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"Small town lifestyle in the heart of Metro-Detroit"
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What's New in Center Line?
The city is currently accepting applications for the position of Part-Time Department of Public Works Maintenance.
Go to this link for more information and to download an application.
DPW Part-Time Maintenance
Cattleman’s Quietly Opens to the Public
Cattleman’s Meat Co. welcomes carnivores to their new and unique store in Center Line with little flair, but lots to offer. According to Cattleman’s Meat Co. Manager, Brandon Ulewicz, the long-time specialty meat market has expanded into the east side with their first location in Center Line. “We have turned an empty former grocery store into a place where you can get not only our top quality specialty meats, but also prepared foods, deli, groceries, and produce all in one place”. The new business replaced the former Shopper’s Market store which closed its doors in 2016. City Manager, Dennis E. Champine indicated that Cattleman’s made a large investment and rebuilt the more than 45,000 square foot facility interior and refaced the exterior in its entirety creating a business that will serve hundreds of thousands of Macomb, Oakland and Wayne County residents on the northeast side of Metro-Detroit. “Center Line is uniquely positioned right in the heart of the seven county southeastern Michigan region, and is literally in the Heart of Metro-Detroit”, said Champine. “Center Line really is a great small-town community where these kind of investments will pay off simply because of its location, where businesses have access to Michigan’s most density populated area. We really are in the center of it all, with more than 500,000 people living with 5 miles of our community”. Champine pointed out that the timing couldn’t be more perfect as the city continues its aggressive efforts to redevelop its Downtown District. Mayor Robert Binson also praised Cattleman’s new location in his community. “What a awesome anchor to other ‘Mom and Pop’ shops and other small, and large commercial business opportunities and investments!”. According to Mayor Binson, the City of Center Line has begun seeing a substantial increase in interest in Center Line’s Downtown District. “The City Hall phones are ringing off the hook ever since Cattleman’s and others have begun arriving in the Downtown District”. Mayor Binson pointed out that many buildings that have sat vacant for years are now beginning to see new tenants, and several vacant properties city-wide now have plans for new development.
For more information regarding the City of Center Line Downtown District, please go to http://centerline.gov/360/Downtown-Development-Authority-DDA..
“Downspout Follow-up Compliance Inspections”
Click the link for more information
DOWNSPOUT INSPECTIONS EXPLAINED:
The 37th District Court located in Center Line City Hall is closed until further notice.
Appointments to Boards and Commissions in the City of Center Line
are open to all residents. ( There are currently two vacancies on the DDA Board of Directors)
Generally, the only requirement is city residency. All Boards and Commission members are appointed by the
Mayor and/or City Council for specific terms depending on the Board or Commission.
Go to this link for more information: https://www.centerline.gov/263/Boards-Commissions
The City currently accepting applications for the following Boards or Commissions:
Planning Commision
DDA Board of Directors
Recreational Commission
If you are interested in serving on any of these boards, applications are available online or available at City Hall
Board & Commission Skill Sets List
Boards & Commissions Application
The City of Center Line is redevelopment ready.
The City of Center Line is committed to involving the community in its planning, development and improvement processes. The following links have been prepared with the purpose of setting policies and procedures to involve residents in Citywide initiatives and to provide City staff a guide of community engagement strategies and methods.
Public Participation Guide
WATER CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES IN THE HOME
Click to see informative flyer
LINK to the Document Center for all City Forms
FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THESE FORMS PLEASE CALL 586-757-6800
You can see your ballot here: Public Ballot
Absentee Ballots-
can be put in the silver box by the front door of City Hall.
We are open 8:30am to 500pm weekdays so you can also bring it into city hall.
There is now a ballot box located at City Hall where you can safely drop off your ballot at any time.
CITY OF CENTER LINE: IMPORTANT VOTER REGISTRATION & ABSENTEE BALLOT REQUEST INFORMATION:
• CITY CLERK OFFICE is OPEN. DURING REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS 8:30AM – 5:00PM
The City of Center Line is looking for election inspectors to work the November elections
Click here for an application
ATTENTION VOTERS
DID YOU KNOW…. You can skip the line on Election Day and vote by mail? Voting has never been easier! With the passage of Proposal 18-3 last November, new changes are available for Michigan voters. One of the biggest changes is that ALL eligible registered voters in Michigan may now request an absent voter ballot without providing a reason. You can also request to be placed on the permanent absentee voter list to save a step in the future. Visit or call the Center Line City Hall to request an application prior to any Election, request to be placed on the permanent list, or if you have any questions about the process (586)757-6800 Janice Pockrandt Deputy City Clerk
Mon Feb. 1
Library Commission Meeting
Center Line City Council Regular Meeting
Mon Mar. 1
Social Media Quick Links
City of Centerline Facebook
Center Line Public Safety Facebook
Center Line K9 Foundation Facebook
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Center Line Parks & Recreation Facebook
Center Line Cyclers Facebook
Center Line Downtown Development Authority Facebook
Center Line Independence Festival Facebook
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City of Center Line YouTube Channel
City of Center Line
7070 East Ten Mile Road
Center Line, MI 48015
Hours: 8:30 am - 5 pm
Dennis Champine - City Manager
Email Dennis
Where can I find more information regarding my property taxes?
What precinct am I in?
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Home Entertainment Smarty Scoop On Weekend Events March 8-10
EntertainmentEventsThings To Do
Smarty Scoop On Weekend Events March 8-10
written by CSP Team March 6, 2019
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets In Concert
2700 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, NC
March 8, 8:00pm, March 9, 2:00pm, $30-$80, Buy tickets here!
Summary: For the first time ever, audiences around the world are experiencing each full film from one of the most beloved series in history, projected in HD on the big screen, while a full symphony orchestra performs the unforgettable score live to picture.
American Girl Live!
McGlohon Theater At Spirit Square
March 8-9, See website for schedule, $25+
345 N. College Street, Charlotte, NC
Summary: In American Girl Live, a new, original, 90-minute musical that celebrates the power of girls and strength of friendship, audiences join five spunky campers and their fearless counselor at Camp American Girl, an overnight camp in the North Woods. Overcoming fears and obstacles along the way to having the summer of their lives.
430 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC
March 8-17, See website for schedule, All ages, $15-$85
Summary: Take your imagination on an adventure at Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux’s Peter Pan. One of our dancers’ favorite performances, Peter Pan includes extravagant sets and costumes, marvelous dance and an experience you’ll never, never forget.
Run Jen Run 5k & Festival
4400 Sharon Road, Charlotte, NC
March 9, 8:00am, All ages, Register here!
Summary: The 7th annual Run Jen Run 5k, Fun Run and Festival will have a Kids Fun Zone with bounce houses, games, face and hair painting, obstacle course, team mascots and more! All finishers will receive a race medal and all participants older than 21 will receive a post-run beer!
ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center
300 E. 7th Street, Charlotte, NC
March 9, 1:00pm-1:45pm, Ages 3-11, Free
Summary: Join us for this magical event! High energy, interactive, magic show with over-the-top fun and laughs. Event is FREE.
301 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC (704) 372-6261
Summary: Step into a world where science is brought to life through interactive exhibits and explosive experiments during daily programs. Connect with the past and visit the future with groundbreaking exhibitions, larger-than-life IMAX Dome films and hands on activities that let you explore more. Plan your visit today. Click on the links below for detailed information on special events, featured exhibitions, featured shows and IMAX.
Featured Exhibitions: For information on all exhibitions click here.
Featured Shows: For information on all featured shows click here.
IMAX: For information on all featured movies and showtimes click here.
Discovery Place Kids – Huntersville
105 Gilead Road, Huntersville, NC (704) 372-6261
Summary: Explore the theme of I CAN at Discovery Place KIDS-Huntersville. The children’s museum features developmentally-appropriate experiences that encourage imagination and offer the opportunity to build confidence while testing skills by trying new things. The exhibits, themed around a small town, allow children to learn through play.
Theme Areas: For a complete description of all nine theme areas click here.
Featured Shows: For a complete listing of all featured shows click here.
Current and Upcoming Events: For all current and upcoming events click here.
Charlotte Nature Museum
1658 Sterling Road, Charlotte, NC (704) 372-6261
Summary: Bring little ones for just an hour or the whole day and experience wildlife through live animal exhibits and interactive education programs. The Museum is easy to navigate with fun surprises around every corner. Kids can roam The Great Hall and visit Beginnings, an area filled with young animals and information on their lifecycles.
Featured Exhibitions: For complete details on exhibitions and exhibits click here.
Featured Shows: For a complete schedule of show times click here.
300 Carowinds Blvd., Charlotte, NC
See website for schedule and events
Explore: what’s new, calendar and hours, park map and directions
Play: rides and attractions, shows and entertainment, special events
Stay: camp wilderness, preferred hotels, special discounts, easy pay
Bojangles’ Coliseum
Spectrum Center
333 E Trade St, Charlotte, NC
YMCA of Greater Charlotte Event Calendar
19 Locations throughout the Greater Charlotte Area
Summary: Most people know their neighborhood “Y” because of its incredible sports, camps and fitness programs but the “Y” has so much more to offer. Spend some time (it will take a while) on the website and learn about all the opportunities the “Y” provides. I promise, you will be amazed.
Free Wednesday Evenings At The Mint Museum
The Mint Museum – Randolph
2730 Randolph Road, Charlotte, NC
The Mint Museum – Uptown
Every Wednesday from 5:00pm – 9:00pm, All ages
Summary:Enjoy free access to both Mint Museum locations every Wednesday night.
Bank of America’s Museums On Us Day
Various locations around Charlotte
The first Sunday and Saturday of every month, All ages, Free
Summary: Now in its 20th year, this distinctive program offers Bank of America and Merrill Lynch credit and debit card holders the opportunity to visit more than 150 of the most popular cultural institutions in the United States free of charge on the first full weekend of every month.
300 E. 7th Street, Charlotte, NC (704) 416-4630
See website for hours of operation
Summary: This collaborative effort between the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Children’s Theatre of Charlotte is a 102,000-square-foot facility recently ranked by Livability.com as the No. 1 children’s library in the United States. ImaginOn features two state-of-the-art theaters, a dedicated library space for kids 11 and under, four multi-use classrooms, a teen-only library, a multimedia production studio, and interactive exhibit space.
6000 Sample Road, Huntersville, NC (704) 875-6521
Summary: Carolina Raptor Center is dedicated to environmental stewardship and the conservation of birds of prey through education, research, and the rehabilitation of injured and orphaned raptors. As a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, CRC relies on public financial support to fulfill our mission. Supporters can release a raptor, adopt a bird, make a charitable donation, purchase a membership or sponsor a capital improvement project. CRC’s environmental education programs reach approximately 40,000 students each year. Our Raptor Trail hosts more than 35,000 visitors a year. Visit our calendar page for event times or just come and enjoy our nicely maintained trails and see all the amazing birds of prey.
The Schiele Museum of Natural History
1500 East Garrison Blvd, Gastonia, NC (704) 866-6900
Summary: The natural wonders of North America and North Carolina coupled with the rich history of our region are all reflected in The Schiele’s exceptional exhibitions and diverse programming. Whether you’re indoors or out, with the kids or your colleagues, by bringing you a lot closer to nature, The Schiele will bring you a little closer to yourself.
Featured Exhibits: For a complete listing click here
Planetarium: For a complete schedule click here
Events Calendar: For all events click here
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(Tyler/Perry)
(Original Album: Aerosmith, 1973)
We all live on the edge of town,
where we all live ain't a soul around.
people start a-comin' all we do is just a-grin,
said we gotta move out cause the city's movin' in,
said we gotta move out cause the city's movin' in.
tell me who ya know and I'll tell ya who too,
go see my friend and he'll set you free.
tell me what you need and maybe I can go too,
no one knows the way but maybe me.
nobody goes there, nobody shows where,
nobody knows where you can find me, yea yea-yea...yea.
good morning glory, halleluh to ya,
what is the story and what's been goin' through ya?
livin' like a king off the fat of the land,
workin' like a dog in a rock n' roll band.
we're movin' -- we're gettin' out.
we're movin' -- without a doubt.
we're movin' -- we're goin' far.
we're movin' -- oh yes we are, cause.
level with God and you're in tune with the universe.
talk with yourself and you'll hear what you wanna know.
gotta rise above cause below it's only gettin' worse.
life in time will take you where you wanna go,
where you wanna go, where you wanna go-o,...
livin' like a king off the fat of the land.
we're movin' -- oh yes we are.
baby catch ya round, I don't know where I'm goin'.
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Positive Inspirational Leadership Stories
A Quote from Maya Angelou predicted the Future of Workplace Leadership
Late poet, Maya Angelou famously observed that 'people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.' Her great kernel of truth here is that human beings are far more influenced by feelings than by rational thinking - not at all what most of us have ever believed. When it comes to motivating employee performance in the workplace, little of Maya Angelou's wisdom has ever seeped into our leadership practices. We've traditionally assumed that workers made up their minds on whether to be loyal, committed and engaged in their jobs, so leaders have intentionally steered clear of their hearts.
But over the course of a long leadership career, my direct experience repeatedly proved this understanding was wrong. Ultimately, I came to this realization:
How I made people feel proved to have the greatest impact on employee decisions to be dedicated, hardworking, and willing to put in discretionary effort to help achieve our goals.
When I intentionally made employees - of every age, education level and job family - feel valued, supported, growing and appreciated, they routinely and instinctively scaled mountains for me.
Ever since this epiphany, I've been calling for a reinvention of workplace leadership. In an era where absurdly low employee engagement and job satisfaction scores prove our traditional methods are failing, I believe the greatest responsibility a manager has today is to ensure employees routinely experience the positive feelings and emotions now known to inspire extraordinary performance. I call this leading from the heart.
Now I'd like to tell you that leaders everywhere have been quick to embrace this new thinking, and immediately trusted it to drive greater productivity. But, as you might have guessed, that's not what happened. Upon hearing words like 'feelings' and 'heart,' alarms were triggered.
'This could never work in the real world,' is what many managers have instinctively assumed.
But I came from that real world - the sharp-edged financial services industry and proved at all levels that caring about employees and supporting their emotional needs is the surest way to driving sales, productivity and profit. Nonetheless, as a realist who fully accepts that some people will always need more convincing than others, I've continued to seek more compelling proof. To that end, I've discovered the work of four extraordinary thought leaders, bestselling authors, scientists, researchers and psychologists amongst them. Coming from entirely different disciplines and working independently, each has made the same remarkable conclusions:
Feelings and emotions motivate human behavior
Employee engagement is a decision not of the mind, but of the heart.
In hope that their collective insights will hold great influence over how you go on to lead and manage, here are highlights of their respective research:
Robert Wright - Author of 'Why Buddhism Is True: The Science of Meditation & Enlightenment'
In his recent New York Times best seller, Princeton University professor and award-winning science writer, Robert Wright, explains some of the foundational ideas of Buddhism, one of which is that 'feelings play a bigger role in shaping our perceptions and guiding us through life - bigger than most people realize.' To remind us how the human species evolved, Wright says that feelings were our original guidance system - long before the brain was built. 'Feelings are our original motivators,' he writes. 'Good or bad feelings are what natural selection used to goad animals into approaching things or avoiding things, acquiring things or rejecting things. Good feelings were assigned to eating, and bad feelings to being eaten.'
Fast-forward today and we might assume that our highly evolved brains now override our instincts in decision-making. But Wright says this just hasn't happened. 'Over time, bit by bit, animals got smarter, but the point of smarts isn't to replace feelings, but rather to make our feelings better informed. Feelings tell us what to think about, and then after all the thinking is done, they tell us what to do. Thinking has always had its beginning and ending in feelings.'
Dr. Rollin McCraty - Director of Research, Institute of HeartMath
For the past 30 years, the Institute of HeartMath has been researching the physiology of optimal human performance - what has to go on inside of a person's brain, body and nervous system to be able to think clearly, maintain composure and perform to one's highest potential. According to Rollin McCraty who leads this research, they've discovered the heart, 'as an organ of perception and intelligence,' is a huge part of the equation. 'We now know that the heart and the brain are in constant communication,' McCraty told me, 'and that the heart sends more information to the brain than vice versa. The signals the heart sends affect the brain centers involved in our decision-making, and in our ability to perceive.'
According to McCraty, every heartbeat reflects our current emotional state. So, if we're angry, irritated or frustrated, our hearts beat out a very chaotic message. Conversely, positive emotions create harmony in our nervous systems (what HeartMath calls 'coherence') and the heart rhythm pattern when we're in our most optimal state. 'It's irrefutable, says McCraty, 'caring leaders set off the neural machinery that produces optimal workplace performance.'
Antonio Damasio - Salk Institute Neurologist & USC Professor. Author of 'Descartes' Error: Emotion Reason & The Human Brain'
In the 300 years since French philosopher, Ren Descartes uttered his famous words, ' think therefore I am,' science made little effort to challenge his assertion that the brain is the source of a human's true being. But in a landmark book, one of the world's leading neurologists finally proves Descartes was wrong. Dr. Antonio Damasio tells his readers that neuroscience has always been preoccupied with the cognitive aspects of brain functioning, and gave little if any attention to the study of emotions. To offset this, Damasio's modern-day research proves emotions play a far greater role in human behavior than we've ever imagined; 'feelings actually guide and even bias our decision-making.'
Inherent in Descartes well-known quote is an assertion that our minds are separate from our bodies. Calling this, 'Descartes Error,' Damasio says the truth is that mind and body, rationality and emotion, all work together. 'Feelings don't just depend on brain activity,' he writes, 'but also on specific systems interacting with a number of body organs including the heart. While the heart doesn't make our decisions, it has direct influence over them through its contribution of emotional feelings.'
Barbara Fredrickson - Psychology Professor, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Author of 'Love 2.0' & 'Positivity'
Nearly two decades ago, Dr. Barbara Fredrickson began a formal study of the science of human emotions. And her principal discovery is that positive emotions are the foundation of human motivation. 'Human beings are hardwired to thrive on positive emotions,' Fredrickson told me last year, 'in fact, the body's biochemistry is very negatively affected when they're not experienced.' Fredrickson was the first recipient of the American Psychological Association's Templeton Prize for Positive Psychology. That award may be in recognition of her stunning conclusion that any time human beings experience a positive emotion, (joy, awe, hope, inspiration or hope) what they're really feeling is love. And feeling love is arguably the greatest human need there is.
'Love transforms people into making them more positive, resilient, persistent, healthier and happier,' she says. 'Those are the kind of feelings that drive the commitment and loyalty leaders want. If someone is made to feel uniquely seen, understood, valued and appreciated at work, that will hook them into being committed to their team, leader and organization. This is how positive emotions work.'
All of these thought-leaders come from very different backgrounds and intellectual points of view. Nevertheless, each believes that feelings and emotions determine our engagement in life, what motivates us, and what we care about most. Were Maya Angelou alive today, I'm quite certain she'd urge us all to go out and put this profound knowledge to use.
Written by Mark C. Crowley
Mark is a speaker, leadership consultant, frequent contributor to Fast Company Magazine, and the author of Lead From The Heart -Transformational Leadership For The 21st Century. His mission is to fundamentally change how we lead and manage people in the workplace, and to intentionally make it far more supportive of human needs. Visit his website at . . . Mark C. Crowley >>>
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Leadership and management - chalk and cheese
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Why Nice Bosses Finish First
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Aviation Law Indonesia
Said, Sudiro & Partners
Corporate Guarantee in an Aircraft Lease Transaction
Aircraft procurement is a big project for any airline company in Indonesia, the stakeholders, and the financing parties. Not only big in the value of the money involved, but also by the scale of the financing.
It is common that the financing scheme takes the form of a lease. And it is more common that the lease would involve foreign lessor.
With the big value of the project, it is common that the lease arrangement for an aircraft be made for a long term period. For the lessor, long term financing would certainly have a big risk on the fulfillment by the lessee (the airline company) of its payment obligations. Lessor would obviously take some measures with the purpose to safeguard its asset (the aircraft) until the time the payment terms are fully satisfied by the lessee.
Mostly a lease agreement would retain the ownership of the aircraft with the Lessor. The asset (aircraft) would be delivered to the Lessee, conveyed to the hand of the Lessee and to be operated by the Lessee.
Lessor would seek sort of security interest to secure its ownership and to guarantee full payment of the aircraft lease value and all other payment obligations of the Lessee under the lease agreement.
Here comes the widely known a piece of document so called Guarantee Agreement.
In many transactions, Lessee would be supported by the ultimate stakeholder, the shareholder/parent company. The shareholder or parent company gives a guarantee (corporate guarantee) for the benefit of the Lessor, which in the guarantee document would usually be defined as Beneficiary, mainly for the due, punctual and complete payment of the payment obligations under the Lease Agreement.
The Indonesian Law recognizes the nature of a guarantee as to support the underlying transaction. The existence of a guarantee would be depending on the existence (and validity) of the underlying transaction document. Thus a guarantee will not be in existence without the presence of the underlying obligations under the underlying transaction document.
Whilst under the (corporate) guarantee agreement, the guarantor (parent company) warrants that it will pay to the Beneficiary when so requested, any amount payable by the Lessee were the Lessee fails to fulfill its payment obligation when due and payable, a guarantee will not become a security interest for the Lessor of a lease agreement. Unlike mortgage, pledge, or fiduciary security, a guarantee would rely on the voluntary obedience by the guarantor of its warranty and covenants.
A complete thorough guarantee agreement nonetheless does not put a security interest on a particular asset of the guarantor. The Lessor that owns the aircraft leased and operated by the Lessee does not hold a security interest for the life of the lease.
It is often the case that the underlying aircraft lease agreement is governed by foreign law. The use of foreign law in a transaction document is widely known and practiced, and off course will relate to the principles of Private International Law. So long the rights and obligations under the aircraft lease agreement are fully satisfied and acceptable to (mainly) the Lessor, the Lessor could expect the agreement would run and mature smoothly, without the need to come to the Guarantor.
Enforceability of the foreign law governed aircraft lease agreement, and the (corporate) guarantee agreement will become a crucial concern and question if there is a need to seek enforcement of those agreements.
Whilst Indonesian legal system and the Law on Aviation (Law No. 1 of 2009) recognize the principles of Private International Law, the implementation of Private International Law principles to the documents (the performance of rights and obligations) in concerned would yet to be examined at the relevant court. Enforceability of foreign judicial decision in Indonesia would also depend on the ruling of the Indonesian court where enforcement is sought.
The Law on Aviation provides support to a Lessor through recordation with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of an irrevocable power of attorney from a Lessee to a Lessor for deregistration and exportation of the leased aircraft or helicopter. Irrevocable Deregistration and Export Request Authorization (IDERA) will enable the Lessor to request for deregistration of the leased aircraft when the Lessee is in breach of the aircraft lease agreement, and exporting the aircraft. This concept of IDERA has its root in the international convention known as Cape Town Convention in 2001.
There is no doubt that a (corporate) guarantee of the parent company would provide some comfort to the Lessor of an aircraft lease. Issuance of a corporate guarantee will also put the parent company to a big responsibility to maintain the company’s sound financial condition and well standing reputation. So whilst the Lessor may face a risk of not being able to come to the guarantor, the guarantor put itself on a risk of being brought to the court and declared bankrupt.
All may have consequence. Therefore prior to entering into the transaction, the Lessor must have a deep and thorough review on the finance as well as the legal terms and conditions, and seek a strategy to add some comfort to its position as a Lessor of an aircraft lease transaction.
Indonesian Attorneys at Law
South Tower, Level 18
Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 45 - 46
Phone: (62-21) 575.0983
Fax: (62-21) 575.0803
Website: www.ssplegal.com
www.saidsudiro.webs.com
Emails: mail@ssplegal.com
sdsdp@cbn.net.id
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ALT #314: He's Got Rhythm
He's Got Rhythm
Summary: Dolly and Milkshake encounter a brand new, musical ECO.
Related Logs: Nope
Flight Sims — Deck 2 — Battlestar Orion
The Simulator room is empty, lights are dimmed. Well, that's not entirely true as the full cabin Raptor is active, and running, whirring sounds and a voice coming from it, singing an upbeat tuns, though through the Raptor shell it's muffled, the quality of the voice is good. And who in hell would be in there?
Who the hell, indeed? Phin certainly wasn't expecting to find anyone else here, as he opens the hatch and makes his way inside. He definitely wasn't expecting random singing. He approaches the Raptor cabin, but he doesn't do anything to interrupt…whatever's going on inside. He just stands there listening, lips pursed to suppress a chuckle.
Ygraine arrives from the Air Wing Corridors.
Yep, the room is quiet save for the Raptor Simulator, which is active, a voice coming through. As the Raptor Sims ECM suite is going like crazy, the voice singing seem to be coming from within, much to Phins amusement, apparently, the voice is quality, and singing brightly, a snappy sort of tune actually.
Phin has just wandered into the sims, which were unoccupied apart from whoever is singing in the Raptor cabin. It's unclear if even Phin intended to actually use them, since he's dressed in greens, and usually prefers to 'realism' of sim'ing in a flight suit. For the moment he is, indeed, just standing by the Raptor and listening. And trying not to make any noise, lest he alert whoever's inside to his presence. He definitely finds random singing in a duty area out of the ordinary enough to be amusing.
Not far behind Phin is Yggy, amused as hell, who comes up to his shoulder and peers at the control boards to track the progress of the person in the sims. "He ain't bad." she notes with a quiet grin. "The sim score and th'singin'."
He's doing mostly jamming, really, the ECM going nuts as he lays out missile screens and direct Raider jamming, as they listen,
Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
Seems to be helping him keep rhythm, watching the telemetry.
"He's actually doing something besides the harmonizing in there?" Phin is surprised, and peers over at the control boards Ygraine is looking at. He can tell the scores are in the decent range, even if he doesn't have as much of a baseline for what they should be as the other ECO. "Huh. Yeah. Guess not." Even if he can't help but snigger as whoever's in there hits the chorus.
"Eh." comments Ygraine. "If he's not careful he'll fall in too much with th'rhythm of th'song and the raiders will pick up th' pattern. But ain't he a regular choirboy." A chuckle, and her fingers wiggle a little as if she's tempted to mess with the sim.
Inside, the ECO continues to work the Raptors electronic suite, setting up a communications net around one Raider, and focuses on maintaining that, as the Sim raider fights to get comms back. The singing continues, the 'Battle' sim just a set of preprogrammed ECM drills. It's running a program, yeah, but it's completely mess-able.
"You would not hear something like this in a proper choir," Phin says. But he has to add, grudgingly, "He's decent. If you're into that kind of thing." He does some more chuckling when Ygraine fidgets as if she's going to mess with the controls. He certainly isn't going to stop her. He's enjoying the show.
Ygraine waggles a finger. "Don't be jelly, Phinny." A wriggle of her nose and her fingers to the keyboard as she rapidly types, adjusting the simulator to add another raider which will promptly start pewpewing poor Greg while he's so focused on that one comm net.
A raider blips in and begins firing on the Raptor. Which was not supposed to happen.
Whole thing stops in a pause, as the singing halts, and the telemetry shows.. Oh he's coming out. The side door, opens and pulling the jawpiece from his helmet, he pulls it off, curly black hair, flatish nose and a smile, "Oh. Sorry sirs, there was no one scheduled." He makes a light salute, smiling sheepishly.
Phin rolls his eyes at Ygraine. "Jealous? Please. Whatever. Nicely done." The last part, followed by a snigger, as Ygraine's Raider blasts that Raptor. He clears his throat to stop chuckling when Greg comes out, though he's still grinning. The salute is briskly returned, along with an equally brisk "As you were. And no worries. We didn't book the room proper. I was just coming in to pull my last few scores and look at the schedule before I went off duty. That was…umm…tuneful."
"Why'd ya stop?" is what Ygraine wants to know, offering a salute, though more casually than Phin's crisp one. "Ya coulda dealt with that second raider, ya know."
Greg smiles, "Well, thank you, sir, I've been singing a while." He says to Phin, to Yrgaine, he smiles, "Because someone had altered the program. I thought I was alone. I'm Ensign Greg Coulton, Raptor ECO freshly minted from training. Haven't gotten a.. callsign." He shrugs.
Phin does still rather look like he practices saluting in the mirror at night. "In battle, Ensign, nothing is predictable," he says, doing his best to sound grizzled. With the boyish face, and being at least five years Greg's junior even without it, he doesn't really pull it off. Plus, he's still kind of trying not to chuckle about the program messing. "Lieutenant Phin McBride. Callsign's Dolly. I fly with the Seven-seven-sevens. Lucky Strikes." One of the Viper squadrons aboard.
"Never, ever leave your program unless you're ordered to, or someone shuts down your program outright." Ygraine informs him, serious about it though the corners of her mouth are upturned. "If ya don't want people messin' with it, then add security parameters to th'program." She inclines her head. "El Tee Jay Gee Ygraine Vashti, callsign Milkshake, ECO. Gentlemen Ghosts, best Raptor Squadron on this here ship."
Greg nods to Phin, "Dolly," Then to Ygraine, "Milkshake. I don't mind people messing with it, just wanted to make sure I wasn't getting Raidered out to be kicked off the Sim. I'll shut it down. I was mostly studying up on the latest Countermeasure signatures."
"We just get a load of fresh meat from somewhere?" Phin asks. "I ran into this newb Viper ensign in the mess this morning who practically jumped through the ceiling trying to salute anything that moved. It was way too much energy for before I'd had my coffee." He talks with the world-weariness of someone trying to forget they were doing the same thing a year ago.
Ygraine eyes Greg moment, and simply repeats, albeit kindly, "Don't leave your sim unless you're ordered to or someone shuts it down. If ya need t'be kicked off the sim, they'll put themselves on th'comm and let ya know ya gotta bugger off." A snicker for Phin. "Must be. Feels like we've had a population explosion since retakin' Picon."
Greg smiles a little uncertainly and nods, moving back into the sim to conclude it letting his crop batch number be mused on as he shuts it down. Just making quick work of it, clearing out after his useage of the simulator.
"Not complaining. Could always use more people on the flight line," Phin says. "Maybe it's a sign they want to restock to move on another colony soon." He doesn't sound exactly eager for another major combat action, but the outcome of Picon seems to have made him less pessimistic about their chances in such things. He waits for Greg to finish the sim. He almost looks like he might be expecting more music. But, alas, it doesn't come.
"So where'd we pick ya up, Ensign?" asks Ygraine, seeing as how Greg can solve the mystery for them.
Greg tilts his head as he emerges from the Raptor, "Ah, I was approached after Warday to join up, was on a cruise, Found out I had a Masters in advanced Telecommunications, and after that, they started teaching me how to fly." He shrugs, "I'm still not used to this, but I guess I'll get used to it." He nods, "Came in through the fleet training, just transferred into the Ghosts. Lived on Caprica, Libran born." He shrugs.
"You were on Caprica when the bombs dropped?" Phin can't suppressed a wince. "Well, welcome to the Orion, if I didn't say it already. Ygs…that is, Lieutenant Vashti and I have been with the ship since just a little before the attacks. Our first engagement of the war was over Caprican airspace, actually, when we got word of what was happening and jumped back into colonial space. Couldn't stick around too long that time, though."
"What he said. Ya get a squadron assignment yet? Know who you're reportin' too?" asks Ygraine with casual interest, though something he says catches her attention. "You cross-qual'd?"
Greg nods, "I'm to report to Butch, for Ghost deployment, and no, I'm straight ECO. If I have anything it's a firm grasp of electronic warfare." He smiles, "It's what I used to do before the war, I worked for the CBC, keeping video broadcasts straight for all twelve colonies. These days I just am using that to do the opposite."
"You were in the vid business? Cool." Phin grins broad, which manages to make him look even younger. "Did you work on any shows we'd have heard of?" He nods when Butch and the Ghosts are mentioned, though he just listens to the Raptor folk, as that's not his department.
"Welcome aboard, then. You'll find that Butch is tough but fair." Ygraine lets out a soft huff of air through her nostrils, brows lifting in interest to see how Greg answers Phin's question.
Greg grins at Phin, gesturing to him, "All of them, nono, When you were getting live Pyramid broadcasts, simu-cast for the Grand finals? three hundred cameras covering every angle, all smoothly intercutting and crystal clear. That's what I did." He looks to Milkshake, and nods, "Looking forward to meeting her. I been staying out of the way, set up a bunk, and doing the transfer paperwork."
"Did you actually get to go to the games?" Phin asks, all stoked at this idea. And maybe a little envious. "Seems like a job like that'd be awesome. I mean, all jobs have parts of that suck but…still. Sounds pretty cool." He nods kind of absently as Greg talks about setting himself up on the ship.
"Uh oh. Ya got th'colonies' biggest Stars fan right here, and now you're stuck with him." Ygraine tells Greg gaily, adding, "Watch this." She looks at Phin, amd affects a Virgon accent. "Go Boskirk Reds!"
Greg rubs his nose, smiling to Phin, "Ah, no, not really, the suck part is I worked in a darkened room with screens everywhere. But I got the best view, honestly. I had access to footage and different cuts of the games from the CBC archives." He grins widely to Ygraine and looks back to Phin, "Aw man, you woulda loved that stuff."
"That's because the Silverstars are awesome. Totally would've owned the post-season this year…if it hadn't been for the whole Cylon attacks thing." If Phin has more to say on Pyramid, it's halted by a snorted laugh at Ygraine's Virgon accent. He's going to need a second. "I will pay you hard cubits to do that over the wireless sometime."
"Cubits ain't worth crap these days, pay me in fruit from P and I'll consider it." Ygraine retorts with a laugh of her own. "So how similar are countermeasure systems to comm systems, do ya reckon?"
Greg grins at Phins intensity and laughs a little, looking to Ygraine, "Close enough to jam communications, easiely." He shrugs, "Part of keeping the comms systems straight when they worked like that. Course that's all, 'In the Clear' Transmissions, so the fancy stuff isn't done anymore."
"I'll see what I can come up with," Phin says to Ygraine with a half-smile. He works his way around to the control console, pushing a few buttons and pulling up some system logs. Finally pulling up those scores of his that he supposedly came here for. While doing that he asks Greg, "You do any time in the military before the attacks, or did you go straight from being a civvie to all of this?"
"Comm systems are th'least of your worries. The majority of your countermeasure efforts is usually dedicated to assault on targetting systems." says Ygraine seriously, but seems diffident about whether or not she'll be believed. Again, Phin's question is a good one and she'll wait for the answer.
Greg grins, looking to Phin, "Oooh, I was very Civilian, sir." He winces slightly, "I was a Network Vid nerd working in Caprica city and doing live theatre in my off time." Shrugging, "Was on a cruise ship on Warday, was pulled off it, and actually was in enterance interviews for the Marines when a Naval aviator recruiter pulled me into the Airwing." He nods to Ygraine, "Yep, retraining was interesting, but I had a firm grasp of most of the qualifications." He shrugs.
"You do musicals?" Phin can't help but ask, when live theater is mentioned. "Anyway, yeah. I like my Raiders unable to hit much of anything, which the Ghosts generally provide."
"Now you're never gonna be rid of him." Ygraine tells Greg gleefully.
Greg looks at Phin, "Not these days, no. End of the worlds kinda put a damper on the whole Live Thratre scene." He looks at Ygraine, then back, "Song and dance, choriography…" He looks to Milkshake, "Making it worse aren't I?"
"I just figured, because of the live show we got while you were in the pod," Phin says, before sticking out his tongue at Ygraine. While hitting 'print' on the console. Out his scores come, on a sheet of corner-cropped paper. "I should mosey. Got early shift tomorrow. Actual flight duty, though, which beats knocking around the ship. Good luck in the Ghosts, Coulton."
"He likes to dance his feelings!" insists Yggy in a tone that seems to assure that she's kidding. "I need my rack time too, I got early CAP. Welcome t'the Ghosts, Coulton. I'm sure you'll do fine."
Greg nods to both, "Thanks, sirs, hope to pull my weight. And any more I might need to." He grins, nodding to them.
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Benford, Jake. (2010) spotlight europe #2010/11, December 2010: For whom the bell tolls: Britain's new coalition government. [Policy Paper]
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Unlike Aerosmith's first CLASSICS compilation, the group had direct creative involvement in putting this collection together. Of the eight songs that make up LIVE II, six were taken from a New Year's Eve show the band played before a hometown Boston crowd in 1984 at the Orpheum. The triumphant "Back in the Saddle" is included along with the funky "Walk This Way" (complete with a crowd sing-along intro for birthday boy Tom Hamilton), the sassy "Same Old Song and Dance," and the raucous "Toys in the Attic." A version of the always potent "Draw the Line," taken from 1978's CALIFORNIA JAM and "Let The Music Do The Talking" (originally recorded by the Joe Perry Project), recorded at a 1986 Worchester, Massachusetts gig round out this set.
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The man has produced a Finnish Napier Heston Fighter...need we say more?
Re: Erryplanes by perttime
Quote from: GTX_Admin on April 26, 2013, 02:44:29 AM
I wonder if in this scenario Sweden would get involved?
I have one or two things lined up that mention Sweden being involved... Maybe tomorrow. The dog WANTS to go out NOW
Now, a break in the Spitfires. I think I should adjust the color schemes on a couple of Seafires...
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When Squadron Leader G.L.G. Richmond was preparing to test fly the first prototype of the Nuffield-Napier-Heston J5 high speed aircraft, he knew he would have a hot bird in his hands. If all went well, he would soon take the World’s Landplane and Absolute Speed Record from Fritz Wendel and the Messerschmitt Me 209, also known as Me 109R. But it was not to be... There was a war in Europe and Speed Records had ceased to be a priority by the time he got "The Racer" in the air on 12 June 1940.
Wikipedia photo:
The first flight revealed some "issues" but nothing that a little more engineering couldn't fix: the engine was overheating and elevator control was not quite right. Subsequent flights showed improvement, and the second prototype - G-AFOL - turned out even better. The power of the Napier Sabre engine made the little aircraft go fast and climb quickly, and adjustments to the control system had made the plane quite nimble and well behaved. Could this beast be turned into a fighter?
After even more engineering, the first Heston Dragon Mk 1 took to the air, with four 12.7mm machine guns, larger fuel tanks, and a cockpit canopy from a Spitfire. There was not enough space for fuel tanks in súch a compact aircraft to make it a long distance performer but it was a supreme point defence fighter, only rivaled years later by the Grumman Bearcat.
Improvements incorporated into the Heston Dragon Mk 3 included enlarged tail surfaces and ailerons, a bubble canopy, and a more powerful version of the mighty Sabre engine. This one was protecting the Stockholm area against long distance bomber raids in mid 1940s.
... For what really happened to the Napier-Heston Racer, see Wikipedia or a 1943 article on it at Flight Global archives.
Great Spitfires......
Quote from: jorel62 on April 26, 2013, 07:31:15 PM
I had great fun with the Spitfire variations. I might still make a somewhat different one
... but there's a few old ones coming soon.
Having put the Dragon point defence interceptor into production, the Heston Aircraft Company started on a design for an all-rounder fighter with more range. To accomplish this, Heston's Chief designer George Cornwall started by stretching the Dragon fuselage to make room for more fuel. Two 20mm guns were fitted on top of the longer nose and two or four 12.7mm machine guns could be installed on the bottom, as on the Dragon. To carry the additional weight, Cornwall designed a larger wing, somewhat influenced by the one used on the heavier Hawker Tempest.
By the time the Basilisk was ready for service, most European countries had gone for various Spitfire marks. However, the resently liberated Norway found the new Basilisk to be ideal for their particular needs. Most Norwegian Heston Basilisks were painted in simple Coastal Camo schemes, designed to disrupt the shape of the aircraft.
Later, the Dragon was also used by Finland - in a defensive role over southern parts of the country.
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In the north, Naval action was needed initially to capture the nickel and cobalt resources of the Murmansk area, and later to prevent Soviet naval action through the Barents and Kara seas. Those operations were mainly given to to the Western nations of the area: Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. The Co-Nordic Fleet included an Air Component where Finnish Seafires had primary responsibility for fighter defence. While the first carrier ship was under construction in Sweden, VL navalised a Spitfire MK 27 batch into Seafire 27 standard. As the nations were new to carrier operations, some experiments on color schemes were carried out, including an all blue, and a black & silver one:
A more subdued two-color scheme was finally adopted for Finnish Seafires. The same scheme remained in use on later models - and other types.
Since early 1940, volunteer pilots from USA were flowing to Great Britain to join RAF and Fleet Air Arm in the fight against Nazism. It turned out to be a short fight and everybody was preparing to go home when it became obvious that the end of one fight had become the beginning of another one. Most felt that Stalin's policies were not much better than Hitler's - and decided to stay on.
In 1942 British and US leaders determined that they might as well make it official. American squadrons were formed and their aircraft were given United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy markings.
While US forces in the Pacific area used aircraft made in USA, units on the European side mainly kept using "local" hardware.
... Black Sea, 1946
I'm enjoying the Seafires but your avatar Heston Dragon is a stunner! :)
Quote from: apophenia on April 28, 2013, 10:20:55 AM
I was a bit worried about touching the "Napier-Heston Racer" because the real-world original is so beautiful - but it turned out better than I expected.
I have a few more developments coming on that theme but - staying with the alternative history chronology - there's a Supermarine prototype next...
Having seen the Ambrosini, Kyushu, Henschel, Curtiss-Wright, and Miles experiments with fighter aircraft in the "pusher canard" configuration, Supermarine decided to build one of their own. There were challenges - but the configuration had its advantages too. A tricycle landing gear was needed and, for emergencies, Supermarine discarded the American idea of jettisoning the propeller to keep the pilot alive on bailing out, and went for Martin-Baker's new explosive-powered ejection system.
Jeffrey Quill first flew Type 402 in September 1947. The aircraft performed as expected. By then, however, the new German turbine engines were well on their way and were clearly the engines of choice for future fighters.
Stripped of engine, guns and instruments, Type 402 ended its days as a target at a gunnery range in Essex, UK.
Oh, your Type 402 will have the Spitfire purists pulling their hair out! Keep up the good work
When I posted Type 402 elsewhere, it was noted that it should be quite possible to kitbash it in plastic.
For the picture, most of it came from Seafire 47 tracings. If you want a different engine, a Tempest or Sea Fury can work. The nose could come from an early jet or a DH Hornet. Landing gear might cause some head scratching.
At the moment... I don't have more late '40s or '50s designs. So, keeping things in some sort of chronological order, we'll have a look at what happened to some war time airplanes after they were retired.
Tor Odinsson left the Norwegian Air Force when they stopped flying propeller fighters. He preferred the sound and feel of piston engines. As he left, he purchased his trusty Heston Basilisk, and a few extra Napier Sabre engines just in case.
You can tell that he enjoyed his airplane but by mid 1980s he started feeling that it could be even better. Being a firm believer in lots of cubic centimeters, he started looking for a bigger engine but nothing seemed quite suitable. One day it occurred to him that there was quite a lot of space between the engine and his legs. It wasn't empty space but a few quick measurements confirmed that there was - barely - enough to bolt a second crank case onto the engine.
A period of furious wrenching ensued, interspersed by shopping for new propellers and other parts. The space that the second crank case filled had previously mainly been occupied by the main fuel tank. The reduced range did not bother Tor much. This wasn't, after all, his long range travelling vehicle. It is just perfect for his Thorsday joy rides and the occasional air race.
Why? Because the Napier Sabre just wasn't complicated enough!
On the Type 402, a Supermarine Attacker nose and canopy would keep it in the family. For landing gear, maybe a P-39 nose gear?
More is better. Right?
(That may be in character for Tor Odinsson, at least... )
I think Type 402 needs a tall landing gear, to keep the props from hitting the ground when landing.
With the advent of jet engines, propeller fighters were gradually phased out of service. Thousands of Spitfires were recycled but many were also preserved in museums and in the hands of individuals who wanted to own and fly an aircraft powered by a big V12 engine.
To maximize the fun of the retired fighters, people started racing them. Out of the many somewhat informal races, a European air racing series was developed. European pylon race courses are mainly longer than the American ones, and include turns in both directions.
In the forested north of Europe, racing didn't become wide spread until it was realised that it is best to run the major contests during the winter. A big frozen lake is an ideal base for racing, with lots of open space for runways or, in case of a serious Mayday, opportunities to land just about anywhere.
Spitfires, and especially short wing variants, are among favorite aircraft types in the Stock Piston Warbird class.
In the Open Piston Warbird class of the European Air Racing Series, modifications to the aircraft are allowed - and needed if you take your racing seriously. A Griffon powered Spitfire is a good starting point. A low drag canopy is a standard feature in the Open class. This one also has the engine cooling systems re-located into the rear fuselage. Griffon powered Spitfires tend to be so nose-heavy that weight needs to be added to the rear anyway ... Might as well put something useful in the tail.
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Suuri Suomi Uraliin asti! I wonder if Hungary might end up joining that Federation...
Love it - some great stuff here. It's also making me think of actually posting my Alternate Hungary story/ies...
"God save our Queen and heaven bless the Maple Leaf forever!"
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"Bernard, this doesn't say anything!" "Why thank you, Prime Minister."
Hungary joining the Finnish Federation ?
My imagination cannot make it happen on such short notice...
There's all sorts of other nations in between, and I keep thinking that Nation States should have common borders, and not too many common languages - but that is not always so.
You have stories but haven't posted any yet?
Well, I've posted a bunch of my Alternate Canada and my Dominion of British Columbia stuff, but no, I haven't yet posted anything of my Alternate Hungary project. Maybe soon, though!
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Posted on April 20, 2010 by Mike New
One thing we always love here at The Inner Circle, and across all our high school sports blogs here on mycentraljersey.com, is teams who finally break through for their first win. Doesn’t matter if it’s the first game or the last (two years ago, the Wardlaw-Hartridge boys basketball team lost its first 20 games, only to pull out a win in its season finale), but at some point, you hope everyone gets a win. Sure, you can’t win them all, but seniors especially deserve to win at least one.
Today’s big winner was New Brunswick and senior Ebony Jernigan, who drove in two runs and scored two more to lift the previously winless Zebras past South River. Classmate Jasmyne Guzman added an RBI single to get her team into the win column.
So who’s next? There are only three teams left, though Piscataway Tech gave E.B. Tech a good shot in a 19-11 loss today. They might get their first win a week from tomorrow when they play Woodbridge Academy, which is also searching for win No. 1, in a game after which we’re guaranteed to have one less winless club.
Then there’s Piscataway. The Chiefs have played twice as many games as any of those other three teams have (even after today) without finding a victory. They’ve shown a lot of grit at times, but missed on a few good opportunities early and have been struggling with the toughest stretch on their schedule.
But there are a few opportunities on the horizon; they face Perth Amboy this Monday in a rematch of a back-and-forth 13-11 game, and have their regular season finale schedule for May 14 at Franklin, another Group IV school that is taking its lumps under a second-year coach as it tries to build a foundation. And there’s always the GMC Tournament, where Piscataway pulled it together and surprisingly won two games last year.
Anyway, it all boils down to this. If there is a GMC team playing June 5 in Toms River, great. If not, I’ll enjoy the weekend off before starting on All Area, it really doesn’t matter to me. But by the time championship Saturday rolls around, what I AM hoping for is to see all three of these teams with at least a “1” in the win column.
About Mike New
Mike New is former writer at the Home News Tribune, having covered Middlesex County softball in 2009 and 2010. A 2008 graduate of Rutgers University, he served as sports editor and managing editor of The Daily Targum. Now an assistant in the publishing world, he has returned to In the Paint and will be a weekly contributor on Sundays.
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Prince Harry opens up on life with baby Archie: Proud dad in emotional hospital visit
PRINCE HARRY opened up on how the past week with his baby has been and how important his son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor has already become in his life during an emotional visit at a children hospital in Oxford.
The Duke of Sussex was visiting the Oxford Children’s Hospital and meeting parents of children affected by cancer when he let slip how much love he feels for his firstborn Archie. Chatting to Ida Scullard from Aylesbury, whose son Emmett, 3, is in remission after being diagnosed with testicular cancer last year, Harry revealed Archie simply “fitted” into the Sussex’s family life.
Ms Scullard, holding her 10-month-old daughter, said: “Harry asked me if she was over the stormy period as babies are supposed to be grumpy for the first 10 weeks – and she is.
“He said he’s getting used to the baby and how Archie has fitted into family life.
“He said he just feels part of the family and he can’t imagine life without his son.”
Prince Harry was welcomed by hundreds of adoring well-wishers and members of the Oxford Children’s Hospital’s staff as he arrived in the city to visit the clinic.
Prince Harry confessed how important Archie already is in his life (Image: REUTERS/GETTY)
The Duke of Sussex took the time to speak to some of the royal fans who have been waiting for him for hours, especially spending time with children in the front rows who looked eager to meet him.
But the attention of the Duke, who looked in excellent spirit, quickly focused on Daisy Wingrove, a sweet 13-year-old former patient of the hospital who handed Harry an adorable teddy bear wearing a white t-shirt for his son, Archie.
Richard Palmer, the Daily Express royal correspondent, wrote on Twitter as he shared the sweet snap: “New dad Prince Harry arrives at Oxford Children’s Hospital and is given a teddy bear for Archie.”
The Duke of Sussex, who became a father for the first time in the early hours of May 6, is spending the day in Oxford to celebrate the work of the city’s children’s hospital.
But Archie didn’t allow him to get his proper rest, as he told one of the little patients’ mothers.
Prince Harry talking to a little patient of the hospital, his mother and sibling (Image: REUTERS)
Prince Harry was given a teddy bear for his son Archie (Image: PA)
Harry was given the teddy bear by a former patient of the Oxford hospital (Image: TWITTER/RICHARD PALMER)
Christine George, 52, whose son James, 17, is having chemotherapy, said: “He said he had all this organised but had a sleepless night last night – not the ideal preparation for his first day at work.”
After being showered of congratulations for becoming a parent by royal fans waiting outside the hospital, Harry entered the building based at the John Radcliffe hospital site to start his tour.
The Oxford Children’s Hospital is a purpose-built centre for the treatment of children and young adults, which has a series of wards specifically designed to provide for the needs of ill children and teenagers.
During the visit, Harry has met children and young people receiving treatment and the staff caring for them, as well as supporters of Oxford Hospitals Charity.
Before leaving the hospital, Harry will also visit a school built inside the clinic to meet the students taking lessons while undergoing treatment and their teachers.
Prince Harry hugging former patient Daisy Wingrove (Image: PA)
Prince Harry is meeting children and teenagers receiving treatment at the hospital (Image: GETTY)
Archie Harrison was born on May 6 (Image: GETTY)
Prince Harry’s visit to Oxford will continue later today, as the Duke will honour the memory of his late mother, Princess Diana, by visiting the Oxsrad Disability Sports and Leisure Centre.
The Princess of Wales launched the centre in 1989, and experts have been since running Rebound Therapy and physiotherapy programmes.
The inclusive centre has been supporting people with disabilities through sport and physical exercise for 30 years, offering rehabilitation sessions as well as fitness classes and gym facilities.
Harry will also visit Barton Neighbourhood Centre, a hub for local residents which houses a doctor’s surgery, food bank, cafe and youth club.
Prince George and Princess Charlotte are said to be very excited to be meeting Archie today (Image: GETTY)
Prince Harry’s visit comes as his brother and sister-in-law, Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, are set to visit for the first time Meghan and her baby at Frogmore Cottage today.
A source claimed the Cambridges have waited to head to Windsor to give the new family some time to adjust – but Prince George and Princess Charlotte have been “dying” to visit their cousin.
A source said: “Harry’s family wanted to give him and Meghan some time to settle in to family life and Meghan’s mum Doria is still staying with them as the baby gets used to his surroundings.
“Prince George and Princess Charlotte have already been asking their parents when they can meet their new cousin, they are as excited as anybody.”
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41 results for Wetlands
1.Forestry: Friend or Foe? by Edgerton, C.R. Coastwatch Vol. Issue , Mar/Apr 1992
Edgerton, C.R.
North Carolina ecologists view wetlands as the sustainers of the well-being of coastal waters, while the timber industry, companies such as Weyerhaueser, Union Camp, and Champion International, view wetlands as places for the harvesting and growing of timber.
Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Mar/Apr 1992, p10-14, il Periodical Website
Wetlands; Forest policy
2.Wetlands in the Highlands by Earley, Lawrence S. Wildlife in North Carolina Vol. 53 Issue 10, Oct 1989
Earley, Lawrence S.
Small, scattered and disappearing, mountain bogs are some of our rarest habitats and contain some of the least common plants and animals. Yet we know almost nothing about these tiny, isolated worlds.
Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 53 Issue 10, Oct 1989, p10-14, il Periodical Website
Wetlands; Bogs
3.PCS Phosphate Seeking Permit to Continue Mine: 2,500 Acres of High Quality Wetlands at Risk by Jacobs, Heather Currents Vol. 25 Issue 4, Fall 2006
Jacobs, Heather
PSC Phosphate, Inc., has applied to the Army Corps of Engineers for a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit to impact and fill wetlands and waters of the state for the purpose of continuing their mining operations along South Creek in eastern Beaufort County. A similar grant that allowed the company to impact over 1,200 acres of wetlands in 1997 resulted in the largest permitted destruction of wetlands in the history of the state. If the new permit is granted, the Pamlico River basin would lose 2,500 acres of high-quality wetlands.
Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 25 Issue 4, Fall 2006, p1, 3, map
Wetlands; Phosphate mines and mining--Beaufort County--Laws and legislation
4.Urban Greening in North Carolina: Case Studies from New Bern, Mecklenburg County, and Raleigh by Brantley, James W. Carolina Planning Vol. 35 Issue , Summer 2010
Brantley, James W.
This article features communities that successfully integrated water resource management into urban sustainability efforts.
Carolina Planning (NoCar HT 393 N8 C29x), Vol. 35 Issue , Summer 2010, p31-42, map, f
Wetlands; Water resources development; Stream restoration
5.Fishing for Answers: Where Land and Sea Meet by Davis, Nancy Coastwatch Vol. 11 Issue 8, Sept 1984
Farmers have found that the wetlands that lie adjacent to coastal waters yield bountiful crops, but only if the water can be controlled.
Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. 11 Issue 8, Sept 1984, p3-4, map, f Periodical Website
6.Success Stories Flow Along the Neuse by Loughner, Lilley Coastwatch Vol. Issue , Spring 2004
Loughner, Lilley
Storm water regulations are hard to enforce. However, the city of Smithfield has found a way to do it through wetlands with great success. It has helped not only the storm water pollution, but the community as well.
Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 2004, p16-20, il, por Periodical Website
Stormwater runoff--Solutions to; Wetlands
7.Wetlands: Preserving the Resource by McNaught, David Currents Vol. 9 Issue 3, Spring 1990
McNaught, David
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation director Dave McNaught discusses why wetlands are such a crucial part of the environment. Wetlands are important not only for the animals living there, but the people in the surrounding areas.
Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 9 Issue 3, Spring 1990, p4, il
Wetlands; Wetland conservation
8.Wetlands Policy Remains Center of Controversies by Currents Vol. 11 Issue 2, Winter 1992
The legal battle over the protection of wetlands continues and is contended all the way up to the federal level. Many factors are at play from big oil companies to environmental considerations.
Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 11 Issue 2, Winter 1992, p4, il
9.Because Wetlands are Important by Currents Vol. 13 Issue 3, Spring 1994
The Pamlico-Tar River Foundation details its aims with the Environmental Conservation Statement it made regarding Texasgulf’s request to mine in the wetlands.
Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 13 Issue 3, Spring 1994, p1
Wetlands; Pamlico-Tar River Foundation; Texasgulf
10.Agencies urge Close Review of Mining Statement by Currents Vol. 13 Issue 4, Summer 1994
Various agencies voice their concerns and comments on the Texasgulf request to mine phosphate from several wetlands.
Currents (NoCar TD 171.3 P3 P35x), Vol. 13 Issue 4, Summer 1994, p1-2
Texasgulf; Wetlands
11.‘Save Our Wetlands’ Theme Announced for 1976 National Wildlife Week Observance March 14-20 by Not Given Friend O’ Wildlife Vol. 20 Issue 1, Jan-Feb 1976
The theme of the 39th annual National Wildlife Week is “Save our Wetlands.” Members of conservation groups, teachers and students will participate in activities that focus on the priceless and irreplaceable nature of the nation’s wetlands. Programs will emphasize the inventory, variety, threats to, and ways to protect wetland resources.
Friend O’ Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 20 Issue 1, Jan-Feb 1976, p17
Wetlands; National Wildlife Federation
12.Wetlands, Our Precious Heritage by Berger, Michael E. Friend O’ Wildlife Vol. 20 Issue 2, Mar-Apr 1976
Berger, Michael E.
The rapid loss of wetland habitat is considered one of the most critical natural resource problems in the United States, but steps are being taken to preserve remaining wetlands. The Wetland Loan Act and the Migratory Bird Hunting Conservation stamp are efforts to save land and raise funds for wetlands.
Friend O’ Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Mar-Apr 1976, p26-27
13.Resources Defense by Tomalleso, Tom Friend O’ Wildlife Vol. 24 Issue (27) 1, Jan 1980
Tomalleso, Tom
Due to a recent federal district court decision, it will be more difficult for developers to take over forested wetlands. The court held that some clearing activities were in violation of the Clean Water Act.
Friend O’ Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 24 Issue (27) 1, Jan 1980, p6
14.Wetlands: High in Saturated Soils by Cobb, David T. Friend of Wildlife Vol. 36 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 1989
Cobb, David T.
North Carolina wetlands serve a variety of functions that are important to maintaining the integrity of our environment. However, the state faces difficult decisions concerning the relative value of wetlands to alternative land use practices.
Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 36 Issue 6, Nov/Dec 1989, p12, il
15.EPA to Decide What Is a Wetland by Friend of Wildlife Vol. 34 Issue 2, Mar/Apr 1987
Thousands of acres of North Carolina pocosin wetlands have been developed without federal permits because the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ruled they are not wetlands. Now the Environmental Protection Agency will decide whether state coastal areas proposed for development constitute wetlands.
Friend of Wildlife (NoCar Oversize SK 431 F74x), Vol. 34 Issue 2, Mar/Apr 1987, p8, il
Pocosins; Wetlands
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Cursive Handwriting and Other Education Myths
Resume Reading — The Volcano That Shrouded the Earth and Gave Birth to a Monster
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Three years of darkness and cold spawned crime, poverty, and a literary masterpiece.
Gillen D'Arcy Wood By Gillen D'Arcy Wood Illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook December 31, 2015
Two hundred years ago, the greatest eruption in Earth’s recorded history took place. Mount Tambora—located on Sumbawa Island in…By Gillen D'Arcy Wood
Two hundred years ago, the greatest eruption in Earth’s recorded history took place. Mount Tambora—located on Sumbawa Island in the East Indies—blew itself up with apocalyptic force in April 1815.
After perhaps 1,000 years’ dormancy, the devastating evacuation and collapse required only a few days. It was the concentrated energy of this event that was to have the greatest human impact. By shooting its contents into the stratosphere with biblical force, Tambora ensured its volcanic gases reached sufficient height to disable the seasonal rhythms of the global climate system, throwing human communities worldwide into chaos. The sun-dimming stratospheric aerosols produced by Tambora’s eruption in 1815 spawned the most devastating, sustained period of extreme weather seen on our planet in perhaps thousands of years.
Within weeks, Tambora’s stratospheric ash cloud circled the planet at the equator, from where it embarked on a slow-moving sabotage of the global climate system at all latitudes. Five months after the eruption, in September 1815, meteorological enthusiast Thomas Forster observed strange, spectacular sunsets over Tunbridge Wells near London. “Fair dry day,” he wrote in his weather diary—but “at sunset a fine red blush marked by diverging red and blue bars.”
RAIN OF ASH: This map shows the density of ash fall issuing from Tambora’s eruption. The thickness of the ash is shown in centimeters. Prevailing trade winds drove the ash clouds north and west as far as Celebes (Sulawesu) and Borneo, 1,300 kilometers away. The volcanic eruptions could be heard twice as far away.Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Artists across Europe took note of the changed atmosphere. William Turner drew vivid red skyscapes that, in their coloristic abstraction, seem like an advertisement for the future of art. Meanwhile, from his studio on Greifswald Harbor in Germany, Caspar David Friedrich painted a sky with a chromic density that—one scientific study has found—corresponds to the “optical aerosol depth” of the colossal volcanic eruption that year.
For three years following Tambora’s explosion, to be alive, almost anywhere in the world, meant to be hungry. In New England, 1816 was nicknamed the “Year Without a Summer” or “Eighteen-Hundred-and-Froze-to-Death.” Germans called 1817 the “Year of the Beggar.” Across the globe, harvests perished in frost and drought or were washed away by flooding rains. Villagers in Vermont survived on porcupine and boiled nettles, while the peasants of Yunnan in China sucked on white clay. Summer tourists traveling in France mistook beggars crowding the roads for armies on the march.
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One such group of English tourists, at their lakeside villa near Geneva, passed the cold, crop-killing days by the fire exchanging ghost stories. Mary Shelley’s storm-lashed novel Frankenstein bears the imprint of the Tambora summer of 1816, and her literary coterie—which included the poets Percy Shelley and Lord Byron—serve as tour guides through the suffering worldscape of 1815–18.
Considered on a geological timescale, Tambora stands almost insistently near to us. The Tambora climate emergency of 1815–18 offers us a rare, clear window onto a world convulsed by weather extremes, with human communities everywhere struggling to adapt to sudden, radical shifts in temperatures and rainfall, and a flow-on tsunami of famine, disease, dislocation, and unrest. It is a case study in the fragile interdependence of human and natural systems.
On Sumbawa Island, the beginning of the dry season in April 1815 meant a busy time for the local farmers. In a few weeks the rice would be ready, and the raja of Sanggar, a small kingdom on the northeast coast of the island, would send his people into the fields to harvest. Until then, the men of his village, called Koreh, continued to work in the surrounding forests, chop- ping down the sandalwood trees vital to shipbuilders in the busy sea lanes of the Dutch East Indies.
On the evening of April 5, 1815, at about the time his servants would have been clearing the dinner dishes, the raja heard an enormous thunderclap. Perhaps his first panicked thought was that the beach lookout had fallen asleep and allowed a pirate ship to creep in to shore and fire its cannon. But everyone was instead staring up at Mount Tambora. A jet of flame burst skyward from the summit, lighting up the darkness and rocking the earth beneath their feet. The noise was incredible, painful.
Huge plumes of flame issued from the mountain for three hours, until the dark mist of ash became confused with the natural darkness, seeming to announce the end of the world. Then, as suddenly as it had begun, the column of fire collapsed, the earth stopped shaking, and the bone-jarring roars faded. Over the next few days, Tambora continued to bellow occasionally, while ash drifted down from the sky.
THE BIG CHILL: This diagram shows the penetration of volcanic matter into the stratosphere. As volcanic sulfur dioxide is chemically transformed into sulfuric acid, an aerosol layer forms, reducing incoming radiation from the sun and cooling the surface, even as the stratosphere itself is warmed.Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Meanwhile to the southeast in the capital Bima, colonial administrators were sufficiently alarmed by the events of April 5 to send an official, named Israel, to investigate the emergency situation at the volcano, on the Sanggar Peninsula. By April 10, the man’s bureaucratic zeal had led him to the very slopes of Tambora. There, in the dense tropical forest, at about 7 p.m., he became one of the first victims of the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history.
Within hours, the village of Koreh, along with all other villages on the Sanggar Peninsula, ceased to exist entirely, a victim of Tambora’s spasm of self-destruction. This time three distinct columns of fire burst in a cacophonous roar from the summit to the west, blanketing the stars and uniting in a ball of swirling flame at a height greater than the eruption of five days before. The mountain itself began to glow as streams of boiling liquefied rock coursed down its slopes. At 8 p.m., the terrifying conditions across Sanggar grew worse still, as a hail of pumice stones descended, mixed with a downpour of hot rain and ash.
On the northern and western slopes of the volcano, whole villages, totaling perhaps 10,000 people, had already been consumed within a vortical hell of flames, ash, boiling magma, and hurricane-strength winds. In 2004, an archaeological team from the University of Rhode Island uncovered the first remains of a village buried by the eruption: a single house under three meters of volcanic pumice and ash. Inside the walled remains, they found two carbonized bodies, perhaps a married couple. The woman, her bones turned to charcoal by the heat, lay on her back, arms extended, holding a long knife. Her sarong, also carbonized, still hung across her shoulder.
The Tambora climate emergency offers us a rare, clear window onto a world convulsed by weather extremes. It is a case study in the fragile interdependence of human and natural systems.
Back on the mountain’s eastern flank, the rain of volcanic rocks gave way to ashfall, but there was to be no relief for the surviving villagers. The spectacular, jet-like “plinian” eruption (named for Pliny the Younger, who left a famous account of Vesuvius’s vertical column of fire) continued unabated, while glowing, fast-moving currents of rock and magma, called “pyroclastic streams,” generated enormous phoenix clouds of choking dust. As these burning magmatic rivers poured into the cool sea, secondary explosions redoubled the aerial ash cloud created by the original plinian jet. An enormous curtain of steam and ash clouds rose and encircled the peninsula, creating, for those trapped inside it, a short-term microclimate of pure horror.
First, a “violent whirlwind” struck Koreh, blowing away roofs. As it gained in strength, the volcanic hurricane uprooted large trees and launched them like burning javelins into the sea. Horses, cattle, and people alike flew upward in the fiery wind. What survivors remained then faced another deadly element: giant waves from the sea. The crew of a British ship cruising offshore in the Flores strait, coated with ash and bombarded by volcanic rocks, watched stupefied as a 12-foot-high tsunami washed away the rice fields and huts along the Sanggar coast. Then, as if the combined cataclysms of air and sea weren’t enough, the land itself began to sink as the collapse of Tambora’s cone produced waves of subsidence across the plain.
On the sunless days following the cataclysm, corpses lay unburied all along the roads on the inhabited eastern side of the island between Dompu and Bima. Villages stood deserted, their surviving inhabitants having scattered in search of food. With forests and rice paddies destroyed, and the island’s wells poisoned by volcanic ash, some 40,000 islanders would perish from sickness and starvation in the ensuing weeks, bringing the estimated death toll from the eruption to over 100,000, the largest in history.
While the skyward eruptions lasted only about three hours each, the boiling cascade of pyroclastic streams down Tambora’s slopes continued a full day. Hot magma gushed from Tambora’s collapsing chamber down to the peninsula, while columns of ash, gas, and rock rose and fell, feeding the flow. The fiery flood that consumed the Sanggar Peninsula, traveling up to 19 miles at great speeds, ultimately extended over a 216-square-mile area, one of the greatest pyroclastic events in the historical record. Within a few short hours, it buried human civilization in northeast Sumbawa under a smoking meter-high layer of ignimbrite.
WORST OF TIMES: Charles Dickens, whose grim weatherscapes and portraits of poverty are definitive representations of Victorian London, grew up under the ever-cloudy, bone-chilling atmosphere created by the Tambora eruption.British Library
Tambora’s cacophony of explosions on April 10, 1815, could be heard hundreds of miles away. All across the region, government ships put to sea in search of imaginary pirates and invading navies. In the seas to the north off Macassar, the captain of the East India Company vessel Benares gave a vivid account of conditions in the region on April 11:
The ashes now began to fall in showers, and the appearance altogether was truly awful and alarming. By noon, the light that had remained in the eastern part of the horizon disappeared, and complete darkness had covered the face of day ... The darkness was so profound throughout the remainder of the day, that I never saw anything equal to it in the darkest night; it was impossible to see your hand when held up close to the eye.
Across a 600-kilometer radius, darkness descended for two days, while Tambora’s ash cloud expanded to cover a region nearly the size of the continental United States. The entire Southeast Asian region was blanketed in volcanic debris for a week. Day after dark day, British officials conducted business by candlelight, as the death toll mounted.
Months after the eruption, the atmosphere remained heavy with dust—the sun a blur. Drinking water contaminated by fluorine-rich ash spread disease and with 95 percent of the rice crop in the field at the time of the eruption, the threat of starvation was immediate and universal. In their desperation for food, islanders were reduced to eating dry leaves and their much-valued horseflesh. By the time the acute starvation crisis was over, Sumbawa had lost half its population to famine and disease, while most of the rest had fled to other islands.
Tambora’s violent impact on global weather patterns was due, in part, to the already unstable conditions prevailing at the time of its eruption. A major tropical volcano had blown up six years prior, in 1809. This cooling event, hugely amplified by the sublime Tambora eruption in 1815, ensured extreme volcanic weather across the entire decade.
A flurry of research since the discovery of the 1809 eruption has resulted in the identification of the 1810–19 decade as a whole as the coldest in the historical record—a gloomy distinction. A 2008 modeling study concluded Tambora’s eruption to have had by far the largest impact on global mean surface air temperatures among volcanic events since 1610, while the 1809 volcano ranked second over that same period, measuring just over half Tambora’s decline. Two papers published the following year confirmed the status of the 1810s as “probably the coldest during the past 500 years or longer,” a fact directly attributable to the proximity of the two major tropical eruptions.
The spectacular eruption increased that cooling to a truly dire extent, contributing to an overall decline of global average temperatures of 1.5 degrees Celsius across the decade. One-and-a-half degrees might seem a small number, but as a sustained decline characterized by a sharp rise in extreme weather events—floods, droughts, storms, and summer frosts—the chilled global climate system of the 1810s had devastating impacts on human agriculture, food supply, and disease ecologies.
The Scottish meteorologist George Mackenzie kept meticulous records of cloudy skies between 1803 and 1821 over various parts of the British Isles. Where lovely clear summer days in the earlier period (1803–10) averaged over 20, in the volcanic decade (1811–20) that figure dropped to barely five. For 1816, the Year Without a Summer, Mackenzie recorded no clear days at all.
On the eve of the summer of 1816, 18-year-old Mary Godwin took flight with her lover, Percy Shelley, and their baby for Switzerland, escaping the chilly atmosphere of her father’s house in London. Mary’s young stepsister, Claire Clairmont, accompanied them, eager to reunite with her own poet-lover, Lord Byron, who had left England for Geneva a week earlier. Mary’s other sister, the ever dispensable Fanny, was left behind.
The dismal, often terrifying weather of the summer of 1816 is a touchstone of the ensuing correspondence between the sisters. In a letter to Fanny, written on her arrival in Geneva, Mary describes their ascent of the Alps “amidst a violent storm of wind and rain.” The cold was “excessive” and the villagers complained of the lateness of the spring. On their alpine descent days later, a snowstorm ruined their view of Geneva and its famous lake. In her return letter, Fanny expresses sympathy for Mary’s bad luck, reporting that it was “dreadfully dreary and rainy” in London too, and very cold.
Stormy nor’easters are standard features of Genevan weather in summertime, careening from the mountains to whip the waters of the lake into a sirocco of foam. Beginning in June 1816, these annual storms attained a manic intensity not witnessed before or since. “An almost perpetual rain confines us principally to the house,” Mary wrote to Fanny on the first of June from Maison Chappuis, their rented house on the shores of Lake Geneva: “One night we enjoyed a finer storm than I had ever before beheld. The lake was lit up—the pines on Jura made visible, and all the scene illuminated for an instant, when a pitchy blackness succeeded, and the thunder came in frightful bursts over our heads amid the darkness.” A diarist in nearby Montreux compared the bodily impact of these deafening thunderclaps to a heart attack.
In fact, the year 1816 remains the coldest, wettest Geneva summer since records began in 1753. That unforgettable year, 130 days of rain between April and September swelled the waters of Lake Geneva, flooding the city. Up in the mountains the snow refused to melt. Clouds hung heavy, while the winds blew bitingly cold. In some parts of the inundated city, transport was only possible by boat. A cold northwest wind from the Jura mountains—called le joran by locals—swept relentlessly across the lake. The Montreux diarist called the persistent snows and le joran “the twin evil genies of 1816.” Tourists complained they couldn’t recognize the famously picturesque landscape because of the constant wind and avalanches, which drove snow across vast areas of the plains.
On the night of June 13, 1816, the Shelleys’ splendidly domiciled neighbor, Lord Byron, stood out on the balcony of the lakeside Villa Diodati to witness “the mightiest of the storms” that he—well-traveled aristocrat that he was—had ever seen. He memorialized that tumultuous night in his wildly popular poem “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”:
The sky is changed—and such a change! Oh night,
And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong ...
And now again ’tis black,—and now, the glee
Of the loud hills shakes with its mountain-mirth,
As if they did rejoice o’er a young earthquake’s birth.
In Byron’s imagination, the Tamboran storms of 1816 achieve volcanic dimensions—like an “earthquake’s birth”—and take delight in their destructive power.
GHOST STORY: One night in1816, in a villa on Lake Geneva, in the dark, dismal atmosphere created by Tambora’s eruption, poets (at left) Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, and writer Mary Shelley, told ghost stories that gave birth to Frankenstein’s monster and the Byronic Dracula.Wikipedia
What caused the terrible weather conditions over Britain and western Europe in 1816–18? The relation between volcanism and climate depends on eruptive scale. Volcanic ejecta and gases must penetrate skyward high enough to reach the stratosphere where, in its cold lower reaches, sulfate aerosols form. These then enter the meridional currents of the global climate system, disrupting normal patterns of temperature and precipitation across the hemispheres. Tambora’s April 1815 eruption launched enormous volumes of long-suppressed volcanic rock and gases more than 25 miles into the stratosphere. This volcanic plume—consisting of as much as 12 cubic miles of total matter—eventually spread across 386,000 square miles of the Earth’s atmosphere, an aerosol umbrella six times the size of the cloud produced by the massive 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines.
In the first weeks after Tambora’s eruption, a vast volume of coarser ash particles—volcanic “dust”—cascaded back to Earth mixed with rain. But ejecta of smaller size—water vapor, molecules of sulfur and fluorine gases, and fine ash particles—remained suspended in the stratosphere, where a sequence of chemical reactions resulted in the formation of a 60-mega- ton sulfate aerosol layer. Over the following months, this dynamic, streamer-like cloud of aerosols—much smaller in size than the original volcanic matter—expanded by degrees to form a molecular screen of planetary scale, spread aloft by the winds and meridional currents of the world. In the course of an 18-month journey, it passed across both south and north poles, leaving a telltale sulfate imprint on the ice for paleo-climatologists to discover more than a century and a half later.
Once settled in the dry firmament of the stratosphere, Tambora’s global veil circulated above the weather dynamics of the atmosphere, comfortably distanced from the rain clouds that might have dispersed it. From there, its planet-girdling aerosol film continued to scatter shortwave solar radiation back into space until early 1818, while allowing much of the longwave radiant heat from the earth to escape. The resultant three-year cooling regime, unevenly distributed by the currents of the world’s major weather systems, barely affected some places on the globe (Russia, for instance, and the trans-Appalachian United States) but precipitated a drastic 5 to 6 degrees Fahrenheit seasonal decline in other regions, including Europe.
The first extreme impact of a major tropical eruption is felt in raw temperature. But in western Europe, biblical-style inundation during the 1816 summer growing season wrought the greatest havoc. Because of the tilt of the Earth in relation to the sun and the different heat absorption rates of land and sea, solar insolation of the planet is irregular. Uneven heating in turn creates an air pressure gradient across the latitudes of the globe. Wind is the weatherly expression of these temperature and pressure differentials, transporting heat from the tropics to the poles, moderating temperature extremes, and carrying evaporated water from the oceans over the land to support plant and animal life. The major meridional circulation patterns, measuring thousands of miles in breadth, transport energy and moisture horizontally across the globe, creating continental-scale weather patterns. Meanwhile, at smaller scales, the redistribution of heat and moisture through the vertical column of the atmosphere produces localized weather phenomena, such as thunderstorms.
Tambora’s influence on human history does not derive from extreme weather events considered in isolation but in the myriad environmental impacts of a climate system gone haywire.
In the summer after Tambora’s eruption, however, the aerosol loading of the stratosphere heated the upper layer, which bore down upon the atmosphere. The “tropopause” that marks the ceiling of the Earth’s atmosphere dropped lower, cooling air temperatures and displacing the jet streams, storm tracks, and meridional circulation patterns from their usual course. By early 1816, Tambora’s chilling envelope had created a radiation deficit across the North Atlantic, altering the dynamics of the vital Arctic Oscillation. Slower-churning warm waters north of the Azores pumped over-loads of moisture into the atmosphere, saturating the skies while enhancing the temperature gradient that fuels wind dynamics. Meanwhile, air pressure at sea level plummeted across the mid-latitudes of the North Atlantic, dragging cyclonic storm tracks southward. Pioneering British climate historian Hubert Lamb has calculated that the influential Icelandic low-pressure system shifted several degrees latitude to the south during the cold summers of the 1810s compared to 20th-century norms, settling in the unfamiliar domain of the British Isles, and thus ensuring colder, wetter conditions for all of western Europe.
Both computer models and historical data draw a dramatic picture of Tambora-driven storms hammering Britain and western Europe. A recent computer simulation conducted at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado showed fierce westerly winds in the North Atlantic in the aftermath of a major tropical eruption, while a parallel study based on multiproxy reconstructions of volcanic impacts on European climate since 1500 concluded that volcanic weather drives the increased “advection of maritime air from the North Atlantic,” meaning “stronger westerlies” and “anomalously wet conditions over Northern Europe.”
Back at the ground level of observed weather phenomena, an archival study of Scottish weather has found that, in the 1816–18 period, gale-force winds battered Edinburgh at a rate and intensity unmatched in over 200 years of record keeping. In January 1818, a particularly violent storm nearly destroyed the beloved St. John’s Chapel in the heart of the city. The slowing of oceanic currents in response to the overall deficit of solar radiation post-Tambora had left unusual volumes of heated water churning through the critical area between Iceland and the Azores, sapping air pressure, energizing westerly winds, and giving shape to titanic storms.
It was in this literally electric atmosphere that the Shelley party in Geneva, with Byron attached, conceived the idea of a ghost story contest, to entertain themselves indoors during this cold, wild summer. On the night of June 18, 1816, while another volcanic summer thunderstorm raged around them, Mary and Percy Shelley, Claire Clairmont, Byron, and Byron’s doctor-companion John Polidori recited the poet Coleridge’s recent volume of gothic verse to each other in the candlelit dimness at the Villa Diodati. In his 1986 movie about the Shelley circle that summer, British film director Ken Russell imagines Shelley gulping tincture of opium while Claire Clairmont performs fellatio on Byron, recumbent in a chair. Group sex in the drawing room might be implausible, even for the Shelley circle, but drug taking is very likely, inspired by Coleridge, the poet-addict supreme. How else to explain Shelley’s running screaming from the room at Byron’s recitation of the psychosexual “Christabel,” tormented by his vision of a bare-chested Mary Shelley with eyes instead of nipples?
From such antics, Byron conceived the outline of a modern vampire tale, which the bitter Polidori would later appropriate and publish under Byron’s name as a satire on his employer’s cruel aristocratic hauteur and sexual voracity. For Mary, the lurid events of this stormy night gave literary body to her own distracted musings on the ghost story competition, instituted two nights earlier. She would write a horror story of her own, about a doomed monster brought unwittingly to life during a storm. As Percy Shelley later wrote, the novel itself seemed generated by “the magnificent energy and swiftness of a tempest.” Thus it was that the unique creative synergies of this remarkable group of college-age tourists—in the course of a few weeks’ biblical weather—gave birth to two singular icons of modern popular culture: Frankenstein’s monster and the Byronic Dracula.
YELLOW EYE: An illustration from an 1831 edition of Frankenstein features this indelible line from the novel: “By the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull, yellow eye of the creature open.”British Library
A week after the memorable night of June 18, Byron and Shelley almost came to grief sailing on Lake Geneva, caught unawares as another violent storm swept in from the east. “The wind gradually increased in violence,” Shelley recalled, “until it blew tremendously; and, as it came from the remotest extremity of the lake, produced waves of a frightful height, and covered the whole surface with a chaos of foam.” By some miracle they found a sheltered port, where even the storm-hardened locals exchanged “looks of wonder.” Onshore, trees had blown down or been shattered by lightning.
The pyrotechnical lightning displays of June 1816 ignited the literary imagination of Mary Shelley. In Frankenstein, she uses the experience of a violent thunderstorm as the scene of fateful inspiration for her young, doomed scientist:
When I was about fifteen years old ... we witnessed a most violent and terrible thunderstorm. It advanced from behind the mountains of Jura; and the thunder burst at once with frightful loudness from various quarters of the heavens. I remained, while the storm lasted, watching its progress with curiosity and delight. As I stood at the door, on a sudden I beheld a stream of fire issue from an old and beautiful oak, which stood about twenty yards from our house; and so soon as the dazzling light vanished, the oak had disappeared, and nothing remained but a blasted stump.
Frankenstein’s life is changed in this moment; he devotes himself, with maniacal energy, to the study of electricity and galvanism. In the fierce smithy of that Tamboran storm, Frankenstein is born as the anti-superhero of modernity—the “Modern Prometheus”—stealer of the gods’ fire.
Tambura’s influence on human history does not derive from extreme weather events considered in isolation but in the myriad environmental impacts of a climate system gone haywire. As a result of the prolonged poor weather, crop yields across the British Isles and western Europe plummeted by 75 percent and more in 1816–17. In the first summer of Tambora’s cold, wet, and windy regime, the European harvest languished miserably. Farmers left their crops in the field as long as they dared, hoping some fraction might mature in late-coming sunshine. But the longed-for warm spell never arrived and at last, in October, they surrendered. Potato crops were left to rot, while entire fields of barley and oats lay blanketed in snow until the following spring.
In Germany, the descent from bad weather to crop failure to mass starvation conditions took a frighteningly rapid course. Carl von Clausewitz, the military tactician, witnessed “heartrending” scenes on his horseback travels through the Rhine country in the spring of 1817: “I saw decimated people, barely human, prowling the fields for half-rotten potatoes.” In the winter of 1817, in Augsburg, Memmingen, and other German towns, riots erupted over the rumored export of corn to starving Switzerland, while the locals were reduced to eating horse and dog flesh.
Meanwhile, back in England, riots broke out in the East Anglian counties as early as May 1816. Armed laborers bearing flags with the slogan “Bread or Blood” marched on the cathedral town of Ely, held its magistrates hostage, and fought a pitched battle against the militia.
In his magisterial account of the social and economic upheaval in Europe during the Tambora period, historian John Post has shown the scale of human suffering to be worst in Switzerland, home to Shelley and her circle in 1816. Even in normal times, a Swiss family devoted at least half its income to buying bread. Already by August 1816, bread was scarce, and in December, bakers in Montreux threatened to cease production unless they could be allowed to raise prices. With imminent famine came the threat of “soulèvements”: violent uprisings. Bakers were set upon by starving mobs in the market towns and their shops destroyed. The English ambassador to Switzerland, Stratford Canning, wrote to his prime minister that an army of peasants, unemployed and starving, was assembling to march on Lausanne.
Most shocking of all was the fate of some desperate mothers. In horrific circumstances repeated around the world in the Tambora period, some Swiss families abandoned their offspring in the crisis, while others chose killing their children as the more humane course. For this crime, some starving women were apprehended and decapitated. Thousands of Swiss with more means and resilience emigrated east to prosperous Russia, while others set off along the Rhine to Holland and sailed from there to North America, which witnessed its first significant wave of refugee European migration in the 19th century. The numbers of European immigrants arriving at U.S. ports in 1817 more than doubled the number of any previous year.
Devastated by famine and disease in the Tambora period, the poor of Europe hurriedly buried their dead before resuming the bitter fight for their own survival. In the worst cases, children were abandoned by their families and died alone in the fields or by the roadside. The well-born members of the Shelley circle were never reduced to such abysmal circumstances. They did not experience the food crises that afflicted millions among the rural populations of western Europe in the Tambora period. Yet the Shelleys’ celebrated writings were enmeshed within the web of ecological breakdown following the Tambora eruption.
Byron and Percy Shelley were companions on a weeklong walking tour of Alpine Switzerland in June 1816, during which they debated poetry, metaphysics, and the future of mankind but also found time to remark on the village children they encountered, who “appeared in an extraordinary way deformed and diseased. Most of them were crooked, and with enlarged throats.” In Frankenstein, the Doctor’s benighted creation assumes a similar grotesque shape: a barely human creature, deformed, crooked, and enlarged. Like the hordes of refugees on the roads of Europe seeking aid in 1816–18, the Creature, when he ventures into the towns, is met with fear and hostility, horror and abomination. As the indigent Creature himself puts it, he suffered first “from the inclemency of the season” but “still more from the barbarity of man.”
As remarkable a feat of literary imagination as Frankenstein is, Mary Shelley was not wanting for real-world inspiration for her horror story, namely the deteriorating rural populations of Europe, in the climatic upheaval of Mount Tambora.
Gillen D’Arcy Wood is the author of Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World. He is a professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he directs the Sustainability Studies Initiative in the Humanities.
Excerpted from Tambora: The Eruption That Changed the World by Gillen D’Arcy Wood. Copyright @ 2014 by Princeton University Press. Reprinted by permission.
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9/11, straight up
Posted on September 11, 2020 September 11, 2020 by Mike
Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Glenn doesn’t really share my bitter cynicism about things.
19 YEARS AGO TODAY, WE SAID “NEVER FORGET,” BUT WE MOSTLY HAVE. Maybe that’s okay, in a way. As hardly anyone has noticed, Trump’s mideast peace deals have pulled the teeth of Islamic terror — without funding from the Saudis and the other rich Arab states, these “grassroots” terror movements miraculously disappear, just as the “people-based” communist revolutions vanished as soon as the Soviet Union went belly-up and quit funding them. And also, with fracking, there’s not as much Arab money lying around to begin with.
No one who was alive and aware that day will forget it, but my law students are already mostly young enough not to really remember it.
But look at it this way: The Bush presidency was basically all about reacting to 9/11. The Obama presidency was mostly about reacting to the Bush presidency’s reaction to 9/11. Trump’s presidency has been about putting the United States in a position where things like that won’t happen. I’ll take it.
He usually provides a link to his 9/11/01 posts but for some reason didn’t this year, and the archive link redirects to the main Instapundit page. But from my own bitterly cynical point of view, I can only ask: at this late stage of the game, why bother?
Meanwhile, my good friend and esteemed fellow OG warblogger Bill Quick—DEFINITELY unsurprisingly for those of us who know him well—does indeed share my bitter cynicism. But even a Pro-level cynic like Bill can’t quite eclipse my own weapons-grade Bitter Cynicissitude, I don’t think.
We have, of course, forgotten.
It is natural that we would. Two of the current crop of young American heroes, Nick Sandmann and Kyle Rittenhouse, have no living recollection of the Muslim jihad attack on America that occurred on September 11, 2001, two years before either were born.
We move on. Time heals all wounds. Blah, blah, blah.
It is revealing that, from my point of view, Islam appears to have won that encounter. Americans of today seem far more worried about being perceived as “Islamophobic,” than they are about the ongoing wave of atrocities being committed around the world in Islam’s name.
Of course, we have become a soft and decadent people. One of the reasons we have not unconditionally won a war since WWII is that we don’t have the fiber to wage a war to victory. Hell, we even get the vapors if some white couple dares stand on their own property while bearing arms against a rioting mob invading their neighborhood.
We want to be “nice.” But what we end up being, over and over again, is dead.
I haven’t forgotten, nor have I forgiven. But I am part of a dwindling breed. Young heroic men like Kyle Rittenhouse and Nicholas Sandmann give me hope for the future. But I can’t escape the ominous feeling that even they may only be the last gasp of a dying past.
He’s right, of course, about all of it. Sadly, depressingly, that would include that last sentence.
But right now, what it’s all putting me in mind of is that, on 9/14/01, I registered the Cold Fury domain name. Over the next couple of days, I built the site from scratch—I had only just discovered this whole newfangled blogging thang, so the original site was constructed using Adobe GoLive and BBEdit—and on the 16th I put up the first few posts. Before too long, I would discover the old blogging software Grey Matter, using that for a while before switching over to Moveable Type, then finally moving on to WordPress soon after it came out.
And that, in turn, means that once again I’ll soon have to remind myself to renew the domain name. Usually I forget, leading to a stupid outage; the seemingly perennial personal-cash-flow blockage of the last several years means that renewing in advance, or setting things up for auto-renewal (such luxury!), just ain’t in the cards, alas. But I SWEAR I’ma get it done on time this year, dammit. I SWEAR it.
And that, in turn, puts me in mind of the necessity to begin the Herculean task of trying at last to untangle the malicious Russkie code planted in last year’s über-hack from the voluminous CF archive database, which I’ll be starting on forthwith, Lord help me. Maybe I’ll also see if I can dig up a screenshot from those halcyon early CF days and post that, too. No promises on that one, though. Heck, I don’t even know that I have one at all, much where I’d go a-hunting for such an elusive snipe.
A side yarn I’ve spun before here, while we’re on the subject of ancient history and bygone days: the Cold Fury name originally came to be because of my immediate realization that, although the whole country came together in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, that apparent unity was illusory, and would be short-lived. I knew that the Left would be unable to restrain its still-developing but already quite powerful America-Hate muscle from spasming involuntarily. Its Pavlovian instinct to lay the world’s every ill, every evil, and every injustice at America’s feet would soon find its too-predictable expression via the latest Islamic act of barbarism and savagery against the hated Western infidel. That sure and certain knowledge sparked a…well, yes, a Cold Fury in me that still scorches the soul even now.
In my bitterly cynical mind, I gave the dirty bastards no more than a week before they’d bare the bloody fangs and revert to their true nature. Two, at the outside.
In the event, I had been too magnanimous: as I recollect, it was no more than two-three days before the first establishment-media op-ed appeared, penned by some self-loathing shitlib bint or other who superciliously opined that, what with its many decades of Oppressing Innocent Brown People the world over—most especially the long-tormented Middle East, whose only sin was being situated atop all that accursed oil, placed by heartless Fate between Black Gold and AMERICAN GREED™—America had only itself to blame for the latest shattering, calamitous assault.
The rubble and carcinogenic dust hadn’t yet settled; the deadly fires still burned in Lower Manhattan. Nobody even knew yet how many innocent souls, from all over the world, had been murdered. An entire nation had been brought to a standstill, holding its breath while it waited for information about the calamity.
Yet here the loathsome brigands came nonetheless, bringing the routine Despicable-Left shit to be smeared all over tear-streaked American faces, ground into grieving American hearts.
They eagerly made an obscene, gruesome mockery of all human compassion, forbearance, and decency in an orgy of mindless hatred. And now, almost two decades later? If anything, they’re even worse than they were back then. Now as then, their only thought is to denigrate, to defile, to destroy. But today the thought has, by orders of magnitude, grown more intense. Their ambition has metastasized, their determination hardened far beyond the ability of mere words to break, soften, or deflect.
As Glenn has long said: Anti-war? Nope. On the other side.
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Happy 9/11 Day!
Hope every “American” will be joyously celebrating that glorious morning (or was it evening?) so long, long ago when “some people did something,” according to one of our most distinguished and beloved US CongresswymryngXX, who is truly a shining examplar of the “American” traditions of bigamy, incest, immigration fraud, and casual, offhand treason. ZrshmX is certainly an inspiration to us all, and rightly so.
Yes, on this day of days let us all make time to “remember” those Noble Sacrifices of some sort or other—made to preserve our “freedom,” by somebody or other—with holiday cookouts, long-weekend beach trips, sportsball games on TeeWee, illegal fireworks, and big, big holiday savings on every item from Chinese-made sheets and towels to Chinese-made hand tools to Chinese-made clothing. Be sure to have plenty of delicious Chinese-made hotdogs on hand and grill-ready too, comrades, for all your hungry party guests!
All 9/11 Day celebrants are required to wear facemasks, diving-bell helmets, and full Level-4 biohazard gear throughout the weekend, as usual. Bars, restaurants, and Xtian churches will remain strictly closed, of course, with extremely stiff Freedom Fines™ and remediative incarceration to be imposed as punishment for any noncompliance. Mosques will be open as always for worship services honoring the True God and his Prophet, PBUH. “Mostly peaceful” “protests,” arson, and random murder will continue as before.
Oh, and next year’s 9/11 Day will be observed on September 19th.
Posted in Believe it or Else, BLEARGH!, Dhimmi-wits, LOSING!, Yech!
Two sets of laws Part the Bazillionth
Posted on April 21, 2020 April 21, 2020 by Mike
Remember back when I mentioned that, amidst the Christian church/synagogue shutdowns, arrests, fines, and threats from His (dis)Honor Bill DeBalledZero, nobody seemed to be including mosques in all that?
Yeah, well. About all that.
A Syracuse mosque is still open for daily prayers amid the Coronavirus shutdown as Christians are threatened and fined for attending drive-in services.
New York is the country’s Coronavirus epicenter with more than 18,000 deaths, however this mosque is still open for prayers.
This mosque located on the north side was once the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, but it closed down due to lack of parishioners — now it is considered a victory mosque.
It ought to be. Because that’s precisely what it is.
The Muslims who attend this mosque are not practicing social distancing. They are standing and praying closer than 6 feet apart, so why aren’t the police raiding this mosque and threatening the attendees with imprisonment and or fines?
Because Islam, silly. Another report:
While virtually every church in the United States is shut down due to coronavirus, and those few willing to defy lockdown orders are threatened with arrest or hauled to jail, a New York mosque is operating with impunity during the pandemic.
The mosque, in Syracuse, New York, had its operating procedures detailed by gushing local media, which described how the facility has modified its practices to adhere with social distancing during the China virus pandemic.
The building, formerly a Catholic church, is disinfected between services – not by cleaning professionals, but by volunteers – and video reveals those worshipers brave enough to leave their homes during the pandemic are not social distancing.
In video to YouTube uploaded by Syracuse.com, a small group of worshipers is seen praising Allah far less than six feet apart, failing to adhere to social distancing procedures and potentially defeating the purpose of worshiping in a room completely covered in plastic.
While this mosque is allowed to operate during the coronavirus pandemic, albeit under slightly modified procedures, Christians are being forced out of their churches across the country.
Shocking, yet not in the least surprising. Back to Cristina for some specifics:
Parishioners who attended a drive-in service at Temple Baptist Church in Mississippi were fined $500 each by police for violating ‘social distancing’ orders.
20 police cars swarmed King James Bible Baptist Church in Mississippi and pastor Charles Hamilton Jr., was told by a cop that his rights were suspended.
A Kentucky church parking lot was littered with nails on Easter Sunday and police officers harassed churchgoers by recording their license plates and leaving notes on their cars.
That’s but a few examples from an ever-expanding list. The conclusion is as obvious as it is appalling:
Clearly Christians are being singled out and persecuted.
Yup. It amounts to nothing more nor less than the mopping-up phase of the PC Left’s long campaign against America That Was, as Proggie walks the battlefield shooting the wounded.
Posted in Believe it or Else, Dhimmi-wits, Gangster Government, Immivasion, Leftward ho!, Life in a once-great nation, Life In The O!gulag, LOSING!, Our Enemies, Savages!, The Liberal Way of War, The West and the Rest, We Are Soooooo Screwed, WTF?!
Jersey dhimmis embrace Teh Suck
Posted on March 21, 2020 March 22, 2020 by Mike
While your attention was diverted, a thing happened.
New Jersey City Approves Changes to Noise Ordinance to Allow Islamic Call to Prayer to Broadcast Five Times a Day – Beginning at 6 AM
After extensive debate, the City Council on Tuesday night voted 5-4 to approve changes in Paterson’s noise control ordinance that supporters say will allow mosques to broadcast the Islamic call to prayer five times a day.
The vote drew an impassioned standing room only crowd of more than 120 to City Hall, including some Christian pastors who opposed the measure, saying it would create a nuisance for people who live near mosques, as well as members of Paterson’s Muslim community, who praised the ordinance as a victory for religious inclusion.
Hey, long as those pesky Christian pastors don’t try something truly offensive and dangerously confrontational like, oh, reading from the Bible audibly in the vicinity of a mosque, say. Or, heaven forfend, handing out pamphlets advocating Christianity where a Mooselimb might see you.
Because that would be wrong.
But another resident, Steve Bauer, said mosques’ loudspeakers would be “blaring” in neighborhoods. During his comments, Bauer mentioned Islamic terrorists, including the man who was living in Paterson in October 2017 when he killed nine people at a Hudson River bike path in Manhattan.
Public nuisance isn’t the real issue; volume isn’t, and the time of day the devotional yodeling gets cranking damned sure isn’t. The issue is the establishment of a preferred state religion, most especially the official embrace of a hostile, alien pseudo-religion which is savagely antithetical to every last principle this pathetic joke of a nation used to proclaim.
City officials quickly interrupted Bauer to tell him he could only comment about the noise ordinance.
“With all due respect, this is a religious issue,” Bauer responded.
One would think so, perhaps. But ask the FBI anytime yet another known-wolf Muzzrat drives a truck onto the sidewalk to crush the infidel about his possible motive and you’ll quickly find out different.
The revised ordinance approved on Tuesday night listed 14 exemptions to the city’s noise regulations, including one that covered “bells, chimes or carillons…while being used in conjunction with religious services.” The revised ordinance also said that the call to prayer already was exempt from the noise control regulations under state law.
I’ll let Cristina say it for me:
The Islamic call to prayer should never be allowed in any city in the United States.
It is a total nuisance and it is also a way for the Muslims in the community to show their dominance, forcing a city with Christians, Jews and perhaps agnostics to be subjected to Islam.
It is every bit of that, yep. Unfortunately, shamefully, this is just another in a lengthening list of wars we lost a long time ago. And in war there ain’t no do-overs.
In case you didn’t know, Paterson is but a short drive from a certain place in lower Manhattan some of us used to refer to as Ground Zero. A thing happened there also way, way back in antiquity—a seemingly major event at the time which has now been totally forgotten. In the fall of 2001, that was; you could look it up if you’re interested, I suppose. But hardly anybody is anymore, so why bother?
*spit*
Posted in Bah!, Believe it or Else, BLEARGH!, Culture of Cowardice, Dhimmi-wits, Flotsam and/or Jetsam, LOSING!, Our Enemies, Savages!, The Government You Deserve, The West and the Rest, We Are Soooooo Screwed, WTF?!
I just gotta bring Georgiaboy61’s most excellent comment out front here, for anybody who might have missed it.
The convoluted logic by which Turkey was admitted to NATO was that Kemal Ataturk was a secular modernist ruler, and that by admitting the Turks, we could bottle up the Soviet Black Sea fleet while having the ability to station intermediate range nuclear missiles on their border.
The provocation of stationing missiles right hard up against the Soviet border was lost on the foreign-policy hawks, who did not realize that they had set the stage for the Cuban Missile Crisis by their action. Ataturk may or may not have been what he represented himself to be – a secular moderate (there is considerable evidence that he was not who he claimed to be) – but the fact remains that Turkey has been an explicitly Islamic nation for almost all of her long history, and perhaps the oldest and most-determined of the Islamic enemies of western (Christian) civilization.
We see this today under the neo-Ottoman ruler Recep Erdogan, an unreconstructed Islamic supremacist and Sunni Muslim who longs to return his nation to its glorious “golden age” as a new 21st-century caliph. Under Erdogan, Turkey is reverting to its historical mean and what it has heretofore always been – an explicitly Islamic nation.
Erdogan has done more than talk. He is one of the founders of ISIS/Islamic State, the Sunni Muslim direct-action jihad-terror group which has caused so much trouble across the Middle East and elsewhere in the world. In the recent past, Erdogan has been the biggest supporter of the group, and his son, Bilal, was caught red-handed smuggling oil to market in Turkish-flagged ships, the revenue from which had been funding the group’s operations.
Erdogan is also part of the cabal of globalists and other mischief-makers attempting to infiltrate millions of Muslims into old Europe, would-be conquerors for the new caliphate. His latest stunt along the Greek border is just his latest gambit. One in a long line of them.
The U.S. should remove its equipment, personnel and weapons from Turkey, as soon as possible, and then inform Ankara that they are no longer members of the NATO alliance. And if the other NATO members complain, then the U.S. should threaten to dissolve the alliance entirely. Once done, Turkey can then be treated as precisely what it is – an enemy of western civilization and of the alliance. Whereupon, if requested by Athens, NATO assets can be moved to Greece, should the need arise, to reinforce their borders.
Endorsed, to the last syllable, with all my heart and soul. Well done, G.
Again and again, the West has attempted to rehabilitate its Moslem enemy without Moslem consent or cooperation, recasting them as “moderates,” as “peaceful,” as civilized people who are “just like us” at bottom, who “love their children as much as we do,” without a single shred of evidence supporting any of it. The West perpetuates this pathetic self-delusion exclusively for its own near-term comfort and convenience, but the only thing such puerile folly has ever achieved is to convince the enemy of our weakness, our decadence, and our cowardice.
We crave safety so desperately that we’re willing to try nearly anything to get it, excepting of course the one and only thing that ever will: an honest, clear-eyed acceptance of certain unpleasant realities, along with the flinty resolution to act in accord with them.
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Greece nuts the fuck up.
The situation in the no-mans-land between Turkey and Greece is becoming increasingly more violent and desperate for the refugees. Reporters on a tour heard gunshots despite the Greek government denying the use of anything except tear gas to stop the refugees.
Daily Beast:
For over an hour, the sound of people trying to direct each other in multiple languages through farms, woodlands, and across riverbanks was punctuated by shots. First it sounded like single rifle blasts, then came bursts of three, and then longer, heavier automatic fire.
Encouraging, and way overdue. Greek officials, when confronted by wailing “journalists” and other hanky-soaking globalist cunts claiming to have heard gunfire, blithely responded No you didn’t.
However, when Papastathis appeared on Wednesday afternoon to direct us to the new location, he denied absolutely that we had heard what we heard.
“Only tear gas is being fired,” he insisted to a group of a dozen journalists on the tracks.
Turkey accused Greece of killing a Syrian man and wounding five other people.
My heart bleeds. Maybe shoulda stayed the fuck home then, no?
Fuck the goddamned treacherous Turks and their accusations all to hell and gone, by the way. The rationale for their even being in NATO at all escapes me completely. Then again, I feel the exact same way about the US, too.
The next day footage of Greek soldiers apparently firing in the direction of migrants on the border surfaced online. And more signs of the Greeks using live fire on migrants and asylum seekers could be found at a makeshift camp for people waiting to cross the Evros River near the Turkish city of Edirne.
As encouraging as the Greek gubmint’s properly hardnosed response to the de facto invasion of their nation by predatory Moslem rapefugees and perpetual dependents surely is, this next is even more so:
Greece is becoming more and more desperate to stop what has to be considered a Turkish-inspired invasion of its territory. And since the government has been ineffective, armed private citizens have taken matters into their own hands.
The BBC has encountered members of self-styled militias who carry out night-time armed patrols in Greek border towns looking for migrants.
“There are such militia along the entire region,” said Yannis Laskarakis, a newspaper publisher in the city of Alexandroupoli who has received death threats for speaking out against armed vigilantes.
“We have seen them with our own eyes, arresting migrants, treating them badly and if someone dares to help them, he has the same fate.”
And the vigilantes aren’t only going after refugees. Aid workers and the press have also been assaulted.
I bolded the best part so’s you wouldn’t miss it. Elsewhere, the Telegraph gets busy trotting out the usual boogeyman:
On Lesbos, young men have targeted reporters and NGOs because they perceive them as being sympathetic to the refugees’ plight.
It is not clear if they are local or outsiders from the mainland, possibly connected to far-Right organisations.
On Friday there were reports that members of German and Austrian far-Right groups had arrived on the island.
Yeh, yeh, whatevs. Moran deftly slices and dices that hooraw:
I doubt whether a lot of these simple Greek villagers are members of a far-right organization. Their motivations are simple; their families are at risk and their property is being invaded by foreigners. For them, there are no grand geopolitical issues involved. They are protecting theirs and their own from harm.
But with the rest of the EU cheerleading from the sidelines — while not lifting a finger to help except to open their wallets — Greece finds itself alone and facing a potential onslaught of 100,000 people.
Doesn’t matter a damned bit whether they’re “far-Right” or not; I’d bet the farm that none of those militia types give a shit about any of that, either. Let liberal “journalists” clang the “far-Right” tocsin to their hearts’ content; there is but one issue that matters here: when a national government fails to meet its most basic obligations—securing its borders, maintaining its sovereignty, and defending its citizens—then eventually its citizens will take matters into their own hands.
Nobody is obliged to sit passively back as hostile marauders invade their country, rain violence and destruction on its people, assault its culture and institutions, soak up its resources, and just generally run riot through the place. However complacent, peaceable, or over-civilized a population may be, sooner or later enough finally becomes enough. Then the lamp is lit, the ball has dropped, and it’s game on for reals.
Somebody really ought to give our own Democrat-Socialists a strongish heads-up about that lest they someday find their own precious butts caught in the blades, for some very similar reasons.
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Posted on February 24, 2020 February 24, 2020 by Mike
For a real change of pace, this one is perfectly easy to spot as a Bee satire.
John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ Rereleased With More Realistic Description Of Communism
UK—Have you ever tried to imagine living in a perfect world ruled by communism, but previously only received the information from catchy folk songs which praise the system? Well, lucky for you, it is now easier than ever to understand what a full-blown communist utopia actually looks like.
That’s because John Lennon’s commie classic “Imagine” has been rereleased with more realistic lyrics to reflect the harsh realities of communism. Lennon, long dead—though not by way of communism, since he was blessed to live in a capitalist country—would be proud of the change, due to its artistic value in realism.
While the classic folk song does do a fantastic job of laying out the basics of communism—no religion, no possessions, no food—it never invites the listener to imagine all the people in their true form, which is dead—usually by firing squad, but often by way of starvation as well.
The folks at the Bee are good enough to provide us with the new lyrics, which include a “re-Imagined” turnaround:
You may say I’m a commie
And someday you will join us
Or we’ll shoot you in the face
Somehow, I just can’t quite see this more candid and factual version being sung at the next big candlelit ‘n’ teary-eyed circle jerk in the wake of yet another Islamic mass slaughter that has nothing whatever to do with Islam. Way too real for the “reality”-based creampuffs to choke down, maybe.
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Much as I do hate to come down on the side of Muzzrat primitives on anything, anytime, anywhere, I have to say that my sympathy for this obnoxious cooze is…limited. QUITE limited.
A 26-year-old British woman who has appeared on TV shows “First Dates” and “Ninja Warrior UK” was arrested for wearing a bikini in the Maldives — accusing three male cops of “sexually assaulting” her, according to reports.
Cecilia Jastrzembska was arrested after strolling past a mosque and a school on Maafushi, an island in the Maldives where it is illegal to wear bikinis except on designated beaches because of strict Muslim Sharia laws, the Sun of the UK reported.
Video of the incident shows Jastrzembska, who describes herself as a parliamentary adviser at the House of Commons, thrashing as she is being arrested.
“You are sexually assaulting me!” she yells at the three officers as her male friend tries to cover part of her body with a small towel.
“Anyone who gets in my personal space I’m going to have a problem with,” she is heard screaming.
Maldives Police Commissioner Mohamed Hameed later issued a public apology over the incident, saying it appeared to have been “badly handled,” and the woman was released after spending an hour and a half in custody Thursday.
Do note the following bit. It’s important.
“Tourists on local islands are requested to respect the community’s cultural sensitivities and local regulations by restricting the wearing of swimwear to certain areas of the island where local communities live,” police said, according to the UK’s Standard.
So even the Maldives Mooselimbs, who I am confident are awake to what the resort-area cash cow means to them, are reasonable enough to allow “swimwear” on their tourist beaches. That bespeaks a flexibility and restraint not exactly common in the Moslem world, wouldn’t you say? This Brit bimbelina, onthe other hand, chose to strut her luscious, scantily-clad little ass right past a fucking mosque. In broad daylight and full view of the local yokels, who apparently took issue with this brazen show of disrespect for local custom and law and called the cops.
She got what she had coming, if you ask me—little indeed of it, in fact, seeing as how she not only got herself sprung in less than two hours but also somehow garnered a near-groveling apology from the top cop himself, which I consider entirely unnecessary and undeserved. I cannot for the life of me see how the “incident” was “badly handled.” It was handled quite gently, compared to the deep, boiling kettle of fish this bint would have found herself steeping in in just about any other Moslem country you could name.
Tease the tiger and you might get bit. Offer affront to Moslems on their own turf with obvious intent to provoke, particularly if you’re a Western female, and you almost certainly won’t like what happens to you. If Brass-Balled Barbie managed to survive twenty-six years on this blue marble before learning that lesson with no more damage than she suffered, she ought to spend a significant portion of the rest of her life on her knees thanking God for it.
Video at the link, which is kinda-sorta worth a look. What, you thought I was kidding when I said her ass was luscious? Actually, the bit where her wispy little cuck of a boyfriend is halfheartedly trying to get past the cops to belatedly toss a blanket over Miss Thang as they wrassle her around and then haul her bad self off to the jug is pretty funny.
(Via Sarah Hoyt)
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Predictable as the sunrise
Posted on January 13, 2020 January 14, 2020 by Mike
In an otherwise good piece, Roger Kimball whiffs bigly on one important thing:
The disaster of Flight 752 took place in the context of the liquidation of the terrorist mass-murderer Qasem Soleimani last week by the United States on the order of President Donald Trump. But that courageous and far-seeing act itself took place in the context of Iran’s decades-long assault on American and, more broadly, on Western institutions that promote a culture of tolerance and religious freedom.
The fact that many U.S. news outlets and Democratic politicians instantly coalesced around Soleimani as a “revered” military leader tells us what great inroads Stockholm Syndrome has made among American elites.
Sorry, Rog, it does no such thing. What it actually tells us is just how low those treasonous blackguards are willing to stoop to attach themselves to true, real-world evil if they think they might somehow grub some cheap political points from it; how reflexively they will always side with America’s enemies, no matter what; how deeply, deeply desperate they are to somehow hold onto power and position by attacking Trump; and how there can be no more fitting, just, or accurate a condemnation of them than to simply name them as traitors, the unabashed enemies of this country.
Last week, Donald Trump eliminated one of Iran’s most potent emissaries of death and destruction. All the beautiful people huddled together and wailed that Trump had just “destabilized” the Middle East (had it been stable beforehand?), that his “unilateral” action was illegal, counterproductive, immature, that, ultimately, he may have started World War III.
That was then. Now it looks as though he may have sparked the great unraveling of theocratic totalitarian control in Iran. And this just in: the Iranians apparently have just arrested the British ambassador. Arrested. In civilized countries, if there is an issue with a diplomat, one expels him. In civilized countries. But this is the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Someday, the world will stand back and applaud Trump for his canny and farseeing statesmanship. I do not assert that that recognition is coming any time soon. But come it will.
Most likely, yeah. But not from the Treasoncrats and Enemedia—not unless and until they can use Trump as a weapon for dishonestly smearing some future candidate as the new Second Coming Of Literally Hitler, they won’t.
Update! Schlichter calls ’em out.
You spent the last three years babbling like idiots about “traitors” and “treachery.” Well, head docs call that “projection.” You are siding with the enemy in a war against the United States. And yeah, Iran has been at war with the United States for 40 years, ever since your peanut-farming, half-wit fellow Dem handed over the keys to the country to a bunch of Seventh Century Pennywises. The least you could do is show a little respect to the people trying to clean up your party’s mess.
Your party’s latest triumph is blaming Donald Trump because these drooling morons shot down a passenger airliner the night they launched missiles at our American soldiers. What the hell is wrong with you? Are you sick? Are you stupid? Are you huffing that funny powder you found in Hunter Biden’s medicine cabinet? What would ever have possessed you to start making excuses for people trying to kill Americans?
It’s nothing new for them. After all, it was, what, like two days after 9/11 before they all started preachifying in their oh-so-superior way that we had that coming too? They can’t help themselves; it’s who they are, it’s what they do. They’ve been this way for far too long already, and couldn’t stop now if they tried. Go ahead and ask the scorpion not to sting the frog while you’re at it, you’ll end up with the same result.
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Five years on
Haunted by the ghosts of Charlie Hebdo.
I heard about the attack shortly before I went on that morning’s John Oakley Show in Toronto. Throughout the grim half-decade for free speech that has followed, I have thought often of Stéphane “Charb” Charbonnier, the editor of Charlie Hebdo and a great cartoonist in the French style. Two years before his death, he said:
It may seem pompous, but I’d rather die standing than live on my knees.
He did. He was an heroic figure, and he paid for it with his life. One reason for that is because, when everyone else is on their knees, the guy standing up kinda stands out. And Charb & Co had been standing out for almost ten years. As I said to Megyn Kelly at Fox News later that night:
STEYN: Yes, they were very brave. This was the only publication that was willing to publish the Muhammad — the Danish Muhammad cartoons in 2006 because they decided to stand by those Danish cartoonists. I’m proud to have written for the only Canadian magazine to publish those Muhammad cartoons. And it’s because The New York Times didn’t and because Le Monde in Paris didn’t, and the London Times didn’t and all the other great newspapers of the world didn’t – only Charlie Hebdo and my magazine in Canada and a few others did. But they were forced to bear a burden that should have been more widely dispersed…
We will be retreating into a lot more self-censorship if the pansified Western media doesn’t man up and decide to disburse the risk so they can’t kill one small, little French satirical magazine. They’ve gotta kill all of us.
Given the despicable, gutless groveling so shamelessly on display this past week, it’s clear that the five years since have brought no improvement in our sorry lot. Steyn looks back in anger:
Five years ago I quoted Andrew Stiles:
Journalists: These French journalists are so brave!
Readers: What did they do? Can I see?
Journalists: It’s our policy not to show you.
But I see Mr Stiles’ Tweet has somehow managed to disappear from the Internet. George Clooney held up a pencil and Dame Helen Mirren wore an exquisite pencil brooch pinned to her splendid embonpoint and thousands of tilty-headed wankers with sorrowful expressions marched through the streets of Paris waving pencils. But none of them was willing to do the one thing that mattered – and show what Charb et al had drawn with those pencils. By the following day I was good and sick of it:
To be honest, it makes me vomit to see people holding these Princess Dianafied candlelit vigils, and using the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie – I am Charlie -and in effect appropriating these guys’ sacrifice for this bogus solidarity. It makes me sick to see all these ‘the pen is mightier than the sword’ cartoons that have appeared in newspapers all over the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, France, Australia, everywhere, from other cartoonists, again expressing solidarity with these very brave men – but not doing what they did…
I’ve been on enough events in Europe with less famous cartoonists than these who live under death threats, live under armed guard, have had their family restaurant firebombed – it’s happened to a Norwegian comedienne I know – have come home and found their home burned, as a Swedish artist I know happened to. And all these people doing the phony hashtag solidarity, screw your phony hashtag solidarity. Let’s have some real solidarity – or if not, at least have the good taste to stay the hell out of it.
That would have been asking too much. In the days that followed almost all those who claimed to be expressing solidarity with Charb were, in fact, signaling very clearly that they preferred to live on their knees.
I’ve quoted this great Tolkien passage here before, and it bears endless repeating:
It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two, Master Warden, and those who have not swords can still die upon them.
The Charlie Hebdo victims proved their mettle with a defiant message written in their own blood. Too bad the pathetic, weepy fools who boasted “Je suis Charlie!” in between choruses of “Imagine” at all those repulsive candlelight vigils are too cowardly to do anything more than disgrace such a noble legacy.
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Destination Maternity Announces Proposed Stalking Horse Bidder
Marquee Brands provides "stalking horse" bid in court-supervised Chapter 11 restructuring
Motherhood Maternity®, A Pea in the Pod® and Destination Maternity® Stores and Websites Remain Open During Process
MOORESTOWN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2019-- Destination Maternity Corporation (NASDAQ: DEST) (“Destination Maternity” or the “Company”), the premier national retailer for maternity apparel and accessories, filed on November 29, 2019 a motion to approve the selection of Marquee Brands, LLC (“Marquee Brands”) as the stalking horse bidder in its ongoing marketing and sale process. Marquee Brand’s bid is to purchase the Company’s ecommerce businesses, intellectual property, leased departments within department stores and baby specialty stores, strategic marketing partnerships and the right to designate certain inventory and related assets for sale by its partners, Gordon Brothers and Hilco Merchant Resources.
The bid of approximately $50 million, subject to adjustment, along with the assumption of certain liabilities, represents a baseline bid and is subject to higher or otherwise better offers in an open auction process. The proposed Purchase Agreement contains customary closing conditions. To the extent additional qualified bids are received, Destination Maternity expects the auction, scheduled to take place on December 9, 2019, to be competitive.
The deadline to submit qualified bids is December 5, 2019, and the Company expects to seek Court approval of the winning bid on December 12, 2019. Parties interested in participating in the marketing process should contact the Company’s investment bank, Greenhill & Co., LLC (Neil Augustine, neil.augustine@greenhill.com, and Peter Johns, peter.johns@greenhill.com).
“We are pleased that Marquee Brands recognizes the value of our business and has made a competitive bid during our marketing and sale process,” said Lisa Gavales, a member of Destination Maternity’s Board of Directors and the interim Office of the CEO. “We are working to continue the sale process, including the auction, and look forward to an outcome that will maximize value for our stakeholders. Looking ahead, we remain focused on continuing to serve our loyal customers.”
Throughout the process, Destination Maternity expects its operations to continue to serve customers and to meet its day-to-day obligations to its employees, suppliers of goods and services and customers.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Landis Rath & Cobb LLP are acting as the Company’s legal co-counsel, Greenhill & Co., LLC is acting as investment banker and Berkeley Research Group, LLC (“BRG”) is serving as Destination Maternity’s restructuring advisor.
About Destination Maternity
Destination Maternity is the leading designer and omni-channel retailer of maternity apparel in the United States, with the only nationwide chain of maternity apparel specialty stores, as well as a deep and expansive assortment available through multiple online distribution points, including our three brand-specific websites. We sell our merchandise on the Internet, primarily through our Motherhood.com, APeaInThePod.com and DestinationMaternity.com websites. We also sell our merchandise through our Canadian website, MotherhoodCanada.ca, through Amazon.com in the United States, and through websites of certain of our retail partners, including Macys.com. Our stores operate under three retail nameplates: Motherhood Maternity®, A Pea in the Pod® and Destination Maternity®. We also operate leased departments within leading retailers such as Macy’s®, buybuy BABY® and Boscov’s®.
About Marquee Brands
Marquee Brands is a leading global brand owner and marketer. Owned by investor funds managed by Neuberger Berman, one of the world's leading employee-owned investment managers, Marquee Brands targets high quality brands with strong consumer awareness and long-term growth potential. Marquee Brands seeks to identify brands in various consumer product segments with the goal of expanding their reach across retail channel, geography and product category while preserving the brand heritage and enhancing the ultimate consumer experience. Through its global team of professionals and partners, Marquee Brands monitors trends and markets in order to grow and manage brands in partnership with retailers, licensees and manufacturers through engaging, impactful strategic planning, marketing, and e-commerce. www.marqueebrands.com.
About Gordon Brothers
Since 1903, Gordon Brothers (www.gordonbrothers.com) has helped lenders, operating executives, advisors, and investors move forward through change. The firm brings a powerful combination of expertise and capital to clients, developing customized solutions on an integrated or standalone basis across four service areas: valuations, dispositions, operations, and investments. Whether to fuel growth or facilitate strategic consolidation, Gordon Brothers partners with companies in the retail, commercial, and industrial sectors to put assets to their highest and best use. Gordon Brothers conducts more than $70 billion worth of dispositions and appraisals annually. Gordon Brothers is headquartered in Boston, with 25 offices across five continents.
About Hilco Merchant Resources
Hilco Merchant Resources (www.hilcomerchantresources.com) provides a wide range of analytical, advisory, asset monetization, and capital investment services to help define and execute a retailer’s strategic initiatives. Hilco Merchant Resources’ activities fall into several principal categories including acquisitions; disposition of underperforming stores; retail company or division wind downs; event sales to convert unwanted assets into working capital; facilitation of mergers and acquisitions; interim company, division or store management teams; loss prevention; and, the monetization of furniture, fixtures and equipment. Additionally, HMR now includes among its subsidiaries the nation’s premier fixture and equipment liquidation firm, Hilco Fixed Asset Recovery (www.hilcoffe.com), an innovative sale locater website called Shop Genius (www.shopgenius.com), as well as the popular online retail and daily deal e-commerce company, Deal Genius, LLC (www.dealgenius.com). Hilco Merchant Resources is part of Northbrook, Illinois based Hilco Global (www.hilcoglobal.com), one of the world’s leading authorities on maximizing the value of business assets by delivering valuation, monetization and advisory solutions to an international marketplace.
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Towers of Wyoming
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Construct a Tower of cards—a pile containing only one suit—faster than the other players, or to be the last player in the game.
A deck of cards with four distinct suits and 25 cards in each suit.
Shuffling two poker decks together and then removing one card from each suit works nicely. You can also use extra cards you have lying around from certain collectible card games (think of ones that rhyme with “tragic: no blathering”).
Put ten pennies in the middle of the table. This pile is called the Settling Sky.
A Tower that does not contain any cards is called a Foundation. When the game begins, all players start the game with a certain number of Foundations:
Foundations per player
Settling Sky pennies
3 1 or 2* 10 or 8*
* Players decide at the beginning of the game, before any cards are dealt. If you choose to play with two Foundations apiece, reduce the number of pennies that make up the Settling Sky to eight.
Shuffle the deck. Deal 7 cards to each player. Place the remaining cards face-down in the middle of the table to create a draw pile. Although it doesn’t exist yet, the discard pile will be a face-up pile next to the draw pile.
Choose a person to go first.
At the beginning of your turn, you must draw until you have 7 cards. (If you already have 7 cards, don’t draw.) Once you have a full hand, you must play one or more cards. All cards played must either Construct or Deconstruct.
Restrictions: Regardless of whether you play to construct or deconstruct, the following rules always apply:
All cards played on a turn must be of the same suit. (You may play one, some, or all cards from that suit that you have in your hand.)
All cards played on a turn can only be played on a single player.
All cards played on a turn can only be played on a single Tower or Foundation.
Constructing: Cards played to Construct may be added to any Tower in play, provided that that Tower contains cards of the same suit. If you have an empty Foundation, you may begin Constructing it with any suit. You may not play cards on another player’s empty Foundation.
Deconstructing: Cards played to Deconstruct may be added to any Tower in play, provided that that Tower contains cards of an “opposing” suit (see below). Once played, Deconstructing cards are then moved to the Discard pile. In addition, the Tower that they were played on loses one card to the discard pile for each Deconstructing card played. (Deconstructing cards cancel Tower cards.) If there are more cards played to Deconstruct than there are in the Tower, then the excess cards form the new Tower, changing the suit of the Tower to the suit of the Deconstructing cards.
Spades oppose Hearts and vice versa.
Clubs oppose Diamonds and vice versa.
After you’ve Constructed or Deconstructed, then your turn ends and play passes to the next player.
It’s the end of the deck as we know it…: When the draw pile runs out of cards, take one penny out of the Sky and recycle the discards, shuffling them and making a new draw pile; continue playing normally.
If, at the end of a turn, any player has a Tower with a number of cards greater than the number of pennies in the Settling Sky, then that player wins.
If, at any time, only one player remains in the game (see Optional Rules, below), then that player wins.
Sudden Death: When the draw pile runs out of cards, continue play as normal without drawing cards. When all players have run out of cards, the game ends. The player with the most cards in one Tower wins.
This is a good rule to use if you don’t have long to play.
Contractual Deadlines: Any player without a tower when the cards are recycled loses his or her building contract and is removed from the game. If, at any time, only one player remains in the game, then that player wins.
This rule is an optional rule only because it’s a little too harsh for beginning players. I recommend using it once all players are comfortable with the rules of the game.
Tidal Influences: The Settling Sky starts with eight pennies (regardless of how many players there are). Instead of removing a penny from the Sky when you reshuffle the deck, toss all of the pennies onto a flat surface. If there are more face-up pennies than face-down ones, then add a penny to the Sky. Otherwise, take a penny out of the Sky. If they come out half-and-half, toss again.
This is my favorite variation.
Wheel of Opposition: The suits lose their normal opposition rules and oppose each other as follows: Clubs oppose Diamonds which oppose Spades which oppose Hearts which oppose Clubs.
You should find that this rule dramatically affects the strategy of the game.
Finicky Clients: To win, your Tower must have exactly as many cards as there are pennies in the Settling Sky.
Origins & Credits
I was trying to design a game based on the comic strip Bob the Angry Flower, and I got this instead. From intent to completion, I figure the core game took about two days to make. The extra rules evolved as we (ICP) were brainstorming to think of a “theme” to attach to the game.
Many thanks to Ben, Natosha, and Sharon for playtesting this with me.
Four players
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Review: The Daedalus Sentence
By Wolfie on January 10, 2017 Featured Reviews
In a grim timeline for the human race, aliens called the Loctae have invaded Earth, nearly wiping out the species, and imprisoning the rest in space stations scattered across the galaxy. To prevent escape, humans are kept in small groups with limited communications. In the case that any group managed to escape their cells, the space prisons are built with rotating rings that shift in random increments, making it nearly impossible to find the escape pods without getting captured.
But human ingenuity never seems to fail, and just when all hope seems lost, one brilliant scientist has managed to scratch together a computer virus that has weeded into one alien space station known as the Hive. The THESEUS program enables the humans to predict the rotations of the station, and even better can decode the locks that lead from one ring to the next.
When a freak asteroid crashes into the Hive, damaging its systems and temporarily unlocking the prison cells, the remaining humans have once chance to break out of the space prison, ring by ring, and make it to the escape pod without getting caught. Otherwise they and the rest of humanity will have no hope but to live out the rest of their meager lives as slaves, waiting to be experimented on by aliens, under The Daedalus Sentence.
The goal of the Daedalus Sentence is for all players together to find and unlock the escape pod. To do so, they must make their way from the center of the board to the outermost ring, avoiding Minotaur and Loctae patrols, while collecting the cards needed to unlock the codes for each gate.
It all starts in a big, unexplored wheel of doom…
There are three phases to the game:
Update the THESEUS board
Players resolve their actions
The Hive prison resolves its actions based on the THESEUS board.
The Action phase is the meat of the game. Each player has a certain number of actions (based on the number of players) to perform each round. These actions including exploring new rooms, moving, attacking guards, and using a room’s special function. The board features a variety of rooms: control rooms and communications relays to manipulate the station rotation and guard movement, hive rooms to hide, research labs to draw more cards, vents to sneak from one ring to the next, and gates to unlock the next ring.
Cards feature numbers, colors, and spin directions. Some cards depict one of the two enemy types. On the THESEUS board, these let players know which rings will spin, how far, and in which direction, as well as guard movement and spawning. Minotaurs stay in the same ring, while Loctae scientists gradually move outward.
THESEUS COMMANDS IT
A matching enemy card can be played to kill an enemy in an adjacent room; alternatively, three Minotaur cards can kill one Loctae, and one Loctae card can kill up to 3 minotaurs.
Each gate discovered can be scanned to reveal a code – another set of cards. In order to unlock the gate, players must play matching cards (in color, number, or monster).
However, each time a gate unlocks, the Alert level increases, which affects the Status phase.
In the status phase, a certain number of columns are resolved – first Ring rotation, then Guard movement. The higher the alert level, the more columns are resolved.
If a player is ever in the same room as an Enemy, they are immediately returned to their prison cell, and must remain there until another player returns to free them. However, if the same player is captured twice – or all players have been re-captured – the game ends in a loss.
“Difficulty modifiers” are included variants to increase the challenge once you’ve gotten the basic rules. These include timers (a 1-hr game timer and a randomized or 25-second action phase timer), decreasing the visible information on the THESEUS board, adding random bad events, and limited communication. Modifiers can be mixed in as preferred, and a smartphone app (not required) is available to assist in keeping track of many of the options.
Jamie ain’t got time for your sass
Let’s Go To Prison
The Daedalus Sentence is a great concept. The mere mention of escaping an alien prison conjurs up dozens of thrilling images: stealthily sneaking past guards, hacking into computer systems, dodging advanced defenses, frantically running from a triggered alarm. The rotating rings add a unique gimmick to an already uncommon theme.
Oh, those gimmicks. Those filthy charlatans. Low-down dirty deceivers.
Here’s the thing about gimmicks: alone, they don’t have lasting entertainment value. Any gimmick, whether it involves flicking, dropping, bouncing, dancing, or stacking, carries with it an expectation that it will provide some new way of interacting with the game. Maybe it’s a clever way of randomizing effects, or a style of action resolution, or a way to add dexterity skills into the mix. Whatever it is, it should add something meaningful to a game, otherwise it’s just a toy, and not a great one at that.
So Daedalus Sentence gives us this incredibly fancy board with a plastic base that lets us spin the different sections around, which is cool. It’s a cool gimmick. But how does it actually affect gameplay?
All the rings…
Well. It doesn’t, really.
The spinning rings only come into play during the Hive action phase, when they spin randomly a few times based on the THESEUS board and the alert level and all that. But rarely does the spinning actually, you know, change anything about the board. In fact there are only two situations in which it does matter.
Situation #1: it can bring an enemy closer to you. There are two types of aliens, but only one of which can travel from ring to ring. Sometimes that alien will be near a gate, and sometimes that gate will spin in your direction. Okay.
Situation #2: Someone enters a new ring to begin exploring it, and then the gate (and other access points) spin away. But there’s rarely a reason to go back, so this really only matters if the player in the new ring hits a dead end on both sides. How exciting is that?
It’s not. It’s not exciting at all, and usually results in the trapped player losing out on a few turns while the others struggle to use a control room to get them back. Or, just hope the game does it accidentally, because you don’t really have enough actions to fully control the ring spinning anyway, not if you hope to continue to survive.
So what’s the point of all this, I wonder?
As soon as you realize how little the ring-spinning actually effects the game, the game loses a whole lot of luster. And, to be fair, it does start with a decent amount of that luster. In the box you get lots of cool miniatures, tiles illustrated with creepy, evocative art depicting the various rooms, and the excitement of the unknown. The ring rotation system is very clever as far as components go, and it’s pretty cool that the location tiles are able to be randomized within the rings.
5 characters, of which only 4 or less are used in a game
Yet, the more I played, the more I realized how little there is to actually do in this game. There’s nothing here that makes you feel clever, like you used your actions in precisely the right way to sneak past a guard or set up the ring rotation just so. You can’t push your luck because all information is known, and you can calculate whether or not you’re actually in danger of getting caught.
The guards are stupid. You could be right next to them, but they’ll move in the opposite direction. Presumably you’re being sneaky, but this kind of sneakery doesn’t provide any excitement. You either know you’re screwed or you know you’re safe. Occassionally a surprise will pop out at you out of the blue, but… well, that’s not very fun either.
Admittedly a few of the difficulty modifiers aim to add uncertainty. A 1-hr game timer pushes you to hurry. The Faulty Algorithm turns some of the THESEUS cards upside, forcing you to spend your own cards or risk not knowing what the guards are going to do. A few options add timers to the action phase itself so you don’t have time to sit around adding up guard movements.
But still. Even with Faulty Algorithm, half the game the necessary cards are exposed, and it’s pretty clear when you’re in danger.
Danger! We’re in danger!
At least you don’t instantly lose the game when a player is captured. You can go back and rescue them, although you’ll have to weave past all those Minotaurs you left behind. Also, when a player is captured they have sort of an anti-power that makes everything harder for you until you’re rescued. Once again, this is a clever idea, but it’s not implemented well. Most of the time you can avoid capture until later in the game, so when someone does end up getting captured it’s nearly impossible to rescue them. You’ve got to slog backwards with those penalties, spending a ton of extra actions to retrace your steps while the board keeps churning out new threats at you. The 1-hr game timer is a huge blessing here; you’ve pretty much lost the game when someone gets captured, but it can take another 40 minutes to actually lose. The timer mercifully ends the game for you.
“Give us the gate key”
“I have no gate key”
“Fezzik. Tear his arms off.”
Even without someone getting captured, the final third or so of the game sucks. For the most part Daedalus Sentence is merely mediocre, but here it starts to flirt with pure tedium. The Hive action phase becomes uncomfortably long and clunky.
Oh, it starts out okay – you only resolve one column per open ring, so it’s one ring rotation and one guard movement. There aren’t too many guards, so it goes quick. As soon as you open the gate to the third ring though, things just bog down. Enemies start to stack up, and suddenly it feels like you’re spinning rings and moving bad guys every few seconds. The player action phase goes by so fast, you’re spending more than half the time just updating the board. Rings spin, enemies move and spawn, rings spin some more.
Don’t worry… you have these absurdly large player aids to remind you of all the rules
Remember when I said the spinning rings barely affect the game? Yeah. It gets pretty tiring to keep spinning them after the first few turns. It’s also dull to move the 8 Minotaurs left back in the blue ring that you just don’t care about because there’s no reason to go back there. So you’re just building up more and more stuff to maintain on the board in between your limited actions. Not very fun.
At the very least, they could’ve made each column correspond to a ring, so you could do it all quickly and in an organized fashion. Since it’s based on the cards, enemy groups can move multiple times or not at all, but it doesn’t add tension because it doesn’t add much uncertainty.
It’s too bad, because I see a lot of potential in this game. I like the idea of being able to hack into the Hive computer to control ring movement or redirect guard patrols. I like the idea of sneaking through vents and breaking gate codes. It just doesn’t come together well. Enemies are too dumb to be interesting – I’d rather have a few smarter programmed enemies than a ton of little guys to move around meaninglessly.
Just… a bit… closer…
And why, why, why isn’t the ring rotation, you know, actually involved in the gameplay? Seriously. Why not make players line up certain rooms to unlock the escape pod, or spin the rings in a certain sequence to get the final code? There are so many ways that the rings could actually be made interesting with just a little more design effort. Otherwise it’s just a wasted, pointless gimmick that is mildly attention-getting for about two minutes, and then boring. Come on! Right now it’s just a fancy-game-component equivalent of roll-and-move.
So the game isn’t broken. The mechanics work. It’s playable, winnable, and losable, and you have choices while you play. It’s got a cool theme, and a cool board, sure. But it quickly becomes dull and repetitive, and doesn’t offer anything clever to do with your actions or your cards or the board. There are a few more rules I could nitpick, but what’s the point? The overarching issues obsure anything else the game could have or would have been.
Side note – there is a smartphone app available as a free download. It’s not required, but it does keep track of timers and other randomized game elements for you. That’s nice, I suppose, but the app needs a bit of work. I’ve had it crash on me 47 minutes into the 1 hr timer, and the music for the round timer only works sometimes. That music is kind of important – it lets you know you’re running out of time without forcing you to stare at the screen.
There’s a 1 vs All “Overlord” variant but… meh
There’s no doubt about it, The Daedalus Sentence provides spectacle. But for $150 and a titanic amount of shelf space to hold that box, it’s gotta do more than look good. It’s got to give me a reason to keep coming back, and after just a few plays I can’t say that it holds my interest.
iSlaytheDragon would like to thank Eagle-Gryphon Games for providing a review copy of The Daedalus Sentence.
Cool, unique theme
Fancy board with spinning rings
Some clever ideas
Gets really tedious by the end
The spinning-ring gimmick does very little to the gameplay
No interesting goals for the players
Really expensive and takes up a lot of shelf space
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Thomas Romanelli January 10, 2017 2:20 pm
Thanks for your detailed review, because you validated my initial doubts about this game when I came across during the Kickstarter campaign.
I was drawn to the potential of the game, what with its spinning rings and visions of close calls, derring-do and code hacking to finally escape from the alien clutches of doom. But the board had no automated spinning mechanism- it’s all done manually. That’s OK, but exactly what am I paying $95 for (this was the basic KS price)? There is no fancy board at all.
I simply could not justify the projected $150 MRSP for an oversized lazy-susan, even if the game mechanics were solid (which they are most certainly not). I think you were very generous with a rating of 6.
Moderate difficulty geared towards players with some familiarity to the hobby
50-60m (box says 45-60min)
Tom Bleys, Ian Van Gemeren, Bart Waeterschoot
Cripplefish Games, Eagly-Gryphon Games
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Mmm-kay so perhaps I am the wrong person to write a review here, since I actually haven't read said book properly from start to finish (and the bits I did read I can't remember). But this is, after all, a game, so the important thing here is playability.
Not only does this game seem to be crammed full of references to said book, it also manages to be very enjoyable to play, and for the most part, aesthetically pleasing and rewarding. The game follows an almost exclusively linear room layout, going through the rooms in sequence from left to right, progressing (presumably) through the chapters and events of said book.
As in We Pretty, every room contains a challenge. There are no 'walk along... jump up a few platforms... collect the object... carry on walking... onto the next screen' rooms at all. Almost every screen will need to be boggled at for a while, as you look for the right way to approach it. This is, in my view, what makes the game so unique. Coupled with the linear format, it means you get a little further each time you play, and gives it a different feel to all the other 'clones' out there.
My only criticism (and these are not my words but someone else's, although I agree entirely so I will repeat them) is that although the game comes in two flavours, Easy and Hard, the Easy version is far too easy, and removes a lot of the devious little puzzles from the gameplay, whereas the Hard version is just prehaps a smidgin too tricky. My advice to you is to play the Hard version - it gets easier as you get used to it, and you won't miss any of the little tricks that make it such an interesting game.
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Western Pennsylvania Gas Prices Fall Slightly
February 13, 2018 Pennsylvania, Gas Prices
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Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania fell by nearly three cents this week to $2.881 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Motorists across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region are enjoying cheaper gas prices on the week, where local areas saw prices drop 1-2 cents. However, compared to one month ago, gas prices on average are 7 cents more expensive across the region. Moreover, Pennsylvania ($2.86) remains among the nation’s top ten most expensive markets.
With a 1.6 million barrel build, regional gasoline inventories register at 65 million barrels. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), that is the largest increases of any region in the country. However, large inventory builds may not be common as Phillips 66 Bayway refinery turnaround is underway through at least this month and will reduce capacity temporarily.
This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average: $2.881
Average price during the week of February 5, 2018: $2.906
Average price during the week of February 13, 2017 : $2.540
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$2.895 Altoona
$2.928 Beaver
$2.908 Bradford
$2.889 Brookville
$2.918 Butler
$2.900 Clarion
$2.905 Du Bois
$2.820 Erie
$2.908 Greensburg
$2.913 Indiana
$2.915 Jeannette
$2.934 Kittanning
$2.889 Latrobe
$2.886 Meadville
$2.899 Mercer
$2.791 New Castle
$2.908 New Kensington
$2.888 Pittsburgh
$2.758 Sharon
$2.777 Uniontown
$2.909 Warren
$2.835 Washington
At $2.58, the national gas price average has decreased for the first time week-over-week this year. Today’s price is 3 cents less than last week, 6 cents more than a month ago and 30 cents more than a year ago
Consumer gasoline demand and gasoline inventories increased according to the latest EIA reports. Hitting its highest level this year, gasoline demand registered at 9.1 million b/d, a 169,000 b/d increase year-over year. Total U.S. gasoline inventories built by 3.4 million barrels to total 245.5 million, which sits about 1.4 million above the five-year average.
At the close of Friday’s formal trading session on the NYMEX, West Texas Intermediate dropped by nearly $2 to settle at $59.20. Price gains made throughout January, which saw a closing high of $66.27, were wiped away after trading last week. Last week’s losses, which were buoyed by a strengthening dollar, may continue into this week after EIA’s latest weekly petroleum report revealed that U.S. crude production hit 10.25 million b/d – a new record weekly production rate.
A sign of potentially explosive growth in U.S. crude production, the latest Baker Hughes, Inc. report found the active oil rig count in the U.S. grew by 26 new rigs last week to total at 791. This is the highest number of active rigs since April 2015, and it will likely push production to even higher levels later this year.
Motorists can find current gas prices at GasPrices.AAA.com.
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Tag: EP
‘Understudy’ reveals UK singer’s raw potential
Up-and-coming U.K. artist Låpsley packed the full force of her musical prowess into her four-track electronic R&B EP “Understudy.” A recent XL Recordings signee, 18-year-old Låpsley has recently gained popularity thanks to BBC Radio.
Soft tones and steady tempos dominate “Understudy.” Låpsley’s vocal talent overshadows the lyrics, which don’t discuss anything novel in themselves. The positive vibes and upbeat tempo of “Brownlow” makes up for some of the other themes that don’t have pleasant endings.
Låpsley’s vocal talents are best heard in “Falling Short,” in which she sings long harmonies and chop vocals. Though it lacks the synths, it still has a lot to offer with the organic percussion and piano. It’s the best track “Understudy” has to offer.
“Falling Short” may give listeners a good impression of Låpsley’s vocal skills, but “8896” sports more electronic music and best represents Låpsley as an artist. The echoing vocals, soft synth sounds and strings make up Låpsley’s exclusive sound.
In “Dancing,” Låpsley gives listeners a preview of her storytelling abilities, singing about being caught in a love triangle and unaware of what direction she’s heading in.
The young artist’s EP is impressive, considering that she signed on at 18 with an impressive record label. Each track of “Understudy” offers potential.
As an EP, “Understudy” does everything necessary to get the listener’s attention. The EP itself is not a standout, but Låpsley is, and the EP is still worth the listen as she no doubt works towards future music with more potential for her unique sound.
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Pitney Bowes Installs 100...
Pitney Bowes Installs 100,000th SendPro C Sending Solution
SaaS-based, multi-carrier, all-in-one sending solution has transformed the way businesses are shipping and mailing
STAMFORD, Conn., October 29, 2019 - Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE:PBI), a global technology company that provides commerce solutions in the areas of ecommerce, shipping, mailing, data and financial services, today announced it has reached the milestone of 100,000 SendPro C installations in less than 24 months since its launch. The SaaS-based, multi-carrier, all-in-one sending solution has transformed the way businesses are shipping and mailing. Clients value its user-friendly Android interface, innovative product design and sophisticated features, while access to deep analytics gives them visibility into tracking and helps them reduce costs.
“The SendPro C enables our business to simplify our sending in ways we never thought possible. Now we can send, track and save, all from one solution, without leaving our office,” said Heather Safley, Southern Leather Co. “As a small business, Southern Leather Co. enjoys having a postal solution that is user friendly. All our employees now utilize all the functions. It’s a dream.”
“SendPro C simplifies office shipping and mailing for today’s businesses. Reaching this milestone of 100,000 SendPro C installations demonstrates the solution’s continuing popularity and the positive impact it has had on the market,” said Jason Dies, EVP and President, Pitney Bowes Sending Technology Solutions. “The launch of SendPro C marked a turning point in the evolution of our sending technologies and the value we deliver for our clients. It has helped shape the future of our business and will lead us towards our next century of growth.”
The 100,000th SendPro milestone is reached as Pitney Bowes announces its latest Parcel Shipping Index, which highlights the growth of the parcel shipping industry in 13 of the world’s major markets. By 2025, forecasts the report, parcel volume is set to reach 200 billion. Although ecommerce is a key contributing factor to the predicted growth, office sending is also forecast to rise. This is particularly true in the IT, wholesale B2C and manufacturing industries, according to complementary research Pitney Bowes carried out on its clients’ sending patterns and behaviors. Organizations are choosing SendPro C to drive efficiency, accelerate productivity and manage this growth.
For more information and to order a SendPro C, click here.
Pitney Bowes (NYSE:PBI) is a global technology company providing commerce solutions that power billions of transactions. Clients around the world, including 90 percent of the Fortune 500, rely on the accuracy and precision delivered by Pitney Bowes solutions, analytics, and APIs in the areas of ecommerce fulfillment, shipping and returns; cross-border ecommerce; office mailing and shipping; presort services; location data; customer information and engagement software; services; and financing. For nearly 100 years Pitney Bowes has been innovating and delivering technologies that remove the complexity of getting commerce transactions precisely right. For additional information visit Pitney Bowes, the Craftsmen of Commerce, at www.pitneybowes.com.
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Perth City has established a scholarship fund in loving memory of the late Matthew Glucina, Perth City National Open Swimmer, Club Captain and Committee Member. The Club is appealing to all our friends, families & associates for donations to the Scholarship Fund so that the Club can continue Matt's legacy and help other swimmers achieve their dreams in his honour. The funds raised will be used to offer bursaries/scholarships to members to assist with the costs of swimming squad fees, travel expenses or other expenses directly associated with pursing their swimming dream.
Perth City formed in July 2012 when the City of Perth and Lawley Aquatic Swimming Clubs joined forces. The new club benefits from the rich heritage of the oldest club in WA and the third oldest club in Australia, the support of Perth College school, as well as the success of its current top level…
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Best of 2010: Best Basketball Photos
Next up in my Best of 2010 blogs is my best of basketball. I am still not too comfortable with shooting basketball but slowly but surely I am picking up a little interest in the sport.
Below, using a star filter on my lens I shot Miami Heat forward (30) Michael Beasley driving to the basket under pressure Phoenix Suns center (8) Channing Frye in the first half at the US Airways Center.
Nikon D700, 24-70mm, 3200iso, f2.8, 1/1000th, Manual with a Star Filter
Phoenix Suns forward (55) Earl Clark defends against Milwaukee Bucks forward (21) Hakim Warrick in the first half at the US Airways Center, below.
Nikon D700, 80-200mm, 2500iso, f2.8, 1/800th, Manual
Below, Phoenix Suns guard (13) Steve Nash drives to the basket under pressure from Milwaukee Bucks defenders in the second half at the US Airways Center.
Below, Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire puts on his trademark glasses in the second half against the Milwaukee Bucks at the US Airways Center.
Nikon D700, 400mm, 2500iso, f2.8, 1/800th, Manual
New Jersey Nets center Yi Jianlian looks on as his teammates are introduced prior to the game against the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Center, below.
Nikon D700, 24-70mm, 2500iso, f2.8, 1/800th, Manual
New Jersey Nets guard (6) Courtney Lee leaps to the basket in the fourth quarter against the Phoenix Suns at the US Airways Center, below.
Nikon D700, 24-70mm, 3200iso, f2.8, 1/1000th, Manual
Using a remote camera in the catwalks of the US Airways Center I shot the below frame of Chicago Bulls forward Luol Deng (right) positioning for a rebound with Phoenix Suns forward Jared Dudley.
Nikon D700, 70-200mm with 1.4 convertor, 3200iso, f4, 1/1000th, Manual
Below, Chicago Bulls guard (1) Derrick Rose dunks the ball against Phoenix Suns guard (2) Goran Dragic in the fourth quarter at the US Airways Center.
Nikon D700, 80-200mm, 3200iso, f2.8, 1/1000th, Manual
Below, Phoenix Suns forward (1) Amare Stoudemire screams as he celebrates a foul call in the third quarter against Dallas Mavericks at the US Airways Center.
Baylor Bears forward Quincy Acy dunks the ball against the St. Marys Gaels in the second half during the semifinals of the south regional in the 2010 NCAA mens basketball tournament at Reliant Stadium, below.
In the below frame I focused on the hand of Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski as he yells against the Purdue Boilermakers during the semifinals of the south regional in the 2010 NCAA mens basketball tournament at Reliant Stadium.
Nikon D700, 400mm, 2500iso, f2.8, 1/1000th, Manual
Below, Purdue Boilermakers forward (25) JaJuan Johnson celebrates after dunking the ball against the Duke Blue Devils.
Purdue Boilermakers guard (5) Keaton Grant runs into Duke Blue Devils guard (20) Andre Dawkins as they fight for a loose ball during the during the first half in the semifinals of the south regional in the 2010 NCAA mens basketball tournament at Reliant Stadium, below.
Below, Duke Blue Devils guard (30) Jon Scheyer drives to the basket in the second half against the Purdue Boilermakers during the semifinals of the south regional in the 2010 NCAA mens basketball tournament at Reliant Stadium.
In the below frame, Duke Blue Devils center (55) Brian Zoubek pushes as he grabs a rebound against the Baylor Bears during the first half in the finals of the south regional in the 2010 NCAA mens basketball tournament at Reliant Stadium.
When a basketball court is placed in the middle of a huge football stadium it makes the court look really small. To illustrate that I went to the upper deck during the game to shoot the below overall shot of Reliant Stadium.
Below, Duke Blue Devils players celebrate following the game against the Baylor Bears during the finals of the south regional in the 2010 NCAA mens basketball tournament at Reliant Stadium. Duke defeated Baylor 78-71.
Below, Phoenix Suns guard (2) Goran Dragic is fouled by Denver Nuggets guard (25) Anthony Carter as he drives to the basket in the second half at the US Airways Center.
San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili (20) battles for a loose ball with Phoenix Suns guard (23) Jason Richardson in the first half in game one in the western conference semifinals of the 2010 NBA playoffs at the US Airways Center, below.
Prior to the game against the Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade (below) does pull ups on the basket at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.
Below, Phoenix Suns forwas Hakim Warrick (center) reacts as Memphis Grizzlies forward (00) Darrell Arthur reaches for a rebound in the first half at the US Airways Center.
Below, Phoenix Suns forward (33) Grant Hill dives for a loose ball in front of Memphis Grizzlies forward (4) Sam Young in the first half at the US Airways Center.
Minnesota Timberwolves forward (4) Wesley Johnson and Phoenix Suns guard (13) Steve Nash battle for the ball at the US Airways Center, below.
Next up in my Best of 2010 blogs is a new category for me. Best of Portraits.
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great photos …
Digital Photography Fan says:
WOW…. These are Awesome images!!
Des Thureson says:
A very interesting set of hoops pics Mark. I really enjoyed looking through. I really like number 4 with Nash and Bogut.
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Festival Reports 2021
CD review 2021
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Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2018
Dark Easter Metal Meeting
Backstage, Munich
31-March & 1-April 2018
Words: Wouter (WB), Laetitia (L) and contributions by Felix (F)
Pictures: Wouter (WB)
As someone wiser already mentioned, Easter is no longer the time to painstakingly pretend to have fun while spending time with the in-laws or searching for hidden Easter eggs. No, it’s time for the blackened unfaithful to travel to one of the many metal festivals around Europe (or beyond) and bask in the glow of Darkness, guitar tunes and blast-beats. Time to bang your head, have a dance and drink a beer. Who knows, you might even have fun! (WB)
After a long drive in a car packed with people and (a slight overdose of) pasta, a short trip to the city centre and metal pub of Munich, yours truly found himself returning to the Backstage in Munich on Saturday afternoon, after two years of absence. One of the better in-door venues, featuring three venues (‘Werk’, the largest, Halle (medium size) and Club (armpit level cosy)). The area has outdoor seating places, shielded from rain, to rest, drink and talk. And, lest I forget, they serve best cheese burgers of any metal festival I have yet visited! (WB)
Unlight (De) was the first band that came across and boy was that a good starter. All though not much new in the black metal, their play sounded really pleasing. With a chugging, slaughtering bass and melody lines constantly intertwining and a very solid voice, they made for just the ‘wake the fuck up and listen to some quality black metal’ feeling. (WB)
The style of music next was slightly altered, although very similar in nature with Noctem (Spain); awesome, rocking black metal of great talent. Reminiscent of Darvaza at times, Noctem to managed to also convince a large part of the audience with their music. It’s been a while since I last saw a band with such a guitar and drummer directly striking home! (WB)
After watching part of the ever mesmerizing Eïs (De), it was time for one of the bigger names of todays line up in Werk: Dark Fortress. Except for sounds problems with the bass guitar, they played a flawless and tight show. Which is exactly why, after listening to them for a bit, I got a bit bored (also: honesty obliges me to say Dark Fortress is not really my band). But the show itself was lively and made for a good spectacle nonetheless. (WB)
Talking to some fellow festival visitors, I was recommended to go see Sun of the Sleepless (De). And indeed, this was something elseentirely, in a good sense. Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Empyrium, Eudaimony) has made his name again resonate with this wonderful ambient black metal (one man) project. Although one might expect this music more on a place like Prophecy Fest or Roadburn, I was really pleased to witness this wave of aggressive melancholy – at times even reminding me of Vemods atmospheric soundscaping. A thing to go listen to if you like Empyrium, Vemod or any of Schwadorfs other work. (WB)
The next act, Bethlehem, who returned to DEMM for the first time since 2013, with a special premiere of a completely new line-up. The band can look back at an extensive history of roughly 25 years, having released nine studio albums, fueled by the contributions of about twenty different musicians. With the single constant position being that of Jürgen Bartsch as the only active musician and creative head of the band, Bethlehem’s latest musical chapter has also been pillowed by singer Yvonne “Onielar” Wilczynska (Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult). Aided by drummer Steve Wolz and guitarist Karzov since 2014, they have released their latest self-titled record in 2016 via Prohecy Records. Accordingly, the current style of Bethlehem’s latest setup means a return to their black metal roots charged with absurd and morbid lyrics about suicide, death and depression. Bethlehem’s appearance in Munich is dominated especially by Onielar’s performance who plays out Bartsch’s cosmos on stage captivatingly, an absolute highlight being “Kalt Ritt Durch Leicht Faltige Leere”. Next to tracks from the current album, Bethlehem also pleases old fans by playing “Aphel die Schwarze Schlange” from their 1996 release “Dictius te necare” that night. Indeed, the rife insanity emanating from the stage with the performance was weaved flawlessly into a very good and tight musical performance, that was both unnerving yet mesmerizing to witness.(F)
Before heading off to Ultha, I paid a visit to the exposition of Khristian Wåhlin (perhaps better known as Necrolord), the artist behind an impressive list of album art work items (Dark Funeral, Ensiferum, Dissection, At the Gates and Enisferum, to just name a few). Really impressive to see so many of the art work done by just one man, even if the bands are so un-a-like. And, as somebody remarked, I would also like to know ‘what Kristian dreams of at night’, given his talent for both the nightmarishly scary as well as beautiful sceneries. (WB)
Ultha (De), playing in a packed in Halle, proved yet again to be a talent hard to ignore. Their technical, at times progressive, thundering warhorse heavy slab of black metal also proved an immersive listen. Maybe even a tad bit better than when I last saw them in the Netherlands, with their all-encompassing darkness served as a relentless progressive post-black metal stew. (WB)
Having to cut short (unfortunately) Ultha, I made it in time to Shining (Swe), the unfriendliest metal band of all of Sweden :) . This was made obvious from the song “Jag Är Din Fiende” (I am your Enemy), which Niklas Kvaforth (vocals and bourbon bottle wielder) wrote for everybody present. The entertaining but somewhat unpredictable (aided by an ample amount of Jack Daniels from said bottle) performance of front-man Niklas always makes for something to watch, whether you like them or not. And their guitarist (Peter Huss) is such a majestic talent that even non-fans (e.g. yours truly) cannot help but appreciate their music. Besides playing songs of their new album (“Han Som Lurar Inom”, “Jag Är Din Fiende”), they could obviously not part without performing “For the God Below”. (WB)
The Italian Enisum was for me one of the reasons to love the 2018 line-up of DEMM; these atmospheric black metallers had me spin their tunes for quite some weeks in a row preceding the Easter days. Unfortunately, the sound was a bit bad at the (for a change not insanely packed) Club venue. Still the incense and overall play did well to convey the atmosphere they have in their recorded music. After the Intro feeding into “Balance of Insanity”, the mood was set and heads nodded. As much of their inspiration comes from the Italian Alps, the blasting “Alpine Peaks” could not go amiss either. The long stretched riffing and lofty sound scaping may not have been completely clear due to the sound issues, their convincing play made me watch just a little longer before heading off to see Agrypnie. (WB)
This was quite a special play for Agrypnie, as this was the last show with guitarist Eklantaz (Dave Conrad, Heretoir). Also special was of course Eviga (Dornenreich, live guitarist Sun of the Sleepless) performing “Aus Zeit erhebt sich Ewigkeit”, which he wrote and performs vocally as a guest musician on the forthcoming album of Agrypnie. Unfortunately, I had to miss this and saw only the last three songs, but the play was gripping as ever. (WB)
Time for some Swedish death metal, bathed in blood! Bloodbath is always a guarantee for a grand display of Scandinavian riffing that lifts the standards of death metal to unseen heights. Never yielding, their axe-grinding rhythm riffing and the brutal melody formations on top make this a band worth anyone’s attention, whether you like death metal or not. Although I have heard them perform better from a vocal point of view, they still managed to put down a convincing play. The decently long setlist featured favourites like “Cancer of the Soul”, “So You Die” and “Weak Aside”. And, after this long list of brutal songs, the audience was off course rewarded with being “Eaten”! A small portion of beer and and large portion of sleep deprivating activities later, I concluded my first day at DEMM – what a day!(WB)
The second day of Dark Easter Metal Meeting opened with the Italian doom/gothic metal band Novembre for us. A fairly low amount of people had gathered around the main venue to watch the band, and most of the crowd were hanging out in the back, chatting and having their first drink. As a result, the dark tunes of Novembre did not leave a lot of impact and the atmosphere was not present. The vocals sounded a bit of key and a bit swamped under the rest of the instruments in the mix, so unfortunately, the show of Novembre today is a bit of a miss. (L)
Next up in Werk were occult black metal wizards from Secrets of the Moon. Maybe not everybody’s favourite (yours truly is an un-abashed fan however), the sound of SotM is something unique. Kicking off with “No More Colours” and “Dirty Black” of their latest album (Sun, 2015) the stage was set and the show felt great in terms of (vocal) sound (which can be a hit miss with SotM). That there is a “Hole” in the world was shown with the likewise named (sing-along) song (“[…] four wounded angels – in the four corners of the world! […]”). Occult but also black to their roots, the show concluded with “Lucifer Speaks”. (WB)
As empty the main venue was during Novembre, as crowded is the second venue when the Austrian post black metal band Anomalie starts to play. One thing they have on their side, is the venue. The dark venue, a backdrop with trees/branches and ritualistic candlelight sets a good atmopshere for the dense black metal riffs of these musicians. It’s no wonder that most metalheads came out of their darkened dens of hangovers, as the band puts on a convincing show. It was a first introduction to Anomalie for yours truly, but hopefully not the last one. (L)
Playing at the same time as Anomalie, in the club, is German depressive black metal/rock band Freitodt(hailing from Bavaria). After all the blazing riffs we’ve heard so far, the ears are now calmed down a bit with more accessible melodies and more laid back music. Still the lyrics are darker and more devoid of hope than many of the bands playing at DEMM. Slowing down and letting the melancholic mood sink in for a while actually proved to be a welcome change before the festival madness continues. (L)
Dawn of Disease had to cancel Dark Easter Metal Meeting at a late notice. However, the organisation found a replacement in the form of the Austrian black metal formation Asphagor. With a no-bullshit attitude when it comes to performing and playing, the Austrians release their uncompromising, heavy music upon the audience. With war machine-like sounding drums, a mix of a melodic and an Immortal-esque guitar sound and vocals resounding from the depths of hell, Asphagor plays a convincing show.(L)
Second time in one weekend, lucky me: the Swedes of Naglfar are up next, after having just seen them at Inferno Festival. Having called the band a ‘solid black metal machine on stage’ before, I was surprised to find out that today’s show was even better. The machine had returned, yet spewing the riffs and songs even more convincingly. Perhaps it had to do with the adrenaline of playing a couple of gigs in a row, or it was the interaction between a Naglfar starving crowd and the band, this performance had an unbeatable atmosphere! (L)
Dutchies in the house, DOOL, is here to represent our country. And in what a way! As a kid coming too late to class, I only recently fell head over heels in love with the debut record ‘Here Now, There Then’ and damn have I missed out in the meantime. It’s not just the album that is flawless: playing live, the musicians play their tunes without mistakes, and also do it with a lot more energy and power. Among the songs of the album, “Vantablack”, “The Alpha” and “Oweynagat” are played and the audience takes it in like treat it is. Definitely one of the highlights of Dark Easter Metal Meeting. (L)
Hurrying back to Werk to witness the Totenritual performance of Belphegor, I was treated with an enthusiastic Helmuth welcoming Bavaria to his and Belphegors’ Sathanic display of goats, blood and black metal. Always a good live show, enraptured in the Darkness of Baphomet, Lucifer and, lest I forget to mention, goats? From start to finish, the melodic relentless avalanche kept heads nodding and grins grimm and evil. Old favourites “Stigma Diabolicum”, “Lucifer Incestus” and “Belphegor – Hell’s Ambassador” had the audience enraptured and stamping their respective hooves, while the newer material (“Totenkult”, “Baphomet“, “The Devil’s Son“) kept the ritual amply supplied by recent additions of the repertoire. Somehow, the Austrian accent and the guttural, harsh vocals make this band something special, even after a couple of shows that I was privileged to witness these last 12 months. (WB)
Something very high on my list to watch for a while now is UADA (US). And man, was I treated with a brutally, perfectly played blasting portion of death/black metal. Given, with their 2016 release ‘Devoid of Light’, they have shaken the metal audience with a debut of such an outstanding quality. But playing this live just as good (or better?!) was quite a nice surprise! Indeed, measured by the shoulder-to-shoulder packed Halle, they have indeed quickly gained massive popularity. The show could be compared to one of Mgla; tight, fast, no mistakes and no discernible faces. The only thing I could bring against UADA is their limited repertoire (just one album), I can’t wait for more! (WB)
All things come to an end, and Paradise Lost was a good (pen-)ultimate band to close off the Dark Easter Metal Meeting 2018. Maybe Nick’s vocals sounded a bit flat (as with Bloodbath), Paradise Lost is a band that radiates so much experience and talent, it’s hard not to like. Although I haven’t listened enough to their new release (Medusa), of which they played most songs, I could help but bang my head like crazy when “No Hope in Sight” (The Plague Within) hit the stage. These guys may be getting old, but they still play a monstrously heavy and tight show. (WB)
Not all was lost: the party refused to die just yet during the infective, dancing, punching and headbanging show of Desaster at the Halle venue. Although earlier stating they would cancel as ‘they were too drunk to play’ the April Fools joke was made up for big time during their brilliant play. Some beers and an epic bus drive later brought the official end to Dark Easter Metal 2018. (WB)
Returning to Munich to witness another episode of the Dark Easter Metal Meeting was a struggle well worth the effort. The festival is friendly, nicely located and the venue, if packed at times, is nicely accommodating. For both the music addict as well as the the beer drinking social ones and everything in between. Easter is better spent on a festival, without looking for eggs. Hell, I even had loads of fun! I will be back, and so should you! (WB).
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What You Should (Probably) Leave To A Gunsmith
News Posted on November 27, 2020 —by Recoil Daily 52 0
There are some gun repairs or modifications that are no big deal, and there are some that you should probably leave to a gunsmith.
It’s kind of like working on your car; there are some things that aren’t a big deal and some things that you should probably leave to a mechanic. Oil change, most minor repairs…go ahead! Rebuilding the engine? You might want to leave that to professionals.
Unless you already are a mechanic, of course.
The reason why is that some parts on some guns or at least some makes and models of guns have to be done absolutely correctly or else the gun will never work correctly.
And what are some of those things?
Anything Involving Milling
Unless you happen to have your own CNC milling equipment, and are a machinist, leave anything involving milling to the professionals.
Actual gunsmiths, who are actually fewer and farther between than you might think, are actually machinists who specialize in firearms parts rather than mechanics for guns, which is how most people tend to use them though not that there’s anything wrong with that per se.
Typically, the reason you’d mill parts require specific clearances and dimensions be achieved in the cuts either for milling receiver parts from stock, sight cuts and other applications. Precision is required, so this is definitely something that should be left to a gunsmith.
Barrel Swaps, With Obvious Exceptions We All Know About
Obviously, some barrels are literally drop-in. You just put the new one in and that’s it. Most modern striker-fired pistols, AR platform rifles and so on. Those can be changed by the lay person without too much issue and with minimal tools needed.
However, not all firearms are like that, and barrel changes beyond simple drop-in changes should probably be left to a gunsmith for best results.
1911 pistols typically require anywhere from a little fitting to a lot of fitting to replace the barrel, depending on the model and the barrel.
Bolt-action rifles can be anywhere from simple to incredibly complicated to rebarrel, depending on the exact make and model. However, in all instances, doing so requires gunsmithing tools (such as an action wrench) that are not cheap to acquire.
Oh, and just like installing spark plugs…you better thread it perfectly or else you can be in for serious problems.
Then you have firearms with press-fit barrels, such as AK, HK91/G3/CETME rifles, FN FALs and so on. The typical design of these guns is to use a hydraulic press to press the barrel into a front trunnion that’s riveted or milled into the receiver.
Granted, sourcing a press isn’t necessarily difficult (typically a 20-ton press is required, and you can get one from Harbor Freight for about $200) and the operation is not complicated. Set barrel, press barrel pin.
But if you screw it up, you can wind up with headspacing issues…and that’s dangerous. Simple to do, but there isn’t much margin for error, so it’s better left to the professionals.
Literally Anything Involving A Remington 740 Or 742
The Remington 740 and 742, a formerly very popular semi-auto rifle from the 50s, is a veritable Rube Goldberg machine. If the people who designed it had half a brain, or for that matter any integrity, it could have been one of the all-time great rifles. Most wind up as wall hangers.
Today’s Remington 740 or 742 owner tends to have inherited it from a relative, such as a father, uncle, grandfather or what have you. The only advice there is as far as working on one is to forget it. Take it to a gunsmith.
The only thing to do with one is clean and lubricate it using evaporating contact cleaner, because you don’t want to try to take the damn thing apart, and hose it down with RemOil or other all-purpose cleaner/lubricant/protectant. Then pray like hell that the bolt lugs don’t eat the receiver rails…which they eventually will, because Remington (in their infinite wisdom) decided 1,000 to 2,000 rounds was about the average life expectancy of a rifle anyway.
Any gas-operated rifle (AR, AK, FALs, AR-18s and their modern descendants) uses a gas block to either directly blow the bolt back (DI) or to power a long- or short-stroke piston to operate the bolt.
If there’s any leakage in the gas system…gun don’t work.
This is also why the delayed roller blowback system HK 91/G3/CETME rifle is arguably better than the piston systems (no gas system to screw up!) but that’s a topic for another time.
This is why the most common problems with AR platform rifles is either a gas block installed incorrectly or a malfunctioning gas key on the bolt, often caused by poor staking, both of which are problems related to the gas operation.
And a whole lot of ARs and AKs get brought into gun shops for not running correctly…and it turns out the reason why is because the gas system was Installed By Bubba.
Usually some tacticool adjustable gas block because Bubba thought he’d get him a can…and doesn’t know what buffer weights are.
If there’s a common theme here, it’s that you should leave things to a gunsmith when there’s little or no margin for error.
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New Privacy Bills Aim to Protect Health Data During the Pandemic
From today’s Consumer Reports Online:
Tech companies are developing new contact-tracing apps, sharing people’s location information with health researchers, and taking other steps to put consumer data to work in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Now, lawmakers are writing laws to ensure the increased surveillance doesn’t also end up hurting consumers.
Over the past two weeks, legislators in the House and Senate proposed competing privacy bills that would establish safeguards.
The bills differ in some big ways, but both include rules mandating transparency and consent, and controlling the use of data for purposes other than public health. The first, the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection Act, was introduced by Senate Republicans last week. Democrats introduced a counterproposal today, the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act.
Tech companies are taking a variety of approaches to collecting and sharing consumer data in the wake of the pandemic.
A Facebook survey conducted by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University is tracking symptoms to look for new hot spots around the country. Ancestry and 23andMe are using their collections of DNA data to search for genetic clues that might predict how severely a patient will react to a coronavirus infection. Apple and Google joined forces to build a contact tracing technology that uses Bluetooth signals from cell phones to identify and notify people who have been exposed to someone infected with the coronavirus. And businesses from location data brokers to smart thermometer companies are repurposing other kinds of data for public health research.
Public health experts have mixed opinions on whether the efforts will provide useful tools for containing the pandemic. But even tools that do help can also introduce serious privacy concerns.
“It’s all very well intentioned, but there is a huge risk here that there could be some really pernicious discrimination, especially when you think about how this virus is disproportionately affecting African Americans, Hispanics, older Americans, and other marginalized communities,” says David Brody, counsel and senior fellow for privacy and technology at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, an advocacy group that endorsed the Democrats’ Public Health Emergency Privacy Act.
Read the compete article here.
Posted in #ConsumerRights, consumer protection, technology | Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, data privacy, privacy rights, technology, tracing
Data Privacy: What Californians can do about creepy data collection in 2020
From today’s The Mercury News:
Starting New Year’s Day, Californians creeped out by the trove of personal data companies collect on their online shopping, searching and social media habits will get sweeping new privacy rights that will let them opt out of having their information sold or shared and let them demand that it be deleted.
“This is really a watershed moment for consumers,” said Scott W. Pink, a Menlo Park lawyer who advises companies on cybersecurity and privacy. “It’s the first law in the United States outside specialized industries like health care that provides consumers some degree of control and access over data collected on them.”
The California Consumer Privacy Act approved in June 2018 was inspired by public outrage over data breaches at major companies such as Facebook, Yahoo and Equifax that exposed consumers to potential fraud and misuse of their personal information, and by the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.
The new law requires that businesses disclose their data gathering and sharing practices and allows consumers to opt out of it and to demand that businesses delete collected information on them. It prohibits companies from penalizing consumers with higher rates or fewer services for exercising their privacy rights and from selling information about children under age 16 without their explicit consent.
But questions continue to swirl as companies scramble to comply. The state attorney general is still finalizing proposed regulations intended to guide consumers and businesses in order to meet a July deadline when enforcement is expected to begin.
And both consumer and business advocates continue to spar over whether the new privacy provisions go too far or not far enough, with proposed state and federal substitutes in the works.
Posted in #ConsumerRights, consumer protection, technology | Tagged California, consumer protection, data privacy, privacy rights, technology
A brutal year: how ‘techlash’ caught up with Facebook, Google and Amazon
From The Guardian Online:
What goes up must come down, and in 2019, gravity reasserted itself for the tech industry.
After years of relatively unchecked growth, the tech industry found itself on the receiving end of increased scrutiny from lawmakers and the public and attacks from its own employees.
Social Media, Fake News, and the hijacking of democracy by reactionary forces at home and from abroad.
“The whole year has been brutal for tech companies,” said Peter Yared, chief executive officer and founder of data compliance firm InCountry. “The techlash we have seen in the rest of the world is just now catching up in the US – it’s been a long time coming.”
From new privacy legislation to internal strife, here are some of the major hurdles the tech industry has faced in the past year.
As the 2020 presidential race intensified, tech companies faced a growing backlash over the campaign-related content they allow on their platforms.Advertisement
In October, Facebook quietly revised its policy banning false claims in advertising to exempt politicians, drawing fierce criticism from users, misinformation watchdogs, and politicians. Following the change in policy, presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren took out advertisements on Facebook purposely making false statements to draw attention to the policy.
Democratic lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grilled Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, over the policy change in a congressional hearing in October. “Do you see a potential problem here with a complete lack of factchecking on political advertisements?” Ocasio-Cortez asked, as Zuckerberg struggled to answer. “So, you won’t take down lies or you will take down lies?”
Meanwhile, other tech companies took the opposite stance.TikTok, whose reported 500 million users makes it one of Facebook’s largest rivals, made clear in a blogpost in October it would not be hosting any political advertisements.
And Facebook rival Twitter banned almost all political advertising in October. Google stated in November it would no longer allow political advertisers to target voters based on their political affiliations.
Posted in #ConsumerRights, #VotingRights, corporate governance, domestic politics, elections, financial corruption, political corruption, technology | Tagged Amazon, consumer protection, data privacy, election meddling, Election2020, Facebook, Google, privacy rights
Opinion: One Man Can Bring Equifax to Justice (and Get You Your Money)
From today’s New York Times:
On Dec. 19, District Judge Thomas Thrash of Atlanta will hold a final approval hearing for the Equifax 2017 data breach settlement. There’s a lot at stake. If the settlement is approved, the $31 million pool earmarked for claims will be paid out to some victims. Others will get free credit monitoring (because the cash reward set aside for victims was so small, if all 147 million people affected by the breach filed a claim, everyone would get just 21 cents).
There’s another option. As I wrote in a September column, victims could file a formal, legal objection, which would nullify the settlement. If Judge Thrash finds those objections convincing, Equifax’s class-action counsel wouldn’t receive their $77.5 million fee and Equifax would be liable again to face a substantial penalty for the breach. I’m happy to report quite a few people — maybe even a record number — did just that.
Over the past month Reuben Metcalfe, the founder of Class Action Inc., helped 911 individuals object (another 294 objected but did not provide signatures by the Nov. 19 deadline) by creating a chatbot tool that allowed victims to file objections automatically for the Equifax settlement at no cost (Class Action Inc. waived its 5 percent fee for Equifax). Theodore H. Frank, a lawyer who specializes in class-action suits, has jumped in the ring himself along with another victim, David Watkins. Frank’s objections, which are more formal and detailed than Metcalfe’s many automated ones, argue that the settlement is too broad and doesn’t take into account state-by-state protections for data breaches (in Utah, where Watkins lives, victims could claim damages up to $2,000).
Now it’s up to Judge Thrash to sift through the settlement and its objections and decide. Thanks to Metcalfe and Frank, he’s likely to be feeling some pressure. Back in September a class-action lawyer told me that even if only 1,000 people object, it can send a powerful message. Frank is hopeful the settlement will look weak on its own merits. “If the judge gives an honest look, he’ll realize it doesn’t meet muster,” he told me recently.
I’d argue there’s even more resting on Judge Thrash’s shoulders, including whether companies can get away with abusing our data in the future. Metcalfe, who has steeped himself in the world of class-action suits, suggested that the settlements, initially a method for accountability, have become a mechanism for companies to knowingly skirt liability for not protecting consumers. “It’s becoming cheaper to say sorry after the fact than to obey the law in the first place,” he told me.
This feels especially true in the world of data privacy, where breaches are so frequent that a discovery last week of an open database containing the personal information of 1.2 billion people hardly made news. We seem locked in a vicious cycle: Companies that gather and trade data have few checks or regulations. This allows them to collect more, which means more money. And deeper pockets make it harder to impose meaningful penalties that might deter repeat and future offenders (see: the Federal Trade Commission’s $5 billion slap on the wrist of Facebook). Judge Thrash, then, has a unique opportunity to make a statement by objecting.
Posted in #ConsumerRights, American economy, consumer protection, technology | Tagged consumer protection, data privacy, Equifax, privacy rights
Comcast faces $9.1 million penalty for violating consumer protection laws
From today’s Seattle Times:
Comcast violated Washington’s Consumer Protection Act by charging nearly 31,000 residents without their knowledge for a service-protection plan, a King County Superior Court judge ruled Thursday.
But the order by Judge Timothy Bradshaw also rejected parts of what started as a $100 million lawsuit alleging “deceptive” practices surrounding repair fees and credit checks brought against the Philadelphia-based company by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson in 2016.
Ferguson in late 2017 expanded that complaint to include allegations about the service-protection plans. Those plans — which at that time cost $5.99 per month — are intended to cover repairs for customer-owned wiring related to Xfinity voice, TV and internet service.
In Thursday’s order, Bradshaw imposed $9.1 million in civil penalties against Comcast. He directed the company to pay additional money in restitution to the affected customers within 60 days, according to a news release from the Attorney General’s Office.
The ruling found that Comcast had signed up 30,946 Washington residents to the plan without their consent, according to the news release. Additionally, the company did not reveal the true cost of the plan to another 18,660 state residents.
Posted in #ConsumerRights, consumer protection, technology | Tagged Comcast, consumer protection, consumer rights, privacy rights
Facebook Halts Advertising Targeting Cited in Bias Complaints and Lawsuits
After years of criticism, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it would stop allowing advertisers in key categories to show their messages only to people of a certain race, gender or age group.
The company said that anyone advertising housing, jobs or credit — three areas where federal law prohibits discrimination in ads — would no longer have the option of explicitly aiming ads at people on the basis of those characteristics.
The changes are part of a settlement with groups that have sued Facebook over these practices in recent years, including the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Fair Housing Alliance and the Communications Workers of America. They also cover advertising on Instagram and Messenger, which Facebook owns.
“We think this settlement is historic and will go a long way toward making sure that these types of discriminatory practices can’t happen,” Sheryl Sandberg, the company’s chief operating officer, said in an interview.
The company said it planned to carry out the changes by the end of the year and would pay less than $5 million to settle five lawsuits brought by the groups.
Posted in #ConsumerRights, consumer protection, media, technology | Tagged data privacy, Facebook, lawsuits, privacy rights, social media
Why Are We All Still Using Venmo?
From today’s Wired Magazine:
VENMO, THE POPULAR payment app owned by PayPal, has become the default way millions of Americans settle a check, pay a friend back for coffee, or buy a concert ticket off Craigslist. Writers have argued that Venmoing makes us petty, and that the app has nearly killed cash. Fewer have questioned whether it’s really the best service for exchanging money, or storing sensitive banking information.
The app has reigned supreme for over half a decade, but in 2018, there are more secure and easier-to-use payment options worth considering as replacements. Venmoing may be standard, but here’s why I’ve switched.
Most Venmo competitors, like Square’s Cash app, share the same core feature: You can send money with a few taps and swipes. Venmo is unique in that it has a social networking component. By default, all peer-to-peer Venmo transactions—aside from the payment amount—are public, to everyone in the world.
Creepy, right? Venmo does give users the ability to limit who can see transactions both before and after they’re sent, but many people don’t choose to adjust their privacy settings. When I opened Venmo recently, the first payment on my news feed was from a friend whose concerns about privacy have led him to delete both his Instagram and Facebook accounts. Despite taking drastic steps to limit his digital footprint, I know who he ate sushi with last night, thanks to Venmo.
Venmo’s insistence on mimicking a social networking app isn’t just weird—it can have unnerving consequences. In July, privacy advocate and designer Hang Do Thi Duc released Public by Default, a site that taps into Venmo’s API to highlight how much information can be gathered about you from your public activity on the app. She was able to trace the exact spending habits of a couple in California, documenting what stores they shopped at, when they took their dog to the vet, and when they made loan payments.
Posted in #ConsumerRights, consumer protection, technology | Tagged consumer rights, data privacy, privacy rights
In #MeToo Era Companies Embrace Rolling Background Checks at Work
From today’s Bloomberg News Service:
Jay Cradeur takes pride in his 4.9 driver rating on Uber Technologies Inc.’s five-star scale and the almost 19,000 rides he’s given in the capital of ride sharing, San Francisco. So he was puzzled — and more than a little annoyed — when Uber kicked him off its platform last December.
Little did he know that he had fallen victim to a growing practice among U.S employers: regular background checks of existing workers in addition to the routine pre-employment screening. Uber’s post-hiring check had thrown up a red flag on Cradeur, an issue that took six weeks to resolve and which the company later attributed to a “technical error.”
The number of companies constantly monitoring employees isn’t known, but the screening industry itself has seen explosive growth in recent years. Membership in the National Association of Professional Background Screeners more than quadrupled to 917 last year from 195 members when it was formed in 2003, said Scott Hall, the organization’s chairman and also chief operating officer of the screening company, FirstPoint.
“I think the concern is coming from a fear that either something was missed the first time around or a fear of, ‘Really do we know who’s working for us?’” said Jon Hyman, a Cleveland employment lawyer who has seen a pick-up in calls from manufacturers in the past six months inquiring about continuous checks.
“I think the MeToo movement plays into this, too, because they wonder, ‘Do we have people who might have the potential to harass?” he added.
Companies are trying to balance privacy concerns with mounting pressure to do a better job in rooting out workers who might steal, harass or even commit violent acts in the workplace. Some high-profile incidents among Uber drivers are helping spook employers into taking action, including an Uber Eats driver in Atlanta who allegedly shot and killed a customer in February.
Healthcare and financial service workers have gone through extra screening for years, but the practice of running periodic checks or continuous checks is spreading to other sectors including manufacturing and retailing within the past six to 12 months, said Tim Gordon, senior vice president of background-screening company, InfoMart Inc.
Posted in #WorkRights, American economy, corporate governance, labor market, technology, worker rights | Tagged #MeToo, background checks, data privacy, privacy rights, workplace culture
The Cambridge Analytica-Facebook Scandal and the Coming Data Bust
The queasy truth at the heart of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, which is so far the company’s defining disgrace of 2018, is that its genesis became scandalous only in retrospect. The series of events that now implicate Facebook began in 2014, in plain view, with a listing on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service, where users can complete small tasks for commensurately modest sums of cash. In exchange for installing a Facebook app and completing a survey — in the process granting the app access to parts of your Facebook profile — you would get around a dollar. Maybe two.
This was a great deal, at least by the standards of the time. Facebook users were then accustomed to granting apps permission to see their personal data in exchange for much less. It was the tail end of a Facebook era defined by connected apps: games like FarmVille, Candy Crush and Words With Friends; apps that broadcast your extra-Facebook activities, like Spotify and Pinterest; and apps that were almost explicitly about gathering as much useful data as possible from users, like TripAdvisor’s Cities I’ve Visited app, which let you share a digital pushpin map with your friends.
Most of these apps, when installed, demanded permission to access “your profile info,” which could include things like your activity, birthday, relationship status, interests, religious and political views, likes, education and work history. They could also collect information about users’ friends, multiplying their reach. In providing a marketplace for such apps, Facebook made it easy for users to extend their extraordinarily intimate relationship with the site to thousands of third-party developers. One of them turned out to be connected to Cambridge Analytica, which was using the data for right-wing political campaigns — a fact that was lucidly and widely reported as early as 2015 but promptly lost in the roiling insanity of primary season. (As of Facebook’s most recent admission, data was collected on as many as 87 million users.)
Not that more exposure in the news cycle would have mattered much back then. It was self-evidently absurd to grant a virtual-farming game access to your religious views, but that’s just how the platform worked at the time, and so we got used to it, much in the same way we got used to conducting our private lives on any other corporate platform. (When Gmail first started in 2004, the fact that it placed ads based on the contents of users’ emails was considered invasive. That feeling passed; Google continued scanning consumer email until 2017, and Gmail now has more than a billion users.) Still, these individually trivial decisions never gave us cause to confront just how much we had come to trust Facebook.
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Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Harvested Data of Up to 87 Million Users
Facebook on Wednesday said that the data of up to 87 million users may have been improperly shared with a political consulting firm connected to President Trump during the 2016 election — a figure far higher than the estimate of 50 million that had been widely cited since the leak was reported last month.
Mark Zuckerberg, the company’s chief executive, also announced that Facebook would offer all of its users the same tools and controls required under European privacy rules. The European rules, which go into effect next month, give people more control over how companies use their digital data.
Facebook had not previously disclosed how many accounts had been harvested by Cambridge Analytica, the firm connected to the Trump campaign. It has also been reluctant to disclose how it was used by Russian-backed actors to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Among Facebook’s acknowledgments on Wednesday was the disclosure of a vulnerability in its search and account recovery functions that it said could have exposed “most” of its 2 billion users to having their public profile information harvested.
The new effort to appear more transparent about the data leaks — including a rare question-and-answer session with Mr. Zuckerberg and reporters — came just before Mr. Zuckerberg’s expected testimony next week on Capitol Hill, where he will most likely face criticism over how the company collects and shares the personal data of its users. Sheryl Sandberg, Mr. Zuckerberg’s top deputy, has several national television interviews scheduled for later this week.
The company said that on Monday it would start telling users whether their information may have been shared with Cambridge Analytica.
Andy Stone, a spokesman for Facebook in Washington, said the 87 million figure was an estimate of the total number of users whose data could have been acquired by Cambridge Analytica. He said that the estimate was calculated by adding up all the friends of the people who had logged into the Facebook app from which Cambridge Analytica collected profile data.
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Tool: Announcing Git Support for Google Code Project Hosting
Looks like the Goog will host coding projects using subversion, mercurial or now git. I'll gave to check it out.
Announcing Git Support for Google Code Project Hosting
We’re pleased to announce today that in addition to supporting the Subversion and Mercurial version control systems, Google Code Project Hosting now supports Git. Git is a popular distributed version control system (DVCS) like Mercurial, and it is used by many popular projects including the Linux kernel and Android.
Now, when you create a project or visit your existing project’s Administration > Source tab, you have the option of choosing Git as your version control system. You’ll enjoy all the same great Google Project Hosting features, like project updates, advanced issue tracking, and an easy-to-use VCS-backed wiki—only now, you can do it with Git. You can also create an instant server-side clone of any existing Git repository by clicking the “Create a clone” button on the project’s checkout page.
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Since our original announcement of Mercurial support, Git has grown significantly more popular and user-friendly, and on the technical side, it has added an efficient “smart” HTTP protocol that fits with Google’s HTTP-based infrastructure. (Note that this feature is only available in version 1.6.6 and later.)
Like our Mercurial implementation, our Git implementation stores object data in a custom data store built on Bigtable, which provides us with efficient, scalable source code repositories with near-instantaneous replication to multiple datacenters around the world. To fit with our existing Python-based system, our Git server implementation is powered in part by
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Alumni re-union 2019 held at SACHET School of Languages with Dr. A.Q.Khan, NI & Bar, HI
March 17, 2020 March 17, 2020 Communication Desk
SACHET School of Languages (SSL) organized its first annual alumni re-union on Tuesday, 31st December 2019 at SSL Auditorium, Al-Babar Center F-8 Markaz Islamabad. Over 70 alumni and guests participated to celebrate the evening. It was a fantastic opportunity for the students and teachers to meet chief guest Dr. A. Q. Khan NI & Bar, HI (Founder and President of SACHET-Pakistan) and to reconnect with instructors, friends and classmates.
Around 70 participants including Lt. General (R) Dr. Riaz Ahmad Chowhan (Member, BoD SACHET), Mr. Ahmad Khan (Former Federal Secretary), Mr. Muhammad Faheem (Chief Executive Director, SACHET), Amin Muhammad (ED, SACHET) Dr. Saeed Mustafa, Raja Arshad Abbasi, current students and team members of SACHET-Pakistan were present at the occasion.
The event was formally started with recitation of Holy Quran by Mr. Shayan Zaman (Volunteer) followed by a welcome note by Mr. Amin Muhammad (ED, SACHET). He briefly introduced about the activities of SSL and profiles of instructors with the Chief Guest. After that Mr. Amin requested Prof. Rashid Mahmood (Lead Instructor for IELTS & Spoken English) to share his views with the Chief Guest and honorable guests.
Prof. Rashid Mahmood mentioned that “We have been fortunate to have Dr. A.Q. Khan as our Guest of the day. His philanthropic achievements and his contribution to our country is not a secret to anyone. This evening is particularly very important for me because of two reasons; firstly, this last day of the year 2019 provided me the opportunity to pause and reflect on the targets and goals that I have set for myself in the beginning of the passing year, and re-adjust my future plans accordingly. Secondly, this evening is going to be memorable for me and the credit goes to SACHET. It has given me the great respect, a teacher longs for. I couldn’t have met our Quaid “Muhammad Ali Jinnah” due to the simple fact that I wasn’t born in his era, but SACHET blessed me with this chance to meet my second Quaid “The benefactor of Pakistan, the savior of our Nation, my hero Dr. A.Q. Khan”. It is a great honor celebrating a new year with him. Thank you Dr. A.Q. Khan and Thank you SACHET.”
After that Mr. Fahad Irshad (IELTS Student) came on stage and said “SACHET School of Languages gave me an opportunity to live a student life once again after 10 years of hectic job routine. I am very thankful to my instructor Prof. Rashid Mahmood; he taught us very devotedly and loyally. I feel blessed to celebrate the New Year with the legend of Pakistan Dr. A.Q. Khan. Thank you.”
Mr. Amin Muhammad requested Honorable Chief Guest, Dr. A.Q. Khan NI & Bar HI, along with Lt. Gen Dr. Riaz Ahmed Chowhan, Mr. Muhammad Faheem and Mr. Ahmed Khan to cut the cake and present the flower bouquets to the Instructors of SSL. Dr. A.Q. Khan presented the flower bouquets to the instructors and shared his views with the participants. “SACHET School of Languages is serving the community through arming the students with the skills of Modern Languages. It is very encouraging to see that as many as 200 students have graduated from SACHET School of Languages in such a small period of time. I truly understand the importance of learning these modern languages as myself worked very hard in learning some of the European languages i-e. English, German, French and Dutch and have benefited a lot by the means.”
After the remarks of Dr. A.Q. Khan NI and Bar HI, Mr. Muhammad Faheem thanked the Honorable Chief Guest, alumni, current students and other guests for celebrating the evening with SSL. Towards the end an exclusive refreshment was served with Dr. A.Q. Khan NI & Bar, HI including students, instructors, SACHET staff and others followed by a group photo.
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3 Moroccan Film Directors Making an Impact on World of Cinema
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by Marina Solovyov
Stateless Narjiss Nejjar,
Moroccan Director
Morocco’s luminous and diverse landscapes have inspired both international and Moroccan filmmakers to create legendary films. International productions of historic movies such as Lawrence of Arabia by David Lean, Orson Welles’s Othello, and The Sheltering Sky by Bernardo Bertolucci have been filmed in Morocco. These landmark additions to global cinema have showcased the country’s landscapes, documented modern and biblical scenes, and lent to viewers’ discovery of cultures. With the increase of international airlines launching direct routes to Morocco to accommodate tourism, this new gateway into Europe and Africa serves filmmakers as well. In just a few hours, London and Paris film crews can have easy access to the bustling city of Casablanca and Marrakech. Flights from New York City, Washington DC and Atlanta are also available and just under eight hours from Casablanca.
The result of an increased number of international flights is new attention to growing Morocco’s cinematic world. Even the Moroccan government has taken an active role to help foreign companies organize projects such as music videos, commercials, documentaries, and feature films. The highlight for many is Morocco’s boom in International Film Festivals and attention now being paid to Moroccan Film Directors. Three Moroccan Film Directors Making an Impact on the World of Cinema are Hicham Lasric, Nabil Ayouch, and Narjiss Nejjar.
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Hicham Lasric
By age 31, Hicham Lasric was already making a name for himself as an artistic director, scriptwriter, writer, and poet. The cinema prodigy was born and raised in Casablanca and is considered Morocco’s “Arabic punk film director.” The third chapter of his “dog trilogy”, Jahiliya, will show at FIFM 2019. It is considered the darkest chapter of the series and shows the stories of six characters, each located in different parts of Morocco. The film pulls back the curtains on Morocco’s real but less discussed subjects: violence, humiliation, social relations between men and women, and the social and economic gaps between contemporary Morocco’s privileged and disenfranchised. The film also references a historical event about the “feast of sacrifice” that took place in 1996. Jahiliya sends strong messages and confirms his position as a fearless and rebel filmmaker in the Arab world. Lasric is also a novelist. “I wrote one science fiction book and will release something towards the end of 2019. In my exhibition at Casablanca Design Week, I displayed works from my new Graphic Novel, Golderac. I drew a big robot that was coming out of a mosque. I want to show the different faces of Morocco.”
Nabil Ayouch, French Moroccan Director
Nabil Ayouch – is a French-Moroccan film director, producer, and screenwriter based in Casablanca. His works have made an impact since his first feature film Mektoub (1997). The French-Moroccan drama was entered as the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Academy Awards. His first short film Les Pierres bleues du désert (1992) was also well received and coincidentally launched the career of French-Moroccan comedian and actor Jamel Debbouze. Ayouch’ has produced over 40 + multi-genre films produced and his work aims to make a social impact. He presents real-life subject matters to shed light on difficult and important topics. In 1999, he launched Ali n ‘Productions and became recognized for films like Ali Zaoua: Prince of the Streets (1999). The film put a spotlight on three Moroccan street kids living in Casablanca; they escaped reality by sniffing glue. The plot describes how they fled from Dib, a local street gang. It also shows their fear to receive painful revenge. Ali Zaoua received 21 wins and 3 nominations. Another insightful film was Horses of God (2012). The fictional story was inspired by the May 16th, 2003 suicide bombings in Casablanca. It won six awards and had two nominations.
Recently, Ayouch reappeared in the public eye for his participation in Adam, nominated as Best International Feature for the Oscars 2020. The film was directed by Moroccan director Maryam Touzani and awarded the El Gouna Bronze Star for Narrative Film. Adam put attention on the subject of single unmarried mothers in Morocco. “In a country like mine, it’s the biggest shame for a woman to have a child out of wedlock. She doesn’t want to disappoint her parents so she cannot tell the truth, ” said Touzani. Adam is the 15th film to be submitted to the Oscar’s since Roschdy Zem’s Omar Killed Me (1977).
Narjiss Nejjar Tangier Film Director
Narjiss Nejjar – is Tangier born director. Since 1994, she has been sparking the attention of audiences with her short and impactful documentaries, the first of which was The Demand for Dignity. Her 2003 drama Cry No More, tells the story of a former prostitute released from prison after a 25-year sentence. It was featured at the Director’s Fortnight Cannes Film Festival (2003). The film describes the main character Mina’s return to her Berber village of prostitutes. Upon discovering her daughter’s fate will parallel her past, she begins a plan to stop the sex work-cycle in the village. The 2019 FIFM Festival will play Nejjar’s film Stateless (بلا موطن). In the film, Nejjar speaks out at the hypocrisy of borders. She tells the story of Hénia, a young woman who was orphaned in her childhood and lost her identity when her Moroccan father disappeared along with her papers. Stateless describes her opportunity to reclaim her identity by marrying an old man she is assigned to care for.
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Cross Country National Training Group/International Junior Camp Criteria
The top development athletes in the United States below the U.S. Ski Team are named each year to the National Training Group. Nominations to the NTG are based on objective criteria based on international rankings, elite-level performances, and head-to-head competition. Every other year, in even years, NTG athletes will be invited to attend the International Junior Camp in Norway.
The selection criteria for the International Junior Camp are dictated by the hosts (Norway). In the past it has included:
-The camp is only for athletes born in a 2 year window (it will be 2001 and 2002 for the 2020 edition of the camp) with FIS point lower than 200.
-To ensure good quality sessions during the week, we invite national junior teams.
-The Norwegian junior national team will of course be present.
-With 10 athletes, minimum 4 athletes must be female athletes. If the nations come with 2 coaches, minimum 1 coach must be female.
For prior editions of the Camp we used the following objective selection criteria:
Objective selections shall be based on the results achieved by athletes in FIS Competitions are prioritized respectively as follows:
1. 1 Top 20 Women's/ 1 Top 30 Men's result at the 2016 Junior World Ski Championships
2. 1 Top 10 Women's/ 1 Top 15 Men's result in the Junior division at a SCANDO CUP or OPA CUP that has been scored to the USSA National Ranking List (NRL)
3. 1 Top 10 Women's/ 1 Top 15 Men's result at the Under-18 Nordic Nation's Cup (aka J1 Scando Cup Trip)
4. Qualify for Junior World Ski Championship
5. Qualify for Youth Olympic Games
6. Highest ranking on the USSA OVERALL National Ranking List (athletes born on or between 1999 or 2000).
7. Tie-breakers - use single lowest USSA scored race. If still a tie, then use second lowest USSA scored race - continue this process until tie is broken..
If spots remain after these objective criteria they will be filled using:
1. Lowest ranking on the FIS Distance Or Sprint World Ranking List (athletes born on or between 1999 or 2000). Tie breaker goes to the athlete with the LOWEST FIS World ranking in their strongest discipline (Distance or Sprint). The second tie-breaker goes to the athlete that has the LOWEST FIS World ranking in the weaker discipline (Distance or Sprint). The third tie breaker goes to the athlete with the lowest "Overall Ranking" on the US National Points List.
2. Athlete gender make-up will follow the Norwegian Ski Federation's minimum gender requirement (minimum 40% female athletes) & then use strength of field based on FIS World Ranking for both Distance and Sprint. A female-to male equalizer shall be used to equalize the larger depth of field for men. That equalizer with be a multiplier of 2/3 which is consistent in what we use for National Training Group and International Continental Cup selection criteria. (Example: Male ranked 500 in sprint and female ranked 400 in sprint - 500*2/3 = 333 vs 400. The male athlete would win the "gender tie-breaker."). A second tie breaker would be to compare lowest FIS ranking in the weaker discipline (distance in this example) & utilize the same 2/3 multiplier. A third tie break would use the same multiplier comparing "Overall Ranking" of U.S. National Points.
3. Alternates may be selected. Alternate criteria will maintain the Norwegian Ski Federation's minimum gender requirement (minimum 40% female athletes) & then use strength of field based on FIS World Ranking for both Distance and Sprint using the same formula as above.
Cross Country National Training Group Criteria
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International Junior Camp
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UGFS results in higher residual reflux at 12-month
Submitted by Owen on Fri, 2016-09-02 18:56
A clinical trial comparing open surgery and endovenous laser ablation (EVLA), ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS) (with phlebectomies) on quality of life and the occlusion rate of the great saphenous vein (GSV) 12 months after surgery, has found that UGFS resulted in equivalent improvement in quality of life but significantly higher residual GSV reflux at 12-month follow-up.
The study, ‘Randomized clinical trial comparing surgery, endovenous laser ablation and ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy for the treatment of great saphenous varicose veins’, by the Finnish Venous Study Collaborators and published in the British Journal of Surgery, included 214 patients: 65 had surgery, 73 had EVLA and 76 had UGFS.
Patients included at the trial had symptomatic, uncomplicated varicose veins (Clinical Etiologic Anatomic Pathophysiologic (CEAP) class C2–C4) were examined at baseline, one month and one year. Before discharge and at one week, patients reported a pain score on a visual analogue scale. Preoperative and one-year assessments included duplex ultrasound imaging and the Aberdeen Varicose Vein Severity Score (AVVSS).
The inclusion criteria were unilateral symptomatic, uncomplicated varicose veins (CEAP clinical classification C2–C4), duplex ultrasound-verified reflux in the GSV, mean diameter of the GSV in the thigh 5-10 mm, and age 20-70 years. Duplex ultrasound imaging was done in standing position, and reflux was measured after pneumatic compression of the calf. Incompetence was defined as a reflux of more than 0.5s.
All 214 patients attended the one-month follow-up, and 206 (96·3 per cent) the one-year follow-up: 61 of 65 after surgery, all 73 patients who had EVLA and 72 of 76 who had UGFS. There were no significant differences in the basic demographics, CEAP clinical classification, AVVSS or GSV dimensions at baseline between the study groups.
The mean duration of treatment was 95 (19) (range 62–155) min in the surgery group and 83 (17) (range 50–139) min in the EVLA group (p<0.001). Twenty-six patients (34 per cent) in the UGFS group received two treatments; no patient required a third treatment. The sclerosants employed for the first treatment were: STS 3 per cent (64 patients), STS 1 per cent (6), polidocanol 3 per cent (4) and polidocanol 1 per cent (2). The mean volume of foam used in the GSV was 4.7(1.6) (range 2.0-9.0) ml. Some 33 per cent also had foam injected into varicose tributaries: mean volume 4·6 (range 2.0-12.0) ml. In the second treatment session, the mean volume of foam used in the GSV was 3.8 (2.0–10.0) ml.
At one year, the GSV was completely occluded or absent in 59 (97 per cent) of 61 patients after surgery, 71 (97 per cent) of 73 after EVLA and 37 (51 per cent) of 72 after UGFS. The GSV was partially occluded in two patients (3 per cent), none (0 per cent) and 21 patients (29 per cent) in the respective groups. The difference between UGFS and the two other treatments was significant (p<0·001). No patient in the surgery group and only two (3 per cent) in the EVLA group had a patent GSV after one year, compared with 14 (19 per cent) in the UGFS group.
Of the two patients with a patent GSV in the EVLA group at one year, one had a tiny but patent GSV with no reflux and the other had asymptomatic reflux in a very narrow GSV. On duplex imaging at one year, reflux was seen in the below-knee GSV in 13, 16 and 33 per cent of patients in the surgery, EVLA and UGFS groups respectively (p=0.008 for UGFS versus other two procedures). Reflux in another unnamed thigh vein was present in 8, 10 and 12 per cent respectively (p=0.471 between groups). When GSV patency rates were analysed according to size of the GSV before treatment, there was a clear correlation between larger diameter and GSV patency, but only in the UGFS group (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Patency of the great saphenous vein (GSV) at various diameters on duplex ultrasound imaging 1 year after a) surgery, b) endovenous laser ablation (EVLA) or c) ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy (UGFS)
At baseline, there were no significant differences in median AVVSS between the groups. At one year, median AVVSS was significantly improved in all groups and there were no significant differences between the groups.
Pain after treatment was significantly reduced (lower VAS score) after UGFS in comparison with the surgery and EVLA groups, both at the time of discharge, and after one week.
“Reflux in the GSV was extremely rare at 1 year after surgical stripping or EVLA; however, after UGFS, reflux was seen in half of the patients, and the GSV was patent and refluxing in one of five. Despite these differences, disease-specific quality of life was significantly better in all groups at 1 year compared with preoperative values, with no significant differences between the interventions,” the authors write, “…Although recurrent/residual GSV reflux was seen in every other patient treated with UGFS, quality of life remained better than before surgery. One-year follow-up may be too early to show the consequences of recurrent reflux.”
The Finnish Venous Study Collaborators were: VP Suominen (Tampere University Hospital), P Vikatmaa, P Aho, M Lepäntalo, K Halmesmäki, S Laukontaus, EM Weselius, S Vuorisalo (Helsinki University Hospital).
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November 13, 2018 Simoneta Lara ChávezSoccerBundesliga, Christoph Peschek, Heinz-Christian Strache
There were only 28 violations at winter sports events. According to Sports Minister Strache, legal use in stadiums will continue to be possible.
Vienna – 3,575 pyrotechnic articles were illegally detonated during the 2017/18 season around sports events. This is an increase of 93 percent since 2011/12, said Interior Minister Herbert Kickl (FPÖ) at a meeting with representatives of politics, the Bundesliga, ÖFB and UEFA in Vienna. He identified an “acute need for action”, but exceptions for pyrotechnics should continue to exist.
Football matches were affected in 99 percent of cases of illegal pyrotechnic use. 21 pyrotechnics were used illegally at ice hockey matches and seven at other winter sports events. Bundesliga board member Christian Ebenbauer noted that the Interior Ministry’s figures would also include the illegal use of pyrotechnics outside stadiums. In the arenas, the use of illegal pyrotechnics has massively decreased since the introduction of protected legal areas for the burning of torches. Ebenbauer does not believe that it is currently possible to keep pyrotechnics completely away from football. “We won’t make it, UEFA won’t make it,” said the Bundesliga executive.
The Pyrotechnics Act has been in force in its current form since 2010. Fireworks, Bengali torches or firecrackers may therefore “not be possessed or used in a factual, local or temporal connection with a sporting event”. The organisers may, however, apply for exceptions and permit the burning of certain pyrotechnic classes in certain areas of the stadium with special safety precautions.
“Illegeal Pyrotechnics a No-Go”
“There is a ban in Austria, but there are also exceptions. I think this is fundamentally correct,” said Sports Minister Heinz-Christian Strache (FPÖ), who spoke of approved “show performances” when it came to pyrotechnics. Considerations from the spring to abolish the possibility of exception permits have meanwhile been rejected by the Ministry of the Interior, as Secretary General Peter Goldgruber confirmed. Strache and he offered to stand ready for a dialogue with fan representatives.
“However, there is agreement that illegal pyrotechnics are a no-go,” Goldgruber summed up. Current figures on people injured by pyrotechnic articles were not available to the Ministry of the Interior on Thursday. After a parliamentary inquiry by Kickl at the beginning of August, a case was documented in the 2017/18 season in which a girl was injured when fans approached the friendly match between Austria and Brazil. No injuries were reported during the use of approved pyrotechnic articles in the course of exemptions.
Christoph Peschek, Managing Director of Rapid Vienna, agreed to this in a conversation with the APA on the fringes of the event. Since their introduction in spring 2017, there have been no injuries caused by pyrotechnics in the approved areas of the Allianz Stadium. Austria Vienna board member Markus Kraetschmer, who was also among the audience, also called the regulation “reasonable”. The British chemist Tom Smith, who wrote a study on pyrotechnics, however, said: “At sports events, no safe use of pyrotechnics is possible”.
“Football is a reflection of society”
Pyrotechnics cannot be equated with violence, Ebenbauer said. Previously, Marc Timmer, UEFA Head of Stadiums and Security, had spoken of “criminal gangs” that “destroy European cities” and video images of riots in his lecture on football fans. Ebenbauer rejected demands by Sports Minister Strache that the organisers should be held more accountable if violations of the Pyrotechnics Act occur despite exceptions. “Football is a reflection of society; we cannot say that football clubs are solely responsible”.
It recently became known that Rapid legend Steffen Hofmann had received a 500 euro administrative fine for violating the Pyrotechnics Act after his farewell match in the Allianz Stadium in July. The club captain of many years had swung a Bengali torch on a lap of honour in front of the fan curve. In response to a question from the APA, Interior Ministry Secretary General Goldgruber said that illegal behaviour was at stake even if there was no threat to others. “I consider this to be a particularly bad example,” he stressed with regard to the former football professional. Wild Jackpots Casino is an interesting online casino that looks and feels really great.
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back in 2011 which saw NAB release a national post-Valentines Day campaign which attacked Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and ANZ.
The campaign, created by Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, aimed to separate NAB from the other big three banks and the push was led with a full page “breakup letter” in print newspapers. The letter said: “Dear CommBank, ANZ and Westpac ... I’ve decided I need to break up with you ... I’ve moved on ... NAB.”
The marketing war between the big banks soon escalated, with CommBank rolling out a tactical campaign in direct response to National Australia Bank's provocative "It's over between us" activity.
The CBA campaign was then led by a full page newspaper advertisements and a website, with the line: "Don't get nabbed". The website address even featured the pun "nabbed" in the URL.
A NAB spokesperson said: “NAB can confirm that Sandra de Castro and Kevin Ramsdale recently resigned from our Marketing team. During their time with NAB, both Sandra and Kevin led the award-winning Break-Up campaign, which has had a significant and lasting impact on our business, customers and the industry. NAB wishes both well in the next stage of their careers.”
In de Castro's absence, NAB's, general manager of wealth marketing, Michael Nearhos has stepped up as 'acting CMO'.
Nearhos' history shows him having taken on varying roles from GM of strategic marketing at Qantas, to head of customer strategy at IAG and a contract role as director of marketing strategy at News Corp.
NAB's CMO and GM marketing exit business
By Pippa Chambers | 13 August 2015
National Australia Bank (NAB) has a couple of gaping holes at the top of its marketing department after its CMO, Sandra de Castro, and its GM brand and products marketing, Kevin Ramsdale, both resigned from the business.
The exits occurred over the last couple of months and while Ramsdale is set to take on a position as marketing director at JB Hi-Fi in September, it is unclear what de Castro's next move is.
Both had been at the company for about five years.
Ramsdale and de Castro, spearheaded the award-winning Break-Up campaign back in 2011 which saw NAB release a national post-Valentines Day campaign which attacked Commonwealth Bank, Westpac and ANZ.
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Home/Featured/FRC Hate Group Leader Tony PerKKKins Defends Trump Jr: He’s a “Political Novice”. It’s Hillary’s Fault
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FRC Hate Group Leader Tony PerKKKins Defends Trump Jr: He’s a “Political Novice”. It’s Hillary’s Fault
Will Kohler July 13, 2017
On the desk of any liberal media outlet, there are two rulebooks: one for Republicans, one for Democrats. If the election coverage didn’t convince you, then Donald Trump’s first seven months ought to.
Despite making good on dozens of campaign promises, the Trump team has faced a lopsided barrage from an unfriendly press since Day One. Dogged by negative press (a record 89 percent of it unfavorable), the 45th president has set new highs for media hostility.
Now, with stories surfacing about Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian attorney last year, the far-Left is licking its lips. Most media outlets are attacking the president’s son with the ferocity they refused to show to the Clintons (despite far more dubious interactions with Vladimir Putin’s country).
Desperate to catch the Trump campaign in cahoots with the Russians, they’ve turned Trump Jr.’s search for opposition research into a fantasy of national “treason” (Senator Tim Kaine’s, D-Va. words, not mine)!
Clearly, the media is only seeing what it wants to in regard to this story. It’s unreasonable to think that Donald Trump Jr., who was a political novice working on his dad’s campaign, would respond any differently than he did to this offer of information about Hillary Clinton.
As someone who’s spent a career in politics, I know from experience that there are all kinds of people who offer to hand over incriminating details about the opposition. But getting intel on an opponent isn’t necessarily for the purpose of using it publicly, but rather strategically. Some information is legitimate and helpful — a lot of it is not.
It may not be the “greatest witch hunt in political history,” as President Trump called it, but the media’s double standard is certainly cause for concern.
By all means, let Congress and the media get to the bottom of what, if anything, Russia may have done to influence last year’s elections and what, if anything, Team Trump did to help. But let’s also root out what, if anything, the Clintons did to advance Russia’s strategic position, while feathering their nests.” – Via press release from hate mongering group leader Tony “I never met a Klansman I didn’t blow” Perkins.
Just like the”far-left” media was also out to destroy your buddy novice incestuous child molester Josh Dugger too, Tony?
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ach and achot
Categories: kinship terms
Continuing in this series, let's look at the Hebrew words for brother and sister - ach אח and achot אחות. (The generic word for "sibling" is achai אחאי). Ach is certainly related to the verb אחה - meaning "to join, to stitch". Despite the fact that the verb only appears in post-Biblical Hebrew, Klein writes that there is debate amongst scholars whether the verb derived from the noun, or the noun derived from the verb. Steinberg expands the root meaning "to join" to other words - ach אח - "fireplace", where people gather around, and achu אחו "reeds" (later "meadow"), which were used to make ropes for binding. However, modern scholarship has determined that both of these words were borrowed from Egyptian.
In addition to "brother", ach can also mean "kinsman" or "friend", and in Medieval Hebrew - "friar". In addition to "kinswoman", achot can also mean "sweetheart, companion, mate". Parallel to ach meaning friar - achot took on the meaning "nun" in the Middle Ages. In Modern Hebrew it also means "nurse". Ben-Yehuda doesn't mention that in his dictionary; but this 1956 article mentions that:
Under the influence of the German and British use of the word "sister" for "nurse," the Hebrew is now using the word achot (sister) also to mean "nurse."
(Interestingly, the Wikipedia entry for nurse writes that "the professional courtesy title 'sister' has fallen into disuse and disapproval, even though it was formerly used by both male and female registered general nurses.")
Achot is an unusual word. Despite it being a singular noun, it ends in -ot, which is usually the plural suffix of feminine nouns. We found a similar phenomenon in another kinship term: chamot חמות - "mother-in-law". How did this develop?
According to this book, the words ach and cham חם, as well as av אב, originally had three letters, not two. The last letter was a vav (in some forms changed to a yud), and can still be seen in the smichut (construct) form - avi- אבי, achi- אחי, chami- חמי (e.g. avicha אביך - "your father", and not אבך, achiv אחיו - "his brother", not אחו) as well as the familiar Abu prefix meaning father in Arabic. According to the author, the original form of ach was אחו (similar to the Akkadian ahu), which became achot אחות in the feminine. The last letter in the masculine form dropped off, but we still have the strange ending in the feminine.
Ben Yehuda explains it slightly differently - he says the original form of achot was achat אחאת, which is אחא with the tav added on as the feminine suffix (I assume he's connecting the word to the Aramaic אחא - acha "brother"). He writes that already in ancient times the patach ("a") changed to a cholam ("o").
Whether or not the original ach had three letters, there are a number of other words in Biblical Hebrew ending in -ot that are actually single, not plural. Here are some that I've found (some commentaries explain them otherwise):
מכות - Micha 1:9
חכמות - Mishlei 9:1
בהמות - Iyov 40:15
עדות - Tehilim 132:12
Each of these may have a different explanation, but it does show us that our initial assumption that -ot at the end of a word means plural is not always correct.
One common mistake by new Hebrew speakers (I remember making it myself) is to say achot when you mean "sisters". The correct term in Hebrew is achayot אחיות, but those who make the mistake are actually close to ancient Hebrew. David Talshir of Ben Gurion University wrote an article called "The Forms ‘ahot and ‘edot in Ancient Hebrew" where he discusses the plural of achot. The absolute form of the plural never appears in the Tanach. Achayot does appear in the Tanach, but only in the later books. In the earlier books (like Hoshea 2:3, and the ketiv of Yehoshua 2:13), the plural is אחות. He writes:
The two forms considered above, עֵדוֹת and אָחוֹת, are feminine nouns ending in –ot. This is also the common plural ending for feminine nouns. In Hebrew of the First Temple period, the form אֲחָוֹת / אַחֲוֹת was used as the plural of אָחוֹת.
This situation evolved further in the Second Temple period. Since consonantal waw tended to be elided between vowels, the plural form of אָחוֹת resembled the singular form (אֲחָוֹת/אַחֲוֹת > אֲחוֹת), and so dissimilation gave rise to an unambiguous alternative: *אֲחָווֹת > אֳחָיוֹת. The latter took the place of the ancient form in the later books of the Bible – the prose framework of Job and the book of Chronicles (besides an early precursor in Ezek 16:2), and then in RH.
He also explains how the vocalization of the word developed:
The plural of ‘ahot in Hebrew of the First Temple period was ‘ahawot. The written forms that the masoretes, following the pronunciation tradition of their time, vocalized, conceal forms that were sometimes pronounced differently at an earlier stage in the evolution of Hebrew. Thus, the ketiv אחותי in Josh 2:13, which stand for the plural ‘my sisters,’ should have been vocalized as אַחְוֹתַי; while ולאחותיכם in Hosh 2:3 should have been vocalized וּלְאַחְוֹתֵיכֶם.
So in ancient Hebrew, sister was achot, but sisters was achvot. To avoid the confusion, a newer pronunciation developed for sisters - achayot.
We see from this that linguistic confusion is nothing new. It is interesting though that there are those who fight strongly against changes to make language easier, when such changes were made even back in Biblical times...
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Ally's mortgage arm files for Chapter 11
DETROIT - The U.S. government is hoping that Monday's bankruptcy filing by Ally Financial Inc.'s troubled mortgage business will help the company repay its government bailout faster.
Residential Capital LLC, or ResCap, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York, unable to make payments on debt taken out to finance soured home mortgages. The filing will separate the money-losing ResCap subsidiary from Ally's auto-loan and banking businesses, allowing the latter businesses to grow and speed up repayment of Ally's bailout from 2008 and 2009, Ally said in a statement.
Ally also said Monday that it is exploring the possible sale of its international operations, a move that also should help strengthen its finances and make payments to the government. International businesses include auto loan, insurance and banking operations in Canada, Mexico, Europe, England and South America.
Ally, which is 74 percent owned by the U.S. government, was the financial arm of General Motors Co. until the banking industry meltdown in 2008. It needed a $17.2 billion bailout to survive the downturn. Ally has repaid about $5.5 billion and it still owes the government just under $12 billion. The government is hoping to get the rest of the money back through a public stock offering by Ally, or perhaps the sale of its remaining businesses.
When the bankruptcy and potential sale of international operations are finished, Ally expects to repay two-thirds of its bailout, or about $11 billion. The additional payments could come by year's end, the company said.
"We believe that this action puts taxpayers in a stronger position to continue recovering their investment in Ally Financial," Assistant Treasury Secretary Timothy Massad said in a statement. ResCap is a separate company, and the government does not hold any debt or equity in it, the government said. The ResCap board decided to seek bankruptcy protection on Sunday.
Ally's statement said that ResCap has reached agreements with its key creditors for a speedy bankruptcy. But Ally has to put up $150 million for bankruptcy financing and pay $750 million to ResCap to make the deal work. Ally also will make the first bid on up to $1.6 billion worth of troubled mortgages that will be auctioned. The agreements made before the filing have milestones for ResCap to come out of bankruptcy protection by the end of the year, Ally said.
ResCap also has agreements with big investors in mortgage-backed securities to support the bankruptcy reorganization, Ally said.
Ally makes loans to GM and Chrysler customers and finances dealer inventories. The government first bailed out the company, then known as GMAC Inc., in late 2008. Additional funding was provided in May and December 2009.
by Tom Krisher - May. 14, 2012 06:19 PM Associated Press
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New photo on my Flickr: "Kitchen Experiment #27"
Title: "Kitchen Experiment #27"
Description: "Drying of some herbs. Liked the texture. Taken w/ camera phone."
Taken: January 29, 2012 at 07:07AM
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GlobalMedia: What are International Communication and Global Communication? (U1-P2)
They are activities (things that happen in the world) and they are fields of academic study.
Global Communication: “the intersection of disciplines that studies the transborder communication of values, attitudes, opinions, information, and data by individuals, groups, people, institutions, governments, and information technologies, as well as the resulting controversial issues arising from the structure of institutions responsible for promoting or inhibiting such messages among and between nations and cultures”(Frederick). [Note: Frederick is a former student of Mowlana. I had the honor of being a student of bother Mowlana and Frederick in American University's School of International Service.]
Examples of “non-state actors”
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GlobalMedia: MLK and INC (U1-P1)
Short answer: Equal Rights and Peace.
When you think of communication between nations, do you think of some nations (e.g., "developing nations" or poorer nations) which do not have equal representation on the world stage. Do you think of some nations that have a stronger media system and more media influence around the world? Familiar with the phrase "cultural imperialism"?
So, some countries fight back for equality and a right preserve their own culture. Also,some scholars in the field of global communication fight back. Sometime in their writings they address this issue. See below.
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How to Study a Course Reading
1. Start with an outline of the reading. For example, below is an outline for the first chapter of McPhail’s Global Communication (3rd Edition) . Sometimes you may find an expanded/detailed chapter outline at the beginning of the book. If not, like below, you’ll have to do it yourself.
Chapter/Reading Title: Global Communication (Background)
Terrorism and September 11, 2001
Latin American Media
Left-wing Connection: Latin America
Chile: US Government Media Interaction
History of the War Correspondent
New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO)
Electronic Colonialism Theory (ECT)
Four Epochs of Global Colonization
History of Electronic Colonialism Theory
What is Electronic Colonialism Theory (ECT)?
World System Theory (WST)
The Connection: Electronic Colonialism and World Systems Theories
Communication Forces among Nations
Breadth of the Problem
Format for the Balance of the Book
With this outline you can see the big picture and how things are related.
2. Fill in he outline with words and lists. Note that already in the outline there may be lists that you spot. For example, in the outline above, there is already a short list of global communication theories (ECT and WST). A possible quiz or exam question could be: Identify and explain two theories of global communication identified in the reading.
Below only some of the relevant words and lists are incorporated into the outline. This is not complete, but serves as an example. The few examples given are in italics and in blue in the example outline below.
Three Important Traits of the Cultural Dimension of Global Communication
How much foreign content....
How is this foreign content...
How are domestic....
NWICO stands for New World Information and Communication Order and is...
1 Military colonialism - BC-1000 AD...
3. Now carefully study the expanded outline. Maybe break it apart into flash cards or condense it and put it on one sheet of paper. Do whatever works for you. Now also, based on the expanded outline, try to anticipate possible quiz or exam questions. For example, a question from the reading above could be: Identify and briefly explain the four epochs of global colonization.
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Fav YouTube Clip: Ron Haviv - Freelance in a World at Risk (1998) Full [VID]
I just added "Ron Haviv - Freelance in a World at Risk (1998) Full" as a favorite on my YouTube channel.
Originally uploaded to YouTube by spencerchumbley.
See Video: Ron Haviv - Freelance in a World at Risk (1998) Full
Description: "National Geographic Explorer's documentary "Freelance in a World of Risk" featuring Ron Haviv of the VII Photo Agency. Haviv has been a great influence on my personal pursuit of photojournalism. Work at http://www.spencerchumbley.com"
DigPhotog: Intro to Photography: The 4 Stages of Competence & Photography (U1-P4)
"Taking a Shot": The 4 Stages of Competence and Photography
In photography you are learning a set of knowledge/facts and a skill (or sets of skills)
How do you take a good photograph? What's the process? How do you do it?
Learning how to shoot a good photograph is like learning how to shoot a good foul shot in basketball.
Photo by mollyali (flickr.com).
Photo used under Creative Commons license and embedded using the Flickr share feature.
Whether we are learning how to shoot a basketball, how to study for an exam or how to take a good photograph, we go through some stages.
The Four Stages
1. Unconscious Incompetence - We don't know that we don't know.
We are unaware of what it takes to accomplish a task. We don't know what it takes to make that foul shot. We don't know what it takes to get the perfect photograph.
2. Conscious Incompetence - We know that we don't know.
We may not know exactly how to do the task, but we recognize there are things we need to learn. We become aware that there are certain things we need to do to consistently make that foul shot. We become aware that there are certain things we need to do to consistently make a good photograph.
3. Conscious Competence - We know that we know.
We are very consciously aware of the steps to doing a task and we can carefully work through the steps of the task. We know what is needed to make the foul shot and we consciously think through those steps when taking the foul shot. We know what is needed to make a good photograph and we consciously think through those steps when taking a photograph.
4. Unconscious Competence - We don't know that we know.
We know the task so well, we don't think about it any more. It has become second nature. We take that shot with little conscious thought.
What was the last skill you remember learning in which you went through these stages? Can you describe what happened in each stage and when?
When it comes to photography, what stage are you in now? What's your goal?
Note: The Four Stages of Competence has been attributed to noted psychologist Abraham Maslow, Gordon Training International and William Howell in intercultural communication.
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ESPN Returns to Hampton Roads Area for Internship Recruitment
Just got an email:
ESPN will be on the Hampton U campus (McGrew Towers) for internship recruitment on February 23rd, 6-8 p.m.. NSU MCJR students, contact the chair of the Mass Communication and Journalism in order to arrange transportation to the event.
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Thinking of Grad School? Undergraduate Research Grants
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REU Site Summer Institute 2012: Immigration, Geography, and Race/Ethnicity in the United States
Each year the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, hosts the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. This eight-week summer program, which is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, offers eight very selective upper-division undergraduate students from both UT-Austin and from around the country the opportunity to study social demography through course work and a mentored research experience with senior PRC graduate students. The program pays for tuition, room and board, and computer expenses. Students also receive a stipend for participation in the program, which allows the selected students to fully concentrate on their REU experience over the 2-month program. Students register for a 3-hour summer course during the first half of the summer, then dedicate the second half of the summer to their own projects in collaboration with their graduate student mentor and under the overall guidance of the faculty co-directors. Student papers are then presented at the annual fall meeting of the Southern Demographic Association. This program is specifically geared toward students with junior standing who are seriously thinking about attending graduate school in the social sciences and, particularly, in sociology and demography.
We are now accepting applications for the summer 2012 REU program. The deadline for applications is February 17, 2012. Undergraduate student participants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or its possessions. Click here for application information and instructions.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. SMA-1004809."
Source: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/training-and-fellowships/undergraduate.php
Get Involved. Build That Resume - Join NSU's PRSSA
Earlier today I posted info about joining NSU's NBS.
Here's another oppurtunity for you.
Please get involved and build up your professional network and resume.
Got this in an email:
"JOIN US in reactivating the NSU Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America
Interest Meeting & Election of Officers
12 p.m. in MAD, Room 121
Anyone running for office MUST pay dues immediately.
Dues are a total of $60 – Cash or Money Order ONLY
($50 National PRSSA/$10 NSU Chapter)
All Dues Due by Monday, February 20, 2012 at 12 p.m.
Offices to be filled are listed below:
*For officer position descriptions or for more information see: Dr. Erica Taylor in MAD, Room 210 or [email her.]"
See You There!"
How to Be a Member of NSU's NBS chapter
I recently received this message from John Hamilton, the President of NSU's chapter of NBS.
"I am contacting you in order to inform you and the entire Mass Communications and Journalism department about this opportunity that will be available for a LIMITED time only!!! For those of you who are not aware NBS is a media focused student organization that provides many great opportunities. Opportunities such as trips, productions, event planning, networking, innovation, exposure, etc. If this sounds like the organization for you then you MUST take advantage of this opportunity! NBS is currently collecting member dues. These dues consist of a chapter fee of $10 and a national fee of $25. A total of $35. The FIRST 20 members to pay their dues will be given a $10 refund once we reach the 20 member mark!!! Paying NBS member dues opens up a plethora of opportunities. The most notable is eligibility to be sponsored by the university in order to represent NSU at the annual NBS National Convention and show why NSU's Mass Communications and Journalism department is the best in the country! This year's 70th annual National Convention will be held in Jersey City, NJ on the outskirts of New York City. We will be given networking opportunities as well as opportunities to compete with Universities such as Miami University, Marshall, Texas A&M, University of Florida, Oregon, etc. For more info on the National Convention visit http://comm.rider.edu/nbs/?page_id=122. We are well past the halfway mark so space is very LIMITED for this discount opportunity. If you are interested reply to this email and I will give you all of the information you need."
If you are interested contact John or contact me and I'll get the word to John.
Fav YouTube Clip: Crowds line up for 'Red Tails' [VID]
I just added "Crowds line up for 'Red Tails'" as a favorite on my YouTube channel.
Originally uploaded to YouTube by wavy.
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Fav YouTube Clip: Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea) [VID]
I recently added "Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)" as a favorite on my YouTube channel.
Originally uploaded to YouTube by TEDtalksDirector.
Description: "http://www.ted.com What does a bill like PIPA/SOPA mean to our shareable world? At the TED offices, Clay Shirky delivers a proper manifesto -- a call to defend our freedom to create, discuss, link and share, rather than passively consume. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate If you have questions or comments about this or other TED videos, please go to http://support.ted.com"
See Video: Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)
Journalism Scholarship
Journalism students, you may want to check out the AP-Google Journalism & Technology Scholarship.
With these scholarships their goal is "to shine a light on the hidden treasures in schools across the country — the digital-minded journalists who will be the future of our industry."
DigPhotog: Intro to Photography: Photo Criticism II - Andre Cabuche & Kevin Carter (U1-P3)
Photograph Criticism II
There are a variety of ways of critiquing a photograph. Below is another way outlined by Andre Cabuche in a Canadian Camera article (2004). Cabuche divides his approach to three parts: technical quality, composition, and emotional appeal.
1. TECHNICAL QUALITY
"FOCUS: Is the image sharp? If not, is it intentionally soft and successful?"
"CLEANLINESS: Is it free of scratches, dust spots, stains, lens flare, etc?"
"EXPOSURE: Is it too light, too dark or just right?"
"LIGHTING: Is the lighting too contrasty, too flat or just right?"
"COLOURS: Does it have neutral colours or a strange colour cast?"
"BALANCE: Is the image aligned correctly or is it crooked?"
"LOGIC: Is the arrangement of the visual elements effective?"
"PURPOSE: Is there a strong centre of interest, pattern or design?"
"CLARITY: Is it simple, yet complete and without distracting elements?"
3. EMOTIONAL APPEAL
"DYNAMIC: Does it grab and keep your attention? Does it have the "wow" factor?"
"PROVOCATIVE: Does it excite your imagination, or create a strong emotion in you?"
"CREATIVE: Does it show a familiar subject in a new, unusual and yet effective way?"
"UNUSUAL: Does it show a very unusual subject in an effective way?"
Use the above approach on Kevin Carter's Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of a starving girl in Sudan. This photo definitely provokes emotional appeal and raises ethical issues in photojournalism.
Some closing questions:
Any similarities or differences between Cabuche's approach and Barrett's approach?
What is the relationship between critiquing a photograph and composing a photograph?
Labels/Tags: American Gothic, beginning, Cabuche, Criticizing Photographs, critique, digital photography, DigPhotog, Kevin Carter, photography criticism, teaching, Unit 1, Unit 1-Post 3
DigPhotog: Intro to Photography: Critiquing Photos (U1-P2)
Photography Criticism
When learning how to critique photographs, a good place to start is with Barrett's book, Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images .
“Criticism is informed discourse about art to increase understanding and appreciation of art.”
“Criticism is not a coldly intellectual endeavor.”
Barrett's Approach
Describe what you see.
Consider the subject matter.
Consider how form relates to subject matter.
Subject matter + form (focus, contrast, etc.)= content.
Let interpretation be communal.
Who determines the meaning? Photographer? Critic?
Suggest photographer be silent.
Interpret the photograph by questions it raises.
Avoid hasty judgments.
Consider presentational environments.
Subject + form + context = content
Ask how the photograph would be judged.
Consider assumptions/theories.
What are the photographer’s theories about the way the world works?
Be honest and open.
Barrett's approach can be summarized as the DIET way of critiquing a photograph.
Below is a photo to critique using Barrett's approach.
Gordon Parks' American Gothic. Portrait of government cleaning
woman Ella Watson. August 1942. (Public domain photo)
If you like, you can post below your critique of American Gothic using Barrett's approach.
American Gothic, that sounds familiar. What was Parks' inspiration for the title of his photo?
Labels/Tags: American Gothic, beginning, Criticizing Photographs, critique, DIET, digital photography, DigPhotog, famous photographers, Gordon Parks, photography criticism, teaching, Terry Barrett, Unit 1, Unit 1-Post 2
NSU MCJR Students: MCJR Scholarships Available
Departmental scholarship forms can be picked up in the MCJR main office. Departmental scholarships are only available for current NSU MCJR students. There are also forms for the scholarship offered by the NSU retirees group. Deadline for the completed forms is March 1, 2012 and the money will be awarded next semester (Fall 2012-2013 school year). There are two Journalism and 3 Mass communications scholarships. More scholarship opportunities may also be announced later this semester. Stay tuned.
DigPhotog: Intro to Photography: Mentors - Gordon Parks (U1-P1)
Gordon Parks, 1963,
(public domain photo)
One way to begin your study of digital photography is start with a close study of photographs. Before taking photographs, study photographs. Be able to critique a photograph first. Be able to say what is a good photograph and why and then go out and take good photographs based on what you learned in your study of good photographs.
Instead of studying just any photo though, it would be best to start with a study of photographs taken by some of the great photographers.
I'd suggest that you find two or three great photographers that can serve as your mentors. Start by visiting the Masters of Photography site. You may find other similar sites online.
I'd encourage you to consider Gordon Parks as one of your mentors. In addition to being a photographer, Parks was an artist, a composer, an author, and a film director (e.g., Shaft).
Labels/Tags: beginning, critique, digital photography, DigPhotog, famous photographers, Gordon Parks, teaching, Unit 1, Unit 1-Post 1
Fav YouTube Clip: CES - Samsung's Smart Window [VID]
I recently added "CES - Samsung's Smart Window" as a favorite on my YouTube channel.
Originally uploaded to YouTube by MobileNations.
Description: "Soon, we shall be living in the world of Minority Report, and this "Smart Window" technology Samsung has at CES 2012 is going to help us get there. Ashley Esqueda checks out what's happening over at the Samsung booth and gives a little demo of the window. Be sure to check out all of our CES coverage from all of our sites: Crackberry, Android Central, webOS Nation, iMore, and wpcentral!"
See Video: CES - Samsung's Smart Window
NSU Students: Apply Now for the Summer 2012 White House Internship Program
"The White House Internship Program is now accepting applications
for summer 2012. Applicants have until Jan. 22 to apply. This hands-on
program is designed to mentor and cultivate today’s young leaders,
strengthen their understanding of the Executive Office and prepare them
for future public service opportunities. Visit Internships to apply.
For more information, you can also email nsuslc@nsu.edu" (from NSU eDaily)
WAVY-TV 10 & FOX43 Minority Scholarship & Training Program
"WAVY-TV 10 AND FOX43 INVITE STUDENTS PURSUING DEGREES IN BROADCAST TELEVISION OR DIGITAL MEDIA TO APPLY FOR LIN MEDIA’S MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP AND TRAINING PROGRAM
Portsmouth, VA – January 10, 2012: – WAVY-TV 10 and FOX43 announced today that its parent company, LIN Media, is now accepting applications for its Minority Scholarship and Training Program and will award one broadcast television scholarship/internship and one digital media scholarship/internship in April 2012.
Each student will receive a two-year scholarship for up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) per year, which can be used toward tuition, fees, books, and room and board. In addition, each student will obtain hands-on training through a paid internship program at one of LIN Media’s television stations around the country. The Minority Scholarship recipients will be assigned full-time positions upon graduation and successful completion of the training program.
LIN Media has been awarding two-year scholarships to ambitious students interested in a wide spectrum of fields in or relating to broadcast television since 1998. In January 2011, the program was expanded to include a new two-year scholarship and internship for multicultural students pursuing a career in digital media.
Applications will be accepted until March 16, 2012. The application and criteria for LIN Media's Minority Scholarship and Training Program can be accessed via the Company’s web site: http://www.linmedia.com/contact-us/minority-scholarship-program/. "
George Lucas Talks About Making "Red Tails," Hollywood and Black Films
I do research on films like "Red Tails." Anybody want to go watch it with me on the first weekend it is out?
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook
Labels/Tags: African American, atnmystudents, Dont Forget, favorite Daily Show clip, For Students, forfellowfaculty
Travel Abroad: Spend Your Summer in India
Those of you who've taken or plan to take my intercultural communication course, you may especially want to check out this opportunity.
"Spend Your Summer in India
NSU’s Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence is accepting applications for a summer cultural immersion program from May 19-July 12 in Jaipur, India. The eight-week program involves 50 hours of community service, including field trips. Interested students must enroll in CED 250 and develop a 25-page paper on a required topic. The program’s application deadline is Wed., Feb. 1. All interested students must be US citizens. View a complete description of the Requirements. For more information, call 757-823-0962 or email iccae@nsu.edu." (from NSU eDaily)
Communications, Marketing & Advertising Scholarship
"With the support of The Home Depot, AAF’s Mosaic Center on Multiculturalism will award fourteen $5,000 scholarships to deserving minority students majoring in advertising, marketing or communications. As college sophomores and juniors, these students should exhibit the potential to become one of AAF’s Most Promising Minority Students by their senior year.
APPLICATION SHOULD INCLUDE:
Current résumé
Official college transcript (sealed)
Recommendation letter from college professor or employer
Essay addressing the following topic (250 words or fewer): What does “Multicultural Marketing” mean to you? Is it still relevant? Should advertisers market differently to different segments( i.e. Hispanics, African Americans, Asians)? Why or why not?
Applicant will be considered for a scholarship only if he or she meets the following criteria:
College sophomore or junior at the time of application deadline
Maintain a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA (on 4.0 scale)
African, Asian, Latino, Native American or Pacific Island descent
APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 27, 2012 (5PM EST)
TO APPLY, download the application form here >>"
See more details on the AAF site.
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Anarchism and the French Revolution
Date: Wed, 1994-11-16 00:26
We can examine the French revolution as a prototype of how revolutions occur and progress. Kropotkin defined it as the "mother of us all ". The ideas and methods of the French Revolution still have relevance to us today
The Life and Times of Malatesta
Malatesta was one of the famous anarchists of the 19th century. He lived 79 years. Not as much is known of him as for example Bakunin or Kropotkin for a few reasons. He never kept a diary, he was Italian, and he was very active and continually hopping from one country to another, which meant he never kept a store of his own writings. For these reasons he has not been an attractive person to study and write about, because the work would be too hard.
Greece: War and Civil War
Greece has been a somewhat unstable entity throughout its history and particularly with the coming into being of nation states in the 18th century. Its borders have shifted, expanded and contracted on several occasions over the last 200 years leaving behind a legacy of quite virulent Greek nationalism. Greek armies were also involved in foreign intervention against the Russian revolution in north west Asia minor.
The Limerick Soviet of 1919
The first problem facing the strikers was how to feed Limericks 38,000 inhabitants. The committee sat in session all of Monday organising food distrubution. The committee was divided into two sections, one to recieve food and one to deliver it. Hundreds of special permits were issued allowing shops to open.
Review: Grassroots Democracy
Date: Sun, 1994-11-27 19:53
Democracy has broken out in a range of countries in recent years - Guatemala, S. Korea and Argentina to name but a few. But, what is the reality? Kevin Doyle looks at a book that takes a more critical eye.
Comment On The First Issue Of Red and Black
Comment On First Issue
Over the last two decades anarchism has returned from the edge of extinction. At a time when the rest of the left has been in decline anarchism has grown, re-establishing itself in country after country. However anarchism as a movement has never had a significant foothold in any of the English speaking countries (ES). There were movements in the USA and London around the turn of the century but both of these were limited to the immigrant community and failed to survive after World War I.
Red and Black Revolution 1 - 1994
Issue 1 of the Workers Solidarity Movement magazine Red and Black Revolution
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Real West
HOMETOWN HAPPENINGS
Applicants Sought for School Board
DEMING – The Deming Public Schools Board of Education is seeking applicants to fill the District 4 vacancy created with the resignation of William (Bayne) Anderson.
Anderson submitted his resignation effective Dec. 31st, saying he felt it was time in light of pending administrative changes and his over 14 years of service to the school board.
The board will begin interviewing candidates soon and must name a replacement within 45 days of the vacancy date.
The newly appointed member will serve the remainder of the respective term, and will be subject to election on Nov. 2nd, 2021.
Anyone interested in applying for the District 4 school board seat should submit a letter of interest and resume addressed to: Mrs. Amy Delaney-Hernandez, Board Secretary, Attention: Kim Hernandez, Board Support, Deming Public Schools, 1001 South Diamond, Deming, NM 88030.
Letters and resumes also may be emailed to kim.hernandez@demingps.org.
New Mexico law requires school board members be at least 18 years old, a resident of the respective district, and a registered voter.
The deadline to submit information is Jan. 19th, 2021, at 4 p.m.
WNMU-Deming Offering Phlebotomy Course
DEMING – Western New Mexico University-Deming is offering a course in phlebotomy.
Students reportedly will learn how to draw blood and other skills and information needed to become a practicing phlebotomist.
The course is being offered in the spring semester at WNMU-Deming.
The theory class runs from January 19th to March 12th, 2021. The clinical is from March 15th to May 6th, 2021.
Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-8 p.m.
For more information, call 546-6556 and ask for Ken Leupold, or stop by WNMU-Deming, 2300 E. Pine St.
Local Crime Report for Wednesday January 13, 2021
DEMING – Here’s the area crime report:
Gregory Gonock, age 35, was arrested for aggravated DUI, two counts of resisting, evading or obstructing an officer, speeding, and on a failure-to-maintain-lane driving violation… Tiffany Wheat, age 43, of Silver City, was arrested on a District Court warrant for failure to appear, on a Magistrate warrant for failure to pay fines, and on a Grant County warrant… Phillip Crabb, age 43, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for failure to pay fines, and on a Municipal warrant for failure to appear… and Daniel Reyes, age 30, was arrested on a Municipal warrant for failure to pay fines.
Also, a 2017 Volkswagen Jetta valued at over $7,300 was stolen from a location off Memory Lane… and $200 in damage occurred to a fence off Hwy 549 after a vehicle crashed into it.
Local Crime Report for Tuesday January 12, 2021
Jason Thompson, age 41, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine, battery, and on a Municipal warrant for failure to pay fines… Marcella Trevizo, age 46, of Albuquerque, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia… Isaac Paltza, age 24, was arrested on a Magistrate warrant for battery against a household member… and Daniel Covarrubia, age 51, was arrested for concealing identity, no driver’s license, and on a registration violation.
Police Asking for Help Locating a Deming Man
DEMING – Deming Police officials are asking for help in locating a missing Deming man.
A “Missing Endangered Person Advisory” was issued Monday afternoon for 41-year-old Antonio Grado of Deming.
According to the advisory, Grado was last seen December 20th, 2020, leaving Mimbres Memorial Hospital, 900 West Ash Street in Deming.
Grado reportedly was traveling on foot, and was wearing blue jeans, a black sweater, and black shoes.
He is described as 5’4” tall, weighing 154 lbs., with brown eyes and brown hair.
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Antonio Grado is asked to contact the Deming Police Department at 546-3011 or dial 911.
School Board Meets Tuesday
DEMING – The Deming School Board will hold a virtual special meeting Tuesday evening.
The special meeting will contain a virtual executive session to discuss limited personnel matters pertaining to an employment contract for Interim Superintendent Robin Parnell.
The board also will discuss pending or threatened litigation regarding statutory requirements and legal considerations for conducting a superintendent search, and updates on current pending or threated litigations.
The virtual special meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12th, 2021, and the open portion will be streamed live on the district’s YouTube channel with a link posted on the district’s website homepage at www.demingps.org.
Participants can ask questions through the comments section or by emailing questions to kim.hernandez@demingps.org.
Charter School Board Meets Tuesday
DEMING – The Deming Cesar Chavez Charter High School Governance Council will meet in regular session via Zoom Tuesday evening.
Included on the agenda is the selection of a new council member, election of officers, a report on food distribution, a spring budget workshop planned for the end of March, and a budget adjustment request pertaining to an air purification federal award.
In addition, the governance council will hear updates from the school’s audit, finance, and school planning and academic committees.
Public comment will be allowed.
An executive – or closed – session to discuss personnel matters relating to the director’s contract is included in the agenda with a notation that action could be taken in the open meeting following the executive session.
The meeting is set to begin at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12th, 2021.
Local Crime Report for Monday January 11, 2021
Hilario Arredondo, age 52, was arrested for battery against a household member and on a Magistrate warrant for failure to appear… Jason Cathey, age 48, of Bossier City, LA, was arrested on two counts of causing criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct…
Shantalle Nelson, age 22, of Las Cruces, was arrested for driving while license was suspended or revoked, no insurance, a registration violation, and on a Dona Ana County warrant… Agustin Aguirre, age 30, of Anthony, was arrested for driving while license was suspended or revoked, speeding, and on a Dona Ana County warrant for failure to pay fines… Joaquin Widmar, age 18, was arrested for resisting, evading or obstructing an officer…
Gabriel Carreon, age 48, was arrested on a District Court warrant for failure to comply with conditions of probation… and Joseph Umlauf, age 32, was arrested on a District Court warrant for failure to appear.
In other news, a 40-year-old Deming man was shot in his right thigh by ammunition he said was in a trash pile he was burning at a location off Laurel Rd SE. The man was airlifted to an El Paso trauma center for treatment of the gunshot wound.
Also, a 1990 Mazda Miata and three motorcycles were taken from a location off Hermanas Grade… $4,900 in cash was taken from a motel off E. Pine St… a recumbent tricycle valued at $1,500 was taken from an apartment complex off E. Florida… a cellular telephone, clothing, and makeup, with a combined value of $1,100, were taken from a location off S. Slate… $750 in criminal damage occurred to a galvanized fence at a location off Keeler Farm Rd NW… 28 bales of hay valued at nearly $500 were taken from a location near Coyote and Lucca Rd… $450 in criminal damage was reported to an SUV parked off Columbus Rd after doors were scratched and a window broken… a welder and push-dolly, with a combined value of $400, were taken from a porch off S. Slate St… $150 in criminal damage was reported to a car parked off S. 12th St. after a window was broken… a power pole valued at $150 was taken from a location off N. Gold… and separate brush fires were reported over the weekend off the Silver City Hwy and Columbus Rd.
Deming Public Schools Meal Distribution Update
DEMING - The following information was provided by the Deming Public School Administration.
Update: Meal Distribution The following Meal Distribution sites will be temporarily closed from Saturday, January 9, 2021 to Friday, January 22, 2021.
Closure sites/bus routes: Ruben S. Torres Elementary Grab-n-Go - 11:30 AM -1:30 PM Bus 13- KEELER & CHATO 11:30 AM -12:25 PM, OVERHILL & CHATO 12:30 PM - 1:25 PM Bus 14- ARROWHEAD & NORTH LN 11:30 AM -12:25 PM, STARLIGHT RV PARK 12:30 PM - 1:25 PM Bus 24- PERRIN RD & HWY 180 11:30 AM -12:05 PM, RIFLE RANGE & HWY 180 12:10 PM - 12:45 PM, 2ND & BELGIUM 12:50 PM - 1:25 PM.
Alternate School Grab-n-Go sites/bus routes: Deming High School Grab-n-Go- 11:30 AM -1:30 PM Memorial Elementary Grab-n-Go- 11:30 AM -1:30 PM Bus 13 Alternate Route is Central Cafeteria Grab-n-Go 11:30 AM -1:30 PM or Parent pick up pass available contact kimberly.giron@demingps.org.
Bus 14 Alternate Route is Central Cafeteria Grab-n-Go 11:30 AM -1:30 PM or Parent pick up pass available contact kimberly.giron@demingps.org Bus 24 Alternate Route is Central Cafeteria Grab-n-Go 11:30 AM -1:30 PM or Parent pick up pass available contact kimberly.giron@demingps.org.
DHS Officials Plan Virtual Meeting with Parents
DEMING – The Deming High School administrative team will be hosting a virtual meeting for parents of all DHS seniors on Tuesday, January 12th, 2021, at 6 p.m.
A media release said the meeting is being held to discuss grades, credits, Zoom live sessions, grading period deadlines, and graduation.
In addition, the meeting is an opportunity to ask questions of the principal and assistant principals as the second semester gets underway.
Also, administrators stressed seniors who have not been attending virtual classes need to connect and determine how to make up course work and missing assignments.
The media release also stressed the importance of senior parents attending the virtual meeting.
A Zoom link to the meeting will be sent to the students’ school email by Monday, January 11th.
Students having trouble logging in to their school email or who have other questions should contact DHS at 546-2678.
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Lisa M. Wong, M.D.
Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Articles and Media
SYMPHONY NOW June 7, 2012
Boston Globe June 11, 2012
Virtual Mentor - Music and Medicine: Harnessing Discipline and Creativity August 2014
Recent interviews and broadcasts
Scales to Scalpels
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About Robert Viagas
About Pegasus Books
About Linda Konner
Schedule of Events >
Book signings and readings
Photos from Book signings
Berkshires I: Reading in Stockbridge
Joy, sorrow, tears, lamentation, laughter – to all these music gives voice, but in such a way that we are transported from the world of unrest to a world of peace, and see reality in a new way. --Dr. Albert Schweitzer
I've just spent a refreshing and restoring weekend in the Berkshires. My talk on Thursday, July 19 at the First Congregational Church in Stockbridge drew 35 people, some of whom were medical professionals, others who were musicians or artists. My reflections on medical musicians and the role of music in healing alternated with movements from Bach's Goldberg Variations which were movingly and beautifully performed by Andy Jennings, Matt Dane and Norman Fischer.
I shared stories and thoughts of Dr. Albert Schweitzer.
Start early to instill in your students awareness that they are on this earth to help and serve others--that is as important to pass on to them as knowledge
Following the presentation, I had the opportunity to meet colleagues from the Berkshires, including Dr. Deborah Buccino, a clarinetist/pediatrician who played with the Longwood Symphony during her pediatric training in Boston, and Dr. David Elpern, whose thought-provoking blog is invites the reader to consider the role of the arts and humanities in medicine.
Thanks to Suburban Internal Medicine of Lee for sponsoring the event, First Congregational Church of Stockbridge for hosting, and my deep gratitude to David Anderegg and Kelley DeLorenzo for organizing the event.
Scales to Scalpels in Vermont
Vermont is a beautiful, idyllic place. I visit there every summer to soak in the music from a variety of music festivals, appreciate the art, and revel in the rolling hills (ever notice how each hill is a slightly different shade?).
On the way home from each of these trips, I always make a point to stop in the town of Woodstock for an iced coffee, pay a visit to the jersey cows at Billings Farm and buy a new fish mobile for my pediatric office from the Yankee Bookshop.
But this summer I had a new mission: A friend called last week to tell me that he had purchased Scales to Scalpels at a bookstore in Woodstock. First I stopped at Shiretown Books, across the street. While they did not yet have the book, my visit prompted them to think about stocking it - the saleswoman told me her brother was a jazz pianist at Berklee who would love it.
Then I went across the street to Yankee Bookshop to inquire after the book.They had just SOLD OUT and were placing an order for more!
The conversation on music and healing continues!
Book Tours for Scales to Scalpels
Last week, I gave readings of Scales to Scalpels at two bookstores, the first at New England Mobile Book Fair in Newton and the second at The Harvard Coop in Cambridge.
I opened each reading with the Allemande from Bach's G major Suite No. 1 - it was a way for all of us to breathe in harmony for a moment. Not only was this moment calming for those gathered in the audience, it was also calming for me.
I was so touched that many friends came to the reading, including Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program physician Dr. Jim O'Connell. Jim and I go back 20 years, when Longwood Symphony Orchestra played its first Healing Art of Music concert with the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship.
Next Thursday I'll be giving a lecture at the Countway Library at Harvard Medical School, and I was surprised and happy to see displays about my talk at the Harvard Medical Center Coop and at the Library itself.
What's thrilling about all of this is - it isn't about me, but a new opportunity to further the dialogue about the importance of the
Dr. Lisa M. Wong
I'm a musician and pediatrician, passionate about arts in education and about bringing the community together through music
Carriage House Violins
Healing Art Of Music
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Census • Person • Doctor Thomas Dover
aka: "Doctor Quicksilver"
Bio Links Gallery Notes Contemporaries
Pirates • Physicians
1660 1702-1720 1742
an English physician. He is remembered for his common cold and fever medicine Dover's powder, his work with the poor in Bristol, and his privateering voyage alongside William Dampier and Woodes Rogers that rescued castaway Alexander Selkirk, the real-life inspiration for Robinson Crusoe.
The Pirates' Who's Who:
(P. Gosse, 1924)
Born 1660; died 1742.
This many-sided character was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Medicine. Many years afterwards, in 1721, the Royal College of Physicians made him a licentiate. For many years Dover practised ...
This many-sided character was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Medicine. Many years afterwards, in 1721, the Royal College of Physicians made him a licentiate. For many years Dover practised as a physician at Bristol, until the year 1708, when he sailed from Bristol as "second captain" to Captain Woodes Rogers, with the Duke and the Duchess, two privateer ships fitted out for a South Sea cruise by some Bristol merchants. Dover had no knowledge whatever of navigation, but, having a considerable share in the adventure, he insisted on being given a command. Sailing round the Horn, the two ships arrived, on the night of February 1st, 1709, off the Island of Juan Fernandez, where they observed a light. Next morning Dover went ashore in a boat, to find and rescue the solitary inhabitant of the island, Alexander Selkirk, the original of Robinson Crusoe. Sailing north, a Spanish ship was taken and rechristened the Bachelor, and Dover was put in command of her. He sacked Guayaquil in April, 1709, many of the crew contracting plague from sleeping in a church where some bodies had recently been buried. Dover undertook to treat the sick with most heroic measures, bleeding each sick man and drawing off 100 ounces of blood.
He also took the famous Acapulco ship, with a booty worth more than a million pounds sterling. Dover returned to Bristol in October, 1711, with a prize of great value, after sailing round the world.
Giving up piracy, he settled in practice in London, seeing his patients daily at the Jerusalem Coffee-house in Cecil Street, Strand. He wrote a book called "The Ancient Physician's Legacy to His Country," which ran into seven or eight editions, in which he strongly recommended the administration of large doses of quicksilver for almost every malady that man is subject to. This book won him the nickname of the "Quicksilver Doctor." He invented a diaphoretic powder containing ipecacuanha and opium, which is used to this day, and is still known as Dover's powder.
Dover died at the age of 82, in the year 1742, and should always be remembered for having invented Dover's powders, commanded a company of Marines, rescued Alexander Selkirk, written a most extraordinary medical book, and for having been a successful pirate captain.
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Doctor Thomas Dover 1660 1702
Thomas Howard [3] unknown 1693
a pirate primarily active in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea during the Golden Age of Piracy. He...
William Funnell unknown 1703
Thomas Stradling unknown 1703
Captain of the Cinque. Marooned Alexander Selkirk
Anne Dieu-Le-Veut 1661, Aug 28 1650
a French Pirate. Alongside Jacquotte Delahaye she was one of very few female Buccaneers. She was ...
John Bowen unknown 1700
a pirate of Créole origin active during the Golden Age of Piracy. He sailed with other famous co...
James Austin 1670 ca 1703
An English pirate and member of the crew of the the The Charles, led by Captain Daniel Plowman in...
Daniel Chevalle 1660 ca 1703
an English officer, pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate...
Daniel Chuley 1670 ca 1703
English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The Ch...
John Clifford 1670 ca 1703
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship The...
Gabriel Davis 1670 ca 1703
1704 1710/1711
John Dorothy 1670 ca 1703
Nicholas Dunbar 1670 ca 1703
Thomas Farrington 1670 ca 1703
1704 1710/1714 ca
Paul Giddens 1670 ca 1703
John Harwood 1670 ca 1703
Anthony Holding 1660 ca 1703
Quartermaster of The Charles, first serving under Daniel Plowman and then under John Quelch. An...
Joseph Hutnot 1670 ca 1703
Charles James 1670 ca 1703
Isaac Johnson 1670 ca 1703
William Jones III 1670 ca 1703
Charles King 1670 ca 1703
Francis King 1660 ca 1703
John King II 1670 ca 1703
John Lambert [2] 1660 ca 1703
Richard Lawrence 1670 ca 1703
Nicholas Lawson 1670 ca 1703
Matthew Primer unknown 1703
Crew member of The Charles, commanded by John Quelch Turned King's evidence (and pardoned) at the...
Captain John Quelch 1666 1703
an English pirate who had a lucrative but very brief career of about one year. His chief claim to...
Eugenio Borg 1670 ca 1704
Maltese knight and pirate of the Mediterranean Sea.
Lionel Wafer 1640 1679
a Welsh explorer, buccaneer and privateer. A ship's surgeon, Wafer made several voyages to the So...
Abraham Samuel unknown 1690
a mulatto pirate, born in Martinique, of the Indian Ocean in the days of the Pirate Round in the ...
Captain Daniel unknown 1700
Raided in the Caribbean, his adventures are described by the French missionary father Labat.
John Breck 1670 ca 1703
Dennis Carter 1670 ca 1703
John Carter 1670 ca 1703
John Ballatt unknown 1707
Ship’s Surgeon with Woodes Rogers and William Dampier
Captain Stephan Courtney unknown 1707
Carleton Vanbrugh unknown 1707
John Halsey 1662 1705
a colonial American privateer and a later pirate who was active in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans...
Simon Hatley unknown 1708
Captain William May unknown 1680
English pirate captain of the PEARL and also known as PEARL OF RHODE ISLAND. He served in the Ca...
Nathaniel North 1671 1689
a Bermuda-born pirate during the Golden Age of Piracy, operating in the Indian Ocean under John B...
Gardiner unknown 1690
Although at one time a pirate, by some means or other he became appointed to the office of Deputy...
Major Thomas Jones [1] 1665 1690
as a young man, he joined the Irish who fought unsuccessfully for James the 2nd against the Brit...
Benjamin Parkins unknown 1690
Crew member of The Charles, commanded by John Quelch
Captain Thomas White unknown 1690
White migrated to Barbados from Plymouth after serving in the Royal Navy. Circa 1698, White was i...
Captain Brown [2] unknown 1700
On July 24th, 1702, sailed from Jamaica in command of the Blessing — ten guns and crew of seven...
Captain Christian unknown 1700
In 1702 the town of Tolu was sacked by Captain Brown of the Blessing. Brown was killed, and Chris...
Cornelis Gerrits unknown 1700
Gerrits was active as a privateer at the beginning of the 18th century. He was the Captain of the...
Mr. Hopkins unknown 1700
Buccaneer and apothecary. First lieutenant to Captain Dover (a doctor of physic) on board the Duc...
Captain James [3] unknown 1700
About 1709 commanded a pirate brigantine off Madagascar. Sailed for some time in company with a N...
William Jones [1] unknown 1700
Tried for piracy at Boston, 1704.
Captain Thomas Larimore unknown 1700
Commanded the Larimore galley. In 1704 was with the pirate John Quelch and several other pirates,...
Nicholas Lawrence unknown 1700
Tried for piracy with the rest of John Quelch's crew at Boston in 1704.
Jan Lens unknown 1700
Dutch privateer in the 18th century. Sold one of the prizes he captured, together with Erasmus Mu...
Antonio Mendoza unknown 1700
A Spaniard from San Domingo. Mention is made of this unlucky mariner in a very interesting docum...
Erasmus Muller unknown 1700
Dutch privateer in the 18th century. Sold one of the prizes he captured, together with Jan Lens, ...
Peter Painter unknown 1700
A Carolina pirate who retired to live in Charleston, South Carolina. Became a respected citizen o...
Captain Charles Pickering unknown 1700
Commanded the Cinque Ports galley, sixteen guns, crew of sixty-three men, and accompanied William...
Captain Daniel Plowman unknown 1700
Captain of the Charles. Departed Boston in July 1703 on a mission to attack Spanish and French sh...
Captain John Pulling unknown 1700
Commanded the Fame, which set out in 1703 in company with William Dampier in the St. George on a ...
William Raynor 1670 ca 1700
Captain Ort Van Tyle unknown 1700
A Dutchman from New York. A successful pirate in the days of the Madagascan sea-rovers. For some ...
John Miller 1670 ca 1703
George Norton 1670 ca 1703
an English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirate ship Th...
James Pattison 1670 ca 1703
Christopher Scudamore 1670 ca 1703
Christopher Scudamore *1670?? - +1710?? English pirate, he worked in the Caribbean. He was a memb...
John Way 1670 ca 1703
William Whiting 1670 ca 1703
William Wiles 1670 ca 1703
Edward Cooke unknown 1708
William Dampier 1651, Sep 1673
1715 1715, Mar
the first Englishman to explore parts of what is today Australia, and the first person to circumn...
Alexander Dalzeel 1662 1685
1715 1715, Dec 5
a seventeenth-century pirate and former officer under Henry Avery. According to pirate lore, Dalz...
Captain Samuel Burgess 1650 1690
Burgess was a member of Captain William Kidd's crew in 1690 when the Blessed William was seized. ...
John Martel unknown 1702
An old Jamaican privateer. After the Peace of Utrecht, being out of employment, he took to piracy...
Stephen James unknown 1690
Tried and hanged for piracy at Charleston in 1717.
Joseph Rivers unknown 1690
Joseph Rivers was a rarity: a pirate with a long resume. Most pirates died young, sometimes at th...
Henry Jennings unknown 1715
an 18th century British privateer, who served primarily during the War of Spanish Succession and ...
Samuel Bellamy 1689, Feb 23 1716
an English pirate who operated in the early 18th century. Though his known career as a pirate cap...
John Julian 1701 ca 1716
the first recorded black pirate to operate in the New World, as the pilot of the ship Whydah. Jul...
Captain Paul Williams unknown 1716
A Carolina pirate who began his career as a buccaneer in the West Indies. Accepted the King’s p...
Ignatius Pell unknown 1717
Boatswain of Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. After his capture he saved his own hid...
Captain Dennis McCarthy unknown 1690
ref: the history of pirates. Of New Providence, Bahama Islands. This pirate and prize-fighter wa...
Captain George Roundsivel unknown 1708
Of the Bahama Islands. He refused to avail himself of King George's pardon to all pirates in 1717...
Alexander Amand unknown 1710
Crew member of Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged November 8, 1718, at White Po...
John Auger unknown 1710
Auger was pardoned by Woodes Rogers, but reverted back to piracy and was eventually captured by B...
Job Baily unknown 1710
From London. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged November...
Samuel Booth unknown 1710
From Charleston, South Carolina. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bon...
Robert Boyd unknown 1710
From Bath, North Carolina. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. H...
Joseph Brooks Sr. unknown 1710
A member of Edward Teach's crew. Killed November 22, 1718, at Ocracoke Inlet in the fight with Li...
Phineas Bunce unknown 1710
Pardoned, returned to piracy. Died in battle.....pirate pardoned Woodes Rogers, but continued to ...
Thomas Carman unknown 1710
From Maidstone in Kent, England. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bon...
Joseph Curtice unknown 1710
Crew member of Queen Anne's Revenge, commanded by Edward Teach. Killed November 22, 1718, at Oc...
Captain Robert Deal unknown 1710
At one time mate to Captain Charles Vane. Later placed in command of small sioop. Took many prize...
George Dunkin unknown 1710
Of Glasgow, Scotland. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. hanged...
William Eddy unknown 1710
Of Aberdeen, Scotland. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hange...
Lars Gathenhielm 1689 1710
a Swedish merchant and privateer. In June 1710 the government of Charles XII of Sweden gave Lars ...
Garrat Gibbens unknown 1710
Boatswain of Adventure, commanded by Edward Teach. Killed at Ocracoke Inlet, November 22, 1718, i...
Israel Hands unknown 1710
an 18th-century pirate, also known as Basilica Hands. He is best known for being second in comman...
David Herriot unknown 1710
Master of the Adventure of Jamaica, which was captured by Stede Bonnet. Joined crew of Revenge/Ro...
William Hewett unknown 1710
From the island of Jamaica. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. ...
John Husk unknown 1710
A member of Edward Teach's crew. Killed at Ocracoke Inlet, November 22, 1718, in the fight with L...
Nathaniel Jackson unknown 1710
Matthew King unknown 1710
From Jamaica. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged Novembe...
John Levit unknown 1710
From North Carolina. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged ...
William Livers unknown 1710
Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged at Charleston, South ...
Zachariah Long unknown 1710
From Holland. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged at Char...
John Lopez [1] unknown 1710
From Oporto, Portugal. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. This ...
Thomas Miller unknown 1710
The quartermaster of Edward Teach's crew. Killed at Ocracoke Inlet, November 22, 1718, in the fig...
Humphrey Morrice unknown 1710
Of New Providence, Bahama Islands. Hanged at New Providence in 1718 by his lately reformed fellow...
William Morrison unknown 1710
From Jamaica. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged in Char...
Philip Morton unknown 1710
A gunner of Edward Teach's crew. Killed November 22, 1718, at Ocracoke Inlet during the fight wit...
James Mullet unknown 1710
From London, England. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged...
Neal Patterson unknown 1710
Daniel Perry unknown 1710
From island of Guernsey, England. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bo...
Thomas Price unknown 1710
Of Bristol, England. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged ...
Lieutenant Richards unknown 1710
Second-in-command in Edward Teach's crew. It was Richards who commanded Bonnet’s “Revenge” ...
John Ridge unknown 1710
Of London, England. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged a...
James Robbins [1] unknown 1710
Of London. One of the crew of the Royal James. Hanged in 1718 at Charleston, South Carolina.
Owen Roberts unknown 1710
From Wales. Carpenter in Edward Teach's crew. Killed at Ocracoke Inlet, November 22, 1718, in the...
Edward Robinson unknown 1710
From Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede B...
George Ross [1] unknown 1710
William Scott unknown 1710
John-William Smith unknown 1710
Richard Stiles unknown 1710
A member of Edward Teach's crew. Tried and hanged in Williamsburg VA in 1718.
James Wilson [1] unknown 1710
Of Dublin, Ireland. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged a...
Edward Teach 1680/81 1713
a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the Ameri...
William Cunningham unknown 1716
Hanged for violating pardon
Major Stede Bonnet 1665/88? 1717
an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called "The Gentleman Pirate" because he was a ...
Captain John Yeates unknown 1718
From South Carolina. Commanded a sloop under the pirate Vane in 1718. Tried pirating for a while ...
Joseph Palmer unknown 1690
English pirate. He sailed on the ship Captain William Kidd ADVENTURE GALLEY in the Caribbean and ...
Hugh Parrot unknown 1690
Alexander Selkirk 1676 1690
a Scottish sailor who spent more than four years as a castaway after being marooned on an uninhab...
Emanuel Wynn unknown 1690
a French pirate of the 18th century, and is often considered the first pirate to fly the Jolly Ro...
Jan Andriessen unknown 1700
Dutch privateer in the eighteenth century. Captain of the yacht the Fortuyn between 1701 and 1719.
Black Caesar unknown 1700
an 18th-century African pirate. For nearly a decade, he raided shipping from the Florida Keys and...
George Bendall unknown 1710
A flourishing pirate, whose headquarters, in the early eighteenth century, were in New Providence...
James Blake unknown 1710
A member of Edward Teach's crew. Hanged in Williamsburg, Virginia, 1719.
John Brierly unknown 1710
Joseph Brooks Jr. unknown 1710
A member of Edward Teach's crew. Taken prisoner by Lieutenant Maynard’s crew. Taken to Williams...
Captain Thomas Burgess unknown 1710
One of the pirates of the Bahama Islands who surrendered to King George in 1718 and received the ...
John Carnes unknown 1710
Jonathan Clarke unknown 1710
Of Charleston, South Carolina. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonne...
Thomas Collins unknown 1710
This Madagascar pirate was a carpenter by trade, who had by 1716 retired from the sea and lived i...
Captain Crackers unknown 1710
A retired pirate who settled at Sierra Leone, and was living there in 1721. He had been famous in...
Stephen Daniel unknown 1710
Stephen James De Cossey unknown 1710
With three other pirates was tried and convicted in June, 1717, before the Vice-Admiralty Court a...
Arabella Drummond unknown 1710
Female pirate
Emanuel Ernados unknown 1710
Carolina pirate who was hanged at Charleston, South Carolina, 1717.
James Ferguson [2] unknown 1710
a Scottish man of science who was involved in piracy. Ferguson was born in Paisley, Scotland, alt...
Captain James Fife unknown 1710
Surrendered to Governor Woodes Rogers at New Providence Island, Bahamas, in June, 1718, and recei...
Thomas Gates unknown 1710
Thomas Gerrard unknown 1710
From the Island of Antigua. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. ...
John Gills unknown 1710
Richard Greensail unknown 1710
Captain Holford unknown 1710
Buccaneer. Of Jamaica. An old friend of the notorious pirate Vane. In 1718 he happened to arrive ...
William Howard 1700 ca 1710
a member of Edward Teach's crew, serving as quartermaster on Blackbeard’s ship Queen Anne’s R...
James Killing unknown 1710
Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. When Bonnet was tried in Cha...
LeBour unknown 1710
William Magnes 1687 1710
Born at Minehead in Somersetshire in 1687. Quartermaster of the Royal Fortune (Captain Bartholome...
Henry Mann unknown 1710
a member of Edward Teach's crew.
John Martin [1] unknown 1710
Captain Thomas Morris [1] unknown 1710
One of the pirates of New Providence, Bahamas, who, on pardon being offered by King George in 171...
Thomas Nicholls unknown 1710
From London, England. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Tried ...
Samuel Odell unknown 1710
Taken prisoner by Edward Teach on November 21, 1718 and promptly joined his crew. On following da...
Major Penner unknown 1710
We have been able to find out nothing of this pirate except that he was at New Providence Island ...
Joseph Phillips unknown 1710
Hendrick Quintor 1692 1710
Francis Rossoe unknown 1710
1719 1717, Jun
Convicted of piracy in June, 1717, at Charleston, South Carolina. Executed shortly afterwards.
Edward Salter unknown 1710
Captain Richard Sample unknown 1710
Rowland Sharp unknown 1710
Of Bath, North Carolina. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Tri...
William Stoke unknown 1710
William Taylor unknown 1710
One of Captain Phillips's crew. Wounded in the leg while attempting to desert. There being no sur...
John Thomas [2] unknown 1710
From Jamaica. Crew member of Revenge/Royal James, commanded by Major Stede Bonnet. Hanged at Char...
Dennis Topping unknown 1710
He shipped on board the sloop Buck at Providence in 1718, in company with Anstis and other famous...
Captain Richard Turnley unknown 1710
A New Providence pirate who received the general pardon from Captain Woodes Rogers in 1718. When,...
James White unknown 1710
Thomas Cocklyn unknown 1717
an 18th-century English pirate, known primarily for his association and partnership with Howell D...
Benjamin Hornigold 1680 ca 1717
an 18th-century English pirate who operated during the tail end of the Golden Age of Piracy. His ...
Howell Davis 1690 1718
a Welsh pirate. His piratical career lasted just 11 months, from 11 July 1718 to 19 June 1719, wh...
Richard Worley 1686 1718, Se
a pirate who was active in the Caribbean Sea and the east coast of the American colonies during t...
Charles Vane 1680 1715
1720 1719/20/21, Mar 29
Disliked due to his cruelty, Vane showed little respect for the pirate code, cheating his crew ou...
Captain Charles Bellamy unknown 1717
an 18th-century English pirate who raided colonial American shipping in New England and later off...
Edward Seegar England 1685 1717
a famous African coast and Indian Ocean pirate captain from 1717 to 1720. The ships he sailed on ...
Christopher Condent 1690s 1718
an English pirate who led the return to the Eastern Seas. He began his career as quartermaster on...
John Rackham 1682, Dec 26 1718
an English pirate captain operating in the Bahamas and in Cuba during the early 18th century. His...
Mary Read 1690 ca 1708
an English pirate. She and Anne Bonny are two of the most famed female pirates of all time; they ...
Ingela Gathenhielm 1692, Sep 11 1718
a Swedish privateer in service of King Charles XII of Sweden during the Great Northern War. Ingel...
Walter Kennedy [2] 1695 1718
Kennedy was a pickpocket and burglar before sailing from New Providence Island in the Bahamas in ...
John Clipperton unknown 1700
Sailed with William Dampier in 1703
Valentine Ashplant 1690 ca 1710
Born in the Minories, London. He served with Captain Howell Davis, and later with Bartholomew Ro...
William Church unknown 1710
Of the Gertrwycht of Holland. At the trial at West Africa in 1722 of the crew of Bartholomew Robe...
John Churchill [2] unknown 1710
A member of Captain George Lowther’s crew. Captured in West Indies and hanged March 11, 1722, o...
Israel Hind unknown 1710
Of Bristol. One of Captain Roberts's crew. Hanged at Cape Coast Castle in 1722, at the age of 30.
Jo Mansfield 1692 ca 1710
One of Captain Bartholomew Roberts' men. Must not be confused with Edward Mansfield, the famous b...
Henry Watson unknown 1710
Member of Lowther’s crew. Hanged at St. Kitts, March 11, 1722.
Richard West unknown 1710
Robert White [2] unknown 1710
Robert Willis unknown 1710
Member of Lowther’s crew, Tried for piracy at St. Kitts in March, 1718. Acquitted
Captain Christopher Moody 1694 1713
an 18th-century pirate who held a policy of no quarter (no sparing of lives). After he was captur...
Richard Noland unknown 1717
Quartermaster for Samuel Bellamy's fleet
Roger Ball unknown 1719
One of Captain Bartholomew's crew in the Royal Fortune. Captured by H.M.S. Swallow off the...
Captain Bartholomew Roberts 1682, May 17 1719
a Welsh pirate who raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719 and 1722. He was th...
John Bright unknown 1710
Of St. Margaret's, Westminster. One of the crew of Captain Charles Harris. Hanged at Newport, Rho...
James Brinkley unknown 1710
Of Suffolk, England. One of Captain Charles Harris's crew. Hanged for piracy at Newport, Rhode Is...
John Brown [1] unknown 1710
Of Durham, England. One of Captain Charles Harris's crew. Hanged at the age of 29 years at Newpor...
Edward Eaton 1685 ca 1710
Of Wrexham in Wales. One of Captain Harris's crew. Hanged at Newport, Rhode Island, on July 19th,...
William Read unknown 1710
One of Captain Harris's crew. Was hanged at Newport, Rhode Island, in 1723, at the age of 35.
Palgrave Williams 1678 1715
Palgrave Williams was born on Rhode Island, in 1678. He succeeded long family tradition and becam...
Captain Thomas Anstis unknown 1718
an early 18th-century pirate, who served under Captain Howell Davis and Captain Bartholomew Robe...
Captain John Taylor [2] unknown 1719
a pirate who lived in the early 18th century. He was Edward England's quartermaster and popular w...
Anne Bonny 1702, Mar 8 1714
an Irish woman who became a famous pirate, operating in the Caribbean.While in the Bahamas, Bonny...
James Plantain unknown 1715
a Jamaican-born English pirate and leader in Madagascar. In 1715, Plantain established a base of ...
Jonas Berntsson Lambert-Wenman 1665 ca 1680
Jonas Berntsson Lambert-Wenman was born in Ume, Vsterbotten, Sweden in approximately 1665. He was...
Conajee Angria 1669, Aug 1698
the first notable chief of the Maratha Navy in 18th century India. He fought against the British,...
John Rose Archer 1697 1710
An English pirate who was a member of both John Phillips's and Edward Teach' crews. Later became...
Captain William Lewis unknown 1710
from Nassau. Lewis lasted longer than most pirates; his career went on at least from 1717 to 1726...
David Rice [1] unknown 1710
Welsh pirate. Of Bristol. Taken out of the Cornwall galley by Captain Bartholomew Roberts, ...
Christopher Winter unknown 1716
Of New Providence Island. He took a sloop off the coast of Jamaica, the mate on board which was o...
George Pierse 1670 ca 1703
Olivier Levasseur 1680 1716
a pirate, nicknamed La Buse (The Buzzard) or La Bouche (The Mouth) in his early days, called thus...
Benjamin Perkins 1670 ca 1703
1731/4 1710/1731/4 ca
James Parrot 1670 ca 1703
Woodes Rogers 1679 ca 1705
an English sea captain, privateer, and, later, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. He is kno...
Captain Miguel Henriquez 1674-80 1700
a privateer from San Juan, Puerto Rico who operated during the early 18th century. A mulatto born...
Erasmus Peterson 1670 ca 1703
Réné Duguay-Trouin 1673, Jun 10 1690
Privateer......This Breton corsair from St. Malo became so famous for his attacks on British ship...
John Pitman 1670 ca 1703
Matthew Pimer 1670 ca 1703
John Quittance 1670 ca 1703
Captain Rayner unknown 1703
Although there is no direct evidence that Rayner ever sailed the Carolina coast, he did sail with...
Peter Roach 1670 ca 1703
Captain Balestrier unknown 1709
Although Captain Balestrier had a fairly successful and lengthy career (active from 1709 to 1742)...
Lancelot Blackburne 1658, Dec 10 1680
an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and – in popular belief – a pirate. He w...
John Templeton 1691 ca 1703
an English cabin boy and worked pirate in the Caribbean. He was a member of the crew of the pirat...
Richard Thurbar 1670 ca 1703
Jean Francois Chambray unknown 1687
Knight of Malta
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Sargent and Co - Bespoke Bicycles
On my recent visit to London I spent the better part of two days cycling throughout the capital on a photo assignment. My indispensible guide, Oliver from Hackney Cyclists, brought me quite on purpose past Sargent & Co Bicycle Shop.
My god, I'm glad he did. The shop was closed but Rob Sargent, the owner, was kind enough to open the door and let us in inside for a look. It was time for a tea break, anyway.
Rob opened up the shop about a year ago after settling on a bicycle shop as a 'lifestyle change'. It's more of a workshop than a bicycle shop proper as Rob gently restores vintage racers at the most relaxing, aesthetic pace.
That's Rob making the tea in the background and it's Eric Deeks in the foreground. Eric is teaching Rob the tricks of the framebuilding trade. He used to build frames for Paris Cycles back in the day.
I don't know what it was about the shop but I keep returning to it in my head. The atmosphere was calm, the air scented with the unmistakeable sweetness of oil and vintage. Buzzing gently below the surface was that unique passion for bicycles, like the sound of a distant bumble bee at the bottom of the garden.
The most remarkable thing about this bicycle shop is that you feel as though it has occupied the premises since, I don't know... 1948... and that Rob's dad and grampy had puttered around inside throughout the decades before handing it down. You don't quite believe the Established 2008 sign outside and are quite convinced that the old walls have strained under the weight of hanging frames and wheels. Indeed, that they were built solely for this purpose.
Speaking to Rob you are seduced by his quiet manner and gentle voice. Just hearing the way he speaks and you know how he handles the old frames and bicycles that are wheeled into the shop. Gently, lovingly, passionately.
Business is fine, apparently. Too fine, you sense. Meaning less time for the quiet pleasures of restoring old bicycles to former glory and building new frames. The bicycle in the left window in the top photo is Rob's first framebuilding effort. you can see a better photo of it on his Flickr Photostream. He was well proud about it in the most relaxed way. It certainly is a beauty.
Eric used to build Paris bicycles not that far from the shop. His prescence in the place is one of quiet authority. Hands grey with grease as he sips his tea you can't help thinking of what it was like building bicycles in the 1950's and you secretly wish you were there to experience it.
That's Rob's bike on the wall but he has a 'pub bike' out front which is just a beat up old mixte that nobody will nick.
Left: An old R.H. Wakefield is on the rack, ready for treatment.
Right: The cellar workshop.
If you're in London, be sure to meander past. Even if the shop is closed, peer through the windows. It's enough, somehow.
Sargent & Co is at
74 Mountgrove Road
www.sargentandco.com/
tags: "bike design", "bike frame", "bike shop", "vintage racers", london, uk, vintage
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Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) opens office in Doha
25th September 2019 Phil Page
Leading Classification Society the Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass), has opened an office in Doha at the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC).
Commemorating the office opening, a function was held at the Sheraton Grand Doha Resort and Convention Hotel which was attended by a large number of senior delegates from Indian Embassy, Qatar Financial Centre, Ministry of Transport and Communications and various other ministries, port authorities, terminals, shipowners, ship managers, media, insurance and logistic companies. H.E. th e Ambassador of India to Qatar Mr. P Kumaran graced the occasion by his presence.
The Middle East is one of IRClass’ most important strategic markets outside of India and the new branch office in Doha will help the class society extend its services to the marine, ports and terminals, industrial, oil and gas and offshore companies based in Qatar.
With 52 offices worldwide and recognised by 44 major flag administrations, including the state of Qatar, the Indian Register of Shipping is renowned for its quality of service and professional approach.
Speaking on the occasion, H.E. Ambassador of India Mr. P Kumaran, congratulated IRClass on setting up of an office in Doha and lauded the initiatives to serve the industry specially when India – Qatar trade was at an all-time high.
Executive Chairman Mr Arun Sharma addressed the audience giving a brief history of IRClass, recent developments, achievements and the role played by IRClass at various international forums including IMO and IACS.
Speaking at the event Mr Rajeev Pratap Rao, Regional Manager, MEA of IRClass said:
“We are really pleased to be able to formally open our newest office here in Doha. Having a local office in Qatar means that we can now be closer to our customers in this important location and can respond even faster than before to meet our clients’ requirements. The opening of this office comes at an opportune time because this year has been declared as Qatar-India 2019 Year of Culture.”
Industry News, Media Centre, Press Releases Doha, IRClass, Qatar Financial Centre
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Snake Oil - new greatness from local greats Titles...
DUBEY FAMILY BENEFIT: The Flaming Tsunamis, Call I...
Pissed Jeans, Japanther, Unstoppable Death Machine...
Sex Cave Records comp release party
Twerps, Estrogen Highs, Medication
Mountain Man, All Teeth, Heavy Breath, Kills and T...
Taco Party 5: Panos, Shaki, Stefan, Lady Tiger
Dead Wives Scuz Bucket EP
My Allegiance is to the Ground: Estrogen Highs' Fr...
Interview with Nick Reinhart from Tera Melos!
Show Review: Tera Melos, Marnie Stern and Fugue @ ...
The Morning On Fire, The Field Recordings, Kari Bunn
B.O.M.B. Fest Announces 3rd Annual Festival
Snake Oil - new greatness from local greats Titles and Weigh Down
John from Titles sent over a fucking killer video for a new project called Snake Oil. He says, "The band started as a recording project Jason Labbe from Weigh Down was working on. He reached out to a bunch of us and after a few months of recording and tweaking we ended up with an album. The live band is made up of members from both Weigh Down and Titles."
It has been said that "Snake Oil causes spasmodic rapture, unexpected pregnancy, and existential certainty. Be with it."
The LP will be out in June. Here is the video for I Was a Total Pyro
Labels: indie rock, news, releases, videos
DUBEY FAMILY BENEFIT: The Flaming Tsunamis, Call It Arson, My Heart To Joy, Slingshot Dakota, Brunt of It
Sunday, April 3, 2011 SHOW MOVED TO TOAD'S PLACE
Madison Arts Barn
8 Campus Drive Madison, CT
Show moved to TOADS PLACE
TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 30TH AT 6PM
A note from Manic:
As we are continually amazed at the outpouring of support for Mitch, his family and the community that he holds so dear, we would like to thank Etix.com for generously deciding to WAIVE ALL THEIR TICKET FEES that people normally would pay. The only fee that we are unable to get rid of is the credit card fee that the bank charges E-tix every time a credit card is used. They take a small percentage of each sale and that percentage will be ADDED ON to your donation so that no portion of your donation will be wasted. We hope this is agreeable to everyone.
The donations available are in increments of $5 up until the $50 mark and then they go up by $25. If you would like to donate an amount higher than the ones listed, please purchase your ticket and then make another donation via paypal to lauren.dubey [at] gmail [dot] com.
We would also like to give Toad's Place a huge thank you for donating the space for this event. They are not charging us a penny to use the venue and in addition to that they are shutting down all the bars except for the rain forest room so that the entire main room will be alcohol free. Mitch would have wanted it that way.
The Flaming Tsunamis
(Playing "Externalities" and some old favorites) The Flaming Tsunamis are an experimental hardcore/punk band that incorporates a diverse range of eclectic musical styles further accentuated by their inclusion of a horn section, keyboards, samples and auxiliary percussion. Based out of New Haven, CT the fiercely DIY and relentlessly touring six piece has put out releases on Kill Normal, a label that members of the band founded. Since their formation in 1999 the band has released 2 EPs and 2 full-length albums. In 2011 the band announced “Externalities”, their latest and potentially final album.
Call It Arson (Reunion Show)
No tricks. No sonic band-aids. No allegiances. No posturing. Call It Arson is simply the sound of four friends playing music in a room. James, Ryan, Jeff and Jesse craft dynamic songs that gracefully bridge the gap between the personal and the political.
My Heart To Joy (2nd to Last Show). My Heart to Joy is an Emo band from Connecticut. Shifting from their early beginnings as a chaotic, hardcore punk band, My Heart to Joy mixes 90’s indie rock leanings of bands like Guided By Voices and Superchunk with a more driving punk sound that has garnered them comparisons to bands such as At the Drive-In, The Trail of Dead, Braid, and Bear vs. Shark.
Slingshot Dakota is a two-piece indie-punk band from Brooklyn, NY/Easton, PA. Carly Comando sings and plays old sitcom theme songs. Tom Patterson plays drums loudly and sings, too. They released a new full-length record in Autumn of 2007. Jeff Cunningham left the band in 2006, but played guitar and sang on their first album, Keener Sighs, and “Demo #1”, he is now in a band named Bridge & Tunnel.
BRUNT OF IT started in 1995 in San Francisco, CA out of the ashes of Bay's HOODLUM EMPIRE. BRUNT OF IT played gigs in the Bay Area for about a year until Boofish moved back to the East Coast. The band was reformed with childhood friends and band mates from the Rhode Island hardcore scene (RIX), where he was very active in his youth. The band blends a mix of Old School Hardcore Punk Rock with distorted, dissonant Ska (not a clean guitar note in their set list). Infectious choruses and a driving beat are the backbone of BRUNT OF IT's no bullshit sound.
You can paypal donations to: LAUREN.DUBEY [at] GMAIL [dot] COM Donate anything you can, his family really needs the support.
Further information on what occurred can be found below:
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/03/26/news/doc4d8d94530db0c791019583.txt?viewmode=default
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/118643844.html
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2011/03/25/news/doc4d8c226c342a2154028617.txt?viewmode=fullstory
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/bike_enthusiast_shot_dead/
http://www.wfsb.com/news/27317979/detail.html
Labels: all ages, benefit, hardcore, news, punk, shows
Pissed Jeans, Japanther, Unstoppable Death Machines, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, Family of Deers
Saturday, April 9, 2011, WHUS presents:
UCONN Hillel (Sponsored by 91.7FM WHUS, whus.org)
54 N. Eagleville Rd
6:30pm - FREE for UConn Students, $5 for non-students
from Sub Pop:
King of Jeans. The title of Pissed Jeans’ third album and second for Sub Pop conjures their essence perfectly—masters of the mundane, beasts of the banal, high priests of the humdrum. These four, white, male high school graduates hardly look further than their own appendages for artistic inspiration, content to execute their own brand of brash and heavy punk music in the Joe Carducci-approved standard rock formation of guitar, bass, drums and vocals. From simple minds and simple fabrics comes this King of Jeans, perhaps also a slight nod to the variety of Pissed Jeans-inspired groups that have crawled up since 2007’s Hope for Men. After all, there can be only one.
It’s also worth noting that this is the first record that bassist Randy Huth has played on, he of both Drag City recording artists Pearls & Brass and Randall of Nazareth. A close friend of guitarist Bradley Fry and singer Matt Korvette since high school, his full-time Jeans status has helped to complete Pissed Jeans’ take on the cumulative efforts of all heavy guitar-based music of the past four decades. Drummer Sean McGuinness appreciates the random packets of opium he shares at band practice, too.
So here it is: King of Jeans. Expect to see these Jeans on the road for a good part of 2009 and 2010, as previous shows have paired them with acts as oddly fitting as Om, Black Dice, Flipper, Boris, Harvey Milk, Mudhoney, and hell, they even played with Sage Francis once. When that long hairy arm starts for your face, I recommend you take a good bite. —Brian Duane, 2009
band bio - with quotes from Vanity Fair and Thrasher (kinda funny):
Described as a “Performance Galaxy” by Vanity Fair and “Super hard, incredibly fast and overall inspiring” by Thrasher, Japanther (www.japanther.com) has always been a band apart, running the gamut from performance art to punk rock and back again. Pushing parties to the limit and only stopping short of riots, Japanther returns in 2010 with new member Anita Sparrows (The Soviettes) and Rock ‘n’ Roll Ice Cream (Menlo Park Recordings, March 2). Says Ian Vanek, “We met Miss Sparrows on Christmas Eve in San Pedro and formed an instant bond. She is family to us and making music with her is just a part of it.” With Sparrows on board, Vanek and Matt Reilly flew to Los Angeles to work with producer Michael Blum, whose past projects with Michael Jackson, Madonna (Like a Prayer, Who’s That Girl), Pink Floyd and Suicidal Tendencies seemed a daring fit for Rock ‘n’ Roll Ice Cream, an album envisioned by Japanther as a dance party–– and all the kids are invited. “Telephone mics? Really?” exclaimed Michael as the group began what was to become a near-perfect expression of an underground sound. Continuing Japanther’s established habit of collaborating with inspiring icons from every scene, legendary poet Eileen Myles (Cool For You, Chelsea Girls) appears on two astonishing tracks.
band bio:
Unstoppable Death Machines are a blown-out distorto-punk-rock freak-show bass and drum explosion from Brooklyn via Queens. Formed by brothers Billy [drums] and Mike [bass] in 2008, the tandem has jarred DIY venues, rooftops, lofts, sweaty warehouse parties, and art galleries—including two hometown performances at the Queens Museum of Art Biennial Celebration—with their brand of bombastic noise punk.
from Spinner.com:
The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt is a visual performance, soul- infused party band started in 2005 by college classmates Neil Fridd and Jesse Cooper Levy in New Paltz, New York. Their show consists of lights, costumes (e.g. a suit of stuffed animals), loud party music and audience participation.
Family of Deers bluesy/jammy rock UConn-based band with a dash of jazz.
Labels: indie pop, indie rock, news, noise, other, punk, shows, uconn
I know this is last minute, but tonight is the Sex Cave Records compilation release. The show will be at the old Woodbuy Town Hall. This microlabel has some of the most talented up and coming bands around, some guys that you'll probably be hearing big things about pretty soon. Check em out before they get huge. The new compilation CD has one new song from every band on it and will be sold for $5 along with big prints of the flyer for $3, so spend some green and show some support.
The Show starts at 7:00 and is $5, all the money goes to support the work youth program for the town of Woodbury. The band lineup will be:
Jake Shaker
High Pop
Pachangacha
For more info and a sneak peak listen of some tracks, check out:
http://www.sexcaverecords.tumblr.com/
http://www.sexcaverecords.bandcamp.com/
and the Facebook page for more info.
Labels: lo-fi, parties, releases, shows
Posted by John H. at 3/25/2011
9:00pm - 21+ - $6
bandcamp bio
Forming late 2008 around charismatic guitarist/vocalist Marty Frawley (son of much-missed Paul Kelly & the Dots member Maurice Frawley) and bassist Rick Milovanovic, the Twerps have quickly risen to become one of Melbourne’s favourite lo-fi pop bands. They’ve recently scored support slots for the likes of Deerhunter and the Bats, with shows coming up in December supporting California’s The Oh Sees.
Their debut release features eight (or is that nine?) short, simple but incredibly infectious tracks, recorded to analogue tape by Eddy Current Suppression Ring guitarist Mikey Young. Marty’s cheeky but heartfelt songs are complemented by the crystalline guitar lines of guitarist Julia MacFarlane (ex Batrider) and the sympathetic percussion of drummer Patrick O’Neill.
And the both beloved Estrogen Highs and Medication
Estrogen Highs are doing a split set with Electric Bucket opening for Mike Watt + the missingmen, along with Thurston Moore, April 5, 2011. Head over to Manic's site for tix. I will be talking up Medication's Judgement Day along with the Estrogen Highs Cycles EP eventually. Both are fucking killer.
Labels: cafe nine, indie pop, indie rock, lo-fi, shows
Mountain Man, All Teeth, Heavy Breath, Kills and Thrills, and MORE
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011, Gravity Collective Presents:
EL 'N' GEE
86 Golden Street
6:30PM - $10 - All Ages
Mountain Man (Think Fast, on tour from Worcester, MA)
All Teeth (Panic Records, on tour from CA)
Heavy Breath (CT Groove Daddies)
Kills and Thrills (Hotfoot Records, on tour from Long Island)
Bust It! (new 7" out March 7 on Get Young Records)
Submission (CT hardcore, split set with Das Hate)
Das Hate (CT moshpunx 420 666, split set with Submission)
Labels: all ages, hardcore, new london, shows
The Grotto downstairs at Bespoke
9 PM - Free - 21+ to taco
2 dollar schafer + PBR
3 dollar whiskey shots
TACO PARTY is a multi-media exhibition whose soundtrack is rare music through space and time.
DJ sets by:
KINGPANOS
STEFAN CHRISTENSEN
DJ Lady Wrangler
http://tacozone.net/
http://twitter.com/tacozone
Labels: dj, new haven, news, shows, taco
God damn. So much great stuff keeps coming out in Connecticut lately that it's impossible to stay on top of it all.
This Dead Wives EP is a four tracker of re-recorded and renamed songs we had been listening to in their demo form since 2007. Don't Stop Breathing was on their Demon Priest demo, VHS was on Hellrazor, and there was the Milk and Water tape from '07, where Crash Landing and Wilt come from.
Scuz Bucket came to life between November and December 2010 at Enox Productions in Newtown, CT. The message from the band said this was "3-piece skate-rock" which I think is great. I've relied on the skate-rock descriptor a bunch of times, mainly because there was that great period between the late eighties and early nineties where this stuff was going on. Whether it was the unforgettable soundtracks to the early H-Street videos, featuring bands like Wheezing Maniac, Wonderful Broken Thing, Sub Society, and Figure Ground (one of the members of which went on to join the excellent Purple Ivy Shadows in Providence, RI), to bands like the Spit Muffins, or the actual Skate Rock cassettes from Thrasher Magazine - all this stuff was a mix of lo-fi rock, punk and hardcore that I'd say guys like Lou Barlow and bands like Guided By Voices ended up turning into more than just something to crank from the blown speakers of a boombox while skating your miniramp. Conjures up thoughts of sunny summer days and the clank of trucks landing on coping. Can't be beat.
Definitely planning to get these guys a show in Hartford soon, hopefully with a similarly great rock outfit, Thank You Mr. Keating.
Scuz Bucket (EP) by deadwives
Labels: news, releases, reviews
My Allegiance is to the Ground: Estrogen Highs' Friends and Relatives
Back in mid-December of last year, when the Gramery Records' message came in about the new label's inaugural release, Estrogen High's Friends and Relatives, I was busy self-medicating with heavier music like Nails' Unsilent Death to help drown out the reality of an impending holiday season. It was no time to devote attention to one of my all time favorite bands, the E. Highs. But a line in the Gramery press release had gotten me especially wound up: "Friends and Relatives is chalk full of a wide range of influences; from The Dead C to Guided by Voices, to Kiwi-style pop, to The Wipers, to psychedelic drones and jams..."
I interpreted this as the band taking their Dead Beat LP Tell it to Them and then grinding it up into an all out unclassifiable epic trash rock feast. Even if only The Dead C and The Wipers had been mentioned, I'd still have assumed this.
Instead, Friends and Relatives turned out to be a jangly lo-fi pop album that could easily be what Guided By Voices would have sounded like had they been from Western Mass and fronted by a mid-nineties-era Thurston Moore. I wasn't into it. Maybe had I heard Friends and Relatives before ever hearing Tell it to Them, and also without having read a press release that jacked me up for the next This Heat's Deceit, I would have instantly dug the LP. Or maybe it was the fact of having been beaten down by the three feet of snow that I had to shovel off the fucking roof of my house that made me less receptive to a more mild undistorted Estrogen Highs. I wanted to love it, but couldn't.
Yes, the Kiwi-style pop looms large. Chris March's piece in the Register spelled it out, with Stefan Christensen's list of influences that informed the second full length from Estrogen Highs including The Verlaines, The Clean, Tall Dwarfs, and The Gordons, four New Zealand bands. (By the way, Chris, "New Haven’s finest lo-fi garage rock outfit" doesn't cut it. New England's finest, at the least, man.)
So here's my take after a few fresh listens:
Friends and Relatives starts out with an excellent noisy intro called "Poverty Strike" before simmering down to the slow burning "Kaleidoscope," a song that sorta sends you back to the bar for another beer. "Weed Queen" is a pretty good tune that follows "Kaleidoscope" up with some of the energy that Tell it to Them devotees like me dig, as does the song "The Supposing View." "Common Folk" and "Hand of Hearts" are probably the most contemplative this band has ever been. But they sound more like a fire that's about to go out than a bed of hot coals. The closing of side A, "Wille The Inventor" and "I Am Tradition" are almost Dead Milkmen-like lyric-wise. "I Am Tradition" has a sick choppy breakdown bridge thing that is pretty clever. Always a sucker for that stuff.
Then there is side-B, which begins with what is fast becoming my all time favorite Estrogen Highs song. "Graffiti Pt. 1" is maybe a little like something from Medication's This Town, with a thick thread of feedback howling across what I think is the first acoustic guitar based Estrogen Highs tune. A lovely relatable lyric "I need you every day" digs into your heart like the kind of fishhook needed to reel a mako shark aboard. And after building into a faster and faster frenzy over the course of eight-plus minutes, the mad piping of a flute takes over, driving the song into its death throws. An apologetic track, "Ministers & Rabies," of guitar and vox only, picks us gently back up. Then there's "Re-Commencement Speech," a nice little pop song, almost Bee Thousand material, with delicate la-la's and ooo's atop. After the OK song "Irresponsibility," "Alley Man" clicks in with a false start, then returns with a left end of the dial radio worthy deep cut rocker.
"Silly Marvels" is a my second favorite on this LP. A drumless tune, and yet full of lilting rhythm, it has their most sickest and happy outro ever. Glorious and dingy, like that pair of ill-fitting bowling shoes you bought at the Salvation Army back in high school.
USA with shipping included $14
CANADA/MEXICO with shipping included $16
WORLD with shipping included $19
Add $10 per copy for 2 to 3 copies of LP
Paypal to grameryrecs [at] gmail [dot] com
Labels: garage, indie pop, indie rock, release reviews
Interview by Monica Lyons and John Kritzman / photo by Kritzman. Also check out their show review here!
Monica and I managed to catch up with Nick Reinhart from Tera Melos this past weekend as the band made their way through Danbury in the middle of a month long road stand across the US. The band is fresh off of the release of their latest EP, Zoo Weather, which came out Feburary 22nd, and their full length, Patagonian Rats which came out at the end of summer last year.
Monica: So you guys just released an EP, can you give us a little background and how it turned out?
Nick: The EP is three songs that didn't make it onto our album [Patagonian Rats]. Actually, they’re on the vinyl LP, the side D. We feel like they didn't actually belong on the record. We had initially planned to release an EP prior to the full length but it just didn't work out, so we decided to release it afterward. We were gonna do it as a digital release only but then we're like 'oh well a tape will be cool, to have a physical item, and we can sell it for pretty cheap too.' It's kinda like a neat little souvenir, I don't know how many people still listen to tapes, but it's kind of a cool thing. So, it's three songs that didn't make it onto the album and three remixes of one of the songs on the album, and we're really happy with it. It would actually be pretty cool to melt it into like a little sculpture.
M: It's funny how tapes are coming back.
N: Yeah they are, a lot of people are doing that these days. The coolest thing about it is that they're cheap to manufacture and you can just throw a download card with it. So instead of just selling a download card, you're selling a physical cool little piece of art. Actually I think melting down is really cool. I'd be interested in doing that, maybe I'll do that tonight with a lighter or something.
M: So you're on tour with Marnie Stern, how's that been going?
N: It's really good, I think our bands match really well together. We met her a few years ago at SXSW and we had always talked about playing together but our schedules didn't line up properly, so this finally got put together a few months ago and were really excited to do it with her. I feel like there’s a big crossover between both our bands as far as fan base goes, and the people who haven’t heard of her that are into our band, and vice-versa, are really stoked on the bands. In fact, the other night some kids had never heard of Marnie Stern and I was like 'dude stick around and watch her, you’re gonna like her,' and they ended up staying and really really liked it. I think it's really appropriate and we're having a really good time.
John: It's good to see you guys finally got out your first full length album, how do you feel it came out?
N: I think what we just did with Patagonian Rats is what we've been trying to do since the beginning of our band, but it takes a long time to get good. Maybe we didn't know what we were trying to get good at or it wasn't in front of our faces. I think we finally got good at what we were trying to achieve. Now it's the question of, well we can keep progressing with that or we can just flip it and do any of these different ideas because our band will always progress and do new things that interest us. I'm not really sure what the next step will be but for all I know it'll be just going further down the middle of Patagonian Rats, however that could be classified, making more like weirdo pop songs that are freaked out. Again, it can go in any direction, I'm not really sure what.
J: So it seems like you guys finally found your sound instead of jumping from sound to sound like you did in the first few EP's.
N: I agree, just like anything it takes hours. Have you heard of that Malcolm Gladwell book? It's about what it takes to be truly great at something. I can't quote it exactly but he hypothesizes that it takes something like 10,000 hours of practice to be truly great at what you're trying to accomplish. This is what related to me about the book, that before The Beatles had ever recorded a note or made an album, a lot of people didn't realize that they had already been playing and performing in German Strip clubs and all this stuff, and they had completed their 10,000 hours, or at least more than broken. He scientifically breaks it down with basketball players and scientists and other stuff, where it's like to get truly awesome at your goal, you got to put in your 10,000 hours otherwise it's just practice. I kinda feel like we can relate to that thought.
J: You guys writing more any time soon?
N: I started toying around with new ideas before we left, demoing some songs. But, I'm not really sure what we really wanna do next in terms of doing an EP, a full length, a split or anything, not only that but what sort of vibe we want to give our next collection of songs. There’s a lot of ideas we have, where as Patagonian Rats was our last record and was sort of neutral or right in the middle of the spectrum of our band. Part of me really wants to go more in that direction of songs like Frozen Zoo and Manar the Magic and kinda break it down, even more but keep it tweaked and weird, but then the other half of me and the band were really interested in going even further in the opposite direction of less accessible more fucked up and strange and faster, with thousands and thousands of notes and stuff. I don't really know what we'll do, but it kind of seems neat to do a really, really aggressive record, and then do a really like, not minimal album, but maybe more sample based, but still really out there. It's hard to describe. I guess I couldn’t even really articulate it with words until it was done.
Labels: heirloom arts, indie rock, interview, math rock, noise, noise pop, show reviews
Show Review: Tera Melos, Marnie Stern and Fugue @ Heirloom Arts
Lovely Marnie
Words: Monica Lyons
Pics: John Kritzman Full set of photos here!
On Saturday, March 5th, 2011, the Heirloom Arts Theater presented an impressive lineup of performances by Fugue, Tera Melos, and Marnie Stern. I had never been to the Heirloom Arts Theater after it was renovated from what used to be the Empress Ballroom, a raunchy, all-ages venue holding shows from ska showcases to the pits of CT hardcore. I’m not knocking the Empress Ballroom, as it definitely allowed for a non-discriminatory holding place for Connecticut scenesters, myself included. However, walking through its familiar doors, I was impressed with its cleanliness and modern renovations. It appears as though the Empress Ballroom has matured into a more professional and structural venue, promoting itself as "Danbury’s cultural and artistic alternative."
It took a while for people to show up, but eventually there was a pretty good crowd going. Fugue had already set up on the floor of the venue instead of on the towering stage, which was a good move on their behalf. Everyone was able to gather almost in a circle around the band as the lights cut out and a green spotlight engulfed the band. I have seen Fugue a couple times before but their creative energy never ceases to amaze me. Their sharp synchronization consumes the room, ranging from powerfully fast-paced to melodic and smooth. They create their own sound of rock-jazz fusion, even incorporating a new element into one of their songs that night that I had never seen before. Fugue’s sorcerer, Mike DiCrescenzo, took out a lighter and brought its flame toward an optical theremin, which produced an eerie, ghostly sound, complimenting their unique sound. Fugue also manipulates the use of movie clips into their songs before flowing into an array of rhythmic melodies. After some minor difficulties, in which some people were nice enough to offer up their own capos, they ended their performance with a new song. Fugue is currently recording new material to be released in the summer, which I’m sure won’t disappoint.
Fugue light it up
Tera Melos took to the stage for a sound check as the second performance of the night. It was uncomfortable looking almost straight up at the band during their performance, but maybe I’m just not used being so close up to bands on such tall stages. Despite the initial disconnection of height difference, Tera Melos expelled their energy onto the crowd and brought them to their level. The California native band pushes the limits of what is math rock and twists it to produce something completely new and outside the box. Complemented by the use of effect pedals and samplers, Tera Melos brings wildly quick and creative rhythms and abstract dynamics that flow in and out of each other, creating a completed puzzle of songs. They’re anything but traditional with their odd song structures, smooth vocals, and intangible melodic brilliance. The band played a lot of songs off their latest album, Patagonian Rats, as well as new material from their recently released EP, Zoo Weather. Tera Melos seemed truly confident during their performance, in which guitarist Nick Reinhart commented on their current standing: "Maybe we didn’t know what we were trying to get good at, or it wasn’t in front of our faces, but I think we finally got good at what we’re trying to achieve." Tera Melos delivered a captivating performance that night through their artistic ambiance and refreshingly different sound. At the end of the set, Reinhart brought his guitar toward his face as bassist Nathan Latona dropped his bass to the ground, reverb still echoing throughout the stage.
Tera Melos shred face
Marnie Stern, who has been on tour with Tera Melos since February, took to the stage for the last performance of the night. It was disappointing that a large portion of the crowd left after Tera Melos performed and didn’t even give her a chance to showcase her talent. I had read about the female songwriter and guitarist’s acclaimed finger tapping skills and was really curious to see what it was all about. Marnie Stern was literally shredding up on stage as her nimble fingers effortlessly tapped individual notes up and down the neck of her guitar. This is especially prominent in her performance of the song Transformer. Her constant smiling and graceful appearance almost made this technique look easy. Marnie Stern’s soft, playful conversation with her bassist came as opposite to her strong vocals and wide range of pitch, which synced up immaculately to the rapid riffs of her guitar. Her style is appealing and unique, incorporating genres such as experimental and noise rock. Though her sound was somewhat random and piercing at times, Marnie Stern shows a sense of individualism which positively sets her apart from other female artists in the music scene. Fugue, Tera Melos, and Marnie Stern all incorporated their own distinctive sounds and uncommon flair to create a complementary and impressive lineup for the Heirloom Art’s Theaters new reputation. They certainly won me over.
Labels: heirloom arts, indie rock, math rock, noise, noise pop, show reviews
Saturday, March 12, 2011, CT Indie presents at Arch Street:
Arch Street Tavern
9 PM - $5.00 cover - 21+
Been awhile people. Which means it's time to return with a vengeance. So here is a show that signals the start of CT Indie presents at Arch Street. Three different brands of rock action, all from equally inspired Connecticut-based musicians! Hartford has been gaining a little musical momentum lately, so come help fuel this momentum by supporting your local scene at Arch Street Tavern!
Parking is a bitch in downtown Hartford, so car pool if you can.
ReverbNation bio:
It’s been one year, two E.P’s, a full length, a list of performances from San Diego to Vermont, and The Morning On Fire is just getting started. Adored for their energetic and emotional performances, its hard to imagine that anyone is having more fun then them. Watching them dance across the stage, you can see the sincerity running through their veins, producing a high that isn’t replicable by any modern drug. They come across as some sort of mad-scientist/punk rock hybrids, delivering their music with force. Their energetic fusion of indie, post-rock, and hardcore is a treat to experience: it is like nothing you’ve heard before and like everything you’ve been waiting to hear. From sweeping valleys, to monumental peaks... quiet whispers to the loudest screams, The Morning On Fire creates a sound-scape and invites you to break from the norm and come along for a while.
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Tickets On Sale Friday, March 4th at 6 a.m. EST via Bombfest.com
The 3rd Annual Bring Our Music Back Festival (B.O.M.B. Fest) is back and bigger than ever! This year, with support from Manic Productions, Bring Our Music Back, Inc. along with Frank Bombaci, Sr. and Frank Bombaci, Jr. are proud to announce the diverse group of artists that has been assembled for 2011.
For the first time, this year’s festival, taking place over Memorial Day Weekend (May 28-29), will be at the Festival Grounds of B.O.M.B. Fest’s new site partner, Western Connecticut State University (43 Lake Ave, Danbury, CT 06810) in Danbury, CT — a short train ride from New York City, Boston, Providence and Philadelphia.
B.O.M.B. Fest 2011 has assembled its most ambitious lineup to date, bringing together some of the best names in hip-hop, alternative and indie rock, giving the East Coast its own premiere music festival. The price for two-day passes will cost $109 and go on sale on Friday, March 4th at 6:00 am EST.
All proceeds from the festival will benefit Bring Our Music Back, Inc. which is committed to providing music scholarships, music enrichment and education programs, music and healing initiatives and community support and outreach. In addition, one of this year’s charitable initiatives includes the creation of an Emerging Artist Scholarship Fund at Western Connecticut State University.
2011 B.O.M.B. Fest Lineup:
State Radio
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic
Shpongle presents The Shpongletron Experience
RJD2
The Cool Kids
EOTO
Portugal. The Man
Dum Dum Girls
Quintron and Miss Pussycat
Nosaj Thing
The Hood Internet
Toubab Krewe
ESKMO
River City Extension
Roots of Creation
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez
Also featuring more than 25 local artists
About Bring Our Music Back, Inc.:
BRING OUR MUSIC BACK, INC. is dedicated to the enrichment of life through music. Our mission is to support burgeoning musical talent, programs and services in our communities by fostering the artistic development of youth preserving music as a viable art form. Bring Our Music Back, Inc. is all about MUSIC WITH PURPOSE! Some of the enrichment initiatives championed by Bring Our Music Back, Inc. include artist mentorships and music scholarships, music enrichment and education programs, music and healing initiatives, community support and music awareness and community and cultural outreach. Bring Our Music Back, Inc. is proud to support music therapy programs with the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and Hospice of Connecticut.
www.bringourmusicback.org
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After 5-year-old Jack and his mother escape from the enclosed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world.
What if you were stuck in a room for several years? I can tell you right now that I wouldn’t make it. I would lose a lot of weight and look weird as a tall, skinny person, make friends with my pillow, and lose my mind. How did Brie Larson do? And is she is a lock for a Best Actress nomination? Let’s get reel and break this down.
Directing/Writing
Director Lenny Abrahamson is one of the major highlights in this emotional journey with a mother and her son. Not only does he get two fantastic performances from the two leads, but really showed the impact the world has on a child that sees it for the very first time versus what it’s like for an adult to come back into the world they once were in. Without spoiling anything, because I think its best if you go in blind; Abrahamson adapts this story with so much emotional punch that this story will get to your heart strings. The writing is also very well done. I haven’t read the book, but I have heard good things so I can’t really compare it.
Brie. Freaking. Larson. This wonderfully talented and beautiful actress has been on my radar for quite a while and this is her crowning achievement so far in her career. She brings the full range of emotions and vulnerability that will tear your heart as her performance unravels. She has a natural and authentic relationship with her son and I believed it. Jacob Tremblay plays her son and he is wonderful. He gave a heart-felt performance of a kid who hasn’t seen the world and, when he does, his eyes are opened to an infinite imagination. He embodied that feeling you got as a child when you start exploring the world for the first time, so basically what I am saying is that it hits you in those relatable feels. Do not be surprised if he gets nominated for this role, he just as good as Larson.
Excluding Joan Allen and Sean Bridgers, I thought the supporting cast was fine and didn’t really add anymore levity to the story, unlike our leads.
The confinement of the room with the two leads does add that sense of closeness for their relationship making us as an audience become closer to them. Everything else is shot well, so no complaints there.
Editing/Special Effects
Being super interested in the story and how it would be played out, I was never bored with the length of the film. I will say that the time spent in the room was a bit faster paced than the second half. I can’t stress this enough, I encourage everyone to go in and having known as little as possible for a greater experience.
Some people may find the story boring and may tune out at the second half because the mystery is kind of gone, but it’s still an emotional roller coaster from start to finish.
This is a great mother and son relationship movie with powerful performances from Larson and Tremblay. I am not going to lie, I cried and I am not ashamed.
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Posted on January 11, 2014 by Bill Ault
Fury Roster A Global Effort
Something old,
something new,
something borrowed,
something blue,
and a silver sixpence in her shoe.
Though the sixpence was rendered obsolete more than forty years ago the rest of this old English rhyme outlining what a new bride should wear on her wedding day certainly describes Ottawa FC head coach Marc Dos Santos’ approach to building a roster for the club’s first season in the NASL.
Old, young, certainly loaned if not borrowed and certainly more than a few blue jerseys have been worn by the eight players including three Canadians signed so far by Dos Santos.
Passports note places of birth including Canada, Brazil, Spain, Kuwait, Ireland and Scotland while work visa stamps mark the globe to an even greater extent with stops in Norway, Uruguay, Palestine, Belgium, the USA and Portugal just to name a few.
Reflecting the life choices of journeymen professionals a total 15 different countries, a couple dozen leagues and over 30 clubs dot the profiles of the players signed to contracts so far by the club.
Of note on the business side only two players, the 30 year old Omar Jarun and 28 year old Nicki Paterson have been signed to contracts exceeding one year (both two year agreements). The others with an average age of 23 (which drops even further taking 28 year old Richie Ryan out of the equation) all have been given just one year deals.
The obvious message from Dos Santos – earn your keep – not a unexpected for a first year club looking through the professional soccer diaspora hoping to pull together the right building blocks for a solid foundation.
The most recent signing 21 year old Canadian defender Andrés Fresenga who moved to Uruguay seven years ago spending the bulk of that time with Racing Club de Montevideo is exactly the kind of player the Fury are looking to become part of that foundation moving forward.
“Andrés grew up playing soccer in Uruguay and his passion for the game is second to none,” said Dos Santos. “He is very aggressive, strong and committed in his play and this is why he has been recently called up to the National Team. We know what we look for in players and Andrés has the exact profile of an Ottawa Fury FC player.”
Passionate, aggressive, strong and committed for a first year club testing the waters that’s all you can ask.
At the moment, the Fury FC updated roster for the 2014 season is as follows:
Defenders: Ramon Soria (24, Spain via Norway), Omar Jarun (30, Kuwait via Belgium), Andrés Fresenga (21, Canada via Uruguay)
Midfielders: Nicki Paterson (28, Scotland via USA), Richie Ryan (28, Ireland), Mauro Eustaquio (20 Canada via Portugal)
Forwards: Oliver Minatel (21, Brazil via Portugal), Carl Haworth (24, Canada)
Ottawa Fury FC open their inaugural season against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers on April 12 before hosting Minnesota United FC in their home opener on April 19.
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4 comments to “Fury Roster A Global Effort”
They should be competitive on the field. I hope they can link up with either Montreal or Toronto and add some depth to their roster.
I just wonder were the team is at in terms of season tickets. I understand that they are only opening 6000 seats on one side of the Stadium. So if they get 2300 a game, which to me, would be a great start, it’s going to look EMPTY. Was there a reason why they aren’t using the 4000 seat stadium at Carleton?
I’d just hate this to become what the basketball team at the Canadian Tire Centre has become.
Bill Ault
Playing first half of season at Carleton but I suspect the football lines along with the cross ownership between 67s, REDBLACKS played a part in making Lansdowne their permanent home – it will be a challenge to create atmosphere with 3,000 to 5,000 fans in large stadium.
Is Ottawa fielding a team that has a realistic chance of winning the liga? Who’s roster is looking better going into the season, FCE or OFC? Does FCE have many Kanadians?
I don’t think they’ll be looking to win the league in year one – this isn’t the Cosmos – but I do think they will field a competitive side. Both Edmonton and Ottawa will have Canadians on the field and on the sidelines which is important for the development of the game here as well.
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Post by quicksilver » Wed May 25, 2016 3:42 pm
I've been playing guitar for 30 years and have been searching for a new direction for over a year now. My interest in music is very wide ranging from obviously Pink Floyd to Waylon Jennings. I love all kinds of music and enjoy playing all kinds of music as well. I put down my Strat in January in favor of my acoustic, and it has reinvigorated me. I've been experimenting with different tunings as well, and that alone has opened up a new door. At some point I know I'll pick up the electric again, but for now I'm happy as hell. I just wish that I could sing
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Re: New musical direction
Post by Alec Taylor » Wed May 25, 2016 4:35 pm
I wish we could hear what you're jamming, brother! Was there any sort of motivation or inspiration to switch to acoustic like this? Any new music you came across, or old music you found a new love for? I find personally that music evolution just sort of happens, at least for me. I know a lot of people get comfortable with their own style and coast on it forever, but that's never gonna happen to me, and it looks like it didn't happen to you either! Do you write your own material, or experiment with others?
Aren't I full of questions?
"A man lies and dreams of green fields and rivers, but awakes to a morning with no reason for waking."
SunShade wrote: I wish we could hear what you're jamming, brother! Was there any sort of motivation or inspiration to switch to acoustic like this? Any new music you came across, or old music you found a new love for? I find personally that music evolution just sort of happens, at least for me. I know a lot of people get comfortable with their own style and coast on it forever, but that's never gonna happen to me, and it looks like it didn't happen to you either! Do you write your own material, or experiment with others?
Its really a combination of a few things:
I can only be so creative on an electric. Yes, I can manufacture endless sounds and mimic other peoples solos, but with that being the only instrument I play, that limits what I can do. Its fun to play to backing tracks, but that thrill wears off too. I can play a song from start to finish on an acoustic and make it sound pretty good, which is satisfying. I enjoy playing Crosby, Stills & Nash; Neil Young; Older Rolling Stones material. I'm versed enough in music that I can breakdown a typical guitar driven rock song and rearrange it to sound good on an acoustic. To me, I enjoy that challenge as its not as easy as one may think.
The catalog of songs I can play on an acoustic is expanded considerably.
Take this song for example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op9ND6-c-Dg
Whether you like John Denver or not, this song is fun to play. Drop D tuning with capo on the second fret.
Here's another one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg-Qdrr3XSk
Stills is a great acoustic guitar player.
I think the direction I'm leaning is more towards softer rock with older classic country and blues mixed in, Ala, Neil Young, Waylon Jennings, CSN etc.
I have written some stuff over the years, but nothing I'm proud of, or would ever let anyone listen to. I think that concentrating on one instrument with one sound will be good for me and may spur more creativity- who knows?
I definitely wish I had stuck to just a single instrument. In my younger years, I was all about piano and only piano. From 2009 to 2012 I did mostly solo piano recordings. None of those song files exist any more, I have no idea where they went but there's no existing record of my musical catalog pre-"Celestial Voices". I feel like branching out the way I have has caused my skills to suffer; jack of all trades, but a master of none. I think it's great that you continue to push your skill forward, I've definitely focused more on textures and arrangements than actual skill. Guess I look up to Rick Wright too much.
SunShade wrote: I definitely wish I had stuck to just a single instrument. In my younger years, I was all about piano and only piano. From 2009 to 2012 I did mostly solo piano recordings. None of those song files exist any more, I have no idea where they went but there's no existing record of my musical catalog pre-"Celestial Voices". I feel like branching out the way I have has caused my skills to suffer; jack of all trades, but a master of none. I think it's great that you continue to push your skill forward, I've definitely focused more on textures and arrangements than actual skill. Guess I look up to Rick Wright too much.
Looking up to Rick Wright is a very good thing!
I applaud and envy the fact that you play multiple instruments. I'd do anything to play the piano. The biggest challenge of focusing on one instrument for me, is the fact that you have to take a song that in many cases layers multiple instruments and incorporate pieces of each (and voice) to make it sound good.
Check out this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUrBezsQg30
That's a great acoustic arrangement! If you ask me, it takes a lot more skill to arrange a dense song for a single instrument than it does to just re-create the original song on a plethora of instruments. There's a lot of songs I wish I could do just solo piano on, but I have a hard time deciding what to keep and what to cut. You've got more patience than me to work on that!
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Jumia, HP to provide 15 students with educational scholarships worth 3.7million for School Resumption, launches Art Contest to awaken creativity in Nigerian kids
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Lagos, Nigeria; 17 August 2018: Jumia, Nigeria’s number 1 online shopping destination, has partnered with Hewlett-Packard (HP) to award N3,700,000 worth of educational scholarships to 15 students who are between Basic 4 and University level and are residents and schooling in Nigeria.
To qualify for the scholarship, interested students are expected to shop any HP products above N10,500 on Jumia App between August 13th and September 16th, 2018. Students below 18 years must obtain consents in writing from their parents or legal guardians before participating.
“Winners will be announced via Jumia’s Facebook live session and contacted ahead of school resumption. There will also be 1 scholarship to be won via the treasure hunt item during the campaign,” said Olamide Amosu, Head of Engagement Marketing for Jumia.
This is part of the ongoing Jumia’s School Resumption campaign which will also see the launch of an Art Contest aimed at bringing out the artistic instincts in kids within ages 4-15. The participating kids are expected to recreate the existing Jumia logo, and the winning logo will be featured on Jumia.com.ng website for 24 hours. In addition, the winner will walk away with ₦90,000 worth of goody bags to be carted away respectively by the contest winner and the runner-ups.
“The logo entries will be assessed on artistic merit and creativity. Interested kids are expected to take note of the following details, in order to stand a chance of being shortlisted: (1) Send all entries to [email protected] (2)The designs should be drawn using a physical drawing book (3) Voting will start August 27th (4) 10 of the best designs will be shortlisted and voting for the winners will be done on @jumianigeria Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (5) Follow and use the hashtag #JumiaArtContest on social media for all updates.
The Jumia School Resumption Campaign, which is described as Nigeria’s largest collection of school items at the best prices, is targeted at students and parents whose kids will be returning to school for the new session in September. The campaign provides parents and guardians with over 500,000 school items to choose from, and up to 65% discounts on selected items.
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Thursday’s Rugby News
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Thursdays Rugby News sees Matt Toomua moving home, Slipper speaks up, Super Mario gets the top job and All Blacks ins and outs.
MATT TOOMUA COMES HOME
Matt Toomua could be in line to play for the Wallabies in Bledisloe one after the Leicester centre signed a deal with Rugby Australia and the Melbourne Rebels for 2019. By signing with the Rebels, Toomua becomes eligible to play for the Wallabies should he be called up.
Toomua moved to Leister in 2016 after the Rugby World Cup, a move that seems to have had a positive impact on his career with English fly half George Ford saying “Matt Toomua isby far the best 12 I have played with”
Toomua spoke highly of his time playing outside the English 10, “He is one of the smartest players I’ve come across, right up there with the 10s I’ve played with. We just pick each other’s brains and see what we’re thinking in certain places. It’s his composure that really sets him apart… I’m pretty fortunate to play around guys like that.”
When asked about signing with Rugby Australia and the Rebels here is what Matt had to say.
“Leicester have been fantastic to me throughout my time here,”
“The option to return to Australia was something that did exist within my contract, only if a chance to represent the Wallabies was there and, with a Rugby World Cup next year, was ultimately one I couldn’t turn down.
“As well as a chance to represent my country at a World Cup again, the return home also allows me to be closer to both my wife and family after nearly three years on the opposite side of the world.
“The Rebels are a club on the rise and I was really impressed after having a few conversations with [coach] Dave [Wessels] about his plans for the future.”
Toomua had previously played under Wessels back in 2012 at the Brumbies.
With Matt Toomua honing his craft in the no. 12 jersey, and Reece Hodge a “natural at 13’” according to Dave Wessels, and losing their development fly halves (McGregor, Adams and Debreczeni) it begs the question, who will wear the no.10 jersey next season. A Genia, Quade Cooper, Toomua, Hodge and DHP back line could be a lethal looking back line if Quade wants to head south from Souths.
SLIPPER SPEAKS OUT
It wasn’t to long ago that things were not looking good for James Slipper. He tested positive twice for illicit drug use, causing him to be banned for all forms of Rugby. During the ban his coach Brad Thorn explained his hard-line stance on drug use, all but confirming that Slipper will not pull on a Reds jersey again.
Slipper used this time to confront his mental illness and turn his life around, learning from the experience that nearly cost him his career. Slipper was named as part of the Australian Super Rugby squad set to take on the Wallabies on Friday night as he look to redeem himself.
Speaking with Rugby.com.au, Slipper talked about being a changed man and what this experience had taught him.
“I let a lot of people down and I couldn’t be more sorry for that and more embarrassed for what I’ve done,” Slipper said.
“I’ve obviously gone through a bit of a rough patch and made some poor decisions and probably wasn’t coping with certain aspects of my life that I was going through at the time.
“I’m just so lucky to be back here and given an opportunity to play against the Australian team whether I play many minutes or not but it’ll be interesting.”
Something that Slipper was able to address was the stigma faced by many men that seeking help and speaking out is a sign of weakness, something that he acknowledges he should have done sooner.
“I was one of those typical blokes who kept saying I was alright and I clearly was struggling a bit there but as soon as I opened up to my mum and my dad and told them I was struggling it kind of lifted a weight off the shoulders and I could really address the issues,” he said.
“I was one of those blokes who didn’t want to talk, simple as that and it was to my own detriment and I’ve paid the penalty for that and it’s something I’m going to have to live by for the rest of my life.
Though he still has his demons, he wants to act as a positive influence for people who are suffering like him.
“Obviously, I’m living proof that you make bad decisions, you get penalised but you can stop that from happening if you’re open and honest and speak out a bit earlier.”
When asked about his future, unlike the other Reds exiles Cooper and Hunt, Slipper doesn’t want to see out his contract in club land, suggesting he will look to be traded to another Super Rugby team, or even venture over seas if he can’t make amends with Brad Thorn.
Where would you like to see Slipper end up GAGR fans?
MARIO LEDESMA TO COACH LOS PUMAS
He fixed the Wallabies Scrum, He fixed the Jaguars, and now he looks to fix the Pumas as Mario Ledesma has taken the top-coaching jobin Argentina.
It was announced this morning by Argentina Rugbythat Ledesma will be the replacement for Daniel Hourcade, who resigned after a poor performance in the June Series.
Ledesma played in four World Cups for the Pumas from 1999 to 2011, before moving into coaching where he worked with Stade Francais and Montpellier in French Top 14, the Tahs and the Wallabies. Most recently he coached Argentina’s Super Rugby club Jaguares to their most successful season to date.
Super Mario was apart of Argentina’s most successful Rugby World Cup team as a player back in 2007 when they placed third, and is looking to find more success as the coach.
“I was fortunate to represent my country many times as a player and now I am proud to be the captain of the ship,” Ledesma said.
“I am not intimidated (by the role). One must be responsible, ready to make sacrifices and to work. We have a huge challenge ahead.”
Aussie Rugby fans noticed a difference in the scrum after Mario left, causing some nervousness around how much potential Argentina have to become a quality rugby opponent.
ALL BLACK INS AND OUTS
Sonny Bill Williams is having an atrocious run with injuries. Not as bad as Sydney Swan Alex Johnson but it has not been a good few months with the All Blacks and Blues Centre.
SBW missed the first two tests against the French in the June Series, and injured his shoulder in the third test, an injury that has carried on, ruling him out of the first two Bledisloe Cup matches against the Wallabies.
Never fear All Blacks fans, Steven Hanson will reach into the Rugby Player factory that New Zealand has to find a serviceable replacement.
Hanson believes that Williams will be right for their Rugby Championship match against Argentina.
“He looks fit and he trained well this morning without doing any of the contact stuff,” Hansen told the media.
“The injury he’s got inhibits him from doing physical stuff but his running was good.”
SBW and exiled Red Quade Cooper have been working on their boxing in Aukland over the past week, maybe as they look for like after Rugby.
Hurricanes hooker Dane Coles, who hasn’t played Rugby in nine months, has also been added to AB camp but isn’t expected to play many Rugby Championship matches, if any.
“Once he’s had enough rugby, he’ll come to us.
“We’ve just got to get him running fit so we can get the old Colesy back.”
The 29 man camp has been assembled in Christchurch but does not include any Crusaders players.
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Good set of news today, I really enjoyed the read. Cheers, Dylan!
Interested to see what happens with Toomua. I suspect he will be reintroduced via the bench, but I have heard some people wondering whether we might see Beale shifted to fullback, Folau to outside centre and Toomua to inside centre. Seems risky to me, but we will see, I suppose.
I don’t think we will see a lot of him in the Gold. Think back to 2015, no one was taking Foley or Beale’s spot under Cheika. Toomua might wear the number 22 but I doubt hell get much time
Interesting comments from George Ford and it does open up the potential to change the Wallabies backline. Given he has played mostly at 12, we could see a Foley, Toomua combination at 10/12 and that would allow Beale to 15 and Folau to either wing or 13 – though not 13 if Kerevi/Kuridrani are available. Toomua’s inclusion at 12 would reduce the need to make additional modifications in defence.
Also heard Greg Martin talking on Fox Sports podcast this week and he had an interesting comment on Quade Cooper and the reasons why he wasn’t playing at the Reds this year. I don’t normally have much interest in Greg Martin’s comments or analysis but when it comes to gossip he is probably as good as anyone else. He claimed that the major issue with Cooper was that the previous coaches in Stiles and Graham (and I imagine their backs coaches Meehan and O’Connor) would give the players instructions on how to play and after the coaches had left, Cooper would then tell the playing group to ignore the coaching instructions and play as he directed.
If that is the case, then I can understand Thorn’s decision a little better. He is the one responsible for overall performance and if someone is unwilling to play under instructions or is willing to undermine him then I wouldn’t want them as part of my team. It also suggests that, if the team from 2013-2017 (excluding 2016) was largely playing under QC’s instructions rather than the coaches of the time, then we should assign him with a bit more of the responsibility for the team’s poor performance during this time.
While I think playing in club rugby this year and trying to earn his way back into the team was admirable and has had benefits for the local Brisbane comp, I think if he genuinely knows he is not going to get a run under Thorn next season at the Reds, then he should look for another Super standard club – whether that’s the Brumbies or Auckland doesn’t particularly worry me. Unless Thorn goes backwards as a coach next year he will likely be Reds coach in 2020 and, in that case, Cooper’s contract is unlikely to be renewed. So he may as well get on with his career.
I think that Toomua has played more of his rugby at 10 than 12, but I think he is better at 12.
Is three playmakers too many? Beale’s fragility under the high ball was certainly an issue on the spring tour last year.
Yes you may be right. Maybe I am just trying to get too many players in there and we ran into similar problems with Beale, Cooper and O’Connor (though there were other issues there too). I am a NSW native but not necessarily a huge Waratahs fan and while I recognise Foley has some good aspects to his game I can also see his limitations. It will be good to have someone giving him a genuine contest for his position next season and it is also good to have some depth elsewhere. A player like Hamish Stewart would really benefit from having someone like Toomua playing next to him.
Foley is such an enigma, isn’t he? I think a lot of it stems from the fact that he came up through the 7s and to me he still looks like a 7s player playing flyhallf in 15s. He is caught somewhere between a 10, a 12 and a 15. If he was taller and better under the high ball he would probably be a fullback, if he was a stronger defender I think he would definitely be a 12.
Personally, I think that Toomua is better suited to 12 too, and more complete as a 12 than Foley or Beale, but Beale is one of our best players and basically has to play at 10 or 12. So, really, it comes down to who plays better out of Foley and Toomua. Hopefully there is a fair competition there and Cheika picks whoever makes the Wallabies a better player.
Either way, depth is improved, as is the bench.
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Let’s face it, Foley is a good player, but not good enough to be a world beater, and if we ever want to consistently beat the top teams, we need better. Genia and Beale are good enough. QC is a matter of opinion. Toomua is a maybe until we see how he goes back here down under.
I think that’s a fair summation of the facts.
Did he also play a bit at 15 at the start or earlier in his career?
I’d have Toomua as a 10. He’s got a great kick/pass game and composure, but while he can run straight and hard, he’s not the ball carrying threat that I’d want at 12. Not fast/elusive enough to be the stepping 12, not big enough to be the crashballer (though he always gave it his best). It’s why I always thought the Brums looked best with him at 10 and Leali’ifano at 12, because Christian’s a more threatening ball carrier. But you’re a Brumbies fan, so may have different ideas…
I’d like to see that too, but it won’t happen immediately given he won’t have trained with the team long enough. He can interchange with Beale on defence and defend at 12.
I personally think he’s a better 12 than he is a 10. He’s not super fast but he has an okay step, straightens the attack and (crucially) makes good decisions. I think he needs to be with the right guy at 10 inside of him. The best the Wallabies backline has looked since Larkham retired was when Quade was at 10 and Toomua was at 12 as I think Toomua and Quade were good foils for one another.
Can Beale and Toomua form a similar partnership if given the chance? Maybe they won’t gel as well as Foley and Beale, who knows… Toomua and Beale would be interchanging a lot in terms of first receiver anyway, I think, regardless of who plays 10 and who 12.
I’m a big Toomua fan. Great at 12 as can be dominant in defense But i fear he’s had to many head knocks to play international footy
So, to avoid changing up the dynamics of the Wallaby backline, you could swap Toomua in at 10, leave Beale at 12… Interchange on attack, defend at 10 (Hooper’s already in that channel, so that reduces the workload on Matty’s head, but Matty’s more than competent to defend there alone), Beale swaps to the backfield.
I agree the Quade/Matt midfield ran our best backfield of the last decade (crazy, eh? Now over 10 years since RWC 2007, with Larkham or Barnes at 10 and Gits at 12). I think Quade could’ve done well with a different backline (really would’ve loved to see Quade/Naivalu/Kerevi/Kuridrani/Folau/Beale backline – would’ve been so scary to defend!), but I think Matt needed some of the spark that Quade provided. I think Beale can provide that for Matt from 12 (because Cheika won’t move him elsewhere), or even from 15 (because Matty’s decision making > Foley, I believe Matt could work at 10 with Samu at 12. Especially with strong coaching direction, and Matty knows Bernie L well enough).
Personally, mate, I would have loved it if we had tried to develop 10. Toomua, 12. Kerevi, 15. Beale (to see if his high ball taking was good enough), but that ship has sailed at this point I think.
So basically, yeah, I agree 10. Toomua, 12. Beale would be the best option. The difference between a 10 and a 12 in Cheika’s systems are really quite negligible hey. Certainly makes our defence and kicking a lot stronger though. I hope Cheika at least gives it a chance. Maybe it won’t work, but it would be great to see if it did.
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this is bloody good news though
Quade would have also benefitted with having the likes of Thor & Co up front too.
So would Larkham in 03-07… And Barnes in 07 especially!
Poor old Barnes – he really had his work cut out.
Good egg that bloke – gave everything on the field.
I honestly believe we would have won the 03 World Cup with a world class front row, and could have given 07 a good shot too.
On the podcast Jamie made the good point that it is about time the Wallaby coaches realised we actually did have a really strong scrummaging tight 5 and adjusted the game plan to reflect that. We need to take advantage of that fact, to plan set piece moves of the scrum, to have tactics to keep the ball in the scrum and to win penalties rather than getting it out of there as quickly as possible, etc, etc.
Larkham had a lot of brilliant moves off the scrum that he used at the Brumbies as a player. They have to be in his head somewhere. Can Foley and Beale utilise them as a player?
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I think that might be the record for the most number of “Matt” and it’s different variations written in one comment
Maybe if Gagger were around more, we could play that game with him..?
Matt’s shorter than ‘Toomua’. ;-)
I think Toomua is a better 12 hence why he has been doing so well in the UK playing outside Ford. It is good to have some versatility but at the end of the day you want the player in their best position.
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I’d like to see the Foley/Toomua combination with KB at 15 and Folau at wing but I doubt that it’ll happen under this management team
You know what KRL, and please correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m starting to get the idea you don’t like Michael Cheika very much?
Not really mate. I don’t know the guy and wouldn’t like to say what he was like one way or the other until I knew him. I don’t like his selection and coaching style though and I also think that while he has proved to be a very very good motivator he hasn’t shown me any proof that he has a good understanding of tactics. I personally think that Wallaby rugby has gone into decline under his coaching and that the next coach will have a lot of baggage to manage when the change happens.
I’d like to not see Foley.
That sounds like a conceivable story about QC, but I’d add to that that you’re talking about Graham and Stiles et al., none of which, I’m not quite sure how to say it, but something like, none of which are worthy to be guiding the likes of QC. It would be like a primary school kid trying to tutor a PHD student. Give QC a coach that can actually come up with as good as, or better, back line ideas than QC, and/or a coach that can work with him respectfully, and respectful of his genius, to get the best out of him, and you would have a coach that wouldn’t be having these problems. I’m surprised that BT wouldn’t have backed himself to do better with QC, and I’m still convinced it’s really about a personal grudge.
that coached appeared – his name was LINK.
Except… It wasn’t. It was Matt Taylor and Jim McKay, with Link. Link said in an interview when he was Wallabies coach that he’d point out there was ‘x’ number of players over one way, and ‘y’ over another, and Quade would point out where Link had missed counting a player. Link said it in a manner that showed respect both for and from the player – which is something that hasn’t always been the case with other coaches.
Some coaches are better at ceding control than others. I think, for example, Quade would have flourished much better under Knuckles than Eddie Jones, for example.
Even Deans, prior to the 2011 RWC, was willing to give his players more control. It’s funny he became known for the mantra of ‘play what’s in front of you’ as it seems to me that this was a mantra that he seemed to discard after 2011 (I could be mistaken).
Alan Jones said it after the Barbarians game last year, that he would have Quade as his 10 if he was Wallabies coach, but he wouldn’t tell him what to do, he’d allow a lot of scope for on-field decisions.
Cheika has demonstrated through his comments on kicking that he doesn’t like players taking heaps of initiative, he wants them to follow the game plan. Even after kicking worked in the first Irish test he went on to say that he still thought they kicked too much, he didn’t like it.
Thorn, like Cheika, doesn’t strike me as the sort of guys that loves on field initiative, but prefers people he will know will slavishly/loyally (which word you prefer would illustrate your opinion of Thorn) follow the game plan. Perhaps I’m mistaken there.
I don’t know how Knuckles would have been with him. I am not sure he was particularly well known for free flowing rugby as Qld coach. I think he would have been happy for QC to be free-spirited in the opposition 22 but I remember him as a more of a 10 man rugby, kick to position type coach and only then unleash the attacking weaponry. He also had Lynagh as 10 – a very different player to QC as I see it.
I agree, mate, but I think Quade showed himself willing to change strategy and play like that when required – I think he would have been willing to play more cautiously in his 22 if Knuckles asked him to do so. Quade certainly seemed to do so under Link, and even when he was given a shot under Cheika he kept to the strategy. He definitely did so under Deans in the 2011 RWC, to our detriment.
Different proposition doing so under Stiles/Graham. I am not at all saying he was right to ignore them, but can we really say the Reds demonstrated any tactics then?
Completely agree. The best coaches are those who are willing to listen to other ideas. Link did it because he learned it at the Tahs and Brumbies under Macqueen. Macqueen was the one who introduced player analysis and input into strategy. His position was, “These guys have the best view of what’s going on, why don’t we ask them what they’re seeing?” There’s a reason why he’s our greatest ever coach (not just at international level, but also his stints at the Tahs and Brums).
Henry adapted over the years (Nick Bishop has discussed it a bit, mainly in the comments) to listen more to his assistants and then also to senior players. Hansen learned from Henry. White brought in Eddie Jones.
I’m sure Link told Quade what to do. Gave directions. Genia ‘complained’ in 2015 that life was too complex at the Wallabies under Link, that game plans changed week by week to suit their opponents, whereas it was nice to simply focus on their own unchanging style under Cheika (which has worked out so well. June Tests, we’re what, 3 from the last 9?!). So clearly Link had game plans and directions. But I’m sure he also took input from anyone he trusted, and I’m confident that both Quade and Will would’ve been at the top of that pile.
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Yes, and another egotistical, self-absorbed, narcissist had him managed out of a job whilst simultaneously giving his all to destroy 2 marriages in the process.
I don’t care how good a footballer folk are or could be. Shite like that isn’t forgotten.
But look out because I’ll get deleted again for that…
The truth hurts buddy
Beale is the narcissist?
To be fair, there was more than just 1. There were 3 majors and a swag of minors.
It was an extremely childish action by Beale and pretty poorly handled by the administration and elements of the press who prosecuted the case FOR a player guilty of a very disrepectful act. I think McKenzie deserved the opportunity to take the Wallabies to the RWC in 2015 and it would have been better for Cheika and Australia to have another season or two in Super Rugby.
I am a little uncertain about QC under McKenzie in the Wallabies. I thought (and could be very wrong) that McKenzie didn’t pick QC at 10 for at least 2 of 3 Bledisloe games when he first took over but then picked him for the matches against the Springboks and Jaguars. QC wasn’t necessarily a lay down messaire (sic) with McKenzie though, at least as a Wallaby.
What’s done is done.
But I still recall one particular quote that summed up my feelings at the time: ‘If you treat my wife/mum/sisters like that, ring the cops and report yourself as missing mate. Then fkn pray they find you before I do.’
Quade was returning from injury in late Super Rugby 2013. JOC was the incumbent 10 (after the Lions debacle). So Link played Toomua at 10 for Bledisloe 1. Cooper played 10 for Bledisloe 2 in Dunedin, started the game with boos, had the crowd silent for his goal kicking by half time, and was highly praised by the Kiwi commentators by the end of the game.
Quade was then the starting 10 whenever he was fully fit (i.e. EOYT, but not through TRC in 2014 due to injury – he was returning via the bench in Link’s last game).
Link clearly wanted to show he wasn’t going to play favourites by picking heaps of his Reds players, and actually favoured the (then higher up the Super table – finalists in 2012?) Brumbies, making Mowen captain as a first year player, playing a balanced backrow of Mowen, Hooper and Fardy (balanced because Hooper ran wide, the other two contested the breakdown heavily – the 2012 Brumbies backrow. Pocock was injured Link’s entire tenure, and he showed no favouritism to Liam F Gill).
Not true – Toomua started the first two Bledisloe tests that year, and then was replaced by Quade.
You’re right – I forgot about Wellington. But the rest is true – Quade was returning from injury, and the Brumbies were the form team at Super level, so Toomua and quite a few other Brumbies were given a shot. That’s proven by the first Bledisloe match – five Brumbies – Toomua, Nic White, Kuridrani, Scott Fardy and Scott Sio – debuted that game. Toomua being the first to debut in a Bledisloe in 14 years, and that starting backline looking very ACT (Toomua/Leali’ifano starting, with Mogg at 15 and White on the bench, compared to two Reds – Genia starting, Cooper on the bench).
and the feeling (amongst some critics of QC and McKenzie) was that McKenzie shielded QC from the challenge of the All Blacks, sacrificing Toomua into the bargain and then bring QC back for the easier games against Springboks and Jaguars
I think the personal grudge is rubbish to be honest, at least as it relates to when they played against each other and the elbow in McCaws face business that other people raise. I have played a couple of seasons for one club and then moved for work and joined another club that we played against and none of that stuff is real. I think a personal grudge in terms of how Quade carried himself at the Reds whilst Thorn was a conditioning and forwards coach could be possible and that Thorn saw something in Quade that he didnt want in his team. As for the coaching ability at the Reds – QC had both Stephen Meehan and Matt O’Connor as coaches. Meehan had coached at Stade Francais and Bath successfully and Matt O’Connor at Leinster (both successfully and not so successfully) and Leicester and a couple of other places with pretty good results. Quade may well be a genius but it doesn’t mean he can’t learn of others – particularly those with the experience of those two blokes.
Not a convincing argument, sorry. Totally respect your viewpoint though.
ditto on the respect (if that wasn’t evident from the first sentence of my answer). Part of where we differ I think is that, while I can see Coopers individual skills etc (which are hard to ignore) I have never seen him as a great game manager. Sometimes I don’t feel he employees the right skill for the right time and I have never seen him as a great strategist – those things a coach like Meehan or O’Connor could teach. I am not sure about Graham – its hard to argue against your point of view given his record. I know a couple of those blokes personally and dont think any of them were control freaks but they might have offered QC some suggestions. Anyway, QC is out there playing entertaining rugby and many people are enjoying it. To reiterate a point made elsewhere, I hope he gets an opportunity to play elsewhere in Super Rugby so more people can enjoy it. He gave the playing into the Reds through club rugby thing a go and it hasnt worked. He tried to make it back through NRC last year and it didnt work. So I hope he gets a run at the Brumbies etc (perhaps with Kerevi according to the papers today).
interesting but Wallas bad run had nothing to do with QC – he was mostly on bench, thrown in at deep end with 7 mins to go or trialled with Foley as 12.
Quade has a very high winning rate with Wallabies.
I find that a bit hard to believe. But then again those idiots were so shit it sort of has a believable part to it.
This article from Wayne Smith would add further weight to that argument Alister:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/opinion/wayne-smith/brad-thorn-runs-out-of-patience-with-quade-cooper-at-reds/news-story/55909fde2ee8435819aed8c879a65507
Excerpt: “It was the day of the play-off between third and fourth at the 2011 World Cup, Australia against Wales, and, in the hours leading up to it, I happened to run into one of Quade Cooper’s friends in the streets of Auckland.
As we got to talking about the upcoming match, Cooper’s friend pulled out his mobile phone and showed me a message sent to him that day by the then Australian five-eighth. “Now I do it my way,” the message stated.
I’ve never revealed that message before and I do it now only because, in a way, it goes right to the heart of Queensland Reds’ coach Brad Thorn’s decision to basically pay Cooper not to come to Reds’ training. But first, a little historical perspective …”
Yes I think that is sentiment Martin was talking about though he was respectful to both Thorn (or Thorny as he called him) and Quade and spoke about what Quade had brought to club rugby and his obvious abilities.
I am not an overly experienced coach but I have coached a bit and come into clubs where there has been an established clique and a view that a particular player “controls” or runs the strategy. I would like to think I was inclusive and involved players in strategy development etc, I wasn’t overly confident as a backs coach and was happy to have players involved in developing our approach. But, as a coach, you have to take responsibility for the overall strategy, you have to have all players working towards a common goal. It isn’t a matter of needing to impose yourself over the team and I don’t think that is what coaches like Thorn or Robbie Deans do.
If Quade was taking control on field and moving the backline away from what was done on the training paddock were the forward leaders involved in that? Do difficulties occur if the backs are playing one way and the forwards are still following the plan that they were given by the coach.
I think Robbie Deans was an excellent coach and his record at the Crusaders would support that. He wasn’t able to replicate that with the Wallabies and Quade describe the environment as toxic but did he contribute to that toxicity?
It seems strange for some commentators here to criticise Thorn as being a “my way or the highway” coach but then to be defending Quade Coopers genius and his take charge and do it his way on the field. No player should be bigger than the team and it’s part of the coaches job to ensure that everyone works towards the same goals.
You don’t think Thorn or Deans are control freaks?! That they don’t impose themselves on their teams?! So it’s just a coincidence that Deans had Foley – a strong assistant coach – and replaced him at the first possible opportunity (just after Foley managed to finally get our scrum going – Twickers 2008, Return of Le Fuse will always be a Wallaby high point) with guys who were weak? That he appointed guys like Richard Graham and Jim Williams – inexperienced guys who were given different areas to run and then shifted around the team after they’d proven their inexperience and incompetence in each field?
Deans and Thorn are not Macqueen, Henry, Hansen, White. The latter four are collaborative, and appoint guys to support roles who they trust to stand up and oppose them. It’s the only way to oppose groupthink. Whereas Deans’ mentality is that he’s the font of all rugby knowledge. And it seems that Thorn’s taken on that Deans, Bennett, ‘My way or the Highway’ approach. That approach is suicide in the modern game. You can’t think you’re smarter than everyone else, you’ve got to find people you trust. It’s why guys like Nick Bishop have jobs – because the top coaches are always evaluating everyone else. It’s why Wayne Smith has a job – he might not be a great head coach (his record as a head coach isn’t great), but his knowledge is far too valuable to leave out, and he improves everyone around him.
I think we all knew that Quade was ignoring Robbie’s game plan in that game. Because suddenly we actually played some good rugby – the best rugby we’d seen all tournament – until he did his knee…
No one can say with any conviction that Robbie had anything like a decent game plan going into that RWC. After thrashing France, putting 59 points on them in Paris, he completely changes his backline, picks a winger at 12, picks a RWC squad without a specialist blindside flanker (which cost us against Ireland, when Pocock was injured for that game)…
Quade had been scapegoated for the previous game (even though the game was lost in the pack), he’d been under pressure all tournament, he undoubtedly knew he was done, so why not put down a marker and make a statement?
Dingo was very destructive. Oz rugby is still recovering. To quote Yossarian, “the spirit gone, man is matter” and Dingo crushed the spirit of so many of our talents. Thorn appears to be taking a similar approach. We will progress when we are led by bigger men rather than those whose growth is retarded by pettiness and fear in the face of vision.
Absolutely spot on Who?. Deans was killing it with the two playmaker system, culminating with that game against France where our boys made them look like children. Then inexplicably swapped in Pat McCabe to 12 just in time for the world cup. A disastrous, brain dead move, which was so inept it left some wondering if it could possibly be a deliberate move to prevent Oz from being competitive against NZ. A bizarre conspiracy theory, but what else could make him change a winning team so idiotically just before the world cup?! He then added to it by undermining QC and Giteau. The Wallabies haven’t recovered, and QC is still being scape goated.
So happy Toomua is coming back to Aus, and so disappointed it’s for the Rebels and not the Brumbies…
Rebels assembling a hell of a squad, really hope they can live up to the promise next year with the players they’ve got
That would be an amazing backline. Hope it eventuates. Koriebete niavalu on the wings and Maddocks or dhp fullback. Rock solid
Assemble a juicy enough backline, a forward pack that can go forwards, and free rein/reign to play his own game, and maybe it might be enough to tempt QC to say fuck it, I’ll be a two club player after all. Rebels could use someone like Slipper in the scrums too.
I think Slipper would be a good signing for the Rebels. They can work with his experience and bring up some strong young props in Sa’aga and Ainsley
If Toomua was at the Brums, god that would do wonders to their backline and compliment Lealiifano so well.
I died a bit inside when he went to the Rebels…
At least it will allow Hodge to play in the centres and not at 10. Always look at the positives.
absolutely. That’s be a great backline. Especially if they keep QC in position for defence and attack
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With Hodge highly likely to play 13 in the first Bledisloe, I think there is a strong chance Toomua will wear the 22 jersey. It will be great having him back in the 23.
He can only start training with the squad 6 days before the first Bledisloe due to the international window rules.
Thanks Dylan, some good news today.
It’ll be great to see Toomua back although I do wonder where he will fit in. I think Cheika is pretty much set on KB at 12 no matter what someone like North says about Toomua being the best 12 he’s ever played with. I really don’t understand all the comments about playing him out of position to get him into the team though. This really bugs me about the rugby here. I firmly believe that each position in rugby requires different skillsets, especially at the higher level. Even some positions that are the same like Left and Right Wing suit different skills in some areas (left W must be able to pass well to the right, RW must be able to pass well to the left) For some reason here people think that players are so indispensable that they must be included out of position where they don’t have skills just so they are in the team. I actually think this approach is not only creating an unbalanced team but it is also slowing the development of the players in specialist positions. It’s just weird to me.
That backline would be awesome for the Rebels and I think with the forwards they have they could easily be the No 1 team in Australia. It’d be great to see it come off.
Argies have made a good choice and I think it’ll see a improvement in the team but maybe next year rather than this year. Going to make 2019 and interesting year.
Sure, but how many world class players do you know who have changed position and done so extremely successfully? Quite a few I’d imagine.
Not really mate. There are a couple like Tana Umunga who moved from wing to centre very successfully and the odd 6 who has proved to be an effective lock but most of the moves like Cullen from 15 to 13, Wilson from 13 to 15 have been a disaster. The thing is that most positions have a set of general skills that most people should have and then a select set of specialist skills that only the very good players master. I’ve definitely seen more failures than successes with changes of position
Didn’t some bloke called Ma’a start wearing 11, and finish wearing 12? And I still think he’s the best 12 this century (all nations). Dmac has moved from 15 to 10 (I know, played 10 as a junior, but not the point!), as did some bloke called Larkham.
I agree there’s definite skill sets for each position, and I don’t know that we give enough importance to each. But there’s also natural positions for each player, and I also don’t know that we follow them well, either.
Who do you think is suggesting playing someone out of position..? Toomua..? Because even though people call him a 12, that’s only historically true at Wallabies level, and then only because Quade was ‘the’ 10. Link’s first Test in charge, he played Toomua at 10. Toomua played all his junior footy at 10, he played heaps at 10 for the Brums with Leali’ifano at 12, he’s a direct runner but his natural instinct is pass/kick/run, and he’s got a good kicking game.
I think we’re actually agreeing. Nonu moved in because he wasn’t a good winger I think. Dmac isn’t a good 10 yet and I think the jury is still out on whether he gets there. Often some players can move to cover injuries or for a particular tactic but I think it’s risky and generally specialists play better.
We are – I’m just pointing out that sometimes moving a player is actually putting them back where they belong, rather than just randomly filling jerseys (a la Robbie Deans, and often Cheika).
That said, they should really be moved across positions at a lower level to learn it there…
McWarren
Yes but how many make the change successfully at international level? KRL point has been my bug bear with Aussie Rugby for past 10 years or more. I’ve no problem developing a player like Hodge into a 10 for example, but do it in club or super land not the RC or autumn internationals.
It would be a dream back line, plus you add Koroibete and Maddox, with Niavalu off the bench and it could be damaging.
Mate I 100% agree with you on the positions, yes there needs to be some versatility but you can always tell when a player is out of position. That being said Australia have been doing it for as long as I remember. We aren’t very good at dealing with two great players in the same position.
09 – Genia
10 – Cooper
12 – Toomua
13 – Reece
14 – Izzy
15 – Beale
11 – Koribete
Tip toeing out room now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OPc7MRm4Y8
Brisneyland Local
I would love to see that.
That’s a pretty damn good backline right there
Twoilms
Lol not if you want to see a tackle get made.
Well QC isnt the the only one in that back line that is a crap tackler. Beale, Izzy!
Gipetto
Did you see Bernard ‘s attempt to tackle Dyantye last week? Try comparing apples with apples.
HK Red
Did you also see his attempt to not tackle Kwagga Smith? It was 100% successful!
TK for Reece – I’m confident he’d see better ball from Quade and Matt, they’d use him a lot better. And he’s as good on defence as any 13 in the world.
I really like Ledesma. Loved him as a player, greatly admire his work since. Good luck to the guy.
Good luck to Slipper. I hope your life straightens out. Hope you do things to make it straighten out.
I read Alister Smith comments below and confess I have heard similar a number of times. I can only suggest to Quade to go somewhere new and reinvent yourself.
Matty T it’s great to see you back. I hope you play well for Franchise and country. I also hope you take the advice of your neurosurgeon seriously because you have had some head knocks.
Yeah I’m starting to think its time Quade should move on. I think if he sticks around he’ll look stupidly stubborn. If he moves on, he would have kept his dignity, made his point but in the end showed his maturity. And besides its gives Quade an opportunty to run riot over BTs reds, which for most ppl (except reds fans) would be pretty juicy to watch.
If I was Quade I would only move in if I both got offered a salary increase and wanted to move abroad, otherwise, I would wait. He tried overseas and didn’t seem to enjoy the experience, so I can see the desire in enjoying club rugby and seeing his family.
Thorn isn’t obliged to pick Quade, but equally he isn’t obliged to move on.
technically cant argue but sometimes mate its time to move on
Personally, if I got a job and was signed on a contract with $X for Y years and then a new boss came in and told me he didn’t want me, but would like me to move on so he didn’t have to keep paying me I probably wouldn’t be too inclined to leave. Personally, I don’t really see where you’re coming from.
Unlike various others in trouble with Thorn, Quade didn’t break any rules that we know of.
I dont disagree that hes done nothing wrong and on principle he has every right. But it would be saying, I love the challenge of rugby too much, I love the game too much, I still dream of Wallabies every day, Ive made my point, I’ll show my maturity here and you never know, maybe new doors will open in ways I never anticipated. Sometimes you give over to the universe mate.
He won’t ever play for the Wallabies again. I think we have to accept the fact, regardless of what happens.
I’d expect him to look to Japan if anything.
Thats what the “WhiteBait King” thought :)
He was at least playing Super Rugby.
thats my very point mate – saddle up and move on and put yourself in best position when moment arises
Difficult to play Super Rugby when you’re told you’re not wanted, and the other clubs are offering you a significant salary decrease.
Would the ARU top ups continue, or would the early exit from the Reds contract mean the end of them also?
I would imagine the RA part of his contract would continue. He would just be renegotiating a SR deal.
The point I was making is it is far less likely that Cooper gets plucked out of club rugby to play for the Wallabies even with a host of injuries whereas Donald was playing Super Rugby and was literally about the only starting 10 not injured.
People seem to tell the Stephen Donald story as if he was basically retired, living as a fisherman and was recalled to play for the All Blacks.
Yep, I agree, but I would imagine he would be more tempted to switch SR clubs if Link were Wallabies coach, you know what I mean?
Sure, but Link fucked it and I doubt we’ll ever see him coaching in Australia again.
Hey. What did Link fk? My read was he was the one who got fkd. Or did I miss something? Not being smart – just asking your opinion.
Link fucked it by putting someone in place as team psychologist who wasn’t qualified as a psychologist (yes she had other roles too, but this was the important part where Link fucked it). And furthermore, that placement was a friend of his, sort of in the typical QRU carpark hiring style. That then team “psychologist” ended up pissing off various players so much that one of them ended up getting ousted for sending disgusting texts to the said “psychologist”. And by ousted, clearly that means said “psychologist” failed to keep client confidentiality, instead of doing the correct, professional thing, and keep her mouth shut, and merely removing herself from the position of him being her client. Furthermore, when presented the opportunity to argue their cases in front of a tribunal, both Link and the “psychologist” declined the opportunity, and headed for the hills with their tails between their legs. I’m not surprised that they did, as I don’t think it would have ended up looking good for either of them.
I know a lot of people put 100% of the blame of that entire episode in the hands of the player that sent the disgusting texts, but for me, I am astounded that people can be so narrow minded and not see the full picture, and not see that both Link and the “psychologist” were at least partly to blame, if not largely so.
All of the above is based on what I have gleaned from reading about it on this and other sites, so I may be misguided on some of it, and I may be mis-remembering some of it, but it is the summary of my take on it.
I’d also like to add that I am a big fan of Link as a coach, and his work at the Reds and with QC is legendary. And I do hope he gets, and takes, a second chance at redemption, and returns as a top level coach in Australia. I am a big believer that people can fuck things, learn from the experience, and come back stronger if given another chance. The player in question certainly appears to have done so, and I’m sure Link could too.
Cheers. I disagree, but we are allowed divergent opinions.
Yeah I love that the legend has definitely outgrown the truth. he was playing Super rugby that year and was just on his break before his next overseas contract. It is a pretty damn cool story though
Why would the RA portion continue? I can’t imagine Cheika really wants him, never did previously, so if he’s not part of the squad then why would RA pony up on a renegotiated contract?
They’re separate contracts. RA wouldn’t be able to terminate their bit just on the basis of Cooper moving teams. As far as RA is concerned they’d at least be getting some value out of the money they are paying Cooper.
Ahhhhh okay. Thought it would all be renegotiated and then if not part of the larger squad (which I’m pretty sure Cheika would not include him), the RA top up would disappear.
Fatflanker
QRU are being dickheads not offering to make up the difference on any reasonable transfer offer – talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face.
I would like him to come to the Brumbies though. Believe me, I would.
Link or QC?
Both?
The difference here is that Cooper is in a career that has a finite lifespan. Now just playing club rugby might extend his life in the game because it is less intense but if he’s looking to sign another big contract in 2020 it might be easier to do that if he does play Super Rugby next year.
Anyway, I certainly can’t blame him staying on his current contract if that’s where he wants to live but it isn’t also without potential negative consequences for his remaining career.
It’s a fair point, and I’m sure it’s one he and his agent are considering.
Who knows, perhaps he will defect to the Brumbies next year. I can’t imagine the Rebels will have the salary cap available for him.
However, I would have thought that Japan would be a more likely scenario. He can extend his rugby there compared to playing SR, and will get a bigger salary.
His problem with Japan is there is no 19/20 season due to the RWC so if he stays in Queensland next year it is another year away before he can head there.
If you’re on almost $800,000 per year, I can see the attraction. Means he most likely won’t be injured also, which is no sure thing in SR given his history of injuries.
Perth girl
Salary cap for the Rebels! you must be kidding!
They got rid of Lance apparently because they had to do so to be under the salary cap, which apparently put them under.
There hasn’t been a salary cap this season, RA admitted this at the begining of the season. I hardly think getting rid of Jonno Lance would cover Genia, Coleman etc. The Rebels had over 40 squad members at the start of the season
I’m thinking DBTB might be meaning the Reds let Lance head back to Worcester (where he went after the Force) so they could be under the salary cap for next year, maybe..? Given they’ve also managed to offload Frisby, Douglas is leaving (another big contract), I think Ben Lucas is off again…
He initially signed with the Rebels for this year but within a month changed to the Reds in like November.
My friend who is fairly on the pulse of all things Rebels told me thd ARU said they had to cut someone to get under the salary cap, which is why they agreed to Lance going to the Reds for this season.
Again, not true – there was no salary cap this year.
Lance wanted out of the Rebels and initially they were reluctant to release him.
So you say. Wayne Smith at the Australian said differently.
Fake news as ML would say!
Maybe, but I find it unlikely that RA gave the Rebels carte blanche freedom to act, if only for the reason that the Brumbies, Waratahs and Reds would have risen up together in anger.
None of the Aussie SR teams had a salary cap this season and were allowed to have more players on their books than normal. Next year things are supposed to go back to “normal”
I’m not sure I care what Wayne Smith has to say on anything, but…
– There was no salary cap in 2018. This is an undisputed fact. It was waived for this year to allow teams to accommodate former Force players.
– The rumblings that Lance wanted out of the Rebels was being discussed by those in the know weeks before he left. They were initially reluctant as they were short on flyhalves.
Prove that there was no salary cap. What I heard was that the salary cap was raised (this is the only thing that makes sense, as RAs finances are finite, so by definition there must be a cap).
I never said that he didn’t want to leave. I said that the Rebels agreed to release him as it put them below the raised salary cap. Obviously the two can coexist.
Mate, google it – it was widely reported that the salary cap was waived for 2018.
Never mind, here you go – https://www.rugby.com.au/news/2018/01/10/super-rugby-salary-cap-transition
So that doesn’t say that there is no cap, it says that the $5.5 million cap wouldn’t be enforced.
I can guarantee you that RA didn’t tell the Rebels that they could sign however many players it wanted for however much money it wanted. They still put a cap on the Rebels.
What you’re saying doesn’t even make sense. Because, as we know, neither RA nor the Rebels have infinite funds. There must by definition be a cap then.
So you agree, there was no enforced salary cap this year? Good thing we got to the bottom of that.
Nope, never said that. I think you know that too. I said that the salary cap that was enforced was higher than $5.5 million.
No cap on any of the teams!
So the teams had infinite money to play with, did they? Think through what you’re saying.
Correct… there was no salary cap in place this year, and apparently Lance wanted out of the Rebels.
Lance wasn’t ever at the Rebels..? Reds (debuted in 2011, his 4th or 5th game was winning the final), then to the Tahs (in the squad for 2014, so he’s got two titles), then over to the Force until RA took them out of Super Rugby, off to Worcester, back to the Reds for this year, and he’s back to Worcester again now.
Nope, he joined the Rebels after the Force and then sought a release at the start of the year.
I didn’t realize that. That said, why on earth did the Rebels need him?! He’d have seen no game time… Can’t imagine his contract value was huge.
They had no other decent flyhalf options.
Ok. I know they played Debrezceni at 10 much of the year, but I thought that was by choice, especially given Maddocks was being hyped at 10. And Hodge is obviously a contender there in Cheika’s eyes (even if Wessels disagrees, but perhaps deferred to Cheika by playing him there..?).
Perhaps he can be a foundation member of the new Perth SR team!!
There will be no SR team here at least until Clyne falls on his sword and RA is restructured to cover the whole of the country
Plenty of departures at the Rebels will make way for Toomua and other signings. Don’t believe the bullshit they feed you over there in WA, most of it is #fakenews
Stronger as 4 hey ML, 3, 2, 1? of course you know everything that happens over here don’t you?
No not at all. always an advocate of 5, but we are where we are. Killing the Rebels or RA will not bring back the Force. the Force will be back in Super Rugby in a few years, and I look forward to the day, and I know your response would be something like, RA will be begging the Force to join their Eastern states comp, but it will never happen…. trust me it will happen, as much as I can assure you Clyne will not see the inside of a prison cell.
I know you have been an advocate of 5 teams but you are not RA! It will be a long time before the Force will be back in SR unless Clyne goes and the board is restructured. Andrew Forrest will not forget how he was treated by Clyne when he offered his money. Clyne refused to come to Perth for the meeting. RA also told David Vaux who at the time was a RugbyWA board member living in Sydney that they would acccept Forrests deal but then when they got to Adelaide where the meeting was held they reneged on the deal. Clyne and Forrest also have past history in business. RA are now operating on the money they have got from the Vic and WA government deals to keep rugby going but unless they get a good deal from their next TV contract they will be gone. No one over here wants “get rid of ” RA or the Rebels I truly believe that the Brumbies will be the team that is in danger and will probably be amalgamated with the Rebels. Clyne has now been before 2 Senate Enquiries with 2 different organisations. I don’t expect him to go to jail but I hope his reputation will be shot! FYI Andrew Forrest and his wife have just this week donated 100 Million dollars to help clean the ocean environment, he has serious money!
Hey Perth Girl, have you spoken to you mates Bakkies and Taylor, I mean Spartan? Pretty sure both of them would love to see the Rebels burn to the ground
Completely agree. If he stays, it will be the last contract he ever has because no club in its right mind would put down serious money and sign up for that shitfight again.
Why? He’s just finished the reno’s in Bulimba, and the housing market’s flat. Not a great time to be moving on.
Nutta I have heard the same third party stuff. But a family member of mine played in that squad with Quade, and he refutes all of that in very very definite terms. So either the little shit is lying to me, or this is further disinformation being spread to diminish the individual. Who knows where it sits.
Fair point
I think it is possible that both could be true or at least true to those that were experiencing it. Teams have different cliques etc and it’s not too difficult to imagine one group of players that would have a different opinion to the coaching staff or another group of players. someone pointed me to an article by Wayne Smith back in December and it makes interesting reading and would seem to support the view from Martin.
Again Martin didnt really choose sides – he was respectful to both Quade’s talent and Thorn’s decision as the coach. there were two things he mentioned (1.) the QC doing his own thing bit and (2.) the defence which we have all known about or at least suspected was part of the decision.
The criticism of his defence might be unfair, certainly there are other 10’s that are shifted in position in defence. It also happens lots in rugby league defensive lines and it can be a good tactic particularly if the opposition seeks to run attackers into the 10 channel to tire out the playmaker so that he is less effective in attack.
I watched Quade twice last year live at Suncorp and there is no doubt he was trying his arse off but, for me at least, the magic was largely gone. He had lost (I suspect because of injury) that half second of pace that made him so devastating at his best. He was still able to organise his backline OK and there were glimpses of what he was at his best but I honestly felt he was on his way out.
I would like to see him at another super team (Brumbies) or perhaps at the Force or other WSR franchise next year. I don’t disagree with his decision to try to play his way back into the Reds through club rugby but it now looks certain that won’t work. His contract will run out in 2019 and if Thorn is still coach it looks unlikely to be renewed. If Thorn isn’t coach, QC will be a 31 year old who hasn’t played any Super Rugy for two years. If I was the new coach I would be looking for other alternatives (though not ruling him out).
A lot of people comment about Quade’s personality – not all of them relevant – nor is his past. But his personality withing the group/team is relevant. I think if Thorn feels he destabilises the group then, as the coach responsible for the playing group, that is his responsibility to sort out.
All good points. The other interesting I was told by my family member was BT (before he became Reds Coach) wouldnt even acknowledge or talk to QC when he entered the room. I pushed him further on that, he wasnt that forthcoming other than to say, that they didnt like each other.
Yes well they certainly don’t appear to get on
If your family member’s in ‘that squad with Quade’, then I’m guessing the only reason you can get away with calling him ‘little’ is your outside the bell curve height! :-P Because there ain’t many ‘little’ guys at that level any more…
Mate I am 6’8″ and 125 kgs. Pretty much everyone is little to me.
He is not in the squad anymore!
I know you’re huge – just funny calling someone making those squads ‘little’! :-)
Sorry to hear he’s not in the squad anymore. :-(
He chose to leave.
Yeah its a perspective thing I guess. My two daughters are 9 and 11. They are starting to come to terms with how big Dad is. But also how tall they already are and going to be.
Scary.
Question is, how will they use it to their advantage..? Ben Mowen played for the Wallabies, I think his sisters were national level beach volleyballers? And wasn’t Hugh McMeniman’s sister a netballer?
Bernie Chan
Claire McMeniman was a indeed gun netballer…a few titles with the Firebirds and a member of the Diamonds (think she played beside one Laura Geitz..a great defence!). Had fewer injuries than “Madness” too…
Yeah they all obviously came from good sporting genes. I played B Grade at my best. And I think that was flattering me. Hopefully they get some skils out of their mother!
Pocock #7 and captain!! Is it a sign of things to come?
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/david-pocock-returns-to-wallabies-captaincy-20180802-p4zv2n.html
Unfortunately, looking at Cheika’s history, probably not.
Keith Butler
Is Toomua coming back as a 10 or 12? Hopefully it will be at 10 for the Rebels otherwise the big problem of a quality 10 remains. If it’s at 12 and they pair him up with Hodge then Meares and English are destined for time on the pine.as far as the Wobblies are concerned will Cheika drop his golden boy Foley? I think not.
As a Rebels man, I am hoping 12 because it is his strongest position. I think having that extra second at 12 instead of 10 give him the chance to really shine.
Bay35Pablo
Bloody hell Thorn is now onto his 3rd Wallaby on the outer. I understand the culture he is trying to build but he better perform next year or things could get ugly.
I’d say Slips to Tahs (with Paddy Ryan retiring) or Rebels (although squad probably congested with Force overflow members?). Nags solid for fat boys?
Otherwise, konichiwa for Moondogs?
Just imagine if…
1. QC retired
2. Folau was moved to wing
3. Foley learned to kick out of the hand and
4. Pocock was made captain
We would need to close the forum. Ether would be nothing left to discuss!!
Lolz so true
Nah, there’d be something new. I remember when the biggest debate in rugby was who was the better lock – Sharpe or Vickerman (based on the assumption that Sharpie was too soft to be any good, but Vicks broke down too often to be considered the best). :-P
Vickerman vs the bokke by deciphering their lineout calls!
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Zabia took a deep breath. "Dyon, listen to me."
Dyon eyes sharpened. He could tell that what Zabia was about to say was of the utmost importance to him.
"You can never go to that quadrant."
"Wha –" Dyon couldn't even finish his own sentence. The sincerity in Zabia's eyes told all. He meant his words.
After collecting himself, Dyon could only ask the obvious question. "Why?"
"Your soul talent.. Is simply too overwhelming."
Dyon had expected to understand a semblance of Zabia's meaning from those words, but he only came out more confused. What did his soul talent have to do with anything?
Zabia only shook his head before continuing. "If you believe that the Ragnors use of slaves was inhumane, the level my home quadrant reached would make the Ragnors look like saints, and the prime victims are people like you and your wife Clara."
For the next hour, Zabia began to tell Dyon a history of things that froze him to his seat.
The first thing Zabia wanted Dyon to understand was that his quadrant was different. The reason why the Jafari were so close with the Lebna and Nuru, enough for them to move as one unit, was because clans weren't the core of what formed up their quadrant. Following that reasoning, there was no such thing as a God Clan or Royal God Clan, or King God Clan or above in their quadrant. Instead, there were God Sects, Royal God Sects, King God Sects and Emperor God Sects.
By this logic, the Jafari, Lebna and Nuru used to be the core of an ancient Emperor God Sect that had now, obviously, declined heavily. As for this quadrant, Dyon only knew of one organization that followed this ranking system, and that was the Niveus God Sect, now headed by Delia.
That said, although this ranking system seemingly did away with many lines that divided families, it also came with its own problems.
In ancient China, there was a group of philosophies known as 'schools of thought'. These had wide ranging possibilities to them, from Confucianism to Taoism, and so on. These schools of thought often shaped the backbone of dynasties and progressed ancient China from the background.
In the martial world, these schools of thought also existed, but there were mainly three and always made up the core of what a sect was built upon, although they could effect clans as well. These were split into the disciplines of body cultivating, energy cultivating and soul cultivating. Much like how array alchemy was split, these disciplines also split cultivation in three.
Needless to say, after trillions of years, energy cultivating was in the lead by far. But, the effects that such a flip had on people varied by quadrant.
In quadrants like the one where Dyon and his wives were born, this lead was hardly noticed. In fact, this quadrant could be said to be heavily influenced by the body cultivating school of thought. The Ragnors and Pakals were both known for the prowess of their bodies, although this also turned out to be detrimental to the Ragnors.
However, in quadrants like Zabia's, this led to a clear winner versus loser situation, where the losing party suffered harsh punishments for hundreds of thousands of years…
There was no need for Dyon to guess, or even think of it. His grand teacher was without a doubt a member of the soul cultivating school of thought. However, maybe equally as interesting was the fact that so too were the Jafari.
According to Zabia, the Jafari were kin with his wife's Lebna clan and the Nuru clan. The reason Dyon noted that those clans in particular seemed to wield such powerful wills, was because they placed such emphasis on the soul to begin with. It gave them an advantage in such things. This was especially so for the Jafari and their time specialty, as well as the Lebna and their sealing specialty.
Unfortunately, the specialties that made them so good here, also made them nothing but commodities to be bought and sold there.
The war of disciplines wasn't so simple as one clan versus another. It was, in fact, multiple smaller scale wars culminating in a penultimate war that ultimately decided their fate.
However, the irony of the situation was despite following the energy disciple, the winning factions decided to make use of the soul factions. In fact, whenever those with soul talent were born into their own families, they were treated well. Even further, as long as you managed to gain the support of one of their large sects, you were safe.
As for exactly how they made use of them, Zabia couldn't bear to say. To see a hulking man like Zabia unable to speak of such horrors, Dyon could only let it be. There was no need to push him.
That said, there was one thing out of this conversation that Dyon had decided on.
Within his spatial ring, there was a weapon of the 33 heavens titled The Aurora Steps. From the very moment he stole it from the elves, he had had visions of building an army of innate aurora users. The problem was that not everyone was as resilient as his Ri. This meant that trying to force less talented individuals to use such a treasure was foolhardy.
However, Zabia had just let him know that there was a population that maybe reached into the billions whose soul talent was unmatched. Just what would happen if Dyon managed to save them? What would happen if he one day led an army of billions of innate aurora wielders? Would he not sweep over quadrants?
Dyon had plans, and if one peered into his mind, they may back away as quickly as they entered. He was simply too ambitious… His thoughts were too far reaching… His arrogance too unbridled.
His first step? Reach the peak of the saint floors of the Epistemic Tower within 20 years relying solely on his body.
As for his second step, he had been searching for it all this time, but it seemed he had finally found it. He had no intention of listening to Zabia's warning. His empire would begin with him diving directly into a quadrant that wanted nothing more than to see him in chains.
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[01] PM briefed on IKA reforms, draft bill
[02] FM meets Vietnamese counterpart Khiem; Hanoi to open embassy in Athens
[03] Alpha Bank calls for fiscal consolidation, econ reforms
[04] A natural wonder in the Rhodopi mountain range
[05] Alavanos reverses decision
[06] Greek stocks end 1.11% up
[07] Report: Greek banks resilient
[08] Clinton to miss OSCE meeting
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis was briefed on Tuesday by Employment and Social Insurances Minister Fani Palli-Petralia, who later told reporters that reforms of the IKA pension and healthcare fund, the country's largest, dominated the meeting.
She said a relevant draft bill is ready for tabling in the first summer Parliament session.
Additionally, measures to combat unemployment were also discussed.
The minister acknowledged that an increasing rate of joblessness for the first trimester of 2009 due to the economic crisis, while pointing to more encouraging news in April and May, namely, 23,000 more hirings that firings in April and 54,000 more hirings in May than firings.
Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis on Monday met with her visiting Vietnamese counterpart and Deputy Premier Pham Gia Khiem at the foreign ministry, where she noted that the visit is a continuation of reciprocal visits by the countries' heads of state in June and October 2008, respectively.
Topics up for discussion included bilateral ties, regional and international issues, the international economic crisis as well as Vietnam's ASEAN chairmanship next year and the SE Asia country's current tenure as a non-permanent UNSC member.
On her part, Bakoyannis briefed Khiem on a variety of Greek interest issues, including Greek-Turkish relations, the illegal immigration problem, initiatives for the Cyprus issue within the OSCE presidency and even the fYRoM 'name issue'.
Khiem noted that Vietnam has decided to open an embassy in Athens, with the process underway to complete necessary arrangements for a diplomatic mission in the Greek capital.
Alpha Bank chairman Yiannis Kostopoulos on Tuesday urged efforts to effectively deal with the Greek economy�s structural weaknesses and to improve its international competitiveness amid the ongoing global financial crisis.
Addressing a regular general shareholders� meeting, the Greek banker said the main task would be an effective reduction of fiscal deficits and public debt to lighten the burden on the cost of money, both for the public and the private sectors of the economy.
Kostopoulos also urged additional interventions towards a more effective functioning of markets, strengthening competition and promoting reforms in the civil service sector.
In 2009, due to the adverse economic environment, the banking sector is expected to decline and risks to increase, Kostopoulos said, adding that under these circumstances, Alpha Bank implemented stricter credit criteria and took measures to control operating costs, while it was promoting actions to support its net interest margin.
The bank will not pay a dividend for 2008 because of its participation in a state-sponsored programme to boost liquidity in the Greek economy.
Alpha Bank chief executive Demetrios Matzounis, addressing the same meeting, said a timely evaluation of credit risk and effective measures to deal with the problem were the bank�s main concern, along with actions to boost its competitive advantage.
Myths and legends lost in the mists of time surround a picturesque and almost mystical waterfall in northeast Greece, with two remote and neighbouring municipalities fighting over its name. It is the waterfall of Trachoni, for the municipality of Paranesti, in Drama prefecture. Conversely, it's called Livaditis by the Stavroupoli municipality of adjacent Xanthi prefecture to the east. No matter what the name, the waterfall is probably the tallest on the Greek side of Rhodopi mountain range of Thrace. During the winter, when temperatures drop below zero, the landscape is spectacular with the waterfall turning into a huge ice sculpture. ANA-MPA / STR
Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Parliamentary group leader Alekos Alavanos on Monday afternoon reversed his decision to resign from Parliament, following a week of intense wrangling within the small leftist formation in the wake of a poor showing by SYRIZA in this month's European Parliament election.
The head of the largest party in the leftist grouping, Coalition of the Left (Synaspismos) president Alexis Tsipras, expressed satisfaction at Alavanos' decision, while at the same time he disagreed with the latter's points regarding the Euro-election results and Synaspismos' role within the framework of SYRIZA, raising a number of questions.
Alavanos withdrew his resignation during the SYRIZA secretariat meeting on Monday, and in a statement, assumed ?full responsibility? for developments that took place between September 2007 and June 2009 that led to SYRIZA's failure in the Euro-elections, as he said.
SYRIZA's measly 4.7 percent of the vote in the Euro-elections fell far short of opinion poll estimates in the months ahead of the election, with pollsters' estimates all dramatically off the mark, as it turned out. SYRIZA also managed to send only one MEP to the European Parliament.
Greek stocks ended higher at the Athens Stock Exchange on Tuesday, recovering after Monday's sharp sell-off. The composite index rose 1.11 pct to end at 2,167.25 points, with turnover a low 173.8 million euros, of which 3.8 million euros were block trades.
Most sectors moved upwards, with the Utilities (4.39 pct), Health (3.97 pct) and Telecommunications (3.04 pct) scoring the biggest percentage gains of the day, while Insurance (2.74 pct), Financial Services (1.85 pct) and Media (1.80 pct) suffered losses.
The FTSE 20 index rose 1.12 pct, the FTSE 40 index ended 0.85 pct up and the FTSE 80 index fell 0.14 pct. Broadly, decliners led advancers by 104 to 98 with another 50 issues unchanged.
The Greek banking sector has the ability to overcome even the most extreme crisis, the Bank of Greece said in its first report on financial stability, published on Tuesday. The central bank, however, stressed that vigilance was needed since "uncertainty over the course of global and European economies remained at high level despite the emergence of some encouraging signs".
The "stress test" on the Greek banking system, based on a sample of nine banks accounting for 80 pct of the system's assets, offered encouraging results, the Bank of Greece announced. The aim of the test, conducted in cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was to evaluate the "resistance" of the Greek banking system.
The test evaluated the effects of an extremely negative macro-economic scenario for Greece calling for the shrinking of the GDP by an accumulated 3.0 pct over the next two years, combined with an increase of lending interest rates by 4.0 pct. Under this scenario, Greek banks' delayed loans would grow from 5.0 pct in 2008 to 12.7 pct at the end of 2010.
The central bank noted that the percentage of bad loans grew to around 6.0 pct in the first quarter of 2009, while the system's net interest margin fell by 0.5 pct due to a higher cost of raising capital compared with the fourth quarter of 2008, and a slowing down of the credit expansion growth rate.
The stress test also showed that the average rate of bad loans in emerging markets - where Greek banks have established activities -- could triple by the end of 2010 under the most extreme negative scenario, while in some cases it would rise 10 fold.
The test was based on the hypothesis that pre-tax profits would fall by 15 pct this year, rising by 10 pct in 2010.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday officially cancelled her scheduled visit to the Ionian island of Corfu this week for an informal OSCE foreign ministers' meeting, citing her recovery from recent elbow surgery.
The Greek foreign ministry made the announcement on Monday afternoon, before a 24-hour snap media strike was declared in Greece.
The US delegation will be led by US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns, according to the Greek ministry.
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Home News Today in Hawaii Former Portlock madam wants drug charges against her dismissed
Former Portlock madam wants drug charges against her dismissed
Malia Arciero
BY MALIA ZIMMERMAN – HONOLULU – The attorney for 33-year-old Malia Arciero, a madam who operated her business out of the elite Oahu neighborhood Portlock for about a decade, has filed a motion to drug possession and drug dealing charges against her dismissed.
Arciero, who said her elite escort business offered prostitution services to some of Hawaii’s most prominent law enforcement, politicians and entertainers, was arrested in April 2013, but on charges unrelated to her escort business.
Arciero admitted in an exclusive interview with Hawaii Reporter that she was a prostitute and madam.
As proof of her business operations, she provided two of her five “black books” to Hawaii Reporter, which listed clients’ names, phone numbers, emails and fetishes.
The black books, several inches thick, also included some financial records, hotel contacts and details of her near decade long operation.
Arciero claims she was falsely arrested for drug charges so that Ryan Faulkner, a Special Agent with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement division, could force her to work as his informant.
Arciero has filed a separate civil lawsuit against Faulkner, who she said she has known since childhood.
She accuses him of abusing his authority, taking money and drugs from drug and arms dealers that he arrested, and sexually assaulting her while she was handcuffed at ICE headquarters.
Portlock madam notes bizarre fetishes of her clients
Faulkner, a police officer with the Honolulu Police Department for 10 years before joining Homeland Security Investigations in 2007, told Hawaii Reporter in May that he cannot comment on the case.
A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement based in California, said: “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) doesn’t comment on pending litigation.”
She said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) places the highest priority on protecting the safety of those it serves. She maintained the agency has strict safeguards and protocols in place –governed by regulation and policy — to ensure the security of its special agents and officers, employees, crime victims, and individuals who come into the agency’s custody.
However, Homeland Security Investigations appears to be investigating Arciero’s claims. Her attorney, Gary Dubin, said she has been interviewed on two separate occasions by out of state investigators from Homeland Security Investigations about her allegations.
Arciero is currently being held in federal prison in Honolulu. Prison officials will not grant media access to her despite numerous requests from Hawaii Reporter.
Dubin said his law firm has filed a motion to dismiss the criminal complaint against Arciero based on “Outrageous Government Conduct and Entrapment, Coercing her confession, and seizing items without probable cause.”
Her evidentiary hearing is set for Oct. 23.
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Keb Hart September 19, 2014 at 11:38 am
Did they set a Bail amount for her? They held Roger Christy 3.5 yrs with bogus "charges" and no bail.
Anon September 23, 2014 at 9:11 am
Lets see all the pages in the book
guest September 26, 2014 at 5:56 am
Her elite business, my ass, she's a whore who does drugs and gets paid for it. She got busted because she does not know how to do business, she set her own self up, and her allegations are just that, another story to cover up her lies and deceit. Come on now, she's a lost cause, send her to the dogs, her own kind, finally! Hey Malia! Bow wow wow, yippee yo yippee yay! Somebody scream! Cheeehooooo!!! Who let dogs out?! Malia says, "Woof, woof! "
Lopaka September 27, 2014 at 11:42 pm
But if you read the allegations she has claimed in the civil suit.. Wow… She cant be making all of that up..It really gives some insight of the real goings on behind the curtain between the prosecutors office, law enforcement and the criminal underground.. reads like a screenplay for a seed film.
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Anon September 29, 2014 at 4:37 pm
I agree. Read the allegations. They are a public record. They are very well set out and there is a lot of information in there that can be verified to show see knows something about what she is talking about. Read it and weep – for the state of law enforcement if even half is true.
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James W. Russell
Author, Activist, & Retirement Expert
Retirement Benefit Consulting
Sand Spring, Oklahoma School Integration
Standing Cycles: Three Experiences
By Jim Russell
Standing cycles, as the name indicates, are cycles—bicycles, tricycles, scooters—that do not have seats. Riders propel them exclusively in standing positions. Why would anyone want to ride such a vehicle? There are a number of reasons.
Seats can be uncomfortable for men and women.
Men may have prostate issues that seats aggravate.
Men and women may have back issues that hunched over positions while seated aggravate.
Many believe that sitting for long periods of time is not good for health.
The standing position may be more pleasurable than the hunched over seated position.
I began experimenting with standing cycles in 2013. This is my experience with three cycles.
The Kickbike
Kickbikes, also called footbikes, are essentially scooters with larger bicycle tires. You can also think of them as scooters for adults. They were invented in Finland. Like kids’ scooters, there are no seats or pedals. They do, however, like bicycles, have front and rear handbrakes. There are now competing models from a number of other countries, including the Czech Republic and the United States. So far, they have not caught on as much in the United States as in Europe, where there are organized races. Kickbike is the commercial name for the Finnish version. Footbike is the generic name.
Because of their bicycle-sized tires, they go a lot faster and further than scooters with small wheels. At least one person has ridden a kickbike across the United States. I think it took him about a month.
I bought a used Sport Max model for $200 in 2013. The new price would have been around $450. At the time I was in my 60s and had been riding bicycles for almost all my life. I commuted to work daily on one, had ridden centuries (100-mile rides in one day), and had taken multiday camping trips.
There’s virtually no learning curve. Riding one is intuitive. The number one question I got from people who asked about this strange contraption I was riding was whether I switched legs to push it forward. Yes, you switch kickoff legs. Otherwise, you would build up enormous muscles in one leg and not in the other. You’re supposed to switch every seven to ten strokes. At first, I slavishly counted strokes before switching. Now, I switch when I feel like it.
As a longtime bicyclist, my first question was how well the kickbike experience would compare. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it had advantages over the bike. They are safer because they are more stable. In seven years of riding mine, I never had any kind of accident. They are safer in part because they are slower. If you are ever about to go down, they are much easier to jump off than a bicycle.
They are a joy to ride. There is the full cycling experience without the negatives of bicycles. I used mine for exercise, pleasure, and commuting four miles to work up and down hills.
Going up hills is the same as with a bicycle. It just depends on how much effort you want to put into it before getting off and pushing. There is also the factor that it is much easier to get off a kickbike and start pushing than doing the same with a bicycle. It’s very easy to shift between riding and walking, and you don’t have the sense of being a wimp if you decide to shift to walking it up a hill.
The only disadvantage is speed. There is no question that they are slower than bicycles. They’re much faster than walking but half to two-thirds as fast as a bike. They can be as fast, however, going down hills.
My longest distance was 26 miles in about four hours on organized bike rides. I could have gone much further if I had wanted to as they are not at all strenuous to ride.
The Half Bike
Much as I loved my Kickbike, I was frustrated by its slow speed. I wanted to go on the Seattle to Portland organized 180-mile ride. But I knew that my Kickbike would be way too slow to keep up.
After searching through standing cycles on the internet, I discovered the Halfbike, a Bulgarian invention from around 2014. It has a bicycle-sized tire on the front and two small tires on the rear. Unlike the Kickbike, it has pedals and a chain to propel it. Like the Kickbike, it has a handbrake but no seat. It is like a seatless unicyle with training wheels.
I bought one in 2019 for $550 via a Kickstarter sale.
Unlike the Kickbike, it has a steep learning curve—a least a month. It took me about two months to be mostly comfortable riding it. It was faster than the Kickbike though still slower than a regular bike. However, it was much more strenuous to ride than the Kickbike. I could not imagine riding 180 miles on it. Some younger and more fit people might be able to do it. I don’t suspect we’ll hear of anyone riding one across the United States.
Half-bikes can be fun to ride. But their main disadvantage, as far as I was concerned, was their lack of stability. I had two nasty accidents with scraped hands and knees, and was always fearful of them, especially when anywhere near car traffic. I would not have used mine to commute to work for multiple reasons, including that there’s no place to carry loads other than your back.
Converted Bicycle
After a year with the Half-bike, I began looking again for the holy grail of a standing cycle: one that would be fast, comfortable, stable, and economically-priced. I looked at the Elliptigo but rejected it as too expensive at $2199 and too big to carry in a car. Recently, the people that make the Elliptigo brought out a new model, the SUB, that was closer to what I was seeking. It has a bicycle pedaling motion and is smaller than the original Elliptigo. It sells for $799.
Then I began thinking about an earlier idea I had had. When I first began toying with the idea of a standing cycle, I tried simply standing all the time on my TREK 750 hybrid bike that I used for commuting. That quickly became uncomfortable and I abandoned the idea and began searching for a dedicated standing cycle. That led to the Kickbike.
But maybe there would be a way to convert the hybrid into a standing cycle that was comfortable to ride. I found an article on the internet about Frank Cavaluzzi, who had converted his bike into a standing cycle and went on rides for hundreds of miles with camping gear. The article didn’t say, though, how he had converted the bike. After a lot of searching, I discovered that he had simply raised or replaced the handlebars so that they were about six inches higher. That allowed him to ride in a full standing position without having to hunch over.
I took my hybid to my local bike shop and had them put on a six-inch handlebar riser and then, of necessity, install longer brake and gear cables. Voila! I had a perfect standing cycle for the couple of hundred dollars charged by the bike shop.
I’ve been riding it every day for several months and love it. It has the speed I want with a comfortable standing position. I’ve come full circle and am back to my commuter hybrid bike, albeit converted to a standing cycle. The Kickbike and Halfbike stand unused in my garage. If I had known back in 2013 what I know now, I would have gone straight to the conversion option and avoided buying the other cycles. I don’t, though, regret those eccentric cycling experiences that drew a lot of attention.
Table. Comparing Standing Cycles
Converted Bike Kickbike Halfbike
Speed Fastest Slowest In between
Stability In between Most Least
Safety In between Most Least
Pleasure riding Tie Tie Least
Cost $650+ new including additional cost of conversion; $200 converting existing bike $400 $700
Overall Best In between Least
Jim Russell lives in Portland, Oregon. When not riding a standing cycle, he writes about retirement plans and other social policy issues. He is the author of Social Insecurity: 401(k)s and the Retirement Crisis and, forthcoming from Monthly Review Press, The Labor Guide to Retirement Plans.
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Left-Wing Agents of Trump
Consolidating Public Support for Medicare for All
What’s Missing from the Social Security Expansion Proposals
Review of Burns/Novick, The Vietnam War (PBS)
EU: Creciente Crisis en Pensiones [The Growing Retirement Crisis in the United States]
Are Congressional Districts Too Large?
Trump and Le Pen, Take 2
How We Got Out of a 401(k) and into a Real Pension
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Why Jerusalem
The Tech Ecosystem
Jerusalem Tech Jobs
Prominent Companies
BioJerusalem
About BioJerusalem
BioTech Ecosystem
Financial Benefits – BioTech
THE EMERGING INNOVATION CITY
Jerusalem is not just stones and stories. It is like no other place on earth. You can immediately sense the city’s unique energy and the atmosphere that surrounds it. History is around every corner, and inspiration can be felt everywhere. Alongside its incredible archaeological sites and rich historical culture, Jerusalem in recent years has evolved and is becoming a magnet for entrepreneurial activity and cutting-edge innovation. In just the past five years alone, the city has transformed itself into an exciting, globally-recognized innovation hub.
BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE CITY’S ECOSYSTEM
When entrepreneurs choose where they want to set up their company, they look for a place with a supportive ecosystem. Jerusalem is the home base for some of Israel’s most prominent companies, such as Mobileye, Orcam, Exlibris and Lightricks, as well as major investment funds such as JVP and OurCrowd. Jerusalem is proud of its world-wide leading academic and research institutions that include The Hebrew University and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Accelerators such as MassChallenge, Siftech and AtoBe have made their home in the city, and hundreds of community events and conferences are organized each year.
So why Jerusalem? With all that we have to offer, our USP is undoubtedly becoming one of the world’s most energetic, creative and diverse start-up communities. The city’s uniquely multicultural population creates a potent mix of brilliant minds, technology and the creative spirit for which we are rightly proud. Come and join us.
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House Less
911 TRUTH
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TSA bullshit
OCCUPY PORTLAND
2012 Page 1
My Latin American
PCASC Videos
http://www.pcasc.net/ (the mothership)
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I went to venezuela in 2009 [click link]
The videos on this page are mostly [not all] from when I returned
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video posts that I have put online in 2010, 2011, 2012.
Tax Dodgerball - street theater
in Terry Schrunk Park
The 99% take on the 1% [in suits] in a game of Nerf Dodgerball
The suits cheat and use loophooles.
The 99% [all] come together at the end to take on [down] the 1%
Street theater in Terry Schrunk Plaza park on Tax Day
http://youtu.be/2ShLSzb4l-U
D17 Immigrant Rights
are Workers Rights
Rally and March
Rally in Portland for Immigrant Rights / Workers Rights started with music and speeches in Shemanski Park. A permitted march through downtown followed the rally in the park.
1. http://youtu.be/D0i1y1-zCaI
2. http://youtu.be/wv5cY6Rnicg
3. http://youtu.be/ItGaQ5eM4Kw
4. http://youtu.be/h-07ik7awio
5. http://youtu.be/Ycs1JMgn-cw
6. http://youtu.be/XVwTyn_AO_Y
Drugs, Guns, and People – The US War in Mexico
Conversation with Laura Carlsen, director of the Americas Policy Program in Mexico City. The Drug War is an epidemic of the intersections between militarism, violence, imperialism, immigration and economics. A conversation with Laura Carlsen to think about the intersections of drugs, guns, and people.
Press Conference / Portland Ore.
Solidarity With Georgia in a stand against HB 87
http://www.archive.org/details/PressConferenceHb87PortlandActivistsInSolidarityWithGeorgia7.2.11
Eva Golinger in Portland Oregon - 115 minute video
http://www.archive.org/details/EvaGolinger-May62011-InPortlandOregon&reCache=1
May ? 2011
Eva Golinger Interview on KBOO 90.7 FM
This is a 2-part radio interview that was not fully captured. Eva was in Portland in May 2011 from Caracas Venezuela. This interview date is not clear, and it is a radio recording from KBOO FM
1. http://youtu.be/pWXfj0H70wc
2. http://youtu.be/I8ySlo-aVfM
Eva Golinger on KBOO
(A short segment from her radio brodcast)
Eva Golinger, from Venezuel speaks on local radio
http://youtu.be/37hLZ2Lc99Y
Part 1: Opening Grupo Xochipilli Danza Azteca
Criminales Todos
Featuring: Grupo Xochipilli Danza Azteca, HERMANO JAGUAR, and more.
There was also Art work on display. A link to that Art is here
Part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O40SvO8nKb0
Part 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoBSn6UXZWc
Part 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NynrUwuhGvQ
Part 4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVRbl9f7HfE
Part 5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ury-Gvy7F8
Part 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI_cwYQTv9o
PCASC Fundraiser
ALL BEATS NOT BOMBS
VIDEOS ARE ARCHIVED HERE
Benji Lewis reads poem "Caraca"
Benji Lewis spent 10 months in Caracas Venezuela
He reads a poem he wrote about his stay in Caracas
At the report back in Portland Oregon "Revolution in Crisis"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O7KXg86QJM
http://www.archive.org/details/BenjiLewisRevolutionInCrisis8.11.10PartOneOfTwo
Revolution In Crisis
A Report Back By Benji Lewis
Filmed in Portland Oregon, Benji gives his insight
on what is going on in Venezuela and the world around it
http://www.archive.org/details/BenjiLewisrevolutionInCrisis8.11.10Part2Of2
http://www.archive.org/details/PcascRobinHahnepPart1Of2Sept262010
PCASC: Robin Hahnel
A radical economist and political activist. He is Professor Emeritus at American University in Washington, D.C. where he taught in the Department of Economics from 1976 – 2008. Currently he is a visiting professor at Lewis & Clark College and Portland State University in Portland Oregon, while he has also served as a visiting professor or economist in Cuba, Peru and England. Politically he considers himself a proud product of the New Left and is sympathetic to libertarian socialism.
Right 2 Survive Portland Cuba Solidarity 7.8.10
Filmed in Portland Oregon when the Cuban Caravan was in town
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abr1GkhGKWw
Press Release in Portland Oregon - SB 1070
The Arizona Law was denounced in Portland Oregon
Short film of Shizuko speaking about the seneate bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ69rOwccEI
Oaxaca Solidarity
Press Report 5.3.10 - Portland Oregon USA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGOCEUG3X7A
Nike Tribunal
Honduras Workers Hold Hearing in US
2 ladies from Honduras speak at PSU
http://www.archive.org/details/NikeTribunalAndHondurasWorkersTestifyInPortland4.27.10
Jose Baquedano in Portland Oregon (110 min)
Speaking about Honduras elections and resistance movement
http://www.archive.org/details/HondurasSolidarity1.28.10JoseBaquedanoPortlandOregon
Honduras Elections & the Resistance Movement
Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4-nvEi6wGQ
Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIw84ayEUok
Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ASoOOOVFM
Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs2qL6jsIgs
Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO9jKP3Djrw
These are 5 short YouTube out takes from his 2 hour speaking engagement on 1.28.10
PCASC holds rally in support & solidarity with
Honduras and Hait in front of Federal Building.
Filmed in Portland Oregon
The Fedral police stop to ask for a stinking permit
http://zebra3report.tripod.com/JoeAnybodyVenezuel/
PCASC Honduras Teach In 11.19.09
PCASC in solidarity and in promoting a truthful understanding about what is going on in Honduras held a public teach in. This was filmed on 11.19.09.
The last half of the video (after the first 40 minutes) is a Q and A and discussion time with the public. And a word about sponsoring this solidarity movement.
http://www.archive.org/details/HondurasPanelDiscussionAndTeachInNov192009PortlandOregon
PCASC Peace & Media Delegation
Visit Caracas Venezuela
VIDEO REPORT BACK & VIDEO DOCUMATATION
[50+ videos]
US Peace & Media Delegation
Caracas Veneazuela
http://www.joe-anybody.com/id148.html
PCASC goes to Caracas Venezuela Sept 2009
In 2009 PCASC sent a delegation to Caracas Venezuela
I was on that Peace & Media Delegation from Portland Oregon
Here are my videos from that trip posted on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/pdxVenezuela
Martin Sanchez Venezuela Consulate: Guest Speaker
http://www.archive.org/details/VenezuelaConsulateMartinSanchez5.31.09Pdx
Filmed in Portland Oregon on May 9 2009.
This was a fundraiser to help send a Delegation to Venezuela in September 2009.
There was speakers, music, film, beer, and networking and socializing.
The video "Venezuela Rising was shown and the producer "Jennifer Wager" was present to introduce her video and to answer questions.
The music was provided by "Blood and Thems".
http://www.archive.org/details/VenezuelaRisingFilmAndMusicFundraiserForPdxvenezulaDelegation
Joe Anybody is in Solidarity with the people of Latin America and the Bolivarian Socialist Revolution
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The Joyce Awards
Education & Economic Mobility
Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform
A Disconnect in Gun Violence Beliefs
Solid backing for background checks, protection orders in Foundation funded survey
By Tim Daly, senior program officer in the Joyce Foundation’s Gun Violence Prevention and Justice Reform program
A contradiction appears to stand in the way of Minnesota enacting effective gun safety measures: voters overwhelmingly support stronger gun laws, but aren’t convinced they work.
This surprising disconnect, seen in a new public opinion survey funded by grants from the Joyce Foundation and George Family Foundation, presents a clear obstacle to enacting widely desired policies to combat gun violence, such as universal background checks and extreme-risk protection orders, two leading proposals under consideration in St. Paul.
The fact is, these and other types of gun safety laws do work. But a lack of knowledge about them, fueled by misinformation from the gun lobby and its allies, undermines the intensity and energy behind support for the measures -- particularly among voters not following the issue closely.
Finding ways to fix that would play a significant role in allowing the state’s gun policy to catch up to public opinion at a time the state faces a stubborn epidemic of gun violence, including suicides, homicides and non-fatal shootings.
Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial: “Here’s what guns, COVID have in common”
Joyce Foundation webinar with Minnesota thought leaders on gun policy
The Polling Memo: Significant Support for Progress on Gun Violence Prevention
The Slideshow Presentation by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQR)
The survey, conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research this fall, shows that a significant majority of likely Minnesota voters think policymakers should adopt stronger gun laws -- including a plurality of gun owners. The findings confirm previous polling showing solid support in Minnesota for stronger gun laws.
Nevertheless, those same likely Minnesota voters aren’t persuaded the measures would have a major impact in reducing gun violence. To put a finer point on it, here are the numbers:
92 percent of likely Minnesota voters support universal background checks, and 86 percent support a new extreme risk protection order, sometimes referred to as a “Red Flag” law.
Only 39 percent believe policies like these will make a major impact reducing gun violence in the state. (36 percent believe they will have minor impact, and 25 percent not much of an impact, or no impact at all).
63 percent of Democrats believe these types of policies will have a major impact, but fewer than 25 percent of independents and Republicans agree.
Only half of non-gun owners believe these proposed policies will have a major impact.
The problem is urgent. New data confirms that Minneapolis suffered an 85 percent increase in homicides in the first nine months of 2020. This adds to a grim overall reality: nearly 4,000 Minnesotans lost their lives to gun violence between 2008 and 2018, including more than 3,100 by suicide.
Gun safety laws have worked in reducing such violence in states that have adopted them, and that is supported by considerable research.
Peer-reviewed studies funded by the Joyce Foundation over the last 25 years build the case for the “big two” policy issues before Minnesota lawmakers -- expanding background checks to all gun sales through the state’s permit-to-purchase system, which would prevent those at risk of harming themselves or others from accessing guns in the first place, and the creation of an extreme-risk protection order that would establish a legal process to temporarily remove a firearm from a gun owner who becomes a risk to themself or others.
Since federal background checks began in the mid-1990s, more than three million gun purchases have been prevented to those at risk of violence. When Connecticut strengthened its background-check law – similar to what’s being considered in Minnesota – that state saw a 40 percent reduction in homicides and a 15.4 percent reduction in suicides.
Another study showed that states with this type of policy, including Maryland, experienced an 11 percent decrease in homicide rates in their major city centers.
In contrast, after Missouri repealed its permitting law and background-check requirement in 2007, that state saw a 16.1 percent increase in firearm suicide and a 25 percent increase in firearm homicide.
The proposed extreme-risk protection order also has proven effective at reducing suicides. One study of Connecticut’s law estimated that for every 10 to 11 orders issued, the policy prevented one firearm suicide.
In a 2019 study of California’s version of the extreme-risk protection law, researchers described more than 20 cases in which the orders had been applied, including threatened mass shootings. The authors concluded the policy can play a key role in preventing future tragedies.
It’s true that strengthening gun laws in these ways isn’t the only solution to addressing gun violence in Minnesota. New research demonstrates the effectiveness and need for community-based solutions, such as those being led by the Minneapolis Office of Violence Prevention. The GQR poll found strong support (82 percent) for funding these programs with public sector resources.
But why such a disconnect on guns, if research shows such consistent and solid evidence? Unfortunately, it’s not by accident.
For years, the gun lobby and its allies have waged a counter-factual campaign arguing that more policy won't solve the gun violence crisis in Minnesota. Instead, they call for less regulation, relaxed oversight, and most importantly, more guns for self-defense in our homes and on our streets.
Record numbers of Americans purchased guns in 2020, many for the first time, and already, we see the consequences: more guns purchased during the COVID-19 pandemic are leading to more gun deaths. Instead of being used for self-defense, which is rare and not particularly effective, the flood of guns is exacerbating the actual risk of firearm suicide, lethal domestic violence, and unintentional deaths, namely of children, among other tragic outcomes.
Strengthening gun policy is an important step toward saving lives in Minnesota. But until a bridge of facts is built over the misinformation currently dominating the debate, we will be no closer to the progress our communities so desperately need in stemming this violence.
For more information, click below:
Information About the Minnesota Violent Death Reporting System (MNDVRS)
Key Statistics About Gun Violence in Minnesota
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HomeCounty NewsFor Tragic Accident Victims: GoL Assures ‘Befitting Funeral’…Rounds Up Several Alleged Looters of MNG Gold Facilities
For Tragic Accident Victims: GoL Assures ‘Befitting Funeral’…Rounds Up Several Alleged Looters of MNG Gold Facilities
January 20, 2019 Insight News County News 0
SOURCE: BY PATRICK S.TOKPAH
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Varney A. Sirleaf, has reassured the commitment of the Government of Liberia (GoL) to protecting the facility of MNG Gold, a Turkish Mining Company operating in Korkoya District, Bong County, and its investment.
Minister Sirleaf, at the same time, assured authority of MNG Gold that all those who recently vandalized the company’s properties will be dealt with in accordance with the laws of Liberia.
The Internal Affairs Minister pointed out that as the Liberian government is doing everything to attract investment; it will not allow anyone, or group, to undermine the implementation of President George M. Weah’s pro-poor agenda for Development and Prosperity.
Meanwhile, Minster Sirleaf extended condolences to the bereaved families.
He, also promised that the Government of Liberia(GoL) will ensure a befitting entombment of the four motor accident victims.
Minister Sirleaf described the death of the four persons as saddening and an irreparable loss to their families.
The Internal Affairs Minister made the statements in David Dean’s Town in Kokoyah Statutory District, Bong County, where he went to intervene in the recent crisis between MNG Gold, a mining company, and citizens of the district.
The crisis started in Saye-weh Town, at about 4 P.M. on Monday, November 5, 2018, when a vehicle which is said to be owned by a Chinese company allegedly hired by the Turkish Mining Company (MNG-Gold) accidently killed four persons.
The driver of the company’s vehicle reportedly escaped the scene of the tragic accident for fear of being killed by an angry mob that allegedly set the four-door Toyota land cruiser pickup ablaze.
Some of the angry residents of the District later vandalized MNG Gold’s facilities and looted several valuables including explosives intended for blasting rocks at the Company operational sites.
Investigation conducted by the INSIGHT established that about 30 persons suspected to be connected to the looting of the company’s facility have been arrested by the Liberia National Police (LNP) for investigation.
The LNP has launched a vigorous search of the company’s looted properties some of which were said to have been discovered in the homes of some residents.
According to INSIGHT’s Bong County correspondent, MNG Gold is facing a situation wherein its operation could come to a standstill for several months as some of its key mining equipment and other properties were either taken away by the looters or destroyed.
It can be recalled that residents of Kokoyah Statutory District expressed dissatisfaction over the company’s handling of chemical wastes from its gold mining operations.
The residents claimed that some of the chemicals recently spilled into nearby waterways and a well being used by students of a public school in the area.
They citizens also alleged that some of the students who drank water from the contaminated well became sick and needed medical treatment.
At the time, MNG Gold, through its spokesman, denied any wrong doing.
It may be recalled that Saye-Weh town in Kokoyah District, Bong County, was a scene of sorrow and weeping Monday afternoon, November 5, 2018, as a vehicle said to be owned by a hired Chinese contracted company, under the Turkish mining Company, MNG-Gold, accidentally killed four Persons.
According to our sources, a motorcyclist, name not given, was ascending (climbing) a hill with three passengers (a girl and 2 boys) while the vehicle of the hired Chinese company was also descending (coming down the hill) when the motorcycle and vehicle collided along the road, leading to the instant killing of the bike passengers.
The driver of the vehicle (name not given) escaped the scene of the accident for fear of reprisal from an angry mob.
The angry residents of the area who trooped to the accident scene later set the four-door TOYOTA land cruiser pick-up reportedly belonging to the company ablaze.
As a result of the killing of the four persons in the motor accident, some of the angry residents of the area broke into the facility of MNG Gold and made way with several materials including computers and accessories, chairs, among others.
The aggrieved residents threatened to flog or severely deal with anyone who would resist them from entering the company’s operating site.
However, our Bong County Correspondent disclosed that on November 6, 2018, the Liberian National Police (LNP), Bong Detachment, swiftly deployed some armed police officers to the area to contain the violence situation and ensure law and order.
The INSIGHT also gathered that the LNP officers were conducting a house-to-house search for the materials looted from the company’s operating sites by the residents.
The INSIGHT also gathered that in recent times, the people of Kokoyah Statutory District in Bong County have not been in good relations with MNG Gold which has been operating in the area.
Our sources indicated that the people of Kokoyah statutory district are not satisfied with the workings of the mining company.
A few weeks ago, there were reports that a well which is being used by students of a public school for drinking in the area was allegedly contaminated by dirt and chemical from MNG Gold operating site.
Some of the residents claimed that as a result of the well contamination, several students of the school became sick.
At the time, the school students launched a peaceful demonstration, calling for the relocation of the school and the medical treatment of the alleged chemical affected public school students. The protesting students, and residents, at the time, also called for thorough investigation of the alleged well contamination situation for appropriate corrective measures.
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Meet the new Yahoo! It's the same as the old Yahoo!
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...well, kinda, sorta.
Typography pundits and colorists will bloviate over the pluses and minuses of clown fonts, serifs versus scallops, Pantone Violet C, and what is actually achieved by tilting the exclamation point in "Yahoo!" exactly 9 degrees, and not 9 + pi degrees, or 42 degrees. Some pundits even say, the Yahoo! mark has grown up. Feel free to debate. But to most people—like you and me—the new Yahoo! mark doesn't herald some momentous sea-change.
And I think that's point of this entire exercise: it's not about change to us, the outsiders, it's about change for them: the people inside of Yahoo!
The thing about branding is there's at least two stories of the brand. First, the outside story, where the brand signals to the marketplace how they're different, and why they're better than the competition. All of the things you associate with branding—design, color, fonts and typography, packaging, naming, labeling and nomenclature, brand architecture—those are the signals that help evoke the essence of the brand in the marketplace. That's what people think they're talking about when the say "branding."
But there's also the inside story: the story that takes place behind the walls of the ivory tower. Where the leaders get all of their employees to buy into the vision, drink the Kool Aid, and dare I say, live the brand. We call it internal branding, and it's a critical piece of brand experience, and a key to the ultimate success or failure of a brand. To me this entire Yahoo! 30 Days of Change campaign schtick was mostly about CEO Marissa Meyer signalling to her troops how the new Yahoo!—her Yahoo!—is going to go to market, from the inside-out, right down to the degrees of gangsta lean in their purple exclamation point.
In the classic business book, Good to Great, the authors state unequivocally that in order for a company (or a brand) to be great—as Yahoo! once was—the captain of the ship has got to get the right people on the boat, and then get them to accept the direction in which said leader wishes to sail.
In little over a year, in numerous ways, Meyer has started to get the right people on her boat, and has started making employees more accountable for their actions and responsibilities. Another key piece in her turnaround strategy has been getting the employees to believe in her vision and in where she wants to take them.
How can she do that? Well, one way would be to concoct a widely publicized campaign to change the company logo—not by going to experts (aside, this DIY vibe is something that absolutely scares firms like my employer to death) but by working in-house. Sure, a bit of transparency is shown to the outside world in this process, but it's just an attention-getting tease. This campaign nets a new identity that is semantically different than the one that proceeded it (and again, I'll let the typography wonks battle it out on the aesthetics and color). But inside, the process included employee opinion and participation, and was hand-crafted by employees. It was a process that reveals to the Yahoo! rank-and-file what matters to their leader: thoughtfulness (to the extreme perhaps), precision, and just a dash of uber-geeky whimsy, 9 degrees to be exact.
As personal trainers, and life coaches will tell you: real change starts on the inside. And this was an inside job.
Who knows it may just work. It just may energize a sleeping giant.
Last month, for the first time in almost two years, Yahoo! beat Google for the top spot in global Web traffic.
Yahooooooooooooo! say the stockholders.
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Performance Le Drama More Show et ses AmiEs, Setu Festival, Elliant, France, 2020. Photo Clément Harpillard.
Poster for the performance All Insure, All Unsure, 2019.
Video caption of the studio version of All Insure, All Unsure, 2020 Video with sound and color
The videos and performances of Anouchka Oler can be understood as desperate attempts to affect and understand the Other- and thus the entity of the world. At once magic show, stand-up comedy routine and experimental philosophy, Oler’s joyous practice consists in composing a community of interdependent beings in where most seem to be going through some sort of perpetual existential crisis. The participants are invited to take part in speculative narratives where they are brought to discuss topics such as affects, collective living, experimental ways of life, material environment and their interactions. Humans, sculptures and objects are given the opportunity to examine these topics both on the surface and in depth. Each sculpture is conceived and crafted as a character with voice, a specific mood and standpoint. Those characteristics in combination with the materiality of the sculpture will participate in the resolution of the plot by producing hypothetical and at times far-from-reality, albeit satisfying outcomes.
Bent on knowing how they were made, and what and who they are made of, the actors raise the issue of how power circulates in the everyday course of things, the space it constructs, and the implications for the construction of the self. Both worried and amused, these investigators initiate a jubilant and burlesque heuristic quest. Metaphysical subjects and ‘big questions’ about love, anxiety, ways of living, relationships, and power dynamics are developed through porous research lived through the body and theatrics.
Born in Saint Malo in 1988, Anouchka Oler grew up in a succession of houses under construction. She now lives and works in Brussels where she co-founded and runs feeelings with camille gérenton, an artist-run space working with economic and affective concerns. She has shown her work in exhibitions, collective events and residencies with Galerie (INT), Triangle France (Marseille, FR) Entreprise Projects (Athens, GR), La Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel, FR), frac île-de-france – le plateau (Paris, FR), Cooper Gallery (Dundee, UK), MOTINTERNATIONAL (Brussels, BE), De Appel (Amsterdam) and at Setu (Elliant).
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Google's PageRank and Beyond: The Science of Search Engine Rankings
Amy N. Langville and Carl D. Meyer
Why doesn’t your home page appear on the first page of search results, even when you query your own name? How do other web pages always appear at the top? What creates these powerful rankings? And how? The first book ever about the science of web page rankings, Google’s PageRank and Beyond supplies the answers to these and other questions and more.
The book serves two very different audiences: the curious science reader and the technical computational reader. The chapters build in mathematical sophistication, so that the first five are accessible to the general academic reader. While other chapters are much more mathematical in nature, each one contains something for both audiences. For example, the authors include entertaining asides such as how search engines make money and how the Great Firewall of China influences research.
The book includes an extensive background chapter designed to help readers learn more about the mathematics of search engines, and it contains several MATLAB codes and links to sample web data sets. The philosophy throughout is to encourage readers to experiment with the ideas and algorithms in the text.
Any business seriously interested in improving its rankings in the major search engines can benefit from the clear examples, sample code, and list of resources provided.
Many illustrative examples and entertaining asides
MATLAB code
Accessible and informal style
Complete and self-contained section for mathematics review
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691152660/googles-pagerank-and-beyond
Dimensions 178 x 254 x 12.7mm | 482g
Publication City/Country New Jersey, United States
Illustrations note 11 halftones. 26 line illus.
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Korean cosmetics become global standard
Cusotmers try on AMOREPACIFIC's IOPE "Air Cushion" at a Aritaum road shop in Seoul.
By Kim Seung-hwan
Last December, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited Korea on an economic cooperation trip, and brought up the remarkable performance of Korean cosmetics, stating "AMOREPACIFIC is one of Korea's leading companies, successfully establishing operations in the Asian market, including Singapore, through its focus on R&D into Asian skincare."
According to the "Current export trends of major commodities in the midst of the Korean wave" released by the Korea Customs Service in December 2013, cosmetics exports have increased significantly, placing them at the center of the Korean wave. In particular, skincare exports showed explosive growth of 1,500 percent over the past 15 years (1998~2012), accounting for 61 percent of commodity exports, exemplifying the popularity and quality of Korean skincare products.
Korean cosmetic brands are rapidly growing in the global market, along with interest in Korean culture, thanks to innovative products, beauty trends, quality and reasonable prices, catching the attention of customers overseas. Global market research firm Euromonitor estimates that the Chinese and ASEAN cosmetic markets will expand by over 10 percent in 2014. Korean cosmetic brands are expected to perform strongly as the response of Asian customers toward them become more positive.
The Chinese cosmetic market has over 100 million people using cosmetics and is showing growth of about 10 percent, with AMOREPACIFIC outperforming other global beauty brands with 30 percent annual growth. When the Chinese cosmetic market reached 17.3 trillion won in 2012, up 9.8 percent from the previous year, AMOREPACIFIC posted 31 percent growth the same year, the highest among the top 10 companies, a testament to the popularity of Korean cosmetic brands.
R&D: driving force behind success of Korean cosmetics
Korean cosmetic brands are recognized around the world for their quality, being popular with Korean and international consumers alike, taking center stage with the Korean wave, thanks to consistent investment into R&D by the industry over the last few decades.
When AMOREPACIFIC founded the very first Korean cosmetics research lab in 1954, it released its first labeled product and developed innovative offerings such as the first hair care product in Korea made from plant material. It triggered other domestic manufacturers to start investing further with a focus on R&D.
Product quality has since improved rapidly through technical cooperation with leading overseas companies, and the stability and effectiveness of cosmetic formulas has developed dramatically. Moreover, the opening of the cosmetic market caused severe competition in Korea, which resulted in more research centers being created for better quality products.
Customers talk to a sales clerk of a AMOREPACIFIC's Sulwhasoo shop at a department store in Shanghai. Courtesy of AMOREPACIFIC
The development of new materials was also actively promoted thanks to advancements in sciences such as biotechnology. Functional cosmetics were introduced, such as whitening and anti-aging products, and the world's first retinol stabilizing technology was developed in Korea drawing attention worldwide. Based on these diverse efforts by Korean companies to create better quality products, cosmetics such as functional products and Korean herbal medicine brands have been produced, contributing to beauty market innovation globally.
AMOREPACIFIC, built the first cosmetics research lab in Korea, and now invests 3 percent of total sales into R&D under the philosophy that a company is recognized for its technology and quality alone. Stemming from the founder's philosophy that a company can only lead the industry if it ensures competitiveness in science and technology; this has been the backbone of its growth. Today, AMOREPACIFIC has 350 technical researchers working on competitive lines, such as whitening, sunscreen, and anti-wrinkle products used by 50 percent of women in Asia. In order to steadily grow the overseas market, it is essential to strengthen R&D for the innovative products admired by global customers. With overseas research centers in five countries, including China (Shanghai), Japan (Tokyo), France (Paris), the U.S. (New York), and Singapore, AMOREPACIFIC carries out research locally, studying the skin characteristics of local customers as well as product efficiency. It is developing products based on regional and climate characteristics, ensuring stability and effectiveness while establishing a network with local universities, dermatology departments, and research institutes.
Korean herbal medicine cosmetics change global paradigm
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety defines Korean herbal medicine cosmetics as cosmetics that contains Korean herbal medicines mentioned in Korean medical literature like the "Donguibogam." AMOREPACIFIC defines such as products using Korean herbal medicine prescribed in Korean medical literature, processed using scientific methods. These products are designed to suit the physical constitution and skin types of customers.
The key factor for Korean herbal medicine cosmetics in affecting global beauty market is a commitment to scientific inquiry that identifies the root causes of problems and enhances healing power. The value of beauty care from Korean traditional herbal medicine and technology is expanding beyond Korea, changing the paradigm of the global beauty market, and taking the center stage of the Korean wave.
Sulwhasoo is the leading Korean herbal medicine cosmetic brand, promoting a luxurious image for Korean herbal beauty by employing the highest quality materials. It is based on the results of a study on prescriptive technology and effectiveness in healing the skin on the deepest level based on the ‘Seven-year cycle of women' in Korean herbal medicine that claims the female body undergoes internal and external changes every seven years, and at the fifth cycle, at age 35, early skin aging starts to show. The company has developed high level Korean herbal research technologies, creating products through processing methods like "poje" based on Korean herbal science. As a result, it has created the First Care Activating Serum, a steady Sulwhasoo seller popular in the global market and the world's first Korean herbal medicine boosting serum successfully introduced as a new boosting serum type. It once again validated its technology with the release of Concentrated Ginseng Renewing Cream that contains ginseng extracted from 4-year old ginseng plant.
In particular, the First Care Activating Serum posted 1.063 trillion won in accumulated sales as of Jan. 6, a single product surpassing a trillion won for the first time. The First Care Activating Serum was first released in 1997, as the world's first Korean herbal medicine boosting serum.
It is applied to the face after cleansing to help improve the effectiveness of any product applied next. Press sources have claimed that it has dramatically changed women's skin care routines, and it has remained a steady top seller for the Sulwhasoo brand since its release. It is the most beloved Sulwhasoo product in Hong Kong, the U.S., China, Singapore and of course, Korea.
Korean herbal medicine cosmetics are also playing a leading role in promoting Korean culture worldwide. Sulwhasoo embodies a brand philosophy of being a premium brand creator through continued beauty research.
It was selected as a special give-away for global events including the G20 Seoul Summit 2010, the Korea ASEAN Commemorative Summit 2009, and the G20 Seoul Speakers' Consultation 2011, delivering Korea's true value and beauty world leaders, attaining an unbeatable status as a premium herbal medicine cosmetics. At the center of the Korean wave stands "Asian Beauty" setting a new standard apart from western beauty and western aesthetic treatment. Asian Beauty creates a beauty value for Asia which is set to become a new kind of beauty which could lead the global beauty paradigm for the 21st century.
Korean herbal medicine cosmetics embody a new category embracing Asian beauty as a core concept promoting Asian value through such aesthetic treatment. The Korean beauty wave created with Korean herbal medicine cosmetics is both commercially successful and promotes the cultural value of the Asian spirit.
Successful Cushion Foundation
Last year, Cushion Foundation became a global brand success, changing skin care, make-up methods and cosmetic trends of women customers around the world. Cushion is the company's exclusive multi-purpose sun make-up, packaged in a compact container. It is a mixture of sun cream, make-up base, and foundation, absorbed into a special sponge. The product was developed by AMOREPACIFIC in 2007 with a patent applied for and registered in the U.S., Japan, and China as well as Korea.
In recent years, there has been increased interest in Cushion type products in Korea and abroad. Since its release in 2008, the IOPE Air Cushion has been popularized as the latest innovation, with its sales volume increasing rapidly from 520,000 in 2010 to 3.6 million in 2012, with an accumulated single product sales volume of 10 million last year. This new type of product, notable for its unique form and function, has grown rapidly through word of mouth, without extensive advertising or promotion, formulating a new make-up style for customers.
Cushion products are also gaining popularity in overseas markets. The IOPE Air Cushion was introduced on a Japanese home shopping channel in 2012 and saw explosive response from customers beyond expectations. It kept selling out, as an unprecedented innovative product garnering much attention from Japanese women and playing a role as catalyst to raise brand awareness and preference for IOPE.
Cushion products are currently exported to China, the U.S., and countries in Southeast Asia as well. The LANEIGE BB Cushion has been available in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Hong Kong since 2012. It has an added whitening care function through its white renew complex.
It is popular among those seeking the moist and clear skin popularized by Korean women. AMOREPACIFIC, the flagship AMOREPACIFIC group brand also released its Treatment CC Cushion in the U.S. last year. Some beauty specialists in New York praise cushion foundation as a potential strength for K-beauty and the beauty innovation that Korean skincare products are rapidly experiencing. Thanks to the interest from customers at home and abroad, cushion foundation is expected to continue in popularity this year.
Prospects for beauty trends in Korea
Meanwhile, AMOREPACIFIC has introduced its slogan for the 2014-2015 Korean beauty trends as "twists in daily life." It sees 2014-2015 as a critical period requiring a new perspective under a new paradigm, particularly in view of prolonged slow economic growth, changes in the population structure including a growing middle-aged segment, and improved Korean brand status.
As the economic slowdown continues, consumers pursue happiness in daily life by cherishing the value of the present. They focus on happiness in the present. In addition, with a paradigm change from possessing, to sharing experiences, a brand that helps them experience and enjoy their time is much preferred. Thus, the beauty trend of this year for consumers living through the twists in daily life will be described with the following four key words: killing, filling, lighting, and talking.
Killing everything except the core
For consumers seeking to be free from unnecessary products, multi-purpose blended make-up products like BB cream (sunblock+make-up, make-up base+foundation), CC cream (moisturizer+sunblock+make-up base+foundation) and Cushion types (mist+sunblock+make-up base+foundation) are expected to be dominantly popular. Also, oil based products that can remedy various skin problems or which can combine multi-phase cleansings will also be popular.
Filling with "twists"
Innovative products will be created for consumers seeking something extraordinary and new. In addition, as the interest of male consumers increases, the men's cosmetic market will develop around gender neutral products. Environmental friendly products continue to be popular, with freshness expected to become a new code.
The innisfree natural cosmetic brand made headlines last year by selling only products under three months old. Products with this sort of freshness are expected to be popular. Products that using new and innovative materials or those that use existing materials like water and oil in different manufacturing methods are also expected to be welcomed.
Lighting "beyond imagination"
Consumers are using make-up more and more as a means of being joyful and happy, free from the stresses of reality. Interest in nail care to highlight individuality with various colors will continue to increase and beauty products maximizing the experience of the five senses will also be popular. Especially, fragrance, as a "humble luxury of daily life," will extend beyond its use on the body to highlight clothing, spaces, interiors, and lifestyles.
Talking: active communication and appreciation
Consumers prefer experiencing rather than possessing or consuming. They tend to choose products based on individual style and preference, compared to the past when they depended more on the brand name itself.
A service where customer skin can be checked to suggest customized products will become popular. Cosmetic offline shops including road shops will be created that provide environments where customers can experience and appreciate products. Brands encompassing consumer ideas, reinforcing familiarity, are also expected to be popular.
Kim Seung-hwan is senior vice president at AMOREPACIFIC Group
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Draft Day Sports: College Basketball Review
Draft Day Sports: College Basketball, developed and published by Wolverine Studios.
The Good: Improved interface puts more information on one screen, enhanced player relationships and communication both on and off the court, play editor, better game day graphics, dirty tactics available for recruiting, even more historical stats
The Not So Good: Essentially no autosaving, hokey sound effects, needs more positive player interactions, more default plays would be nice, interested recruits need to be really interested
What say you? A deep sports management game gets needed upgrades in key areas: 7/8
It’s that time of the year again: when your carefully crafted brackets go down in flames (except for mine, of course). Yes, we are in the midst of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament, where sixty-five teams vie for ultimate supremacy. Of course, I know I could do a better job than any of those highly paid coaches in reaching the Final Four, and that’s why we have Draft Day Sports: College Basketball. In this sequel to personal favorite Total College Basketball, you take the helm as the head coach of any of the 337 Division I-A schools. While Total College Basketball was a quality product, there is always room for improvement and enhancement; will Draft Day Sports: College Basketball expand upon the original enough to make us go back to the court?
Draft Day Sports: College Basketball looks like Total College Basketball got two additional years of work, which is essentially what happened. While this game is a management title, so you won’t be expecting enhanced 3-D graphics with realistic sweat dripping off the players, Draft Day Sports: College Basketball does feature some nice touches for the genre. The actual games have been improved upon, featuring more detailed player icons that are sized according to the player attributes. Also new is a health bar to give a good indication of exhausted athletes. The court can now take up the entire screen, provide more detail than the more simplified version present in Total College Basketball. The other main area of improvement has to do with the user interface: the developers have put more information on a single screen, taking advantage of higher resolutions and using the extra room to reduce the amount of page switching from the previous title. One of the problems with Total College Basketball was that you had to scour several different pages to do simple actions (especially during recruiting); this is greatly alleviated in Draft Day Sports: College Basketball. This game is much easier to handle and I’ll never go back to the “old” interface. As for the sound, it is not very good. There are only very basic effects during games, and they are very repetitive. While the ambiance is good, the whistles and crowd reactions all use the same sound over and over again, making the games much less realistic. Also, the opening theme music is an amateurish college band theme that is annoying the first time you hear it (the horns are not in sync with the rest of the band). It would be nice to customize which ones to use rather then turning them all on or off, since some of the sounds are useful during games, but the effects are very repetitive and the theme music is downright annoying. It’s an all-or-nothing affair with the single sound option. The sound notwithstanding, Draft Day Sports: College Basketball features an appropriate level of upgrades in terms of presentation from the original game.
Since Draft Day Sports: College Basketball shares a lot of similarities with Total College Basketball, you should familiarize yourself with that review first (there will be a quiz on it later) since I will mostly talk about the improvements (or lack thereof) present in this iteration. Creating a new single player or multiplayer game (yeah, online leagues) is generally the same, although there are a couple of new options available. You can now enable illegal recruiting: offering bribes to low-income recruits may reel them in, but repercussions (like getting fired) may be felt down the road. Draft Day Sports: College Basketball gives you the options to create pretty much any league you would like: importing roster files, allowing for conference team movement, limiting the ratings you are able to access to make success more realistic (and difficult), and allowing underclassmen to declare for the pro draft. Speaking of the pro draft, you can export a draft class to use in the professional version of this game (coincidentally titled Draft Day Sports: Pro Basketball). Draft Day Sports: College Basketball features fictitious teams, but you can download real teams that users have made. It should also be noted that Draft Day Sports: College Basketball doesn't include the CBI, but nobody cares about that third-tier tournament anyway. Your coaching avatar can be assigned levels of ambition, academics, discipline, and integrity. You can also customize your skill ratings (offense, defense, recruiting, scouting, developing), or choose a level of proficiency (from low-level coach to elite) and randomize the distribution. Depending on how good you are, you are then presented with a list of schools you can coach and the game begins. Each school has different goals (from winning ten games to getting a national championship) that are realistic for each situation. You can now create protégés to control after your coach retires/dies, letting you play in the same universe for longer periods of time.
Draft Day Sports: College Basketball gives you a bevy of information in the form of numerous reports and stats. Most of the in-game action can be done through your office. New features include the ability to call recruits and players and the play editor. The level of interaction has been increased: now you can call up any prospective or current player and discuss team priorities, game roles and strategies, academics, and behavior. These options give you more direct control over the course of your program, but not too much control where the element of surprise is removed. Handing down a suspension for behavior or telling a recruit to study more to avoid academic penalties increases your responsibilities and makes playing Draft Day Sports: College Basketball more satisfying. Most of the call options are negative, however, so I would like to have more positive interactions (such as praising a player for winning a weekly award, for example). Also new is the ability to design your own plays. While I have almost no idea how real basketball plays should be run, people more familiar with the X’s and O’s of the hard court should be able to take advantage of this new tool that seems to work well. Because of my novice experience in this area, I would have liked the developers to include some plays beyond the basic ones that were also included in Total College Basketball. The rest of the office options let you check out the upcoming games, see the current news (which includes polls and bubble team reports), pre-season magazines, receive pertinent e-mail, and check out any previous games. One option I would like to have is to automatically save your progress at the beginning of each week. You game is auto-saved only twice during the year, and I would like the choice to increase this frequency, since the occasional crash can serious hamper your day if it happens right after you beat a top 25 team and right before you save.
The first thing you’ll be doing is recruiting, and the interface has been greatly improved. Instead of having to switch between five displays (how annoying that was), everything is on one master screen. You can also scroll through the recruits with the keyboard and quickly put them on your call list with a simply hot-key. While Draft Day Sports: College Basketball should save recruiting display settings from the last time you used the screen (do I really have to select “national” players that are “on call list” every single week?), the interface is so much better this time around and I don’t dread the nuances of recruiting anymore. I would also like the “interested” option to only include players that have you in their top-10 choices; how it is now requires a lot of work seeing who you have a shot at. In addition, the call options let you plan your pitches when you visit recruits much better. Most of the league options remain the same: see the current standings, statistical leaders, historical stats, and even search through the records. Player information sheets have been upgraded with star ratings, which prove to be very useful in determining the best players on the team (though I would like to be able to sort by them). The remainder of the league and team options are the same as before (great): Draft Day Sports: College Basketball gives you all of the information and options you need to take your program to the next level.
Actually playing a game has seen some improvements. If you chose to simulate the games, Draft Day Sports: College Basketball does an excellent job quickly generating plausible results with believable statistics (even if you don’t have a fast computer); you don’t have to worry about the AI “screwing it up” if you are not there to directly make game-time decisions. In addition to the improved icons I mentioned earlier, you can now have the court display take up the entire screen or half it with the statistical information. Personally, I like to see the actual numbers for stamina instead of the simple bars under each player, so I normally play with the half-and-half view. The in-game ticker that displays out of town scores makes the games seem more genuine. I still play the game on high speed settings (I find 6 to be slow; I can’t imagine playing at 3 or 1) but 10 is fast enough for getting through boring stretches when you cant’ really do anything. Besides the ability to call plays you have designed in the play editor, you can now motivate individual players or the entire team. The options are basic (scream, concerned, or praise), but they are more than enough to make the game feel more like real coaching. While I certainly like this feature, I would also like to motivate players during media timeouts and not just during the five (ten if you count both teams) team timeouts. Draft Day Sports: College Basketball gives you the strategic options through the play sets, pace, rebounding, and substitutions to tailor your team to your design, and it’s quite fun to guide a program from humble roots to national prominence, and then leave them for a big money contract. Total College Basketball was a quality simulation and Draft Day Sports: College Basketball is even better: the improvements made with two years of additional development alleviate much of the pains associated with the original game and this iteration is definitely recommended for owners of the previous title. Of course, gamers new to the series have no choice as Total College Basketball is no longer available for sale, but no worries as Draft Day Sports: College Basketball delivers a quality basketball coaching experience.
I was initially skeptical of Draft Day Sports: College Basketball, since, on the surface, it appears to be almost identical to Total College Basketball. But, the more you play it, the more the improvements come through and ultimately make for a much more polished and playable game. Putting more features on one screen is a very welcome feature, making the game not annoying to control. The sheer amount of teams makes for high replay value, and online leagues sweeten the deal even more. Giving the coach more direct interaction with players is also nice, letting you suspend problem players and tailor offensive strategies for star players. Draft Day Sports: College Basketball throws even more data at you, but all of the information is accessible and organized well. There are a couple of small areas that could be improved (autosave frequency, positive interactions, more plays) but these issues are so minor that I can’t resist the urge to grant this game the seal of approval. People who don’t like text-based sports management games won’t have their mind changed, but Draft Day Sports: College Basketball is still a great title. If you like college basketball or quality management games, then you can’t go wrong with Draft Day Sports: College Basketball.
Oh yeah, the quiz on the Total College Basketball. OK, take out a sheet of paper and put your name in the upper right-hand corner. Question number one:
The “evil empire” I refer to in the review is:
(a) Electronic Arts
(b) Rosie O’Donnell
(c) FEMA
(d) the ASPCA
Answers are on the back.
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Mill Creek is a cool water tributary to the White River. It is located deep in the Ozarks, just southeast of Combs, AR.
Importance:
There was a failing concrete slab used for private land access. This was preventing fish migration and sediment transport on Mill Creek. Providing landowner access and restoring function to this stretch had large anthropogenic and ecosystem value.
The goal of this project was to remove the concrete structure, construct a stable low water crossing to maintain land access, and stabilize the eroding creek immediately downstream. The crossing was created on a "glide" which is the most shallow part of a natural system and occurs immediately before a "riffle." The riffle was then constructed with sandstone boulder that will create over 3,200 sq ft of critical habitat for native aquatic life.
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I’m surprised Vision Quest isn’t more talked about in conversations about ’80s movies. It is so quintessentially ’80s. It’s a sports movie full of training montages. It’s got Madonna, Journey, Berlin and more on the soundtrack. It’s about believing in yourself against all odds which is what we were sold throughout the ‘80s.
I only discovered Vision Quest on DVD so that’s 1998/99 at the earliest. I fortunately had the chance to see it on film thanks to the New Beverly Cinema, and now Warner Archive has produced manufactured on demand Blu-Rays of the film.
Man, if you’re a fan of Vision Quest, get your hands on this. It maintains the look I got to witness in a theater with strong grain. The wrestling gyms are bright red or yellow. The streets, basements and kitchens look raw and real.
The only bonus features are trailers, green and red band. The only difference is the red band shows Louden (Matthew Modine) smelling Carla (Linda Fiorentino)’s panties. Guess you can’t screen that trailer before The Goonies or something.
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Re: Gabriel Knight 1 Remake (MGX)
Post by Mostly » Fri Oct 11, 2013 5:04 pm
I really don't think Tim overdid the accent in GK1. It was great!
Certainly in GK3 he was a bit over the top, though.
Like Dean Erickson said in an interview once, he didn't need to do as much with the voice because he could also act with his face, body, etc. The GK1 actors could only use their voices, so they had to express everything verbally.
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Post by DeadPoolX » Fri Oct 11, 2013 6:23 pm
Mostly wrote: I really don't think Tim overdid the accent in GK1. It was great!
Compared to a native from New Orleans, his accent was way overdone. I recognized that right away (but like I said, I grew up in Houston, which is relatively close to NO and shares a lot of culture with it) and so did Tawmis, as he's been there.
Spikey wrote: I can't imagine right now what it would be without 3D though, but a lot of players obviously think it should never have been 3D in the first place.
I think a lot of people disliked the primitive 3D graphics in it, not 3D in of itself. Even at the time GK3 was released, the graphics were outdated and given the false perception that "3D equals FPS" that many Adventure gamers had back then, it's little wonder why they disliked it.
The 3D graphics we have today, however, could turn GK3 into a visual masterpiece. That's assuming, of course, that GK3 ever got the go-ahead and was given the necessary funding to either develop or license a 3D engine.
I'd prefer 2D or 2.5D to bad 3D, but I'd rather see good 3D if possible.
Spikey wrote: I disliked the Beast Within, particularly because I didn't like the actors; if Jane should ever make a new version of it, I hope it will be in the classic style.
The actors didn't bother me so much as the overall lack of interactivity, which was normal in FMV games. It was basically "click, watch cinematic, click, watch cinematic, etc."
To be fair, some developers have been doing just about the same thing in 3D games today, even those titles outside the Adventure genre. A lot of FPS games have forsaken gameplay in the name of "telling a story." That doesn't sound bad at first, but it eventually turns into a situation where the player is watching the game, rather than playing it.
Spikey wrote: It is a shame we must do without Tim, though.
Maybe, but like some of us have been saying, his accent was way overdone. Besides, I'd prefer to reserve judgment on the voice acting until we hear it. We might be pleasantly surprised.
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Post by Rath Darkblade » Sat Oct 12, 2013 6:57 am
OK, here goes...
As far as the art styles go - to be honest, I thought the original GK1's art-style was best. It impressed me enormously at the time: the art in grandma's house almost made me instinctively think of mothballs and tea, the art in St George's bookshop positively made me think of dust, and so on. I never finished GK2 - partly because I didn't care for (but persevered through) the FMV videos - but mostly because I ended up getting stuck in day 4 (so I never got to see Wagner's "lost opera", which is a bummer). I did manage to finish GK3, and I love the Le Serpent Rouge puzzle (Yaaay!!! )... unfortunately, I still didn't care for the 3D graphics, which I found to be silly. Oh, and I hope that whoever thought of the syrup-and-cat-hair puzzle got the sack... I know it wasn't Jane! I also loved the "close-up" shots of the characters when Gabe was speaking to them. I'm not sure why, but it felt better to me than either GK2 or GK3.
As for the sound quality - well, GK1 is a victim of its time, with the stutter. I also agree that GK1 had far too many controls and icons.
In spite of all this, though, I still enjoyed GK1 more than the other two. I disliked GK2 because of the start-and-stop nature of FMV; as for GK3, I simply could not enjoy it (at least to begin with) because I knew that I had various tasks to accomplish within each time bracket, so I felt like the game was trying to rush me - and I was never sure if I'd accomplished everything I needed to, or if somehow I'd missed something and later on I'd have to re-load. Quite annoying, that...
Post by Spikey » Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:55 am
DeadPoolX wrote: Even at the time GK3 was released, the graphics were outdated and given the false perception that "3D equals FPS" that many Adventure gamers had back then, it's little wonder why they disliked it.
KQ8 pretty much confirmed the "3D equals FPS" illusion, what more proof does anyone need than a badly executed action/adventure in 3D as a follow up in a pure point and click series. It helped destroy what little hope was left, because if they can't do a King's Quest right, what is the point? At least it's what I thought, unitl GK3 hit the shelves.
I've always enjoyed the GK3 graphics, and still do. I can play the game over and over again, and they don't mind me one bit.
I'm interested to know which games from 1999 you think were so much better in 3D graphics? I never played much 3D on my PCs myself, so I would like to try and compare in retrospect.
It was also very popular with my peers, and seemed to have sold well here in the netherlands because the only major electronics chain store at that time carried it as one of its top titles for months, and afterwards the cheaper versions of it.
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Post by MacTeq » Sun Oct 13, 2013 7:10 pm
I'm with you on that, I always liked GK3's visuals as well. My problems with the game are the controls which, while interesting, are just too complicated.
I'm not sure if there were any other fully 3D graphic adventures back then (or even that many since), so the closest competition would probably be an Action-Adventure like Tomb Raider 4. On a wider scale, there's games like Unreal or Quake 3, the 3D benchmarks of that time.
Post by Spikey » Mon Oct 14, 2013 3:57 am
You are correct. I don't mind the interface / controls right now probably because I overplayed the game, but a few weeks back I let a newbie play it, and man was THAT frustrating and tiresome to see. I was like "isn't it obvious how it works", but of course it isn't. Being an invisible character yourself that can walk around like in a FPS is an interesting take, but it makes it difficult to aim for the actual objects you want to click on. The CTRL & Shift options to look and strafe are not really explained ingame, so some things are just too easily missed. A common miss-click is made just a little bit too often (of course if you play it longer you that the coloured line around the arrow changes colour as soon as it changes hotspot), especially true now that you use a touchpad sitting on your couch in front of a tv; the hotspots in the binoculars are easily missed, the exits of certain areas are hard to find if you don't know where they are, using the escape on some seemingly arbitrary occasions makes you miss vital parts. Why the hell is the inventory in the options menus? You need it too often, it's just too far away. Of course "user experience" wasn't back then what it is now, and they really just made a concession for missing the topnavigation, but why you need to go into the game options menu first before being able to go to your inventory, and then select "pick up" to simply select an item in your inventory is beyond me.
Thanks for the suggestions on the games, will have to compare. I guess what I like about the graphics of GK3 are all the tiny details, which they had time for to create because of the relatively small setting of the areas. Many FPS and Action-adventure 3Ds have a lot of areas that are big and without details, and therefor uninteresting to the p&c trained mind.
Post by DeadPoolX » Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:47 pm
Spikey wrote: I'm interested to know which games from 1999 you think were so much better in 3D graphics? I never played much 3D on my PCs myself, so I would like to try and compare in retrospect.
Try SWAT 3. That game was released in 1999 and it was created using a modified version of the same engine used in GK3.
By today's standards those visuals are horrendous, but in 1999, they were fantastic. Unfortunately, it's tough to really see the details in those pics. You'd need to play it to get a better idea.
Re: Pinkerton Rd - Moebius and GK1 Remake News.
Post by Rath Darkblade » Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:41 am
Some news about Moebius and the GK1 Remake...
An interview with Jane... (from Game Trailers)
A look at some of the scenes from GK1! (from Rock, Paper, Shotgun)
An interview with POS and Jane Jensen about Moebius. (from Expansive DLC)
Hope you enjoy. Apologies if these have already been covered before... I certainly haven't seen them, and they look (and sound) quite exciting! ^_^
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I became curious about soccer at age eleven after seeing a picture of my grandfather when he played for The Cardiff Corinthians in the 1930's. In those days our fathers did their best job they could in coaching us and learned everything they could from books. The idea that kids could be involved with or try out for an established club like Everton F.C. was not even possible in those days.
My son Remi found out that Everton F.C. was coming to St. Pete for a talent evaluation from a friend at Galactics. We talked about how cool it would be to get involved and to get some feedback from the coaches. He didn't know until the day we came out for tryouts that is was actually an opportunity to be chosen to train In Liverpool with Everton. At that point Remi was excited and doing a whole lot of thinking.
The coaches and staff were very hospitable and professional towards all of the kids and parents. It was awesome to see the Everton Logo on the clubhouse and be a part of that experience. Tosh and the coaches studied all of the drills and really watched each player intently. There were children being evaluated in all age catagories. Remi really wanted to stand out and was aware of the fact that he was one of the younger atheletes present. We were all really excited when we recieved a call from the club about Remi attending speed trials. The trials were held at an indoor facility due to the rainy weather and when the trials began Tosh put the boys at ease and congratulated them on being there. Tosh made them aware of the speed of the game and and the standards expected at the Academy. The trials consisted of a series of sprints and long jumps and the kids competing were timed and measured. Afterwards, the parents were thanked by Tosh and Tony Paris. A few days later we received an email confirming the invitation extended to Remi. When Remi got the news he actually picked his mother off of the floor in a big hug!
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Mahajanapadas and Second Urbanization
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Agriculture improved during this phase of development in the middle Gangetic plains.
Wet rice cultivation began to yield more produce of rice than other crops, thus creating the necessary agrarian surplus. Protected irrigation alone was not responsible for the surplus production of rice. Iron technology also played a crucial role.
Second Urbanisation
Agricultural surplus, the growth of crafts and trade, and the growing population led to the emergence of towns in the Gangetic plains.
This is called the second urbanisation in Indian history after the first urbanisation evident in the Harappan Civilization.
Different types of towns came into being:
Political and administrative centres such as Rajgriha, Shravasti, Kaushambi and Champa ,Centres of trade and commerce such as Ujjain and Taxila ,Holy centres such as Vaishali.
Janapadas to Mahajanapadas
The Later Vedic period (900–600 BCE) witnessed the transition from a tribal polity based on lineage to a territorial state.
The janas who migrated eastwards began to settle down in various regions.
The loyalty of the people shifted from jana (tribe or clan) to janapada (territory).
Janapada literally meant ‘the place where the tribe sets its foot upon.’ The janapadas fought with one another for resources and political dominance.
Some janapadas extended their territories and brought various janas within their jurisdiction. Such janapadas grew into mahajanapadas. Territory, people, government and sovereignty are important elements of a state.
All these elements were found in some of the mahajanapadas. The mahajanapadas represented the emergence of territorial kingdoms that ruled over people (jana).
The king headed the government aided by a centralised administration. The king was also the sovereign ruler.
The king levied taxes out of agricultural surplus and redistributed it and ensured maintenance of law and order in a hierarchical society by force and coercion.
These features marked the formation of state in the Gangetic plains.
Sixteen Mahajanapadas
According to Puranic, Buddhist and Jaina traditions, there were sixteen mahajanapadas.
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Panchala
Vajji (Vrijji)
Kosala
The mahajanapadas are classified as gana-sanghas and chiefdoms based on the nature of their polity.
Gana-Sanghas
The proto-states of the Gangetic region were known as janapadas and comprised chiefdoms, republics and small kingdoms.
Sixteen mahajanapadas find mention in the early texts. There were also ganasanghas or oligarchies, which were centred on clans.
The Vrijjis were one of the best known of the gana-sanghas, and Vaishali was their capital in the Mithila region.
These kingdoms did not come under the single decision-making authority of a king but decisions were taken on a collective basis by the heads of the different clans together.
There were also smaller kingdoms such as Kosala and Kasi.
It is interesting to note that the names of the clans, such as Ikshvaku and Vrishni, as well as these early kingdoms, are all mentioned in the two epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata.
Monarchies or Kingdoms
The mahajanapadas on the Gangetic plains were all monarchies. Vedic orthodoxy was an established practice in these kingdoms.
The priestly class enjoyed a preeminent status in the mahajanapadas unlike in the gana-sanghas.
The kingdoms were governed by kings and the administration was centralised.
The brahman priests provided legitimacy to the king through various rituals.
The kingship was hereditary and the succession was in most cases based on the law of primogeniture.
The king was assisted by councils called parishad and sabha. The councils were advisory in nature.
The king appropriated the agricultural surplus through land revenue apart from a few other taxes.
Bali was a tax imposed based on the area of cultivable land. Bhaga was obtained as a share of the produce.
Kara and Shulka were some of the other taxes collected during this period.
Thus the king raised revenue through taxes to maintain an elaborate administrative structure and an army.
The richer landowners were called grihapatis. These landowners employed labourers called dasas or karmakaras.
The smaller landowners were known as kassakas or krishakas. The society was stratified on the basis of varna.
It emerged as a marker of status. Cultivators and artisans were identified as the shudras.
A new social category that emerged during this period was placed below the shudras in the social hierarchy and considered untouchables.
They were forced to live on the fringes of the settlements and subsisted on hunting and gathering their food.
They were marginalised and given only menial jobs as urbanisation was on the rise.
They had their own language, which was different from that spoken by the Indo-Aryans.
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For fans of hip hop or rap music, the quality of the bass sound is very influential. Or maybe you are a lover of earphones with dominant bass. There’s nothing wrong with glancing at the brands that we will mention because the products they launch are the best for producing bass sound in the ears.
Sony WI-XB400
If we look at a glance, indeed, the Sony WI-XB400 has Sony’s standard packaging, relatively strong, with ordinary cardboard on the outside. Inside, we get the Sony WI-XB400 Bluetooth Earphones, a Type-C charging cable, extra ear tips, and a manual book. This is one of the best headphone under 1000.
If we talk about design, this Bluetooth earphone has a distinctive Sony design, minimalist and quite modernistic, with a driver size that is not too big. The driver itself also has a magnet, which is very helpful where it makes the earphones not easily wrinkled. The cable is quite good and has strong durability. When it comes to features, the Sony WI-XB400 uses a standard Bluetooth 4.0 connection and has a battery life of up to 15 hours. Several buttons are attached to the cable; there are volume control and a power button, useful as play/pause and call/reject buttons.
The Sony WI-XB400 Bluetooth earphones have a strong packaging and a minimalist and modern design, with a driver is not too bi and a cable with strong durability. The connection also uses standard Bluetooth 4.0 with a battery life of up to 15 hours. Fitting and using is also easy. With its warm character and low detail that is strong enough, and the price is around 800 thousand, then this will be very worth it once. Suitable for those of you who like Pop, Folk, Rock, and EDM music genres.
The OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro have officially has been introduced, and with it comes a new wireless earphone, the Bullets Wireless Z. At first glance sounds like the successor to last year’s Bullets Wireless 2, but the reality is not that simple.
First of all, the Bullets Wireless Z sell for much cheaper than the Bullets Wireless 2; $ 50 versus $ 100. Of course, there are many differences with such a massive price difference. Still, it turns out that the Bullets Wireless Z is not completely inferior just because it is more affordable.
In terms of battery life, the Bullets Wireless Z is even superior, being able to operate for 20 hours non-stop on a single charge. Compare that with the Bullets Wireless,2, which “only” 14 hours. Fast charging support is maintained; 10 minutes of charging can supply enough power for 10 hours of use.
The aspect where the Bullets Wireless Z has to give in is sound quality. Technically, it is equipped with a dynamic driver with a diameter of 9.2 mm. It is quite different from the Bullets Wireless 2, which packs a dynamic driver as well as a balanced armature driver with a slightly larger diameter (10 mm).
On the Bullets Wireless Z product page, I also found no description that the device supports the aptX HD codec even though it packs Bluetooth 5.0 connectivity. Support for the aptX HD codec is one of the Bullets Wireless 2’s main selling points.
The rest, the two devices are relatively similar. The shapes and dimensions are nearly identical, and each Bullets Wireless Z earpiece is also magnetic so that it can be attached (then just put the device in place) when not in use. IP55 certification means he doesn’t mind getting caught in the rain.
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World's first `Hello Kitty' airplane to make debut Lunar New Year flights
Taipei-based EVA Airways (長榮航空) has decided to use the world's first airplane painted with a "Hello Kitty" design on its fuselage to operate the planned cross-strait charter flights during the Lunar New Year holiday next year, according to a company statement released yesterday.
The carrier hopes to offer cordial and comfortable flight services to young passengers with the colorful aircraft, the statement said.
The airplane has been assigned to fly between Taipei and Beijing during the Lunar New Year period to bring Taiwanese businesspeople operating in China back home for the holidays.
The Airbus A330-220 passenger jet was painted with the Hello Kitty design at the end of October. The boarding passes and luggage tags used for passengers flying on the plane have been decorated with the color pink in line with the Hello Kitty theme.
Meanwhile, China-based Air China (中國航空) has decided to use an aircraft decorated with a 2008 Beijing Olympics design on its fuselage to operate its Taipei-Beijing flights during the holiday period, according to the Beijing-based Youth Daily.
A total of 72 flights will be offered by airlines from the two sides, up from 48 flights last year.
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CHINESE TIE-UP: The firm said its services with Zhejiang Geely would be related to vehicles, parts, intelligent drive systems and automotive ecosystem platforms Apple Inc’s local manufacturing partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), known as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團) outside of Taiwan, is setting up a vehicle venture, strengthening its automotive capabilities at a time when technology companies, including its California ally, are looking to expand in automaking. Hon Hai is joining forces with Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co (浙江吉利控股集團) to provide production and consulting services to global automotive enterprises, the companies said in a statement yesterday. The production and consulting services are related to whole vehicles, parts, intelligent drive systems and automotive ecosystem platforms, Hon Hai said in a filing with
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Songshan Line opening today
By Abraham Gerber / Staff reporter
The Taipei MRT’s newly completed Songshan Line is an important addition to the capital’s transportation network, as it provides more transfer options, Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said at the line’s inauguration ceremony yesterday.
Under construction since 2006, the line was originally scheduled to open last year, but was held up by the discovery of a Qing Dynasty-period archeological site near the line’s Beimen Station, Taipei’s Department of Rapid Transit Systems said.
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), Hau and other dignitaries yesterday toured displays of the discovered artifacts within Beimen Station, before stepping into an MRT train for a ride to the line’s Songshan terminal station.
Officials, including President Ma Ying-jeou, in the group at left, inspect an art installation at the new Taipei MRT Songshan Station yesterday.
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“To maximize the ease of transferring between lines, Taipei’s MRT system was designed around three horizontal and vertical lines, with Songshan the final horizontal line,” Hau said, adding that with the opening, the city’s core MRT network is now completed.
With the exception of the airport MRT line being constructed by the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp (台灣高鐵) to connect Taipei Main Station to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, all new lines called for in city plans would boast only a “medium level” passenger capacity, a step below the “high level” capacity of most of Taipei’s current lines, the department said.
Meanwhile, Hau clarified earlier remarks suggesting that Taipei independent mayoral candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) winning the Nov. 29 election would lead to chaos in plans for the development of Greater Taipei’s public transportation system.
Officials, including President Ma Ying-jeou, third left, ride on the new Songshan Line of the Taipei MRT system yesterday.
Hau, a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), said that a non-KMT mayor might have trouble communicating effectively with the mayors of New Taipei City and Keelung, calling on all candidates to state clearly their position on planned future MRT lines linking the three cities.
The Songshan Line is an extension of the Xindian Line, running through eight stations, most of them parallel to Nanjing E Road: Ximen, Beimen, Zhongshan, Songjiang Nanjing, Nanjing Fuxing, Taipei Arena, Nanjing Sanmin and Songshan.
With the opening of the extension, trains will no longer run directly between the Xindian and Tamsui stations.
Four stations along the line connect with other MRT lines: Ximen to the Bannan Line, Zhongshan Station to the Tamsui-Xinyi Line, Songjiang Nanjing Station to the Zhonghe-Xinlu Line, the newly renamed Nanjing Fuxing Station (formerly Nanjing East Road Station) to the Wenhu Line, as well as Songshan Station to the Taiwan Railways Administration’s Songshan Station.
The Songshan Line is to start service at 6am today, allowing free travel for EasyCard holders for one month, the Taipei City government said.
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NBA Defensive Player Of the Year
I’m motivated to make a contribution to the pointless arguments that go on over the internet. So hey, why not just do it on my own site. The NBA season is nearing its conclusion, thankfully this means I have a few “gimme” topics to write about.
The runner ups
Dwight Howard - The guy that has been a shoe in for this award for the better part of his career made strong push for this award towards the end of the season. His defense post All Star break has been stellar and, other than Kobe Bryant’s Space Jam level offense, has been the driving force behind the Los Angeles Lakers’ playoff push. Howard also leads the NBA in rebounding. Unfortunately for D12 and the Lakers, his efforts weren't enough, the team was altogether pretty horrible on defense. He came into the season still recovering from off season back surgery. The poor shadow of himself that suited up in the first half of the season wasn’t the intimidating presence in the paint that we all were used to.
Marc Gasol - The anchor for the best defense in the league. He barks out defensive assignments from the lane and positions his teammates on the perimeter. Rey Moralde of thenolookpass.com champions him as the winner stating “Teams can’t score inside against Memphis, and he’s the reason.” True as it may be, I can’t choose an interior player for this prize if he doesn’t eliminate shots at the rim. Thus, I have to eliminate Pau’s little brother from the win.
Lebron James - What can’t this guy do? He’s the most versatile defender this league has seen. He disrupts point guards, chase down guys on the break and either blocks shots or causes them to miss, he locks down the opponents best wing player when the game is on the line, and now he’s even turned into an above average post defender... against real bigs on the block. He was almost my winner but...
The award goes to
Tony Allen - Like I’ve previously mentioned, Memphis leads the league in fewest points allowed. Several factors play a part in this. Gasol’s defensive IQ, Conley’s 1st line of pressure, but the key factor to this team’s success has been Tony Allen doing Tony Allen things. He’s hands down the best lock-down defender in the NBA today, being a pest and frustrating guys on the perimeter. He doesn't produce high steal numbers but does an excellent job of containing his man and forcing them to pass or into bad shots. Allen also has an uncanny ability to know when to help his teammates by double teaming and forcing turnovers. This is evident by his league leading 94.3 defensive efficiency. Tony Allen everybody!
Labels: awards, basketball, DPOY, dwight howard, lebron james, marc gasol, NBA, tony allen
So no SI-fave Larry Sanders, Jr.?
Darrel Wilson April 17, 2013 at 11:45 AM
Sanders and Tim Duncan are also very deserving of being selected.
See, What Had Happened Was... Recap Week ending 4/28
NBA Most Improved Player... Who Really Deserves This?
NBA Sixth Man Of the Year
NBA Rookie Of the Year
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The Breakdown: ABC Sunday in 2019-20 (America's Funniest Home Videos, American Idol, The Rookie and more!)
It's time for a journey through the ABC Sunday schedule in 2019-20...
NOTE: In addition to classic A18-49+, Breakdown posts in 2019-20 also use CVPlus, comparing spring ratings against a higher league average due to viewership inflation from COVID-19 stay-at-home orders. See here for more.
CVPlus
2018-19 Dancing with the Stars: Juniors Dancing with the Stars: Juniors Shark Tank Shark Tank The Alec Baldwin Show The Alec Baldwin Show 60
2018-19 71 71 75 75 33 33 60
2019-20 Kids Say the Darndest Things Kids Say the Darndest Things Shark Tank Shark Tank The Rookie The Rookie 80 (+34%)
2019-20 83 (+17%) 83.3008097522835 84 (+12%) 84 (+12%) 73 (+123%) 73 (+123%) 80.1407330905236
VsAvg -27% -0.265103723800096 -38% -0.383901061834644 -26% -0.257451739561063 -31%
Rank 16/19 16/19 15/19 15/19 14/19 14/19 16/19
2019-20 78 (+10%) 78.4066246842424 79 (+5%) 79 (+5%) 69 (+110%) 69 (+110%) 75.4322124843027
ABC Sunday remained somewhat low in fall 2019, but made huge strides from last year's disaster. Kids Say the Darndest Things was an OK match with the America's Funniest Home Videos live audience, that helped pull up Shark Tank as well, and The Rookie did respectable business in a move to 10/9c.
2018-19 America's Funniest Home Videos America's Funniest Home Videos Shark Tank Shark Tank Shark Tank Shark Tank 106
2018-19 124 124 100 100 95 95 106
2019-20 American Idol American Idol American Idol American Idol The Rookie The Rookie 152 (+43%)
2019-20 179 (+44%) 179 (+79%) 179 (+79%) 179 (+79%) 99 (+4%) 99 (+4%) 152.484059010449
VsAvg +62% 0.617122137258875 +43% 0.430882904925868 +11% 0.109825937959223 +41%
Rank 2/19 2/19 4/19 4/19 7/19 7/19 2/19
2019-20 169 (+36%) 169 (+68%) 169 (+68%) 169 (+68%) 93 (-2%) 93 (-2%) 143.525140040243
VsAvg +53% 0.529760807276312 +35% 0.352799728331761 +5% 0.0482175264369627 +33%
Idol returned two weeks earlier and thus qualified as the most frequent occupant this winter. It had a sensational start to the season, growing in raw numbers for several of the early episodes, and it gave quite a boost to The Rookie as well.
2018-19 American Idol American Idol American Idol American Idol Shark Tank Shark Tank 119
2019-20 American Idol American Idol American Idol American Idol The Rookie The Rookie 107 (-10%)
2019-20 122 (-10%) 122 (-10%) 122 (-10%) 122 (-10%) 76 (-12%) 76 (-12%) 106.553361116457
VsAvg +14% 0.143666801486775 -5% -0.0476668297289672 -18% -0.182688015709474 -2%
Rank 7/19 7/19 10/19 10/19 11/19 11/19 9/19
2019-20 American Idol American Idol American Idol American Idol The Rookie The Rookie 121 (+2%)
2019-20 138 (+2%) 138 (+2%) 138 (+2%) 138 (+2%) 86 (-1%) 86 (-1%) 120.900487423062
VsAvg +29% 0.287225750155978 +7% 0.0733185742927821 -8% -0.077979519079784 +10%
But the spring was not as good to Idol as it had been in the past couple ABC seasons; it didn't get a sizable boost in the early pandemic weeks and struggled in the final month as it had to come up with a suboptimal solution for its live episodes. It was a similar story for The Rookie, though the raw numbers remained a little ahead of what it had done throughout the fall.
Rating the Ratings
Plusy2y
America's Funniest Home Videos 0.5 0.78 1.1 -13% 95 marginal +1% detail
Kids Say the Darndest Things 0.4 0.59 0.9 72 marginal detail
American Idol Sun* 0.9 1.22 1.5 -8% 148 hit +7% detail
Shark Tank* 0.5 0.69 1.1 -15% 85 hit(Fri) -1% detail
The Rookie 0.5 0.64 0.8 -10% 79 marginal +4% detail
America's Funniest Home Videos: Didn't have any of the 8/7c episodes that have boosted its average in past seasons (although there were only a small handful of those last year), but it did seem to increase in February from Idol coming back earlier. While it got a ton of benefit in the early weeks of the pandemic, it may have actually been hurt in the latter part because it didn't get its usual late-spring NBA lead-ins. Grade: B.
Kids Say the Darndest Things: It was a noticeable improvement on DWTS: Juniors during the meat of the fall season, which should not be forgotten. But it still wasn't anything special, and then it totally bombed out in December and January. It also had very close to zero DVR audience, so I think it was just living off of the AFHV live audience. Grade: D+.
American Idol: There are a few things to untangle with this one. First, it was trending very well even before the pandemic (like even or up in raw numbers), though a part of that might be because it premiered a couple weeks earlier. Second, it didn't seem to benefit much in the early part of the pandemic; as I noted in the intro to CVPlus, that might be because Sunday did not get the kind of HUT spikes that the lesser-viewed nights did. Then it had a final month in which it was clearly hurt by the pandemic; it has had major upswings for the live shows in its past two ABC seasons, but took a downswing this time because of the alterations to production. It's a shame that we can't know what would've "normally" happened in the late spring. I was very close to going with an A- as it was clearly trending in that direction pre-pandemic. But, like with The Voice's spring season (albeit in the opposite direction), I can't bring myself to completely forget about the spring period. Grade: B+.
Shark Tank: Already updated.
The Rookie: Though it was noted when the ABC schedule came out that many shows have gone to Sunday 10/9c to die, I think it ended up not being much of a timeslot downgrade, with Shark Tank doing OK in the fall and the Idol lead-in showing up in the winter/spring. All the metrics say it was a little bit stronger in season two. Grade: B+.
The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.
Previous Breakdowns for ABC Sunday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19
Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for ABC Sunday.
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Nate Angell
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A Little Bird Told Me
1 Feb 2013 By Nate Angell 6 Comments
I’ve been working in educational technology for the last 14 years: first at OMSI, then at Portland State, and most recently at rSmart, focused on Sakai open source collaboration and learning technologies. As of February 2013, I have joined former data-journalist Marshall Kirkpatrick‘s startup, Little Bird, here in Portland, Oregon, as Doorman: leading marketing, sales, and support.
I’m profoundly excited by Little Bird. While it may seem like a dramatic departure from my edtech work, at its heart, Little Bird is ultimately a powerful tool for learning, bringing you directly to the leading people and most worthy content in any topic. Little Bird can help anyone do with purpose what I have done haphhazardly and organically: building my own understanding and relationships by connecting to people that matter, first online, but then also, almost always, offline as well. Needless to say, I wouldn’t be joining Little Bird if I hadn’t first learned from, and then met and developed a relationship with Marshall on Twitter. Now with Little Bird, we are working to enable everyone to learn and build relationships that can change their work and lives.
Little Bird’s team is an awsome collection of wildly unique individuals, who nevertheless share inspiring intelligence and worthy values. I’m honored to be able to work alongside Marshall, his Little Bird co-founders Mikalina Kirkpatrick and Tyler Gillies, and our growing team of folks including Danish Aziz, Peat Bakke, Devin Gaffney, and Brennan Novak. As much as I have learned from and loved working with folks around the world in the Sakai community and at rSmart, it’s a like opening a present every day to spend time face-to-face with Little Bird’s team of smart, thoughtful people, deeply embedded in Portland’s welcoming, innovative tech and creative communities.
My connection to edtech remains: for as long as it makes sense (or until my term ends, which ever comes first), I still serve on the board of directors for the Apereo Foundation—the new organization formed in late 2012 by joining Sakai and Jasig. Maybe the new experience and viewpoints I gain from Little Bird can add some valuable perspective to Apereo. At the very least, I know I’ll be looking at education, and the technologies we hope to make serve it, with a new, avianette lens.
Looking back, I’d like to give my deepest thanks to the people that made my journey with Sakai and rSmart possible: first and foremost, Chris Coppola, who helped me start that journey and lead me forward with his thinking, drive, and values. Wende Garrison and Trish Harris, who put a lot of very smart wind and perspective in my sails and sailed along with me. Kim Thanos, who continues to advise and inspire me in so many wise ways large and small. The whole rSmart team, but most especially Brooke Biltimier, Brenda Chapman, Tom Chapman, Duffy Gillman, Paul Hauser, Orla Mester, Erik Mertz, and Lance Speelmon, who always seemed like close collaborators even though we were so often working at a distance. In the worldwide Sakai community there are too many to name who have been my brothers and sisters in the campaign to make education better: but I thank you all and hope to continue to serve you at Apereo and beyond.
Filed Under: Work Tagged With: Education, Jasig, littlebird, OMSI, portlandstate, psu, rSmart, Sakai, twitter
Sakai + Jasig > Apereo
14 Nov 2012 By Nate Angell Leave a Comment
Recently institutional representatives from the member institutions of the Sakai and Jasig communities voted overwhelmingly to combine their two organizations into a new, umbrella organization focused on open educational technologies and practices: Apereo.
Inspired by other multi-project open technology organizations (eg, the Apache Foundation), Apereo’s mission is to assist and facilitate educational organizations which “collaborate to foster, develop, and sustain open technologies and innovation to support learning, teaching, and research.” Sakai and its Collaboration and Learning Environment (Sakai CLE) and Open Academic Environment (Sakai OAE) projects will maintain their brand and identity, living on under the Apereo umbrella along with Jasig’s many projects such as Bedework, CAS, uMobile, and uPortal. We are especially excited to extend and enrich Jasig’s established incubation process as we work to become a fully multi-project organization. Read more about Apereo and its formation on our FAQs.
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Filed Under: Work Tagged With: anu, Apache, apereo, bedework, cas, cle, communitysource, flying kite, hull, illinois, Jasig, marist, nyu, oae, opensource, Sakai, sakaicle, sakaioae, umobile, unicon, uportal, wisconsin
Critical Mass? On the Proposed Sakai-Jasig Merger
11 Apr 2012 By Nate Angell 3 Comments
As a currently serving Sakai Foundation board member, I have been a close participant in the merger efforts between Sakai and Jasig, including participating in the joint working group on the merger with the Jasig board and being “elected” to be a part of the founding board of the new merged foundation, should it come into existence.
I have been supportive of the idea of the merger because I’m always looking for ways education can increase control of its technology destiny and leverage common resources. Because Sakai itself is evolving to be a multiproject organization (with the Sakai CLE and OAE projects), it makes sense to consider evolving our community further to support multiple projects, and multiple approaches to project success. As someone who has participated in the formation and maintenance of a number of nonprofit organizations, I especially welcome the idea that with such an umbrella organization, like-minded projects and communities might not have to form their own independent nonprofit organizations, a necessity that I have seen result in significant duplication of efforts and seems an inefficient use of our scarce resources.
While the somewhat different cultures and technologies of Jasig don’t necessarily make it the ideal first partner for Sakai, I believe we have more in common than we have different. The merger investigation alone has started new collaborations and insights across our communities. With an expanded umbrella, we could shelter new partnerships of different types in the future with other like-minded open educational technology organizations (eg, DuraSpace, Kuali, Opencast, etc). We don’t all have to merge, but we call all work more closely together.
As the merger has moved forward however, I have become less supportive of an immediate merger, only because I have seen it generate sufficient friction within the Sakai community that I believe could be a damaging distraction to other important work. Let’s face it: everybody involved has more in common than we have different and we all have far better things to do to achieve our mostly shared goals than argue amongst ourselves. I hope to to see some more healthy, respectful, open debate in our communities before finalizing my personal viewpoint. I’m disappointed that some of those who seem to think the merger is important—both for and against—have not engaged in more public discourse on the matter.
Some may have taken note that my employer—rSmart—is one of the few organizations to take a public stand on the merger, announcing that as a Sakai Commercial Affiliate, rSmart would vote against the merger in the planned community vote. It may seem odd that my viewpoint does not exactly match rSmart’s.
In all this and in my board and community work in general, I would like to applaud rSmart, CEO Chris Coppola, and the rest of the rSmart team for consistently recognizing and supporting my independent viewpoints and office, rather than attempting to shape my board position and community voice to further rSmart’s or anyone’s interests and/or viewpoints. rSmart’s conduct here is a further demonstration of rSmart’s highly ethical culture, and provides more evidence of the healthy synergy we see in Sakai among commercial and educational organizations that share values and visions.
Whatever the outcomes of the merger, I’m proud to be a member of the Sakai community and to work for an organization that continues to earn my respect.
I welcome any and all comments—public or private.
Filed Under: Work Tagged With: Jasig, Sakai
Unless otherwise noted, original works from this website are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by Nathan Angell.
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The Power of Anti-sectarianism
I'd like to note how important recent events in Lebanon (and Syria, and Iraq) have been.
The Khazars, and their Saudi pals, are a one-trick pony. That trick is to manipulate people using sectarianism within Islam.
Lebanon is a sectarian minefield, and the Jared/Salman/Kissinger (?) plan was to upset the delicate applecart by producing a phony attack/kidnapping by Shi'ite Hezbollah on Hariri, a Sunni politician (with Saudi family origins). Israel planned to step in after the resulting implosion on a 'humanitarian' basis to do what Khazars do, kill people and steal their land (walking away with southern Lebanon and the waters of the Litani River which rich Khazar industrialists and farmers have always craved), and the blaming of the whole problem on Iran would provide the casus belli for an American attack on Iran, and a probable WWIII. So stupid all around, and yet so typical.
The Lebanese have been through hell with sectarianism, and, of course, illegal genocidal attacks by the Khazars or Khazar agents, and have finally got a functioning country, and they like it. The people of Lebanon saw right through Salman's plan, and mocked it, and Michel Aoun, the Maronite Christian leader, to his eternal credit, said 'Hell No'. If Hariri was going to resign, he was going to have to appear in the relative sanctuary of Lebanon and resign in person, thus removing, to the extent possible, the actual physical coercion and threats of Salman. Despite the fact Salman still has Hariri's children as hostages, Hariri fully manned up, and effectively ended the Salman/Khazar machinations (see also).
We see this over and over again. The Khazars intended to exploit the Sunni/Shi'ite/Kurd divisions in Iraq, leading to the destruction of the country into three, relatively impotent, statelets (the Yinon plan). Instead, Khazar overreaching in the attempt to make Greater Kurdistan led to a pulling together by the Iraqi army and various militias (and probably even some Kurds, who realized that Greater Kurdistan was going to get everybody killed), and the creation of a new pan-Iraqi nationalism.
In Syria, all we've heard for years is that Assad was an Alawite, and his support was limited to a small minority of people within Syria, so his toppling was inevitable. This was untrue, as his support ranged across the spectrum of Syrian politics, with most people realizing that the alternative to Assad was some kind of Libyan-style hell. Retaking the country from the human organ munchers and headloppers has created a new Syrian national identity, the exact opposite of the Khazar plans.
The latest anti-Khazar efforts of the peaceniks is to defang the Syrian Kurd situation: "Trump Reportedly Tells Erdogan US Will Cease Arming Syrian Kurds". Syrian Kurds deserve some reward for their brave fighting of Evil in Syria, but that reward, the only one Turkey can live with, has to be some status short of a country, a state within a Syrian federal government. As always, the key is to create a national identity based on geography, rather than the sectarian identity the Khazars have always exploited.
The big shift within Islam to finally reject the Khazar exploitation of sectarian differences is the unnoticed end of the Khazar imperialist project.
It's truly complicated
Like watching a car crash in slow motion
Convenient lives
His red right hand
Flabbergasted / Q
Not rocket scientist
Fireworks - wife on fire - 'journalism'
The stinktank trick
Straight White Men
Interesting development
Surely some US president / at a woman
Saudi hands
Rate per bungle
Particularly puzzling and troubling
Entire box
Ne'er-do-wells
More layers than a wedding cake
Very, Very Bad News
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Red Line Construction update- April 8, 2019
Posted by Kevin Kastner in New Development, Pedestrian, Transit on Apr 8th, 2019
I’ve had the intention to start a weekly Red Line BRT construction thread. Since construction is starting to happen closer to my neck of the woods, I should be able to get some photos pretty easily. If you have photos of construction elsewhere along the BRT line, please let me know in the comments, or e-mail them to me at kevin dot kastner at gmail dot com.
Here’s 50th and College,, which has a new curb bump-out on the north side of the intersection, as well as new ADA ramps for the sidewalks. Pedestrians will be encouraged to cross College at 49th Street (see map below), so there is no ramp for east-west crossing.
Image Credit: Kevin Kastner
I will also share the recent IndyGo Press Release, which has some interesting numbers;
INDIANAPOLIS (April 2, 2019) – Indy’s first rapid transit line is in the home stretch of construction. Opening the Red Line will accompany a major wave of improvements to IndyGo service including every route running every day, improved frequencies, and easier transfers.
Phase 1 of construction began in June 2018 and, after 15 months of construction, is expected to open for service this September.
The 13-mile corridor will bring much more than 10-minute reliable service as approximately 40% of the Red Line budget has addressed additional infrastructure elements including sidewalks, roadway repairs, and drainage work.
Crews continue to work hard throughout the 13-mile route and as of April 1, have completed:
14,148 linear feet of sidewalk replaced
25 station platforms constructed
14,889 linear feet of storm sewer installed
21, 085 linear feet of curb replaced
238 ADA curb ramps
66 traffic signals upgraded
19 lane miles of paving
Upon completion, residents and visitors will also notice new trees, a protected bicycle lane on Illinois Street, and landscaping at stations.
9 Responses to “ “Red Line Construction update- April 8, 2019”
I was excited and planned on riding the Red Line everyday to my office downtown. I live a short distance away from the line and there aren’t any sidewalks or paths from 86th to 66th. I reached out to Indygo to get information on where I could park my car. Unfortunately no park and ride options are available. This is a huge disappointment.
You’re basically right about the sidewalks, although they are on one side of College Avenue up to the Blind School.
Park and Ride is probably possible without an official program. The BR Garage should have plenty of spaces, but of course, it’s not free. There are other parking spots throughout Broad Ripple. I’d encourage you to at least try it, before ruling it out.
sjudge says:
Doubtless there will be a connector route from Glendale (currently the 17 route) to BR Ave. & College. The east lot at Glendale is a stop on that route and has served as Park & Ride before.
LastBoyScout says:
I’ve followed the project, but this is the very first mention I can recall about the protected bike lane(s) on Illinois. Looking at the plans, this is awesome – a protected lane from downtown at Washington of the road all the way to 18th Street.
Even better, this protected lane is on the LEFT side of the road, which is really important to avoid “right-hook” accidents with cyclists in traditional right side bike lanes.
As someone who rides on the current Illinois Street bike lanes, they are terrible and can be terrifying. This should be a tremendous help in getting out of the congested downtown traffic, which clears significantly after 16th street.
Slightly related to Mike’s comment, I’m wondering if some sort of suburban commuter lines will come back. Back when gas was over $4/gal, there were commuter buses that came from (I think) Meijer in both Greenwood and Carmel. It was something like $10 to ride.
It would be cool if a private company could show the demand from, say, Carmel to Broad Ripple or Greenwood to UIndy and make the case that the Red Line should be extended.
Cameron Reid says:
For what it’s worth, long term Red Line plans include extensions to Greenwood and I think all the way up to Westfield.
Paul J Lambie says:
Pretty anti-pedestrian to tell people it’s illegal to cross the street at an intersection, and tell them to walk an entire block out of their way just to cross the street.
Do you know why the 52nd Street and 54th Street stations are being located a half-block south of 52nd and a half-block north of 54th Street, instead of at the intersection like almost all the other stations? I’m wondering how much the additional stop lights at those stations (shown on IndyGo’s plan view: https://www.indygored.com/project-overview/ ), which i presume will be activated every time a pedestrian wants to cross to/from the station, will cause unnecessary traffic backups on College Avenue. Just not sure what the benefit is when the pedestrians could’ve used the existing crosswalks & signals at the intersections, presuming the signals actually work, which seems to typically be about a 50/50 chance throughout Indy, and considering that most riders are probably going to want to walk back to those intersections anyway.
I understand. I do wish they could have found a way to put at least one crosswalk at every intersection. They really don’t want people to cross College without some sort of light. For what it’s worth, they originally were going to have a 4 block section without a crosswalk, and there was a community push back (Ok, so I mentioned it to them in a public comment) to include a crosswalk with yellow flashing lights in the middle of that section.
Chuck Mills says:
> Do you know why the 52nd Street and 54th Street stations are being located a half-block south of 52nd and a half-block north of 54th Street, instead of at the intersection like almost all the other stations?
The priority was to protect vehicle LOS by adding separate turn lane at these intersections.
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Urban Missionaries of Our Lady of Hope
Just Helping . . . Since 1979
Urban Missionaries
Fill-a-Truck
The LittleStore
Just New Store
The Flea
LittleStore Food Pantry
St. Oscar Romero Food Pantry
Outreach to the Elderly
St. Stephen’s Housing Initiative
Sr. Alice Petty Vocational Program
Student Incentive Program
China Summer Internship Program
Anniversary Party 2019
Bag Party
Bag Party 2019
Respecting Life
By Ken Hannaford-Ricardi, Urban Missionary
Jacob died too soon. He didn’t know it – no one did – but he was already on life support when he left Afghanistan that final time. Over the ensuing ten years, he received innumerable transfusions of camaraderie, comfort, and support from fellow veterans. While these expressions of fraternal solidarity provided temporary balm for his deeply wounded conscience, ultimately nothing was enough. For Jacob, it was time to go home.
I met Jacob in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2011, the heat of a long, dry summer smothering the city beneath its gritty blanket of sand and smog. A former Army paratrooper, Jacob had survived three tours of duty in the country’s arid, mountainous terrain; his knowing smile hinted at an insider’s knowledge of what lay ahead as temperatures crept above ninety. I, on the other hand, was overwhelmed. We had come to Afghanistan for different reasons. I wanted to see for myself what 12 years of American military assault had done to this simple agrarian nation. Jacob was ahead of me on that score, too. As a soldier, he had contributed to that destruction; now he wanted to see what he could do to repair it.
For the first few days, Jacob and I were roommates at a small guest house owned by a German expat with longtime ties to the country. Readying ourselves for bed that first stifling evening, Jacob peeled off his sweat-soaked tee shirt and long pants, revealing a muscled torso and legs completely adorned with primitive tattoos. Warplanes dropping deadly payloads from their bloated underbellies competed for space with scenes of explosions and devastation on his back, arms, stomach, and legs. The sight left me slack-jawed. “Everything you see, I either participated in or witnessed,” Jacob told me, his soft, Southern drawl at odds with the carnage carpeting his body.
After our trip, Jacob returned home to his native Arkansas. He peddled his bicycle across the south and west, speaking and playing his banjo before veterans groups, talking about their shared demons and the evils of war. He drew strength from such encounters, sensing that his message was resonating with fellow vets. He told them he had suffered a “moral injury” during his time in Afghanistan, and a song he wrote – “Soldier’s Heart” – said he had come home “with blood on [his] hands.” Perhaps he had a premonition, but called his sojourn “A Ride Till the End.”
Jacob’s end came all too quickly and without warning. Five days after President Obama’s call for a “surge” in US troops to combat ISIS in Iraq and Syria in 2014, Jacob George took his own life. He was 32.
You shall not kill.
Catholic teaching begins in every case with a presumption against war and for peaceful settlement of
disputes. In exceptional cases, determined by the moral principles of the Just War tradition, some uses
of force are permitted.
Pastoral Letter on War and Peace; May, 1983
Any successful singles hitter will tell you he hopes to get a hit every time he comes to the plate. Talk to him for a while, and he’ll probably admit that if he gets on base three of every ten at-bats he’ll be doing exceptionally well. Going one or two for ten won’t keep him in the majors. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is a lot like our ambitious batter; it attempts to slap a single on every issue it confronts. Unfortunately, when the nation’s bishops take up the dignity of human life they barely bat one hundred, a sad fact that sits them squarely on the bench in any discussion of the issue.
God did not give the Ten Commandments to people searching for wiggle room. Straight-forward and direct, each makes a simple, easily understood point, not a word more. The fifth, for example, tells us, “You shall not kill.” There is no room for misunderstanding; it does not say, “You shall not kill, except . . . ,” and that’s precisely where the USCCB runs into trouble.
The nation’s bishops are unequivocal when the topics are abortion and euthanasia. In 1989 they wrote that “No Catholic can responsibly take a ‘pro-choice’ stand when the ‘choice’ in question involves the taking of innocent human life.” The theme of the 2015 – 16 Respect Life Program is equally succinct: “Every life is worth living.” On euthanasia, they follow the lead of John Paul II when they write, “To assist another’s suicide is to take part in ‘an injustice which can never be excused, [italics mine] even if it is requested.’” The bishops neither find nor allow for any wiggle room here.
On other issues, however, they are anything but unambiguous. The bishops’ position on state-authorized mass murder – war – is a crystalline example of collective rationalization. Gone are the simple, straightforward directives used to condemn abortion, euthanasia, and suicide. Instead of asserting there is no way any Catholic can “responsibly” take a pro-war position when that position involves the taking of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of “innocent human [lives],” they fall back on the ages-old rationale of Augustine and Aquinas defending the idea of “just” war – and its inevitable, but of course regrettable, “just” deaths. The question that begs an answer is how it can always and in every instance be wrong to kill one unborn child but yet morally defensible to wound, maim, and kill thousands of children, many of them noncombatants, in wartime. Franz Jagerstatter, the only Catholic known to have been executed in Nazi Europe for refusing conscription into the army of the Reich, rejected outright the pleas of his parish priest and local bishop that he join the Austrian army rather rather than be killed, held faith in the simple rule of the Commandment: You shall not kill.
Since the end of World War II, the United States has fought, alone or in alliance with other nations, in Asia (Korea, Viet Nam), the Middle East (Afghanistan, Iraq [twice]), Africa (Libya), and the Western Hemisphere (Cuba, Haiti, Panama, and Grenada). Not one of these wars has been condemned by the USCCB. On no occasion has the nation’s bishops forbidden Americans to fight. In 2003, on the eve of the “second” war against Iraq, Cardinal Pio Laghi, at the behest of the Vatican, spoke personally with President George W. Bush, asking him not to launch another attack on Iraq. Cardinal Laghi called the potential war both “illegal and unjust.” Both the President and the USCCB turned deaf ears to his plea. The United States attacked Iraq – as it did in Viet Nam – in a war that the majority of Americans came to see as morally indefensible. Even if in retrospect, the American people knew more than their bishops. .
Of particular concern in an age of “modern” warfare is the issue of targeted killings by unmanned aerial vehicles – drones. Most Americans are unaware that every name on the authorized “kill list” must be personally approved by President Obama. Drones, remotely controlled by “pilots” thousands of miles away, fly without permission over the airspace of other nations, targeting the locations of “enemy combatants” on the list. Once spotted, they are tracked and killed by rockets fired from the drones. Speaking in January of last year, Marjorie Cohn, president of the National Lawyers Guild, maintained that President “Obama has killed more people with drones than died on 9/11. Many of those killed were civilians, and only a tiny percentage of the dead were al-Qaeda or Taliban leaders.” The Pentagon claims that the killings are carried out at times and in locations where the likelihood of innocent civilians being in the line of fire is low. Unfortunately, this is not true. Since the US counts all military-age males in a strike zone as enemy combatants, and since the only “official” body counts are provided by the American government, it is impossible to ascertain the actual number of civilian casualties.
Has the USCCB directly condemned these attacks and explicitly forbidden American Catholics any participation in them? They have not. Instead, they have fallen back on the Compendium of of the Social Doctrine of the Church”:
[T]here exists … a right to defend oneself from terrorism. However, this right cannot be exercised in the
absence of moral and legal norms, because the struggle against terrorists must be carried out with respect
for human rights and the principles of a state ruled by law. The identification of the guilty party must be
duly proven, because criminal responsibility is always personal….
Some questions for the bishops:
With regard to “respect for human rights,” is not the primary human right, without which none of the others makes sense, the right to life? What happened to the theme of the Respect for Life Program, “Every life is worth living”? This bold declaration ends with a period, not a disclaimer. Or are some lives, perhaps, worth more than others?
Concerning “the principles of a state ruled by law;” what if legally enacted laws are immoral? Realizing as we must that America continues to harbor deep racism at both the institutional and personal levels, what would be the condition of today’s African Americans if their ancestors had not forced their country to face up to the immorality of Jim Crow laws in the middle of the last century? Considering that these laws were officially promulgated by “a state ruled by law,” should American Catholics have paid them blind obedience, or, listening, as some did, to their consciences, should they have joined the struggle for equality both under the law and in the heart? It seems the bishops thought following the law to be more important than individual human rights.
Who failed Jacob? His country most certainly did, just as it failed the other 6,570 former military personnel whom the Veterans Administration estimates took their own lives in 2014, the year Jacob died [1]. It is impossible to say with any accuracy how many of these men and women reached out for help in their final days. Certainly some of them did. The United States, at whose command they went to war and in whose care they placed their own lives upon return, must bear the greatest portion of blame for their deaths. Although the government, like the church, professes deep regret for deaths and is “grateful for their sacrifice,” no amount of remorse will bring them home.
The Christian church also bears considerable culpability for Jacob’s death. In not speaking out forcefully against the war, in not forbidding Catholics to participate in what Cardinal Laghi called an “unjust” war, it helped propel Jacob to his fate.
The American church has little moral relevance in the lives of many of today’s Catholics. Although there are several reasons for this – the crisis of faith born of the clergy abuse scandal most assuredly looms large here – one must certainly be the failure on the part of America’s bishops to speak forcefully on all aspects of the “right to life” issue.
We are reminded all too often of the evils of abortion and assisted suicide. It is well past time for America’s bishops to speak with equal eloquence concerning the similar evils of war, targeted killing, genocide, and the immense, unnavigable abyss separating the “haves” from the “have nots.”
The bishops are right on one point; every life is worth living. They need to act as if they believe it.
[1] In 2012, the VA published a study estimating that between 18 and 22 veterans commit suicide every day. The number utilized here corresponds to the low end of the estimate multiplied by 365. The study remained the standard as of the time of Jacob’s death.
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Haitian anniversary celebration: 50 years of entrepreneurial brilliance
50 years of growth through entrepreneurial brilliance +++ Pioneering role in the injection molding industry +++ 10 years of Haitian International +++ 10 years of Mars Technology, the world’s bestselling injection molding machine technology
Haitian International congratulates our company founder Mr. Zhang Jingzhang on Haitian’s 50-year anniversary. The Executive Board and all Board of Directors thanks for the brilliant entrepreneurial and an outstanding economic foundation that has made it possible for our company to enjoy healthy development and above-average growth.
“Throughout the years, Mr. Zhang has demonstrated entrepreneurial brilliance by working constantly with spirit and innovation like more than any other in the industry, while proceeding cautiously but also courageously,” states Prof. Helmar Franz, Member of the Board of Haitian International. “New directions, courage, and care” – upon celebrating the 50-year anniversary, this is the anniversary-slogan that concisely sums up the values of Haitian’s success story.
50 years of boldness and vision
The brand name itself, registered in 1984 and with its component parts meaning figuratively and literally “flowing thoughts (Hai; water) and “spiritual freedom” (Tian; heaven), already suggests mobility, innovative spirit, and entrepreneurial vision and it is the company’s guiding principles to this day. Whenever an opportunity for entrepreneurial development came up itself it was reflected upon and used. In 1989, when China’s government loosened the economic environment and removed the trade barriers, Mr. Zhang was one of the first private entrepreneurs in his country to use the new situation for export trade. Three times to date already, Haitian has built what was the biggest injection molding machine on the market at its time: a machine with a clamping force of 25,000 kN in 1997, 40,000 kN in 2004, and 66,000 kN in 2014. 2006 saw the restructuring of the company with the founding of Haitian International Holdings Ltd. with clear focused brands and the listing at the stock exchange. This was also the “green light” for Haitian International.
10 years of Haitian International
Haitian International has adopted Mr. Zhang’s business strategy and undertaken further development with the same intensity and innovative spirit, in particular by continuously expanding its consistent and sustainable focus on the customer.
As such, Haitian International focuses its multi-brand strategy on the needs of all kinds of markets, and with its product strategy of “Technology to the Point” it concentrates more strongly than ever on customer benefit. Whether it is servo-hydraulic or all-electric, Haitian International’s product portfolio brings together the entire technological expertise of 50 years of experience in building injection molding machines.
The company’s development bears impressive witness to this customer-oriented approach both in the business figures and in the operational indicators, as the 10-year achievements illustrate. Remarkably, in each of the ten years the growth rates for operational profit and net profit were always higher than the sales growth.
Business development 2006 & 2016:
Sales almost tripled
Net profit quadrupled
Number of machines sold tripled
Export sales doubled
Share price sextupled (Current market cap: around 3 billion USD)
The half-year figures for 2016 show that these trends are continuing.
Expansion of manufacturing and assembly capacities 2006 & 2016:
2007 Opening of the plants for production in Guangzhou and Wuxi
2007 Opening of the Zhafir R&D Center and production in Germany and China
2009 Opening of the Zhafir Germany assembly plant
2014 Expansion of the Huayuan export company
2014 Opening of the new company headquarters in Ningbo
2014 Opening of the Zhafir Ningbo plant in Chunxiao
2015 Opening of the Tongtu Lu II plant for large-size machines
2015 Expansion of assembly surface area in Germany
Since 2011 continuous ongoing worldwide expansion through assembly plants in Brazil, India, Turkey, and Vietnam
10 years of Mars Technology
The founding of the company in 2006 also saw the beginning of the history of what is probably the most successful injection molding machine in the world, or more precisely the development of the servo-hydraulic and energy-saving Mars drive technology. The innovative, highly efficient Mars Series launched in 2007. By mid-2016 more than 150,000 units of this series had been sold.
Overall, plastics processors find the right technology for around 80% of market applications in the clearly structured machine spectrum of clamping force sizes ranging from 400 to 66,000 kN. These are applicable in every imaginable manufacturing process, singularly or integrated, from standard to high end. In addition, the currently latest performance variants reflect the developments and challenges of the years to come.
Portfolio and technology development 2006 & 2016
2006 Development of the Mars drive technology
2007 Introduction of the 3-brand strategy and segmentation of the portfolio into Planet Series for various applications/requirements
2008 Development and introduction of all-electrical Zhafir Venus Series
2012 Worldwide introduction of Machine Generation II
2012 Premiere of the electric Zhafir Zeres with integrated servo-hydraulics
2014 Performance variants MA/h and VEp/h/hs
2015 Special optimizations MAII plus, JUII plus, VEII plus
Business figures, current market developments, globally increasing demand for energy-saving and efficiently operating technologies – all signs indicate further continual growth for Haitian International in the most important markets. The Haitian International company is finding worldwide acceptance and enjoys the trust of more than 30,000 customers, because the Haitian and Zhafir brands stand for high-value standard machines and advantageous solutions, with an excellent price-performance ratio.
The rapid expansion in clamping force categories, with medium and smaller tonnages in the electric series and larger ones in servo-hydraulics, will cover additional fields of application in various sectors and thus also develop new markets for Haitian International. And with the imminent modularization of the product portfolio, the range of technological solutions for processors will in the future offer even more variants and become even more application-based, continuing to bring them clear competitive advantages in terms of productivity and flexibility at best costs. The innovation strategy of “Technology to the Point” continues to be the core of the company’s strategic, and this logically includes the path already taken towards becoming a comprehensive systems provider. There is no question that Haitian International is well-positioned and is pursuing ambitious goals yet at the same time also has the necessary know-how and a clear strategy.
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Django Unclean, X-Rated Hobbits and Reality TV Gurus
I mentioned the film “Django Unchained” the other day. I have seen it and it is a vile piece of shit. Apparently it is stirring controversy in all sorts of places. Spike Lee is getting hammered and called an Uncle Tom for trashing the film. Dick Gregory appears to have lost his mind. “Roots” is being called unreal and Django as being precise and powerful truth; insane in the membrane! What stuns me is that it got nominated for anything but I suspect the nomination process is similar to the way people win Nobel Prizes; speaking of complete absurdity. Tarantino is no stranger to gratuitous violence for nothing more than pandering effect. The last however many minutes of the films brings this out in graphic detail and also adds the outrageous and unbelievable, assisted by pure comic book effects.
What is truly strange and which came to my attention in the process of my research, is what is apparently happening in The Hobbit, which is supposedly filled with the use of the 'N' word. Peter Jackson says that's how they talk in Middle Earth and that you can blame Tolkien, not him. I read The Hobbit any number of times and I don't remember a single instance of the use of that word. I haven't seen the film yet but I will in the next few days.
There is a massive amount of insanity going down these days. I came across so many outrageous news items that I just threw in the towel. Most of these came as links from a site called The Grio, where I wound up as a result of looking into responses to “Django Unchained”. However, there are all sorts of things that tweak my antenna; I thought the economy was in trouble (I lost the link to all these pricey weddings taking place in an English castle). I suppose it really depends on who you are. No matter what, public monies are still being spent on really important things where we all learn a lot. We also learn that the people directly responsible for specific injuries are not actually responsible. One thing for sure, one of Zionisms big ticket income zones is steaming right along. Let's just go back to soft drinks being the blood of Jesus for a moment and check out PepsiCo; amazing folks, truly amazing. As anyone should know by now, it is the artificial sweeteners that are behind the massive weight gains in the places where people consume them from 55 gallon drums.
Germany wants its gold back, so the French have attacked Mali. It becomes increasingly clear that possibly most of the gold that was previously imagined to be in the Central Banks and much of which is tungsten filled, like some kind of bizarre financial Twinkies, is no longer anywhere that anyone knows about. It draws the mind back to The Twin Towers and all that gold that was there in the basement. Let's face it, something truly weird is happening behind the scenes. We know that Israel and The Satanists are somehow involved in this massive disappearance of gold. I don't care one way or another about gold myself, though I recognize that it means a great deal to a lot of other people, who equate it with a power it doesn’t confer, except in some temporary fashion.
This brings me back to Thiruvannamalai where I happen to be at the moment. I want to throw this out there so as to reinforce the way I felt shortly after I got here and the way I have been feeling in an increasing sense since. As you read down thru the commentary of people, who have been around here for years, you get an idea of what I have been saying about the impact of westerners on me as I move about through these environs. The sheer weight of phony gurus, in this area, is enough to sink the entire locale down into some subterranean smoke hole. I've been up close on some who have zero light and who come off with the same glib bullshit I have seen so many times, in so many places. It is embarrassing. It is offensive. It is like reality TV, with the same quotient of reality.
Last night, Gopal, my auto rickshaw driver stopped by and we were talking about some of these people. He really dislikes Mooji and has lots of experience with his trip here and the people who have come to see him. He thinks I should be doing this sort of thing and has offered to make up posters and publicize me for a series of public Satsangs (grin). That really made me laugh but it also warmed my heart. This guy is very hooked up here and when I had my problems some days ago, he stepped in and made everything work and is responsible for where I am and the fact that things were not a lot worse. Without him, I might have been duck soup.
I keep reminding myself that this is only a small part of India and there is no telling what might transpire at some further reach. Initially I wanted to go to Goa and Rishikesh; possibly to Varanasi as well ...but my finances aren't in order for these things, as it stands today. Still, you never know what can come out of the blue and if I am supposed to be certain places, I certainly will be.
The thing that impresses and disconcerts me, is that all of the things I was feeling in the first few weeks after I got here have turned out to be exactly what was percolating under the surface. Somehow, very soon after I got here, I had a very accurate read of everything taking place, without any actual exposure to it. Now, what I was feeling all along is confirmed every day and also elaborated on in the most uncanny ways. Gopal and I were driving into town yesterday, when he pulls alongside some guy on a bicycle and exchanges greetings. I noted the guy, a westerner of about my age; no real vibe to speak of. I thought he was some kind of tourist. As we ride away, Gopal tells me he is a spiritual teacher. Heh heh, I definitely didn't get that but... maybe I don't know what a spiritual teacher is anymore.
The only people who have impressed me here so far are Abul and Tulsia. They are authentic for certain and Abul is one of the most intelligent and articulate people I have met in a long time. He could set himself up as a spiritual teacher at any time but he's got too much class and integrity for that. Also, some of his friends, like Wendel, the western artist from Indiana (years ago) have made an impression on me, with their humanness and in some cases, humor. Abul seems to know everyone and is a great collector of all the right people, with a couple of exceptions (grin) that turn out to be entertaining (from the perspective of a behavioral scientist) when not downright annoying. Between Abul and Gopal, we're looking at real time 'six degrees of separation' at all times.
It is the usual uncanny that what happened to me, happened as soon as Abul left town, to go work on the books he is in the process of having published. It was an agonizing period for me but, typically, it is all now worked out ...as if it never happened in the first place.
Sunday, I go to see a very insightful (so I am told) Ayurvedic doctor and that should prove interesting as I am prepared to begin dropping some long term habits that are probably not good for anyone, long term. I'm told he has the necessary remedies. This is something I've wanted to do for a long time and now that is going to happen; at least I will experience the interaction. I had to wait two weeks for the appointment.
I must say that the biggest surprise for me here has been the large crowd of individuals running around and claiming to be enlightened. I would have expected that in Goa or Pune, where the Osho-b'gosh ashram is and nearly everything costs money and you have to exchange your money for Osho tokens and you can't change them back if you want to leave. Lots of people are complaining about that place but I didn't see the point in linking up all of these locations because the reader can find out all of this stuff on their own, should they have an interest. I'm not going to comment on Osho, which is actually what that's all about because too many people will jump on me for my observations (grin); different strokes for different folks, I guess. One thing I have noticed about his followers, both when I was in Hawaii and later in Europe, was that nearly all of them were business people and a whole lot of them were instant pop-up gurus. There's many of them scattered all over the landscape these days but that's not really any of my business is it?
I'm thinking of writing a book along the lines of “Crime, Money and Spiritual Fraud”. I've certainly got the details and info. Ramana Maharshi was dead set against people charging money for spiritual teachings and you can add the names of just about every legitimate teacher to that particular perspective. Money comes when it's needed, for the things it is needed for. That's another section but... putting a price tag on what you present in this theater, immediately diminishes, dilutes and compromises whatever it is that you have to say. Certainly you can charge money for books, because it costs money to print and publish them but you can't put a price tag on that which came to you through suffering, trial and experience, if the whole point is to create a dynamic that will spare others the pain of what you went through to possess the priceless. It's a sticky wicket. Money is necessary for certain aspects of the operation but... the day to day contact, the personal contact should be free.
Someone recently told me that I should create paid, parallel websites to ensure that I would have an operating income from all of the things I do but... I figure, when needed, whatever is needed is going to come around at the required time. It's not something I should be concerned with because that is someone, or something elses department. Enough for now.
Visible sings: ♫ I Got a Feeling ♫
'I Got a Feeling' is track no. 4 of 12 on Visible's 2007 album 'Almost A Capella'
Alan 20 Perth said...
Thanks for giving us something interesting to read.
What are the guru worshippers looking for?
They're looking for a reason to have no reason to be happy.
If you want to learn how to be happy for no reason, watch kids play and try to imitate them.
Kids forgive easily and appreciate what is and love unconditionally among other things.
If a guru told this to his devotees he'll be out of business.
expat said...
I managed to watch Django all the way to the end just to see if Mel Brooks was in the credits. There was a certain Blazing Saddlesness about the film. The prancing pony in the last scene caused bile to rise. The revisionist history of Tarrantino, sigh... Inglorious Basterds will be taught as fact in Israel one day.
Had to do this as a two-parter.
Got a bit long-winded here, and couldn't figure out what to cut.
You know about 12 years ago I had this, for lack of a better word, epiphany. I had been working at producing my own music day after day after day after day, and I thought about nothing else (mentioned this before in a post here several months ago; my apologies for repeating myself, but I didn't finish that story the first time I told it).
Well a funny thing happened along the way. I began to store up energy inside myself. In the past, I had burned it all up with constant thoughts that centered on self-pity and self-importance. You know, those endless, looping thoughts we all have, "He did this and she said that, and how DARE they do that, blah-blah-blah."
By doing this single-minded work for days and days on end, I was storing all that energy up (conserving it) that I used to dissipate by constantly pinning myself to the epicenter of my own self-reflection (via those looping thoughts). After a period of weeks, and then months, I had stored up all of this previously burned-off energy to an enormous degree. And that energy turned into what the sorcerers of ancient Mexico refer to us "power". (I didn't know about this at the time that I actually experienced it; hadn't read Carlos Castaneda or similar authors' works on the subject; I was flying blind so to speak, and experiencing it first hand).
It got to the point that I had stored up so much power, that anything I wanted to know, I would simply intend that I wanted to know it (holding it in my mind's eye, so to speak, although it's kind of beyond words, in terms of the actual process). And the answers would come to me, as if dictated, and yet, it was more of a scrolling that occurred, in my mind, like I was adjusting the speed of a tape recorder, and I got to where I could slow it all down via my intent. And one of these miraculous things that I tapped into, was the concept of the Playing Field of Appropriate Thought and Behavior. Which is interesting because Visible wrote a piece lately, titled, Swimming Out Beyond the Borders of Belief.
Now, this Playing Field of Appropriate Thought and Behavior, is a very real construct. It is exactly what it sounds like it is - it's a playing field with actual borders (or out-of-bounds markers). And in the middle of that playing field, you will find most of us. As long as we behave correctly, and think correctly, we are not punished. If we begin to stray toward the borders of that playing field, our fellow sheep (aka, human beings), will chastise us. Or worse. Because they have been programmed to do that very thing (how do you stop being a machine if you first don't realize you ARE a machine - the short answer is you can't). Well, once we stray out toward those borders, we'll be accused of being conspiracy theorists. Or worse. You know how it goes. But, the ironic thing, is, the only place you can find truth, is out beyond those borders.
End Part 1
Truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction approximates truth. And the borders of that playing field, are comprised of the most outlandish fiction, pawned off as being "possibly true", which is available to the masses. All of it's bullshit, of course (i.e. fiction) - from most of the New Age sewage you read in books, to most of the UFO cases you read about, to anything and everything that has received the "Certified 100% Appropriate" invisible rubber-stamping that such garbage receives from those who dictate what is appropriate and what isn't.
The point is, those borders (which represent fiction, at its most extreme), APPROXIMATE (or actually border on) truth. So real truth is only found outside those borders of the Playing Field of Appropriate Thought and Behavior. (Truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction approximates truth.)
Real truth (i.e. knowledge) is never what you think it's going to be. It is a scary affair, when you begin to encounter real knowledge. There's that old chestnut, "knowledge is power". This is true in some extremely deep ways that most of us can't fathom. It has a double-meaning. Most people think of it in terms of its common (or "appropriate"; get it?) meaning - "Knowledge is power, because those who know things that others don't know, well, they have power over others. That knowledge gives them power. In terms of material wealth. They get the best jobs. They get the prettiest girls. They drive the nicest cars. They rig the stock market. They print the Fed money. They finance both sides of all wars. Their parents are proud of them, and their power. God I wish I was like them." Etc.
But the other meaning, the hidden meaning, and the more important meaning, is that the quest for knowledge itself, has to be undertaken utilizing single-minded pursuit of that knowledge, because it can't be arrived at in any other way; why? - because it's found outside the very real borders of the Playing Field of Appropriate Thought and Behavior, and it will cause all kinds of holy shit to rain down upon you, things that pale in comparison to being chastised by the mind-controlled sheep in the middle, once you venture out past those borders. So you have to be single-minded to get there. And thus, the very quest ITSELF creates power within your body/mind/spirit complex, because you store it up during the single-minded pursuit of real knowledge, because you have to shut off your internal dialog to get to that knowledge, and thus, knowledge is power.
I know that's a New Age term (body/mind/spirit complex), hatched in a think tank somewhere by guys who torture animals and humans with electroshock devices (and worse, especially during "shared nightmares" - wink wink), but it's fitting.
Tasty, ain't it?
On a side note here (I guess this officially makes it Part 3, which is cool, because the trinity is cool; and you can't really understand anything unless you understand it in mind/body/spirit, hey, another trinity!). Case in point, regarding the sheep who operate inside the borders of the Playing Field of Appropriate Thought and Behavior (while thinking they are purveyors of truth and knowledge; you know, "gurus"). You can see this mind-controlled behavior in action at these very blogs. For example, somebody lays down some real nuggets (some actual truth). Well, watch carefully. In almost every case, somebody is going to start bashing the truth-teller. Some of these people are paid to do that, sure, but not many. The herd polices its own, as they much the grass in the middle of the playing field, as it has been programmed to do. Most of these people have chugged New Age Kool-Aid of one flavor or another, and have no clue that the bartender slipped a Mickey into the pitcher...i.e., they are trapped inside the borders of the Playing Field of Appropriate Thought and Behavior, but they think they are accessing "real truth and knowledge" (just like they've been told they were, by the people who mindfucked them with malice aforethought to begin with). So, these people, who are indeed mind-controlled, they will blast the truth-teller. They will scream when that person exposes something that is found outside the Playing Field of Appropriate Thought and Behavior. Interesting, isn't it. Yet so true. (So blast away. I know it's coming. But now, so do you. And now you know why it comes...and that is some actual truth, my fellow strugglers, who long to escape the playing field forever, just like I do...and knowledge really IS power, who'da thunk it?)
Tarantino is still not being forgiven for his "Basterds" and that is quite understandable. However where in Hollywood would one find the money to make a flic about Vichy ?
Nevertheless, "Django" will be watched tonight - in CINEMA with a bought ticket !!
..Nigga this or nigga that, I don´t care.
..und Leichen pflastern meinen Weg
im tired it was 45 here today if you would like another body sleeping on your floor
haha! this is just pure golden nectar. It sounds like a wonderful experience! (that's just, from my perspective seeing through many veils is like biting into a big, fat, ripe mango) - You make it sound funny, curious and oh so very "Real"! ;D - dancing in those layers where it's not really certain if you're dreaming or if it's actually real... (oooohhh, methinks those layers are not so well-defined after all, Amazing Creation!)
"the lazy way to enlightenment"... COME ON! what the fuck does that mean? - "here's an empty bottle for you, Sir, full of holy water!")
I read something like a bubbling sensation of respectfully restrained amusement in between the lines of this post, and it's like golden, warm light, somehow... strange and beautiful!
anonymous 3-parter!
WHOW! drop a nuclear bomb in the comments section, will'ya? Luckily, Truth is utterly Indestructible, and no matter how many veils you throw upon It, or how much smoke is around It, It Will Still Be There, Silently Pulsating... Never to be Caught! Never to be Circumscribed! Never to be Changed!
Big-Up, girl/mister/angel!
WHOW! drop a nuclear bomb in the comments section, will'ya? Luckily, Truth is utterly Indestructible, and no matter how many veils you throw upon It, or how much smoke is around It, It Will Still Be There, Silently Pulsating... Never to be Caught! Never to be Circumscribed! Never to be Changed! Never to be Reached!
katz said...
this is from "Idiot Abroad", show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BSKXmLInek
Dear Les,
You are a blessing in my life. Thank you.
Tonight I pray for your strength. God bless you.
I have viewed almost every post for the past 24 months. You have enriched my life.
I bought your two books. They are my favorites. Especially the Dark Splendor.
I love your music. You are a lyrical genius.
I have nothing but gratitude for your work, and I have enjoyed the ride immensely. Your work often makes me laugh, cry, think, inspired, love, accept, seek, and so much more. I consider you my close friend, and am sorry I don't write you my support more often. I, like many others, take your work for granted. You owe nothing and give tremendously, so thank you again.
Lastly, please let me explain your “Macaroni and Cheese Casserole Dream” from Petri Dish 2/24/2012. The week before your dream, I had been praying for a sign that the “collective conscious” theory was in some way/shape/form real. I had no concrete proof, and was concerned with believing in something that was merely an idea. Approximately the time you would have been asleep in Europe, my mother called me on her way home from work, buzzed with excitement, “Dan! =) I’m going to make Mac ‘n Cheese Casserole tonight! I’ve been craving it all week, and I can’t wait another night!” She hadn’t made this dish in a decade. Needless to say, she made the best damn casserole that night, and it was a meaningful night for my whole family. When I read about your dream the Very Next Post, I laughed until I cried. What were the odds? It was God answering my prayers.
With Light and Love,
Smyrna said...
'Simony' is what it is called, Vis. Selling spiritual gifts and favours etc. It is a big sin, and a sure, I mean SURE, sign of a phony.
Most amusing and insightful yarn. I LOVE IT. XOXOX etc
When it comes to money, "In God We Trust" , means the same thing as, "In Mammon We Trust".
Money is juju which is why there are sijils and Gods and Goddesses stamped or printed on it. If it was just a piece of paper or metal with a number on it the concept wouldn't work.
We are surrounded by magic and yet there are so many who don't believe.
baab said...
I saw the INGLORIOUS BASTERDS as a metaphor for the destruction of Hollywood and the film industry.
At the end of Django,there is a very symbolic act on a big white house..
I would not underestimate Quentin Tarantinos intentions.
As with everything time will loosen its tongue.
Love to you Les.
Anaughty Mouser said...
Thank you for your post.
Bogus gurus to the left of me, jokers to the right - here I am stuck in the middle with you.
Reminded of the saying: wherever you go, there you are.
Just got an e-mail from my only brother saying all conspiracy theories (9/11, Sandy Hook etc) were a myth and not to be believed.
http://chicagoist.com/2013/01/11/music_video_of_the_day_86.php
Check out this short film by Oursly called 'where are we now' featuring his wife Jaquelin and a guy named Jones.
the gardener said...
The first time I saw "Pulp Fiction" I was so into the divine that I couldn't bring myself to submit to watching it at a big house party one of my sophisticated city cousins while it played for our entertainment. Felt like it was the marking of the Dawn of the Age of total insanity.
Sheep do have teeth and they can do rough things, especially in a herd, and for many those boundaries dissolve or disappear once you no longer have and toss it out to the herd that 'you don't have a television'.
Kenny's sideshow is a good one today: "Is being a dupe a mental disorder?" http://kennysideshow.blogspot.com/2013/01/is-being-dupe-mental-disorder.html
Oh yeah, don't even notice there are borders let alone unwittingly travel outside of them and please-for your own safety do not tell the others what you've found. What goes on outside the borders stays outside the borders!
Somehow many are born knowing there is a 'game' and even how to play that 'game'. Always noses to the wind that someone might have gotten outside of that loop or field.
Threats will come to you sooner than later by your supposed own kind-family usually the worst.
Find out what's in vaccines, decide NOT to allow the freaks to vaccinate your newborn... have the other sheep droning about their 'worries'. Worries the baby will get blind, sick, dead...worried to the degree that they feel the need to call CPS on you! For the baby's sake. Now of course they never thought a thing about anyone giving their baby insidious shots that make a 4 month old FIGHT them. Never noticed that.
For some reason whatever we do that gets outside their fencing threatens them-so they threaten you with their mammon powered forces.
here's a good video about the ...
oops PART I-II TO FOLLOW
bee wrangler said...
Vis-
your words keep me going...cold down here in oil-town. But I feel things a changing...in me. I am happy to hear your enjoyiong your trip...it is the journey that counts, i am finding out- Jen
symbols including the sigils that make those pieces of paper valuable:
http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2013/01/supernatural-magic-and-spelling-as-mind.html
Being in a land that I'd successfully avoided all of my life with casts of characters known for their utter sliminess and dishonesty as a matter of course I particularly found the part about 'magistrate being derived from "Magi" or "Magus" interesting. One thing about being in the process for years is relaxing enough to notice the utter insanity and ridiculousness about the entire theater.
I had noticed some magical seeming hi and lo jinx going on.
I do believe that most if not all are under spells. Spellbound, programmed to receive. I think the television is a big part of this spelling but it is all over the place-liked how Mr Berrera says how 'the money with its magic sigils is kept on us right by our testicles'... he has a good style of presenting a lot of information in a pleasant way.
Vis... I easily pick up on you and your rickshaw driver... tee hee
I've had a good lesson this week-living where it has been very cold (double digit below zero lows-single digit highs) which I was able to keep up with heat wise burning wood etc UNTIL the power company allowed the power to go down for five hours Monday.
Not a big deal to have your power go down or out, to me anyway, except when it is -12 outside and your well pump runs on electricity and the stream running to keep your pipes from freezing is cut off. Didn't take long for the pipes to freeze up. Maybe an hour until hot was froze up. That's pretty cold to do that.
So having frozen pipes which will thaw out and you have to be ready or your pipes will split and try to thaw them out first hand. A controlled thaw.
But having no running water for four/five days gets one to that level of grungy where we'll all be if that power goes out. Think about all those 'dirty people' and how quick we will all be if that happens to us.
oh for the Sandy Hook noticers of strangeness- here's a good one on one of the children's uncles. A '39 year old lawyer from WA state who's worked for the Vatican and the Holy See for twelve years'...written a lot of briefs about the protocols about the notification process of priests abusing children.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/newtown-victims-uncle-takes-action/2013/01/16/4679b1ce-6030-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html
preacher said...
According to one of the comments beneath the Hobbit article, the N-word in that movie is Nazgûl:
"Nazgûl - a common racial slur for a black person riding a horse."
As Jim Morrison sang in 'The End'--
"...Weird scenes inside the gold mine..."
Nazgul is not nigger; that makes no sense whatsoever and that other justification, pardon me if I demur. Plus, how many Nazgul were in the Hobbit?
Playing Field Anonymous--
The sheep on the field manifest their intent to be within the lines every bit as much as one would manifest intent to go beyond the them. Maybe neither side of the border is enlightened. Maybe you just wander onto a different playing field. Maybe it's all just another expression of the Big Dichotomy--dark/light, good/evil, etc. etc. --the same old 2-dimensional playing field that the human feeble mind can tune into and feel comfortable with.
Intent--maybe just a karmic/cosmic circle jerk?
I don't know. I don't claim to know any of it. Who does? Who claims to know? I simply try to render the playing field's limitations irrelevant to my dumbass self.
The sheep are there for a reason--to keep the grass in check, that's all. Maybe the real border is the one between the second and third dimensions of the playing field.
I wouldn't know either Vis. It has been ages since I read The Hobbit and I haven't seen the movie yet. Only read somewhere that Jackson also used some appendages and unfinished stories from Tolkien to tell his tale.
But what other N-word could there be?
Googled a while for it, but couldn't find nothing.
It's a strange article; I had to check if it wasn't from the Onion.
wiggins said...
'False Gurus'....LOL. Reading Vidal's 'Julien' -you may already have - It is full of pretentious Stoic Philosphers hoping to earn a 'shekel' or two on the backs of the foolish believers.
Buckeye Steve said...
What in the hell are you talking about with respect to "The Hobbit" and whatever "n" word is...if you are referring to "nigger" they never ever utter that word in the Hobbit, are you out of your mind? If you are talking about Nazgul...they are mentioned in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy but are giant flying dinosaur creatures....what are you talking about?
I'm not sure if this is pertinent, but black people often refer to each other, and to people of other races with whom they are friends, as, "Nigga". This has a different meaning than the longer version of the same word, with an "R" on the end. For instance, you have heard the expression, "Nigga, please!". That has nothing to do with being a racial slur. I was living in Atlanta GA a few years back, and had a neighbor who was a young black woman. We became friendly. She would hug me oftentimes before we would part, after conversing and whatnot, and she would say, "You're my nigga." Sometimes she would look into my open window when passing by, and say, "Nigga, you up in there?" She would preface sentences directed at me, by saying, "Nigga". Like, "Nigga you wouldn't believe what happened to me today." So it doesn't always have a negative connotation. In the hood, most especially, this is a common practice. It's considered by some black people to be an endearing way of calling someone a friend. Just a little FYI there. The first time she called me a "nigga" I wasn't sure how to take it. Then I found out what it meant. She was saying, "You're my homey, I like you, we're friends, we are now colorless."
Heck, let's run with it. Now we are officially at Part 4 of the Playing Field of Appropriate Thought and Behavior screed. Truth goes on and on, there's is a lot of it out there. So here's a story that was featured in the book, "Tales of the Miraculous", by PD Ouspensky, whose book detailed some of the exploits of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, who was considered to be, hmm, words fail me, an enlightened man. This quote of Gurdjieff's directly applies to the Playing Field of Appropriate Thought and Behavior that I have been discussing; as a side note, I discovered this book about two years after I had my "epiphany" concerning the playing field -
"There is an Eastern tale that speaks about a very rich magician who had a great many sheep. But at the same time this magician was very mean. He did not want to hire shepherds, nor did he want to erect a fence about the pasture where the sheep were grazing. The sheep consequently often wandered into the forest, fell into ravines and so on, and above all, they ran away, for they knew that the magician wanted their flesh and their skins, and this they did not like.
"At last the magician found a remedy. He hypnotized his sheep and suggested to them, first of all, that they were immortal and that no harm was being done to them when they were skinned; that on the contrary, it would be very good for them and even pleasant; secondly he suggested that the magician was a good master who loved his flock so much that he was ready to do anything in the world for them; and in the third place, he suggested that if anything at all were going to happen to them, it was not going to happen just then, at any rate not that day, and therefore they had no need to think about it. Further, the magician suggested to his sheep that they were not sheep at all; to some of them he suggested that they were lions, to some that they were eagles, to some that they were men, to others that they were magicians. After this all his cares and worries about the sheep came to an end. They never ran away again, but quietly awaited the time when the magician would require their flesh and skins."
That certainly would explain why we all behave in the ways that we behave. I have one more post to add to this, all five of them are connected. So I'll go find that story, too, and post it here, and then it will make a lot more sense (in terms of single-mindedness, what it means, what it can do for you, and how it relates to invisible playing fields and prisons).
wxman2001 said...
Nazgul were not in the Hobbit book per se, but since the movie also interweaves many other of the Tolkien short stories/legends from the Silmarillion, Tom Bombadil and other works by Tolkien set in Middle Earth there is reference to Nazguls, the 9 dark lords who are the lieutentants of the Dark Lord Sauron that is defeated and the end of the LOTR movie and book trilogy.
PS it is just me, or your Captcha codes some of the hardest to decipher in the multiverse for a reason?
So here's Part 5 in these ramblings of mine. I can't find the actual story that I was looking to post here, regarding an historical event that is passed down from generation to generation, among inhabitants of the Island of Bali. Natives of Bali utilize the oral tradition for passing down historical truths, as they fully understand that pens and paper cannot be trusted (many other cultures do this as well, knowing that things that are written are often altered to suit the needs of those in power). So I will try to remember how the story goes, knowing I will miss a few morsels here and there, or shade a couple of colors incorrectly, but the underlying import of the story will hopefully remain intact. To the natives of Bali, this story is understood to be the retelling of an actual event. That's why it was passed down in the first place; it actually happened.
Long ago on the Island of Bali there lived a young man who was a wrestler. All he wanted in this life was to be the best wrestler on his island. But every time he went to the mat, he lost. But his desire to be the best wrestler on the island was unmatched, and so, bowed and bloodied, yet unbeaten, he went to see the island shaman, and told him of his problem. The shaman listened patiently as the young man described his overwhelming urge to be a great wrestler, and his inability to win a single match. After a while, the shaman finally spoke. "Go home to your hut," he told the young man. "Hold your vision of being the greatest wrestler on the island, tightly in your mind's eye. Think of nothing else. Lock your doors, close your windows. Talk to no one. But most importantly, think of nothing else but your dream of being the best. And while you do this, think of a force of nature, too, something powerful. When you are certain that this is not a fantasy, when you are certain that this a dream, then all you have to do is be the dream."
The young man went back to his hut and did what he was told. For days and days on end he thought single-mindedly about his desire, and nothing else. Finally, after many weeks of focus and single-minded dreaming, he was ready. He went back to the mat, and began to wrestle again. And he never lost another match. His opponents swore that they could not withstand his power. It felt as if they were drowning whenever they wrestled him, so they would quit mid-match.
For the young man had dreamed about being the ocean.
(A true story, passed down via oral tradition, on the Island of Bali.)
End Part 5 - end of screed. Thanks for watching.
Hey Les -- Michael here (recently friended on FB) - that N word story must be a spoof of some sort; I immediately started to see if it was The Onion. But there's no N word use in the Hobbit, I took my daughters to see it after Christmas. And no Nazgul either that I recall. It's a nice film, I think you'll enjoy it. Thanks sincerely for all your work.
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pierre said...
I saw Spielberg's Lincoln (2012) the other day, similar, but pro N.... oops.
lovely sentimental Rosie Parks attitudes (which i am in accord with), but no mention of the money to finance the War, who were the main slave traders, nor the reason (likely) that Lincoln was assassinated, same as kennedy, Ghadafi, etc ie the right to print Gumments money for the people.
the message was of course that the negros suffered like the jews and the world must burn until we are all free, at convenient interest rates.
they could even tell me these days only what I want to hear and what I hold to be true and I wouldn't believe them.
there would have to be a sequel that would bent if all back to "normal" and "be calm" and "don't be dumb be a smartie, come and join the Ashkenazi party" (Mel Brooks the Producers, bastardised version - where's Goy George?) all the They live messages.
and yes, to give to help others avoid the birthing pains , but also to awaken with a short sharp Zen pat on the back shock. WTF, OMG, a good start for some.
The first thing I checked for was to see if it was The Onion or something. That's what makes it so freaky.
Is anyone else wondering if this guy Buckeye Steve actually read my posting? Steve, I didn't say any of those things, I was just reporting on others saying them.
Consumer doggy treats.
est said...
i've read the books,more than once
i saw no derogatory characterization along these lines
to all those who have taken these, and similar adventures
i submit that the written word
is the most efficient vehicle
to leave these bodies behind
to travel further than one mind can
especially when two or more
are gathered in their name
if you have no myths no heroes
no adventure and vanquishing
you do live
in a two dimensional flat world
these words and stories add
a depth not otherwise attainable
as does our gentle host
and his words
a million thanks
Terrance said...
Hello Visible.....Kumbh Mela.....largest gathering of humanity....all my relations...what a long strange trip...only the best "......
I have no idea where that allegation of the "N" word came from, it is not in the movie.
And yes, Nazgul are in the Trilogy books. Didn't want to go on an adventure...wanted to stay in the Shire, not see the world or it's wonders and horrors.
Bhaggvita. Also, curiously enough...in Gautama's world, was a king named Theodosius ("Theoden")...with a real life court advisor named "Grehma"..."Theoden's "Grima"....REAL PEOPLE of VEDIC culture...there's much more...Tolkien hid it well...go look, closely. I ain't into giving lessons today.
Usurious debt
Mass starvation
Genocide's
Family breakdowns
Corrupted essence
GMO's
Enforced Pollution
Racist values
Controlled disunion
Mass hypnosis
Induced chaos
The world insain
angry and dangerous
Saturday, January 19, 2013 12:11:00 PM
The appearance of the second satirical news site The Global Edition (after the Onion) has left internet readers bewildered. Just a moment ago every article on the web could be counted on to contain at least some grain of truth except if it's on the Onion in which case it's only funny at the moment and usually becomes painful truth much later. A whitehouse petition to ban this new unsanctioned satire news site is expected any minute now. Gordon Duff declared that The Global Edition gets its facts straight almost as often as himself and is considering including their articles as guest postings on Veterans Today.
John C (UK) said...
my comments no longer get published, all helpful, no derogatory remarks.
what and who is true?
We are the people
We will not move
One life one truth
We will not waver
Our conscious force
Crushes traitors
Where traitors lie
And truth does tell
where truth tells
lies are dispelled
And lies dispelled
Is where tyrants fall
And the worlds at peace
Inside us all
You need malis gold
Your lies don't work
Theyre dead and cold
The people are strong
Your lies are weak
Your days are done
Soon you'll sleep
And where you sleep
Deep in that pit
With zionist dreams
You lost and slipped
Were crushed and spent
To dust you fall
The systems finished
banks and all
This stupid movie might easily have been cut to five minutes running time, if even a little reality is enjoyed.
Something simple..
Say, a 12 year old boy hiding behind a bush with a 10 gauge and what's his name, Mr. bad ass comes riding up..
Still plenty of blood for those who came for blood.
Some artists are experts in portraying horror and terror and lust, but when the dust settles (haha) there's nothing quite like the real thing.
And five minutes is plenty.
Also, Isn't the Kalki Avatar at times referred to as - black colored, riding a white horse?
Go ahead, call Him names..
What is it with saying your comments don't get published and there's your comment? Everyone knows or should know, for years now, if your comments don't show up you email me.
Keep in mind that I have to sleep sometimes so there can be 6 to 8 hour stretches where nothing goes up.
John c,Dont if this any help but i have had problems with google before,,
Try posting anonymously,,,
There's barely a peep about Algeria in the ziostream media.
They don't have control of the narrative, hence, the story isn't really there. This is getting interesting.
Fuck that twisted little freak Tarantino. Fuck zioLincoln. Neither is worth the keystroke effort.
Ray B. said...
Hi, Vis (and All)!
A lot of good postings above; much appreciation to all the truth and depth being shown here...
On "The Hobbit": I saw it a week ago, and have been letting it 'digest'. I did not know 'going in' that it was a multi-part saga. As the credits rolled, I felt some anger and some delight at 'more to come'.
My biggest realization so far is that "The Hobbit" doesn't have the 'impact' that the LOTR movies had, simply because of the Tolkien storyline. In LOTR, you were dealing with the fate of the world (Middle Earth), and whether the bad guys - having a considerable lead - were actually going to pull it off (potentially for All Time). Sam's soliloquy in the ruined city of Osgiliath after the attempted Nazgûl snatch of Frodo said it all, for me. Excellent. Anyway, that's the kind of drama and stakes at risk for LOTR. "The Hobbit" (besides being a 'coming of age' story of Bilbo) is simply whether a Dwarf clan will get their home back and recover their riches. (More back story, of course.) It has much less dramatic space and consequences.
I don't want to 'blow' any details, for those not seeing it yet. The main thing I noticed is the more leisurely pace. The LOTR books are such concentrated goodness that a ten-parter movie could probably be made, and you can see little snips and tweaks being made all-along in the three-parter to try and encompass the whole and be faithful to the intent of the books. "The Hobbit" seems to be a little the reverse, to stretch the one book into multi-part movies. A little annoying in some places, but also allowing a deeper look into Middle Earth history in other places (cool).
As in the LOTR movies, I prefer less prolonged-violence and more 'deep' stuff. It was enjoyable, though. We'll see how it progresses...
Hi Visible and all,
Well once I heard that 27 animals died during the making of The Hobbit, knew I wouldn't be going to see it. The wranglers are being blamed. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/hobbit-animal-deaths-wranglers_n_2158198.html
And using the N word in the Hobbit? erm....whah? Like many here I've read Tolkien's books.
I'm saddened yet not surprised that enlightenment has been corrupted just like everything else in the modern world, as regards your location. I realize it's not unique to our times but jeez can we get a break already for what is true? Kali Yuga full tilt boogie. Oh wait, here we are at just the right place aren't we ;) Mooji's vid wouldn't play Vis, (this video is private). Haha looks like they know you're on to 'em.
I enjoyed your latest post very much Vis. Lots to absorb. I'll miss your local friends.
Thanks to readers for all the terrific and insightful comments.
For the record I don't use FB, as difficult as it is to resist sometimes.
Love to all, Peaches
Hong Kong HB said...
I subscribed to Mooji's podcasts for a while, but after listening to one where he told a woman that God didn't care if she left her husband and she shouldn't give it a second thought, I decided his brand of 'enlightenment' was not for me. I'm not a guru myself, or close to it, but I do think that basic accountability is a feature of the spiritual path, and that when it's time to sever a longstanding intimate relationship, one must do so with respect and loving concern for the other party. To disregard that relationship as an illusion requiring no further action, as Mooji suggested, is cowardly and base. You do not escape from the illusion by ignoring it; you play your role with integrity and accept the consequences, which requires a willingness to suffer. It's the unwillingness to suffer, I think, that so often separates false gurus from authentic spiritual teachers. That and the price tag, LOL.
As for the Hobbit, there is not a single instance of the word 'nigger' in the movie. I'm afraid you've been spoofed. I found the movie to be more of an adventure story a la 'Pirates of the Caribbean' than an epic myth on the lines of LOTR, it was still well worth seeing. Would love to see your reaction to it in a future blog.
Sunday, January 20, 2013 3:15:00 AM
Quentin Tarantino's first choice to play the role of Django was O.J. Simpson, but when O.J. was told that he would only get to kill one woman in the movie, he refused to take the role.
The symbolism of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained appears to go unnoticed by most people. The Candyland plantation is the White House in Washington D.C.; the character played by Leonardo DiCaprio is George W. Bush; the character played by Samuel L. Jackson is Barack Obama; the character played by Christoph Waltz is Henry Kissinger; and Django is a pissed-off US citizen who fulfills the revenge fantasy that a lot of Americans harbor.
Les Visible prabhu, I have great expectations of you and thanks! for your fortitude.
So near the tirtha where Lord Narasimha sprang from the pillar to bolster the faith of our dear guru Prahlada Maharaja!
From sheer dumb faith alone such a tirtha is worth a life time.
The stream running with its ever red tint from the blood of the demon King, Hiranyakashipu.
The demon King who Lord Narasimha played with like a cat with a mouse..
The stream where the Lord washed His claws after ripping apart guru Prahlada's demon father.
Best of health and trust in our Lord when beholding the sadhus, prabhu!
Don't forget - He knows everything.
After the successes of the ultra-violent shoot-em-up revenge films Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino's next film will have the Palestinians rising up to take righteous vengeance against the Israelis.
well the books were not meant for movies
they have been adapted, so to speak
if it has brought anyone to the books
as i'm sure it has, then that is good
really though, some things just need to be read
these books should be read
i spent years on them and many others
it is the shame and crime of our time
that no one reads, anymore
it is the collected record of us all from the beginning of the word
just as all our dna stores our heritage
so does the written word
don't be taken in by cheap facsimiles
accept only the real thing
let your own mind connect the dots
not someone else's
read 'em and be in 'em
nothing quite like it, really
movies remind me of plato's cave, every time ha unreal
come on up
into the sunlight
there's a reason why
you rub your eyes
don't get me wrong
i do like the movies
just the books, more
and the sunlight, better
David V said...
Why can't you use the N word when creating works of fiction or music? Mark Twain did it. Now he is being banned from schools and libraries. If the Ns don't like it, they don't have to read or watch it. I'm not saying you should use it to their face. That would be rude, even though they do it themselves.
Totally agree about the spiritual fraud angle. After nearly sixty years of being "properly raised" in a fundie protestant environment, i'm realizing how badly I've been used and lied to.
Once again, please give out some anti-bot words that can actually be read.
Little people in Algeria and Mali need to be able to tell their story,,they need access to computers,,,,
The zionists think Africa is a push over,,,the little people may lack guns provisions,,,but there true spirit more than makes up for that,,,,,,
The energy of the Zionist is weak and broken,,having an unnatural relationship to the earth and its inhabitants just strips the Zionist of his naturally occurring energy,,,it needs that natural energy to manuevre that agenda along,,,with out that energy it is lost
It now only has the energy of loss occurring through it,,,
To remove that energy of loss from itself,,,
It must come before the people of the world and apologise,,,,
Then when it has done that and renounced its looted wealth,the unnatural energy will be expelled or kept in its rightful place,,,then the natural energy will manifest,,,the world for them will be seen from a different perspective,,
the zionist will wonder what the hell they were thinking,,,
That be what I be reckoning me heartys,,,,
(Said in my best pirate accent)
Sunday, January 20, 2013 11:24:00 AM
neil said...
Calling people nigger is disrespectfull,comes from ignorance misunderstanding and abuse,,,the energy hinged to it only serves to drag the atmosphere down,,,
Ignorance is another weapon of the tptw,,,,
Exploiting difference between the people so they are constantly fighting each other just helps tptw to loot even more wealth,cause more pain,causing more abuse,,,,
Racist values often come with the inability to confront the abuse inherent in us all,that thing that made us committ atrocitys historically and personally,,,over the century's every culture has committed terrible atrocity,,,,
Lets see that for what that is,,,,just plain wrong,,,,
A new Visible Origami is up-
Dancing in the Darkness, where Angels Fear to Tread.
Sunday, January 20, 2013 12:09:00 PM
Watching Django, my first thought was, "this creep is looking to start a race war".
I really don't know much about quentin Tarantino other than he glorifies violence,,
I hope he is not trying to start a race war,,,I expect the people who are exploiting him would love that though,,,,
Anyway highest respects ... Neil
Sunday, January 20, 2013 2:05:00 PM
est, January 20, 2013 5:30:00 AM :
You have a wonderful way with words, and I appreciate your in-sight (grin). I agree with you on books, and Tolkien's in particular. Every time I open them, I get 'swept away' into a reverie of our ancient roots. It is the antithesis of the 'sound bite'. I do fear for our younger generations. They have been pre-conditioned to only 'sweep the surface' of things. I hope enough of them can break through this to truly learn.
pierre said (movie mode still)...
and there I was, watching the new Les Miserables, not just to hear Russel Crow sing for hours, and WTF no mention of the illuminati, Ashkenazi, money dealers, infiltrated Waushauptian freemasons, or Protocols of Zion and their role in the French Revolution. I mean, it's all entertaining and that, but what of the real reasons behind the mayhem? needless to say I am looking forward to watching all the new movies that come out ,looking for a needle in the haystack like looking for a Pope Bears shit in the woods, if only to contradict the Popes claim that he doesn't. better if you catch the bear at it and podcast live, while you still are.
only watch the first intro scene of DJangelo, but half expecting the Trinity Brothers, Rachel Welsch and snake, and drive in shadows on the big screen. derivative to start with.
then again, I have chosen to watch Oz and Walking Dead, so i guess I am asking for it.
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino’s foul and racialist fantasy
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/01/11/acad-j11.html
Monday, January 21, 2013 3:29:00 AM
"Watching Django, my first thought was, "this creep is looking to start a race war"."
Yes, me too. Blood-drenched revenge movies like Inglourious Basterds and Django are a type of propaganda. The notion that it's just harmless entertainment doesn't stand up to scrutiny. We should always question the motive and purpose of the killing -- any killing. Note that Django even shot the plantation owner's sister, who was never shown to do anything particularly evil. One message we get from Django is that if you feel you have been mistreated, it's okay to kill everybody -- including non-combatants -- as is done with carpet bombing, drone attacks, and house raids by US military berserkers. And by the Israeli Defense Forces.
Tolkein's LOTR oversimplifies cultural conflict by painting one side as (nearly) purely good, and the other side as purely evil. Tolkein's Nazgul and Orcs are soulless -- the epitomy of the 'soulless enemies' of political propaganda. Tolkein wrote LTOR during World War Two, and the name of the Nazgul resonates with that of the Nazis. Tolkein's LOTR lends itself to interpretations of human conflict that pose the purely good against the purely evil; after 9/11 many people equated the Arabs and Islam with Tolkein's Nazgul, Orcs, and Sauron. The propaganda of the purely good (us) versus the purely evil (them) promotes the demonization of Saddam, ObL, the Taliban, Gaddafi, Ahmadinajad, and now Assad. Likewise the demonization of the Afghanis, Iraqis, Libyans, Iranians, Syrians, and Arabs and Moslems in general.
The conspiracy theorist in me suspects that the release of the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) was deliberately timed to evoke an association of Tolkein's Two Towers with the Twin Towers of the WTC for U.S. propaganda purposes.
While Tolkein borrowed themes and characters from ancient mythology,
Tolkein's LOTR is not itself ancient mythology, but a modern interpretation of some ancient mythological themes. It is wrong to say that Tolkein's LOTR is part of an ancient tradition, thousands of years old. Tolkein wrote the LOTR from the point of view of an Englishman during World War Two, and what the ancient mythology 'meant to say' and what Tolkein 'meant to say' are two different things -- in some cases two very different things. Tolkein's LOTR is not mythology, and neither is C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia; both are modern novels that exploit some themes from ancient mythology. For real mythology, you must read ancient texts such as the Bible, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Illiad and the Odyssey, Ovid's Metamorphosis, the Vedas and Puranas, the Chinese Annals, the Germanic Voluspa, the Egyptian texts, and MesoAmerican codices.
simple est said...
yeah well
here's a little reading for you
words are a poor second
for what life really is
but it is what we have,
to interpret and exchange
flawed as they are, in truth
they are, the highest expression
of our creation, yes our
you wouldn't be here without me
nor i without you
so what exists, actually ?
as i wonder
Monday, January 21, 2013 10:11:00 AM
To simple est:
The Hobbit and LOTR are modern novels, not mythology. Mythology was produced by ancient cultures over thousands of years; the meanings of the ancient mythology are unique to the ancient mythology. The mythologies were not mere story-telling with optional plots and characters, like modern literature. The mythologies encoded the cosmological and religious beliefs of the ancient cultures. When a modern author borrows some themes and characters from ancient mythology and writes a new story of his own, that is not mythology. You cannot rewrite the ancient mythology, altering plot-lines and adding, eliminating, or jumbling characters, without distorting the meaning of the mythology. If a modern author wrote a novel about Shiva, Krishna, Kali, Ravanna, and Hiranyakashipu fighting for control of modern India, that would not be mythology -- just as the Hobbit and LOTR are not mythology.
Monday, January 21, 2013 6:34:00 PM
pierre said
movie spoiler alert...
surely the very last scene in DGango (sic) was a metaphor for the Fed blowing up?
(it could be renamed Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory II*, There must be blood Too, the Colorcaust, Slavers - Look Over Yonder, Black or Gay or Three Legged and Angry?- Join the Army).
can't wait for the video game. reminded me of the Southpark game with giant chickens to shoot, and the other one with the evil rednecks.
* leading white character was Gene Wilder, Al Pacino, Dustan Hoffman all in one, and Sol the Lawyer in Breaking Bad. "My name is Fronkenstene, not Frankenstein"
Monday, January 21, 2013 10:50:00 PM
est encore said...
@6:34
well reasoned there
[i don't agree]
but that, is not what i meant
each of us has been given
an awareness including the
facility to use language to
communicate with each other
what you are speaking of, are
archetypes, as jung, explicated
and of course joseph campbell
in the 'the power of myth'
great resources both, along with many, many others
when you write a book, let me know
i will be first in line to read it
but i warn you
i never pay $ for words
i refuse payment
for anything 'i'
might write
deal ?
as far as myth goes
in the middle of one
'places, please'
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:31:00 AM
A new Smoking Mirrors is up-
A Smorgasbord of Shit from Don't Give a Rat's Ass Central.
Sometimes these "myths" turn out to be not so mythical.
Like the Saraswati River, among others.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 4:47:00 PM
est:
"what you are speaking of, are
in the 'the power of myth'"
I don't believe that the ancient myths came from subconscious archetypes as stated by Jung and Campbell. If the myths arose from subconscious archetypes, they would be mere story-telling with random plot lines. They are not. (I'll say more on that below.)
Ever since Jung presented his theory of subconscious archetypes, psychologists have tried to use the ancient myths as props for their psycho-analysis. But I do not think that the original authors of the ancient myths were shamans practicing psycho-therapy, and I think that the modern practice of using the ancient myths for psychology demonstrates a modern misunderstanding of the original purpose of the ancient myths. The psychologists, and people in general, misunderstand the meaning of the ancient myths because they do not 'get' what the authors of the ancient myths 'meant' by the myths.
I think that the authors of the ancient myths were communicating the astronomical, cosmological, and theological beliefs of their tribe, society, or nation in metaphorical terms. The ancient myths were the oral tradition of the tribe ot society, transmitted by word of mouth from generation to generation and spread throughout the world by the migrations of humankind. The metaphors, symbols, and characters of the ancient myths repeat themselves across cultures throughout the world; that is not due to the myths being based on subconscious archetypes, it is due to the great antiquity of the oral tradition. I repeat: the ubiquity of many mythic symbols and plotlines throughout the world is not due to subconscious archetypes; it is due to the global migration (called diffusion) of a very ancient oral tradition.
By studying world mythology as a whole, I have learned that the metaphors, symbols, and plotlines of the ancient myths are cross-cultural and have specific meanings, which are mainly astronomical and cosmological. The ancient myths contain the science, natural history, and religious beliefs of the ancient people. For example, in the ancient mythology, the sky and the cosmos are variously described as a cave, a mountain, a tree, a cauldron, a clay pot, and a beehive. Jesus is born in the cave of the cosmos (sky) and Indra and Hermes keep their cows in the cave of the cosmos (sky). An understanding that the ancient myths are about astronomy and cosmology, coupled with an understanding of the stock metaphors, symbols, and plotlines of the ancient myths, reveals the myths as a global system of ancient knowledge of astronomy and cosmology. Once you understand the stock metaphors, symbols, and plotlines of the ancient myths, the meaning of the mythology becomes clear.
I speak of the 'ancient mythology' because it is an oral tradition, many thousands of years old. Modern novelists who borrow themes, characters, and plotlines from the ancient mythology are usually distorting the ancient mythology, not clarifying it. Tolkein's LOTR may be entertaining and inspiring for many people, but Tolkein's mishmash does not help us to understand the ancient myth of the Ring of the Neibelungs, from which Tolkein borrowed many elements of his LOTR. Modern story-telling that borrows from the ancient myths is not at all the same as the ancient mythology itself, and the modern story-telling usually distorts and changes the meaning of the ancient myths.
A modern 'myth' is NOT the ancient mythology, and it is very important to distinguish between the two. The ancient mythology developed over many thousands of years, and the ancient mythology was the astronomical, cosmological, and natural-history textbook of the ancient cultures; modern novels are not at all in the same class as the ancient mythology.
- Gregory Fegel
I'm glad you mentioned the Saraswati River, which many people think was historical and terrestrial. I believe the Saraswati of the Rig Veda is celestial, and it never had any terrestrial counterpart.
Amish Tripathi's novels "The Immortals of Meluha" (2010) and "The Secret of the Nagas" (2013) have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Tripathi
makes the Hindu god Shiva into a rambling earthly hero like the Mel
Gibson character in the Mad Max movies. Tripathi's thesis is that "all Gods were once human beings; it was their deeds in the human life that made them famous as Gods." Tripathi takes LOTS of liberties in his retelling of Hindu myths, and the theory that "all gods were originally
humans" is certainly not proved by Tripathi, whose Melhula Trilogy is NOT a good source for understanding the ancient Hindu mythology. Just as Tolkein's
LOTR is not a good source for understanding European mythology.
Tripathy has said: "Shiva is a human of flesh and blood, he is not a god. The challenge was to show him as vulnerable. I portrayed him from the back, because Indian gods are never seen from the back. He has battle
scars and a sculpted physique."
Tripathi describes the Saraswati River of the Rig Veda as a real river in the Punjab. Many people in India believe that the Saraswati River actually existed in the Punjab and along what is now the Pakistani-Indian border in ancient times.
I have written a draft of an article, "The Celestial Saraswati River", in which I show studies by modern Indian geologists who have found no trace of an ancient Saraswati River in the Punjab. Also, satellite views of northwest India and its adjoining continental shelf show no paleo-channel for any such river. The Persian goddess Aredvi Sura Anahita (who is the Avestan equivalent of the Vedic Saraswati) is clearly a celestial goddess who represents the world-surrounding cosmic waters, and I can show that the Rig Veda likewise describes the Saraswati as a celestial river. The famous Sanskrit scholar Bal Gangadhar Tilak also said that the Saraswati River is a celestial river, not a terrestrial river. The Saraswati River never existed on the earth; the Saraswati was the river of the revolving sky.
Gregory Fegel
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 7:35:00 AM
yes gregory
they had a lot of time back then
their reference points were
in the visible world around them
let's say the natural world
when all's you have in front of
you is 'the heavens' it's easy
to see what the stories will
contain and where they originate
going with that, i would submit
that everything outside 'us'
is also contained, inside 'us'
or it would not exist in the first place
your scholarship seems to be comprehensive
you are well suited to your role,
it seems
my study involves the mind of present day man
and the 'myths' he is creating now in this world, at this time
our point of contact is this blog, and a very, good writer
he in fact is illuminating many
of the 'ancient' truths continuously
you might want to consider what is available to the 'modern' man
we have a lot more than the stars to look at
and although the heavens continue to revolve
we now - right now, are at a
particular time
where it is possible to see
'over the horizon'
and into the deepest truths the void holds
we are writing our own 'myths'
in every way equal to the ancients
after all we have their words
[some of them] and we have
our collected experience
including their conclusions,
always valuable when moving forward
i will not spar with you my friend
we are looking in opposite directions
and in that sense
we will never meet
as well it should be
peace and blessings, to you
Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:07:00 PM
Time flows on and things unseen become seen, etc.
"Myth to reality: Sarasvati is set to flow again"
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=saraswati%20river%20seen%20with%20infra%20red&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&ved=0CE4QFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Findiapulse.sulekha.com%2Fforums%2Fcoffeehouse_myth-to-reality-sarasvati-is-set-to-flow-again-909430&ei=xwQAUZ6wL4XW0gGWqoEI&usg=AFQjCNFGLaLJnQjpFA72fR6UYVu_q4crSw
est, I'm not sure if you've ever seen this but I think you'd find it very interesting.
"Carl Jung: Seeker Without a Guide"
http://prabhupadaonreincarnation.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/reincarnation-rebirth-not-necessary-in-a-human-body/
prabhupadabooks.com/?g=160900
In the Rig Veda, the Sarasvati is described as flowing to the Samudra, a word usually translated as Ocean. "As on a chariot, the flood flows on, surpassing in majesty and might all other waters. Pure in her course from mountains to the ocean, alone of streams Sarasvati hath listened." (RV 7.95.1-2)
Satellite images show a paleochannel across the continental shelf of the Indian Ocean emerging from the current mouth of the Indus River, but no paleochannel for any other great river. So a terrestrial Saraswati River DID NOT empty into the Indian Ocean.
Geologists haven't found a streambed for the Saraswati from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean. Those who think that the Saraswati was a terrestrial river can only point to shallow streambeds that do not empty into the ocean. An Indian geologist who has studied those streambeds reported that they do not contain any sediments eroded from the Himalayas. So those shallow streambeds are not the mighty Saraswati of the Rig Veda.
Tectonic uplift for the region has never been proved, and it is highly unlikely. Even if there had been tectonic uplift, there should still be a paleochannel for the Saraswati from the Himalayas to the sea. But there is no channel. - Greg Fegel
"...it is generally accepted that their [Vedic] worldview had the world encircled by oceans, a feature likely inherited from Proto-Indo-European mythology, with a "heavenly ocean" above the world, and a subterranean ocean of the underworld. Varuna was the deity presiding over both these oceans, and over water in general." In RV 7.6.7 there is a upper and a lower Samudra, where the upper Samudra seems to be a heavenly ocean. In RV 9.84.4 the moon (Soma) and the winds stir the Samudra. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samudra
"The ancient Aryans, like the old Hebrews, believed that the subtle matter, which filled the whole space in the universe, was nothing but watery vapors; and secondly that the movements of the sun, the moon and other heavenly bodies were caused by these vapors which kept on constantly circulating from the nether to the upper and from the upper to the lower celestial hemisphere. That is the real key to the explanation of many a Vedic myth; and unless we grasp it thoroughly, we cannot rightly understand some of the utterances of the Vedic poets.
These waters were sometimes conceived as rivers or streams, moving in the heaven, and eventually falling into the mouth of Varuṇa or the nether ocean (VII, 49, 2; VIII, 69, 12). The nether world was, so to say, the seat or the home of these waters, called yahvatîḥ or the eternal (IX, 113, 8) and they formed the kingdom of Varuṇa and Yama, as well as the hidden (niṇya) abode of Vṛitra. This movement of waters is very clearly expressed in the Parsi scriptures.
Now waters are described in the Ṛig-Veda as following the path of the gods (VII, 47, 3), much in the same way as the waters in the Avesta are said to follow the path made by Mazda or the way made by the gods. Like the Avestic waters, the waters in the Ṛig-Veda have also the sea for their goal, and going by the aerial way eventually fall into the mouth of Varuṇa.
Many Vedic scholars have tried to identify Sarasvati with the river of that name in the Punjab; but as the latter is an insignificant stream, the identification has not been generally accepted. The above comparison now shows that the mighty Sarasvati, like Ardvi Sûra Anâhita, is an aerial stream, which rises up from the nether store-house of ‘waters', travels over the sky and again falls back into the lower ocean. A portion of these waters is brought down upon the earth in the form of rain by the sacrifices offered to the river, and along with it come the seeds of all the plants growing upon the surface of the earth.” - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, "The Arctic Home in the Vedas, pp 246-48, http://www.vaidilute.com/books/tilak/tilak-09.html
thank you, homer
i enjoyed that
if i could throw out one word
and name it, i would. then stop
as it is, i feel i will spend the
rest of this life, trying to describe it
each of us are given different
hard to know to what end,
but my work has been -given- to me
i will complete it with thoroughness and humility
at least i will try, with all of my being
i'm not sure if 'my' words have
any affect, on the others
my beliefs are perhaps different
than theirs
or yours
i only write down what i'm told to
this is my service and devotion
but without the grace extended to me,
like the touch of those fingers
in the sistine chapel,
i would be nothing
and i only have thanks and
and some really great company
in you and l v and a few others
i see jung did fine without me
it was i, that needed him
Suvrat Kher is a Sedimentary Geologist wo trained in the USA and is now based in Pune. Kher works directly on the issues of the rivers and paleo-streams of northwest India. At his blog "Rapid Uplift" (suvratk.blogspot.com) Kher presents a scientific view of the Saraswati controversy. Below are quotes from Kher's blogs. - Greg Fegel
"The river Ghaggar which flows through the Indian states of Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan and onwards into Pakistan had dried up in the latest Pleistocene. Therefore it may not have been the main water source for the later mid-Holocene Harappan settlements in that region and also likely was not the river Saraswati described in Rig-Ved.
That's the gist from three separate studies (pages 23, 24, 103) on the Ghaggar river basin presented at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union and summarized in Science." http://suvratk.blogspot.com/2011/04/geological-update-on-river-ghaggar.html
"The Yamuna stopped flowing into the Ghaggar/Sarasvati and shifted course eastwards into the Ganga as early as around fifty thousand years ago. The Beas and the Sutlej stopped flowing into the Ghaggar/Sarasvati and joined the Indus before ten thousand years ago, several thousand years before the beginnings of the Harappan civilization.
That is the conclusion reached in a paper in Geology (behind paywall) by Peter Clift and colleagues using U-Pb (Uranium - Lead) dating of zircon crystals from ancient channels and alluvium of the Ghaggar/Hakra river.
This is a touchy topic and it deals with whether the Aryans migrated into northwest India from central Asia around 1500 B.C. or so, bringing with them cultural habits and religious ideas that evolved into the Vedic Culture, or whether the Aryans were indigenous to this part since times immemorial. The Ghaggar has been equated with the river Sarasvati mentioned in the Rig-Veda by supporters of the indigenous Aryan theory.
It is described as a mighty river flowing from the high Himalayas. This in turn has been interpreted to mean that the Sarasvati would have been flowing out of glaciers for it to be mighty, and therefore the Aryans must have been present in northwest India before 2500 - 3000 B.C., because there is evidence that since then the Ghaggar became a smaller river. This argument is then taken further to claim that the Aryans built the Harappan civilization. In this scenario the glacial rivers change course only after 2500 - 2000 B.C or so and the resulting water crisis forces the "Vedic" Harappans to disperse eastwards towards the Gangetic basin.
I have stressed that this attempt to link a hypothesis of a mighty Sarasvati to the presence of Aryans is misguided and one that has caused harm to the public understanding of the topic and to what constitutes good science. Many geologists and archaeologists accepted the validity of a glacial Sarasvati without critically weighing the evidence. Taking their cue, in web forums and books, supporters of a glacial Sarasvati have popularized the hypothesis of a late river avulsion and often presented it as irrefutable evidence favoring the indigenous Aryan theory." http://suvratk.blogspot.com/2012/02/yamuna-and-sutlej-stopped-flowing-into.html
See also: "River Ghaggar/Saraswati Did Not Have A Glacial Source In Historical Times" http://suvratk.blogspot.com/2010/01/river-ghaggar-saraswati-did-not-have.html
"Fluvial History And The Fortunes Of The Harappan Civilization" http://suvratk.blogspot.com/2012/06/fluvial-history-and-fortunes-of.html
Thanks Gregory, you're always thorough with what's available.
There's also the language/writing issues. Decoding the script is ongoing? Hmmm.
Personally, I'm leaning to Forbidden Archaeology - Human Devolution histories, as you'd imagine.
The knowledge filter sucks.
I'm also wondering about the northwest since the ongoing Fukushima event. How people are coping and if there is an awareness of how it is ongoing?
Best of health to you!
pierre said... another coincidence probably, as I was thinking of Jung an hour ago doing outside chores... trying to be honest with my paranoia, and how all these good guy hero types (Jung, JFK, Lincoln, and not so good but still oppositional and tragic, Stalin, Hitler, ... their origins are corrupted and suspicious (as in bloodlines of the Illuminati by Fritz Springmeir)... well Jung was a protege of Freud and split on the issue of concretisation of archetypes (its not all sex and penises)..so shall I begin to doubt (I doubt it going by what I know and the feel of the guy and his transparency) - It is this reductionism that is basically what you are getting at Gregory I think. the point is the inner dispositions, constellations of ideas, complexes etc and most of all the need for meaning... these things of course use the things you can point at, metaphorically to a large extent, but still proceeding from within. a rose is a rose, but also the sparkle in your mothers eye when you were conceived and in a world of bug eyed monsters, would be a bug. I dont think you can reduce it to "out there" for dummies (maybe "in there" for dummies).
thought experiment, take Jane Fonda (in 1971) as a clone, take a harem of them, brought up by (kinky) computers, like Lord of the Flies but nascent not decadent (grin), and sooner or later their society will have similar myths.
yes in a different galaxy (from which i write apparently), there wont be a goat constellation, but there will be something randy and Dionysian (or whatever), given the need to breed, regulate, prosper, and stay sane.
although the essence of the UNconscious (a SUBtle difference) is I Don't know, but this thing is like that thing. that is not to mistake the meanings for the thing in itself upon which those archetypes are, essentially, projections (and communicated, communicator promoted from village idiot to village guru, sells books etc). (I am but a Clown training to become a Fool).
(theres one for Goy George if he's around, Beatles, Fool on the Pill (anti big pharma)).
all that said, theres the Forbidden Archeology and supreme brain washing (constent with Jungs Its there but I really dont know approach), like Frank Herberts Bene Geserit top down mythology - icing on the cake still IMO.
We're concerned about the Fuku fallout, which should rain out here in the NW; but no one I know owns a geiger.
I think that an oral tradition of astronomy, cosmology, and religion was well established by 50,000 years ago and traveled throughout the world with human migrations, remaining largely intact cross-culturally, with local variations. That cross-cultural mythology included a very ancient knowledge of the Precession of the Equinoxes and the associated Ice Age Cycle, which was the basis of the Flood myths and the myths of the World Ages. A stock cast of characters, symbols, and plotlines appear in all the mythologies, and they totally make sense as astronomy and cosmology. Apart from that, I mostly accept the archeologists' dating of sites, artifacts, and migrations - with a few exceptions, such as the theory that the Sphinx at Giza might be as much as 12,000 years old. My interpretations of mythology are not in conflict with the evidence of archeology; I may disagree about the meaning of an artifact, but I usually accept what the archeologists say about its age and provenance.
Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1824-1920) was one of the first and strongest advocates of Indian "Swaraj" (self-rule). Lokamanya is an honorific title which means Leader of the People. One could say that LBGT started the Swadeshi movement and Gandhi finished it. LBGT's father was a Sanskrit scholar and teacher, and LBGT was in the first generation of Indians to get a college education. LBGT was a math teacher, journalist, editor, publisher, activist, political prisoner, and Sanskrit scholar. LBGT wrote a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita, and he wrote "The Arctic Home in the Vedas" in 1903.
"The ancient Aryans, like the old Hebrews, believed that the subtle
matter, which filled the whole space in the universe, was nothing but watery vapors; and secondly that the movements of the sun, the moon and other heavenly bodies were caused by these vapors which kept on constantly circulating from the nether to the upper and from the upper to the lower celestial hemisphere. That is the real key to the explanation of many a Vedic myth; and unless we grasp it thoroughly, we cannot rightly understand some of the utterances of the Vedic poets.
These waters were sometimes conceived as rivers or streams, moving in the heaven, and eventually falling into the mouth of Varuna or the nether ocean (RV VII, 49, 2; VIII, 69, 12). The nether world was, so to say, the seat or the home of these waters, called yahvati; or the eternal (RV IX, 113, 8) and they formed the kingdom of Varuna and Yama, as well as the hidden abode of Vitra. This movement of waters is very clearly expressed in the Parsi scriptures.
Now waters are described in the Rig-Veda as following the path of the gods (RV VII, 47, 3), much in the same way as the waters in the Avesta are said to follow the path made by Mazda or the way made by the gods. Like the Avestic waters, the waters in the Rig-Veda have also the sea for their goal, and going by the aerial way eventually fall into the mouth of Varuna.
Many Vedic scholars have tried to identify Sarasvati with the river of that name in the Punjab; but as the latter is an insignificant stream, the identification has not been generally accepted. The above comparison now shows that the mighty Sarasvati, like Ardvi Sura Anahita, is an aerial stream, which rises up from the nether store-house of 'waters', travels over the sky and again falls back into the lower ocean. A portion of these waters is brought down upon the earth in the form of rain by the sacrifices offered to the river, and along with it come the seeds of all the plants growing upon the surface of the earth.” – Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, "The Arctic Home in the Vedas" (1903), pp 246-48.
http://www.vaidilute.com/books/tilak/tilak-09.html
Correction: Bal Gangadhar Tilak's lifespan was 1854 to 1920.
- GF
Well, we all know there's no such thing as Dwarka..
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread657629/pg1
The discovery of underwater ruins near the modern town of Dwarka does not prove that those underwater ruins are Krishna's city of Dwarka or Dwaravati. There must be many such underwater ruins waiting to be discovered on India's continental shelves; underwater ruins have also
been found near Mahabalipuram. The legend that Dwarka was submerged six different times is intriguing; that could have happened with to the rise and fall of the ocean during the Ice Age cycle.
In 1868, Heinrich Schliemann claimed to have discovered and excavated Homer's Troy at Hissarlik in modern Turkey. Today, most authorities on archeology and prehistory say that Schliemann's claim was romantic hyperbole, that Schliemann's excavation at Hissarlik was sloppy and destructive, and that Schliemann did not really discover Troy.
I think that Krishna's Dwarka, Homer's Troy, and Plato's Atlantis were all celestial, that they never existed on the earth, and they will never be found anywhere on the earth.
I think that Krishna's 16,108 wives are the stars of the night sky, as were Krishna's gopis - which is why the Rasa Dance was performed at night, and in a circle. I think that the Yadava clan are likewise celestials, as are Shiva's Ganas, Kuvera's Yakshas, and also the Vrishnis, Andhakas, Bhojas, Gandharvas, Apsarases, and Raksasas.
Krishna's city of Dwarka was also known as Kusasthali. According to the Mahabharata, the Devi Bhagavatam, the Bhagavata Purana, and other Puranic texts, Kusasthali was an undersea city that was built by King Revata, who was succeeded by his son Kakudmi (sometimes also called Raivata, son of Revata). Kakudmi's daughter Revati married Balarama. Kakudmi could easily visit the god Brahma because they both lived at the top of the sky.
Dwarka/Kusasthali is an analogue of Vishnu's abode of Vaikuntha, which is located directly above the Brahma-loka. Because Brahma was born in water, Brahma is also known as Kanja (Born in Water). "The Vaikuntha sphere which is covered with spiritual water is inhabited by Vasudeva..." (Caitanya-caritamrta, Adi-lila, Chapter 5.)
Brahma's wife/consort Saraswati personifies the River of the Sky and Vishnu's wife/consort Laksmi massages Vishnu's feet as he reclines in the Cosmic Ocean. Mary Magdelene likewise washes the feet of Jesus Christ and Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is known as Maris Stella (Star of the Ocean).
The Greek goddess of the sea was named Thalassa, and a Greek name for the Oceans was the Thalattai. In ancient Eurasia, a thali (a bowl or plate) was a metaphor for the Cosmic Ocean of the sky. Krishna's city of Dwarka was built on the site of Kusasthali, which was already under the sea before Dwarka was built on the same site - in the Cosmic Sea. Thalassa's husband was the sea-god Pontus, whose name means the Ocean. Pontius Pilate (the Pilot of the Pontus, or Ocean) "washed his hands" of Jesus Christ.
The Mahabharata states that the Devas held a convention at Kusasthali that was attended by Kuvera and his horde of Yakshas. The Raivataka Mountain, located near Dwarka/Kusasthali, is the Cosmic Mountain of the sky, the seat of Kuvera, aka Vaishravana. The Yadavas were mountain-worshippers who venerated both the Govardhana Mountain and the Raivataka Mountain, which was full of lights and gems; in mythology a cave or mountain full of light or gems is a common metaphor of the sky.
"The territory of Dwaraka [Kususthali] included the Dwaraka Island, many neighbouring islands like the Antar Dwipa and the mainland area neighbouring the Anarta Kingdom."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dv%C4%81rak%C4%81
"In that place [where Sri Caitanya appears] is a wonderful city like an eight-petal lotus flower. In the middle of that lotus-city is a place called Mayapura, and in the middle of Mayapura is a place called Antardvipa."
"Between Bhuvarloka and Bhurloka is Antariksa, an interplanetary space where the Sun is situated. Here live beings like Raksasas, Yaksas, Pisacas and ghosts. They often descend on earth and are generally inimical to humans. Usuallly they will be born later as humans."
Ghosts - "Living entities who are associates of Rudra develop in the third mode of material nature, or ignorance. They are situated in the sky between the earthly planets and the heavenly planets." (SB 3.6.29)
"Beneath Vidyadhara-loka, Caranaloka and Siddhaloka, in the sky called Antariksa, are the places of enjoyment for the Yaksas, Raksasas, Pisacas, ghosts and so on. Antariksa extends as far as the wind blows and the clouds float in the sky. Above this there is no more air." (SB 5.24.5) http://www.veda.harekrsna.cz/planetarium/index.htm
some times you just got to
take a walk, get your shoes
dusty, shake off a bit a that
pretentious bullshit and join
the real world, you know, the one
where nobody knows as much as you do
seriously though it is
an example, why scholarship
will never trump, intuitive knowledge, as in, spin all the
tales you want, or recount,
as that idiot said :
'while you are analyzing,
we are creating, new realities,
and then, you can analyze
them too'
couldn't help it
you can cut the pie
in as many pieces
as you like, it is
still, only, one pie
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:03:00 AM
I'm not saying that the Saraswati River and Krishna's city of Dwarka did not exist; I'm simply saying that the Saraswati and Dwarka were celestial, and not terrestrial. That is my understanding from reading the Vedic and Puranic texts. Nor have I seen any convincing physical evidence for a Saraswati or Dwarka on the earth.
Hindu fundamentalists may claim that my astronomical interpretations of the Vedas and Puranas are misinterpretations. I can counter-claim that it is the fundamentalists who are misinterpreting the Vedas and Puranas. The Hindu fundamentalists want to prove the "factuality" of their religion by showing that the Gods were historical figures who lived on the earth and created archeological sites and artifacts for us to find.
I've found that all the mythologies on earth, including the Vedas and Puranas, are about astronomy, cosmology, and religion. I want to understand what the authors of the Vedas and Puranas truly meant by what they wrote - without the post-Vedic revisionism of pseudohistorical and religious fundamentalist interpretations.
Greg Fegel
Why can't both be true?
Is the temporary material manifestation (Maya) often described as a distorted reflection of spiritual reality?
I heard many times during my youth; "you think too much."
SB 4.21.27 purport..
"In order to regulate the activities of the living entities, God has given us codes, just as a king gives codes of law in a state, and whoever breaks the law is punished. Similarly, the Lord has given the infallible knowledge of the Vedas, which are not contaminated by the four defects of human life — namely the tendency to commit mistakes, to be illusioned, to cheat and to have imperfect senses. If we do not take direction from the Vedas but act whimsically according to our own choice, we are sure to be punished by the laws of the Lord, who offers different types of bodies in the 8,400,000 species of forms. Material existence, or the sense gratification process, is conducted according to the type of body we are given by prakṛti, or material nature."
Bhajagovindam..
"Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda, Worship Govinda. Oh fool ! Rules of Grammar will not save you at the time of your death."
"Worship Govinda, worship Govinda, worship Govinda, Oh fool ! Other than chanting the Lord's names, there is no other way to cross the life's ocean.
- Sri Adi Sankaracharya
to est:
It appears that you have the mistaken opinion that you yourself are not "analyzing." The fact is that you have criticized my analyizing because you yourself are analyzing. If you truly weren't analyzing, you wouldn't care a fig about my analyzing, and you would just ignore me. The reason that you feel you need to criticize me for analyzing is because my analysis contradicts your analysis; if you didn't have a competing analysis of your own, you simply wouldn't care about my analysis.
I take long walks every day, and I also meditate with an effort to stop the operations of my thoughts every day. My work, my vocation, is to discovery the true meaning of the ancient mythologies. If you don't approve of what I've learned - if my analysis contradicts your analysis - you have a right to your opinion. But your accusation that I analyze and you don't is disproven by your strong objection to my analysis; clearly you do have an analysis of your own.
Monday, February 04, 2013 4:02:00 PM
Homer, you wrote:
Why can't both be true? Is the temporary material manifestation (Maya) often described as a distorted reflection of spiritual reality? I heard many times during my youth; "you think too much."
"Why can't both be true?"
Do you mean, why can't the Gods be the personifications of astronomical phenomena and also be spiritual Beings? Well, sure, Gaia or Bhumi can be the living Earth, Surya is the Sun, Shiva is the Earth's Axis, and Saraswati/Parvati/Laksmi is the Cosmic Ocean. Like the Earth (Gaia/Bhumi), every planet and every star is inhabited by an Entity or a Demi-God. I won't say that it isn't possible, because I don't know.
But the myths, including the Vedic myths, also describe abstract functions as Deities of DemiGods --such as the northern course of the sun (Mitra); the southern course of the sun (Varuna); the path of the sun, moon, and planets (Ananta/Sesha); the sunrise (Ushas); and the eclipse nodes (Rahu and Ketu). So, to be a DemiGod, you don't need to inhabit a planetary body or a star; you only need to occupy a position or perform a function -- such as the Earth's Axis (Shiva). The identification of the northern and southern paths of the sun; the path of the sun, moon, and planets; the dawn; the eclipse nodes; and the Earth's Axis as individual spiritual Beings does seem a bit arbitrary. Are we just "anthromorphising" when we assign a Deity or DemiGod to not only every planet and star in the Cosmos, but also to every function in the Cosmos?
The Vedic scriptures do contain passages that contradict each other; those contradictions require us to choose between one version of events and another version of events. So the "infallible knowledge of the Vedas" is naturally subject to some interpretation.
Also, there are philosophical sections of the Vedic literature that give instructions which contradict other sections. For example, many people, including myself, interpret the Bhagavad Gita as an essentially Advaitist instruction that emphasizes the pursuit of Self-realization over ritualism.
"I heard many times during my youth; "you think too much.""
When we were young, the adults and the Authorities did not want us to ask too many questions. Now we are adults, and they still do not want us to question Authority. The blind patriots, elitists, and religious fundamentalists always try to suppress the independent thinkers. The genuine seeker after truth must be an independent thinker.
My study of comparative mytholgy, including Vedism, has shown me that the Gods of the scriptures and the mythologies are mostly personifications of astronomical and cosmological phenomena.
Shri Shivarudra Balayogi, who I regard as my Guru, has stated that (I paraphrase) "the Gods are not real; they are impermanent. They are not the One. So instead of worshipping or meditating on the Gods, we should worship and meditate on the One God."
http://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/shivarudra-balayogi
Since there is only One God, there is only One God we need to worship. Everything else, including all of the DemiGods, is impermanent and unreal.
Jai Guru Brahman,
you are correct about that Greg
i should not have said anything
i would rather be wise than smart
though many times i am neither
Gregory, thanks for your input, your interest.
When I say why not both, Gangadevi springs to mind.
The Srimad-Bhagavatam is the literary incaranation of Lord Krsna Himself (1.3.40). Therefore, the Srimad-Bhagavatam is complete by Himself and all questions are answered by this text.
Lord Caitanya stated in this regard (Srimad-Bhagavatam intro):
"The Vedic injunctions are self-authorized, and if some mundane creature adjusts the interpretations of the Vedas, he defies their authority....[Vyasadeva's] work, the Vedanta-sutra, is as dazzling as the midday sun, and when someone tries to give his own interpretations on the self-effulgent sunlike Vedanta-sutra, he attempts to cover this sun with the cloud of his imagination."
"...the Lord can be known only by the sincere mood of eagerness for service."
Monday, February 04, 2013 10:38:00 PM
To Homer:
In the Vedic scriptures, every version of the life of Ganga states that she was raised in the heavens under the tutelage of Brahma. One version says that Ganga's father was Brahma and another version says that Ganga's father was Himavan - perhaps Brahma and Himavan are the same Deity, no?
Ganga fell from Brahmaloka to the top of Shiva's head and thence to the Himalayas. As Ganga traveled to the nether-worlds, she created a different stream (the Ganges River in India) to remain on Earth to help purify unfortunate souls there. The celestial Ganga is the only river to flow through all of the Three Worlds – Swarga (Heaven), Prithvi (Earth) and, Patala (the netherworld or Hell), and thus Ganga is called "Tripathaga" (one who travels the Three Worlds) in the Sanskrit language.
In Sanskrit and several other Indo-Aryan languages, the Milky Way is called Akash Ganga (the Ganges of the Heavens), and the Ganges and the Milky Way are considered to be analogs of each other. Kshira (milk) is an alternative name for the Milky Way in Hindu Sanskrit texts.
The description of Ganga in the Epics and Puranas makes her clearly, and primarily, celestial - the personification of the Milky Way - and secondarily, the Ganges River in India.
The Hindus regard the Ganges as an extension of the Milky Way, the ancient Egyptians regarded the Nile as an extension of the Milky Way, and the ancient Chinese regarded the Yellow River as an extension of the Milky Way.
Srila Prabhupada wrote copious commentaries on various Shastras. If the Shastras are self-explanatory and need no interpretation, why have so many Sages, including Prabhupada, written commentaries on the Shastras?
Wouldn't that make all of the Shastras useless?
Jai Bhagavan.
- Greg Fegel
Tuesday, February 05, 2013 5:27:00 AM
Jai Bhagavan, indeed!
Nityananda Prabhu ki jai!
Tuesday, February 05, 2013 4:16:00 PM
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Here's the Full Version of Kanye West's "Nah Nah Nah" Remix with 2 Chainz and DaBaby
By Brock Thiessen
Kanye West unloaded his remix of "Nah Nah Nah" late last month, though we're only now getting the full version. While we could hear most of the track via his previous Twitter share, Ye has done us a solid and now uploaded the full track to YouTube.
Down below, you can listen to the full "Nah Nah Nah (Remix)," which features DaBaby and 2 Chainz. As you'll see, the full version now clocks in at 3:11.
Sure, you hear most of it already, but you may as well still dive in below.
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Former Peru defense minister Walter Martos named as new prime minister
Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra and new Defense Minister Walter Martos shake hands during a swearing-in ceremony at the government palace in Lima, Peru.
Peruvian president Martin Vizcarra on Thursday named retired general Walter Martos, the former defense minister, as the country’s new prime minister as part of cabinet reshuffle over a clash with the opposition-held Congress.
Vizcarra also appointed attorney Luis Inchishategui as head of Ministry of Energy and Mines.
Peru’s economy, headed for its worst decline in a century due to a prolonged coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is highly dependent on mining. The country is the world’s second largest copper producer.
In total, Vizcarra made five changes in his cabinet of 19 ministers, including the prime minister. It was the second cabinet reorganization in almost three weeks.
Inchishategui, who has been vice minister of Mines, has extensive experience in the private sector and has worked as a lawyer for several firms, including South African Gold Fields.
Economy and finance minister Maria Antonieta Alva will remain in her role, Vizcarra said.
Peru’s Congress on Tuesday rejected a vote of confidence for then Prime Minister Pedro Cateriano. The upheaval threw the government’s plan to kick-start the Andean nation’s ailing economy into disarray.
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John Derek Ahlers
Wall of Honor Location:
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Air and Space Leader
Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society, AIAA, AOPA, & Quiet Birdmen.
Born April 21, 1912 in Antwerp, Belgium. Discovered aviation in 1917 after seeing RichtofenÂ's red tri-wing Fokker DR-1.
Learned to fly in 1930 at Brooklands Aerodrome near London. Attended New York University, 1934-1936, graduating with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering.
Worked at Glenn L. Martin Co. and Ranger Aircraft as design engineer and test pilot.
Granted U.S. citizenship in 1939.
During WWII, represented Ranger Aircraft as a technical advisor to Central and South American nations under the Lend Lease Program. In 1946 became a member of the War Dept'Âs Foreign Liquidation Commission based in Rio de Janeiro.
In 1951 established and managed the Paris office of Lund Aviation. Managed and trained international technical service force for Inflight Motion Pictures.
Established the Miami office of Airclaims Group in 1968 and adjusted aircraft accident claims until retirement in 1983.
Died February 9, 2000.
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Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 53
Local time: 20:00 KRYLATSKOYE SPORTS PALACE
Khimki mauls Crvena Zvezda for its largest ever Euroleague win
Khimki Moscow Region needed few minutes to get things going, but used a dominant second quarter to pave the way to 91-53 win over visiting Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade on Friday at the Krylatskoye Sports Palace. It was the biggest-ever win for Khimki in Euroleague, improving it to 2-1 in Group A, while Zvezda dropped its second consecutive game and stands at 1-2. The visitors did open the game in a higher gear, but Zoran Dragic got Khimki going and then led by Alexey Shved the hosts went on an 18-2 charge to take a comfortable 51-30 halftime advantage. The margin did not stop growing after the break, and it broke the 40-point barrier early in the fourth quarter after a 19-3 run. The biggest lead of the night was 87-43. James Augustine finished with 14 points, 5 rebounds and career-best 4 blocks. Dragic scored 12 points, Petteri Koponen netted 10 and Shved had 8 points and 7 assists. Maik Zirbes was the only Zvezda player in double figures as he amassed 15 points plus a career-high 14 rebounds. Gal Mekel added 9 points, and Quincy Miller scored 7 points with 5 rebounds for Crvena Zvezda in his Euroleague debut.
First quarter: A 12-0 run puts Khimki in front
It took more than 90 seconds after tip-off before Zirbes got the scoring started. Augustine opened Khimki's account with a turnaround jumper, and Mekel drove baseline for a floater 2-4 start. Baskets were few and far between in the early going, before Tyrese Rice made a steal and raced for a layup to tie the score. Stefan Jovic and Egor Vyaltsev traded triples midway through the quarter, then Zirbes scored inside, making it 7-11. After a timeout, Mekel drove to make a floater and Ryan Thompson made a layup, extending the lead to 8-15. Paul Davis knocked down a baseline jumper for Khimki, but a couple possessions later on the other end, Quincy Miller hit one of his own. After a timeout by Khimki coach Rimas Kurtinaitis, Dragic strung together 7 points, including a pair of three-pointers, and Sergey Monia added a tip-in to put Khimki in front 19-17. After a timeout, Khimki players hustled to steal an inbound pass in Zvezda’s half of the court, and Egor Vyaltsev hit a three that made it 22-17.
Second quarter: Shved leds Khimki to 21-point lead
Miller ended Zvezda’s scoring drought after 12 consecutive points from Khimki with a pair of free throws at the start of the quarter, but Monia hit a long jumper for the hosts. Khimki continued its run with a Vyaltsev alley-oop dunk, and Davis followed with a tough layup in traffic that made it 28-19. After Monia nailed a corner triple to put the margin in double figures, Zirbes scored a layup, which was the first field goal for Zvezda in six minutes. Davis and Miller traded baskets, but Koponen’s three-pointer extended it to 38-24. Zvezda had a chance to cut into the deficit, but Branko Lazic and Miller combined to hit 3 of 6 free throws, and the hosts extended it to 42-27 through Augustine and Koponen. Marko Simonovic nailed one from long range for Zvezda, but Augustine scored an easy layup then assisted for a Shved three-pointer. Free throws from Augustine, and a driving layup by Shved in the waning seconds of the quarter made it 51-30 at halftime.
Third quarter: The hosts blow it wide open
Koponen drove the baseline for a floater, before Zirbes scored a turnaround basket from close range. But Koponen nailed a triple that extended it to 56-32. Marko Guduric knocked down a pull-up jumper for the visitors, and Jovic dished a pass for a Zirbes dunk, 57-36. Augustine put-back his own miss to keep the margin above 20 points, then made an alley-oop dunk after an inbound pass from fellow big man Marko Todorovic. Zvezda was without a single point for more than four minutes, while Augustine added to his tally with free throws that helped made it 64-36. Mekel ended the visitors’ drought with a three-pointer, but Dragic finished a fast break with a layup, then buried a three-pointer that capped a 14-3 run for a 71-39 lead.
Fourth quarter: Hosts march to largest ever win
Todorovic scored 5 points to start the quarter before Zirbes made a tip-in to snap a 19-3 spurt. Stanislav Ilnitskiy nailed a three-pointer, and Todorovic scored inside again to extend the lead to 40 points at 81-41. Lazic banked in a runner, but Todorovic slammed one home, then Tyler Honeycutt nailed a corner three, 87-43. Mekel and Simonovic scored uncontested layups for the visitors, and after Shved and Honeycutt made baskets for Khimki, Marko Guduric rounded out the scoring.
Referees: LOTTERMOSER, ROBERT; KOROMILAS, ELIAS; HORDOV, TOMISLAV
Khimki Moscow Region 22 29 20 20
Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 17 13 9 14
Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade 17 30 39 53
0 RICE, TYRESE 20:17 5 1/2 0/1 3/4 1 1 2 6 3 4 1 4 3 9
1 SHVED, ALEXEY 19:43 8 2/4 1/3 1/2 2 2 7 3 4 1 3 13
3 DRAGIC, ZORAN 15:37 12 1/3 3/3 1/2 1 1 3 1 1 4 15
5 AUGUSTINE, JAMES 18:10 14 5/6 0/1 4/4 3 2 5 2 1 1 4 1 3 25
8 KOPONEN, PETTERI 16:57 10 2/5 2/4 1 2 3 1 2 11
9 VIALTSEV, EGOR 17:12 8 1/2 2/2 3 3 2 1 1 1 11
11 ILNITSKIY, STANISLAV 11:28 3 1/2 1 2 3 1 2 4
12 MONIA, SERGEY 12:46 7 2/3 1/1 4 1 5 3 1 3 1 1 12
19 TODOROVIC, MARKO 23:57 9 4/8 1/2 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 2 5 3 7
33 HONEYCUTT, TYLER 21:15 6 1/4 1/2 1/2 5 5 3 2 1 2 2 1 11
40 DAVIS, PAUL 9:35 8 3/6 2/3 1 1 1 2 1 2 9
45 SHELEKETO, MAKSIM 13:03 1 0/1 1/2 1 2 3 1 2 3
Totals 200:00 91 22/43 11/20 14/21 13 27 40 26 18 17 10 4 21 24 130
51.2% 55% 66.7%
Head coach: KURTINAITIS, RIMAS
Crvena Zvezda Telekom Belgrade
4 REBIC, NIKOLA 3:04 1 2 -1
5 THOMPSON, RYAN 23:04 2 1/5 0/1 3 3 1 1 1 2 -1
7 MEKEL, GAL 27:03 9 3/8 1/2 4 4 1 2 2 2
10 LAZIC, BRANKO 19:01 4 1/2 0/1 2/4 2 2 1 1 1 4 3
12 SIMANIC, BORISA 9:32 2 0/1 2/2 2 2 1 4
15 TEJIC, MARKO 10:18 0/2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 -1
19 SIMONOVIC, MARKO 16:56 5 1/3 1/5 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 2
23 GUDURIC, MARKO 12:57 4 2/5 0/3 2 1 1 -6
24 JOVIC, STEFAN 17:55 3 0/3 1/1 3 7 1 3 1 -5
30 MILLER, QUINCY 20:10 7 2/4 0/5 3/4 2 3 5 1 1 3 1 1 2 3 4
33 ZIRBES, MAIK 26:18 15 6/9 3/9 6 8 14 4 1 3 6 18
51 STIMAC, VLADIMIR 13:42 2 0/3 2/4 4 1 5 2 3 3
Totals 200:00 53 16/44 3/19 12/23 22 22 44 10 6 26 4 10 24 21 23
Head coach: RADONJIC, DEJAN
KURTINAITIS, RIMAS
“It’s a good victory and I’m happy for the way we played today with good energy, activity and effort. Everyone who was on the court gave the maximum effort. I’m happy for the result and for the fact that before our next VTB United League game we saved some players. Everyone played 20 minutes. I would like to thank all my guys for the job we did tonight. Today we showed good two- and three-point percentages. But we didn’t start the game as we had wanted. I think this season we started the game in the right way only versus Real Madrid at home.”
RADONJIC, DEJAN
“Congratulations to Khimki. Today we played well for only seven minutes and after that Khimki showed the quality of their team in comparison to ours. They played very well offensively and shot many three-pointers with good percentages. So the difference was growing and ended in the big difference at the end of the game. We are expecting a lot of work. It’s not simple to come to Moscow with two new players in the roster and play against such a great team like Khimki. We also missed two injured players. Because of that we had to be smart and make them be more active.”
AUGUSTINE, JAMES
“We played well tonight, but the opponent had a quick start in the beginning. Our bench came in and did well. I mean Zoran Dragic, Paul Davis and Alexey Shved played well. Coach found roles for everyone else in the roster. It’s tough to say why we started so softly. We changed a lot of things and offensively turned the ball couple of times and missed couple of shots. A lot of energy came off the bench tonight as they did a really great job.”
ZIRBES, MAIK
“Today we lost our principles as our opponent played better in offense. We didn’t play the right way at all like we wanted to. Khimki is a great team and today we saw what kind of players they have. They are high quality team, not only every player himself, but also as a team. We still didn’t find the right balance in the team as Stimac joined the team only yesterday. Also Quincy is not so long with us. We are still in search for our team together.”
REGULAR SEASON TOP 16 PLAYOFFS FINAL FOUR
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Event Recaps/ Success on the Promotion and Tenure Trail
Multiple Paths to Excellence: Promotion to Professor
Marina Bernal 0 Comment February 24, 2020
NSF ADVANCE at UNM promotion to full
Promotion Planning Spring 2020
Associate professors and other University of New Mexico faculty learned how to navigate the path to becoming a full professor through tips and experiences from those who went through the process themselves.
The presenters included Advance at UNM Director Dr. Julia Fulghum, anthropology professor Dr. Frances Hayashida, associate professor of geography Dr. Maria Lane and professor of chemical and biological engineering Dr. Heather Canavan.
At the event hosted by Advance at UNM, Fulghum said the path to promotion as full professor is much less defined than the path to tenure and promotion to associate professor.
“There’s no strictly defined path,” Fulghum said. “If you look at people around, you’ll see some commonalities in terms of they’re committed, they worked hard, they’ve got some expertise, they probably enjoy their work, but you’re going to see excellence defined different ways. This is really a write your own adventure story.”
Hayashida spoke about her journey to full professorship and tips for those aspiring to take the jump.
“Think about what your priorities are. Then you want to find a way to link your research, teaching, and service once you figure out what those priorities are,” Hayashida said.
During the presentation, Lane broke down her journey to applying for full professorship. She emphasized the road to full professor as not a solo venture.
“The last thing I have to say is how important it was for me to have input and feedback from people I trusted across campus, it really did a lot for me to just be checking in with people,” Lane said.
Canavan said being a woman and seeking promotion has its own set of challenges. She said the confidence gap, for example, is one thing to be aware of. This is the notion that men will apply for jobs when they’re 60 percent sure they meet the qualifications while women will wait till they’re 100 percent sure to apply.
“Women aren’t playing the game the same way, but they need to feel free to play the game the same way,” Canavan said.
Overall, the main takeaway the presenters pushed to the aspiring faculty is you have it within you to achieve this feat. Nobody wants you to fail; everyone is rooting for you to succeed, Canavan said.
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Four Questions & Jargon
Filed under: Contributor Article,Editorial Matters,Guest Article,On Language,On Words,Professional Editors — Rich Adin @ 4:00 am
Tags: delete or retain jargon, Erin Brenner, four questions, jargon
Every editor has to deal with jargon, because every form of writing has jargon designed to speak to the author’s audience. The question that editors need to resolve is this: Should I delete jargon? Today’s guest essayist, Erin Brenner, tackles the question by asking four questions about the jargon and its use.
Erin Brenner is the editor of the Copyediting newsletter and the owner of Right Touch Editing. You can follow her on Twitter. Erin is a guest presenter at various conferences on topics of interest to freelancers.
Before Deleting Jargon, Ask These Four Questions
by Erin Brenner
Copyeditors are trained to spot jargon. We’re taught to see it as obscuring meaning, as something designed to keep readers out, so delete it we must. Yet jargon can be helpful as well. For those familiar with it, jargon can provide a concise way to say something.
Instead of automatically deleting jargon, we should be considering whether it’s helpful to the reader.
How do you do that? Let me show you.
Ask Four Simple Questions
While editing the newsletter recently, I came across three jargon terms in an article about email discussion lists by Katharine O’Moore-Klopf: listmate, onlist, and offlist. I’ve been participating in such discussion lists for a long time, so I didn’t even blink at the terms.
But one of my copyeditors, Andy Johnson, did. Given that the article is aimed at folks who don’t currently participate in discussion lists or boards, would those readers understand the terms?
Johnson knows that jargon must be helpful to readers or be removed—just like every other word in a manuscript. To determine whether the terms are helpful, I apply a list of questions I wrote for deciding whether to use a neologism in a manuscript:
Does the word in question mean what the author intends it to mean?
Does the word fit the style and tone of the text?
Will any connotations of the word inhibit the author’s intended message?
Will the audience understand what the author means by this word?
In this situation, O’Moore-Klopf was using the terms correctly. They fit well within the piece, and there were no connotations of the terms to inhibit meaning. The problem was whether the audience would understand the terms. The article was targeting readers who don’t currently participate in discussion lists, remember.
We could determine whether there would be readers who wouldn’t understand the jargon by determining how well known the jargon was outside of discussion lists. I started my search for these words:
In several dictionaries. No results.
In the Corpus of Contemporary American English. Zip.
On Google. Now I had a few results:
a. listmate: There is some list management software called ListMate that grabs most of the first few results pages; about four pages in, I found one result that was in the subject line of a Yahoo Group message.
b. onlist: Results included social media handles and program commands. They also included some descriptions of activity on a list (as opposed to off it).
c. offlist: This term had the best results. It appears in Wiktionary, a Minecraft forum, and discussion comments. It’s also as a tag on Instagram and Pinterest.
By this point, I had a fair idea that these terms weren’t used much, if at all, outside of discussion lists. Still, I checked one more place, Google Books, and came up with a few accurate results. Most were books about discussion lists or marketing; one was on relationships in the digital world. Another was a book about language usage in a specific culture, while another was a fiction book set in the modern day.
Given that the terms were not often found in the mainstream, I hesitated to use them. Listmate seemed self-explanatory once the idea of discussion list had been introduced. Onlist and offlist were less clear; although our readers are intelligent and could parse out the meaning, we’d be making them work for it. Could we say the same thing without those terms?
We could. In most places where onlist was on its own, we could just drop it; the context was clear already:
If you have a funny work-related anecdote that you can share [deleted: onlist] without violating anyone’s privacy or embarrassing anyone, do so.
Offlist didn’t appear on its own, but when paired with onlist, we rewrote the phrasing:
Avoid complaining, either on the list or in private e-mail conversations [was: onlist or offlist], about colleagues, listmates, and clients.
In addition to the places I noted above, consider checking industry publications similar to yours and a news database, such as Google News. The first will tell you if the jargon is common in your industry, and the second will tell you if the jargon has become familiar to a wider audience. If the jargon appears in either place, you can feel comfortable keeping it in your manuscript.
Copyeditors don’t have to spend a great deal of time trying to determine how mainstream a piece of jargon is. It took me about 10 minutes or so to research all three terms in a light way and decide that the issue my copyeditor had raised was valid. I saw enough evidence for me to advise the author and seek her preferences.
Do you have “rules” that you apply to determine whether jargon should be deleted? Are they the same as Erin’s four questions or something different? Some professional editors work in niche subject areas, for example, medical books written by doctors for doctors or computer programming books written by programmers for advanced-level programmers. Are the rules about jargon and the questions to be asked about jargon outlined by Erin applicable?
Perhaps most important: Does eliminating jargon really matter in today’s Internet and Twitter age?
Of the various questions asked, I can respond to this one: “Does eliminating jargon really matter in today’s Internet and Twitter age?”
What matters is pausing to make assessment, as Erin describes. Not everyone is Internet savvy or active on Twitter and Facebook. If those people are likely to be part of a work’s audience, then jargon indeed becomes an item to pause and assess.
Much of the fiction I work on is written by authors decades younger than me, and they take certain modernities for granted, never entertaining the idea that “everyone” isn’t in the same groove. So, depending on likely audience, I often have to challenge their terminology. It goes the other way, too: Some writers of historical fiction assume that “everyone” recognizes historical figures or events and so provide no explanatory information, leaving readers scratching their heads.
The manuscript currently on my desk is written by a Canadian, and keeps referring to “the bush” in the way that I use “the country.” I’ve only heard “bush” used to describe Australian and Alaskan deep, harsh wilderness. I queried the use because the lead character, who grew up in “the bush,” was not acting like someone raised in the wilderness. Author will probably tell me that it’s jargon (idiom?) in her region. Meanwhile, I’m frustrated because I don’t know what she’s talking about and can’t discern whether the character is acting appropriately for her background.
Regardless, evaluating jargon as an editorial task has value. Sometimes jargon doesn’t need to be changed. After all, you can’t spoon feed everything to everybody . . . there’s nothing wrong with forcing a reader to learn something new by either inferring from context or looking something up. But: People write with the intention of being read, so we want to make it easy for readers to stay with the writing. That means clarity and accessibility. If jargon gets in the way of that, then it needs to go.
Comment by Carolyn — November 11, 2013 @ 6:37 am
You can also define jargon at the first instance and then use it thereafter, as you do with acronyms in running text. This can be useful if an understanding of a subject requires some familiarity with terms of art. For example, in a discussion of typesetting, you might define kerning so that you can use it thereafter; paraphrasing it would be clumsy. On the other hand, in the cases presented in this item, Erin makes the right call: onlist, offlist, etc., are easy to delete and the revision is much clearer.
Comment by Mededitor — November 11, 2013 @ 9:29 am
When I was editing medical books, the publishers followed AMA style, which forces one to translate jargon. For example, for “left heart failure” you had to substitute “left-sided heart failure,” as humans have only one heart.
However, I suspect that when physicians are communicating with each other, they use “left heart failure,” so when they read “left-sided heart failure” they mentally convert that to the commonly used “left heart failure” or with some conditions a common acronym.
So by being so fussy, were we just increasing the mental workload of reading medical books? We translate jargon into standard English and the medical student then translates standard English into common jargon.
In this case, it wasn’t the editor’s choice; it was publisher style, so we didn’t have to come up with rules on our own.
Comment by Gretchen — November 11, 2013 @ 10:38 am
All businesses have their jargon where a term is a paragraph to whe writer but to readers the term gets in the way of understanding what the writer means. It is not just in books but shows up in advertsing, brochures and, even, conversations.
There is only ONE RULE when it comes to selling . . . selling an idea, information, services, skills, as well as product and services. The Rule is, “What is presented must be logical to the first time reader/listener at their lever of understanding.”
Because I have to adhere to this definiton which in sin my book, “Elements of Selling,” where I use common terms in different ways, at the beginning of each Element(chapter)I have included a glossary of terms (terms from previous Elements are carried forward and any new term is added the the glossary.)
I decided to do this when one editor, in correcting my manuscript, changed the way some terms were used to the more common usage. So, I figured, if this editor did not understand what I was saying, readers would not.
The result of using the glossary tactit has been that people who have bought my book (India, Finland, Serbia, as well in the US and UK), have told me that it helped them take a different approach to how selling fits into their business and personal activities — the reason for my writing the book.
Comment by Alan J. Zell — November 11, 2013 @ 5:43 pm
As Richard mentions, some of us are editing in niche areas, so the use of jargon in these niches is the root cause of translation issues. For example, I edit technical content for an international audience, so writers follow this guideline: Avoid jargon, colloquialisms, or idioms. Instead, I recommend rewriting the sentence to use clearer, more direct language.
Because of our target audience, our guidelines also mention that writers should avoid using a word as a part of speech that is different from its standard dictionary definition. In particular, we should not use verbs as nouns or adjectives; examples are “configure”, “compile”, “fix”, and “install”. Conversely, we do not use nouns as verbs; examples are “action” and “solution”. The same form of some words can legitimately function as different parts of speech. We recommend that if writers are in doubt about which part of speech a word can be used as, they should consult a dictionary.
In short, we guide writers to use the simplest term possible to convey the intended meaning. For example, use “large” instead of “voluminous”, and use “small” instead of “diminutive”.
In some cases, we treat jargon in the same way as acronyms; we define the term in the first instance it appears. Alternatively, we create a custom glossary where readers can look up the meaning exactly as we intended it.
Comment by Anna Biunno — November 12, 2013 @ 10:31 am
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