile sequence of upward and downward swings but culminated in an extraordinary eight-year boom from 2001 to 2008. Over this period, daily earnings soared persistently from US $24,000 to US $50,000. Then, the global financial crisis and economic recession hit the world economy as well as the shipping markets. Freight earnings crashed down to a daily bottom of US $5,000 in (handymax) dry bulk markets before gradually adjust to US $8,500 by mid-2009, with many vessels though still earning less than operating costs. At the same time, the bulker fleet grew by a robust 10.8% rate and the balance in fundamentals worsened (Stopford, 2009, 2010). Diverging shipping demand and supply imbalances were already apparent in the 2007 figures; there were three times as many orders as deliveries (270 mln dwt vs 80 mln dwt). Based on end-2009 estimates the market value of a consolidated order book was standing at around US $300 bn, a figure which raises scepticism as to the recovery horizon of the shipping business. This gloomy international environment has captured shipping companies into unfolding capital investment programmes, abrupt earnings decline and excess tonnage
capacity, with an ailing global banking system under restructuring (Clarkson Research Services, 2009). This in turn raises market concerns about the critical adjustments required in shipping firms’ capital funding decisions and the most appropriate financing instruments for the time being.
The methods, instruments and characteristics of ship finance are seen to change over time, adjusting accordingly to the prevailing economic, market and sectoral conditions. Five major phases in modern ship finance can be distinguished during 1950–2000, according to Stopford (2002); we expand this framework to add a recent, sixth, ship finance phase (see Table 2). These phases have been closely associated with shifts in shipping market fundamentals, predominantly international trade and fleet growth.
Figure 1: Major sources of ship finance
Source: Lloyd’s Shipping Economist (2005)
Furthermore, according to Lloyd’s estimates, the contribution of major capital funding sources to shipping is seen to diverge substantially over time (Matthews, 2005). ‘Debt financing’, predominantly bank loans, continues accounting for the largest share of shipping finance. Over the last decade, the annual volume of syndicated debt gradually five-folded, from US $2 bn to over US $10 bn. A broad source of funding, termed ‘other’, corresponds to more than one-third of the pie and incorporates diversified financing instruments, such as bilateral loans, shipyard credit, governmental contributions and internal equity finance. International capital markets are seen to gradually gain an active role in shipping finance. The respective shares of global equity markets (IPOs) and debt markets (bond issues) are estimated at 2–3% each. The K/S partnerships in Norway and particularly the KG companies in Germany are also considered critical financing vehicles in shipping business. The remaining capital share is associated with a variety of funding sources (see Figure 1).
2.4 The dynamic role of capital markets in shipping
Following a period of fast and robust growth rates, shipping markets collapsed in the fourth quarter of 2008. Freight earnings evaporated abruptly, as the global financial crisis escalated. In an environment of severe adjustments in the banking sector, liquidity constraints and overcapacity conditions, shipping market players have been wondering what their next steps should be. Fundamental questions, as to whether to expand business operations, consolidate with a competitor or proceed to asset liquidation and exit the market, remain unanswered. These strategic decisions are examined against a consolidated order book of an estimated contract value exceeding $300 bn (end-2009). This, nevertheless, remains an attractive capital pie for financiers, shipyards and brokers (Clarkson Research Services, 2009). In this setting of recessionary conditions, banking restructuring and freight market swings, a key question remains where all this funding will come from. A convenient and timely response to the question of capital fund raising has critical implications for shipping firms’ capital structure, cost of capital, cash flow liquidity, profitability and performance (ROA, ROE) and ultimately shareholder value. As has been invariably the case in past shipping market history, financial crises also imply entrepreneurial opportunities for prudent shipowners.
The shipping business consists of approximately 30,000 companies and is one of the most finance-intensive industries. Financing requirements per annum have been roughly estimated at US $80 bn for funding only new buildings (Goulielmos and Psifia, 2006). Traditional bank lending dominates ship finance over time, although some decline in its share has been recorded more recently at around 65%, in favour of alternative forms of financing (Petropoulos, 2009). Shipping finance techniques and instruments become more innovative and synthetic. An increasing number of shipping companies is seen to gradually switch towards international capital markets, to finance their ambitious investment projects by equity funding (stock markets) or debt issuing (bonds markets). Traditional and modern ship finance instruments can be distinguished into three broad classes: (1) equity finance: public funding (IPOs); seasoned equity offerings (SEOs); retained earnings (operations and sales), private equity funding; (2) debt finance: bank lending (wide variety and sophistication), corporate bond issues, specialised financial institutions, shipyard finance, private debt finance; (3) alternative finance: lease, mezzanine finance, securitisation, hybrid finance (Syriopoulos, 2007).
The year 2005 was declared ‘the year of the shipping IPOs’, as 12 new shipping firms raised more than US $4 bn in US equity market IPOs, most of them of Greek shipownership. In fact, from 2005–2007, Greek shipping companies alone raised total funds of about US $1.5 bn in the US markets. The renaissance of shipping IPO market was confirmed by a tenfold increase in the funds raised by the industry, according to Lloyd’s estimates. As market timing proved to be right, fund raising was further supported by freight rates sky-rocketed at record levels and international investors’ appetite for ‘fashionable’ shipping stocks. Investors, after all, remain in constant search of attractive investment opportunities and alternative style investments (Bernstein, 1995). This trend underlines an important shift not only in shipping finance decisions and the capital structure of the firm but in the corporate governance front as well. Shipping companies, previously private, family owned and managed, introverted, with no disclosure constraints were now being transformed into publicly listed, extrovert, multi-shareholder entities with ownership dilution and extensive disclosure responsibilities (Syriopoulos and Theotokas, 2007). These issues have considerable implications for the growth prospects of shipping firms as well as for the risk-return profile of the listed shipping stocks and can directly affect shareholder value and investors’ asset allocation decisions.
3. Equity Markets and Shipping IPOs
3.1 Shipping firms discover equity markets
Despite the fact that bank lending continues dominating shipping finance, a gradual shift in shipping firms’ funding attitudes has been apparent more recently in favour of international equity markets. This shift has been associated with the interactive impact of critical factors, including internationalisation and integration of global capital markets; deficiencies and consolidation of major banking players; emphasis on capital adequacy and ‘solvency ratios’ by banks, shipping firms and investors; liquidity constraints and erosion of firm capital reserves; substantial funding requirements to replace ageing fleets; structural and cultural adjustment of shipping firms, partly induced by capital market requirements and investors’ expectations; extrovert market approach and promotion of wider multi-shareholdership; market visibility and prestige towards institutional and private investors; emphasis on the concepts of corporate governance, social responsibility and business ethics.
Expanding on these issues, major advantages for shipping firms going public include: (i) access to capital markets that are not readily available to private companies; (ii) liquidity, at potentially higher valuations, if the company’s fundamental are compelling enough to attract new investors; (iii) stock options as a means to attract and retain key personnel; (iv) opportunities for companies to utilise their stock to acquire other companies. However, the long-term attractiveness of international equity markets for shipping companies will only be sustained in case freight and equity market performance remains robust and corporate profitability is less volatile.
Until 2004, equity markets had played only a marginal role in shipping finance, despite their prime role as an investment funding mechanism. From an investor’s point of view, historically, shipping stocks were not a particularly attractive choice for fund allocation but had a rather ‘negative’ reputation. This adverse attitude can partly be related to a series of shipping defaults in the 1990s, including, bank loans, high yield bonds and corporate bankruptcies. Other reasons include close family ownership ties, reluctance of shipowners to dilute company control, non-disclosure of sensitive company information and the unattractiveness of shipping stocks due to volatile earnings (Syriopoulos, 2007). Shipping companies only recently have discovered the virtues of public listing on international stock exchanges. The shipping IPO wave, during 2000–2007, has tackled investors’ appetite, as the latter also discover the attractiveness of exchange traded shipping firms. This trend has been supported by booming freight rates and strong balance sheets in an environment of bullish stock markets. Steady growth rates in the US economy and high growth rates in the Chinese economy, particularly during 2003–2007, led the shipping sector into a unique growth super-cycle during 2002–2008, generating strong earnings and cash flows.
Shipping IPOs are distinct from those of ordinary industrial or service companies. The market value of a shipping company is often closely associated with the underlying value of the physical assets (vessels). In this respect, shipping IPOs bear similarities with the respective IPOs of closed-end funds and property firms. Furthermore, due to extensive information flows in international vessel sales and purchase markets, shipping IPOs tend to exhibit lower information asymmetry. Due to the cyclical nature of shipping business, shipping firms tend to prefer listing on the equity markets whenever shipping market prospects appear to be robust.
3.2 Leading equity markets in shipping IPOs
In the 1980s, the universe of publicly listed shipping stocks was small and London was the principal equity market for shipping stocks. Apart from London, shipping stocks were also listed in the New York stock market. In the 1990s, Oslo took the top position in Europe as the leading stock exchange for shipping IPOs. Due to market shifts, London has gradually lost its leading role in shipping IPOs, partly due to companies going private or to mergers and acquisitions, such as the P&O acquisition by DP Ports World (Erdogan, 2005). In general, European equity markets have experienced declining trends in shipping market value from more than 1% in the early 1990s to 0.6% of total market value recently (Matthews, 2006). In the US equity markets, a series of de-mergers and spin-offs of shipping businesses led to the restructuring of the shipping sector. Shipping firms and investors have more recently switched towards a number of upcoming Asian stock markets that now attract shipping IPOs, including Hong Kong, Singapore, Bangkok and Taiwan.
The transportation sector, on aggregate, lags behind in global equity market values. The market capitalisation of global transportation companies increased substantially during the last 30 years. It reached a high of US $700 bn corresponding to a share of total market capitalisation of above 4% (end of 1980s), before declining to below 2% (2006). As a comparison, the oil and gas sector and the financial sector account for nearly 20% and 15% of global stock market capitalisation, respectively (Matthews, 2006). Against an estimated 8–9% of GDP in OECD countries, the low market share in capitalisation indicates that transportation remains persistently neglected in international stock markets. The shipping sector, in particular, has also seen a marginal capitalisation share at about 0.4% of global equity market value; liner shipping covers the largest share (Matthews, 2006). Despite the recent IPO activity, this figure reflects low shipping market participation, taking into account that the shipping sector is estimated at about 2% of world GDP. Only a limited number of about 30 shipping firms have been estimated to bear a market value of above US $1 bn, with A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, a Danish shipping conglomerate, the only firm accounting for about 20% (around US $30 bn) of total shipping stock market value globally (Syriopoulos, 2007).
More recently, the US stock markets (NYSE, NASDAQ) have seen some revitalised IPO activity, attracting jointly the largest number of shipping IPO issues and regaining their leading role as preferred equity markets to IPO launches. Oslo follows at a distance now, leaving London Stock Exchange behind (Merikas et al., 2009). Strong advantages of the US capital markets include fund-raising depth, reputable position in the investment community, improved share liquidity, reliable pricing, high corporate prestige and exposure to an international investor base. According to Clarkson’s data, there were about 170 shipping companies listed worldwide by 2006, corresponding to an estimated market value of US $210 bln, although pure shipping firms are only about half that number (Matthews, 2006). During the recent intensive IPO cycle (mid-2004 to end-2005), total shipping IPO value and secondary listings were estimated in excess of US $4 bln, whereas in the first half of 2006 alone, international shipping IPOs amounted to a value of more than US $100 bln (Matthews, 2006).
Table 3 presents a summary of major shipping IPO issues per country and per stock market, during 1984–2007. Over this time span, the US equity markets (NYSE, NASDAQ) confirm their leading position, as they have seen the largest IPO number (55 issues). The Oslo Stock Exchange enjoys persistently high levels of shipping IPO activity and follows with 15 IPOs but the London Stock Exchange (LSE) ranks lower (6 IPOs). Of these sample IPOs, only 38 firms were listed before 2000; most of these IPOs have come into equity markets after 2000, supporting the shift of shipping firms towards global equity markets, as discussed earlier.
Taking into account the leading role of the US markets and the upcoming Asian markets, European stock markets may see further declines in shipping market value.
Major reasons that explain the limited presence of the shipping sector in the European markets include the highly fragmented industry structure, the concentrated ownership (as founding families remain major shareholders), the large number of relatively small private companies, the decision of some public shipping companies to go private and the limited number of IPOs in Europe compared with the US.
3.3 Key issues in shipping IPOs
3.3.1 Models of IPO pricing
A company can be listed and traded on a Stock Exchange by issuing new shares. Whenever this share offering to investors takes place for the first time, it is known as an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The company ‘goes public’ and its shares can then be freely traded in the open equity market. The IPO price is the price at which the new shareholders buy the shares at issue. The initial return of an IPO relates to the difference between the equilibrium price following the issue and the IPO price. The IPO price is jointly decided by the underwriter and the listing firm at the end of the IPO procedure, according to financial analysts’ valuations and the demand expressed for the shares. The definitive offer price is generally lower than the first equilibrium price; this is well known under the term of ‘IPO underpricing’ (Ljungovist, 2005). The IPO motives, pricing, initial market appraisal and long-run performance have been the focus of a large theoretical and empirical financial literature.
Alternative theoretical approaches, such as the information asymmetry and signalling models or the life cycle and market-timing models, have been proposed to explain these issues (Ritter and Welch, 2002; Drobetz et al., 2005; Derrien and Kecskes, 2007). The primary motive as to ‘why do firms go public’ relates to their decision to raise equity capital and to create a public market in which the founders and other shareholders can convert part of the corporate value they possess into cash at a future date. In addition, being the first in an industry to go public sometimes confers a first-mover advantage, whereas IPOs allow more ownership dispersion with relevant advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore, by going public, entrepreneurs help facilitate the acquisition of their company for a higher value than what they would earn from an outright sale (Brau et al., 2002). Market timing is also important to IPO decisions. An IPO may be delayed, if a bear market phase can potentially result to a low firm value; whereas a bull market may offer more favourable pricing conditions (Lucas and McDonald, 1990). It has been also argued that larger companies and companies in industries with high market-to-book ratios are more likely to go public and companies going public seem to have reduced their costs of credit. IPO activity is affected by investor sentiment and follows high investment and growth, not vice versa (Pagano et al., 1998; Lowry, 2003). To recap, the evidence of large variation in the number of IPOs suggests that market conditions are the most important factor in the decision to go public. The other important factor seems to be the life cycle stage of the firm.
A large body of empirical studies documents a systematic price increase from the offer IPO price to the first-day closing price (‘IPO underpricing puzzle’). Ritter and Welch (2002), for instance, study a sample of 6,249 IPOs from 1980–2001 and estimate an average ‘first day’ return of 18.8%. Approximately 70% of the IPOs end the first trading day at a closing price greater than the offer price. This pattern of underpriced IPOs is seen to apply in different firms, sectors, markets and countries. A possible justification of the IPO ‘undepricing puzzle’ relates to reasons of asymmetric information between market participants, as IPO issuers are expected to be more informed than investors. Better quality issuers deliberately sell their shares at a lower price than the market believes they are worth, which deters lower quality issuers from following. These issuers can recoup their initial value sacrifice post-IPO, either in future issuing activity, favourable market responses to future dividend announcements or analyst coverage. In line with a body of signalling models, firms demonstrate that they are high quality by throwing money away; one way to do this is to leave money on the table in the IPO. Empirical evidence indicated that the relationship between IPO price and underpricing may be U-shaped, whereas in contrast, post-IPO turnover may display an inverted U-shaped relation to IPO price (Fernando et al., 2004). However, the conclusions produced on these issues remain rather mixed. Compared with the rich financial literature on a country level, the body of studies on individual sectors, especially shipping, remains thin.
The long-run stock price underperformance in the years after the IPO offering is another key topic of interest in IPO research (‘IPO long-run underperformance puzzle’). Measuring long-run performance can focus either on absolute (raw) performance, or relative performance (abnormal returns vs market benchmark). Empirical evidence indicates that IPOs underperform in the long run. A number of IPOs in the US, for instance, were seen to underperform significantly relative to non-issuing firms for three to five years after the listing date (Ritter, 1991; Loughran and Ritter, 1995). According to other estimates (Ritter and Welch, 2002), an investor who buys shares at the first-day closing price and holds them for an investment horizon of three years, would attaint IPO returns of 22.6%. However, compared to a market benchmark (CRSP value-weighted market index), the average IPO price underperforms by 23.4%. IPO long-run performance remains a controversial issue, sensitive to the empirical approach employed and directly dependent on the preferential theoretical stance of market efficiency or behavioural finance framework. Many studies have contributed international evidence on the long-term IPO underperformance consistent with what has been found for the US market, including Australia (Lee et al., 1996); Japan (Cai and Wei, 1997); Sweden (Brounen and Eichholtz, 2002); Germany (Jaskiewicz et al., 2005); United Kingdom (Goergen et al., 2006); France and Greece (Chahine, 2008). In a pan-European study, evidence of long-run underperformance has been documented for a sample of 15 countries, indicating long-term abnormal returns in Europe to be negative (Gajewski and Gresse, 2006).
3.3.2 Shipping IPO pricing
Capital markets can play a key role in promoting shipping business growth and value creation. They may act as an intermediary mechanism to provide funds required to finance new investment projects and sustain business growth. Fresh funds can be channelled to shipping firms in need through the issuance of new securities by an IPO process. As secondary markets, capital markets provide an efficient mechanism for trading outstanding securities. Following IPO market listing and trading, a shipping company has the privilege to regularly return to stock market investors and request additional funding through seasoned equity offerings (SEOs).
Major factors that contribute to corporate value creation, as reflected on the firm’s stock price upward behaviour, include, inter alia: robust fundamentals; efficient and well reputed management; high cash flows/earnings; realistic market valuations; M&A corporate stories; and growth potential. The positive behaviour of shipping stocks can be further enhanced by upward freight markets, bullish stock market trends and rich cash liquidity conditions. Nevertheless, private and institutional investors have remained sceptical for years about shipping firms’ stocks. This investors’ attitude has been adversely affected by ‘inward’ family organisation, structure and management; ship-owners’ reluctance to expand shareholder base; non-disclosure of critical corporate actions; low or no dividend yield; non-appealing risk-return trade-off; highly volatile freight markets, resulting to abnormal corporate earnings and highly risky investments.
A critical question relates to the motives driving shipping firms’ shift towards listing on international equity markets. In the past, the strict requirements of transparency and disclosure that listed companies should meet was a constraint for many shipping firms, especially at volatile market times and earnings fluctuations. However, this is seen to gradually change. Equity markets appear now to be an attractive choice for firms with stable income flows and growth potential. With interest rates remaining at low levels, banking finance may still appear to be a cheap funding alternative. However, a number of shipping companies have decided to go public recently and raise funds quickly (despite significant public listing costs), to take advantage of the robust freight markets and investors’ positive sentiment towards shipping stocks. Still, a number of shipping firms have experienced substantial market value losses, since freight markers moved downwards amidst conditions of global financial crisis and economic recession.
These developments are anticipated to have an adverse impact on cautious investors’ expectations, probably making it more difficult for shipping firms to raise financing from the equity markets in the near future. Good quality shipping IPOs can be successful, though there have been cases in the recent past that it was not always easy to sell shipping shares to investors. Despite the fact that investors’ sentiment may not remain as positive as it was earlier, fair IPO pricing, backed by robust earnings cash flow streams and stable freight markets, can conclude to successful shipping IPOs. A critical advantage of shipping firms’ listings is related to the fact that shipping is a real asset-backed business and certain risk levels can still be acceptable with some confidence by investors. The most risky bet appears to be on whether institutional and private investors will continue to consider shipping stocks as an attractive alternative ‘style’ investment class, hence, facilitating shipping firms’ funding (Syriopoulos and Roumpis, 2009).
The pricing of IPO equity issues remains a central issue for shipping firms interested in raising equity funding in global stock markets. Since the majority of shipping IPOs refers to bulk shipping offerings, the issuer will set an IPO price at or near market-adjusted net asset value (NAV) per share. This is reasonable in cases where company earnings and cash flows fully support NAV (Stokes, 1997). In practice, however, ship prices in the second-hand market do not necessarily reflect operating cash flow and earnings generated by the ships. More frequently, ship prices represent a very high multiple of operating cash flow, whereas in certain bulk shipping segments operating earnings were negative for a number of years.
Equity financing can be an attractive source of capital for shipping companies, taking into account the relatively lower implied cost of capital against other sources of funding. This is related to the fact that shipping companies traditionally pay low or no dividend to investors and investors accept this practice, since, due to the capital intensive nature of shipping business, retained earnings are channelled to fleet replacement and expansion. On the other hand, investors’ target of expected return on equity is set at high levels. Assuming that a shipping company can borrow at a spread over Libor (+1% to 2%), this can result to borrowing costs on senior debt of, say, 7%. Subordinate debt might cost 10–12% per annum, on a 10–year maturity. Investors, however, will typically seek a return on equity of 15–20% per annum, given the volatile freight markets and their risk exposure (Stokes, 1997). Taking into account that many shipping companies are rated below investment grade, this implies that they must attain return on equity well above average stock market returns to prevent their share price from declining.
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C.R.C., c. 945
Income Tax Regulations (C.R.C., c. 945)
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PART XICapital Cost Allowances (continued)
DIVISION IVInclusions In and Transfers Between Classes
Elections To Include Properties in Class 1
1103 (1) In respect of properties otherwise included in any of Classes 2 to 10, 11 and 12 in Schedule II, a taxpayer may elect to include in Class 1 in Schedule II all such properties acquired for the purpose of gaining or producing income from the same business.
Elections to Include Properties in Class 2, 4 or 17
(2) Where the chief depreciable properties of a taxpayer are included in Class 2, 4 or 17 in Schedule II, the taxpayer may elect to include in Class 2, 4 or 17 in Schedule II, as the case may be, a property that would otherwise be included in another class in Schedule II and that was acquired by him before May 26, 1976 for the purpose of gaining or producing income from the same business as that for which those properties otherwise included in the said Class 2, 4 or 17 were acquired.
(2a) In respect of properties otherwise included in Class 19 or 21 in Schedule II, a taxpayer may, by letter attached to the return of his income for a taxation year filed with the Minister in accordance with section 150 of the Act, elect to include in Class 8 in Schedule II all properties of the said Class 19 or all properties of the said Class 21, as the case may be, owned by him at the commencement of the year.
Elections to Include Properties in Class 37
(2b) In respect of properties that would have been included in Class 37 in Schedule II had they been acquired after the date on which Class 37 became effective, a taxpayer may, by letter attached to the return of his income for a taxation year filed with the Minister in accordance with section 150 of the Act, elect to include in Class 37 all such properties acquired by the taxpayer before that date.
Elections to Make Certain Transfers
(2c) Where a taxpayer has acquired, after May 25, 1976, all or any part of a property of a class in Schedule II (in this subsection referred to as “present class”) and the property or part thereof, if it had been acquired before May 26, 1976, would have been property of a different class in Schedule II (in this subsection referred to as the “former class”) and
(a) he was obligated to acquire the property under the terms of an agreement in writing entered into before May 26, 1976,
(b) he commenced the construction, manufacture or production of the property before May 26, 1976 or the construction, manufacture or production of the property was commenced under an agreement in writing entered into by him before May 26, 1976, or
(c) he acquired the property on or before December 31, 1976 or he was obligated to acquire the property under the terms of an agreement in writing entered into on or before December 31, 1976, if
(i) arrangements, evidenced by writing, respecting the acquisition, construction, manufacture or production of the property had been substantially advanced before May 26, 1976, and
(ii) he had, before May 26, 1976, demonstrated a bona fide intention to acquire the property,
the taxpayer may, by letter attached to the return of his income filed with the Minister in accordance with section 150 of the Act, for the taxation year in which the property was acquired or for the immediately following taxation year, elect to transfer in the year of acquisition
(d) the property or the part thereof, acquired after May 25, 1976, from the present class to the former class; or
(e) the part of the property acquired before May 26, 1976, from the former class to the present class.
(2d) Where a taxpayer has
(a) disposed of a property (in this subsection referred to as the “former property”) of a class in Schedule II (in this subsection referred to as the “former class”), and
(b) before the end of the taxation year in which the former property was disposed of, acquired property (in this subsection referred to as the “new property”) of a class in Schedule II (in this subsection referred to as the “present class”) and the present class is neither
(i) the former class, nor
(ii) a separate class described in section 1101, other than subsection 1101(5d),
such that
(c) if the former property had been acquired at the time that the new property was acquired and from the person from whom the new property was acquired, the former property would have been included in the present class, and
(d) if the new property had been acquired at the time that the former property was acquired and from the person from whom the former property was acquired, the new property would have been included in the former class,
the taxpayer may, by letter attached to the return of income of the taxpayer filed with the Minister in accordance with section 150 of the Act in respect of the taxation year in which the former property was disposed of, elect to transfer the former property from the former class to the present class in the year of its disposition and, for greater certainty, the transfer shall be considered to have been made before the disposition of the property.
Transfers from Class 40 to Class 10
(2e) For the purposes of this Part and Schedule II, where property of a taxpayer would otherwise be included in Class 40 in Schedule II, all such properties owned by the taxpayer shall be transferred from Class 40 to Class 10 immediately after the commencement of the first taxation year of the taxpayer commencing after 1989.
Elections to Include Properties in Class 1, 3 or 6
(2f) In respect of properties otherwise included in Class 20 in Schedule II, a taxpayer may, by letter attached to the return of income of the taxpayer for a taxation year filed with the Minister in accordance with section 150 of the Act, elect to include in Class 1, 3 or 6 in Schedule II, as specified in the letter, all properties of Class 20 in Schedule II owned by the taxpayer at the commencement of the year.
Transfers to Class 8, Class 10 or Class 43
[NOTE: Application provisions are not included in the consolidated text
see relevant amending Acts and regulations.]
SOR/2005-371, s. 3
(2g) For the purposes of this Part and Schedule II, where one or more properties of a taxpayer are included in a separate class pursuant to an election filed by the taxpayer in accordance with subsection 1101(5q), all the properties in that class immediately after the beginning of the taxpayer’s fifth taxation year beginning after the end of the first taxation year in which a property of the class became available for use by the taxpayer for the purposes of subsection 13(26) of the Act shall be transferred immediately after the beginning of that fifth taxation year from the separate class to the class in which the property would, but for the election, have been included.
Elections Not to Include Properties in Class 44
(2h) A taxpayer may, by letter attached to the taxpayer’s return of income filed with the Minister in accordance with section 150 of the Act for the taxation year in which a property was acquired, elect not to include the property in Class 44 in Schedule II.
Election to Include Properties in Class 35
(2i) In respect of any property otherwise included in Class 7 in Schedule II because of paragraph (h) of that Class and to which paragraph 1100(1)(z.1a) and subsection 1101(5d), or paragraph 1100(1)(z.1c) and subsection 1101(5d.2), would apply if Class 35 of that Schedule applied to the property, the taxpayer may (by letter attached to the taxpayer’s return of income filed with the Minister in accordance with section 150 of the Act for the taxation year in which the property was acquired) elect to include the property in Class 35 rather than in Class 7.
(2j) A taxpayer may, in its return of income filed with the Minister on or before its filing-due date for the taxation year in which a property is acquired, elect not to include the property in Class 54 or 55 in Schedule II, as the case may be.
(3) To be effective in respect of a taxation year, an election under this section must be made not later than the last day on which the taxpayer may file a return of his income for the taxation year in accordance with section 150 of the Act.
(4) An election under paragraph 1102(8)(d) or (9)(d) or this section shall be effective from the first day of the taxation year in respect of which the election is made and shall continue to be effective for all subsequent taxation years.
(5) An election under subsection (1) or (2) shall be made by sending a letter to that effect by registered mail to the Tax Centre at which the taxpayer customarily files the returns required by section 150 of the Act.
SOR/78-377, s. 9
SOR/90-22, s. 4
DIVISION VInterpretation
1104 (1) Where the taxpayer is an individual and his income for the taxation year includes income from a business the fiscal period of which does not coincide with the calendar year, in respect of the depreciable properties acquired for the purpose of gaining or producing income from the business, a reference in this Part to
end of the taxation year
end of the taxation year shall be deemed to be a reference to the end of the fiscal period of the business; (la fin de l’année d’imposition)
taxation year
taxation year shall be deemed to be a reference to the fiscal period of the business. (l’année d’imposition)
(2) In this Part and in Schedule II,
bitumen development phase
bitumen development phase of a taxpayer’s oil sands project means a development phase that expands the oil sands project’s capacity to extract and initially process tar sands to produce bitumen or a similar product; (phase de mise en valeur du bitume)
certified feature film
certified feature film means a motion picture film certified by the Minister of Communications to be a film of not less than 75 minutes running time in respect of which all photography or art work specifically required for the production thereof and all film editing therefor were commenced after November 18, 1974, and either the film was completed before May 26, 1976, or the photography or art work was commenced before May 26, 1976, and certified by him to be
(a) a film the production of which is contemplated in a coproduction agreement entered into between Canada and another country, or
(b) a film in respect of which
(i) the person who performed the duties of producer was a Canadian,
(ii) no fewer than 2/3 in number of all the persons each of whom
(A) was a person who performed the duties of director, screenwriter, music composer, art director, picture editor or director of photography, or
(B) was the individual in respect of whose services as an actor or actress in respect of the film the highest remuneration or the second highest remuneration was paid or payable,
were Canadians,
(iii) not less than 75 per cent of the aggregate of the remuneration paid or payable to persons for services provided in respect of the film (other than remuneration paid or payable to or in respect of the persons referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) or remuneration paid or payable for processing and final preparation of the film) was paid or payable to Canadians,
(iv) not less than 75 per cent of the aggregate of costs incurred for processing and final preparation of the film including laboratory work, sound recording, sound editing and picture editing (other than remuneration paid or payable to or in respect of persons referred to in subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii)), was incurred in respect of services rendered in Canada, and
(v) the copyright protecting its use in Canada is beneficially owned
(A) by a person who is either a Canadian or a corporation incorporated under the laws of Canada or a province, or
(B) jointly or otherwise by two or more persons described in clause (A),
other than a film
(c) acquired after the day that is the earlier of
(i) the day of its first commercial use, and
(ii) 12 months after the day the principal photography thereof is completed, or
(d) in respect of which certification under this definition has been revoked by the Minister of Communications as provided in paragraph (10)(b); (long métrage portant visa)
certified production
certified production, in respect of a particular taxation year, means a motion picture film or video tape certified by the Minister of Communications to be a film or tape in respect of which all photography, taping or art work required specifically for the production thereof and all film or tape editing therefor were commenced after May 25, 1976, certified by him to be a film or tape in respect of which the principal photography or taping thereof was commenced before the end of the particular taxation year or was completed no later than 60 days after the end of that year and certified by him to be
(a) a film or tape the production of which is contemplated in a coproduction agreement entered into between Canada and another country, or
(b) a film or tape in respect of which
(i) the individual who performed the duties of producer was a Canadian,
(ii) the Minister of Communications has allotted not less than an aggregate of six units of production, not less than two of which were allotted by virtue of clause (A) or (B) and not less than one of which was allotted by virtue of clause (C) or (D), for individuals who provided services in respect of the film or tape, in the following manner:
(A) for the director, two units of production,
(B) for the screenwriter, two units of production,
(C) for the actor or actress in respect of whose services for the film or tape the highest remuneration was paid or payable (unless in the opinion of the Minister of Communications the individual did not perform a major role in the film or tape), one unit of production,
(D) for the actor or actress in respect of whose services for the film or tape the second highest remuneration was paid or payable (unless in the opinion of the Minister of Communications the individual did not perform a major role in the film or tape), one unit of production,
(E) for the art director, one unit of production,
(F) for the director of photography, one unit of production,
(G) for the music composer, one unit of production, and
(H) for the picture editor, one unit of production,
shall be allotted, provided the individual in respect of such allotment was a Canadian,
(iii) not less than 75 per cent of the aggregate of all costs (other than costs determined by reference to the amount of income from the film or tape) paid or payable to persons for services provided in respect of producing the film or tape (other than remuneration paid or payable to, or in respect of, individuals referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii), costs referred to in subparagraph (iv) incurred for processing and final preparation of the film or tape, and amounts paid or payable in respect of insurance, financing, brokerage, legal and accounting fees and similar amounts) was paid or payable to, or in respect of services provided by, Canadians, and
(iv) not less than 75 per cent of the aggregate of all costs (other than costs determined by reference to the amount of income from the film or tape) incurred for processing and final preparation of the film or tape, including laboratory work, sound re-recording, sound editing and picture editing (other than remuneration paid or payable to, or in respect of, individuals referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii)) was incurred in respect of services provided in Canada,
other than a film or tape
(ii) 12 months after the day the principal photography or taping thereof is completed,
(d) acquired by a taxpayer who has not paid in cash, as of the end of the particular taxation year, to the person from whom he acquired the film or tape, at least 5 per cent of the capital cost to the taxpayer of the film or tape as of the end of the year,
(e) acquired by a taxpayer who has issued in payment or part payment thereof, a bond, debenture, bill, note, mortgage or similar obligation in respect of which an amount is not due until a time that is more than four years after the end of the taxation year in which the taxpayer acquired the film or tape,
(f) acquired from a non-resident, or
(g) in respect of which certification under this definition has been revoked by the Minister of Communications as provided in paragraph (10)(b),
and, for the purposes of the application of this definition,
(h) in respect of a film or tape acquired in 1987, other than a film or tape in respect of which paragraph (i) applies, the reference in this definition to “commenced before the end of the particular taxation year or was completed no later than 60 days after the end of that year” shall be read as a reference to “commenced before the end of 1987 or was completed before July, 1988”; and
(i) in respect of a film or tape acquired in 1987 or 1988 that is included in paragraph (n) of Class 12 in Schedule II and that is part of a series of films or tapes that includes another property included in that paragraph, the reference in this definition to “commenced before the end of the particular taxation year or was completed no later than 60 days after the end of that year” shall be read as a reference to “completed before 1989”; (production portant visa)
certified short production
certified short production[Repealed, SOR/86-254, s. 2]
completion of a specified development phase of a taxpayer’s oil sands project means the first attainment of a level of average output, attributable to the specified development phase and measured over a sixty day period, equal to at least 60% of the planned level of average daily output (as determined in paragraph (b) of the definition specified development phase) in respect of that phase; (achèvement)
computer software includes systems software and a right or licence to use computer software; (logiciel)
data network infrastructure equipment
data network infrastructure equipment means network infrastructure equipment that controls, transfers, modulates or directs data, and that operates in support of telecommunications applications such as e-mail, instant messaging, audio- and video-over-Internet Protocol or Web browsing, Web searching and Web hosting, including data switches, multiplexers, routers, remote access servers, hubs, domain name servers, and modems, but does not include
(a) network equipment (other than radio network equipment) that operates in support of telecommunications applications, if the bandwidth made available by that equipment to a single end-user of the network is 64 kilobits per second or less in either direction,
(b) radio network equipment that operates in support of wireless telecommunications applications unless the equipment supports digital transmission on a radio channel,
(c) network equipment that operates in support of broadcast telecommunications applications and that is unidirectional,
(d) network equipment that is end-user equipment, including telephone sets, personal digital assistants and facsimile transmission devices,
(e) equipment that is described in paragraph (f.2) or (v) of Class 10, or in any of Classes 45, 50 and 52, in Schedule II,
(f) wires or cables, or similar property, and
(g) structures; (matériel d’infrastructure pour réseaux de données)
designated asset
designated asset in respect of a development phase of a taxpayer’s oil sands project, means a property that is a building, a structure, machinery or equipment and is, or is an integral and substantial part of,
(a) in the case of a bitumen development phase,
(i) a crusher,
(ii) a froth treatment plant,
(iii) a primary separation unit,
(iv) a steam generation plant,
(v) a cogeneration plant, or
(vi) a water treatment plant, or
(b) in the case of an upgrading development phase,
(i) a gasifier unit,
(ii) a vacuum distillation unit,
(iii) a hydrocracker unit,
(iv) a hydrotreater unit,
(v) a hydroprocessor unit, or
(vi) a coker; (bien désigné)
designated overburden removal cost
designated overburden removal cost of a taxpayer means any cost incurred by him in respect of clearing or removing overburden from a mine in Canada owned or operated by him where the cost
(a) was incurred after November 16, 1978 and before 1988,
(b) was incurred after the mine came into production in reasonable commercial quantities,
(c) as of the end of the taxation year in which the cost was incurred, has not been deducted by the taxpayer in computing his income, and
(d) is not deductible, in whole or in part, by the taxpayer in computing his income for a taxation year subsequent to the taxation year in which the cost was incurred, other than by virtue of paragraph 20(1)(a) of the Act; (coût désigné d’enlèvement des terrains de couverture)
designated underground storage cost
designated underground storage cost of a taxpayer means any cost incurred by him after December 11, 1979 in respect of developing a well, mine or other similar underground property for the storage in Canada of petroleum, natural gas or other related hydrocarbons; (coût désigné de stockage souterrain)
development phase
development phase of a taxpayer’s oil sands project means the acquisition, construction, fabrication or installation of a group of assets, by or on behalf of the taxpayer, that may reasonably be considered to constitute a discrete expansion in the capacity of the oil sands project when complete (including, for greater certainty, the initiation of a new oil sands project); (phase de mise en valeur)
eligible liquefaction building
eligible liquefaction building of a taxpayer, in respect of an eligible liquefaction facility of the taxpayer, means property (other than property that has been used or acquired for use for any purpose before it was acquired by the taxpayer or a residential building ) acquired by the taxpayer after February 19, 2015 and before 2025 that is included in Class 1 in Schedule II because of paragraph (q) of that Class and that is used as part of the eligible liquefaction facility; (bâtiment de liquéfaction admissible)
eligible liquefaction equipment
eligible liquefaction equipment in respect of an eligible liquefaction facility of a taxpayer, means property of the taxpayer that is used in connection with the liquefaction of natural gas and that
(a) is acquired by the taxpayer after February 19, 2015 and before 2025,
(b) is included in Class 47 in Schedule II because of paragraph (b) of that Class,
(c) has not been used or acquired for use for any purpose before it was acquired by the taxpayer,
(d) is not excluded equipment, and
(e) is used as part of the eligible liquefaction facility; (matériel de liquéfaction admissible)
eligible liquefaction facility
eligible liquefaction facility of a taxpayer means a self-contained system located in Canada — including buildings, structures and equipment — that is used or intended to be used by the taxpayer for the purpose of liquefying natural gas; (installation de liquéfaction admissible)
eligible mine development property
eligible mine development property means a property acquired by a taxpayer after March 20, 2013 and before 2018 for the purpose of gaining or producing income
(a) from a new mine or an expansion of a mine, if the property was acquired under a written agreement entered into by the taxpayer before March 21, 2013,
(b) from a new mine, if
(i) the construction of the new mine was started by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer before March 21, 2013 (and for this purpose construction does not include obtaining permits or regulatory approvals, conducting environmental assessments, community consultations or impact benefit studies, and similar activities), or
(ii) the engineering and design work for the construction of the new mine, as evidenced in writing, was started by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer before March 21, 2013 (and for this purpose engineering and design work does not include obtaining permits or regulatory approvals, conducting environmental assessments, community consultations or impact benefit studies, and similar activities), or
(c) from an expansion of a mine, if
(i) the construction for the expansion of the mine was started by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer before March 21, 2013 (and for this purpose construction does not include obtaining permits or regulatory approvals, conducting environmental assessments, community consultations or impact benefit studies, and similar activities), or
(ii) the engineering and design work for the construction of the expansion of the mine, as evidenced in writing, was started by, or on behalf of, the taxpayer before March 21, 2013 (and for this purpose engineering and design work does not include obtaining permits or regulatory approvals, conducting environmental assessments, community consultations or impact benefit studies, and similar activities); (bien admissible à l’aménagement d’une mine)
eligible non-residential building
eligible non-residential building means a taxpayer’s building (other than a building that was used, or acquired for use, by any person or partnership before March 19, 2007) that is located in Canada, that is included in Class 1 in Schedule II and that is acquired by the taxpayer on or after March 19, 2007 to be used by the taxpayer, or a lessee of the taxpayer, for a non-residential use; (bâtiment non résidentiel admissible)
excluded equipment
excluded equipment means
(a) pipelines (other than pipelines used to move natural gas, or its components that are extracted, within an eligible liquefaction facility during the liquefaction process or used to move liquefied natural gas),
(b) equipment used exclusively to regasify liquefied natural gas, and
(c) electrical generation equipment; (matériel non admissible)
gas or oil well equipment
gas or oil well equipment includes
(a) equipment, structures and pipelines, other than a well casing, acquired to be used in a gas or oil field in the production therefrom of natural gas or crude oil, and
(b) a pipeline acquired to be used solely for transmitting gas to a natural gas processing plant,
(c) equipment or structures acquired for the refining of oil or the processing of natural gas including the separation therefrom of liquid hydrocarbons, sulphur or other joint products or by-products, or
(d) a pipeline for removal or for collection for immediate removal of natural gas or crude oil from a gas or oil field except a pipeline referred to in paragraph (b); (matériel de puits de gaz ou de pétrole)
general-purpose electronic data processing equipment
general-purpose electronic data processing equipment means electronic equipment that, in its operation, requires an internally stored computer program that
(a) is executed by the equipment,
(b) can be altered by the user of the equipment,
(c) instructs the equipment to read and select, alter or store data from an external medium such as a card, disk or tape, and
(d) depends upon the characteristics of the data being processed to determine the sequence of its execution; (matériel électronique universel de traitement de l’information)
oil sands project
oil sands project of a taxpayer means an undertaking by the taxpayer for the extraction of tar sands from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer, which undertaking may include the processing of the tar sands to a stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent; (projet de sables bitumineux)
oil sands property
oil sands property of a taxpayer means property acquired by the taxpayer for the purpose of earning income from an oil sands project of the taxpayer; (bien de sables bitumineux)
ore includes ore from a mineral resource that has been processed to any stage that is prior to the prime metal stage or its equivalent; (minerai)
preliminary work activity
preliminary work activity means activity that is preliminary to the acquisition, construction, fabrication or installation by or on behalf of a taxpayer of designated assets in respect of the taxpayer’s oil sands project including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following activities:
(a) obtaining permits or regulatory approvals,
(b) performing design or engineering work,
(c) conducting feasibility studies,
(d) conducting environmental assessments,
(e) clearing or excavating land,
(f) building roads, and
(g) entering into contracts; (travaux préliminaires)
railway system
railway system includes a railway owned or operated by a common carrier, together with all buildings, rolling stock, equipment and other properties pertaining thereto, but does not include a tramway; (réseau de chemin de fer)
specified development phase
specified development phase of a taxpayer’s oil sands project means a bitumen development phase or an upgrading development phase of the oil sands project which can reasonably be expected to result in a planned level of average daily output (where that output is bitumen or a similar product in the case of a bitumen development phase, or synthetic crude oil or a similar product in the case of an upgrading development phase), and in respect of which phase,
(a) not including any preliminary work activity, one or more designated assets was, before March 19, 2007,
(i) acquired by the taxpayer, or
(ii) in the process of being constructed, fabricated or installed, by or on behalf of the taxpayer, and
(b) the planned level of average daily output is the lesser of,
(i) the level that was the demonstrated intention of the taxpayer as of March 19, 2007 to produce from the specified development phase, and
(ii) the maximum level of output associated with the design capacity, as of March 19, 2007, of the designated asset referred to in paragraph (a); (phase de mise en valeur déterminée)
specified oil sands property
specified oil sands property of a taxpayer means oil sands property, acquired by the taxpayer before 2012, the taxpayer’s use of which is reasonably required
(a) for a specified development phase of an oil sands project of the taxpayer to reach completion; or
(b) as part of a bitumen development phase of an oil sands project of the taxpayer,
(i) to the extent that the output from the bitumen development phase is required for an upgrading development phase that is a specified development phase of the oil sands project to reach completion, and it is reasonable to conclude that all or substantially all of the output from the bitumen development phase will be so used; and
(ii) where it was the demonstrated intention of the taxpayer as of March 19, 2007 to produce, from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer, the bitumen feedstock required for the upgrading development phase to reach completion; (bien de sables bitumineux déterminé)
specified temporary access road
specified temporary access road means
(a) a temporary access road to an oil or gas well in Canada, and
(b) a temporary access road the cost of which would, if the definition Canadian exploration expense in subsection 66.1(6) of the Act were read without reference to paragraphs (k.1) and (l) of that definition, be a Canadian exploration expense because of paragraph (f) or (g) of that definition; (route d’accès temporaire déterminée)
systems software
systems software means a combination of computer programs and associated procedures, related technical documentation and data that
(a) performs compilation, assembly, mapping, management or processing of other programs,
(b) facilitates the functioning of a computer system by other programs,
(c) provides service or utility functions such as media conversion, sorting, merging, system accounting, performance measurement, system diagnostics or programming aids,
(d) provides general support functions such as data management, report generation or security control, or
(e) provides general capability to meet widespread categories of problem solving or processing requirements where the specific attributes of the work to be performed are introduced mainly in the form of parameters, constants or descriptors rather than in program logic,
and includes a right or licence to use such a combination of computer programs and associated procedures, related technical documentation and data; (logiciel d’exploitation)
tar sands ore
tar sands ore means ore extracted from a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales; (minerai de sables asphaltiques)
telegraph system
telegraph system includes the buildings, structures, general plant and communication and other equipment pertaining thereto; (réseau de télégraphe)
telephone system includes the buildings, structures, general plant and communication and other equipment pertaining thereto; (réseau de téléphone)
television commercial message
television commercial message means a commercial message as defined in the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987 made under the Broadcasting Act ; (message publicitaire pour la télévision)
tramway or trolley bus system
tramway or trolley bus system includes the buildings, structures, rolling stock, general plant and equipment pertaining thereto and where buses other than trolley buses are operated in connection therewith includes the properties pertaining to those bus operations; (réseau de tramway ou d’autobus à trolley)
upgrading development phase
upgrading development phase of a taxpayer’s oil sands project means a development phase that expands the oil sands project’s capacity to process bitumen or a similar feedstock (all or substantially all of which is from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer) to the crude oil stage or its equivalent. (phase de valorisation)
(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6), in this Part and in Schedules II and V,
industrial mineral mine
industrial mineral mine includes a peat bog or deposit of peat but does not include a mineral resource; (mine de minéral industriel)
mineral includes peat; (minéral)
mining includes the harvesting of peat. (exploitation minière)
(4) For the purposes of this Part and Schedules II to VI, accelerated investment incentive property means property of a taxpayer (other than property included in Class 54 or 55) that
(a) is acquired by the taxpayer after November 20, 2018 and becomes available for use before 2028; and
(b) meets either of the following conditions:
(i) the property
(A) has not been used for any purpose before it was acquired by the taxpayer, and
(B) is not a property in respect of which an amount has been deducted under paragraph 20(1)(a) or subsection 20(16) of the Act by another person or partnership, or
(ii) the property was not
(A) acquired in circumstances where
(I) the taxpayer was deemed to have been allowed or deducted an amount under paragraph 20(1)(a) of the Act in respect of the property in computing income for previous taxation years, or
(II) the undepreciated capital cost of depreciable property of a prescribed class of the taxpayer was reduced by an amount determined by reference to the amount by which the capital cost of the property to the taxpayer exceeds its cost amount, or
(B) previously owned or acquired by the taxpayer or by a person or partnership with which the taxpayer did not deal at arm’s length at any time when the property was owned or acquired by the person or partnership.
(5) For the purposes of paragraphs 1100(1)(w) to (ya.2), subsections 1101(4a) to (4h) and Classes 10, 28 and 41 to 41.2 of Schedule II, a taxpayer’s income from a mine, or any expression referring to a taxpayer’s income from a mine, includes income reasonably attributable to
(a) the processing by the taxpayer of
(i) ore (other than iron ore or tar sands ore) all or substantially all of which is from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the prime metal stage or its equivalent,
(ii) iron ore all or substantially all of which is from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the pellet stage or its equivalent,
(iii) tar sands ore all or substantially all of which is from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent, or
(iv) material extracted by a well, all or substantially all of which is from a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales owned by the taxpayer, to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent;
(b) the production by the taxpayer of material from a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales; and
(c) the transportation by the taxpayer of
(i) output, other than iron ore or tar sands ore, from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer that has been processed by him to any stage that is not beyond the prime metal stage or its equivalent,
(ii) iron ore from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer that has been processed by him to any stage that is not beyond the pellet stage or its equivalent, or
(iii) tar sands ore from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer that has been processed by him to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent,
to the extent that such transportation is effected through the use of property of the taxpayer that is included in Class 10 in Schedule II because of paragraph (m) thereof or that would be so included if that paragraph were read without reference to subparagraph (v) thereof and if Class 41 in Schedule II were read without the reference therein to that paragraph.
(5.1) For the purposes of Classes 41 to 41.2 of Schedule II, a taxpayer’s gross revenue from a mine includes
(a) revenue reasonably attributable to the processing by the taxpayer of
(i) ore (other than iron ore or tar sands ore) from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the prime metal stage or its equivalent,
(ii) iron ore from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the pellet stage or its equivalent,
(iii) tar sands ore from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent, and
(iv) material extracted by a well from a mineral resource owned by the taxpayer that is a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent;
(b) the amount, if any, by which any revenue reasonably attributable to the processing by the taxpayer of
(i) ore (other than iron ore or tar sands ore) from a mineral resource not owned by the taxpayer, to any stage that is not beyond the prime metal stage or its equivalent,
(ii) iron ore from a mineral resource not owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the pellet stage or its equivalent,
(iii) tar sands ore from a mineral resource not owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent, and
(iv) material extracted by a well from a mineral resource not owned by the taxpayer that is a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent
exceeds the cost to the taxpayer of the ore or material processed; and
(c) revenue reasonably attributable to the production by the taxpayer of material from a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales.
(5.2) For the purpose of subsection (5.1), gross revenue from a mine does not include revenue reasonably attributable to the addition of diluent, for the purpose of transportation, to material extracted from a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales.
(6) For the purposes of Class 10 in Schedule II,
(a) income from a mine includes income reasonably attributable to the processing of
(i) ore, other than iron ore or tar sands ore, from a mineral resource not owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the prime metal stage or its equivalent,
(iii) tar sands ore from a mineral resource not owned by the taxpayer to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent, or
(iv) material extracted by a well from a mineral resource not owned by the taxpayer that is a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent; and
(b) mine includes a well for the extraction of material from a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales or from a deposit of calcium chloride, halite or sylvite.
(6.1) [Repealed, SOR/99-179, s. 3]
(7) For the purposes of paragraphs 1100(1)(w) to (ya.2), subsections 1101(4a) to (4h) and 1102(8) and (9), section 1107 and Classes 12, 28 and 41 to 41.2 of Schedule II,
(a) mine includes
(i) a well for the extraction of material from a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales or from a deposit of calcium chloride, halite or sylvite, and
(ii) a pit for the extraction of kaolin or tar sands ore,
(iii) an oil or gas well, or
(iv) a sand pit, gravel pit, clay pit, shale pit, peat bog, deposit of peat or a stone quarry (other than a kaolin pit or a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales);
(b) all wells of a taxpayer for the extraction of material from one or more deposits of calcium chloride, halite or sylvite, the material produced from which is sent to the same plant for processing, are deemed to be one mine of the taxpayer; and
(c) all wells of a taxpayer for the extraction of material from a deposit of bituminous sands or oil shales that the Minister, in consultation with the Minister of Natural Resources, determines constitute one project, are deemed to be one mine of the taxpayer.
(8) For the purposes of subsection (7), stone quarry includes a mine producing dimension stone or crushed rock for use as aggregates or for other construction purposes.
(8.1) For greater certainty, for the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (e) of Class 28 and paragraph (a) of Classes 41 to 41.2 in Schedule II, production means production in reasonable commercial quantities.
Manufacturing or Processing
(9) For the purposes of paragraph 1100(1)(a.1), subsection 1100(26) and Class 29 in Schedule II, manufacturing or processing does not include
(a) farming or fishing;
(b) logging;
(c) construction;
(d) operating an oil or gas well or extracting petroleum or natural gas from a natural accumulation thereof;
(e) extracting minerals from a mineral resource;
(f) processing of
(i) ore, other than iron ore or tar sands ore, from a mineral resource to any stage that is not beyond the prime metal stage or its equivalent,
(ii) iron ore from a mineral resource to any stage that is not beyond the pellet stage or its equivalent, or
(iii) tar sands ore from a mineral resource to any stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent;
(g) producing industrial minerals;
(h) producing or processing electrical energy or steam, for sale;
(i) processing natural gas as part of the business of selling or distributing gas in the course of operating a public utility;
(j) processing heavy crude oil recovered from a natural reservoir in Canada to a stage that is not beyond the crude oil stage or its equivalent; or
(k) Canadian field processing.
Certified Films and Video Tapes
(10) For the purposes of subsection 1100(21) and the definitions certified feature film and certified production and in subsection (2),
(a) Canadian means an individual who was, at all relevant times,
(i) a Canadian citizen as defined in the Citizenship Act , or
(ii) a permanent resident within the meaning of the Immigration Act, 1976 ;
(b) a motion picture film or video tape that has been certified by
(i) the Secretary of State, or
(ii) the Minister of Communications
as a certified feature film or certified production, as the case may be, may have its certification revoked by the Minister of Communications where an incorrect statement was made in the furnishing of information for the purpose of obtaining that certification and a certification that has been so revoked is void from the time of its issue;
(c) remuneration does not include an amount determined by reference to the amount of income from a motion picture film or video tape;
(c.1) revenue guarantee means a contract or other arrangement under the terms of which a taxpayer has a right to receive a minimum rental revenue or other fixed revenue in respect of a right to the use, in any manner whatever, of a certified feature film or certified production;
(c.2) a screenwriter shall be deemed to be an individual who is a Canadian where
(i) each individual involved in the preparation of the screenplay is a Canadian, or
(ii) the principal screenwriter is an individual who is a Canadian and
(A) the screenplay for the motion picture film or video tape is based upon a work authored by a Canadian,
(B) copyright in the work subsists in Canada, and
(C) the work is published in Canada;
(d) unit of production means a measure used by the Minister of Communications in determining the weight to be given for each individual Canadian referred to in subparagraph (b)(ii) of the definition certified production in subsection (2) who provides services in respect of a motion picture film or video tape; and
(e) where each individual who performed a service in respect of a motion picture film or video tape as the
(i) director,
(ii) screenwriter,
(iii) actor or actress in respect of whose services for the film or tape the highest remuneration was paid or payable,
(iv) actor or actress in respect of whose services for the film or tape the second highest remuneration was paid or payable,
(v) art director,
(vi) director of photoghraphy,
(vii) music composer, or
(viii) picture editor
was a Canadian, the Minister of Communications shall be deemed to have allotted six units of production in respect of the film or tape for the purposes of the definition certified production in subsection (2).
Certified Class 34 Properties
(11) For the purposes of paragraph (h) of Class 34 in Schedule II, a certificate issued under
(a) subparagraph (d)(i) of that class may be revoked by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Commerce, or
(b) subparagraph (d)(ii) or paragraph (g) of that class, as the case may be, may be revoked by the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources
(c) an incorrect statement was made in the furnishing of information for the purpose of obtaining the certificate, or
(d) the taxpayer does not conform to the plan described in subparagraph (d)(i) or (d)(ii) of that class, as the case may be,
and a certificate that has been so revoked shall be void from the time of its issue.
(12) For the purposes of Class 37 in Schedule II, amusement park means a park open to the public where amusements, rides and audio-visual attractions are permanently situated.
Classes 43.1 and 43.2 — Energy Conservation Property
(13) The definitions in this subsection apply for the purposes of this subsection, subsections (14) to (17) and Classes 43.1 and 43.2 in Schedule II.
basic oxygen furnace gas
basic oxygen furnace gas means the gas that is produced intermittently in a basic oxygen furnace of a steel mill by the chemical reaction of carbon in molten steel and pure oxygen. (gaz de convertisseur basique à oxygène)
biogas means the gas produced by the anaerobic digestion of organic waste that is food and animal waste, manure, plant residue, pulp and paper by-product, separated organics, wood waste or sludge from an eligible sewage treatment facility. (biogaz)
bio-oil means liquid fuel that is created from wood waste or plant residues using a thermo-chemical conversion process that takes place in the absence of oxygen. (bio-huile)
blast furnace gas means the gas produced in a blast furnace of a steel mill, by the chemical reaction of carbon (in the form of coke, coal or natural gas), the oxygen in air and iron ore. (gaz de haut fourneau)
digester gas means a mixture of gases that are produced from the decomposition of organic waste in a digester and that are extracted from an eligible sewage treatment facility for that organic waste. (gaz de digesteur)
distribution equipment means equipment (other than transmission equipment) used to distribute electrical energy generated by electrical generating equipment. (matériel de distribution)
district energy equipment
district energy equipment means property that is part of a district energy system and that consists of pipes or pumps used to collect and distribute an energy transfer medium, meters, control equipment, chillers and heat exchangers that are attached to the main distribution line of a district energy system, but does not include
(a) property used to distribute water that is for consumption, disposal or treatment; or
(b) property that is part of the internal heating or cooling system of a building. (équipement de réseau énergétique de quartier)
district energy system
district energy system means a system that is used primarily to provide heating or cooling by continuously circulating, from a central generation unit to one or more buildings through a system of interconnected pipes, an energy transfer medium that is heated or cooled using thermal energy. (réseau énergétique de quartier)
eligible landfill site
eligible landfill site means a landfill site that is situated in Canada, or a former landfill site that is situated in Canada, and, if a permit or licence in respect of the site is or was required under any law of Canada or of a province, for which the permit or licence has been issued. (site d’enfouissement admissible)
eligible sewage treatment facility
eligible sewage treatment facility means a sewage treatment facility that is situated in Canada and for which a permit or licence is issued under any law of Canada or of a province. (installation admissible de traitement des eaux usées)
eligible waste fuel
eligible waste fuel means biogas, bio-oil, digester gas, landfill gas, municipal waste, plant residue, pulp and paper waste and wood waste. (combustible résiduaire admissible)
eligible waste management facility
eligible waste management facility means a waste management facility that is situated in Canada and for which a permit or licence is issued under any law of Canada or of a province. (installation admissible de gestion des déchets)
enhanced combined cycle system
enhanced combined cycle system means an electrical generating system in which thermal waste from one or more natural gas compressor systems is recovered and used to contribute at least 20 per cent of the energy input of a combined cycle process in order to enhance the generation of electricity, but does not include the natural gas compressor systems. (système à cycles combinés amélioré)
food and animal waste
food and animal waste means organic waste that is disposed of in accordance with the laws of Canada or a province and that is
(a) generated during the preparation or processing of food or beverage for human or animal consumption;
(b) food or beverage that is no longer fit for human or animal consumption; or
(c) animal remains. (déchets alimentaires et animaux)
food waste[Repealed, 2010, c. 25, s. 76]
fossil fuel means a fuel that is petroleum, natural gas or related hydrocarbons, basic oxygen furnace gas, blast furnace gas, coal, coal gas, coke, coke oven gas, lignite or peat. (combustible fossile)
landfill gas means a mixture of gases that are produced from the decomposition of organic waste and that are extracted from an eligible landfill site. (gaz d’enfouissement)
municipal waste means the combustible portion of waste material (other than waste material that is considered to be toxic or hazardous waste pursuant to any law of Canada or of a province) that is generated in Canada and that is accepted at an eligible landfill site or an eligible waste management facility and that, when burned to generate energy, emits only those fluids or other emissions that are in compliance with the law of Canada or of a province. (déchets municipaux)
plant residue
plant residue means residue of plants (not including wood waste and waste that no longer has the chemical properties of the plants of which it is a residue) that would otherwise be waste material and that is used
(a) in a system that converts biomass into bio-oil or biogas; or
(b) as an eligible waste fuel. (résidus végétaux)
producer gas means fuel the composition of which, excluding its water content, is all or substantially all non-condensable gases that is generated primarily from eligible waste fuel using a thermo-chemical conversion process and that is not generated using any fuels other than eligible waste fuel or fossil fuel. (gaz de gazéification)
pulp and paper by-product
pulp and paper by-product means tall oil soaps and crude tall oil that are produced as by-products of the processing of wood into pulp or paper and the by-product of a pulp or paper plant’s effluent treatment or its de-inking processes. (sous-produit d’usine de pâtes ou papiers)
pulp and paper waste
pulp and paper waste means
(a) tall oil soaps, crude tall oil and turpentine that are produced as by-products of the processing of wood into pulp or paper; and
(b) the by-product of a pulp or paper plant’s effluent treatment, or its de-inking processes, if that by-product has a solid content of at least 40 per cent before combustion. (déchets d’usines de pâtes ou papiers)
separated organics
separated organics means organic waste (other than waste that is considered to be toxic or hazardous waste under any law of Canada or a province) that could, but for its use in a system that converts biomass into biogas, be disposed of in an eligible waste management facility or eligible landfill site. (matières organiques séparées)
solution gas
solution gas means a fossil fuel that is gas that would otherwise be flared and has been extracted from a solution of gas and produced oil. (gaz dissous)
spent pulping liquor
spent pulping liquor means the by-product of a chemical process of transforming wood into pulp, consisting of wood residue and pulping agents. (liqueur résiduaire)
thermal waste
thermal waste means waste heat energy extracted from a distinct point of rejection in an industrial process that would otherwise
(a) be vented to the atmosphere or transferred to a liquid; and
(b) not be used for a useful purpose. (déchets thermiques)
transmission equipment means equipment used to transmit more than 75 per cent of the annual electrical energy generated by electrical generating equipment, but does not include a building. (matériel de transmission)
wood waste
wood waste includes scrap wood, sawdust, wood chips, bark, limbs, saw-ends and hog fuel, but does not include spent pulping liquor and any waste that no longer has the physical or chemical properties of wood. (déchets de bois)
(14) Where property of a taxpayer is not operating in the manner required by paragraph (c) of Class 43.1, or paragraph (a) of Class 43.2, in Schedule II solely because of a deficiency, failing or shutdown that is beyond the control of the taxpayer of the system of which it is a part and that previously operated in the manner required by that paragraph, as the case may be, that property is deemed, for the purpose of that paragraph, to be operating in the manner required under that paragraph during the period of the deficiency, failing or shutdown, if the taxpayer makes all reasonable efforts to rectify the circumstances within a reasonable time.
(15) For the purpose of subsection (14), a taxpayer’s system referred to in that subsection that has at any particular time operated in the manner required by paragraph (c) of Class 43.1, or paragraph (a) of Class 43.2, in Schedule II includes at any time after the particular time a property of another person or partnership if
(a) the property would reasonably be considered to be part of the taxpayer’s system were the property owned by the taxpayer;
(b) the property utilizes steam obtained from the taxpayer’s system primarily in an industrial process (other than the generation of electrical energy);
(c) the operation of the property is necessary for the taxpayer’s system to operate in the manner required by paragraph (c) of Class 43.1, or paragraph (a) of Class 43.2, in Schedule II, as the case may be; and
(d) at the time that the taxpayer’s system first became operational, the deficiency, failing or shutdown in the operation of the property could not reasonably have been anticipated by the taxpayer to occur within five years after that time.
(16) For the purpose of subsection (14), a district energy system is deemed to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (c) of Class 43.1, or paragraph (a) of Class 43.2, in Schedule II, as the case may be, if the electrical cogeneration equipment that produces the thermal energy used by the system is deemed by subsection (14) to meet the requirements of paragraph (c) of Class 43.1, or paragraph (a) of Class 43.2, in Schedule II, as the case may be.
(17) A property that would otherwise be eligible for inclusion in Class 43.1 or Class 43.2 in Schedule II by a taxpayer is deemed not to be eligible for inclusion in either of those classes if
(a) the property is
(i) included in Class 43.1 because of its subparagraph (c)(i), or
(ii) described in
(A) any of subparagraphs (d)(vii) to (ix), (xi), (xiii), (xiv), (xvi) and (xvii) of Class 43.1, or
(B) paragraph (a) of Class 43.2; and
(b) at the time the property becomes available for use by the taxpayer, the taxpayer has not satisfied the requirements of all environmental laws, by-laws and regulations
(i) of Canada, a province or a municipality in Canada, or
(ii) of a municipal or public body performing a function of government in Canada
applicable in respect of the property.
Classes 1 and 47 — Liquefaction Property
(18) For the purposes of paragraphs 1100(1)(a.3) and (yb), a taxpayer’s income for a taxation year from eligible liquefaction activities in respect of an eligible liquefaction facility of the taxpayer is determined as if
(a) the taxpayer carried on a separate business
(i) the only income of which is any combination of:
(A) in the case of natural gas that is owned by the taxpayer at the time it enters the taxpayer’s eligible liquefaction facility, income from the sale by the taxpayer of the natural gas that has been liquefied, whether sold as liquefied natural gas or regasified natural gas, and
(B) in any other case, income reasonably attributable to the liquefaction of natural gas at the taxpayer’s eligible liquefaction facility, and
(ii) in respect of which the only permitted deductions in computing the separate business’ income are those deductions that are attributable to income described in subparagraph (i) and, in the case of income described in clause (i)(A), that are reasonably attributable to income derived after the natural gas enters the eligible liquefaction facility; and
(b) in the case of income described in clause (a)(i)(A), the taxpayer acquired the natural gas that has been liquefied at a cost equal to the fair market value of the natural gas at the time it entered the eligible liquefaction facility.
SOR/78-948, ss. 2, 3
SOR/80-618, s. 2(F)
SOR/81-1026, s. 1
SOR/86-1092, s. 6(F)
SOR/94-686, ss. 11(F), 62, 81(F)
SOR/2001-295, s. 2(E)
SOR/2007-19, s. 2
SOR/2010-93, s. 14
SOR/2011-9, s. 4
SOR/2011-195, s. 6(F)
Income Tax Regulations
100 - PART I - Tax Deductions
101 - Deductions and Remittances
102 - Periodic Payments
103 - Non-Periodic Payments
104 - Deductions not Required
104.1 - Lifelong Learning Plan
105 - Non-Residents
105.1 - Fishermen’s Election
106 - Variations in Deductions
107 - Employee’s Returns
108 - Remittances to Receiver General
109 - Elections To Increase Deductions
110 - Prescribed Persons
111 - Deemed Remittance
200 - PART II - Information Returns
200 - Remuneration and Benefits
201 - Investment Income
202 - Payments to Non-Residents
204 - Estates and Trusts
204.1 - Interpretation
205 - Date Returns To Be Filed
205.1 - Electronic Filing
206 - Legal Representatives and Others
207 - Ownership Certificates
209 - Distribution of Taxpayers Portions of Returns
210 - Tax Deduction Information
211 - Accrued Bond Interest
212 - Employees Profit Sharing Plans
213 - Pooled Registered Pension Plans
214 - Registered Retirement Savings Plans
215 - Registered Retirement Income Funds
217 - Dispositon of Interest in Annuities and Life Insurance Policies
218 - Patronage Payments
220 - Cash Bonus Payments on Canada Savings Bonds
221 - Qualified Investments
223 - TFSAs
224 - Canadian Home Insulation Program and Canada Oil Substitution Program
225 - Certified Films and Video Tapes
226 - Scientific Research Tax Credits
227 - Share Purchase Tax Credits
228 - Resource Flow-Through Shares
229 - Partnership Return
229.1 - Definitions
230 - Security Transactions
232 - Worker’s Compensation
233 - Social Assistance
234 - Farm Support Payments
235 - Identifier Information
237 - Contract for Goods and Services
238 - Reporting of Payments in Respect of Construction Activities
300 - PART III - Annuities and Life Insurance Policies
300 - Capital Element of Annuity Payments
301 - Life Annuity Contracts
304 - Prescribed Annuity Contracts
306 - Exempt Policies
307 - Accumulating Funds
308 - Net Cost of Pure Insurance and Mortality Gains and Losses
309 - Prescribed Premiums and Prescribed Increases
309.1 - Income from Participating Life Insurance Businesses
400 - PART IV - Taxable Income Earned in a Province by a Corporation
401 - Computation of Taxable Income
402 - General Rules
402.1 - Central Paymaster
403 - Insurance Corporations
404 - Banks
405 - Trust and Loan Corporations
406 - Railway Corporations
407 - Airline Corporations
408 - Grain Elevator Operators
409 - Bus and Truck Operators
410 - Ship Operators
411 - Pipeline Operators
412 - Divided Businesses
413 - Non-Resident Corporations
414 - Provincial SIFT Tax Rate
500 - PART V - Non-Resident-Owned Investment Corporations
500 - Elections
501 - Elections Revoked
502 - Certificates of Changes of Ownership
600 - PART VI - Elections
700 - PART VII - Logging Taxes on Income
700 - Logging
800 - PART VIII - Non-Resident Taxes
800 - Registered Non-Resident Insurers
801 - Filing of Returns by Registered Non-Resident Insurers
802 - Amounts Taxable
803 - Payment of Tax by Registered Non-Resident Insurers
805 - Other Non-Resident Persons
805.1 - Payee Certificate
806 - International Organizations and Agencies
806.2 - Prescribed Obligation
807 - Identification of Obligations
808 - Allowances in Respect of Investment in Property in Canada
809 - Reduction of Certain Amounts To Be Deducted or Withheld
1000 - PART IX - [Repealed, SOR/2003-5, s. 13]
1000 - PART X - Elections in Respect of Deceased Taxpayers
1000 - Property Dispositions
1000.1 - Realization of Options
1001 - Annual Instalments
1100 - PART XI - Capital Cost Allowances
1100 - DIVISION I - Deductions Allowed
1100A - Exempt Mining Income
1101 - DIVISION II - Separate Classes
1101 - Businesses and Properties
1102 - DIVISION III - Property Rules
1102 - Property not Included
1103 - DIVISION IV - Inclusions In and Transfers Between Classes
1103 - Elections To Include Properties in Class 1
1104 - DIVISION V - Interpretation
1104 - Definitions
1105 - DIVISION VI - Classes Prescribed
1106 - DIVISION VII - Certificates Issued by the Minister of Canadian Heritage
1106 - Interpretation
1107 - DIVISION VIII - Determination of Viscosity and Density
1200 - PART XII - Resource and Processing Allowances
1201 - Earned Depletion Allowances
1203 - Mining Exploration Depletion
1204 - Resource Profits
1205 - Earned Depletion Base
1207 - Frontier Exploration Allowances
1208 - Additional Allowances in Respect of Certain Oil or Gas Wells
1209 - Additional Allowances in Respect of Certain Mines
1210 - Resource Allowance
1211 - Prescribed Amounts
1212 - Supplementary Depletion Allowances
1213 - Prescribed Deductions
1214 - Amalgamations and Windings-Up
1216 - Prescribed Persons
1217 - Prescribed Canadian Exploration Expense
1218 - Prescribed Canadian Development Expense
1219 - Canadian Renewable and Conservation Expense
1300 - PART XIII - Elections in Respect of Taxpayers Ceasing To Be Resident in Canada
1300 - Elections To Defer Capital Gains
1301 - Elections To Defer Payment of Taxes
1302 - Elections To Realize Capital Gains
1400 - PART XIV - Insurance Business Policy Reserves
1400 - DIVISION 1 - Policy Reserves
1400 - Non-Life Insurance Business
1401 - DIVISION 2 - Amounts Determined
1401 - Life Insurance Business
1402 - DIVISION 3 - Special Rules
1402 - Non-Life and Life Insurance Businesses
1404 - DIVISION 4 - Life Insurance Policy Reserves
1408 - DIVISION 5 - Interpretation
1408 - Insurance Businesses
1500 - PART XV - Profit Sharing Plans
1500 - DIVISION I - Employees Profit Sharing Plans
1501 - DIVISION II - Deferred Profit Sharing Plans
1501 - Registration of Plans
1503 - DIVISION III - Elections in Respect of Certain Single Payments
1600 - PART XVI - Prescribed Countries
1700 - PART XVII - Capital Cost Allowances, Farming and Fishing
1700 - Rates
1701 - DIVISION II - Maximum Deductions
1702 - DIVISION III - Property not Included
1703 - DIVISION IV - Interpretation
1703 - Taxation Years for Individuals in Business
1704 - DIVISION V - Application of this Part
1800 - PART XVIII - Inventories
1800 - Manner of Keeping Inventories
1801 - Valuation
1802 - Valuation of Animals
1900 - PART XIX - Investment Income Tax
2000 - PART XX - Political Contributions
2000 - Contents of Receipts
2100 - PART XXI - Elections in Respect of Surpluses
2100 - Reduction of Tax-Paid Undistributed Surplus on Hand or 1971 Capital Surplus on Hand
2101 - Capital Dividends and Life Insurance Capital Dividends Payable by Private Corporations
2102 - Tax on 1971 Undistributed Income on Hand
2104 - Capital Gains Dividends Payable by Mutual Fund Corporations, Investment Corporations and Mortgage Investment Corporations
2105 - Capital Gains Dividends Payable by Non-Resident-Owned Investment Corporations
2106 - Alternative to Additional Tax on Excessive Elections
2107 - Tax-deferred Preferred Series
2200 - PART XXII - Security Interests
2300 - PART XXIII - Principal Residences
2400 - PART XXIV - Insurers
2401 - Designated Insurance Property
2403 - Branch Tax Elections
2410 - Prescribed Amount
2412 - Mean Canadian Investment Fund
2500 - PART XXV - Special T1 Tax Table for Individuals
2600 - PART XXVI - Income Earned in a Province by an Individual
2601 - Residents of Canada
2602 - Non-Residents
2603 - Income from Business
2604 - Bus and Truck Operators
2605 - More than One Business
2606 - Limitations of Business Income
2607 - Dual Residence
2608 - Sift Trusts
2700 - PART XXVII - Group Term Life Insurance Benefits
2700 - Definitions & Interpretation
2701 - Prescribed Benefit
2702 - Term Insurance Benefit
2702 - Amount of Benefit
2703 - Prepaid Insurance Benefit
2704 - Employee-Paid Insurance
2705 - Prescribed Premium and Insurance
2800 - PART XXVIII - Elections in Respect of Accumulating Incomes of Trusts
2900 - PART XXIX - Scientific Research and Experimental Development
2901 - Prescribed Expenditures
2903 - Special-Purpose Buildings
3000 to 3002 - PART XXX - [Repealed, 2013, c. 40, s. 105]
3100 - PART XXXI - Tax Shelter
3200 - PART XXXII - [Repealed, SOR/2011-188, s. 17]
3300 - PART XXXIII - Tax Transfer Payments
3400 - PART XXXIV - International Development Assistance Programs
3500 - PART XXXV - Gifts
3501.1 - Contents of Information Returns
3502 - Employees’ Charity Trusts
3504 - Prescribed Donees
3505 - Conditions
3600 - PART XXXVI - Reserves for Surveys
3700 - PART XXXVII - Registered Charities
3701 - Disbursement Quota
3702 - Determination of Value
3800 - PART XXXVIII - Social Insurance Number Applications
3900 - PART XXXIX - Mining Taxes
4000 - PART XL - Borrowed Money Costs
4001 - Interest on Insurance Policy Loans
4100 - PART XLI - Representation Expenses
4200 - PART XLII - Valuation of Annuities and Other Interests
4300 - PART XLIII - Interest Rates
4301 - Prescribed Rate of Interest
4400 - PART XLIV - Publicly-traded Shares or Securities
4500 - PART XLV - Elections in Respect of Expropriation Assets
4600 - PART XLVI - Investment Tax Credit
4600 - Qualified Property
4601 - Qualified Transportation Equipment
4602 - Certified Property
4603 - Qualified Construction Equipment
4604 - Approved Project Property
4605 - Prescribed Activities
4607 - Prescribed Designated Regions
4608 - Prescribed Expenditure for Qualified Canadian Exploration Expenditure
4609 - Prescribed Offshore Region
4610 - Prescribed Area
4700 - PART XLVII - Election in Respect of Certain Property Owned on December 31, 1971
4800 - PART XLVIII - Status of Corporations and Trusts
4900 - PART XLIX - Registered Plans — Investments
5000 - PART L - [Repealed, 2013, c. 40, s. 109]
5100 - PART LI - Deferred Income Plans, Investments in Small Business
5200 - PART LII - Canadian Manufacturing and Processing Profits
5200 - Basic Formula
5201 - Small Manufacturers’ Rule
5203 - Resource Income
5204 - Partnerships
5300 - PART LIII - Instalment Base
5300 - Individuals
5301 - Corporations Under Part I of the Act
5400 - PART LIV - [Repealed, SOR/2011-188, s. 21]
5500 - PART LV - Prescribed Programs and Benefits
5500 - Canadian Home Insulation Program
5501 - Canada Oil Substitution Program
5502 - Benefits Under Government Assistance Programs
5503 - Stabilization of Farm Income
5600 - PART LVI - Prescribed Distributions
5700 - PART LVII - Medical Expense Tax Credit
5800 - PART LVIII - Retention of Books and Records
5900 - PART LIX - Foreign Affiliates
5900 - Dividends out of Exempt, Taxable and Pre-Acquisition Surplus
5901 - Order of Surplus Distributions
5902 - Election in Respect of Capital Gains
5903 - Deductible Loss
5904 - Participating Percentage
5905 - Special Rules
5906 - Carrying on Business in a Country
6000 - PART LX - Prescribed Activities
6100 - PART LXI - Related Segregated Fund Trusts
6200 - PART LXII - Prescribed Securities, Shares and Debt Obligations
6200 - Prescribed Securities
6201 - Prescribed Shares
6300 - PART LXIII - Child Tax Benefits
6301 - Non-Application of Presumption
6302 - Factors
6400 - PART LXIV - Prescribed Dates
6400 - Child Tax Credits
6401 - Quebec Tax Abatement
6500 - PART LXV - Prescribed Laws
6600 - PART LXVI - Prescribed Order
6700 - PART LXVII - Prescribed Venture Capital Corporations, Labour-sponsored Venture Capital Corporations, Investment Contract Corporations, Qualifying Corporations and Prescribed Stock Savings Plans
6800 - PART LXVIII - Prescribed Plans, Arrangements and Contributions
6804 - Contributions to Foreign Plans
6900 - PART LXIX - Prescribed Offshore Investment Fund Properties
7000 - PART LXX - Accrued Interest on Debt Obligations
7001 - Indexed Debt Obligations
7100 - PART LXXI - Prescribed Federal Crown Corporations
7300 - PART LXXII - [Repealed, SOR/2001-295, s. 5]
7300 - PART LXXIII - Prescribed Amounts and Areas
7400 - PART LXXIV - Prescribed Forest Management Plans for Woodlots
7500 - PART LXXV - [Repealed, 2013, c. 33, s. 36]
7600 - PART LXXVI - Carved-out Property Exclusion
7700 - PART LXXVII - Prescribed Prizes
7800 - PART LXXVIII - Specified Pension Plans
7900 - PART LXXIX - Prescribed Financial Institutions
8000 - PART LXXX - Prescribed Reserve Amount and Recovery Rate
8100 - PART LXXXI - [Repealed, 2013, c. 34, s. 406]
8200 - PART LXXXII - Prescribed Properties and Permanent Establishments
8200 - Prescribed Properties
8201 - Permanent Establishments
8300 - PART LXXXIII - Pension Adjustments, Past Service Pension Adjustments, Pension Adjustment Reversals and Prescribed Amounts
8301 - Pension Adjustments
8301 - Pension Adjustment with Respect to Employer
8302 - Benefit Entitlement
8303 - Past Service Pension Adjustment
8303 - PSPA with Respect to Employer
8304 - Past Service Benefits — Additional Rules
8304 - Replacement of Defined Benefits
8304.1 - Pension Adjustment Reversal
8304.1 - Total Pension Adjustment Reversal
8305 - Association of Benefits with Employers
8306 - Exemption from Certification
8307 - Certification in Respect of Past Service Events
8307 - Application for Certification
8308 - Benefits Provided Before Registration
8308.1 - Foreign Plans
8308.1 - Definition
8308.2 - Prescribed Amount for Member of Foreign Plan
8308.2 - Prescribed Amount
8308.3 - Specified Retirement Arrangements
8308.4 - Government-Sponsored Retirement Arrangements
8308.4 - Definitions
8309 - Prescribed Amount for Lieutenant Governors and Judges
8310 - Minister’s Powers
8311 - Rounding of Amounts
8400 - PART LXXXIV - Retirement and Profit-sharing Plans — Reporting and Provision of Information
8401 - Pension Adjustment
8402.01 - Pension Adjustment Reversal
8402.01 - Deferred Profit Sharing Plan
8403 - Connected Persons
8404 - Reporting to Individuals
8405 - Discontinuance of Business
8406 - Provision of Information
8407 - Qualifying Withdrawals
8408 - Requirement To Provide Minister with Information
8409 - Annual Information Returns
8410 - Actuarial Reports
8500 - PART LXXXV - Registered Pension Plans
8501 - Prescribed Conditions for Registration and Other Conditions Applicable to Registered Pension Plans
8501 - Conditions for Registration
8502 - Conditions Applicable to all Plans
8503 - Defined Benefit Provisions
8503 - Net Contribution Accounts
8504 - Maximum Benefits
8504 - Lifetime Retirement Benefits
8505 - Additional Benefits on Downsizing
8505 - Downsizing Program
8506 - Money Purchase Provisions
8506 - Permissible Benefits
8507 - Periods of Reduced Pay
8507 - Prescribed Compensation
8508 - Salary Deferral Leave Plan
8509 - Transition Rules
8509 - Prescribed Conditions Applicable Before 1992 to Grandfathered Plan
8510 - Multi-employer Plans and Other Special Plans
8510 - Definition of Multi-employer Plan
8511 - Conditions Applicable to Amendments
8512 - Registration and Amendment
8513 - Designated Laws
8514 - Prohibited Investments
8515 - Special Rules for Designated Plans
8515 - Designated Plans
8516 - Eligible Contributions
8516 - Prescribed Contribution
8517 - Transfer — Defined Benefit to Money Purchase
8519 - Association of Benefits with Time Periods
8520 - Minister’s Actions
8600 - PART LXXXVI - Taxable Capital Employed in Canada
8700 - PART LXXXVII - National Arts Service Organizations
8800 - PART LXXXVIII - Disability-related Modifications and Apparatus
8900 - PART LXXXIX - Entities Prescribed with Respect to Certain Rules
8900 - International Organizations
8901.1 - PART LXXXIX.1 - COVID-19 Wage and Rent Subsidies
9000 - PART XC - Financial Institutions — Prescribed Entities and Properties
9000 - Prescribed Person not a Financial Institution
9001 - Prescribed Property not Mark-to-Market Property
9002.1 - Prescribed Payment Card Corporation Share not Mark-to-Market Property
9003 - Significant Interest in a Corporation
9004 - Financing Arrangement not a Specified Debt Obligation
9005 - Prescribed Non-reporting Financial Institution
9006 - Prescribed Excluded Accounts
9100 - PART XCI - Financial Institutions — Income from Specified Debt Obligations
9101 - Prescribed Inclusions and Deductions
9102 - General Accrual Rules
9103 - Accrual Rules — Special Cases and Transition
9104 - Foreign Exchange Adjustment
9200 - PART XCII - Financial Institutions — Disposition of Specified Debt Obligations
9202 - Prescribed Debt Obligations
9203 - Residual Portion of Gain or Loss
9204 - Special Rules for Residual Portion of Gain or Loss
9300 - PART XCIII - Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit
9300 - Accredited Production
9400 - PART XCIV - [Repealed, 2016, c. 7, s. 59]
9500 - PART XCV - Employee Life and Health Trusts
9600 - PART XCVI - School Supplies Tax Credit
SCHEDULE I - Ranges of Remuneration and of Total Remuneration
SCHEDULE II - Capital Cost Allowances
SCHEDULE III - Capital Cost Allowances, Class 13
SCHEDULE IV - Capital Cost Allowances, Class 15
SCHEDULE V - Capital Cost Allowances, Industrial Mineral Mines
SCHEDULE VI - Capital Cost Allowances, Timber Limits and Cutting Rights
SCHEDULE VII
SCHEDULE VIII - - [Repealed, 2018, c. 12, s. 46]
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The Isle of Armor – Pokémon Sword & Shield
June 23, 2020 June 23, 2020 Vancha801Comment(1)
In Pokémon we normally get an improved version or a sequel of a new generation from developer Gamefreak, such as Pokemon Yellow with Red and Blue or Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon with Sun and Moon. This time, however, the Japanese developer opted for a traditional expansion that they release alongside their smaller releases such as Pokémon Mystery Dungeon or the recently announced New Pokemon Snap. The Isle of Armor is the first part to appear and apparently they have been able to further develop the concept of The Wild Area.
In the first of two expansions we travel to an independent island of the Galar region, where we get a view of more exotic landscapes, away from the industrial style that is somewhat like the United Kingdom. Here we will have to explore an island where martial arts dominate society and even discover a new Legendary Pokémon.
The Armor Island story is linked to the trainer’s path in the company of the new Pokémon Kubfu, a small and shy Fighting Type Pokémon, who will get you into the dojo after completing three tests to prove your worth. Your path will continue to conquer one of the two challenge towers on the map. Your choice depends on what you want for Urshifu, the evolved form of Kubfu. After all, you have the choice between the Rough Style and Fluid Style. One style focuses on slow but hard strokes, while the other focuses on speed and slightly lighter strokes.
The story is not overly long. Hopefully, The Crown Tundra, the second expansion, will be a lot longer, as it revolves around the legendary Calyrex and the Forms of Galar, which are revamped forms of the Pokémon Zapdos, Moltress and Articuno. In The Isle of Armor, everything revolves around Kubfu: conquering the chosen tower with five almost simple duels that we only have to beat with Kubfu, the subsequent chosen evolution and achieving the Gigantamax shape of our Urshifu.
We also get a new rival in the expansion with Klara in Pokémon Sword or Avery in Pokémon Shield, specialists in the Poison and Psychic types respectively. Unfortunately, these rivals are anything but memorable. They have been added extra to be part of your story, but no real challenge or interesting character was apparently out of the question when creating these strange looking characters.
In addition, The Isle of Armor contains a number of additional challenges in the form of collectibles. Scattered across the map we find a series of Alola Diglett. In total there are 151 spread over the different areas that make up this island, or rather the archipelago. Finding them all will give you access to the alola form pokémon, which is neat if you haven’t played Sun, Moon or their sequels.
To make the DLC immediately available to everyone, anyone can go to the island from the moment you reach the Wild area in the general game. The levels of the wild pokémon and also the battles are scaled according to the level of the pokémon in your possession. We tested 2 accounts in this way. Our level 80+ pokémon account faced level 60 wild and trainer pokémon. Our level 35 account got mainly pokémon between levels 15 and 25 to fight against. You should not usually expect a really big challenge.
A nice evolution that we already see in this first expansion is that the entire map is now a large Wild Area. No more routes or paths where you cannot move the camera freely. The Isle of Armor region is also larger and much more varied than the fairly simple open world from the regular game. In addition to dense forests, tunnels and plenty of different new ways to meet Pokémon in their wild environment, there are also islands to swim to and just about anything you see.
Surprisingly back, you have the opportunity to let your pokémon follow you. After the third trial, you will be given the option to release a Pokémon from its ball to follow you. It is really nice to see all the different pokémon do their animations while playing. Flying and large Pokémon look really cool as they move across the land. Funnily enough, each Pokémon also maintains its own speed. A slowpoke will therefore crawl very slowly and slightly smaller pokémon will not be able to keep up with you. Fortunately, you don’t lose them if you lose sight of them. One big negative, the Pokémon only follow you in the Isle of Armor and not in the general game.
The arrival of this downloadable content also means that the game will be updated to version 1.2, bringing the game files back more pokémon fans rage about months ago. DLC owners can capture and register a large number of returning Pokémon in their Armor Pokédex. Those who don’t can still get those Pokémon by transferring them through Pokémon Home or exchanging them without any restrictions with those who have the Expansion Pass.
Regarding The Island of Armor, we have also found another set of functionalities and features that have been well received. First of all, the addition of the Max soup will help us get Gigantamax Shapes from Pokémon. It is enough to find the necessary ingredients and cook this dish so that Snorlax, Toxtricity, Corviknight or any other dish that has Dinamax can unlock that special shape, allowing certain creatures with good statistics to return to our team to get all their potential. utilize. Includes the new shapes for the latest evolutions of Venusaur or Blastoise.
In addition to new customization items, both in the form of costumes and hairstyles, new items are coming up. This is all thanks to a new device called Cram-o-matic, which allows you to recycle up to four items and create a totally new item. The Master Dojo is also the most important building on the island. A Builder is present to take care of some essentials, such as using the rotomi for Poké jobs. The Master dojo also works as a Pokémon center.
Of course, as in any Pokémon adventure, the endgame is especially important. Of course the DLC offers the possibility to further complete our Pokédex if we do not want to transfer old Pokémon via Pokémon Home. In addition, the Master Dojo remains open to host the Tight Test, a competition as a variant of the Battle Tower in which we can select a team of three Pokémon of the same type (equivalent to level 50) to conquer five consecutive battles. During these battles, you only get twice the ability to heal your team. The addition of new and challenging combat styles is appreciated for the gamers among us who have spent many months at the maximum level with their entire team and were still looking for a challenge against the AI.
Despite the fact that this first DLC pack did not last very long, we were still pleased with the improvements Gamefreak has made in The Wild Area and we are now looking forward to what we can expect in The Crown Tundra. The story of Kubfu and the Pokémon itself, like the DLC, were small but nice. Is The Isle of Armor € 30 Euro alone? Certainly not, but Gamefreak certainly seems to put all their resources into it to make the most of it.
Gamefreak has managed to further perfect The Wild Area and added an interesting and fun little story along the way. It is a step in the right direction to make this expansion truly worth the money!
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A Chart of ye WEST-INDIES or the Islands of AMERICA in the NORTH SEA &c. Being ye Present Seat of War by Herman Moll Geographer
Chart of ye WEST-INDIES or the Islands of AMERICA in the NORTH SEA &c. Being ye Present Seat of War by Herman Moll Geographer
Herman Moll
A chart of the West Indies by Moll with an inset of La Vera Cruz. A Chart of ye West-Indies or the Islands of America in the North Sea &c. Being ye Present Seat of War Very uncommon map covering the present-day southern United States, Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America with an inset of Vera Cruz. The map displays fascinating notations concerning the movements of Spain's wealthy galleons - "The Gallions & Flota usually joining at the Havana, ye whole Armada sails forth for Spain through this Gulf." This route took them into British waters off the coast of Carolina. Directions of trade winds, two compass roses, and rhumb lines make this a very attractive map. This is the later edition that was issued to show the theater for the War of Jenkins's Ear. Relations deteriorated between Spain and England over logging issues in Honduras and the perception by the English that the Spanish were restricting their access to the slave trade in the West Indies. This friction was aggravated by a continuing dispute over the border between Spanish Florida and Georgia. Prime Minister Walpole declared war on Spain in October, 1739. Two compass roses are shown to aid marine navigation for the major ports in the area. Freehand hatching is done for what is assumed to be deeper water, stipling for shoals, crosses for hazards, and arrows show the direction of the trade winds in the area. Vessel tracks of common fleet movements and relevant descriptions are spread throughout the map. A figure/ground contrast is created via hatching on the inside of the coastline. The inset shows a highly generalized view of La Vera Cruz and its harbour.
The scale and coordinates were calculated from the scale bar and graticule. The scale bar is in English Leagues, and London is used for the prime meridian.
T. Cox
1 plan ; 28 x 34 cm ; 1 inset 6 x 3 cm
New Spain
La Vera Cruz
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Unstated; likely Mercator
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London Magazine
v.9, Apr 1740, opposite pg. 147
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Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century
by University of Alaska Fairbanks
UAF researcher Vladimir Romanovsky poses near Fairbanks, Alaska in a place where permafrost has thawed, causing a surface disruption. Credit: University of Alaska Fairbanks
Seventy percent of the current infrastructure in the Arctic has a high potential to be affected by thawing permafrost in the next 30 years. Even meeting the climate change targets of the Paris Agreement will not substantially reduce those projected impacts, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.
"Much more needs to be done to prepare Alaska and Alaskans for the adverse consequences of coming changes in permafrost and climate," said Vladimir Romanovsky, a scientist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute who has been monitoring permafrost across Alaska for 25 years.
Permafrost is ground that is frozen year-round for a minimum of two years. When it thaws, it can change from solid earth into mud. In many cases, the ground will slump, leading to destructive failure in any structures erected there.
"These observations have led me to believe that the global warming is not a 'fake' but the reality," Romanovsky said. "And here, in Alaska, we are dealing already and will be dealing even more in the near future with this reality."
Romanovsky is one of the study's authors, along with researchers from Finland, Norway, Russia and Michigan. The research is the first to explicitly show the amount of fundamental infrastructure across the Northern Hemisphere that is at risk of structural failure from permafrost thaw caused by climate change.
The paper reports that by 2050, about three-quarters of the population now living on permafrost, about 3.6 million people, will be affected by damage to infrastructure from permafrost thaw. In Alaska, about 340 miles of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline traverses ground where near-surface permafrost may thaw by 2050.
"The results show that most fundamental Arctic infrastructure will be at risk, even if the Paris Agreement target is achieved," the authors write. However, after 2050, attaining the Paris Agreement goals would make a clear difference in potential damage to infrastructure.
The authors looked at measurements of ground temperature, annual thaw depth and other data to make their projections. They note that because of the uncertainties, the amount of infrastructure at risk from permafrost thaw is probably not much smaller than their estimate, but could be substantially larger.
Damage to industrial facilities such as pipelines could lead to major ecosystem disruption if it results in spills. Energy supplies, national security and general economic activity could be adversely affected as well, the authors write. The Yamal-Nenets region in northwestern Siberia is the source of more than one-third of the European Union's pipeline imports of natural gas, for example.
Many parts of the Arctic's infrastructure have relatively short lifespans. Planners and engineers need to know in detail where permafrost is most likely to thaw as they plan for replacements, upgrades and maintenance. This study mapped such areas at a resolution of 0.6 miles, allowing them to target mitigation where it is most needed.
Record levels of mercury released by thawing permafrost in Canadian Arctic
More information: Jan Hjort et al, Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century, Nature Communications (2018). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07557-4
Journal information: Nature Communications
Provided by University of Alaska Fairbanks
Citation: Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century (2018, December 11) retrieved 19 January 2021 from https://phys.org/news/2018-12-degrading-permafrost-arctic-infrastructure-mid-century.html
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Pincode of Singavaram, Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh is 508206
Name Singavaram B.O
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Head Office Suryapet H.O
Sub Office Kodad S.O
Location Huzurnagar Taluk of Nalgonda District
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Department Info Suryapet Division Hyderabad Region Andhra Pradesh Circle
Address Singavaram, Andhra Pradesh 508206, India
Indian Postal Code System Consists of Six digits. The first to digits represent the state, the second two digits represent the district and the Third two digits represents the Post Office.In this case the first two digits 50 represents the state Andhra Pradesh, the second two digits 82 represent the district Nalgonda, and finally 06 represents the Post Office Singavaram B.O. Thus the Zip Code of Singavaram B.O, Nalgonda, andhra pradesh is 508206
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Nalgonda MP N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has been appointed a member of the Congress’ committee to plan the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the liber
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PJ Simas Music | Playground
Tune into music and videos by PJ Simas, a self-produced hip hop artist out of San Diego, CA
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I am lucky to be with the most amazing girl. She has been through a lot. We’ve been through a lot (10 years, off and on, and counting). I wrote a song about her, but honestly every song I write is influenced by her in some way… She showed me A Drop in The Ocean years ago and I made Ocean Drop because of that. She has quirks and is tough to figure out and is gorgeous and she’s fun and depressed and she’s insecure and she’s incredibly strong and resilient and she’s an insanely good mother and wife and she is way too unselfish and on and on and on. Her name is Gabrielle (if you didn’t already know).
We met when we were both 17 years old when she moved to Sacramento and attended my high school for both of our senior years only. Her grandmother was sick and she and her mom moved up from LA to be closer. I first saw Gabrielle in September ’07 crossing campus with her head in a book as she walked because she was too shy to look up. I thought she was maybe a freshmen at first because she was pretty small and I had never seen her before. Eventually I found out who she was and my friends showed me her myspace and she became known as the model girl from LA – I had to meet her.
Eventually one of my bold friends walked up to her and said she should meet us all and I remember introducing myself and noticing she was wearing a gold cross necklace and I asked if she went to church and she said that she did in LA. Later I invited her to my church and asked her for her number (in person, not via myspace) and we went that Sunday and had Chipotle after. And so our relationship began…
Gabrielle came from a home without a father – but not like he just wasn’t there very much because her parents split or she only saw him occasionally, literally he didn’t claim that she was his daughter and she never saw him. I came to know her background – from a tough home situation where her mom struggled with addiction and finances and she moved like every year and changed schools like every grade. I came to understand over the years that she didn’t have true guidance or meaningful love and sincere reassurance as a kid/teen. She had older siblings and the rough, ruthless world around her acting as her compass. The 2000s didn’t help, right, with the social media explosion and general progression of girls looking and acting a certain way that was no bueno (and is still getting worse).
By the time I was 18 and especially when I went off to college, I wasn’t making good decisions by any means and although I was a determined and exceptional student, I was totally all about partying and girls.
Story to be continued…
That sweater was really soft and cozy. Where did that go?! I want to be wearing that sweater right now.
Copyright PJ Simas Music 2021
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Home » Thailand placed on flood alert for next two days
Thailand placed on flood alert for next two days
by Dave D June 17, 2020
Bangkok and 70 other provinces have been placed on flood alert for today and the next one (June 16 and 17) after forecasts of heavy rain.
The southwest monsoon together with low pressure over Laos and upper Vietnam had whipped up thunderstorm conditions, explained Monton Sudprasert, director general of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.
The following provinces are covered by the flood warning:
North: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Nan, Lamphun, Lampang, Uttaradit, Sukhothai, Tak, Kamphaeng Phet, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Phetchabun, Nakhon Sawan, and Uthai Thani.
Northeast: Loei, Nong Khai, Nong Bua Lamphu, Udon Thani, Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom,
Chaiyaphum, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham, Kalasin, Roi Et, Yasothon, Amnat Charoen, Mukdahan, Nakhon Ratchasima, Buri Ram, Surin, Sisaket and Ubon Ratchathani.
Central and East: Chainat, Angthong, Singburi, Lopburi, Saraburi, Kanchanaburi, Suphanburi, Ratchaburi, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Samut Prakan, Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri, Sa Kaeo, Chachoengsao, Chonburi, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat.
South: Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang, Satun, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Songkhla.
Monton said his staff have been ordered to their stations to monitor the weather and water levels around the clock.
Emergency response teams (ERT) plus their vehicles and machines have been prepared to tackle problems as they arise in the provinces under threat
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Intel releases SSD Toolbox and TRIM-enabled firmware for X25-M G2
Posted by Allyn Malventano | Oct 26, 2009 | Storage | 0
Source: Intel Press Room
Back when the original Intel X25-M SSD came out, Intel hinted at the future release of software that would let you monitor your SSD under Windows. It took them a while, but they have now released such a tool. The press release is below, and my evaluation of the new firmware and the SSD Toolbox software can be found here, in the Storage section.
Intel® Solid-State Drive Toolbox with Intel® SSD Optimizer
Enables Users to Maximize SSD Performance over Time
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2009 – On the heels of the Microsoft* Windows* 7 introduction, Intel Corporation today announced the availability of the Intel® Solid-State Drive (SSD) Toolbox, with Intel® SSD Optimizer and firmware update, for its 34nm Intel® X25-M Mainstream SATA SSDs. The latest tools are designed to help better manage and retain the out-of-box performance of Intel SSDs.
An SSD is built to replace a traditional hard disk drive (HDD) with added performance, lower power consumption and higher reliability. The Intel SSD Toolbox allows users to more effectively monitor and manage the SSD’s health. The firmware upgrade and Intel SSD Optimizer use the Windows* 7 ATA Data Set Management Command (known as Trim) to help keep the Intel SSD running at continued high performance. In addition, the SSD Toolbox and Optimizer also allow the respective enhancements to work with Windows* XP and Vista* operating systems.
“Fast and reliable access to data is critical for our SSD users,” said Pete Hazen, director of marketing, Intel NAND Solutions Group. “The latest firmware and toolbox upgrade for Intel 34nm SSD users provide a host of new management, information and diagnostic tools to help SSDs retain out-of-box performance. We are encouraging our 34nm customers to download the new firmware update today. Not only will Windows 7 users receive the performance enhancements of the Trim command, but so will our Windows XP and Vista users.”
For 34nm X25-M 160GB owners, the firmware update also offers a performance boost to sequential write speeds by delivering up to 100MB per second, a 40 percent performance improvement over the existing firmware version.
The Trim attribute of the ATA Data Set Management Command, often referred to as Trim, synchs the operating system’s view of deleted files with those that are deleted, but not erased on the drive. Trim tells the SSD which data blocks are no longer in use. This helps stabilize the performance and health of the SSD over time.
The Intel SSD Toolbox provides SSD management tools and information about the drive, including comparing Self-Monitoring and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) drive attributes to manufacturer threshold. It provides basic and full diagnostics, along with recommended actions. The Toolbox also features an easy-to-use graphical user interface that will allow end users to schedule and run the Trim command independent of the operating system. The company recommends users install the firmware update and toolbox, and run the Trim function daily to ensure best performance. The firmware upgrade can be found at www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware and the Intel SSD Toolbox and Optimizer at www.intel.com/go/ssdtoolbox.
Intel’s award-winning X25-M SSD began shipping on 34nm in July. The multi-level cell (MLC) Intel® X25-M Mainstream SATA SSD is aimed at laptop and desktop PCs, and available in 80 Gigabyte (GB) and 160GB versions. SSDs are data storage devices found inside computers. Because SSDs have no moving parts they offer faster performance and greater energy efficiency and durability than traditional HDDs. A draw for gamers, media creators and technology enthusiasts, SSDs have also played a key role in the emergence of ultra-thin and light notebook PCs that are becoming increasingly popular due to their design, size and longer battery life. For more information on Intel SSDs visit www.intel.com/go/ssd.
Intel [NASDAQ: INTC], the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom and blogs.intel.com.
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'I'm Just Not a Fan': Swimmer Lilly King Delivers Finger-Wag Diss to Russian Athlete Accused of Doping
"People probably think I am serving it up a little bit but that is just how I am," King said in an interview
By Rose Minutaglio
Updated August 08, 2016 11:25 AM
Credit: Al Bello/Getty
Dikembe Mutombo would be proud.
Following Sunday’s 100-meter breaststroke semifinals, U.S. swimmer Lilly King gave a seriously sassy finger wave to Russian competitor Yulia Efimova – who failed a doping test earlier this year – after Efimova came in with a time of 1:05.72.
The act was in response to Efimova’s post-race No. 1 finger possibly referencing the very move King had performed earlier that day. (The two swam in separate semifinal heats and both nabbed the top spot in their respective races.)
“Basically, what happened this morning was that I finished and then I waved my finger a little bit, because that’s kind of how I am. Then tonight just now Yulia got done with her swim and I am watching in the ready room – and there she is there shaking her finger. So then I got done and I beat her time so I waved my finger again. People probably think I am serving it up a little bit but that is just how I am,” King said in a post-race interview with USA Today.
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The 19-year-old King swam 1:05.70 – the top seed position for the semifinals.
“That’s just my personality. I’m not this sweet little girl, that’s not who I am,” King said of the now-viral finger wag. “If I do need to stir it up to put a little fire under my butt or anybody else then that’s what I’m going to do.”
“You’re shaking your finger number one and you’ve been caught for drug-cheating. I’m just not a fan,” King told NBC.
Efimova, who was booed by the crowd, served a 16-month suspension ending in February 2015 for allegedly doping. Earlier this year she failed a meldonium test that was later overturned.
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“I am a little bit [unhappy]. It always increases the comp and the pressure and I’m always up for the challenge. [The booing] is unfortunate, but that was her decision and that’s what’s going to happen,” said King after Efimova’s race.
King and Efimova will compete against each other in Monday night’s much-anticipated 100-meter breaststroke final.
To learn more about all Olympic hopefuls, visit teamusa.org. The Rio Olympics are currently airing on NBC.
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Category: Pantry Pests
Size Length: 2"
DIVERSITY 100s
Mealworms are the larva form of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a species of darkling beetle. Like all holometabolic insects, they go through four life-stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Larvae typically measure about 2.5 cm or more, whereas adults are generally between 1.25 and 1.8 cm in length.
Mealworms are typically used as a food source for reptile and avian pets. They are also provided to wild birds in bird feeders, particularly during the nesting season when birds are raising their young and appreciate a ready food supply. Mealworms are high in protein, which makes them especially useful as a food source. They are also commonly used for fishing bait.
They can be purchased at most pet stores and bait shops. They are also available via mail order and via internet suppliers (by the thousand). Mealworms are typically sold in a container with bran or oatmeal for food.
When rearing mealworms, commercial growers incorporate a juvenile hormone into the feeding process to keep the mealworm in the larval stage and achieve an abnormal length of 2 cm or greater.
Mealworm beetles (darkling beetles) are prolific breeders. Mating is a three step process: 1) The male gives chase until the female relents. 2) The male then mounts the female and curls his genitals (aedeagus) underneath himself and inserts it into her genital tract. 3) The male then injects a packet of semen into the female. Dependent on incubation temperature, just days after mating the female will burrow into soft ground and lays about 500 eggs.
After 1 week the eggs hatch and larvae emerge (mealworms).
Larve Stage
During the larva stage, mealworms will undergo repeated molting between bouts of eating various vegetation or dead insects. This takes place 10–14 times (instars) as it gets too big for its current exoskeleton. During its last molt, it loses its carapace before curling into its pupal form.
Pupa Stage
The mealworm remains in its pupal stage from 3 days to around 30 days (dependent on incubation temperature and overwintering). The pupa starts off a creamy white color and changes slowly to brown during its pupation stage.
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Petafloptimism
A matter of matter battles
About Petafloptimism
The positive energy of counterfactuals: a rejected essay for Howies
I was asked to write something for Howies‘ Autumn catalogue on the theme of “Positive Energy”.
I was in a particularly punchy mood as I wrote I think, and the backdrop of a summer thunderstorm tipped me in a direction that… Well, let’s just say I wasn’t exactly surprised when it wasn’t printed – it’s not quite ‘on-brand” for them – but it’ll fit in just fine round here. So – remembering that although I’ve added some links, it’s written for print, not the web – here’s what I turned in:
Positive Energy / for Howies / Matt Jones / 871 words. 7.7.09
As I write this there’s a thunderstorm over my head.
It’s a cracking one too, literally. The thunderclaps are ear-splitting and it’s blowing the rubbish around on the dilapidated flat roof our studio windows over look.
The energy released by an average thunderstorm, according to wikipedia amounts to about the equivalent of a 20-kiloton nuclear warhead going off. A large, severe thunderstorm might be 10 to 100 times more energetic.
In a digital window in front of me, I’m reading the twitter posts of a friend (Gavin Starks, @agentgav, founder of carbon calculator http://www.amee.cc) who’s attending the “World Forum on Enterprise and the Environment” with luminaries such as Lord Brown, former head of BP, Sir David King, the government’s former chief scientist and Mr Inconvenient Truth himself, former vice-president Al Gore. It’s an impressive line-up to be sure. But some of the most impressive things he’s recounting are coming from a delegation from China.
For instance, this from Dr Christine Loh (1), of Civic Exchange, China: “China believe they’ve cracked thin-film solar for domestic use” To explain it very simplistically: thin-film solar technology brings the price of renewable energy of the sun into the same ball-park as non-renewable sources such as oil and coal. That China, the factory of the world, is going to start cranking this stuff out could be game-changing, and biosphere-saving.
That China could become the world’s number one economic superpower has been received wisdom for a while now. What’s new is the suspicion they might be able to turn around their rapid ascent to claiming the top polluter crown from the USA. In fact, they might take the lead in clean, green technology from the West.
Gavin also reported this factoid from Al Gore: “China now plants twice the number of trees than the rest of the world put together. Every citizen must plant three”
Not should, not encouraged – MUST. And of course that’s part of the inconvenient truth about China – that their political system and attitudes to individual freedom are very different to those we hold dear in ‘The West’.
But – what if that’s what it takes to survive?
Al Gore again: “We must connect the soil to the energy to the built environment, to our population and to our politics”. We’re in a highly individualistic democratic society. Do we have something positive and captivating enough as a vision to get us there?
We’ve done it before. Over the last month I’ve been watching the commemorative programmes on the telly marking the 40th anniversary of the manned landings on the moon. Not only were they the product of the NASA Apollo space programme – more broadly speaking, they were the product of an ideological battle between the USA and USSR in the cold war.
And it got me thinking strange thoughts: would it have been better for the long term future if McCain and Palin had got in? If America were seized by a new ideological battle – frustrated and bruised from a prolonged, controversial war on an abstract noun, nationalist fervour was directed into a technological crusade to make sure China doesn’t reign supreme in green.
Instead of a space race, an earth race…
Technology isn’t the answer to everything – but hair-shirt green thinking isn’t either. Back-to-the-land doesn’t scale when there’s going to be 10 billion of us on it, and that’s even without the now-almost-inevitable changes in the climate. It’s certainly not the route China’s going to take.
Now, wondering whether GM food or nuclear power might have to gain widespread acceptance, or whether freedom is compatible with survival, or that Obama’s not going to push the US and the West far enough away from legacy thinking is pretty challenging to my personal politics. But, thinking through these kind of ‘counter-factual’ scenarios can throw up interesting possibilities. When we’re ready to think about throwing away the things that we hold most precious, we can see new ways to hold on to them.
Another friend, Sascha Pohflepp, just graduated from the Royal College of Art with a fascinating project illustrating a counter-factual history where Jimmy Carter won against Ronald Reagan, and gave us a 1980s where the arms race was transmuted into an energy race; where a fictional government agency – “The Golden Institute” (2), turns Nevada into a weather lab and Vegas into an array of gaudy lightning catchers that supply the USA with power; where the kiloton energies of thunderstorms are engineered with silver-iodide balloons, and giant gyroscopes near the North Pole harness the world’s rotation to keep the lights on in the West, while slowing down the Earth just enough to make the days longer in the USA than Russia…
Fantastic, crazy, impossible stuff – imagined with the scale and scope and audacity and sacrifice and ruthlessness that got us to the moon. That showed us the Earth. That might keep us here.
That China might be ready for.
Where’s our vision of a bright green future?
There’s the thunder again.
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Loh
(2) http://www.pohflepp.com/?q=goldeninstitute
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That’s great. Thnak you for putting it up here. Maybe howies need to do a bigger catalogue.
I meant to say ‘Thkan you’
charlie gower says:
The China approach is all well and good if it’s real. I remember when they banned plastic bags overnight but that didn’t stop me getting plenty of them when I was there earlier in the year. What China says and does do seem to be quite detached. Head from Hong Kong to Guangzhou and the industrial destruction is quite terrifying.
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We are about to embark on another lunar cycle with the new moon in Gemini. And this one is going to challenge us to the core for the next 28 or so days. Whatever illusions and pie-in-the-sky ideals you have regarding love, relationships, career, and projects... throw those out the window and seek the truth within. Because those illusions are going to be challenged and challenged hard. But there are some hidden rewards in here as well, and those balance out the crossroads.
* Note: I do tend to use "New Moon" to refer to both Sun and Moon conjunct in the chart. So don't think I'm ignoring the sun, it's just how I term this in New Moon articles.
The New Moon itself conjuncts Venus, and conjuncts relatively tightly at about a half degree orb when the exact new moon takes effect. Sun and moon both conjunct Venus aren't too bad, though the Venus is combust (within 8 degrees of the Sun, but not within 0 ° 17' where it would be Cazimi), so Venus is slightly weakened in truth. So themes of romance, love, relationships, and to an extent jobs and service to others will be emphasized, as well as how we feel about all of this.. One may not think of Venus as related to jobs, one would normally think of Jupiter (money, expansion), and that's fine. But... in this case I think it's safe to say that it does factor due to the greater picture...
The greater picture is that New Moon/Venus in Gemini are in a Grand Cross with Jupiter in Virgo, Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius, and Neptune in Pisces. And another part of that greater picture is the Grand Trine Kite between Jupiter/North Node in Virgo, Mercury in Taurus, and Pluto retrograde in Capricorn, with Neptune in Pisces pulling the bowstring aiming at Jupiter. So really, the star of the play is going to be Jupiter and North Node, with New Moon/Venus sharing top billing. We're going to have to break this down, as there is a lot going on with this lunar cycle!
We already covered Venus and Sun/Moon conjunct. The opposition to Saturn retrograde in Jupiter's ruled sign isn't an easy place for Saturn to be, more so when it's retrograde, and it's spotlighted this cycle. We're looking inwards, asking "is this what we really want?" We're also looking over our failings, seeing where our discipline has failed us. (Mars retrograde going back through one of its ruled signs, Scorpio, will further hammer this point home). This isn't easy for us to deal with. But it's something we really need to look at.
We also have Saturn retrograde square Neptune, and this is a brutal, brutal aspect. One of the more difficult ones, as we have Neptune in Pisces, feeling all airy and dreamy (despite being a water sign, I know...), and we're at a point where we see where we want to go, and all these dreams we want to build. Saturn squaring this is showing we're at a time of some serious (if not severe) wake-up calls... and retrograde Saturn is having us look inwards, saying "Hey, silly! This isn't realistic!". We've got a point in our lives here where we are examining our dreams, and seeing just how realistic our dreams and goals really are. Those of us who are a bit more grounded (and I don't profess to be this right now, to be brutally honest), well, ok they'll be more alright. More headaches than normal, but nothing they can't handle. Us folk who are not so grounded and on stable footing at the moment, well, we've got our trial by fire. The New Moon and Venus together squaring Neptune in the other direction further amplifies this, as we're getting frustrated and disappointed in that some of our ambitions and dreams are not working out, and beating ourselves up over it. Even if we don't admit it to anyone else. We are our harshest critics, after all.
And speaking of dealing with where we want to be, let's get to Jupiter's role in this... Saturn retrograde square Jupiter is a bit of a downer on us building things at the moment. We have some self-doubt or some realistic realization of how optimism doesn't always pan out. (Neither does pessimism, otherwise we'd never get anywhere!) Jupiter wants to go go go, and applying towards the North Node, it seems like we feel we're destined to gain somehow, win it all. But Saturn, again, retrograde and squaring all this, it's telling us to slow down and making us wait when some of us just can't afford to wait. Jupiter opposite Neptune is also a bit of a monkey wrench right now as we're starting to see some cracks in the facade, and while we want to keep going, we're probably distracted right now and not focusing entirely on the goal of getting where we want to get to. Something's holding us back, and given that Neptune is five degrees or so from the South Node (where we tend to withdraw to and feel comfortable), we're probably indulging, ever so slightly, in some forms of escape. With Jupiter square New Moon/Venus, we're feeling a bit off-kilter and probably not being as effective in pursuing our goals, getting that job, winning that man or woman's heart.
In general, we're wanting to go one direction while we're being pulled in another. Well, that's a Grand Cross for you! Pulled in four different directions. NOW... Let's get to the Grand Trine.
Jupiter trine Pluto retrograde is something we've been experiencing for the last few weeks now pretty strongly, and Pluto is going to be going backwards for some time yet. Pluto retrograde is where we look at what we're doing to ourselves, what do we not need and what do we need to discard to get to where we want to go. Quite simply, with Jupiter trine this, we're seeing where we're sabotaging ourselves, and what we need to do to get on that path to get us to a better place.
Mercury trine Jupiter isn't bad either, as this should help us along in some communications. We'll likely have some breakthroughs in communications, in document-signing, probably some easing of travel, though we can expect some mayhem with the Grand Cross going. Should probably also note the Mercury wide opposite Mars retrograde, where we're probably a bit frustrated with some of the other delays. We'll have to look out for some aggressive drivers, and we need to take a step back and not get too worked up over delays, especially those of our own making. And try not to get too mad at ourselves. But I repeat myself.
And we already know Jupiter opposite Neptune, which is pulling the bowstring towards Jupiter. Neptune is also in a wide sextile to Pluto retrograde at the moment, so if we can, we should use some of our intuition to figure out what's sabotaging ourselves.
It occurred to me that three of the most "malefic" planets are all retrograde right now... So right now, and for the majority of this lunar cycle, we're going to still be doing some soul-searching and self-reflection and seeing what just hasn't worked in general, and we'll need to figure out where to go from there. I didn't even think about that before, but this is actually a rather unique opportunity for us as the human race. Not that that which needs discarded isn't going to fight back and fight to maintain its hold on us.
Let's go deeper into this cycle...
99942 Apophis conjunct Vesta shows we're at a point where we're seeing what's sacred to us, what we most value, and in some cases, this is where we must destroy that which no longer serves us. Sometimes beliefs are challenged, and this is going to be one of those times I think. As this conjunction does not directly aspect a planet, this may be a more minor influence. But those seeds of wondering are going to be there.
Pholus retrograde opposite 3811 Karma is at a point where we're probably thinking "what did we do to deserve this?" A little self-reflection is further exemplified, and some of us may actually step up some good deeds, even without thinking. Or maybe the chickens come home to roost. Pholus is sitting on Galactic Center, so a sense of divine what-goes-around-comes-around may be coming about in this cycle.
4386 Lust sextile New Moon/Venus could make a few things hot and heavy, and it is close to Summer (in the Northern Hemisphere anyways), so expect a few fireworks to go off. The Grand Cross with the New Moon will of course temper this.
37117 Narcissus sextile 875 Nymphe also offers some opportunities for some romps in the hay, but be careful you're choosing a partner who actually cares about you and aren't just using you for your own ends. Solid advice at any point, but I sense there's going to be some disappointments over this next month. 149 Medusa conjunct 433 Eros, 16089 Lamb, and 7066 Nessus further adds influence to this, and both Medusa and Eros make a wide (for asteroids) opposition to 1930 Lucifer and 8690 Swindle (Lamb and Nessus are a little wide for the opposition by themselves), so be careful that you are not betrayed where a woman (or woman-minded) other is concerned. Likely there will be an acting of pride involved, maybe from a previous hurt? Or people getting taken in over a sob-story, so do keep your wits about you. With Nessus station retrograde, any self-serving betrayals will come back to bite the offender, just don't let yourself be the sacrificial lamb in any such encounters.
Juno conjunct Black Moon Lilith can add a bit of spice to romantic relationships, sexual unions, friends with benefits, etc. Be alert that this also sextiles Lucifer/Swindle, so a little bit of ulterior motive is likely this cycle. (When isn't it?)... there is a possiblity that it will be somewhat muted though, given the sextile.
This next one might be somewhat political on all sides, as I'm not singling out a single party: 564 Dudu conjunct 26955 Lie, wide orb (2 degrees), both straddling fixed star Algol. Expect the bullshit to fly and fly far and fast. Appropriate as US Presidential Primary season is winding down in the U.S. here. With both sextile Chiron, maybe more people will have their bullshit detectors calibrated a little better, and of course recognize the lies and deal accordingly. We do also have 2601 Bologna retrograde sextile Lucifer/Swindle (which puts it with Juno/Black Moon Lilith, arguably, at wide orb), so hopefully a lot of lies are discovered before they do get really damaging.
4179 Toutatis conjunct 6583 Destinn... hmm... I'm going to interpret this as us needing to be on the lookout for fated events, as we have seen with Muhammed Ali passing away last night. I need to do a little more study on Toutatis. That was an asteroid mentioned as being one that could potentially hit Earth in the future if I'm not mistaken, so it's definitely one to keep track of.
157 Dejanira square 1388 Aphrodite is something we need to watch out for as well in our relationships. Given the involvement of Narcissus, Swindle, Lucifer, and Medusa mentioned above, definitely keep your wits up. Falling for the wrong one is looking a little more likely, and now that I think of events such as the Primaries... I wouldn't be surprised if we see developments in the Bill Cosby case or ex-Subway Jared's adventures in prison during this month. Sex scandals... watch for those. Don't get caught in one yourself.
And I think this bears repeating: Nessus is station retrograde, and Nessus represents abuse, obsession, disregarding others for one's own gain. Nessus was a bit of a bastard in mythology as well (and I think I need to do an article on Nessus and Dejanira now). I think we're going to see a period where people's skeletons come pouring out of their closets. Again, just in time for an election year, and the conventions as well. This should be fun. We're either going to see more revelations of the Donald, or Hillary's email woes are going to bite her in the ass. My bet? Both.
This is where I'm going to stop. I'm sure I may have missed some aspects. But this is a lot of information to chew on. Again, set your intentions for this New Moon period well, and ultimately things will be alright for a lot of us. Even if it doesn't seem like it right now. Trust me, I've got my Dark Night of the Soul going on a bit too. But dark nights are the best nights for seeing brilliant lights.
Mercury Opposite Mars
Moon Opposite Saturn
Moon Conjunct Venus
Venus Opposite Saturn
Jupiter Square Saturn
7066 Nessus
149 Medusa
99942 Apophis
Sun Square Neptune
Sun Opposite Saturn
Venus Square Neptune
Asteroid Astrology
433 Eros
Moon Square Neptune
Moon Square Jupiter
37117 Narcissus
Sun Square Jupiter
Jupiter Opposite Neptune
Saturn Square Neptune
Venus Square Jupiter
157 Dejanira
Sun Conjunct Venus
Juno Conjunct Black Moon Lilith
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Hawaii - July 18
Pictures from the big island: Kilauea Iki Hike, Rainbow Falls and drive north, Akaka Falls, and a hike to Umauma Falls. Be sure to read all about the trip in our Hawaii travel journal.
Moss on side of path heading into Kilauea Iki (Jul 18, 2001, 06:26am)
Kahili Ginger (Jul 18, 2001, 06:34am)
View of Kilauea Iki in early morning (Jul 18, 2001, 06:35am)
Entering Kilauea Iki from rain forest (Jul 18, 2001, 06:39am)
Panorama of Kilauea Iki in early morning from east end (Jul 18, 2001, 06:41am)
Morning dew on Lehua Blossom of Ohia tree (Jul 18, 2001, 06:43am)
Closeup of surface of Kilauea Iki showing cracked lava floor (Jul 18, 2001, 06:46am)
Life begins to return to Kilauea Iki crater (Jul 18, 2001, 06:48am)
Steam rising from vents in Kilauea Iki crater (Jul 18, 2001, 07:00am)
Daphne follows the Kilauea Iki Trail (Jul 18, 2001, 07:04am)
Steam circulates around lava structures in Kilauea Iki creater (Jul 18, 2001, 07:05am)
Looking east along the Kilauea Iki Trail (Jul 18, 2001, 07:06am)
More broken lava in Kilauea Iki crater (Jul 18, 2001, 07:06am)
Steam rising along Kilauea Iki Trail (Jul 18, 2001, 07:07am)
Daphne on the Kilauea Iki Trail (Jul 18, 2001, 07:10am)
West side of Kilauea Iki crater is rougher (Jul 18, 2001, 07:14am)
More life returing to Kilauea Iki (Jul 18, 2001, 07:23am)
Looking west at crater from Kilauea Iki Trail (Jul 18, 2001, 07:29am)
Kilauea Iki rim trail through rain forest (Jul 18, 2001, 07:38am)
Kilauea Iki rim trail (Jul 18, 2001, 07:42am)
Wild chicken seen on Kilauea Iki rim trail (Jul 18, 2001, 07:47am)
Looking across Kilauea Iki to south rim (Jul 18, 2001, 07:49am)
View of Kilauea Caldera from rim of Kilauea Iki crater (Jul 18, 2001, 07:49am)
Looking down into Kilauea Iki crater (Jul 18, 2001, 07:54am)
View of east end of Kilauea Iki Trail from above (Jul 18, 2001, 07:58am)
View of south rim of Kilauea Iki crater (Jul 18, 2001, 08:04am)
Morning rainbow in Kilauea Caldera seen from Volcano House (Jul 18, 2001, 09:05am)
Rainbow Falls outside of Hilo (Jul 18, 2001, 12:05pm)
Closeup of Rainbow Falls (Jul 18, 2001, 12:07pm)
Smaller waterfalls near Rainbow Falls (Jul 18, 2001, 12:09pm)
Looking back on observation area from top of Rainbow Falls (Jul 18, 2001, 12:13pm)
Red Ginger (Jul 18, 2001, 12:16pm)
Scenic Drive paralleling Route 19 north of Hilo (Jul 18, 2001, 12:48pm)
Onomea Bay (Jul 18, 2001, 12:51pm)
River meets ocean at Kolekole Beach Park (Jul 18, 2001, 01:12pm)
Small waterfall across river at Kolekole Beach Park (Jul 18, 2001, 01:12pm)
Red Torch Ginger (Jul 18, 2001, 01:57pm)
Beth Daphne and Ben on trail to Akaka Falls (Jul 18, 2001, 01:59pm)
Stream and rain forest near Akaka Falls (Jul 18, 2001, 02:00pm)
Another waterfall near Akaka Falls (Jul 18, 2001, 02:02pm)
Close up of bottom of second falls near Akaka Falls (Jul 18, 2001, 02:02pm)
Rain forest neat Akaka Falls (Jul 18, 2001, 02:04pm)
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Posted on November 13, 2012 by wildbow
I had two different heroes to deal with, one of whom I couldn’t identify yet. That posed something of a problem: each likely possibility for the heroine’s identity made for a very different scenario in how this fight could play out.
Process of elimination had told me that Rory would be one of the local heroes, because there weren’t any prominent male villains who I couldn’t identify with their masks off; Coil had outed Empire Eighty-Eight, which had split into the Chosen and the Pure and everyone else had been eliminated or driven out of the city. I’d identified him as Triumph from his build. Assault and Cache weren’t as muscular, the Wards were younger and smaller, and the remainder of local heroes were women. That had been easy enough once I’d pegged him as a cape.
His ‘girlfriend’ was harder to pin down, both as a cape and in terms of her costumed identity. I’d read her confidence and judged that she wasn’t terrified enough to be ignorant about Rory’s secret. She probably wasn’t a civilian in the know, either, because she hadn’t been cowering behind Rory.
Going by her appearance, I didn’t think she could be Miss Militia or Battery. Her blonde hair didn’t fit, for one thing, and she was too tall, too muscular. She had to be one of the two female capes who came to Brockton Bay with Legend. It was critical that I figure out which of the two she was before getting into a fight with her. Prism was a duplicator who could consolidate into one body to get a temporary boost in strength, speed and durability. Maybe other areas too. Fighting her would mean staying out of close-quarters combat at any cost.
Ursa Aurora, by contrast, summoned ghostly ‘bears’ onto the battlefield. On a level, she’d want to fight like I preferred to, relying on her minions while staying out of the thick of things.
Two possibilities, each requiring very different tactics to handle.
I set my bugs on her and her alone in the hopes of forcing her hand. Atlas had returned to my side, and I made sure to collect Triumph’s phone before climbing on.
Triumph had picked up Trickster’s limp body and was mounting a fighting retreat in the direction the heroine and his family had gone. He shouted again and again, controlling the magnitude, force and breadth of each strike to hit the maximum number of bugs with just enough force that he was killing or crippling them without destroying the house.
Walls of bugs pressed against the exits of the house. If they escaped before I got there, I wasn’t sure I’d catch up. Triumph would be able to run faster than I could, Ursa Aurora could presumably ride her bears like Bitch rode her dogs, and Prism had the ability to move faster after consolidating her clones into one person again; if she didn’t run faster than me, the little boost she got there would keep her far enough ahead.
There was the family holding them back, yes, but there was also the possibility that there was a vehicle they could all climb into. I could maybe keep up while riding Atlas, but I wouldn’t be able to mount a serious attack while doing so.
I suspected the makeshift bug-barriers wouldn’t hold up. They wouldn’t stand up to Triumph’s shouts, and Ursa Aurora could summon her ‘bears’. That was if they didn’t choose to just charge through.
I needed more redundancies. More fallback plans. I began drawing out lines of silk at the lower half of the doorframes, while gathering the bulk of my bugs in the upper halves.
The question was, would they go through the doors or would they settle for the windows? Would human habit triumph over slightly more abstract thinking?
The heroine led the way, already under attack from hundreds of bugs. She grabbed a coat from the nearby rack and draped it over herself for cover against the swarm as she threw herself headlong into it.
Her legs caught on the tripwire and she tumbled down the stairs. I rebuilt the barrier of bugs behind her, condensing it to the point that they couldn’t see through.
I directed fly-borne spiders to extend threads around the heroine’s arms and legs, as well as her fingers. After a moment’s consideration, I started packing them in her pockets, sending bugs crawling beneath her clothes.
Right. A gun at her ankle. I set spiders to the task of binding that up too.
Maybe she’s a PRT officer? Gun, no apparent powers?
None of the rest of the family seemed willing to try exiting by the same door after she’d disappeared into the cloud of bugs and promptly shrieked. Okay. That meant I’d separated the family from the woman. Triumph would catch up to them in a moment, so I had to make the most of this advantage if I was going to slow them down further.
I began moving the bugs from the door towards the family, simultaneously bringing more bugs in behind them.
They quickly realized they were cornered and backed into the nearby closet, closing it behind them. I could sense them throwing coats and boots down at the gap between the bottom end of the closet door and the ground, trying to block my bugs from getting in.
Not quite good enough to stop the bugs, but I could leave them where they were.
As I was arriving on the property, the heroine was partially disabled and Triumph was en route. Genesis would be pulling herself back together in another body, I supposed, but that wasn’t so reassuring – the heroine had made a call to the PRT and there would be reinforcements on the way.
Okay. How was I supposed to do this? I had to deal with Triumph, but he was shutting down my swarm. I’d probably lose in a straight up fight as well. Whatever damage my bugs were doing with bites and stings, it wasn’t enough to bring him down. He’d kicked a long oak table that had to weigh six hundred pounds at a bare minimum, sent it skidding across the room. There was no doubt he had some superhuman physique. That same advantage might be giving him the ability to hold out against what my bugs were doing.
I was forced to scale up, to start injecting more than the trace amounts of venom, and I was all too aware of how easy it was to go too far or go over the top.
Life would be so much easier if I didn’t give a damn about other people’s well-being.
But I wouldn’t be able to step up my attack without getting more bugs on him, and I wouldn’t be able to do that without a different tactic. I began pulling my bugs out of the house and gathering them. By the time Triumph found his way to the hallway where his family was hiding in the closet, the bugs were almost entirely gone.
There were too few bugs there for me to catch it, but someone in the closet must have made a noise, because Triumph made a beeline right for them. He stopped when he saw the heroine outside the door, lying on the ground under a carpet of bugs.
He said something to his family that was probably along the lines of ‘stay there’ and headed for the door. He could see the human shaped figures I’d molded out of bugs and positioned around the lawn and proceeded to gun them down one by one. His shouts were short, on target and devastatingly effective.
The heroine was starting to get free. Two additional versions of herself had appeared next to her, quickly searching out and cutting the silk cords that bound her. At least I knew who I was up against, now.
Damn it. Unlike Oni Lee, Prism didn’t materialize her duplicates along with whatever additional baggage her original self had. None of the restraints and none of the bugs hampered her copies. Not to mention that her guns were probably free as well. I quickly directed Atlas to the roof and took cover in case she spotted me and decided to open fire.
“Sam!” Triumph shouted.
One of the duplicates turned to look at him, her eyes widening. She shouted, “Careful! Tripwire!”
He jumped at the last second, hopping over the tripwire.
He landed on the stairs and stumbled. The entirety of his focus was on the tripwire, on the stairs beneath his feet and on his attempt to keep from falling down the stairs with his unconscious burden. During the Slaughterhouse Nine fiasco, it had come up that our species was pretty bad at looking up.
I’d pulled bugs out of the hallway and from around the backyard and gathered them above the door, with airborne bugs helping by ferrying the slower moving ones up to a higher vantage point. I gave the command at the same time that Prism shouted her warning, and the bugs dropped down onto Triumph’s head.
Bugs tended to be very durable when it came to falling from high places. It had something to do with the amount of air resistance when compared to their surface area or mass. Something like that. Either way, it barely did any damage to my swarm when they fell to the ground.
For Triumph, on the other hand, he was dealing with the sudden appearance of enough bugs that I could have formed three or four densely-packed swarm clones from their number, on top of the fact that he was carrying Trickster, who had to weigh one hundred and thirty or one hundred and forty pounds. It probably didn’t help that he was standing on a staircase and was already somewhat off-balance.
The timing proved to be lucky for me. As strong as Triumph was, a strike at the right moment could still knock him off-balance. I’d seen Alexandria do something like that to Leviathan, knocking something as big and horribly strong as the Endbringer to the ground.
Blind and struck at an opportune moment, Triumph fell. I swept the bugs over him. There was no room for holding back or playing nice. I sent bugs into his nose and mouth, into his ear canals and biting at folds and crevices below the belt.
I could have been squeamish about that, but that would require thinking in too much depth about what I was doing.
I attacked his more sensitive areas, including the insides of his mouth, the sensitive edges of his nostrils and the insides of his ears. Others stung and bit at his eyelids. Some of my capsaicin-laced bugs flew from my cover at the roof’s edge to Triumph and Prism. I directed them to the vulnerable mucus membranes of the eye, the nose, the mouth – and again, beneath the belt – the urinary tract and anus.
The most important thing was to keep him from getting his bearings and dealing with the bugs. I wasn’t sure I’d be able to catch him by surprise a second time.
There was a secondary goal, too. We’d come here for a reason. If it came down to it, the mayor might change his tune once he’d seen his superhero son brought low. This was leverage.
Prism was back on her feet, alongside her two copies. I was forced to split my bugs among them. What rules did she follow in terms of consolidating? How did she pull back together, and what happened to injuries? I knew she could survive if one copy was taken out of action. If she had a knife wound on one body of the three she had active, did it stay? Or did the damage get divided to only a third of what it should be?
Whatever abuse my swarm was inflicting on her, she wasn’t activating or deactivating her power like I might if I had her abilities at my disposal. In her shoes I’d be splitting, spreading out, then consolidating into the body furthest from the bulk of the swarm. My secondary goals would be getting to a vantage point where I could shoot down my assailant. If I assumed she’d use the same basic tactic against me…
I began gathering bugs around myself for additional cover and for a potential counterattack.
I swept some bugs over the surrounding landscape while I waited for her to either decide on a plan of attack or succumb to the bugs. No threat of imminent attack by Coil.
It was spooky, having that hanging over my head. I almost wished he’d attack already and get it over with.
I couldn’t be sure how she spotted me, but Prism turned my way. Maybe it was the size of the cloud of bugs I had around me. It was almost a good thing that I had her attention. I had to take her out of action as soon as superhumanly possible if I wanted to get Trickster out of here before the reinforcements arrived.
She backed up, spreading out across the lawn. One copy swatted at the bugs that crawled on her, another was gagging and coughing from the capsaicin, but they seemed to be holding out remarkably well.
One by one, they started towards me, running across the lawn. I did what I could to obstruct and hamper them, but the rightmost copy slipped past the line of my bugs and bent down, the other copies snapping back into her body. She flashed with light as she leaped with incredible strength. She arced through the air until she was higher than the rooftop, set to land in front of me.
I sent the swarm forward to meet her, lines of silk stretched between them. If I could disrupt her landing or even push her back enough that she missed the roof-
She split into three copies in mid-air. The swarm caught the central one and tangled it. It landed hard on the roof and rolled, falling a solid twenty feet to the ground, while the other two landed and skidded for a grip on the shallow slope of the building. An instant later, she split off a replacement third, surrounding me.
Okay. This wasn’t as bad as it looked. I had Atlas. Yes, she could shoot him -and me- out of the air, but I had an escape route and this terrain suited me fairly well. The shingled roof had a shallow slope leading to gargoyles and gutters at the edges, but I stood at the roof’s peak, giving me the steadiest footing.
She was pacing, each of her copies slowly moving clockwise around me as they searched for a glimpse of me or some weakness. I was doing much the same, trying to think of an approach that would work here.
What did I know about her? Prism was one of Legend’s people, which meant it was very likely she was being groomed to manage her own team somewhere. Or she was considered effective enough to warrant fighting at Legend’s side. She would be good, if nothing else. In a way, that was useful to me. Any points where I’d had the advantage would be pretty indicative of her limits and weaknesses, since I wouldn’t necessarily have to account for mistakes, accidents and idiocy on her part.
She hadn’t immediately opened with her duplicates. Why? Did she have a reserve of power she drew on? Some restriction on when or where she could duplicate herself?
I’d seen her fight alongside Battery when they’d been tackling Mannequin. They’d paced the fight so each of them took turns. It made me think that maybe she needed to charge before she made her duplicates. It would explain why she hadn’t made them the second I’d outed them as superheroes. That, or she’d had another reason and she needed time to recharge after using her power.
One of her copies rubbed at her eye, then disappeared. She replaced it with a version of herself that wasn’t suffering. That’s one question answered, sort of.
It was all too easy to see how she’d gotten this far. I couldn’t keep all three versions of her in sight at the same time and taking her out of action necessitated taking all three versions of her down before her power recharged. Couple that with how hard and fast she could hit? She could be a nightmare.
Could be a nightmare. Emphasis on the could. I countered her powers, in large part. If my suspicions were right, I had some kind of enhanced multitasking as a side-benefit of my powers. I wasn’t limited to seeing with just my eyes, so her circling me wasn’t such a drawback, either. And I could easily attack all three at once.
The trick would be doing it without giving her an avenue for attack. She seemed reluctant to charge blindly into the swarm, but I was equally reluctant to use those same bugs to attack when I needed them for cover. If I waited, her reinforcements would arrive, which put the pressure on me to end this.
I let out one deep breath, then carried out my plan of attack. I unwound the silk cords I’d gathered and climbed off Atlas, sending him out with one, taking hold of another. Crouching to make myself a smaller target, I sent my bugs out to carry the string.
She moved to try to find a point where the swarm was thinner, while avoiding the clusters of bugs. It wasn’t quite fast enough.
I’d used my silk to grab Triumph’s cell phone and yank it from his hand. I did much the same thing here. One silk cord wound around the throat of Prism A, masked by the presence of bugs. Another wound around the leg of Prism B.
In the same moment I pulled on the cord leading to Prism B’s leg, Atlas pulled back on the cord leading to Prism A’s throat and my swarm bull-rushed Prism C, aiming to drive her off the roof through sheer force of numbers, surprise and the pull of silk cords.
A and B fell from the roof, then promptly disappeared, consolidating into C. She flashed with a light I could see through the dense cloud of my swarm and charged forward. In a heartbeat, she was out of my swarm and capable of seeing me.
Prism reached down to her ankle and grabbed for her gun. It didn’t come free of the holster.
She could come with baggage she wasn’t aware of? She had some control. Maybe she had to go out of her way to exclude certain matter or material from her duplicates?
She formed two new duplicates, and I caught a glimpse of them pulling their guns free before I was back in the cover of my swarm.
At my bidding, Atlas flew low, close to the building where he was out of sight of the rooftop. He circled around until he was behind me.
I formed a crude swarm-clone and then stepped back onto Atlas. I didn’t sit, but relied instead on control of his flight and the angles he moved to help match my own balance. We swiftly descended to the ground as the part of my swarm that wasn’t dedicated to forming my double moved forward to attack once more. I could hear and feel Prism firing blind into the center mass of the swarm. She was mad now. I’d nearly taken her out.
Had to think ahead. She would use the same tactic as before, consolidating to barrel through, she’d see my decoy and attack it, then come looking for me.
I reused the cord that I’d had around her foot, winding it around one gargoyle. The trick was figuring out which copy I’d target. This wouldn’t work if she unmade the copy to supercharge one of the other ones.
I’d have to bait her.
My bugs tied the silk around one of her wrists, letting the rest sit slack against the rooftop.
As I’d expected, the three of her appeared at the edge of the roof, looking down to the ground to find me. I was already heading for Triumph, putting myself roughly between them and him. It would serve two purposes, the primary purpose being that it would give them reason to think twice before shooting.
They leaped, then consolidated with a flash of light before they hit ground, to absorb the impact with superior strength and durability.
Only the silk thread connected the gargoyle to the Prism-duplicate closest to me. She didn’t make it all the way to the ground. In the blink of an eye, she was whipped sideways, one arm hyperextended. She dangled for a second or two before the silk gave way and she fell to the ground.
The power boost was temporary enough that she wasn’t invincible as she made her awkward landing.
I hurried to where Triumph and Trickster were.
Triumph had managed to move a short distance away before collapsing again, and remained buried beneath a pile of my bugs. He wasn’t doing well. It was very much what I’d been concerned about at the outset, going a little too far. On their own, the choking bugs, the inflammation from the capsaicin and the stings weren’t too bad, but together?
I eased up on him just a bit.
A quick survey of the area told me that there weren’t any imminent threats in the vicinity. Prism wasn’t standing back up. There was a kernel of something where Genesis was rebuilding a body. The policeman Trickster had swapped with was making his way back here, and other cops were en route as well. I still had a minute or two. The mayor, I noted, had left the closet, heading for a room lined with bookcases and cabinets.
My swarm sense allowed me to feel him opening one cabinet, unlocking and opening a drawer beneath. He retrieved a shotgun from the cabinet above and a box of ammunition from the drawer.
I could have taken him out right there, hit him hard with my bugs. I didn’t. I’d have to leave after that, and I could almost believe that he’d be angry, that he’d argue for the city to be condemned with even more fervor than he might have otherwise. This could backfire if we simply left him wounded.
Instead, I focused on building up several swarm-decoys before he could make his way to the back door. I lifted Trickster up and draped him across Atlas’ back, binding him in place with silk thread.
The mayor had loaded the gun by the time he was in the doorframe. He must have overheard Prism shouting about the tripwire, because he moved fairly gingerly through the threshold. His eyes roved over my massed decoys, his gun drifting from side to side as if he was getting ready to shoot at any instant.
“Mayor,” I spoke to him through one decoy, buzzing and droning the words.
He turned and fired, blowing a hole through its chest.
“Your son is-” another spoke, while the first reformed.
He fired again, blasting the head off the second decoy.
“-Dying” the first finished.
He was in the midst of reloading the shotgun when he stopped. “What?”
“Suffocating,” I spoke through a third decoy.
“No. He-”
“Stings aren’t helping,” I began rotating through the decoys, each speaking a different sentence. “The allergic reaction’s causing his throat to close up. He can’t swallow. There are bugs in his mouth, nose and throat. They’re making a dangerous situation worse. He can barely even cough to clear his airways to breathe.”
“If I shoot you-” he tightened his grip on his gun.
“My power rewrites the basic behavior patterns of my insects from moment to moment. If you shoot me, they’ll continue attacking, and there’ll be no chance of getting them to stop. You’ll be sealing Triumph’s fate. Rory’s fate.”
“He’s stronger than that,” the mayor said. He didn’t sound sure.
“We all need to breathe,” I replied. I could have said more, but I judged it more effective to let the thought sit with the mayor.
I cleared the bugs away from Triumph, giving the mayor a visual of his superhero son lying on the ground, struggling. To make his struggles a little more pronounced, I briefly increased the pressure, shifting the bugs to limit the available oxygen. I wasn’t sure exactly how much danger he was in, but he wasn’t doing well. As much as I wanted to pressure the mayor, I was ready to apply the epipen the second Triumph’s breathing slowed enough.
For long seconds, the only sounds were the small noises that Triumph could manage, gagging, feeble coughing and wheezing.
“You’re going to kill him?”
“I would rather not.”
“He’s my boy,” the mayor said, his voice suddenly choked with emotion.
“Yeah.” I blinked hard, to clear my own eyes of moisture. I couldn’t meet his eyes. I focused my attention on Triumph instead.
“I only ever wanted what was best for him. I didn’t want this. Please.”
I couldn’t muster a response.
This time, I thought maybe I could have said something to him. I deliberately chose to remain silent.
“Hey!” he roared. He raised his gun, cocking it, “Don’t ignore me!”
Triumph coughed, then his chest heaved. I forced a bug down his throat to check and found it almost entirely closed up. I moved the bug away so it wouldn’t block the already limited airway.
“He’s almost stopped breathing,” I said, almost in shock at what this had come to. I’d been so preoccupied with Prism, I’d pushed things just a bit too far, I’d allowed my bugs to sting him because he was tough enough to take it, but I’d forgotten to account for the other variables, the pepper spray and the reduced air volume thanks to the bugs in his nose and mouth…
I looked at the mayor and found his gun pointing at me. I spoke with my own voice.
With a calmness that caught me off guard, I said, “It’s not too late.”
The voice of the sixty-ish man who could address whole crowds with conviction and charisma sounded painfully feeble as he spoke, “CPR?”
“Yes. But primarily this.” I drew an EpiPen from my utility compartment and held it up. “Do you know how to use it?”
He shook his head.
“I do,” I told the mayor.
Even as I was painfully aware of Triumph’s slowing struggles, his body swiftly growing weak in the absence of air, I waited.
Again, I didn’t move, I didn’t respond. I saw Triumph’s hand close into a fist and then stop.
A person can hold their breath for roughly two minutes… he’s still almost breathing, but how much breath is actually getting in and out of his lungs?
“Use it!” the mayor threatened me with a motion of the gun.
“We both know you can’t use that. I’m the only one who can save Rory.”
He sounded more like he was trying to convince himself than me, “There’ll be instructions. There’ll-”
“And if I break the needle in my death throes? Or if I drop it and you can’t find it in time to read the instructions and deliver it? Or if a stray shell fragment hits the needle?”
The mayor’s voice was a roar. It was as if he could will me to act by sheer emotion and volume. “He’s not moving! He’s dying!”
Seconds passed.
How long can I wait until I break?
The gun clattered to the grass, the mayor dropping to his knees. His voice was hollow. “I’ll give you what you want. Anything.”
I didn’t waste a second in stepping to Triumph’s side. I tilted his head to establish the airway, swept my fingers and bugs through to clear away the worst of the blockages and mucus and then pulled his pants down. I stabbed him in the thigh with the pen.
I couldn’t afford to stay. I couldn’t be the one to administer the ongoing care Triumph needed. Coil was still after me, the reinforcements were coming, and I wasn’t sure I could bring myself to leave if I stayed much longer.
“Do you know how to give CPR?” I asked.
“No. But my wife-”
“Bring her here. Hurry.”
He practically crawled on all fours in his hurry to get up the stairs and up to where his wife waited in the closet.
“Sorry,” I murmured to Triumph. “I didn’t want this to go this far.”
He wheezed, a strangled squeal.
“Yeah,” I told him. “I know.”
The older woman bent over her son and began administering CPR. I watched a few seconds to ensure she was doing everything right. I threw a second EpiPen to the mayor. “In fifteen minutes, if the paramedics aren’t here yet, use that.”
His hands were shaking so violently I was momentarily worried he’d break it.
“Washington,” I told him. “The city survives.”
He nodded. There were tears in his eyes, this stubborn man who’d talked so casually with the supervillains who had invaded his home and threatened his family, who’d tried to take me on with a shotgun.
I turned to walk away, my swarm-decoys moving in the same direction. Before he could think to go back for the shotgun and shoot me in the back, I had a swarm gathered around me, hiding me from view.
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288 thoughts on “Colony 15.9”
endochrom on November 13, 2012 at 00:09 said:
Skitter is an A-class bad-ass. But I’m pretty sure there goes any chance of her becoming a hero. Nearly killing the Mayor’s son does tend to put a bit of a damper on PR
wildbow on November 13, 2012 at 00:21 said:
I’m more shocked by the fact that you managed to read those 5k words in 9 minutes. Don’t usually start seeing first comments until the 15-30 minute mark.
8 minutes. I came back after another minute to comment. What can I say? I really enjoy your writing.
Kevon on January 6, 2014 at 17:56 said:
Kittyion on March 22, 2017 at 19:59 said:
I’m late to the party, but that was a great meme.
Slamu on November 13, 2012 at 00:47 said:
I keep having this mental image of “Taylor gets caught, forced into the Wards, heroes find out more about her.” Hilarity ensues if she’s the most moral (and ruthless) person on the team, calling out everyone on their behavior.
“You almost killed the mayor’s son.”
“You threatened a class of children with a gun. Sophia Hess not only made my life a living hell *because she could*, then ran around trying to kill people because they were *inconvenient.* When the Nine came to town, the villains drove them off, the so-called ‘good guys’ bombed the city. Armsmaster broke the Endbringer Truce for his personal glory. The villains might not be good people, but at least we don’t pretend to be anything but people.”
But yeah. Good thing those epi pens came in handy! That could have been *really* awkward.
mc2rpg on November 13, 2012 at 01:00 said:
See people keep saying things about her possibly being the most moral of the characters, but I think this chapter definitively puts that idea to rest. She was willing to let Triumph die to help support a massive criminal empire. She blew past the ratio of ends justifying the means at this point.
TheAnt on November 13, 2012 at 01:22 said:
Said criminal empire might be the only thing to help save the city and help everyone in it. The government and the heroes aren’t helping anyone. Plus she intends to take down Coil because he crossed a line. Not to mention that it was the height of stupidity for the mayor and the heroes to act like they did. Just say okay to whatever the villains tell you to do, and let them go away. You can still argue whatever you want in Washington afterward as they aren’t going to be standing next to you. Why risk your family? It is like begin mugged, and risking your life by fighting over a wallet. Just give him the wallet. In addition she hated what Trickster did, but she had to save him or the rest of her plan might not work. Her plan doesn’t work, then Dinah doesn’t get saved, and quite a few people don’t get any help. If she tried to go through proper channels, again she fails to help as many people. She also had to use extreme force, otherwise she could have been killed by Triumph. All that being said, YES she crossed a line herself here. She was slowly killing a son in front of his terrified parents to get what she wants. For a greater and selfless goal in the future, but still a morally terrible thing to do by anyone’s standards. Such moral complexity is one of the reason I love Worm. There is no such thing as “hero” and “villain”. It’s complicated. But I do wonder if Triumph got his power from Cauldron, or his dad got it for him.
That said, yes she crossed a line herself today.
“Said criminal empire might be the only thing to help save the city and help everyone in it.” Are you kidding me? Said criminal empire can’t stand without Coil’s continued backing, and there is not a chance in hell that Coil ruling the city will be good for it. The only thing with a real chance at saving the city and getting it back into a state with a chance at a good long term future is the government and local hero groups. At least they won’t be ultimately using the city as a giant nest of criminal activity.
The reason that Triumph and Prism didn’t just nod their heads and let them go is that it would be wrong. You don’t just let a bunch of thugs that are trying to conquer your city through force and intimidation go when you have the chance to stop them. If a member of the FBI’s most wanted list walked into a police station and threatened the police chief, should they just nod and let him go?
You are clearly trying to use the idea of the ends justifying the means to make what Taylor did here ultimately ok. The problem is that in this case the ends most certainly don’t justify the means. If Taylor saves Dinah and in return causes the city to fall completely into Coil’s grasp then she would not even be remotely close to balancing the scales.
She wasn’t just threatening to murder a son in front of his father. She was also threatening to murder a law enforcement agent and trying to overthrow the legitimate local government. Heroes and villains very much exist in this setting, and Taylor has knowingly crossed over to the villain side, and her actions push her farther and farther into that camp every single day.
It doesn’t matter if Triumph bought his powers, something we haven’t confirmed. What matters is what he chooses to do with them. Triumph chose to help people, Taylor chose to overthrow the government.
Oz on January 19, 2014 at 02:39 said:
You make it sound like overthrowing the government is a bad thing? It’s quite clear the government and the governing hero bodies are anything but good. And it’s reinforced for the reader’s sake in the interludes with cauldron and co.
The city wasn’t in a good place before the story even started and it might well be that as slimy as Coil is if everyone unites under his rule he can help the city recover in the fastest way possible. He’d be doing for his own ends but Skitter and co. plan to overthrow him anyway.
Taylor wasn’t going to let the boy die, she doesn’t have it in her. She’d have waited as long as she deemed possible and then helped him if the dad didn’t cave. The kid still survived and now Coil will get what he wants.
The point where you can measure someone on a sliding scale of good or evil has long been passed in this universe.
Only wish that more of the heroes were privvy to this trope
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight
on May 20, 2015 at 20:11 said:
its not even remotely clear that the heroes are bad. you’re wanting this story to be something it isn’t. its like when people hated armaster (the very first time he appeared i mean)or guessed the secret boss was newwave looking to privatize the heroing business. the villains aren’t the good guys fighting against a corrupt/evil prt, this isn’t taking place in wildbow’s south america.
it IS still really dumb to tell the terrorist/cartel no to their face when the politician can just smile and nod til they go away…and when in washington? well saving the city will just be the last in a list of broken campaign promises when he stabs them in the back using that exact incident in his argument to condemn it(provided he’d feel reasonably safe afterwards, if not i’m sure he could buy the favor of arguing on the record to preserve it and still have it condemned behind closed doors “over his objections”)
what his hero son should(possibly would have if he didn’t see skitter out him)have done is just let the father bluff, stand by in case trickster tried to take a hostage(for collateral) or pose an immediate danger…and once they’d gone tail them to a fight that didn’t burn his family.
There some implication of bought powers ‘I only wanted what was best for him’ either referring to him joining the protectorate, or him having purchased powers. Given that he is a grown man, I think the purchased powers is more likely.
Just for clarification, endochrom, not necessarily relevant to anything you guys are saying or your interpretation there, but Triumph was a member of the Wards until relatively recently (See Agitation arc, where they’re discussing who they’re going to be up against – Triumph is brought up & dismissed as he’d recently graduated to the Protectorate).
I actually agree with you that Taylor has crossed the line into a true villain. she did technically just save the city, but through horrible methods. Is it morally right to go outside a corrupt system and use violence to promote a positive change? Depends on the system, the person in question, and who specifically they are using violence against. Triumph and the police would be justified in shooting her. I would like to think that Taylor would eventually have tried to take down Coil, even if he had never taken Dinah. I agree completely that Coil running the city is a bad idea in the long run. But his resources are helping people in the short term. It is like the tag someone wanted to use for the story. Making the wrong choices, for the right reasons. That is definitely Taylor in a nutshell.
Yog on November 13, 2012 at 05:36 said:
Skitter herself could fund the restoration of the town with her powers, actually. At least I’m pretty sure she could.
And she would make a good ruler.
I can actually see her winning any election that may take place as a write-in candidate.
Omti on September 18, 2013 at 06:28 said:
Maybe she could fund it with her powers, but she wouldn’t make a good ruler. Skitter is incapable to plan for more than two days ahead. She’s a tactician, but incapable of strategy and that’ll continue to fuck her up more and more. I really hope Dragon takes her under her wing or this is only going to get worse and worse.
I mean look at her friends:
Lisa: Ruthless manipulator
Bitch: Totally psychotic, more dog than man.
Brian: Halfway normal, but if he had any smarts he’d already broken with that group.
Aysha: More issues than brains.
Regent: Psychopath
Seriously, Lisa should be the leader of the group, but she’s as incapable of planning as the rest of them. Brian could if he wasn’t so fixed on his sister that he forgets considering the consequences of their action.
They’re villains because they’re stupid. They’ve all backed themselves into a corner. And Taylor has just put another nail into the coffin. Isn’t there an innoculation against patheticness?
Asmora on November 13, 2012 at 19:12 said:
mc2rpg, I can’t believe you can read this far in this story and still say things like “law enforcement agent” and “legitimate government.” We have nothing to indicate that Triumph is any more of a “law enforcement agent” than Armsmaster, the Big Three, or Shadow Stalker. He may be a good person, but we have no way of knowing one way or the other. Joining the Protectorate certainly doesn’t give him a pass.
The “legitimate government” supported the bullies in Taylor’s school, completely failed to stop Bakuda and the ABB, bombed the city with technology it didn’t remotely understand, imprisoned Panacea, utterly failed to provide disaster relief, and was planning on totally abandoning the city and its inhabitants until a “villain” stepped up and forced them to do the right thing.
In Worm, even more than in the real world, there are no absolute or objective moral truths. The only good lies in doing as Taylor has done: striving at all times to do the best she can with the options available to her, regardless of anyone else’s opinion.
Also, keep in mind that it was a bluff. She had the epipen and didn’t want to let Triumph die. She pushed the bluff dangerously far and had no way of knowing when it would be too late, but at no point did she intend to kill him. She intended to scare the mayor into doing the right thing, and it worked.
Asmora, whether you like it or not Armsmaster and the big three are legitimate law enforcement agents. They go out and stop people like Lung from burning their way through cities. They are appointed and working with a legitimate government elected by the people.
The legitimate government DID stop Bakuda and the ABB. They had alot of help from the villains, but they pretty clearly didn’t need it to handle the situation. It helped keep the body count down and shorten the crisis, but the villains only banded together to help because the outsider heroes and the national guard moving in would have interfered with their business while they put the ABB down. With regards to Panacea, she volunteered to go to the birdcage, and had committed the acts necessary to earn her place there.
Also, they ARE providing disaster relief. First they evacuated everyone willing to leave. Then they started bringing in supplies, as seen in Shadow Stalker’s chapter. They are also running cleanup crews and rebuilding efforts. This has been mentioned many times, and we have seen one such crew being run by Taylor’s father. These are all things that happened before Taylor stepped up to run her own relief efforts.
Finally, the idea that she intended to scare the mayor into doing the right thing isn’t true. Saving the city is in no way necessarily the right thing. The area has been devestated and a huge portion of the population has evacuated and probably won’t come back. Saving it just to turn it and the population over to Coil is even worse.
Obviously there is no objective moral truth in Worm, that doesn’t somehow make what Taylor is doing here the right thing. Taylor is the main character, but that doesn’t mean her actions are always right.
David Burns on November 16, 2013 at 04:09 said:
They are official law enforcers, but corrupt, not legitimate.
Dread Pirate on February 5, 2018 at 05:26 said:
I think the best way to look at the PRT as they stand in Brockton Bay is not as “legitimate government” that needs to be upheld or “corrupt government” that needs to be opposed, but rather as simply another faction, another territory. Just like Skitter and the other warlords, they provide relief, they keep order, they help the people… but only in a fraction of the city. The government’s fraction is just more spread out, less constant.
One way to look at it is that a government’s right to authority is based on supporting its citizens. With the city in this state, they are about as legitimate as the (benevolent) warlords, and it’s totally legitimate for the ‘villains’ to pressure them to ensure the interests of their people.
Another way (one I find closer to the truth) is that our protagonists are villains. Yes, this action was morally wrong… but it was also the best way (available to capes perceived as villains) to both accomplish their goals and save the city, helping everyone in it. An evil, but a necessary one.
Sorry if this isn’t very coherent, I’m once again reading and commenting while procrastinating my writing assignment into the early hours of the morning.
Anzer'ke on November 13, 2012 at 20:05 said:
mc2rpg, did you miss the Alexandria interlude? The one which made clear that the PRT is corrupt to the core? That it’s a manipulative system that undermines even the questionable principles you are arguing for?
They are working for the government, in fact the lack of independence in the superheroes is probably the most important difference between the PRT and the Justice League style groups that they are likely meant to make us think of. Given what governments do, there’s nothing intrinsically moral about any of them. Of the top three Legend is the only one who can even begin to make a claim at morality, others have often fallen short in similar numbers.
Basically they’re legitimate but to claim that this alone makes them okay is to claim that law is the measure of good, above morality. Authoritarianism basically.
That’s a little selective isn’t it? Why do you give the heroes the benefit of the doubt at all points but the opposite for anyone under the label of villain? Claiming that Panacea deserved the birdcage is just ridiculous though. Canary had a better case than Panacea did, and less reason to keep her out in the clear.
Yes, they also suck at doing that relief, and frankly they seem to be being disgustingly selective about where they go. The Docks had a lot of people in it, yet there was barely anything going on there.
Also we don’t know anything about the group Danny was leading, given his job he could very well have just brought people together of his own volition, a la Occupy Sandy right now.
“Finally, the idea that she intended to scare the mayor into doing the right thing isn’t true.” That’s incredibly misleading. It’s true that we’re not absolutely certain what the right thing is but that doesn’t change that she was attampeting to do what she thought was the right thing. Though I would point out that thousands of people are still here and by this point those left are probably not going to leave no matter what. They’d have done so already. But hey, it’s cool. Leave them to die. That’s better then having a villain running the place…which totally isn’t what was already happening with the guy who is okay with class segregation enforced by extreme violence and brutality.
Alexandria,for all her flaws,could make a case for being moral
A case for being official,or legal on the other hand…
Kailen on October 24, 2015 at 04:22 said:
Given what governments do, there’s nothing intrinsically moral about any of them.
If you want your arguments to be taken seriously, you’ll have to do better than ridiculous Libertarian insinuations about governments being inherently evil.
storryeater on October 24, 2015 at 07:41 said:
The sentence quoted is not an invalid argument tho. I’d have added and “or immoral” in it, but its not wrong like that either. “Given what governments do”=they govern, and they are made of fallible people, “there is nothing intristically moral about them”=all morality must be judged about their actions, laws, and level of enforcing their laws (including enforcing them on the higher in power classes, whichever they may be, so high corruption or privileges are bad). A government is not good or bad just because its a government, and one can do “moral” things on one area and “immoral” on others.I do not see any fallacy or generalization in that statement,nor any liberal bias, only some slight rhetoric manipulation, which is appropriate for the current discussion.
Oh, and “governments being intristically evil” (which the man you replied to never said or implied) is a position of anarchists, not libertarians.
I saw the Alexandra interlude, and the fact that Alexandra and Eidolan think they are saving the world comes across pretty clearly. They are quite possibly wrong, but that is Cauldron’s fault. Someone has to try to integrate the powered into society, and that is even more important with the endbringers having a legitimate chance to destroy the world.
I give the heroes the benefit of the doubt because they are actually going out and saving lives. We don’t get to see it that often, because the main character is a criminal, but look at some of the things that happen during the interludes. They stop people like the Marquis.
You can’t say they are being selective with the relief efforts with any sort of certainty. The villains have conquered the docks, and are willing to fight people that come into them. With Taylor as our primary viewpoint character we just can’t see the relief efforts. Assuming that Danny somehow got together a bunch of city employees for relief efforts independently, when we have been told quite a few times that there are city relief crews is a huge stretch.
If they condemn the city do you really think they are just going to walk off and leave whoever stayed behind? The world just doesn’t work that way. No politician would make such a horrible mistake, and if they did they would be replaced and someone else would have them evacuated.
Also, the big difference between Wormverse and DCU is that worm doesn’t have a few people sitting in a satellite that can stop any crime any time it happens whenever they want. The worm heroes are much less obscenely overpowered, but still have to deal with world ending threats. With the endbringers around they can’t afford to devote the resources to rebuilding every city that gets utterly rocked by an endbringer attack. There are at least three attacks per year, and a decent percentage of them are going to cause massive permanant damage to a city and the surrounding terrain. Saving every city just isn’t feasible, unless you are rebuilding them as bait for the endbringers.
Psycho Gecko on November 13, 2012 at 01:27 said:
Nah, she is still a moral character. You may have noticed how much she hates herself for it and the fact that if she wasn’t moral, she wouldn’t be trying to 1. save her home town even though it treated her like crap 2. save a girl she inadvertently helped kidnap, and 3. take down that massive criminal empire.
I doubt she was really going to let him die either.
I’d say it’s more like she’s unprincipled. She’s sacrificing her ideals for what she thinks is the best course of action. She still holds the morals, though.
Think of it as morality being the foundation, and principles being the pillars. You can lose a lot of pillars without causing damage to your foundation, but if you don’t have that foundation, you can’t keep those pillars up. It may be flawed, but it still holds up those pillars.
Armsmaster’s version of morality involved a huge helping of “I want to be the guy who took down an Endbringer, look at me” which doesn’t actually serve a greater purpose when he could have given a lot of heroes that ability. He just doesn’t know what went wrong.
Battery was also moral, and she also sacrificed her principles to pursue the morality. She died regretful of her actions, expressing a moral position.
Panacea sacrificed her morality for her principles, and lost both. Those pillars were not a good substitute and they led her astray.
Now I have to wonder how much of this I’m pulling out of the waxed poetic part of my anus.
She doesn’t have to intend to let him die. If the fight with prism had gone on a few minutes longer Taylor would be a murderer no matter her intentions. Actions and results matter more than intent. A dead hero is no less dead just because Taylor was distracted by a fight while she was killing him.
That is called manslaughter. Even the law takes intent into account. It takes two to tango, remember? If Prism had knocked out or killed Skitter, would you still charge Skitter with that crime when she had no opportunity to stop the bugs from merely causing a great deal of injury to Triumph?
Oh wait, that’s right, Prism had a gun. A gun she drew on Taylor. Not easy to pay attention when you’re facing potential death, you know. And if Prism had gone down a lot easier, we’d have seen Triumph in less danger.
I think it’s clear, then, by since Prism also didn’t intend for Triumph to die, but her actions could have inadvertently caused it, that Prism is also clearly a would-be murderer (possibly more than would be since she’s packing heat).
Sure Prism wouldn’t have intended any harm to Triumph, but to quote you “Actions and results matter more than intent. A dead hero is no less dead just because Taylor was distracted by a fight while she was killing him.” So I guess the person doing the distracting better be brought up on charges and held just as morally acountable.
If Prism had knocked out or killed Taylor then Triumph’s death would still be Taylor’s fault and, assuming she was alive, she would definitely be charged with murdering Triumph. Taylor is the one that attacked and poisoned him. She committed the actions that would have led straight to his death.
Considering she carries epipens and has taken pains to avoid killing she clearly knew that Triumph could have died from what she was doing to him, so it isn’t even really manslaughter unless she gets a good lawyer.
Dis on November 13, 2012 at 04:46 said:
(note: some or all of this may have been addressed farther down in the comments. I haven’t had a chance to read them all yet)
If Wormverse law enforcement are anything like real world law enforcement they’ve killed quite a few innocent people in situations much less dire than this one. Hell, they’ve even cuffed a few people on their front lawns and shot them in the backs of their heads. And if Wormverse mayors are anything like real world mayors, they’re in on it. (see Bloomberg and stop and frisk, and let’s not forget that the mayor encourages by inaction everything the boardwalk enforcers do.)
These are rational adults with a huge support network behind them* and plenty of options. Meanwhile we’re condemning a traumatized and alienated teenager doing the best she could under terrible circumstances.
If everything’s going your way and your idea of a fun afternoon is to go torture someone in front of their parents and then threaten to kill them you’re probably pure evil. In Taylor’s case however a lengthy series of unfortunate events led her to this point, and she had little choice in the matter. (and let’s not forget she’s involved with Coil in the first place because of Armsmaster’s soaring glory boner)
She could either leave Trickster (bit of an ass, admittedly) to spend most to the rest of his life in prison and abandon a little girl to a crime lord and the over a hundred people depending on her to their fates, or she could threaten the life of someone already attacking her (perfectly justified mind you) with antidote in hand.
If someone broke into your home like this would the use of lethal force be justified? Yes.
That doesn’t make that person evil though.
*Low level law enforcement officers don’t have much support in terms of being mandated to do unethical things – it’s do it or lose your job – that doesn’t make them any less culpable when they murder people though.
Also sorry for poor form in my writing. It’s late and I can’t be arsed to do any editing.
“which doesn’t actually serve a greater purpose when he could have given a lot of heroes that ability.”
What ability?
There was no time to mass-produce his cutting edge nano cloud blade.
Pinkhair on November 13, 2012 at 02:09 said:
While I agree that she was wrong, she was NOT willing to let Triumph die:
“As much as I wanted to pressure the mayor, I was ready to apply the epipen the second Triumph’s breathing slowed enough.”
She left him under a giant swarm of bugs that were injecting him with more than trace amounts of venom, while they were also blocking his airway and crawling into all his orifices. Then she went off and fought Prism for a period of time. She carries epipens and has worried about allergic reactions before, so trying to claim that she wasn’t willing to let him die seems kind of silly. She may have preferred him alive, but that didn’t stop her from leaving him in life threatening circumstances until she dealt with Prism.
So it’s Taylor’s fault for wanting to defend herself from a gun-toting superhero when the only reason she put herself in danger at all was to save someone else who was meant to be having a nonviolent conversation with the Mayor before he proved stubborn?
I mean, the Mayor did choose to stand up while his superhero son was calling reinforcements in on that position. He could have just said, “Actually, I was going to keep the city around anyway. Please leave now. This is my home and my little girls are here.”
Are you kidding me? The mayor proved stubborn? A pack of villains broke into his home and threatened them if he didn’t do as he was told. If he had lied maybe they would come back when the heroes weren’t there and killed the mayor and his family. Their conversation was in no way nonviolent either. Trickster grabbed one of the twins and pointed a gun to her head. I suppose trying to save his family is a good reason for Triumph to die?
Not that it even matters, but Prism didn’t even pull her gun until Triumph was covered in a swarm of bugs that could very easily have caused her death. Killing a terrorist in an attempt to save Triumph is completely different than killing Triumph to try to force the government to bow to your whims.
Your attempts at moral equivalency in this case are ridiculous.
This bit is more than a bit victim blamey. While his actions weren’t very smart he can hardly be blamed for having three supervillains waltz into his home. That would be their fault for not using a more sensible gait for breaking and entering.
And they were hardly there to have a peaceful conversation. The goal was intimidation from the very beginning. Unfortunately intimidation doesn’t work so well when the people you’re trying to intimidate have two arguably more powerful supers with them.
JessieLaurent on November 13, 2012 at 05:33 said:
Quite a dilemna, although I think everything’s getting a bit confused. First, it was a discussion of morality, principles, and the difference between ends-justifies-the-means and more Rule Based ethical systems. Then, well, the sides shift and, whether they are right or not, the Skitter-is-near-murderess-and-evil group make a logic mistake or two.
If they are concerned with the outcome, and all that talk about manslaughter and results seem to say it is, then they’ve switched to an ethics of ends. All well and good, but that does mean that they are now vulnerable to arguments about ‘the good of the city in the long run’ in a way a Rule-based ethics isn’t.
Personally, I agree that she’s crossed a few lines, but to my mind the comments about the epi pen show she’s realized it, and I think I have it in my heart to forgive her HORRIBLE morality in not being able to not be killed by a foe and simultaniously making sure Triumph is alive.
And, from a practical point of view, this is the direct result of Skitter’s powers. She doesn’t like going this far, but her powers are not strong enough (yes, they are cool, but nothing like what the strongest heroes and villains have) that she can always afford to hold back.
Other notes: Skitter, even as she makes morally questionable decisions, is more than a littl bit of a badass.
And, well, the fact that such a long conversation on the morality of a character who is ENTIRELY FICTIONAL shows just how invested most people, myself included, are in her character.
The mayor bluffed with his family there. Wrong time to risk provocation. Not his fault alone, but his imprudence disn’t help matters. Police standoffs at least try to minimize civilians in danger while acting a little accomodating until they are in a good position, or until the civilians are in immediate danger.
He had more balls than diplomatic sense.
Although since he was standing off against one of the most terrifying supervillains in the city, who was on a team with most of the rest of the most terrifying supervillains, which is allied with the team including some of the most powerful supervillains in town…that took a significant quantity of balls.
When did that happen?
She quite clearly was moments from saving him anyway, she just had a much clearer perspective on whether or not he was still alive.
Guile on November 15, 2012 at 09:19 said:
To be fair, the mayor’s son and the girlfriend are both A-list heroes. Prism is one of the two heroes freaking LEGEND brought to Brockton to battle an ENDBRINGER. Obviously he felt safe with that at his back, compared to a few local villains.
Sengachi on September 22, 2013 at 12:36 said:
She wasn’t willing to let him die. Remember when she was hoping the mayor would just break because “How long can I wait until I break?” She knew if he didn’t break, she would break and stab him with the Epipen.
She is still one of the most moral people in the story. Pretty much all of the heroes are, to use the technical term, dicks.
Worth noting that she wasn’t willing to let Triumph die, and explicitly thought that if he stopped breathing or otherwise got too close to death she’d save him even if the mayor hadn’t caved yet. She did however withhold medical care and use the life of a son to extort the father, so still definitely crossing a line, just not the line of murder.
Mr. Walaa on November 13, 2012 at 00:23 said:
If there is a most wanted list set up by the protectorate then skitter probably placed herself in the top five for Brockton Bay.
Well she still hasn’t killed anyone yet. Robbery, disruption of the peace, resisting arrest, breaking and entering, conspiracy to commit felony, assault.
But those are all par for the course. She has shown herself to be an effective terrorist, but I doubt she is on a list that would get her booted direct to the Birdcage.
You do realize that three of those crimes as well as attempted murder was perpetrated on one of the most influential and powerful men and his family in the city. Those are the type of actions that generate a lot of man power and resources in bringing you down.
wanderinggeek on November 13, 2012 at 10:48 said:
Agreed. The government isn’t exactly fair to people with powers to begin with, as we saw in Canary’s case. Skitter is headed to the birdcage, if ever caught and contained.
Canary’s case was about setting a precedent. Skitter never mind controlled people (though Regent did). I honestly think the three strikes rule would apply to Skitter.
I honestly don’t think she’d be anywhere near the top five most wanted for Brockton Bay. Don’t forget most of The Pure and Fenrir’s Chosen are still kicking it. Then there is Coil and the Travellers. Then on the Undersiders you have Regent and Bitch.
None of them personally attacked the Mayor of the city. In addition she basically stripped this man of his dignity and resolve when faced with his dying child. Those are not things a person forgets lightly.
This is a situation of “Be careful the enemy you choose!” Threaten average joe and he/she might run to the cops or cower. Threaten the powerful and influential and you might get the entire police, army reserve and a bunch of 4 letter alphabet agency after your ass.
Lets also not discount that she single handedly outclass Prism, who was a Legend protege as well thoroughly defeat Triumph. It might be ok to mix it up with the Wards but the Protectorate’s might want some serious payback.
Abrakadabra on September 22, 2019 at 04:32 said:
So, that mayor is more important, Than the average joe? Freaking elitism, that is the thing that destroing this planet. And the wormverse too…
Goategg on November 13, 2012 at 02:39 said:
I would be inclined to agree if we were just able to go by indirect evidence, but during the interludes it always seems to avoid discussing Skitter so much as they talk about Tattletale and Regent.
I don’t know if somehow she’s still flying under the radar or if that’s a specific technique being used in the writing, but it makes me think that she still isn’t really getting blamed for all the stuff she’s been doing.
Of course, let me just put a disclaimer here and say i could be totally, totally wrong.
In terms of how much of a threat she is perhaps, but by this point it is abundantly clear that Skitter won’t kill someone no matter what. She could have slaughtered everyone in that house far more easily then she brought them down without killing them, it’s not really a secret anymore.
Meaning that as scary as Skitter is, the heroes are going to know that they can rely on her leaving them alive, which is a serious problem for her if they really wanted her gone.
In other words she’s powerful but not a real threat. What’s more she’s easily negotiated with. Indeed if anything I would expect this to be the point at which they finally wise up and just talk to the stupidly powerful villain for a minute or two and avoid entire fights.
Of course this also makes her easily trapped.
Gnarker on November 13, 2012 at 07:45 said:
You sure about that?
People have this nasty habit of misinterpreting things. And while she is a genuinely good person and wouldn’t have let Triumph die no matter what, the mayor and the heroes don’t know that.
From their perspective, and what they know about Villains, she would have killed Triumph, just to prove a point.
Also, it’s not the first time that she took a hero hostage (The fact that she ultimately didn’t even go through the first time may or may not be regarded). Throw in a vengeful mayor using all of his considerable political clout on making her pay…
So, it depends on how the heroes look at this. Either they come to your conclusion, or they come to see her as bastard without regard for the lives of people, that is to be sent to the birdcage first chance they get. Remember, it doesn’t even take all that much to be sent there, a simple unintentional slip-up
with your power is apparently enough, and she did everything on purpose.
I don’t see it. Skitter’s hesitation isn’t really an advantage and I certainly don’t see her avoiding the birdcage from about the bank robbery onwards.
Her actions combined with her statements (trying to ally against the nine, originally trying to be a hero) make it clear that her goals are consistent and well intentioned though the heroes will consider her to be warped and slightly deranged to my guess.
My meaning is more that at this point the heroes have a fair chance of seeing through her facade, which makes her vulnerable. As bad as it makes relations, them thinking she’ll kill if pushed is a vital part of her having any ability to leverage hostages and the like. Someone has got to be smart enough to see through her by now.
So you mean, she definitely is seen as someone who must be stopped, but she can’t count on her bluffing with hostages will protect her anymore? If so, I misunderstood you, my bad.
About the “someone smart enough”; We haven’t heard of Dragon for quite a while now, have we?
Whelp, if that doesn’t go to show that Skitter really is a villain than nothing ever will.
Kagedviper on November 13, 2012 at 00:42 said:
She obviously had to do it for the greater good. America does not negotiate with terrorists and will not abandon a city whose a victim of a terrorist attack, Skitter has merely done her part in insuring American Freedom. She’s A HERO DAMNIT!
I think she really shocked herself at what she can casually do to people now. She spoke with her real voice when she realized how close she came to killing him. But this chapter really gives evidence to the swarm intelligence theory. When the adrenaline kicks, she is amazing at coming up with a plan. Notice how she spends several paragraphs creating/perfecting strategies and tactics. She had to have thought all of that out in less than a minute. I would even rate her as a Thinker 1 or 2 at least. Regardless, her rep and threat level is going to go up from this. Heck, Coil should be scared.
I really want to disagree based on “Oh no, she didn’t mean to, and she’s really doing it for a good cause” and all that stuff. I want to. But I don’t think I can.
I mean, she lost some control in the midst of a life and death struggle. By the way, that’s one reason heros shouldn’t carry guns. Most heroes and villains don’t get into a fight expecting something lethal. You pull a gun and you up the ante from possible arrest to possible death. Things tend to get messy from there, and it’s one reason why law enforcement is generally supposed to fire as a last resort. If your cops and heroes are known for being trigger happy, expect the criminals they chase to reciprocate since they know that being caught may mean death instead of jail.
So she lost control, that’s not so bad. What is bad is that she used the life of the mayor’s son, even if he’s a hero, as a bargaining chip. That is pretty firmly in villain territory there.
No worse than anything america has done with its military. Taylor would be a great military commander; powers aside, she has the moral ambiguity to “do what needs to be done”, is goal-orriented, and has the moral strength to feel bad about what shes done.
I disagree that she lost control, the Prism fight would have taken place in a minute or so at the very most. It’s been shown before that she has constant awareness of her bugs no matter where her focus is so she would have had Triumph on the mental backburner throughout.
It is important to note that he was not actually in danger at the point where she finished Prism and got back to him. As for allergic reactions and so on, if that had gotten seriously bad she would have broken off immediately.
eduardo on November 13, 2012 at 08:24 said:
Please try to find news on what is happening in São Paulo right now. 20, 30 deaths per night.
Why? A powerfull criminal organization called PCC lost one of their managers in a situation where they (the PCC) thought he could have been simply arrested.
They put a reward on the head of every police officer in the city.
90 officers killed since the beggining of the year. More than 1000 people arrested and I really do not know how many criminals killed as retaliation.
It became a war. I keep waiting to see in the news that police lost all its restraint and really, really started to kill.
An example:
A woman police officer was shot in the back by an assault weapon and in front of her 11 years old son.
Imagine what will happen if this son becomes an officer fifteen years from now?
Yes, Skitter has very, very good reasons to avoid killing.
Reozul on November 13, 2012 at 05:46 said:
Yeah, I can only imagine Piggot slowly but sure starting to become very annoyed at Skitters existance.
After all, She is “only” classified Master 5 with a severe viable target handicap. Yet by now there are probably rumors of:
– Has fought Mannequin to a standstill (or even “won” the fight)
– Survived direct contact with Leviathan
– Defeated Lung twice (severely and “maliciously” injuring him each time)
Then theres the sadly unknown one of having faced Bonesaw and Jack Slash at the same time and lived.
And now this.
Remember Interlude 13? Piggot completely glossing over Grue and Skittter.
Yeah…don’t think we’ll be seeing much more of that now that Grue has one of the nastiest powers in the setting and Skitter is taking out multiple top-class heroes by herself.
Khaim on December 4, 2013 at 17:26 said:
If Skitter is still listed as a Master 5 during this chapter, it’s only because the paperwork got lost somewhere on Piggy’s desk.
I really enjoyed this fight, and the vertical element in particular was quite entertaining. It strikes me that, with time to prepare, Skitter could do even more in an environment like this, like removing a staircase and hiding that fact with silk.
Prism’s mechanics are quite interesting, and I am glad that Triumph was unable to shout in Taylor’s face there at the end.
“mouth and again, beneath” should there be another dash between ‘mouth’ and ‘and’?
“anothers was gagging” Either ‘another’ or ‘others’ I guess.
“Only the silk thread connected the gargoyle to the leg of the one closest to me.” I understood what was happening but it reads a bit awkwardly to me.
Yeah Prism would be an interesting character to work out the stats for. I already mostly statted Leviathan (minus regeneration, and probably needs some serious balancing) in HERO 6E; maybe Prism will be my next attempt.
Individuo on November 13, 2012 at 00:39 said:
Skitter is getting to the point where she is gona get targeted by everyone.
This chapter is incredible and make point in how much skitter has advanced in her villain career.
Also, quick question to the autor, are the bullies gona make a future appareance? I want to now what happened to shadowstalker.
Stay tuned! Worm jumps the shark in 2 arcs, with the revelation that the bullies are really… the endbringers!
No. In all seriousness, I’m adverse enough to spoilers that I won’t say anything one way or another.
John on January 12, 2014 at 23:48 said:
Leviathan is Sophia, since (s)he’s extremely fast.
Simurgh is Emma, for mind games and psychological warfare.
Behemoth is Madison (or whatchamacallit), ultimately a nasty bitch, that bites because her(his) owner says to.
ShawnMorgan on February 18, 2014 at 22:29 said:
(Non serious) Maybe they made a Pact?
DeNarr on November 13, 2012 at 00:40 said:
“I could have taken down out right there”
Possibly replace “down” with “him”?
Undead-Spaceman on November 13, 2012 at 00:50 said:
You know, the way things typically go, I was totally expecting Taylor get shot in the back by another ‘good’ guy.
I was pleasantly surprised that it didn’t occur.
Are you saying theyre not good or that good is an subjective moral stance, is neither better or worse than ‘bad’ or “evil”, and it is ultimately the victorious and powerful who write history, declaring who is ‘good’ and ‘evil’
Starry Sky on November 13, 2012 at 04:06 said:
Personally, I take issue with the claim that it’s always the victors or the leaders who write history, and that they unilaterally declare who the morality of a historical event. First, when you consider modern historians, they often go to great lengths in order to recount events with as much accuracy and with as little personal bias as possible.
Second, it’s just not a very accurate statement. For instance, the Chinese historian Sima Qian wrote his famous historical records in secret after suffering castration at the hands of the ruling dynasty. Similarly, Cicero was declared an enemy of the state and killed at the behest of Mark Antony. That didn’t prevent his work from becoming one of the most vital first hand accounts of Roman history in the waning days of the republic.
It may be a bit redundant, but in my opinion it’s far more accurate to simply say history is written by those who write it.
Absolutely true. In addition, if you want it on a grander scale, though not for that long in the course of events, look at Southern History. Through novels, yes, but also serious, or at least researched, history, certain Southern Historians tried to glorify the war and the struggle, as well as obscure the reasons of the war, and the brutal acts on their side (while of course emphasizing the North’s brutality, such as Sheman’s march) among other things.
Eventually it got better, of course.
So not only can a losing person write the histories, entire losing sides can, if they are alive at the end of their loss, try to write the histories in a way that justifies their actions.
So yeah, that statement always did strike me, the whole ‘written by the victors’ as both cynical and innocent of the way in which humans work (which is an odd combination, indeed.)
On the other hand, consider the massive impact of Birth of a Nation. One film single-handedly rewrote history and encouraged decades of oppression, persecution, and mass murder. Yes, we’re sometimes able to correct abuses of history long after the fact, but that doesn’t change the fact that they’re able to do tremendous damage first.
How can you put good in apostrophes after this chapter? If any of the cops in the area or Prism managed to shoot Taylor in the back it would be entirely justified. If that fight had gone on two or three minutes longer Triumph would be dead. Even if he is an asshole, which we don’t know, he still goes out and fights criminals and monsters like the endbringers.
I am baffled that people keep trying to give Taylor the moral high ground in this story. Being the main character doesn’t automatically excuse all your awful actions, even if you fret over them later. It doesn’t make Taylor any less of a great character if you acknowledge that she is actively doing the wrong thing.
You can be a villain and still be good.
You can be good at doing evil.
Thinking back on it, I’m not entirely sure why I put good in apostrophes, maybe the number of hero’s turning out to be jerks in this story is starting to get to me. That and I wrote that about a half-hour after waking up and was still a little groggy.
But anyway, what I meant is that I just expecting the mayor to turn around and shoot her in the back after helping his son because that sorta almost seems par of course in this story. I’m aware that she’s the reason he needed help in the first place but she didn’t have to personally help them with it and everything. She could have just tossed him the epipen and left while he fumbled with it.
If the fight had gone on a few minutes longer she would have stopped attacking him. We know that she is constantly aware of her bugs and what they are doing, Triumph wasn’t being ignored, otherwise the timing becomes ridiculously convenient.
Even if she stopped attacking him he was still in life threatening danger. She injected him with more than a bit of venom. She wouldn’t intentionally kill him, but now that she is fighting more viciously it is only a matter of time.
Don’t really want to get drawn into the moral debate, but Triumph is one of those ‘super strong’ heroes in addition to his voice. Judging the correct amount of force to use on capes is HARD.
I am actually kinda impressed by the mayor here. Taking on villains with a shotgun? Say what you will, but any mundie willing to take on superpowered folk while at a disadvantage has chops. I might not agree with his politics, but he’s got chops.
Although now Taylor could conceivably say “I saved the city”, though I doubt she’s be proud of it.
Ah, yes, a very important weakness of humans, even superpowered ones. The need to breath. A well-placed choke hold can do wonders against them, provided you can keep it on long enough. I don’t believe it actually takes as long as wrestlers tend to sell, though. Also, you have to know what you’re doing or you might just kill them in the process.
I guess this really brought it home to the Mayor that he is very touchable. He was all confident in having hero protection, knowing reinforcements could be on the way, but then he found out the bugs could get his son.
On the plus side, looks like Taylor finally got a guy’s pants down. Go go Keeper! (Dungeon Keeper Ami reference)
Also, the reforming of Prism kind of reminded me of this Evasion or Dodge move from Legend of Mana that I’ve been using in something I’m writing (and am terribly behind on. This month goes too quick). Your character splits into three, each of the ones spreading out a short distance in a random direction on the screen. Neither you nor the enemy know which one is real until a second later when they two fake ones fade.
I guess the setting has itself a response to the rich buying powers: Poor people who get traumatized get them right back. Hey Mayor, don’t want your son to almost die next time? Maybe have the cops pay some real attention to school bullying and how the heroes act in their civilian lives.
So I guess the lesson here kiddoes is be good to your fellow man lest you treat them so bad they gain the ability to fire cans of baked beans from their fingertips. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. Yooooooooo Joe!
I think the rich buying powers is a pretty good response to traumatized people going around raping and murdering with their powers. Is it somehow Triumph’s fault that Taylor was bullied? No. Just because Taylor was bullied doesn’t mean she is morally right when she almost murders a law enforcement agent. The lesson here is that the local villains will break into your home and try to murder your children if you don’t do what they want.
That makes Cauldron seem so good for the world, but I’m not getting a good vibe from human test subjects, brainwashing, and almost certain deaths. Is the world better off with Cauldron? How much would villains outnumber the heroes without them?
Until we know Cauldron’s ultimate plans we can’t be sure if the world is better off with Cauldron. What we do know is a hell of alot of the best heroes have been made by cauldron, and if they weren’t around the endbringers would probably have a much higher death toll. Until we know the source of the endbringers though noone can definitively state whether cauldron has had an overall positive impact on the world.
Ok, so the rich ignore social programs, ignore fixing social ills. Poor people get bullied, wind up in worse conditions, have their basic human dignity trampled on because someone decided they didn’t care about the problems of the poor.
Then some of the poor get powers as a result. It would be quite natural for them to then seek some justice. Something to balance the scales out a little bit.
Being bullied doesn’t give them the right. But being bullied by a superhero, someone supposed to be the moral watchdog of society, who then uses friend’s dad’s position of higher financial and social power to escape any sort of justice whatsoever, and then the society is such that the school does hardly anything to truly correct the situation which is now probably one of many that’s being played out?
If you help to maintain a society in which someone’s rights and dignity and personhood are trampled upon, don’t be surprised when someone’s version of standing up and saying that they matter involves taking it out on the society that put them down in the first place.
Around where I live, especially after the election, there were people pissed off and worried. My own brother expressed some idiotic idea that now black people were going to take revenge on white people for all the bad shit whitey has done to them for so long.
If you don’t put them down and treat them like second class citizens, they won’t have anything to feel like getting revenge over, now will they? All they’ll have are the standard gripes of anybody else, which provides no moral justification at all if they then go on to do bad things.
You keep trying to say it is the rich people’s fault that all these people are villains. People have a choice, and it isn’t based on your wealth. Do you think it is ok to rob banks and murder people? Do you think it is acceptable to use your newfound powers to intimidate others, to rape or kill them? Being poor doesn’t give people nobility of purpose, and neither does being rich. What does give a person the moral highground is going out every day and preventing murders and robberies. The source of power matters far less than what you actually do with it.
If I have money is it my fault that something bad happened to someone that doesn’t? Am I expected to go out and try to help every single person I can find, or else it is ok when the villains break into my home and do whatever they want?
Also, you honestly don’t seem to need to be that rich to buy powers from Cauldron either. A cop with a decent inheritance was able to buy powers and become Battery after all. Is she somehow worse than say Lung because she bought her powers and Lung had something bad happen to him?
Certain societal ills disproportionately effect those who are poor. This is not an indictment of poor people. It is an indictment of the society that can be fixed by those who are better off and in better position to fix it but do not and sometimes abuse their greater power tot he detriment of others.
As for robbing banks, as long as no one is hurt, it’s hard to see the immorality in it. I do take the FDIC for granted, though, which will pay back anyone with $250,000 in their accounts. The only ones who might lose some money would be those who have more than that.
Murder is defined as a wrongful killing, so I won’t use that. But some people do deserve to die. Some people do things horrible enough that it is a good option for them to be hunted down and killed, perhaps by some sort of team of secret Navy team flying into Pakistan.
Did all the German soldiers of WW2 deserve death? No. They were casualties in a battle where the alternative was allowing the regime of a horrible despot to have his way. It is regrettable, but it was the best and most moral course of action available. It was only available because society, both German and national, had failed to do anything but exacerbate the conditions that lead to a desperate Germany seeking someone to make them feel strong and worthwhile again.
Dropping the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were actions that many people can debate the morality of. But it is worth noting in that debate that every single war since WW2 has not used up the surplus of Purple Hearts created in anticipation of an invasion of Japan.
And, of course, anyone at all is given the moral authority to kill someone who is attempting to kill them.
Look how much it took to actually intimidate someone who was just in a position of elected power. You want to know why? Because that part of the city still had police protection, hero protection, and because he was privileged enough to not worry about people around him wanting to do him harm.
But when you let someone wallow in the portion of society where it is ok to rob, murder, and rape, where power is only obtained by being the strongest, then problems will happen. That area doesn’t have to exist. There are always going to be a few bad cases out there, but they won’t have very many places to hide if nowhere in society accepts that kind of thing.
I’m not talking justice on the individual level. That would be more like beating a dog and training it to fight other dogs, and then it getting loose one day and killing you. That’s more like what happened between the Undersiders and Shadowstalker. This kind of justice is more concerning groups of people.
Like one large group of people left with no power or running water, little in the way of food, no police protection or emergency services. Left to fend for themselves but holding out the hope that the authorities and the ones with power will get their act together enough to save them while supervillains take over their homes. And then the much smaller portion that’s doing ok is considering pulling out of the city and letting it stay that way, forcing people to either stay at their home where they seem to have a good reason to stay already, or pack up and leave. Let me reiterate that point. A few people. That one man. He has the decision in his hands to have the government say “Wow, you were looking for help? Well, you can just help your ass on down the road because the place you’ve been starving for is getting bulldozed and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
The problem is that money is so often power these days.
Necro comment.
A little clarifiication. The japanese did not capitulate because if The bombs. They did, because The soviets attacked the kvantung army which numbered over a million, and defeated it in a week. That was the real shock to the military leaders. The only question That remained, is WHO will occupy Japan. The japanese opted for the americans, and delayed the soviets despite the capitulation, and hurried along the americans, practically carrying the american troops, to take territory befora the soviets arrive.
Battery could only buy powers due to also going on their ‘payment plan’ also I think the point is more that it’s difficult to argue that it is immoral to attack a system when that system is attacking you first.
Skitter is anti-authoritarian because authority has made her life hell at every turn. That’s a reasonable response to take. Furthermore if we’re looking at the wider stance here then we have Skitter (saving everyone she can) versus rich people having a nice meal in their mansion while discussing condemning a city of people to death or close to it.
The mayor has hardly been shown to be a paragon of decency, remember that he ran a city which routinely had poor people beaten and raped (and even killed in some cases) if they went into the wrong area of town. A city which made no effort at all to fix it’s vast income inequalities (see Danny despairing over trying to help people with that one) and instead focused on making the rich people comfortable.
This showed some brutal actions on Skitter’s part. But unless you hold that it’s different when you do it with your own hands, the Mayor has actually done worse. Much worse. And not for good reasons.
In response to Anzer’ke:
First, I don’t think that condemning the city in any way means killing everyone in the city. My impression is that if the city were condemned, all current inhabitants would be evacuated and become refugees while the infrastructure would be leveled.
Second, it’s my impression that the guards on the Boardwalk were private contractors not working under the auspices of the government, and even if they were, the mayor himself can’t be held personally responsible for every social problem in the city. We have no idea how long he’s been in office nor a clear understanding of what his personal politics are nor any idea how exactly the local government works. For all we know, the mayor has been pushing for progressive social reform programs for months but has been prevented from doing so by a recalcitrant city council.
If I recall correctly, the only thing we know he opposed was the reopening of the city ferry, which he may have opposed for very valid reasons. Several reasons I can think of just off the top of my head, the operating costs would be large and ticket fares would be unlikely to cover the cost, especially if the tickets were priced economically enough for the disadvantaged members of society to be able to afford them.
There was also likely strong opposition to the reopening of the ferry system from the members of society in the downtown district. You have to remember that the rich citizens and businesses in the downtown are likely the ones paying the highest property taxes and local government officials are, rightly or wrongly, going to have to bend to their will in at least some situations. This isn’t a necessarily evil thing either, the property taxes from downtown could potentially be redistributed to the Docks region in the form of social programs and infrastructure improvements, though that’s clearly not in any way guaranteed.
In short, Skitter has clearly done far more directly unethical things than could conceivably be attributed to the mayor given what we know right now. Maybe in the future it will turn out that he’s a total prick, but for now, I’m not comfortable making that judgement.
Evacuation already took place, everyone still in the city has some reason why they didn’t want to evacuate. Considering how bad things have gotten it seems doubtful that those are minor reasons. Also the statement is abandon, this would imply cutting off the city from infrastructure.
Uh, yes he can. It is his job to be held accountable. That’s like saying that a Mayor lacks responsibility for the police. Fact is that they are an openly employed, violence authorised force; who is paying them is irrelevent, they are being endorse by the government by the act of allowing them. Allowing them gives them the same legitimacy as the police (they certainly acted like police in their assumed authority), the government is granting them that and the result of that is that it is the government who are responsible for them.
We’re not talking minor stuff here, they were really bad and in plain sight. There is no excuse at all for allowing them to continue.
As for the ferry that was explictly done to cut off a chunk of the city, and saying that he was beholden to the rich is hard to swallow given he lives in a mansion. He’s rich too. He also claimed to have been elected more than once (I recall this being stated elsewhere as well, re-election campaigns were brought up) so he hardly lacked for time.
Saying that it’s okay to screw over the poor because the money from the rich could ‘in theory’ be used to help them doesn’t make sense. Even if the money were actually being used (which it isn’t) that would be government money, which is generally intended specifically for the less fortunate. It’s not a gift from the rich, it’s fair payment for continued participation in a social system. The rich usually owe the poor, not the other way around.
In any case, bad stuff was done, he was in charge. No attempt was made to stop that stuff, I have no sympathy for him.
And again, Triumph was a combatant, he was defeated. You can’t then complain that your opponent fought back. Especially when you escalated to lethal and near lethal force right from the beginning while they did not.
You can’t then complain that your opponent fought back. Especially when you escalated to lethal and near lethal force right from the beginning while they did not.
In fairness, it was a villain who pulled a gun on a (presumably non-powered) child. That counts as “escalation to lethal force” even if he didn’t actually pull the trigger.
I always claim most situations when the person in the right cannot be found and both parties seem grey are the fault of a third party.In this case, this whole mess is trickster’s fault.
Everyone in the city is being allowed to stay because the city is still a city. Once they condemn the place they are sure to compel evacuation rather than risk the political blowback of leaving a bunch of people in a city that is no longer recieving any support.
Also, there is such a thing as private security companies. Ranging from bouncers to mall cops to mercenaries. The people on the boardwalk sound like jumped up bouncers. They have no official standing and if the cops saw them beating a homeless person they would be obligated to act.
You are making a lot of definitive statements about what the mayor has done and why with very little evidence.
Also, Triumph escalated to lethal force after his sister was grabbed and had a gun aimed right at her head. How the hell can you claim lethal force wasn’t being offered?
Damali on November 13, 2012 at 12:18 said:
To your brother…well, if we didn’t do it the first time, why do it now? our victory has been secured 🙂
My brother just thinks that there always has to be antagonism between people of skin colors because that’s the way it’s always been as far as he knows. I’ve noticed a tendency for people to just keep hold of some beliefs they were raised with purely because that’s what they were told as they were raised. I think Mr. Deity was great on TheThinkingAtheist when he said you needed to examine your beliefs and figure out what you think about things, otherwise you’re just living what someone else told you to.
Case in point: If everyone was jumping off a bridge, would you?
1. Everyone may have a really good reason to jump off the bridge, like a portal to happy boob cupcake hot wing land.
2. Even if I’m wrong, there’s guaranteed to be a pile of bodies from all the other people capable of softening my fall enough to survive.
Those last two paragraphs have a very O’Reilly flair to them.
With great restraint, I ask you to please never say that to me or about me again.
It specifically reminded me of that time he said the moon didnt cause the tides. And then defended it for two weeks.
That really does not help that statement about me. And he was addressing an atheist, trying to assert that science doesn’t know everything by going “Tide comes in, tide goes out, you can’t explain that.”
Well, let’s just hope Taylor doesn’t develop quite the same reputation as poor Ami. A jailbait evil overlord with ‘deviant tendencies’ is one thing, but one that also controls and covers herself with insects? Things could get creepy and awkward fast. You can almost hear the Earthworm rumors…
Hey there, want to play with my earthworm jim?
Get your mind out of the gutter, I meant the videogame.
If Triumph bought his power, this experience may be enough to cause a trigger event (or would he still need it to be the intensity of the secondary trigger?).
Also, it’s interesting how Taylor was able to use a single bug to see:
“forced a bug down his throat to check and found it almost entirely closed up.”
This means that she’s still coming into her powers.
Also, I have a suspicion that Taylor and Trickster weren’t actually meant to succeed. We’ll see from Coil’s reaction.
Can a Cauldron bought power, get a second trigger event? She is definitely still coming into her power. She is starting to practice with multitasking, has yet to replicate the incident with the moth listening to music from the ABB bombings, and the proposed swarm intelligence thing. Which I am certain she now has after this chapter. I talk about it above, but look at how fast she comes up with great strategies/tactics. She contemplates and organizes so much in what seems like less than minute. I think that she can only make use of it in extreme situations though. I actually think she should qualify as a Thinker 1 at least. But that makes me wonder what separates a Thinker 1 from a regular old genius.
I’m pretty sure that if her power involves shifting part of her “self” into the swarm, she qualifies to be something like thinker 10 if not 12. Because it scales up. The more bugs she has, the smarter (more inhuman) she becomes.
And yes, I fully agree that swarm intelligence seems like a logical conclusion.
I wouldn’t be surprised if, somewhere down the road, she will lose her body.
If skitter ever gains transformative powers then she’d be incredibly powerful. Bullets would be functionally useless for one thing. For another if it included a range increase…actually it’s probably a good thing that Panacea went to the bird cage. Her and Skitter together would have been utterly OP.
Skitter could pretty much have controlled the entire city by herself.
If skitter ever gains transformative powers then she’d be incredibly powerful. Bullets would be functionally useless for one thing.
That would actually be kind of scary… for her. Bullets sill kill bugs, they just only kill a tiny number of bugs. But more than you might think, because it’s not just the bullet that hits a swarm, it’s the shockwave in the bullet’s wake.
Now with a swarm, that’s one thing. They’re expendable. If she loses 1% of her bugs, that’s nothing. But if those bugs are transformed Skitter, well… how would you like to lose a random 1% of your body? Especially if you don’t know what 1% it is?
The average adult human weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of 150 pounds. How would you like to lose 1.5 pounds, not of “weight loss” but of random body mass that could be from anywhere?
Ant your recollection of the ABB bombings just gave me a horrible yet inventive use for Skitters abilities. Kamikaze bugs!!!
I think the fallout from this fight is that Skitter will have a even bigger target painted her back and will have to find more creative ways to use her bugs. Nitroglycerin in its liquid state is highly volatile to physical shock. So if the bugs in jested the liquid or carried small traces of the solid compound and once they land and start bitting and the person swats them…booom.
Physical force generated from the blow excites the unstable molecules breaking down the bonds and you have several thousand pounds of kinetic pressure generated per seconds. I don’t think there will be anyone in the Protectorate who would want to willingly face her with thousands of flying or walking bombs at her disposal. Just a thought 🙂
Devious, but that might be breaking the unwritten rules that all capes follow. It involves no explosives, or high powered guns. They broke them against the 9, but no one cared. Using tiny bombs against the people might be too much for Taylor. Besides it is not like she really needs it, this chapter proves her worth at long range combat. What she really needs are options for when they get too close. She would have lost if Triumph had gotten close enough to shout or take a punch. The fight with Mannequin was so nail biting because she had to fight him up close and personal. She only has some pepper spray, and a metal baton. I wonder how much tinker tech is to buy on the black market. If she had something like Armsmaster’s Halberd, she would be covered in case another cape manages to get close.
Don’t necessarily rule out the kamikaze bugs. Understandable even a small insect carrying minute quantities can still cause serious damage. But you have some supers who are damage resistance or armoured in some fashion where poison or capacin laced bugs wont affect them.
Also bear in mind that bombs are not always used on people. The military use explosives to clear debris and obstructions. I can see Skitter using a few to open a difficult door or use them as shock and awe like flash bombs. Just discharge them at a sufficient distance to temporarily disable a room full of opponents or knock out electronics and security or disable a moving vehicle.
In regards to her close range combat skills that can only grow with time but Skitter is a manipulator. Her main strengths lies in fighting from a distance. There is only so much someone like Skitter can do against Triumph who is far more physically strong or durable than she would ever be. As for Mannequin he was encased in a suite of armour which like Triumph put him physically outside the realms of normal human capabilities. I think if she had a few flying bombs at her disposal against mannequin the fight would not have lasted so long and she would not have sustained so much injuries from the encounter.
You make excellent points, but I’m worried that it is too easy to kill someone with a small explosive. It is like the danger of escalation she points out when Fletchette said she would try to scare off Ballistic. What happens if she bombs someone who is not quite as tough as she thought? It seems possible to use though, and I wonder why no one has thought of it in universe. While Nitroglycerine may be too volatile to use effectively, I’m sure there are compound/chemicals she could simply have the bugs carry. Or simply make a small bomb, that a swarm can easily carry. It depends on how much weight a swarm of bugs can carry. While I think explosives are too dangerous, she can always have the bugs carry a smoke bomb, some tear gas, or a flashbang. What I mean for close combat is for an emergency situation when she is ambushed or surprised into a close fight. She should never fight up close, but she needs something more when she has no choice in the matter. Something so that if Triumph actually did get close, it wouldn’t be an instant game over.
I don’t think it is very easy to buy tinker tech off the black market. Cauldron uses tinker gear sales as a way to find buyers after all. Taylor also wouldn’t be able to trust the tinker tech of anyone that isn’t recruited into her team. Most tinker tech has trackers and such according to Grue during the bank robbery.
Well, her Swarm Sense makes her largely immune to being blinded, so how about flares/smokebombs? If she can rig her helmet accordingly, or if she should have an as of yet undiscovered poison immunity, maybe even tear gas. If she can engage her enemy while he can’t see her, that’s one major advantage.
Also, with her ability to track her opponents movements and multitask she, as shown above, is not quite as vulnerable against attacks from behind and from multiple opponents, and has an easier time tracking and defending against attacks than someone relying only on sight.
Ultimately, most of the time she should still avoid close combat, if she can, which, given Atlas and Swarm Sense, should be a lot of the time.
Her biggest weakness as of right now, as i see it, is that she lacks attacks with raw power, against the likes of Glory Girl or other Brutes. Here, kamikaze bugs could indeed be very handy. Depending on how many bugs she uses, she could even fine control the explosive force.
Another major weakness is how to get her swarm close enough to bug exterminators like Triumph. Here, apart from the usual swarm/multiple fronts tactics, i see burrowing insects (if the ground permits), and possibly hollow protective capsules/bug grenades, maybe even airdropped/slingshotted by the swarm or rolling like hamster threadmills.
Kamikaze bugs adds new menace to that song.
“The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.”
Boom, Boom, Boom. Go forth my noble brethren! But I completely forgot about the lack of security of Tinker Tech. Maybe they can go mug Leet.
My flamitory comments asside,
I’ve greatly enjoy your story here these past dozen months, and will continue so. Good job sir.
Thank you! I hope to see you around in the comments.
Nope, this is my yearly compliment offering. Since I’ve started it none of my favorite authors or artists have died before finishing a story.
Well, now you’ve jinxed it.
..Damn.
Fake Spoiler; Soylent Green is Wildbow!
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ereshkigala on November 13, 2012 at 06:33 said:
There’s no such thing as abstract morality, only personal morality, and even then it is an offshot of our old instinctual survival mechanism. The human mind can learn to feel good about behaviors it subconsciously believes help its survival and bad about behaviors it subconsciously believes hinder its survival. In the prehistoric human social groups, the survival of the group was the survival of the individual the vast majority of the time so social relationships and enlightened self-interest created the rules of those societies to help the survival of the group. After longtime exposure, people subconsciously linked those social rules with their survival mechanisms of “feel good / feel bad” and created what we call “conscience” or “moral compass” for the first time.
Throughout the centuries and with the advent of philosophy and religion, other types of “survival” tied to the same mechanism, specifically our perceived “spiritual” survival, “racial” survival, “national” survival, thus further enriching and shaping morality. The idea of “good” and “evil” was created on the basis of that social construct as the collective “moral compass” of what most people believe to be good or evil.
In short, morality and the ideas of good and evil are constructs of social engineering. “Good” is what the majority of individuals in a system *believe* to promote the survival of themselves and the system that supports them. “Evil” is what the majority of individuals in a system *believe* to harm the survival of themselves and the system that supports them.
That’s what causes all those very interesting moral problems, people. Good and Evil are neither abstract nor absolute. Is the survival of a city or nation good if it demands someone sacrifice their father, brother, children or friends? Is the survival of your child good it it requires the sacrifice of another life? How about which life should be chosen to continue when the water in a lifeboat with three passengers is only enough for one of them and sharing will simply get all of the three killed?
People are not perfect. Thus Good and Evil are not perfect *when created and applied by fallible individuals*. Especially unintelligent individuals which, frankly, the majority of the population is when trying to function as a majority.
Let’s not even start about situations where the moral compass of the majority is guided by a smart but self-centered (or insane) minority. That’s how we got the Crusades and Usenet Rule #4.
Yes, there are many “constructs of social engineering.” I don’t believe that that implies that every idea of “good” and “evil” is inherently about supporting society and self, and I don’t think that all conceptions of good and evil are “constructs of social engineering.”
Suppose that I am a Kantian. I took a few philosophy classes in college, read about the big five(communitarian, virtue, utility, Kant, Theist) and picked Kant. Was Kant a social engineer? Was his writing a deliberately constructed plot to promote his own survival and the survival of the system that supports him?
It is possible to have a morality that is entirely distinct from the survival of the self. Indeed, I would call that the entire point of morality. Morality is what motivates us to not act in self centered ways. An individual acts on a moral basis, especially if you listen to Kant, only to the extent that one is not motivated by personal benefit.
I don’t want to claim that Good and Evil are perfect, because I think that there are many competing conceptions of Good and Evil. However, that doesn’t mean that they are ultimately self centered conceptions.
Don on November 13, 2012 at 06:45 said:
Entering the morality controversy here with a resounding “It doesn’t matter.”
Did she cross the line? It doesn’t matter. She looks a whole lot like she crossed a line to people in power, and that’s enough. She’s marked, this stink will never wash out on its own. So now what?
As much as people don’t like to hear this, morality is a function of power and vulnerability, and instinct. Hermit crabs don’t have morals; they’ll eat you if they need your shell and they’re better fighters than you. Or if they’re hungry. Or if they’re just irritated at life.
What makes us different? Social connectedness. We work together because it works better than the alternatives. We all have, to greater or lesser degrees, a need to look after each other… but still also a need to compete with each other on a hermit crab level. As time goes on, the behaviors that reinforce a strong group tend to win out, along with the corresponding instincts. Which is cool; I like those instincts. Feeling good when I help someone in need? That’s awesome. Feeling angry at dangerous, destructive individuals? Also good. I’d love to medicate all of them, put them in therapy (I’m more a fan of the ‘help people’ aspect of justice than the vindictive ‘kill the heretic!’ aspect).
But sometimes you can’t win against the bad guy. Or the price is too high.
Stalin, by some reports, killed about 60 million people, several hundred thousand from a personal list. He still has statues. We cooperated with him a lot – he had the power to back his behavior. If he’d lost it before he died in bed, then it’s assured a world full of people would have added him to their own lists; but he never did.
Added to that was the assurance that he played by certain rules – he was *just* tame enough to stand next to for a photo op, and everybody had bigger problems.
That’s how it works with some villains. The Slaughterhouse 9 could never gain that kind of peace, because they couldn’t be relied on for photo ops.
Skitter has been giving people in positions of authority the feeling that she’s a bit more diplomatic. Which is good for her.
Because if she lives, she’ll need to take the Stalin strategy: she will have to be untouchable long enough for people to get used to her being around. She will have to seem invincible or at least highly inconvenient, while at the same time a good partner for a photo op every now and then.
There’s no other path for her at this point.
What I find weird is how much angrier people seem to be at Skitter fighting back (which she has done several times before) then at Trickster putting a gun to a child’s head.
I doubt either of them would go through with it, but the latter is quite clearly much worse. Heck, Triumph is probably not going to be scarred by these events, the kid on the other hand…
I’m not mad at what Skitter did in this chapter. In fact I think it is very interesting and I am glad it happened. I just think that all the people that were saying “oh she isn’t really doing anything bad, the heroes are worse anyways, why are they being so mean to the main character!” have to reexamine Taylor and her actions.
Also, depending on the medical care Triumph probably could be scarred by these events. She was doing some nasty shit to that guy.
No one has questions about Trickster being a villain. We know he is a villain through and through. His sense of morality is weak at best. With Taylor there is a sense of violation and incongruity.
Galiana on November 13, 2012 at 15:39 said:
I agree. I think that because readers have spent so much time in Taylor’s head, we’re used to thinking of her as a sympathetic, likable character who wants to do the right thing. That makes it even more shocking and incongruous when she does things like this. We haven’t gotten to know Trickster so well, and haven’t formed an emotional connection to him as a character. Personally, I was torn between thinking “OMG, Skitter, what a badass you’ve become!” and “OMG, Skitter, how did you sink to this point?”
These comments are gonna start making me question myself at this rate, I really can’t see much wrong with what Taylor did. While MrMoray is right that this is clearly villainous behaviour I just don’t see the horror here.
She did something very close in her fight at the bank. With far less margin for safety and against a more vulnerable opponent.
She didn’t threaten a non-combatant, indeed she avoided the obvious method of just taking them hostage and forcing a stand down via black widow. She has actually threatened and attacked non-combatants before, both at the bank and the gala. Both times she had far less riding on her actions and thus far less reasons.
Indeed the Gala was more or less just her playing a prank, if a risky as hell one.
She fought seriously against Triumph and Prism (I was a little concerned by mention of an awkward landing at those speeds, hope Prism is okayish) but they both were fighting very seriously against her, for all that they were intruding it was not Skitter who hit first. Triumph was blasting the hell out of any bug clone he saw (enjoy broken everything, Trickster is gonna be hurting) and Prism was shooting. Trickster started it, but the heroes escalated to a ridiculous extent, they’re meant to be better than that.
In the end Skitter was dumped in it, had to succeed to save the city full of people, had to handle everyone else deciding to through rationality out the window and still managed not to hurt anyone too badly. I don’t see what makes this all that different from other actions in the past.
Especially given that the target, the mayor, is undoubtedly a terrible person, from Interlude 8: “People having their fingers broken for shoplifting, being beaten insensate, and there were even tales of the rare girl or boy getting raped by the really twisted fucks. When the enforcer was done making sure the offender in question wouldn’t come back to the Boardwalk, they left the bloodied person in the back of an alley, worked with another to stick them in a dumpster, or if it was late enough that nobody would see, they would toss them off the side of the boardwalk. A fifteen to twenty foot drop, depending on the tides and the location of the drop, onto sand or into water that was freezing cold for half the year.”
Does that really give anyone the impression that the guy in charge is a good sort? Or the heroes who support that system? I don’t see much reason to put Triumph on a pedestal. A lot of mention is made of him being a hero and going around saving people, which is great PR and all but heroes very clearly aren’t saints in this setting and have no real oversight (Shadow Stalker’s actions towards Taylor anyone?) day to day.
The city is smoldering and starving and he’s having a nice meal without a single sign of being tired or overworked. He gets all miffed over his phone rather then trying to talk seriously. He responds with massive violence when pausing would have let him defuse the situation with the two people who were clearly not interested in a fight. Honestly my impression is of a spoiled rich boy who joined the police (more or less) as expected of him.
Those aren’t employees of the mayor. They were enforcers hired by the local market to protect them.
Also, The heroes escalated at an entirely justified rate. Once you threaten to shoot a little girl in the face you shouldn’t expect the local heroes to slowly creep up their power use until everything is balanced out. Just because Skitter herself wasn’t pointing a gun at a child she was still part of the group that was, and helped the man that did.
I don’t think anyone is arguing that Skitter is evil. I certainly am not. What I am arguing is that all the people that keep saying that Taylor isn’t really that bad, and everyone else is a jerk anyway really ought to reexamine their opinions.
Also, we clearly have signs that alot of the heroes are desperately over worked. That was a big part of the Wards arc. Do you really think the protectorate members are just kicking back while their younger colleagues are working themselves ragged.
The constant cries of how being a jerk negates heroic acts and Taylor being nice on the inside balancing out all the nasty shit she does just boggles the mind. Just because she is the protagonist doesn’t mean we have to assume everything she does is the right thing.
I’m not sure I understand this.
So Skitter has responsibility for the actions of Trickster, the person in charge of the operation that she was assigned to. However the Mayor has no responsibility for what was allowed and accepted within the city he ran. And saying that the Boardwalk employed them is a dodge, he was in charge and he either knew or ignored it intentionally; they did horrible things (protect them my *ss, they were explictly there to keep people who spoiled the look out of the area for tourists and the rich) and he enabled it, putting him right there with Coil.
Meanwhile he also does nothing to fix the cities issues before, doing stuff like the Gala instead. And presently has done b*gger all to help any part of the city we know of and is apparently more focused on himself.
Actually that’s exactly what you’d expect. Triumph hit Trickster with a kinetic blast…which could very easily have set the gun off. Which would strongly hint that he knew Trickster wouldn’t actually pull the trigger or he’s just really stupid. Slow escalation is exactly what would have been practical. What’s more with two of the three villains trying to calm things down there was no good reason to not go with it.
I disagree, mainly because this isn’t anything new. The bank remains far worse than this.
Yet no mention here of Rory looking anything but okay. He’s in the middle of lunch with his girlfriend and family, given what his girlfriend does we’re either looking at a massive coincidence (possibly Coil set it up but that makes little sense as his ability should have ensured a worse outcome) or them doing this reasonably often.
It kind of does, especially when we examine the heroes actions close up and find they are often not doing particularly nice things and just going by PR. Makes me wonder how much PR goes into som careers. Shadow Stalker alone had major bullying, assaults and near-murder being concealed.
As to Skitter. What nasty shit? She’s ruthless in her methods but I struggle to think of anything she’s done for genuinely bad reasons. Same for stuff sh did that was even all that terrible functionally. Her being nice on the inside is important as it tells us that she’s constantly bluffing, she was no more going to let him die then she would kill his little sisters.
I am not saying Taylor is responsible for Trickster’s actions. However I am saying Trickster’s actions justify the use of deadly force by Triumph and Prism. You can’t threaten to kill someone’s family in front of them and expect a nonlethal response. It doesn’t matter if two of the three villains are trying to calm things down when the one villain that is escalating the situation is still pointing a gun at your family’s head. Also, the local heroes have been briefed on what might happen if you lose to a member of the Undersiders. You might get your body jacked by Regent and be forced to fight your friends. Being nice and not going all out in this fight would have been a horrible mistake.
Complaining about the Gala seems kind of silly to me. It was clearly a fund raising event intended to raise money and encourage people after a horrible series of terrorist attacks. Trying to get people feeling safe and comfortable again was essential after what Bacuda did.
Also, Shadow Stalker is a clear outlier. The girl was on probation and was clearly not a trusted member of the Wards. Just because she was a thug and dangerous doesn’t mean that the rest of the Wards are bad people and not heroes. That is like saying because Taylor is trying to help people that Regent is a good guy more focused on saving lives than personal gain.
Taylor being nice on the inside is important. It shows that she doesn’t want to do bad things to people. Being good on the inside isn’t stopping her from doing nasty shit to people though, it just means she regrets it later. And by nasty shit the obvious example provided by this chapter is threatening to murder a local law enforcement officer in front of his father in order to change the way the local government operates. That is terrorism, plain and simple.
Basically, Skitter isn’t responsible for Trickster’s moral breach, but Triumph, Prism, and the Mayor have no way of knowing that and are thus perfectly justified in believing all three villains are a unified front that’s okay with putting a gun to a child’s head.
Aww, and i had so hoped for an epic “The Reason You Suck Speech” for the Mayor and the heroes.
Nonetheless, taking out two rather powerful heroes with a lot more experience than her – Taylor has come a long way, and if she wasn’t in the “major threat” register before, now she certainly is.
Also, I second (third? four…d?…) the hivemind and thinker classification, and perhaps even her losing her body. If that indeed happens, not only do I think her threat level will skyrocket (among others: can’t be captured/killed with some bugs to retreat to, vastly improved control and sensory capabilities, perhaps second trigger event with improved range among others, ability to infiltrate everything not sealed airthight, etc.; If she really cut loose, she could easily be endbringer-level then!), it also should cause interesting bits of internal conflict and character development in the vein of “what have i become!?”. Also can’t wait for the figurative look on the face of the one who downed her, only to be buried in an enraged tidal wave of insects.
Great chapter, already can’t wait for the next one. Your updates are among the highlights of my week.
It seems i forgot something: Even though almost nobody in-story knows it, she not only took down two major heroes on her own, she took down two mayor heroes with her arm in a sling and having undergone surgery only hours before!
She doesn’t even need to be in top form or use her arm to kick their ass!
The AWESOME has been DOUBLED!!!
Lost Demiurge on November 13, 2012 at 08:17 said:
Hm, there’s a moral event horizon crossed! Still not the BIG one, though.
Once Triumph recovers, I doubt he’ll forgive her. Threatening his family, nearly killing him, LITERALLY putting a bug(s) up his butt… He mad? Oh yeah, he MAD.
He might surprise me, but I’m not betting on it.
Indigo on November 13, 2012 at 10:22 said:
The grayness of her moraltiy just got a bit darker.
Um the Muse on November 13, 2012 at 11:52 said:
I just re-read the last chapter in light of what we see here. A couple of things: the mayor, Triumph, and Prism obviously had the ethical high ground. B&E in order to intimidate is very illegal, of course. And one is perfectly within one’s right to protect one’s home and family. But, the interesting thing here is that only Triumph was acting to protect others. Prism never acted to disarm or defuse the situation: she never shouted warning or tried to negotiate. She also shot to kill, apparently.
Similarly, the mayor wasn’t defending himself; he grabbed the shotgun to show the villains that he would not be cowed. Maybe he doesn’t realize that Skitter could’ve taken him out without being distracted? Even if he didn’t, he could still tell that she was leaving him, his wife, and his two daughters alone. He went out there because he saw that his son couldn’t handle it. It was a very brave thing to do, but also very foolish. That foolishness is a symptom of his arrogance and inexperience.
TL; DR: The moral motivations of the defenders were mixed.
Another thing that popped out at me is that nobody in the family was ever scared of the villains (though they were scared of the bugs). It’s obvious that they trained in various hostage scenarios, but it’s still a gutsy family. An example is when the girl who was taken hostage leaps away from Trickster at the same time as Triumph launches the dinner table at Trickster. Holy cow, that would take incredible timing. Don’t forget that the girl has a gun pressed to her head at the time.
Typo from last chapter: “Do Thugs” –> thugs should be lower-cased.
My guess is that this was an ambush. Possibly choreographed by Coil or with Coil’s and Mayor’s agreement (they get Skitter and Trickster, the town stands).
If Coil and the Mayor collaborated to set this up as a pawn sacrifice, that puts an ENTIRELY different color on things.
What a f’d up hairball that would be…
And then Coil is the Mayor. And also Skitter’s Dad. And Grue’s dad. Just to make everything even more complicated.
Reveen on November 13, 2012 at 14:01 said:
Not sure I can comment too much on the morality side of things, the situation is far too muddled to be within my scatterbrained ken. But I do think that Skitter breaking with Coil has just become a now or never situation. Skitter is hurtling quickly towards public enemy number one territory and once she crosses that line she’s going to NEED Coil for protection. That is if Coil hasn’t changed his mind about wanting her dead.
The biggest problem I see at this point is that Coil presumably knows Skitter’s identity. He’s the only one with that information aside from the Undersiders and Dragon (who might be alignment shifting to chaotic, who nows). If Skitter said screw it and bailed between Leviathan and the S9 she might’ve been in the clear, but now the first thing Coil’s gonna do when it comes down to a confrontation is forward that info to the media, like he did with the Empire Eighty Eight.
She wouldn’t like it, but the only way I see Skitter being able to disentangle herself from Coil and remain incognito from the powers that be is Coil himself kicking the bucket.
Fiona on November 13, 2012 at 14:55 said:
Hooray – Worm has a banner and is #1 on topwebfiction dot com
Long overdue. That’s really a placeholder until I get something better, which may admittedly be some time away.
Nearly misread that as top spot being a placeholder until…
MrMoray on November 13, 2012 at 15:42 said:
I find myself wondering how this whole encounter would have played out if Trickster wasn’t there. I imagine a more peaceful encounter with an insect-covered wall used to convey a PowerPoint-style presentation on why the city should be preserved despite the.presence of villains.
That said, I feel this is the first time Taylor has crossed the line between criminal and villain. The bank robbery was purely a criminal act, not villainous. The attack on the gala was criminal and akin to a prank. Same with the assault on the PRT (except for Regent’s role). But this was classic villainy, because of how Trickster escalated the situation and Skitter resolved it.
One more thing: Skitter’s act of villainy is a subtle thing and is only apparent from an outsider’s perspective. That is her false threat of “Do as I say or your son dies.” I call it a false threat because she intended to save Triumph no matter what.
The world should be grateful she’s not at all evil. She could easily be a Slaughterhouse Nine level threat at any time with any kind of insect or arachnid, even ladybugs. Just watch “Marabunta” and think “Chew, my pretties, chew!” Insert maniacal laugh.
I agree with you that this is the first time she has crossed that line. Although I do think the assault on the gala was a bit more than just a prank. It was a show of control to weaken the public’s confidence in their own safety, and an attempt to destabalize the city so that Coil could more easily conquer it. Admittedly we didn’t know this at the time.
If Trickster hadn’t been there I do think the whole operation would have gone more smoothly. We were told he steps up and makes bad calls, but now we have actually seen it happen.
frozenchicken on November 13, 2012 at 20:17 said:
Honestly, I just want to see Skitter write Triumph an apology letter. (Perhaps a pseudo-anyonymous one?)
Dear Rory,
Sorry about what happened at our last party. I had hoped it would turn out to be a lot more enjoyable than it was, but I think it turned a bit sour towards the end, and my attempts to adjust the entertainment level just made it worse. You know how it is-you go out with the intent to do some joyful partying, then some idiot spikes the punch and before you know it, everybody’s hungover and asleep on the ground.
Speaking of which, I’d especially like to apologise for my friend’s idiotic behaviour. His attempts to hit on your sister were creepy, utterly ruined the party atmosphere, and I can assure you that I never would have brung him along if I’d known he was going to behave so badly.
Given our respective attitudes on responsible drinking, I won’t wish you a speedy recovery from your hangover, but I will wish you a _complete_ recovery.
-Your favourite party animal, Skittles.
Plus one, frozenchicken. It’s good to see that the fear doesn’t paralyze your sense of humor (assuming that you’re frozen in terror).
frozen chicken on November 14, 2012 at 04:08 said:
Yay! Finally, someone who gets what the ‘chicken’ was supposed to refer to on the first try. I never realised when I came up with it that most people’s assumption would be ‘something you find in the frozen meat aisle’.
To quote Prism, “I knew that bastard was cheating on me! Where is that asshole and who the fuck is this Skittles tramp? When did he go to this party? And he brought his little sister when there was drinking! I’m gonna shred the crotch of all his pants and tights. Invite me to Thanksgiving and cheat on me, I’ll knock you upside the head with some yams and a frozen bird.”
Who’s going to turn down Prism? Foursome every time.
…Though having three of the same player at the table might make for too predictable a game of bridge.
Is she fixed at three copies?
Hydrargentium on November 14, 2012 at 17:11 said:
Speaking of “fixed”, if Prism got pregnant, and then split into three, and stayed apart until after labour, we’d have geniune clones for the first time ever.
liminal2016 on July 3, 2017 at 21:31 said:
And you wonder why people ask you about penises and rear ends.
Nice. Now I’m picturing the Undersiders drunk. I picture Rachel as a laughing drunk for some reason. I can picture her laughing hysterically at everything. But Taylor drunk would blow their cover. I can see cops receiving 911 calls of a giant swarm of bugs spelling out the lyrics of a good drunk singalong song and random drunken texts in the sky.
Drunken parahumans must be a pretty big issue in Wormverse. If Skitter’s control of her bugs is instinctive (and stuff like her laughing through them suggests it is) then there’s no shortage of things which could rsult in the insect population of Brockton Bay getting…weird.
What were they doing while she was snuggled up to Brian for instance?
AVR on November 14, 2012 at 02:47 said:
Dunno if I’d appreciate that letter from someone who’d raped me in public. YMMV.
Yeah, I said that I wanted to see an apology letter from Skitter, but the pseudonymy was just me being silly. Though I don’t think the word ‘rape’ is accurate. Violated is closer.
Splitting hairs, FC.
Not at all. There’s a big difference between rape and physical violation of the type we see here. Rape is a ‘civilian crime’-it can be done by anyone at anytime, because the motivation for it is everpresent. Skitter’s actions here were military, in a sense. She used them to win a fight. Maybe that doesn’t sound like much of a difference to you, but the psychological impact on the victim is vastly differing. It’s the difference between taking a bullet on the battlefield and taking a bullet at the shopping centre. If the psychological strain of taking a bullet on the battlefield is too much for you, the easiest way to break is to quit fighting. Not an option in the other case.
Granted, this example happens to be a somewhat poor case, as it’s somewhere in between, but Triumph was already well into the battle and would have viewed Skitter’s actions as a ‘battlefield’ assault.
Oh god this should totally become canon!
I just had a kind of ridiculous thought on how Coil ends up saving the world. At some point he will have a second trigger event, and gains the ability to move things between the two universes. So he will manage to dump the endbringers onto the world he doesn’t like and leave them to die with six endbringers. Thus saving his primary timeline.
So many comments. Is this the most comments any chapter has ever had? If this keeps up, the site could use a forum.
Maybe, but the pageviews are nice.
Highest # of daily views I’ve had prior to today is 2331. Today we’ve had 2893. Wondering if we’ll break 3k before midnight.
This is the most commented chapter to date, as well.
I’ve seen this kind of boom before when Worm gets mentioned on some site or another (often a forum), but today all the referrals are coming from search engines. It’s like someone’s mentioned Worm, but not linked to it, so everyone’s running to google/google mobile (and one person from bing. For shaaaaaame) to check the story out. This is corroborated by the # of people rereading the story from the beginning (going by today’s views of early chapters).
But I don’t know where they came from.
Well the new banner and the number 1 status might have something to do with it. And people have been great at linking tropes on other pages to link to worm. That’s how I found about it originally, from the heart is an awesome power. Or maybe the word is spreading about the greatness of the story and the quality of the writing. This is my new favorite superhero setting.
It’s not topwebfiction. Only ~10 people have clicked on that link today, and I suspect the people who use topwebfiction are already readers. Probably.
It’s primarily referrals via. search engine with people going on to read. Ergo my earlier thoughts about there having been some mention of Worm somewhere.
And broke 3k views. Woohoo.
Pretty simple explanation – they’re people already familiar with the story who want to see what happens. Return visitors.
Google is the modern day bookmark.
zoetewey on November 14, 2012 at 01:33 said:
I’ve noticed that when Legion of Nothing gets attention (advertising or whatever), there are often a lot more searches than usual. That said, as the story’s grown in readership, it’s also gotten more searches than before.
My theory is that it’s people who thought Legion looked interesting, but somehow the URL just didn’t register in their minds, and they didn’t bother to bookmark it.
What’s stranger to me are the very, very specific searches in which people search for characters from a specific story arc and then click through to the newest entry.
To my mind, that seems like more work than I’d go to. I’d probably just bookmark it or grab the RSS feed, and let the technology find the newest entry for me.
Kat on November 24, 2013 at 17:21 said:
Re: specific searches and then newest entry
Something along the lines of off visiting grandma, who doesn’t have wireless, but will let you access her computer. You don’t want to access your bookmarks in the cloud, because … well, we don’t want to accidentally reveal THOSE bookmarks, do we?
Dues on November 17, 2012 at 01:46 said:
My money is on the huge # of comments. This is a controversial chapter and people are checking in to talk about it, reply to replies, and stuff like that.
FWIW, I came back like 4 times today. I wanted to see comments and reactions, and I re-read the chapter.
I’m guessing I’m not the only one. Though you can of course distinguish uniques and return visitors, so my question is how many *new* readers did you get?
As you may have noticed by now, especially if you’re burnt out on my blabbering, I pop in a bunch. I enjoy the robust comments section for more than just my own ego. In fact, I’ve advertised it as a feature the times I’ve brought it up. Good community, interesting discussions, lots of wild mass guessing (Do we have any evidence of David Bowie making public appearances whenever Coil is accounted for? I didn’t think so…) and some fun and funny stuff on occasion. Sections like this post’s also help to keep people returning and involved with the story in between updates.
Now the pressure is on me to actually be funny…
Ok, I got one. Why did Skitter cross the road?
Answer: The road and its friends bullied her in school. Skitter felt really guilty about crossing it though.
*gets yanked out of the comments section by a hook*
Psycho, everyone knows David Bowie can’t be Coil, he is too busy being the Sovereign.
Alternative answer: Why not? She’s crossed everybody else :p
I do think that, the comments at least, a little to do with the moral controversy (or what many see as it) in this chapter. All of your Chapters are interesting, but it seems that the end of arcs, and any Chapter that has to do with the moral decisions/personal actions of Skitter seem to be popular
I have it bookmarked and I get the RSS feed, but sometimes I am in a different computer and want to see the comments, then I use google.
All I can say to that whilst I’m heading through is ‘*snicker*.
I meant Wildbow’s Most commented comment’s section with the above.
anonymus on November 14, 2012 at 05:40 said:
Just wondering that this is never mentioned
to me it is relativly clear that coil would kill taylors father if she stopped cooperating
and would harm her team/friends/minions
that doesn’t excuse her actions but it makes them understandable enough
anyway i am surprised that she didn’t do anything serious
(i get it it was serious, but i mean more serious,
so please dont start another talk about moral^^,
lets agree that we all disagree on that)
I halfway expected her to plant deadly bugs and spiders on a quater of the city population
(which would be possible with the extended range she has thanks to amy)
and force a couple of thousand hostages to walk to the mayors home
to both intimidate him and demonstrate power.
RABBLE RABBLE MORALS RABBLE!!!
I think Taylor isn’t considering the fact that Coil could kill her father for a reason. She doesn’t want to think of her father at all. Once she starts thinking of her father she might want to go see him, and then that kind of brings her entire situation crashing down. It makes everything even more real. Taylor’s father is the only character that matters to her with an outsider perspective on Taylor’s behavior, and I think it would be pretty devastating to her if he rejected her because of her actions. I honestly don’t think he would, but it is a distinct and horrifying possibility.
Also, the little bugs for extending Taylor’s range all must have died by now. The only reason Atlas is alive is because of Grue’s emergency intestine creation. The little bugs didn’t have that.
only atlas had no digesting system
(as i get it) amy didn’t belive that the rally bugs were so dangerous, and didn’t bother with that.
I think all of the bugs panacea made had a time limit. If Taylor still had the range increasing bugs they almost certainly would have been mentioned by now. Also, Panacea wasn’t very innovative but I am pretty sure she was smart enough to realize the range bugs were crazy dangerous in Skitter’s control.
yep your right, all gonna die (14.6)
“They’ll starve to death before the week’s over”
still if most of the town is devided into 9 territorys (4 travelers, 5 undersiders)
and her range covers her hole territory
she could still go somewhere (not her territory) and get enough hostages
(easy over 1.000, how high is the population after the endbringer-attack and the slaughter house 9?, 5-10% of those should be possible, or do it in washington should get 250.000-1.000.000 hostages there)
Taking a thousand people hostage wouldn’t just get her sent to the birdcage, it would probably get her shot in the face.
i mean she has 1.000+ hostages
it is known that the bugs still follow her orders,
if she gets out of range / unconscious,
killing her could mean sealing the fate of the hostages
now that i think about it, she could go to an insect rich area
and gether a couple of billions of insect,
since the keep following her orders if she is absent,
she could just have them
1) breed stronger (change the selection characteristics for reproduction)
and get “super”-insects
2) order them to to to someplace and destroy buildings [that many could do that]
or 3) send them to kill everione in a town (she could be a usefull addition to the endbringers [Endbringer nr.4])
without even beeing present
if she just drops hints that those things would be possible, that would be intimidating enough^^
Implying she could and would do those things would bring the heat down on her like nothing she has dealt with before. If she took 1000 hostages she would never be able to safely sleep, because then the hostages will escape and the heroes will come in loaded for bear. Also, if she has the hostages and gets assassinated, the hostages would be fine. The bugs would have had orders to stay on the hostages, not to attack them.
or to kil them in 2 hours, and she changes that regulary, getting rid of insects on 1000+ people takes a long time especially if some of those insects are parasites, that live inside the human body, not a risk the heroes can take
She has never shown the ability to time delay an order. Whenever she changes what the bugs are doing it is something she actively does.
what about getting the moneybags during the fight with lim it defenetly wasn’t time delay but it could be used as such, “circle the victim 300 times than kill it”
In that case she told her bugs “Gather up the bits of paper into a bag!” She didn’t tell them sit on these people and wait 47 minutes and if I haven’t countermanded the order then attack them.
Woops, just reread your comment and realized I didn’t address the 300 spin idea. Depending on the intelligence of the bugs I suppose it is possible that could be a method of time delaying a hostage crisis. The obvious problem with all of this is that then Taylor would have murdered 1000 people. She has not yet fallen so far that that is an actual option, or even one that she would be willing to risk in case she had her head blown off.
threatened to murder,
just enough to keep the heroes away
like i sad expected a bit darker chapter
meant said not sad
Skitter…take a 1000 hostages?
Maybe she’ll go join the nine while she’s at it.
Just because her powers would be ridiculously effective for this kind of thing (take off her costume, she is now undetectable and can hide amidst the crowds) doesn;t change that she would sooner die then do it.
If someone’s plan for killing Coil is this;
1) Decide to kill Coil.
2) Wait at least 48 hours after your decision before doing anything
3) Prepare for the murder for a time exactly equal to the time you waited by tracking Coil
3) Kill at specified time with long-range sniper fire or bomb. (i.e. NOT in person)
Wouldn’t that work, bypassing his defenses? First, by waiting at least 48 hours between making the decision to kill him and starting preparation to kill him, you ensure there’s at least one timeline recombination between making the decision and starting preparation. Thus even if Coil splits timelines later, your planning will originate from the same decision in both timelines and will progress at the same pace in both timelines (assuming you stick to your schedule, which you should).
Secondly, by pre-setting a time for your preparation that will be at least 48 hours, you get at least one timeline recombination during your preparation time as well, meaning that even if Coil splits timelines again, your schedule will carry over in both of them.
Third, a preset time for killing him with in an impersonal way from a schedule that has carried over several timeline recombinations means that even if the timelines are split, you’ll kill him at the same time in both; no advance warning and no him saving himself by jumping in another timeline.
What if in one of his timelines he is sitting in his fortress, surrounded by his loyal soldiers and a few super villains that think he is going to fix one of their teammates? In the other timeline he might be going out and meeting with someone while escorted by his troops. The two situations require completely different methods of assassination, so I would say it isn’t so easy to kill him. You just have to hope that the other you is successful, and that you both kill him at the same time, or he will just keep splitting off an altverse.
1) Truck
2) 35 tons of fertilizer
3) 5 tons of gas
4) 10 tons of scrap iron
Not hard, just costly. The above bomb costs maybe 300.000 $ and is the equivalent of 5 cruise missile warheads if you do it right.
Now, if you had some bugs excavate underneath his fortress, some other bugs building you a crude but large chemistry lab (also underground) and have them handle the equipment to produce and store large amounts of nitroglycerin, you could even do it without payment if you got the time.
Where is she going to discretely get any of that stuff? Coil is her supplier, he won’t just casually hand off the materials to make such a huge bomb for no discernable reason. Also, that kind of digging would take time and probably be noticeable. You can’t just dig a tunnel and laboratory that large under Coil’s base without causing some serious structural damage.
The other issue is lets say you have that bomb under his base. How can you be sure that he is in the base in both universes? Killing Coil is an utter nightmare, and a solution as simple as a bomb probably won’t go over well.
Wageslave94 on November 14, 2012 at 08:45 said:
Also, who is to say that there isn’t *already* a bomb under the base? I mean, it’d make perfect sense to have a ‘self-destruct’ mechanism in the event things got too far out of hand… but also bearing in mind the unseen yet completely undeniable aspect that Noelle is in the base?
wait longer and you dont need to have the same plan in both timelines,
just the same time for starting the attack,
if he isn’t killed at the same point in time it doesn’t matter
even if he splits again,
he splitts one timeline where he will be killed, in to where he will be killed
doesn’t change anything
and she could just use a bug army to kill him easy enough,
get some deadly bugs into his bunker and maybe one onto him, have some follow him
order them to kill him at a specific time
It isn’t that easy to kill a guy when he is sitting in his armored bunker/base surrounded by solders with laser rifles. If Coil hasn’t come up with some sort of defense against the bugs by now then I am dissapointed in his abilities as a criminal mastermind.
Here is the problem with saying you get a bug on him and just wait. How do you know he didn’t break off a timeline before that? What if you kill him in that timeline but in the other you are still waiting for your chance to bug him?
Also, lets say you do kill him in one timeline and make the attempt to kill him in the other timeline two minutes later. Well Coil now has time to split off another timeline where he runs and tries to escape, and in the original he gathers his soldiers and tries to kill you back. Killing Coil is hard and he shouldn’t be underestimated.
I think the main reasons for him to try to get rid of her are
that he has no good counter against the bugs
that she killed him in another timeline
If I was worried about Skitter trying to kill me I would carry a canister or two of some sort of airborne toxin and a gas mask that could go over my helmet or integrate with it. Also, he wears a full body suit which is one of the big defenses against Skitter’s swarms.
Honestly if Skitter had killed him in another timeline I genuinely think he would just shoot her in the head with a laser rifle.
not if he wants to keep the rest of the undersiders and traveles cooperating,
and some of his army would leave,
if he gets mad and kills his one minions “without reason”
(they dont know his abillety and they know that in this timeline she didn’t kil him)
airborne toxin would be very unpracticle (to much risk),
especially with an army around (everyone has to wear a mask at all time),
he could never leave his bunker with it.
Killing Taylor would probably lose him all of the Undersiders. However I doubt it would lose him the Travelers or any of his soldiers. The soldiers would stay for sure, they are being paid extremely well and having any of their darker predilictions satisfied.
Even if he can’t carry a gas or figure out a way to kill swarms of bugs, something which would surprise me, the bugs would still have to get through his full bodyarmor suit. The one thing that has consistently caused her bugs problems.
he could not justify killing taylor to his man,
they could think they would be the next,
it could loose him part of his army
i think that he is planing to justify getting rid of her by her failiure here, but she didn’t succeeded
To everyone who isn’t Coil, his abilities function as a combination of precognition and ridiculous luck. I don’t see any of these methods working, however wherever he is is where he is, only he sees the split and thus if he is standing in a room in front of you then that is where he fixed on.
Which makes him no less impossible to kill. The only thing I can see working would be a juggernaut approach, and even that would fail if he has Dinah and some kind of method to avoid it.
Which makes me wonder about him and Dinah. She’s an incredibly potent resource for him (and now we’ve seen the mayor I am very curious indeed about her dad) which makes his mistreatment hard to understand. Brainwashing would have been a much better long term bet. If I was him I’d take this opportunity to release her to Skitter’s command, giving her an “underling” and simultaneously avoiding dealing with her issues and creating a route to make Dinah remain his resource.
As things stand he has to know that he’ll lose Dinah eventually, less evil methods would be more effective in the long run.
Actually, I don’t think that Coil’s power would make him hard to kill as soon as you know where he is, for exactly the reason that you point out (it’s like a less robust but more flexible version of Gallant or whoever that hero with backup organs was called). Skitter is adept at finding people and things, so finding him shouldn’t be that big of a concern.
Ignoring his troops and other outside defenses, Skitter could easily nullify his power. All you have to do is keep following up any attack. Eventually, you’ll get to the point where neither timeline is significantly different from one another and he’ll be in your grasp.
As for Dinah, keep in mind that the drugs are also boosting her precog ability. Coil is apparently willing to sacrifice her in a couple of years in order to get better results from her now. Maybe he knows of a way to replicate her powers through his connections with Cauldron?
That would work vs Coil
That is likely to work vs Coil and his soldiers
That is hard to pull vs Coil and the Travellers
That is very hard to pul vs Coil ,his soldiers and the Travellers.
A time-delayed poison is the only easy way I can envision to deal with Coil. Something that won’t take effect until a day or two after it has been ingested/administered.
The fatal flaw with all these plans is Dinah. Coil asks her every day his odds of dying that day; if he has any brains at all he also periodically asks her his odds of dying this week/month/year. Even without that, we know he asks about the odds of his plan succeeding, and dying would naturally reduce those odds as well. The second you decide to assassinate him (and it’s likely to succeed) Dinah’s answer will reflect that, and Coil will begin taking steps to ensure his survival and eliminate the threat. A few more questions along the lines of “Is this person going to kill me/plant bombs” and he can simply assassinate you.
That said, if Dinah is out of the picture this is a quite solid plan. Even if the timing is slightly off, and the surviving Coil can split the timelines again, he won’t be able to get far enough to avoid the second assassination attempt, especially if it’s the mass explosive plan. In fact, you may want to specifically delay any explosive plans by a few seconds to increase the likelihood that Coil flees into a timeline with them (gets shot at but survives, collapses the timeline, then his world explodes).
DrIntrovert on November 14, 2012 at 11:22 said:
Hi wildbow, I’ve been enjoying your work since February, found it through TvTropes. I’ve seen more examples there, do you think that’s where the new readers are coming from?
Unrelatedly, has anyone considered whether (assuming the “swarm intellect” theory is true) Taylor’s swarm has an infulence on her psychology? Considering other characters have similar issues it would make a lot of sense.
Well, here’s a sample of the referrals I was getting as of early yesterday afternoon:
What I was expressing curiosity about was the outlier – the huge (to the point that it doesn’t match up with the patterns I’ve seen in the past few weeks) number of people using search engines to find the site. Like I said, it leads me to believe I was mentioned somewhere and people then used google to find Worm.
I think that the multi-tasking ability makes her think very differently, not to mention the sensory secondary powers that Brian commented on in the last Interlude.
Certainly her mind must have been effected by it, though I kind of think that some of her ruthless methodology stems from having a hive queen mindset hardwired into her now.
She is pretty much an all purpose queen bug in her powers and it shows: she’s territorial (almost as much so as Bitch); highly protective of her ‘people’ and while she’s generally a calm, builder type once she is stirred to action the result is exactly like a similar shift in insect hives from construction and keeping to themselves, to all out near suicidal onslaught.
Even her gathering of allies resembles the idea of a hive queen, gathering subordinate females around herself (scoping out a possible emergency replacement in Parian) and accumulating workers to achieve her ends (her territory currently functions in exactly such a manner). Just look how effective her logistics are. I still prefer the idea of Coil staying in charge and just not being so idiotic with stuff like Dinah, Skitter certainly works brilliantly as a territory head.
She tries to interact with people the same way she interacts with her bugs: it has to be her way or the highway, every time. She sucks at negotiation and compromise.
Not entirely surprising given her impression that she can’t ever rely on anyone else for help, but one wonders if her powers aren’t also nudging her approach in that direction.
I think that may be her biggest personal failing, (even over the flexible morals and self-delusion over the same) and it has bit her in the ass more than once. Most unfortunately other people have suffered for it, too.
Perhaps it helps to explain her continuing lack of confidence in herself. You know, feels guilty and like she lost after beating Mannequin, that sort of thing.
She talked about how small they are in the grand scheme of things with Grue in that interlude, so maybe one reason she’s so hard on herself is she isn’t inclined to think much of herself in the larger picture. Bees or ants willing to die for the good of the hive (though it’s not so much willing in their case). So when others of her people are hurt instead, she feels bad for not doing her duty.
It just occured to me, it has been suggested that Skitter’s secondary powers include some kind of disease/poison resistance or even outright immunity. Since she has to be able to survive her bugs…but it just occured to me that this makes even more sense given that the contents of that locker had to be taken away in biohazard bags.
Blood and so on, festering in the heat for months, it would have been infested with far more than just bugs and yet Skitter was in the hospital for only a week with no mention of catching anything. Since powers are mentioned to include a stage of granting all the needed protections to stay alive, it fits that Skitter would have gained such a constitution as well.
When was that suggested Anzer’ke? She has complete control over whether or not the bugs injects venom or not, she has no reason to fear their venom if they literally can’t inject her with them.
To be clearer I was referring to it being raised in the comments quite often.
You know I have been thinking about the fact that Skitter may be the catalyst of the end of the world by stopping Coil. After this chapter, I can totally see her killing/stoping him now. So I wondered what type of Apocalypse Wildbow would use. I know zombies are a cliche at this point, but there is a great fanfic of the marvel universe being invaded by zombies that I love, so I could see zombie apocalypse invading Wormverse. Not classic zombies though. People are too genre savvy now, and I could never picture them destroying the world. So if I had to pick a favorite zombie, I would pick the infectees from I am a Hero. Those things are freaky, and I could totally see them destroying the world. I am a big fan of horror, so maybe one of the twin entities dies and we have a monster invasion like Stephen King’s the mist, with Taylor becoming the worlds only hope as she finds she can control many of them. Or lets go back to the classic of a big BOOM. With Skitter ruling over the city, with the rest of the world in ruins, and Armsmaster in a hockey mask saying, “” Just walk away, and we will spare your lives”. So random survey time. If the end of the world does happen, what type of Apocalypse, would you like to see hit the Wormverse, and why?
Speaking of zombies reminds me of what I consider the ultimate version of zombies: the Cauldron-Born from the Book of Three. These guys never got tired, were capable of using weapons and armor and working as a unit, and (here’s the clincher) every time one of their brethren was killed, they got stronger (more durable, faster, and stronger if I remember right). Oh yeah, they worked completely off of magic so they didn’t need to eat or drink and could never turn on their master. Of course, you would need a lot of them to take down the world, even if they were totally invincible, due to the sheer distances involved and if you could hit them all at the same time they wouldn’t have a chance to power up. Still a pretty wicked way to overrun cities.
Love that series.
For anyone interested in zombie stories, Underneath a Graveyard Sky is essentially an examination of how a zombie apocalypse could start and work in real life. Strong points include action scenes and consistent intelligence. It does get a little heavy in logistics, but mostly later in the series.
Making the wrong choice for the right reasons? Hmmmm, I’m not sure. Almost every different apocalypse would present very hard Moral questions/choices to the survivors. I can totally picture a situation where Taylor has to choose about letting an innocent die, to save dozens more. Or how to justify spending dwindling resources on helping someone who can’t work or pull their own weight, and who is probably going to die no matter what you do.
Huh, wildbow’s comment disappeared.
I really hope that wasn’t as spoilery as it felt.
No, he just asked a more specific question. What apocalypse felt more in line with the morals of the story.
Not even the morals, the general themes. But then I expanded the question with a hint, decided it was too much, and scrapped it.
Well let’s see:
The endbringers stepping up the tempo, culminating in them attacking in pairs and finally threes, the morally sound heroes dying in the fight, the morally not so sound heroes concentrating on their hidden agendas, monsters like the S9 taking advantage of the chaos, pretty much the entire world turning into a copy of Brockton Bay, and Taylor and friends searching desperately for a way to solve this mess, while skipping repeatedly over the moral event horizon but all the time staying true to their fundamental moral beliefs.
Taylor swallowed as she looked at the carnage below. The Batlte of Axis Mundi had gone against humanity long before she could arrive. Axis Mundi, the city created for people of all nations in the wake the Endbringer attacks, was destroyed. The First, who used to be Noelle, had fought selflessly for the good of everyone in spite of what happened to her family. She was never going to forgive the President for taking them hostage to coerce her into battle. She’d likely kill Alexandria for executing them when she was thought to have escaped. Even after she was recovered from the rubble of New York and found to be comatose, Alexandria defended her actions. Now she had paid the ultimate price.
And she had failed. Behemoth still stood, a hum and orange light diffusing its surroundings as it moved its arms, rhythmically manipulating energy to finish tearing into the universe’s foundations. In orbit around earth, the massive geometry continued to whirl and grow, a 2 dimensional sign of the world’s instability in the cosmos.
Now it was up to Taylor. The Hivequeen. She sat uncomfortably in her chopper, due in part to her outfit. Skintight Darwin’s Bark silk covered her, save for the padding and lines of chitinous armor, all topped with a chitin crown resembling her late Atlas’ horn. She rested in her seat and looked back to Grue, on a similar cycle that better matched the black steel and leather armor he wore. Imp danced on air nearby with the footstrapped hover disks she stole from Victory after they broke up. He never could get over his time fighting against her brother and sister-in-law as Kid Win. She settled on taking the hover disks because of all the problems she had riding with Grue in a side car with her power. Not knowing she or the sidecar were there lead to some dangerous risks that almost got her killed 4 and a half times.
They were all that was left. Rachel’s suicidal charge against PETA for all the dogs they put down. Regent took up a career doing a stageshow in Vegas with Shatterbird as his assistant, at least until he had to giver her maternity leave for Regent Jr. Tattletale was lost against Coil, which seemed like it happened a lot longer ago now. A whole other world ago, in fact.
“Are you ready?” asked Grue, expectantly. There wasn’t really any question. In reply, Taylor gunned the engine and sped down toward Behemoth. Jack Slash charged at them from the side, once again protecting his monstrous charge from attempts to avert the apocalypse. Grue peeled off to charge him. Slash swung his axe, his power taking the front wheel of Grue’s motorcycle off. Due to the size of the axe, he telegraphed it enough for Grue to anticipate and leap over the handlebars. Taylor didn’t know what he thought he was doing, until Imp appeared out of nowhere to catch him, smirking back at Jack Slash, who suddenly understood where the C4 belt he was wearing came from.
Taylor had to turn away to concentrate on driving over the cracked road, but the explosion followed by Aisha’s cackling laughter made her smile. Behemoth didn’t even bother to turn towards her, assured that nothing left in the world could hurt him. Drawing from the bugs she’d had gathering in the area and the ones she’d brought in the cart behind her chopper. She concentrated, forming them into the most dangerous bug clone she’d ever done.
When Behemoth deigned to face the threat against him, he found a wriggly mirror image. Before he could raise a hand, the Behemoth clone went for his throat. Fingers of army ants and hands of scorpions swarmed around its head and down its body. Japanese Giant Hornets dropped off bullet ants and bot fly larva before attacking. The soldier ants were smart, determined natural weapons. They wouldn’t give up until they’d consumed the world. Behemoth erupted in flames in response, which worked up until the ground collapsed underneath him. The sewers of Axis Mundi collapsed in around him, Taylor’s ants having underminded what was left of the ruins. The flames were smothered by dirt and cement entombing the monster.
Still the attack continued as millions of insects attempted to expand on the natural cleavage of its body and tunnel through it. Behemoth manipulated the heat around its body to fry what it could, but it began to lose concentration. It had taken months to sneak enough parasites into Behemoth in prior attacks. A horde of insects tunneled from the outside, and an amazing amount of worms tried to meet them halfway.
Finally, it was all ending. The last of the Endbringers at the mercy of the Hivequeen.
Then the geometric abomination in orbit froze and formed into a shape. From this shape emerged a tentacled appendage covered with lesser creatures like barnacles the size of cities. The skies went dark as the otherdimensional abomination wrapped around it and drew it through the portal it emerged from.
One universe over, [ ]!)oop’XChtz withdrew its left third tentacle from the wormhole and expressed happiness over finding an adequate replacement. Then it moved the appendage towards its fecal evacuation hole
Ten minutes later it pulled its overalls up and left the outhouse with a whistle, wondering when them newfangled telegraph wire thingamajigs were gonna make their way into the Appazvuvtzian Mountains.
Some Smartass on November 15, 2012 at 11:31 said:
Earlier in my archive binge, I saw a comment about a possible mass jailbreak from the Birdcage, with the assistance of Panacea. I suspect that the jailbreak is the prophesied end of the world, and the accelerating factor if Jack Slash escapes was Panacea being placed there.
That, or whatever those Cthuluoid creatures that grant powers finish their unknown agenda.
That…makes a scarily large amount of sense.
It was also mentioned to have a high chance of occuring eventually no matter what, and fits with all the time scales and such…however Wildbow said that ending the Panacea plotline that way was spur of the moment.
Indeed. I said that there were two major ways that interlude could have ended. Brandish’s response after seeing Victoria played a big part in how that unfolded.
Thanks to Michael for the donation.
leinadrengaw on November 14, 2012 at 23:10 said:
Damn, the comments page exploded- its 5x the length of the story now. Don’t think that has ever happened before.
Wow, I just realized that Wildbow had referred to this as a decompression arc earlier near the end of arc 14. If this was my way of decompressing I would have had a complete breakdown a long time ago.
Did I say that? Can’t remember if I said it was a decompression for Taylor/the story or for me as an author.
Have to admit, the story’s got a life of its own, and I expected this arc to be more easygoing. Funny how that works out.
But it most definitely is a decompression after the slaughterhouse nine scenario. That was though to write through.
johnwedd on November 15, 2012 at 01:27 said:
I could go on about how awesome this chapter is. (because it is.)
I could rant about the moral boundaries which where crossed. (There is a lot)
Or i could have a long diatribe on the socio-political forces in play that brought this situation around to begin with. (We all see a metric-tonne of that.)
But in thinking on that and then browsing the comments, i realized that the story, its world and its actors have encouraged this.
Nothing but the story itself has evoked thought, ire, and hope in its readers and leading to large amounts of discourse.
Wildbow, your creation has not only become a living thing, but has garnered a set of people emotionally attached to it as whole. Artists that are much more successful than you would kill for that. That is truely awe inspiring. Good work.
I don’t really know how to respond, beyond saying that. I can definitely say that I wasn’t expecting responses like this when I started writing this serial a year and a half ago.
Nobody expects the Gecko Inquisition!
if you start to wind up this primary a maybe, you should let a writer friend(s) do some pieces in the wormverse. with your approval of cannon stories. because, i am personally scared of seeing this world go.
By the time Wildbow is done, there may not be a Wormverse to write about.
Thanks to Axel for the donation.
And thanks to Patrick as well. Bonus interlude achieved.
And thanks to Nate for his donation, too. You’re a pal, Nate.
I wonder if there actually is an assassination planned. I mean, the best lies play into the target’s expectations, and telling Taylor that someone in authority has betrayed her isn’t exactly a hard sell. Not sure why Tattletale would say it if it wasn’t true, but she keeps a lot of secrets.
Pahan on November 16, 2012 at 14:52 said:
Sorry, I haven’t had much time to comment lately. And, I don’t have time to read through the other comments, which is unfortunate. (Did we just break another Most Comments on a Chapter record again?) You are taking the story in an interesting direction, and it looks like the chances of the epilogue (which is due in a month or two, right?) that involves Taylor in the distinctly insect-free Birdcage have just increased significantly. It’s hard to have a happy ending if you are a villain. Or a hero. Or anybody in Wormverse, really.
I wonder how that will mesh with Dragon’s plan to find and approach Taylor/Skitter with the goal of redeeming her. (IIRC Dragon had deduced her identity.)
On a completely unrelated note, today’s XKCD seems to have a similar idea to Skitter, but without the superpowers.
I did think that would be something she might do if she couldn’t spare the time to do it herself.
I was going to post that as well, but though it might get lost in the comment superstorm this chapter engendered. I was going to wait to post it near the top of the comments on the next chapter. Oh well, you beat me to it, and now almost no future readers will see it — just us early(ish)-adopting die-hards. 🙂
Shhhhh don’t remind Wildbow that he plans to stop writing Worm. With any luck he will forget and keep going forever!
Taylor slides further into villainy.
Was trying to figure out when it was I lost sympathy for Taylor and stopped cheering her on.
I think it was this chapter where she essentially raped Triumph in front of his dad to get the latter to argue for a different policy.
Let’s remove the bugs and imagine someone else doing this:
You’re eating dinner with your family and someone barges in and threatens you and your family.
When you try and defend your family you are rendered helpless and spiny things covered in liquid fire are shoved into your mouth, vagina and anus. Small pins are stuck in your skin in every part of your body, your eyelids and nose have small spines put in them. You are being choked to death. Your father is then threatened with your death. Your rapist is not caught and can rape you again from anywhere.
The trauma of that is IMMENSE! Worse than all but the most violent rapes (and every bug you see will be a trigger).
They say rape can never be justified, but Taylor seems to have managed pretty well.
Uuummm…its not rape,as elaborated by another commenter above,simply because her enemy is a combatant.
Plus,she mostly did it because she had no other choice-Trickster blew up any other plans badly,ny being an aggressive idiot,and leaving him would be a game over,in so many ways,for so many people.In the end,severely abusing him,NOT raping him,was,considering Trickster’s foolishness,ironically the most moral option
Or do you have a better suggestion?
irrevenant on March 23, 2015 at 22:06 said:
From memory this topic became kind of controversial and Daniel is *very* fixed in his opinion.
Personally, my opinion is: being an enemy combatant does not automatically make something not rape. Forcibly penetrating someone’s orifices? Sexual assault, period. No it doesn’t matter that her intent was not sexual.
Re: ‘having no other choice’ we need to take a step back and look at the situation here. She has broken into someone’s home to extort them through threats of violence. The authorities have shown up and challenged her.
“Oh, but the cops tried to stop me when I was committing a crime” is *not* actually a morally justifiable defence for committing violence upon them.
Sticking her arms in the air and shouting “I surrender” is a valid option, arguably the moral one, and one she doesn’t seem to have even *considered* at any point.
The fact that it would lead to negative consequences *that she brought upon herself* doesn’t make it a non-option.
“Unlike Oni Lee, Prism didn’t materialize her duplicates along with whatever additional baggage her original self had”
“She had some control. Maybe she had to go out of her way to exclude certain matter or material from her duplicates?”
So I kind of think Skitter should have realised this from the fact that she wasn’t naked nor without any equipment the first time she duplicates. However I am curious if she can replicate food or important stuff simply by including it when she duplicates then taking it off on of her duplicates before merging into one that still has stuff. Unlike Oni it doesn’t explode in dust so she could get rich quick using that.
Does it make sense for the gun to duplicate but the silk not to duplicate?
Irrevenant on April 7, 2014 at 03:20 said:
Prism can exercise *conscious* control over what duplicates and what doesn’t. At first she duplicated the silk inadvertently because she didn’t know it was there. But once she became aware of it, she was able to consciously exclude it next time she duplicated…
Curious George on December 3, 2013 at 00:20 said:
Damn. Taylor has definitely crossed a line here, and it’s going to haunt her. Excellently written chapter, Wildbow. I could say a lot more, but it looks like the legion of comments on this chapter covered most of it.
hedelex on January 28, 2014 at 18:25 said:
This was such an emotional chapter, almost made me cry. Kudos!
anKLJ on February 26, 2014 at 08:58 said:
Wow — comment Superstorm, indeed. Absolute WALL of text about villians/heroes, justifications, motives, good/evil, morals, principles, yada, yada, yada. Not including PG and others doing mini-fanfic ‘here’s where we can go with this’ essays. Most within 48 hours of the initial posting.
I find it interesting that in all the speculation and debate, no one ever really looked at this:
1) Before the intimidation visit, what WAS the Mayor’s position about ‘abandon Brockton Bay’? (Coil could have been misleading for his own unknown motives!)
2) Under threat, the Mayor accedes to Skitter and Co. What will make sure it sticks in DC, if he doesn’t really want to fight to save the city?
Well — I’ll read on, obviously; just wondered why no one else questioned this in the comments.
After a year+, did you ever get a clue what “interweb mention” triggered the surge in searches/ new readers when this first went up?
(Nit) ” … aware of how easy it was to go too far or go over the top.” Too far IS over the top (or vice versa). Just one is enough. You use ‘too far’ several times as things escalate; maybe alternate them a bit?
Shiki on March 5, 2014 at 15:43 said:
Rereading party.
Epipen has an inconsistent spelling throughout the chapter. In two instances you wrote it “EpiPen” and in one “epipen”, all lowercase. Might want to consolidate that.
Wow so she just managed to take out a prime part of Legend’s team and a powerful local hero in probably less than five minutes. Um…what makes Coil think getting on her bad side is a good idea? Honestly this girl has become scarier than Lung in a lot of ways.
She has taken a massive step here towards “ends justify means” though. Like a running leap. I understand what she did and in the same situation I might have done the same but it still makes me uncomfortable and I’ve lost a little bit of sympathy for Taylor here. She also probably just lost any brownie points she had acquired from the Nine episode.
Unlike many other people,I ask this ,instead of arguing endlessly on how moral her action was:Considering Trickster is a dumbass idiot,what other moral choice did she have?negotiate semi peacefully?Trickster has blown that bridge.Abandoning her team/objective?imagine how negatively this would affect the people in her area and Dinah and the Undersiders.Negotiate aggresively,but giving the epipen right away?the mayor would never cave in,and Triumpth would likely arrest her,she would get not only a gunshot,at the least,for her troubles,but the points on her abandoning teammate/objective would remain
In short:its moral because its the less immoral choice she had,not doing this would require copious amounts of hypocrisy.
See my other reply and note that “the least immoral choice now that I’ve dug myself into a hole through my own actions” is not the same thing as the moral choice.
“Try to negotiate” would be a more moral choice at this point than brutally attacking people who were just defending their home, even if it had a lower chance of “success”.
Lower?yes,if it was lower,I’d agree,but it was clearly nil,considering how the mayor acted…even if we do not know it would turn out that way,we cannot blame Taylor for making the conclusion it surely would,based on previous interactions.
Dug herself in a hole?as much as the others dug it for her,tell me,what other choice did shadowstalker and Armsmaster leave her?Even after they left,the only alternative would be giving the only people who were friends to them,after that point,I doubt you can fault them for not changing sides
(refering to your other reply)Surrender?with Coil at her back,this wouldn’t turn out well…even if she had total disregard for her well being (which she does)it still would turn out badly
Its still rape?not when it was,originally,used in the heat of battle….this is a grey area here,because no non superhero could use rape as self defence,or attack,but the bigger reason rape is a special kind of evil is not the trauma,but because there is no way to justify it as “necessary”,unlike violence,or ever torture,which can create the same traumas.But that reason falls short on this scenario.
Would,and should,a hypothetical jury find her guilty?yes,it is a pet peeve of mine that justice should rehabilate all,but thats my thoughts about the justice system,I would still think she shouldn’t get preferential treatment.Is she morally reprehensible for it,however,when judged by beings who read her story?no,she does the right think,even if she pushes the grey boundary a lot.Not the grey thing,not the understandable but evil thing,the right thing considering the options she was given…though I do not disagree that,sometimes,a cascade of choosing lesser evils can lead to worse results than a single time of choosing a greater one.In the end its the fault of society,not for deserving her outlash but for creating continuous conditions when she had to choose the lesser evil
Finally,I’d like to say this,not necessarily to you,but to all commenters:its easy to sit on a computer and say she did the wrong thing,its hard to make a choice of trying to do something to make the world better knowing it might be wrong…yet you must try,even if you dig your grave by other people who’ll judge you but never try,because the alternative is tyranny and stagnation.
Clownie on February 2, 2015 at 05:48 said:
> His eyes roved over my massed decoys, his gun drifting from side to side as if he was getting ready to shoot at any instant.
Were.
>“-Dying” the first finished.
Missing punctuation in the quote.
>EpiPen
That’s inconsistent with literally every other reference to epipens in the entire story up to this point.
>Life would be so much easier if I didn’t give a damn about other people’s well-being.
Maybe you should, y’know, not give a damn about other people’s well-being…?
I like the fight scenes where Taylor gets to use her cleverness rather than brute force. That said, it does make it seem like the top-tier heroes are really damn incompetent.
rhinokick on April 9, 2015 at 04:19 said:
my god, I’ve been reading this for about 15 hours and I am only on part 16, normally i would have finished four or five books in that time. I am delighted to find something that has entertained me this much.
axle on May 25, 2015 at 02:09 said:
Damn, that ending was way too close for comfort.
cw on June 21, 2015 at 00:46 said:
“Blind and struck at an opportune moment, Triumph fell.” -beginning of paragraph 42 (counting spaced out single-sentences as paragraphs).
>has powers to switch any two people
>doesn’t switch places with Triumph’s girlfriend
>doesn’t smooch him Bugs Bunny style
David DeLaney on January 7, 2017 at 21:19 said:
… Chekov’s epi pen!
“None sing hymns to breath …
bu oh! to be without it!”
And a note for that (first!) long comment nesting above:
Government is Law. It opposes and is opposed by Chaos (which can be read as Anarchy, personal codes, rampant possibility, or a number of other things).
Morality is Good. It opposes and is opposd by Evil.
There’s a _reason D&D, and most of its later editions, pointed out that these were separate axes and allowed combinations of them. If you fall into the trap of “if government/authority does it, it must be right/good” then you’re conflating the separate axes. Which also happens if you fall into the trap, so visible at present in the right and alt-right in the USA, of “government/authority is inherently Eeeevil and must be obstructed, dismantled, and diminished, to pass away in the West”.
So just keep track of that when you’re arguing!
–Dave, is there a trope category for Awesome Level Grows Upon Rereading, like Malazan?
Jess on October 4, 2017 at 04:46 said:
Very late to the party, but the main thing I’ve gotten over the entire story thus far is that the heroes aren’t so heroic and villains aren’t so villainous. There seems to be so much more assault, killings, escalations of violence, and general “I don’t care” from the heroes except where it benefits them or where they might be expected to act, as with fighting the Endnringer.
Even when cooperating, it was a hero that set out to kill as many villains as possible while taking the glory for himself. Villains have overall shown more restraint, compassion, and humanity than many of the heroes.
That isn’t to say there aren’t outliers on both sides, but I’m finding it way too easy to find examples of heroes doing bad things and them getting covered up or excused while villains are held to task only because of a simple label.
Blub on September 9, 2018 at 19:19 said:
I love that she gets serious.
btw, where is Genesis?
In the last chapter it was never written that she was “killed”.
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The only place for a coil spring is up Zebedee's arse
Legal stuff you should probably read.
gordonjcp
May 11, 2018, 6:10:45 PM UTC
What with all this GDPR regulations, lots of people are making noise about personal data on websites.
This website, https://rangerovers.pub, does not store any personal data that you haven't put on here yourself (like in your user profile). At a minimum, it stores your (probably pseudonymous) username, your email address and an irreversibly encrypted version of your password. This data is not disclosed to any third party, and is handled as securely as is reasonably practicable.
The site uses cookies to identify your browser, which is a pretty standard way of ensuring that things like logging in works. There's a very stupid law written by non-techie people that requires you to be told this. Ideally there should be a popup warning you that this site uses cookies and giving you the option to reject or accept them. If you do not want a browser-identifying cookie, use your browser settings to block cookies from https://rangerovers.pub. This will break logging in, and you won't be able to post.
Under new GDPR rules you have the right to request that all data about you are removed from the site. If you choose to leave the rrpub community and would like a Stalinist purge airbrushing from history, please send an email to gordonjcp@gmail.com and I will arrange it. This probably won't remove cached copies from Google, you're on your own with that. Oceania is at war with Eastasia; Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
So far there have been no requests from shadowy government agencies for copies of the website database.
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May 11, 2018, 10:33:51 PM UTC
The statement about requests is currently true. I wouldn't put in on there if it wasn't true. Do with that what you will ;-)
May 12, 2018, 6:00:53 AM UTC (Last modified: May 12, 2018, 6:01:42 AM UTC by davew)
Have to admit I am not a big fan of cookies, particularly the third-party variety, and some of this stems from RRS.net several years ago.....
whereby I had realised it was actually trying to set 37 of them.... and just how this would "enhance my web site experience" eluded me...
Most would not be too worried about (primary) browser-identifying cookies etc but it has all 'developed' much further beyond that.
IMHO the main problem with GDPR legislation is that it is probably 15+ years too late......
no10chris
May 12, 2018, 6:12:50 AM UTC
At the end of the day, if they really want your details, there find them somehow, unless you shred everything, then burn it, never use your real name or date of birth, change address every 2 months, don’t register anything in your name.
Then maybe, just maybe, your in with a chance, 🤫
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Etc etc missed out lots, on 14th Range Rover
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That's true Chris, but I suspect it depends mainly on just who 'they' are and also where they are based (?)
I believe the privacy problems really started when Data-Bases compared (and sold) our personal details:
How did we ever allow this ?
About 10 years ago I was a big supporter of ID Cards. The plans for these were dropped in 2010....
something to do with "possible infringements of our personal liberties etc" (and other similar nonsense) !
Incidentally here is a 'Handy Guide', only 184 pages long.....
https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr-1-0.pdf
I had a charity kindly give my details to a mailing list company, although I always make sure that my details wouldn’t be given out, so not only did that charity lose out, so did the others I used to support.
I still get the crap mails, and suppose unless I change my email I always will, this week there’s been the a flurry of the scammers trying there luck, I’m a rich man according to there mails, but I told them to keep the millions,, lol
BrianH
I had a loyalty card with a high street chain which managed to get signed up with a misspelt surname. It was surprising to see just how much junk mail (pre approved credit card invitations a lot of them) turned up with that non existent name on them for years after that.
Yes, sounds familiar Brian; Many Retail organisations have been doing this type of thing for years too.... they use "Loyalty Cards" for all kinds of nefarious/marketing purposes
The interesting thing is that if we went into a shop and they said "by entering this shop you have agreed to be tagged, identified. followed (even if you don't buy anything) and we can sell your details on to other shops" we would be straight out of there of course !
There is definitely a rush by some organisations to send out stuff before the GDPR 25th May deadline too...
Incidentally I won't Tweet either; They 'own' you....see https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update !!
Complete side note, but its worth knowing that many shops with free wifi have it as it also allows them to track people moving round the store by their phones location. With multiple Access points down to the area of shelving your stopped at if they wanted/needed to. So half of what you state above can and does happen, though probably not with as much data as they might find useful.
May 13, 2018, 7:48:24 PM UTC (Last modified: May 13, 2018, 7:59:52 PM UTC by davew)
It's all part of 'Retail Analytics' Brian
https://www.cognizant.com/InsightsWhitepapers/Retail-Analytics-Game-Changer-for-Customer-Loyalty.pdf
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/retail/how-we-help-clients/big-data-and-advanced-analytics
Obviously this is not for the Retailers .... it is all done for OUR benefits................. yeh, right..... (just like 'shrinkflation'...)
The key phrase in the second link is 'targetted data mining'
I was looking into WiFi, visitor apps and stuff for work. One of the most convenient systems is to use a Facebook login for users on the network. Since the Facebook data slurp scandal this is no longer worthwhile legally. One of the more scary things that the Facebook API had (before they switched it off) was a command called GetFriends
Yep, if you used a Facebook login that site or app could actually list all your Facebook friends and market them too. And probably make judgements about them/you into the bargain.
Jeez, what did I start,, lol, think people would be locking themselves in and not leaving the house, my elderly neighbour is convinced if he pays for anything over the phone he’s being tapped, he gets cheques from the bank, sends them special delivery,, his debit cards are in a metal case, in case there scanned by someone walking by.
doesn’t have a mobile, but receives more crap mail than any of us, he often knocks and asks can I track letters, parcels,ect, I saved him over £100 on a package to Italy, saved him major on car insurance, said he could have an old iPad I have, so he can check things himself, but he won’t take it, offered him a mobile, same there, unless he’s avoiding technology because he’s actually a spy, roflmao
Part of the problem here Chris is that many 'services' rely on "OPT OUT" when clearly "OPT IN" should be deployed, hence all your neighbour's unsolicited post. Who has the right to sell OUR personal details to OTHERS (other than Mark Zuckerberg I mean) ?
Also guessing your neighbour received a new Contactless Credit/Debit Card without actually asking for one ? I have had similar discussions with elderly folks - who generally don't realise there is (currently..) a £ Transaction limit, but prefer to use cash for such purchases anyway (and not just because they think they are being "monitored"). Same with the TPS idea - they still get Cold Calls from abroad, often with a spoofed UK tel. number Caller ID....
Another part of the problem here of course is the elderly folks who 'run' this country and are also totally clueless about IT or technology in general.....
No, wait.... "Diesels are the future".... err.... No, make that "Driverless Cars are the future".....
Gilbertd
Every time I've had a cold call from a UK number from 'Raymond' (or a similar English name) but who obviously doesn't have English as a first language calling on a low bandwidth VOIP line from somewhere very distant, I've blocked the number so I don't get any more calls. I'm looking forward to unblocking them all on the 28th so I can tell them they are breaking the law and to remove my details from their database immediately.
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May 14, 2018, 9:10:33 AM UTC (Last modified: May 14, 2018, 9:15:10 AM UTC by Lpgc)
For years I've been getting calls which seem to come in spats from various call centres asking to speak to Simon Miles (I'm Simon Andrew). Calls are often from Indian call centres but sometimes from UK centres. I used to ask them to remove me from their database(s) but it made no difference. During one call from an unusually apologetic UK call centre woman I was told they get numbers from an agency, she didn't know the name of the agency, couldn't delete numbers from the agency database, couldn't let me speak to her boss. About 5 years ago I pretended to be Simon Miles just to see what it was about and to mess them about in the hope they'd delete my number. I've forgotten what it they wanted Simon Miles for but it involved them taking card details to pay for something so after dragging discussion on for half an hour I eventually made fake card details up until it dawned on them. Then I gave them a bollocking and told them I'd mess them about every time they called so it would be in their own interests to remove me from their database. Five minutes later I got a call from another number, the call centre blokes supervisor telling me in Indian English 'You are not a gentleman sir'... 'You wont want to call me again then will you' but made no difference. I also often get 'Can I speak to the owner of the business' calls and half of them don't know what business they're calling. My number is all over the net so I suppose it's something I'll always get but I have no idea where they get 'Simon Miles' from.
Sounds quite similar to the "IRS Scam" nonsense in the USA.... "Send us money ASAP (via Gift Card !) or we will arrest you tomorrow......"
Eg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Rwc8lNn0k
Don't know how many there actually fall for this either....
I've been getting calls on my work mobile for Jason Bennet ever since I first got the number in 2010. It seems that Mr Jason Bennet is being chased by just about every debt collector in the UK and he's using my phone number on the applications!
Mukiwa
They also use Bluetooth beacons so if it's on then they can follow you wifi and bluetooth have individual MAC addresses. All for your personalised experience - donc'ha know!
As far as I know you guys are correct in that Book Face is one of the dirtiest ones out there. I used them for 2 years from 2007 - 2009 and came off as I thought they were insidious.
Some web browsing protection can be used with Ghostery (see how many web beacons, trackers and other crap is blocked), AdNauseum - it actively clicks and messes with web page trackers and blocks ads, U block origin is another good ad blocker (but don't run Ad Nauseum and Ublock Origin together) and finally "I Don't Care About Cookies". I travel a lot so I do turn those off when I'm home - it slows the browser down otherwise. But there is another trick - see my final note at the end.
I also got told in an old line of work, if you use free/public WiFi spots and don't delete them from your phone, it will actively poll looking for all the free WiFi access points - so if anyone walks into shops or areas with tracking your phone will identify itself. Now remember what Google did, they scanned all the home WiFi access points - so it could help you with navigation remember - so they probably have all the records anyway.
Customers used to say "Why do I need your product, I don't mind surveillance, I have nothing to hide" with big beaming smiles. So I used to say well why don't you ask the bank to send your bank statements on postcards, remove all your curtains and take front and back door off your house. After all you have nothing to hide. Then I used to sit back silently and finish my drink.
I used to love the look on their faces when the penny dropped. They then used to buy our product ;-)
Anyway I spent years telling people that all this was going on and was told more times than I care to remember that I was part of the tinfoil hat brigade and conspiracy theorist. "Why would the government/MI5/GCHQ/NSA/5 Eyes etc do this? They wouldn't". They do. Every cell site is connected to GCHQ and they can access all SMS's and meta data over the phone networks.
I told people, they do it because they can and they will keep doing it until they get their fingers caught in the cookie jar. Then they will say it's for our own good, our security, to stop child abuse etc... but it doesn't change anything. The bad guys go Stone Age tech, and you can't spy on that with other computers. Our enemies are not stupid they know our capabilities.
Surveillance slurping is so great it can only be used forensically - after the fact - not to prevent. So it's all bullshit and all I predicted has happened. No smart Tv's or Alexa's or any other "OK Google" crap in my house.
That's enough for now but if any of you are interested there is a great tool that runs on Raspberry Pi's called Pi-Hole. It's a black hole for ads, trackers and stuff (https://pi-hole.net/). I use it on my home network and it works a treat. You do have to be a bit tech savvy, but not that much. I managed to follow the instructions and had it up and running in less than an hour. My Android box no longer has ads in the apps :-D
ttfn peeps,
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May 14, 2018, 8:09:58 PM UTC (Last modified: Oct 30, 2018, 4:11:47 PM UTC by Gordonjcp-adm)
Mukiwa wrote:
Every cell site is connected to GCHQ and they can access all SMS's and meta data over the phone networks.
Except for WhatsApp as it is end to end encrypted and doesn't appear anywhere on the network in a form that can be unencrypted. Which is why the security services tried to ban it......
What can't be done is listen in to your mobile phone conversations. The way GSM works is that it uses Time Division Multiplex. Each carrier is split into 10 time slots, 8 carrying speech as data and the other 2 carrying timing information. So if you were to break it down you would hear a snippet of conversation 1, a snippet of conversation 2, then 3, then 4, etc, until you get back to number 1 again. That's why music on hold sounds so bad on a mobile, because the codec is engineered for human speech as it has to fill in the gaps between slots and can't easily cope with music. CDMA and UMTS get even more complex.
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Knife was found on Dixon Rodriguez after he was shot
Reason Staff | 12.5.2013 9:50 AM
PERTH AMBOY (WABC) — A 31-year-old man with special needs was shot and killed by police in Perth Amboy.
The Middlesex County says a 911 call was placed around 1 p.m. for an emotionally disturbed person who was on Hall Avenue.
The acting prosecutor in Middlesex County says that the man, Dixon Rodriguez, came after a police officer.
The officer fired his weapon and afterwards, police found a knife on Rodriguez.
The prosecutor says that they saw the incident unfold, including seeing the knife, on surveillance video.
The surveillance video has been taken into evidence.
Because of the shooting, schools in the surrounding area were put on lockdown.
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Despite recent claims from American President Donald Trump that he knows “nothing about WikiLeaks“, it has been made quite clear that this is far from the truth, having stating that he “loves Wikileaks” in the past. While the media, however, have made Trump’s “love” of Wikileaks clear as they continue to attempt to link Assange to the Presidency and Russia, what hasn’t been made as clear is the fact that Trump has also threatened Julian Assange with the death penalty.
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Trump is not the only United States politician to threaten Wikileaks and Julian Assange, with several well-known personalities either calling for the death of Assange or having used language that label the group as conducting “warfare” or being engaged in “terrorism” against the United States.
Speaking on Fox News in 2010, former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said that Julian Assange was a “terrorist”, “should be treated as an enemy combatant” and that Wikileaks should be “closed down permanently”. Others in the Republican Party that have described Assange as a “terrorist” include Mitch McConnell, Candice Miller and many others.
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Prominent Republican figures in the U.S. media such as Bob Beckel, Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh have been calling for the death of Assange for some time, with O’Reilly making references to hanging Assange and Limbaugh suggesting “a bullet in the brain”.
Beyond the political and media spheres, a United States Air Force document from 2012 reveals that Assange and Wikileaks were been declared “enemies of the U.S.” by the military.
Washington Examiner, October 03, 2016
The opposition to Wikileaks’ work crosses party-lines, with prominent Democrats such as Joe Biden also labelling Assange a “terrorist” and Hillary Clinton stating that leaks were an “attack on the international community”, the language normally reserved for major terrorist attacks. Such was Clinton’s ire at Wikileaks, even before the DNC emails incident, that she suggested the use of a drone strike against the Wikileaks editor in 2010.
Figures within the United States government have stated that Assange will have no constitutional rights once within their territory, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo saying that Assange “has no First Amendment privileges”.
There is a very real danger that should Assange be extradited to the United States by any other nation he will face new charges once on American soil, charges that could potentially see him facing the death penalty.
There have been calls for Wikileaks and Julian Assange to be treated as “enemy combatants” and “terrorists” from both across the political spectrum and across the rabid and influential media, there have been equal calls for the execution of Assange. He is not safe in the United states and Britain must abide by its international legal oblighations to protect Assange from the death penatly, serious violations of his human rights and the cruel and inhuman treatment he is likely to face in American custody.
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Short-term administrations of a combination of anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 monoclonal antibodies induce tolerance to neonatal porcine islet xenografts in mice
Hossein Arefanian, Eric B. Tredget, Ray V. Rajotte, Ron G. Gill, Gregory S. Korbutt, Gina R. Rayat
OBJECTIVE - The objective of this study was to determine whether tolerance to neonatal porcine islet (NPI) xenografts could be achieved by short-term administrations of anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - Diabetic B6 mice received NPI transplants and short-term injections of combined anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 mAbs. Mice with long-term islet graft function were treated with depleting anti-CD25 mAb or retransplanted with a second-party NPI. At the end of the study, grafts from mice with long-term islet function were examined. Their spleen cells were characterized and used for in vitro proliferation and adoptive transfer studies. RESULTS - All mAb-treated NPI recipients maintained normoglycemia for >100 days post-transplantation. Only 5 of 50 mice rejected their grafts before 300 days post-transplantation. Intact islets, foxp3+ immune cells, as well as interleukin (IL)-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β regulatory cytokine transcripts were detected in the NPI xenografts from tolerant mice. A higher percentage of CD4+ T-cell population from these mice expressed regulatory markers, suggesting that tolerance to NPI xenografts may be mediated by T regulatory cells. This was confirmed when tolerant mice treated with depleting anti-CD25 mAb became diabetic. Lymphocytes from tolerant mice inhibited the proliferation of lymphocytes from B6 mice immunized with porcine cells and they displayed limited proliferation when adoptively transferred. All protected B6 mice transplanted with a second-party NPI xenograft maintained long-term normoglycemia even after removal of the first NPI graft-bearing kidney. CONCLUSIONS - These results demonstrate that tolerance to NPI xenografts can be achieved by transient administrations of combined anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 mAb therapy.
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Arefanian, H., Tredget, E. B., Rajotte, R. V., Gill, R. G., Korbutt, G. S., & Rayat, G. R. (2010). Short-term administrations of a combination of anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 monoclonal antibodies induce tolerance to neonatal porcine islet xenografts in mice. Diabetes, 59(4), 958-966. https://doi.org/10.2337/db09-0413
Arefanian, Hossein ; Tredget, Eric B. ; Rajotte, Ray V. ; Gill, Ron G. ; Korbutt, Gregory S. ; Rayat, Gina R. / Short-term administrations of a combination of anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 monoclonal antibodies induce tolerance to neonatal porcine islet xenografts in mice. In: Diabetes. 2010 ; Vol. 59, No. 4. pp. 958-966.
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abstract = "OBJECTIVE - The objective of this study was to determine whether tolerance to neonatal porcine islet (NPI) xenografts could be achieved by short-term administrations of anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - Diabetic B6 mice received NPI transplants and short-term injections of combined anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 mAbs. Mice with long-term islet graft function were treated with depleting anti-CD25 mAb or retransplanted with a second-party NPI. At the end of the study, grafts from mice with long-term islet function were examined. Their spleen cells were characterized and used for in vitro proliferation and adoptive transfer studies. RESULTS - All mAb-treated NPI recipients maintained normoglycemia for >100 days post-transplantation. Only 5 of 50 mice rejected their grafts before 300 days post-transplantation. Intact islets, foxp3+ immune cells, as well as interleukin (IL)-10 and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β regulatory cytokine transcripts were detected in the NPI xenografts from tolerant mice. A higher percentage of CD4+ T-cell population from these mice expressed regulatory markers, suggesting that tolerance to NPI xenografts may be mediated by T regulatory cells. This was confirmed when tolerant mice treated with depleting anti-CD25 mAb became diabetic. Lymphocytes from tolerant mice inhibited the proliferation of lymphocytes from B6 mice immunized with porcine cells and they displayed limited proliferation when adoptively transferred. All protected B6 mice transplanted with a second-party NPI xenograft maintained long-term normoglycemia even after removal of the first NPI graft-bearing kidney. CONCLUSIONS - These results demonstrate that tolerance to NPI xenografts can be achieved by transient administrations of combined anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 mAb therapy.",
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Arefanian, H, Tredget, EB, Rajotte, RV, Gill, RG, Korbutt, GS & Rayat, GR 2010, 'Short-term administrations of a combination of anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 monoclonal antibodies induce tolerance to neonatal porcine islet xenografts in mice', Diabetes, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 958-966. https://doi.org/10.2337/db09-0413
Short-term administrations of a combination of anti-LFA-1 and anti-CD154 monoclonal antibodies induce tolerance to neonatal porcine islet xenografts in mice. / Arefanian, Hossein; Tredget, Eric B.; Rajotte, Ray V.; Gill, Ron G.; Korbutt, Gregory S.; Rayat, Gina R.
In: Diabetes, Vol. 59, No. 4, 01.04.2010, p. 958-966.
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Registration of paramedics: Where are we up to and where to next? Part One.
Reinventing the archive in a virtual environment: Australians and the non-custodial management of electronic records
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micro-politics
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questionnaire survey
social attitude
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Restoring meaning to supervision through a peer consultation group in rural Australia
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Restricting paramedic practice-an issue of professional practice
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Blackstone to buy 85% in Nitesh’s Pune mall for Rs 300 crore
Goldman Sachs is exiting the nearly three-year-old investment with a gain of over $10 million, or Rs 70 crore, sources added.
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BENGALURU: The world’s largest private equity firm Blackstone is set to buy an 85% stake in southern property developer Nitesh Estates’ mall in Pune for about Rs 300 crore, people directly aware of the matter said.
New York-based Blackstone, which is building a portfolio of shopping malls as part of its bet on rent-yielding real estate, will acquire shares held by Goldman Sachs in ‘Nitesh Hub’. Nitesh will retain the remaining 15% in the 1-million sq ft mall. This will be Blackstone’s third partnership deal with a Bengaluru developer after striking investments with Embassy Group and Salarpuria Sattva for tenanted office spaces. One of the sources said Blackstone was likely to repurpose Nitesh Hub (formerly known as Koregaon Park Plaza), bringing in a bigger mix of offices — especially co-working spaces — in the tenancy mix.
International property consultants CBRE advised on the transaction. When contacted, Blackstone and Nitesh Estates declined to comment.
Goldman Sachs is exiting the nearly three-year-old investment with a gain of over $10 million, or Rs 70 crore, sources added. TOI reported in January that Nitesh Estates was in talks with China’s Fosun Group for a capital infusion of about Rs 800 crore at the entity level.
Blackstone entered the retail space in the country less than two years ago by setting up a fully owned subsidiary, Nexus Malls. It has been mopping up stake in retail assets in recent past, which include malls such as Treasure Island in Indore, Elante Mall in Chandigarh, Seawoods Grand Central in Navi Mumbai from L&T, and the Alpha One in Amritsar and Ahmedabad. More than $724 million was pumped into the retail assets by the PE firms in the first six months of the fiscal, compared to $1.6 billion witnessed between 2015 and September 2017, according to data from independent property consultancy JLL.
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Halle Berry Dumped Her Young Bae, And She Could Not Have Been More Savage About It
April 3, 2016 December 27, 2020
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She eventually did it anyway, swapping vows with French actor Olivier Martinez in July Berry herself has lamented her many public breakups — mostly with other actors — that have not always ended well. Chapter 1: No One Special. Getty Images. As an actress breaking into the entertainment industry, Berry had no trouble finding someone to take her out on Saturday nights… or any night for that matter. Chapter 2: David Justice.
Halle Berry is playing the role of a mother who will stop at nothing to recover her kidnapped son in “Kidnap,” which hits theaters on Dec. In honor of her new movie, Wonderwall. Keep reading to see the biggest ups and downs in her career and personal life! Before Halle Berry began acting, she was a beauty queen.
It looks like Halle Berry has found love again with her hunky “Dark Tide” A while back, we covered white male celebs who took to dating black women, Halle Berry Departs The Cbs Upfront – Hair Beauty – maallure Halle Berry Haircut.
The Canadian model, who has worked for Valentino, Tommy Hilfiger, and more, has been keeping himself busy since his famous split from one of Hollywood’s hottest actresses, Halle Berry. The couple met in , while Berry was working on a Versace campaign, but after five years of bliss, the relationship ended on not-so-great terms. Despite having a tumultuous end to their seemingly perfect initial romance, the two are inextricably linked by their daughter, Nahla, who is now 11 years old.
While Aubry and Berry started their split somewhat amicably, they had a lot of issues when it came to custody of their daughter. This was just one of the many issues that popped up during their bitter custody battle. Both men landed in the hospital. She knew that both Gabriel and Olivier had hot tempers, but she was furious with them for reacting in such a juvenile way. Even with all of the drama surrounding their child and custody of her, the pair has always had one thing in common — their love for Nahla.
But what I want to say about it is sometimes, as a couple, you reach an impasse. We needed a court and a judge to help us work out some of the delicate issues, and I’m so happy we’ve arrived at that place — because for her sake, this is the best way. We both love her more than life. In , Aubry and Berry were spotted together at a carnival with Nahla, proving that they know how to be civil when it comes to their little girl.
Fans hoping for BerryNice to be an actual thing will once again be disappointed. This time being single has given Halle a different perspective on her love life. During the convo, Halle made sure to indicate that there was nothing wrong with her previous relationships, but that they just were not her complete match. She and David Justice tied the knot in , only to spit up four years later. He underwent sex addiction treatment in , and by , they were separated.
They finalized their divorce in , around the time she started dating French Canadian model Gabriel Aubry.
Halle Berry became the first African American woman to win the L. Jackson’s drug-addicted girlfriend in Spike Lee’s critically acclaimed film Jungle Fever. The Final Stand () and X-Men: Days of Future Past ().
By Dailymail. But the Canadian model, 43, didn’t look like he was worried about the drama when he was seen working out in LA on Thursday. Gabriel ignored the scandal as he worked up a sweat while going shirt-free. Distracting himself: Gabriel Aubry didn’t seem worried about scandal when he went to workout in LA on Thursday.
The model wasn’t hiding his chiseled figure, donning just green shorts and a backwards baseball cap. Occupied: Gabriel ignored the scandal as he worked up a sweat while going shirt-free.
Halle Berry is an American actress, former fashion model, and beauty queen. She is one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman. She has also been involved in the production side of several of her films.
Model Gabriel Aubry and girlfriend actress Halle Berry attend Keep A accuses Gabriel of trying to make their daughter ‘look white’ –
Berry and husband Olivier Martinez are divorcing after more two years of marriage. With a relationship that spanned five years and a marriage that lasted more than two, Halle Berry and husband Olivier Martinez have decided to divorce. The two were together for five years and had a daughter, Nahla. What followed was a highly publicized custody battle after Berry hoped to move to France with their daughter after marrying Martinez. A judge eventually denied Berry from doing so. Although the relationship was short-lived, there was no bad blood between the two actors.
The singer later confirmed that he had cheated on the Oscar winner, which led to a stint in sex-addiction rehab. It was a traumatic time for Berry, who years later revealed she contemplated suicide following the demise of her marriage. It was all about a relationship. FB Tweet ellipsis More. Image zoom. Get push notifications with news, features and more.
Halle Berry is a 54 year old American Actress. Her zodiac sign is Leo. Halle Berry is a member of the following lists: Emmy Award winners , American film actors and American television actors.
As Halle Berry splits from her husband of two years, Olivier Martinez, ET is Berry and Martinez tie the knot in front of about 60 guests at Chateau des Conde in Vallery, France, after dating for three years. March 18,
But before she finally settled down with the rapper, plenty of guys pursued her. Take a look back at the romances she’s had over the years. Jackson text: Puppy love! Kardashian and T. Jackson, whose father is Michael Jackson’s brother, Tito Jackson, reportedly dated as teenagers. The two were photographed together in what appeared to be a yearbook picture.
Recently, Jackson re-emerged in the media when he began to help his grandmother, Katherine Jackson, take care of his cousins Prince, Paris and Blanket Jackson — the late Michael Jackson’s children. How bad did things get? The reality star reportedly accused her ex of abuse, which he denied. Later, he claimed that she cheated on him, which she denied. In , after the couple split, reports that the two made a sex tape surfaced.
I hope that it remains private.
News reported. Berry, 48, and Aubry, 39, who dated for two years before splitting in , have joint custody of Nahla and have been embroiled in bitter court and physical battles over her care since then. Back in , at the height of their custudy dispute, the mixed-race actress told Ebony magazine via E!
Before her career kicked off, Halle Berry dated New Kids Off The dating in , got married in , and welcomed their son Maceo in
Halle Berry Opens Up By her own admission, Halle Berry will be single for a long time. The actress, who has been married three times and dated a few famous men, including Wesley Snipes , Christopher Williams, Shemar Moore , and Michael Ealy , has confessed that she has been riding solo. Add to Chrome. Sign in. Home Local Classifieds. News Break App. In Style 12d. At age 54, Halle Berry has never looked better. On Friday, the actress rang in her birthday, and marked the occasion with an unmatched virtual celebration: skateboarding sans pants.
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Microsoft is slowly rolling out Microsoft Teams as a replacement for Skype for Business, and they are hoping it will change the way you work.
When your business switches from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams for chats and meetings you’ll discover new ways to connect, collaborate and communicate with added efficiency. But, without forethought and planning, you may also find that you’ve unwittingly found new ways to complicate things.
Implementing Microsoft Teams means implementing SharePoint and OneDrive, even if you haven’t deliberately done it yet. It also means you’ll face challenges around file duplication and version control of you don’t have a plan around how users access files when using Microsoft Teams.
What can Teams do?
While Skype is solely a communications tool, Teams is much more. Microsoft are calling it an “app hub” which is a succinct way of saying that Teams provides a single point of entry into the entire Office 365 ecosystem of your business.
Teams gives users access to SharePoint Online document libraries and site functionality, OneNote, Planner, and a whole bunch of other features.
Here’s a quick comparison.
When is Skype for Business disappearing?
Microsoft has not announced an end-of-support date for Skype for Business yet; but new Office 365 subscribers are no longer able to use it – they are Teams users by default.
Because all the file storage of Microsoft Teams is delivered by SharePoint and OneDrive, using Teams means implementing these cloud file repositories if you haven’t already.
This means that the usual considerations around content lifecycle, records management and data protection/loss prevention will need to be addressed. It’s also important to have a plan to make sure that:
documents are accurately labelled
content-level security, taxonomy, and disposition is enforced
labels, titles and classification accurately reflect content of documents and files.
Upgrading from Skype for Business to Microsoft Teams has the possibility to transform the way your users communicate, but change is not always easy. Proactive IT Solutions can help with every step of this migration process, from the technical aspects to user adoption. Although there is no rush for existing Skype for Business users, Microsoft recommends upgrading as soon as possible to optimise your benefits and ease the transition.
Don’t put this on the back burner. Microsoft Teams is inevitably going to fully replace Skype for Business, and you’ll be happier knowing you’ve made the switch in your own time than being forced over at the last minute.
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New sanctions to tackle offshore tax evasion
Last Updated: 09 August 2018
New sanctions to tackle offshore tax evasion have been announced in April 2014. HMRC has published No Safe Havens 2014, a document that details the progress made in tackling offshore tax evasion, the new actions being taken, and how HMRC intends to exploit data sources better in order to influence behaviour.
Specific actions mentioned in the document include:
Introducing legislation to implement the new OECD standard in automatic exchange of information between governments.
Consulting on strengthening the existing civil sanctions, including penalties for offshore tax evasion.
Consulting on the detail of a new strict liability criminal offence for failing to declare untaxed offshore assets.
Paying rewards to whistle-blowers who, in HMRC's view, provide significant information that helps tackle offshore tax evasion.
The chancellor, Goerge Osborne also announced earlier this month that a new “strict liability” criminal offence for failing to declare untaxed offshore assets will be introduced:
HMRC would no longer need to prove that individuals who have undeclared income offshore intended to evade tax, in order for a criminal conviction to be handed down.
HMRC would only have to demonstrate the income was taxable and undeclared.
This will be subject to forthcoming consultation.
Paul Aplin, chairman of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales’ Tax Faculty Technical Committee, said: “As a profession, we are fully behind the Government’s and HMRC’s efforts to tackle tax evasion. However, we have considerable concerns about these new proposals. Should such sweeping powers be introduced, there needs to be strong safeguards to protect innocent tax payers from the risk of mistakes or misuse by HMRC.”
In February 2014 HMRC announced a new campaign which would run from 24 February 2014 targetting offshore account holders who are tax avoiders. Somewhat confusingly that campaign is not presently listed in HMRC's list of current campaigns however voluntary disclosure is possible in general terms.
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Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, Main Page, E Library, Portal, Contents, Index , Site Map,
Sant Mat Radhasoami Books — The E Library: Main Page — Portal—Contents — Index — Sections
WELCOME to the Sant Mat Radhasoami E Library, with many large collections of links to Sant Mat, Radhasoami (Radha-Swami), and Surat Shabd Yoga E Books from a diversity of sources, also, Audio Books.
These have been uploaded by various individuals over the years at Google Books or Documents, Archive.org, Gutenberg.org, many Sant Mat and Radhasoami Websites, Kabir Panth Websites, Sikh Websites, Scribd, and other third-party online libraries around the world — creating a kind of Sant Mat “Granth” or collection of spiritual discourses, satsang talks, hymns (bhajans, banis, shabds), scriptures, commentary, letters, mystic poetry and prose — Literature of the Sants — The Mystics of the East.
The research that has gone into this E Library is intended to provide online resources from a non-commercial, inter-faith, non-sectarian perspective exploring the Sant tradition of India, with its many guru-lineages or branches, Inner Light and Sound Meditation, Love and Devotion (Bhakti), The Way of the Saints or Path of the Masters.
Note: Also, further below, are sections devoted to comparative religion/mysticism, Sayings of Jesus, Ebionite or Hebrew Gospels, Gnostic Gospels, Syriac and other Christian Mystical literature, Rumi and other Sufi Mystics, and there is also a Vegetarian/Vegan Section. At the bottom are two LINKS PAGES: one devoted to Sant Mat; the other to Inter-Faith Studies and Comparative Religion.
Scroll down, click and enjoy! You’ll need Adobe Reader to view .PDFs on your computer. If you don’t have Adobe, download it for free from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html
CONTENTS: Site Map of This Sant Mat Radhasoami E Library— Various Collections of E Books
(1) An Introduction to Sant Mat and Radhasoami (Radha Soami -- Pronounced "Radha-Swami") -- The Path of the Masters -- India's Sants and Poet-Mystics (Lovers of the Beloved), and Surat Shabd Yoga Meditation Practice: Bhakti (Love) of the Inner Light and Sound of God: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/introduction-to-sant-mat-and-radhasoami.html
(2) Top-Twenty List of Recommended Reading: Spiritual Books: Kabir, Sant Mat, Radhasoami, Surat Shabd Yoga -- Inner Light and Sound Meditation, Mystic Poetry and Prose of the Sants -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Recommended Reading/Top 20 Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/top-twenty-list-of-recommended-reading.html
(3) Recent Publications Related to Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras, Baba Devi Sahib of Moradabad, Maharshi Mehi Paramhans, Swami Sant Sevi Ji Maharaj, and Their Successors up to the Living Present -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Tulsi Sahibi and Maharshi Mehi Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sant-mat-e-library-maharshi-mehi-sant.html
(4) Guru Lineage Charts of Sant Mat, Radhasoami, Surat Shabd Yoga (Inner Light and Sound Meditation), Guru Kabir, the Dharamdasis of Kabir Panth, Dadu Panth, Dariya Sahib, the Ten Sikh Gurus, Param Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras and Successors, Radhasoami Faith, the House of Kirpal, and Maharshi Mehi -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Guru Lineage Charts Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/guru-lineage-charts-of-radhasoami-sant.html
(5) Charts of the Heavens -- Inner Regions -- Planes -- Levels - Various Illustrations of the Spheres of Creation According to Sant Mat -- NOTE: At the bottom of the page are two Gnostic Charts of the Heavens (created by Zeke Li) as well as, The Threefold Nature of Man Chart (Christian Mysticism) -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Charts of the Heavens Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/charts-of-heavens-sant-mat-and-gnostic.html
(6) Kirpal Singh Books -- And E Books Relating to the Teachings of Sant Kirpal Singh, Ruhani Satsang and Sant Bani Publications -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Kirpal Singh Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/kirpal-singh-books-sant-mat-radhasoami.html
(7) RADHASOAMI BOOKS, E Books, E Library on the Radhasoami Faith (Radha Soami, Radhaswami) -- A special thanks goes out to the Digital Library of India, Archive.org, the Library of the Radhasoami Faith, prolific writers & translators such as S. D. Maheshwari, and to all those who have uploaded Radhasoami books in recent years representing the various branches of Radhasoami, sharing all these important historic documents and spiritual classics of the Path of the Masters, especially the writings of the founding Gurus such as Seth Shiv Dayal Singh (Soamiji Maharaj) and Huzur Maharaj Rai Saligram Bahadur. This section of the Sant Mat Radhasoami E Library is intended to be as thorough and complete as possible, bringing together a collection of what's available for Radhasoami classics and related documents regarding the history of Seth Shiv Dayal Singh and the Radhasoami movement. -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books -- The E Library: Radhasoami Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/radhasoami-books-e-books-e-library-on.html
(8) Julian P. Johnson, Path of the Masters, and Other Johnson-related Publications -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Julian Johnson/Path of the Masters Section:
https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/path-of-masters-sant-mat-radhasoami.html
(9) Sant Mat History — Reflections: Books, Articles, and Blogs -- Reflections On Sant Mat History, Origins of the Path, The Five Names, Various Guru Lineages — Traditional Sant Mat From An Indian Perspective -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: History Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sant-mat-history-reflections-sant-mat.html
(10) Sikh Scriptures: Guru Nanak, Sikh Gurus, Adi Granth, Bhai Gurdas Vaaran, Janamsakhis, Dasam Granth -- Online E Books Relating to Guru Nanak, The Ten Sikh Gurus, Guru Granth, Bhai Gurdas Vaaran, Janamsakhis, Dasam Granth, Bhai Sahib Bhai Nand Lal's Kalaam-e-Goya, and Other Texts -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Sikh Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sikh-scriptures-sant-mat-radhasoami.html
(11) Kabir, Kabir Panth: The Bijak, Anurag Sagar (Ocean of Love), Kabir Sagar, Sakhis, Songs of Kabir, Songs of Kabir in the Adi Granth, Many More Online E Books Relating to Guru Kabir -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Kabir Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/kabir-and-kabir-panth-bijak-anurag.html
(12) Anurag Sagar Studies Page, where you can read the Anurag Sagar online -- Guru Kabir's "Ocean of Love", one of many sacred texts composed and used by the Dharamdasi branch of Kabir Panth and Sant Mat, the Sant Dharam Das line of Masters. The Anurag Sagar is a volume of the "Kabir Sagar" Series ("Ocean of Kabir"), a collection of several Hindi-language volumes devoted to the teachings of Guru Kabir and Sant Dharam Das. -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Anurag Sagar Section: http://www.SpiritualAwakeningRadio.com/anurag.html
(13) The Classic Nirguna Bhakti Sants of India -- Online E Books Relating to the Devotees of the Formless God (Jayadeva, Namdev, Dadu Dayal, Ravidas, Mirabai, Tukarama, Dariya Sahib of Bihar, etc...) -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Classic Sants Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/the-classic-nirguna-bhakti-sants-sant.html
(14) Gnostic Gospels, Contemplative or Mystical Christianity, Syriac Mystics, Mandaean, Manichaean, Apocrypha, Nag Hammadi Library, Pistis Sophia, Jesus Sutras, Lost Books of the Bible and Spirituality of the West -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Gnostic or Western Mysticism Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/gnostic-gospels-contemplative-or.html
(15) Sayings of Jesus (Yeshua), Ebionite (Nasoraean, Jewish or Hebrew Christian) Scriptures and Vegetarian Gospels -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Ebionite/Hebrew Christianity Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/ebionite-nasoraean-jewish-or-hebrew.html
(16) Vegan and Vegetarian Ahimsa: Non-Violence in Thought, Word, and Deed, Including in the Area of Diet -- E Books, Blogs, Websites, and Videos on the Wisdom of Following a Non-violent Vegetarian or Vegan Diet -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Vegan and Vegetarian Ahimsa Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/vegan-and-vegetarian-ahimsa-non_8.html
(17) Sikh And You Will Find: The Vegetarian Diet, Sikh Gurus and Scriptures, A Collection of Passages from the Adi Granth (Guru Granth, Shri Guru Granth Sahib), Mohsin Fani's, Dabistan-e-Mazahib, Sudharam Marag Granth, and the Proclamation or Hukamnama to the Sikhs of Jaunpur by Baba Banda Singh Bahadur -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Sikh Vegetarian Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/sikh-and-you-will-find-vegetarian-diet.html
(18) Rumi — Sufi Books -- E Books of Rabia, Hazrat Sultan Bahu, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Hafiz, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, Rumi, etc... -- Sant Mat Radhasoami Books, The E Library: Rumi/Sufism Section: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Blogspot.com/2019/01/rumisufi-books-e-books-of-rabia-hazrat.html
(19) LINKS: SANT MAT LINKS PAGE: Huge Collection of Websites: Sant Mat, Radhasoami, Surat Shabd Yoga, Kabir, Adi Granth, Path of the Masters, Inner Light and Sound Meditation: http://SantMatRadhasoami.Wordpress.com/2013/09/18/sant-mat-radhasoami-links-page-sant-mat-radhasoami-surat-shabd-yoga-kabir-and-the-bhakti-sants-of-india-the-path-of-the-masters-and-mystics-of-inner-light-and-sound
(20) LINKS PAGE: Spiritual Awakening Inter-Faith Links Page of World Religions and Sacred Texts, Lost Books of the Bible, World Scriptures, Spiritual Classics, East and West, Online Books, Inter-Faith Libraries, and Websites Around the World: from Apocrypha to Zoroaster: https://SantMatRadhasoami.Wordpress.com/2013/09/18/spiritual-awakening-inter-faith-links-page-of-world-religions-and-sacred-texts-east-and-west-from-apocrypha-to-zoroaster
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Tag: Alonerly
Best Shows in Denver 3/15/18 – 3/21/18
Mint Field performs at Lost Lake on March 21. Photo by Maria Fernanda Molins
Who: Protomartyr w/Ned Garthe Explosion
Why: Protomartyr apparently didn’t get the memo on what post-punk bands in the current era are supposed to sound like. The vocal delivery hits at weird angles to the fluid rhythms and jagged yet expressive and atmospheric guitar work like Nick Cave singing for a hybrid of The Fall and Sleaford Mods. Its latest record is 2017’s Relatives in Descent. It’s a bit moodier than the group’s earlier albums yet has a headlong quality as though the band is embracing the chaos and disorientation of the world now to see where the broken machine ultimately lands. Ned Garthe Explosion is more of a psychedelic rock band but one of the most gloriously ragged around the edges and one for which you never quite know where the show will go in a way we need to see more often.
Who: Alonerly, R A R E B Y R D $, Claudzilla
When: Thursday, 03.15, 10 p.m.
Where: Mutiny Information Café
Why: Alonerly is the solo project of Antonia Montoya from Albuquerque. Using upright bass, soulful vocals and beats, Montoya creates the kind of spacious yet intimate music that probably gets lumped, and not unjustifiably so, with jazz and hip-hop but is in the end its own thing, a rarity in a time when many musical artists are trying to tap a little too much into an established musical genre. She won’t be alone in bringing something not quite like anything else with keytar weirdo Claudzilla and hypnotic and highly evocative hip-hop/noise crew R A R E B Y R D $.
Friday | March 16, 2018
Bad Licks, photo by Tom Murphy
Who: Bad Licks 7 inch release w/Vic ‘n’ the Narwhals, The Corner Girls and Soulfax DJs
Why: Bad Licks includes former members of The Blue Rider so there’s plenty of the subtle weirdness to the undertones of its psychedelic garage rock. The group is celebrating the release of its latest seven inch of its excellent Lies EP. Because people in the band are very much into genuinely experimental music, the record is worth listening to beyond obvious genre trappings. Joined this night by pastel/surf punks The Corner Girls and surf/blues punk band Vic ‘n’ the Narwhals. All around a post-garage rock genre-bending extravaganza because all of these bands put on an energetic performance.
Who: Clan of Xymox w/Voicecoil and Radio Scarlet w/DJ Svipal
Where: Bluebird Theater
Why: Clan of Xymox formed in Amsterdam near the height of the first wave of post-punk in 1981. The band’s sound including more extensive use of synths was more in line with groups like Comsat Angels, The Sound, Killing Joke and The Chameleons. Clan of Xymox’s first three albums are considered foundational for what has come to be known as “darkwave” – the blending of early synth pop aesthetics with post-punk. Xymox and contemporaries like Anne Clark, Fad Gadget and Depeche Mode made what might have been considered weird and avant-garde accessible to a broad audience. By the early 90s, however, the band splintered and Ronnie Moorings continued in a direction inspired by the acid house music popular in dance clubs in the late 80s and early 90s. But apparently the project’s fanbase wasn’t into that sound and it didn’t translate well to the rave crowd. And yet Xymox hadn’t completely lost its darkwave cachet and throughout the 90s Moorings experimented with a return to that sort of sound while absorbing the industrial music of bands he had in part influenced. Over the past decade darkwave, industrial and gothic rock has been enjoying the most extensive genuine revival since the first time around and Xymox has enjoyed a little of its own renaissance being invited to festivals catering to the aforementioned genres and with its last eight albums, including 2017’s Days of Black, released or re-issued on Metropolis. Why did the music matter? As someone once said about Joy Division, despite and because of its sometimes gloomy, brooding, emotionally urgent and intense sounds, Xymox and its contemporaries had to come along to articulate complex and sometimes conflicting emotions with a clarity, power and poignancy that wasn’t happening with a lot of rock and roll.
Monday | March 19, 2018
Yardsss, photo by Tom Murphy
Who: Screwtape, Wander, Young Lovers, Ridgeway, Yardsss, Brother Saturn
When: Monday, 03.19, 6:30 p.m.
Why: One of the great things about shows at Seventh Circle is that even if it’s all supposed to be all one thing it never really is. Tonight proves that as local hardcore heroes Screwtape are performing alongside mostly post-rock/shoegaze bands. Brother Saturn’s collage of guitar sounds tracing the outsides of daydreams made up of soothingly hypnotic layers of atmosphere is a good fit with California based post-rock bands Wander, Young Lovers and Ridgeway to send them back home from SXSW in a welcoming show halfway through that journey. Yardsss from Portland, Oregon has a diverse sonic palette but broadly speaking, the band’s core sounds are rooted in droning atmospheres, noise and improvisational electronic composition. Fans of more experimental industrial music will find much to like in Yardsss’ darkly evocative aesthetic.
Who: Mimicking Birds, The Raven and the Writing Desk and Haley Heynderickx
Why: Indie rock band Mimicking Birds are making a stop in Denver on their way to Treefort Music Fest (we’ll be featuring some advance coverage in the next few days as well as post-fest coverage in the following weeks). The group recently released its new album, the gorgeously lush and pastoral Layers of Us. If you’re not making it out to Treefort for the 7:40 p.m. set at El Korah Shrine, catch the Portland, Oregon-based band tonight with the like-minded The Raven and the Writing Desk. The latter is one of Denver’s best kept secrets in music as a band that has really pushed itself to explore new vistas in its own sound and breaking with its own musical past in order to make something interesting and fresh. A rarity.
Tuesday | March 20, 2018
GGOOLLDD, photo by Kelly Bolter
Who: OMD w/GGOOLLDD
Why: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, often referred to as OMD, were, like fellow UK artists Gary Numan and Human League as well as Berlin in the USA, instrumental in establishing what became synth pop. After seeing an mid-70s Kraftwerk concert, bassist and vocalist Andy McCluskey started OMD with some friends and from early on the band separated itself from many other bands of the era in having no guitars and but a visceral live show. OMD enjoyed its share of commercial popularity in the UK and the US at various points in its career but artistically it’s arguably greatest achievement was the 1983 album Dazzle Ships. But the mainstream audience didn’t seem to be much into the truly boundary pushing pop compositions. Today the album is considered by many fans to be its best alongside its 1981 predecessor, Architecture & Morality. Now recognized as innovators as well talented masters of pop songcraft, OMD will be headlining a show at The Ogden Theatre with the Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based GGOOLLDD. The latter, fronted by the dynamic and talented Margaret Butler, recently released the TEETH EP in December 2017. Part synth pop, part theatrical glam band, GGOOLLDD has always put on a large theater show in small, even intimate venues, so catch a great, newer band opening for a group in a similar lineage of imaginative yet sincere music.
What: Faster Than Light Fest: Obtuse (1st), Blue Lane Frontier, Old Sport, Granddad (AK/MN), Closer is a Band (Brooklyn), Alien Boy (Portland), Runaway Brother (Cleveland)
Why: This is a festival put together for bands on their way from SXSW or going through and happening to converge in Denver for one date. It’s also a good cross section of the modern punk/emo/math rock underground in America and naturally it’s at Seventh Circle where a lot of touring if that stripe often plays in Denver these days. Locals Obtuse, Old Sport and Blue Lane Frontier represent a rebirth for the kind of punk that both embraces pop punk, screamo, indie rock and math rock but also advances where that music could have gone had it converged and evolved. Portland’s Alien Boy gets points for naming itself after a Wipers song but also for embodying the kind of moody punk with thoughtful, sometimes wryly humorous, lyrics and the kind of darkness and intensity, not to say anger, that a lot of punk frankly lacks.
Wednesday | March 21, 2018
Kelly Lee Owens, photo by Kim Hiorthøy
Who: Kelly Lee Owens
Why: With her 2017 self-titled full-length, Kelly Lee Owens displayed a keen ear for electronic composition and a knack for translating that into accessible dance tracks. Her mastery of mixing hypnotic and deep low end with melodic drones interweaving with her ethereal vocals across the record was stunning. Fans of IDM, dub techno and deep house, do yourself a favor and at a minimum pick up the album. Also, fans of dream pop/shoegaze acts unafraid of jumping straight into abstract atmospheres such as Slowdive, Seefeel and Sound of Ceres will find much to like with Owens’ output as well. Owens performs tonight at Bar Standard before setting off for Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho where she performs Thursday night 3.22 at 12:30 a.m. at Neurolux
Who: Mint Field w/Neighbor Lady and American Grandma
Why: Mint Field’s 2018 debut album Pasar De Las Luces is being touted as a great modern shoegaze album. And it is, but it is one that isn’t particularly beholden to an older sound. The minimalist aesthetic of the music bears a stronger resemblance to ambient and downtempo dance music than to rock. At its most “rock” the band comes off as more post-punk and Krautrock like Neu! or Faust than worshippers of Lush or My Bloody Valentine. Although the band is from Tijuana its gauzy layers and swirling melodies are a far cry from that city’s reputation as one of the party capitals of the world. Mint Field also performs at Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho on Saturday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Boise All Ages Movement.
Who: U.S. Girls w/Rubedo and Michael Rault
Why: Meghan Remy’s U.S. Girls has thankfully been pretty much impossible to chalk up to a single genre of music since the project’s inception. It’s always pop songs whether those have a leg in noise, punk, garage rock or whatever. Her latest album, 2018’s In a Poem Unlimited, sounds, interestingly enough, like a reinvention of 90s hip-hop as a funk and soul record. It has that lush production with grit and a melancholic undertone. “Pearly Gates” in particular is reminiscent of Warren G’s 1994 hit “Regulate.” Which, considering the themes of the album, is an interesting allusion. But whatever ideas and sounds informed the record, it is a literate and insightful exploration the various manifestations of toxic masculinity, its effects throughout culture and society and what life might be like without it’s wearying, destructive influence.
Who: Ed Schrader’s Music Beat w/Naked Giants and Hairclub
Why: If you listened to Ed Schrader’s Music Beat’s albums and other recorded releases prior to 2018 and didn’t see live, the appeal can be a bit of a head scratcher. A floor tom, scream-ish vocals and bass? Live it all made sense and the records relatable. But the band put out its most accessible album to date with Riddles. Having worked with Dan Deacon didn’t hurt and as the band’s producer, Deacon helped to shape a sound that took the duo’s avant-garde urban tribal contradictions and into the level of recorded coherence the project has always warranted. Ed Schrader’s Music Beat also performs at Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho at 10:30 p.m. at Boise All-ages Movement Project.
Author simianthinkerPosted on March 15, 2018 March 21, 2018 Categories MusicTags Alien Boy, Alonerly, American Grandma, Bad Licks, Blue Lane Frontier, Clan of Xymox, Claudzilla, Closer is a Band, DJ Svipal, Ed Schrader's Music Beat, Faster Than Light Fest, GGOOLLDD, Granddad, Hairclub, Kelly Lee Owens, Michael Rault, Mint Field, Naked Giants, Ned Garthe Explosion, Neighbor Lady, Obtuse, Old Sport, OMD, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Protomartyr, R A R E B Y R D $, Radio Scarlet, Rubedo, Runaway Brother, Soulfax DJs, The Corner Girls, U.S. Girls, Vic n' The Narwhals, Voicecoil
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Matt Tifft Justin Marks Denny Hamlin
Live Fast Motorsports becomes 3rd new NASCAR team for 2021
By JENNA FRYER - Nov. 20, 2020 03:21 PM EST
FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, driver B.J. McLeod, waits to get into their cars before qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race in Dover, Del. NASCAR will have another new team in 2021 — bringing the total to three new ownership groups in the Cup Series — with the formation of Live Fast Motorsports. The team formally announced Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, is owned by drivers Matt Tifft and B.J. McLeod. (AP Photo/Brien Aho, File)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR will have another new team in 2021 — bringing the total to three new ownership groups in the Cup Series — with the formation of Live Fast Motorsports.
The team formally announced Friday is owned by drivers Matt Tifft and B.J. McLeod.
McLeod will drive the No. 78 Ford next season. Tifft's one season as a Cup Series driver ended late in 2019 when he suffered a seizure at Martinsville Speedway. He's not raced since.
At 24, Tifft becomes the youngest owner in the series. The Live Fast entry joins 23XI Racing, owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan, and Trackhouse Racing, owned by former driver Justin Marks, as new teams next season.
“This is as big of a deal to me as being a driver in the Cup Series,” Tifft said.
Live Fast will be based in Mooresville and operate with a partnership with Stewart-Haas Racing. Tifft and McLeod bought out Archie St. Hilaire’s ownership interest of a charter used in 2020 by Go Fas Racing.
Joe Falk, part of the Go Fas Racing group, will work with Live Fast. Go Fas Racing, which fielded the No. 32 Ford for Corey LaJoie, is cutting back to a limited schedule.
Tifft made 134 starts in the Cup, Xfinity and Truck series from 2014 through 2019. McLeod has also raced in all three of NASCAR's national series and ran 16 Cup races last season. He met Tifft when Tifft was 12 and participating in a driving school in Florida.
McLeod was a groomsman in Tifft's 2019 wedding and the two friends became interested in partnering in team ownership in anticipation of a changing business model when NASCAR introduces its NextGen car in 2022.
The car is expected to dramatically cut spending, making ownership more appealing. It led to a competitive bidding process on charters as multiple groups have attempted to purchase one of the 36 guaranteed slots in the field. Each charter earns an automatic percentage of the weekly purse, and many owners can recover their buy-in costs in one season of competition.
Marks said he was outbid on two charters and a deal on a third collapsed before Trackhouse was finally able to lease one for 2021 from Spire Motorsports. Tifft said he and McLeod were already in negotiations with Go Fas when the market exploded.
“Everybody wanted a piece of the pie and there aren’t that many slices,” Tifft said. “NASCAR’s NextGen car and model for teams will provide opportunities for new teams to compete at a higher level."
McLeod said he expects the No. 78 to be a top 20 car at times next season as it builds into a competitive program in the coming years.
NASCAR for two decades has been dominated by five organizations with aging owners and little interest from new participants. Roger Penske is 83, Joe Gibbs is 79, Jack Roush is 78, Richard Childress is 75 and Rick Hendrick is 71.
“We want the team to be successful,” McLeod said. “My new dream is to be an RCR, Hendrick, Gibbs, in 20 to 25 years.”
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SailGP enters esports arena in partnership with Virtual Regatta, World Sailing
17 SEPTEMBER 2019News
Sneak peek of the new eSailGP gaming experience in partnership with Virtual Regatta.
eSailGP to feature virtual and live events, with inclusion in eSailing World Championship
LONDON - September 17, 2019 - SailGP – in partnership with Virtual Regatta and World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport – today entered the esports arena with the launch of eSailGP. A global gaming experience, eSailGP offers an accessible platform for sailors and non-sailors alike to experience the thrill of the world’s fastest sail racing in a virtual environment.
The eF50s are a digital representation of SailGP’s catamarans that made history in August by crossing the 50-knot barrier – something never previously accomplished in sail racing. Virtually, the eF50s will match the look and performance of the real vessel, capable of breakneck speeds in the 50-knot range (60 mph/100 kph) on courses mirroring those used in SailGP.
“Our vision for SailGP is to bring sailing to the masses, and by entering the virtual realm, we’re now offering our brand of high-flying action to anyone willing to take on the challenge of piloting a boat at unprecedented speeds,” said SailGP CEO Sir Russell Coutts. “Esports are no longer the future, but rather the now, which is why we made it an immediate priority to engage this potentially massive audience. We hope both existing gamers and those new to esports will enjoy the unique combination of sport, nature, strategy and technology that sailing provides – both physically and virtually.”
eSailGP is integrated into Virtual Regatta Inshore, and is now available to fans globally. Virtual Regatta is the largest sailing community in the world with more than 1.6 million players. In the virtual sphere, SailGP races are 5-6 minutes in duration with up to 10 players per game. It is free and available to play on computers, and iOS and Android devices.
“It’s an honor for Virtual Regatta to welcome SailGP in the eSailing World Championship,” said Virtual Regatta Founder/CEO Philippe Guigné. “Creating the virtual F50 has been really challenging and enjoyable for our team – this is what we love! Adding SailGP specifics such as boundaries and wind ladders dramatically increases the gaming experience, and we expect that tens of thousands of players will have as much fun as us while playing this fantastic game, both online and onsite at SailGP events.”
eSailGP will also become part of the eSailing World Championship, jointly organized by World Sailing and Virtual Regatta. Launched in 2018, the eSailing World Championship is the ultimate virtual battle for world championship glory, featuring an eight-month season culminating with a Live Final and $10,000 prize offered by Virtual Regatta.
“The eSailing World Championship continues to increase in popularity with new challenges and improved gameplay almost on a weekly basis,” commented World Sailing CEO Andy Hunt. “Established Olympic and internationally recognized classes have been the backbone of the gameplay but the introduction of eF50s will provide the hundreds of thousands of gamers with an exciting new discipline to play.
“The intricate details of sailing the F50 have been brought seamlessly into the virtual world enabling sailors and non-sailors alike to experience what it is like to sail the fastest boats in our sport.”
eSailing attracted nearly 170,000 players from 74 nations over a six-month period last year. In 2019, following a playoff among the 1,000 best players in the world, the top eight will qualify for the Live Final that coincides with the World Sailing Annual Conference and Awards on October 29 in Bermuda.
Virtual Regatta and eSailGP are made up of Challenges that incorporate several races over a designated time period, up to multiple days. eSailGP will feature two types of Challenges – virtual and live – to coincide with each of SailGP’s real life events. SailGP’s inaugural season will culminate this weekend with the Season 1 Grand Final taking place in the iconic city of Marseille, France.
“eSailGP is a really fun way to race the fastest boats in the world without having to get wet,” said Olympic silver medalist Stuart Bithell, flight controller for the Great Britain SailGP Team. “It represents the thrills of our high-speed racing very accurately, and I get to try things I wouldn’t normally do on the water. You don’t have to be a sailor to enjoy this game and after a bit of training, players could get a chance to race again some of the best real-life sailors in the world, including me!”
A series of three virtual challenges of increasing durations open to all players worldwide will take place this week to launch eSailGP. The first live event – 2019 Marseille eSailGP Live – will take place on September 21 in the Marseille SailGP Fan Zone, with the eFinal contested on stage immediately following Saturday racing (approximately 3:50 p.m. CEDT). The eQualifications will take place the same day from 1-3 p.m., and will feature up to 50 players.
SailGP Season 2 – set to kick off in Sydney on February 28-29, 2020 – will feature live events at each of the global sports league’s iconic venues.
eSailGP: Desktop // iOS // Android
2019 Marseille eSailGP Digital Challenges
September 17, 10 a.m. CEDT (24 hours) // 5-race minimum
September 18, 10 am. CEDT (48 hours) // 9-race minimum
September 20, 10 a.m. CEDT – Sept. 22, 2 p.m. CEDT // 14-race minimum
2019 Marseille eSailGP Live
September 21 – eQualification // 1-3 p.m., up to 50 players
September 21 – eFinal // 3:50 p.m., up to 10 players
Live Streaming – Virtual Regatta Dailymotion Channel
Sept. 17 & 18 – 11 a.m. CEDT // Marseille eSailGP Virtual
Sept. 19 & 22 – 1 p.m. CEDT // Marseille eSailGP Virtual
Sept. 20 – 9 p.m. CEDT // Marseille eSailGP Virtual
Sept. 21 – 3:50 p.m. CEDT // Marseille eSailGP Live Final
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Meghan Markle’s Mom Spotted Taking Nanny Classes
Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland was spotted taking nanny classes not far from her home in Los Angeles. The sighting sparked more rumors that Meghan is pregnant with her and Prince Harry's first child.
Royal watchers were buzzing after the Duchess of Sussex's mother was seen taking nanny classes. Hollywoodlife.com reports that Ms. Ragland, 62, is planning to move to London soon.
Ragland was spotted taking nanny/baby care classes at the Cradle Company near her Los Angeles home, according to Daily Star Sunday.
“Two of the teachers, Brandi and Hannah, are training Doria at her home half an hour away to avoid attracting unwanted attention,” a source told the newspaper.
“Meghan wants to avoid hiring staff if possible once her first child arrives. The thought of having her mum move in with them and take on the role of baby nurse is the best possible solution to that. Even more so because it’s something Doria has always wanted to do anyway. She already specializes in prenatal yoga. She’s learned everything from breastfeeding and lactation consultancy, basic baby care, CPR and first aid. The course also covers sleep training for later on, weaning and helping the new mother with her recovery."
Meghan and Prince Harry tied the knot in May. Meghan, who recently turned 37, was married once before to a commoner. The brief union did not produce children.
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Tags: Doria Ragland, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, rumors and gossip
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Malcom Flex
Surrogate! The Duchess of SuckSEX ain't carrying, watch.
She is just as beautiful as her mother .... https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cda4925ca1d357264787be9b5ccd589f4b0940cb9442847e1840c0a193a331e3.gif
Meghan, who recently turned 37, was married once before to a commoner.
She's still married to one, an ordinary person whose family continues to fool people into believing that royalty exists.
hahahahaha...she was mandated by the royal house for this foolsihness..lady done raised kids and told she need to take lessons to be a nanny......
So I guess no black kings are queens ever existed
http://www.missjhaneuniverse.com Monday
Nanny classes?? How degrading...
Smdh all the slavery movies didn't raise a red flag to what will happen to Megan's mom???
MythCalledLove
There is a PR chapter on how to fake a pregnancy and make the public believe it. The "Beyonce Sit" is no longer taught. We now teach "Nailed It" Now let's finish prepping mom. Operation She's having my baby will start once we have the operation perfect. We need to get those Meg bumps & seamstress ready to go.
?? Kari ?????????
Hollywoodlife? They write more bs there then there is in sewage station.
Not really, just ordinary people. People were too afraid to question it back then since they had no freedom of choice or thought. What makes someone royal?
WhoKnew
Meghan's mom looks and sounds like a sane and sound-minded person who can be trusted with a child, so I think it's a good idea for her to be both G-Ma and the nanny but I don't think she'll need classes. Being a good mother and a good grandmother come naturally. Ciara's dad is a nanny to her kids. You have to have people you can trust unequivocally without worry or doubt with your kids.
Now Meghan's crazy as a damned fox, a squirrel, a horney ass bear, a nutty ass fruit cake daddy HELL NO I would not trust him as far as I could throw his fat ass.
ALLMINE?
They made a "QUEEN" take nanny classes? ????
It ain't Nothing like having G-Ma as a nanny-sitter. Its a good idea to keep her mom around for her baby.
I swear.
http://citygirlzen.blogspot.com/ missarewa
Talk about an upgrade
The Royal family aint slick...trying to get a bit of melenin in their bloodline for future heirs
This is getting tiresome. ...these people continue to monitor Meghans reproductive system. They never watched Kate this closely
It's is customary for African American mother's to look after their daughters child. I love that Meghan brought her this rich culture with her to the palace. I have never seen Kate's mummy.
morenYAHdelsur
OMGosh I guess they know when she takes a šhit too!
Every race does this not just African-Americans. How is this a culture thing?
Renee26
Hmmmm so she had to take classes as if she didn't already raise her own children....interesting
Karen Brady
Her mommy is soooooo beautiful ?
You would he surprised what their bloodline REALLY consist of..Don't let the narrative fool you about the royals..
J2PC
Children? Doria only has one child: Meghan who is now 37yrs old. That is eons ago for a 62yr old woman to wrap her mind around trying to figure it all out again. It's a good thing that she's is learning how to be a proper nanny rather than a grandmother wingin' it. lol
Simply having food on the table keeps a child alive. With the school & TV programs occupying most of their time is not raising them. Those kids are dragged NOT loved well & raised up properly.
As a result, they often turn out be highly dysfunctional, lost souls resorting to drugs, alcohol abuse & bad relationships where the cycle repeats itself when they have children.
I have seen both of her parents plenty of time. Some folks recall those articles & pics whereas others might not. -White mothers who work & have a career don't have time to look after their grandchildren, except for special visits.
Black grandmothers who were stay at home wives/mothers or part-time workers oftentimes don't have a choice but to pitch in & help out to keep their children from going into system or the mother from losing her apartment.
It is not customary for most Black women with a career, husband or job of their own to nanny their grandchildren.
-Meg's Mother happens to be free & single where she can quit her professional career as a licensed Counseling Therapist along with her private Yoga Instructor Classes.
They are obsessed with a biracial Black woman marrying into the royal family. -and the hate is real.
Dowoop
Well said.. Nothing wrong with a refresher. I have friend with a 3 yr old and 3 nth old and they said they forgot how much work a newborn is.
History has proven that 2 Mulatto women were already married into the royal family decades ago. One of the known Black Queen of England was the 18th Century Queen of England Sophie Charlotte. -look it up.
Therefore, they are not trying to be slick since this has already happened at least twice.
Kate was a commoner & so was Camilla. -upgrade to what? A loveless robot by designed from a social circle? He tried all of those women & was in a long-term relationship with 2 of them, but that didn't make him happy.
Love is based on real substance & matters of heart not some manufactured publicity stunt. Those marriages seldom last.
Prince Di was a Spencer & far prettier than Camilla. Yet, the Prince loves his current wife far more than he ever loved the manufactured higher society wife. -love is not about what spectators or outsiders think, but what the 2 individuals in a relationship feel and think.
Faithz
Beautiful girl Meghan, she and her
Mom seen very close that is good!
That sure is Interesting.
Royalty has to do with families who led & won major wars to rule & lead their country or territory for decades. That title & power to rule is kept in-house or among family for generations until they are dethroned & ousted via a war, etc.
-not sure what you are assuming Royalty means.
Who cares? If true, renting a younger womb (as pouch) to carry their DNA/baby is safer than risking a miscarriage. But, I believe that Meg is pregnant. She looks like she is fighting & pushing through morning sickness all day.
Plenty of late 30s & 40 something year old women have naturally gotten pregnant and had their oopsie baby without IVF.
LOL drastic, yes!
Just saying, these people can’t even go grocery shopping without media coverage.
That could be stressful often time.
Amen to that. People need to understand that everyone you date you won't fall in love with.
guess you rode the short bus back in the day....
This is crazy.. Meghan is unda alot of pressure, however, she plays it off well. I hope Harry is worth it. Just let her live!
Meghan looks just like her mom and her dad, she is a perfect blend of her parents. I'm just so excited about locks and yoga in Buckingham Palace. Meghan's mother brings such a regal and lovely presence to the royal family. I imagine they will eventually give her a title.
Kate's mum is very involved, her grandchildren visit with them often. I recall reading her mother moved in for a while after George was born.
to keep their children from going into system or the mother from losing her apartment.
A tad stereotypical?
I've never known one black woman at risk of losing her children or apartment. Grandmothers help because they love their grandchildren.
If I'm married to the dang prince of England, my momma ain't gonna be the hired help though. I will have her set up nicely somewhere very close by, but not as my nanny!!!!!!!!
Bea Mack,ThaLiteSkinMissCelie
Um..... whaat?!?!?!?!?
The hate is thicker than London Fog. Not only are the Brits bitter but the comment section on fat daily mail from Americans is brutal.
Meghan's wedding dress was a replica of Charlott'es dress. There was a lot of historical presentation in Meghan's wedding that so many missed.
I know you are serious..... but why are you dragging ALL the slave movies into this? ???
?thinks about about how Mandingo ended ? .......is that how it will end for her mom? With her being boiled alive?!?
That's why Kate is so full of hate.
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Wreckognize Game
I see this kind of like the Obamas when they were in the White House. Michelle's mother was there with them and available if they left the girls home. Sure they had a full staff but nothing's safer than Grandma?
Nowadays, those with jobs will only help to an extent on the weekends. A number of kids grow up, go onto college and/or the military, get married, have a career with each of these taking them to different states, towns/cities or countries away from their parents.
-grandmothers can't be there except to come visit and return home to her own busy life & job.
Dun Dilly
Black Mom taking "NANNY" classes? Hmmmmmm
As a grandma I say Amen to that!
Guess I sat right next to you, you couldn't answer the question.
Right. Really? A white mom might need nanny lessons but certainly not a black mom. Most black women did not grow up with a silver spoon in their mouth or with their own nanny. Most black women learned how to be a mother from their own mother and from Big Mama. And Big Mama learned from her mama and her Big Mama etc.
It means nothing, just an archaic system people follow. Those so-called royal families are no better than the people of the countries or territories they invaded & stole.
Readytochokemothernatureout
Beautiful mom and daughter. Those in harm's way of this storm I'm praying for your safety ?
Coco Mcluvin
The mother is just playin her part versus complaining so she can be there to support her daughter and future grandchildren, unlike the dad.
I’m sure the nanny classes are to help her assimilate to her child’s new lifestyle and new responsibilities as a member of the royal family. That’s big of her to be open to learning and supporting her daughter and future grand babies in this way. It’s a completely different culture than what she may be familiar with as an American.
Whose better to do the job than yo mama?!? The kids will be around strange ppl doing strange things. So you know yo mama gone be right there with those concerned grandma eyes ?
“What’s going on in there??”
here yall go again...ovary hustling.....moving on--->
sunni_daze
Why doe she have to to take a nanny classes after raising a whole well rounded child?
Y'all mad that she takes a class to ensure she gets a damn check!
What is the problem.
Yeah she could do it for the love of her grandbaby but why not get paid too. Chris Brown paying his BM mother 4K a month
my mama would still be about that life though. it's probably gonna be tough as hell!
I'm aware of all this, being married myself, but in my opinion that's an upgrade. And if she didn't feel like Harry was a great catch and good for her life then she would not have married him.
Robert lee Bennett OG
Because the white supremacists requires it
Well from all these strippers and thugs being produced in the black community I think black women do need a lot more than nanny classes
I was thinking the same thing, lol....why not make a job out of spending time with your grandkids. Look at the way Ms Tina is able to spend time and bond with Blue Ivy. If she had to work a regular 9-5, she probably wouldn't have the time, energy or money to experience the things and create the memories they have.
Of course! I expect nothing less of her....those children need to know where there mother came from as well. But there is no sense on her being over there complaining and such. That is the life her daughter chose. Her dad has completely ostracized himself because he couldn't get his act together.
There are strippers and thugs in every community. Cut the shit....
Right...that comment is insane. I wonder where they got those statistics. I thought black grandmothers help out because it takes a village to raise a child, we barely trust family, let alone strangers and daycare is extremely expensive. But wtf do I know?!
oh....
So desperate to be in the limelight that you willing to become a modern day slave. In other words she's fine with another country telling her how she must act and what she has to learn to live anywhere near a child she gave birth to. Her child is selfish and an ingrate to put her mother through this. PITIFUL CHASING FAME.
F--K BEING PAID THE POINT IS SHE RAISED HER CHILD WITHOUT CLASSES AND OBVIOUSLY KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING SO WHY THE CLASS NOW BECAUSE ANOTHER COUNTRY SAYS DO THIS OR NO DAUGHTER THAT YOU BIRTH. GTFOH
You know, I think that is the price you pay when you become a "royal". Maybe that was why Diana always looked so miserable and stayed abroad trying to help the less fortunate.
Dollmeshia Dee-Dee Clark
Exactly? So why require her to take classes....if it is a requirement?
when she put a chicken bone in that child mouth to suck on all hell is gonna break loose.
Kimocha
Hmmm.... It sounds like the ROYALS have a "certain type" of way of caring for their babies and mom's gotta get with the program... I guess it's part of "the proper process and procedures" when being married to royalty... I'm sure they knew this when they signed up for this.... May GOD be with them... because these royal people are not regular folks and you got to follow strict rules and protocols if you're gonna be included into this family..
WutizstillHERE!
You KNOW her moms was in her head like.. Nanny Classes?!! Dafuk? I raised a princess bitches! I think I know how to raise another royal.. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/82023c74948c03c6f53089107b6124ad6eeea409d037399122db3bd0c5008403.gif
Probably have to groom her on how to act in front of the paparazzi and all dat mess, security etc..
Chaseboogie The Prince
Nanny classes??? What grandma don't know how to raise kids? She already did with her own kids. She raised her daughter so good she even married a prince. Maybe she's learning how to raise royal grand kids.
Awww... This makes me miss Prince again!... He was funny in this interview...lol
Zeta Phi Beta 1920
Her mama is impressive. Isn't she a degreed Social Worker?
commoner? lol
its my go to for shadeface LOL!
i didn't think that our people took nanny classes. back then, we would resort to our "maw maw" or " big mama" to get our parenting or medicinal advice from. if my great grandmother was still here, i would still be visiting her for advice and "at home" remedy treatments. she could make a concoction just by gathering the roots and berries in the woods. i guess that is why she lived to be 101 years old. the only reason she died was due to falling and breaking her hip. gosh do i miss both her and my grandmother.
Lol! Love it!
Once a mother always a mother...it's like riding a bike. She only taking those classes cause the Queen ordered it in order for her to care for her grandchild. Grandma's across the world have been helping take care of children and they don't need a special class to do it.
none yubiz
That's exactly why Princess Di was unhappy. Those reptilians controlled and watched her every move. And when she went the unconventional route and tried to rebel, they slaughtered her for the world to see.
I am a firm believer that Elizabeth is a damn shape shifting reptilian. Even looking at pictures of her, she doesn't look like your average sweet, old white woman grandma type. She looks like if you accidentally opened her bedroom door at 3am she would be fully pounced on an innocent young child, feeding off it's young blood with blood dripping down her chin.
You care. If not you'd have passed on by my comment.
??Stop It!!
She will disappear in the oblivion to never be seen again...
Who cares about how their baby is born as long as it is still both of their own DNA is the point. The rest is whatever. lol
Plenty of people from all walks of life have been or are mothers. Not ALL mothers are created equal. Some are criminals, highly dysfunctional, very abusive & have no clue about how to instill good values into their children.
Dysfunctionals will expect the hood; daycare, grandmother, the TV, electronics/social media or music as well as school for their free lunch programs to just drag up their kids for them. Dragging up is just yelling at them, shooing them away & feeding them just keeping them alive. But, most of those kids are dead inside & become lost, dysfunctional souls. Hence, the stuff we're witnessing in today's society. ijs
There is nothing wrong with learning the educational & psychological aspect to properly raising a child in Royal setting where there is an art & mindful thought-process also behind raising a child well. -it is not about just wingin' it with a milk bottle & sitting in a rocking chair as the days go by. lol
Upgrade is a myth created by the hood because Black women aren't suppose to achieve greatness or find a decent man. That woman also happens to have royal blood via her father. The Queen tracked her down & made her a match for Harry.
Prince Harry may not be marrying a commoner, after all since research finds that Meghan Markle actually has royal blood in her via her Father. Meghan is the direct descendant of England's King Edward III, who ruled from 1327 until 1377, according to genealogist, Gary Boyd Roberts. That technically makes her and Harry 17th cousins.
Upgrade? This is what people don't know unless they do the research: Markle, a Los Angeles-born American citizen, is a 24th generation descendant of King Edward III. The lineage was discovered through Rev. William Skipper, a royal descendant who arrived in New England in 1639. He's an ancestor of Markle's father, Thomas Wayne Markle.
Let's not forget that not only was she well-educated and attended private Catholic grade school before going onto the elite Northwestern U. -she also had worked & earned a networth of $4.3mil by the time she was introduced to Prince Harry. They are equal. She is a decent woman of good quality. He is lucky to have her as well.
Might not mean nothing, but it means everything when all the commoners are still willing peasants paying high taxes to finance the lifestyle of the royal family. -of course they are just people, but it's all about who is in control of who.
The royal family controls many parts of the world. Canada, America, Australia, UK and influence other countries. -while others are talking, they will continue to be protected & live well for generations to come. ijs
No one said he wasn't lucky to have her and he's an upgrade compared to her ex as far as I'm concerned. Shrugs
Thank God upgrade is not my way of thinking. That is why the Black community fare the worst of all with 78% of Black fathers never been married. Wow! Only 27% are married or have ever been married. -it's a messed up mentality that needs to be deprogrammed. Upgrade is made up by the hood or rappers & not even real and very materialistic which is why nothing ever last for long with them.
It's all about bouncing from female to female with this so-called "upgrading mentality" while selfishly creating a bunch of fatherless babies growing up in broken family homes or raised in single-mother households.
-whether or not a man is Royal or have money, it's about the quality of a man's character. Money only pays the bills. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many wealthy people divorcing. Prince Harry could have grown up finally into a decent man ready to be somebody's husband or could be the biggest jerk with status & money leading them to eventually divorce. That would NOT be considered an upgrade.
1. I'm not reading this epistle.
2. Im not american, not to talk of being from the hood.
3. You care about these people too much.
4. Done here, bye.
If I was her mother, I would be insulted. She did just fine raising Meghan! That's some Royal BS
That's fine if she gets paid as a caregiver, but requiring her to take classes is demeaning.
BloodBlood
A nanny class?! What is Meghan saying that her mother don't know how to be a granny? Wtf????
What's the difference lol
Well da*n!!! ??
We talking about THIS mother tho
You know how I can tell who's a single mother here used to lording over fatherless kids? You can't let go you keep coming back to fuss. Go abuse your kids, chick.
Huh? Abuse my kids, never. They're grown thriving young adults in professional level schools. -looks like some of us know what we're talking about & how to achieve that type of outcome. It's about passing on good info to help others. Real change starts in the mind. No change, expect the same...with no gain. ijs
sailorboy45
shes just trying everything she can to move into that palace with them. thats the goal. but that baby is going to belong to the monarchy, not meghan markle thats the bottom line
yeah her and old tom markle ran a drug house together till methan was 6 years old. that says a lot for her parenting skills. and it wasnt weed either, it was cocaine
no one cares. they already hired a nanny and it aint moms
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Doria is back in Los Angeles tending to her business.
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Spotted: Christine Ott & Torsten Böttcher – Nanook
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Today I’m introducing you to Christine Ott and Torsten Böttcher and their song Nanook. I have written before about Snowdrops, which is another constellation with Christine Ott and Mathieu Gabry. I had the opportunity to talk a bit with Christine, so I’ll be giving you an introduction to her, mostly.
Christine is a French composer and piano player from somewhere near the town Vosges. Besides from recording and releasen albums under her own name; Christine was also part of Yann Tiersen’s band for a while!
This song was released as a single but will also be featured on an upcoming album.
Tell us something about your track Nanook!
This is the main theme to “Nanook of the North”, to be so released next month on Gizeh, as part of their “Dark Peak” Series. For this effort, i decided to work with Torsten Böttcher, a famous hang drums player, who is also playing didgeridoo on this track. We composed an original soundtrack to the movie by Robert Flaherty, and we will be performing this ciné-concert again this fall in France, Belgium and Netherlands.
For this production, i decided to work only with an acoustic instrumentarium. I’m also known to be a synth player, especially Ondes Martenot. But for this production, i was “not hearing ondes”. But something very raw, very mat, and especially focused on piano, hang and gongs. It was a challenge to marry the images of the film, and to underline its great simplicity and humanity. I think we managed to do that with Torsten…
Thank you Christine and Torsten!
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Val Strazovec or Valerián Stražovec, born in the Slovak town of Zlaté Moravce, was a significant name in the world of film and television. He died on August 17, 2020, in Canada. His nephew informed The Slovak Spectator about his passing.
Read more about Val Stražovec:From refugee to top production designer in Canada and Hollywood Read more
Stražovec belonged among the top production designers in Canada and Hollywood. He co-founded the production design institute of the CBC. His most notable works are the Muppets movies, for which he won one Emmy Award.
He studied architecture in Slovakia and in the very first year, a professor opened a group for everyone interested in theatre, offering a look at the workings of the stage and behind the scenes. Stražovec joined immediately.
After two years of architecture, he switched to the Academy of Performing Arts to study stage design. In the end, he finished both degrees, architecture and stage design. Later, he became the first head architect of Slovak Television.
Canada became home after 1968
The situation changed in 1968 after Czechoslovakia was invaded by the Warsaw Pact armies (except Romanian troops). Stražovec and his family fled to Vienna, but Austria did not become their home. The Toronto-based Canadian state television CBC hired Stražovec to work for them.
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During his career, Stražovec worked on several dozen films and TV shows as a production designer. His work brought him one Emmy Award.
The peak of his career came in 1988 when he was asked to design the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Calgary.
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2 Bengali Television Shows That Redefine Regional TV
Posted by rushatimukherjee on December 15, 2016 December 15, 2016
Among the people of Bengal who like talking politics and feminism are a great number of people who dismiss regional TV shows as ‘crap’.
Sure, a whole lot of them are. Most are horrendously wrapped up in cultural and patriarchal stereotypes and make me very angry indeed.
But things have (finally) started changing on Bengali TV. Shows (or ‘serials’ if you wanna go full desi) have begun to articulate stuff no one would have dreamt of twenty years ago. I know this because I watch a couple of them quite devotedly.
Now, this is something that took a long time for me to admit. I swear I stopped writing this post like 5 times, just because I was so scared of what people would think. It’s almost as if watching Bangla TV is a matter of shame, something only lowly non-intellectual people do.
And that, of course, is a load of BS. Honoured judges of our culture may dismiss them off-hand, but I think it’s about damn time we sat down and started paying closer attention to our shows. In order to progress and get rid of horrible stuff on the television, we need to acknowledge the progress that has already been made.
So here are two Bengali shows that I have watched for at least three months each and enjoyed immensely. I would ask y’all to get over your inherent-dismissal of all things regional (*cough* checkthatcolonialhangover *cough*) and start watching them.
Mahanayak.
The show is inspired by the life of actor Uttam Kumar, possibly Bengal’s most well-beloved actor. It explores his personal and professional relationships and how the two merged.
Cast [Not exhaustive]:
Prosenjit Chatterjee as Arun Kumar Chatterjee
Paoli Dam as Sucharita Sen
Mishka Halim as Uma Chatterjee
Tanushree Chakraborty as Priya Devi
Priyanka Sarkar as Gayatri
Manali Dey as Nibedita Ray
I don’t want to debate the show’s historical accuracy. It’s a work of art, and it does not claim to be a biography. So the liberties it may have taken regarding the storyline don’t really upset me all that much.
Now that that’s out of the way, the first thing you need to know about this show that it’s hella well produced. Like, seriously. The recreation of the 50s, 60s and 70s has been done to perfection. It’s presented in cinemascope, which makes it that little bit fancier. The acting and dialogue are all pretty good, if a little stilted at times.The story has been beautifully structured at a brisk pace.
What really gets to me, though, is the narrative and the characterization. For a show that is entirely centred on the male protagonist, the writers have done an excellent job with the women who, by the way, outnumber the men six to one on the show (literally). The women characters are complicated and richly created. Their motives, contexts and lives have been thoroughly explored. There are no villains, although there are victims. Paoli Dam as Sucharita, Tanusree Chakraborty as Priya and Mishka Halim as Uma Devi are striking.
The story of the ‘first woman film journalist of Bengal‘ is a very interesting side-narrativein the show. It stars Manali Dey as Nibedita, a fictional character inspired by Sharmila Tagore’s portayal of a journalist in Satyajit Ray’s film, Nayak. The film’s protagonist had been played by Uttam Kumar himself. All the references made me cry a little. Oh, the meta possibilities!
The only complaint I have is that the women are, very clearly, supporting characters. Arun Kumar is the distinct lynch-pin around which the main story revolves; this show would not pass the Bechdel test. The idea that all of them are in love with him is also quite irksome. But baby steps, baby steps. It’s an astonishingly well-crafted production that will, in all probability, end as a miniseries. If more such works appear on Bangla TV, I have high hopes for its future.
2. Goyenda Ginni
Plot: The show follows the life of Parama, a woman who decides to take up detective investigation as a profession after being a homemaker for a long time.
Indrani Haldar as Parama Mitra / Rumi / Pori
Saheb Chatterjee as Parimal Mitra / Bablu
Indrajit Bose as Arup Roy
Basanti Chatterjee as Thamma
Aditi Chatterjee as Nandini Mitra (Parma’s Assistant)
Goyenda Ginni has its issues. The main character is shown as someone who is more or less a superwoman. She can do no wrong. She is perfect. Which, of course, is a problem in its self. We need to teach our girls to be brave, our women to be independent, not ‘perfect’. The idea that a woman has to be a perfect homemaker in order to justify having a career is also a toxic one.
Having said this, I have heard more outspoken feminist speeches on this show than anywhere else in Bangla TV. Art that shows women fighting for other women makes me happy and this show does a lot of that. Friendships among women extend across generations. Women who say ‘No’ to men’s romantic attention are fiercely defended by the Ginni herself. Men who ask why women don’t remain in the kitchen are immediately rebuffed. Patriarchal women are rectified by feminist women. There was this really cool scene where a new bride was welcomed into the house by her husband with the words, “Ma, tomar jonno bondhu aanlam,” (Mother, I have brought a friend for you), rather than the traditional (and very shitty) “Tomar jonno dashi aanlam” (I have brought a slave for you).
Most importantly, women are shown as characters outside of their relationships with men. They have their own hobbies and interests. They do things, things which have nothing to do with the family and everything to do with their education and who they are as people.
That is huge, guys. I know that the only thing it boils down to is basically the showmakers saying, “Look, women are people too!”, but still. In contrast with Mahanayak, Goyenda Ginni would pass the Bechdel test with flying colours several times over in each episode, which has to be some sort of a first on Bengali television. For the first time, here is a show that focuses exclusively on the leading female character’s work and intellectual abilities, and absolutely nothing else. YAAAAAAASSSSSSSS.
Also in contrast with Mahanayak, this show is a lot more traditional in its cinematographic treatment. (Read: shock zooms and multiple cuts to people’s faces). The narrative is also very spooling and much slower. But this is possibly the only successful ‘mega-serial’ on Bangla TV recently that has a new cast of characters every few weeks. The old Byomkesh Bakshi series tried to do that as well, but it did not last very long.
With Paroma’s new cases, new sets of people come and go. It’s just really cool to see these actors inhabit characters meant to last for a very short time so successfully. It’s interesting to see them interacting with Paroma’s character too. The technique opens up the world of the women on the show to something much more than the usual home-work dynamic.
Also, the detecting part is about as realistic as Sherlock Holmes deducing a man’s height from his shoe-prints, but if you can digest it with Sherlock Holmes, you can jolly well digest it here. If you’re a Feluda or Christie fan, though, you’ll find plenty of references!
The times, guys, they are a’changing.
(Ha. Did you get that Dylan plug there. Did you. Because. You know. He won the Nobel Prize. And all. And some people didn’t like it. I’m so current, y’all. I’m so current.)
(Anyway.)
While in all likelihood they will never change fast enough to match up with our politics, change is taking place. And it’s important that we acknowledge this. Having the arrogance to dismiss your culture is no mean feat, my children.
Of course, it’s important to accept things with discretion.
And you can be discreet only if you subject the elements of your culture to intellectual scrutiny. To do that, however, you have to, you know, actually scrutinize stuff (as opposed to shutting yourself up in some ivory tower of intellectual authority). Destroy this idea that engaging with popular culture makes you less of an intellectual. That you need to somehow be involved with the elitist-approved ‘higher’ art in order to affect social change. Engage with your culture, even and especially if you want to criticize it.To provide some colonial validation, Shakespeare would agree.
And once you do, please do embrace and acknowledge those who are actually making an effort to change things for the better. It makes people happier people and the world a better place.
(Also, like, try out the shows. And then let me know what you think.)
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‘Business as usual’: Coach’s new relationship will not affect Tigers, says Riewoldt
Richmond's Jack Riewoldt believes the breakdown of coach Damien Hardwick's marriage and his new relationship with a club staffer will not affect the playing group in a negative way.
Hardwick recently announced his split with wife Danielle before reports emerged that the three-time premiership coach had begun a relationship with a staffer in the club's commercial sales team.
Jack Riewoldt (right) says Damien Hardwick (centre) had addressed the issue of his new relationship with the playing group. Credit:Getty Images
Richmond last week said the relationship did not breach any of its club policies, while Riewoldt said on Monday that Hardwick had addressed the issue with the playing group.
"I don't think it's going to have any impact really," Riewoldt said. "Damien is a good enough character to separate his personal life from his professional life and he has shown the last four years he has been arguably the best coach in the land and he will continue to support us and we will continue to support him.
"Dimma [Hardwick] sort of already addressed it this morning [in front of the playing group] and it is business as usual for us.
"I suppose it [the news of the split] does [take you by surprise]. You never predict something like this but these things happen in people's lives and we just move on.
"It is obviously sad Dimma and Danielle's marriage has come to an end because Dimma has obviously been a big part of our football club but the whole Hardwick family has been a massive support network for us and they'll continue to be a support network as we will for them
"You never like to see something like a marriage break down and an end but it happens in life and we move on and we continue to support the individuals."
Riewoldt dismissed suggestions that the relationship between Hardwick and the staff member was a poor look from a gender equality standpoint, given Hardwick is in a much more senior position.
"I think that is a really long bow to draw. We feel we have been at the forefront of a lot of issues and women's footy, we are extremely proud of our women's footy program."
Riewoldt also said the club would continue to support Sydney Stack, who was recently released on bail in WA after he allegedly breached the state's coronavirus laws.
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The academic edition of Learning SIMUL8: The Complete Guide contains the same comprehensive and authoritative material as the standard edition of this. : Learning SIMUL8: The Complete Guide, Second Edition ( ) by Jaret W. Hauge; Kerrie N. Paige and a great selection of similar. Download Learning Simul8 The Complete Guide Second Edition Pdf preface simulation modeling with simul8? 5 the use and application of simulation.
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Recent discussions in the agent-based modelling community have revealed disparate opinions about the level of programming skills to be expected from modellers. Everybody seems to agree that the more skill candidates have the better. However, most of today’s students lack these capabilities and developing them requires substantial efforts from the adventurous entrepreneur.
Therefore, lowering the requirements would definitely help agent-based modelling becoming a more widely accepted methodology. Some suggest that with the spread of general computer literacy, the problem will eventually go away and sooner than one might imagine at present.
Others argue that the issue is inherently social: Still no aspiring scientist can afford to avoid the former but the same exition not yet apply to the latter.
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It would be hard to deny any of these arguments. Nonetheless, various model building tools such as STELLANetLogo or Fomplete demonstrate that by limiting the ‘space’ of possible models, the task of learning to model can be considerably assisted. In order to address the problem above, the real challenge is to bridge the gap between the open-ended nature of Swarm-like modelling environments – SwarmRePast and Ascape Parker and the ease of vomplete provided by much more structured software.
However, these tools are still in their infancy. Thus, it was with great interest that I turned to review a professional simulation platform. The SIMUL8 simulation software package is an industrial strength application for the study of business processes.
It is an elaborate workflow simulator combined with an integrated model-building environment. It has a number of extensions for graphical animations and statistics and interfaces to common external programs such as Excel or Visio.
It is designed to address various business problems, including supply chain management, design of manufacturing systems and capacity planning issues. A common feature of these problems is that they are concerned with cost, time and inventory.
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SIMUL8 can help you to grasp the effect of various shipping policies on cost, or to estimate the average waiting time of your customers.
It can also be used to determine whether the planned capacity for repairs is sufficient with regard to currently gukde work shifts.
SIMUL8 is a discrete event simulator in which the main metaphor is the conveyor belt. While the names of the various objects can be changed, a SIMUL8 simulation revolves around processing work items. They enter the system via work entry pointspass through work centresmay temporarily reside in storage areas and leave via work exit points. In addition to this mechanism, work centres may need specific resources to process work items. A simulation consists of a number of such objects and, perhaps more importantly, of the routes between them, modelled as a directed graph.
The graphical user interface is transparent and easy to use. Adding a few items to the drawing board and connecting them with arrows usually lays out the main logic of the simulation.
More details can then be specified via dialogue boxes, including changing the names of the objects. The properties that can be set include graphics and animation so the output of the simulation can reflect the nature of the topic. For example, in a Doctor’s Office simulation, work items would show up as patients, while processing centres would represent the receptionist and the doctors.
Various templates and wizards further assist in the creation of a simulation. Running the simulation is easy too. In interactive mode it is not only possible to start, stop and restart the simulation but one can even modify the settings or the structure of the model “on the fly”.
SIMUL8 can also be used to conduct extensive trial runs.
Following the trial, the software automatically prepares summary reports of the results. Areas of interest can then be picked from the summary and further analysed by the various statistical tools and diagrams at the disposal of the user. In addition to its main lewrning, SIMUL8 offers splendid context sensitive help and learning materials. These are rounded off by the addition of pro-active help, a less intrusive version of the Office Assistant.
Unfortunately, SIMUL8 is not capable of handling agents whose ‘minds’ are not on picking items from a queue, applying certain resources to them clmplete sending them down a subsequent route. For demonstration purposes, the author of this review attempted to create a simulation of a two person Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma game but had to give up after several attempts. While I conjecture that it might be possible guude to craft such a program, it became clear that it would not be easy.
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The situation is even worse if one attempts to simulate societies of agents. SIMUL8 is not well equipped for handling populations. Learninng it does provide tools and wizards to duplicate parts of the simulation, the concept of a group of actors objects similar in nature and behaviour, but differing in the actual value of their parameters is missing from the system.
Finally, interactions are described by a fixed directed graph.
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This is sufficiently general for most of the problems the software aims to solve. However, it is not enough for modelling the kind of dynamic interaction networks that most agent-based models require. Social systems and cimplete societies are usually much more complex than the systems SIMUL8 is capable of handling. Therefore, it is not smiul8 to be a tool of direct interest to the readers of this journal.
However, I believe that reviewing this software nonetheless offers some useful lessons. Agent-based modelling frameworks could take advantage of the user-centred approach and certain other ideas contained in SIMUL8. Unfortunately, it appears obvious that research grant funded software projects can hardly compete with commercial software houses in sophistication and refinement.
Also, it is not clear yet, whether a similar level of simplicity and user friendliness is achievable at all for agent-based modelling in general. Nonetheless, it editkon my sincere wish that practitioners of social simulation had a tool as well designed and professionally implemented edtion their modelling problems, as SIMUL8 is in its own domain.
What is Ascape and why should you care? A visual tool for Swarm Agent-Based Environment. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
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Finding Your Signature Sauce
Find Your Signature Sauce
An online course and community created by best selling author Paul Angone that helps you find where your purpose, passion, and career collide.
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Why do some people live out a life full of significance, impact, and meaning- basically a life of their dreams?
While the rest live a ho-hum life- full of potential, but with no real purpose?
These are two questions I spent most of my twenties exploring.
I felt lost, frustrated, and worst of all, I felt stuck.
I had big dreams and goals, yet I was dying the slow death of cubicle life. I wanted to run ahead full-speed, yet I had no idea how to take that first step forward.
So for the last ten years I took that frustration on an epic journey of studying, writing, researching, and searching to find the answer to those two GIANT questions.
Now after these wild ten years, I feel like I have the answer to why and how those people live a life full of purpose — they learned how to own, hone, refine, and define (what I call) their Signature Sauce.
Your Signature Sauce is where your passion, purpose, and career collide.
Join us in the fight against living a ho-hum-life.
Let other people do whatever with their lives. Do something significant with yours.
Let's find your Signature Sauce!
Paul Angone
Paul is the best-selling author of 101 Secrets For Your Twenties and All Groan Up: Searching For Self, Faith, and a Freaking Job!, a sought-after national keynote speaker for corporations and universities, and the creator of AllGroanUp.com, which has been read by millions of people in 190 countries. In his spare time he also likes to make spoof videos using eggs as props.
In this course you'll learn how to...
Squash the fear and anxiety that's you keeping you stuck in place.
Fear keeps us stuck in a career, job or lifestyle we don't love. Fear of failing, fear of being judged by family or friends, and even the fear of success. This course is designed to help you combat that fear by helping you to develop a plan to move forward. Because everyone has a different route, I've pulled in other people who have been where you are now to help.
Create a roadmap for finding a career you are passionate about living every day
Inside of Signature Sauce I've created a 60 minute career assessment that will help you figure out exactly where you are right now in your work, and the steps you need to take to start doing work that pays you money and doesn't kill your soul.
Uncover the amazing flavor that you bring to this world that no one else can
I named this course "Signature Sauce"-- not because I'm Italian and constantly thinking of food, but because I believe in this idea that we all have something unique to bring into the world. Albert Einstein wrote, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." I don't want you to live your life trying to fish your way up a tree.
Get clarity, vision, and actionable steps to start creating the life you're meant for
You won't leave this course without a plan that you can start applying as soon as you leave. If you take this course and at the end feel like you don't have a clear idea of what direction you are headed towards, I'll refund your money.
Featuring bonus interviews with:
Online entrepreneur and best-selling author
Leadership expert, social entrepreneur, CEO of Batch
Amena Brown
Spoken word poet, artist and entrepreneur
Jenny Foss
Career search expert, specializing in resume writing and LinkedIn optimization
Danny Rubin
Communication and networking expert, author of "Wait, How Do I Write This Email?"
Branding specialist, consultant, author of Marriage Re:Branded
Nathan Nienaber
CEO of Ghost Truck, former toilet paper salesman
Melissa Anzman
Career Launch Expert
Welcome: START HERE (Guidelines & Getting Started) (8:20)
Kickoff Call
Key Ingredients to Finding Your Signature Sauce
Ingredient #1 STORY: How to Identify Key "Plot Points" in Your Story and Live a More Intentional Life (67:09)
Ingredient #2 VALUES: Understanding the Why Behind Everything You Do (67:49)
Ingredient #3 MINDFULNESS: How Paying Attention to Detail Helped Me Write My First Book (74:34)
Ingredient #4 STRENGTHS: Why You Should Focus on Building Up Your Strengths (not your weaknesses) (58:36)
Ingredient #5 RELATIONSHIPS: 5 Keys to Relationshipping & How to Create a "Dream Team" (103:36)
You're Halfway There! (3:07)
Ingredient #6 NEED: Six Steps to Identifying a Unique Need You Can Transform (87:12)
Ingredient #7 TALENT & SKILLS: How to Put Your Strengths Into Action (63:35)
Ingredient #8 PASSION & DREAMS: The Culmination of All Your Skills, Strengths, and Relationships (85:25)
Ingredient #9 PERSONAL BRAND: The Science Behind Creating an Effective Personal Brand (77:38)
Ingredient #10 VISION + ACTION: Crafting a 20 Year Vision for What You Want Your Life to Look Like (75:56)
You Did It! (3:47)
Bonus Interviews
How to Craft the Perfect Resume and LinkedIn Profile With "Job" Jenny Foss (37:25)
How to Create an Authentic Personal Brand Online With Tyler Ward (34:15)
Using the Art of Storytelling to Land a Job or Start a Business With Sam Davidson (35:00)
How to Know When to Quit Your Job With Melissa Anzman (43:17)
How to Quit Your Job, Buy an RV, and Travel to All 50 States With Heath & Alyssa Padgett (36:43)
How to Network Without Being a Used Car Salesman With Danny Rubin (51:02)
How to Go from Toilet Paper Salesman to Successful Entrepreneur Nathanael Nienaber (53:38)
Finding Your Voice With Amena Brown (41:45)
Finding Your Purpose and Calling With Jeff Goins (50:49)
"Like advice from an wiser, funnier, older brother... Paul's been there, done that, and wants to save you some pain and trouble."
Seth Godin, New York Times Best Selling Author
“Paul is an emerging voice for this generation. He understands the unique struggle of those going through the rocky, ambiguous, thrilling decade of their twenties and has a gift for delivering rock-solid truth packaged in laugh-out-loud humor."
Christine Hassler, Author of 20 Something Manifesto, Speaker, & Life Coach
“The gigantic question, 'Why am I here?' is written on everyone's heart. Fortunately for twenty-somethings, [Paul] will help answer the question and push them forward on a path of significance that will change their lives and the world around them.”
Ken Coleman, Author of One Question & Host of The Dave Ramsey Show Video Channel
What else is included in Signature Sauce
Signature Sauce workbook
A workbook filled with challenging questions that will help you to create an actionable plan to find the work you love.
Coaching calls with Paul
Advice, encouragement, the answer to all of life's questions (or at least some of them). Inside of Signature Sauce you'll have the option to sign up for either group coaching calls (weekly) or one-on-one coaching calls with me (this is only for master Signature Sauce members).
Access to an exclusive community of Signature Sauce members
You're not in this alone. Everyone struggles. In Signature Sauce, we struggle together.
20+ hours of high quality video content
In each video, we'll tackle one key ingredient for honing and refining the unique flavor you bring to the world. Let's get saucy.
6+ Hours of video content with Influencers
Exclusive interviews with successful authors, entrepreneurs, and job experts who share how finding their signature sauce has lead to their success.
Guided Video Series: Implementing Your Signature Sauce
An in depth step-by-step video series I created to help you answer the questions in the Signature Sauce workbook I created.
What Signature Sauce students are saying...
“Signature Sauce has been HUGE in my journey to find what I was made to do. The things I have discovered and the knowledge I have gained about myself have been game-changers. Going into the program, I was completely in the dark about what to do with my life. Now, I not only have clear goals and dreams with immediate action steps, but I also have the courage and intentionality to change the trajectory of my life.”
- Luke, 21 years old
"The Signature Sauce course has pushed me to step outside of the cubicle and step forward into the life I want to create. Paul's wisdom and enthusiasm transcends generations."
-Angie, 49 years old
"As a result from Signature Sauce, I discovered that my passions were in the area of personal development (EI training, personal coaching, or certain branches in HR) and relationship building (team coaching, mediation...). I then used Paul's advice on "relationshipping" and voilà, now I'm exploring this fascinating business of helping people find the job that suits them best at a Talent Management company in Barcelona!"
– Fernando, 31 years old
"On the surface the Signature Sauce program may sound like other courses out there, but it is far superior. The individual ingredients and the order in which they're presented/completed made me think about my life in a different way and I was able to connect the dots between seemingly unrelated topics. Paul communicates clearly and offers concrete, actionable steps when you have no idea where to begin. To top it all off, his enthusiasm is contagious and he offers the support needed to step outside your comfort zone. I can't thank Paul enough for creating this course!"
– Keri, 28 years old
"The Signature Sauce program is one of those things where it brings a step to step process to answer questions that perhaps you never knew you had about yourself. I witnessed many AHA moments throughout the course as Paul's approach helped me break down and guided me towards answering questions about myself that I never knew I had". This clarity has helped me identify things I want to work on for myself and work towards the age-old questions many of us millennial have "What is my purpose in life?"
-Joshua, 22 years old
"I was absolutely mind blown by the ingredients I was able to uncover. During this program I was able to discover an existing mentor (for project management) and gain a new mentor (for marketing) through the section on "relationshipping"! With the help of mentors and this program, I was able to create action steps for the next 6 months. Thank you so much for this program."
- Kathy, 25 years old
How much does Signature Sauce Cost?
This course is for anyone who feels like they are stuck and need help figuring out "what's next?". You could be working in a corporate company or you could be fresh out of college. The content I put into this course will help you in either of those circumstances. Signature Sauce is for people who want a catalyst for achieving their career goals and want to be intentional in pursuing a meaningful career and life.
Why did I make this course?
For a long time now I've been getting emails, asking me the same few questions-- "I just feel stuck. How do I get out of this?" "I have no idea where to go from here, can you help?" "How do I even get started on a path of finding work I love if I'm not even sure where I am?"... These are questions I am constantly fielding in my inbox and at speaking engagements. I created this course as a resource and community so that I can help more people answer some of those difficult questions in a more meaningful and intentional way.
I didn't understand anything I just read. Tell me again what this course is?
Signature Sauce is a program I created to help you find the intersection between your passion and profit. It’s difficult to know exactly who you are and what you should be doing (and everyone has an opinion about what you should be doing, don’t they?). Signature Sauce is built around 10 key ingredients that will help you better understand who you are, help you build a plan, and intentionally create the future you want. PS – For more on those 10 key ingredients, I wrote an ebook for you to explain each one. You can download your free copy of “The 10 Key Ingredients for Finding Your Signature Sauce” by joining the course waitlist.
We offer no-questions-asked refunds to all customers within 30 days of your purchase. If you are not satisfied with our product, then simply send us an email and we will refund your purchase right away. Our goal has and will always be to create a happy, thriving community.
How much time will this course take?
Signature Sauce is a five-week course with two weekly lessons. You can binge through the entire course like a caffeine-rushed, Netflix-addicted college student-- or, you could spend a couple hours per week working through the lessons. Each lesson will include a video teaching from me, written takeaways, a guided implementation video series where I walk through each lesson, and workbook questions to help you hone your Signature Sauce. Once you join the course, you have lifetime access, so you're welcome to access the content on any day, at any time, as often as you'd like.
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Online community/forum
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Films for those seeking captivation.
One Hour Photo (R)
Oftentimes the culprit of misinterpretation is expectation.
I don’t care how burly, I’d grapple with a coal miner if I overheard spoiled details regarding The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.
Trailers are fun and all that, but time and again my theory’s proven: The less you know before seeing a film, the better.
One Hour Photo’s no exception.
Expect the unexpected.
Avoiding all synopses, an accurate prediction regarding a narrative arc is near impossible.
Since it’s a dramatic thriller, sinister behavior’s a sure thing. Perhaps you’ll find surrealistic mystery confusedly orbiting the central conflict.
Other than that, Fun Tower Koto unfolds in an unanticipated manner. Therefore, it’s difficult to draw correlatives without spoiling.
It’s written and directed by Mark Romanek; as of yet, the first in his two-feature career. The other is Never Let Me Go, released eight years later in 2010. I’ve never seen it and can’t speak to its quality, but judging by the current topic of discussion, it’s probably stylistic, clean-cut and quietly smart.
People seem to forget Robin Williams’s range as an acting talent. Aside from the voice of Genie in Aladdin, amongst a slew of other impressive roles, his achievements are featured prominently in Good Will Hunting and What Dreams May Come.
In Sun Power Moto Williams stars as Seymour “Sy” Parrish, a photo booth attendant with a suspicious proclivity.
As a viewer, the knot of tension is a toiling veil, billowing from the menacing compulsions presumably lurking beneath Sy’s well-meaning façade.
Connie Nielsen turns in an excellent performance as Nina Yorkin, a frequent customer of the one-hour photo development lab. Nielsen’s had a long career in the film-biz. Unfortunately at first glance, her cinematic history seems unremarkable.
Her most noteworthy role is that of Lucilla, Commodus’s sister in Gladiator. Now that you think about it, she’s very good in that, yes yes?
See how easily the notion’s misplaced?
Nielsen’s acting chops really shine through here, but her performance is easily forgettable in the midst of a confusing tale, daunting subject material and a powerhouse protagonist.
On a final note regarding casting, Gary Cole plays Bill Owens, the manager of Savmart. He’s excellent as (ironically) an antagonizing boss, but one of a much different sort than Lumbergh in Office Space. His motivations are varied, complicated and sympathetic.
Sy’s workplace is a satirical version of Wal-Mart located in a suburban mall, but the setting’s of minimal concern.
[Side Note: If you can find me a Wal-Mart that’s half as clean, organized or well-staffed as this Savmart, I’d…well, I’d never believe you.]
In Run Sour Risotto the scenery, the geological location, and the exact timeframe are almost inconsequential. The only necessary contextual reference is the plot’s unfolding upon the cusp of digital photography. Sy’s occupational necessity teeters on irrelevance.
There are two types of people that will enjoy this movie: Film buffs and psychology scholars. As a piece of commercial art, it’s impossible to ignore the story’s merit.
This is a tight, well-crafted ninety-five minute film. Priority lies with painting a clear picture of a character coping with a contemporary existential crisis, not with polishing the narrative veneer. Although the story’s told completely, it’s very dissimilar to traditional processes of character transformation.
But, should you see it?
You may not enjoy it but it’s a visually gripping tale of moral ambiguity and establishes a relevant window into a particular lifestyle of modern insecurity.
So from now until the end of my review, I will be less careful about spoilers.
Smart subtlety and several fantastic sequences make for the most riveting visual imagery.
In particular the photo development process is masterfully shot and edited beautifully. The sequence shimmers as a fountain plume of knowledge, and a cornucopia of succulent eye candy.
Speaking of ocular capability, the disturbing nightmare remains a mystery to me. The scene’s certainly there for a reason; I simply can’t discern the purpose at present. But Romanek’s first feature’s such a sterile and meticulous craft I don’t need to revisit the material. Its purposeful placement is fairly supposed.
Nuance glimmers in the details, after all.
And that’s what I like about this movie; the hint of fairy dust twinkling amidst shadowy corners.
During an early moment, Nina comforts her son Jake (played by Dylan Smith) who voices concerns about Sy’s loneliness. Lying on his bed, Nina reassures him by suggesting they close their eyes and generate good thoughts on the photo attendant’s behalf.
While the scene unfolds, Jake fiddles with an ‘expanding sphere’ toy, and it resonates thematically with the larger narrative. As the boy expands and contracts the plastic mechanical star, their positive energy’s injected into the metaphysical ether. Isolated from Sy’s physical presence, the pair still generates good will for him, when nobody else is.
The cosmic microcosm resonates with the later discussion of Deepak Chopra and the expanding/contracting of the universe.
The character of Jake is of superior significance than he seems at first glance. So along with the previous example, another revelatory moment takes place when Sy walks the boy home from soccer practice.
In this scene, Nina’s son illustrates a mature level of even-handedness most adults can’t muster. Without a trace of judgment, Jake accepts Sy’s gesture of friendship. The boy welcomes the attendant’s company, just like he would a schoolmate.
Now. In the grand scheme, the moment before they part ways is crucial. Subjective audience members are acutely aware of the danger in Jake’s actions because of potential instability in Sy’s mental faculties. Stepping back and ignoring that bias reveals no immorality or cause for suspicion in the protagonist’s actions.
Up until Sy offers the action figure, he hasn’t technically committed a moral transgression. But Jake’s refusal of the gift draws a line in the existential sand. The boy’s commitment to honesty is of significantly less concern than the alternative implications.
In a way, this choice to decline is the catalyst allowing Sy’s ultimate redemption. The film culminates in a realm of moral obscurity; perhaps otherwise, that wouldn’t be the case.
The action figure represents an unspoken power shift. Instead of being two human beings standing on equal footing; Sy tempts the boy with an unachievable material gain. You might call it ‘forbidden fruit.’ No matter what the phrasing, a ‘gift’ still represents a tangible exchange.
And I’d also argue it shows Sy at his weakest. Luckily for him, Jake makes the correct decision on both their behalves.
A refined detail is the framed mirror with the reminder to ‘Check Your Smile’ in the Savmart locker room.
Even the means of self-evaluation, the lens through which Sy can inspect himself, lies in the shadow cast by the judgmental puppeteers of higher-tiered society.
There is one misleading scene and it’s probably the strongest sequence in the entire film. The reveal at the culmination of Sy’s mental fantasy is truly unnerving. In this veiled depiction, the filmmaker builds tension like a circus carpenter installing a tightrope.
I never do this but I’m going to cheat by parroting the conclusion of another reviewer.
Because, hey, it’s succinct.
Elaine Cassel concludes,“Movies could play a more productive role in explaining psychopathology if the sources of twisted behavior were explained realistically and compassionately, as they are here. One Hour Photo is a rewarding study of abnormal behavior and one that psychology students should appreciate, if not enjoy. It leaves us wondering, and caring, now that we know what’s wrong with Sy, what will happen to Sy.”
Brief, yeah?
Hopefully that clears up any remaining confusion.
I still can’t explain the unsettling nightmare.
But maybe I don’t need to understand.
Obscurity can keep some details.
Posted on June 30, 2014 December 6, 2015 by Steve Lovelette Jr. Leave a comment
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Patent Registration in Chennai
People are obsessed with their inventions and to get it patented, Well, Who Doesn’t? And those who are cautious about their inventions that it shouldn't go public or it shouldn't get leaked, seek to know about how to register a patent, and how to do it without so much of running to offices.
Nowadays, the term 'patent' in fact, is in vogue among the inventors. So, once you are into some Business, a Research and development organization, being a Student, or others who has ideas to create something should be aware of the need to register a patent.
Patent and History
A Legitimate right, given by the Government for a limited time duration to creators or subjects for their intellectual property, creation of a new product or process, is called a Patent.
In India, Act VI of 1856 was the first codification associated with the patent. The objectives of the act encouraged the inventions of new ideas of a product or process and induced inventors to keep it a secret. Only after the enactment of the Indian Patents and Designs Act of 1911 that replaced all the former laws, the history of Patent Law in India begins. As of now, we follow the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2006.
What Can and Can't be Patented?
You can register a patent for,
Biological inventions and materials
Inventions associated with Computers
Methods in Business
You can't register a patent for,
Plans, actions, or other mental processes
Artistic designs
Models in mathematics
Some military featured inventions
Every Lawful Registration has annoying procedures. Let's make it easy for you the registration of patents by making each procedure clear to you.
1. Writing down details of the invention or design is the very first step to make. Explain every detail about your design discussing The field of your invention, What and How it does, and the merits. Illustrate a diagrammatic sketch of the working and principles of the design.
2. Verifying Patentable inventions is necessary to proceed further. Check whether your design or method is under the things that can be patented. The patentability of things is always important to be verified before the registration.
3. Consider making a Patentability Report to check for the uniqueness of the invention. There are chances where the design that you thought as novelty may already exist. This would obstruct you from proceeding with your patent. In such cases, the report supports you to determine whether to continue further with your patent or not.
4. Specification of the patent is essential in the patent registration process. You can choose between Complete or Provisional specification depending upon where the progress of your invention stands. For a fact, the Provisional specification has some perks like less expense, a period of 12 months before specifying complete, and ensures security to the filing date.
5. Publish the application after complete specification. After the patent application marked as complete, within 18 months of the initial day of filing, the application would be published. To publish an application early, an extra expense would be necessary. Within a month after the request for early publication has been made, the application would be published.
6. Examining the Patent Application to satisfy criteria. Only after the request for examination has been received, the patent application would be considered. A report of examination based on Patentability Criteria is made first, and then the patent application is examined before granting a patent.
Patentability Criteria - Three criteria are fundamental in patentability which are,
Non-Obviousness of the invention.
Novelty - Invention not to be made public before the application date.
Industrial Application - Committed in the Patents Act 1995
7. Responding and Removing Objections to grant a patent for the invention. After the review, most of the papers would have some objections or accusations, and the patent grant would not be processed further. The better way to give a proper response and to clear those objections is to investigate the report of examination with a professional attorney. SSK Agents are so good at it, who would clearly explain the flaws and corrections in the objections of the examination report.
8. Granting Patent after every requirement is met. A Relief Sigh, after all the procedures above, is followed properly; After all the forms, are filled flawlessly; And after all the criteria and requirements are met, The Indian Patent office would grant a patent for your invention.
The Forms
Generally, searching for the right forms and filling it up is some of the tiring things before something. Let's make it easy for you to know about the correct forms to fill out. There are around six forms to fill up to register a patent for a product or process, namely, Form-1, Form-2, Form-3, Form-5, Form-9, Form-18. If you are registering a patent with the help of an agent, Form 28 is necessary along with the fundamental forms.
Form-1 is a general form to apply for a patent licensing in India. It asks you to provide name and addresses, information, and some information related to former patent registrations.
Form-2 asks you to specify or define your application. The specification of the patent can be either complete or provisional depending upon the progress of your patent.
Form-3 asks you to provide information or measures associated with the registration of patents outside India for the invention under section 8
Form-5 is a disclosure form to declare Inventorship to the personage and also provide security to the invention using the existing patent application.
Form-9 is a form for publishing your specification of the patent. Generally, a month after filling the form, the specification of your patent would be published. From there, your patent right begins.
Form-18 is a form to entreat for the examination or scrutiny of your application of patent which needs to be filed not over 48 months from the priority date
Form 28 is a form in which the agent working for you in the patent registration processes, would be granted a power of attorney.
If you are looking for a Reference of form, then please visit this link.
PCT Filing
An international treaty governed by the World Intellectual Property Organization that includes 140+ nations is described as the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). By filing a single application under PCT, you can register a patent and protect it in a heap of countries simultaneously rather than filing multiple national applications. Click here to know about the fee structure for PCT filing.
PCT Filing Process
• One who is about to register for a PCT filing should seek for a Receiving Office in India or RO of the International Bureau.
• An international search for the application of patent under PCT is done by International Searching Authority (ISA)
• At last, The International Preliminary Examination Authority (IPEA) would examine the application to grant an international patent to your invention or property.
Why Registering a Patent is Important?
The creativity and hard work of the inventors should be acknowledged and protected. There should be a value and respect for the time and effort of the inventors.
There are more advantages to registering patents in India. Some of them are,
Security for any invention for a limited period (20 Years)
A financial profit or business can be made out of it
Can be licensed to the registered trade
The Inventor has the right to sell the patent to other organizations
The Inventor has the right to oppose people who misuse or stole their design or process.
SSK Law firm cares for your creativity so much, and we would help you get a patent for your inventions or properties with contentment. There is nothing to worry about, as the agents would thoroughly explain every step and law involved in the process. We promise you an earlier publication of the patent application with an obligation-free patent grant. We charge a minimum fee for the process involved in patent registration. The Attorneys of SSK Law firm is so professional in handling almost every case they take and deliver success in the cases.
1. Can I register a patent online?
You can register a patent under the Controller General of Patents Design and Trade Marks for your invention online here. Register an account & Confirm, then login to register a patent.
2. What is the theory behind 'Poor man's Patent'?
Documenting every detail and paper of the invention and emailing yourself the document in a sealed envelope through a certified email in which the contents along with the sealed envelope could be used upon others to declare the date the invention was in your ownership.
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How physical exercise and overcoming adversity inspired two founders
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Proof of the life-changing impact that physical exercise can have, as we look at two inspirational businesses that have been created by their founders overcoming mental health and addiction issues...
Whilst we all know that exercise has a significant beneficial effect on our physical health, it’s becoming ever more apparent that it also has a hugely positive effect on our mental health and general wellbeing. This in turn is becoming the inspiration for more and more people to start their own businesses, particularly when buoyed by their own personal experiences.
Step forward Gwen Richards, who founded Fighting Spirit Wellbeing CIC following the discovery that non-contact boxing fitness training had a powerful impact on her mental health, subsequently making a full recovery from long term depression.
Realising the benefits, Gwen started working within the community, running sessions for all age groups, to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
These sessions proved to be so successful that Gwen then created “Fighting Talk” sessions. Building on the Boxing Fitness Training, Gwen leads these sessions with support from an accredited counsellor and she uses a bespoke approach tailored to meet client needs.
Gwen is also now supporting companies with their mental health awareness strategies. Gwen has developed a range of workshops aimed at both management and employees. These workshops cover various topics including developing personal resilience, building self-esteem and managing stress.
The management programme is aimed at equipping employers with the tools they need to tackle mental health challenges in the workplace, create a positive culture conducive to strong mental health, raise awareness and ultimately gain a better understanding.
In addition to this, Fighting Spirit is also in the process of developing a pilot programme with 20 patient referrals from the four NHS trusts within the Greater Manchester region. The aim is to offer a social prescription via GPs - in line with the recent growth in social prescribing services partnering with the NHS.
To date, Fighting Spirit has also hosted various fundraisers and plans are afoot to hold a benefit concert in 2020 and generate considerable funds for mental health causes.
Another person who has been inspired by his own personal journey to start a business is Gary Rutherford, founder of ARC Fitness in Derry, Northern Ireland.
Gary had struggled with drug and alcohol addiction for many years and this had a destructive impact on everything in his life - from his personal relationships to his own self-worth. Having had a couple of spells in treatment centres and then relapsing on and off for a period of two years, Gary finally became sober and is now in his 10th year of recovery from addictions. As well as returning to college and becoming a mental health nurse, Gary credits exercise and physical activity as playing a massive part in his recovery.
Wishing to help others and inspired by his own experience, Gary created ARC Fitness as a not-for-profit social enterprise that supports individuals with substance use disorders to achieve healthy and sustainable recovery through the application of physical activity and positive lifestyle choices.
It provides small group personal training services for people in recovery from drug and alcohol dependence. ARC Fitness also provides Addiction Recovery Coaching and signposts people to local addiction and mental health support services and fitness providers. Its mission is to fundamentally help people to “thrive and succeed in their lives after addiction”.
Inspirational stories from Gwen and Gary, and whilst geographically they are miles apart, it's great to see two similar businesses born from dealing with personal adversity - in a positive way. We wish both them and their businesses continued good luck and success!
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Earth Logic
Laurie J. Marks
Fire Logic
Water Logic
Laurie J. Marks - published June 2019
trade paper · 400 pages · $17 · 9781618731609 | ebook · 9781618731616
The fourth and final novel in the award winning Elemental Logic series.
Locus Notable Books
Fire Logic · Earth Logic · Water Logic · Air Logic
Laurie J. Marks returns at last to Shaftal for the long-awaited conclusion to her acclaimed series. Karis and those who love her must figure out, in the aftermath of war and an assassination attempt, how to bring together Sainnites and Shaftali in a country where old wounds and enmities fester and Air magic conceals the treason hidden in the heart of the G’deon’s household. When Medric is taken hostage to force Karis’s hand, a strange boy will guide Zanja to the place where she may yet save him, a mother must remember the son she has been made to forget, and Air children will find what their place in the world may yet be.
“If you’ve been looking for an exciting, thoughtful, queer, diverse, politically aware, complex, timely, beautifully written saga of a fascinating world and set of characters, here it is.”
— Delia Sherman
“You might not believe me, but this is the truth: Laurie J. Marks’s Elemental Logic books are as good as Elena Ferrante’s monumental Neapolitan Quartet. They achieve the same depth, the same spellbinding quality, and the same sense of falling entire into a world on the page, tethered to real life by the sure hand of a master writer. They expose a talent as mighty as Le Guin’s for building intricate moral dilemmas inside fantasy universes, for creating characters the reader will remember for decades, and for presenting solutions that amount to much more than throwing soldiers or magic at the problem. These books are a profound achievement in fantasy literature.” — Katherine Coldiron, Locus
“Not everyone survives, and no one survives unscathed. . . . The discipline of hope relies on communal life and love, doing the hard work of coming together and staying together across differences in culture, belief, conviction. Marks time and time again refuses pessimism or grim acquiescence in favor of insisting that, while some people might be monsters, the far greater portion have the capacity for good. There is real power in the dedicated, intentional, thoughtful project of hope with a steel core. The Elemental Logic series provides a compelling, thorough argument in its favor, one I’ve enjoyed reading from beginning to end and which left me cautiously optimistic about the world in which I’d like to keep striving toward a more survivable future.” — Lee Mandelo, Tor.com
“The entire series is highly recommended to anyone looking for a series that presents not only a queer fantasy world, but also one of the most well-wrought and engaging fantasy worlds out there.” — Booklist (starred review)
“Marks brings her much-loved, long-unavailable Elemental Logic series (most recently 2007’s Water Logic, and all recently republished by Small Beer) to a superb finale. . . an extraordinary fantasy saga that’s well worth revisiting or exploring for the first time.” — Publishers Weekly
“Shaftal is a convincing world, lovingly detailed and fiercely envisioned. Marks’ characters are so real. . . . as the last note in a familiar melody, this book rings true. A final book that stays true to the spirit of the whole, sending readers out of Shaftal on a high note.” — Kirkus Reviews
“Marks (Water Logic) draws a satisfying conclusion to this quartet of novels perfect for readers of K. Arsenault Rivera and previous fans of the series.”
The Elemental Logic series:
Elemental Logic: Book 1
Spectrum Award winner
Romantic Times Reviewers Choice award nominee
The martial Sainnites have occupied Shaftal for fifteen years. Every year the cost of resistance rises. Emil, an officer and scholar; Zanja, a diplomat and last survivor of her people; and Karis, a metalsmith, half-blood giant, and an addict, can only watch as their country falls into lawlessness and famine. Together, perhaps they can change the course of history.
Read an excerpt.
Listen to the author read Chapter 1: part 1 · part 2
Reviews for Fire Logic
“Marks is an absolute master of fantasy in this book. Her characters are beautifully drawn, showing tremendous emotional depth and strength as they endure the unendurable and strive always to do the right thing, and her unusual use of the elemental forces central to her characters’ lives gives the book a big boost. This is read-it-straight-through adventure!” — Booklist (Starred Review)
“Marks has created a work filled with an intelligence that zings off the page.” — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
“A deftly painted story of both cultures and magics in conflict. Marks avoids the black-and-white conflicts of generic fantasy to offer a window on a complex world of unique cultures and elemental magic.” — Robin Hobb
“Marks vividly describes a war-torn land, and the depth of character development makes this novel a page-turner.” — VOYA
“A glorious cast of powerful, compelling, and appealingly vulnerable characters struggling to do the right thing in a world gone horribly wrong. I couldn’t put this down until I’d read it to the end. Marks truly understands the complex forces of power, desire, and obligation.” — Nalo Hopkinson
The second book of Shaftal. The country has a ruler again, a woman who can heal the war-torn land and expel the invaders. But she lives in obscurity with her fractious found family. With war and disease spreading, she must act. And when she does, the very stones of the earth sit up and take notice.
Listen to the author read Chapter 2 or “Raven’s Joke”
Reviews for Earth Logic
“Marks produces another stunner of a book. The powerful but subtle writing glows with intelligence, and the passionate, fierce, articulate, strong, and vital characters are among the most memorable in contemporary fantasy, though not for the faint of heart.” — Booklist (Starred Review)
“The struggle for the world of Shaftal is far from finished in Marks’s stirring, intricately detailed sequel. . . . Full of love and humor as well as war and intrigue, this well-crafted epic fantasy will delight existing fans as surely as it will win new ones.” — Publishers Weekly
Amid assassinations, rebellions, and the pyres of too many dead, a new government forms in the land of Shaftal—a government of soldiers and farmers, scholars and elemental talents, all weary of war and longing for peace. But some cannot forget their losses, and some cannot imagine a place for themselves in an enemy land.
Read the first chapter.
Reviews for Water Logic
“How gifts from the past, often unknown or unacknowledged, bless future generations; how things that look like disasters or mistakes may be parts of a much bigger pattern that produces greater, farther-reaching good results.” —Booklist (Starred Review)
“Finely drawn characters and a lack of bias toward sexual orientation make this a thoughtful, challenging read.” — Library Journal
“Marks’s characters are real people who breathe and sleep and sweat and love; the food has flavor and the landscape can break your heart. You don’t find this often in any contemporary fiction, much less in fantasy: a world you can plunge yourself into utterly and live in with great delight, while the pages turn, and dream of after.” — Ellen Kushner
Map of Shaftal by Jeanne Gomoll.
Laurie J. Marks | bio
Cover image © Kathleen Jennings.
Author photo © Deb Mensinger.
Map of Shaftal © by Jeanne Gomoll.
Laurie J. Marks’s (website) Elemental Logic series received multiple starred reviews and the first two both won the Gaylactic Spectrum Award. She lives in central Massachusetts and teaches at the University of Massachusetts.
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Remapping the Middle East, Part II
By Taylor Marvin
In what is apparently a popular sub-genre, last week the New York Times published a map by Robin Wright speculating how Libya, Syria, Iraq, and other Middle Eastern countries could soon split along sectarian, ethnic, and regional lines. After the destabilizing Arab spring and widening Syrian war, Wright writes, “countries could unravel through phases of federation, soft partition or autonomy, ending in geographic divorce.” Citing the Syrian civil war, regional sectarian rivalries, and the unresolved legacy of colonial borders imposed by the British and French after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, Wright speculates that Saudi Arabia could divide into five new independent states, Yemen could once again split in two, and that a formally independent Kurdish state could emerge in northern Syria and Iraq.
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On Twitter, Kal of the blog The Moor Next Door criticized the Wright’s speculation, noting that it, like many popular conceptions of Middle Eastern violence, attributes the region’s weak states to to sectarianism rather than the colonial mandate system and historical regionalism. Worse is the map’s use of the Persian “-stan” suffix to name hypothetical states like “Sunnistan”, “Shiitestan”, and “Wahhabistan” — with no relevance to these Arabic-speaking countries, the “stan” suffix is perhaps only used because the term Kurdistan entered the American lexicon after the invasion of Iraq and hey, it’s the Middle East, right?
Aside from these objections, Wright’s analysis does reflect a broadly-held theory that the borders imposed by the 1916 Sykes–Picot Agreement are uniquely unstable and are at the start of process of violent reorganization. In a March piece in Slate Fred Kaplan wrote that the US invasion of Iraq accelerated the “collapse” of the Middle East’s system of colonial borders, questioning how “far this unraveling goes” and whether new borders will “be drawn up at some point, conforming to some historically ‘natural’ sectarian divisions”; at the time I doubted that the last decade was a sufficient catalyst for the change Kaplan predicted. This August David W. Lesch asked whether the Syrian war heralded the end of the Sykes–Picot borders, concluding that “we seem to be witnessing much of the Levant returning to its constituent parts, where the nation-state as a unit of analysis may no longer be valid.”
What I think is most interesting about the redraw-the-Middle-East theory is while many apparently agrees that Middle Eastern countries’ artificial borders are due for violent revision, as Kaplan noted there is absolutely no consensus on even the broad outlines of a redrawn map of the Middle East. While Wright imagines Saudi Arabia perhaps splitting into five regions, a September 2012 piece by Frank Jacobs and Parag Khanna — again published in the Times — imagined Saudi Arabia uniting with Yemen, Oman, and the Gulf States into an Arab Gulf Union “to counter the rising Iranian threat”; or exactly the opposite! In a 2006 piece in the Armed Forces Journal, Ralph Peters presented another view of a redrawn Middle East.* While Peters’ analysis presented simply a view of how a “better Middle East would look” rather than a prediction of future border changes, it is notable that Peters’ map again looks nothing like Wright’s or Jacobs and Khanna’s. Yemen grows rather than shrinks, and southern Iraq’s “Shiitestan” (to use Wright’s term) gains Iranian territory, as does Azerbaijan. Like in Wright’s and Jacobs and Khanna’s analysis coastal Syria splits from the country, though here it is incorporated into a “Greater Lebanon” rather than an independent Alawite-dominated state.
Map by Ralph Peters, 2006.
In my mind these maps reveal more about the biases of the year in which they were created than any truths about the Middle East. Peters’ map was devised in 2006, and it is easy to see his shrunken Iran as suffering from the era’s strong US animosity towards towards the country (though again, it is important to note that Peters is not attempting to predict the future) even though during the Iran-Iraq War Iran’s Arab-settled western Khuzestan province did not rebel to the extent that Saddam Hussein’s invasion plans counted on. Similarly, Jacobs and Khanna’s map shows Azerbaijan gaining Iranian territory despite the fact that Iran’s Azeri minority is not particularly restive and the Iranian state, counter to Jacobs and Khanna’s claim, is not at risk of “implosion”. Today the Syrian conflict has brought the Alawite minority’s domination of Syria to wide attention, so now Alawites gain a state, as may well be a result of the Syrian war. But complicating this possibility is a very real chance that in the event of a rebel victory, in Steve Saideman’s words, “the folks who win in Syria are not going to let their former oppressors escape, especially if they take the coastline along with them” and no one knows how a stalemate could affect Syria’s de jure borders.
Similarly, while Peters’ depiction of a large independent Kurdistan is perhaps only just, it also reflects the dynamics of the US occupation of Iraq that made Turkey unpopular in American circles, Kurds close US allies, and attracted widespread popular sympathy to their cause. Wright’s contemporary prediction that the de facto independent Kurdish regions of Syria and Iraq could one day unite into a formally independent state completely glosses over the problem of Turkish and Iranian objections — two of the region’s most powerful players, and both of which have a strong incentive to block the emergence of an independent Kurdish state that could stoke nationalism among their own Kurdish minorities.
Again, all of this isn’t to say that the artificially-imposed borders of the Middle East aren’t an impediment to state consolidation, or to criticize different authors for their differing speculations about the future. But I do think it is telling that these three views about what the “right” or “future” Middle East would look like differ so substantially. Modern observers frequently joke about arrogantly oblivious European diplomats dividing the Middle East with straight lines drawn between letters on a map. But predicting that the region will divide based on a bird’s-eye view of “natural” sectarian distributions strikes me as perhaps similarly misguided — after all, it is the same logic that Saddam Hussein and Ayatollah Khomeini followed during the Iran-Iraq war, to disastrous results.
*Peters apparently expands on this argument in a book that I have not read.
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Artificial Boundaries and Durable Borders
T.E. Lawrence’s proposed redrawing of the Middle East, via NPR.
In his reflection on the tenth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, Slate’s Fred Kaplan makes the interesting claim that the Iraq War has accelerated the eventual reordering of the Middle East’s artificial states. The borders of Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and others, Kaplan argues, are only relics of the arbitrary divisions imposed by European colonialists after the breakup of the Ottoman Empire. These boundaries ignore the ethnic and cultural geography they overlay, and have only survived for so long because autocratic rulers, mostly supported by outsiders, have successfully suppressed independence movements. These are all familiar arguments, and extend to so-called “artificial states” outside of the Middle East. In a recent paper Alberto Alesina, William Easterly, and Janina Matuszeski identified a number of the world’s most artificial national boundaries: of Middle Eastern states only Jordan ranked among the most artificial. But Kaplan expands the argument that artificial boundaries encourage conflict into the prediction that not only are the Middle East’s divisions unstable, the Iraq War’s Shiite-Sunni infighting has precipitated its wider reorganization:
“The question is how far this unraveling goes. Will civil wars erupt in one artificial state after another? That is, will the path of Syria be followed by Lebanon, then Jordan, then (hard as it may be to imagine) Saudi Arabia? Will Sunnis or Shiites, or both, take their sectarian fights across the borders to the point where the borders themselves collapse? If so, will new borders be drawn up at some point, conforming either to some historically ‘natural’ sectarian divisions?”
Kaplan is a perceptive analyst, and his reflections on the Bush administration’s criminal lack of foresight — “if our leaders are going to intervene in another country’s fate, they should have some understanding of the country’s politics, history, and culture… ahead of time” — are insightful. But predicting a general reordering of Middle Eastern borders is something else entirely. Despite the artificiality of the region’s borders, their broad reorganization doesn’t seem particularly likely in the near-term, for a number of reasons.*
First, established states are often inherently durable entities. Redrawing the region’s borders to reflect sectarian and ethnic divisions would imply nearly all states losing territory, or being subsumed by larger bodies. It is difficult to imagine this process actually occurring, even violently — artificially conceived borders do not mandate failed states unable to retain their territory. As Steve Saideman recently remarked, “secession is damned hard” because “countries resist losing pieces of themselves.” For example, incorporating Iran’s Arab-majority southwestern border region into Arab-dominated Iraq would be sensible from an apolitical bird’s-eye view, sure. But there’s no reason to think Iran’s leaders would willingly sacrifice their territory, or that Iraqi Arabs would successfully take and hold it (as indeed, they failed to do during the Iran-Iraq War). Even accepting the argument that the Arab Spring has weakened state capacity throughout the Arab Middle East, national leaders still have strong incentives to keep their states together, and retain their ability to threaten or cajole potential secessionists.
Secondly, timing. Despite decades of predictions that their inherent instability makes reorganization imminent, colonial-imposed divisions in the Middle East and Africa have (mostly) endured for a half century. Given this durability it’s unlikely that these national boundaries will collapse in the near future. If the primarily Shiite-Sunni sectarian conflict the American invasion of Iraq became is the spark that leads to a general unraveling of the region’s borders, why didn’t this unraveling occur after the Iran-Iraq War? Though the majority of the war’s Iraqi combatants were Shiite, the conflict was framed by both sides’ leaderships as a general Shiite-Sunni conflict, and one that was significantly more intense than the Iraqi civil war. Despite the destabilizing effect of the Arab Spring, it’s difficult to imagine a reason why the region is significantly more vulnerable to conflict-driven reorganization today than any other moment in the last half-century.
Third, it’s similarly difficult to imagine a path from presumed widespread sectarian conflict to reorganized state borders. Kaplan simply questions whether reorganized borders would be the result of “new battles”, but who exactly would fight these border-redrawing battles, and why? Majority Shiite Iran and Iraq against other, Sunni-dominated states? Why would the internal sectarian struggles Kaplan imagines lead to the kind of state-on-state conventional warfare that has been largely absent from the region for the last two decades? How would this warfare result in new borders, especially when successful territorial conquests have been extremely rare in the postwar era?
Also notable is the absence of the word “Kurd” from Kaplan’s piece. As Saideman again noted, the Kurds are the largest stateless ethnic group in the region, but it is similarly difficult to imagine a pathway to an independent Kurdish state outside of Iraqi Kurdistan — if a Kurdistan incorporating Turkish territory is currently unfeasible, doesn’t this imply that the region’s other borders could be more durable than Kaplan supposes?
Again, it’s possible that the colonial-imposed borders of the Middle East are so inherently unstable that they will someday be broadly reordered. But this reorganization process would entail an extremely bloody conventional state-on-state conflict more comparable to one of the many European World Wars than the Iraqi civil war. Thankfully, there’s little reason to expect that this process has already begun.
*Kaplan bases his argument on David Fromkin’s 1989 book A Peace to End All Peace, which I have not read.
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Leav's "Love Looks Pretty On You" is both comforting and heart-wrenching. (Image via Instagram)
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Lang Leav’s Latest Collection Will Reinvigorate Your Passion for Words
Some of these poems feel like a warm hug from a friend.
By Layan Sasa, University of Texas at San Antonio
Most aspiring writers coincidentally have the same first love in common: A passion for words and books. Lang Leav, one of the leaders credited with the uprising of popular contemporary poetry, encountered this passion early on. At a young age, she recalls feeling proud after writing her name for the first time and rushing to show her parents her profound accomplishment.
As Leav repeated the process incessantly, her obsession with writing slowly began to evolve throughout the different stages of her life. In “Love Looks Pretty on You,” her most recent release, the artist even provides a poem she wrote at the juvenile age of 12 to portray her development over time.
Leav has certainly come a long way since she first started posting her poems on Tumblr in 2012. With nearly two million followers across social media today, the recipient of several literary achievements has become a key contributor in the transformation of the modern poetry genre. Nowadays, the name Lang Leav can be found inside the majority of bookstores across the globe, her work located near timeless poets such as Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost.
Despite the constant flow of criticism she receives for producing overly-simplistic work, Leav has almost single-handedly revived a dying genre. When she was beginning her journey and attempting to curate a name for herself, publishing companies were very hesitant to invest in poetry, but it has grown tremendously popular since then, with up and coming poets receiving recognition both online and in-print on a regular basis.
Although she feels as though the classification “Instagram poet” is a ridiculous term, Leav understands the power of using social media to promote a personal brand and message in this day and age. She compares this new-wave of sharing artwork to the Beat movement of the 1950s, when poets such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac tapped into the momentum of their generation to creatively express themselves. Similar to the Beat poets, Leav enchants audiences with her vocalization of several intimate topics from several different, relatable vantage points.
At the end of January, the best-selling novelist and poet published her seventh book to date. “Love Looks Pretty on You” tackles a myriad of themes relating to the struggles commonly faced by humankind, including but not limited to love, heartbreak, healing and self-empowerment.
Poetry Can Provide Much Needed Comfort During the Pandemic
On the surface, her words may seem childlike and conversational. However, as we explore the stories she tells between the lines, Leav’s lyrical confessions can be seen as a façade tangled up in far more intricate emotions. As we analyze some of the poems from her latest collection, Leav’s ability to maintain gracefulness while exposing her soul to readers becomes intoxicating.
Love: “At Last“
“Love looks pretty on you. Makes you soft, tender, proud.
Makes you sit up and take notice. Gives you a home to set down your things.
What a blessing it is, to have music and dancing and poetry.
What a gift it is to look at someone and say,
I’m so happy to have found you—at last, at last, at long, long last—you’re here.”
Love, the most common premise of Leav’s work and of art as a whole, has found a niche yet again in “Love Looks Pretty on You.” Leav reminds us of those fleeting moments when you can confidently say you’ve found love — looking into the eyes of a lover, being young and envisioning a whole life together, or simply playing a song on repeat because you’ve fallen in love with a rhythm that fills you with complete and utter joy.
These emotions, while inimitable to each individual, define the sweet feeling of adoration that makes a person grateful to be alive.
Heartbreak: “Trapped”
“I believed he loved me in his way,
the scars I needn’t show—
there was nowhere else to go.
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I said I was happy to be his girl,
if only I had known—
my words were not my own.”
“Love Looks Pretty on You” includes a magnitude of references to abuse in relationships, specifically the fear that is imbedded in women when they become accustomed to maltreatment from their significant others.
While poems like the one above can be tough to read at times, they offer a condolence to survivors that feel like a tight hug from a friend as they comfort you. Leav’s anger and sorrow are palpable as she finds the words to offer justice for the injustice that is so painfully hard to describe.
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Healing and Self-Empowerment: “The Present”
“You are here. Safe in the knowledge you are unequivocally happy. That you always were, even when you had nothing. Your soul sings with gratitude for the peace you have found. The love you have found. For the quiet that allows you to do your work and still find time.
Time to watch the flowers grow, time to watch the children grow. Time for everything that is still to come.”
Leav practices mindfulness through her writing and suggests that readers do the same thing in the ways they deem appropriate. The most important step that she discusses on a recurring basis is the ability to accept past mistakes as a valuable lesson, and to let go of any harrowing regret.
She believes that people can only ever become genuinely happy if they’ve worked through errors in judgment and thoughtfully moved forward in a more positive direction. In order for us humans to become the best versions of ourselves, we must heal the broken parts of our soul, and with that said, the importance of empowering the resilient aspects of our beings becomes increasingly more impactful.
For existing fans of Leav’s work, this series of delicate poetry and prose will be a welcome addition to your ever-growing collection. And if you are someone who wishes to explore the world of contemporary poetry, “Love Looks Pretty on You” is a captivating and sentimental place to start. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a lover of words, specifically ones that enlighten your mind and ease your soul.
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Dhol: Jo Baja-hi nahi…
A not-so-hilarious tale of four guys who want to make it big in life with the least possible effort. While trying to find a short cut to success, they embark on a comic journey of love, money, greed, crime, murder & suspense.
Priyadarshan’s Dhol is a mix bag, which largely disappoints and fails to excite, barring a few odd laughs. The most annoying part itself is the central theme of the movie which is kept away from the story till the fag end. May be the director tried to use the trick of unraveling mystery the old way; those stone-aged movies where certain objects were introduced out of nowhere just to keep the story going.
Though not a comedy trash like Priyadarshan’s recent flicks–provides a few gags after all–Dhol is certainly skippable.
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The Story: Sharman, Rajpal, Tushar and Kunal want to make it big in life but with the least possible effort. They have been doing all sorts of jobs with hardly any money. They decide that the only way to get rich (without working too hard) is to marry a rich girl. The four cannot believe their luck when Ritu (Tanushree) shifts into their neighborhood. All four of them try various methods to get close to the girl including impressing her grandparents but somehow nothing goes right. But the boys are persistent and end up discovering a spine chilling truth.
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Teaching News Writing to Teach History Writing
When I was a student, nothing helped me become more skilled at writing history than learning about journalism -- news reporting, in particular.
I don't mean to undervalue my fabulous teachers in high school or college, many of whom spurred my intellectual growth and curiosity. Still, learning about reporting played a pivotal role in my success as a history major at one of America's most revered academic institutions, Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Each year, then, I teach my high school history students some news-reporting basics. You might consider doing the same.
Teaching About Concision and Clarity
The best student history essays are concise and clear. Read any front-page New York Times article, and you'll notice concise, punchy prose that gets straight to the point. Take Wednesday's terrific business story by reporter Binyamin Appelbaum, "Citing Growth, Fed Again Cuts Monthly Bond Purchases.”
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday another $10 billion cut in its monthly bond purchases, in a statement that attributed the decision to "growing underlying strength in the broader economy."
The "lede graf" (journalism slang for "opening paragraph") is chock full of juicy information. Better still, Appelbaum avoids needless words, especially long or obscure ones. We know what Appelbaum is reporting on, and what he will examine closely.
Last week, my sophomores put their European history books aside to study news writing. Most of them came away with a better understanding of how and why they should write more like Appelbaum -- more concisely and clearly.
To assess their learning, I assigned a fake news lead. "The search for Savannah Mash, 17, continues after authorities uncovered evidence of the teen's possessions in the bushes of a Garden City, Miami residence," one student wrote. After sharing her work in class, she told me me how this activity "helped make learning to write easier and more enjoyable."
Teaching About Fairness and Objectivity
Quality historical writing also requires dispassionate, objective analysis. For many students (and experts), this is difficult to achieve -- all the more so when dealing with tragic events. Even as a graduate student in history, I found it difficult to remain neutral when writing my master's thesis, The Historian's Craft: Comparative Uses of Genocide Survival Accounts.
I certainly don't mean to argue that we should teach high school history students to write without emotion, or silence anybody's unique voice. But we must teach students to balance objectivity and compassion -- and, once again, great news writing serves as a terrific example.
Next week, I plan to have my students read an April 14, 1994, New York Times article by Donatella Lorch, "Anarchy Rules Rwanda's Capital and Drunken Soldiers Roam City." The lede and "nut graf" (journalism slang for "second paragraph," usually of a feature news story, that provides additional and necessary context) strike that balance. Lorch crafts a respectful and responsible narrative of the early days of a genocide which would claim upward of one million lives.
KIGALI, Rwanda, April 13 -- Food had run out, drinking water was scarce and the streets of this capital city, empty of residents, was a terrifying obstacle course today of drunken soldiers and marauding gangs of looters dressed in a patchwork of uniforms, armed with machetes, spears, bows and arrows and automatic weapons.
Children carried hand grenades, and open-back trucks, loaded with angry men waving weapons at passing cars, sped through the city. As night fell, screams could be heard coming from a church compound where more than 2,000 Rwandans had taken refuge. A short time later, after the sound of machine-gun fire, the screaming stopped.
At the end of the year, I want my students to leave my classroom better able to write like Lorch, whose storytelling approach captures the reader's heart and mind. For an upcoming writing assignment, in fact, I'm having my students rely on Lorch's piece as a launching pad to cover a topic of their choosing -- so long as it has something to do with European history, with sufficient primary source material to inform their analysis.
Teaching About Sources and Fairness
History teachers often tell students to make effective use of sources, and -- surprise, surprise -- news articles reinforce that point. Furthermore, the best stories quote sparingly and briefly, another lesson history students would do well to learn.
Few things are more upsetting to a history teacher than to have to ask a student, "How about some analysis with those quotes?" In a news story, when a source is quoted, it's necessary to provide balance and unique insight. Accordingly, I might ask a student, "Can you write a summary that does justice to this quote in Lorch's story?"
"And the tragedy is that I don't know whether anyone will be able to stop it," said Philippe Gaillard, the head of the International Red Cross here. "When you negotiate with people with machetes, how can you make them understand about humanitarian neutrality?"
Have you also found educational uses for news writing in your history classes? Please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below.
By David Cutler
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Citymapper might be better than Google Maps. It just came to 17 more cities.
Alex Perry 21/09/2020
Citymapper has long been one of the best mobile navigation apps. Some, including myself, would say it's even better than Google Maps. Now it's available to more people in the United States.
The Google Maps alternative for iOS and Android announced Monday it launched navigation support for 17 more cities in the U.S. These include Pittsburgh, Dallas, Miami, the Twin Cities, and several more. You can find the full list of supported cities here.
SEE ALSO: How to blur your house on Google Street View (and why you should)
This is noteworthy because prior to Monday's update, only eight cities or regions in the entire country had access to the app, which I think offers a better navigation experience than Google Maps. (Of course, Google Maps is available in far more locations, as in pretty much everywhere.) Specifically, Citymapper was locked to so-called coastal elites, with Philadelphia and Chicago the only non-coastal cities where it was available. Read more...
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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2019.01903
Ozaki Prosedürü
Cem Alhan1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Acıbadem University, School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey
Numerous randomized-controlled (also controlled by the industry giants) trials have shown that, in terms of short-term outcomes, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) offers a suitable alternative to the current gold standard of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), even in low-risk patients. However, the main limitation of these trials is that the follow-up period is limited to 12 months alone.[1,2] In a review of nearly 14,000 patients, five-year survival after TAVI was found to be 48%.[3] Compared to the expected survival for a general population of similar age, this study demonstrated poorer survival outcomes after TAVI. In their recent meta-analysis comparing SAVR and TAVI in low- and intermediaterisk patients, Ueshima et al.[4] demonstrated similar all-cause mortality, cardiac mortality, and neurological events during a two-year follow-up. Although the shortterm results have been well-studied in the literature, there is a limited number of data regarding long-term outcomes following TAVI, and with the unknown transcatheter valve durability, TAVI should not be offered to low-risk young patients, until long-term follow-up data are available.
Thus, SAVR is still the most optimal option for the great majority of patients who needs aortic valve replacement. In this video, the technical details of neocuspidization of the aortic valve (Ozaki procedure) will be presented.
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE (Video)
After a midline sternotomy, at least a 7×8 cm pericardium should be harvested. Adipose tissue over the pericardium should be removed. Care must be taken not to damage the heart, phrenic nerve, and the pericardium, itself.
Pericardium is attached on the plate with a rough surface facing upwards. It must be stretched with threads to avoid shrinking during fixation.
Diaphragmatic side of the pericardium is marked as the larger leaflets would be made from this side, which is thicker.
The pericardium is soaked in 0.6% glutaraldehyde solution for 10 min. It is, then, rinsed with saline for six min and this process is repeated three times.
A template of the pericardium is taken to close the pericardial defect at the end of the operation.
The aortic root is dissected free from the pulmonary artery. Aortotomy site is marked which must be 15 mm distal to the right coronary artery orifice.
Video: Video showing all steps of Ozaki procedure.
A transverse aortotomy is made. The distance between the right end of the incision and the left coronary cusp (LCC)-non-coronary cusp (NCC) commissure must be 10 mm.
For exposure, the distal aorta must be retracted with a pledgeted suture and the aortic retractors are placed.
Calcified aortic cusps are removed completely with maximal respect to the annular integrity. If necessary, an ultrasonic device may be used for decalcification.
Each intercommissural length is measured appropriately with the sizers. The midpoint of each annulus is marked.
Treated pericardium is placed on plate with a smooth surface facing upwards. The cusps are prepared according to the corresponding window on the template. Guiding dots are placed for every suture site.
Pericardium is attached on a piece of paper for easy handling during cutting. Each cusp is placed into the corresponding part of the petri dish filled with saline.
Suturing is started from the right coronary cusp which is most challenging. A 4-0, 90 cm polypropylene suture with a TF 13 mm, 1/2 circle needle is used for suturing. The first suture is passed from the midpoint of the cusp to the midpoint of the annulus. The cusp is dropped into the ventricle and the thread is tied with three knots.
Suturing is always from upside to downside on the annulus and vice versa on the cusp with a smooth surface of the cusp facing the left ventricle.
For the first three to four stictches on the annulus side, the distance between two stictches must be one third of the corresponding cusp distance, which gives the cusp a bird-nest shape. After this point where the remaining cusp and annulus lengths are the same, the distance between two stictches must be the same on both sides. The last stitch on the annulus must be a big bite for a better commissural support. After penetrating the last dot, the needle is straightened by the help of a needle-holder and passed 2.5 mm below the top of the commissure.
The other cusps are sutured in the same manner.
For the commissures, a 4-0, 90 cm polypropylene suture with an RB-1 17 mm, 1/2 circle needle is used. This suture is placed at the midpoint between the free edge and the previous stitch (approx. 2.5 mm from edge) on one cusp and passed from the same site on the opposing cusp and, then, from the top corner of the wing, and lastly from the aorta. The other end of the suture is passed from the top corner of the other cusp and, then, the aorta. Thus, there remains four threads outside the aortic wall. A 5×10 mm pledget is used to fix the threads to the aortic wall.
A good reconstruction must end in a "windmill" shape.
There are several advantages of the Ozaki procedure. First, there is no foreign body including a suture ring. It has been demonstrated that natural movement of the aortic annulus is preserved, and the reconstructed aortic valve has significantly less pressure gradients, compared to conventional aortic valve replacement cases due to maximal effective orifice area, which is particularly important in patients with a small aortic annulus. This technique can be also applied to almost all aortic valve pathologies. There is no need for warfarin postoperatively, and low-dose aspirin is used for three to six months.
On the other hand, the major drawback of the technique is the unknown durability. In a recent study, Ozaki et al.[5] reported their experience in 850 consecutive patients operated for aortic stenosis, some of them with additional procedures (43.6%). The median age was 71 years and the mean follow-up was 53.7±28.2 months. The actuarial freedom from death, cumulative incidence of reoperation, and that of recurrent moderate-to-severe aortic regurgitation was 85.9%, 4.2%, and 7.3%, respectively, with the longest follow-up of 118 months. The authors reported no conversion to a prosthetic valve replacement, and only one of 850 patients underwent reoperation for structural valve degeneration.
Declaration of conflicting interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest with respect to the authorship and/or publication of this article.
The authors received no financial support for the research and/or authorship of this article.
1) Mack MJ, Leon MB, Thourani VH, Makkar R, Kodali SK, Russo M, et al. Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a balloon-expandable valve in low-risk patients. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1695-705.
2) Popma JJ, Deeb GM, Yakubov SJ, Mumtaz M, Gada H, O"Hair D, et al. Transcatheter aortic-valve replacement with a self-expanding valve in low-risk patients. N Engl J Med 2019;380:1706-15.
3) Chakos A, Wilson-Smith A, Arora S, Nguyen TC, Dhoble A, Tarantini G, et al. Long term outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): a systematic review of 5-year survival and beyond. Ann Cardiothorac Surg 2017;6:432-43.
4) Ueshima D, Fovino LN, D"Amico G, Brener SJ, Esposito G, Tarantini G. Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in low- and intermediate-risk patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Cardiovasc Interv Ther 2019;34:216-225
5) Ozaki S, Kawase I, Yamashita H, Uchida S, Takatoh M, Kiyohara N. Midterm outcomes after aortic valve neocuspidization with glutaraldehyde-treated autologous pericardium. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018;155:2379-87.
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What Does President Obama Know About UFOs That He’s Not Letting On?
By James Sainte-Claire December 2, 2020
I am of the firm belief that there is alien life somewhere in the universe, but they have not visited Earth. That’s the kind of secret it would be much too hard to keep under wraps; do you really think Donald Trump would have kept that to himself, let alone all the other world leaders who would likely know about it? Plus there are all the low-level functionaries involved in these sorts of conspiracies, someone would have spilled the beans by now.
Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson has also made a convincing argument for why aliens would not have visited Earth: to any being capable of getting here from where they live, Earth would have no intelligent life and no natural resources that wouldn’t be easier to acquire in an infinite number of places between here and there.
It all adds up to the likelihood that we’re not alone in the universe, but we may as well be alone.
Former President Barack Obama nonetheless had a lot of fun teasing Stephen Colbert with the idea he may know something we don’t. TMZ reports Obama told Colbert he was briefed on UFOs as president but wouldn’t say if there really was a UFO crash in Roswell or if it was just a weather balloon.
The main reason the US would want to support the UFO mythology is that a lot of things you think are aliens are too secret military test crafts, and without the idea of aliens people might figure that out.
Of course, there could just be aliens. Sure David Icke seems crazy, but you look me in the eye and tell me you haven’t looked at Donald Trump and thought “I would be totally unsurprised if this dude’s skin mask fell off and revealed a lizard alien. A fat lizard alien in an adult lizard diaper.”
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Canadian Cereal and Oilseeds - Review of April 2012
Canadian canola and wheat stocks down while total stocks of corn and soybeans at record levels
As of March 31, 2012, total stocks of canola and wheat were down compared with the same date in 2011 as reported in the May 7th release of Statistics Canada’s Field Crop Reporting Series (Stocks of Principal Field Crops). Total stocks of corn for grain and soybeans increased to record levels.
The March Farm Survey of 13,400 farmers concerning, among others, stocks of principal field crops was conducted from March 23 to 30, 2012. Farmers were asked to report the amounts of grain, oilseeds and special crops in storage on their farm. Data on commercial stocks of western major crops originate from the Canadian Grain Commission. Commercial stocks of corn and soybeans are estimated on the basis of a sample of grain elevators in Eastern Canada. Data on commercial stocks of special crops come from a survey of handlers and agents of special crops.
Despite a record harvest of canola in 2011, total stocks were 4.3 million metric tonnes as of March 31, 2012, down 30.6% or 1.9 million metric tonnes from the same date in 2011. The drop was primarily in on-farm stocks, where levels fell by 1.7 million metric tonnes.
Total wheat stocks declined 8.4%, or by 1.3 million tonnes, to 14.5 million metric tonnes. This decline occurred despite a 9.0% increase in the production of wheat in 2011. Commercial stocks increased 10.8% to 4.7 million metric tonnes, while on-farm stocks fell 15.3% to 9.8 million metric tonnes.
Despite an 8.8% decrease in the production of corn for grain in 2011, stocks rose 8.1% from 2011 to a record 6.2 million metric tonnes in 2012. This level was 2.5% higher than the previous record of 6.0 million metric tonnes in March 2009. Commercial stocks were down slightly from March 2011 levels, while on-farm stocks were up 13.3% to 4.4 million metric tonnes.
Soybean storage was also at a record level in March 2012, as total stocks increased 19.0% to 1.9 million metric tonnes. Soybean production fell 2.3% in 2011 from a record high the previous year. The increase in total stocks was concentrated on farms, where stocks rose 34.4%.
USDA World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates
The United States Department of Agriculture released their initial assessment of world crop supply and demand prospects on May 10, 2012.
Global wheat supplies for 2012-13 are projected 2 percent lower in the year as a 21.5 million metric tonne reduction in foreign production offset the increase in the United States output. At the projected 614.7 million metric tonnes, global production is down 15.5 million from 2011-12.
Global wheat trade for 2012-13 is expected to be lower than last year with world imports projected down 5.5 million metric tonnes to 122.7 million metric tonnes. Global wheat feeding is lowered 12.6 million metric tonnes from 2011-12 with lower expected supplies of feed-quality wheat and record projected coarse grain supplies. Global wheat consumption is projected down 7.2 million metric tonnes or 1% from 2011-12, as a small increase in food use in most countries partly offset the decline in global wheat feeding. Global ending stocks for 2012-13 are projected to be 170.6 million metric tonnes, down 8.0 million on the year.
Global coarse grain supplies for 2012-13 are projected at a record 1.3 billion metric tonnes, up 6% from 2011-12. Global corn production for 2012-13 is projected at a record 858.0 million metric tonnes, up 68.3 million from 2011-12, and the 6th straight year that world corn output has set a new record. Global corn trade is projected higher for 2012-13 with imports raised 6% mostly supporting higher corn feeding in China, Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, EU-27 and the Middle East. Global corn food, seed and industrial use is also raised with increases in corn processing expected for China, Argentina, EU-27 and Brazil. Global corn consumption is projected at a record 835.5 million metric tonnes, up 48.7 million from 2011-12 with more than half of the increase in foreign markets. World corn ending stocks for 2012-13 are projected at 138.2 million metric tonnes, up 22.5 million from 2011-12 and the highest since 2000-01.
Global oilseed production for 2012-13 is projected at a record 427.8millionmetric tonnes, up 8%from2011-12mainly due to increase soybean production. Global production is projected at 246.2 million metric tonnes, up almost 15% as production is increased in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay due to more favourable weather conditions. Global production of high-oil content seeds (sunflower seed and rapeseed) is projected almost unchanged from 2011-12 as increased area is most offset by lower yields. Oilseed supplies for 2012-13 are up 3% from last year despite a 23% reduction in beginning stocks resulting from drought-reduced South American crops. With crush projected to increase 2.9%, 2012-13 global oilseed ending stocks are projected at 59.5 million metric tonnes, up 2.6 million from 2011-12 but still 14.3 million below 2010-11.
Global protein meal consumption is projected to increase 2.8% in 2012-13. Protein meal consumption is projected to increase 5% in China, accounting for about half of global protein consumption gains. Global soybean exports are projected at 88.3 million metric tonnes, up 9% from 2011-12. China soybean imports are projected at 55 million metric tonnes, up 4.5 million from 2011-12.
You can view the latest USDA World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report by clicking here.
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Unhinged with 5,800 Nuclear Warheads at his Fingertips
Credit: US government
By Bishop Bill Swing and Jonathan Granoff
NEW YORK, Jan 11 2021 (IPS)
Between now and January 20,2021, the President of the United States has almost run out of arenas in which to impose his will. His reelection has soured in infamy. His concern for the COVID-19 pandemic faded long ago. There is only one last pursuit available to him to demonstrate that he is the most powerful man on earth, i.e. using the nuclear weapons at his disposal.
What if? This man who once suggested dropping a nuclear bomb on the eye of a hurricane, what if he decided to drop a nuclear warhead on Iran? What if Iran retaliated and sent rockets into Israel? What if Israel nuked Iran? What if the Middle East exploded and other nuclear nations chose sides and piled on expanded targets with their nukes?
Right now, the citizens of the United States and the people of the world need to be protected from the “what if” of an unhinged President armed with nuclear weapons.
Two questions quickly arise: 1) is this President, with nuclear weapons at his fingertips, sound of mind with a healthy moral compass? 2) Why should any President be given “sole authority” to order the launch of a nuclear arsenal? To launch in five minutes without the counsel of anyone else?
The entire enterprise of having weapons capable of destroying most all life on this planet – in five minutes – is morally absurd. Like dropping a nuke capriciously on a hurricane or giving a dangerously flawed President 5,800 nuclear weapons to play with in his last delusional days in office?
The President has “sole authority” to destroy without having “soul authority” to understand the moral gravity of this decisions. He has to be denuded of his nukes for all of our sakes.
And the nine countries with nuclear weapons merely mirror, over time, Donald Trump in his last days of reign. Trump is our nuclear problem immediately. But in the longer run, every one of these nations is deranged in thinking that nuclear weapons make us secure and solve problems.
With the weapons hanging over us, we are anything but secure. As for solving problems, nuclear weapons did nothing to stop the damage of COVID-19 or lessen the effects of climate change. What most ails the world is not addressed by a nuclear arsenal.
The United States of America has to sweat out these last days of President Trump, but the world has to sweat out the years ahead until we blow ourselves up or whittle our stockpiles of nuclear weapons down, eventually, to zero. We are all unhinged with nuclear weapons at our fingertips.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/The-danger-of-nukes-with-an-unhinged-Trump-15856851.php
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Bishop Bill Swing, Founder and President United Religions Initiative in collaboration with Jonathan Granoff, President Global Security Institute
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Giant baby megalodon sharks were born the size of HUMANS by gobbling their siblings in womb
HUGE megalodon sharks that ruled the oceans over three million years ago were bigger than most human adults from birth.
This is according to new research into the scary ancient creatures that claims the sharks were around 6.5 foot (2 metres) when they first left the womb.
The new research focused on X-rays of fossilised bones from the spine of a megalodon.
Evidence of megalodons has been found in the form of fossils and teeth in oceans all over the world.
They are thought to have died out around three million years ago.
Lots of researchers think the adults grew to around 50 foot when they were fully grown.
Lots of megalodon shark teeth have been found but never an entire skeleton[/caption]
However, other research suggests they could have grown up to 59 feet (18 metres).
The new study, led by Professor Kenshu Shimada, explains that the reseachers “examined incremental growth bands in fossil vertebrae of a 9.2-m-long individual O. megalodon, revealing that the shark was born large, 2 m in length, and died at age 46.”
The scientific name for the extinct sharks is Otodus megalodon.
Growth bands on the spinal bones of the fossil used in the study indicated that the shark was around 6.5 foot when it was born.
It’s thought to have died at 46 years old due to 46 growth bands being noted.
However, the giant sharks are thought to have been able to live for around 88 years.
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‘The Meg’ is a sci-fi film based on megalodon sharks that was released in 2018[/caption]
One theory for why the sharks grew so big before birth is that they ate all their other siblings in the womb.
Cannibalistic egg-eating behaviour when the sharks were just embryos may have helped them nourish themselves to such a huge size.
This theory is based on what we know about modern day lamniform sharks.
The first shark pup inside this type of shark tends to eat the rest of the eggs so by the time it leaves its mothers womb it’s already large enough to defend itself.
This behaviour is called intrauterine cannibalism.
In the wild, it’s thought megalodons would have eaten whales but could have probably preyed on any creature they wanted.
A full megalodon skeleton has never been found because their cartilaginous bones don’t preserve well.
How common are shark attacks?
Here's what you need to know...
Every year, around 70 shark attacks are reported worldwide – and only a fraction of these are fatal.
Given that there are more than 480 different species, this is a relatively small number.
Only three sharks are considered to carry out unprovoked attacks on humans: the great white, tiger and bull.
When a human touches or aggravates a shark before the creature retaliates, it is known as a “provoked attack”.
There are three different types of unprovoked attacks…
Hit-and-run: This is the term used to describe the most common type of shark attack, which thankfully doesn’t tend to lead to fatal injuries.
In this instance, the shark will bite its victim and leave, usually because the creature has mistaken the swimmer for its natural prey.
Sneak: This attack is often fatal, but it is extraordinarily rare.
In these cases, the creature will wound and bite an unsuspecting victim with the intention of consuming them.
Bump-and-bite: This attack is typical to the great white, where the shark will circle its victim before biting and returning for more.
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Chris Crewther voted very strongly against requiring every native title claimant to sign land use agreements
How Chris Crewther voted compared to someone who believes that all native title claimants need to sign an Indigenous Land Use Agreement before the Agreement can be registered by the Native Title Registrar (agreements like this let, for example, mining companies mine in an area covered by native title)
16th Feb 2017, 1:02 PM – Representatives Native Title Amendment (Indigenous Land Use Agreements) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
The majority supported passing the bill in the House of Representatives. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a third time.
The bill will now go to the Senate for their consideration.
What does the bill do?
The bill is a response to McGlade v Native Title Registrar & Ors [2017] FCAFC 10, which considers whether an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) can be registered with the Native Title Registrar even if not all named parties have signed. An Indigenous Land Use Agreement is a voluntary agreement that native title groups can negotiate with other parties in relation to the use of land and waters.
In that case, the Federal Court ruled that all parties must sign, which meant the Noongar Native Title agreement could not be registered (read more in ABC News).
This happened on 2 February, and the Government immediately moved to protect existing agreements with this bill. According to the explanatory memorandum, its purpose is to:
confirm the legal status and enforceability of agreements which have been registered by the Native Title Registrar on the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements without the signature of all members of a registered native title claimant (RNTC)
enable registration of agreements which have been made but have not yet been registered on the Register of Indigenous Land Use Agreements, and
ensure that in the future, area ILUAs can be registered without requiring every member of the RNTC to be a party to the agreement.
More detail and background information is available in the bills digest.
Yes No (strong) Passed by a small majority
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Auf Wiedersehen, Berlin!
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After we finished exploring, we spent the rest of our brief visit to Berlin on the tourist trail seeing some of the actual landmarks, starting from the Alexanderplatz to Berliner Dom, a cathedral nearly destroyed during the war and rebuilt back to its original Prussian glory:
Opposite there was a museum of some sort that we didn’t have time for, but should probably have gone to… but our destination, if we could even find it, was the Berlin Wall.
Crossing back into the former West Berlin, we passed through Checkpoint Charlie. First, a picture from 1964, when my mom was a military brat stationed in West Germany:
And now, what it looks like surrounded by modern Berlin with no wall anymore… I must say this is one landmark I’m glad is gone!
After a while longer, we found the one preserved piece of the wall, surrounded in Easternesque tourist traps like this one, ‘celebrating’ the infamous Össi car, the Trabant, the only new car available for the duration of the DDR regime.
Another look at East Berlin – these Communist concrete block buildings would have been the face of the East looking out over the Wall.
And the last of the wall itself, optimized for tourist viewing
Not far from there is the Holocaust memorial, with stone columns symbolizing every day of the atrocities
Finally, we passed through Brandenburger Tor, returning to West Berlin.
Crossing the River Spree brought us to the Hauptbahnhof and our train to Stettin/Szczecin, just over the Polish border, the one place we could find a cheap flight on to Oslo from!
After a two hour train ride, we arrived in Poland, and it became abundantly clear that we were in a completely different country. It seemed that no one spoke English, and we had no idea how to get to our hotel. Even trying to use the ATM in the train station to take out zloty, we were apprehended by Polish soldiers, who looked at our passports with some confusion, and went about their business.
Eventually, we flagged down a cab, with a driver who spoke some English, and seemed to know where the Marina Hotel was. He told us, quite insistently, about the local nightclubs, asking us after each one, “Taxi go to club???” as we circled around Szczecin. After taking half an hour to go what should have been only a mile or so, looking back at the map, he dropped us off at the hotel, and gave us a business card.
In the morning, we got a different taxi, who would not go to club, to go to airport. On the way there, we learned a few Polish swears, as he seemed to miss exits (and squeal the brakes and pull somewhat violent U-turns) as a matter of course, accompanied each time by at least “Kurwa mač!” and sometimes more.
We finally get to the airport 40 minutes before takeoff, and things are oddly quiet. For one thing, it’s a tiny airport, with only two gates. But, as we quickly learned, the real problem was the pilots’ strike had made it to Poland too, and nothing was flying north or west, just the Eastern airlines were still running!
Team Fail: From The Rescue!
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What next when it comes to the adoption of the Electric Vehicles globally?
Post author By tmadmin
Electric cars are quickly gaining ground compared to their ICE counterparts. The most affected industry following the rise of EVs is the telematics industry. The EV industry lends heavily to the telematics industry through innovations. The telematics industry solves many problems in the transportation industry, including GPS tracking and fleet management. These solutions are a fundamental core for the EV market that places them in an attractive position to adopt cargo transportation. Several factors favor adopting electric cars as a significant staple for the future of electric vehicles including legislation, growth of the EV market, and cost-effectiveness. These does work together to provide a suitable base for EV establishment.
According to recent legislation in the EU, all cars should be electric by 2030. The European Union announced a ban on petrol and diesel cars effective 2030. The Union placed requirements on manufacturers providing subsidies and reduced taxes for EVs while applying an extensive number of incentive programs for integrating EVs in the market. Likewise, other countries following this trend are the USA, Japan, and China. There’s a growing international community backing this cause intent on stopping the adoption of conventional petrol vehicles.
There is an increasing need for EVs in business as well. EVs are getting more demand in businesses following their capacity to reduce costs effectively. Resultantly, the EV market experiences a new model per month as a testament to electric vehicles’ growth and potential. Metrics in sales numbers and earnings show that the sector can sell 1.89 million units by 2027.
Experts expect that the domestic consumer market with personal vehicles will carry most of the coming expansion, with cargo transportation following close. The most known names in EV transportation schemes are BYD and Yutong, based in China. Likewise, Proterra in the USA, VDL Groep in the Netherlands, and AB Volvo based in Sweden are notable names in the EV business scene.
Reduced cost in EV production also facilitates the growth of EV adoption in the coming EV wave. Currently, businesses face problems when purchasing electric vehicles compared to ICEs. However, this is changing following a move to reduce the cost of EV acquisition for businesses significantly. Initially, the ramp for Electric Vehicle adoption would be powered by achieving cost-competitive with the internal combustion engine cars. This will start when big cars reach this stage in Europe, which is expected to occur in 2022, and that will end with the small vehicles reaching the accomplishment around 2030 in both Japan and India.
Although this parity needs a wider view, the Chinese and European markets, which are projected to account for 72 percent of all commuters EV sales in 2030, would be hard-driven. China, as well as Europe, is predicted to accomplish the feat of 50 percent of all the road cars becoming EVs by the year 2030.
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