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__label__wiki	0.516861	0.516861	The Lost Crews of 95 Squadron Coastal Command West Africa Lost Crew of L5805 B/95 - 11 June 1942 Detailed to escort a ship to Freetown, Sierra Leone went missing. Lost Crew of DV975 H/95 - 28 November 1942 Crashed in the river BUNCE off JUI after a D/F exercise with a H.S.L. Lost Crew of W6063 N/95 - 29 March 1943 Searching for survivors of SS Celtic Star, flew too low and hit a large wave, crashed into the sea Lost Crew of JM6775 S/95 - 28 May 1943 Floating Refueller next to aircraft caught fire Lost Crew of DV973 P/95 - 13 April 1944 Escort to convoy S.L. 155 - aircraft crashed on landing Lost Crew of DW105 T/95 - 5 January 1944 Starboard engine caught fire filling the aircraft with smoke - exploded and crashed in the water In 1944, following the North African landings the allies swept the Germans out of West Africa. No 95 Squadron, who had been based further down the West Coast of Africa in Bathurst (now Banjul), had also set up an Ops base in Port-Etienne (now Nouidhibou) Mauritania (approx. 1100km from Bathurst), in a joint effort with the free French to launch attacks on the U boats and to escort troopships and convoys. Founded by the French in 1905 and named after one of their colonial officials, Eugene Etienne (1844-1921), Port-Etienne, or Nouadhibou as it is now called, stretches along a thin peninsula running out from and parallel to the mainland in a southerly direction, of which the western side is part of The Sahara. Desert. The airmen based there referred to it as "Rag City", due to the amount of Bedouin tented encampments. It was from the harbour here, that the Sunderlands continued their Atlantic U-boat patrol sorties and escorts to the ship convoys. (Centre below, 2 ground crew are rolling depth charges along the bridge for loading). WW2 Port-Etienne Ops Base - Port-Etienne Cabo-Blanco - WW2 Port-Etienne 967558 Sergean tC.L. Hadwell	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line0
__label__cc	0.514338	0.485662	Search Back On For Plane Crash Survivors In Denali NP (Update) August6, 2018 August6, 2018 by chrisco2 Crews were hoping to resume the search for the crashed plane and survivors in Denali National Park at 7 a.m. https://t.co/P04oaPjwV4 pic.twitter.com/3HQvqGgRwQ — Anchorage Daily News (@adndotcom) August 6, 2018 As of Monday morning, search-and-rescue teams are back in Denali National Park hoping to find survivors of a crash of a sightseeing plane on Saturday. Here’s more from the Anchorage Daily News: The crashed plane is a de Havilland Beaver operated by K2 Aviation out of Talkeetna. It’s believed to have crashed around 6 p.m. Saturday at about a 10,500-foot elevation at a location known unofficially as “Thunder Mountain.” Two HH-60 rescue helicopters operated by the Alaska Air National Guard launched shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday were unable to spot the crash site, she said. “The helicopters were not able to make any kind of visual contact or get close to the area,” Belcher said. “They’ll try again at 7 a.m, depending on the weather. There’s supposed to be a small window of opportunity to get closer and hopefully lay eyes on the crash.” The crash occurred near the 10,920-foot summit, Belcher said. Update: The Daily News says the plane carried the pilot and four tourists from Poland. Categories Featured Content Tags featured content Leave a comment Post navigation Sockeye Limits Increased On Kasilof River Women’s Silver Derby Adds To Busy Valdez Summer Free News Letter	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line12
__label__cc	0.669724	0.330276	Home2013Wednesday Night Xtreme 02-13-13 Mark:We Are live in Grand Rapids, Michigan… This is Wednesday Night Xtreme… Rhino:We are on the Road to the Extreme Bowl… Mark:Yes we are and we will see the EWA World Heavyweight Champion in action tonight as Big Daddy Ace takes on Calvin Lumas… Rhino:The Road to the Extreme Bowl is on and that only means one person… Lone Jobber… Mark:Lone Jobber is in action tonight as well against Troy Joseph… Rhino:That should be an interesting encounter… Mark:Plus what will Omega’s answer be to Triple H’s challenge? We will find out more tonight… As we get started with our opening contest here at Wednesday Night Xtreme… $tewie Franchize vs Kronik Pa Announcer:Tonights Opening Contest is set for one fall… Introducing first…From Manhattan, New York… Weighing in at 242 Pounds… $TEWIE FRANCHIZE! (“Power” plays as $tewie Franchize enters the arena…) Pa Announcer:His opponent..From Springfield, Ma… Weighing in at 210 Pounds… KRONIK! (“Pushin’ Limits” plays as Kronik enters the arena…) Mark:Both men lock up in the center of the ring… $tewie Franchize backs Kronik up in to the corner and nails him with chops right across the chest… Rhino:He is lighting up his chest… Mark:$tewie Franchize whips Kronik in to the farside corner… Rhino:Here comes $tewie Franchize… Mark:$tewie Franchize charges in… Kronik gets his boots up… $tewie Franchize is staggering around and Kronik comes out of the corner and takes him off of his feet with a running head scissors… Rhino:$tewie Franchize gets back up on to his feet… Mark:Kronik now connects with a Dropkick! As he goes right for the cover 1………….2…………Kickout by $tewie Franchize… Rhino:Kronik now pulls $tewie Franchize back up on to his feet… Mark:Kronik hooks up $tewie Franchize and nails him with a Brainbuster! Rhino:He dropped him right on his head… Mark:Kronik goes for the cover once again 1……………2…………Kickout again by $tewie Franchize… Rhino:$tewie Franchize is getting back up on to his feet slowly… Mark:Kronik backs $tewie Franchize up in to the corner… Kronik hooks up $tewie Franchize… Tornado DDT! Rhino:He caught him good with that DDT… Mark:Kronik covers $tewie Franchize 1………………..2…………….Kickout once again by $tewie Franchize… Rhino:Right now Kronik is impressing here so far in his EWA Debut… Mark:$tewie Franchize is up on his feet and Kronik nails him with a Swinging Neckbreaker! Rhino:Kronik is now heading up on to the top rope… Mark:Shooting Star Press! No! Rhino:$tewie Franchize was able to get his knees up… Mark:Kronik is spinning around dazed… $tewie Franchize hooks him up… Northern Lights Suplex! With a Bridge! 1……………….2……………Kickout by Kronik… Rhino:Kronik is now getting back up on to his feet… Mark:$tewie Franchize hooks him up… T-Bone Suplex! Rhino:Nice suplex right there… Mark:$tewie Franchize covers Kronik again 1………………2………………Kickout once again by Kronik… Rhino:Things turn in an instant and it has for Kronik right now… Mark:$tewie Franchize gets Kronik up on to the top rope… Muscle Buster! Rhino:Kronik is in trouble… Mark:$tewie Franchize covers Kronik 1……………..2…………3…..No! Rhino:Kronik was able to get his shoulder up at the last second right there… Mark:$tewie Franchize is now waiting for him to get back up on to his feet… Rhino:Kronik is hurting… Mark:$tewie Franchize hooks up Kronik… EXECUTIVE ACTION! Rhino:$tewie Franchize could have Kronik right now… Mark:$tewie Franchize covers Kronik 1………………2…………….3……….NO! Rhino:Kronik was able to get his shoulder up… Mark:$tewie Franchize is now looking to put Kronik away… Rhino:Kronik is learning the hard way what its like to be in the EWA… Mark:$tewie Franchize picks up Kronik… SMALL PACKAGE! 1………………….2……………3…………NO! Rhino:$tewie Franchize was able to kick out… Mark:Very close nearfall… Rhino:$tewie Franchize is getting back up on to his feet… Mark:$tewie Franchize charges at Kronik… Kronik ducks the clothesline… Kronik spins $tewie Franchize around… REVERSE TWIST OF FATE! Rhino:$tewie Franchize could be in trouble right here… Mark:Kronik hooks the leg 1…………………2……………3………..NO! Rhino:So very close right there… Mark:Kronik is now waiting for $tewie Franchize to get back up on to his feet… Rhino:$tewie Franchize is staggering to his feet… Mark:KRONIK KICK! NO! Rhino:$tewie Franchize ducked the kick… Mark:$tewie Franchize with a kick to the midsection… HOSTILE TAKEOVER! Mark:$tewie Franchize covers Kronik 1……………….2…………….3……….. ITS OVER! Pa Announcer:Here is your winner $TEWIE FRANCHIZE! Rhino:$tewie Franchize picks up the victory here tonight over the debuting Kronik… Mark:Still to come tonight we will see the EWA World Heavyweight Champion Big Daddy Ace in action… As we now get back to the ring for more action… PyroManiAxe vs Demon Child Pa Announcer:This next contest is set for one fall… Introducing first…From Lotus Pod… Weighing in at 245 Pounds… PYROMANIAXE! (“Assassins” plays as PyroManiAxe enters the arena…) Pa Announcer:His opponent…From Parts Unknown… Weighing in at 269 Pounds… DEMON CHILD! (“Remember The Name” plays as Demon Child enters the arena…) Mark:Demon Child strikes PyroManiAxe with right hands to start this match up off… Demon Child whips PyroManiAxe off in to the ropes… Back Body Drop! Rhino:PyroManiAxe is staggering back up on to his feet… Mark:Demon Child charges at him and nails him with a running clothesline… Demon Child goes for a quick cover 1…………..2………..Kickout by PyroManiAxe… Rhino:PyroManiAxe is once again getting back up on to his feet… Mark:Demon Child kicks him in the midsection… Piledriver! No! Back Body Drop! And it sends Demon Child over the top rope… Rhino:Demon Child hit the floor hard on the outside of the ring… Mark:Demon Child gets back up and PyroManiAxe dives through the ropes right on to Demon Child… Rhino:Nice move right there by PyroManiAxe… Mark:PyroManiAxe rolls Demon Child back in to the ring… Rhino:Demon Child gets back up on to his feet… Mark:PyroManiAxe whips Demon Child off in to the ropes… Spinebuster! Rhino:He planted him right there… Mark:PyroManiAxe covers Demon Child 1……………..2…………….Kickout by Demon Child… Rhino:PyroManiAxe is putting the boots right to Demon Child… Mark:Demon Child got to the ropes and the referee is pulling PyroManiAxe away… Rhino:Demon Child is now back up on to his feet… Mark:PyroManiAxe goes in after him and Demon Child pokes him right in the eye… Rhino:Cheap shot right there… Mark:Demon Child now hooks up PyroManiAxe and nails him with a Belly to Belly Suplex… Mark:Demon Child covers PyroManiAxe 1…………..2………Kickout by PyroManiAxe…. Rhino:Demon Child is pulling him back up on to his feet… Mark:Demon Child kicks PyroManiAxe in the midsection… Powerbomb! Rhino:PyroManiAxe is in trouble after that powerbomb… Mark:Demon Child covers PyroManiAxe 1…………2…………3…No! Rhino:PyroManiAxe was able to get his shoulder up… Mark:PyroManiAxe is now getting back up on to his feet in the corner…Demon Child charges in… Big Splash! No! Rhino:PyroManiAxe moved out of the way… Mark:School Boy! 1……………2…………3……NO! Rhino:Demon Child kicks out… Mark:Demon Child gets up on to his feet… Demon Child charges in at PyroManiAxe and gets caught with a Roundhouse Kick! Rhino:He caught him square on right in the face with that kick… Mark:Demon Child is now trying to get back up on to his feet…PyroManiAxe hooks him up… Chokeslam! Rhino:He drove him right in to the canvas… Mark:PyroManiAxe is now heading up on to the top rope… Rhino:He is going to take a chance right here… Mark:SHOOTING STAR PRESS! Rhino:PyroManiAxe hit it… Mark:PyroManiAxe covers Demon Child 1………….2…………….3……..NO! Rhino:Demon Child got his shoulder up… Mark:PyroManiAxe thought he had Demon Child down for the count right there… Rhino:PyroManiAxe is now waiting for Demon Child to get back up on to his feet… Mark:Demon Child is getting up slowly… PyroManiAxe charges… SPEAR! NO! Rhino:Demon Child moved out of the way of PyroManiAxe’s Spear… Mark:PyroManiAxe is now spinning around… HEART STOPPER! Rhino:Demon Child caught him right there… Mark:Demon Child covers PyroManiAxe 1………………2…………..3…….NO! Rhino:So close right there… Mark:Demon Child is now waiting for PyroManiAxe to get back up on to his feet… Rhino:PyroManiAxe looks to be out of it right now… Mark:Demon Child is looking to put him away… Rhino:Demon Child has him lined up… Mark:DEMON DROP! NO! Rhino:PyroManiAxe shoves him off in to the ropes… Mark:Demon Child comes off the ropes… PyroManiAxe kicks him in the midsection… STUNNER! NO! Rhino:Demon Child fights out of it… Mark:Backslide! 1………………2……………3……..NO! Rhino:PyroManiAxe kicks out of the backslide pin attempt… Mark:PyroManiAxe gets back up on to his feet… Demon Child charges and nails him with a vicious clothesline… Rhino:He attempted to take his head off with that clothesline… Mark:Demon Child is now pulling PyroManiAxe back up on to his feet… Rhino:He is getting him in position… Rhino:PyroManiAxe fought out of it again… Mark:PyroManiAxe kicks him in the midsection… THIRD DEGREE BURN! Rhino:He hit the powerbombs… Mark:The STF is now locked in… Rhino:Demon Child has no where to go… Mark:Demon Child is trying to fight out… Rhino:He is trapped in the center of the ring… Mark:DEMON CHILD TAPS OUT! Pa Announcer:Here is your winner PYROMANIAXE! Rhino:Strong victory here tonight for PyroManiAxe who makes his return after a few weeks out of action… Mark:Good victory for PyroManiAxe tonight… As everyone gears up for the Extreme Bowl… Its back to the ring for more action… Non Title Match Lone Jobber vs Troy Joseph Pa Announcer:This next contest is a Non Title Match set for one fall… Introducing first…From Shangra-la… Weighing in at 252 Pounds…TROY “THE RAMPAGE” JOSEPH! (“Hall of Illusion” plays as Troy Joseph enters the arena…) Pa Announcer:His opponent…From The Slaughter House now residing in the EWA Offices in Atlanta, Ga… Weighing in at 235 Pounds… The EWA Total Impact Champion…El Presidente LONE JOBBER! (“Shut Your Mouth” plays as Lone Jobber enters the arena…) Mark:Here we go… Lone Jobber gets in to it a little bit with Troy Joseph… Rhino:These two men have a history together… Mark:Troy Joseph blocks the right hand from Lone Jobber and nails him with a couple of right hands… Troy Joseph whips Lone Jobber off in to the ropes… Back Elbow! Rhino:He caught him right in the face with that elbow… Mark:Troy Joseph now scoops up and slams Lone Jobber right down to the canvas… Troy Joseph comes off the ropes… Headbutt! Right down on to Lone Jobber… As now Troy Joseph goes for the cover 1……………..2………..Kickout by Lone Jobber… Rhino:Troy Joseph is coming out firing… Mark:Lone Jobber gets to his feet… Troy Joseph hooks him up… Atomic Drop! Rhino:Lone Jobber is spinning around dazed… Mark:Troy Joseph grabs him by the head and goes to toss him out of the ring… Lone Jobber puts on the breaks and switches places with Troy Joseph and tosses him out of the ring… Rhino:Nice counter there by the EWA Total Impact Champion… Mark:Troy Joseph is getting to his feet… Lone Jobber launches himself right over the top rope and lands right down on Troy Joseph… Rhino:Lone Jobber is now rolling Troy Joseph back in to the ring… Mark:Troy Joseph gets back up on to his feet as Lone Jobber comes off the top rope and nails him with a double axe handle… Rhino:Lone Jobber has changed the pace of this match up… Mark:Lone Jobber now covers Troy Joseph 1………………2……………..Kickout by Troy Joseph… Rhino:Lone Jobber is now working over Troy Joseph… Mark:Repeated Knee Shots by Lone Jobber right in to the lower back of Troy Joseph… Rhino:You can see the pain on Troy Joseph’s face every time he connects with a knee right to the back… Mark:Lone Jobber now picks up Troy Joseph and nails him with a Backbreaker! Lone Jobber goes for the cover 1……………2……..Kickout by Troy Joseph… Rhino:Troy Joseph is holding on to his back as he gets back up on to his feet… Mark:Lone Jobber with a hard irish whip and sends him back first right in to the turnbuckles… Rhino:He is staggering out of the corner… Mark:Lone Jobber hooks him up again… Backbreaker! Rhino:Troy Joseph continues to be in pain… Mark:Lone Jobber is now turning him over… Boston Crab! Rhino:Troy Joseph is now in a lot of trouble… Mark:Troy Joseph is attempting to crawl to the ropes… Rhino:He is in a lot of pain as you can see on his face… Mark:Lone Jobber is really sitting down on the back of Troy Joseph… Rhino:Lone Jobber clearly came in to this match up with a game plan and its paying off right now… Mark:Troy Joseph is trying to muscle up enough energy to crawl to the ropes to break the hold… Rhino:He is getting closer… Mark:Troy Joseph is able to reach out and get a hold of the ropes… Rhino:Lone Jobber has done the damage to Troy Joseph… Mark:The EWA Total Impact Champion is waiting for Troy Joseph to get back up on to his feet… Rhino:Lone Jobber has him lined up.. Mark:Troy Joseph turns around… LOW CARD KICK! Rhino:Lone Jobber got all of that kick… Mark:Lone Jobber with the cover 1………………2……………3……NO! Rhino:Troy Joseph was able to get his shoulder up… Mark:Lone Jobber thought he had Troy Joseph beat with that Low Card Kick… Rhino:Troy Joseph is trying to get back up on to his feet… Mark:Lone Jobber kicks Troy Joseph in the midsection… HERTIAGE! NO! Rhino:Troy Joseph countered with a back body drop… Mark:He saved himself with that counter… Rhino:Lone Jobber is now staggering back up on to his feet… Mark:Troy Joseph now charges and nails him with a Flying Shoulder Block! Rhino:Lone Jobber gets right back up… Mark:Troy Joseph whips him in to the ropes… Powerslam! Rhino:Troy Joseph is riding the momentum… Mark:Troy Joseph with the cover 1……………….2………….3……No! Rhino:Lone Jobber got his shoulder up… Mark:Troy Joseph now scoops up and slams Lone Jobber down to the canvas… Rhino:Troy Joseph is heading to the top rope… Mark:Troy Joseph is going to fly… SWANTON BOMB! NO! Rhino:Lone Jobber rolled out of the way… Mark:Troy Joseph just crashed and burned… Rhino:Lone Jobber is back up on to his feet… Mark:Troy Joseph is staggering to his feet and holding on to his back… Rhino:Here it comes… Mark:THE GIMMICK! Rhino:That’s gotta be it right there… Mark:Lone Jobber covers Troy Joseph 1…………………..2……….3…. ITS OVER! Pa Announcer:Here is your winner LONE JOBBER! Rhino:Lone Jobber comes out victorious here tonight over Troy Joseph… Mark:Troy Joseph was riding the momentum and he went for one big move and it backfired on him… Rhino:That’s why Lone Jobber is the EWA Total Impact Champion… He is able to take advantage of situations… Mark:Yes he does… As we now get set for our next contest here tonight… William McConnell vs Alan Matthews Pa Announcer:This next contest is set for one fall… Introducing first…From Grand Rapids, Michigan… Weighing in at 248 Pounds… ALAN MATTHEWS! (“David De La Hoz” plays as Alan Matthews enters the arena…) Pa Announcer:His Opponent… “There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part! You can’t even passively take part! And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels…upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop!” Pa Announcer:From Evansville, Indiana… Weighing in at 230 Pounds…WILLIAM McCONNELL! (“Wretches & Kings” plays as William McConnell enters the arena…) Mark:Both men lock up in the center of the ring… William McConnell goes for a headlock…. Alan Matthews quickly escapes and goes behind William McConnell and nails him with a Hammer Lock… Rhino:William McConnell is trying to get out of it… Mark:William McConnell now goes behind Alan Matthews and now tries to take him off of his feet… Alan Matthews goes behind McConnell… Rhino:Both men are trying to out wrestle the other… Mark:Alan Matthews takes William McConnell off of his feet… Alan Matthews now locks in a side headlock… Rhino:William McConnell is now trying to fight his way back up on to his feet.. Mark:William McConnell fights his way back up on to his feet and now shoves Alan Matthews off in to the ropes… Alan Matthews comes off the ropes and nails William McConnell with a shoulder block… Rhino:William McConnell gets right back up on to his feet… Mark:William McConnell charges… Hiptoss! Rhino:Nice move by Alan Matthews… Mark:William McConnell gets back up again and charges and gets caught with another hiptoss… Rhino:Alan Matthews is one step ahead of William McConnell… Mark:William McConnell rolls out of the ring frustrated… Rhino:He is taking a minute to try and compose himself here… Mark:Alan Matthews is trying to go get him but the referee is holding him back… William McConnell back up on the ring apron… Alan Matthews grabs the ropes and slingshots William McConnell back in to the ring… Rhino:That was not how William McConnell wanted to enter the ring… Mark:No it wasn’t as he is backing up in to the corner… Rhino:Alan Matthews is going after him… Mark:Alan Matthews picks him up… William McConnell rakes the eyes of Alan Matthews and now puts Alan Matthews in the corner and nails him with chops right across the chest… Mark:William McConnell whips him in to the farside corner… Rhino:Alan Matthews is staggering out of the corner… Mark:Dropkick! Rhino:Nice dropkick… Mark:William McConnell covers Alan Matthews 1………………2………….. Kickout by Alan Matthews… Rhino:Alan Matthews is getting back up on to his feet… Mark:William McConnell hooks him up… Atomic Drop! Right in to a Belly to Back Suplex! Rhino:Nice combination right there… Mark:William McConnell covers Alan Matthews again 1……………….2………….Kickout by Alan Matthews… Rhino:William McConnell is now plotting out of his next move… Mark:William McConnell goes behind Alan Matthews…Alan Matthews with the reversal and goes behind William McConnell and now runs him in to the ropes… Roll Up! No! Rhino:William McConnell held on to the ropes… Mark:William McConnell charges… Alan Matthews ducks the clothesline… Goes behind William McConnell… German Suplex! Rhino:He dropped William McConnell on his head with that suplex… Mark:William McConnell gets back up… Alan Matthews sets him up… Northern Lights Suplex! With a Bridge! 1……………….2……………..Kickout by William McConnell… Rhino:Close one there… Mark:Alan Matthews now waits… Alan Matthews hooks him up… Fisherman’s Suplex! Bridge! 1………………2………..3…….NO! Rhino:William McConnell got his shoulder up… Mark:Right now Alan Matthews is bringing William McConnell over in to the corner… Rhino:He has something in mind right here… Mark:Alan Matthews has William McConnell up on the top rope… SUPERPLEX! NO! Rhino:William McConnell is blocking it… Mark:William McConnell shoves Alan Matthews off the top rope… Rhino:William McConnell is now gaining his balance… Mark:Alan Matthews quickly to his feet and falls in to the ropes and William McConnell gets crotched on the top rope… Rhino:Ouch! Mark:Alan Matthews reclimbs the ropes… SUPERPLEX! Rhino:That time he hit it… Mark:Alan Matthews with the cover 1……………..2…………….3……..NO! Mark:William McConnell is slow to get back up on to his feet… Rhino:Alan Matthews is looking to finish off William McConnell… Mark:Alan Matthews has him up… DEADLY DROP! NO! Rhino:William McConnell escapes… Mark:Alan Matthews turns around… SUPERKICK! Rhino:William McConnell hit the kick… Mark:Alan Matthews is out on his feet… Rhino:William McConnell isnt done… Mark:DUAL SHOCK! Mark:William McConnell hooks the leg 1…………….2…………..3……… ITS OVER! Pa Announcer:Here is your winner WILLIAM McCONNELL! Rhino:Hell of a battle between these two… Mark:William McConnell was able to escape with the victory… As we now send it to the back where Kent Richardson is standing by with one of the EWA Commissioner’s Triple H… Kent… Kent:Thanks Guys… Triple H you requested this time as you wanted to address the Omega situation… HHH:Yes I did… You were witness just like everyone last week where Omega was demanding that people pay attention to him right? Kent:Yes… HHH:Well that’s what I finally did… I finally paid attention to what Omega had to say and I gave him this one chance to prove himself… Once chance to reclaim his past glory… And what does he do… He ignores it… And then days later… He decides its finally time to speak and tells me No… Well… If that’s how Omega wants to play it… Then fine… He can turn me down… But this is the LAST time we will ever speak the name of Omega… No one should ever mention his existence EVER again… If you do… Well… Then you and I will have words… Because I gave that man an opportunity and he rejected it… His contract, which he claims to have, is Null and Void… He doesn’t exist any longer… So tonight is the end of the line for Omega… He is… As of this moment… No More! (Triple H shreads Omega’s EWA Contract) HHH:Goodbye Omega… You will not be missed… Kent:Guys… Back to you… Rhino:Not sure what to say… Mark:I dont think there is anything we can say… But its time for our Main Event… Big Daddy Ace vs Calvin Lumas Pa Announcer:Tonights Main Event is a Non Title Match set for one fall… Introducing first…From Raleigh, North Carolina… Weighing in at 215 Pounds… CALVIN LUMAS! (“Ultranumb” plays as Calvin Lumas enters the arena…) Pa Announcer:His opponent…From Boston, Mass.. Weighing in at 273 Pounds…The EWA World Heavyweight Champion…BIG DADDY ACE! (“Made of Scars” plays as Big Daddy Ace enters the arena…) Mark:Big Daddy Ace nails Calvin Lumas with right hands… Rhino:Calvin Lumas is firing back with shots of his own… Mark:Calvin Lumas whips Big Daddy Ace off in to the ropes… Big Daddy Ace with a reversal and nails him with a Back Body Drop! Rhino:Calvin Lumas gets back up on to his feet… Mark:Big Daddy Ace charges… Calvin Lumas ducks and pulls down the top rope and Big Daddy Ace goes flying over the top rope… Rhino:The EWA World Heavyweight Champion falls flat on his face on the outside of the ring… Mark:Calvin Lumas is up on the top rope… Rhino:Watch Out! Mark:Calvin Lumas dives off the top rope right down on to Big Daddy Ace on the outside of the ring… Rhino:Big risk taking chance right there that paid off… Mark:Calvin Lumas now rolls Big Daddy Ace back in to the ring… Rhino:Big Daddy Ace is staggering to his feet… Mark:Calvin Lumas nails him with a Jawbreaker! Rhino:Big Daddy Ace is spinning around… Mark:Clothesline! Taking Big Daddy Ace off of his feet… Rhino:Calvin Lumas is heading back up on to the top rope… Mark:Flipping Leg Drop! Connects right down on to the EWA World Heavyweight Champion… Rhino:Big Daddy Ace is in trouble after that leg drop… Mark:Calvin Lumas with the cover 1…………..2…………Big Daddy Ace kicks out… Rhino:Big Daddy Ace is slow to get back up… Mark:Calvin Lumas scoops him up and slams him back down to the canvas… Rhino:Calvin Lumas is back up on the top rope… Mark:Swanton Bomb! Rhino:He it it… Mark:Calvin Lumas covers Big Daddy Ace again 1……………….2………….3…No! Rhino:Big Daddy Ace was able to get his shoulder up… Mark:Big Daddy Ace is now getting back up on to his feet… Rhino:He is up in the corner… Mark:Calvin Lumas charges… Leg Lariat! No! Rhino:Big Daddy Ace moved out of the way… Mark:Calvin Lumas crashed and burned right there… Rhino:Calvin Lumas is staggering up on to his feet… Mark:Big Daddy Ace charges… SPEAR! Rhino:Big Daddy Ace just speared him out of his boots… Mark:Big Daddy Ace isnt done… Rhino:Calvin Lumas looks to be out of it… Mark:ACE CRUSHER! Rhino:Big Daddy Ace hit it… Mark:Big Daddy Ace covers Calvin Lumas 1……………….2……………..3……….. ITS OVER! Pa Announcer:Here is your winner BIG DADDY ACE! Rhino:Big Daddy Ace pulls out the victory tonight… (“Break It Down” plays as Triple H walks out on to the stage) HHH:Big Win for you there Big Daddy Ace… But will you be so lucky at the Extreme Bowl… When the EWA World Heavyweight Championship is ON THE LINE… INSIDE… THE TRIPLE TIER CAGE! Rhino:The Gold is on the line at The Extreme Bowl… Mark:Can Big Daddy Ace survive the Extreme Bowl? We will see you there… Good Night Everyone! Unholy Alliances 2013 Beach Brawl 2013	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line13
__label__cc	0.576519	0.423481	Qweekend story: ‘Freedom Thinkers: Brisbane Free University’, November 2015 A story for the November 7-8 issue of Qweekend. The full story appears below. Freedom Thinkers In their underground “carparktopia”, the women of Brisbane Free University dispense knowledge to anyone within earshot. by Andrew McMillen / Photograph by Russell Shakespeare About once a month, beneath a bank on Boundary Street in Brisbane’s inner-south West End, an enterprising trio of young women direct their energies toward setting up a classroom unlike any other you’ll find in the city. Under harsh fluorescent lights and between 13 Westpac customer car parks, dozens of plastic chairs are sat facing a white banner taped to the brick wall, covering the bank’s logo. A second banner is hung above the entrance, so that curious passersby might be drawn in by the impromptu gathering of education-minded locals. Since November 2012, a motley crew of passionate, engaged learners has been flocking to this initiative, dubbed Brisbane Free University. Pictured on the banner beside the name is the unmistakable image of an ibis taking flight, its wings outstretched. This bird was chosen for its antagonistic scavenger spirit, and illustrated by 26-year-old co-founder Anna Carlson. It wasn’t until much later that a happy accident was uncovered: the Egyptian god of knowledge, Thoth, was often depicted as a man with the head of an ibis. There’s a curious duality at play here, then: the inner city-dwelling ibis takes what it can from its surrounding environment to survive, while the women of Brisbane Free University enjoy nothing more than to share knowledge with whoever happens to be in earshot, free of charge, to enlighten the lives of those around them. Carlson and her two co-founders – Fern Thompsett, 28, and Briohny Walker, 30 – do not take an adversarial approach to the city’s existing tertiary education institutions. To do so would be a touch hypocritical, as the trio met while studying arts/law, anthropology and philosophy, respectively, at the University of Queensland, and a review of BFU’s past sessions show a strong presence of UQ, Queensland University of Technology and Griffith alumni. By 6.30pm on this particular Thursday, Walker steps forward and speaks into a microphone connected to a solar-powered PA system whose two speakers are positioned atop wheelie bins. “Thank you for coming down to carparktopia for BFU. It’s lovely to see you all,” she says, beaming. “Tonight is particularly special because it’s a meta-BFU: tonight at free university, we’re going to be talking about free universities. The acoustics here are a little bit weird, so can I check that everyone at the back can hear me?” After getting the thumbs-up from those in the back rows, she hands over the mic. Facing the audience are two chairs; one for Thompsett and one for the American guest speaker, Laura Nelson, a 26 year-old student of Harvard University who is studying a PhD on the history of free universities. Both are casually dressed and clearly comfortable with fronting this crowd of around 30 attendees, whose average age appears to be about 22. After acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we sit, Thompsett gives a brief overview of how the event came to be. “When Briohny, Anna and myself co-founded BFU, we didn’t realise that there were any other free universities in operation, even at this point in time, let alone in history – which is probably really politically naive of us,” she says with a smile. “It was just an idea that came out of the blue, and a bottle of wine, and then it took form in this very carpark approximately three years ago. It was only a couple of months into the project that we realised that what we’d tapped into was a global movement that stretched back in time, and right around the world.” Last year, Thompsett spent five months travelling throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico, visiting free universities and studying the interrelated concept of radical education. While spending time in Australia, Nelson has been researching this country’s founding movements. She reads aloud a quote to begin: “Training for the economy is the de facto centre of the university’s operations. Students flow in from the public examinations and flow out clutching tickets to membership in the occupational elite. Through the university, a semi-closed upper status perpetuates itself from one generation to the next, preserving the lines of privilege which universal secondary education was thought to destroy. Because their attention is on getting good jobs, the mass of students are insulated from the academic culture of the university and from the radical traditions of student life and thought.” As Nelson explains, this quote was first published in a Sydney University student newspaper in October 1967 and became the foundation manifesto of what became known as the Free U, which ran out of a rented house in Redfern and reached a peak of 300 students within two years. The Sydney experiment inspired similar movements in Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide, among others. As Nelson speaks, buses noisily accelerate out on the street, while occasional hecklers direct their voice toward the carpark, an action which is met with smiles by the organisers. The whole point of using this space is that there is no door between the public and private; instead, anyone interested may walk down and take a seat. That doesn’t happen tonight, perhaps because the audience is among the smallest in recent memory – possible a reflection of the meta theme – but previous discussions on sex and consent, the future of West End and women in media have each attracted healthy crowds. After chatting amicably for an hour, Thompsett opens the discussion up to questions and comments from the floor. A young guy in a suit and a flat cap raises his hand; he drones into the microphone for minutes on end about several tangentially-related concepts before attempting to form a question for the two women. I find myself quickly frustrated by his presence, and reflect on how this behaviour would not be tolerated in a mainstream university classroom; he would soon be drowned out by groans, and the lecturer, sensing the restlessness, would likely intervene. Here at BFU, he is indulged with silent patience by all in attendance, though a couple of young women in front of me start rolling their eyes at one another and quietly giggling to themselves. This young man is passed the microphone several more times during the group discussion. His barely coherent monologues fill the space, and each time Thompsett skilfully acknowledges his contribution before steering the conversation toward more productive pathways. I realise my frustration toward him is rooted in my own studies at UQ several years ago. I rarely enjoyed the Bachelor of Communication program, doing the bare minimum to scrape through with a pass while pouring my time into socialising and extracurricular activities. This is a fault of mine, not the university’s, yet even here, I found myself thinking in terms of exams and assessment criteria. Thoughts such as these are in direct opposition to what BFU represents: learning for learning’s sake, rather than simply chasing a piece of paper, an admirable grade point average or a high-paying job. It’s a beautiful, freeing approach to education, as it opens up avenues beyond the traditional classroom model. It rejects the notion that learning ends with high school, or university. Instead, it’s a lifelong process, and movements such as this acknowledge the universal human hunger for knowledge, discussion and understanding. An informal “tutorial” is scheduled to take place in the beer garden of the nearby Boundary Hotel once the organisers have reset the carpark and packed up the PA, but for now, says Thompsett, “I don’t have any conclusions, I just have more questions, which I think is probably the sign of a sound research project – at least for within this framework of anarchist learning spaces.” As the audience filters out onto Boundary St after helping to stack chairs, minds and mouths alive with inspiration, it’s clear that this has been another successful chapter not only for BFU’s three founders, but for a radical educational concept that first took root almost 50 years ago. brisbanefreeuniversity.org Post Category: Feature Journalism, Published Writing \| Tags: 2015, anna carlson, article, australia, bank, bfu, briohny walker, Brisbane, brisbane free university, carparktopia, Community, education, feature journalism, fern thompsett, free u, history, Interview, laura nelson, learning, Published Writing, qld, queensland, qweekend, radical education, west-end, westpac Not the Pope says: What a great article and what a great idea – to offer the public the opportunity to experience BFU! Any expansion of knowledge cuts through the formalisation of tradition that either deters others from tertiary education … Glad you covered this, Andrew!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line28
__label__wiki	0.750686	0.750686	Chronicles of Love & Resentment by Eric Gans Share \| Subscribe to Chronicles RSS GA and psychoanalysis? No. 653: Saturday, March 28th, 2020 When I wrote my dissertation on Gustave Flaubert’s adolescent writings (The Discovery of Illusion, UC Press, 1971), I found the Freudian “family drama” useful in making sense of these hyper-romantic tales, where the clearly indicated familial roles, including a friend-rival identifiable as Gustave’s friend Ernest Chevalier (and often named “Ernest” in the story), allowed one to trace the development of the configuration up to the point where the “romantic subject”-protagonist was smitten with an extra-familial love, the model for the later heroine of (both versions of) L’éducation sentimentale. But although the family drama was clearly useful in analyzing the works of a romantic adolescent, my subsequent efforts at literary analysis (Mérimée, Musset, Racine…) were more deeply influenced by the notion of pragmatic paradox introduced by members of Bateson’s “Palo Alto” school of psychology—an encounter for which I will always be indebted to Alain Cohen. Since then, one might say that my intellectual life has been devoted to finding a justification for my intuition that paradox, the bane of logicians, is not simply a clever form of what Irving Massey calls Necessary Nonsense (Ohio State UP, 2018), that is, a frustrating anomaly within the metaphysical mindset for which the raison-d’être of logical propositions—declarative sentences—is independent of anthropological considerations. Once one thus explains away the anthropological nature of language, it is no wonder that one can no longer reflect intelligently on what the origin of language might have been, nor comprehend the paradox inherent in it. All thinking is really originary thinking. Its effectiveness depends on what one chooses to consider as its originary elements. But we think of its anthropological foundation less critically when we are familiar with these elements from childhood, as in Freud’s family drama, or when, on the contrary, they derive from what appear to be the logical properties inherent in rational discourse. Hegel’s attempt to construct a logic of “everything,” beginning with Being and ending with the human-centered physical universe, whose history reaches its “end” in the revelation of all conceivable categories of being, marks the culmination of the metaphysical age—and the beginning of its deconstruction. Recorded history and prehistory give us many clues to the origin of the specifically human, but we cannot simply trace them back to this origin. The only procedure that allows one to maintain any degree of rigor is to begin from a hypothesis as minimal as possible. In particular, originary anthropology cannot begin with the child, because the child’s assimilation of culture is a process very different from its genesis. These reflections bring me back to what was ultimately René Girard’s central intuition, and the one that has influenced me most deeply: that the discourse of religion, however fanciful it may appear in its elaboration, is closer to the essence, the soul of the human than any other. This is quite the reverse of concurring with Auguste Comte—and with virtually all of today’s human scientists—that religion’s truths, having emerged at an early stage of human history, have simply been superseded, like those of ancient astronomy and medicine, by those derived from empirical observation via the scientific method. This is by no means to deny the legitimacy of “positive,” natural-science anthropology. But as earlier generations of anthropologists intuitively recognized, with respect to originary anthropology, that is, anthropology as centrally concerned with how we acquired what in the human is not shared by our animal cousins, religion cuts closer to the bone than any other cultural practice. Such an anthropology cannot avoid the paradox of transcendence, which each religious discourse conceives in its own culture-bound set of experiential terms. We cannot eliminate these terms without exposing in their nudity the logical contradictions inherent in expressing the “presence” of the transcendent in the natural world. Yet to remain within the vocabulary of metaphysics, where such paradoxical expression has no place, is to forfeit the possibility of understanding the roots of humanity’s différance. As a follow-up to Chronicles 649 and 651, I recently read Jean Clapier’s Thérèse de Lisieux au risque de la psychologie (Presse de la renaissance, 2010), a book summing up the twenty-odd psychological studies of Thérèse from the 1920s to the present. All of the analyses referred to were respectful of her faith; even the most psychoanalytic did not suggest, with Freud’s The Future of an Illusion, that religious faith was an illusory solution to real psychic difficulties. Yet throughout these analyses, however perceptive, I felt that Thérèse’s own God-centered language was more fundamental than the categories that were alleged to elucidate it. Most critically, her emphasis on love, which was as central to her faith as it is to Christianity (“God is love”), was more faithful to its human/transcendental source than any possible interpretation involving the sublimation of the libido. I have no quarrel with the idea that Thérèse recruited her somatic emotions in the service of her love for God, and have no particular insight into the sources of such emotions, whether the libido or that quite unlibidinal need for someone to give you a hug. But clearly Thérèse’s love for Jesus is not only cheapened but misinterpreted if we conceive it, as Bernini famously did with her Spanish namesake, as a form of sublimated sexual ecstasy. One should rather say that human sexual ecstasy, to the extent that it is more than a physical spasm, is informed by our sense of the sacred. Yet the chastity required of the exemplary devotees of Catholicism as well as of many other religions reflects the fact that even with the best of will, the orgasm, in putting an end to (its) deferral during the act of intercourse, cannot—as can the act of communal eating and drinking—be wholly subsumed within culture’s transcendence. Whether one revels in it, like Sade or Bataille, or deplores it, sex is an animal act, an act of mortality redeemed by biology through reproduction, not by the transcendence embodied in the “immortal” sign. Human love is defined not by the sublimation of Eros, but by the transcendence of resentment. One cannot understand the human by beginning with biology and then tasking the human individual with implementing the transcendent différance that uniquely characterizes us. Beyond the question of language origin, how the child learns to be human, a process whose description Lacan refined from Freud’s series of erogenous zones into the progression of perceptual representation from the (self)-image to the symbolic realm of signs, sheds only an oblique light on the process whereby pre-humans learned to make themselves human. In the time of Thérèse’s étrange maladie (strange illness) around the age of 10, during which she exhibited quasi-schizophrenic symptoms, she worked out her problems herself, or, as she would have put it, with God’s help. This alternative can be restated as the two possible explanations of the “miraculous” smile of the statue of the Virgin that put an end to this episode on the day of Pentecost, May 13, 1883. The anthropological truth in the Freudian-Lacanian link between the “symbolic” and the communal domain of the interdictive superego is that interdiction is inherent in language itself. When the child, instead of grabbing for something or screaming to get Mommy to bring it, uses a linguistic sign to obtain it, he is already deferring his appetite for it, thus expressing this appetite as a desire, which can exist only in deferral. However banal the circumstance, to the extent that one uses an imperative, one defines its object as, in its origin, forbidden fruit. This state of deferred possession arouses in the language-initiated child what we may call primary resentment. It is in overcoming this sentiment that love acquires its transcendent sacrality. And to the extent that we make this process the touchstone of our participation in transcendence, it is difficult to conceive an analysis more fundamental than the Trinitary identification of the sacred with the being that is at the same time sufficient unto itself and also its mortal incarnation, and can be so only by the agency of the “spirit” that communicates between them, which is logos as language itself. If indeed the child’s primary object of love is not simply the biological mother but the mother become a figure of conscious separation that the child desires to end, then we should not explain as “sublimation” Thérèse’s religious solution to what Clapier refers to as her abandonnique sufferings, beginning with her mother’s early problems in nursing her that led to infant Thérèse’s spending an entire year away from home with a wet-nurse, followed by her mother’s death before she was five years old, and then the departure of her quasi-maternal sister Pauline to the Carmel in 1882, precipitating the étrange maladie. On the contrary, when Thérèse becomes finally confident in offering herself to the Trinitary God, toward whom her moments of doubt had been conquered through an ever stronger love that manifested itself not as a simple act of will, but as the paradoxical one of will to submission to God’s will, this confidence can be understood as the discovery of the originary basis of the human psyche in the revelation of humanity’s need for a transcendent solution to our capacity for self-destruction. Far from an attractive illusion, the originary sacred is the central human truth. This confrontation led me to reassess the relevance of the Freudian conception of the psyche. Once “religiously” accepted, Freud’s tableau has fallen out of fashion—for to say it has been discredited would imply that some better theory had taken its place. Instead, like all the great syntheses of the 19th century, it has simply been replaced by a general distrust of such syntheses, or “master narratives” (métarécits). Yet, the sacred element aside, Freud’s map of the psyche is not so very different from the one GA would draw of our psychic constitution. The opposition between Ego and Id opposes our “human” to our “animal” components in the fundamental dialectic of human psychic activity. As animals, we have “instincts” or “drives,” but to the extent that they go beyond physiology to have an impact on the human community, we have a “self” that can re-present them scenically to ourselves in a space of deferral and decide whether and how to exercise them. Most crucially, to distinguish the human Ego from the consciousness of even the highest animals, which cannot be said not to think, Freud adds the superego. Whether or not “introjected” into the psyche by the Father, the superego corresponds to the internal complex of forces that connects us with the rest of the human community, including as its originary elements not only the “moral model” of reciprocal exchange, but most fundamentally, our sense of this complex as grounded “beyond itself” in the sacred/transcendent. This remains true of our sense of “right and wrong,” whether or not we subscribe to any institutional religious belief. Lacan’s insistence on the importance of the “symbolic,” of language, makes explicit what Freud’s “talking cure” had always presupposed; that our use of language and related symbolisms was the principal sign of this super-egoistic agency, whether or not we need accept, or even understand, his pronouncement that l’inconscient est structuré comme un langage. Freud’s interest in “the psychopathology of everyday life” is centrally concerned with language, as is his interpretation of dreams. The Freudian unconscious, we might say, occupies the wings of our internal scene of representation. This is not to deny what Thérèse understood better than any of the psychiatrists who have sought to clarify her psychology: that the dominant presence of the sacred cannot be fully encompassed within the superego. Freudian therapy seeks to permit the individual to liberate himself from his neuroses in order to be able to function in the world, to have a satisfactory affective and above all sexual life. But the one thing we cannot introduce into our relationship to our superego is love. Reading Thérèse’s passionate yet chaste poetry about her love for God/Jesus, we realize that this Trinitarian “superego” was for her the mediator of all love. The therapy that such as my old friend, the late Rusty Palmer exercised by getting the patient to become aware of and to root out his worldly idol-mediators goes very much in this direction. And by beginning Mensonge romantique with the Max Scheler quote, “Man possesses a God, or an idol,” and ending it with Alyosha Karamazov speaking to his followers of the joys of the afterlife, Girard makes explicit that in genuine conversion, the liberating gesture of negation must be followed by adherence to the one true mediator. GA is not in the business of telling people how to define this mediator, whether as a divine subject in its own right or a virtual totality like Durkheim’s la société—or as the human paradox itself. But as Thérèse made clear in her life, and as Christianity makes perhaps clearer than any other religion, to love God is to love his creatures, to express our love for “humanity” not in a vague “humanitarian” sense, but concretely in every action of our lives. This Chronicle offers merely a preliminary suggestion of how the originary hypothesis might be elaborated into a post-psychoanalytic understanding of the human psyche. It is a suggestion that I propose to others to flesh out through research and reflection, in confidence that the originary hypothesis provides the most fundamental understanding of the specific difference that makes us human. Enjoy this column? If you enjoyed this column, subscribe to the GAlist and you'll receive updates about our on-line journal Anthropoetics and the Chronicles of Love and Resentment regularly by email. Chronicles home page \| Return to Anthropoetics home page \| Chronicles Feedback Eric Gans / gans@humnet.ucla.edu Copyright 2021 Chronicles of Love & Resentment	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line29
__label__wiki	0.646917	0.646917	Evaluation of implementation of technologies to assess, monitor and treat neurodevelopmental disorders An evaluation of factors that influence the implementation of technologies to assess, monitor and treat neurodevelopmental disorders: a narrative systematic review The aim of this review is to identify the current evidence for technologies used clinically in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders. Using pre-specified search terms, we will systematically search databases. Two reviewers will independently screen titles and abstracts for relevance. The full text of included articles will be judged against predetermined inclusion criteria. The technologies will be summarised on their evidence for: effectiveness (clinical/service), economic and user impact (acceptability/feasibility), and assessed for the quality of evidence and suitability for clinic adoption. The review will produce a template summarising the evidence and the findings will also be published. Why we are doing it: Neurodevelopmental disorders represent a significant expenditure to the NHS. There are a lack of services offered for children, young people and adults suffering from these disorders. This means patients often do not have access to the best care, or have to wait a long time to receive an appropriate diagnosis and access available treatment options. There is a local need to be able to identify appropriate technologies to improve access to treatments and interventions within this population. An important starting point in this process is to summarise the evidence on the available technologies and evaluate their suitability for clinical adoption. By creating a template that summarises and evaluates the existing evidence for technologies used to assess, monitor and treat neurodevelopmental disorders we shall: Inform local commissioners on which technologies may be most suitable for clinical adoption Inform the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence(NICE) on which technologies may be particularly suitable for review through the‘Health Apps Briefings’ Provide an evidence base for the technologies which may not be selected by NICE for review but are of interest for commissioners and healthcare professionals Study Team Dr Charlotte Hall (Senior Research Fellow) Dr Althea Valentine (Research Fellow) Professor Chris Hollis (Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) Dr Maddie Groom (Assistant Professor in Applied Psychology and Psychiatry) Ms Nikki Brown (Patient and Public Involvement Lead) Dr Jen Martin (Programme Manager MedTech Co-operative) Dr Bethan Davies (Research Fellow) Dr Emma Rowley (Senior Research Fellow) Mr Joe Kilgariff (Advanced Nurse) Mrs Emma Young (Information Specialist) Professor Richard Morriss (Professor of Psychiatry and Community Mental Health) Dr Julie Clarke (Consultant Paediatrician, Lincolnshire) Dr Neeta Kulkani (Consultant Paediatrician, Leicestershire) Katharine Browne (Nottinghamshire CCG) Georgie Hill (North Derbyshire CCG) Dave Clarke (Service Provider, Leicestershire) Elaine Egan-Morriss (Leicestershire CCG) QbTech (Managing Director, Tony Doyle) Study Lead: Name: Dr Althea Valentine and Dr Charlotte Hall Role: Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow Organisation: University of Nottingham charlotte.hall@nottingham.ac.uk	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line30
__label__cc	0.578557	0.421443	CASPIAN OIL & GAS - Azerbaijan enters Turkish gas distribution market Azerbaijan enters Turkish gas distribution market By Azad Hasanli – Trend: Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR has acquired EWE Turkey Holding, owned by the German energy company EWE AG, Trend reports with reference to the company Jan. 30. Together with the holding, SOCAR acquired the holding’s assets - Bursagaz, Kayserigaz, Enervis, EWE Enerji and Millenicom. The deal will be completed after approval by an anti-monopoly authority and other responsible structures of Turkey. SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev said that the acquisition of the holding will allow SOCAR to enter the end-user market directly. Abdullayev said that the acquisition of gas distribution business will complement the investment chain of SOCAR in Turkey. Entering Turkey’s gas distribution market is a strategic step from a commercial point of view and completes the entire chain of production, transportation and distribution of gas, he noted. He said that since 2013, SOCAR has been annually supplying 1.2 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey, and the commissioning of TANAP last year created favorable conditions for the gas supply to Turkey. “We will continue exploring other opportunities in the market,” Abdullayev added. Earlier, EWE AG told Trend that the decision on the possible sale of its assets in Turkey is related to the optimization of the company's activity. EWE Turkey Holding has been operating in Turkey since 2007 and is the fourth biggest supplier of natural gas in Turkey. In 2017, the company’s turnover amounted to almost 2.4 billion Turkish liras. SOCAR is represented in Turkey by its subsidiary SOCAR Turkey Energy. So far, SOCAR Turkey Energy has invested over $14 billion in the Turkish economy. Meanwhile, 5,000 people work in the company, while the annual export potential reaches $3 billion. Among SOCAR’s current assets in Turkey are the Petkim petrochemical complex, the STAR refinery and the Petlim port.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line43
__label__cc	0.663689	0.336311	DC Collectibles The Flash Statue – Review + Giveaway February 1, 2016 Arelis Giveaway, News, Review, Television, The Flash DC Collectibles statue of Barry Allen as The Flash, courtesy of Entertainment Earth. This version of The Flash is from season one of The CW hit television series, portrayed by the talented Grant Gustin. The statue is 1/6 scale, 12.5 inches tall, cold cast porcelain, hand painted and sculpted by Steve Kiwus. The statue comes in two separate pieces, the figure of The Flash, which is then inserted into the base, through pegs. Placing the figure into its base without scratching it was a bit of a challenge, as the pegs didn’t exactly line-up. But once in placed, the base remained firmly attached, with no worries of it falling off while handling. The statue is completely solid and with a good weight to it, 3.6 pounds to be exact, with extraordinary amount of details throughout. The face of the statue actually looks like that of Grant Gustin’s, these attention to details continue throughout the figure with the texture, folds and creases to the suit as it flows throughout his stance, down to the gold details. The position of The Flash’s stance was wisely chosen, as every angle works, which helps when placing it out for display. Even looking down at it from above, you can’t help but appreciate it. Overall this statues is a great collectors piece, that’s very well made and fans of The Flash television series will especially enjoy! Enter to win this awesome Flash statue by DC Collectibles, courtesy of Entertainment Earth. There’s four ways to enter, each way gives you a different amount of points, the more points collected, the greater chance of winning! Giveaway Ends on Saturday, February 6th. The winner will than be announced once chosen. Be sure to enter your correct email if you enter using an email and not a Facebook account, as we’ll be notifying you through email be that the one you entered or the one associated with your Facebook account, if the email is incorrect and or don’t respond in a timely matter, another winner will then be chosen. This Giveaway is for US and Canada Residents Only. Note: By entering this contest you agree to allow up to 12 weeks for delivery, accept the fate of packages getting lost, stolen or damaged (neither Entertainment Earth nor the host of the contest are responsible for replacement or compensation either in product, credit or currency) and a correct, valid physical address must be provided (wrong address provided, unfortunately no shipment). Supergirl "Bizarro" - Sneak Peeks General Mills Batman v Superman Prequel Comic "Field Trip" Barry AllenDC CollectiblesDC ComicsEntertainment EarthgiveawayGrant GustinnewsThe FlashThe Flash Season 1	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line56
__label__cc	0.533217	0.466783	Dchieng The premier destination for modern art in Northern Sweden. Open from 10 AM to 6 PM every day during the summer months. Works and Days August 1 — December 1 Theatre of Operations October 1 — December 1 The Life I Deserve From Signac to Matisse “Cyborgs, as the philosopher Donna Haraway established, are not reverent. They do not remember the cosmos.” With seven floors of striking architecture, UMoMA shows exhibitions of international contemporary art, sometimes along with art historical retrospectives. Existential, political and philosophical issues are intrinsic to our programme. As visitor you are invited to guided tours artist talks, lectures, film screenings and other events with free admission The exhibitions are produced by UMoMA in collaboration with artists and museums around the world and they often attract international attention. UMoMA has received a Special Commendation from the European Museum of the Year, and was among the top candidates for the Swedish Museum of the Year Award as well as for the Council of Europe Museum Prize. Become a Member and Get Exclusive Offers! Members get access to exclusive exhibits and sales. Our memberships cost $99.99 and are billed annually. © 2021 Dchieng	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line57
__label__wiki	0.60865	0.60865	Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy Measurements of Ambient NO3 and N2O5 Large Amplitude Motion in 9-Methylanthracene: High-Resolution Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Theoretical Calculation Theoretical Study on Direction of Vibrational Transition Dipole Moment of XH Stretching Vibration in HXD All Title Author Keyword Abstract DOI Category Address Fund ScholarOne online submission system SCI IF About CJCP Journal Online Editer Login How to Revise Reviewer receipt How to submit a comment Expertise Form Cover Galley 2005 Vol. 18, No. 6 Select articles Quantum Mechanical Reactive Scattering Theories and Their Applications Zhang Jun, Sun Xiaomin, Cai Zhengting, Feng Dacheng 2005, 18(6): 849-855. doi: 10.1088/1674-0068/18/6/849-855 [Abstract](1314) [PDF 795KB](1204) [Cited by] () All the microscopic and dynamic information of a chemical change from the reactant to the product can be obtained using the laser and crossed molecular beam techniques. They can yield many interesting physical measurements such as differential reaction cross section, integral reaction cross section, excitation function, quantum state distribution and et al. Based on this, the chemical reaction kinetics were developed from the macroscopic to the microscopic elementary state-to-state level. Quantum mechanical reactive scattering theories can give the most complete description of all elementary state-to-state bimolecular reactions allowed by natural law. In this review, several current quantum mechanical reactive scattering methods, such as time-dependent wave packet propagation, closed-coupling differential equation, the S-matrix variational approach and a linear combination of arrangement channels-scattering wavefunction and their applications are given. In addition, further development of the aforementioned theories is also explored. Preparation of Network Fe3O4 Film by In-situ Oxidative Hydrolysis Yao Suwei, Zhao Zhaohui, Zhang Weiguo, Wang Hongzhi [Abstract](960) [PDF 825KB](1071) [Cited by] () Pyridine Decay Dynamics by Two-color Femtosecond Pulse Laser Fields Zhang Jianyang, Liu Hongping, Yin Shuhui, Cong Shulin, Lou Nanquan, Wang Xiuyan Stimulated Raman Scattering in H2 Pumped by a Single Longitudinal Mode Nd:YAG Hua Xiaoqing, Leng Jing, Yang Heping, Sha Guohe, Zhang Cunhao Strong backward first Stokes (BS) in H2 is observed when a single longitudinal mode fundamental frequency Nd:YAG laser (1.06 μm， pulsed width about 9 ns， linewidth 0.003 cm-1) is used as the pump source. Using a pump energy of 120 mJ, photon conversion efficiency of FS and BS was determmed to be 66% and 15% respectively in 1.5 MPa H2, while in 4.0 MPa H2 the respective values are 46% and 39%. Due to their propagation in opposite directions, there is tension between FS and BS, which leads to a relaxation of the oscillation that splits both FS and BS pulses into two peaks, with the BS pulses being narrowed to about 1 ns. Surprisingly, the BS peak power reaches twice that of the pump, which can never happen in the FS case. Furthermore, the beam quality of BS is much better than that of both FS and pump. At 4 MPa of H2 pressure and a 10 Hz cycle rate, the thermal release of the Raman process deteriorates the FS beam quality, without noticeably affecting that of BS. According to this calculations, within the present experimental conditions, the stimulated Raman scattering process does not reach the steady state. Because of this, all of the experimental results can be explained explained by a related transient state, theory of stimulated Raman scattering. High Resolution Study on Highly Excited Rydberg H Atom Scattering with He Wu Guorong, Ran Qin, Dai Dongxu, Yang Xueming [Abstract](1185) [PDF 1092KB](1138) [Cited by] () A high resolution study of the high-n Rydberg H atom scattering with helium was carried out using the H atom Rydberg tagging time-of-flight technique. Differential cross sections were measured for scattering process of H(n)+He→H(n′)+He at the collision energy of 0.526 eV. Experimental result indicates that the scattered H(n′) product is mainly forward distributed, with signals observed in the wide range of angles at the sideway and forward scattering directions. At the sideway and forward directions, a lot of oscillatory structures in the angular distributions are present. Detailed analysis also shows that the principle quantum number, n, is not changed much for the Rydberg H atom at the forward scattering direction. This work provides a good test ground to investigate theoretically the exact collision dynamics between the high-n Rydberg H atom and the helium atom. Photoionization Studies of Chlorobenzene Using Synchrotron Radiation Ma Jing, Ding Lei, Gu Xuejun, Zheng Haiyang, Fang Li, Zhang Weijun, Yang Rui, Wang Jing, Qi Fei Photoionization studies of chlorobenzene were performed by using a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS) with vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photons from the Heifei synchrotron radiation source. The photoionization mass spectrum and the photoionization efficiency (PIE) curves of both parent and fragment ions were measured. The appearance potentials of the major ions were obtained from their PIE curves. From these data, the standard formation enthalpies of C6H5Cl+, C6H+5 and C4H+3 were evaluated, some dissociative energy was derived. We will be able to detect chlorobenzen with SPI-TOFMS and 118.0 nm laser light. Identifying Combustion Intermediates of the Premixed Yao Chunde, Li Qi, Ji Qing, Huang Chaoqun, Yang Rui, Wei Lixia, Wang Jing, Yang Bin, Qi Fei A low-pressure premixed gasoline/oxygen/argon flame was studied by using molecular-beam sampling mass spectrometry combined with a tunable synchrotron radiation photoionization technique. The photoionization time-of-flight mass spectrum of gasoline/oxygen/argon in the flame was recorded and the ionization energies of some species were detected. Compared with the ionization energies in literatures, the isomers were uniquely identified. The reaction process of five typical hazardous products was empirically analyzed by species concentration profiles. The experimental results are helpful in establishing the kinetic modeling for a gasoline/oxygen flame. Application of the Zeeman Effect to the Spectral Assignment of Cl2+ Including Its Isotopics Wu Ling, Zheng Lijuan, Guo Yingchun, Xu Chunyan, Yang Xiaohua, Liu Yuyan, Chen Yangqin The A2Πu-X2Πg electronic absorption spectrum of the Cl2+ molecular cation in the region between 16820 and 17350 cm-1 was observed by employing optical heterodyne magnetic rotation enhanced velocity modulation spectroscopy. Cl2+ is a paramagnetic molecule; however, the intensities of some spectral lines, belonging to three bands whose origins are near 17282, 17324 and 16913 cm-1, respectively, remain unchanged with in the magnetic field. This indicates that both the upper and lower states have a weak Zeeman effect. The Zeeman contribution is nearly zero for the 2Π1/2 state, while nonvanishing for the 2Π3/2 state. Therefore, this behavior for the spectral assignment of Cl2+, including its isotopics was utilized and the identity of these bands was confirmed as members of the Ω=1/2 component of the electronic transition conveniently and unambiguously. The assigned bands are the (3, 7) band of the Ω=1/2 component of 35Cl+2 and 35Cl37Cl+ and the (2, 7) band of the Ω=1/2 component of 35Cl2+. It extends the range of vibrational assignments considerably in both the ground and the excited state, and leads to the successful rotational analysis. New molecular constants of Cl2+ were obtained from the observed line positions, band by band, using a weighted leastsquares fitting procedure. Electronically Excited NX(b)(X=F,Cl,Br) Formation by Active Nitrogen Reaction Tang Xiaoshuan, Wang Hongmei, Han Haiyan, Li Jianquan, Jin Shunping, Huang Guodong, Chu Yannan, Zhang Weijun, Zhou Shikang A new method for producing electronically excited nitrogen monohalides NX(b) (X=F,Cl,Br) is reported. The strong emission spectra of NBr(b1Σ+→X3Σ–) are observed when alkyl bromides (CHBr3, CH2Br2, C2H5Br, and C4H9Br) are added to a stream of active nitrogen, generated by a hollow-cathode discharge of N2, in a flowing afterglow system. Some tentative experiments show that the electronically excited NBr(b) is formed by means of metastable N2(A3Σu+) Electronic-to-Electronic energy transfer to NBr(X), which is from the reaction of N(4S) with alkyl bromides. The emission spectra of NCl(b1Σ+→X3Σ–) are obtained when CCl4 or SOCl2 is admitted into a flow of active nitrogen, but neither CHCl3 nor CH2Cl2 addition results in such an emission. It has been proposed that the origin of the excited NCl(b) is an energy transfer from N2 (A) to NCl(X), generated by the reaction of N(4S) with CCl3 (or SOCl2). Similar experiments are also carried out with SF6 as reagent of active nitrogen, or as mixture with N2 in the discharge. By recording fluorescence it was found that excited NF(b) is produced only under discharge through N2/SF6 mixture. The NF(b) state presumably arises from the energy transfer from N2(A) to NF(X), and the latter is generated from the abstraction of fluorine by N(4S) from SF5. Positron Annihilation Study of Irradiated Crosslinking Polyethylene Cheng Mingfu, Ye Bangjiao, Cheng Bin, Zhang Xianfeng, Xi Chuanying, Zhang Liangping, Weng Huimin, Zhou Xianyi Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscope(PALS) was applied to investigate the micro-structural changes of polyethylene(PE) which was irradiated by γ-ray or ultraviolet radiation, the spectra were decomposed into three lifetime components using PATFIT package. Then it was found that the shifts of the degree of cross linking and crystallinity were detected effectively in samples. Moreover, a small quantity of oxygen, which involved in the crosslinking process, was measured sensitively by PALS. The regularity of positron lifetime intensity vs radiation intensity in γ irradiated sample was opposite to that in ultraviolet irradiated one, which is due to the preparation methods of samples and the change of polar functional group in initiator. Furthermore, contrastive patterns were studied by positron doppler broaden(DB) method and the results were agreed well with PALS data mentioned above. Shock Tube Studies on the Nonequlibrium Electron Affinity Kinetics of Fluorine Atom at High Temperatures Wang Su, Cui Jiping, Fan Bincheng, He Yuzhong To study electron affinity kinetics, a shock tube method was applied, in which the test gas was ionized by a reflected shock wave and subsequently quenched by a strong rarefaction wave. As the quenching speed of 106 K/s was reached, a nonequilibrium ionizationrecombination process occurred, which was dominated by ion recombination with electrons. A Langmuir electrostatic probe was used to monitor variation in the ion number density at the reflection shock region. The working state of the probe was analyzed, and a correction was introduced for reduction of the probe current due to elastic scattering in the probe sheath. The threebody electron affinity rate coefficient of the fluorine atom over the temperature range 1200 to 2200 K in an ambiance of argon gas was directly determined. The temperature dependence of electron affinity rate coefficient was discussed. Semirigid Vibrating Rotor Target Model for the Reaction F+CD4→CD3+DF Yao Li, Huang Dekang, Zhong Haiyang In order to study the quantum reaction dynamics of large molecular systems, the timedependent quantum wave packet approach was used to study the F+CD4→CD3+DF reaction systems. The semirigid vibrating rotor model proposed by J.Z.H. Zhang was used on the MJ1 potential energy surface. The barrier height of the MJ1 PES was about 66 meV. In the semirigid vibrating rotor model, the fragment CD3 was fixed to in the geometry, its transition state value, because from the reactant to the transition state the C-D bond in the CD3 group almost remains constant, which can be treated as a spectator bond. The numerical calculation showed that there were oscillatory structures in the energy dependence of the calculated integral cross section. Those structures are generally associated with dynamic resonances. Cross section and rate constant were calculated based on the MJ1 PES of the ground state. These results are comparable to the results of previous calculations and reaction dynamic experiment results. At low temperature and collision energies, the tunneling effect works most remarkably in the reaction process to make the D abstraction easier. At high temperatures and collision energies, the rate constant is higher than the experimental results. Theoretical Study on the Reaction Mechanism of N(4S)+CH3X(X=Cl、Br) Yang Yong, Zhang Weijun, Pei Shixin, Shao Jie, Huang Wei, Gao Xiaoming The reaction of N(4S)+CH3X(X=Cl、Br) was studied by the ab initio method. The geometries of the reactants, transition states and products were optimized at the MP2/6-311+G(d,p) level. The corresponding vibration frequencies were calculated at the same level. The single-point calculations for all the stationary points were carried out at the MP2/6-311++G(3df,2p) and the QCISD(T)/6-311+G(d,p) levels using the MP2/6-311+G(d,p) optimized geometries. The energies of all the stationary points were calculated by the G2MP2 method. The results of this theoretical study indicate that the reaction has three reaction channels: H abstraction reaction channel a, Cl or Br abstraction reaction channel b and substitution reaction channel c. For the N(4S)+CH3Cl reaction, reaction channel a is the main reaction channel. Reaction channels b and c may have a slight contribution in the reaction. For the N(4S)+CH3Br reaction, reaction channel a is the main reaction channel. Reaction channels b and c may have some contribution in the reaction. Theoretical Study on Mechanism of Cycloaddition Reaction of GeX2(X=F,Cl) with Formaldehyde Tan Xiaojun, Li Ping, Wang Dangsheng [Abstract](1071) [PDF 20KB](696) [Cited by] () The mechanisms of the cycloaddition reaction of singlet GeX2(X=F,Cl) with formaldehyde was studied employing the HF/6-311+G theory. The electron-correlation corrections have been further considered by the fourth-order Muller-Plesset perturbation theory (MP4SDTQ/6-311+G). The results show that this reaction proceeds in two steps: ① Difluorogemylene and formaldehyde form an intermediate complex, which is a barrierless exothermal reaction; ② the intermediate complex isomerizes to form the product, which is a rate-control step in the whole reaction. In the second step, the calculated barrier heights are 216.7 and 196.4 kJ/mol before and after considering electron-correlation effects. Compared with that of the cycloaddition reaction of difluorosilylene with formaldehyde, the cycloaddition reaction of difluorogemylene with formaldehyde is relatively slow, whereas the cycloaddition reaction of dichlorogemylene with formaldehyde can be comparable in speed. Theoretical Study of Intramolecular Nucleophilic Substitution on Nitrogen Zeng Yi, Ren Yi Using the -CHR-(CH2)3-NFCH3(R=H, CH3, CH2CF3, CHO, COCH3) as the computational model, the two possible intramolecular reactions, nucleophilic substitution on nitrogen and elimination reaction, were studied at the theoretical level of MP2(full)/6-31+G(d,p). The results indicate that the elimination mechanism, when the -CHR radical is more basic (R=H, CH3, CH2CF3) leading to linear products R-CH2-(CH2)3N=CH2 is preferred. In contrast, electro-withdrawing groups CHO and COCH3 on the attacking site will favor the intramolecular nucleophilic substitution of nitrogen and form 5-membered heterocyclic compounds. These theoretical predictions agree with the available experiments. Theoretical Study on 5-hydroxy-7,4′-dimethoxyflavanone Li Mingjing, Zhang Jinglai, Zhao Dongbao, Liu Xiuhua, Wang Hanqing Geometries of 5-hydroxy-7, 4′-dimethoxyflavanone abtained from Artemisia Ordosica Kraschen were calculated theoretically by both ab initio (Hartree-Fock) and density functional theory(B3LYP). The 1H and 13C-NMR of the compounds were also calculated using the GIAO (gauge-independent atomic orbital)method. Statistical error analysis for the theoretically predicted δH and δC values versus those experimentally observed for the compounds was discussed. The results show that the atom H at C(2) is β-H, so the absolute configuration of the compound is the S conformer. DFT Study on Two Kinds of Electron-transport Materials: 1,3,4-oxadiazole Derivatives and 1,2,4-triazole Derivatives Li Xiaobing, Wang Xueye, Gao Jinwei, Yu Xinliang The simplest organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) device is a two layer device of: ITO/HTL/ETL/Mg: Ag, in which HTL or ETL can act as light emitter. The mobilities of charge are important in optimizing the performance of OLED devices, as high mobilities reduce the resistance of the device leading to greater power efficiency. The electron-transport in the organic solid can be viewed as an electron hopping process. By means of DFT (B3LYP) methods, the structures of two kinds of electron-transport materials in neutral, cationic and anionic states were optimized. The results suggest that the process of electronic transmission of 2,5-diphenyl-1,3,4-oxadiazole is mainly the N→O transferences, the process of electronic transmission of 3,4,5-triphenyl-1,2,4-triazole is mainly the N(double linkage)→N(single linkage) transferences and the transition from the triazole ring to the benzene ring connected with the N atom. The third position of the benzene ring was substituted by the electron acceptor groups, the electronic transmission performance was enhanced, while it was substituted by the electron donor groups, the electronic transmission performance was reduced. Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship of Quinazoline Derivatives with the Inhibitory Activity Toward NF-κB Wu Wenjuan, Chen Jincan, Zheng Kangcheng, Yun Fengcun The electronic structures, geometric structures and some molecular properties (generalized structural indexes) of quinazoline derivatives were computed by using density functional theory and molecular mechanism methods to investigate the quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) of the inhibitory activity toward the nuclear factor kappa B. Via a stepwise regression analysis, some main factors affecting the activity of the compounds were factored out, and then the QSAR equation was effectively established. It was found that the hydrophobic parameter of the substituent on ring D is the main factor affecting the inhibitory activity of the compound. The analysis indicated, the larger the hydrophobic parameter, the higher the inhibitory activity of the compound. In addition, the net charge of the first atom and the stereoscopic parameter (MR1) of the substituent R1 on A-ring as well as the net charge of C3 are closely correlated with the inhibitory activity of the compound. In order to test the predicted results of the QSAR equation, we adopted the “leave one out” cross-validation , and found that the calculated coefficient q2 was rather high and the predicted results were both accurate and reliable. Such facts show that the obtained equation has great predictive ability. The above results can offer an important theoretical guide in the search for new quinazoline derivatives with higher inhibitory activity, and in an analysis of their action mechanisms. It is noteworthy that this scheme would be very advantageous in factoring out precursors with excellent inhibitory activity via the computer ADDIT molecule-design, since all parameters in the QSAR equation are computable and controllable. Magnetic Characteristics for Aromaticity and Multiple-fold Aromaticity in All-metal Dianionic Clusters Ga42- and In42- Chi Xianxing, Xu Xiaoqiu, Chen Xiangjun, Yuan Zhensheng The optimized geometries, frequencies, and total electronic energies of two all-metal dianionic clusters Ga42- , In42- are calculated at the B3LYP, B3PW91, and MP2 levels of theory. There are two stable structures for each Ga42- , In42- species. For Ga42- , In42- species the square isomers are the most stable. On the basis of these computed stable structures we focus on two magnetic properties: magnetic susceptibility anisotropy and nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) for the square planar Ga42- , In42- isomers, which are calculated with B3LYP and HF methods. The computed results of NICS show that the square planar Ga42- , In42- isomers possess strong aromaticity. The detailed molecular orbital analysis for the two isomers further reveals that the two square planar Ga42- , In42- isomers have multiple-fold aromaticity: one delocalized π MOs and two delocalized σ MOs， which play important role in explaining the special stability of these all-metal square clusters. DFT Study on the Complexation of Protonated Acetophenone-Water Clusters Xu Xuesong The structure and growth trend of the protonated acetophenone-water clusters have been investigated using the DFT-B3LYP method combined with the standard 6-31+G(d,p) basis set. In order to obtain more accurate single-point energy the B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2p) method was adapted. The results show that the formation of H+C8H8O-H2O is a barrierless reaction process and the equilibrium distance between the proton and the O atom in C8H8O molecule is 1.015 A. For H+C8H8O-(H2O)n(n=1,2,3) clusters, the proton lies between the acetophenone molecule C8H8O and the water molecule H2O. The distance between the proton and the O atom of the C8H8O molecule increased from n=1 to n=3; C8H8O-H+-H2O can be regarded as an solvation shell. For H+C8H8O(H2O)n (n=4,5,6,7,8) clusters, the proton lies between the two H2O molecules forming a H5O2+ structure, C8H8O-H5O2+ is an important structure, which the other H2O molecules will attack from different sides. Exploring the Effects of an External Electric Field on the Characteristics of the Cyclic Water Trimer Li Guixia, Ma Meizhong, Gao Tao, Zhu Zhenghe The influence of an external field on the ground states energy and dipole moment of the cyclic water trimer is investigated. Employing the Hartree-Fork method with basis sets 3-21G. The field-induced H-F force including the internal and external forces and clusters equilibrium structures under balance of this force are analyzed. The external field is varied in the 0.001~0.01 a.u. range. It is shown that the magnitude of the external electric field has important effects on these characteristics of the cyclic water trimer. The energy was found to decrease and the dipole moment to increase with the increasing external field. The change of the electronic population of every atom leads the electrostatic field to vary accordingly. Structure and Properties of the Hydrogen Bond Complex Between Pyridazine and Water Huang Fanqqian, Li Quan The hydrogen bond structure and interaction energy on the ground state of pyridazine and water complex are studied with B3LYP and MP2 method. All calculations show that there are strong interactions for a hydrogen bond N…H-O and large red-shifts for the symmetric H-O stretching vibrational frequencies in the pyridazine and water complex. The first singlet 1(n, π ) and 1(π,π) vertical excitations of the monomer pyridazine and the hydrogen bond between a pyridazine molecule and a water molecule have been investigated with time-dependent density functional theory TDB3LYP method. First Principles Calculation for the Polyacrylonitrile Chain Xu Guoliang, Zhu Zhenghe, Ma Meizhong, Jiang Gang, Xie Andong The equilibrium geometries of the polyacrylonitrile (PAN) chain was theoretically studied using the Hartree-Fock method at the STO-3G levels. As for the optimized structures, the average distance of the C atom couple in the main chain is 155.6 pm; the average distance of the C atom couple in the branch chain is 149.7 pm; the average distance between a C atom bonding with N atom is 115.5 pm. For the charge distribution, because of the influence of a N atom with its comparatively larger negative charge, the C atoms in the main chain are different in their charge distribution. Finally, the vibration models of the chain have been analyzed to clarify the reaction sequence of dehydrogenation and cyclization during preoxidation and carbonization of the polyacrylonitrile. Calculation of Effective Dielectric Constants of a Simple Cubic Lattice of Conducting Spheres Wang Xiaoyun, Zhao Heping, Yan Lin Based on the Maxwell-Wagner model, an analytical formula for effective dielectric constants is derived as a series expansion in powers of the volume fraction of spheres. Effective dielectric constants of simple cubic lattices of conducting particles suspended in dielectric or conducting fluids are calculated. The numerical results show that effective dielectric constants depend upon the ratios of the permeability of conducting spheres to that of the suspending fluids under high frequency (0.1-1 kHz) applied fields, whereas, it is determined by the ratios of the conductivities of spheres to that of fluids under low frequency or dc electric fields. The imaginary parts of effective dielectric constants can be very big sometimes. This means that the resistive losses of electrorheological fluids can be very strong at times. The effect of conduction in a system cannot be neglected in the design of high performance electrorheological fluids. Revised Model of the Magnetorhelogical Elastomer Based on Distributed Chains Dang Hui, Zhu Yingshun, Gong Xinglong, Zhang Peiqiang [Abstract](1117) [PDF 2123KB](772) [Cited by] () On the basis of distributed chains, the model of MR elastomer was revised. After the potential energy of a chain was analyzed using the local field method, a special function was used to describe the distribution of chains. Then the MR effect of distributed chains as well as the overall MR effect were studied. Concurrently, the effects of the curing magnetic field and the matrix were incorporated into the model of MR elastomer. Temporal Self-organization of the Electrode B-Z System Controlled Externally by Weak-Periodical Current Constraint Wei Guoying, Zhong Donghui, Zhang Wenhua, Luo Jiuli The coupled dynamical model consisting of the electrode B-Z system, and its related bulk phase B-Z system externally controlled by a periodical current is proposed on the basis of the Oregonator model. Dynamical behaviors of the electrode B-Z system, when subjected to external current constraint have been investigated systematically under the condition that the bulk phase is at a steady state. Furthermore, by means of the analytic method of slow manifold the regimes favorable to the appearance of limit-cycle oscillation have been determined on both the current~concentration of BrO3- and the current~model parameter plane respectively. The results are similar to those of experiments controlled externally by weak-periodical potential constraint, as reported in former works. It turns out that a limited cycle oscillatory regime degenerates under external periodical current constraint. Meanwhile, a kind of forced oscillations emerges in the regime where limit-cycle oscillations can t appear under constant current constraint. Department of Physics, Shaoxing College of Arts and Sciences, Shaoxing 312000 Chen Zidong, Chen Gang A simplified method, Laplace transformation, is used to discuss the radial Schrodinger equation with the weakest bound electron potential model (WBEPM). Through using such method, the second-order differential equation is reduced to a first-order differential equation and the exact bound state solutions including energy spectrum and normalized wave functions are obtained by making use of the integral. The results agree with those obtained by Zheng. It is most important that the two kinds of new recursion relations of radial wave functions are derived by the same method. These new recursion relations are the relations between the effective principal and angular-momentum quantum numbers, and are comprehensive in application to the calculations of transition probabilities in atomic and molecular physics. Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Crystallizing and Vitrifying Processes for Metal Cu Wang Hailong, Wang Xiuxi, Liang Haiyi A series of simulations of the crystallization and vitrification processes for metal Cu were carried out by means of the molecular dynamics technique. The radial distribution function, common neighbors, internal energy and volume of the system were recorded during the processes. The atomic internal energy, atomic Voronoi volume and atomic stress field of the relax system were analyzed at zero temperature. The interaction between atoms in the system is described using the embedded atom potential as proposed by Mishin. The simulation results show that crystalline and non-crystalline phases form at lower and higher cooling rates respectively. In comparison to nanocrystals, it is found that metallic glass has higher internal energy and larger volume. The intrinsic stress field is induced by distortion of the lattice. Effects of Geometrical Confinement on Depletion Force in Colloidal System Guo Jiyuan, Chen Zeshun, Huang Lixin, Xiao Changming The depletion force on a large hard sphere in a solvent of small hard spheres under geometrical confinement is investigated by using local density integration method through Monte Carlo simulations. The model considered here is a rectangular box with two boundless hard plates placed in a direction. Small hard spheres are randomly distributed in the box to form a hard sphere fluid. The number of small spheres is determined by the given volume fraction. The size ratio of the large to small-sphere is 5. Three systems maintained at bulk volume fractions 0.116, 0.229, and 0.341 are studied. The effects of geometrical confinement are taken into account through changing the distance of the two plates. To get rid of the finite size effect, the sizes of the box in other two directions are enlarged in a way when the distance between the two plates is decreased. The configurations of the small spheres are sampled according to the Metropolis algorithm with the two large spheres fixed at a separation. Each small sphere is chosen and relocated using a trial displacement. The new position is accepted so long as it does not result in an overlap with the large hard spheres, the other small spheres or the plates. To take the geometrical confinements into account, the fixed boundary condition is used corresponding to the two plates. Meanwhile the magnitude of the maximum random displacement is adjusted so that the overall acceptance ratio is about 0.3-0.5. The numerical results show that the depletion force is affected by the geometrical confinements. Furthermore, the nearer the two plates are to each other, the larger the effects from the geometrical confinement will be. Suppression of a Spiral Wave Using Linear Feedback Ma Jun, Wei Zhiqiang, Chen Yuhong, Li Yanlong, Pu Zhongsheng A class of excitable media described by the Fitzhugh-Nagumo equation is investigated. Based on the stable and selfadaptive theory, the error between the systems grid variables and the standard sampling of the periodical signal or constant signal was feed back into the system both globally and locally. When the controller was then shut off, automatically, the whole system became homogeneous. Additionally, the scheme was tested under noisy conditions. The numerical simulations results demonstrate its effectiveness. The system reached a homogeneous state and a spiral wave was converted into a target wave, resulting in a wonderful pattern emerging using a different controller. The scheme proved robust in resisting the effects of noise. Monte Carlo Simulation on Stretching of Single DNA Molecules in Confined Environments Zhang Huming, Xie Yongjun, He Xiujuan, Shi Qinwei, Zhu Pingping, Yang Haiyang 2005, 18(6): 1005-1009. doi: 10.1088/1674-0068/18/6/1005-1009 Stretching and relaxation of a single DNA molecule tethered in a specially designed thin slit were studied using Monte Carlo simulation combined with bondfluctuation method. It was found that the extension and relaxation of the single DNA molecule are greatly affected by the confined environment. If the extent of the confined environment is increased by decreasing the distance between the two planar surfaces of the slit, the extension of the single DNA molecule increases, due to the screening of the hydrodynamic interaction of DNA segments by the planar surfaces of the slit. The relaxation of the single DNA molecule in different confined environments verifies this assumption completely. The correlation between the end-to-end separation and flow velocity obtained by Monte Carlo simulation is in good agreement with either the experimental results or theoretical consideration reported previously. Rare Earth Modification and Mechanism of Cobalt Ferrite Ionic Mmagnetic Fluids Liu Yongchao, Jiang Rongli, Zhao Wentao Rare earth composite cobalt ferrite ionic magnetic fluids were prepared by precipitation in the presence of Tri-sodium citrate. The sample phase, structure and particle sizes were determined by X-ray diffraction transmission and electron microscopy. It is clear that the particles appear as variously sized balls, Cobalt ferrite with sizes of 12-15 nm, Dysprosium cobalt ferrite and Yttrium cobalt ferrite with sizes of 6-8 nm. By adding rare earth ions, the average diameter of the magnetic nanoparticles was decreased. The decrease in diameter was explained using a micro-model of rare earth modification. The effect of rare earth ion modification on the saturation magnetization and magnetic induction of magnetic fluids was carried out using a Gouy magnetic balance and a spectrophotometer. The result shows that saturation magnetization and magnetic induction can be improved by adding Dy3+. By adding Y3+, magnetic induction was increased. However, the saturation magnetization then decreased. A theory of the mechanism of rare earth ion modification is discussed in detail. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Gas Sensitivity Study of SnO2 Nanocrystallites Chen Youcun, Zhang Yuanguang SnO2 nanocrystal with different crystalline sizes were prepared with SnCl2 2H2O and H2O2 raw materials by a hydrothermal process. The synthesized powders at different reaction temperatures were characterized by means of powder X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscope， specific surface area and gas sensitivity measurements. The results revealed that the pure SnO2 nanocrystallites synthesized at 120 ℃ have high specific surface area （210.3 m2/g）, and show a high sensitivity to C2H5OH gas. Both traits are beneficial in gas-sensitive detection application. Sized-controlled Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles Du Yukou, Zhao Feng, Zou Cuie, Yang Ping, Li Xingchang, Tang Ji'an Different size platinum nanoparticles, ranging in size from 1.8-14.1 nm, were prepared by multi-step reduction of H2PtCl6 by hydrogen adsorbed on platinum atoms. Transmission electronic microscopy and X-ray diffraction were used to characterize the nanoparticles. After thirty-two iterations of the reaction, the diameter of platinum nanoparticles increased from 1.8 nm to 14.1 nm. The average iterative increase was approximately 0.4 nm. The size distribution of the nanoparticles was narrow. Synthesis procedures which allow for control of platinum nanoparticle size offer the possibility for the further research into how the sizes of nano-catalysts effect catalytic activity. Nano-phase Microstructure of Poly(ε-caprolactone)/Silica Hybrids and Its Crystalline Nucleation and Growth Nie Kangming, Pang Wenmin, Wang Yusong, Lu Fei, Zhu Qingren The nano-phase microstructure of high molecular weight poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) /silica hybrid materials, in which polymeric and inorganic component are coupled by hydrogen bonding, and nucleation and growth of PCL chain in the hybrids were studied by scanning electronic microscopy, wide-angle X-ray diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry. The results show that the micro-phase separation in the hybrids occurs at the nano-meter scale. The average scale of the polymeric domain is about 70 nm. The morphological structure of the inorganic component appears as irregular particles. The uniform distribution of two phases relates to the bonding strength of hydrogen bonding between components in the hybrids. After a PCL is hybridized, the relative degree of crystallinity decreases and the corresponding scale of microlite change. In addition, with inorganic content increasing, the equilibrium melting points of the PCL in hybrids decrease. The energy that polymeric chains fold to form crystals on the surface of crystal nucleus increases. This result is due to the influence of silica and the bonding strength in hybrids. Studies of Host-guest Nanocomposite Material (NaZSM-5)-AgI Zhai Qingzhou, Cai Jianyan, Li Jingmei, Hu Weihua, Zhang Xiaoxia, Geng Aifang, Shen Zhaoying, Wang Junfan Silver iodide nanoclusters were successfully prepared in the channels of NaZSM-5 zeolite by a thermal diffusion method. Chemical analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, nitrogen adsorption technique, and infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize the prepared samples. The solid diffuse reflectance absorption spectra and luminescence properties were studied. Chemical analysis showed that the guest silver iodide was incorporated into the host NaZSM-5. Powder X-ray diffraction analysis showed that the framework of NaZSM-5 still remained in the (NaZSM-5)-AgI samples. Infrared spectra indicate that the vibration of the framework of NaZSM-5 had little variation attributable to the encapsulation of AgI in the host. This phenomenon is due to the incorporation of silver iodide into NaZSM-5. Investigation of the absorption revealed that the guest silver iodide was encapsulated in the channels of NaZSM-5. Solid diffuse reflectance absorption spectra indicated that the absorption of prepared (NaZSM--5)-AgI host-gust samples had nothing with the host NaZSM-5. The absorption spectra of the (NaZSM-5)-AgI samples were influenced by the size of AgI nanoclusters. Luminescence investigation showed that the prepared samples had a high energy band gap and a strong radiation process. The (NaZSM-5)-AgI samples are luminescient composite materials. Influence of Substrate Temperature on the Structure and Electric Properties of ZnO Films Lu Hui, Yin Qijun, Xia Jiaozhen, Pan Xiaoren ZnO films were deposited on glass substrates by gas discharge reaction evaporation. The influences of substrate temperature on the surface morphology, crystal structure and electric properties of ZnO films were studied by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction spectroscopy and complex impedance spectroscopy. The results show that the films with dense and amorphous structure and lower grain boundary resistance were deposited at room temperature. When the substrate temperature is higher than 50 ℃, the films with certain c-axis orientation can be deposited. With the increase of the substrate temperature, the preferential orientation of ZnO films along c-axis is augmented, the tensile stress along c-axis orientation decreases and the grain boundary resistance increases in a marked degree. When the substrate temperature is higher than 100 ℃, the increasing trend of the preferential orientation of ZnO films along c-axis slows down. ZnO films possess high preferential c-axis orientation and best crystalline quality at 180-200 ℃. These possess a smooth surface, symmetrical grain dimension (i.e. 30-40 nm), inerratic crystal shape, less tensile stress and 0.965 epitaxial degree along the c-axis direction. Here the grain boundary effect increases and the grain boundary resistance is evidently more than that of the films deposited at room temperature. The mechanism by which substrate temperature affects crystal structure and grain boundary properties were also discussed. Self-assembly of Water Soluble Multi-wall Carbon Nanotube/Copper Phthalocyanine Dye Multilayer Films Yu Haihu, Yu Dingshan, Zhou Lingde, Wang Haixia, Jiang Desheng Water soluble multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were prepared via chemical oxidation. Under ultrasonication，the chemically treated MWCNTs can be dispersed in water to form colloids. The MWCNTs were characterized by FT-IR spectra. The FT-IR spectra reveal the presence of carboxylic groups on the nanotubes. The functional groups can improve the nanotubes-solubility in water. Alcian Blue 8GX (AB), a quaternary ammonium dye of the copper phthalocyanine group, was dissolved in water and used to form electrostaticcally self-assembled multilayer films. The MWCNT/AB composite films were characterized by UV-vis absorption spectra as well as AFM and fluorescence spectrum. The experimental results show that the MWCNT/AB composite films can be produced easily. Compared to those of the AB aqueous solutions, composite films exhibit pronounced differences in the absorption and fluorescence spectra, which suggests that AB molecules aggregated in the composite film, and that a chargetransfer might exist between AB molecules and the MWCNTs. All-Solid-State Thin Film Lithium Batteries with LiCoO2 Cathodes Liu Wenyuan, Fu Zhengwen, Qin Qizong Amorphous and oriented polycrystalline LiCoO2 thin films, used as cathode material for an all-solid-state thin film battery, were fabricated by using RF magnetron sputtering and annealed at different temperatures. The morphology and structure of LiCoO2 thin films were characterized by scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. All-solid-state thin film batteries, comprised of LiCoO2 cathode films with different structures, lithium phosphorous oxynitride electrolyte film and metallic lithium anode film, was successfully prepared and their properties were examined by chronopotentiometry. Results showed that the structure and crystallinity of the LiCoO2 films strongly influenced the electrochemical performance of all-solid-state thin film lithium batteries. Worth nothing was the battery with an oriented polycrystalline LiCoO2 film it exhibited the best electrochemical performance, and delivered a discharge capacity of ～55.4 μAh/cm2μm. Furthermore, when subjected to over 450 charge/discharge cycles, that battery suffered no obvious fode in capacity. Hydrogen Adsorption and Oissociation on the Ni(511) Stepped Surface Xiao Haixia, Deng Huiqiu, Hu Wangyu The adsorption and dissociation of hydrogen on stepped surface (511) of nickel are studied with the embedded-atom model (EAM) method. The adsorption energy, the length of the adsorption bond and the adsorption height for a single hydrogen atom are calculated. Three kinds of stable sites are found for hydrogen adsorption. There are the double-fold bridge site B on the step edge, the three-fold hollow site H3′ on the step surface and the four-fold hollow sites H1 and H2 on the terrace surface. Compared with a hydrogen atom adsorbed on low-index (001) surface, there are two other adsorption sites near the step: the two-fold bridge site B on the step edge and the three-fold hollow site H3′ on the step surface. At the same time, the absorbability of the hydrogen atom at the site H1 is intensified. The results show that hydrogen adsorption on Ni (511) is affected by the existence of the step. The active barriers, adsorption energy and corresponding bond length for dissociation of a hydrogen molecule on the stepped surface are presented. The results show that the dissociation is easier at the bottom of the step. It is shown that the steps are the active sites for hydrogen adsorption and dissociation. Thermochemical Study on Solid State Reaction of Nanocrystalline Zinc Phosphate Tetrahydrate at Room Temperature Yuan Aiqun, Wu Jian, Huang Zaiyin, Song Baoling, Liao Sen Nanocrystalline zinc phosphate tetrahydrate was synthesized by solid-state reaction at ambient temperature using Na3PO4·12H2O and ZnSO4·7H2O as regents. The enthalpy of reaction and the standard enthalpy of formation of zinc phosphate tetrahydrate were studied by microcalorimeter. According to Hess s law, a new thermochemical cycle was designed. The dissolution enthalpies of reactant (△H1) and product (△H2) were performed by a RD496 microcalorimeter at 298.15 K using aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid (4mol/L) as a calorimetric solvent. Ultraviolet spectrum, conductivity and refractive index were measured respectively. The results show as follows: △H1=(-47.180±0.084) kJ/mol, △H2=(-7.617±0.096 )kJ/mol. The ultraviolet spectra of the above solution are the same. Conductivity values after 500 times diluted are 2180 and 2181μs/cm respectively. Refractive indexes are 1.3679 and 1.3678 respectively. The standard enthalpy value of the reaction was calculated: △rHm=-39.530 kJ/mol. The standard enthalpy of formation for zinc phosphate tetrahydrate are recommended -4354.004 kJ/mol. Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Ce-MCM-48 as a Mesoporous Molecular Sieve Jin Zhongxiu, Tong Hongwu, Yong Guoping, Sheng Liangquan, Liu Qingliang, Liu Shaomin Cerium incorporated MCM-48 molecular sieves have been hydrothermally synthesized by both a mixed template and a variable pH approach. The samples were characterized by various physicochemical methods, including X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, diffuse reflectance UV-vis spectroscopy, XRF spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption. These results reveal that cerium is incorporated in MCM-48 in the form of well-dispersed tetra-coodinated cerium ion. Maintaining the proper concentration of cerium and adjusting the pH allows for a more ordered structure with a much higher specific surface area than that of MCM-48. Ce-MCM-48 was employed in the liquid phase oxidation of cyclohexane with aqueous H2O2. The results showed that Ce-MCM-48 is more active as a catalyst for the liquid phase oxidation of cyclohexane. The oxidation conversion catalyzed by Ce-MCM-48 is 8.3 %-14.2% higher than that catalyzed by MCM-48 and the selectivity for the main products increase by 63.4%-68.8%. Accordingly, Ce-MCM-48 has been shown to have important potential applications. 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__label__cc	0.586098	0.413902	wiltshire horn cross dorper The Wiltshire Horn is one of the foundation breeds for Katahdin, Wiltipoll, and Easycare breeds and the Hampshire breed along with Southdown sheep and the Berkshire Nott.[4]. First cross WiltshirexMerino ewes are excellent prime lamb mothers. He produced some excellent lambs and has now been sold. We purchased our first White Dorper ram in 2011 from Paul Hamilton’s Dorper Stud (Berwick, Victoria). Buyer Beware! As we decided to start our own Wiltipoll flock, we purchased two ASSBA registered Wiltipoll rams and some Wiltipoll ewes in 2013. He has produced some great terminal lambs for market. Dorper Lambs waiting to be fed. The large commercial operator can tap into Wiltshire Horn genetics and create wool-shedding hybrids, so freeing themselves from the expense and hassle of annual shearing; This page was last edited on 17 October 2020, at 16:19. The smaller-scale producer seeking added value with quality, naturally reared, full-flavoured meat. The ram had strong Wiltshire Horn characteristics. Our new Reavesdale ram (2017) was registered with ASSBA and joined to all our ewes in March 2019. This is a hair breed, growing a thick, coarse coat in the winter and shedding in the summer. We started producing our prime lamb with Wiltshire Horn/Dorper Composite sheep. We purchased a commercial Wiltipoll ram from the Gee Tee Stud (Gunbower, Victoria) and joined him with our younger ewes in March 2013 in order to produce lambs closer to the standards being developed for the Wiltipoll breed. He has sired some beautiful lambs, and we have decided to keep five of his young ram lambs from our Registered Wiltipoll Stud for sale later in 2020. Until the 20th century, the breed was chiefly traded at local events such as the Westbury Hill Fair. In 2012, we purchased a second White Dorper ram from Paul Hamilton. These rams were used again to produce our 2015 drop Wiltipoll and Composite lambs. No longer a rare breed, the Wiltshire Horn is proving its worth to three particular groups of producers: Australian Wiltshire Horn Breeders Association, Belgian breeder with extra information about this breed (only available in dutch), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wiltshire_Horn&oldid=984007755, Articles with unsourced statements from June 2010, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The Wiltshire Hornis a breedof domestic sheeporiginally from Wiltshirein southern Englandraised for meat. They were replaced in 2016 with an AWA registered A1 BINGARA Wiltipoll ram and a young ASSBA registered ram (2014) from our flock. This ram has now been sold. Males and females both have horns. We previously used the following rams to develop our Wiltshire Composite flock: Our original Wiltshire Horn x Dorper First Cross was a commercial ram, purchased in 2009 from Patricia Ballantyne’s Wiltshire Horn Stud (Munro, Victoria). [2] They are good mothers and have high fertility. We are now only joining registered Wiltipoll rams to all our ewes, including our Wiltshire Composite flock. We previously joined this ram each year with our original Wiltshire Horn x Dorper First Cross ewes, also purchased from the same property. The Wiltshire Horn was until the eighteenth century one of the predominant sheep breeds of southern England. Das Wiltshire Horn ist eine der ältesten britischen Schafrassen und gehört zu der Gruppe der kurzwolligen Schafe. Follow us on Facebook to catch the latest news and events. We then added some Dorper rams; however have decided during this process that we prefer the Wiltshire breed. In 2013 we joined a young commercial Wiltipoll ram to some of our cross-bred ewes and produced some excellent poll, clean shedding lambs. Dorper Wiltshire Horn Cross. [1] The breed is unusual among native British breeds, for it has the unusual feature of moulting its short wool and hair coat naturally in spring, alleviating the need for shearing. The Wiltshire Horn is suitable for crossing with any other breed to produce lean prime lambs. Dorper Ram. In 2011, 2012 & 2013 we joined him with ewes retained from earlier lambing seasons. Rams weigh about 250 lb (110 kg) and ewes 150 lb (68 kg).[4]. Dorper Lambs. [3] For hundreds of years, it served a clear function on the thin chalk soils of the Wiltshire Downs, requiring little shelter from the elements and providing dung and urine to fertilise the wheat-growing land. White Dorper Ram. In the early 1980s, 45 registered flocks were in the UK,[4] but the 2009 edition of the flock book of the Wiltshire Horn Sheep Society recognises almost 300 flocks. Our original Wiltshire Horn x Dorper First Cross was a commercial ram, purchased in 2009 from Patricia Ballantyne’s Wiltshire Horn Stud (Munro, Victoria). The fact that they do not require shearing or crutching and do not suffer readily from flystrike is making them increasingly attractive to the commercial sheep sector, particularly as even pure-bred lambs can reach slaughter weight in as little as 16 weeks. In March 2014 we joined one of these rams (BUSSEY) with a small group of ASSBA registered Wiltipoll ewes (also from the Gee Tee Stud) and the other ram (GRANGE VALE) with our flock of Wiltshire Composite ewes. We sold him towards the end of 2013 as we had decided to reduce our flock and wished to increase the percentage of Wiltshire type sheep. View gallery. Both sexes are white with occasion black spots on the undercoat. Click the link to the left to take a look at our new ‘shop’ page full of stunning Dorper Society merchandise. The ram had strong Wiltshire Horn characteristics. Dorper Rams. Dorper Viridian Corky & Wiltshire Horn Ram. In December 2013, we acquired two registered Wiltipoll rams that had been purchased earlier by the Gee Tee Stud. Sein Haltungsschwerpunkt war die englische Grafschaft Wiltshire im Südwesten Englands. They are good mothers and have high fertility. This ram was sold in 2014. Brickhill Doodle Dorper x3. White Dorper Ewes. Ram horns grow one full spiral each year until maturity. [citation needed]. It was nearly extinct at the start of the 1900s. The Wiltshire Horn is a breed of domestic sheep originally from Wiltshire in southern England raised for meat. Past Events. Dorper x2 Wiltshire Horn x3 Cross. At the same time, it provided an easily managed source of quality meat, but the rising price of wool and a general move away from horned sheep had the breed suffer a dramatic decline throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The breed is unusual among native British breeds, for it has the unusual feature of moultingits short wool and hair coat naturally in spring, alleviating the need for shearing. Our 2016, 2017 and 2018 GLENAL Wiltipoll lambs were sired by our BINGARA A1 Wiltipoll ram (2013). In 1923, in an attempt to save the breed, the Wiltshire Horn Breed Society was formed. This property produced both Wiltshire Horn and Dorper sheep and a cross-breed of the two. Dorper Ram. We also registered one of our GLENAL Wiltipoll rams (2014) with ASSBA (Australian Stud Sheep Breeders Association) and ran him with our Wiltshire Composite ewes in 2017. This property produced both Wiltshire Horn and Dorper sheep and a cross-breed of the two. Brickhill Dorper Ewes & Lambs. Da das Wiltshire Horn seine Wolle im Frühjahr abstößt, muss diese Schafrasse nicht geschoren werden. They have the great wide hips, wedge shape of the Wiltshires and are good milkers. This ram shed completely by summer and produced good lambs when joined with the younger ewes. In 2018 we purchased an AWA registered A1 Wiltipoll ram, as well as some A1 Wiltipoll ewes, from The Reavesdale Wiltipoll Stud in NSW. The Queen 12 September 2019 Full Episode, National Academy Of Sports Medicine Reviews, Cable Bench Press Alternative, Lincoln Mkc 2018 Price In Uae, Lincoln Mkc 2018 Price In Uae, Basil Pasta With Sundried Tomatoes, 87 El Camino, 2020 Toyota Land Cruiser For Sale, 9th Grade Biology Lesson Plans,	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line64
__label__cc	0.677965	0.322035	Cultura em Lisboa. Museu de Lisboa – Torreão Poente do Terreiro do Paço Close Image Gallery The Museum of Lisbon is a multi-branched museum comprised of five distinct spaces: Palácio Pimenta, Roman Theatre, Saint Anthony Museum, Casa dos Bicos and the West Tower. The first four spaces present long duration exhibitions that complement one another despite having their own distinct themes. The West Tower of Terreiro do Paço is located on a site that, prior to the 1755 earthquake, contained the Paços da Ribeira (which King Manuel I ordered built in the early 16th century as the official royal residence in Portugal). Part of the structure of the officially named Praça do Comércio – one of the largest squares of its kind in Europe – it has been transformed in recent years into a space for medium duration exhibitions of a wide variety of themes related to the culture and history of Lisbon. Accessible for people with reduced mobility. Exhibition Room Praça do Comércio, 1 Only during temporary exhibitions 11 AM to 5 PM (Tuesday to Sunday) Closed on Mondays and on 1 January, 1 May and 25 December. Last entry: 30 minutes before closing. info@museudelisboa.pt www.museudelisboa.pt 711, 714, 728, 732, 735, 736, 759, 760, 781, 782 Avenida Eng. Duarte Pacheco, 26 geral@egeac.pt © 2021 EGEAC. Todos os direitos reservados. \| Empresa de Gestão de Equipamentos e Animação Cultural	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line65
__label__cc	0.716455	0.283545	Elizabeth Drakes's Site Micro Fiction: Goddess of War 30 July 25, 2020 by Elizabeth Drake The goddess of war had her army. She had her generals. And the demons quaked. Or did they? Kvasir stared at the barren plain where Emelia had been lost. Beyond to the harbor that still bore no fish where Caledon had died. And to the mountains forever covered in snow where Dominic was slain. If the demons could not separate them this time, they would usher in a new era. But if the demons turned them against Athena again, he feared all humanity would be lost. Filed Under: Micro Fiction Tagged With: alone, Athena, battle, children, Demon, Goddess of War, Gods, Gods of Light, loss, love, Micro Fiction, romance author, Romance Novel, Romance Writer Dominic lost control at Kvasir’s words and accidentally smashed the training dummy in two. “You cannot send me back!” “I’m trying to take you home.” “But I must protect Athena and Emelia, and goddess knows what trouble Caledon will need me to help him with.” “But what about your family?” Dominic slammed his fist on the table, shattering the heavy oak. “My family cares little about me. But I will protect those I love.” “Don’t look at me like that. I’m not going back.” Caledon folded his arms over his chest. “But your family, your friends,” Kvasir said. “No one has called me a half-breed since I arrived here. No one has told me I don’t belong. Pushed me down. Accused me of stealing. And if they did, Athena, Dominic and Emelia would set ‘em straight. For the first time, I belong. You’re not taking that from me.” Kvasir caught Emelia hugging the stuffed bear Athena had given her that first night so long ago. “I am trying to get you home. I promise.” “That’s why I’m afraid. Here, I have you and Athena that care for me. Caledon and Dominic are infuriating but are like brothers. Back home…There is nothing and no one.” She hugged her bear again. “I can help Athena save the world. I know I can. And… I don’t want to be alone again.” Athena frowned. “I don’t remember much of my childhood. We’ve discussed this before.” “But none of it?” Kvasir asked. “Perhaps it was too awful to remember.” “Or perhaps it did not exist,” Kvasir murmured. Athena tossed a sword to Dominic. “I would rather prepare for the future than think of the past.” Kvasir handed the sword back to Athena as his apprentice’s words echoed through his mind. It wasn’t possible, and yet…If the legends were true, the goddess had created the world then chose to walk among her creations when they most needed Her. Could she not then pierce the sky or turn back time? How much did he know about Athena?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line67
__label__wiki	0.626187	0.626187	Reading: Ethereum Just Shot Up $250 But Don’t Bet on That Resistance Breaking Share Tweet Send Share Bitfury to Host Upcoming Blockchain Summit on Sir Richard Branson’s Private Necker Island Matthew Tompkins \| Jul 22, 2017 \| 11:30 The Blockchain Summit, held on British billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s private Caribbean island, is hosted by the Bitfury group and Bill Tai. Credit China Fintech is also listed as providing special support. Now in its third year, the annual event is being held for key global influencers in technology, civil society, democracy promotion, and innovation. It will be held from July 25-29, 2017 on Sir Branson’s private Necker Island. It is not open to the public which, for a summit advocating pro democracy, does give the event an exclusive and isolationist overtone. Branson, who hires out the Island, is outspoken on the benefits of Bitcoin and blockchain technology. In 2013 he was among the first to accept Bitcoin payments as a business, by announcing he would accept the currency for his Virgin Galactic enterprise, which would see his company providing trips into space. According to Valery Vavilov, CEO and co-founder of The Bitfury Group: Sir Richard Branson is a true visionary and we share his deep passion for global change for the better. We are thrilled to announce the second annual Blockchain Summit will happen this summer on his Necker Island and look forward to an extremely thoughtful and provocative dialogue with some of the world’s top influencers. A Private Event The Blockchain Summit is a private event, held on Branson’s private island and is described on the Summit’s website as being; …a set of intimate discussions to lay out the framework for a world where humankind is fully benefiting from the amazing technology behind the blockchain. The island offers accommodations for up to 30 people and can be rented out at US$65,000 a day or US$2,167 per person per day. There is no mention or promotion of Bitcoin on the Blockchain Summit site making the coin conspicuous by its absence. Bitcoin has allowed people around the world access to global trade, alongside low-cost transactions, which is already revolutionary in finance and pro-democratic in itself. Not mentioning Bitcoin may indicate a movement to recognizing more closed source proprietary uses of the open source technology. Bitfury operates a major Bitcoin mining pool so it is unlikely that they would wish to see a conflict of interest, indicating they are looking to pivot or further branch out their blockchain solutions. The purpose of the Summit is to explore how blockchain technology can be applied across a broad spectrum of scenarios, from cyber security and economic empowerment to content rights and voting applications. Among this year’s most notable participants are former Estonian president Toomas Ilves, Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto, Afghan tech CEO Roya Mahboob and EU Parliament member Eva Kaili. An impressive lineup of speakers will also be in attendance, including MIT’s Brian Forde and Michael Casey, Bitpesa CEO Elizabeth Rossiello, and CIVIC founder Vinny Langham. According to the Summit’s website: This unique Summit will welcome key global influencers in technology, civil society, democracy promotion and innovation to a riveting discussion about the world-changing potential applications of the Blockchain to include but not limited to democracy promotion, cyber security, the sharing economy, voting and land titling. The video below features muted highlights from the 2016 Summit, which, in an age of streaming media, lacks the transparency many have come to expect from events like these. The event, however, looks set to provide blockchain news and information on its usage to those within the industry, helping facilitate the sharing of ideas and cooperation alongside peers whilst also helping to educate business leaders on the latest developments and trends with blockchain usage. Let’s hope it meets its goals. Do exclusive events like this make you feel separated from the discussion? Are they useful for growing the industry? Could there be more done to keep the discussion open? Tell us what you think in the comments below. Images courtesy of Forbes, Pixabay, YouTube BitStarz Player Lands $2,459,124 Record Win! Could you be next big winner? Tags: blockchain summit, blockchain technology, Sir Richard Branson For updates and exclusive offers enter your email below. 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__label__cc	0.563513	0.436487	The Imagination of Revenge Last Saturday, Rosemary, our daughter Hilary and Hilary’s younger daughter Lauren, 11, and I watched King Solomon’s Mines after dinner. I make it a point to select a film for us to watch that will please everybody. In many cases I have seen the films before and usually I had seen them as a boy. As a man of 71 I can laughingly comment that I would surely dump my wife of 45 years for Deborah Kerr (or Charlotte Rampling or Molly Parker). Rosemary smiles but does not know how serious I am really. My eldest granddaughter Rebecca is shocked and said so that I would opt for a dead woman (Kerr) over my very much alive wife. I have no idea if Rosemary thinks the same (would she dump me for the handsome dead star?) about the other star of King Solomon’s Mines, Stewart Granger. But what is important is that it is human to dream, to imagine and associate. For today I took out the 1934 version of Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Montecristo, directed by Rowland V. Lee and with Robert Donat and Elissa Landi. My reason for picking these films is that I remember them as the films of my boyhood. Life was simple. You went to school, you ate and you went to the movies. There were only five classifications for movies worth seeing, they were conboys (Argentine Spanish), de guerra (war), espadachines (sword fighters but especially with fencing foils), piratas and that exclusive classification, Tarzán. I had read 13 of Andrea Camilleri’s novels featuring Salvo Montalbano, a comisario of police in Sicily before I first saw the wonderful Italian TV series Montalbano with Luca Singaretti as the sensitive man who likes to eat and swim. For many of us who read novels before seeing films the often-made argument is if the actor or actress fits our idea of the protagonist of the novel. For many Basil Rathbone was and is Sherlock Holmes. For John le Carré we know that after having seen Alec Guinness play George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in the TV series, somehow the man, Guinness had taken his character, Smiley out of his head and that he, le Carré would henceforth have a hard time writing about that protagonist. Few today would ever read To Kill a Mockingbird and not imagine Atticus Finch not being Gregory Peck. But in spite of the reality of a film and its actors supplanting the imagination of the characters of a novel I see imagination still with us and important. Earlier today, Lauren was playing in the living room. She was putting her fingers in the soil of my potted plants. I asked her what she was doing. Her reply startled me, “I don’t know what I am doing,” and she grinned as she told me. I realized that somehow I had broken a game of her imagination. When Rebecca was 8 I proposed to my friend, Argentine painter Juan Manuel Sánchez that he teach her to draw and paint. At the time Rebecca was just three blocks away. I found it practical that Rebecca would learn art from a master while conversing in Spanish. Sánchez was adamant that this was not a good idea. He explained that a child until 11 or 12 had to be left alone to play with their imagination. They had to be left alone so that they could draw loosely without any restraints of an imposed style. Ancillary to this was that old-time dictum (is it still relevant today?) that you never asked a very young child what a sketch or painting was supposed to represent. Nor were we supposed to ask, “What did you learn in school today?” It seems we had to be careful not to destroy that world/life of the imagination by asking precise questions as to content and meaning. We watched The Count of Montecristo. Lauren had seen a more modern version of it but was still transfixed, glued to all the activity on our Sony Trinitron TV set with its former cutting edge cathode ray tube. The whole evening cemented my acute realization on how important a child’s imagination is. And of course part of that is a child’s willingness to read books without pictures where the child has to imagine faces and places. In the beginning of Olaf Stapeldon’s Star Maker and man sits in his garden, leaning on a tree to gaze a starry sky: Overhead obscurity was gone. From horizon to horizon the sky was an unbroken spread of stars. Two planets stared unwinking. The more obtrusive of the constellations asserted their individuality. Orion’s four-square shoulders and feet, his belt and sword, the Plough, the zigzag of Cassiopeia, the intimate Pleiades, all were duly patterned on the dark. The Milky Way, a vague hoop of light, spanned the sky. Imagination completed what mere sight could not achieve. Looking down I seemed to see through a transparent planet, through heather and solid rock, through the buried grave-yards of vanished species, down through the molten flow of basalt, and on into the Earth’s core of iron; then on again, still seemingly downwards, through the southern strata to the southern ocean and lands, past the roots of gum trees and the feet of the inverted antipodeans, through their blue, sun-pierced awning of day, and out into the eternal night, where sun and stars are together. For there, dizzyingly far below me, like fishes in the depth of a lake, lay the nether constellations. The two domes of the sky were fused into one hollow sphere, star-peopled, black, even beside the blinding sun. The young moon was a curve of incandescent wire. The completed hoop of the Milky Way encircled the universe. And from there he soars out of his body to explore space. Stapledon published Star Maker in 1937 and is a work that is purely of the imagination. Coincidentally tonight, in bed reading the Sunday NY Times that is delivered Saturday night I found in the Sunday Review a column by conservative Ross Douthat, who in spite of being a conservative is someone I admire and read. The column called Puddleglum and The Savage points out that on November 22, the date of John Kennedy’s assassination (the presidential motorcade was leaving Love Field), C.S. Lewis collapsed in his Oxford bedroom. And when a TV in the next room announced Kennedy’s death Aldous Huxley requested a final shot of LSD. In that column I found this: In C.S. Lewis’s The Silver Chair in which a character named Puddleglum confronts a queen who has confined the heroes in an underground kingdom, and lulled them with the insistence that the underground world is all there is – that ideas like the sun and sky are dangerous wishful thinking, undermining the immediate contentment [Puddleglum says] “Suppose we have only dreamed, or made up, all those things. – trees and grass and sun and moon and stars and Aslan himself. Suppose we have. Then all I can say is that in that case, the made-up things seem a good deal more important than the real ones…We’re just babies making up a game, if you’re right. But four babies playing a game can make a play-world which licks your real world hollow.” As I read the above I understood the role of old-style films with few or elaborate special effects. I understand the importance of convincing, pushing, coaxing a young person to read. By doing so it will be a while before an Alec Guinness or a Luca Singaretti can replace that imagined person into the flesh and bone of the actor playing him. We enjoyed The Count of Montecristo. I did not tell my family that my image of the count had for some years been the face on the cover of my Penguin Classic - Portrait of an Artist by Jacques-Louis David and that Robert Donat seemed too pretty and too good to play the vengeful man. After all The Count of Montecristo features: literature’s most famous case of an implacable and most un-Christian revenge. It features a female serial poisoner, two cases of infanticide, a stabbing and three suicides, an extended scene of torture and execution, drug-induced sexual fantasies, illegitimacy, transvestism and lesbianism, a display of the author’s classical history, the customs and diets of the Italians, the effects of hashish and all in about 1000 pages. Both King Solomon's Mines and The Count of Montecristo can be found at Limelight Video Alas they and the Vancouver Public Library do not have The Corsican Brothers with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. or The Crimson Pirate with Burt Lancaster. Next Saturday's film will have to be another. Link to: The Imagination of Revenge First Man of the Land It is impossible to ignore today that event in Dallas 50 years ago. This morning I drove my wife to whom I have been married for 45 years to the UBC Hospital to undergo one of those feminine operations, one not involving a scalpel. She is a trooper. She slept the night but I didn’t. I feel that she and I are like our 2007 Chevrolet Malibu. The warranty is long gone and the repairs are going to be cropping up haphazardly until that final one and we will go where cars and elephants ultimately end up. In 1960 I was attending St. Edward’s High School, a Catholic boarding school in Austin, Texas. My mother, who lived in a mining town in Mexico, Nueva Rosita, Coahuila, was all in a flurry of excitement. She was telling me that a sexy Catholic US Senator would perhaps become the first Roman Catholic president of the United States. On campus we were excited, too. We all had to explain to a few of our non-Catholic classmates what Papal Infallibility was about and the fact that if Kennedy were elected president he would be his own man. Few believed us. On September 26, 1960 I had been playing pool in our Junior/Senior rec room. We had a TV in the room and some of us watched that first debate between Nixon and Kennedy. I was particularly impressed by the voices of both men. They were speaker’s voices. I found Kennedy’s insertion of an r at the end of any word that finalized with an a charming. I was told that it was a Bostonian accent. When Kennedy did win the election our campus was in a minor uproar of delight and pride. I graduated in 1961 and our Edwardian, the school yearbook was dedicated to Kennedy and another icon of the time Pope John XXIII. Our pride was short-lived. We had many Cuban students in our school and when the fiasco at the Bay of Pigs occurred I remember distinctly being harassed by one of those Cuban students that “Your president abandoned us.” It was then that I had some of my first intimations of a doubt that have followed me all these years. When convenient I am an Argentine, or a Mexican, or a Canadian (I am a citizen of Argentina and of Canada) but deep inside I feel very American even when I suffer the indignity of crossing the border at Blaine. I am treated as an alien. Which I am. The Americans, with singular foresight have paved the way for the eventual immigration of Martians and Proxima/Alpha Centaurians. Those at the border would never suspect or know that I have a feeling of alienation in Vancouver, in Buenos Aires, in Mexico City and now that my mentor Brother Edwin Reggio, C.S.C. has died this year I no longer have a desire to visit Austin. Austin is a place where I lived the transition from boyhood, those teenage years and I almost became a man. I have those roots there and a lingering feeling of “I am an American!” persists. No further revelations of Kennedy’s errors of judgment, a presidency perceived as being so-so, and no new indications of possible incompetence will mar my memory of my first reading of that Edwardian dedication 52 years ago. In spite of my present alienation, Kennedy was a presence in my life, at least on those Camelot years that I can look back and tell myself, “I belonged. I was part of that.” I look forward to that phone call from UBC Hospital sometime today. I will pick up my Rosemary and bring her home. We belong there. Here! Link to: First Man of the Land Photography - Full Speed Ahead & Damn the Equipment For anybody beginning to read here, today's blog is the first one that has appeared elsewhere first. I have written it for Medium. I have developed a rapid liking to it as it is intelligent and nobody is able to leave such stuff as "nice pic,", "I like," or inject YouTube videos or links to newspapers without at the very least placing intelligent words explaining the motive behind it. Perhaps there is indeed hope for us. Rebecca Stewart — Alex Waterhouse-Hayward For the photograph above I used a Mamiya RB-67 Pro-SD and a 140mm floating element macro lens. Film was Kodak Plus X. After scanning the negative(in RGB) I added red and yellow for the result. Below is the same picture without the colour. At age 71 I am a former magazine photographer and writer in obsolescence (redundant in British lingo) retired because at least here in Vancouver and probably in the rest of Canada the era of paid photography is either gone permanently or at best for a while. A scanned 100 ISO Polaroid taken with Mamiya RB and 90mm lens. I used a 2x3 Chimera softbox fired by a Norman 200B I purchased my first camera an Agfa Silette in 1956 in a Washington DC pawnshop. The first roll I used was Kodak Tri-X. I remember taking snaps of the Parthenon replica in Nashville. The negative is long lost. A year later after saving up with odd jobs in the boarding school I was attending, St Edward’s High School in Austin, Texas I spent $100 on a Pentacon F single lens reflex which came mail order from Olden Cameras in New York City. Ektachrome 100G, Nikon FM-2 50mm lens But it wasn’t until I moved with my Canadian wife and two Mexican-born daughters to Vancouver in 1975 that I became a photographer full-time. In that job I have been sent all over the world on assignments, worked for virtually every magazine around (except the National Geographic) and had access to film stars, rock stars, directors, politicians and hoods. Mamiya RB-67 Pro-SD, 140mm lens, Ektachrome 100G, 2x3 ft Chimera softbox fired by Norman 200B Until three months ago my only digital camera was an iPhone 3G. I have taught photography at several schools in Vancouver and I have never had the need to tell my students that I did not own anything like the expensive Nikon and Canon DSLRs they had in their hands. Three months ago, after having been urged by my wife, I finally purchased a digital camera. I am extremely proud of my most sophisticated Fuji X-E1. Mamiya RB-67 Pro-SD 90mm lens, Kodak Plus X negative scanned, from below, with sheet of white paper over it to get the texture seen here. I went to Buenos Aires a month ago and took the Fuji (along with two Nikon FM-2 loaded with b+w and colour negative film). Because I have yet to acquire anything like Lightroom I shot jpgs and I was satisfied, even happy with my results. Mamiya RB-67 Pro-SD 140mm lens, 2x3 softbox powered by a Dynalite. This is a scanned and reversed Polaroid peel from the 100 ISO Polaroid film. Just a few years ago I did a lot of work for a local arts weekly. Work diminished. In one assignment where I had to photograph some Shakespearean actors I took some pictures with my iPhone 3G but I used the modeling light of a 2x3 ft sofbox and placed my subjects on a nondescript darkish wall. The folks at the magazine never noticed the difference and even lauded me for sending them something that seemed to be “different” from my usual. Mamiya RB-67 Pro SD. 90mm lens, 2x3 softbox and Norman 200B, Ektachrome 100G Before I left for Buenos Aires I shot a cover for the publication and five inside shots with my Fuji. I did use a largish softbox and a good studio flash. They never noticed the difference either iPhone 3G, under Western Red Cedar, late afternoon But I had to adjust to the idea of still using the small camera on my big tripod. When you shoot loose with a small camera you (or at least I did) tend to have heads too close to the top or slice the fingers of my subjects’ hands. For too long I have used a Mamiya RB-67 Pro-SD on a tripod and I like to frame my shots carefully. Nikon FM-2, 85mm lens, Kodak Tri-X, modeling light from Dynalite in 2x3 softbox — colour added in scanning negative When I shoot cover jobs for magazines I rarely take more than 20 pictures on 120 Ektachrome (now Fuji Provia). With my digital Fuji I shot the cover with 8 exposures. I am not about to let that camera dictate how I am to use it. I was frugal with film, I will be frugal with pixels! Same as above picture The purpose of this essay, my first purpose-written for Medium.Com is to clear misunderstandings that I have gleaned from reading some of the interesting stuff in Click the Shutter. A few have written that with an iPhone 5 you don’t need better equipment. Others decry the loss of the analog system of taking pictures. Others, rightfully state that the equipment is not as important as knowing how to use what one has. I would only modify that last statement by adding that it is important to note the limitations of the equipment being used. With that said I have often loaded my heavy and largish Mamiya with Ilford 3200 ISO film and hand held it as if the camera where a 35mm camera. While digital stitching has made the expensive swivel lens film cameras of the past obsolete, I still believe my Noblex (it takes a negative or slide that is 2¼ by 7 inches long) can take pictures that very good and with a perspective different to the one of stitching. iPhone 3G, Texas If there is a problem with digital cameras it is the perception, mostly thanks to their advertising, that says that with one of these in your hands you can do anything. I would beg to differ as this eliminates the idea of using lighting to control contrast and to impose on the picture a bit of one’s personal style. Mamiya RB-67 Pro SD, 250mm lens wide open with slow shutter and using the modeling light (no flash) coming from a 2x3 softbox powered by one Dynalite head. Vignetting Corel Pro X2 With that said I will place here some portraits of my granddaughter through the years and I will mention what I used and how I took them. Note, especially, one photograph that I took with my 3G iPhone. If one realizes the iPhones are most comfortable with low contrast situations you will understand why my Rebecca sitting in a metal bench under a conifer in a late afternoon looks so good. Slide film would have rendered the scene a greenish blue. A digital camera, even a cheap one with good white balance would have rendered the scene in the right colour.There is a saying in Spanish (I am Argentine born): El diablo sabe más por viejo que por diablo. That translates to: the devil knows more not because he is the devil but because he is older. Something then has to be said for experience. And lastly here in Vancouver we still have at least five labs that process colour negative and slide film in small and large formats. The b+w film I shoot, I process and print in my still functioning darkroom. Link to: Photography - Full Speed Ahead & Damn the Equipment	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line71
__label__wiki	0.625925	0.625925	COVID-19, Response COVID-19: Update from Asif Saleh (27 June 2020) by Asif Saleh Bangladesh has crossed 100 days of COVID-19. Testing has plateaued. Health facilities outside the capital remain under strain. Read the latest on COVID-19. Dear colleagues, partners and friends, Bangladesh crossed 100 days with COVID-19 this week. The number of confirmed cases have plateaued to a range of 3,300 to 4,000 this week, but so has the testing. There still has not been any decision on how red zones will be implemented in Dhaka. Positive news after testing kits controversy The government is planning to introduce multiple COVID-19 test methods from July, including antigen, nucleic acid, and antibody ‘dry and wet’ tests – which provide results in less time. The Directorate General of Health Services plans to import 100,000 to 200,000 kits at a time. Efforts to expand testing facilities at the sub-district level are underway. 3,000 medical technologists and technicians are being recruited. Again, the question remains how quickly this will be done, as time continues to be of essence. There was a major scandal this week about a testing fraud by an authorised private sector provider, JKG Health Care. Questions have been raised about how this organisation was given authorisation to test in the first place. A coordination cell to prevent COVID-19 transmission has been formed. The cell will monitor and coordinate the virus preventive activities of all the agencies and departments under the division, ensure coordination between the activities of the agencies of the division and other departments of the government and monitor all the civic services being provided by city corporations in red zones, involving volunteers, public representatives, imams (religious leaders), NGO representatives and eminent personalities. The work of the community support team, implemented by BRAC, with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and World Bank, is set to start very soon in a number of wards of Dhaka. Further coordination with Dhaka North City Corporation was established this week. The pressure on health care facilities is growing outside Dhaka now, where there are increasing reports of people dying with symptoms similar to COVID-19. There are also increasing accusations from patients of not getting critical medical care. Last week in Khulna, a Mr Mujahidul Islam’s family was refused treatment in six hospitals before he passed away due to lack of oxygen. He was not suffering from COVID-19. The numbers of cases in Khulna exploded from 150 to 1,000 last week. The rising tension is causing people to take the law into their own hands. A clinic owner was beaten to death on 17 June after the public accused him of wrong treatment. Three more red zones were announced in Khulna, which went under lockdown from 25 June. Our key focus at BRAC, that we have invested most heavily in, has been community-level awareness, ownership, testing, and wearing of masks. How are the slum dwellers in Dhaka? There are surprisingly low numbers of people going to hospitals or reporting symptoms within the slums. BRAC’s informal survey, conducted through its community organisers, found 290 patients with symptoms similar to COVID-19 in approximately 300 slums we work in. There are no reports of people going for testing, nor is there widespread reporting of hospitalisations. No one seems to be sure how wide the spread is. Newspaper reports say that the impact of the disease on the low income population seems to be mild, but this is based on anecdotal observation and no formal study has been done. Universities could look into this. These people mostly work in outdoor spaces and are from a relatively younger age group. Those may play out as factors as well. Some persisting challenges Gaps in data continue to cause issues. Inaccurate data released by the Directorate General of Health Services continues to create confusion. Many initiatives to contain the virus are being delayed due to data constraints. There has been a temporary halt in the publication of infection data for Dhaka city since 16 June by the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research. As they are the only source of COVID-19 data in Bangladesh, Dhaka is now in a data-blackout. The government is yet to ensure safe management of COVID-19 waste, resulting in infection risks and environmental hazards. Experts fear that poor waste management may exacerbate the situation. BRAC’s climate change programme and Social Innovation Lab are working on a project in this regard. Reports continue about people abandoning family members due to fears of becoming infected by the virus. Authorities are supporting affected people and taking legal action against the perpetrators. Looking at the economy, experts suggest that Bangladesh should delay its graduation from a least developed country (LDC) to a developing country. Bangladesh will lose preferential trade benefits that are likely to have a negative impact on employment and local investments during this time of economic disruption, experts warned at a virtual discussion organised by the United Nations. 12 million people have been pushed into the category of “new poor”. Bangladesh’s official graduation is scheduled for 2024, with a three-year grace period for preparation. More details are in the situation report. China has said Bangladesh will get priority in terms of cooperation and support if they can successfully develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Bangladesh has also been selected for human trials for the second phase of the Chinese vaccine trial. A team of Chinese medical experts attribute the spread primarily to a lack of awareness about social distancing and hygiene practices amongst the public. 50,000 people have left Dhaka, or have shifted their families to their village homes, because of unemployment and pay cuts. Many are leaving without the certainty of income back in their villages. BRAC spoke to Al-Jazeera about this trend this week here. In terms of how the pandemic is affecting more vulnerable groups, some notable developments this week include: An urgent appeal to the government and policymakers was released by a number of leading rights organisations. Organisations fear the virus has worsened conditions for women who were already challenged by prevalent gender inequalities. 13,494 women and children were survivors of violence in May 2020, according to a survey by Manusher Jonno Foundation. 4,160 people admitted to have faced abuse for the first time in their life. Findings show a sharp rise in incidents of violence, with access to support services limited by the lockdown. Family courts, which deal with such cases, are still not under the new virtual court system. Rohingya children are facing increased risks of violence, trafficking, child marriage and child marriage, due to the socio-economic conditions caused by COVID-19, according to Educo, an global NGO dedicated to child rights. BRAC also released the results of its own study on how the pandemic is affecting students in Bangladesh, see more on that in the feature in the report. From next week, while the letter will come out every week, the extended report will come out fortnightly instead of weekly. See the full report here. If you want to see any particular issue covered, please let us know at covid19response@brac.net. Asif Saleh is the Executive Director of BRAC in Bangladesh. Tm Masum Great job ! Go ahead. Gender-based violence is a phenomenon deeply rooted in gender inequality and continues to be one of the most notable human rights violations within all societies. Patriarchy and structural factors at multiple levels within our societies, prevent women and girls from gaining access to equal opportunities and realising their dreams. Both women and men experience gender-based violence but the majority of victims are women and girls. Working with men and boys is part of the solution to bring about gender transformative change in our society. 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__label__wiki	0.533937	0.533937	Editor's Picks, Financial inclusion Understanding the many faces of poverty by Marjan Hossain For three days, I embarked on this journey with a dearth of knowledge on village etiquette, a language barrier (weak spoken Bengali), tainted with urban hues. Yet I was accepted into their homes with open arms and wide-eyed grins. And as we spoke to the families, our preconceived, textbook definitions of hardcore poverty came into question. Bangladesh and poverty go a long way back. Statistically, we show progress by the significant decline in national poverty rates. But recent studies show that poverty reduction rate has reduced from 1.2 percentage points annually from 2010 to 2016 compared to 1.7 from 2005 to 2010. Approximately 20 million people still live in extreme poverty in Bangladesh. To enlighten myself and understand the multidimensional aspects of poverty, I, along with 11 other students from various universities in Dhaka, travelled to four villages in Rangpur- a district where poverty levels have actually risen since 2010. We interviewed 3 families living in ultra-poverty, as part of a visit facilitated by BRAC and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development. Our first interview with an ultra-poor family (control household for a randomised control trial research) revealed that despite having access to electricity, a sanitary latrine, and a steady source of earning, the family of 4 are still severely susceptible to climate and health shocks. They barely manage to eat 3 times a day – meals largely consisting of rice and foraged leaves. Foreseeing no other means of living, the family resorted to sending their 7-year-old daughter to Dhaka to work as a housemaid. The second household, a recently selected participant of the programme, had a consistent income source, by selling puffed rice, and a cow (provided by BRAC). Yet they still continued to sleep under a leaking roof with no access to a sanitary latrine. The author on the left and BRAC UPG programme participant Monoara on the right. Fighting poverty as their everyday battle, these resilient individuals inspired us. We evidenced this full throttle while interviewing our third household, a 2015 graduate of the BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme. She received a cow as an asset, and with the appropriate mentoring from BRAC, she was able to diversify her income. Within 3 years, she became the proud owner of poultry, livestock and a sewing machine, which judging from her expression, was her favorite amid the rest. She had better living standards which helped to reinforce her identity, self-confidence and strengthened her position as a decision-maker in her household. She exhibited incredible confidence in her daughter’s future as a working woman. Our experience proved to us that the extent of poverty goes deeper than we had imagined. Unless we step out of our shoes and into theirs, we cannot truly comprehend ultra-poverty. A take on local governance: Reality vs. Perception We commonly depict local government officials as unreliable in performing their duties. What the majority believe may not be entirely wrong, but such depictions may be a misrepresentation of the entire truth. We gained a different perspective when we met local government officials at Badarganj Union Parishad. We learnt of their sources of funding, safety net allocations and other initiatives they implement for communities. We realised two things from the discussion: Firstly, critique should be backed with facts or primary data. Secondly, in spite of the corruption, and the existence of a flawed system, we found that sometimes, the officials are making an actual effort. These efforts fail to catch our attention due to constraints, such as shortage of safety net allocations, funds, inadequate tax collections, etc. Misunderstandings among locals arise due to the process of arbitrary decision-making in the allocation of funds for various development programmes. Along with many other internal issues that we were not privy to, the job of a union parishad official is, nevertheless, a difficult one. “Poverty is not just a lack of money; it is not having the capability to realize one’s full potential as a human being.” We encounter poverty every day. We go past slums. We lend an ear to our helpers in distress. We talk to our rickshaw mamas. Yet, its gravity fails to grasp our psyche, since we have never really experienced absolute constraints in living. Three days are not enough to comprehend the intensity of their suffering, but it was enough to start a conversation within myself. This experience made me realise that, with consistent mentoring and asset transfers, these individuals can come to recognise their potential and slowly, but surely, lift themselves out of poverty. I saw extreme poverty compelling one mother to send her daughter off to work at an early age, while a small transfer of reproducible assets stimulated another to invest in developing her daughter’s human capital. Poverty is multidimensional, and hence should be tackled with multidimensional skill-sets. But what are we, the labeled millennials and generation Z’s doing about this? We need students from various disciplines, from engineering to anthropology to finance, to take initiatives and contribute effectively to tackle this issue. It seems tedious in theory, but during such times of global turmoil and uncertainty, we the youth, can no longer afford to be apathetic. Marjan Hossain is a Graduate Research Assistant, East West University. 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__label__cc	0.742603	0.257397	History of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center In 1982, a small group of dedicated individuals, led by Libby Palmer and Judy D’Amore, approached Washington State Parks to obtain use of an empty building on the pier in Fort Worden State Park. Their goal was to establish a community-based, marine educational facility so that Port Townsend residents, along with state park visitors, could learn more about and directly experience the region’s abundant marine heritage. These founding volunteers established a non-profit corporation, signed an agreement with Washington State Parks, received a small grant to build the first touch tables and purchase a pump, and started offering seasonal marine educational programs. For many years the PTMSC operated solely on a voluntary basis. Programs expanded into local classrooms, an adult lecture series was established and in 1988 the PTMSC secured a significant water quality monitoring grant that marked the beginning of the PTMSC’s Citizen Science Program. In 1989, the PTMSC established year-around paid staff positions. From there, growth took off—a formal volunteer program was begun; residential marine science summer camps were established; partnerships with local, regional, state and national schools continued to flourish; the state-wide, model education program, “Our Water World” started; bird-watching and natural history cruises were established; Citizen Science opportunities expanded; an annual teacher training workshop was established in addition to operating the aquarium and offering daily interpretive programs. In order to accommodate this continued growth, in 2001 the PTMSC renovated the marine facility on the pier and refurbished a vacant building across the street, creating a new exhibit space focusing on natural history and entitled, “Where the Land Meets the Sea.” Programs and exhibits in the Natural History Exhibit were developed in partnership with the Burke Museum on the University of Washington campus and with Washington State Parks. 30 years later, we’re celebrating PTMSC’s birthday in July! This is one of 30 reasons to give $30 to celebrate 30 years. Or increase your impact and give more. All funds support the Future Fund to keep the PTMSC going strong. Donate online or call (360) 385-5582, ext. 104, or send a check to 532 Battery Way, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Imagining the next 30 Coming Soon – Hope’s Story Acquiring an Orca Skeleton Opening of the Foss Maritime Discovery Lab The Legacy of Volunteers at the PTMSC Opening the Natural History Exhibit Port Townsend Bay Monitoring Project “Look, a Shrimp!”—Driving an ROV Collecting our Marine Animals for the Exhibit PTMSC’s First Hydrophone In 2003, Seattle’s Burke Museum Partnered with PTMSC Finding the First Whale Skull Fossil “Docks Project” for Quilcene 8th graders Rhody Parade with Mammoth What a freezer could tell Home Crew The Seaweed Study Chocolate Octopus Dive Summer Camp—An excerpt from the Fall 1990 Octopress Winter at the PTMSC Our Beloved AmeriCorps Kaza’s Story Free Science Classes Marine Biology Camp—from a camper’s point-of-view Low Tide Fest Itti-vik, the baby seal Flensing the Baleen (whatever that means) PTMSC’s First Beach Seine and First Octopus	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line80
__label__cc	0.559956	0.440044	Yuri Leiderman Anne Frankʼs Father and Mushrooms of Consciousness Extension (Geopoetics 2) (Moscow Variant), 2010 Untitled, 1986, pages from a notebook on cardboard, collage and black pen on paper, 20,5 x 33,5 cm Visions of Hans Castorp, exhibition view at Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, 2010. Photo: Marcus Schneider From The Best and the Very Dubious, part 2, 1992, oil on canvas, plaster, strings, collage on cardboard, 100 x 120 cm Die Ehre hüt von Jugend auf (Geopoetics 19), actors and accessories, 2009. Exhibition view at Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2009 Saxophonist in Goyang, pastel on paper, 68,5 x 100 cm, 2011 Birmingham Ornament, in collaboration with Andrej Silvestrov, film, 2007 - 2013 Death of Mammoth, production photo for the film “Birmingham Ornament” (ongoing project), in collaboration with Andrej Silvestrov, 2009 Untitled (Elk-Socks Auto-Portrait), inkjet print, 55 x 72,5 cm, 2000 Third Millennium, exhibition view at Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, 2008. Photo: Marcus Schneider From Third Millennium (1), newspaper, soup, painting on cut paper, 200 x 140 cm (framed), 2008 Untitled, paper collage on C-Print, 82,5 x 62,5 cm (framed), 2004 Portrait of Serezha Esenin in Reeds, oil on canvas, 180 x 130 cm, 2012 Simurg, oil, acrylic and watercolor on paper and canvas, 170 x 230 cm, 2012 Skaldic Kennings, color pencil on paper, 5 drawings, 28 x 34 cm each (framed), 1997 Portrait of S. Anufriev, oil and enamel on canvas, 210 x 150 cm, 2012 Born in 1963 in Odessa, Ukraine. Lives and works in Berlin and Moscow. Often drawing inspiration from national identity themes, Leiderman’s works seek to transform those issues into abstractions, thereby testing their elasticity while foregrounding their unexplainable character, and thus restoring to them some measure of irreducible, if not ironic dignity. He was one of the founding members of the Medical Hermeneutics group in 1987. Portrait dans les roseaux, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France. Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany. Die Visionen des Hans Castorp, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany. Samizdat, Galerie Traversée, Munich, Germany. Die Ehre hüt von Jugend auf, Museum Folkwang im RWE Turm, Essen, Germany. Centre d´Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland. Third Millennium, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany. Birmingham Pattern, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK. Geopoetika, Traversée, Munich, Germany. On shore. The dances of killed Trojans, KU galerii, Tallinn, Estonia. Rapport Geopoetique, Musée d’ Art Contemporain, Marseille, France. Kolumbarienmaschinen, Elisabeth Kaufmann gallery, Zurich, Switzerland. Le Quartier, Quimper, France. Les performances de Dima Blein, Galerie Michel Rein, Paris, France. Kefir grains are going onto the flight, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Kranj, Slovenia. Bare Buttocks Bremen flower, NCCA, Moscow, Russia. Géologues: Nord contre Sud, le Creux de l’Enfer, Thiers, France. To give names to kefir grains, Herzliya Art Museum, Herzliya, Israel. Achselhohlen eines Entenflugels, GAK, Bremen, Germany. Electrons names, Michel Rein gallery, Paris, France. Bill Beirne / Yuri Leiderman, TV gallery, Moscow, Russia. Circles and Lumps, Galerija Škuc, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Apprendre l’histoire de l’Europe à un chat et mesurer le bonheur en petits chiens, Galerie Michel Rein, Tours, France. General reminder, (with Janos Sugar), Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary; Galeria Wyspa, Gdansk, Poland; Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia; TV Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Apprendre l’histoire de l’Europe à un chat, FRAC Champagne-Ardennes, Reims, France. Soccer WorldCup, Skola gallery, Moscow, Russia. Paris-Jura road /fragments/, Galerie Michel Rein, Tours, France. West in Space, (in co-operation with A. Andora), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The Best and the Very Dubious, Skola gallery & 1.0 gallery, Moscow, Russia. Bergen Assembly, Bergen, Norway. Heimat Kunde, Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Impossible Community, The State Museum of Contemporary Art of the Russian Academy of Arts, Moscow, Russia. Panorama, Michel Rein Gallery, Paris, France. Contrepoint, l’art contemporain russe, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France. Ground Floor America, Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt, Austria, travelling to Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark. European Atelier, Central house of Artist, Moscow, Russia. Corpus Extreme (Life +), Exit Art, New York City, USA. 1st Brussels Biennial, Brussels, Belgium. Total Enlightenment Moscow Conceptual Art 1960-1990, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany. Worpswelten, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. Tanzen, Sehen, Museum für Gegenwart Kunst, Siegen, Germany. 2nd Moscow Biennial, Moscow, Russia. Ready Trade Trailer, Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, Germany. VER BAILAR, CAAC- Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain. Trajectory1 The sun on the wall, Exhibition hall Arsenal, Riga, Latvia. Voices of silence, Herzliya Art Museum, Herzliya, Israel. Common Destination, The Drawing Center, New York City, USA. Venture II, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Artists Against The State, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York City, USA. Reflections, NCCA, Moscow, Russia. Avenirs de Villes, Site Alstom, Nancy, France. One/And another/About, City Art Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Second present, Trafo gallery, Budapest, Hungary. Works on the Edge, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary. MIR Dreams of Space, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, UK. Statements, Traversée, Munich, Germany. Shrinking cities, Kunst Werke, Berlin, Germany. Techniques of the Visible, Shanghai Biennial, China. Flipside, Artists Space, New York City, USA. 7 sins, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Introducing Sites 2, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany. Individual Systems, 50th Biennial, Venice, Italy. Berlin/Moskau – Moskau / Berlin 1950-2000, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany; traveling to Tretjakov Gellery, Moscow, Russia. MIR – Art in variable gravity, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK. Broadcasting, Technical Museum, Zagreb, Croatia. September horse, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany. Small Talk, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia. What, how and for whom, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria. Geologists at sunset, Fort Asperen, Netherlands. L´Autre moitié de l´Europe, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France. Peripheral 4, Iasi, Romania. What, how & for whom, Dom hdlu, Zagreb; Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria. ARTEAST 2000+ International collection, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia. La frontiere recit dexperiences, Maison du livre / Institut dart contemporain, Villeurbanne, France. Total recall, TV gallery, Moscow, Russia. Act 99, Galerie Maerz, Linz, Austria. Fairy tales, Metamedia centre Plasy, Czech Republic. Distant similarities, Veleterzni palac, Prague, Czech Republic. After the Wall, Moderna Museum, Stockholm. Travelled to Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany. Le fou dedouble, CHA- Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia. (and other places) Еuroremont, Cultural centre Slavjanskiy bazar, Moscow, Russia. Hô!, Flemish cultural centre De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Academy of Ice, Fine Arts Museum, Odessa, Ukraine. 11th Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Ecology of emptiness, ICA, Moscow, Russia. Mystical correct, Hohenthal & Bergen Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Interpol, Fargfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden. 1st European biennial Manifesta, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Borders of interpretation, Russian state humanitarian university, Moscow, Russia. No Mans Land, Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark. Kraftemessen, Munich, Germany. 1st Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, South Korea. Fluchtpunkt Moskau, Ludwigsforum, Aachen, Germany. Fontanelle, Kunsthalle Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. Passage de oriente, Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy. Identity – Selfhood, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland. 3rd Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey. Perspectives of conceptualism, The Clocktower Gallery, New York City, USA. MANI Museum, Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt Am Mein, Germany. Sowjetische Kunst um 1990, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf – CHA- Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia. Artisti Russi Contemparanei, Museo d`Arte Contemparanea, Prato, Italy. The New Soviet Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma; ICA- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA. In de USSR en Erbuiten, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Expensive Art, 3-rd KLAVA exhibition, Moscow, Russia. Green show, ExitArt, New York City, USA. Moskau – Wien – New York, Messepalast, Vienna, Austria. Perspectives of conceptualism, 4-th KLAVA exhibition, Moscow, Russia. 1st KLAVA exhibition, Moscow, Russia. Beyond the fence, AptArt, Moscow, Russia. This entry was posted on May 22, 2013 by admin.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line90
__label__cc	0.514155	0.485845	Damsels, Divas and Dames Bring Glamor and Awareness to Eugene by Matt Toomb February 21, 2011 April 4, 2011 Latest/Music "Cher" at the Hult When was the last time you got to see big names like Cher, Madonna, or Lady GaGa at the Hult Center? I’ll let you in on a well-kept Eugene secret, these Damsels, Divas, and Dames have been coming to the Hult every year since 2000. ISCEE Seal Thanks to the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Emerald Empire, better known as ISCEE (Lane County’s oldest Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender non-profit). “Damsels, Divas and Dames,” a drag show benefitting Eugene’s HIV Alliance, is now entering it’s 12TH YEAR and has become a steady favorite for attendees from all over Oregon and Washington. “It’s a great chance for the community to experience what we’ve (I’ve) been doing for 30 years in a comfortable setting, and doing it for a good cause as well. It’s dual-purpose, ‘cause most [of the attendees] don’t go to the bars,” Bill Sullivan, aka Regent Empress XXXVII Daphne Bertha Storm, told EDN today. Originally started in 1992 as a one time fundraiser by Empress 16 Salli B Goode, eight years later it became an annual event. “In 2000 we decided to pick it back up again, and it’s just been building and building each year. HIV hits real close to home for many of us, over the years the people we’ve lost, it’s just a great cause.” Damsels, Divas and Dames 2010 Statistics show that three people were infected with HIV in the time it took most of us to drink our coffee this morning. In Oregon the number of people thought to be living with HIV is just below the 5,000 mark. This number may be low as it is estimated that roughly 21% of people that are infected don’t know they are. Hoping to raise $7000 for the HIV Alliance, the show, which features entertainers from all over the NW including many local favorites, is skyrocketing in popularity. “This year our mailing list tripled, we had 600 people on the list last year, now we have 1900. We ordered 2000 more postcards that HIV Alliance mailed out this week, and if we can get a ¼ of the mailers to buy tickets we can sell out.” Returning masters of ceremonies this year are the fabulous Diva Simone and KMTR’s Marc Mullins. “He and Diva are our favorites, and audience favorites. They’ve been doing it for years and they do such a great job.” If you have never been to a drag show and have always been even slightly curious about checking one out – I gotta tell you, THIS is the one to see. I attended last year’s show and had a total blast! This will not only be entertaining, it is an event, and a cause, worth supporting. ISCEE UO Provost asks for feedback on tuition increase Administrators aim to improve communication with students through office hours, but few students attend We’ve Waited For What Seems Like A Very Long Time For The Start. Matt Toomb Matt Toomb is a blogger, professional writer and game reviewer. Matt currently lives in Eugene, Oregon. The Ducks Claim Insurer Stiffed them Over Bonuses Sonic Highways: The World According to Grohl HBO Go, Netflix, and The Beginning of The End? Comcast's $2 Billion-a-Year Secret Order Eat Repeat The Food Fight Upgrading to an iPhone 6 - More Phone, More Money Cutting the Cable: Week 2 Cutting The Cable Toomb's New Blu Rays (and DVDs) Toomb's New Releases for 5/13 Toomb's New Blu Rays (DVDs too) Toomb's New Releases for 5/6 Toomb's New Releases for Friday 4/29 Doug Benson Cracks up the WOW Hall Bilbo Baggins is Back as Peter Jackson Returns to Middle Earth Toomb's New Blu Rays (and DVDs) - No Release Day Edition Cirque de la Symphonie, Why it was Worth Going Evening Update – FEB 21 Latest from Latest "Red sky at night, sailor's delight, Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning." That old A Beginner’s Guide To Buying Your First Bong Throughout the years, bongs have been widely available in different forms. For those who’ve been using New technology could change the lives of amputees and paraplegics by connecting their brain to a Through fires both literal and figurative in the incredibly hard year now drawing to a close,	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line93
__label__wiki	0.501669	0.501669	DOMINICAN MUSIC ABOUT THE PROJECT CREDITS REVIEWS GENRE GUIDE AUDIOS BIBLIOGRAPHY IMAGES VIDEOS in the united states Images: KumbaCarey Fruto de mi Cosecha CD album cover, ca. 2016 Photo credit: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library; Music Collection « Previous: Yasser Tejeda and Palotre performing during Sonido Kiskeya event at El Museo del Barrio, August 7, 2019 Next: Fiesta de Palo featuring Pa' Lo Monte at Jet Set Cafe, Bronx, NY, June 18, ca. 2000 » MORE FROM OUR GALLERY Credit: CUNY Dominican Studies Institute Library; Music Collection KumbaCarey Fruto de mi Cosecha CD album cover, ca. 2016 A History of Dominican Music in the United States, a project of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) at the City College of New York, has been made possible in part by a Digital Project for the Public Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Division of Public Programs (www.neh.gov). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed on this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. To contact the project's staff, please write, call, fax or email the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute: The City College of New York, North Academic Center (NAC) 4/107, 160 Convent Avenue at 138th Street, New York, NY 10031 Tel: 212-650-7496, Fax: 212-650-7489, Email: dsi@ccny.cuny.edu, Website: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/dsi. © 2021 CUNY Dominican Studies Institute	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line95
__label__cc	0.612093	0.387907	Henry Hollist Family Tree: Henry Hollist, 1816-1870 On FamilySearch.org under ID: KWJ8-B1M Born in Sussex, England - Died in Farmington, Utah, USA The life story of Henry Hollist Married Elizabeth Chandler in 1837 and had the following kids: William Chandler Hollist - 1844, Elizabeth Hollist, Deborah Hollist - 1846 Elizabeth and Deborah didn't carry on the Hollist name, and William Chandler died around age two. Elizabeth wrote a history which contains information about her parents and origins. His wife Elizabeth died in Dec. 1864 after they had moved to Farmington, Utah, USA Henry then married Frances Berry in 1865 and had the following kids; which, as far as I can tell, were the only one's to carry on the Hollist name into the 1900's: William Henry Hollist John Taylor Hollist All of the above were born in Sussex, England with exceptions of William Chandler and Elizabeth, born in Middlesex, England, and William Henry and John Taylor, born in Farmington, Utah, USA Henry Died just 6 months before his last child, John, was born, and Frances lived another 15 years (he was 19 years older then Frances Berry and 10 years younger then his first wife, Elizabeth). From Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah:	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line97
__label__cc	0.738788	0.261212	Dare - The First City covers an area of 350 mu, has a total construction area of about 700 thousand square meters. The project is located at the junction of Jinling West Road and Fenghuang Road where a mature community life, developed public, traffic facilities, the surrounding facilities are available Project planning includes multiple property forms, such as French court villa, new classical high-rise, personalized business street, and great supporting with friendly children's community, intelligent community, green ecological community, international high-end service community, including Luojia Children's Theme Park, intelligent community, palm app "Ding Dong life", Royal maid service, multi-theme landscape gardens and others, which are the attracting spots of the project. Dare - The First City jointly creates the representative work of Danyang high-end luxury housing by collaboration with some noted firms, such as Tongji University Architectural Design Research Institute, L&A Design, Colliers International, Aidi Renhe, Run Chuang Institution, Nantong Sijian Construction and others. It is an one-stop system integrating prime locations, premium housings and better services alltogether, and actualize the concept of Danyang version "three good models of international community", and provides high-end residential experience for each of elites with good taste and pursuit, which is synchronizing with Europe and America. The world's top-tier partners Architectural design: Tongji University Design Research Institute, second firm to none in architectural design throughout China Landscape Design: L&A -- top-tier player in this industry, customizes the scheme of landscape garden; Property management: Colliers International, one of global five great property management enterprises Whole Agency: Aidi Renhe, the high-end residential experts Marketing: Run Chuang Institution, the domestic excellent marketing team, provides consultant service for the whole process; Powerful combination and unprecedented lineup build you 1st dream house. One city, thousands of dreams Wu Culture originated in Danyang 5000 years ago. The residents in this city with rich cultural traditions have their own lifestyles. Dare Global, known as an icon of global Danyang, has entered into the real estate industry, performing a magnificent turn! Latest masterpiece --- Central great living city of 700 thousand square meters is a new benchmark of cultural and enjoyable human housing. The chief ecological luxury housing World-class "central park style luxury housing" concept has provided the ecological green landscape covering an area of nearly one hundred thousand square meters. Urban villa --- it has carefully selected natural stone dry hanging facade, and the full-height living room, suite type master bedroom design, super large entry garden. Classic and elegant neoclassical high-rise foreign-style house, with a super large space between buildings, is equipped with 87-270m2 multi-area housing type, meeting the customers' different needs. The first “friendly children's” community With the forward-looking concept, it creates the first "friendly children's" community in Danyang: brand kindergarten where the next generations grow up internationally and win at the starting line; Luojia Children's Theme Park sets with the pirate ships, the tree houses, crawling, sand and other entertainment facilities, enabling the children challenge themselves in their own nature. Community Children’s Activity Center is a space where children can get close to communicate with each other and teaching through lively activities. "Cloud services" intelligent community The future science and technology can be enjoyed now. The advanced APP software can integrate the community activities, business consultation, property services and other information into one platform to facilitate you control in one hand; Intelligent community centrally integrates the functions from community one-card and parking management, to indoor intercom, security system and others, making access intelligent management be enjoyed. Five star intelligent security system and high-tech remote monitoring system can ensure that your life shall not be affected by the outside world upheaval and ensure a comfortable homeland all the time. Customized style "royal maid service" Colliers International, one of global five great property service enterprises, headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the United States, has 485 branches in 63 countries around the world. At the invitation of Dare, Colliers International brought top luxury housing service standards of New York, London, Hong Kong and Tokyo to Danyang for the first time, customizing "royal maid service" for Dare - The First City. Global supreme property service standards can be enjoyed in Danyang exclusively.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line100
__label__cc	0.612175	0.387825	HomeWORLDUPDATE: Iran begins installation of IR6 centrifuges: report UPDATE: Iran begins installation of IR6 centrifuges: report Under an international nuclear deal in 2015, which put an end to the Iranian controversial nuclear issue, Iran agreed to reduce the purity of its enriched uranium to 3 percent. April 9, 2019 admin 0 Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) started the installation of IR6 centrifuges on Tuesday, official IRNA news agency reported. The installation of a chain of 20 advanced IR6 centrifuges began in the Natanz enrichment facility in central Iran, following a decree of President Hassan Rouhani, said the report. “We are happy to announce the installation of the IR6 centrifuges. This will be a big achievement for the Iranian nation,” Rouhani was quoted as saying at a video conference. With the installation of the centrifuges, subsequent tests will be carried out, according to the report. In July 2018, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the AEOI, said that Iran had set up a factory to manufacture rotors used in advanced centrifuge machines. In February, Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for the AEOI, said Iran was ready to boost the capacity of its uranium enrichment and to increase the level of enrichment to 20 percent of purity. Following the withdrawal of Washington from the Iranian nuclear deal in May last year, Tehran has threatened that it might reconsider its approach to the deal, if other signatories fail to guarantee Iran’s benefits from the accord. 1937: Japan flies into the aviation record books Rebels attack military position in Syria’s Hama, killing 3 soldiers	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line101
__label__wiki	0.931024	0.931024	Tulsa mayor lifts curfew ahead of Trump's rally after call with president - live updates Bart Jansen and Tim Willert Our live blog will be updated throughout the day. For first-in-the-morning updates, sign up for The Daily Briefing. TULSA, Okla. – Tulsa officials have rescinded a curfew tied to President Donald Trump's controversial rally scheduled there Saturday in an extraordinary reversal that came after Trump spoke with the city’s mayor. “I just spoke to the highly respected Mayor of Tulsa, G.T. Bynum, who informed me there will be no curfew tonight or tomorrow for our many supporters attending the #MAGA Rally. Enjoy yourselves - thank you to Mayor Bynum!” Trump tweeted on Friday, hours before he was set to touch down for the pivotal campaign event. The move represented a reversal by Bynum, a Republican, who hours earlier imposed a curfew to cover Friday and Saturday nights. The timing of that curfew represented a challenge to Trump rally attendees, many of whom have been lined up for days at the BOK Center in anticipation of the rally. Trump’s rally is being closely watched by supporters and critics because it is his first event since a rally in North Carolina in March during the early weeks of the coronavirus. Local health officials in Oklahoma had recommended against holding the massive indoor event for fear it could spread the virus further. White House officials had initially said the curfew was aimed not at Trump rally attendees but rather at protesters, many of which are expected to converge on the city for both to oppose the Trump rally but also to honor the Juneteenth holiday. Added to that mix: Thousands of Trump supporters unable to get into the 19,000-seat rally venue. State Supreme Court denies challenge to rally The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday denied a request for a temporary injunction to block the BOK Center in Tulsa from hosting President Donald Trump's campaign rally Saturday. The justices cited a lack of any mandatory language in the state's reopening plan, which provides social distancing guidelines for entertainment venues. Attorneys in Tulsa filed a lawsuit earlier this week on behalf of two businesses and two residents to stop ASM Global, which manages the 19,000-seat arena, from hosting the rally "to protect against a substantial, imminent and deadly risk to the community." They argued the rally should be prohibited because it would act as a "spreader" event for the transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The petition cited a rise in documented cases of COVID-19 in Tulsa County, which have spiked in recent days. Oklahoma set a new state record for case increases in a single day on Thursday, confirming 450 new cases. The state added 352 new cases on Friday, giving it 802 new cases in two days. "Despite this alarming uptick ... ASM Global plans to host an event that will bring tens of thousands of people into an enclosed area in downtown Tulsa ... without putting precautions in place to prevent the spread of the virus," the petition stated. "All credible, qualified medical experts, including the CDC, agree that this type of mass-gathering indoor event creates the greatest possible risk of community-wide viral transmission." The Trump campaign said it will check attendees temperature as they come in, provide hand sanitizer and issue masks but not require they be worn. Tickets to the rally come with a liability waiver that says the campaign or other parties associated with the event cannot be held liable for exposure to the coronavirus. In addition, the BOK Center will provide personal protective gear to event staff, periodically clean and disinfect the arena during the rally, and install plexiglass partitions at all concessions stands. Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt said earlier this week that people concerned about the spread of COVID-19 at the rally should stay home. – Tim Willert, The Oklahoman A Trump campaign spokesman said Friday peaceful protests are common around the president’s rallies, but that officials hope the latest event in Tulsa on Saturday doesn’t become as violent as protests for racial justice in other cities. Trump tweeted Friday that “protesters, anarchists, looters or lowlifes” won’t be treated like in New York, Seattle or Minneapolis, but that Tulsa will “be a much different scene!” Civil-rights advocates have argued that Trump lumped peaceful protesters, who have a First Amendment right to protest, with the violent rioters. Marc Lotter, the director of strategic communications for the Trump 2020 campaign, told MSNBC that the campaign hopes the protests remain peaceful. “Well, I think if they’re peaceful and if they’re agitating and getting into the violence and other things that will be a different story,” Lotter said. “But we normally have peaceful protests going on around our rallies. And we would hope that anybody that’s coming in from out of town would continue to honor that peaceful tradition in our country and not go to violence.” Lotter also said the campaign is providing masks for attendees, but wouldn’t mandate they be worn because people are free to make their own decisions. “Well, we’re making the masks available and we encourage anyone who wants to wear one to be able to do so,” Lotter said. “But we also understand that this is an individual choice. And that people have a right to make the decision for themselves whether they want to come to the rally, whether they want to come inside, whether they want to be outside and also if they want to wear a mask. This is a risk that people know and that they are free to make the decisions that best reflect their needs, their desires and their own personal health.” –Bart Jansen, USA TODAY President Donald Trump threatened to crack down on protesters expected to show up at his campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla., on Saturday, the first such event since the coronavirus pandemic sidelined his campaign schedule. “Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis,” Trump tweeted on Friday. “It will be a much different scene!” Kayleigh McEnany, the White House press secretary, said Trump was referring to "destructive" protesters, noting that buildings have been burned, looted, and vandalized during recent demonstrations against police brutality. "These things are unacceptable," she said. "And we will not see that in Oklahoma." The president’s tweet came hours after Tulsa mayor G. T. Bynum imposed a curfew, citing expected rally crowds of more than 100,000, planned protests and the civil unrest that has already erupted in the city and around the nation this month. Trump drew widespread and bipartisan criticism for his last interaction with protesters, when U.S. Park Police and other law enforcement agencies used force to clear Lafayette Square near the White House so the president could pose with a Bible in front of the historic St. John’s Church. The latest threat also drew fire. William Kristol, former editor of The Weekly Standard, posted on Twitter that the constitutional right "of protesters are the same in Tulsa as elsewhere in the US. So are the 1A rights of Trump supporters. It's up to OK and Tulsa authorities to follow the law and protect all citizens. But what Trump's doing is inciting his followers to extra-legal action." Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., accused Trump of "threatening peaceful protesters standing up for justice." –John Fritze, USA TODAY Concerns among Tulsa officials about the potential for violence outside Trump's rally Saturday appeared to come from social media postings, according to Tulsa police. Jeanne Pierce, a Tulsa Police Department spokesperson, told USA TODAY the city's information on threats came from social media postings on sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Craigslist. Pierce cited posts on Craigslist that urged people to come to Tulsa and make trouble or for people infected with COVID-19 to attend and expose others to the sometimes fatal illness. At least some of the posts have been confirmed fake. They "don’t know if they’re hoaxes or they’re true but it’s a precautionary measure,” Pierce explained. Asked about the mayor's estimate of over 100,000 people at the rally, Pierce said the numbers were what the White House press office had told the city, factoring in the 19,1990-person capacity of the arena and the overflow capacity outside. – Nicholas Wu, USA TODAY The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, imposed a curfew ahead of President Donald Trump's campaign rally there, prompting officers to move out supporters who had been camping out in front of the arena. Mayor G. T. Bynum announced the order Thursday evening, citing the expected crowds of more than 100,000, the planned protests and the civil unrest that has already erupted in the city and around the nation this month. Bynum also said he's received information from the Tulsa Police Department and other law enforcement agencies "that shows that individuals from organized groups who have been involved in destructive or violent behavior in other states are planning to travel to the City of Tulsa for purposes of causing unrest in and around the rally." Bynum said the order is needed to protect health and safety and preserve lives and property. The curfew of parts of the city's downtown started at 10 p.m. Thursday and is in effect until 6 a.m. Saturday. It begins again at the conclusion of Trump's rally and continues into Sunday morning. “Big crowds and lines already forming in Tulsa,” Trump tweeted Friday morning, hours after the curfew went into effect. He also issued this warning: "Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle, or Minneapolis. It will be a much different scene!" Trump supporters began lining up outside the BOK Center days in advance of the rally. "Sacrificing a week of our lives is nothing for what Trump has done for us," Robin Stites, who arrived on Monday to secure the No. 2 place in line, told the The Oklahoman earlier this week. In a Facebook post Thursday evening, the Tulsa Police Department said anyone in violation of the mayor's executive order will be asked to leave the area. Those who refuse may be cited or arrested. In addition to the curfew, the order bans Molotov cocktails or other combustible devices. "This is an unprecedented event for the City of Tulsa and has hundreds of moving parts," the post said. "We are asking for everyone’s help in making this a safe event for all citizens." Oklahoma City festival postponed for COVID-19 Organizers of an Oklahoma City celebration of Black culture postponed the event Friday because of concerns about gathering crowds during a time when the number of COVID-19 cases is surging in the state. The Plaza District in the city had scheduled a half-dozen events during the weekend collectively called “Solidarity in the Plaza: Black Lives Matter,” to showcase Black artists, vendors, filmmakers and performers. But the event that coincided with Juneteenth on Friday was expected to draw 10,000 people at a time when health officials have warned that any large gatherings could spread the coronavirus pandemic. "We're crushed. We were so excited to do something that felt important and like a celebration and artistic. But we just have to put safety and public health first," Selena Skorman, the Plaza District’s executive director, told The Oklahoman. "We are definitely going to reschedule." The number of state cases of COVID-19 rose by 450 on Thursday, in a surge beyond the 259 infections reported Wednesday. “You can’t say Black Lives Matter and then put the lives of those who are most vulnerable to the disease at risk,” Chaya Fletcher, one of the Plaza District event organizers, said in a statement. “Black people have been disproportionately affected by COVID and it is our responsibility to not contribute to the increase in those numbers.” – Brandy McDonnell, The Oklahoman	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line111
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__label__wiki	0.514296	0.514296	crimmigration.com The intersection of criminal law and immigration law About César Talks & Media Symposium: Chess Game with Death: Chaidez & Retroactive Application of Padilla v Kentucky By Michael S. Vastine The arguments in Chaidez v. United States reminded me of Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 metaphorical cinematic masterpiece The Seventh Seal, set amid the Black Plague in Europe’s Middle Ages, in which the knight character played by Max von Sydow famously engages in an extended game of chess with Death, knowing that his own demise is extended only by the continuation of the game. Chess is complicated enough without the pressures of carrying on a metaphysical discussion with the grim reaper, an entity that will ultimately win out. [Click here to see a list of all the symposium contributions.] One is not certain of a negative outcome for Roselva Chaidez, although a majority of the Court certainly did not clearly signal her victory. My sense of dread (and hypersensitivity to the justices’ critique of Chaidez’ case) flows from my own experience with the palpable nature of being in this imbalanced fight, feeling a pawn in the state law retroactivity buzzsaw in arguments in the Florida Supreme Court last summer. The stakes are high in Chaidez, which itself relates to the federal application of Padilla v. Kentucky, 130 S. Ct. 1473 (2010), but will likely be dispositive of the entire field, as when states are left to make individual decisions regarding its retroactivity. Padilla has frequently been decimated by state courts hostile to any threat to the finality of convictions. For example, the Florida appellate courts have not fully considered the Teague analysis and predicted the federal outcome, instead applying the Florida retroactivity analysis from Witt v. State and Chandler v. Crosby, cases that militate against retroactivity because their tests give weight to the extent of reliance on the former (unconstitutional) rule and the commensurate impact on the judiciary to correct the constitutional wrong. From 1981 to 1987, Florida recognized the rights proclaimed in Padilla. After reversing course in 1987 in State v. Ginebra, Florida created a large-scale constitutional violation by foreclosing the option of bring a claim identical to Padilla. So far, post-Padilla, the Florida courts have used the scope of their error (permitting twenty-three years of unconstitutional pleas) to justify a rejection of retroactivity, essentially saying the problem the Florida courts have created is now too big to cure. The Florida courts have also been receptive to the state’s arguments regarding the difficulty or impossibility of re-prosecuting a vacated case, essentially saying the state’s interest in preserving a facially constitutionally-suspect conviction outweighs the defendant’s interest in criminal proceedings cognizant of their Sixth Amendment rights. The Chaidez argument on November 1, 2012 was a delicate dance on the subject of retroactivity of the constitutional right recognized in 2010 – but applied to a violation of that very right in 2002 – of criminal defendants to be accurately informed of the immigration consequences that logically follow from a guilty plea. The arguments struck nuanced tones relating to the evolution of attorney responsibilities, baseline versus aspirational professional norms, conjoined with the esoteric inquiries of judicial implementation of “new” and “old” rules of procedure. Complicating matters for deciding Chaidez are the facts that the architect of Padilla, Justice Stevens, has retired from the court, while the four justices of the Padilla Court (through the two-justice concurrence and two-justice dissent) who objected to its breadth or validity remain. It is easy to read the Padilla majority as both contemplating the decision’s retroactivity as an “old rule” as an extension of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), (“Strickland applies to Padilla’s claim”), and as establishing the time period in the mid-1990’s when the professional norms would have developed to the point that an attorney’s failure to advise of immigration consequences would be appropriately considered ineffective. However, since this was not the explicit holding, retroactivity is subject to the present analysis in Chaidez. The common sense of Padilla is powerful – how could the Supreme Court, in 2010, find that Padilla’s state post-conviction action was viable relating to his 2002 conviction, if the constitutional right did not exist in the distant past? Since Mr. Padilla won, his trial counsel’s conduct must have fallen below professional norms, meaning those norms were established by at least 2002. Earlier benchmarks presented for the crystallization of the prevailing professional norms are the Supreme Court’s 2001 decision in INS v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289 (2001), and the 1996 major revisions to the Immigration and Nationality Act. It would seem that if Teague governs the retroactivity analysis, the Court could 1) find that Padilla is an application of Strickland and therefore an old rule with retroactive application or 2) draw from the lessons of Danforth v. Minnesota, 128 S. Ct. 1029 (2008), and find that as a new rule announced and applied in a case on collateral attack, Padilla must also be applied retroactively. Either way, the petitioner would win. However, if Padilla was “new” and not controlled by Danforth, it would seem to likely fail to be a watershed event worthy of retroactive application. At the inception of the argument, Chaidez powerfully noted that the Supreme Court has never yet found a Strickland claim to constitute a Teague new rule. Thus, if Padilla is an old rule, Chaidez has made a case for ineffective assistance. Additionally, because her post-conviction action is via coram nobis, it has no statute of limitations and her claim is timely filed. But Chief Justice Roberts questioned how Padilla could possibly be an old rule, as four Padilla justices found the decision to represent a novel or rogue concept, and that it seemed to reverse the uniform position of the federal courts. Chaidez argued that the lower courts hadn’t ruled on the merits of Padilla-type claims, but for years had uniformly and wrongly made an artificial distinction between direct and collateral consequences. Of course, this made Chaidez vulnerable to argument that that aspect of the Padilla decision was a new rule. Ultimately, Chaidez’ position is reliant on the notion that any decision that uses the traditional Strickland analysis will be an old rule, but success in such a claim will be dependent upon an adequate demonstration that the professional norm at issue was clearly established – “crystalized” – at the time of the time of the alleged constitutional violation. Thus, Strickland is a fluid doctrine applied with the benefit of hindsight. The Chaidez argument was interesting for its re-litigation of the topic of established professional norms. Padilla himself could not have won remand if the Supreme Court had not concluded that the norms existed, at least as early as 2002, entitling him to accurate counsel of immigration consequences. The court now must decide whether to 1) re-open this core concept of Padilla or 2) accept the finality of Padilla – with its majority opinion that Strickland applies to Padilla’s claim and that Padilla himself benefited from the retroactively-applicable realization that contemporary (as of 2002) mores were violated in his own case. It clouded the issue for the justices to question whether the relevant professional norms are in excess of constitutional minimums. ABA aspirational standards may exceed the constitutional floor, but under Strickland, minimum professional norms are the benchmark for establishing ineffective assistance. It further changes the analysis, as shown by Justice Kennedy’s early question, to accept that Strickland governs Chaidez’s claim, but still find it is necessary to conduct a new rule analysis of Padilla because Padilla was novel in that it extended Strickland to matters (immigration consequences) beyond the purview of the criminal court. This would open Padilla to “new rule” analysis, and a likely negative outcome for Chaidez. Chaidez’ case faced other risks, including an attempted “checkmate” that she had waived the right to challenge whether Teague is inapplicable to her case. Latent in the Chaidez discussion are the recent Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri v. Frye decisions noting that the criminal system is a plea bargain system, so close attention must be given to attorney conduct in this context, in addition to a defendant’s rights at trial. Chaidez argued that because collateral attacks on the constitutional shortcomings in the plea bargain process are essentially first actions equivalent of direct review on appeal (an initial challenge to the constitutionality of the plea process), Teague should be inapplicable, and Chaidez should be inoculated from having to satisfy the Teague paradigm. Justice Breyer presented this question to the Solicitor General, who argued that the preservation of the final judgment of conviction is the overriding concern, unless constitutional law (as measured by the status quo of courts at the time of conviction) dictated a contrary result. Countering the logical strength of this argument, the Solicitor General argued that Padilla itself cannot be used for guidance on the Teague question, because Kentucky had waived Teague arguments, so this issue was ripe for consideration in Chaidez and not controlled by Padilla. The Solicitor General further argued that the proper test for retroactivity is whether the result in Padilla was dictated by precedent or whether reasonable jurists could differ (as they obviously did, including the dissenting justices in Padilla, other federal appellate courts pre-Padilla, and in the states, including Florida, which as discussed previously had reversed course on the issue). If this theory prevails, Strickland would apply to Padilla, but the timing of professional norms would not control the timing of the attachment of Padilla rights – as reasonable jurists could have found the opposite conclusion until Padilla cleared the field in 2010. Applying Teague, the court analyzes the state of the law, not the norms of the bar. The tone of the argument indicated that result could well be that Padilla will be subject to “new rule” treatment, insofar as Strickland was applied to attorney conduct with impacts outside of traditional criminal court sanctions. In that case, no rule less significant than Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), may prevail and receive retroactive application and curiously, the only pre-2010 proceedings protected by Padilla would be Mr. Padilla’s own 2002 plea hearing. Chaidez and Justice Stevens would surely find this outcome “absurd,” but it would be checkmate. Michael S. Vastine is Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration Clinic at St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida. His practice and research focus on immigration litigation, particularly regarding the deportation consequences of criminal convictions and the due process rights of immigrants. He co-represents the lead case construing the scope of Padilla in the Florida courts, Hernandez v. State, and argued Hernandez at the Florida Supreme Court in May 2012. Posted by César on November 5, 2012 on 9:00 am 18 Comments Filed Under: Chaidez, commentaries, guest blogger, Padilla v. Kentucky, post-conviction relief, right to counsel, Scholars Sidebar, Symposium, U.S. Supreme Court Jorge Villalona says If Government used RETROACTIVITY to committe Constitutional Rights violations ..Why not to use RETROACTIVITY on matter of justice ? mario fernandez says i have he same problem. In 1979 i was 15 years old.I was charged in Dade County FL with sexual battery by minor to minor. Case#F79006064 cased closed 9-10-79. i had the unfortunate luck of having Herbert M Smith represt me due to the fact that my parents were poor.While i sat in jail for 140 days all mr. Smith would tell me was to plead guilty cause it would be the best thing for me. I kept telling him that i wasn’t guilty, but he told me it didn’t matter. Mr. Smith’s reasoning was that since i was a much bigger kid in size the jury would side with the alleged victom and i would get a lot of years.By using scare tactics i plead guilty. I was never informed that i could be deported by pleaing guilty. 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__label__wiki	0.785786	0.785786	Homepage Liverpool Life > LJMU drama students’ festival for charity LJMU drama students’ festival for charity James Tomlinson, JMU Journalism – March 10, 2015Posted in: Homepage Liverpool Life, Liverpool Life Rehearsals for Kev © Alex Medlicott LJMU drama students are putting on three-week festival in aid of local charities. The inaugural Outta the Box festival encompasses a series of performances and events at the Joe H Makin drama centre and the Camp and Furnace from this week until 27th March. The final year drama students aim to raise money for the Walton Centre, Whitechapel Liverpool, the For James Memorial Trust and a charity in honour of Yasmin Jones, a former student on the course who passed away. A target of over £500 has been set. It features four main shows, two of which are exclusive to the festival, as well as an additional fringe event called Flip Festival 2015, which is described as “out of the ordinary pop-up theatre”. It will explore cutting edge, weird and wonderful theatre, bringing it to all corners of the city, including Lime Street and Hope and Anchor. Guests are invited to explore something new from a performance in a car to a show in a cupboard – you’ll spot out of the ordinary performances in the most surprising places. Bethany Sproston, Artistic Director of Flip Festival 2015, told JMU Journalism: “Everyone should have the opportunity to express themselves and their work. We’ve worked closely as a team to push forward the FlipFest in becoming a stepping stone for emerging artists.” Outta the Box is showcasing the work of new actors and theatre makers, with four brand new shows. Kev, opening on 23rd March at the Camp and Furnace, is a musical comedy set in Liverpool about a window cleaner’s nostalgic journey. Fruit Salad in a Glass Lampshade, at the Joe H on Pilgrim Street on 26th March, is a tragic comedy about a couple coming to terms with one of them developing Alzheimer’s. The Laura Wade play Posh, which is being performed for the first time in Liverpool and which inspired the film The Riot Club, is the third production at Camp and Furnace on 16th March. Trojan Women is the final of the four main plays, a re-telling of Euripides’ play for a 21st century audience, also at the Camp and Furnace on 18th March. Kimberley Athawes, a performer in the festival, told JMU Journalism: “It’s such an amazing event that showcases original work and allows the performers and writers creative freedom, but most of all it’s so much fun for us and the people who’ll be coming. Plus it’s the best way to leave uni with a bang!” As well as theatre pieces, the festival includes fundraising events such as bake sales, comedy nights and football matches. Tags: Art, Charity, drama, Festival, flipfest2015, Fundraiser, Fundraising, LJMU, performance, STUDENTS About James Tomlinson, JMU Journalism Outta the Box Festival website Twitter: Flip Festival 2015 LJMU: Outta the Box Festival Camp and Furnace LJMU: Booking information	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line125
__label__cc	0.669674	0.330326	A Digital eCommerce Transformation – A Multipart Series March 27, 2017 joelcrabb 10 Comments It took six long years but we successfully transformed a monolithic 10 year old ATG based commerce system into a completely distributed, infinite scaling eCommerce platform. I’ll call the place TWLER, or the world’s largest electronics retailer. I joined TWLER in 2010 as a Hadoop Architect on the small team that was tasked with rewriting TWLER.com. I interviewed in May and was offered the role, but didn’t start until July. About two weeks before I started the VP called me and let me know that the Hadoop project was cancelled and if I declined the offer they would understand. I had spent the last two years learning about Hadoop and installing one of the first Hadoop cluster in the Twin Cities on a bunch of old Dell towers for a company called Peoplenet. The VP there had the idea that they would build a remote data collection system that could take in one million messages per second back in 2008. I tried to startup a Hadoop consulting arm for the consulting company I was working for at the time, Object Partners. However, it was a bit too early in the Twin Cities for companies to be interested in BigData and NoSQL. We spent a lot of time talking to companies about the technology, but no contracts were forthcoming. I put together an Introduction to Hadoop presentation and gave that numerous times, all to no avail. So when TWLER came calling with a Hadoop Architect position, I jumped at the chance to actually use Hadoop at a large company. All that to say I was quite disappointed when the role fell through and seriously considered declining the position as I had not yet resigned, and after two years of pushing a technology I did want to see Hadoop in action. But I was quite tired of my second stint in consulting and ready to move on. So I arrived at TWLER with no assigned role. At the time we were five architects under an Operations Vice President, and I had no idea of the organizational politics that were hindering a major system rewrite. The cancelling of one project should have been a clue to the future as already, funds were being removed from this team. We started out under the tutelage of Michael N., a renowned architect that had worked on the initial version of TWLER.com. Our first task was to setup a modern development pipeline using Chef in AWS. A reminder that this was in 2010 when a large retailer doing anything in AWS was highly uncommon, and Chef was practically brand new. The pipeline we stood up at the time was fairly standard, Atlassian Stash for Git, Crowd for user management, Confluence for knowledge management, Jira for issue tracking, Bamboo for continuous integration, and Artifactory for artifact storage and a Maven repo. We used Chef to completely automate the deployment of these tools into AWS. While none of these was new to TWLER, they had not been combined together, made externally accessible or offered to anyone who wanted to use them throughout the company. We used this infrastructure to start a small AWS based project to put together a small site that could be used during outages. The site would allow customers to lookup locations, products and prices, but full commerce capabilities would not be available. It would reside in the cloud, ready to be deployed within minutes. It says something that the first thing we built was an outage site, TWLER.com was not a stable platform at the time. GOTO Part II Architecture, Software Development What Architects Do? – Part 2 Governance or Strategy I’ve fielded many questions lately on how I am governing and reviewing the architectures of Target to make sure they conform to enterprise standards. This is a common question asked of Architecture teams. After all, many people believe the main responsibility of Enterprise Architecture is governance. But governance is the last thing I like to discuss about what Architects actually do. Governance or discussions about being governed means that I’ve actually failed to deliver a simple, clear and implementable technology strategy. If I’ve clearly communicated a technology strategy with desired, but not necessarily mandated, system structure, implementation stacks and supporting platforms, than engineers will happily fit into the architecture to deliver their systems. Let’s unpack that last statement and define point #2 of what architects do: Answer #2: Architects define the types of systems and their boundaries that are possible within an organization. When we discuss technology strategy my goals are to deliver composeable systems which meet current and future business demands. The key to this statement is that we will meet unknown future demands without rebuilding our current systems, or having to build large new systems. There’s an assumption here that your future unknown demands are extensions of your current capabilities. If you’re headed into new business models, you’ll likely need a few new systems. In today’s world, unknown future demands are presented every day, and the expectation is that they can be delivered in days, weeks or months, not years. For an organization to stay relevant with their consumers, a technology strategy must meet this demand for speed above all else. To achieve speed at scale the systems are constrained to deliver one thing only. A system is generally composed of services (or microservices if you like) that deliver either data or process through an API. The only governance that architects do is to ensure that data or process is comprehensive and unique. Data systems are comprehensive when they are complete for an organization, and take all changes generated throughout the organization. Process systems are comprehensive when they contain the basic services necessary to complete a process, and can be flexibly orchestrated by any entity within the organization. Done correctly, an organization is composed of hundreds of APIs that each implement a narrow set of functionality. Systems don’t continue to expand to take on more business demands and processes. Actually, systems never want to do this, people expand systems to become more important in their organizations. Governance falls out of strategy, the only governance necessary is ensuring teams don’t construct competing data systems or alternative processes. If the current systems don’t meet their needs, fix them by doing the work and submitting a pull request. That’s also much easier than standing up a new system and engineers generally like this solution.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line128
__label__wiki	0.567983	0.567983	Appoint Director Appoint Director delivers within minutes all the documents you need to formally appoint a new director to your Ontario incorporated company. It includes a personalized Cover Letter for corresponding with the Director of the Companies Branch, a personalized Consent to Act as Director, a personalized Directors Resolution, a personalized Form 1, Notice of Change, and personalized Schedule A's for each director and officer. It also includes a straightforward Instruction Sheet to ensure your final package is complete, which includes instruction on signatures and filings. The fee for Appoint Director is $10, payable in Canadian dollars. This is the fee you pay us for your personalized legal documents. There is no government filing fee for appoint director. To proceed, complete the entries. Notice! It is critical the entries are completed carefully and accurately. Avoid abbreviations. Failure to do so may result in the rejection of your filing. Enter your company name. Ensure that the name ends with the appropriate corporate designation: "Limited", "Limitee", "Incorporated", "Incorporee", or "Corporation", or an abbreviation therefrom (e.g. "Ltd.", "Ltee", "Inc.", or "Corp."). Reference your Certificate of Incorporation to record your Corporation Number. Corporation Number: Reference your Certificate of Incorporation to record the date the corporation was formed (incorporated). Month: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Year: 1991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021 Enter your corporation's Registered Office address. Suite Number: New Director Enter the full name and address of the newly appointed Director. The address must be locatable. It cannot be a post office box. Also, all province/state and country names must be entered in full and not abbreviated. Resident Canadian: Yes No Enter the date the new Director was or will be appointed. Note, the Companies Branch requires the required documents to be filed within 15 days of this date. Year: 202020212022 Director and Officer Information One director/senior officer information section must be completed for each individual who is a director and/or senior officer of the corporation. Do not include the newly appointed director. However, do include any director or directors who resigned in relation to the new appointment. For these directors, when asked below whether a director or not, enter 'No'. The addresses must be locatable. They cannot be post office boxes. Also, all province/state and country names must be entered in full and not abbreviated. Appoint Director can accommodate up to 8 individuals. If there are fewer than 8, leave empty fields blank. Director/Officer 1 (this person must be a director) Director: Yes No Director/Officer 2	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line141
__label__wiki	0.602046	0.602046	Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium - Covid-19 in Dakar - 13/07/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - The Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action reported Tuesday, July 14, 45 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 8243 in Senegal. During the daily briefing on the epidemic situation in Senegal, the country's prevention director, Dr Mamadou Ndiaye, said that out of 764 tests carried out in the last 24 hours in the various laboratories, 45 were positive, including 33 follow-up contacts and 41 cases of community transmission. Photo: The Mosque of Divinity is a Senegalese mosque located in Ouakam, one of the district municipalities of Dakar. Covid-19 in Dakar Sadak Souici The Senegalese Ministry of Health and Social Action reported Tuesday, July 14, 45 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 8243 in Senegal. During the daily briefing on the epidemic situation in Senegal, the country's prevention director, Dr Mamadou Ndiaye, said that out of 764 tests carried out in the last 24 hours in the various laboratories, 45 were positive, including 33 follow-up contacts and 41 cases of community transmission. Photo: The Mosque of Divinity is a Senegalese mosque located in Ouakam, one of the district municipalities of Dakar. 14/05/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - a man walks past graffiti of Mohamed Ali on the streets of Dakar. a man walks past graffiti of Mohamed Ali on the streets of Dakar. 14/05/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Street vendors are the most affected by the consequences of the coronavirus on the economy of the country as here in the market of the Medina in Dakar. Street vendors are the most affected by the consequences of the coronavirus on the economy of the country as here in the market of the Medina in Dakar. 14/05/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - a man performs road works near the Medina district after heavy rain in Dakar. a man performs road works near the Medina district after heavy rain in Dakar. 14/05/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - a coffee seller in the center of the medina in Dakar. a coffee seller in the center of the medina in Dakar. 13/07/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - an Imam speaks with street children near the Mosque of the Divinity in Dakar. an Imam speaks with street children near the Mosque of the Divinity in Dakar. 13/07/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - a man without a protective mask against the Covid-19 is walking near the port of Ouakam in Dakar. a man without a protective mask against the Covid-19 is walking near the port of Ouakam in Dakar. 13/07/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - A horse alone in front of the houses of the Mosque of the Divinity. A horse alone in front of the houses of the Mosque of the Divinity. 13/07/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Ouakam beach in Dakar Ouakam beach in Dakar 13/07/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - A man waits for a taxi on the Dakar ledge. A man waits for a taxi on the Dakar ledge. 14/07/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - A fish seller rests behind a warehouse at the Soumbédioune Market in Dakar. A fish seller rests behind a warehouse at the Soumbédioune Market in Dakar. 14/05/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - The sheep are stored on the sidewalk pending the feast of Eid al-Adha. It is called Tabaski in West and Central African countries with a large Muslim community. The sheep are stored on the sidewalk pending the feast of Eid al-Adha. It is called Tabaski in West and Central African countries with a large Muslim community. 14/05/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - the façade of the Léopold Sedar Senghor Museum in Dakar, closed since the start of the pandemic. the façade of the Léopold Sedar Senghor Museum in Dakar, closed since the start of the pandemic. Nicolas Beaumont / Le Pictorium - White circles on the platform of an SNCF station in front of a TGV. - 09/06/2020 - France / Ile-de-France (region) / Paris - The SNCF materialized the 1 m spacing with white circles on the ground. They allow travelers to maintain a distance to avoid a resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic in France White circles on the platform of an SNCF station in front of a TGV. Nicolas Beaumont The SNCF materialized the 1 m spacing with white circles on the ground. They allow travelers to maintain a distance to avoid a resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic in France Covid-19 / Dakar: College of the Cathedral of Dakar - 02/06/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - The Senegalese authorities have decided to postpone the return to school a few hours before the deadline Tuesday morning for hundreds of thousands of students. Classes have been suspended since March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The recovery is postponed until -a later date-, said the Ministry of National Education in a statement issued in the middle of the night, without specifying new dates. The ministry invokes the discovery of the contamination of teachers in Casamance (south). Photo: College of the cathedral with its marking of the college courtyard for social distancing on the basketball court. Covid-19 / Dakar: College of the Cathedral of Dakar The Senegalese authorities have decided to postpone the return to school a few hours before the deadline Tuesday morning for hundreds of thousands of students. Classes have been suspended since March due to the coronavirus pandemic. The recovery is postponed until -a later date-, said the Ministry of National Education in a statement issued in the middle of the night, without specifying new dates. The ministry invokes the discovery of the contamination of teachers in Casamance (south). Photo: College of the cathedral with its marking of the college courtyard for social distancing on the basketball court. 02/06/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - The empty corridors of the Dakar Cathedral College. The empty corridors of the Dakar Cathedral College. 02/06/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college at the entrance of the establishment Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college at the entrance of the establishment 02/06/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - The entrance to the classes of the college of Dakar Cathedral The entrance to the classes of the college of Dakar Cathedral 02/06/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college 02/06/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college on the marking of the court for social distancing. Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college on the marking of the court for social distancing. 02/06/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college and a general service employee open the blinds in the corridors to show me the disinfected classrooms. Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college and a general service employee open the blinds in the corridors to show me the disinfected classrooms. 02/06/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Classroom of the college of Dakar Cathedral. Classroom of the college of Dakar Cathedral. 02/06/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college on the marking of the entrance to the establishment for social distancing. Barthélémy Ndong, Director of the cathedral college on the marking of the entrance to the establishment for social distancing. “We fish with the hope of better days”: the galley - 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - A dozen large canoes are usually parked in front of Hann's export wharf, but the coronavirus has slowed intensive fishing and factories that sort, package and send fish to Europe and Asia have temporarily closed. Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus. “We fish with the hope of better days”: the galley A dozen large canoes are usually parked in front of Hann's export wharf, but the coronavirus has slowed intensive fishing and factories that sort, package and send fish to Europe and Asia have temporarily closed. 17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - A man repairs his pirogue transformed into a fishing boat on the beach of Hann A man repairs his pirogue transformed into a fishing boat on the beach of Hann 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Hann Beach. Hann Beach. 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - a fisherman carries his cargo of fish in the port of Han. a fisherman carries his cargo of fish in the port of Han. 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "I will leave as soon as the sea is calmer to come back to sell other fish during Ramadan, because if I stay at home, I will have nothing to eat and I will have chances of catching the coronavirus", supports Souleymane Jules, captain on the pirogue who spent two weeks at sea. "I will leave as soon as the sea is calmer to come back to sell other fish during Ramadan, because if I stay at home, I will have nothing to eat and I will have chances of catching the coronavirus", supports Souleymane Jules, captain on the pirogue who spent two weeks at sea. 17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Canoe owners take advantage of a slow period to repair their fleet, but renovations of the most important boats can cost up to “several thousand euros” according to Faly Sarr, ready to invest, “since this coronavirus crisis will be well finished, and we will be the first to go back to work ”. Canoe owners take advantage of a slow period to repair their fleet, but renovations of the most important boats can cost up to “several thousand euros” according to Faly Sarr, ready to invest, “since this coronavirus crisis will be well finished, and we will be the first to go back to work ”. 17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "The wharves had been closed for almost a week to disinfect everything, and we have just opened them again to small-scale fishermen, but cleaning weekly to prevent the spread of the virus," said Abdoulaye Sy, one of the officials of the Harbor. "The wharves had been closed for almost a week to disinfect everything, and we have just opened them again to small-scale fishermen, but cleaning weekly to prevent the spread of the virus," said Abdoulaye Sy, one of the officials of the Harbor. 17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Two carriers impatiently wait for their trucks to be loaded with fish before leaving to deliver customers to the city before 8 p.m., after which time they are no longer authorized to travel by the authorities and risk a fine for violating the curfew. Two carriers impatiently wait for their trucks to be loaded with fish before leaving to deliver customers to the city before 8 p.m., after which time they are no longer authorized to travel by the authorities and risk a fine for violating the curfew. 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "The disease still surprises us, but the Senegalese is resistant, it takes more to stop living and working. We are fishing with the hope of better days, ”said Faly Sarr, who is waiting for the return of his two sons, who have been at sea for eight days. "The disease still surprises us, but the Senegalese is resistant, it takes more to stop living and working. We are fishing with the hope of better days, ”said Faly Sarr, who is waiting for the return of his two sons, who have been at sea for eight days. 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "My two sons have been at sea for eight days, but even if they bring back tons of fish, they will gain almost nothing," laments Faly Sarr, owner of a dozen canoes and head of the largest family of fishermen and resellers at the Hann wharf in Dakar. "My two sons have been at sea for eight days, but even if they bring back tons of fish, they will gain almost nothing," laments Faly Sarr, owner of a dozen canoes and head of the largest family of fishermen and resellers at the Hann wharf in Dakar. 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "The prices have gone down and so have our margins, so I earn almost nothing every day, but I keep coming because it's my job," said Demba Gueye, one of the port's many wholesalers, active all day to sort and sell fish. "The prices have gone down and so have our margins, so I earn almost nothing every day, but I keep coming because it's my job," said Demba Gueye, one of the port's many wholesalers, active all day to sort and sell fish. 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Fatou Ndour, 27, replaces her mother at the family fish sales stand, while the latter takes care of her sick brother: “We all come from far away to make a living here. But with the curfew at 8 p.m., I have to stay near the port, at my aunt's, because my house is an hour away by bus. ” Fatou Ndour, 27, replaces her mother at the family fish sales stand, while the latter takes care of her sick brother: “We all come from far away to make a living here. But with the curfew at 8 p.m., I have to stay near the port, at my aunt's, because my house is an hour away by bus. ” 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - After sixteen days at sea without interruption, one of the fishermen of a large pirogue whose cargo is intended for export collapses in front of the quay dedicated to shipments to Europe, while waiting for the resellers to negotiate and inspect the taken. After sixteen days at sea without interruption, one of the fishermen of a large pirogue whose cargo is intended for export collapses in front of the quay dedicated to shipments to Europe, while waiting for the resellers to negotiate and inspect the taken. 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "Negotiating with the wholesalers is too difficult at the moment, the prices are low and they are fighting for a small margin, so we sell at sums to which we have never sold", laments Malick Sy, a few minutes after his return two weeks at sea, spent on a large canoe with his brothers. "Negotiating with the wholesalers is too difficult at the moment, the prices are low and they are fighting for a small margin, so we sell at sums to which we have never sold", laments Malick Sy, a few minutes after his return two weeks at sea, spent on a large canoe with his brothers. 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - “Before, black cod could sell in factories up to 15,000 CFA francs per kilo - more than twenty euros, note - but now it's difficult to negotiate above 4,000 francs - about six euros - kilo on the local market ”, explains one of the port's wholesalers, who must resign themselves to selling. “Before, black cod could sell in factories up to 15,000 CFA francs per kilo - more than twenty euros, note - but now it's difficult to negotiate above 4,000 francs - about six euros - kilo on the local market ”, explains one of the port's wholesalers, who must resign themselves to selling. 17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Neither social distancing nor wearing masks are applied to the port of Hann, although they are recommended by the Senegalese government: "People eat together, shake hands and will never get used to the mask to work", explains Fatou Ndour. Neither social distancing nor wearing masks are applied to the port of Hann, although they are recommended by the Senegalese government: "People eat together, shake hands and will never get used to the mask to work", explains Fatou Ndour. 18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Galaye Gueye is the head of an export company which sells directly to factories: “I employ 15 people in this part of the port and it is out of the question to send them home during the first days of Ramadan, since this is a very busy period for orders. We will continue, even if we earn less. ” Galaye Gueye is the head of an export company which sells directly to factories: “I employ 15 people in this part of the port and it is out of the question to send them home during the first days of Ramadan, since this is a very busy period for orders. We will continue, even if we earn less. ” Dakar: eid el fitr - 24/05/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - The Massalikoul Djinâne mosque received a few worshipers on the holy day of Eid al-Adha where Eid el kebir, which is the most important of Muslim celebrations. Dakar: eid el fitr The Massalikoul Djinâne mosque received a few worshipers on the holy day of Eid al-Adha where Eid el kebir, which is the most important of Muslim celebrations. 24/05/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Massalikoul Djinâne Mosque empty during eid el fitr. Massalikoul Djinâne Mosque empty during eid el fitr. 21/05/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - The Muslim population of Dakar prepare the Korité (Eid-El-Fitr), the Muslim holiday marking the breaking of the fast of the month of Ramadan. The Muslim population of Dakar prepare the Korité (Eid-El-Fitr), the Muslim holiday marking the breaking of the fast of the month of Ramadan.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line142
__label__cc	0.632388	0.367612	Church Tax Exemption Derate About Tax Exemption for Churches Extent of Exemptions and of Holdings Questions Involved in Special Treatment Most people accept without question the exemption of church income and property from federal, state and local taxes. Few persons realize, however, that the customary exemption may extend to enterprises and property devoted to purposes far removed from the primary mission of churches. A number of leading clergymen are now asking whether churches should not voluntarily relinquish some of the benefits of tax exemption, not only as a social and moral duty but also to forestall accusations that they have fallen under the influence of mercenary considerations. Tax exemption is coming to the fore of church deliberations at a time when the constitutional basis of the exemption is being challenged in the courts. In view of recent Supreme Court decisions sharpening the constitutional line separating church and state, the prospect that church tax exemptions may be curtailed is no longer so remote as it once seemed. Although not many churchmen would go so far as to advocate complete withdrawal of exemptions, the feeling is growing that the benefits deriving from the privilege have become too great for the ultimate good of the community or the church. Challenging of Church Tax Exemptions in Courts The atheist groups which supported the attack by Madalyn Murray of Baltimore on Bible-reading and prayer-reciting in public schools are now attacking the constitutionality of various forms of tax exemption extended to churches. A taxpayer's suit taking exception to the exemption from federal income tax of church receipts from business enterprises was filed in federal district court in Baltimore in mid-August by Lemoin Cree, atheist publisher, who apparently has succeeded Mrs. Murray as leader of the Baltimore atheist group. Several months earlier, the Murray-Cree group had filed suit in a Baltimore court at-attacking exemption of church real estate from local property taxes. May 29, 2020 Christians in the Mideast Sep. 28, 2018 Christianity in America Jun. 23, 2017 Future of the Christian Right Jun. 07, 2013 Future of the Catholic Church Jan. 2011 Crisis in the Catholic Church Sep. 21, 2007 Rise of Megachurches Sep. 14, 2001 Evangelical Christians Feb. 26, 1999 Future of the Papacy Dec. 11, 1998 Searching for Jesus Jul. 22, 1988 The Revival of Religion in America Dec. 02, 1983 Christmas Customs and Origins Jun. 10, 1983 Martin Luther After 500 Years Aug. 08, 1975 Year of Religion Jul. 26, 1972 Fundamentalist Revival Jan. 04, 1967 Religion in Upheaval Aug. 03, 1966 Religious Rivalries in South Viet Nam Nov. 11, 1964 Church Tax Exemption Aug. 05, 1964 Catholic Schools Oct. 14, 1963 Churches and Social Action Jun. 19, 1963 Vatican Policy in a Revolutionary World Jan. 05, 1962 Rome and Christian Unity Mar. 26, 1958 Church-Related Education Dec. 18, 1957 Church Consolidation Jun. 05, 1957 Evangelism in America Jun. 23, 1955 Religious Boom Aug. 13, 1952 Church Unity in America Feb. 12, 1947 Relations with the Vatican Dec. 21, 1923 The New Schism in the Church and the Immaculate Conception	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line143
__label__wiki	0.919989	0.919989	Women role Youth role Syria Crisis Al Badeel Show Home » Analysis » Kurds » U.S. Raises Alarm as Iraq Army Seizes Oil-Rich Kirkuk From Kurds U.S. Raises Alarm as Iraq Army Seizes Oil-Rich Kirkuk From Kurds This entry was posted in Kurds Oil & Gas raq on October 25, 2017 by admin President Donald Trump signaled increasing U.S. alarm about the situation in northern Iraq after forces loyal to Baghdad seized the headquarters of Kirkuk’s provincial administration on Monday, threatening to escalate tensions over Kurdish autonomy and pushing oil prices higher. “We’re not taking sides, but we don’t like the fact that they’re clashing,” Trump told reporters at the White House Monday. “We’ve had, for many years, a very good relationship with the Kurds, as you know. And we’ve also been on the side of Iraq, even though we should have never been in there in the first place. But we’re not taking sides in that battle.” On their way toward Kirkuk, the Iraqi army and its allied militias had taken oil fields, a refinery and military base from Kurdish control, according to state-run Iraqiya television. Some Kurdish fighters — known as the peshmerga — were reported to have withdrawn from their positions in coordination with the Iraqi troops, rather than defend them. The flare-up follows a referendum last month in which Iraqi Kurds voted for independence, a move denounced by officials in Baghdad as well as in Turkey, Syria and Iran, which all have their own restive Kurdish populations. The Kurds, spread across those four countries, rank as the world’s largest ethnic group without a state of their own. The U.S. has for decades supported Iraq’s Kurds, first as a bulwark against dictator Saddam Hussein and then as a fighting force against Islamic State. But the toppling of Hussein by U.S. forces in 2003 also brought an alliance with successive governments in Baghdad, putting Washington in an increasingly difficult position as Iraqi forces finally moved to reclaim territory that the Kurds grabbed during Islamic State’s initial onslaught in 2014. Military Miscalculations It’s unclear how far Iraq’s army and its militia partners intend to advance, but the importance of Kirkuk and the complexity of the armed alliances increase the “potential for political and military miscalculations,” said Glen Ransom, Iraq analyst at Control Risks in Dubai. “The U.S. will try to de-escalate the situation to avoid compromising anti-Islamic State operations,” he said. That could lead to agreements on Kurdish withdrawals from some areas and potentially joint administration, he added. Earlier, Pentagon spokesman Robert Manning said the U.S. was against “destabilizing actions that distract from the fight against” Islamic State and “undermine” Iraq. “We continue to support a unified Iraq,” Manning said. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham warned that instability in northern Iraq would benefit Iran at the U.S.’s expense. “We must act quickly and decisively to bring stability to Iraq recognizing that Iran seeks nothing more than to control its neighbors and foment unrest,” Graham said in a statement. The military offensive, which Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had vowed to avoid, follows three weeks of escalating tensions since the independence vote. On Monday, Turkey said it was shutting airspace for flights to and from the Kurdish region and would transfer control of a key border gate to authorities in Baghdad. There were conflicting reports as the Iraqi campaign began late on Sunday. State television reported that Abadi had ordered Iraqi forces to impose security in Kirkuk in cooperation with Kurdish peshmerga forces, adding that government troops had taken over parts of the city without a fight. The Kurdish Rudaw news service said at least seven Iraqi militiamen were killed south of Kirkuk, citing an unidentified peshmerga commander, and Sumaria reported that a 12-hour curfew was imposed. Kurdish Gains in Mideast Chaos Fuel Statehood Dream: QuickTake Kurdish forces occupied much of Kirkuk province in June 2014 after Iraqi troops retreated from advancing Islamic State militants. Baghdad refuses to recognize Kurdish control of the area, which was included in the September vote even though it lies outside territory officially administered by the semi-autonomous Kurdish Regional Government. The turmoil forced Kurdish officials to stop pumping two oil deposits in Kirkuk as technicians failed to report for work and some security guards left, according to an official at state-run North Oil Co., who didn’t specify the amount of oil involved. Iraq is the second-largest producer within the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, pumping most of its 4.47 million barrels a day from fields in the south and shipping it from the Persian Gulf port of Basra. Kirkuk’s oil fields and deposits inside the adjacent Kurdish region were exporting about 600,000 barrels a day through a Kurdish-controlled pipeline to Turkey, according to a person familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. Eurasia Group estimates that Iraq taking control in Kirkuk could cut shipments by 450,000 barrels daily until the federal government repairs its own disused pipeline to Turkey or reaches a revenue-sharing deal with the Kurds. Underscoring the potential for a regional spillover, Abadi’s office had late on Sunday accused the Kurds of deploying militants from the Turkish PKK organization, saying that was considered a declaration of war against Iraq. The PKK has been battling for independence for Turkey’s Kurds for more than three decades, and authorities in Ankara fear Kurdish gains in Iraq and neighboring Syria could fuel further violence at home. “The war on ISIS is edging to an end and now the real war starts, the war between the regional powers in order to control resources and define their own areas of influence,” said Sami Nader, head of the Levant Institute for Strategic Affairs in Beirut. What’s happening in Kirkuk is not just a local Iraqi conflict but a regional race to establish new boundaries, he said. — With assistance by Donna Abu-Nasr, Ladane Nasseri, Anthony Dipaola, Zaid Sabah, Justin Sink, and Steven T. 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__label__wiki	0.612117	0.612117	Blue S Clue [15:06] <Raphael> It's mid-afternoon in Paris, and slowly but surely the city's day shifts are beginning to draw to a close, allowing thousands of workers to filter back towards their ordinary lives.- [15:07] <Raphael> Although in some cases, there are varying degrees of 'ordinary'. Take, for example, the man stepping from the elevator cab in an identikit apartment complex indistinguishable from the dozens that line the streets in the more middle-class suburbs of Paris, a phone wedged between his ear and shoulder as he fumbles through the pockets of his uniform in search of his keys.- [15:07] <Raphael> "- yes, well, you know Henri." Raphael says mildly, pushing his wallet aside. "He'd rather not be trapped in a hospital, but the drone kits we pulled from Surov's labs are at least keeping him occupied. He's in good spirits, considering." [15:15] <Raphael> "That won't take too long, I suspect." Raphael says, finally pulling his keys free. "I've already had to assure the nurses that he'll keep them confined to his room. And that he won't equip them with the maser tech that he somehow got hold of…" [15:24] <Raphael> "Don't even start, Hugues." He mutters, before making a quiet, thoughtful noise. "Although I suppose he /is/ still seeing Lafabre's cousin, and Julien would have clearance…" [15:27] <Minaplo> [As Raphael approached his apartment- one of the few on this floor to actually have occupants- he'd hear a gradually rising noise. The sound of angry, indistinct shouting.] [15:29] * Raphael stops with the keys partway to the door, letting out a quiet sigh. "I'll have to call you back. It sounds like Suzanne and Simon are at it again." [15:32] <Raphael> "It isn't if you're the one who has to deal with it. I'll see you tomorrow, Chief Sergeant." [15:36] * Raphael grunts irritably and snaps the phone shut, twisting the keys in the lock to allow himself in. [15:40] <Minaplo> [The apartment… Is not quite the mess he may have feared. Suzanne is sitting in her chair, right hand furiously groping about for the legendary 'remove-stupid-boys' button. Simon- a boy somewhat short for his age, with his mother's reddish-brown hair cut short and a pair of round spectacles over dark green eyes- is standing in front of the couch, hands balled into little fists, his round face bright red. "Yeah, it needs to put its guns on the back 'cuz it has stupid stubby little arms!"- [15:40] <Minaplo> ["YOU HAVE STUPID STUBBY LITTLE ARMS!"- [15:40] <Minaplo> ["THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY ARMS, STUPID!"- [15:41] <Minaplo> [Medea is standing by the dining room table, looking frazzled and- more angry than anything. "Stop it! Stop arguing! You're acting like children! No fighting! No fighting!"] 6[15:52] * Raphael drops his keys onto the side table at a height perfectly engineered to make the perfect attention-drawing clatter and gently shuts the door beside him, face set. "Suzanne. Simon." He says, managing to put the full weight of his command experience behind the words without raising his voice. "That is /enough/." [15:59] <Minaplo> [As designed, the sound combined with the stern, commanding voice draw their attention and immediately put a stop to their words. But it's not enough to halt their mutual loathing; Simon, aware that he can't openly say anything anymore, simply folds his arms and turns away from Suzanne with a lofty 'hmph'. Suzanne mirrors the action. Now neither of them are looking at each other.- [15:59] <Minaplo> ["Welcome home, Mr. Guillory." Said Medea weakly.] [16:03] <Raphael> "Thank you, Miss Leona." Raphael says, holding the stern gaze on the pair for a moment before the expression disappears in favour of giving their poor babysitter a small smile. "I hope you'll forgive them. Unfortunately when they behave like children, your only option is to treat them as such." [16:04] <Minaplo> ["Apparently, sir." She shook her head. "Is it alright if I take a moment to freshen up, sir? I'm a little- all over the place."] [16:06] * Raphael waves a hand, giving her an apologetic look. "Of course, of course. There's no need to stay any longer, if you'd prefer to go home. I understand it's probably been a trying day." [16:06] <Minaplo> ["It hasn't been too bad, sir. I'll let you know how it went in a minute." She gave him a grateful look as she slipped away.- [16:07] <Minaplo> [This left Raphael in a room with two moody children.] [16:08] * Raphael sighs, shrugging off the jacket of his uniform and hanging it over the back of the couch. "… Honestly, you two. We talked about this." [16:09] <Minaplo> ["It's not my fault!" Started Suzanne hotly. "He keeps insulting Grendel!"- [16:10] <Minaplo> [Simon merely let out another 'humph' of disapproval.] [16:12] <Raphael> "And is that a good enough excuse for you to make Miss Leona's day miserable when she's been kind enough to look after you?" [16:14] <Minaplo> [Suzanne coloured. "I-It's not like I was -trying- to do that. Am I supposed to just let Simon shoot his big dumb mouth off?"] [16:17] <Raphael> "Well, Suzanne, if he -is- "shooting his mouth off", then I suppose by giving him his reaction you're letting him win." Raphael says mildly. [16:19] <Minaplo> ["But… But…" Suzanne let out a littl growl of pure frustration.] [16:25] * Raphael gives her a placid smile. He's quite familiar with the form of conversational judo that tends to be the best way of dealing with Suzanne's tantrums. [16:28] <Minaplo> ["S… Sorry, Raffy." She mumbles eventually.] [16:33] <Raphael> "Thank you, little one, but I'd prefer you apologized to Medea." He says, ruffling her hair. "And Simon… well, I'll leave your part of the conversation up to your mother, although it would be nice if you could say sorry to Miss Leona as well. Have you two eaten yet?" [16:37] <Minaplo> ["Medea gave us lunch." Said Simon, looking properly chastised.] [16:41] <Raphael> "Well that's good!" He says, easing himself down onto the couch and lowering the volume on the TV a bit now that it does not have to compete with two screaming children. [16:47] <Minaplo> [Footsteps from the bathroom- Medea's back, having had a chance to clean herself up. Her hair's been recombed and her face washed, giving her a much calmer look now. "There. I feel much better now~"- [16:47] <Minaplo> [The scent of an infuriatingly enchanting purfume starts to reach Raphael's attention…] 6[16:56] * Raphael catches himself breathing deep for a moment without realizing it, cutting himself with a slight frown. "… That’s good, ma’am." He says, glancing at the two children meaningfully. [17:03] <Minaplo> [Suzanne isn't paying much attention, having - with a strange sort of deliberation- picked up one of the manga Rei had sent her for her birthday. Simon was looking around at the smell of the purfume, before looking about at Medea with a gormless, bemused expression.- [17:04] <Minaplo> [If Medea notices any of this she doesn't demonstrate it, pulling out one of the chairs and sitting on it, taking out a mobile phone and fiddling with it.] [17:08] * Raphael gets back to his feet and heads for the kitchen, opening the living room window on the way as if it were an afterthought. "Would anyone like something to drink?" He calls over his shoulder. [17:09] <Minaplo> ["Yes please, Raffy." Says Suzanne, not looking up from her manga.- [17:10] <Minaplo> ["That would be lovely, Mr. Guillory." Medea says, looking up at him and giving him a sweet little smile.] [17:22] <Raphael> "Mhmm." There's a long silence - longer than could reasonably be expected for the very short walk from the living room to the kitchen - before the faint sound of the fridge and the clinking of glasses drifts from the small adjoining room. A moment after that Raphael re-emerges with a bottle of lemonade in one hand and a stack of empty glasses in the other. [17:30] <Minaplo> [He returns to the sight of Suzanne showing Simon a page of her manga- a triumphant air about her- before quickly withdrawing as Raphael returns. Medea, however, is putting on her long socks- her right leg it sitting up on her chair as she pulls the sock on, the black hem of her skirt sliding back a little across her thigh. She doesn't look up as he returns.] [17:39] * Raphael 's eyes stay resolutely on the table as he seperates the glasses and tops them up with lemonade before returning to his place on the couch with a glass of his own. "There you go, you three." [17:40] <Minaplo> ["Thanks, Mr. Guillory." Says Simon, taking his glass. Suzie takes her's as well with a nod of thanks.- [17:40] <Minaplo> ["Thank you very much." Says Medea with a shy smile as she pulls on the other sock and takes her glass. "I'll probably head off after this, if that's not a problem."] [17:43] <Raphael> "No problem at all, Miss Leona." He says, smiling politely. "I'm sure I can handle whatever trouble these two can cook up, and Euphrasie should only be gone for a few more hours." [17:45] <Minaplo> ["You're a lot better at it than I am, sir."] [17:47] <Raphael> "It's only down to practice, really. When it comes to pointless squabbles, soldiers and children can have a lot in common." [17:49] <Minaplo> [Suzanne gave him a dark look.- [17:50] <Minaplo> [Medea, however, laughed. "That makes a lot of sense."] [17:52] <Raphael> "Mmm." He nods, giving Suzanne a small smirk. "How's the comic book, little one?" [18:09] <Minaplo> ["Manga. And it's good, as usual. Rei knows her stuff."] [18:13] <Raphael> "Mmm." He murmurs, peering over her shoulder. "… Although that's not a very practical control scheme for a bipedal mecha." [18:14] <Minaplo> [There was a snort of gloating amusement from Raphael's other side- from Simon. Suzanne reddened. "It doesn't -have- to be."] [18:18] <Raphael> "… Of course. Right." Raphael clarifies quickly, and more than a little awkwardly. He straightens back up, though in his haste to avoid causing any further damage to the peace he finds his gaze landing squarely on Medea… [18:20] <Minaplo> [… Who is draining her glass of lemonade smoothly. Finding Raphael's gaze on her she stares back over the rim of the glass, her face rapidly reddening until she suddenly coughs and splutters.] [18:28] <Raphael> "…" Raphael clears his throat with as much dignity as he can manage, subtly glancing around for anything - anything - that he can turn his attention to without attracting unnecessary attention to his discomfort. And for a moment it seems the TV provides just such an opportunity… until he really focuses on it long enough to realize that what he's watching is two actors the long, tense [18:28] <Raphael> moment before a kiss.- [18:28] <Raphael> He's silent for a moment… and then the scramble for the remote begins. Who had turned that on?! [18:30] <Minaplo> [The remote is sitting in its place of power- the right armrest of Suzanne's chair- and Raphael's scrabbling is immediately noticed by Suzanne. "Raffy, what are you-?"- [18:31] <Minaplo> [The spluttering by the table subsides, and Medea gets to her feet, her face aflame. "T-Thank you for the lemonade, Mr. Guillory." She blurts out quickly.] [18:32] <Raphael> "O-of course." Raphael manages, his attempts at a dignified smile badly undermined by his own blushing. "Think nothing of it. Thank you again for looking after the children today." [18:33] <Minaplo> ["N-Not a problem, sir." She hastily crosses the room- throwing on a dark red overcoat and giving a little wave before she basically flees the room.- [18:34] <Minaplo> [Suzanne turns back to her manga- without looking up, she says loftily, "it's not nice for you to make Miss Leona's day miserable when she's been kind enough to look after us, Raffy."] [18:36] <Raphael> "…" Raphael stares at her blankly for a moment before shutting his eyes and massaging his temples with one hand. [18:37] <Minaplo> [And so they continue like that for a few minutes- Suzanne reading her manga, Simon watching the TV in an oddly distracted way, Raphael regretting even getting out of bed this morning- possibly.- [18:37] <Minaplo> [But eventually the home phone rings.] [18:41] * Raphael lowers the volume on the TV as he gets to his feet - having reclaimed the remote from Suzanne - and heads over to pick up the phone. "Hello?" [18:41] <Minaplo> ["Captain," Comes a terse voice. "This is Euphrasie."] [18:45] <Raphael> "Ah, Sergeant." He says, brightening up a little. "Everything alright?" [18:48] <Minaplo> ["Sir, Isidor and I have just been attacked."] [18:53] <Raphael> "… One moment." Raphael says, his voice taking on a decidedly more serious edge as he glances at the children. If they were looking his way they'd get a quick smile, but regardless he steps over to the entrance to his room and disappears inside, shutting the door behind him.- [18:53] <Raphael> "Is S2 on the scene?" 1[20:14] <Minaplo> ["No, not yet." She said quietly. "Captain, I think it was one of those terrorist ringleaders we captured. Mr. Blue."] [20:24] <Raphael> "…" Raphael's jaw clamps shut for a moment as he bites back his first instinct to doubt her story. He knows Euphrasie, and this isn't something she would suggest without being sure. "… You're certain, Euphrasie?" [20:24] <Minaplo> ["Yes. Isidor's here, he chased him, and he's just come back- with a few wounds- and he's sure it's Mr. Blue, and I think so too. Do you want to speak to Isidor?"] [20:27] * Raphael bites his lip. "… Mmm, I do, but I'll do it in person. Where are you two?" [20:27] <Minaplo> ["At home."] [20:30] <Raphael> "Alright. And you've called Jeanne Simon?" [20:31] <Minaplo> ["I've called S2, yeah."] [20:32] * Raphael nods, as useless as that gesture might be over the phone. "Then I'll be there in… Hmm. About half an hour. An hour at most." [20:34] <Minaplo> ["Alright. Please take Simon somewhere safe first, though."] [20:34] <Raphael> "I plan to. I'll be dropping them both at the Geofront on the way." [20:42] <Minaplo> ["Ok, good."] [20:44] <Raphael> "Stay safe, Sergeant." He says, and for all his grim practicality there's a note of genuine worry there.- [20:46] <Raphael> As he flips the phone shut he takes a moment to stare at the opposite wall, allowing a fleeting expression of anger and nerves to cross his face. It only lasts a moment, though. Before too long he's returning to the lounge room to prepare the children to move - and to grab a weapon from his safe. [20:53] <Minaplo> [About fifty minutes later he arrives at Euphrasie's apartment- a second storey apartment, somewhat larger than Raphael's.] [21:18] * Raphael knocks twice, scanning the corridor as he waits for a response. He's still wearing his NERV uniform under a dark coat that conceals the pistol holstered on his hip. [21:23] <Minaplo> [The door opens, revealing Euphrasie wearing casual jeans and a dark brown sweater. She looks unharmed, and although her face is pale it's also rather fierce. "Captain! Come in- Isidor's on the couch."] [21:29] * Raphael lays a gentle, comforting hand on her shoulder as he steps inside - he's never been one to hug, at least when it's not Rei, Suzanne or Misato, but the meaning of the gesture is clear enough. "You're alright?" [21:31] <Minaplo> [She nodded. "I'm fine, Captain. I'm used to regularly being in danger- a house invader is sort of pat at this point, don't you think?"] [21:33] <Raphael> "They actually attacked here?" Raphael says sharply, a flash of fury making it past his carefully arranged mask of calm. "… Come on. You two should probably start from the beginning." [21:34] <Minaplo> ["Then come on, it's no good explaining without Isidor." Says Euphrasie, leading Raphael into the living room.- [21:36] <Minaplo> [Isidor is sitting on the couch, looking- despite the grievous circumstances- a little irritated. His shirt has been removed, pads and gauze wrapped around his torso and arms. "Captain, thank you for coming. It looks worse than it feels, trust me."- [21:37] <Minaplo> ["Those were deep wounds, Isidor. There was a nicked artery there- if I didn't have some biogel-"- [21:37] <Minaplo> ["Yes, alright, but otherwise I'm used to a few scratches-"- [21:37] <Minaplo> ["Some of those wounds were an inch deep!"- [21:37] <Minaplo> ["The medic doth protest too much!"] [21:40] * Raphael watches on, looking increasingly bemused in spite of it all. "… You didn't complain nearly this much the last time she bandaged you up, Lieutenant." [21:51] <Minaplo> [Isidor and Euphrasie both turn to give Raphael a dark look.] [21:51] <Raphael> "…" A cough. "Pardon." [21:56] <Minaplo> ["Why don't you start off, Euphrasie?" Suggested Isidor.- [21:56] <Minaplo> ["Alright. Can I get you anything to drink first, Captain?"] [21:57] * Raphael shakes his head. "I'm fine for now, thank you." 1[16:23] <Minaplo> ["Alright." She frowned a little and sat down. "Isidor was over, and I left Simon with you, as you know."] [16:24] * Raphael makes a quick noise that seems to signify agreement as he takes his own seat. [16:25] <Minaplo> ["We spent a few hours watching movies or having lunch." Said Euphrasie. "It was rather quiet, all told, most of the people who live on this floor are out for one reason or another."] 6[16:31] * Raphael gives another quick nod as he continues to listen intently. [16:34] <Minaplo> ["At one point, Isidor went off to make hot chocolate-"- [16:35] <Minaplo> ["I make a rather excellent hot chocolate, Captain, I'm famous for it-"- [16:35] <Minaplo> ["So I was alone in the living room, my back to the door."] [16:39] * Raphael gives Isidor a look that manages the difficult feat of /suggesting/ an eye-roll without actually performing one. "I see…" [16:41] <Minaplo> ["I don't know how he got inside." Said Euphrasie quietly. "The door was locked, and I didn't hear anything, but I suddenly found a knife at my throat."] [16:43] * Raphael 's teeth clench. "'Mr. Blue'?" [16:45] <Minaplo> ["Well, I didn't see him at that time, but I heard him." Said Euphrasie. "He said that he'd been watching the house and knew my patterns, and said that he was getting bored of 'Captain Cutiekins' ignoring him."] [16:49] <Raphael> "…" Raphael's expression is still for a couple of seconds as he stares down at his hands, but the faint hint of movement in his jaw muscles betrays that his teeth are grinding. "… I suppose this explains what happened to Henri. We'll have to move the others to the Geofront." [16:54] <Minaplo> ["That's one way to do it." Said Euphrasie with a nod.- [16:55] <Minaplo> ["However, this is where my part in this tale begins." Said Isidor, his voice calm and even casual. "I was in the kitchen and, through some sort of luck, he failed to realise that I was there at all."] [16:56] * Raphael frowns. "Despite the fact that he claimed to have been surveilling the apartment…" [16:58] <Minaplo> ["It seems as though his surveillance has been rather limited in time. He watched enough to realise that Simon stays elsewhere on this day of the week, but this time it was because of me. I was- out of his equation, so to speak."- [16:59] <Minaplo> ["In any case, I am always armed these days. I heard his words and reached for my bolt pistol."] [17:00] * Raphael 's frown remains, but he nods as a sign for Isidor to continue. [17:02] <Minaplo> ["I came out and pointed the pistol at his head. When he realised I was there he was-"- [17:02] <Minaplo> ["Pissed." Said Euphrasie flatly. "For a second. Then he sort of laughed…"- [17:03] <Minaplo> ["I made him move away from Euphrasie." Said Isidor. "I wasn't going to risk it- it was a point blank shot to the head with a bolt pistol, you know those things are alien to subtlety."] [17:04] * Raphael snorts. "Quite, Lieutenant." [17:04] <Minaplo> ["He took the knife away from my throat, and…?" Euphrasie turned to Isidor.- [17:05] <Minaplo> ["I took a second to note his appearance. And I can confirm it is Mr. Blue. The hat he wore- it was the hat Henri wore, the one Henri took from Mr. Blue on his capture."- [17:05] <Minaplo> ["So now we know why he went after Henri first." Said Euphrasie bitterly.] [17:10] <Raphael> "The…" Raphael shuts his eyes, looking suddenly furious. "The goddamned /hat/. I should have-… Julien even asked about it, after Henri's fall." [17:12] <Minaplo> ["You can't expect to connect -those- dots." Said Isidor. "We thought Mr. Blue died in Berlin-2 with the rest of his group. And who would try to kill someone- premeditated- over a hat?"] [17:15] <Raphael> "You weren't on that mission. I could quite easily believe it…" 1[17:15] <Minaplo> ["He was a madman. -Is- a madman." Said Euphrasie fervently.- [17:16] <Minaplo> ["He fights like a tiger, for all his madness, then." Said Isidor, turning those steely eyes on Raphael once more. "After I made him move away, well… I decided if I could bring him in quietly, more the better, but I really should have trusted my instincts and executed him on the spot. The way he moved- it was like he didn't have a spine. Whatever style he uses to fight with, it's fast and fluid and I wasn't prepared- he knocked my gun away before I could shoot it."] [17:22] * Raphael nods slowly. "It wouldn't surprise me if he was one of the LN's augmented experiments, based on my experience. He held his ground against most of my team, and very nearly killed Hugues." [17:23] <Minaplo> ["Ah yes. Hugues." Isidor's gaze narrowed. "I think he would be rather proud of what I did next."] [17:24] <Raphael> "And what was that?" [17:25] <Minaplo> ["Mr. Blue escaped the apartment by jumping off the balcony. I grabbed my sword and followed. In the same manner."- [17:25] <Minaplo> ["Like an idiot-" quickly interjected Euphrasie.- [17:25] <Minaplo> ["Well, yes."] [17:27] <Raphael> "… We're on the second floor." [17:30] <Minaplo> ["Yes, sir."] [17:31] <Raphael> "I'm afraid I must agree with Sergeant Beringer, Lieutenant. You /are/ an idiot." Raphael says flatly. [17:36] <Minaplo> ["To be fair, sir, I landed completely unharmed."] [17:38] * Raphael rolls his eyes - properly this time. "What came next, Lieutenant?" [17:39] <Minaplo> ["I pursued, sir. He ran fast, so I had to go all out."] [17:42] * Raphael nods, glancing over at the balcony in question just in time to see a welcome sight - a pair of S2 cars pulling into the carpark. Still, for now his attention returns to Isidor.- [17:42] <Raphael> "I take it from your wounds that you did catch him in the end?" [17:43] <Minaplo> ["Almost. He led me into an alleyway and ambushed me. It was a close call, I will not lie- he slashed me several times, and he had exploding daggers that I barely avoided."] [17:48] <Raphael> "Mmm. For such ridiculous affectations, those daggers are alarmingly effective." He murmurs, shaking his head. "Still, you got away?" [17:50] <Minaplo> ["I managed to cut a bit of his jacket off, and he fled after that."] [17:59] <Raphael> "… It's surprising that he didn't press his advantage, but the same could be said about the attack on Henri." [18:01] <Minaplo> ["It's strange." Said Isidor. "Even though he probably could have killed Henri, he didn't- nor did he kill me, although I daresay he might lose something in the process. In any case, it's not all bad- I lucked out with that piece of jacket I cut." He smiled coldly. "It was a pocket- with an address inside it. Of sorts."] [18:06] * Raphael takes in the smile, but doesn't return it. Instead his brow creases in a faint frown. "Useful, certainly, but also a very lucky coincidence." [18:12] <Minaplo> ["Definitely, but it's something to look at."] [18:15] <Raphael> "Of course. Trap or not, given who we're dealing with it might be our only option to get him out in the open." [18:15] <Minaplo> ["Agreed."- [18:15] <Minaplo> ["He was definitely after you, though, in some way." Said Euphrasie. "'Captain Cutiekins'…"] [18:17] * Raphael makes an irritated noise. "Then we'll make sure to give him what he wants, hmm?" [18:21] <Raphael> "… Still, Euphrasie, I'm incredibly sorry that this… /bastard/ tried to get at me through you. Especially in your own damned home." Raphael says, anger bubbling to the surface again. [18:23] <Minaplo> [Euphrasie nodded, an expression of anger on her own face. She took a deep breath and leaned against the back of the chair. "It isn't your fault, Captain. I want to hurt him even more, now, and I know how to hurt someone if I have to."- [18:24] <Minaplo> [Isidor gave her a look of faint admiration before turning back to Raphael. "This probably won't happen again. After this we'll all be a lot more on guard."] 6[18:34] * Raphael nods. "I'd like to arrange for everyone on the team to stay at the Geofront, but the more I think about it… this is a man who will try and get at us by any means necessary if that's what he wants. And at least we're trained." [18:36] <Minaplo> ["We are, yes." Said Isidor. "S2's rather stretched at the moment, I do believe- the Geofront is probably the safest place for us right now, providing you don't have something a little more… Unorthodox in mind."] [19:09] <Raphael> "The idea crossed my mind." He says thoughtfully. "But I'm not sure I'm willing to gamble with everyone's' lives when Blue is involved. I'll have everyone moved to the Geofront." [19:38] <Minaplo> ["Understood, sir." Said Isidor.- [19:38] <Minaplo> ["Look on the bright side, though."] [19:42] * Raphael raises an eyebrow. [19:48] <Minaplo> ["The man obviously knows not to bite off more than he can chew, which is why he has yet to attack little Suzanne."] [19:49] * Raphael lets out a laugh although there's a definite forced edge to it. "I suppose so." [19:49] <Minaplo> —— [19:50] <Minaplo> [A few blocks away, a man sits in a burned-out shadow of an apartment, his hat perched upon his head, a telescope held up against his eye.- [19:51] <Minaplo> [Mr. Blue takes the telescope and folds it up, smirking a little to himself. "Fifty minute response time? Wow. S2 is in shittier shape than I thought."- [19:51] <Minaplo> ["I… Guess that means now's just about time to start doing my thing a little more."]	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line148
__label__wiki	0.574603	0.574603	blog~nano: Nanoscale Science, Nanotechnologies and Molecular Manufacturing Nanoscale Materials and Nanotechnology: materials whose size ranges from .1nm to 100 nm, and building everyday objects from the nanoscale up. Dedicated to an ongoing analysis of nanoscale science and nanotechnologies, and molecular manufacturing. And I am a member of the 8-gallon club (64 pints so far) Web blog~nano advanced materials (48) fuel cells (7) molecular manufacturing (29) nanoelectronics (13) nanomedicine (32) nanotubes (23) possible futures (83) preparing for nanotechnology (44) Nanoscale Materials: due to their size (.1 - 100 nm) these materials often exhibit unique properties. Nanotechnology: definition does not fit in a few words. Visit the link. Molecular manufacturing: The building of complex structures by mechanochemical processes. (CRN) Nanotechnology Now Nanosystems Essential Reading Nanoscale Materials nanotechweb.org Small Times Essential Reading Nanotechnology What is nanotechnology? PR Divas Responsible Nanotechnology advanced nanotechnology nanodot NanoHype Howard Lovy's NanoBot NANOART Nano Measure Websites of note understandingnano.com Green Technology Forum Essential Viewing nanoFactory Animation Nano Art Gallery Nanomedicine Art Gallery Mulitmedia collection Education, Pt. I Eigler's Eyes From NanoArt 2006. © Copyright Chris Robinson (click to see larger version) NANOART is a new art discipline related to micro/nanosculptures created by artists/scientists through chemical/physical processes and/or natural micro/nanostructures that are visualized with powerful research tools like Scanning Electron Microscope and Atomic Force Microscope. NanoArt could be for the 21st Century what Photography was for the 20th Century. We live in a technological society, in a new Renaissance period, and there is no reason for Arts to stay away from Technology. NanoArt is the expression of the New Technological Revolution and reflects the transition from Science to Art using Technology. See all of Chris Robinson's NanoArt 2006 entries here, or visit his website. Please contact me if you would like to submit an image. (rocky at bir-consulting.com) Posted by Rocky Rawstern at 2:54 PM No comments: Labels: picture "History is a race between education and catastrophe." ~H. G. Wells "If we don't get in early on nanotechnology, we will miss an incredible opportunity. We must aggressively go after research funding and business investment. If it's going to be a California industry, we must act now and invest in education and our innovation infrastructure." ~Steve Westly, Controller, State of California "The youth of today are the nanotechnology workers of tomorrow. Beginning science education in college is too late, we need to start early to interest and prepare students in science-related careers such as nanotechnology." ~Aadron Rausch, Purdue Extension Specialist Preparing the workforce needed to fill all the jobs to be created by nanotechnologies within the next two decades is a daunting task. Predictions suggest that by 2015, more than 2 million workers will be needed to fill all the jobs created by nanotechnologies. Accordingly, educating the workforce now to fill those high paying future jobs has got to be a priority for any country that desires them. Along with the other previously posted regular features, education will be a recurring posting. Here is a synopsis covering the period February 24, 2007, to March 09, 2007. "Aimed at students between the ages of 15 and 19, the IBN Nano-Bio Kits feature interactive experiments and lessons on practical applications in nanobiotechnology, drug delivery, and medical devices." (From: Singapore's IBN launches Nano-Bio Kits to teach nanotechnology http://www.smalltimes.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&C=Educa&ARTICLE_ID=286791&p=109) "According to him, the interest among students for 'pure science' in both India and the U.S. are on the decline. ‘Science is a way of thinking. The focus of science education should be to motivate students to learn the subject with interest and instill a scientific temper in them.’" (From: On a mission http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/02/stories/2007030200920200.htm) "Researchers at ASU have been studying the impact of nanoparticles, such as titanium dioxide/oxide (TiO2), which is found in sunscreen and many other products, on aquatic organisms. With so much to study in the way of nanoparticles, they agreed to enlist the help of a rather curious high school student." (From: High school student starts research career early by focusing on nanoparticles found in sunscreen http://www.asu.edu/news/stories/200703/20070302_sunscreen.htm) "NanoBioNexus has announced its partnership with UCSD Extension, the professional education division of UCSD, with a 40 year history serving as the catalyst for continued economic, intellectual and cultural growth in San Diego and Baja California. NBN has designed a course,"Introduction to Nanobiotechnology" which will be offered April 24th as part of Extension's "Cutting-Edge Knowledge" offerings in the Spring 2007 catalogue. The curriculum and the lead instructor for the course will be provided by NanoBioNexus." (From: NanoBioNexus Partners with UCSD Extension for Nanobiotechnology Course http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=20897) "Kashmir University is open for students from all over the world and we are continuing to upgrade the infrastructure to match it with other world class universities." (From: Kashmir University head for 20 pc reservation to PaK students http://www.kashmirnewz.com/n000132.html) "Meanwhile, the National Assessment of Educational Progress … 2005 scores in science also showed the most progress among fourth-graders at 68 percent having partial or better understanding (of science). By 12th grade, about half the high schoolers passed the basic level, and 18 percent were even proficient. But that means that half the seniors didn't know enough." (From: Big arguments build on basic science facts http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070303/OPINION04/703030309/1105/OPINION) "Image Dynamics™ have pioneered the development of miniaturised learning & development modules which lasts between 30-120 seconds. This new learning & development process is already gaining significant interest from leading corporations. The process engages the user at a deep emotional level by combining imagery, reflective questions and keywords within a variety of animation sequences." (From: Powerful Nano-Learning Process Breaks New Ground in Global Learning & Development http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=20916) "To receive a copy of the 2007 Small Times University Survey please email Thomas Markley or call 603-891-9307. For questions regarding the content of the survey - please email Barbara Goode or call 603-891-9194." (From: Information and FAQ on University Survey 2007 http://www.smalltimes.com/articles/article_display.cfm?Section=ONART&C=Educa&ARTICLE_ID=286166&p=109) "A well-known Chinese institute that issues global rankings on universities around the world ranked this university (University of Maryland) among the top 25 colleges and universities in three out of five broad academic subject areas this year." (From: Global rankings give university a boost http://media.www.diamondbackonline.com/media/storage/paper873/news/2007/03/07/News/Global.Rankings.Give.University.A.Boost-2761715.shtml) "Immerse yourself in the world of the latest research developments - a walk through the Science Tunnel presented by the Max Planck Society makes it possible. The multimedia exhibition will be officially opened on March 7, 2007 in Brussels." (From: Nanotechnology part of European cutting-edge research exhibition http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=1582.php) "Assisting immigrants and their children to prepare for opportunities for leadership in their various fields in the United States is the mission of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship program for New Americans." (From: LCHS Grad Named a Soros Fellow http://www.lacanadaonline.com/articles/2007/03/08/news/lnws-dang301.txt) "The USC NanoCenter and Benedict College present the South Carolina Citizen’s School of Nanotechnology for this spring beginning March 7 on the Benedict campus." (From: USC, Benedict Present Nanotechnology School http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064025693&ShowArticle_ID=11000703073039528) "…told city school district officials earlier this week that the massive reorganization planned for the middle schools and Albany High is missing crucial input from parents and other community members. The plan also calls for transforming Philip Livingston Magnet Academy from a middle school into one of the high school's academies: the academy of nanoscale science, engineering and environmental science." (From: Caution urged on school makeover http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=570389&category=ALBANY&BCCode=&newsdate=3/9/2007) "Windber Area High School faculty members are looking for ways to get students involved in the field of nanotechnology. School administrators recently attended a tour of the nanotechnology facilities at Pennsylvania State University's main campus in an attempt to find a way to expose students to this new technology." (From: School explores ways to bring new technology to students http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2007/03/09/news/friday/news04.txt) "'We want to showcase UK Science, raise the profile of science and improve perception of science as a career option.' Though Science is popular, she thinks students should go into the different branches of science and see that it could be interesting and fun." (From: Young Scientists from UK http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070225/FunDay/fd1.html) "The Austin Technology Council is launching a new academy focused around science, math and technology to create the next generation of tech experts." (From: New tech academy launching http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2007/02/26/daily21.html) "The goal is to develop opportunities for SDSU faculty and students working in partnership with Argonne to pursue fields of science and technology that are of mutual interest and that, importantly, advance science and technology-driven economic development in South Dakota." (From: SDSU forms partnership with Argonne National Laboratory http://media.www.sdsucollegian.com/media/storage/paper484/news/2007/02/28/News/Sdsu-Forms.Partnership.With.Argonne.National.Laboratory-2749173.shtml) For custom reports in your areas of interest, contact me at rocky at bir-consulting.com Labels: education, jobs, preparing for nanotechnology Rocky Rawstern LiftPort Group Emails in We can answer your nanotech questions I have been involved in nanoscale technologies and in website construction and search engine optimization for over 14 years. Investing in Nanotechnology: Think Small. Win Big. Jack Uldrich The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How Nanotechnology Will Change the Future of Your Business. Jack Uldrich & Deb Newberry Engines of Creation: The coming era of nanotechnology. K. Eric Drexler Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation. Engines of Creation - The Coming Era of Nanotechnology. Unbounding the Future: the Nanotechnology Revolution. 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__label__cc	0.535014	0.464986	The future of work for China and New Zealand The Global Young Leaders Forum and the annual Caixin Summit in Beijng left PocketSmith CEO Jason Leong pondering how China and New Zealand could change in the next decade, as technology advances and new perspectives change the way we work locally and globally. The historic district of Houhai in Beijing is sleepy by day. Its lake is a meeting point for senior folk in the afternoon, where men in matching white trunks swim together and others close by practice tai chi. Groups of friends park their bicycles by tables to chat, smoke cigarettes and play cards. But in November last year, gathering not far from the idyllic scenes were ex-heads of the World Bank, presidential advisers, and ex-Obama administration staff. Representatives from AirBnB, Mastercard, a Nobel Prize winner – the list goes on. I touched down in Beijing last year to join them in attending the Caixin Summit and Global Young Leaders Forum, events both hosted by one of the country’s most progressive media companies: Caixin Media. This year’s topic at the summit: “Opening up: China and the world”. The key agenda was the trend of anti-globalisation and how we can address the related challenges both domestically and globally. The next decade comes with rapid changes to the global economy, as well as options and attitudes to work. So here’s what I was curious about when I landed in Beijing: what did some of the world’s prominent minds see as needing immediate attention; what role would China play given its escalating influence; and what could we learn in order to affect positive change in and from New Zealand? I also had notes I wanted to trade on the future of work. It’s a topic my company, PocketSmith, and I are passionate about. We create money management software for people worldwide and are part of the advancements the internet has brought to personal finance over the last 10 years. The Young Leaders Forum on day one was at the Peninsula Hotel Beijing where I found myself sharing a roundtable with about 20 other attendees. The room was packed with local thought leaders and Summit delegates, alongside photographers and translators. The topics were ambitious, including one on tech divergence and bifurcation between China and the world. This issue sums up a key point of consternation for global consumers and represents a growing challenge for Kiwi tech businesses looking to trade within China. While in China, I came up against the Great Firewall which cut me off from many workplace apps. It was sobering to understand how reliant I was on a small set of key services. The starting point for most of my work — Google and Gmail — were blocked on the internet and our product, PocketSmith, was slow to load, hinting at filtering happening in the background. I ventured to the Chinese panel that this kind of bifurcation was a complex topic, raising questions about control and influence over communication and free expression, unilateralism, data privacy and sovereignty, but most notably, differing ideologies as expressed through technology. I followed up, questioning whether this difference could be overcome and lead to an internet that facilitated true open global trade. Each country may have the right to govern its citizens’ internet use, but waters are muddied when foreign investment pushes ideological influence across borders: for example, when global companies with Chinese stakeholders penalised customers outside of China for expressing unfavourable sentiments. The response was silence. After a mildly awkward moment, the moderator asked if I had an opinion to share instead, but all I could add was that it was a difficult question to answer. It is, however, an important one to address if China intends to open up to the world. Following the Forum was the Caixin Summit and it was an impressive production. Caixin Media pulled out all the stops, hosting it at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse: 100 acres of beautiful gardens, waterfalls, and villas. To enter, those of us on foot had our passports checked and we entered through metal detectors, as convoys of black SUVs barrelled past a guard’s sharp salute. There was a lot to take in at the Summit and there’s a lot I’m still thinking about. But here’s what I believe the future may hold for a tech company exporting globally from New Zealand: there is a real threat of a global shift towards unilateralism led by the US-China trade war against the backdrop of a global economic slowdown. This, combined with China’s rapid growth and resulting influence, gives credence to the idea of a multipolar world, where we move from an era with the US as the dominant superpower, to one where power is shared amongst two or more countries. And, in the context of the internet, an era in which the web and its users come under the pressure of multiple ideologies, resulting in a profound impact on our online freedoms. It may be harder to deliver services across borders in the coming decade, due in part to protectionist measures enforced both economically through tariffs and taxation, and technologically, through internet restriction and data sovereignty policies. In practice, this would result in higher costs to trade across borders due to increased levels of compliance and adherence to local regulatory requirements. New Zealand tech companies will need to analyse this more rigorously when determining a market entry strategy. Where unilateralism is applied as an expression of national strength in an effort to correct a perceived imbalance in the distribution of wealth, it follows that protectionist measures will limit the global exchange and exposure of intellectual property and information. Data would be more valuable than ever. Privacy breaches from 2019 provide evidence on how it’s used to influence key decisions — from what you buy, to how you vote. In an era where poles of influence and power have varying opinions on data privacy rights, tech companies need to be more vigilant in protecting customer data. While it was a sobering assessment of what may be, it was inspiring to hear a consensus on what’s needed to build a better future: eliminating poverty and lifting the middle class; tackling climate change; co-designing a new multilateralism for shared prosperity; remarkable statesmanship and demonstration of diplomacy. Of interest to me was an observation on the global rise in social and income inequality, and its relevance to the rise in populism due to political reactions from regions that see a lack of investment. IMF Chief Economist Raghuram Rajan stressed the importance of equal opportunity, saying while society was becoming more meritocratic, it still favoured children of the successful. To this, he was in favour of fiscal policies bolstering regional communities and growing jobs to empower areas needing help. Former Chief Economist for the World Bank Lawrence Summers emphasised the need to focus on solving challenges together – of protectionism, climate change, and supporting the vast middle class – by maintaining a strong local community amid global convergence. As I reflect on what I learned, I push past the dire predictions and think back to key takeaways given by the world’s leading economists: Strive for equal opportunity. Bolster communities. Grow jobs in the regions. Maintain a strong local community. These goals relate to two growing domestic issues. Housing affordability is one, with a clear correlation to the second: income inequality. At PocketSmith, we put people first and recognise the benefits of flexible work. We’re headquartered in Dunedin but 85 percent of us live in the regions, whether that’s off-grid in the native bush of the Coromandel, or in a new tiny house destined for a sunny paddock. This all happens while serving customers worldwide. We believe one of the biggest differences we can make as New Zealand employers is to be part of employees’ journeys in finding suitable places to live. Location is a key contributor to quality of life but a more tangible measure of success is achieving housing payments of less than 30% of gross income. One way to get there is to live outside the centres. Best of all, our government is laying the groundwork to make this a reality, with UFB delivering fibre to urban areas, the Rural Broadband Initiative for the rest, and most recently, the Provincial Growth Fund, designed to unlock regional economic potential. Speaking to Summit attendees about our resources and opportunities has reinforced my understanding that New Zealanders have a real edge in defining the future of work and being a global example. One that focuses on wellness, productivity and empowering change in our communities. The Asia New Zealand Foundation supported Jason Leong to attend the Caixin Global Young Leaders Forum in Beijing in November 2019. Republished from Asia Media Centre Author: Jason Leong	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line160
__label__wiki	0.976772	0.976772	History was made in Aspen on Day 4 of Winter X Games 2015 as Chloe Kim became the youngest ever gold medalist and Nick Goepper edged his way into the ski slopestyle final before sealing an unprecedented three-peat. There was also epic Ski Big Air action and the return of Snowmobile HillCross. Here's all the highlights you need. Four days down, one to go! Snowboard Superpipe: Kim becomes youngest ever gold medallist Chloe Kim became the youngest Winter X Games gold medallist in history after she won Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe at just 14 years of age on Saturday night. The American rider ended the dominant reign of seven-time gold medallist Kelly Clark, who was going for her sixth in a row, but settled for silver. Kim knocked her 31-year-old rival off the top spot with her final run of the competition which saw her score 92.00, two points better than Clark. Australian Torah Bright rounded off the podium to take bronze but was well behind a delighted Kim with her a 78.33. “I’m just so amazed that I was able to land all that and it was so fun,” said Kim. "I just made sure I grabbed everything. I feel so happy to win the gold medal at X Games.” Ski Slopestyle: Goepper wins third straight gold Nick Goepper sealed his third consecutive ski slopestyle gold medal at X Games despite only making the final at the last minute. The Olympic bronze medallist didn’t qualify for the finals but made the event after Alex Beaulieu-Marchand withdrew due to injury. As a result Geopper was first to drop and his opening run turned out to be unbeatable as he recorded a score of 93.66. Gold medallist in Sochi Joss Christensen finished second with Alex Bellemare of Canada picking up the bronze – their first medals at X Games. But the day was all about Goepper who took advantage of his good fortune in making the final to land an historic three-peat. “I just had to do what I came her to do and try to put down a good run,” he said. "X Games is truly the world championship of our sport and it really brings out the best talent in guys.” In the women’s event, Emma Dahlstrom topped the podium to win her first-ever X Games medal. The Swedish rider beat Keri Herman of the USA and Canadian Olympic Champion Dara Howell to the top spot with a score of 90.33. “I think it was on the rails that I got some extra points,” said Dahlstrom. "I was definitely a little nervous but it’s also really nice to see all the girls throw down and I’m just lucky and happy to be on the top today.” Ski Big Air: Gagnier dominates to win first gold Vincent Gagnier stormed to his first Winter X Games gold medal with a dominant display in the GoPro Ski Big Air, improving on his silver in 2014. The Canadian recorded a score of 91 overall to finish way ahead of Bobby Brown and Elias Ambuhl who both got 82 – Brown collected the silver for posting a higher single run score. Gagnier’s epic high score of 47 came courtesy of his 1260, double bio, double genie and an octo-grab, which he admitted he’d never landed before. "I did two tricks that I never tried before and they both worked out,” he said. Since 1999 when I first watched the X Games, I've been wanting to do this. It is the biggest contest in skiing. The ultimate goal. The Olympics are not the goal, this is it." Snowmobile HillCross: Simons leads the way as HillCross returns Ryan Simons won gold on his Snowmobile HillCross debut as the event returned to X Games after an 11-year absence. The Canadian had previously won silver and bronze in the SnoCross event and used that experience to take the holeshot in every round of the competition. X Games rooke Justin Thomas, 19, finished second to pick up silver while Nathan Titus captured the bronze medal. “I loved HillCros,” said Simons. I’ve never done it before but I ride a lot of big races and my SnoCross background came through.” And the rest… X Games Aspen 2015 comes to an end on Sunday but not before medals are awarded in Women’s and Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle and Snowmobile SnoCross. The final event of the weekend is the Men’s Ski SuperPipe. Stick with us on the Extreme.com news page for all the latest news, results and highlights or click here to see what went down on Day 3! Channels: Auto Sports, BMX, Extreme, FMX, Freeski, Kayak, Kitesurf, Mountain Bike, MX, Outdoor, Skateboard, Snowboard, Surf, Wakeboard, Windsurf	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line164
__label__wiki	0.895236	0.895236	Fans of Sean Hannity, Black Lives Matter among targets of Russian influence campaign Dr. Fauci to lead U.S. delegation at WHO meetings as Biden plans to reverse Trump withdrawal Joe Biden aide partners with Labour bigshot on leadership campaign to defeat SNP Biden urges Americans to unite in inauguration address 'EU persecution continues!' Britons furious as Barnier handed new Brexit role by Brussels The IRA targeted a range of people and personalities, from users who were interested in anodyne issues like motherhood or music, to those who followed more politically divisive topics such as immigration and police brutality. Pushing racial division One day after Dylann Roof killed nine black churchgoers in Charleston, a Russian propaganda account, Black Matters, gave Facebook 1,295 rubles (about $20) for one ad, seeking to capitalize on the tragedy by getting more users to follow the account. “Sadness and shocking tragedy at historically black church in Charlestone (sic). CLICK TO GET LIVE UPDATES ON OUR PAGE,” the post reads. “What if America is stil (sic) a deeply racist country? What if the church is not a safe place anymore?” In the months before the election, BlackMatters would use that same page to push the message shared by almost all of the accounts: pleading with Facebook users not to support Hillary Clinton. “You know, a great number of black people support us saying that #HillaryClintonlsNotMyPresident! So this time we would like to make a #flashmob against #HillaryClinton because she is the real enemy of black community and our followers prove it showing their disgrace to her personality and policy,” one Black Matters post reads. A Facebook ad purchased by the Kremlin-linked IRA Russian troll farm and released by Congress on Thursday.Courtesy of US Congress Thirteen Russian individuals affiliated with the troll farm were indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller in February for interfering in the 2016 U.S. election and conspiring to obstruct “the lawful functions of the United States government through fraud and deceit.” According to the indictment, the troll farm’s operations “included supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J. Trump” and “disparaging Hillary Clinton.” At a news conference revealing the charges, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said, “There is no allegation any American had any knowledge” of the troll farm’s activities in the indictment. In a blog post timed to the House Intelligence Committee’s release, Facebook detailed a number of changes the company has made in the interest of preventing future misinformation campaigns. Among them, Facebook highlighted new transparency features for advertisements, a doubling of the number of human content monitors, and the removal of “nearly one-third” of the controversial ad targeting terms utilized by the IRA. “This will never be a solved problem because we’re up against determined, creative and well-funded adversaries,” the post said. “But we are making steady progress.” Political influencers The newly released documents show that Russia’s infamous “troll farm” had a keen interest in the world of American political influencers. In the two final ads purchased by the Russian propaganda campaign in August of last year, the troll farm pushed an ad for its anti-immigration page “Secured Borders” to fans of Fox News prime-time personalities Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Bill O’Reilly, and to followers of the channel itself. The same page targeted followers of right-wing personalities such as Rush Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin and Michael Savage, along with Facebook accounts that “liked” President Trump and Jesus Christ. The most expensive sponsored troll farm post invited users to follow the Patriot U.S. group, and cost the IRA about $5,000, according to an NBC News analysis. The “Back the Badge” pro-police officer sponsored post was the most widely seen, boasting almost 1.5 million impressions and nearly 75,000 clicks. Nearly one-third of the ads released by Congress were never seen by anyone, having zero impressions and zero ad dollars spent on them. Capitalizing on tragedy When buying ads for the pages Black Matters and Don’t Shoot, the troll farm exclusively targeted four American cities: Baltimore, Cleveland, St. Louis and Ferguson, Missouri. One ad was purchased less than two months after the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American man from Baltimore who died from spinal injuries sustained while in police custody. The post, backed by a 3,700-ruble (about $58) ad buy, pushed an event at Baltimore City Circuit Courthouse called “Demand Justice for Freddie Gray” and targeted only the greater Baltimore area. Other posts about black issues targeted all four cities, pushing news articles about police brutality and essays about being black in America, sometimes written in the first person as an African-American. Some of the posts geotargeting Facebook users in Cleveland came less than seven months after Tamir Rice, a black 12-year-old boy from Cleveland, was killed by police while he played with a toy gun in a park. The ads would frequently seek to smear Clinton. One post, aimed at Facebook users who expressed interest in civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr., or Malcolm X, proclaimed: “Hillary Clinton is insane! I know that many black people support this old dirty b—h.” Another post pushed a petition calling on readers to “Disavow support for the Clinton political dynasty” and remove her from the ballot. Another for Instagram targeted Tea Party members and cautioned readers not to support Clinton, “Unless you want to see America in flames.” Russian trolls pushed graphic, racist tweets to American voters Another for a Facebook page for “Woke Blacks” after the election said not voting in the election was appropriate. “Well now all i want to say is get over Trump and Clinton, they are rich white people, the elite who were born into and are a part of the system.” Don’t Shoot, a page that exclusively pushed news about police brutality, called for violence against police in an ad targeted towards Facebook users in Louisiana. “We were wondering how long time would it take to make people fighting back? So now, karma’s coming back for blue pigs!” Later in the passage, “Take out a few dozen cops and the rest will change.” Diving into pop culture debates The troll farm also attempted to push a general interest meme page dubbed Memopolis that targeted fans of Reddit, Buzzfeed, 9gag, CollegeHumor and “NBA memes.” The page pointed to posts on Dudeers.com, a site with previously unreported ties to the troll farm that went inactive in 2017. The troll farm even attempted to expand its foray into American pop culture debates onto the streets of Manhattan. Another ad targeting African-Americans on Instagram leveraged news reports of an anti-Beyoncé rally — a viral stunt that wound up being attended by just two people — to push a pro-Beyoncé rally at the same location on Park Avenue in New York. “Stop the white privilege by participating in a PRO-Beyoncé Rally!” the post reads. “Support Queen B!” NBC News’ Mike Memoli contributed to this story. Lawmaker anger builds after White House aide mocks ‘dying’ McCain ENGLISH is no longer “acceptable” and must be expunged from the EU’s vocabulary in favour of French, an MEP has insisted in an extraordinary rant. Amanda Gorman, the youngest known inaugural poet in U.S. history, recites her poem “The Hill We Climb.” AN AIDE to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is backing a Labour bigshot in a bid to lead Scottish Labour and take down the SNP in the upcoming Scottish elections. Latest News1 hour ago World1 hour ago Harris makes America feel like home again Latest News2 hours ago Brexit LIVE: Boris Johnson’s Tories given boost in poll after securing Brexit trade deal	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line167
__label__cc	0.551857	0.448143	University of Home Economics approves more programmes LAHORE: 25 April:The first meeting of Academic Council of University of Home Economics approved nine BS level, five MS level academic progroms and one diploma course for the upcoming academic session. The meeting was presided over by UHE Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Kanwal Ameen in which Higher Education Special Secretary Dr Suhail Shahzad, Kinnaird College Principal Dr Rukhsana David, Civil Services Academy Chief Instructor Muhammad Asim, Institute of Social Sciences Director Rafique Jaffer, Director Archives Dr Kanwal Khalid and Government Postgraduate College Samnabad Principal Ms Haleema Naz Afridi participated in it. Dr Nadra Shahbaz, LUMS Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, joined the session through Zoom. According to a press release, the meeting was organised at the UHE seminar hall under strict safety measures due to prevailing situation of Covid-19. The approved BS level programmes included: Human Nutrition & Dietetics, Textile Design, Fashion Design, Human Development & Family Studies, Sociology, Art & Design, Interior Design, Hospitality & Tourism Management and Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics. The MS level programmes include: Food & Nutrition, Textile & Clothing, Human Development & Family Studies, Art & Design and Interior Design. The academic council also approved the policies for scholarship, admissions, medals and semester rules. UHE VC Prof Dr Kanwal Ameen said the programmes have been redesigned according to the emerging job opportunities and future requirements of the market and community for women. She said the syllabus of the programmes matched the modern needs of the time. The VC acknowledged the contribution of the curriculum committee, heads, faculty and registrar office to all the work done in this regard. The members also appreciated the hard work done by all the people concerned. The members congratulated the VC on conducting such a productive meeting despite all the challenges faced in the wake of coronavirus epidemic.The news.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line172
__label__wiki	0.743577	0.743577	Hilton Turns Smartphones Into Room Keys Hilton hotel chain plans to let smartphones unlock guest rooms starting next year. Hilton Worldwide plans to allow guests to check-in and choose their rooms using mobile devices, and even to unlock their hotel rooms. By the end of the year, Hilton says it will offer digital check-in and room selection at 11 of its brands, across more 4,000 properties. The service will be available to Hilton HHonors members in more than 80 countries, the company said. “We analyzed data and feedback from more than 40 million HHonors members, as well as guest surveys, social media posts, and review sites, and it’s clear that guests want greater choice and control,” said Geraldine Calpin, SVP and global head of digital at Hilton Worldwide, in a statement. Calpin cited a company-commissioned study conducted by Edelman Berland that indicates some 84% of business travelers want the ability to choose their own room. Calpin said Hilton is enabling guests to select rooms, room types, and room numbers, subject to availability, using mobile devices. Hilton began piloting an early version of its digital check-in application five years ago and released the first version of its hospitality software, Conrad Concierge, in 2012. Its study was conducted July 7-11 this year, making the findings a convenient affirmation of a longstanding commitment to hospitality-oriented technology. Starting next year, that commitment includes enabling guests to use their smartphones as room keys. Hilton plans to introduce the technology to lock and unlock hotel rooms via smartphone in 2015 and to make the technology available at US hotels across four of its brands by the end of next year. By the end of 2016, the company expects the majority of its rooms worldwide will accept smartphones as keys. Christopher J. Nassetta, president and CEO of Hilton Worldwide, said that since travelers are using smartphones as boarding passes, it follows that they will want to use their mobile devices as keys. “We have spent the past few years testing a number of different options to make this vision a reality, and we are developing proprietary technology that is safe and reliable for our guests to use, and cost-effective for our hotels to install,” he said in a statement. Ensuring that the technology can be used safely may not be that easy. In September 2012, according to a report published two months later by Forbes, an IT services consultant for Dell returned to her Hyatt room in Houston, Texas, to find her laptop stolen. The hotel concluded that the thief had entered the room by exploiting a vulnerability in a digital lock made by Onity. The vulnerability had been disclosed at the Black Hat security conference in July, 2012, and Onity said it shipped a fix to customers the following month. Hilton did not immediately respond to a request for comment about its approach to lock security. Hotels tend to be safer than homes. People are far more likely to experience property crime in or around their own homes (63.7% of incidents, 2004-2008) than in a hotel or motel room (0.3% of incidents, 2004-2008), according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Nonetheless, hotel crime remains a significant problem. A 2004 study of crimes against hotel visitors in Miami found 600 police reports during the 2000-2003 period. Cody Brocious, the senior security consultant with Accuvant LABS who identified the flaw in Onity locks, said in an email that as long as we have digital locks, there will be vulnerabilities. “Bugs are always going to be present; we’re talking about fairly complex pieces of tech that can’t easily be updated in the field and generally have very little in the way of proper testing,” Brocious said. “As long as these locks are protecting valuables, there will be the chance that someone will hunt down those bugs and exploit them.” Consumerization means CIOs must grant personal devices access to corporate data and networks. Here’s how to avoid loss and corruption. Get the new Mobile Security Action Plan issue of InformationWeek Tech Digest today (free registration required). via: informationweek « Prepare For Emergencies Through Crowdsourcing UK To Put Driverless Cars On Public Roads By January »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line179
__label__wiki	0.928635	0.928635	White Lodging Hotels apparently hacked, exposing guests’ credit cards White Lodging — a company that maintains Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton and Westin hotel franchises — has apparently suffered a data breach that exposed guests’ credit and debit card information in 2013, independent security researcher Brian Krebs said. Banking industry sources noticed fraud among hundreds of cards that had been previously used at Marriott hotels, wrote Krebs, who first reported that Target had suffered a massive data breach around Black Friday last year. “But those same sources said they were puzzled by the pattern of fraud, because it was seen only at specific Marriott hotels, including locations in Austin, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Louisville and Tampa,” Krebs wrote. “Turns out, the common thread among all of those Marriott locations is that they are managed” by White Lodging, he said. White Lodging, based in Merrillville, Indiana, issued a statement saying the breach occurred from March 20 to December 16 and affected only people who used their credit cards in the affected hotels’ restaurants and bars. The 14 hotels include Marriott, Radisson, Renaissance, Sheraton, Westin and Holiday Inn franchises around the country. Marriott said it will continue to monitor the situation. “We are working closely with the franchise management company as they investigate the matter,” spokesman Jeff Flaherty said. “Because the suspected breach did not impact any systems that Marriott owns or controls, we do not have additional information to provide.” White Lodging is just the latest American business to investigate a security breach. The hacking of Target’s systems could be the largest breach in U.S. retail history. It affected up to 110 million customers, including 40 million credit and debit cards and up to 70 million customers’ personal information. The retailer discovered the breach in mid-December, notified customers several days later, and launched an investigation with the help of a private security firm and law enforcement. Since Target’s disclosure, high-end retailer Neiman Marcus announced more than 1 million customer cards were compromised in a breach last summer. And last month, crafts retailer Michaels said its systems may have been breached. It isn’t immediately clear if these possible attacks are related. Security experts have warned it is likely other companies were targeted by the hackers who hit Target. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke about a federal investigation at a Senate hearing last week. “We are committed to working to find not only the perpetrators of these sorts of data breaches, but also any individuals and groups who exploit that data via credit card fraud,” Holder said. Via: cnn « Marriott Hotels Hit by Credit Card Breach Hackers Breach Book2Park, Barbecue Renew, EgoPay »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line180
__label__wiki	0.748105	0.748105	2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway Race Weekend Discussion Race Weekend Schedule & TV Listings (All Posted Times Local To Track): Entry Lists (Credit to Diecast Charv) 2019 Ultimate Tailgating 200 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (31 Drivers): https://diecastcharv.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/2019-atlanta-t-1.jpg 2019 Rinnai Tankless Water Heaters 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (37 Drivers): https://diecastcharv.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/2019-atlanta-x-1.jpg 2019 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway (37 Drivers): https://diecastcharv.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/2019-atlanta-1.jpg Full Race Replays/Highlights 2018 Active Pest Control 200 at Atlanta 2018 Rinnai Tankless Water Heaters 250 at Atlanta 2018 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 at Atlanta Reactions: BrendonH12 MENCS Hauler Parade (Atlanta Motor Speedway): https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=943178672708555 That Nostalgia Guy FansChoice.TV To Live Stream Entire Regional Series Schedule FansChoice.TV has quickly become the place for NASCAR fans to watch regional series and local NASCAR Whelen All-American Series action each weekend. That will increase exponentially this year. FansChoice.TV announced Friday that the streaming digital platform will air the entire NASCAR regional series schedule live in 2019. They will air the complete NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West schedules – including the two summer combination races — as well as the 17-race schedule for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. FansChoice.TV aired the season-opener for the K&N Pro Series East on Sunday, February 10 at New Smyrna Speedway — a race won by Derek Kraus. They also aired all nine nights of the 53rd annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna. Fans will be able to watch K&N Pro Series West drivers open their season on Thursday, February 28 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, before watching Whelen Modified Tour teams kick-off 2019 at South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach Speedway on March 16. The next time the K&N Pro Series East hits the track is at Bristol Motor Speedway on April 6. With events airing live, fans will have the opportunity to stay up-to-date with all of the action from the track, while also following behind the scenes content via NASCAR Home Tracks on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Fans can also get complete FansChoice.tv updates on their social channels: Twitter and Facebook. In addition to NASCAR, FansChoice.tv streams select IMSA content as well as American Flat Track. With the entirety of each schedule airing, fans can watch champions be crowned in all three divisions. The K&N Pro Series East season ends at Dover International Speedway on October 4, while the Whelen Modified Tour crowns their champion at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 13. The K&N Pro Series West returns to Arizona and ISM Raceway on Saturday, November 9 to crown their new title holder. RELATED: NASCAR & NBCSN Announces Regional Series Coverage NBCSN’s coverage will remain unchanged. They will cover a total of 37 races between the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and Whelen Modified Tour via a tape-delayed broadcast. NBCSN already aired the East opener at New Smyrna, and will air the opener for the West and the Whelen Modified Tour just days after the races conclude. The West opener at Las Vegas will air on NBCSN on Tuesday, March 5, at 6 p.m., while the Whelen Modified Tour opener airs on Thursday, March 21, at 6 p.m. Following the NBCSN airings, the regional races will be archived and available on FansChoice.tv. https://hometracks.nascar.com/2019/...962nezBVKSYgG16TWF3UsbuExS2nbZv9u-hAi1lqE7Q2Y KahneRacing945 3-Time USORL Rally Winner First year since 2016 I'm not going to Atlanta. Big sad Reactions: nascarfan9, mtblillie, ShadowKnight508 and 1 other person Sebastian Ruiz 6 Time SRD Pick'em race winner I'm hope this weekend race in Atlanta would be better, than last 2 years, when they're so boring. TheOutlaw1272 No, you're breathtaking. Watched the qualifying and it is very weird to not see anybody lift at the corners. Even if they did it was just barely. TheOutlaw1272 said: Which sucks. I don't know, maybe the racing will be good, but it kind of sucks with less driver input how fast a lap might be. Also, Stankhouse had his feelings hurt last week and won't help anyone who talks crap about him, which might be the entire garage: https://twitter.com/jeff_gluck/status/1099043457736282112 Dodgeman4345 Thunder98 said: That is AWESOME news! I cannot wait to finally be able to see these races live. ahspencer01 For painters, here's the Sam Bass a post decal being run this weekend Reactions: nascarfan9, starscream24, BrendonH12 and 3 others 4WideRacing I can't believe Stenhouse can be that childish Brandon Miller 4WideRacing said: Well he dated Danica so he learned from the best. BrendonH12 Lover of Jesus / SRD Pick'em Series Lt. Commish ahspencer01 said: Don't know if this is just for the JRM cars, but... Reactions: ShadowKnight508 and Brandon Miller BrendonH12 said: Could be, considering it's on the c post and not the a post. Maybe he's starting to feel the pressure from underperforming and also causing a few huge crashes at the superspeedway races and pissing almost everyone off. Part of the problem is, he never owns up to anything he does wrong AND he's just not that great. Probably in part because of how far off Roush has fallen recently, but I honestly couldn't see another competitive team picking him up if he ever leaves. Here's another shot of the blue and orange Sam Bass decal. Reactions: MWick4, BrendonH12 and ShadowKnight508 Heading out to the track now. Sun is out, wind is crazy! Going to be an awesome day! Reactions: ShadowKnight508 JeffJordan My name is no longer Jeff Jordan Brad Keselowski is the first driver to win in a Mustang since Bobby Allison in 1971 at Middle Georgia Raceway. Keselowski joins Austin Dillon and Kyle Busch in active drivers who have won the first race for a car model racing for the first time or coming off a hiatus. Matt Kenseth was the first driver to win in a Ford Fusion, back at Fontana in 2006. This is the 11th time Kyle Larson has led over 100 laps in a race, and Larson has only won one of those races - Fontana, back in 2017. Clint Bowyer has done this only six times in 286 more starts, but has won twice as many races as Larson. At 0.218 seconds, this was the closest finish at Atlanta since Carl Edwards won by half a car length over Jimmie Johnson in the 2005 spring race. This is the first race at Atlanta where somebody who isn't Kevin Harvick led the most laps since 2013. Kevin Harvick has led the most laps at Atlanta in every race since he joined SHR, until today. Jimmy John's sponsored him in all of those races. Reactions: puckhogg11, ShadowKnight508, EarnhardtFan and 3 others nascarfan9 Category 5 Punicane JeffJordan said: Jimmy John's sponsored him in all of those races. Well that's obviously the problem... he wasn't freaky fast this time, especially in the second half of the race. Reactions: TheOutlaw1272, BrendonH12 and mtblillie Keselowski2Wallace note to self, keep original picks and not replace them. Had Aric, replaced him with Bubba. Had Harvick, replaced him with Joey... ugh	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line183
__label__wiki	0.713812	0.713812	« The Infrequency of Bayesian Analyses in Non-Forensic Court Decisions Judicial Notice of Untruths » “Judges and other lawyers must learn how to deal with scientific evidence and inference.” Late last year, a panel of 7th Circuit reversed an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) who had upheld a citation and fine against Caterpillar Logistics, Inc. (Cat). The panel, in a wonderfully succinct, but meaty decision by Judge Easterbrook, wrote of the importance of judges’ and lawyers’ learning to deal with scientific and statistical evidence. Caterpillar Logistics, Inc. v. Perez, 737 F.3d 1117 (7th Cir. 2013) Pseudonymous MK, a worker in Cat’s packing department, developed epidcondylitis (tennis elbow). Id. at 1118. OSHA regulations require employers to report injuries “the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition”. 29 C.F.R. § 1904.5(a). MK’s work required her to remove items from containers and place items in shipping cartons. The work was repetitive, but MK acknowledged that the work involved little or no impact or force. Apparently, Cat gave some rather careful consideration to whether MK’s epidcondylitis was work related; it assembled a panel of three specialists in musculoskeletal disorders and two generalists to consider the matter. The panel, relying upon NIOSH and AMA guidelines, rejected MK’s claim of work relatedness. Both the NIOSH and the AMA guidelines conclude that repetitive motion in the absence of weight or impact does not cause epicondylitis. Id. MK called an expert witness, Dr. Robert Harrison, a clinical professor of medicine, at the University of California, San Francisco. Id. at 1118-1119. Harrison unequivocally attributed MK’s condition to her work at Cat, but he failed to explain why no one else in Cat’s packing department ever developed the condition. Id. at 1119. Harrison acknowledged that epidemiologic evidence could confirm his opinion, but he dismissed such evidence as being able to disconfirm his opinion. The ALJ echoed Dr. Harrison in holding epidemiologic evidence to be irrelevant: “none of these [other] people are [sic] MK. Similar to the concept of the ‘eggshell skull’ plaintiff in civil litigation, you take your workers as they are.” Id. at 1119-20, citing ALJ, at 2012 OSAHRC LEXIS 118 at *32. Judge Easterbrook found this attempt to disqualify any opposing evidence to lie beyond the pale: Id. (citing Jackson v. Pollion, 733 F.3d 786 (7th Cir. 2013). Judge Easterbrook called out the ALJ for misunderstanding the nature of epidemiology and the role of statistics, in the examination of causation of health outcomes that have a baseline incidence or prevalence in the population: “The way to test whether Harrison is correct is to look at data from thousands of workers in hundreds of workplaces—or at least to look at data about hundreds of worker-years in Caterpillar’s own workplace. Any given worker may have idiosyncratic susceptibility, though there’s no evidence that MK does. But the antecedent question is whether Harrison’s framework is sound, and short of new discoveries about human physiology only statistical analysis will reveal the answer. Any large sample of workers will contain people with idiosyncratic susceptibilities; the Law of Large Numbers ensures that their experience is accounted for. If studies of large numbers of workers show that the incidence of epicondylitis on jobs that entail repetitive motion but not force is no higher than for people who do not work in jobs requiring repetitive motion, then Harrison’s view has been refuted.” Id. at 1120. Judge Easterbrook acknowledged that Cat’s workplace evidence may have been a sample too small from which to draw a valid statistical inference, given the low base rate of epicondylitis in the general population. Dr. Harrison’s and the ALJ’s stubborn refusal, however, to consider any disconfirming evidence, obviating the need to consider sample size and statistical power issues. Finally, Judge Easterbrook chastised the ALJ for dismissing Cat’s experience as irrelevant because many other employers will not have sufficient workforces or record keeping to offer similar evidence. In Judge Easterbrook’s words: “This is irrational. If the camera in a police car captures the events of a highspeed chase, the judiciary would not ignore that video just because other police cars lack cameras; likewise, if the police record an interrogation, courts will consider that information rather than wait for the day when all interrogations are recorded.” Id. This decision illustrates why some commentators at places such as the Center for Progressive Reform get their knickers in a knot over the prospect of applying the strictures of Rule 702 to agency fact finding; they know it will make a difference. As for the “idiosyncratic gambit,” this argument is made all too frequently in tort cases, with similar lack of predicate. Plaintiffs claim that there may be a genetic or epigenetic susceptibility in a very small subset of the population, and that epidemiologic studies may miss this small, sequestered risk. Right, and the light in the refrigerator may stay on when you close the door. Prove it! This entry was posted on Saturday, March 1st, 2014 at 12:51 pm and is filed under Causation, statistical evidence. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed. Web Development by eMaak © Nathan A. Schachtman, Esq., P.C., and Nathan A. Schachtman, all written content. Disclaimer Contact 325 E. 79th Street, Ste. 16-D nathan@schachtmanlaw.com 212.600.4912	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line185
__label__wiki	0.913653	0.913653	Beauvillier, Islanders rally past Flyers for shootout win NHL Headlines At least 2 more Hurricanes' games off MacKinnon reaches 500 points in Avs win Crosby's OT goal lifts Pens over Caps Ryan 1st Wing to 4 goals in 1st 3 games Hughes' 3-point 2nd period powers Devils Panthers top 'Hawks on Vatrano's OT goal Jets rally from 2 down to top Sens in OT NHL pulls microchipped 'tracking' pucks Avs send Cole to Wild for Pateryn (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) PHILADELPHIA (AP) The New York Islanders have played almost flawless hockey for over a month. On Saturday night, they had a perfect response in the third period to keep their dominant run going. Anthony Beauvillier scored twice during New York's three-goal, third-period rally, and the Islanders beat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in a shootout. Beauvillier and Mathew Barzal combined to erase a 3-0 deficit in the final 13 minutes of regulation, and Jordan Eberle and Barzal scored in the shootout. "We just wanted to make something happen," said Beauvillier, who has scored four goals in the last two games and six on the season. "The good bounces came our way and we picked up a good win." The Islanders are on a 13-0-1 roll that's vaulted them into second place in the Metropolitan Division behind Washington. It's New York's longest stretch without a regulation loss since a 15-game run in 1982. "I don't know what it is with this group, but we just knew we were going to be in the fight till the end," Barzal said. "That is what we did tonight." "The great thing about this group is they realize that they have to put the work in to get the results," Islanders coach Barry Trotz said. "Because of that, we are getting some results. It's easy to pat yourself on the back, we've gotten points in a number of games. It's hard to do in this league, but we don't really concern ourselves about that." After getting stymied by goaltender Brian Elliott for most of the evening, the Islanders broke through when Beauvillier took advantage of the Flyers' sloppy line change before beating Elliott. Barzal slammed one past Elliott on a power play with 6:22 left, and Beauvillier got his fourth goal in two games with 2:04 left. "It's a good bounce, one of those bounces where you're just happy to have when they come," Beauvillier said. Thomas Greiss stopped 28 shots and turned away Sean Couturier and Claude Giroux in the shootout to earn his seventh straight win. "I'm definitely feeling good about my game, just try to battle every night and the guys played late tonight especially the second or so period and found a way to win the game," Greiss said. On the flip side, the Flyers appeared to suffer the effects of playing on back-to-back nights, falling flat in the third period. Barzal's goal came as a result of a bench minor for too many men on the ice. The Islanders were able to take aim at Elliott through the back half of the game as Philadelphia struggled to get its defensemen in the right spot. "You have to close out games," Elliott said. "The little plays - getting the puck out when you can, allowing guys to change, just keeping fresh bodies on the ice and not getting stuck out there. We spent a little too much time doing that. We will look at it and I'm sure we will find some other things, too." Couturier got the game's first goal on a wrist shot that deflected off defenseman Nick Leddy's stick in the first period. Ivan Provorov scored on a power play with 24 seconds left in the first. He one-timed Couturier's feed for his fourth goal of the season. Oskar Lindblom added his ninth of the season midway through the second period. NOTES: Philadelphia has posted points in eight of nine games. A seven-game points streak for the Flyers was snapped with a 2-1 loss at Ottawa Friday. ... The Flyers are 6-1-3 at home. ... Saturday night was the first time in six games the Flyers scored more than two goals in regulation, dating to a 4-1 win over Carolina on Nov. 5. ... Greiss entered leading the NHL in save percentage (.942) and had allowed more than two goals only once in nine starts. His 1.88 goals against average was second behind Arizona's Darcy Kuemper. Flyers: Starts a two-game road trip Tuesday night at Florida. Islanders: Plays at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line187
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__label__wiki	0.537855	0.537855	Donny Gluckstein Halting the conveyor belt of hate Donny Gluckstein analyses the relationship between nationalism, which helps convince workers to defend the “national interest”, the racism which flows from that idea of an us and them defined by nation, and full-blown fascism, which abandons the notion of democratic consent altogether. We are daily buffeted by a bewildering mass of bad news stories on the racism front. The most bizarre example to date is Trump, the most powerful person in the world, retweeting the grotesque videos of Britain First, a tiny fascist grouping whose only claim to fame is that the murderer of Jo Cox MP shouted its name as he attacked her. To make sense of such events it helps to clearly understand what nationalism, racism and fascism are, how they are connected, and how they interact. Read more about Halting the conveyor belt of hate FE: not just a one day wonder Penny Gower Further Education lecturers in Scotland won a stunning victory in March after just one day of planned all-out strike action. Lecturers' union activists Donny Gluckstein and Penny Gower draw out the lessons we can all learn from their methods of organising. In October 2014 the Further Education Lecturers’ Association (FELA), a semi-autonomous section of the EIS teachers’ union in Scotland, called for national bargaining to bring equal pay to the level of the highest paid college. In March 2016 strike action began and after just one day these demands were won, along with a pay rise for all and no deduction for striking. By 2019 wages will have risen by 11 percent on average, with the lowest paid lecturers seeing an increase of at least 33 percent. We need to learn the lessons. Read more about FE: not just a one day wonder The fog machine of war Hilary Benn's much lauded speech for war on Syria needs to be challenged, not just for promoting imperialism, but for using anti-fascist rhetoric to sow confusion on the left. Hilary Benn proclaimed, “We are faced by fascists — not just their calculated brutality, but their belief that they are superior to every single one of us… They hold our democracy — the means by which we will make our decision tonight — in contempt.” He continued, “they need to be defeated. It is why, as we have heard tonight, socialists, trade unionists and others joined the International Brigade in the 1930s to fight against Franco. It is why this entire House stood up against Hitler and Mussolini. It is why our party [has] always been defined by our internationalism.” Read more about The fog machine of war The Left Side of History The Left Side of History: World War II and the Unfulfilled Promise of Communism in Eastern Europe is a moving book, though initially it appears composed of disparate elements that do not comprise a whole. There is the story of Frank Thompson, brother of historian EP Thompson. A Communist and British army officer, Frank was parachuted into Bulgaria and died as a partisan fighting its pro-Axis government. Read more about The Left Side of History How about a life in politics? Donny Gluckstein asks what the relationship is between “politics”, the state and radical social change, looking at reformist and revolutionary strategies as well as the rejection of it all in the form of anti-politics. The foundations of mainstream politics are crumbling and the results are both exhilarating and troubling. Alongside the recent election victory of Syriza, and with Podemos topping Spanish polls, there is the frightening growth of the far-right in many European countries. Read more about How about a life in politics? Learnt lessons The April edition of Socialist Review reported on a dispute by lecturers in the EIS union at Edinburgh College. A bullying management, led by an intransigent principal, wanted a major increase in class contact hours that would cost jobs and increase already chronic levels of stress. Through an all-out unlimited strike we won a pay increase of 7 percent for most, 22 percent for the lowest paid, plus a reduction in workload. Your readers might like to know what has happened since. Read more about Learnt lessons 4 August: The great betrayal The decision by mass socialist parties in the Second International to support the war cast a long shadow over the continent. The enormous coverage given to the centenary of the First World War does occasionally recognise the tragedy of the conflict and the horrendous loss of life it engendered. Recent imperialist wars have been so disastrous that treating the First World War with unashamed jingoism would not be convincing. Read more about 4 August: The great betrayal Anatomy of a strike victory The current spate of local disputes provides a glimpse of the potential for a fightback. Donny Gluckstein reports on the successful strike at Edinburgh College. The strike of further education lecturers at Edinburgh College has been described as "a classic example of how to conduct a strike" by the executive of the EIS, the Scottish education union. The bare outlines of what happened make impressive reading. Read more about Anatomy of a strike victory Final Solutions by Sabby Sagall Published by Pluto, £22.99 The conventional view of genocide is that such events are the product of pure evil, or of the collective insanity of individuals or entire peoples. Sabby Sagall's Final Solutions: Human Nature, Capitalism and Genocide is an ambitious book which challenges this simplistic approach. It looks at four examples of genocide (native Americans, Armenians, the Jews and Rwandan Tutsis) and seeks to explain them in a novel way. Read more about Final Solutions by Sabby Sagall Lessons of defeat: German communists and the rise of Hitler Eighty years ago Hitler came to power, crushing the strongest workers' movement in the world. Donny Gluckstein, author of A People's History of the Second World War, looks at the fatal mistakes the German left made in response to the rise of Nazis and draws lessons for today This year, 2013, marks a tragic anniversary. It is 80 years since Hitler established his dictatorship over Germany. On 27 February 1933, shortly after his appointment as chancellor, the parliament (Reichstag) burned down in a fire which was probably started by the Nazis. This was the excuse needed to ban the Communist Party and begin mass repression. On 22 March the first concentration camp opened at Dachau near Munich. The German Revolution Counter-revolution Communist Party Stalinism Read more about Lessons of defeat: German communists and the rise of Hitler	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line192
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__label__wiki	0.966567	0.966567	Australia, Colombia, DRC / Congo, France, Georgia, Ghana, India, Peru, Russia, Scotland, Taiwan, Tamil Nadu, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, West Bengal 16 in 2016: Sixteen global elections to watch in 2016 December 31, 2015 Kevin Lees 2 Comments (123rf.com) Of the most important elections in 2015, it’s a safe bet to argue that three of them took place in Greece: the January parliamentary elections, one insane roller-coaster of a referendum in July and another snap parliamentary vote again in September. So what is the world to do in 2016, when no one expects Greeks to return to the polls? (Though, Athens being Athens, it’s impossible to rule the possibility out.) Fear not. The new year will bring with it a fresh schedule of exciting elections on all seven continents, including in the United States, which after a marathon pair of primary campaigns, will finally choose the country’s 45th president in November 2016. But following American politics only begins to scratch the surface. At least two world leaders in 2016 will put ballot questions to voters that could make or break their careers (and legacies). New governments could emerge from elections in Taiwan, the Philippines, Morocco, Georgia, Peru, Jamaica, Ghana, Zambia and Australia. Former president Nicolas Sarkozy will either advance or flame out in his bid for a French political comeback in 2016. Semi-autocratic leaders in Russia, Uganda, Congo and Vietnam will seek endorsements from their voters while hoping that the veneer of elections doesn’t unleash popular protest. An opaque series of votes in Iran could determine the country’s future Supreme Leader. A mayoral election in London (and regional elections outside England) could reshuffle British politics with an even more important vote on the horizon in 2017. One very special election could change the international agenda of world peace and global security altogether. Without further ado, here is Suffragio‘s guide to the top 16 elections to watch in 2016. After a short break in the new year, your attention should turn to the South China Sea… Continue reading 16 in 2016: Sixteen global elections to watch in 2016 → australiacolombiacongoDRCFrancegeorgiaghanaindiairanperuphilippinesrussiascotlandtaiwantamil naduugandaunUnited Kingdomunited nationsUnited Stateswest bengal Haiti’s postponed elections mar troubled Martelly administration December 29, 2015 Kevin Lees Leave a comment It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Nearly five years ago, when Haitians elected political newcomer Michel Martelly, a well-known compas singer also known to Haitians as ‘Sweet Micky,’ there was every expectation that a new government, backed by massive amounts of international aid and a renewed commitment to transcend the devastating January 2010 earthquake’s destruction, might finally end Haiti’s cycle of poverty, corruption and dependence. Instead, nearing the sixth anniversary of that earthquake, tens of thousands of Haitians are still displaced after Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, was leveled. A standoff with Haiti’s congress ultimately delayed 2012 legislative elections for years, forcing Martelly to spend the last year in office governing without a valid legislature in a state of quasi-permanent constitutional crisis. Elections on August 9 and October 25 were supposed to fix that by electing both houses of the Parlement Haïtien (Haitian Parliament) and the October election was set to select Martelly’s successor. The October voting initially seemed to go well, and the first reports gave no signs of massive fraud or political violence, both of which have marred elections in recent years. But as it became clear that the December 27 runoff would feature Martelly’s preferred candidate, Jovenel Moïse, and 2010 contender Jude Célestin, a former minister with close ties to Martelly’s predecessor, René Préval, many of the remaining candidates cried fraud. With protests on the rise, the Haitian government announced last week that it was postponing the December 27 runoff indefinitely pending the report of a five-person electoral commission, hastily appointed by Haitian prime minister Evans Paul last week. Jean-Charles Moïse, running as something of a newcomer and a fierce critic of the Martelly administration, placed third, and he and Célestin have railed against the government’s allegedly fraud, along with many of the other candidates (54 in total) who failed to make the runoff. Even the initially sanguine reports of international observers gave way to gloomier verdicts about the October vote’s integrity: Not only were voting procedures inconsistently applied at poorly designed polling stations, the report notes, but the widespread use of observer and political party accreditation led to people voting multiple times and potentially accounts for as much as 60 percent of the 1.5 million votes cast. Martelly’s administration, however, has little time to investigate and find any conclusions about fraud. Per the terms of the Haitian constitution, Martelly must hand over power to his elected successor on February 7, which means that, according to Paul, the last safe date to hold the runoff is on January 17. Continue reading Haiti’s postponed elections mar troubled Martelly administration → aristidecelestinduvalierearthquakeevans paulfanmi lavalashaitihaitian tet kale partyjean-charles moisejovenel moisemartellyprevalwyclef jean Garibashvili’s resignation in Georgia a reboot for ruling ‘Dream’ coalition Prime minister Irakli Garibashvili abruptly resigned days before Christmas, amid deepening troubles for the Georgian Dream coalition. (Facebook) Though the disparate groups who hold power today in Tbilisi rode to power three years ago as the ‘Georgian Dream’ coalition, life for them is quickly devolving into something more like a nightmare. With fresh elections due in October 2016, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili resigned abruptly on December 23 after just over two years in office (and at the ripe old age of 33). The political crisis has left Georgia, including both the government’s supporters and detractors, stunned. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, foreign minister only since September 2015 and, formerly, the minister of economy and sustainable development, became Georgia’s new prime minister-designate on Christmas Day. Like Garibashvili, he’s a political unknown with longtime ties to Ivanishvili, formerly the head of the Ivanishvili-owned Cartu Bank. Before ascending to power, Garibashvili was a longtime employee of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire who financed the Georgian Dream (ქართული ოცნება) coalition, united mostly by its opposition to the policies and anti-Russian orientation of Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili. Garibashvili rose quickly in the new order after the Georgian Dream coalition won the 2012 parliamentary elections. While Ivanishvili himself held the premiership between October 2012 and November 2013, it was Garibashvili, by then a trusted Ivanishvili adviser, who took the pivotal role of minister for internal affairs. In that position, barely out of his twenties, Garibashvili was tasked with ‘reforming’ the Georgian police forces, though he spent more time throwing several former Saakashvili era officials in prison. When Ivanishvili decided to step aside from frontline politics, no one believed that he was necessarily ceding control of Georgia’s new government, and Garibashvili never truly shook the impression that he was really just a puppet serving at Ivanishvili’s pleasure. That impression will be even harder to shake now, with tongues wagging that it was Ivanishvili who ordered Garibashvili’s resignation. The Garibashvili government’s failures in the aftermath of devastating flash floods in June 2015 were amplified when many animals from Georgia’s national zoo escaped onto the streets of Tbilisi. (Beso Gulashvili / Reuters) It isn’t an outrageous leap to believe that Ivanishvili is still calling the shots in Georgia’s government, nor is it unrealistic that he is eager to shake up Georgian politics, above all to protect his return on investment as fresh elections beckon. Garibashvili never had much of a political power base independent of Ivanishvili. Moreover, he often clashed with Giorgi Margvelashvili, Gerogia’s president, who easily won the October 2013 presidential election (to what is now a mostly ceremonial office, thanks to reforms in the last year of the Saakashvili era that transferred power from the presidency to the parliament). Margvelashvili, formerly a little-known academic and former education and science minister, owes his position, like Garibashvili, mostly to Ivanishvili and his bankroll, though he is nominally an independent and he has demonstrated his willingness to disagree with Ivanishvili publicly from time to time. It’s no surprise to anyone that the Garibashvili-led government has struggled for the past two years. The economic expansion of the Saakashvili years, with its technocratic zeal for improving infrastructure and attracting foreign development, are now a long-faded memory. Inflation is up, GDP growth is stagnant by the standard recent trends (now expected to be less than 3% and far below the 5% prediction earlier this year) and Georgia’s currency, the lari, is down — by nearly 40%, compared to the US dollar in the last 15 months. Garibashvili’s government has lurched between the rhetoric of reform and a far more unfocused reality, given the varied perspectives among the nationalists, socialists and liberals that comprise the many parties that comprise the Georgian Dream coalition. His government is also tainted with the appearance of incompetence. Flash flooding in June 2015 caused a devastating humanitarian crisis in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, but it also wiped out the national zoo, killing many animals and letting many others escape, leading to surreal photos throughout the international media of a hippopotamus (among other beasts) stomping through city streets. Continue reading Garibashvili’s resignation in Georgia a reboot for ruling ‘Dream’ coalition → alasaniaassociation agreementfree democratsgaribashviligeorgiageorgian dreamivanishvilikvirikashvilirussiasaakashviliukraineUNM 2015 World Elections Calendar Here are 15 world elections to watch in 2015. Please click here for the 2013 calendar of world elections. January 4: Uzbekistan — parliamentary (2nd round) January 8: Sri Lanka — presidential January 11: Croatia — presidential (runoff) January 20: Zambia — presidential January 25: Greece — parliamentary January 25: Comoros — parliamentary (1st round) January 31: Queensland (Australia) — state legislative February 7: Delhi Capital Territory — legislative assembly February 7: Slovakia — referendum on same-sex marriage February 14: Nigeria — presidential and parliamentary [postponed to March 28] February 15: Hamburg (Germany) — state parliamentary February 16: Saint Kitts and Nevis — parliamentary February 22: Comoros — parliamentary (2nd round) February 28: Nigeria — gubernatorial and state assembly February 28: Tajikistan — parliamentary February 28: Lesotho — parliamentary February 28: Yemen — presidential and parliamentary February: Iran — Assembly of Experts election March 1: Estonia — parliamentary March 1: Andorra — parliamentary March 3: Micronesia — parliamentary March 3: Pakistan — senatorial (indirect) March 17: Israel — parliamentary March 19: Tuvalu — parliamentary March 22: Sweden — parliamentary March 22: Gagauzia (Moldova) — gubernatorial (first round) March 22: Andalusia (Spain) — regional parliamentary March 22-23: Egypt — parliamentary (first phase) March 28: New South Wales (Australia) — state legislative March 28: Nigeria — presidential and parliamentary March 29: Uzbekistan — presidential March 29: Madeira (Portugal) — regional March 29: Bolivia — gubernatorial April 5: Gagauzia (Moldova) — gubernatorial (second round) April 11: Nigeria — gubernatorial and state assembly April 12: Japan — gubernatorial (several states) April 13-15: Sudan — presidential and parliamentary April 19: Finland — parliamentary April 19: Northern Cyprus — presidential April 25: Togo — presidential April 25: Anguilla — parliamentary April 26: Kazakhstan — presidential April 26: Benin — parliamentary April 26-27: Egypt — parliamentary (second phase) April: Micronesia — presidential (indirect) May 3: Nagorno-Karabakh — parliamentary May 5: Alberta (Canada) — parliamentary May 7: United Kingdom — parliamentary May 7: Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election May 10: Bremen (Germany) — state parliamentary May 10: Poland — presidential May 11: Guyana — parliamentary May 13-15: Parti Québécois leadership election May 22: Ireland — referendum on same-sex marriage May 24: Ethiopia — parliamentary and regional May 24: Poland — presidential (runoff) May 24: Spain — municipal May 24: Spain — 13 regional parliamentary May 25: Suriname — parliamentary May 26: Netherlands — senatorial May 26: Burundi — parliamentary May 31 – June 1: Campania, Liguria, Marche, Puglia, Tuscany, Umbria and Veneto (Italy) — regional June 7: Mexico — parliamentary (midterms) and gubernatorial June 7: Turkey — parliamentary June 14: Santa Fe (Argentina) — gubernatorial June 18: Denmark — parliamentary June 21: Mendoza (Argentina) — gubernatorial June 26: Burundi — presidential (1st round) June 26: Somaliland — presidential and parliamentary elections June 29: Burundi — parliamentary July 9: South Sudan — presidential and parliamentary July 5: Buenos Aires (Argentina) — gubernatorial (1st round) July 5: Greece — referendum July 15: Burundi — presidential (1st round) July 16: United Kingdom — Liberal Democrats leadership election ends July 19: Buenos Aires (Argentina) — gubernatorial (runoff) July 21: Burundi — presidential [rescheduled] August 9: Argentina — presidential primaries August 9: Haiti — parliamentary August 14: United Kingdom — Labour Party leadership election voting begins August 17: Sri Lanka — parliamentary August: Cordoba (Argentina) — gubernatorial September 1: Faroe Islands (Denmark) — parliamentary September 6: Guatemala — presidential and parliamentary September 7: Trinidad and Tobago — parliamentary September 11: Singapore — parliamentary September 12: United Kingdom — Labour Party leadership election results announced 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parliamentary (first round) Three choices for new, fractured Spanish political landscape Pablo Iglesias, a founder and leading spokesperson for the Podemos movement, has cause to be delighted with Sunday’s result. (Twitter) As predicted, Spain’s messy general election resulted in no clear winner, and none of its two largest parties could claim a majority in the lower house of Spain’s parliament. What’s more, though two upstart parties upended the political status quo that’s existed for nearly 40 years in Spain, neither did so well that they can form a government — or even serve as a kingmaker for one of the two established parties. While the conservative Partido Popular (PP, the People’s Party) emerged with the largest share of the vote, prime minister Mariano Rajoy has plenty of reason to despair. Much of the party’s support comes from older voters in the Spanish countryside, and the PP benefited from an electoral system that delivers slightly more seats to parties with support outside Spain’s urban centers. Nevertheless, he has lost his absolute majority, dropped 64 seats and, worst of all for Rajoy, there’s no clear or easy path to a governing majority. Though Spain’s economy has stabilized under the past four years of PP rule, unemployment remains staggeringly high (21.2%). The party’s leader since 2004, Rajoy might ultimately be pushed aside during coalition talks for a younger or more charismatic leader, like deputy prime minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría. RELATED: Spain readies for historic four-way election on December 20 RELATED: Can Felipe VI do for federalism what Juan Carlos did for democracy? Meanwhile, the center-left Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party) suffered its worst defeat since the transition to democracy in the late 1970s. Its new leader, Pedro Sánchez, a moderate economist, simply could not convince voters to look beyond long-simmering corruption scandals (which, by the way, also plague Rajoy’s party) and the record of the prior PSOE government, which took the first steps toward the path of austerity measures in the aftermath of the 2009-10 eurozone debt crisis. Indeed, the PSOE just barely outpolled Podemos, an anti-austerity alternative that burst onto the Spanish political scene in 2014, embracing the anti-establishment protests of the ‘indignados’ movement. Despite leading polls earlier this year, Podemos crashed as fears grew that it would cause the kind of economic pandemonium that plagued Greece after the election of the far-left SYRIZA this year. Its leading spokesperson, Pablo Iglesias, began to moderate his movement’s rhetoric, and rallied to a strong third-place finish. The center-right liberal Ciudadanos (‘C’s,’ Citizens), a federalist, economically liberal party founded in Catalonia in 2007, made the leap from regional politics to national politics, but its leader Albert Rivera must be disappointed that it failed to steal more voters from Rajoy. With another handful of seats going to various pro-independence Catalan parties, as well as Basque and Galician regional parties, the net result is that no one has enough seats in the 350-member Congreso de los Diputados (Congress of Deputies), the lower house of Spain’s legislature, the Cortes Generales (General Courts). Notably, Rajoy maintained the PP’s majority, however reduced, in the far less powerful upper house, the Senado (Senate), which can be overruled on most matters (i.e., not ‘organic laws’ that deal with constitutional matters, civil rights and federalism) by majority vote of the Chamber of Deputies. Voters elected 208 senators on Sunday as well (an additional 58 senators are appointed by regional assemblies). Two sets of statistics are worth considering. First, the traditional major parties (the PP and PSOE) won just 50.7% of the vote in aggregate, compared to 83.8% in the 2008 election and 73.4% in the 2011 election. Obviously, that means Spain is entering a new era where coalition politics are more important. That’s not entirely unprecedented — when José María Aznar won 156 seats after the 1996 elections, he had to work with Catalan, Basque and Canarian nationalists to form a stable government. But the success of Podemos and Ciudadanos has transformed Spain’s politics from a two-party matter to a multiparty affair. Secondly, among the four major parties to emerge from the 2015 election, it’s staggering just how evenly divided the Spanish left and right are. Together, the PP and Ciudadanos won 42.65% of the vote and the PSOE and Podemos won 42.67%. Spain’s electorate, in the broadest sense, delivered neither a mandate to a sharp left turn or a sharp right turn. What Spain now faces is a difficult choice of among three different paths, all of which carry their own risks and challenges. Spain’s new young king, Felipe VI, will also take a more hands-on role in the coalition formation process than his father, Juan Carlos I, ever did. The good news for Spain is that the three options each mirror paths taken by three of its fellow European Union member-states in the last three years: Germany 2013: a ‘grand coalition’ between the two established parties; Portugal 2015: a fragile coalition government that brings together all of the parties and movements of the left; and Greece 2012: deadlocked coalition talks lead to fresh elections. To the extent that Spain is entering a new coalition-based era of its parliamentary politics, a reshaped Spanish political landscape might transcend 20th century fractures and the transition to democracy that’s dominated Spanish political life for a half-century. Continue reading Three choices for new, fractured Spanish political landscape → albert riveraantonio costaausterityaznarcataloniacatalunyaciudadanosEuropean Uniongaliciagermanygreeceindignadospablo iglesiaspartido popularpasokpedro sanchezpodemospopular partyportugalPPPSOErajoyriverasaenz de santamariaspainspanish socialist workers' partysusana diaz Slovenia’s same-sex marriage rejection shows the dark side of referenda Over 60% of the Irish electorate endorsed same-sex marriage in Ireland six months ago, giving European LGBT activists a cause to celebrate. A country with a conservative and highly Catholic pedigree showed that it could also be progressive, and the overwhelming victory was a triumph that gave the fight for marriage equality in the European Union a boost of momentum. Back in June, however, despite the euphoria, I argued that it’s not necessarily a great precedent to put fundamental human and civil rights matters up to a vote, especially when it comes to matters where a majority of voters can ‘gang up’ against an unpopular minority. Instead, it’s far better to leave fundamental matters that deal with core rights to courts instead. Of course, it’s true that Ireland’s governing framework requires a popular referendum on all constitutional matters (which explains why Ireland essentially votes on every EU treaty change). Still, every victory at the ballot box for marriage equality, and the embrace of the LGBT community of such popular victories, enhances the credibility of all such referenda, giving far more credibility to even those votes where same-sex marriage fails. RELATED: After Irish vote, what next for same-sex marriage in Europe? Invariably, in eastern Europe, where the outlook for LGBT rights remain far less sanguine, the Slovenian electorate has now delivered a strong verdict against marriage quality, overturning a legislative definition of marriage by a margin of 63.53% to 36.47%. Slovenia’s vote has its genesis in legislation passed by its national assembly in March, defining marriage as a union of two people, not specifically between a man and a woman. Opponents of the law forced a referendum, overriding an attempt by legislators to block a vote and prompting a ruling from Slovenia’s constitutional court that essentially stripped the national assembly of the power to declare a referendum unconstitutional. Polls throughout the year showed a far closer margin between the two camps, with some polls actually giving supporters of the law a lead. Continue reading Slovenia’s same-sex marriage rejection shows the dark side of referenda → borut pahorbratusekLGBT rightsmarriage equalitymiro cerarmodern centre partysame-sex marriagesloveniaSNC And the most important election of 2016 will be… In one of 2016’s more whimsical votes, New Zealanders will choose whether to change its flag to this design, featuring both the silver fern and the Southern Cross constellation. (Kyle Lockwood) Though there’s a delightful array of global elections coming in 2016, the most important will most certainly not be New Zealand’s final referendum on changing its flag. Nevertheless, it might well be the most fun. For the past month, New Zealand’s voters have been asked to choose from among five options (narrowed down from a larger finalist field of 40 designs) in a postal-based referendum that began on November 20 and ended on December 11. Less than 50% of eligible voters took part in the voting. RELATED: Will New Zealand get a new flag later this year? RELATED: Four finalists emerge in New Zealand flag referendum The winner, by a very narrow margin, was a one of three designs to feature the silver fern, a symbol that, increasingly since the end of the 19th century, has become associated with New Zealand — on its coins and its coat of arms, on the logo of its national football team. The silver fern, cyathea dealbata, is a species endemic to New Zealand. The ubiquity of the silver fern in three of the original four finalists drew so much criticism from anti-fern proponents that the flag panel actually added a fifth design, a stylized ‘red peak’ to the list of choices (though like the other two designs, it polled far behind in single digits). Continue reading And the most important election of 2016 will be… → flag referendumjohn keyjust for funnew zealandsilver fern Spain readies for historic, four-way election on December 20 Spain’s new young king, Felipe VI, may ultimately shape his country’s future from the Palacio Real if the unprecedented four-way race leaves no party with a majority after December 20. Five days before the Christmas holiday, Spanish voters will go to the polls to choose a new government in an election that’s being hailed as the country’s most important since 1982. Indeed, voter turnout may well exceed the 80% levels not seen since 1982, when Spain had only just emerged from its Francoist dictatorship and was four years away from joining the European Economic Community, the predecessor to today’s European Union. Moreover, it will also be the first general election to take place under Felipe VI, whose father Juan Carlos I abdicated in June 2014 after guiding the country’s transition to democracy in the mid-1970s. But what makes the December 20 election so unique is that economic crisis has shattered Spain’s stable two-party electoral tradition, leaving a four-way free-for-all that could force unwieldy coalitions or a minority government at a time when the country has only just started its economic recovery. Distrust in both major parties, moreover, has opened the way for a popular far-left movement at the national level and greater discord at the regional level, most notably in Catalonia, where support for the independence movement is growing. No matter who wins power in the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, the next Spanish government will face difficult decisions about GDP growth, lingering unemployment, and federalism and possible constitutional change. For decades, Spanish elections were essentially, at the national level, a fight between the conservative Partido Popular (PP, the People’s Party) and the center-left Partido Socialista Obrero Español (PSOE, Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party). In the most recent 2011 election, the PP won 186 seats in the 350-member Congreso de los Diputados (Congress of Deputies), the Spanish parliament’s lower house, while the PSOE won 110 seats. Both parties can point to massive successes over the past three decades. Under longtime PSOE prime minister Felipe González, Spain consolidated its liberal democracy and benefited greatly from closer economic and financial ties to Europe, while Barcelona’s emergence as the host of the 1992 Summer Olympics catapulted it into a world-class city. Under conservative prime minister José María Aznar, Spain joined the core of western European countries as a founding member of the eurozone in 2002 and developed widening security ties with the United States. When the PSOE returned to power in 2004 under José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the government enacted same-sex marriage in 2005 and later negotiated a peaceful ceasefire with the paramilitary Basque nationalist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA). The pain in Spain Widespread anti-austerity protests, spearheaded by the ‘indignados’ movements mobilized even before the previous elections in 2011. (El País / Carlos Rosillo) But the global financial crisis of 2008-09 and subsequent eurozone crisis of 2010 knocked Spain off its pedestal. Not unlike Florida, Nevada and parts of California in the United States, property values in Spain fell as rapidly as they once climbed, and an economy driven by construction and easy credit sputtered to near-depression levels of contraction. Despite running a more parsimonious fiscal policy in the 2000s than even Germany, Zapatero’s government soon found its expenses far exceeding revenues, and his government engaged in a series of tax increases and spending cuts. The Spanish electorate ousted Zapatero in December 2011, ushering the People’s Party back to power under Mariano Rajoy, whose main goal was to prevent Spain from needing to seek an emergency bailout. Despite some scares over the Spanish banking system in 2012, Rajoy succeeded in keeping Spain bailout-free, but at the cost of ever greater spending cuts and tax hikes. The Rajoy government’s tough fiscal medicine, to some degree, has worked. Yields on Spanish 10-year debt have steadily fallen from a high of over 7.2% in July 2012 to less than 1.8% today. For a country without economic expansion since 2008, the Spanish economy returned to fragile growth in 2014, and it maintained growth throughout 2015 — notching 1% growth in the second quarter of this year and 0.8% in the third. But voters are not enthusiastic about the prospects of reelecting Rajoy, a leader who never quite managed to win over Spanish hearts. Spain’s unemployment rate today is still 21.2%, a drop from the record-high 26.9% level recorded in early 2013. But that’s still a far higher jobless rate than anywhere else in the European Union (with the exception of Greece). In the 2008 election, before the bottom fell out of the Spanish economy, the two major parties together won 83.8% of the vote. By 2011, that percentage fell to 73.4%. If polls are correct, that percentage could fall below 50% on Sunday, as both the PP and the PSOE struggle against the surging popularity of the anti-austerity Podemos (‘We can’) on the left and the liberal, federalist Ciudadanos (C’s, Citizens) on the right. If the election were held today, the PP would win around 110 seats, the PSOE around 90, and Podemos and Ciudadanos would each win around 60, leaving none of them with a clear majority. The uncertainty of the four-way race has both energized the electorate (in a manner reminiscent to those first early elections in the post-dictatorship era) and enhanced the chances of post-election uncertainty that both Greece and Portugal have endured this year. Continue reading Spain readies for historic, four-way election on December 20 → abortionalbert riveraausterityaznarbailoutcataloniacatalunyachaconciudadanosETAEuropean Unionfelipe gonzalezfelipe VIgaliciagarzongreeceindignadosIUizquierda unidaluis de guindosmadinapablo iglesiaspartido popularpedro sanchezpodemospopular partyportugalPPPSOErajoyriverarubalcabaruiz-galladronspainspanish socialist workers' partysusana diazsyrizatsiprasunited leftvenezuelaZapatero The French far-right’s star is a not-quite-openly gay man The Front national’s vice president, Florian Philippot, is a not-quite-openly gay man at the heart of a socially conservative, anti-immigrant far-right party that previously had little use for France’s LGBT community. With both the mainstream left and right teaming up to defeat the far-right Front national‘s two most outspoken leaders in Sunday’s second (and final) round of regional elections, party president Marine Le Pen, in France’s far northern region, and her niece, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, in France’s southeast, it was never likely that anyone from the Le Pen family tree would have won control of any of France’s regional councils. Indeed, after the Parti socialiste (PS, Socialist Party) universally withdrew from the two (of six) regions where the Front national (FN, National Front) led after the December 6 first-round results, it made a second-round victory of either Le Pen very unlikely. Socialist unity fell short in three northeastern regions, where the Front national came far closer to winning: In Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, the Socialists maintained their hold on the region, but only narrowly — with 34.7% to 32.9% for the center-right Républicains (Republicans) to 32.4% for the Front national. In Centre-Val de Loire, again, the Socialists won 35.4% to 34.6% for the Republicans and 30.0% for the Front national. But it was Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine where the Front national‘s chances of picking up a region were deemed strongest. The new region cobbles together three very different smaller regions, much to the disdain of the wealthier Alsatians, lumped into a ‘super region’ with the poorer, industrial Lorraine. (And indeed, the Front national did most poorly within the districts of the former region of Alsace, picking up larger margins in Lorraine). Florian Philippot, one of the FN’s brightest rising stars, won the first round with 36.1% to the center-right’s 25.8%. In the second round, however, Philippot still won just 36.1% while the center-right consolidated its support (and a wide swath of the center-left and those in the electorate who didn’t bother to vote in the first round) to a whopping 48.4%, easily taking the region. The surge in turnout among moderate voters in opposition to the Front national‘s first-round success stopped Philippot — as it did the party’s other candidates on Sunday. Still, without that shift, and a generous shift of left-wing voters to the Républicains, Philippot today might be the only Front national figure leading one of France’s 13 councils. In contrast to the party’s self-cultivated status as an outside force with disdain for the French political elite, the 34-year-old Philippot is a graduate of the École nationale d’administration, as elite an institution as exists in France today. Since July 2012, he has been the Front national’s vice president, in charge of strategy and communication. But he’s really been the chief strategist to Marine Le Pen as she’s worked for the detoxification — or dédiabolisation — of her party, so much so that one of Le Pen’s former foreign policy advisers, Aymeric Chauprade, an MEP, left the party arguing that Philippot had created a ‘Stalinist’ environment among the party’s top guard. There’s just one problem. For a party with a historical ambivalence to France’s gays and lesbians, Philippot is a not-quite-openly gay man. Continue reading The French far-right’s star is a not-quite-openly gay man → alsacechenudédiabolisationFNFrancefront nationalLGBT rightsmarine le penmarion marechal-le penmarriage equalitynational frontPSrepublicainssame-sex marriageSarkozysocialist party Why Saudi Arabia’s ‘landmark’ council elections are a joke An Arabian woman takes part in municipal elections in Jeddah. (Getty) For the increasingly beleaguered Saudi royal family, it’s been a tough year. Headlines have highlighted misbehaving princes, struggles over Saudi succession, the wisdom of Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen, a 20-year record in the number of the country’s executions (including the beheading of political critics and poets), the death of over 700 religious pilgrims during the Hajj in a stampede just outside Mecca and shifting US alliances in the region. In perhaps the cruelest indignity of them all, businessman and Republican presidential contender Donald Trump slammed as ‘dopey’ Al-Waleed Bin Talal, an influential Saudi prince who runs many of the kingdom’s business and investment interests, last week on Twitter. But for one weekend, at least, Saudi Arabia was in the news with fluffy headlines about historic municipal elections that allowed women, for the first time in Saudi history, to vote and to run for office, complete with photos (like the one above) that show a purportedly modernizing country where women are now enjoying the right to vote amid a loosening of other gender-based restrictions. Don’t buy the hype. Women only sparingly cast ballots in an election for only two-thirds of the members of essentially powerless municipal councils in a country that remains one of the most authoritarian regimes in the world, where an absolute monarchy, in tandem with Wahhabi clerics, have restricted the rights of women to a degree virtually unknown across the globe in the 21st century. Continue reading Why Saudi Arabia’s ‘landmark’ council elections are a joke → authoritarianismhajjhouse of saudmohammad bin nayefmohammad bin salmansalmansalman bin abdulazizsaudi arabiasaudi successionulemawahhabismwomen's rightsyemen Venezuela’s opposition supermajority must prioritize recalling Maduro Henrique Capriles (right) and Leopoldo López (left) campaigned together in the 2013 presidential election. I write Friday for The National Interest a follow-up post on Venezuela’s legislative elections. With the unexpected results, which not only gave the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD, Democratic Unity Roundtable) a victory, but a two-thirds supermajority in Venezuela’s National Assembly, a critical blow to the ruling chavista government of Nicolás Maduro. I make the case that the MUD must prioritize a recall referendum that could remove Maduro from office early in 2016: In a “normal” democracy, it would not be atypical for a divided government to emerge, in the same way that Republicans today control the legislative branch and Democrats control the executive branch in the United States. Gridlock might come to dominate Venezuelan governance, it’s true. But Maduro, who lacks a powerful presidential veto, would be forced to accept the MUD coalition’s policy prescriptions to get the economy back on track, however painful the compromises for both sides. Yet neither Maduro nor the chavista high guard has shown the slightest bit of respect for the democratic process. Though Chávez came to power — and stayed in power — on the strength of a bona fide popular and democratic mandate, his government and Maduro’s government have gone out of their way to make a mockery of democratic norms. They have diverted government funds, including the country’s dwindling oil revenues, to nakedly political purposes for so long that it’s difficult to know where chavismo ends and Venezuela’s government begins. They’ve imprisoned opposition leaders like Leopoldo López and former Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma without due process on charges that even López’s prosecutor (speaking safely from exile in Miami) admits were politically motivated. Chavistas have dominated the Venezuelan media so thoroughly that it’s hard to speak of any real press freedom; in 2015, it had the worst record in South America, according to Reporters Without Borders. The outgoing head of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, has bullied and harassed the opposition at every step, is reported to have ties to drug traffickers and other criminal elements, and shows no sign of accepting the docile role of loyal opposition leader. The list goes on and on (and Rory Carroll’s excellent 2013 book, Comandante: Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela, exhaustively catalogs the abuses, both petty and serious). Though there was once a democratic basis for chavismo’s legitimacy, its unique record since 1998 demonstrates that it simply cannot be trusted to execute the new National Assembly’s laws in good faith. In crisis mode, with the worst performing economy in the world, Venezuela simply cannot wait until the scheduled 2018 presidential election to turn the page on chavismo. Though there is some risk of ‘overreach’ in calling a recall referendum, and though a snap presidential election could create real tensions within the MUD coalition, I also argue that the far greater risk is failing to learn the lessons of chavismo and the risk of a divided government wholly unable to meet the critical task of rebuilding Venezuela’s economy in the next three years. cabellocaprileschavismodemocratic unity roundtablelopezMUDPSUVvenezuela Why the future of the LGBT rights fight is international — in 20 tweets December 9, 2015 Kevin Lees Leave a comment Though I wasn’t able to join The Atlantic‘s conference this week on the future of the LGBT civil rights fight, I took to Twitter earlier today to make that case that the future of the LGBT rights fights is largely international in character. Without prejudice to the ongoing fights, legal and political, across the United States, I would argue the LGBT outlook should be much more global in 2015 — and as we look to the future and the kind of world we want to see in 2025 for both LGBT rights and human rights more generally. Continue reading Why the future of the LGBT rights fight is international — in 20 tweets → anwar ibrahimaustraliagermanyHIV/AIDShondurasindiaItalyjamaicalgbtLGBT rightsmalaysiamarriage equalitynorthern irelandobamapepfarpropaganda lawrussiasame-sex marriagesame-sex referendumsection 377senyonjothe atlanticuganda Why French regional elections don’t really matter December 8, 2015 Kevin Lees 1 Comment Front national leader Marine Le Pen (left) and niece Marion Maréchal-Le Pen (right) hope to win in both France’s north and south on Dec. 13. In France’s previous two regional elections, in 2004 and 2010, the center-left Parti socialiste (PS, Socialist Party) easily won nearly all of the country’s 22 regions. That was typical for France’s regional elections, which typically tilt against the party in power nationally, and the Socialists were very much out of power in both years. In the most recent March 2010 elections, the Socialists (together with its allies) won fully 21 of the 22 regions in metropolitan France. Alsace, on France’s border with Germany, supporting then-president Nicolas Sarkozy’s center-right instead. What a difference five years can make. Today, the Socialists are in power, though president François Hollande and prime minister Manuel Valls have some of the lowest approval ratings in the history of France’s Fifth Republic. Despite a solidarity bump in support following last month’s terrorist attacks in Paris, that did not carry over into support for the Socialists in Sunday’s regional elections. Instead, the far-right, anti-immigration Front national (FN, National Front) of Marine Le Pen emerged with the largest share of the vote, leading in six of France’s 13 metropolitan regions after the first round on December 6. The far-right Front National leads in six regions after last Sunday’s first-round voting. (AFP) When minor parties are eliminated for the second round on December 13, however, it’s entirely possible that the Socialists and Sarkozy’s rechristened Gaullist center-right Les Républicains will split so much of the vote that the Front national wins control of one or more regions in the country. The far-right’s success is historically significant, because it’s by far the most support that either Le Pen (or her father, the former Front leader) has won in a national French election. RELATED: Marine Le Pen is still a longshot to win France’s presidency in 2017 Marine Le Pen has gradually tried to detoxify her party’s anti-Semitic roots (in part by banishing Jean-Marie Le Pen, the party’s founder and her own father from the party earlier this year). With doubts about the European Union’s economic and security leadership and a French populace that’s lived through two jihadist attacks since January, Le Pen’s ‘fortress France’ approach to politics has brought it into the French political mainstream. In additional to the Front‘s traditional supporters, Marine Le Pen has made some inroads with young voters, who are suffering from massive unemployment as a group, and from disillusioned leftists in France’s industrial northeast, who are angry with Hollande’s failure to improve the French economy. While last Sunday marked a very impressive performance for France’s far right, it’s hardly a sign that Le Pen’s Front is necessarily in position to win the 2017 presidential election — or even that the Front is now a permanent third force in French politics. For at least three reasons, it’s worth taking a deep breath before drawing any broader conclusions from the result of the first-round results. The Front may lead in six regions for now, but it certainly will not wind up controlling six regional councils, and there’s a chance that it may fail to win power in even a single region after next Sunday’s second-round voting. Continue reading Why French regional elections don’t really matter → Francefront nationalHollandejean-marie le penjuppele drainLe Penles republicainsmarine le penmarion marechal-le pennord-pas de calais-picardiephilippotprovence-alpes-cote d'azurregional electionsSarkozysocialist partyvalls France, Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), Russia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Nations ‘Coalition of the frenemies’ is bombing Syria for all the wrong reasons The aftermath of an American strike in Syria’s Idlib province last September. (Abdalghne Karoof / Reuters) Call it the ‘coalition of the frenemies.’ With British prime minister David Cameron’s victory in the House of Commons last week, fully four of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus NATO member Turkey and several regional allies, will now be engaged in the fight against ISIS (ISIL/Islamic State/Daesh) in eastern Syria. Following last week’s fatal shooting in San Bernardino, California, by two jihadist sympathizers, US president Barack Obama reassured the United States in a rare Sunday night prime-time address that his administration will continue its intensified airstrikes against ISIS in eastern Syria, increasingly targeting the oil tankers controlled by ISIS that fund its jihadist mission. Cameron’s team, including foreign minister Philip Hammond, argued that a force of 70,000 ‘moderate’ Syrian forces would be willing and ready to take on the ISIS threat in the event of a coordinated allied campaign to deploy sustained airstrikes against ISIS, both reducing the terrorist threat to Europeans at home and establishing the conditions for peace abroad (and the Obama administration has more or less echoed this sentiment). That seems optimistic, however, given that ‘radical’ rebels, like ISIS and the al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra quickly overpowered ‘moderate’ rebels like the Free Syrian Army throughout 2012 and 2013. In reality, there’s no bright line among anti-Assad Sunnis in Syria. Although Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is Alawite, 75% of Syria’s pre-war population was Sunni, which means there’s a lot of room for variation. Nevertheless, after more than a year of U.S. airstrikes, moderate Syrians (whether 70,000 or 7,000) and Kurdish peshmerga forces have not effectively dislodged ISIS, particularly outside traditionally Kurdish areas of Iraq and Syria. Though U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is still boosting peace talks in Vienna in early 2016, neither the Assad government nor the anti-Assad rebels have indicated they will join those talks. What’s more, it’s not even clear who would ‘represent’ the anti-Assad rebels, who are fighting as much against each other as they are against Assad. Even as countries from four continents are running air campaigns in Syria, they are acting in far from a coordinated manner. Tensions are already rising after Turkey downed a Russian military jet late last month, despite repeated warnings that the jet was infringing Russian airspace. Imagine how tense the situation could become if a Russian jet attacks an American one in the increasingly crowded Syrian skies. None of the actors, including Russia or the United States, has any clear strategic plan for an endgame in Syria. Russia still can’t articulate a credible scenario where Assad rules a united postwar Syria, and the United States still can’t articulate a credible scenario where Sunni and Shiite factions can work together to govern Syria — or even Iraq, for that matter. The descent of the world’s major powers upon Syria was accelerating even before jihadist terrorists left 130 innocent civilians dead in Paris, and the manner in which Syria has now become a proxy war for so many other regional and global actors is starting to resemble the domino trail of alliances and diplomatic errors that began World War I. It’s irresponsible to argue that the world is plunging into World War III, but the escalations in Syria reflects the same kind of destructive slippery slope that began with the assassination of the heir of a fading empire by a nationalist in what was then a provincial backwater. Continue reading ‘Coalition of the frenemies’ is bombing Syria for all the wrong reasons → AKPassadCameronCDUcharlie hebdocorbyndaesherdoganFrancehammondHDPhezbollahHollandeiraniraqISILISISislamic statejihadistkerrykurdlebanonmarine le penobamaparispeshmergaputinrussiaSarkozyseehofersyriaturkeyukraineUnited Kingdom No matter who wins, Sunday’s elections will not be chavismo’s last stand Despite a late surge in the election campaign, socialist president Nicolás Maduro still faces a major defeat in this weekend’s elections for Venezuela’s National Assembly. In a set of free and fair elections, it would not be difficult to predict that Venezuela’s long-suffering opposition would win a wide majority in December 6’s legislative elections; for many Venezuelans, despite marked disadvantages, the question is not whether the opposition will win, but by how much. That doesn’t mean the anti-chavista coalition Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (MUD, Democratic Unity Roundtable) is anywhere near taking real power in Venezuela. No matter what happens, on December 7, Venezuelans will still wake up to president Nicolás Maduro, the oft-ridiculed successor to the late Hugo Chávez. Maduro only narrowly won the presidency in April 2013, following Chávez’s death, and Venezuela’s economy, already in dire trouble two years ago, has failed dramatically ever since. What’s more, short of a massive supermajority, Venezuela will be gridlocked for the next three years when the next presidential election will held, at a time when its economy has reached crisis-level proportions of failure. Dependence on oil revenues meant that even before global oil prices plummeted, Venezuelans were facing shortages of basic products, from food to medical supplies to toilet paper, and inevitable scenes of government-mandated rationing. Massive inflation, in tandem with an unofficially depreciating currency, has inflicted even greater economic pain for a country dependent on foreign imports, at least for those without access to US dollars. The economy is expected to contract by as much as 10% in a single year, making Venezuela’s the worst-performing in the world in 2015. Earlier this spring, conditions were so bad that chavista supporters took to throwing mangoes at Maduro at political events in desperate search of basic necessities. Maduro, meanwhile, has campaigned hard on Chávez’s memory and fear tactics that the opposition will reverse the government’s many social welfare programs. Voters will be choosing all 167 members of the Asamblea Nacional (National Assembly), where the chavistas currently hold 99 seats, while the opposition coalition holds just 64. Yet few observers believe that the Partido Socialista Unido de Venezuela (PSUV, United Socialist Party of Venezuela), the chavista party that for 16 years has governed the country in a way that’s blurred the line between political and governance activity, can win a majority in the elections. Datanálisis, one of Venezuela’s most respected polls, pitted the opposition coalition’s support at over 63%, with just 28% support for the chavistas in an October poll. Over at Caracas Chronicles, Francisco Toro argues that, for the first time in years, the December 6 elections represent the re-introduction of ‘politics’ to Venezuelan life. But for a country where chavismo has now become so entrenched in its government and commerce, no one knows for sure exactly what the MUD’s margin of victory might be and how many seats it will ultimately procure. Under the dual voting system, most members are elected in single-seat districts, while 30% are elected by closed-list proportional representation. Rural areas, where the poorest voters support Maduro and chavismo more strongly for the generous social welfare programs introduced since 1999, are over-represented, as compared to urban areas, where the opposition’s support is strongest. A simply majority will give the opposition less power than a three-fifths majority or a two-thirds majority, with which the MUD could even forced a recall referendum against Maduro. Continue reading No matter who wins, Sunday’s elections will not be chavismo’s last stand → cabellochavezchavismochavistaCOPEIdemocratic unityeconomic crisisinflationleopoldo lopezlucenamaduroMUDPDVSApopular willPSUVvenezuela	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line205
__label__cc	0.59855	0.40145	Palace warned vs SoVFA push as Aussie military faces abuse probe 06/27/2012 Palace warned vs SoVFA push as Aussie military faces abuse probe Malacaang should be cautious in pushing the immediate ratification by the Senate of the proposed Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SoVFA) with Australia amid news reports on record of numerous cases of physical and sexual abuse of minors, supposedly committed by members of the Australian armed forces. An article that came out in the New York Times last June 15 said Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard raised the possibility of a high-level public inquiry or convening a royal commission, a major investigative body occasionally used by some countries of the Commonwealth, to investigate sensitive public issues. The matter has come to the attention of Senators Gregorio Honasan and Joker Arroyo and both urged the Executive department to exercise caution before having the SoVFA rushed for plenary approval..... MORE	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line207
__label__cc	0.591453	0.408547	KAAA FM 97.5 and KZZZ FM 94.1 All Talk From A to Z Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Sebastian Gorka YOUR CUSTOMERS ARE OUR LISTENERS FACT: A majority of visitors to the Laughlin area come from Arizona and California. FACT: When at home, a majority of these listeners are talk radio devotees. Listening to their daily talk show personalities is a daily ritual.We get emails and texts from locals as well as consistent visitors to the area from all over the United States. FACT: Away from home, these listeners scan the radio dial and actively search printed material to locate their favorite programming for their daily "fix" of talk radio. Conclusion: Delivering the same talk radio personalities that these visitors listen to at home gives us a built-in audience. Talk radio gets the visitors and vacationers as well as a large portion of the 150,000+ population in the Tri-State area. IT'S THE TALK OF THE TOWN. By broadcasting the biggest names in talk radio from two separate stations and taking advantage of their adjacent coverage areas, we are now able to offer the Tri-State’s only 24 hour talk radio network. Common ownership by Cameron Broadcasting has made it possible to join together the forces of KAAA and KZZZ to form All Talk From A to Z, now on FM at KAAA 97.5 FM and KZZZ 94.1 FM. From Searchlight to Needles, from Kingman to Laughlin, from Bullhead to Topock, you’ll never be more than a push of a button away from the All Talk Network. Glenn Beck headlines weekday mornings for 3 hours.. In addition to names like Rush Limbaugh, Dan Patrick, Mike Gallagher, George Noory, Kim Komando, Bill Handel, and more, you’ll be kept up-to-speed on the day’s latest events with our award-winning local news and world news provided by Fox News. We also have daily local news and weather from our nationally awarded News Director, Tammy Trujillo. It’s the Tri-State’s ONLY talk and information network and.....everyone is listening! It’s not only the talk of the town, it’s the talk of the Tri-State area. If you would like more information about advertising on our Talk Network, please call Mike Fletcher, General Sales Manager at (928) 279-8997. All of our shows can be sponsored or you can plan a spot schedule. So, if you're wondering what the Talk Network can do for you, just call us today! Download the Talk A to Z Media Kit Home \| About Us \| Program Schedule \| Hosts \| News \| Advertising \| Contest Rules \| Copyright & Trademark Notice \| Employment Opportunities \| Public EEO Reports FCC Public Inspection Files: KAAA KZZZ TalkAtoZ.com © 2021 Cameron Broadcasting, Inc.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line209
__label__cc	0.590866	0.409134	RE: Other NFL News All Forums >> [The Minnesota Vikings] >> Vikes Talk >> RE: Other NFL News Page: << < prev 69 70 71 72 [73] RE: Other NFL News - 12/19/2020 11:39:54 AM ORIGINAL: Ricky J Ha ha! I thought I was going to be listening to Bill Plaschke for a minute there - I'm surprised I lasted long enough to figure out it was you, Brad. I did learn one valuable thing: I can now pronounce your last name correctly Good for you - keep having fun Hoisflamer? What's so hard about that? SoMnFan ORIGINAL: Brad H If you really want something fun to watch, check this show out. About a minute in they put my sorry-ass in the trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXRJL52ZD8 Looks outstanding Congrats Brad Coach is one of a kind there it looks like Work like a Captain. Play like a Pirate. RE: Other NFL News - 12/19/2020 1:06:46 PM Brad H ORIGINAL: SoMnFan It's actually a really good show. All five seasons are entertaining. Best seasons are 1-3-5. < Message edited by Brad H -- 12/23/2020 6:29:44 AM > Defense starts at the corners! RE: Other NFL News - 1/16/2021 8:18:00 AM Status: online Count me in the minority here, but I think the Rams could upset the Packers today. Bill Jandro Status: offline Ramsey is more than capable of shutting down Adams. If healthy, Donald will terrorize Rodgers. Rams scoring enough points is the only problem. Oline...early and often this draft ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro Ramsey is more than capable of shutting down Adams. The Rams can have a good running attack at times and the Packer defense is less than mediocre. Goff is a disaster. They need to take the game out of his hands. Agreed. They cannot afford to fall behind. Geoff was bad before he broke his thumb. RE: Other NFL News - 1/16/2021 11:12:07 AM IMO, one of the worst 2-3 quarterbacks in the league. One of the very few with a more obscene contract than Cousins. RE: Other NFL News - 1/16/2021 1:35:03 PM Status: offline The Rams ran the ball well in the playoffs the last few years. I liked their chances for an upset, if there were strong wins or more precipitation. But it doesn't look like that, with the weather reports. If it just looks like the weather is bad, but it's actually mild, then the Rams could get fooled into thinking they can win the game the way the Vikings did, with running the ball. The Packers then key on the run, and play loose on offense. If the Packers play loose on offense, they'll spread the ball out more, and then the Rams will get behind early, and be in trouble. SKOL to the BOWL !!! Bill Johanesen ORIGINAL: marty The Rams ran the ball well in the playoffs the last few years. I liked their chances for an upset, if there were strong wins or more precipitation. But it doesn't look like that, with the weather reports. Look who conveniently popped in. Packer fan boy! Count me in the minority here, but I think the Rams could upset the Packers today. A lot of people are thinking they COULD. Status: offline The Rams are hurting and the Packers had an extra week to nurse their injuries. Huge advantage for the Packers. Then there is the weather. Still, they have to play the game and the Rams do have the better defense. Defense does win championships. The betting money, I heard, is heavy on the side of the Packers. I guess you could say that's the prevailing wisdom. Of course ALL of us here will be rooting for the Rams. I would be shocked if there was one poster here rooting for the Packers. "You're betraying your whole life if you don't say what you think--and you don't say it honestly and bluntly." --Charles Krauthammer Status: offline The betting money, I heard, is heavy on the side of the Packers. You probably heard wrong considering the spread opened at -7.5 pack and is now -6.5. From: Las Vegas Status: online How hard is it to get kicked out of the NFL? SEATTLE -- Seahawks wide receiver Josh Gordon has been suspended indefinitely again after the NFL rescinded his conditional reinstatement. An NFL spokesperson told ESPN that the decision stems from Gordon violating terms of his conditional reinstatement under the league's substance-abuse policy. No other details were provided from the league. ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reported last month that Gordon, 29, had another setback in his recovery from substance abuse as he was nearing his return to the field after a yearlong suspension. A source told Fowler at the time that Gordon was grappling with the reality that he might never be allowed to play in the NFL again as indications throughout the process of his reinstatement from that suspension were that this was probably his final strike. The league suspended Gordon indefinitely in December 2019 for violations of its policies on substances of abuse and performance-enhancing substances. That was Gordon's sixth suspension since the 2013 season and his fifth for some form of substance abuse, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. bohumm From: Altadena, CA ORIGINAL: David Levine How hard is it to get kicked out of the NFL? Not long ago, after multiple suspensions, many in here wanted to trade a first-rounder for him.... I feel for the guy, because his life is unmanageable at this point. A definitive disposition from the NFL might just save his life. joejitsu From: 60411 Wow. I know how hard it is for an addict to get straightened out. You have to admit to yourself that booze/drugs are the master of your life, and you want to take control of your life again. He hasn't reached that point yet. Forget football and get your life situated first. that's the most important thing you have.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line210
__label__cc	0.610974	0.389026	Posts tagged "Charmane Star" Written by Tina Hawthorne Directed by Eric Lacey Videos of me? Having sex? On the internet??? Open relationship couples boning left and right while documenting every frame get into trouble when the tapes go missing and the accusations fly. Mainline Releasing drops another Cinemax softcore flick with Sex Tapes, a provocative title while the actual plot is far more dramatic than sensational. Sex Tapes is another Tina Hawthorne script (who has by far become my favorite softcore script writer, even her wide misses are interesting!), you can expect a lot of talking and relationship issues to come to the surface. As characters stress over the missing sex tapes and their own relationship issues, the arguments get personal and circular, so a lot of the recap portion is just summarizing the arguments. But much of the talking feels real, like you would overhear at a coffeeshop while couples are arguing. Unfortunately, it sometimes feels a bit too real, while other sections are a bit too staged. This all combines with a lack of resolution that makes Sex Tapes disappointing, but an interesting disappointing. My Sex Tape themed microbrew will bring the beer blogging community to its knees! Sam and Lisa seem to have the perfect open relationship, they love each other and have gobs of money and are ringleaders and hosts to the other swinging couples. But things aren’t what they seem. Sam is in a secret affair with Alexis, a violation of the trust rules. Lisa suspects something is going on, but doesn’t have proof. Sam is very controlling, his video documentation of all the sex action is part of his need to be in charge of everything, including recording and editing things to perfection. It’s also why he feels he can cheat on Lisa, because Sam can do whatever he wants to do. Carrie and Tyler argue constantly and have clear trust issues, which is odd because they’re also in open relationship which requires trust. But their fights never last long and always end in them making up. There is also a hint of Carrie having poor self image, which might explain some of the problems. Tyler is more sedentary, spending long portions of the film just sitting on the couch. His passiveness seems like it would cause Tyler to get upset about his lack of action, but that isn’t even discussed. Alexis and Brent have the most damaged relationship in that their goals are completely opposite. Brent is becoming more important in his law firm and realizes the days of having sex on camera needs to stop. Alexis has no intentions of stopping, nor of stopping her affair with Sam. Brent is unaware of the affair, and seemingly unaware that Alexis has even had sex with anyone else, describing their participation as just watching others have sex while they as a couple have sex. Brent is no saint, he does cheat on Alexis before he has confirmation that she is cheating on him. But the fact his wife disappears for long periods with Sam should be a tip off even the blindest man would get. With these three couples, the damage is already there, and when tapes go missing and all the secrets and lies get exposed in the open, it is not a pretty sight. Good thing there are Sex Tapes that recorded everything! These sex tapes are BETA! Sam (Jason Sarcinelli) – Intercourse recording aficionado, control freak, and ringleader of a group sex club. Sam and his girl Lisa have an open relationship, but Sam’s arrogance and need to control leads to trouble. Jason Sarcinelli is also in Sexy Assassins and Species III Lisa (Angela Nicholas as Angela Davies) – Sam’s loving partner who becomes increasingly suspicious that Sam is having an affair, bolstered by Alexis constantly sniping at her. Angela Davies also appears in Emmanuelle the Private Collection: Sex Talk Carrie (Chanel Preston) – Tyler’s partner who switches from arguing with Tyler to making up with him. Suffers from self-estem issues. Chanel Preston has starred in many films such as Rezervoir Doggs Tyler (Sean Juergens) – Carrie’s partner and couch devotee. Looks like Jon Favreau and says “dude” a lot. Sean Juergens also appears in Insatiable Obsession and Emmanuelle 2000: Emmanuelle in Paradise Alexis (Charmane Star) – Brent’s wife and Sam’s lover. Really hates Lisa because she has Sam, and doesn’t seem to like her own husband at all. Charmane Star also appears in Sexual Quest Brent (Dennis Harkins) – Lawyer who is getting increasingly nervous about all the sex tape things going on while his career is set to take off. Also unaware his wife is cheating on him. Dennis Harkins has either not acted in anything ever, or he’s using an alias. David (Mitchell Steinberg) – Local security guard of the gated community Sam and Carrie live in. Of course he’s the guy who ends up with all the tapes… Virgin Vaginas lives! Posted by Tars Tarkas - September 11, 2013 at 8:28 am Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Angela Davies, Chanel Preston, Charmane Star, Dennis Harkins, Eric Lacey, Jason Sarcinelli, Mainline Releasing, Mitchell Steinberg, Sean Juergens, softcore, Tina Hawthorne Sexual Quest Written by Who Knows? No one is credited Directed by Austin Brooks You cashed out our 401k’s to buy WHAT???! One thing you don’t see at all in softcore films are minority men. While the women may be every color under the sun (though black women are far less common), the men are almost always white, and the leads are always white. Not only does Sexual Quest break the mold, but it does it in the most smashing way by having an Asian male as the lead. And beyond that, an Asian male in a stable relationship with an Asian female who has multiple sex scenes. I can literally count on two fingers the amount of Asian males I’ve seen in softcore flicks in sex scenes (and both of them were villains with a lone sex scene!) Asian males get the short shift in general in media when it comes to sexuality, so it is good to see that they are making strides into all areas, even if it is one film at a time. Who says I have a drinking problem?? Beyond the breaking ground of casting, Sexual Quest isn’t even written to be progressive racially. It’s just a normal couple film, the couple just happens to be Asian. The couple Jamie and Adam are normal people in a normal relationship, and they have normal feelings and emotions. They act like a real couple, with interactions involving spats and those little arguments you have from time to time. The naturalistic dialogue isn’t improvised (which is painfully obvious from time to time), which makes the lack of a credited writer upsetting. Sexual Quest is a great couple’s flick, the couple in the film cares for each other and their feelings, and work together to make their marriage work. As much fun as it is to watch the softcores involving alien chicks collecting milk jugs full of sperm for their home planet, sometimes it’s good to watch a film that can appeal to a larger demographic. And it gives enough sex scenes that even those who are watching for just one thing late at night on Cinemax won’t have to wait long for the action to start. Sexual Quest is a journey. Yes, a sexual journey, but not one where people just start having sex with anything that crosses their path. This is a journey of a couple, as they work to explore their relationship and both expand their areas sexual experience and discovery while still respecting the boundaries of the other member of the couple. They work as a team, doing things that is slightly outside their comfort zones to try to please the other person. Often, they find they like the new experiences, but even as this couple has a lot of sex, they aren’t total freaks or anything. They could be any random couple. The vanilla background makes the quest more believable, and makes the eventual conclusion on what their fantasies lead too all the more real. These Cosmo sex tips are just a list of menu items from Denny’s! Jamie (Charmane Star) – Wife of Adam who helps come up with the idea of the sexual bucket list in order to spice up their sex life. Charmane Star is an adult actress that you may have seen in Wicked Fourgy of Whorror, Baby Doll Lesbian Orgies, or Operation Just Cooze. Adam (James Kwong) – Jamie’s husband and co-conspirator of the sexual bucket list. James Kwong does nightclub work. Kerry (Ann Marie Rios) – Kerry is Jamie’s friend who is going through relationship problems as her boyfriend is busy having sex with other women. You may have seen Ann Marie Rios in such fine adult fare as Lesbian Halfway House, Pretty Prisoners of Chloro Conspiracies, or Battle of the Hogtied Maids Grant (Duane Carter) – Adam’s friend who becomes a tag-along on the fantasy list so he can live vicariously through his married friend. Isn’t it usually the opposite in these films? Mike (Dean Black) – Bartender, lover, husband…Mike wears many hats, even though he doesn’t wear a hat in the actual film. Married to Cheryl, but the marriage is more open than arms in a Creed song. Cheryl (Victoria White) – Blonde woman who is married to Mike, but has sex with many people who aren’t Mike, as their relationship is open. That’s about the extent of her personality. Adult actress Victoria White is also in the fine films This Ain’t Hollywood Squares XXX, Sexy! Naked!, Bound!, and Naked Tickle Passion. Distort-o-arms! Posted by Tars Tarkas - October 25, 2012 at 12:25 am Categories: Movie Reviews, Ugly Tags: Ann Marie Rios, Austin Brooks, Charmane Star, Dean Black, Duane Carter, Jack Ketchmark, James Kwong, softcore, Victoria White	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line213
__label__wiki	0.637742	0.637742	தமிழ் வெப்சைட் Senior / Women / Children Home » Lead News » India is interfering in Sri Lankas internal affairs: Nalin de Silva India is interfering in Sri Lanka's internal affairs: Nalin de Silva 'Canada & UK are aiding & abetting racial divisions by propagating an imaginary genocide that has never happened' 👤 Srimathi Sridharan13 Jan 2021 3:00 PM GMT Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to Myanmar Professor Nalin de Silva has accused India of interfering in Sri Lanka's internal affairs. He questioned whether India was providing the coronavirus vaccine to Sri Lanka in return for the full implementation of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which was enacted by India in the late 1980s. Canada and the United Kingdom are aiding and abetting racial divisions by propagating an imaginary genocide that has never happened. Nalin de Silva also pleaded that India's demands for the 13th Amendment should not be accommodated in exchange for corona vaccines. Economy & Social Issues © 2017 - 2018 Copyright . All Rights reserved. Designed by Hocalwire	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line221
__label__wiki	0.526736	0.526736	The Briefly – Your Daily NYC News Digest Local, concise, convenient. Delivered daily. @TheBrieflyNYC on Twitter @TheBrieflyNYC on IG Tag: Manitoba’s The Briefly for July 1, 2019 – The “If You’re Going to Use Cocaine, Use It With Someone Else” Edition Lots of photos from this weekend’s marches, the best hot dogs, the Guggenheim’s staff unionizes, and more in today’s daily NYC news digest. For the week of July 4, subway service disruptions are reduced, but that doesn’t mean zero. (Subway Weekender) A look at the weather ahead: There’s a chance of rain later in the week, which potentially isn’t great for firework revelers. (amNY) A focus on the 14 cyclists who died in crashes in the first half of 2019. The last two, Robyn Hightman, 20, and Ernest Askew 57, died last week. (Patch) If you’re on the Coney Island Boardwalk in the future and you see “‘Rusty’ Kanokogi Way,” know it’s in honor of the mother of women’s judo. Kanokogi, born Rena Glickman, got her start with a haircut, taped down breasts and winning a championship match while disguised as a man. She was found out to be a woman, but that wouldn’t stop her. The community board voted to honor her by renaming a part of the Boardwalk in her honor. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) “If you’re going to use cocaine, use it with someone else.” Real advice from the commissioner from the Department of Health. In an effort to fight opioid overdoses, the DOH has is visiting bars to provide Naloxone kits. The worry isn’t that someone can’t handle their cocaine, but that it’s laced with fentanyl. Doing cocaine in pairs is to ensure someone can call 911. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle) One of the original copies of the Declaration of Independence is in New York this week, on display at the New York Public Library for you Nic Cage types. (6qsft) The city is rejecting Title X funding as a result of an abortion gag rule put in place by the Trump administration. Under the new rule, any facility that provides abortions is ineligible for funding under the new rule, and the city has no plans on allowing that to happen. (amNY) Manitoba’s, the East Village punk rock bar, is closed. While the reason is unknown, it seems like the bar simply ran out of money. (@handsomedickmanitoba) ThriveNYC, in an attempt to justify its continued existence, has decided that measurable outcomes are finally worthwhile. The program, spearheaded by the mayor’s wife, has already spent over half a billion dollars with nearly another billion committed to it and it wasn’t until the city council asked to see results that the ball started rolling on metrics. (Gotham Gazette) While Tiffany Cabán has been accepted as the de facto winner of the Queens DA election, the results aren’t certified with only 98.58% of the votes counted and thousands of absentee and paper ballots to be checked. Cabán’s lead is 1,090 votes as of Monday morning. (Sunnyside Post) MAGA hat-wearing jackass Willie Ames was convicted of a hate crime for yelling slurs about Mexicans while pushing a man onto the subway tracks in April. (Gothamist) Workers at the Guggenheim voted to unionize, joining the same union that represents workers at MoMA PS1. They join workers at BAM and the New Museum in unionizing in a movement across the city focused on cultural organizations. (NY Times) Is there anything a greater threat to our way of life than a nipple on social media? Eva Mueller was one of 125 nude protesters in Astor Place earlier this month, working towards the liberation of the human body in her art. Banned multiple times from social media, Mueller doesn’t plan on stopping her fight against what she sees as censorship. (Bushwick Daily) Real estate brokers have, unsurprisingly, protested the city council’s cap on their fees. You’d protest too. (Gothamist) This week’s high score for health department code violation points is 150. For reference, 28 points will earn you a C. Here’s this week’s restaurants ordered closed by the Department of Health. (Patch) Today’s the start of the 14th St busway, but it’s not. A NY Supreme Court judge blocked the Third-to-Ninth Ave busway as a result of a lawsuit from residents of the West Village, Chelsea, and the Flatiron District. (Curbed) The city’s schools will allow students to officially change their gender but in the spirit of never completely solving a problem, there will only be two gender options, leaving students who don’t identify as male or female in the cold. (Patch) Say hello to some real trash designs. Two new prototypes for garbage cans across the city have been revealed as a part of the BetterBin competition. (Gothamist) Today’s freak shows are similar to the shows of a century ago in name only. Meet the freaks of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow. (Patch) Photos from the Pride March. (NY Times) No, lots of photos from the Pride March. (BrooklynVegan) There were an estimated 150k marchers, so “a lot” of photos doesn’t seem to cover it. (amNY) The Queer Liberation March asked “Justice and change, or corporate pride?” in its presentation as an alternative. There were photos. (NY Times) Some photo galleries included photos from the Queer Liberation March along with the Pride March. (Patch) The Dyke March, another less-corporate Pride March alternative also has its own photo galleries. (NY Times) There are multiple Dyke March galleries too, documenting the March’s 27th year. (Gothamist) Some Dyke March galleries, like parts of the march itself, are NSFW. (BrooklynVegan) Pride weekend started off with the Drag March, an event that is 25 years old and has its roots in drag queens and leathermen not being allowed to march in the Pride March for fear of scaring off the corporate sponsors. One of the original organizers of the drag march was Gilbert Baker, designer of the rainbow flag. The march is unpermitted and unsanctioned. There are, of course, photos. (Gothamist) And even more photos from the Drag March! (EV Grieve) The firve best hot dogs in the city. (Thrillist) Get your photo featured or suggest stories for The Briefly by responding to this email or tagging your NYC photos and news on Instagram or Twitter with #thebriefly. 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__label__wiki	0.820115	0.820115	Showing your true colors of red and black Cristian Rangel by Kelly Hillock, Editor in Chief Before freshman year began, new Aztecs gathered with their families in Viejas Arena for New Student and Family Convocation. It was the first time many saw the Arena filled with red and black, but it certainly was not the last. Four or so years later, the class of 2016 gathers once again in Viejas Arena to exit the Mesa for one final time. Families and friends will be attendance, and what were once excited, yet maybe afraid, freshmen, are now confident and capable seniors who are ready to leave their mark on the world. With 60 percent of alumni who remain in San Diego and produce more than $2.4 billion for the San Diego economy annually, the SDSU legacy is very much embedded in San Diego culture. One in six college graduates in the San Diego area received their degree from SDSU. In total, there are more than 300,000 SDSU alumni. With a network that expansive, there has to be something that keeps pulling people into the Aztec spirit. Campus historian and anthropology professor Seth Mallios sees the expansive alumni network as a byproduct of what makes SDSU so distinguished. “I think there are a few things that pull people in: The first thing is being (SDSU) so tied to the local community. It’s so deeply entwined with what it means to be a San Diegan,” Mallios said. “That’s something that has a deep pull for people.” SDSU is the third-oldest California State University and the oldest university in the San Diego region. Founded in 1897, there’s more than 120 years of history and legacy on the Mesa. Mallios said the diversity found at SDSU and how deeply embedded it is in the community are both large factors in the sense of efficacy that keeps the alumni network strong. “The university draws on their history and tradition, but the current students play a huge role as well,” Mallios said. “Students have a freedom here and they’ve really had that through the generations.” Mallios said the sense of pride starts early now. With an acceptance rate of 34.5 percent, the standards at SDSU are high. “That heightens the sense of belonging,” he said. AS President Blaire Ward attributes the sense of Aztec pride to the type of people who are attracted to SDSU. “The SDSU community is made up of very passionate people,” Ward said. “Whether they’re doing research or they’re student leaders — whatever they’re interested in they’re pursuing on this campus to the best of their ability. There’s endless opportunities here and that’s what SDSU offers: The best college experience for those who take advantage of it.” The commencement ritual is also embedded in the university’s tradition. This commencement tradition dates back to 1900 when SDSU was the San Diego Normal School. Now, this ceremony bookends Convocation many students attended freshman year. “I hope the symbolism isn’t lost on people,” he said. “For 116 years at San Diego State, we went through the same rituals. Everyone in the same gown. They’re deliberately big and bulky, everyone is supposed to look the same. That is the moment that symbolizes right before you have all this new knowledge, passion and insight.” When tassels are moved from the right to left and caps are tossed in the air, the graduating class officially becomes the latest group of Aztecs for life. And so the cycle continues: the red and black has become a part of every graduate, instilled even more with every basketball game, Aztec Nights event, or every time two alumni meet for the first time. This is what it means to be an Aztec for life. Aztec for life DA Commencement Magazine 2016 sdsu alumni Senior Farewell: Diane López Olea Senior Farewell: Alejandra Luna Encuesta: El amor se debería de festejar solamente un día Wiggle Room exhibit displays graduate art Professor Rob connects math to music, art and expression Bleachers uses past to connect with future Senior farewell: Sports Editor Senior farewell: News Editor Senior farewell: Mundo Azteca Editor	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line231
__label__cc	0.705232	0.294768	Correction: Hamm's Beer Is Still Around -- September 20, 2014 A reader corrected me. The other day I mentioned that Hamm's beer was no longer around. How wrong I was: Hamm's is still around (link: http://www.millercoors.com/CMSPages/PortalTemplate.aspx?brand=1_498&aliaspath=/Our-Beers/Great-Beers). We have a store down the street that features a huge beer selection. First thing I'm going to do tomorrow (if they are open on a Sunday in Texas, in a previously dry county) or Monday is stop by the store and see if they have Hamm's. This should be fun. A huge "thank you" to the reader for catching my error. Wow, just one more reason why I love blogging. Idle Chatter On Costs Of Completed Wells In The Bakken -- September 20, 2014 About a week or so ago, a reader sent me an e-mail regarding the high cost of a CLR well in the Bakken. I replied at the time: It probably was an expensive well. The operators all say they are bringing prices of completed wells down, to the neighborhood of $7 - $8 million but I don't put much faith in those estimates. The biggest problem is figuring out what is being paid for; too many things that can be hidden in numbers like that. I think we will continue to see "cost containment" in the corporate presentations, but with a) huge proppant volume; and, b) slickwater adding 35% to the average EUR in the Basin, I think the emphasis is going to be on raising EURs this year and next (despite the cost) and then get back to trying to contain costs. Operators will see savings in pad drilling and leasing costs, offsetting completing/fracking costs. I wrote that on September 18, 2014. Tonight, while reviewing the most recent CLR presentation, my thoughts were confirmed. Slide #50 of the presentation shows the cost of completed CLR wells. Between 2012 and early 2014, operators were talking about decreasing the cost of completed wells. CLR was reporting the following: 2012: $9.2 million 1H14: $7.8 million But then, starting earlier this year, the price of completed CLR wells increased from $7.8 million to $10 million, due to higher proppant volumes and slickwater. It looks like we're back to $10 million wells. Remember, these are long laterals. I believe wells were costing in the neighborhood of $4 - $6 million for short laterals when the boom first began in the Bakken. In other words, the costs of completed wells is still in the same ballpark as when the boom began, but the wells are much, much better, and the time from spud to first production has decreased significantly. Whiting has differentiated itself in the Bakken as the "low cost operator' in its corporate presentations. It will be interesting to see if that continues to be a bullet in their presentations once they acquire KOG, with their very expensive wells. Posted by Bruce Oksol at 9:31 PM 8 comments: Labels: Cost, DrillingCosts, FrackingCost Slides 20 - 21; Updated Bakken OOIP And Estimated Recovery; CLR Analyst Day Presentation CLR, Investor and Analyst Day, September, 2014 Updated Bakken OOIP and Estimated Recovery Slides 20 - 21 Did CLR change the size of the Bakken Pool reservoir. At least two earlier CLR presentations suggested a trillion-bbl reservoir. Slide 20: CLR updated estimates 413 - 643 billion bbls OOIP (P50 - P10) estimated recovery factor: ~ 15% potentially recoverable reserves: 62 - 96 bbls of oil (note -- not boe, but "bo") Slide 21: Potential undrilled net wells 2012, analyst day: 9,200 wells 2014, analyst day: 11,800 wells of 600K+ boe 8+ years of 600K+ boe wells Slides 13 - 17, The Lower Three Forks; CLR, Investor And Analyst Day, September, 2014 Middle Bakken, TF1, and Lower TF (TF2, TF3, TF4) Slide 13: middle Bakken and TF1 2003: 0 Bakken wells; 0 TF wells 2014: 6,808 Bakken wells; 2,495 TF wells OOIP and type curve EUR models support up to 8 wells per zone Slide 14: lower Three Forks (LTF) -- TF2, TF3, TF4 73 wells completed in LTF to date; 59% are CLR-operated as of September, 2014: TF2 - 53 wells; TF3 - 18 wells; TF4 - 2 wells Slide 15: 603K boe model for LTF in the sweet spot of the Bakken; along with the middle Bakken all of Williams County, northeast McKenzie, west Mountrail, northwest Dunn Slide 16: defining the LTF fairways -- graphic Slide 17: current Bakken Petroleum System inner area: Watford City, Stockyard Creek area: MB, TF1, TF2, TF3; maximum overpressure + structure near inner area: Williams County, sliver of McKenzie; much unexplored northwest Dunn: MB, TF1, TF2; maximum overpressure outer fairway of North Dakota: all of Divide County, extends into eastern Montana, all of McKenzie, all of Dunn; transitional area eastern Montana fairway: current Montana play; MB or TF1; more normally pressured area Recovery Rate Of Original Oil In Place Through Primary Production In The Bakken, A Poll -- September 20, 2014 I'm going to do a longer post on this subject in a few days. Hopefully my patience will hold. Before posting the "story," I am curious what readers think. So here's the poll, based on your knowledge of the Bakken, what do you think is the recovery rate of original oil in place through primary production from the Bakken? Labels: Poll, Recoverable, RecoveryRateOil Reason #435 Why I Love To Blog -- September 20, 2014; GE, Dresser-Rand, and Siemens November 19, 2017: Minnesota pushes back on wind; GE, Siemens, and Vestas all doing poorly, due to wind energy; and US considering ending wind subsidies in new tax bill. December 12, 2015: new GE facility north of Williston, Oppidan, developer. September 23, 2014: Siemens lost a decade to GE by focusing on renewable energy in Germany. September 22, 2014: much more detail regarding the Siemens-Dresser-Rand deal over at Rigzone: Germany's Siemens has agreed to buy U.S. oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand for $7.6 billion in cash, aiming to catch up with arch-rival General Electric in a booming U.S. shale gas market. The acquisition, which ranks among the biggest in the history of the German industrial group, will strengthen Siemens' position in the United States, its weakest region, and focus the group more tightly on its industrial customers. Siemens embarked on a corporate overhaul in May dubbed "Vision 2020", seeking to make up ground on more profitable competitors such as Switzerland's ABB as well as U.S-based General Electric (GE), while reducing its exposure to more cyclical consumer businesses where it has had limited success. A booming U.S. shale gas market has driven a surge in investment by energy companies, creating demand for the compressors and turbines made by companies such as Dresser-Rand. Annual capital expenditure on oil, gas and coal has more than doubled in real terms since 2000 and surpassed $950 billion in 2013, according to the International Energy Agency. The Dresser-Rand deal will eclipse Siemens' acquisitions of recent years. It bought Dade Behring for $7 billion in 2007 under Kaeser's predecessor Peter Loescher - now the chairman of Sulzer - in a deal that was widely criticised as overpriced. Siemens filled another gap in its energy equipment portfolio earlier this year, buying small gas-turbine assets from Rolls-Royce for 950 million euros. CEO Kaeser indicated at the time that expansion in the United States was next on the agenda. September 21, 2014: It looks like GE lost this one. It looks like Siemens will buy Dresser-Rand for $7.6 billion an an all-cash deal. Regardless of who bought Dresser-Rand, I saw this as a huge deal for the fossil fuel industry. I always equated Siemens with wind energy -- looks like they've seen the light also: a) Europe is a drag on their profits (so they are coming to the US); b) the future is in fossil fuel, not renewables. September 21, 2014: wow, that's incredible. I have taken photographs (and a video) of the very, very small GE facility in Williston located about a block east of the "Million Dollar Way" (2 & 85) north of Williston. This is the link, again, of the new GE facility proposed for Williston (see comments below): http://oppidan.com/properties/industrialwarehouse/general-electric-williston-nd. That really is quite incredible. I've talked about GE relative to fossil fuel vs renewable energy in the past, mostly as sarcasm with regard to the GE CEO being the president's first economic adviser. A reader sent me the link to this story which continues the theme. Investor's Business Daily is reporting: GE reportedly held talks with Dresser-Rand for a possible takeover and could spark another bidding war with European rival Siemens. The U.S. conglomerate hasn't made an official offer for the the oil and gas equipment maker, according to the Financial Times, but is weighing a bid that would value the company at over $80 per share. GE shares were flat on the stock market in after hours trading Friday but Dresser-Rand shares jumped 3.3% to 82.55 after closing up 9%. GE has been shedding media and financial assets to focus on expanding its industrial segments, including its oil and gas business. Last year, it completed a $3.3 billion deal for oilfield pump maker Lufkin Industries. Earlier Friday, the Financial Times and Bloomberg said Siemens was considering a bid for Dresser-Rand, with sources telling Bloomberg the deal was valued at $85 per share. This is not an investment site. Do not make any investment decisions based on what you read here or what you think you may have read here. I post these stories to help put the Bakken into perspective. Correction: Hamm's Beer Is Still Around -- Septemb... Idle Chatter On Costs Of Completed Wells In The Ba... Slides 20 - 21; Updated Bakken OOIP And Estimated ... Slides 13 - 17, The Lower Three Forks; CLR, Invest... Recovery Rate Of Original Oil In Place Through Pri... Reason #435 Why I Love To Blog -- September 20, 20...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line233
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__label__cc	0.6732	0.3268	Athletes in Court Published By Davis & Hoss P.C. UVA Lacrosse Player Guilty–Defense mistake and a Juror speaks out By Lee Davis on February 27th, 2012 Posted in NCAA As has been widely reported, a University of Virginia lacrosse player, George Huguely V, was found guilty last week of second-degree murder after lengthy deliberation by a jury in Virginia. The conviction is less than prosecutors were seeking which was first-degree murder. The case concerns the slaying of Yeardley Love, Huguely’s ex-girlfriend. The motive for… Continue Reading Alabama Coach Instills Discipline in Misbehaving Team By Lee Davis on February 26th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized A recent article in the New York Times profiled Anthony Grant, Alabama’s men’s basketball coach. Though his celebrity doesn’t begin to rival fellow Alabaman coach Nick Saban, Grant had been doing a consistently good job. 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__label__cc	0.544526	0.455474	Opening series impressions & notes By Matt Graziano - April 07, 2017 Ouch. After an exciting spring training dominated by their young players, the Yankees stumbled out of the gate, dropping their first series to the Rays down in Tampa. With that series finished and with the team on their way to Baltimore for a weekend showdown with the Orioles here are some thoughts and notes. Photo Credit: Chris O'Meara/AP Photo They left their bats at The Boss Although it was likely a short trip from George M. Steinbrenner Field to Tropicana Field, the Yankees’ bats did not make it. Many of the hitters who had strong spring performances struggled through the first series and made these games very difficult to watch. Players like Greg Bird, Gary Sanchez and Aaron Judge ,who batted .451, .373 and .333 respectively this spring, posted batting averages of .083, .071 and ,167 this series. It is not just on the young players though as the team as a whole is batting just .248 with a .292 OBP. Chase Headley was the only standout with seven hits, two RBI and 11 total bases through three games. He even hit his first home run of the season, something he did not do until early May last season. An improved performance by Headley at the plate this season would be a big boost to the club and would definitely take some pressure off of the young guys. The bats will wake up eventually but overall it was a very dreary series at the plate for the Bombers. Starters down, Bullpen up For a team that came into this season with concerns about their rotation, this series did very little to ease them. The longest outing they got was by CC Sabathia and he lasted just five innings, although he did shut out the Rays through those five. Masahiro Tanaka was very disappointing on opening day, lasting just 2.2 innings and giving up seven runs. Now, I wouldn’t be overly concerned about this outing going forward because Tanaka was very good last year and very good in spring training. Tanaka is a rhythm pitcher and once he settles into a groove he will probably be what we all expect. Michael Pineda was unfortunately very much the same pitcher we saw last year. He lasted just 3.2 innings, allowing eight hits and four runs. Pineda struck out six batters but was plagued by the same ineffectiveness with finishing innings as last season. He allowed two run scoring hits with two outs in the second inning and allowed five hits in that inning alone. The Yankees will move on to the Orioles where all eyes will be on Luis Severino Friday night. It would be great for both Severino and the Yankees if he were to go out there and deliver a good start. The Yankees’ starters may have been disappointing but the team did get great work out of the bullpen. They were asked to pitch a lot of innings this series, which is something that we can only hope will not continue. Through three games they have performed well as many people expected them to. So far the bullpen has pitched 13.2 innings and posted a zero ERA with 17 strikeouts, just four walks and a 11.20 K/9 average. The Yankees bullpen has gotten a lot of attention for their “Big three” and those three have been good as expected but they have assembled a talented blend of arms that could serve them well this season. They will almost certainly add to this group with some highly touted Triple A arms throughout the season but at first glance this bullpen group appears as though it will be able to give Joe Girardi length when necessary and perform at a high level as the year goes on. After Thursday's off day, The Yankees have three more off days for the month of April which seems like a lot. An off day after opening day and another following the first series is pretty unnecessary if you ask me, but it is what it is. The Yankees farm system is more loaded than it has been in a long time so you should be able to go anywhere and catch a good game but the Trenton Thunder should be a fun team to watch at the beginning of this season. There are high profile names such as Gleybar Torres, Miguel Andujar, Chance Adams and Justus Sheffield on the roster with other intriguing ones such as Billy McKinney, J.P. Feyereisen, Domingo German and Yefry Ramirez there as well. With a roster like that it may be worth a road trip to Arm & Hammer Park early this season before some of them start to move around the system. Photo Credit: Matt Rourke/AP Photo Despite all the optimism around the Yankees’ farm system, there was a bit of unfortunate news that broke Thursday afternoon. The Yankees placed RHP James Kaprielian on the minor league DL with pain in his elbow and he is undergoing tests. The Yankees are very high on Kaprielian but they have to be concerned with this development, especially after he missed most of last season with arm troubles. Somewhat non Yankee related for the last one, but it has been reported that Derek Jeter is interested in being a part of a group to buy the Miami Marlins. Jeter has expressed interest in getting into ownership in the past and with a home in Florida and a team that seems to be desperate for a culture change, getting a guy like Derek in there may be exactly what they need no matter how strange it would be for all of us. That’s all for me right now. Make sure you are coming back to the site regularly for series previews and game recaps after every game. 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__label__wiki	0.511213	0.511213	Analysis Featured Film Coogler and Jordan – Hollywood’s Future January 30, 2018 February 2, 2018 Tendai 2 Comments Black Panther, Creed, Film, Fruitvale Station, Michael B Jordan, movies, Ryan Coogler Ryan Coogler is a young African American director who made his name with the critically acclaimed Fruitvale Station. From there, his next project was challenging – reviving the Rocky franchise. Coogler took it on and the movie gave Sylvester Stallone an Oscar nomination. Coogler’s next movie is the highly anticipated Black Panther which is already breaking records, most notably as the Marvel movie to sell out its pre-sold tickets in the shortest space of time. Third time’s the charm? Michael B Jordan was a child actor with the biggest title to his name being The Wire followed by a more pronounced role in Friday Night Lights and features on various TV shows. Jordan took his talents to the big screen and worked with Coogler on Fruitvale Station where he made his presence known as the future of Hollywood. He was highly sought after and an yet another opportunity to work with Coogler, which he took with open arms and Creed was born. Now that Coogler is helming Black Panther, Jordan did not hesitate to team up with the director once more. What does Black Panther mean for Hollywood? The iconic African superhero is having a solo movie in a time where racial tension continues to plague the world and the politics behind racism are more open than before. The Black Panther may not be the first African American president but he is the continuation of something great. Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger in Black Panther Actors like Samuel L Jackson and Denzel Washington have headlined timeless classics with great African American directors but none of them have been involved in a project like this. A project that grows in popularity with each new announcement. Not only will Black Panther pave the way for more African American projects but it will allow for these projects to have an entry in the box office royal rumble. And the cast is dominated by top African American actors and actresses. Unfortunately Washington and Halle Berry could not make the cut. Black Panther 2 though? Who knows. Ryan Coogler ‘s first big budget movie. How will he fair? Looking at his filmography, this is something that is unknown to him – Disney’s corporate card. But like all new employees, he will hit the ground running and make the most of the corporate resources that the gig comes with. Each cent will be well spent. The trailers have been well received, social media is buzzing and even the actors are excited for the movie to be released. I’m confident that Coogler will bring the swagger Black Panther needs and we know that he’s able to capture heart and human emotions really well, which he proved with Fruitvale Station and Creed. Coogler & Jordan in Fruitvale Station (2013) He’s able to make audiences relate to the character and walk in their shoes. Their heart beats are in tune with ours and we feel the depth of the character; something Marvel Studios has failed to do in majority of its movies to date. Will Coogler be the answer to Marvel’s inability to depict more than two emotions? Michael B Jordan takes another crack at the superhero genre but as a villain. Is he dark enough? Throughout Jordan’s career he has taken on roles that faced conflict, darkness and tragedy. Most notably in Friday Night Lights, he was a high school football player without a father, his mother was addicted to drugs, and he had anger issues. In Fruitvale Station Jordan had to be a father, a son and a breadwinner in an environment that was designed for him to fail. Another notable case study is in Creed where he grew up without a father and he had to deal with the fact that he was a bastard. Coogler & Jordan in Creed (2015) Should he channel all the roles in his career, he may be the villain Marvel Studios has been waiting for. Unfortunately for him, Marvel has failed to depict a good enough villain and from the few seconds Jordan had in the trailer, one can’t really speculate whether or not his performance will carry weight or if he’ll be just another prop in a big budget film. Only time will tell, and I have more questions than answers right now. Coogler and Jordan team up again. Should Hollywood start taking notice? From a puff piece to a front page headline, Coogler and Jordan are showing Hollywood its future. The two have done nothing but critically acclaimed work and Black Panther is an opportunity for them to do the 3-peat. However, expectations need to be managed and people need to realise that this is a popcorn movie. Black Panther will be entertaining as Marvel Studios have a “strongly recommended” way of doing their movies (Ava DuVernay left the project due to “creative differences”). This project is an opportunity for Hollywood to see how the Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan of Hollywood handle themselves with a big budget. Should this be a success, Hollywood cannot contain them any longer. Coogler and Jordan should work on any project and unleash their creativity. Will Coogler and Jordan need a trophy room or a trophy cabinet? Trophy cabinet for now, however they’ll rake in the awards over time. They are very young and have at least 40 years to go. They have a lot of time to perfect their craft and get the awards they deserve. They are only getting better in their respective fields; they have time. Hypothetical – who or what should they work on next? For Coogler, it would be interesting to see him work with an A-list actor or actress since Coogler has already proven that he’s capable of working with young and upcoming actors and actresses. He took the challenge of directing Stallone who got an Oscar nomination so Coogler can handle big names. Should he work with an A-list actor or actress, he will be a strong contender for an Oscar nomination down the line. Michael B Jordan is expanding his abilities and can easily fit into any project. Coogler brought out the best in Jordan and for the actor to get an Oscar nomination, he may need a more established director. However, Jordan is funny and a comedy should be something he could consider too. Jordan tends to work with people twice meaning Jordan and Tessa Thompson may work together again. Or to spice things up, Jordan should work alongside Issa Rae in a Christmas themed romantic comedy. Hollywood should invest in Coogler and Jordan as well as look out for other great talent like these two. Black Panther has the potential to be the top movie of 2018, what Wonder Woman was for 2017. However, expectations need to be managed. Marvel Studios is notorious for lacking depth in their movies. Click here to Read all of Tendai’s work on BTG Lifestyle. If you enjoyed this post, head over to Tendai’s personal blog where he chronicles his journeys and daily life. Follow Tendai on Twitter @TendaiSibindi Follow BTG Lifestyle on Twitter @btglifestyle and LIKE us on Facebook. Subscribe to the BTG Lifestyle movie blog for updates, and email us at info [at] btglifestyle.com if you have feedback, or would like to collaborate with us. ← The Shape of Water Spoiler-free Review [VIDEO] The First Trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp is here! → Tendai I’m a massive fan of movies, and occasionally I write about the movies I have watched and about the industry. Hopefully I provide insight and shed light into Hollywood. I am happy to have discussions about movies as they are extremely important to our society. 2hrs of our lives cannot be wasted by really poor movies. BAFTAS 2018: The Nominees January 9, 2018 January 9, 2018 Stevo 2 Weekend binge watch: The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel May 18, 2018 June 23, 2018 jeslyn 0 Goodbye The Vampire Diaries March 15, 2017 April 1, 2017 Dean Ravell 3	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line254
__label__wiki	0.723419	0.723419	Posts Tagged ‘Jim Jones’ Richie Ross Talks to Dead People; Garry’s Oops As an engaging and entertaining literary form, political memoirs typically run the gamut from A to B. Witness recently published, self-serving snoozers from alleged authors such as George Bush, Sarah Palin and Meg Whitman. In contrast to these banal and bromidic tomes, California political consultant Richie Ross has just penned “My Letters to Dead People,” a lively little volume which is one-part personal history and one-part professional perspective about some of the biggest personalities and events of the last four decades in state politics. As befits an operative who not only once ran a guy for governor by chronicling his weight loss online, but who also organized a campaign for county supervisor by having the candidate rebuild an old lady’s house, Ross’s book is an original. Quirky and eclectic, it’s a kind of kaledioscopic, quick-cut narrative framed as a series of wish-I’d-had-a-chance-to-tell-you messages to three-dozen members of the deceased community. His recollections and reflections are addressed to the politically famous and influential (Cesar Chavez, Phil Burton and Jess Unruh); the infamous and the victimized (Michael Prokes, the tormented onetime spokesman for the Rev. Jim Jones and Chandra Levy, the murdered intern of former Rep. Gary Condit, a longtime client); the unpretentious and unnoted (his own parents and the unborn baby of a farm worker whose miscarriage motivated him to push for agriculture laws banning toxins in the fields). It’s written in a crisp style, packed with anecdotes and private remembrances recounted by a veteran backroom player. The letters are chatty conversational essays which on one level trace Ross’s personal evolution from idealistic Catholic seminarian (“I never remembered wanting to be anything but a priest”) to hard-ass sardonic insider (“Ross, your job is to spend all the fucking money you can get your hands on to keep me as speaker,” he recalls Willie Brown telling him, in the note addressed to Unruh). Beyond this, however, it also provides a full-tilt, historic tour of California’s ever-changing political landscape: “The other day I had dinner with Jerry Brown – he’s running for governor again,” Ross informs the ghost of his ex-boss Leo McCarthy, another former Speaker. “I gotta tell you his crazy ideas are better than the no-ideas government we’ve had.” Ross enjoys a well-earned reputation as a brash, cynical and ruthless political warrior, and it’s on full display, as in his farewell message to the erstwhile Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo, whose cops routinely arrested and beat on him and his union colleagues sent to that city in the early 1970s to work on UFW boycotts and protests. Dear asshole, You’re dead. I’m not. You were such a fucking creep when you were police chief I can’t believe that decent people would elect you mayor…you fucking fuck. But he also employs a surprisingly poignant and emotional voice that shows the flip side of the ferocity with which he plays hardball. In his letter to the slain Harvey Milk, for example, Ross expresses regret for the take-no-prisoners approach he took in managing Art Agnos’s winning bid for the Assembly in the famous “Harvey Milk vs. The Machine” campaign in 1976. At the time it was all about survival for me, a roof over my wife and kids’ head. But for you, it was about something much bigger. Looking back, I know that now… I feel bad today about running around the city at night, tearing down your campaign signs. At the time it was fun. Me and another guy would spot one of your signs on a telephone pole, pull over, he’d squat down, I’d climb on his shoulders, he’d stand up, and tear down your sign. What the fuck, Harvey. Didn’t your guys ever figure out that they needed to put them up another two or three feet and you’d have won the sign war? But it was like were being the bullies. And I hate bullies. The basic premise of the book, Ross told us, “is an attempt at capturing our era and also exposing folks to the power of writing letters (to dead people) themselves.” As part of the roll-out, those who write such letters can post them on the website for the book. Full disclosure: Richie is a longtime friend of, and occasional contributor to, Calbuzz. All that aside, for political junkies, his book is a truly interesting and funny good read. It’s available at Amazon, and he’ll also be signing copies at Sacramento’s Chicory Coffee Shop at 3 p.m. on Monday, January 3 (inauguration day) with proceeds going to the United Farm Workers. Calbuzz says check it out. Garry Owns His Error (Not Really): When we saw the headline on his commentary at Capitol Weekly — “OK, I was wrong about the elections” — we thought our friend, Democratic consultant Garry South, was going to explain how wrong he’d been throughout the election season to constantly suggest (without ever saying so exactly in public) that Meg Whitman was going to kick Jerry Brown’s ass because Krusty was running an underfunded, understaffed, lackadaisical, meandering, arrogant and amateurish campaign. But in his tongue-and-cheek article, Garry merely argues that California has become too Democratic for a Republican to win statewide and he “apologizes” to the GOP for suggesting they field a diversity ticket (which they did to no avail). It’s the same argument Whitman Field Marshals Mike Murphy and Rob Stutzman have been peddling, as if to say nothing they could have done would have made any difference because California is too blue. We don’t buy it. Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger demonstrated that if they appeal to the middle-of-the-road California voters Republicans can indeed get elected statewide at the top of the ticket. eMeg and Sister Carly the Fiorina didn’t do that on a host of strategically crucial issues, especially immigration and the environment, which matter mightily to Latinos and independents. Meanwhile Brown — by intelligence or necessity, take your pick — ran the right campaign, with the right messages on the money he had (with more than a little help from labor over the summer) and with the timely appearance of Nicky Diaz, eMeg’s housekeeper. By arguing that the election was only a matter of political geography, South, Murphy and Stutzman let the Armies of eMeg and Hurricane Carly (and themselves) off the hook too easily. BTW: When lots of others were predicting that Barbara Boxer would lose to Fiorina, Garry wrote a piece for Politico more than two months before the election, telling why he believed Babs would win. And she did. Tags: Art Agnos, Capitol Weekly, Cesar Chaves, Chandra Levy, Garry South, Gary Condit, Harvey Milk, Jess Unruh, Jim Jones, Michael Prokes, My Letters to Dead People, Phil Burton, Richie Ross, Willie Brown Posted in California Personalities, California Politics, Environment \| 4 Comments »	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line257
__label__wiki	0.800499	0.800499	Choices of leaders drove Nigeria into poverty, says Obasanjo •Advocates stepping on toes to end poverty Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday blamed the choices of leaders for the biting poverty in the country. He spoke at the 7th convocation ceremony of the National Open University of Nigeria in Abuja where he was awarded a PhD in Christian Theology. To get the country out of poverty, Obasanjo advocated for implementation of hard choices, including stepping on toes of friends and well-wishers. He said: “I have come out with the conviction that poverty is not our lot or the lot of any individual or group in Nigeria. It is the choice made consciously or unconsciously by our leaders. “The beginning of getting Nigeria out of poverty into wealth creation and employment generation is in our choice of leaders who understand what development means and what it entails and who are ready to do what needs to be done and make hard choices that need to be made. “This includes stepping on toes of friends and well- wishers who will not conform to the transformation or change agenda.” FabiyiAdekunle emerged the overall best graduating student while popular comedian, Chief Chika Okpala was awarded Master degree by the university. The former president noted that there is no age limit, no status barrier and social limit for functional education. He added that he rejected special favors to experience the process leading to the award of his PhD degree. “I wrote my examination in my study centre with other students to utilise the learner support service like any other student. “I went through the rigour and discipline of the graduate school like any post graduate student,” he noted. President Muhammadu Buhari said NOUN was established to eradicate the challenge of access to Nigerian universities. Buhari, who was represented by Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, said the institution had been able to absorb qualified university candidates who would have been denied admission into universities for lack of space. Previous: Health Minister alerts on meningitis outbreak Next: Fire hits Gowon Estate in Lagos Let’s talk about FEMINICIDE Want create site? Find Free WordPress Themes and plugins.Femicide as a gender-based violence is a ...	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line264
__label__wiki	0.644271	0.644271	Interviews with Daniel Pipes Radical Islam creates terrorism Why should USA give Islam special protection? Trump's a buffoon, Cruz is fine :: Q&A in The Interviews Blog http://www.danielpipes.org/16562/radical-islam-terrorism-special-place-trump-cruz N.B. I have edited this transcript to make it clearer and more accurate. DP Daniel Pipes is founder and president of the influential American think tank, the Middle East Forum. As Donald Trump's recent remarks on Islam leave America in a tizzy, Pipes spoke in New Delhi with P Ramesh Kumar about US views of "radical" versus "moderate" Islam, whether America's added to religious extremism globally – and who he's backing in the US presidential contest: Please tell us about your organisation. The Middle East Forum was founded in 1994. We have three main activities: intellectual, or guiding people on how to win, for example, in Syria; operational, which includes activities on campus, in Congress or the courtroom; and philanthropic, raising money for allied individuals and organisations. A think tank is applied scholarship, just like engineering is applied science. We do applied history, politics, and so forth. I'm a medieval historian by training – I apply my knowledge of west Asia's past to current circumstances. We provide ideas and information to the public and to policy makers. Your organisation is termed Islamophobic by some. It's a silly accusation. For more than a decade, I've said that "radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution." As that implies, I do not fear or hate Islam. But I do hate a certain extremist form of Islam – just as many Muslims do. I work against that radical version of Islam. But some analysts are deeply critical of your views on Islam – given the current political backdrop, how do you define your position? In the US today, there are three major positions vis-à-vis this issue. The establishment position says the problem is terrorism or violent extremism – in other words, it has nothing to do with Islam but comes out of nowhere. That's the position of politicians, police, prosecutors, press, and professors because it's easier not to talk about Islam. The other two positions agree it has something to do with Islam – with one important difference between them. Mine, the second position, holds it is a form of Islam – but not Islam in its entirety. Only anti-Islamist Muslims can defeat this form of Islam and we should work with Muslim allies to defeat Muslim enemies.. The third position says Islam itself is the radical version.. It confuses the temporary with the permanent, the part with the whole. You make a distinction between radical and moderate Islam – but your position on issues like the Muhammad cartoons controversy hasn't clearly supported moderates. Could you explain? In the West, we have freedom of speech that very much includes the right to blaspheme. If you want to make fun of Moses, Jesus, Ganesha, or Buddha, you're free to do so. But when it comes to Muhammad, the rules are different. I reject that discrepancy and insist on the same rights regarding Islam. In the West, the right to attack religious figures has been established since the time of Voltaire in the 18th century – Muslims need to adapt to that. In the US, you may burn a Bible – but burn a Quran and you get a call from the president telling you not to do that. If Islam gets special protection, it means it's superior. I – and many others - don't accept that. But in a global context, hasn't the West's often contradictory policy created an environment conducive for ultra-extremist groups like Islamic State? There's a tendency in west Asia to blame western powers for whatever happens – be it as large as Islamic State or as small as a traffic jam. In contrast, I hold that the people of west Asia make their own destiny, they are responsible for themselves. Yes, the US, Britain, and others do have some role but it's small compared to that of the west Asians themselves, who must learn to own their problems. Didn't the West stoke extremism by propping up Osama bin Laden during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? The US government did not support Osama bin Laden during the fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan. I challenge anyone to show otherwise. Speaking of support, who are you backing in the US presidential race? I'm against Trump – he's a buffoon, a megalomaniac, and unacceptable. I'm against Hillary Clinton – the whole Clinton apparatus is repugnant, dishonest and greedy. I'm against Sanders who is resurrecting failed nineteenth century socialist ideas. That leaves Cruz. I generally agree with his views and consider him a fine human being. Most radical forms of Islam invade American soil [408 words] Bob Jack May 12, 2016 04:49 229419 Disagree on pipes views about trump [18 words] Faisal May 8, 2016 06:58 229344 "I have never heard a politician say "IslamISM." [289 words] JOHN MOORE Mar 28, 2016 08:29 228603 Response to some points made by DP in ToI interview [406 words] Philip Mar 28, 2016 08:26 228602 Are you aware of Ted cruz's theology on the last days? [62 words] Lou Nihoul Mar 27, 2016 21:16 228597 The problem of Islam [610 words] Gary Rose Mar 24, 2016 22:24 228574 The "buffoon" or the "repugnant" [114 words] ktchnsnk Mar 24, 2016 16:54 228565 three major positions vis-à-vis Islam [291 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes Peter Chew Mar 24, 2016 12:31 228559 1 Moderate Islam is a contradiction in terms [1034 words] SuchindranathAiyerS Mar 24, 2016 09:50 228554 Confusing the permanent with the temporary [75 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes judy Mar 24, 2016 09:02 228552 The 3 positions on Islam [51 words] ECAW Mar 24, 2016 06:45 228551 Who is moderate? [24 words] Tim Mar 24, 2016 03:56 228549 3 Congratulations on a concise and beautiful essay/interview [452 words] Prashant Mar 24, 2016 01:48 228543 The third definition of the problem. [92 words] Don Mar 24, 2016 00:18 228541 positions- beliefs have conseqences [54 words] leigh Mar 24, 2016 20:29 228541 US Presidential Race [39 words] Brutus Balan Mar 23, 2016 23:52 228540 Your Interview with Times of India. [219 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes Vishu Menon Mar 23, 2016 23:33 228539 7 I don't see Trump as a buffoon pointing out the elephant in the room. [238 words] Lynn Mar 23, 2016 10:33 228532 Not an elephant [5 words] ECAW Mar 24, 2016 06:33 228532 1 Trump speech to AIPAC [327 words] Michael S Mar 21, 2016 23:24 228518	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line267
__label__wiki	0.666178	0.666178	Exhibit to Focus on Wallace Berman’s Beat Zine “Semina” December 1, 2013 Art, books, Music, news, Photograph, Writingbeat, Boo-Hooray, Days of the Crazy-Wild, exhibit, John Zorn, Semina, Semina 1955-1964 Art Is Love Is God, Wallace Berman, zineMichael Goldberg The late great assemblage artist/ photographer Wallace Berman, who died on his birthday in 1976 at age 50 in a car accident, will be honored at an exhibit of his Beat zine Semina, which he hand-printed on a table-top in his house. “All components of all nine issues of Wallace Berman’s art/assemblage/beat zine Semina, alongside related ephemera, posters and mail-art [will be exhibited]. Semina bridges appropriation, fine printing, punk-style DIY and collage/montage, this already in the late 1950s!” reads the press release about the show. “Semina 1955-1964 Art Is Love Is God,” will run from Sunday, December 8 through Thursday, January 9 at Boo-Hooray in New York. A reception with John Zorn performing will take place on Sunday December 8, from 3PM-6PM. RSVP here if you plan to attend the reception. Here’s more from the press release: “Michael McClure called it “a scrapbook of the spirit”. Outside of commerce, Semina was sent through the mail to Wallace Berman’s friends like David Meltzer, William S. Burroughs, Alexander Trocchi, Allen Ginsberg, and Cameron. The components of Semina were not only submitted, but appropriated from these friends, alongside personal heroes like W. B. Yeats, Hermann Hesse, and Antonin Artaud. Hand-printed on a table-top at his house, this free-form zine with its loose-leaf poetry and amazing collages, montages and photography, is also most baffling in its vanguard status: nobody had done anything like this before Berman, not even in the days of dada. Published between 1955 and 1964 in editions ranging from 150 to 350 copies, this rare publication (original issues regularly sell in the five figures) needs to be seen and cherished by anyone interested in American post-war art. Michael Duncan points out that “Semina’s overarching theme involved a search for how to transcend the ‘monster’ of postwar meaninglessness.” The spirit of Semina’s assemblage will feel familiar to anybody who has ever stayed up late at night at a copy shop making a punk zine or flyer. The hypnotic and delicious feel of perusing the poetry and imagery is the closest I’ve gotten to capturing those fleeting moments when one remembers components of a distant dream. On December 8th, Boo-Hooray is publishing Semina 1955-1964 Art Is Love Is God, a 174 page softbound full-color catalogue reproducing each component of each issue of Semina. The catalogue comes with a booklet of annotations and texts by Johan Kugelberg, Adam Davis, Tosh Berman, Shirley Berman, Philip Aarons and Andrew Roth alongside silkscreened artwork, photo prints, flyers and cards, all printed loose-leaf and contained in a pocket on the back board of the catalogue in the spirit of Wallace Berman’s original publication. This publication is limited to 300 copies and is only available from Boo-Hooray.” — A Days of the Crazy-Wild blog post — ← Best of 2013 Dept.: Daft Punk, Bill Callahan Top Mojo’s Top 50 Watch: Television Play “Marquee Moon” at Rough Trade in Brooklyn →	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line268
__label__wiki	0.909391	0.909391	Facebook, Nokia partner to bring dedicated FB button to Asha 205 Facebook and Nokia have announced a partnership with the introduction of a built-in Facebook button available on the new Nokia Asha 205. The Nokia Asha 205 is the first Nokia phone that includes a dedicated Facebook button, designed for people who want one-click access to popular features from the social networking website. "People around the world use Facebook Mobile to connect and share with their friends," said Javier Olivan, head of growth, engagement and mobile for Facebook. "We are focused on delivering the best Facebook experience to as many people as possible and our partnership with Nokia perfectly complements our strategy of giving people around the world a rich Facebook experience for keeping in touch with their friends." "Globally, young consumers have increasingly started using Facebook for socializing, keeping in touch and striking new friendships. The launch of the Nokia Asha 205 responds to this growing demand and gives them a unique option for accessing Facebook while on-the-go," said Timo Toikkanen, executive vice president, Mobile Phones, Nokia. "We have seen that many people who use Nokia Asha devices are hyper-social and we are proud to partner with Facebook to improve the user experience of those consumers further with the introduction of the Facebook button." The new Nokia Asha 205 enables people to easily access the Facebook for Every Phone app and use messaging, one of its most popular features. People using the messaging features in Facebook for Every Phone can now: See which of their friends are online to start chatting with them right away Start messages and group chats fast Reach more of the people they know, wherever they are, no matter what device they are using People using the Nokia Asha 205 can also easily access other Facebook features, such as sharing photos and status updates with their friends, so they can stay close to the people around them with the touch of a button. Nokia had launched the Nokia Asha 205 earlier today. The Asha 205 is available in cyan, magenta and orange. Here are some of the key features of the Nokia Asha 205: eBuddy screen notifications The free Nokia Life+ web app, including the Life Skills and Live Healthy services Includes 40 free EA Games available for download, along with other apps available from the Nokia Store Available in single-SIM and dual-SIM models Dual-SIM model features Nokia's exclusive EasySwap technology that enables consumers to change SIM cards without having to turn off the device Standby time is up to 37 days with single SIM and up to 25 days with dual-SIM Posted by Unknown at 10:24:00 pm	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line274
__label__cc	0.542285	0.457715	Login or Register Home · Downloads · Forums · Combat Camera · Help TRIVIA: Are soldiers credited for killing surrendered troops? Shout Box!! Shout History Only registered users can shout. Please login or create an account. Player`s News Terrain Challenge Combat Camera MOOXE @ Youtube ZAPPI4 - $20.00 __Creeper__ - $10.00 Bazookajoe - $25.00 Pete - $25.00 m2carbine - $20.00 Dima - $25.00 Find our site useful? Make a small donation to show your support. You are not logged in. Please log in. If you have not registered, please click here. Search for at Close Combat SeriesGoogle Close Combat Series Advanced Search Close Combat Series Forum Index Topic: What's happen in the USA Forum: The Mess Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:16 am Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA You live under Authoritarian rule by former KGB intelligence expert. Never going to make it that easy for people to Google within the borders of Russia. When I use various Search Engines I get many results here in U.S. Despite Trump being Putin's puppet, surprised to see even his administration recently announced RIM as Global Terrorist organization. Also this is like a syndicate or Proxy organization so they will keep it secret as much as possible. Sweden is notorious for being neutral and does not try to start fights with Ruskies ....not credible to say they wanted to frame Russia and invent RIM. https://www.state.gov/designation-of-the-russian-imperial-movement/ Interesting they chose the code name "Partisan". Obviously that implies resistance to Western Governments. it's a perfect fit to these extremists in other countries to do thy bidding of your Supreme Leader. Violent overthrow of "Liberal" Democratic governments that pose threats to both of their interests. Otherwise never going to win Elections outright. Trump kind of got close but had only about half of the Republican Party committed to right-wing extremism. Then lost majority control in Congress. And well...Russia just does not have the financial resources to try another arms race. Best they can do is continue to pick on Ukraine or maybe the Baltic states. Forum: The Mess Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:41 pm Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-extremists-are-training-right-wing-terrorists-from-western-europe?ref=scroll And here's one of the "Trump peaceful protestors" whom stole Nancy Pelosi's laptop and got caught trying to sell to Russian intelligence. https://www.thedailybeast.com/riley-june-williams-may-have-stolen-pelosis-laptop-and-tried-to-sell-it-to-russia-says-fbi?ref=scroll Predictable response...to deny RIM exists and spin it around as some type of Western or U.S. ploy. I'm afraid the evidence tells otherwise. It has been documented by Swedish government during their conviction of 2 white nationalists. And training camp done right there in Saint Petersburg. So your comments do not add up. It's not just USA identifying RIM, but many countries in Europe also. Why would USA, Sweden and others Europe want to pick on innocent Russia to frame them? Doesn't make any sense Comrade. http://anton-shekhovtsov.blogspot.com/2015/04/what-does-fascist-conference-in-st.html from the Just security article: "In 2014, the ultranationalist political organization Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) began training volunteers to fight alongside its paramilitary wing in eastern Ukraine, but the group has since expanded its operations to include global ambitions. According to the group’s spokesperson, RIM seeks to “continue to establish contacts with right-wing, traditionalist and conservative organizations around the world” in order “to share the experience of political [and] information warfare and joint squad tactics training.” Most prominently, RIM has worked alongside the Russian political party Rodina (also known as the Motherland-National Patriotic Union) to convene the World National-Conservative Movement (WNCM), a conference organized against the principles of “liberalism, multiculturalism and tolerance.” ...RIM carries out weeklong military-style training sessions known as Partisan. Led by a former member of the Russian armed forces, this program teaches ‘cadets’ to operate firearms and move in tactical formation. In recent years, RIM’s terrorist training has proven deadly. Months before bombing a refugee center in Gothenburg, Sweden, the two perpetrators attended RIM’s Partisan training camp. According to the prosecutor handling the case, attendance at the “paramilitary camp in St. Petersburg was a key step in [the bombers’] radicalization..." Forum: The Mess Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 2:20 am Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA https://www.newyorker.com/video/watch/a-reporters-footage-from-inside-the-capitol-siege Paper Tiger - I think you meant like a "Proxy" off the books (paper). That makes sense yes, RIM is really state-sponsored but keep off the books as official government entity. It's like the old days of Cold War and West does the same but more stealthy. I still don't understand what you meant by Russian mafia. During the early days when Yeltsin was the boss, it was big problem. Now I think they try to cooperate with Russian state in exchange for being good soldiers, I think this is something like the new "Oligarch" system in Russia. Forum: The Mess Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:53 pm Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA Just fyi your opposition leader Alexei Navalny immediately arrested the instant he returned back from Germany. What does Russian mafia have to do with U.S....so RIM is some the fault of U.S.? https://nypost.com/2021/01/17/russian-dissident-alexei-navalny-detained-after-moscow-return/ And has a Russian "wife" what a coincidence https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/23/revealed-the-true-identity-of-the-leader-of-americas-neo-nazi-terror-group Fulcum you may want to re-read that article, it was actually very good thanks and lots of links thanks for sharing. Didn't not even know about "Russian Imperial Movement" paramilitary state-sponsored group uses Soviet-era system of proxies until I read some of the other links. "The current FBI official told NBC News that the bureau did not necessarily suspect Russian involvement in the bitcoin transfers" - does not say that Russia did this all they are doing is investigating. How tragic the "French" national whom sent $522K USD to 22 far-right extremists just happened to commit suicide on December 8th on same day of this Bitcoin transaction? https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/24/world/europe/intent-on-unsettling-eu-russia-taps-foot-soldiers-from-the-fringe.html Rinaldo Nizarro...just happens to live in Russia. https://www.justsecurity.org/68420/confronting-russias-role-in-transnational-white-supremacist-extremism/ Forum: The Mess Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:05 am Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA Let me put it like this...dozens of the Trump Zombies that flew to the Coup attempt were already on FBI Terrorist watch lists. Fact. And yes it was a Coup attempt planned long in advance and had insider help from Congress caught providing Reconnaissance tours (no masks on of course). Must be watching only NewsMax to not know that the Insurrectionists did bring guns, zip ties for hostages, lasers, mace, bats, nooses to hang presumably Pence, Molotov cocktails...what else? This is the Check-Mate on humanity according to Tristan Harris that Social Media has shown what we witnessed the very worse in humanity. Nope. The people that brought dozens of FBI Terrorist watchlists folks to start insurrection based on lies, or simply because they just want a RightWing Authoritarian is not Pig card. They literally are Nazi's, White Nationalist militia groups, QAnon nuts. About half of them minimum, the most hardcore radicalized. You know, like the guy with the Camp Auschwitz shirt. Or the people with Q Trust the plan shirts. I think it's fair to say we know who these nuts are. No need to keep trying to rationalize or protect criminals already sent many to jail. Gonna have 20K minimum Troops this time ready to mow down the Trump zombies. Bring it on. Trump is a coward just wants their $$$. Forum: The Mess Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:47 am Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA https://www.npr.org/sections/congress-electoral-college-tally-live-updates/2021/01/13/956426253/rep-tim-ryan-probe-under-way-on-whether-members-gave-capitol-tours-to-rioters JFFulcrum wrote (View Post): These are private companies and they can do as they wish when it comes to removing things or people from their platforms. So it was OK in 1950-s when private bus companies denied blacks from their services? Your argument is that dumb, yes. Funny thing is that Trump himself banned foreign platforms like TikTok, which now may be useful for him to reach his voters. He had all the knowledge about pro-dems US Internet platforms, but hate against China blinded him. "These People" also now are the mainstream of the entire Republican Party, which is now firmly even still Trump's Party. No, GOP was not for these people. It occasionally used them as a fuel, than distanced, and it just become clear. Trump was, yes, but unlikely had any real support from GOP at most. Otherwise, otherwise, he could to do what he promised to his voters. to do what he promised to his voters. when they "protest" met with Secret Police in plain clothes posing as civilians looking to start fights with them Not funny fact - Ashli Babbitt, US Air Force vet, was shot by police in plain clothes in Capitol. They were part of British Commonwealth now living under control of Dictatorship and want their freedom back. People storming Capitol likely had exactly the same motivation - they want their freedom back. Freedom is bigger thing that some CA hipsters views about it. If Dems will continue ignoring, do not start to speak with people and just blame trumpers as terrorists, than everyone in America will remember how domestic terrorism really looks like. Like what? This. And this. Nice try comrade I can tell you well trained and studied in Soviet-era propaganda points & probably you are former military. But this is not very persuasive argument to save Putin's puppet. Confederate states of the South have wanted apartheid style culture in South for since 1800's. Rosa Parks was not welcome by them it had nothing to do with "private company". Notably the majority of the Insurrectionists came from with their Confederate flags with them. Websites whether this or Social Media have policy of zero tolerance to hate speech / violence / extremism which this does constitute. And no that's not correct about "those people" not being the base of GOP now. Many polls of registered Republicans even after the Siege still show very strong support for Trump and the attempted Coup. About 50% agreed with the Coup attempt, 80% claim to not trust integrity of elections. And as I mentioned they had the highest turnout ever for Presidential election. And only 10 out of almost 200 voted to impeach today. That means the Siege mobs and their radicalized right wing supporters are firmly in control of the party. Horrible comparison between Hong Kong and the Siege. That woman is radicalized fanatic QAnon nut wearing Q gear in her social media posts. It doesn't matter if she was veteran lots of former military or police or various folks can get radicalized on Social media sites. She was about to storm into the Congress chambers and deserved to get shot. If she wants to be suicidal and charge into Restricted Area and commit Federal crimes, that is her own stupidity for believing the Q lies. There is no plan other than being used. I do agree with you about that they GOP is just using them and can care less if they die. Trump lied to them and said he would be there with them yet he was nowhere in sight. Sitting at the White House eating cheeseburgers and enjoying on Television, while they spilled their blood as he lied and misled them. He's no Caeser. Forum: The Mess Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:31 am Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA "It all started with lies..." https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1348249481284874240 Hope you're not drawing comparison between the 2 incidents? I see the usual folks Hannity and Ingram doing their very best to spin and justify. The Veterans were promised to be paid and Hoover was cheap barely even wanted to help people during Great Depression. Nobody got killed for that one and they weren't going to take hostages and threaten to hang the VP. And at least 7 White Nationalist militia gangs identified so far that we know of involved last week. Treasure trove of archival info on Parler servers being investigated. Not as dumb as the people that live streamed themselves committing Federal crimes at least. New video released today, looks like medieval-era Siege with brief cease fire to evacuate the wounded https://money.yahoo.com/scenes-mayhem-pro-trump-protesters-003754604.html Clint Watts put it best..."Domestic terrorists vote, International terrorists don't". And no need to sugarcoat or deny the Right-Wing racist militias were there it was all over their own Social Media posts. Proud Boys and dozens of militias. You can see they wore bulletproof vests and helmets some interviewed on camera vowed to return with guns. Make no mistake...these are Terrorists and they were out for blood and got it. 100 percent they would have killed Pence, taken hostages and certainly would have killed others. It is a false Dichotomy yes that society has placed itself into especially in USA. To have ridiculous "purity" tests into false Binary choices. In USA both Parties have incredibly stupid political agendas some have called "detached" from reality. And neither party should be the one to exclusively have either good or bad ideas either. The Founding Fathers of USA never intended for this and they were not Religious fundamentalists. Almost all of them including General Washington were Freemasons. I never said 30% of USA are racists...rather 30% of population (minus some defections) still firmly support Trump. Some prefer an right-wing authoritarian. Some literally called for him to "cross the Rubicon" but he is a coward, never even showed up to Siege. Then caved on Video statement saying he would leave on 1/20. Half of Republicans polled by YouGov supported the siege...I do believe that's a fair estimate of how many of them are Racists as well. And QAnon right-wing conspiracy inspired populist groups spreading in Europe now. In fact I saw one rioter carrying French flag (one Canadian flag also). Forum: The Mess Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:42 am Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA We're gonna have to agree to disagree Comrade. Putin's Useful Idiot lost fair and square even his own appointed Court judges found no reason to overturn results because there is was no evidence presented. Because if you lie in Court in law they will haul the Plaintiff off to jail. And you conflate what a small number of radical activists posted on Twitter with BLM. The looters had nothing to do with protests they used that as cover. Twitter mob is not real just social media fantasy. Just because someone or groups post on social media that doesn't reflect a majority of views. As far as your accusations that "these people" weren't looked at? Completely false. "These People" also now are the mainstream of the entire Republican Party, which is now firmly even still Trump's Party. Whom had full control of State Media outlets Fox News (only now are they starting to finally turn on him), NewMax cable TV, Rush Limbaugh whom got Medal of Freedom from Trump and dozens of other Right-Wing extremest curated media outlets and websites. And they had the largest Republican voter turn-out ever but still lost by landslide in both popular and electoral college votes. Hong Kong? It's part of the People's Republic of China Communist Dictatorship now...when they "protest" met with Secret Police in plain clothes posing as civilians looking to start fights with them. Don't see how that is even remotely close analogy. They were part of British Commonwealth now living under control of Dictatorship and want their freedom back. Forum: The Mess Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:31 pm Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA Not even during the Darkest Days of Civil War did the insurrectionists ever manage to do this: https://www.newsr.in/n/Technology/1zmzz1eiqz/After-breaking-into-the-US-Capitol-and-storming.htm I would describe this as more like Rome getting overrun by the barbarians...they looted, stole, smashed property (even windows that were already broken?), terrorized the occupants, stormed through Marble floors and statues, broke into locked rooms and placed their Rebel flags on top of statues as if they just conquered the Capital of enemy power. Bad example, the Romans also considered themselves a republic... Generally people that carry molotov cockatiels are not praised as "protestors", or smashing all the Press media's equipment and cutting the power cables with Knives...that was a nice touch too. You just describe peaceful protesters of Freedom from Ukraine, Libya, Syria, even HK, how pity. No...that is incorrect. First of all, the Roman Republic had ended centuries in 27 B.C. before the barbarian invasions of Rome. At that point it was an Empire ruled by Imperial decree. My point was that it was NOT peaceful with 5 people killed and for nothing in your own words. And quite a few very serious injuries. Secondly...Ukraine / Libya / Syria were all Civil Wars and attempted overthrow of those nations governments. That does not fit the definition of "peaceful" when people die and by violent means. Like when Police got crushed by medieval style mob ramming the doors, that's not peaceful either. Tons of photos / videos out there with Confederate flags, QAnon nuts, right-wing militias, White Supremists / Neo-Nazi type extremist groups. And "Hang Mike Pence" chats by the Trump mobs. Now Mike Pence is said to be "furious" at Trump, nearly got him killed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na6KBNroYD0 Forum: The Mess Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:32 am Subject: Re: What's happen in the USA S.O.S. USA in big trouble, the rats in the Trump admin fleeing like a sinking ship nobody seems to be in charge of the Mad King. Trying to prevent him from access to Nukes I heard. Sorry to say this is looking like the end of USA now. The right wing extremists and their suicidal QAnon allies have now become mainstream of Republican Party & holding support steady about 30% of population in permanent resistance. 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__label__cc	0.699611	0.300389	Climate & Temperature > Usa > Cold Bay, Alaska > Vs > Sault Ste. Marie, Mi Cold Bay, Alaska vs Sault Ste. Marie, Mi Climate & Distance Between Cold Bay, Alaska vs Korf, Russia Cold Bay, Alaska vs Tela, Honduras Cold Bay, Alaska vs Valdez, Ak, Usa Cold Bay, Alaska vs Rangoon, Yangon, Myanmar Sault Ste. Marie, Mi vs Dakhla, Egypt Sault Ste. Marie, Mi vs Motueka, New Zealand Sault Ste. Marie, Mi vs New Ulm, Mn, Usa Sault Ste. Marie, Mi vs Cook, South Australia, Australia Casablanca vs Nikko Tres Lagoas vs Portalegre Punta Del Este vs Sarata Puerto Ayacucho vs Barreiras The distance between Cold Bay, Alaska, Usa and Sault Ste. Marie, Mi, Usa is approximately 5,285 km or 3,284 mi. To reach Cold Bay, Alaska in this distance one would set out from Sault Ste. Marie, Mi bearing 310.7° or NW and follow the great circles arc to approach Cold Bay, Alaska bearing 246° or WSW . Cold Bay, Alaska has a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) whereas Sault Ste. Marie, Mi has a warm summer continental/ hemiboreal climate with no dry season (Dfb). Cold Bay, Alaska is in or near the subpolar wet tundra biome whereas Sault Ste. Marie, Mi is in or near the boreal wet forest biome. The mean annual temperature is 0.8 °C (1.4°F) cooler. Average monthly temperatures vary by 14.9 °C (26.8°F) less in Cold Bay, Alaska. The continentality subtype is truly oceanic as opposed to truly continental. Total annual precipitation averages 44.9 mm (1.8 in) more which is equivalent to 44.9 l/m² (1.1 US gal/ft²) or 449,000 l/ha (48,001 US gal/ac) more. About 1 as much. The altitude of the sun at midday is overall 8.7° lower in Cold Bay, Alaska than in Sault Ste. Marie, Mi. Climate Comparison Table The table shows values for Cold Bay, Alaska relative to Sault Ste. Marie, Mi. You can also view this comparison the other way around from the perspective of Sault Ste. Marie, Mi vs Cold Bay, Alaska. Average Max Temperature °C ( °F) +7 (+12) +5 (+9) +1 (+2) -6 (-10) -10 (-18) -11 (-20) -12 (-21) -10 (-18) -8 (-14) -6 (-10) +-1 (-1) +5 (+9) -4 (-7) Average Temperature °C ( °F) +9 (+16) +7 (+13) +3 (+6) -3 (-5) -6 (-11) -7 (-12) -7 (-13) -6 (-11) -4 (-7) -3 (-6) +1 (+1) +7 (+12) -1 (-1) Average Min Temperature °C ( °F) +11 (+19) +10 (+18) +5 (+10) +0 (+0) -2 (-4) -3 (-5) -3 (-5) -2 (-4) -1 (-1) -1 (-1) +2 (+4) +8 (+15) +2 (+4) Average Precipitation mm (in) +11 (+0) +14 (+1) -4 (0) -10 (0) -11 (0) -27 (-1) -5 (0) -9 (0) +18 (+1) +28 (+1) +19 (+1) +20 (+1) +45 (+2) Average Daylight Hours & Minutes/ Day -1h 17' -0h 44' -0h 07' +0h 30' +1h 06' +1h 28' +1h 18' +0h 44' +0h 06' -0h 31' -1h 07' -1h 29' 0h 00' Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (�°) -8.6 -8.5 -8.6 -8.6 -8.7 -8.7 -8.8 -8.8 -8.7 -8.8 -8.8 -8.7 -8.7 There are so many comparison pages. Please post a link to one to help people find them: http://www.cold-bay.climatemps.com/vs/marie-mi.php Cold Bay, Alaska vs Casper, Wy, Usa Cold Bay, Alaska vs Thessaloniki, Greece Cold Bay, Alaska vs Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada Cold Bay, Alaska vs Kuwait City, Kuwait Sault Ste. Marie, Mi vs Monte Azul, Brazil Sault Ste. Marie, Mi vs Rio Gallegos, Argentina Sault Ste. Marie, Mi vs Gisborne, Manutuke, New Zealand Sault Ste. Marie, Mi vs Passo Fundo, Brazil Rumipamba vs Richmond, Virginia Tawau vs Williamsburg, Va Carolina vs Pokegama Dam, Mn Oita vs Ono-I-Lau Cold Bay, Alaska vs Sault Ste. Marie, Mi Discussion You are welcome to incorporate your thoughts on the differences in climate or other matters such as contrasts in culture, standard of living, demographics etc. Currently under general maintenance. Climate Guides for Locations near Cold Bay, Alaska Nome, Alaska, Usa - 1046.1 kms (650.1 miles) N Providenja Bay, Russia - 1175 kms (730.2 miles) NNW St Paul Island, Ak, Usa - 512 kms (318.1 miles) WNW Galena, Alaska, Usa - 1105.4 kms (686.9 miles) NNE Mc Grath, Ak, Usa - 952.3 kms (591.8 miles) NNE Talkeetna, Ak, Usa - 1070 kms (664.9 miles) NE Anchorage, Alaska, Usa - 994.8 kms (618.2 miles) NE Valdez, Ak, Usa - 1159.6 kms (720.6 miles) NE Bethel, Alaska, Usa - 622.2 kms (386.6 miles) N Homer, Ak, Usa - 831.3 kms (516.6 miles) NE King Salmon, Ak, Usa - 533.5 kms (331.5 miles) NE Kodiak, Alaska, Usa - 687.8 kms (427.4 miles) ENE Climate Guides for Locations near Sault Ste. Marie, Mi La Tuque, Qc, Canada - 165.6 kms (102.9 miles) N Marquette, Michigan, Usa - 241 kms (149.8 miles) W Sault Ste Marie, On, Canada - 8.6 kms (5.3 miles) WSW Stambaugh, Mi, Usa - 328.1 kms (203.9 miles) W Iron Mountain Kingsford, Mi, Usa - 282.3 kms (175.4 miles) W Newberry, Mi, Usa - 135 kms (83.9 miles) WSW Oconto, Wi, Usa - 323.3 kms (200.9 miles) WSW Houghton Lake, Mi, Usa - 238.2 kms (148 miles) S Mount Pleasant, Mi, Usa - 281.9 kms (175.2 miles) S Hart, Mi, Usa - 304.9 kms (189.5 miles) SSW Big Rapids Waterworks, Mi, Usa - 323 kms (200.7 miles) SSW Timmins, On, Canada - 323.2 kms (200.8 miles) NE Comfort Cove, Nf, Canada - 321.5 kms (199.8 miles) NE Sudbury, Ontario, Canada - 275.6 kms (171.3 miles) E Nicholson Peninsula, Nt, Canada - 156.9 kms (97.5 miles) ESE Gore Bay, On, Canada - 156.8 kms (97.5 miles) ESE Alpena, Michigan, Usa - 172 kms (106.9 miles) SSE Wiarton, On, Canada - 321.9 kms (200 miles) SE East Tawas, Mi, Usa - 256.9 kms (159.7 miles) SSE Countries A-Z: A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| Y \| Z Bright Future Dir. © 2009 - 2015 climatemps.com - Sitemap - Contact Us - Privacy Policy -	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line277
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__label__wiki	0.907922	0.907922	Follow the Wabbit The Adventures of The Wabbit - Il Comandante Coniglio 2. The Wabbit and the Magic Box The Wabbit paused on the way out because he couldn't resist a closer look at the box. He needed better light, so he hopped up on a ledge by a window and pulled it from his fur. It was a strange looking affair - roughly square but not quite. And there was a device on the front that looked like a knob. The Wabbit fiddled with it. Nothing happened. He turned it upside down and shook it - but to little effect. The knob clicked round and round - but didn't open the box. He looked closer. There were numbers etched on the side. "A combination lock," hissed the Wabbit. He was secretly thrilled with his find. A box was one thing but a box he couldn't open was another. He made a few attempts starting with 000. To the Wabbit's knowledge, all combination locks had a row of zeros as a default. There was no result. The Wabbit tapped the box and then gave it a good whack. Nothing. "This needs an expert," he thought. For a moment he tried to think who that expert might be but there was only one - Wabsworth. Since Wabsworth was an android, he reasoned, finding the combination would be a piece of cake. For a moment he could smell a sweet cake which he particularly liked. "Panettone," he murmured. Then the smell was gone. "Curious," he thought, "but I'd rather have Rum Baba." For just a second the smell of Rum Baba wafted through the air. In fact, he could almost taste it. "This needs looking into," he said to himself. The smell hung in the air and then vanished. His stomach rumbled and he tried to drag the top from the box. It resisted all efforts to open. "Grrr," he said, "I don't employ an android for nothing." Then he vanished in search of Wabsworth. 1. The Wabbit's find, high up in the Dome The Wabbit was at a loose end and he decided he'd potter in the Royal Museum. As usual he decided to go somewhere he wasn't really allowed. He spotted ladders - so he climbed high up into the dome and edged his way along the scaffolding. Repairs were in progress and he watched the workers. Their patient work would ensure everything stayed together as it was supposed to. The Wabbit knew it wouldn't do to have things fall on his head. He grinned in satisfaction. Things were in progress and while the workers were concentrating, there was always the chance of finding something interesting. He looked at every nook and cranny. Nothing much except the dust of ages. He tried to recall when he'd last visited. "I think it was 2011," he mused to himself. Lapinette was in hospital and he'd prowled the length and breadth of Turin in search of stuff to do. And he'd certainly found it. He smiled to himself and edged out a little further to look at the scene below. Workers scurried back and forth carrying materials. It was then he noticed something in a corner, something that had been discarded. No-one seemed to care. It looked in danger of being discarded so the Wabbit thought he'd better secure it. The corner was difficult to access but he persevered. He stretched out a paw. The object looked like a box with serrated sides. He tried to open it, but it was complicated. So he tucked the box into his fur and made his way down. He nodded to the workers on his way past. "Everything all right Commander?" said the foreman. The Wabbit shoved the box further into his fur. "Perfectly hunky dory," he smiled. "Tip top," said the foreman ... The Wabbit at his Adventure Caffè Far from Rome, at a Caffè in Sal Salvario, the team gathered to discuss the recent adventure. Skratch the Cat was late as usual. As he scrabbled his way onto the remaining seat, the Wabbit asked him the question, "What was that for a sort of Adventure we just had?" Skratch meaowed a massive meow. "It resembles others I've seen - but with one distinguishing feature." They waited with baited breath. "It had an anti-war vibe right in the middle. In that respect it is anti-war story." Wabsworth grinned and rapped the table. "There's no such thing as an anti-war story in my opinion." Lapinette was sceptical. "You are misquoting Truffaut. He said that to show something was to ennoble it." Wabsworth shrugged as if he'd proved his point. The Wabbit decided to contribute. "So the officer's noble grunt was just another way of ennobling war?" Skratch held up a paw. "War can be represented as spectacle, the eerie display of soldiers up to their waist in snow and the determination of the soldiers to advance. That is ennobling too." Lapinette demanded attention. "No one asked about the stripped-down buildings that provided our rather inhospitable destination." Wabsworth's memory banks whirred. "Guy Debord would have appreciated it." "Ah yes," said the Wabbit, "The Situationists may have recognised industrial set design." Skratch smiled and meaowed, "Paulo Ventura might have said something about that too." "Since he designed it," laughed Lapinette. "He designed it," said the Wabbit, "but he's never actually been there!" "I didn't see a bar there," said Wabsworth. "More's the pity," laughed the Wabbit. "We would have stayed longer." 8. The Wabbit and Sideways Home Lapinette got into the car, slammed the door and switched on the heater. "Brrr," she said, "Let's go home." The Wabbit was cold too. He turned the heater up to maximum. Lapinette looked at the adapted gear lever. "Which way?" The Wabbit didn't have a clue but he suggested the other way from before. "Opposite direction, sideways," he said. Lapinette crashed the lever over. The car shimmered and shook. Then it warped in a lateral direction. The felt the pressure. Then it was gone and they sailed over the rooftops. The Wabbit looked down. Colours changed, but the sea continued to crash silently on a long- forgotten beach. "What was that place?" asked Lapinette. The Wabbit pondered while he gazed and then he said, "It's not a place, it's a different space. We inhabited it for a while. Now it's gone." Lapinette sat in the driver's seat but there was nothing to do but wait for the car to make its journey home. "It's a relaxing drive," she said, "but I'm looking forward to an aperitivo in a proper city." "Why don't we have one here and another when we get there," smiled the Wabbit. He fished a hip flask from his fur and handed in to Lapinette. "I come prepared," he grinned. Lapinette lifted the flask to her lips and took a hearty swallow. "Chilled Aperol Spritz," she murmured, "my favourite. What time do we get back?" "Same as when we left according to Dr Strangeglove," replied the Wabbit. They progressed through various colours. Suddenly the scene cleared. They were staring at the Rome traffic - and before long they were parked outside the Pasticceria Siciliana Svizzera. "Happy Birthday!" said the Wabbit. 7. The Wabbit and War and Peace The Wabbit and Lapinette made their way to street level but what they found surprised even them. An army moved slowly along the street sinking deeper and deeper into snow. It made a sound - as if it was a slowed down recording. The Wabbit saluted because that was demanded by protocol. Lapinette followed suit. One of the officers turned to look and spoke to the Wabbit. It sounded slurred and unintelligible to Lapinette but the Wabbit had a universal translator and the sound fed through it, becoming almost normal. The voice asked why they were there. The Wabbit replied that they came by coach to have a look. He whispered in Lapinette's ear. "It looks like stage set from Erwin Piscator." Lapinette nodded. "He worked with Brecht you know," added the Wabbit. Lapinette nodded again. The Wabbit was knowledgeable in that department. "What war is this?" He addressed the officer directly but the answer was a long time coming back. "Napoleonic," he replied. They looked bitterly cold. The officer spoke again. He was shivering in the freezing temperature. "Are you from the future?" "Sort of, but not as you might think," replied the Wabbit. The atmosphere cut through him like a knife and the Wabbit shivered too despite his fur. "Will we be victorious?" asked the officer. "Winter is coming, worse than this," replied the Wabbit and he shook his head sadly. The officer shrugged and raised his hand in farewell. "War is Hell," he said and moved on. The Wabbit and Lapinette saluted once more and the army moved slowly past. I'm freezing," said Lapinette, "let's go back to our coach." Then together they climbed back to the roof ... [I am indebted to Paulo Ventura and his excellent exhibition in Turin Photo Museum. The exhibition is extended into this year.] 6. The Wabbit and the Flat Roof Lapinette set the car down. "You don't call this car by his old name?" said Lapinette. "It's your car now, he needs a new name," replied the Wabbit, He got out of the car and strode to the parapet. "Radicchio," suggested Lapinette. The Wabbit looked back. "If you like," he said. He laughed for a minute because it was a funny name for a car. He looked over the edge. Lapinette joined him. Buildings stretched into the distance. Behind them the sea rolled out and in without a sound. "Someone's got to live here," said the Wabbit, "Someone pays the rent." Lapinette looked doubtful. "What would you set the rent at?" The Wabbit thought about it. "Tenement by the sea? A thousand euro." Lapinette gasped. "That's a bit steep." "Everything's a thousand euro now." insisted the Wabbit. Lapinette nodded sagely. Then she thought of something important. "What does Radicchio run on?" "Hydrogen," said the Wabbit, "so no worries. Then there's the anti-matter backup." Lapinette looked sceptical. "It's not to going to blow us all to Kingdom Come." "Not yet," replied the Wabbit. "Kingdom ain't coming for a bit." They both looked down into the empty streets below. "I thought I saw something move," said Lapinette. "So did I," said the Wabbit. "It looked like a flag." Like ghosts, a sea of flags moved through the silent streets. These flags didn't flutter but stayed quite rigid. "I don't like the look of this," said the Wabbit. "Better investigate," said Lapinette. "Could be fun," shrugged the Wabbit. "Is it safe to leave the car?" joked Lapinette. "It has an anti-theft device," responded the Wabbit. Lapinette looked at the Wabbit with horror. "It vaporises assailants," shrugged the Wabbit. 5. The Wabbit and the Place by the Sea Lapinette left the control lever where it was as the vehicle lurched into a different land of colour. The car bent and warped and shimmered and shook as it progressed sideways through a spectrum they'd never seen before. The scene cleared and the car warped back into shape. There was an island. And on the island, there were buildings. Nothing looked quite right. They looked completely deserted, uninhabited, not as much as a mouse. The sea rolled incessantly. The island smelled of the tropics but there was no sound. All was silent. "Some place for a holiday," said Lapinette. "Peace and quiet," quipped the Wabbit. He was about to say you could lie on the beach - but there was no beach. They skimmed the rooftops looking for a place to land. Each terrace gave way to another terrace. "Getting tired of terraces," said the Wabbit. "Great to witness catastrophes from," grinned Lapinette. "That's a cheery yet privileged thought," replied the Wabbit, "This is a catastrophe waiting to happen," commented Lapinette. The Wabbit thought that was correct, but he didn't feel an answer was appropriate. Instead, he said, "It feels like ambush country!" Lapinette took a chance on the throttle and sped forward. "I see a flat roof over there." Lapinette edged round and down. "I think I can land the jalopy." The Wabbit looked all around for hostility. His ears twitched back and forward and to the side. There wasn't any sign of an ambush - or of anything. "Let's get this baby off the ground." Lapinette looked at all the switches on the dash. "I'm looking for one that says soft landings, flat roofs." The Wabbit smiled. "That's what Buzz Aldrin said." 4. The Wabbit and Lapinette meet Traffic Lapinette shifted the lever sideways and the car went likewise. But then with enormous speed it burst into the traffic. It continued to slew sideways and they watched as everything passed. Things were fractured. They just missed a motorbike as the traffic went every which way. Lapinette tried to bring the lever back but it wouldn't budge. The Wabbit gritted his teeth. "Exciting," he murmured. Lapinette muttered something rude about the controls. With enormous effort she shifted the lever and it swung back to dead centre. They seemed to be at a standstill but the traffic came forward towards them and they moved with it. Lapinette wrestled the controls and managed to move it sideways but in the other direction. The car swung round and lifted a bit. The traffic was still fractured. "It's the first run," observed the Wabbit. "I thought you said the car travelled in time," said Lapinette. The Wabbit nodded at the traffic. It was going backwards now and they followed it. But the traffic diverged and the car came to a standstill. "It's looking for instructions," said the Wabbit. "I'll give it binky instructions," growled Lapinette and she threw the lever forward. This time it engaged. Now the traffic seemed to be streamlined, and filaments attached to every vehicle. The car started to turn on its axis. The cockpit was so small that the Wabbit and Lapinette stayed more or less where they were - but they turned with the car. "Interesting," said the Wabbit. "Very," said Lapinette through gritted teeth. The car continued to turn until the traffic blurred into a single colour. They made their way backwards through the colour, then left the colour behind. "Where are we now?" asked Lapinette. "The Other Side?" replied the Wabbit. 3. The Wabbit and Lap's Birthday The Wabbit brought Lapinette to St Peter's Square and there was no need for subterfuge. The car was in place by kind permission of ex Cardinal Lapin. He always authorised Bond movies so he could hardly turn the Wabbit down. "New car, Wabbit?" she asked. "It's yours," said the Wabbit, "Happy Birthday!" Lapinette looked at the car, "Haven't I seen this before?" The Wabbit grinned his widest grin. "Modified," he whispered. Lapinette took a step back. "You shouldn't have!" "It was nothing," said the Wabbit. He looked at the ground. Lapinette jumped up and down. "No, I really mean you shouldn't have. Your modifications are well known." The Wabbit tried to set her mind at rest. "Doctor Strangeglove did the whole thing," "That's reassuring," she replied - with more than a hint of sarcasm. Lap walked round the car and came back. "How do I get in?" The Wabbit shrugged. "With a little bit of difficulty. You lean back, swivel and drag your ears in behind you. I'll climb in after you," "Cosy," said Lapinette. She placed her paws on her hips and waited. "One other thing," said the Wabbit, "It travels in time." Lapinette leaped in the air. "I knew it!" Nonetheless, she eased the gullwing doors up and got inside. The Wabbit crammed in after her. "What's that lever for? "she asked. "Forward for the future, back for the past," replied the Wabbit. "And sideways?" Lapinette was interested at last. "Better not to push it sideways," said the Wabbit, "It's still at the developmental stage," But it was too late, Lap pushed the lever. The car wheels turned silently on the wet cobbles and it crept sideways. "It doesn't do much," said Lapinette. Suddenly there was a blinding flash ... 2. The Wabbit and Strangeglove's Machine Doctor Strangeglove called the Wabbit to see what he'd done. He'd been working in the Wabbit's shed to build a surprise present for Lapinette's birthday and the Wabbit was on tenterhooks to see it. The Wabbit was surprised. "That's Wab!" he yelled. "Oh Wabbit, I found it under some covers in a corner and adapted it. I hoped you wouldn't mind." The Wabbit was a bit embarrassed. He'd borrowed it in 2011 for a race and quite forgot to give it back. He thought about it for a bit and decided if they hadn't asked for it back, they didn't really want it. "That's OK," he said, "We've improved it." Strangeglove smiled. "We certainly have. Under the bonnet is an anti matter unit of my own design." The Wabbit patted what passed for a bumper. "What about controls?" Strangeglove nodded his gloved head. "There are three main controls. Forward to the Future, Backward to the Past - and Sideways." The Wabbit was intrigued. "Where does Sideways go?" "I don't really know!" shrugged Strangeglove, "so better not touch it." The Wabbit looked alarmed but said nothing more about it. "It has inhospitable climate control," said Strangeglove and I also put in a make-up case and a fur drier." "Very wise," nodded the Wabbit. Then he noticed the bow. "That's a nice bow, I thought you didn't do bows." Strangeglove looked embarrassed. "I found that lying around too. I stuck it on, and it wouldn't come off." The Wabbit knew where it came from. It had been attached to a present given to him by Lapinette. "I suppose bows all look the same," he chuckled. He rubbed his paws together. "Now I have to find a way of getting Lapinette round here." Strangeglove laughed and laughed. "Just tell her it's surprise," he said. "She'll be suspicious," replied the Wabbit. Strangeglove drew himself up to his full height. "Send a red rose by courier pigeon." "That'll work," agreed the Wabbit. 1. The Wabbit and the Emergency Present The Wabbit was stuck. He'd left it too late to get a present for Lapinette's birthday and didn't know what to do. There were only a few days left and all the shops were shut. But he had an idea that it could be something technical, so he tracked down Doctor Strangeglove to his lair. "Pleased to see you Wabbit," said Strangeglove, "I was just tuning up this engine for the electrical people." Dr. Strangeglove was in ebullient mood. Let loose on anything electrical, he was very happy. The Wabbit explained his predicament. Strangeglove smiled. "You want it to be a surprise?" The Wabbit nodded his head but looked rueful. "I should have thought of it before." Doctor Strangeglove paced up and down, thinking. "Something technical you say?" The Wabbit nodded. "Something she hasn't got already?" added Strangeglove. The Wabbit nodded with vigour, because that was the main problem. No matter what he thought of, Lapinette had it already. The Doctor came up with an idea. "A time machine?" The Wabbit was astonished. "You could get me a time machine?" "Of course," said Strangeglove. "By Friday?" asked the Wabbit. Dr Strangeglove thought for a minute then he nodded. "I could do it for Thursday evening if I have the designs." The Wabbit was sceptical - but Lapinette did not have a time machine. That he knew. "Will it go into the future and come back?" "Anyway you like," smiled the Doctor. The Wabbit asked his penultimate question. "Will it have a seat?" "Yes," said Strangeglove, "Two seats if you want." The Wabbit wondered how much he had in his dinosaur fund. "I can build it from scrap," said the Doctor. The Wabbit had one more question. "Can you gift wrap it?" "No, I'm not that good," said Strangeglove. The Wabbit said he'd give everyone a surprise and took them to a Caffè he knew in Venice. It was very dry this year and they didn't have to wear Wellington boots - so Skratch was very pleased because he hated getting his feet wet. Lapinette and the Wabbit went ahead to order the drinks, because that was the way things worked. "Over there by the canal," said the Wabbit, "our drinks will be here in due course." Skratch was anxious to answer the question about the goings on with the letters and Wabsworth posed the question. "What on earth was that that for a sort of adventure?" Skratch was duty bound to respond. "It began as a satire about words and their meanings, but quickly changed to a discourse on the structure of words themselves." The Wabbit was disappointed. "Is that it?" Skratch meaowed a long and plaintive meow, "Certainly not. The discourse circulated around the power of the dictionary and, in essence, demonstrated that the letters had little power at all." Wabsworth grinned his android grin. "All the letters were caught in the dictionary's control of the word." Skratch was on home territory. "And a word only has meaning as a place in a signifying chain." Lapinette laughed. "Stuck in a concatenation?" "At the station!" added the Wabbit. The rest all looked at him and groaned. "In other words it hardly mattered," said Wabsworth, "the lower cases and the upper cases are at the mercy of sound-images." The Wabbit wanted the last word. "They say the unconscious is structured like a language," Lapinette did get the last word. "Desire is therefore always left unsatisfied." "I desire my drink," said the Wabbit. Then they laughed and laughed and laughed. 7. The Wabbit inside the Word Drum As they walked into the vast halls of Dictionary House, a door slammed behind them and things started to revolve. The gothic interior gave way to the clean lines of a washing machine and it started to fill. One by one, all the letters they'd met joined them and started to gyrate. Everything ran and colours shattered, merged and separated again. Lapinette's kilt turned into coloured arrows and swept across her face. Only the Wabbit seemed happy. He'd been twirled before, so he lay back and let the wash do its work. Capital A got very small then big again then small. The lower-case letters swam in the exotic brew. Now they were bigger than the capitals and they seemed happy too. "What's happening?" yelled the A. "You're being decapitalised," laughed the Wabbit. The wash got more violent and everything swirled around. All of a sudden it stopped. Then it began to twirl the other way. The letters became the same size. "Give me back my kilt!" shouted Lapinette. The tartan became tartan again. Lapinette breathed a sigh of relief. Now that they were the same size, the lower-case letters smiled benevolently on Capital A. "Join us brother," they yelled, "Join us in the heady brew of language." The Capital A shrugged. "I may as well," he said. "I was getting tired of always being at the front. Perhaps I could be in the middle." Small b smiled. "Perhaps you could be at the back," he said. "That's OK," said A, "I've been rather stressed always beginning sentences." The Wabbit dried his fur by blowing on it. "Now that your all palsy-walsy, perhaps we could get out of this drum." The door swung open. The gothic halls beckoned. "So many letters, so little time," said Lapinette. "Always time for a drink," said the Wabbit. "How do you spell that," laughed Lapinette. 6. The Wabbit and Dictionary House The Wabbit and Lapinette carried out painstaking research but found nothing. So they took with them a python list of dictionaries and went to Dictionary House. The House lay deep in the Bavarian Quarter, a little-known part of Turin. The python list was a way of finding things out but that was a far as the Wabbit could go. It was a collection of unordered values accessed by keys. They keys had to be hashable, floating point numbers, strings and tuples. When the Wabbit got to tuples he bowed out. Of course, Wabsworth would have known all about it - but the Wabbit was determined to sort the matter out himself. "You don't need that," said Lapinette. The Wabbit asked why not. "Because," replied Lapinette, "the answer isn't there." The Wabbit nodded gravely. "Of course," he said. He waited but Lapinette said nothing. "OK where is the answer?" said the Wabbit. "The answer is in common usage," said Lapinette. It was the Wabbit's turn to say nothing. He nodded as if he understood everything. "Many languages do not have capitals at all," said Lapinette. The Wabbit waited. "Arabic, Hebrew, Korean or Japanese" (The Wabbit understood all that.) "The matter is quite complex," continued Lapinette, "but the lower-case letters appear to be demanding an end to mixed text." The Wabbit shook his head. "I don't think anyone will agree to that, but I have an idea." Lapinette shrugged. "Everything will be in upper case but very small," said the Wabbit. "I've seen it done," said Lapinette, "but I don't think the Upper Cases will agree." The Wabbit thought for a while. "What about Studly Caps mixed case?" Lapinette snickered. "Like the hidden message in HoTMaiL? They might just go for it ... let's go inside and ask." [HoTMaiL: HTML] 5. The Wabbit and the Rumble Letters The Wabbit and Lapinette chatted amiably to the letters and told them they would make a case for their demands. But as they passed along Via Nizza Capital A sprang out at them. He's acquired some wheels and so he'd made good speed down the redundant cycle lanes that had sprung up. He kicked the w to the side. "Oh you big bully!" yelled Lapinette. She tried pushing him but he wouldn't desist. He swept the o to the side and laid into the letter s with venom. The letter s was having none of it and he clattered the Capital A with a left jab. "You little fool, your no better than a snake," shouted Capital A. He tried to trip the s up, but only managed to stub his base on the sidewalk. The s bounced back. "Your tyranny ends here, you moron," he shouted. The s jabbed again and again. Ever watchful from the side, the letter b shouted in support. "Take that for your trouble," he screamed, "And that and that." Encouraged by Lapinette's push, the letter o came back fighting. He rolled over the Capital and ground his wheels until they were flat. The Wabbit hadn't got involved up until now. His role as peace maker seemed to be in danger so he strode into the midst. "Quieten down now, you letters." His voice as far from soothing, especially when the w accidentally hit him in the eye. The fight was becoming something more than a rumble but remained less than a donnybrook. So there was hope. Eventually the Wabbit and Lapinette managed to separate them. The Wabbit dabbed his eye. "You've have got to make an accommodation," he said, "Or you'll all be dead letters." Lapinette had her pad and pen at the ready. "I'll dash a note off to the dictionary people to see what they say." The Wabbit nodded. "Stay clear of four-letter words!" A recent story. The Ghostly Priest Stuck in a traffic jam, the Wabbit is surprised when a rabbit priest gets into his jeep. In his paws he clutches a bible. He asks to be taken to the next church, but when they reach the countryside he gets out and walks into the distance. The Wabbit drives back to town. The following day, Lapinette is driving down from Monte die Cappuccini, when she comes upon the same priest. She offers him a lift and tries to engage him in conversation. The priest is non-committal but he accepts a lift to the church at Superga. Lapinette drives back to town. The Wabbit and Lapinette try to get the bottom of the matter. They hang out at the Superga church and listen to mass. But they spot him outside. Mumbling the old Latin mass, he ascends the staircase to the dome. They follow him. The Wabbit scrambles after the priest but he’s too late to stop him jumping over the parapet. As he jumps, his bible flies out of his paw. The Wabbit catches it and runs down the staircase to the courtyard. He and Lapinette drag the body of the priest inside the church. They try to help the priest but it’s too late. With his last breath he tells the Wabbit he was pushed over the parapet and doomed to forever repeat his fall. But he thanks the Wabbit for freeing him. As he gives the Wabbit his bible, his body begins to vanish and float upwards. A clergyman’s booming voice tells the Wabbit and Lapinette the church is closing. They must leave. They say they were talking to the priest. “What priest?” came the reply ... All about the Wabbit Adventures Follow the Wabbit is a long running story blog now well over 1650 episodes. Commander Wabbit is a Secret Agent loosely attached to the Department of Wabbit Affairs in Turin, Italy. He works with a team of amazing pals who are animals but also pirates, dragons and androids. Each adventure is separated by an episode set in an Adventure Caffè. That's how you find an adventure in the archives. Use the search box to find Adventure or Caffè. Do cut and paste because of the Italian accent in Caffè. An exciting story has just ended ...and another is starting! The Adventures are photo collage and text. But everything in the picture is a photograph. Characters and creatures are made from collage material of all sorts, then photographed and cut out. The background photograph is their stage and they are very particular about how it looks. The Wabbit and Lovely Lapinette adventures are written by Coinneach Shanks. Photographs are by Coinneach Shanks unless otherwise attributed at the bottom of the page. Permissions for photo use may be granted on application and is available at low cost to autism charities and animal welfare organisations. Commander Wabbit himself may be reached at followthewabbit@gmail.com - Or on 00 86 8395914 He's really most approachable and always looking for new ideas! The Wabbit Follow the Wabbit is a long running story blog, now more than 1650 episodes. Each adventure is separated by an episode set in an Adventure Caffè. That's how you find an adventure in the archives. Use the search box to find Adventure or Caffè. Do cut and paste because of the Italian accent in Caffè. An exciting story has just ended ...and another is starting! The Wabbit and Lovely Lapinette adventures are written by Coinneach Shanks. Background photographs are all by Coinneach Shanks unless otherwise attributed at the bottom of the page. Permissions for photo use may be granted on application and is available at low cost to autism charities and animal welfare organisations. Commander Wabbit himself may be reached at followthewabbit@gmail.com He's really most approachable and always looking for new ideas! Followthe Wabbit Follow the Wabbit on Twitter Follow @followthewabbit Coinneach Shanks Coinneach Shanks is the creator of the Wabbit Adventures. Stories, photographs, photo-collage, character development, story-lining and creature animation. Coinneach and Camilla Galli da Bino designed the Skarrots, the Food Dragon, the Puppet Government, Moloch, the Swarm and the Light Creatures. Coinneach Shanks designed Rabbit Jenny the Pirate, the Normots and Panico. All material is copyright. Permissions for use may be addressed to shanks.coinneach@gmail.com Art Wabbit By Amadeüs & Pluis Clari Csuk Clari Csuk is the illustrator of the original Wabbit, Lovely Lapinette and Skratch the Cat Burglar graphics. Also the Wabbit's sometime adversaries, the Ice Mice, The Skuttles and the Euls. Psychotherapy in Dublin The Autism Blogs Directory Fiat Campagnola (jeep) images are by kind permission of Maurizio Boi at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mauboi/ The Balloon Adventure from 08-01-12 These images are otherwise all rights reserved. The background graphics in ""The Wabbit takes a Quantum Leap" (24-11-11) and "The Wabbit takes the Scenic Route Home," (27-11-11) are courtesy of NASA and are understood to be images in the public domain. The cover thumbnail in The Wabbit and the Secret Garden (07-12-11) is understood to be fairly used and may be purchased from. http://www.amazon.com/Clink-Kelly-DiPucchio/dp/006192928X The book thumbnail used as the Carrrot Museum poster in "The Wabbit and the Carrot Library (18-04-12) is "Carrrots, Plant Life Cycles" by Gail Saunders Smith. It is understood to be used fairly and may be purchased from Amazon Books. Various very small items such as wine glasses are attributed to various Wikipedia contributors under the Creative Commons Licence 3.0 Share Alike. e.g. Aperol glasses 17-01-13 Acker Bilk by kind permission of FishNote (rights) http://paper.li/FishNoteOx/1348533301 Photo: Pier Corona Background images of Vesta in the asteroid adventure, courtesy of NASA Background images of earth in the Orange adventure, February-March, 2014 - courtesy of NASA The Merlin helicopter and Type 45 Destroyer published in post 11th April 2014, is courtesy of the UK Ministry of Defence under the Open Government Licence. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/ PuppyURL - Web Directory (c) Coinneach Shanks. Watermark theme. Powered by Blogger.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line291
__label__cc	0.561128	0.438872	ROYAL WINDSOR HORSE SHOW, ROYAL WINDSOR ENDURANCE AND THE EDWARDIAN PAGEANT CANCELLED Organisers of Royal Windsor Horse Show, which includes Royal Windsor Endurance and The Edwardian Pageant, have today announced the cancellation of the 2020 events following the Government’s announcements around COVID-19. Royal Windsor Horse Show was due to be held from 13-17 May, Royal Windsor Endurance on 15 May and The Edwardian Pageant on the evenings of 14-16 May. Commenting on the decision, Show Director, Simon Brooks-Ward, said: “Following government guidelines announced on Monday 16 March 2020, stating that mass gatherings will not be supported by emergency services and recent announcements regarding social distancing, it is with enormous regret that we have to reluctantly taken the decision to cancel Royal Windsor Horse Show, Royal Windsor Endurance and The Edwardian Pageant. The health of the competitors, tradestand holders, sponsors, officials, volunteers and visiting public is our top priority. We would like to thank everyone associated with the event for their continued support, and we are already planning a bumper show in 2021 to compensate for this year’s disappointment.” All individuals who have already purchased a ticket will receive a refund from The Ticket Factory in due course. All competitors who have already paid for their entry will receive a refund, including any stabling fees in due course. Details of the cancellation, refund process and all future plans will be available on the Royal Windsor Horse Show website https://www.rwhs.co.uk/ Filed Under: Shows and Events	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line292
__label__cc	0.55795	0.44205	Eric Manigian Grain pattern and other natural features of the wood are an integral part of the creative process and the reason each piece of wood is hand-selected. A sculptor by training, Manigian brings an intuitive sensibility to bear on the design of his furniture, where lightness of hand is both an aesthetic choice and a nod towards modern minimalist design. Manigian employs an improvisational process, balancing design, craftsmanship and wood's natural qualities. The work is a collaboration with wood — letting its nature and inherent form determine the final object. Each piece has its own personality and identity, making every object unique. — Eric Manigian Eco-Conscious Source Materials Eric Manigian Studio works primarily with a few small millers who have relationships with local arborists and tree doctors who receive trees that must come down, due to construction, disease and other factors outside of commercial tree harvesting. These trees are salvaged, saving them from being left to rot, cut up for firewood, or dragged to a landfill. By using this discarded wood, Eric Manigian Studio recycles and provides these trees with another purpose, often retaining the wood’s natural edge as a reference to its origins. The Meaning of Green Pieces are designed and created using traditional hand-joinery with a multi-layered hand rubbed natural oil finish. Nothing is extraneous. Joints and butterfly keys exist for structural purposes first and foremost while simultaneously executed with nuanced consideration to the aesthetic and graphic effect of these elements. For Manigian, the quality of the craftsmanship is equally as important as the aesthetics of the work and the source of the material. The Studio is committed to ensuring the longevity of its furniture–the belief in making something to last for generations, countering contemporary tendencies towards a disposable culture. The dialogue between these elements (creative process, source materials, and high craftsmanship) results in furniture that fuses modern design and refined workmanship. Nothing is ‘Green’ if it eventually ends up in the landfill. subscribe to the site © copyright 2021 eric manigian	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line294
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__label__cc	0.549979	0.450021	The Reconstruction – Part 4 (Guest Review) 12/04/2013 St. Elmo's Fire 1 Comment Last time on The Reconstruction, the captain’s crew sneaked its way through a ship and also set off an explosion. The group waits near the stairway to Yat’s cabin (Captain S notes that he can smell him). There’s some banter where Clapian gets confused about metaphors: Captain S: “I trust you’ve seen what happens to a wild animal that’s been cornered.” Pvt Clap: “Animal? So is this rival of yours…a Shra too?” Captain S: “No, just a Human, unfortunately. That was what we call a ‘metaphor,’ mate.” Which, to me, suddenly raises the question of if their metaphors and language should be different from ours or not. If there are sentient beings commonly referred to as “wild animals”, would people use the metaphor the same way we do? It or something similar would probably still exist, but I feel the connotations might be different, especially if confusion like this is common. They walk into the cabin. Oh no, a typo. Captain Yat: “I’ll pay it double, just don’t come any closer!!” Captain S: “No deal. There is no bounty.” Captain Yat: “So this is personal!” Captain S: “Not exactly.” Yat goes into a more aggressive stance. Captain Yat: “You want my blood, then, savage? Come, take it from me! Strike me down! They should have exterminated your kind when they had the chance!” Captain S: “That isn’t very diplomatic. So, it’s a fight you want, then? Have it your way, mate.” …Where did those guards appear from? Anyway, here’s the first boss. He’s actually pretty difficult. And this is why. Lightning Strike is utterly devastating, and you’re given no advance warning of it. The problem is, it’s an elemental attack, and Vasra’s weak to it. This means she stands a very real chance of getting wiped out in one hit – as she just was. Since Vasra is your only party member with healing spells, this means that things can go south very quickly once she’s defeated. Sea Cutter is much less of an issue, but it can really hurt Clapian, who has crappy soul stats. He took 8 damage here, which is more than half his maximum health. Yat also has another attack called “Harsh Advance” that I could screencap properly. It’s also an area-of-effect attack, but the damage it inflicts is more minor. It does inflict mind damage, however, which can be problematic for Captain S. It also advances the Rush meter in Yat’s favor. Now is probably a good time to explain the Rush mechanic. You see that blue/red bar at the top? Enemies and allies alike can spend a turn “rushing”, which advances the meter. When it passes a certain threshold, stuff happens: You get more room to move around in, the enemy gets less, and you also inflict more damage and take less. I like it. I’m not sure how original it is, exactly – I believe there are other games that have had similar mechanics like morale meters or whatnot – but it’s a nice gimmick that works well with the spacial gameplay. At maximum rush, even if you go all the way back, you’re still in melee range, so it can be helpful in pinning down evasive enemies (of which there are few, but still). Plus it gives characters something to do when they’re not able to attack effectively. I think it’s also supposed to be a bit of a deterrent to playing too defensively – if you head too far back in the hopes of spending a few turns recuperating, the enemies will catch up to you. The trick to beating Yat, I believe, is to use Fiery Raid. He’s weak to heat attacks, and his soul stats are pretty poor – he took 17 damage here, which is apparently more than half his life bar. Clapian can also chip in for small amounts of soul damage with his regular attack. On my first playthrough, I made the mistake of attacking him through body damage instead, which took significantly longer. And after two casts of Fiery Raid, he’s down for the count. Captain S is a bit worse for the wear without Vasra’s healing, but I can defeat Yat fast enough that that’s not too much of an issue. There is a pause as Captain S gets out of his battle-ready pose. Captain S: “All this time you’ve known me, and you still don’t understand what I do at all.” He walks over to the left and says that “something seems very out of place here”, but Vasra has no idea what he’s talking about. He walks towards a crate on the left. It’s locked. Ensign: “I-I’m afraid that door does not open, Captain Sikohlon. The lock is jammed shut.” Captain S: “…is that so?” Ensign: “It’s been stuck for months. There is nothing inside anyway. It has always been empty.” Captain S: “Was. Was empty.” He orders Yat to open the door; Yat just laughs and says he won’t kill anybody. Captain S: “So, is that a wager you’re willing to take? We’re like wild animals sometimes, ya know?” Yeah he walked right into that one. Captain Yat: “Urghh, no use in trying to intimidate a Shra.” Captain S: “Particularly not a Sikohlon.” …Okay? I’m not entirely sure why a pacifist cult would be more resistant to intimidation, and it’s weird for him to be saying this when he’s not very representative of the group. I have to wonder if this is an artifact from an earlier version of the story where the Sikohlon or the captain’s personality were different. Yat admits defeat; for some reason he says “Forgive me, Ensign,” before unlocking the door. I’d take that to imply there’s a pretty violent justice system in play, if innocent bystanders are at risk from this. Captain Yat: “I… you win, Rehm Sikohlon.” Captain S walks up to the crate again. Captain S: “Listen up! I’m opening the door. You will see a Shra. Do not be afraid of him.” (If you’re still alive, that is.) Ensign: “Who’s he talking to?” He opens the crate, and… Pvt Clap: “Cap-Captain!!” Captain S: “it’s all right, they’re still alive. They’ve just been drugged into sleep.” Ensign: “That’s… a person! A Human! Who is she, and how is she there?” Captain S: “Tell him, Yat. Tell him everything. I’m sure we all have some questions.” Yat just looks defeated, and doesn’t say anything except “…” Captain S: “Fair enough. They’re thralls. Or, they were gonna be, anyway. Fresh batch of slaves.” Ensign: “S-slaves? Humans can’t be slaves! The only legally tethered slaves are Shr—Uhh…I…” So yeah, we’re looking at not only fantasy racism but also slavery. I don’t think the developer was trying to draw a deliberate parallel to historical racism and slavery, though, since this subplot goes in a rather…weird direction. Captain S: “And yet, here we are. This looks like slave trade to me. I should know, after all. Folks kidnapped from their homes, to be sold in the Nalian underground. Fatanstic. I know what you’d say, though. ‘Times are tough, but there is money in slave trade.’ And, ‘Every man, woman, child, and Shra for himself.’ Well? What do ya say, Yat?” Once again, he has nothing to say. Now that I think about it, this revelation doesn’t actually make a whole lot of sense. This isn’t readily apparent right now, but shra are supposed to be super tough and physically fit. That makes them the best candidate for worker slaves to begin with. If owning shra is already legal, why spend time on risky maneuvers to get slaves that are less useful? Furthermore, we will later learn that there is plenty of money in shra slave trade, so Yat has no reason to risk his hide when he can be trading legal slaves for similar profits. Maybe there’s supposed to be even more money in non-shra slave trade? But again, that doesn’t make sense, since shra should be worth more. The ensign asks them if they’re working for the Wadassian navy; they say no, the Navy just gave them “a little lead on your captain here”. I really don’t see why the Navy would bother baiting vigilantes instead of just arresting the guy themselves, though…? Ensign: “Then what are you pirates getting out of this? If it wasn’t a direct order…” Vasra: “You’re in no position to demand details, little man. You’re as guilty as the others.” Ensign: “W-wait!! We didn’t have anything to do with this! We… you don’t believe me, do you.” Captain S: “I believe you. Wait, then why did Yat say he was “sorry” about unlocking the door? Unless the law enforcement is crazily totalitarian and punishes people for being in the vicinity of the crime, they should be alright. Although, Captain S does rather ominously say that it’s up to the city of Nal to decide their punishment, so maybe they’re crazy totalitarian. The previously mentioned royal navy has no say in this, though? Is Nal a completely independent city-state? Captain S: “I’m neither judge nor jury. I’m just the executioner.” Yeah not really encouraging. The woman regains consciousness. Captain S asks her how many others are in the crate. Human Female: “F…five of us. Two Fortians, two humans, and a, a Si’Shra…” That’s a pretty tiny crate for five people. Maybe that’s the point, though. Captain S: “A Si’Shra? Well, don’t worry yourself; we’ll take care of everything, mate. Vasra, Private; Make sure the others are awake, then help them onto the Vigil. We need to take them some place safe. Wadassia, perhaps. Yat is comin’ too. Oh, and ‘Ensign,’ have someone bring the Si’Shra to the top deck. I want a word with it.” They agree, and there’s a fade to black. There’s a short scene where the captives express their anger at nearly being sold into slavery (though it does not appear to have made them any more sympathetic to shra), and mention how the si’shra was violent and fought back a lot. There’s also this: Male Fortian: “Such a strange vessel, though. Why keep the mast if you have no sails?” Vasra: “The captain says it’s his “lucky” mast. Yeah, I dunno what that means either.” This has always confused me and I still think it makes little sense. It might be foreshadowing; in a later scene, the mast saves the captain’s life. If it is, it’s a really weird instance, since it makes no sense for him to realize it’s “lucky” unless he’s clairvoyant. It’s possible this is just a coincidence, or an amateurish attempt at foreshadowing that makes narrative but not logical sense. We then cut to the captain: Ragged Si’Shra: “Sssss!! Leave usss, undefiled Human!” Captain S tells the guard to leave and he does. Captain S: “So, you speak the Human language, huh. How are you feeling now, mate?” Ragged Si’Shra: “My Zind’an! Huh, that’s a grammar mistake, actually. Later in the game it’s always “Zin d’an”, two words. Maybe the developer was flip-flopping about how to syntax it, and this didn’t get converted in the final version? You were the one to liberate me from that Human? Ssssss-hah!” The si’shra continues to go on about liberation, “none shall enslave”, “our people’s conquest”, and “revenge upon our oppressors”, so it looks like they may actually have a plan to do something about the whole slavery thing. Captain S rebuffs all of this pretty coldly. Captain S: “Not possible. I have a ship, and a crew that I’ve not yet been able to give my life for.” Ragged Si’Shra: “Leave them! They will mean NOTHING upon the return of our Tezkhra! The time isss near!” Captain S: “I’ve never actually spoken to a Si’Shra. You are everything that Dad claimed you’d be.” Ragged Si’Shra: “For too long you have been in exile! Sssah!” Captain S: “‘Too long,’ huh. Do you know what I tell my crew before every journey, mate?” Ragged Si’Shra: “No, what, my Zind’an? Ssspeak!” Captain S: “Well, I say to them… ‘Nobody dies today: none of us, none of them.’ Let me ask you something, mate. Which one are you? Are you ‘us,’ or are you ‘them?'” He draws his sword and stabs the surprised si’shra through the heart. Captain S: “You are correct, friend. You are neither. I’m not your ‘Zindan,’ nor was I ever. I am a Sikohlon. And you are nothing.” Captain S tosses him overboard. Captain S: “That one was yours, Dad. Now we’re even.” Fade to black. This certainly makes for a shocking ending – the entire time, even though Captain S was acting very violent and aggressive, he did fulfill his promise of never killing anyone. As I’ve been saying, the entire prologue seems to have very much a playful action movie tone, where there’s lots of fighting and explosions but no one actually gets hurt. This breaks that paradigm, and the si’shra’s ominous dialogue hints at deeper things to come. However, it’s also why I felt it was better to save the Sikohlon infodump for later – his actions seem odd already, but I believe the feeling of cognitive dissonance would be stronger if we found out about the pacifistic nature of the Sikohlon after this. But nonetheless, victory! For those curious, the condition for “Survivor: Onboard” is to never group your characters, and have all three on their own. I don’t see the point of that or how it relates to the mission, but okay. (Or maybe it’s only Clapian who can’t join? That would make more sense.) Well, that’s the end of the prologue, finally. To be honest, I have to say it’s probably the game’s weakest point, which is a shame considering it’s what players see first. I have the sneaking suspicion that the developer only placed it like this because he heard in medias res storytelling was good for hooking a reader, but to be honest it doesn’t really work here. It’s an action-packed swashbuckling adventure on the high seas, which sounds great at first, but the main game is about something completely different, with a very different tone. It doesn’t help that the prologue has no real relevance to the main plotline at all – it’s more of a side story set in the same world than anything else. And gameplay-wise, yikes. It is a complicated battle system, but that was really not the way to introduce players to it. And was dumping the time limit and special objectives (especially since they don’t matter) on new players really necessary? I think it would have been better to keep things simple, and introduce players to more advanced mechanics later. Fortunately, the next game in the series does a much, much better job of handling the tutorial, so I suppose the developer’s learned from his mistakes here. That’s all for now. Next time, we’ll start the real story. Niesse says: Oh, wow, Yat was way easier on me than he was on you. He hardly did any damage while I was working out his weakness, and he didn’t use his lightning attack until he was nearly down.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line314
__label__cc	0.631241	0.368759	The Reconstruction Part 8 – “Watch Your Ankles” (Guest Review) Last time, we saw our first quest with Dehl and company. It was pretty boring. Two new, more interesting quests have now opened up. The tchiitra-killing farmer has a quest for us, and so does the off-duty guard that we couldn’t interact with before. I’ll do the latter quest first. “Well, I guess if you had some sort of…invisibility shroud, at the bottom of the sea…” This follow-up thought is amusing but a bit unrealistic – it reminds me too much of the type of comedy where people immediately point out the logical errors of a hyperbole even though conversation never flows that way in real life. He turns around and sees Santes, stutters awkwardly for a bit, and Santes says, “You’re talkin’ to yourself, you know that?” I think that’s probably the least objectionable line Santes has all game. It’s even pretty funny! But it says some things that this is her high point. She mentions she’s in a guild, to which the guard takes interest. He asks if they know about the tchiitra. Santes: “Tsh, well yeah, hel-lo, that’s all anybody talks about nowadays. Well, other than the drought, and the guilds, and the slaves, and—“ This is actually pretty interesting. We’re currently focused on the tchiitra problem, and we will continue to do so throughout this chapter. However, the game does drop hints like this that society’s problems are more complex than just a bug problem. The story is presenting us with the typical do-gooding RPG hero scenario to let us feel good about ourselves, but at the same time it’s reminding us that there are other problems as well, ones that can’t be solved by just whacking things with a sword. And huh, I think this is the first time we see someone speak out against slavery. Unless she’s referring to non-shra slavery like we saw in the prologue. The guard then asks if she knows where they come from and…this is her response: Santes: “N-no…my husband might know, but, he woulda told me by now, I think.” Jesus Christ. Are we really doing this? Are we really doing the “incompetent wife is ignorant and needs her smart husband to tell her everything” trope? I really, desperately hope that the developer was trying to go for “the caster is dumb and hotheaded while the fighter is stoic and knowledgeable, I am so clever for subverting the stereotypes” and just didn’t notice the gender side of the equation. This is still reeking with unfortunate implications no matter what. Off-Duty Guard: “I doubt it. You see, even we don’t know for sure. I gather no one does, actually. They just clawed out of the ground one day about ten years ago. We ignored them at first… You ignored them? Did you not notice that they were a threat to the crops? An agriculturalist society like this should have been at least wary at the sudden appearance of a new addition to the ecosystem, and would have gone into red alert the moment one took its first bite. Maybe if they had, things wouldn’t have gotten this bad. I’m suddenly tempted to just let natural selection take its course. We believe they lie dormant underground at nightfall and in the cold… We aren’t entirely sure, however, and we lack the funds and manpower to explore. …There’s a crippling threat to the city’s food supply and the guard doesn’t have the resources to investigate it? Does Wadassia not believe in taxes or something? You know, maybe they don’t. They apparently lived under a monarchy until recently, and we all know how tax-averse that made America in real life. Guess they must not be Communist and the farmers are all getting screwed over by the free market. Because the public sector can never do anything, the guard wants help from the guilds and sees this as an opportunity. He shows Santes a map of spots where their were rapid population bursts recently. Off-Duty Guard: “We would like you to discuss the situation with your guild, and pick an area—” Santes: “That one!” Off-Duty Guard: “Ehh, wouldn’t you prefer to know the various terrain and dangers in each—” Santes: “I’m picking this one because it’s shaped like a shoe! I LOVE shoes! Is it taken?” And suddenly, Santes has gone from annoyingly quirky to actively endangering the guild. They’re just starting out; she could easily get them killed if she sends them somewhere too dangerous. At this point it really seems like Zargos needs to chaperone her constantly to keep her from being so incompetent and urgh this is going really bad places. Why did the developer think this was a good idea. I accept the quest, grudgingly. I’ll just try to pretend the choice to accept is a stand-in for Santes calling the rest of the guild instead of just shoving them out into a flooded swampland without warning. I can talk to the guard here. On-Duty Guard: Heh. The developer had some fun with titles, I see. “I’m sorry I can’t accompany your guild any farther. I must remain here to guard the area. Sigh. Why are guards never allowed to do anything useful in video games? Find evidence that the Tchiitra are using this area as a sort of relay point. Additionally, attempt to do so without making your presence known to the scouts. The less attention we draw to ourselves, the safer all of Wadassia will be.” This is a hint towards a special objective – this time, it’s to avoid being spotted by any of the tchiitra. I’m always up for a good stealth mission, so I’ll try to fulfill it. “Nearer to the lake itself – not one of these little finger lakes – it gets DEEP. Still, keep an eye out for places where it looks bad. Suffocation sounds kinda painful.” Lovely. Why did the group go along with Santes bringing them to this deathtrap? “There’s a patch here. It’s gritty. Good for polishing windows and the like. Won’t be too much longer before it’s all gone. It’s a very delicate plant, you see.” Huh? Coarse and gritty doesn’t really mesh with “delicate” in my mind. Maybe he’s referring to soil conditions? I need to grab some tealgrass to solve some puzzles here, so I do so, trying desperately not to think about how I’m uprooting an endangered species. The bridges here are weird. If you start walking across them, your character will walk the rest of the way automatically with no input from you. I have no idea why they’re coded that way. Here is where the stealth aspect comes in. See that faint, shadowy outline by the tree? That’s a tchiitra scout. If you get too close to it, it’ll spot you. Their camouflage is remarkably effective – the first time I played this, I didn’t even realize how I was getting spotted. But for some reason this one is, I don’t know, blind or something, because you can get pretty close to it without it spotting you. This area is so thin that it’d be impossible to avoid otherwise. I don’t see why the developer just made the bank a bit thicker instead of giving this particular scout poor eyesight. It’s especially bad since it’s probably the first one players will run into, yet it won’t give them a good estimation of the scouts’ vision range. And this one apparently has no peripheral vision, but it’s a hatchling, which as we’ve established are not the most responsive creatures. The game will occasionally force you into splitting your party by pulling tricks like this. It’s mostly just kind of tedious, but I do it anyway and walk across… He turns and notices Dehl. “Help! Need help! Cart break down. Farm masster left me to guard while he get cart. But bugss come out! They take all food! Need help! You help?” Dehl makes short work of these guys. They all have light armor, so his slashing-type White Cleave skill makes short work of them. “And… get me too, right? He come ssoon I hope. Feet hurt.” I’m…not sure what the game is trying to say here? Is it implying that his master won’t come back for him because evil slaveowners are evil? Because, pragmatically, slaves are worth a lot. Slavemasters wouldn’t just abandon them this whimsically. They did bring this one to work in a death swamp, though, so they probably don’t care about its life very much. Perhaps they have money to burn. Oh, and I forgot to screencap it, but there’s some tealgrass in this area as well. I grab it. …it’s too slick. Only one thing is worse than drowning in mud, and that is breaking your neck and THEN drowning in mud. However, tossing a patch of Tealgrass onto the rock might make it safe to cross. Here’s the puzzle element I was talking about. And like so many RPG puzzles, it’s just a variant of “find key, use on door”. This is a nasty area. There’s a tchiitra here that’s practically invisible because it blends into the river reeds. To make matters worse, there’s a special sack that’s going to draw players like a moth to a flame. I’m pretty sure this is where most players break their streak for the special objective. Speaking of that sack… Inside the sack is a set of books devoted to various types of obsolete fighting arts and techniques. Quite old. The pages shred and crumble as you turn them due to their exposure. They can only withstand one final session, it seems. Reading them now will Whaaaat? No no no what are you doing! That’s a priceless artifact about to be lost forever! Get one of the guards over here and copy it down! …But unfortunately that’s not an option so I’m going to be a selfish RPG minmaxer and use it. It’s basically the same as the liquid mana from the hunting area – 500 skill points, divided equally among the whole group. I’m horrible. :( This hatchling is slightly dangerous because it can move around. It’s still pretty slow, though, so I grab the tealgrass and get back out with it none the wiser. This tchiitra isn’t camouflaged, but the bank is too small for me to get past without it noticing. Using the first tchiitra I showed as a baseline, it looks like I should be able to just walk right in front of it, but I can’t. Naturally, this made me fail the stealth requirement multiple times on my first playthrough. This is why you don’t make the sole exception to a new mechanic the first instance players see, game. What you’re supposed to do is wait for it to look to the other way, in true incompetent guard fashion. At least it looks like there’s another area over there that it could conceivably need to watch. And I suppose it is easier to accept guard stupidity when you’re dealing with bugs rather than humans. This is where you need to go to finish the quest. Unlike the earlier example we saw, this needs five units of tealgrass to cross. I don’t have enough yet. This is where I’ll get the last bunch I need. There’s another one, but as you can see, it’s a trap. Fortunately, because we saved the shra from the bugs earlier, we don’t need it. Good deeds pay off! I jump across. On the other side… Worse still, considering the depth of the lake in this area, they can tunnel very long distances underground if necessary. No wonder they’re being sighted more often. With the lack of rainfall, farmers have been forced to rely on other water sources. They’ve been using any available freshwater lakes and rivers for their crops, which has been disturbing the Tchiitra that nest there. We should report this area as hazardous and return to the assigning guard at once. Our adventures in ecology continue. The poor farmers just can’t catch a break. Something that seems like a solution just causes more problems elsewhere, which is pretty accurate in terms of how interconnected real-life environments are. Ques: “Ilganyag, you’ve acquired Rank 3. My…heartfelt congratulations.” I actually get a double rank up here! Ques: “Rank 4, recognized by all of Wadassia. Well, most of it, anyway.” Still not enough to impress Ques, though. Then something else happens. The bond between your allies is growing, slowly but surely… All active allies of Ilganyag have been granted 100 Skill and Mana Points apiece! Hooray! This is what I was talking about back in the difficulty selection thing. I wonder if this is why I find Dehl, Qualstio, and Santes so powerful? They’re already strong right out of the box, but as starting characters, they get the most bonus experience. Dehl tells him not to worry. And… what about you? Were you still considering that recognition you received? It must be quite an achievement to be offered such a position of importance. Huh. I wonder if this is referring to the noxious councillord seat? That seems way too prestigious an offer, but the seat is currently empty and I don’t see what other “position of importance” there could be. Green guy says he’s still mulling it over, though. Dehl: “Are you afraid of…being injured again? You very nearly did not recover last time…” ??? I’m not sure what he’s referring to here and I don’t believe it’s ever brought up again. Was there a lynch mob? Did a spell backfire? Greenie says that’s not the reason, regardless. Dehl: “I did not mean to startle you so. It seemed an appropriate concern. But, this is your own decision, so I shan’t pry further. I shall support your choice fully.” Spectacled Shra: “So exhaustive! Forgive me, young master. I believe that I must retire for the evening.” Dehl: “You are excused. Rest well.” Hm. They really do have a strong master/servant dynamic going on, don’t they? Dehl is being nice about it, but it’s pretty clear that he’s speaking as a superior. I wonder how that intersects with his self-loathing and guilt complex? Does he feel uncomfortable in the role, or is he used to it? Could he blame Moke, consciously or otherwise, for what happened? It could be telling that he only frees Moke after he confronts his issues regarding that… Regardless, he goes into a nearby house and Dehl walks right, meeting up with Qualstio and Fero. Fero: “Greetings again, Shra-friend.” I forgot to mention this in his introduction scene, but I think it’s a nice touch that the fih’jik have a separate honorific for shra. It’s a neat little detail that makes sense and acts as good foreshadowing for their different views. Qualstio explains that they’re looking for more recruits. I thought this was already established to be pointless? Fero says they haven’t had any success, regardless. Come to think of it, why did Qualstio think it would be a good idea to do a recruitment drive so late in the day? Most people are going to be at home, even before the six people limit makes the whole thing pointless. Dehl: “In fact, we’ve not come across anything terribly dangerous while serving the city.” Qualstio: “Yeah, well, not here, anyway.” Dehl: “Hmm? What does that mean, Qualstio?” Qualstio: “Oh sure, Wadassia is all flowers and sunshine, if you wanna stay put. Worst thing they gotta worry about here is the widespread starvation, ehh heheh.” Really, why is Dehl friends with this guy? He seems to make a habit of belittling the city Dehl loves so much, you’d think that’d get on his nerves. Dehl: “That’s not funny. We should be concerned with the lives of the people here.” Qualstio: “W-well, sure, of course. But I mean, look at Nal. And even Fortifel!” Dehl: “Look…at them? I’ve never visited either.” Fero: “What of Do’Ssha and Kir’Ssha? Surely you know of the conflict… the Blackening…” Huh. I’m starting to wonder if Wadassia is supposed to be a metaphor for America. Anti-monarchy (and anti-government if I’m right about why the guards are underfunded), fertile farmland, and apparently very well-off. Also, built on the backs of slaves. Characters from the outside criticize it for thinking its own problems are so important, and apparently even the looming threat of famine is small potatoes compared to what the rest of the world is struggling through. All we need now is a reveal that they’re exploiting other countries for their natural resources and we’re set. (And come to think of it, they are supplying Kir’Ssha…) Dehl confesses that he’s never left Wadassia. Qualstio proclaims that they should go international then, because You’ll change your tune in a hurry once ya see what I mean. Heheh. What is that chuckle doing there is Qualstio supposed to look evil or something. Dehl turns away and declares that he plans to resign leadership to Qualstio, because I’ve a feeling I shall feel nothing but regret if I continue to follow alongside this route. Aw, don’t be like that. You’ll feel plenty of things besides regret! The repetition makes me cringe a little, though. Qualstio walks up to him and is suddenly possessed by the ghost of his alternate reality self: “Aww, c’mon, don’t gimme that. I didn’t mean to spook ya. It’s just… Don’t ya wanna change things? I mean, those places could use a hand too, right?” Yeah so as I’ve said before, Qualstio’s characterization is a mess. This is inconsistent with how he’s acted so far (thrill-seeking psycho), but is consistent with his later characterization as a more moral, responsible antihero type. I think that this section may have been written before Qualstio’s character and the overall story was fully crystallized in the developer’s mind. I’ve done a lot of double-takes when reading some of the dialogue in this section, because I’m so used to a different Qualstio. Lines like this must have been added or revised later, to try and make early Qualstio more consistent with later Qualstio, but it seems the developer must have missed some bits. This problem is pretty endemic to chapter 1 as a whole. You were always talkin’ about ‘making up for something.’ Wow, Dehl never told him? And Qualstio never asked or figured it out? He was right there, he should have been able to put the pieces together by now. Obviously this is necessary to preserve the mystery, but like so many other things, it really puts a strain on the claim they’re supposed to be close friends. Dehl seems partially convinced by this; he seems to agree to continue helping the guild for now, but is rather noncommittal about international projects. Qualstio: “Great! Me an’ the fuzzball here …Is this a racial slur? Somehow I can’t imagine fih’jik taking kindly to such an epithet. Fero doesn’t seem bothered by it, but he’s acted like an emotionless robot so far, so that’s not a good indicator of anything. are gonna scout the district once more. Wanna come?” Dehl: “Not tonight. I’ve things I must think upon. Best of luck to you both, however.” He walks off. Fero notes that the recruitment drive is fruitless; no one’s around. Qualstio: “Yeah I know. I suppose this was just an excuse to run into Dehl, then. It would explain why they were hanging out near his house. Why’d he drag Fero into it, though? Plausible deniability? Surely he could just talk to Dehl directly if he wanted? It seems like everybody wants to be a hero around here nowadays.” And this…directly contradicts the previous reason of there being a call-to-arms. What are you doing, game. Fero: “Do you?” Qualstio: “I dunno yet. That’s some mighty big shoes to fill, you know.” Is that an artifact of the old script, or part of the revision? If the latter, that’s interesting, because he pretty clearly endeavors to become a hero by the end of the game, I think. When does he change his mind, I wonder? Or was it not a conscious decision, and he was just swept up along with everyone else? The scene ends here. Tomorrow, I fight a mini boss battle!	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line315
__label__wiki	0.586901	0.586901	Why not keep things flirty and fun when you’re out on a grocery run? That’s how I like to play it anyway, and that’s what Jowaan Sullivan and Ekeobong brought to life in this neighborhood impromptu dance while coming home from a grocery run in Silver Lake. Jowaan choreographed the dance with Ekeobong as a means of just doing something fun and creative, then reached out to me to shoot and direct it. I’ve been doing dance videos all this year, and this is the first one I’ve done with more than a single dancer. By having two characters, I wanted to bring out the charm and confidence of Jowaan, and the cute, playfulness of Ekeobong. Too much content I see pits the sexes against each other. Let’s go back to making flirting fun again. The set in Silver Lake Jason, Jowaan and Ekeobong Ekebong and Jowaan mid dance When you enter in your best email below, you'll be added to my VIP Weekly Email Newsletter and join other incredible filmmakers. That means you'll get all of my best tips, secrets and strategies for FREE on topics like producing, directing and pitching your show or film. ©2018 Jason Ho — All Rights Reserved.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line316
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__label__wiki	0.56543	0.56543	EatTheCorn.com X-Files mythology, TenThirteen Interviews Database, and more 10X6: My Struggle II The X-Files 2016: Introduction \| 10X1: My Struggle \| 10X2: Founder’s Mutation \| 10X3: Mulder and Scully Meet the Were-Monster \| 10X4: Home Again \| 10X5: Babylon This is the final of the six episodes of this revival. In all the promotion by FOX, it was billed as the “season finale”, implying there will be more even if negotiations have not started. Accordingly, the episode ends with a huge cliffhanger: Carter had written this cliffhanger into the story months ago, gambling it all in hopes that the audience would be there and that more episodes will be made — after all, if FOX was interested to revive the show after all these years, why not more than once? So far, ratings are such that a season 11 seems only to be a matter of time. In that context, the episode’s tagline, “This Is The End“, is ironic! It also introduces us to what presents itself as the most important episode of The X-Files mythology, but ends up being the most frustrating. Obviously, spoilers after the jump. My Struggle II features a plot worthy of a feature film. In fact, much of it is how I had imagined the filmic resolution to The X-Files mythology for many years now: Scully creates a vaccine to a biological attack, spreads that immunity to the entire population, and thwarts the conspiracy’s and the aliens’ plans with science! The science itself, the best part of the episode, is detailed in an annex below. Had there been an “X-Files 3”, this is how I would have envisioned it! (see my Dec-22-2012 article) And just as Scully had started to spread what could be the end of this infection, a UFO appears and sheds its beam precisely on Scully. This is no alien UFO, it looks like the military UFO/ARV that destroyed Sveta, and it is there to stop her. Cut to credits! However there are two significant differences from what I had imagined compared to what we see in the episode: one is the lack of aliens (and we will come to that in a moment), and the other is the open, public way in which it all happens. Infected people are by the thousands in the capital of the USA, and if Tad O’Malley is right it is global; thousands of people witness a UFO. Nobody can forget this event entirely, however much memory swipe the conspiracy does to the abductees. This is a tense apocalyptic thriller of a global scope, with historical consequences. The X-Files mythology is advancing forward in a way it had not since season 6 (apparently) erased the Syndicate. The world will no longer be the same after this. Hear our prayer That also means that it no longer is our world. The X-Files had always stuck to a certain realism in order to make its stories more believable. That meant that the cases Mulder and Scully investigated never clearly concluded, or that the evidence were destroyed, or that the events did not bring about changes that could make us think this is another world. I believed the resolution to the impending viral apocalypse posed by the show’s mythology would occur “below the radar”, in an underground fight to find a cure and manage to spread it to the entire population without them knowing, perhaps even using the conspiracy’s own tools, making colonization moot. Future episodes will have to acknowledge that. Despite this, I do not expect The X-Files to become a fully post-apocalyptic show, with a significant share of the population dead. If they want to continue the mythology/stand-alones mix, the next season will have to temper things down, revealing that Tad’s reports of a global outbreak were false, or that the outbreak was local, or that this was a grand rehearsal of the big event and that the immune systems can be switched back on as easily as they can be switched off. The viral outbreak brought about by a conspiracy of men is very reminiscent of the very memorable apocalyptic end to the second season of Millennium, the two-parter 2×22: The Fourth Horseman & 2×23: The Time Is Now, penned by Morgan and Wong. The series was unexpectedly renewed for a third season, and the writers had to downplay what had been presented as the end of the world, saying that only a handful of people died. With this episode, we see the conspiracy’s plans finally hatching, and Carter definitely puts the story in a completely separate universe. The new Cigarette-Smoking Man He is alive, he is the same person that we thought died in 9X19/20: The Truth, he is not genetically modified or hybridized so as to be able to self-heal (apart from the alien DNA modification that Scully also has). He simply survived, with some burns and scars. This cartoonish return goes well beyond his previous fake deaths. While his first death in 5X03: Redux II included a premeditated return (Fight the Future had been shot at that point), all his subsequent returns from the dead were progressively more unbelievable. His death in 7X22: Requiem symbolized the death of the (first) mythology and marked a first “end” to the series. His death in The Truth served the same symbolic purpose: as a representation of pure evil, he taunted the hero and laughed among the flames of his own destruction — he is pulverized by military missiles that destroy the entire surrounding rock structure and burn his flesh to the bare bone (or was that image symbolic as well?). He has become the Phantom of the Opera, and we witness his literal unmasking and his horrendous Devil-like disfigurement. His return here marks a severe lack of imagination and requires copious amounts of suspension of disbelief. Like father like son: Jeffrey Spender-like prostheses His return serves the exact same narrative purpose. He is the series’ nemesis, the avatar of evil, the tempter. He had tempted Mulder to join his side before: in 5X03: Redux II and in 6X12: One Son. Each time Mulder refused even if that meant death for him; here it is no different. We discover that he was tended by none other than ex-Special Agent Monica Reyes, a new sort of Diana Fowley. She accepted to work for him (which seems to consist in lighting his cigarettes) in exchange of being made immune against the coming plague. Throughout seasons 8 and 9, Reyes was presented as a “sunny”, moral character who made a good friend with Scully; the reversal presented here makes her an interesting character, not made unbelievable only because we did not get to know Reyes very well anyway. Why Reyes, though? Couldn’t the CSM do without her? Why didn’t she contact Scully to warn her earlier? In the flashbacks, he might just have been unable to prevent an attack by powerful Supersoldiers that have infiltrated the government and the military, but lying in his bed he says “I’m the most powerful man in the world”. He is and always was at the top of things, although we get no word on how he managed to do that or who his associates are. The new mythology “It’s been in motion since 2012” but only now has it become noticeable. Everyone’s immune system fails due to a “Spartan virus” brought about by the global elites, inserted in everyone’s bodies via vaccinations made mandatory by the government, and activated by a “release of aluminium” in chemtrails from commercial airplanes or by “microwave radiation” from telecommunications antennas (and what was that about graffiti being used to target specific people?); social order collapses and the world plunges in chaos. The new mythology is a syncretization of many modern-day conspiracy theories — the anti-vaccine crowd, the chemtrails, the survivalism militias. Carter has certainly remained alert of this milieu just as he was in the 1990s, however these theories are now much more accessible and widespread, and viewers are more likely to have come across them now than in the past, and made up their minds about them; the result is a conspiracy that is less dramatic than the original one, or at least one that will be more debated — you either already think these theories are ridicule, or already believe in them. 21st century Lone Gunman To these more right-wing conspiracy theories, Carter adds an ecological message that is more usually associated with left-wing: global climate change and the destruction of the environment by human activities. “We have just had the hottest year on record on planet Earth“: that is true, 2015 was the hottest year since global temperatures have been measured, 1880. Humanity is on an unsustainable path. This had happened to the aliens as well: “The aliens predicted this. They saw it happening to themselves. Neither you nor I can save mankind from self-extermination.” This bout of ecological wisdom is interesting but feels completely out of place coming from a character like the CSM, who has been plotting self-extermination himself; it might have fared better coming from another character, a face to this new conspiracy. And so the elites have decided that since the world is going to end anyway, they might as well decide how, wipe out the entire population, and start civilization from scratch with the “chosen ones” survivors. This plan has been set for a while, and it has not been set by only the CSM: “You have no idea how well we planned“. In all this, the aliens are innocent or benevolent creatures. The central idea echoes strongly the mythology of the third season of Millennium: “We are rushing towards an apocalypse of our own creation“. Whither Purity? After My Struggle, we were waiting for the second part to see whether the new elements presented would be confirmed or if there would be another twist. There has been no twist and this new mythology appears to be “the truth” (for now). The events here do present similarities to what had been announced before. The smallpox vaccinations were referred to before (3X02: Paper Clip, 3X24: Talitha Cumi), though not as carriers of another virus but as a system to tag and catalog the population. The conspiracy was working towards effectively spreading a disease (4X21: Zero Sum, Fight the Future). Kurtzweil was warning of a viral apocalypse that would bring the shadow government to power (Fight the Future). And we have seen abductions and alien DNA being found in abductees before (see 2X08: One Breath and 5X02: Redux). What is surprising is actually Scully being surprised at finding this, when she was aware of it since 1997! What was surprising is that she did not remember identifying inactive alien DNA in the human genome of every human when examining Gibson Praise and an alien claw (6X01: The Beginning). However, the elephant in the room, the plan for alien colonization, has not been mentioned. The change of the nature of the conspiracy do not warrant even a passing mention: what has been said in My Struggle is now the new normal and Mulder feels okay with this. The CSM seems to be presenting that this plan, the depopulation of the planet because humanity was self-destructing, was the original plan all along. In Scully’s opening monologue, when she talks about a conspiracy of men, she doesn’t mention colonization; and yet we see photos of the Syndicate Elders, the very same that we heard discuss many times using such words as the “colonization of this planet by an extraterrestrial race” (5X14: The Red and the Black; Fight the Future; 6X12: One Son). I had hopes that we were exploring the conspiracy inside the government that was shooting down UFOs, running parallel to the Syndicate (see My Struggle or Primer 3), but this definitely identifies this new conspiracy with the old Syndicate. There are many, many things wrong with this. Such as: If an easily inserted DNA bit like the one Scully has was sufficient, what was the point of the complex alien/human hybrids program? Why Cassandra Spender was more successful than others? Wnat of the Syndicate’s pact with the alien Colonists? What was the significance of the abduction of Samantha? Who were the Faceless Rebels? Of the clawed alien gestated by an infection by the Black Oil, the Well-Manicured Man, shortly before sacrificing himself, says “This isn’t Colonization, this is spontaneous repopulation! All our work! If it’s true, they’ve been using us all along!” Where are the Supersoldiers, alien replicants in power since 2001? Certain possibilities to reconcile all this present themselves, however all of them are problematic and would add even more complexity — just when Carter’s stated objective was to simplify the mythology. The Faceless Rebels could have won the war against the Colonists, off-screen, and left, leaving the stage free for a conspiracy of men. Or, the aliens left for greener pastures and the conspiracy of men expanded. …But we are told the Spartan virus was delivered with the smallpox vaccination, and so it must have existed since before the 1970s; what was the use of it then? The Supersoldiers really were a governmental program, not a program run by aliens. …But they were against the CSM, who is presented here as a mastermind of the governmental conspiracy. The Spartan virus was conceived by the Syndicate as a last-minute resistance solution against the alien Colonists. It would be used as a deterrent against the aliens: with humanity dead, nothing left to colonize (similarly, nuclear holocaust was to be the deterrent, according to a cut scene from 9X19/20: The Truth). …But we are told that the genetic technology was “given to them by an alien race”, and the aliens wouldn’t give the Syndicate the tools of resistance. What we see is indeed the start of colonization: the loss of our immune system was a false flag operation to attract our attention from what is really going on. The Spartan virus will also activate something that will have similar effects to the infection by the Black Oil. Or, Scully is giving everyone what she thinks is the cure, when in fact she is putting alien DNA to everyone, that will become active and turn everyone into aliens. …But that means that the CSM is being manipulated as well — which is odd, since he knew all about colonization in the previous 9 seasons. What was meant by “colonization” was something different from what we though it did: just the takeover of the planet by the global elites, assisted by the aliens, who want to “save us from ourselves”. The Mount Weather database: could General Daniel M. Miller be Agent Miller’s grandfather? The only possible option — and it is a big stretch — was that the CSM manipulated everyone in the Syndicate into doing his bidding from the very beginning (1947), inventing this story of colonization. Or, the Syndicate itself was being manipulated by the all-knowing Elites into believing colonization, another layer of the conspiracy onion. (Or vice-versa, and the Colonists will appear when the Elites don’t expect them!) The UFO crash we saw in My Struggle was the real crash, and from the very beginning the Men In Black kill the innocent aliens, create this story of alien colonization in order to instill fear, stage a UFO crash in Roswell (“Roswell was a smokescreen“, as the old informant told Mulder) where they plant the information on colonization (see the Mount Weather database Mulder glimpses at in 9X19/20: The Truth). The Alien Bounty Hunters and the Faceless Rebels, at whom the old informant in My Struggle specifically laughed at when Mulder called them alien, would be man-made: hybrids from the Russian program sent to exterminate the US Syndicate for example, or hybrids made by the Elites to police the Syndicate. The Syndicate was never in direct contact with the aliens, but such memories (such as their contact in 1973 that sealed their cooperation, 6X12: One Son) were implanted in them by the Elites to manipulate them. The Elites manipulating the Syndicate, itself manipulating the governmental conspiracy. …As big a hand-wave explanation as they come. To be fair, the first years in the original series were extremely ambiguous, much more than what most would remember, and many events could be interpreted both ways. Scully’s abduction and her implants were made by men, for example. So much so that when a first reversal towards a “conspiracy of men” came in 4X24: Gethsemane / 5X02/03: Redux, it would have been possible to make a coherent picture. That was a very exciting story to tell, and it came at the very last moment Carter could tell it: there is nothing in the dialogue that unambiguously confirms aliens or alien colonization before 5X14: The Red and the Black (interestingly, the specific event the old informant refers to); before that it is only insinuations or Mulder’s interpretations. And since then, the mythology has accumulated more and more elements, making a deep reversal ever more difficult to believe. Another reversal of the story in the future is not impossible. But this season has presented sufficient material that would make a return to the “old” mythology a contradiction with this season! I guess the reason I have trouble with this is that, despite its crazy science-fiction, I find the old mythology more interesting than the super-fast and few elements that we have been presented of the new one. The X-Files mythology has been marred for good. Carter gives us a suspense thriller of unprecedented scope and unprecedented speed in The X-Files. This creates excitement, but half of the episode’s shortcomings come from it trying to cram too much story in too little time. Every second is filled with dialogue, leaving no time to breathe. The contagion went from one case to global pandemic in half an hour. The new mythology went from introduction to development to climax in two episodes. Agent Einstein underwent Scully’s 8 seasons’ worth of character development from skeptic to acceptance to believer in the span of a single episode. The doctors diagnosed, tested, retested, identified, isolated, mass-produced and found the solution to an agent of biological warfare that took decades to set up. Tad O’Malley’s frequent interventions serve, again, as exposition and info dump to progress the plot given the budgetary and time length impossibility to show us these developments. Because of this, everything feels unnaturally fake. Things that might have flowed better with more time here seem forced or ridiculous. The science might be sound, but when it is concentrated like this it is no different from technobabble. Scully disregarded Tad’s theories in the premiere, here she believes everything he says from the very beginning. Mulder needing stem cells feels like a line pasted there to remind us of William. We do learn that Scully thinks he “will be protected by his inheritance and by alien DNA“, but it is not clear how. Are Scully’s alien genes hereditary? How can a barren woman know? Surely not everything Tad says is to be taken at face value, but things are going so fast that it is impossible to distinguish between false information and true explanation. Ambiguity was a strong point in The X-Files and surely there are some of Tad’s theories that do not hold up. But there is too little time to develop the mythology; information that would have been established by investigation, by discovery from the protagonists, is presented by O’Malley instead. We are narrated what the truth is, we do not live it. Summarizing the mythology, or nearly any X-Files episodes in fact, can be ridiculous. This is why the original X-Files excelled, building a mysterious atmosphere with a realistic investigation that mixes some fantastic elements, with moody music, with stories that imply that there is much more that we do not know yet, and giving stories enough time to develop. What happens here is the complete opposite, and My Struggle II and its conspiracy, topical nevertheless, feels no different from a late-night made-for-television movie that would have been based on The X-Files. These are defaults that this episode shares with My Struggle. However, we could have been more lenient on the first episode given its difficult task to return from a 14 (or 8) year hiatus, show where the characters have been, introduce the new status quo, and still tell a story. The same cannot be said of this episode. In fact, the developments here are so fast and come so close after the premiere that the first part of My Struggle could have been done without entirely, and use that airtime to give more space to the second part’s story. The viral plague could have started being explored from the premiere, instead of spending time in 1947. In a short season in which most of the issues come from pacing, this episode illustrates this problem best. Like all previous episodes in this revival, things flow better after a rewatch, but the initial impression remains. This problem stems from a desire to tell more story given the restrictions given by Fox and the actors, and this is not a cable show, where the narration can take its time — so to some extent Carter’s heart is in the right place. However, I cannot imagine that the final product would attract anyone else than fans who are already emotionally committed to these characters and story. Mirroring Mulder’s “struggle” with his beliefs in the first part, My Struggle II really showcases Scully. Scully and Einstein, two women, two scientists, work together to save the world: that is a beautiful image. (It is marred though by a line in the opening, where Scully answers the phone as “Agent Mulder’s phone“: not only does she still not have a nameplate and desk but she is also Mulder’s secretary?) Her fears that she might turn into something alien, illustrated in her opening monologue, are reversed by the end of the episode: what saved her, and will save everyone is alien! Einstein’s realization that “If this actually works…then I’ll have alien DNA” is one of the episode’s highlights. Mulder does very little overall and serves as the spectator to William B. Davis’ performance. For a revival fueled by the desire to recreate the unique chemistry between Anderson and Duchovny, Scully and Mulder spend an absurdly small amount of time together here — not to mention that their estrangement did imply an interesting background in My Struggle but since then has served no purpose. The six weeks intervening between the two episodes are supposed to reflect real time, but given what has happened — Scully quitting her job, Mulder recovering from depression, FBI reinstatement, training, investigations, dealing with Scully’s mother’s death — that is far too short. With this new spin on things, Carter is trying to give back to the show a sense of mystery, a sense of unknown. We have known what we thought was the truth for too long, and safe in our beliefs we thought we knew everything. The X-Files has been about lies and deceits and subjective knowledge of an impossible truth. Instead of drawing the mythology to a close, Carter chooses to return us to those early seasons of the show, when anything was possible and mysterious and frightening. True conspiracies also evolve, transform, shift with the passage of time and with circumstances, and a cliffhanger ending promising answers in the future is entirely in line with this approach. Already fans are producing a multitude of theories to try to explain this new twist: it worked! Carter decided to go into this risky new direction with the mythology to make it more topical to current concerns and conspiracy theories. In fact, it could very well be just a grafting on to The X-Files of the ideas Carter was developing for his cancelled TV series for AMC, “Area 51“. These are interesting stories to tell. Yet the contradictions with previously established dialogue would be especially obvious today in the age of binge-watching and streaming services — something which, ironically, has resulted in a recent reappraisal of the mythology and its up-to-now consistence! Carter is banking on the hopes that the mythology was too complicated for a significant amount of people to care (which, to a large extent, is true). What is most frustrating is the reluctance to even address the possible inconsistencies and offer possible trains of thought to reconcile this with the previous nine seasons. Although they have the opportunity to do so, the characters do not debate what they think is happening now and how the situation changed from 2002. Something that makes me think that no re-reversal is forthcoming and that Carter will stick with this story; until he decides for the aliens to return, and he will introduce another onion layer of conspirators, at the cost of some more consistency. And unlike in 5X03: Redux II, where the CSM says of Kritschgau that “he has deceived you with beautiful lies“, there is no final hint that another interpretation is possible. We have to stick with “everything we’ve been lead to believe was a lie“. Yet it would have been simple to give this season more coherence. The villain could have been another person representing the Elites, a person not aware of the previous colonization plans (or at least a person acknowledging he manipulated the Syndicate), and not the CSM, whom we have heard say things explicitly on alien colonization. Carter and Fox wanted to appeal to fans with the return of recognizable faces; William B. Davis and Annabeth Gish were available, however both their characters were ultimately not necessary. And at the other end of things, Mitch Pileggi is very underused; overall, Davis must have had more screen time than him! Some Chris Carter quotes help to shed some light regarding continuity and resolution. From a recent interview: You’ve switched up the conspiracy story. Why? Carter: My feeling was that this had to follow perfectly from where the original series left off, but it didn’t necessarily have to take everything as gospel that had come before. I thought that was an interesting way to tell these stories. It was in keeping with what I’d been thinking about, certainly in keeping with the times that we’re living in. And from a 2013 interview: It was nine years of good storytelling, and even though a lot of people would like to see a third movie, I don’t think there’s a whole lot we need to elaborate on. You think that, story-wise, you’ve come to a conclusion that you’re happy with? [Long pause.] We did the work and I hope we did it well, and, you know, you move forward in life. And while it’s wonderful to be recognized twenty years out, I’m very excited about telling new stories. What can be said with certainty is that the new X-Files is not back to do a “victory lap” for nostalgia’s sake — elements are repeated from the past but the story as a whole moves boldly forward with this episode. Whether future mythology episodes will offer more consistency to this new mythology and even attempt to reconcile it with what came before remains to be seen. I do expect the old informant of My Struggle to appear again and do exactly that in season 11. However the task seems daunting, and the self-imposed limitations to return to formulaic stand-alone episodes and always end the mythology on cliffhangers does not bode well. Despite moving forward, this revival’s mythology also gives the impression that the story can go on forever, from twist to twist, so long as Fox is willing to have it returned. In short, it’s no “victory lap” but it’s not a grandiose finale either. 7X22: Requiem remains the most narratively and cinematographically satisfying ending among all the endings The X-Files has had. Despite all this, this is Chris Carter’s show, and “for better or for worse” I would not want to see anybody else telling these stories (although a more interactive writers’ room on the plotting would not hurt at all either). We are in 2016, the actors are in or nearly their fifties, and each time will be more difficult to convince (and pay) everyone for a return. A season 11 is a near-certainty, but beyond is a big mystery, and Carter should take this into account in his plotting of final episodes. Why then not focus exclusively on Mulder and Scully’s story? Already, they are becoming active in if only a postponement of the conspiracy’s plans; they now need to do away with their cigarette-smoking enemy; and resolve their issues with their son. Next season should be the one with the search and closure of the William storyline. Annex: The good: The science The good aspect of this episode is the science of it. Carter received the help of microbiologist Dr. Anne Simon and physician Dr. Margaret Fearon to come up with the ideas presented here, and both received a writing credit. These are truly laudable efforts for scientific veracity! Anne Simon, who wrote the book “The Real Science of The X-Files“, was the one behind the idea that humans have alien DNA inside them because the Black Oil virus, being a simple virus, needs that genetic material to create a gestating alien and would have been unable to do so otherwise; a sound scientific idea that had a huge impact on how the mythology evolved, from Fight the Future to 6X22: Biogenesis! The events here consist in an epidemic of a multitude of diseases that occur because the immune systems of the entire population are not functioning. Without an immune system, germs that exist absolutely everywhere but for which we have built a resistance attack and can be deadly. Vaccines, which essentially consist in an injection of the disease itself in order for the organism to build a protection against, become sources of disease. Soldiers vaccinated against anthrax are the first to succumb: “the vaccines are attacking their systems“; Scully prescribes them doxycycline, which is an antibiotic indeed used for the treatment against the anthrax bacterium. And indeed, it is mandatory for US troops to be vaccinated against anthrax since 1997 with Clinton’s Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (halted in 2004, restarted in 2006). The immune system is failing because of a lack of “adenosine deaminase” (ADA), an enzyme key in the development and maintenance of the immune system. ADA is synthesized in the body thanks to specific genes. The immunodeficiency here is due to the gene coding for ADA has been removed. It was removed thanks to a gene editing technique that has been discussed a lot since its invention in 2012-2013: CRISPR/Cas9, described by Einstein as “RNA and a protein cutting genes at exact locations“. CRISPR (Clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats) are strands of DNA found in bacteria; combined with proteins, Cas, (CRISPR associated protein), they can identify and destroy DNA strands coming from a virus, they effectively give an acquired immunity to the cells or organism carrying them; combined with the Cas9 protein specifically, they can identify and cut a specific point in a larger DNA sequence, i.e. a technique for gene editing. In a multicellular organism the DNA can be edited in the organism’s cells or in the germline, those cells that pass down genetic material to the next generation (i.e. in animals, sperm and ova); and so CRISPR/Cas9 can be used to change the genome of a population and effect that change for the population’s descendants as well: “Something entering the germ line, something that would be passed down hereditarily”. CRISPR/Cas9 has already been used on human stem cells, and its use on human embryos is just beginning — barely a few weeks ago, its use for research on human embryos was permitted in the UK. This is cutting-edge science! The ethical and hazardous implications of its use are obvious. It seems the CRISPR/Cas9 that we discover in the episode was effected on the population via their vaccination for smallpox. Smallpox vaccines were mandatory until 1972, after which the disease was considered eradicated; the last outbreak dates from 1977. Hidden inside the smallpox vaccination was a “Spartan virus“, a delivery of a CRISPR/Cas9 complex that would target the ADA gene in the host. However, the immunodeficiency started manifesting itself in the present day. Why it did not manifest itself immediately and how it got activated is not clear. Tad suggests the “spreading of a substance that triggers a genetic response” via chemtrails, however how that works is not detailed. Everyone is affected. Everyone except those who have a specific bit of DNA that can “code for something that targets the Cas9 protein“, destroys it, and renders the deactivation of the immune system impossible. That is alien DNA, inserted in the genome of specific people during their abductions by men (staged as alien abductions). (It was probably inserted thanks to a gene editing technique that involved CRISPR/Cas9, but let’s not go in there.) Scully has it thanks to her abduction (see 2X08: One Breath and 5X02: Redux). She also mentions she has “extra nucleotides“, extra letters to the four-letter DNA code (C, G, A, T) that all Earth organisms share, that identify this part of her genome as alien (see the seminal 1X23: The Erlenmeyer Flask). Mulder doesn’t have it as his abduction (by what were, by all accounts, aliens, and not men like for Scully) was aiming to convert him into a Supersoldier; whatever remnants of Black Oil he had inside him (7X04: Amor Fati) they were “flushed” then and he was returned “in perfect health“, free of his previous diseases (8X18: Three Words). Scully and Einstein perform a PCR (polymerase chain reaction, to multiply a DNA sequence) followed by agarose gel electrophoresis, twice, that allow them to identify and isolate the alien DNA bit. They use “primers from my sequence“; primers are short nucleic acid sequences that identify DNA strands and start their multiplication. The alien DNA is situated “near the centromere, on chromosome 17“, the middle part of one of 46 chromosomes in the human genome. Scully then creates bags labelled “Spartan virus vaccine 10ml” that can carry that alien DNA strand inside the body, and reactivate the ADA gene. How that part of alien DNA becomes part of the host’s genome is not detailed — is CRISPR/Cas9 to insert the gene involved? Scully sees Mulder is very weak and says he would also need stem cells, to help rebuild his immune system along with the Spartan virus vaccine. To prevent their rejection, stem cells from a person genetically close is preferable — hence the mention of William. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells, before they become specialized cells such as muscle or neurons. They can be acquired from an embryo, but also from adult, mainly from bone marrow. It is quite complex! The CSM essentially quotes the science fiction seminal classic, H.G. Wells’ “The War of the Worlds” with his observation: “The ultimate irony. The defeat of the big-brained beasts by the tiniest unthinking microbes.” The novel ends with the invading aliens being killed by common bacteria they had no protection against: “slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared; slain as the red weed was being slain; slain, after all man’s devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth”. Tags: xfilesrevival This entry was posted on Saturday, February 27th, 2016 at 12:38 pm and is filed under Case File. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. « 10X5: Babylon S11#6-8: The Lowdown » 46 Responses to “10X6: My Struggle II” brut85 says: FABULOUS review…and you share most all of my concerns….great job! Scully can’t click “find-phone” in Mulder’s computer but can create in 5hours some crazy mechanism/vaccine that will save the world… There’s so many thing wrong in this episode, in every level, plot, dialogues, and so on, that time will only make this perception even worse. That being said, the performance of William B Dave (working with such awful material, playing a non-sense character) is nothing less than outstanding. orodromeus says: Yes, nothing bad to say about Davis’s performance, he is really good, as in The Truth! I’m curious to see your opinion of this theory; I personally love it and hope either this is where Chris is going or he reads this theory and changes the story accordingly 😉 http://secretsunjr.blogspot.com/2016/02/x-files-my-struggle-part-ii-or-outfoxed.html I’ve read it yes. Interesting observations, but I don’t buy it. Only Mulder needs William’s stem cells, for a specific medical reason, help his weakened organism fight infections, not everyone; Scully’s vaccine is sufficient for everybody else. Scully is far from being the only abductee left, and she was not a hybrid like Cassandra. As for the rest of the links, like Jeffrey Spender, I think these are more thematic cues than specific hints about the plot. I would have liked the outbreak we see in the episode be a false flag operation for something greater, but I saw no indication in the episode. Not that Carter can’t go there afterwards, with the alien DNA be used for something else, but I don’t think he has thought things through that much. Chris Knowles says: First of all, you don’t know if Mulder only needs the stem cells. William was prophesied to be a crucial factor in colonization. His stem cells or genetic material may in fact become part of the vaccine. Second, read what I actually wrote: “Scully being the final survivor of the hybrid tests performed by the Syndicate.” That’s a big difference than only abductee. Third, Scully is very much looking to be a hybrid since we saw that her DNA markers are different than everyone else’s. And the clear parallels to Red and the Black make it evident she is in fact the new Cassandra Spender. Fourth, Carter said that old characters that died would be brought back in a way that honored past storylines, hence the Lone Gunmen coming back as hallucinations. Not only was CSM vaporized, we saw in William that JS was not only trying in infiltrate what was left of the Syndicate he was also impersonating Mulder. Also note that “Miller” gets Mulder and Miller was the alias JS used. And everyone also seems to be ignoring the entire subplot with the smallpox vaccines which goes back to Anasazi and Herrenvolk and ties directly into the creation of hybrids and worker races. As to the science there were two scientists who worked on the script so I’ll defer to their expertise. I have a lot of issues with this revival, starting with that Fight Club times infinity Were-Lizard thing. I’m not going to try to speak for Chris Carter. But if you’re going to criticize what I wrote, please get the details right first. And I can’t believe I didn’t think of this before- the whole South Carolina connection points right to Colonization via the live smallpox tests on the schoolyard in Zero Sum. And what else did we see in Zero Sum? One major character impersonating another. Hi, and thanks for commenting here. I appreciate what you are saying, however despite the additional information I have trouble with all these points. The stem cells are referred to in relation to Mulder specifically because Mulder seems weaker than e.g. Miller and Mulder needs help for his immune system to recover. There is a specific medical reason to do stem cell transplant in this case, and a genetically close donor is preferable. William’s stem cells would not be more useful to anybody else. William might be part of the solution, since that’s what has been teased at as far back as season 7, but not in this way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematopoietic_stem_cell_transplantation Scully’s DNA is different to a common person’s, but it should be no different from any other abductee that has been experimented on. 2X08: One Breath implies that Scully was being used for hybridization experiments, yes, and that’s what all abductees have been for to begin with, to create a hybrid slave race or to perfect a hybridization method for the Syndicate members. So I don’t see how Scully would be any special. Why are you assuming that all other hybridization subjects or abductees have been exterminated? Cassandra Spender was very expressly a one-of-a-kind successful hybrid, whereas there appeared to be nothing special to Scully’s abduction years before. The visual callbacks to The Red and the Black fit with an alien abduction scene, not to mention that both episodes were directed by Chris Carter. I understand that CSM having survived might seem incredible to you too but I don’t see this as the reason why we should be looking for alternative theories to comfort us. The only thing that would make me tick is the mention of a decade having past since Reyes left the FBI, which coincides with the moment the old informant contacted Mulder, but is also 4 years after the events of The Truth — but it might be just an error with the dates, the sort of which the XF writers have made several in the past. Speaking of motives, here is how Jeffrey Spender described his father and himself in the episode William: “Sitting here, you’d wish me dead. Shortly, I’ll do you the favor.” “Having failed as a conspirator to control alien colonization, my father wanted nothing more than to see the world fail, too.” “I took revenge on my father by taking William away from them.” So, Jeffrey was looking to destroy his father’s work, not continue it. As for the smallpox vaccine, yes it has been referred to before but for a different purpose, the tagging and cataloging of every person (Herrenvolk), and for identifying persons once they have been turned into unrecognizable hybrids (Anasazi). Here it is presented as being responsible for delivering a virus. You could say that it was being used to deliver the alien genes in hybridization (Anasazi), there you might be on to something. However, my main issue with the whole “false flag” theory — that the conspirators want to frighten people into getting another vaccine and that Scully is unknowingly deploying what will become colonization — is the complexity of it all. If you could deliver a virus to everyone via mandatory injections, why not deliver directly the genetic material you want people to get, i.e. the alien virus? Also, you are betting everything on the hope that the cure will be found by an ex-abductee doctor? And why would the CSM be lying to Mulder? If the this “false flag” theory proves true in season 11, I hope at least that the vaccine will be mandatory and delivered by FEMA or the CDC, and that it will not have been all thanks to Scully. I think you’re looking for a level of exactitude here that is not only beyond the scope of The X-Files but beyond most TV sci-fi. Most science in TV SF is essentially magic- they write the plots and shoehorn in the science later. What we are looking at here are broader themes and connections. Why South Carolina? Where did that come from? Well, it comes from Zero Sum, the site of the live smallpox test. The Spartanburg virus all led back to the smallpox vaccines in Anasazi. Since this science is all made up- we have no idea what alien DNA would actually do- it’s rather futile to get technical about what the smallpox program was doing in Herrenvolk. Otherwise why bring it up at all? Why not create some new virus or contagion especially for the Spartanburg contagion? As to CSM being a disguised Jeffrey, I did mention in the piece that A., he may be trying to subvert the program from within or B., he may have simply resigned himself to the inevitability of the apocalypse, given exactly what he told Mulder. Which, by the way, was extremely un-CSM in nature and certainly counter to the way CSM behaved towards Mulder the last we saw him. And there is something special about Scully’s DNA- she had prolonged exposure to the spaceship in Africa, which clearly had a powerful effect on the black oil virus in Mulder’s system and probably did to her as well. Carter was clearly and consciously recreating shots from Red&Black to draw the parallels. It’s obviously different from Cassandra but the apparent goal seems to be to manipulate Scully into creating a vaccine which will infect those with the right DNA profile with alien genes, transforming them into hybrids as we saw with Scully in the beginning. As to the complexity of it, we are talking about The X-Files, aren’t we? This is par for the course. Byzantine plots are the life’s blood of the Mytharc. I don’t think I need to cite all the precedents for extremely complex conspiracies depicted on the show itself. But I guess we’ll have to see what happens if there’s a season 11. I think that would have to be a continuous story, I don’t think anything else would satisfy today’s audience. What makes me think that what Chris Carter did in My Struggle 1 and 2 is a recontextualization (explanation to come) of the mythology and not a revolution/destruction of the previous mythos of the show was the Cliff-hanger scene … I think Chris understands X-Files fans are too smart and sophisticated to except a story-line that for all intense and purposes makes the mythos of the first 9 seasons irrelevant and that’s why I fully believe that that UFO at the Cliff-hanger is being flown by Aliens and they will be brought back full-force into the story-line in Season 11. Now what do I mean by recontextualization, the easiest way to explain it is through a model: First 9 Seasons (Hierarchy of Conspiracy) Aliens (Colonization Agenda or whatever else it is) Syndicate (for the most part doing the Aliens bidding but on the side working on a vaccine) FBI/Government/Corporations Revival; screws around with that hierarchy and it becomes something more along the lines of: Aliens (Colonization) Syndicate (Global domination) FBI/Government/Corporations. So basically the Revival changes the Syndicate from mostly being stooges of the Aliens (and being under them) to being on an equal footing with the Aliens and having their own fully separate agenda that the Aliens might not even know about. So because that’s how I understand it what I see happening in Season 11 is some-kind of a battle between Smoky and the Syndicate and the Aliens. Other then that battle the other main part of Season 11 will of course be about our favorite team of FBI agents trying to save humanity in this recontextualized world and maybe even pick a side to stand with. So because that’s how I understand it what I see happening in Season 11 is some-kind of a battle between Smoky and the Syndicate and the Aliens. As for our 2 favorite FBI agents they will be trying to save humanity in this recontextualized world and maybe even pick a side to stand with. If colonizing aliens are still part of the picture, we don’t have enough knowledge yet to understand what is going on. They might have left, they might have been destroyed, they might be collaborating with the conspiracy that is still covering their existence, or they might have been so well infiltrated that not even the conspiracy knows about their plans anymore. What’s most problematic in season 10 is that CSM is again at the center of it all. So, colonization was not true and he was lying and manipulating the Syndicate during nine seasons; or he learned the truth after 2002, but he seems to be saying what happens with the Spartan virus was the plan all along; or the colonization is true and he was lying to Mulder in this episode for some reason; or the aliens have left, and the CSM is using what he had planned with the Syndicate for his own world-conquering purposes. How I see it neither the Syndicate nor the Aliens were completely honest with each other about what their agendas were as well obviously CSM and the Syndicate have never been really honest with Mulder about what their agenda was. So what Mulder knows or thinks he knows as well what we know as viewers are but pieces of the whole; the truth is still a big maze. Now in terms of your CSM point for me the bigger point with that is that he should be dead; I don’t buy that explanation from my My Struggle 2 but I also understand Chris’s move in that in a 6 episode Season it would have been very hard to create a new main villain so he decided to resurrect the old one. My hope is Season 11 is both longer and has more mythology episodes and because of both of those things that gives Chris and all the other writers enough time to create a new main villain. Some possibilities that I can throw out right away: William, Agent Miller, or a new character that CSM has taken under his wings as his protege. Right and to finish off my thought to show that there is a new main villain whoever he is he should kill CSM with a bullet to the head. I agree with you that everyone is manipulating everyone and it’s a maze. But you can’t have just conflicting information, if you want to tell a story it has to make some sense at the end. So I would be more OK with the “conspiracy of men” theory if we hadn’t actually seen the conspirators discussing colonization with each other (Red & Black, Two Fathers). I would be OK with the theory that alien colonization is happening in My Struggle II if the CSM hadn’t said these things; CSM had no reason to lie to Mulder at this point. The thing is, there was already a new villain that was supposed to replace the CSM: that was the Toothpick Man during season 9, a Supersoldier. He could have been the villain in s10. Alan Dale is a good actor, he would have been good at this. Zabird says: Excellent post! Now some questions/observations. Note that Scully referred to Monica as a “trusted friend.” Monica must’ve told her some other stuff to convince Scully, stuff that Scully did not share with Einstein. I’ve seen some suggestions that Monica might be running a con on Ol’ Smoky. What do you think? Also, all of this “reporting” came via a conspiracy guy on the Web, not the mainstream media, a fact that O’Malley himself mentions. So … And speaking of O’Malley, how did he know the results of Scully’s DNA test? Oh, and why the extreme close-ups of some people’s eyes? This is like the message board days of yore … I just hope that we don’t have to wait more than a year or two for Season 11. And that there are at least 8-10 episodes to give these stories a bit more breathing room. Reyes is already running a con on CSM by contacting Scully and telling her about the “chosen ones”. What else could have she said to Scully that we don’t know of? (and what is the storytelling purpose of your lead characters knowing more than your audience?) There’s O’Malley’s reporting but there’s also Einstein who was in contact with the CDC. It is spreading. It is implied that throughout the episode Scully and O’Malley are in contact via text messages. It is all but shown at the end when Scully stops the rioters then cut to O’Malley looking at his phone. The science of it was by no means good as most working scientists in the field would tell you. Unfortunately, a virologist/microbiologist is not necessarily qualified to consult on these issues, much less to try to tie them together into a show with such a complex plot history. Much of the science presented in that episode fails horribly on its own, even without that problem. But it is especially bad when trying to fit it with the past of the series — scientific buzzwords and techniques only invented a couple years ago tend to fail miserably when inserted in such contexts. The X-Files used to work best when it did not spend too much time on the science behind the X-File case/conspiracy plans, because often times the premise was absurd and thus doing so would have exposed the giant plot holes in the narrative. The result of avoiding that trap was some classic television. This episode spent a third of its time in detailed scientific expositions, which made sure that only people who have zero knowledge of molecular biology could possibly enjoy it (if it didn’t have a lot of other problems, that is). Let’s ignore the chronological blunders (the only reason CRISPRs are there is that it is a trendy buzzword — no conspiracy by aliens going back half a century would use that, the damn thing wasn’t even discovered until a dozen years ago, AFTER the S09 finale, and the aliens would probably have something much better anyway). Let’s focus on the most basic molecular biology problems. Does anyone even think about issues like how you identify “alien DNA” and how that alien DNA would be replicated and expressed in human cells? — If alien DNA had been inserted into everyone’s genome, then Scully would have no way of figuring out she had something extra, because it would be there in the reference sequene too. — She would have very hard time finding it anyway — how exactly do you find out you have “alien DNA” by sequencing you genome? The assumption is that strange additional sequences are artefacts, and it would have taken quite a bit of follow up experiments to confirm they were integrated into her genomes. Yet it was presented as if she just knew it in a snap of a finger. Nobody seems to have thought about that problem. — Which becomes only much worse once you think about the extra nucleotides. How are they able to amplify that? DNA polymerases often choke on unfamiliar substrates and they most definitely don’t have those extran nucleotides in the master mixes that labs used. Which means neither the PCR not the sequencing would have worked… — But more importantly, that DNA would not survive in human cells either — because it would not be replicated as we likely have neither the enzymes to make those extra nucleotides not the polymerases that would recognize them. — We do have one thing that would recognize them though and it is DNA repair mechanisms that would see them as damage, remove them and replace them with regular nucleotides almost immediately. And that would be the end of the alien DNA… — Also, how do you express alien DNA? More likely than not, it uses a different genetic code. Alien proteins might well also use different amino acids. But it is in human cells…. etc. etc.. The whole thing is so absurd that makes the episode very hard to watch. Yet you are praising the science. I don’t understand that. P.S. The scientific consultants are forever disgraced for what they did — if I was to get co-writing credits for an X-File episode, I am either doing everything possible to force Chris Carter to not butcher the science or I am taking my name off the credits. Well, if your arguments are at the level of how do genes express themselves as proteins, I think you are already more scientifically sound than 99% of what entertainment does. Your mileage may vary, perhaps proportionally to how good your knowledge of that field may be. As for the old show, it was never very specific either, it was more hazy compared to the specifics of this episode. I get your points, but this is a show that tries to have a scientific appearance and tell a fictional story. If anything, it is a story about the dangers of these new techniques of gene editing. I had trouble with how Scully identified “alien DNA” in My Struggle as well. If it’s part of her genome, what’s so special about it? Then in this episode they talk again of extra nucleotides. That might be just it: the bits with these nucleotides migrates to a different spot on the PCR, these are the isolated bars. But that’s a fair criticism about these nucleotides not being present in the substrate… About DNA repair mechanisms, you certainly know more than I do. If the bit is already a part of the DNA sequence in the entire organism, how is it identified and removed? The fact that these techniques were invented barely a few years ago is not really an incoherence. The point of talking about “alien tech” is really to say that the conspiracy had access to advanced techniques before everybody else did. This is the point — it can’t be a part of the DNA in the wohle organism if it has “extra nucleotides”. It won’t survive even the first cell division after it gets inserted. Nucleotides that don’t look like normal nucleotides are often recognized as DNA damage (because that’s what a lot of DNA damage is — modified nucleotides due to various chemical reactions) and excised. Not all of them, it depends on the specifics, but it more likely than not if it something out of the normal, it is being recognized as not normal and the cell will attempt to repair it. Even if they surivive, they are not going to be replicated because when a cell from an organism on Earth replicates its DNA, it only makes more dA,dC,dG and dT, and uses those to replicates its DNA. It does not make whatever the other two new nucleotides are. And its replication machinery is finely tuned to working with dA,dC,dG and dT. But it cannot be alien tech. CRISPRs are an adaptive immunity system found in prokaryotes on Earth. It turned out that it is possible to engineer one of the CRISPR systems (and a couple of others later) for gene editing purposes. But all of that (the discovery of CRISPR and its adaptation for that purposes) happened only in the last decade or so. Whatever world the aliens are from most likely does not have CRISPRs. And being how advanced they are (having mastered interstellar travel) why would they be using earthly CRISPRs, even if assume they came here a long time ago and learned all there is to learn about the molecular biology of organisms on Earth? Presumably they have much better tools… ireactions says: I don’t think the Spartan virus using CRISPRs is an issue — the Conspiracy of Men used alien technology to create the virus to affect humans and bring about their endgame. What aliens would or wouldn’t do isn’t an issue as it’s merely alien knowledge and technology at play here. It’s hardly a stretch that something in alien technology had direct application to genome alteration that allowed the Conspiracy of Men to attack this immunity even if aliens wouldn’t have done so. The part about extra DNA appears to be an error — or, rather, dramatic license as a plot device. Frankly I was surprised at the mention of nucleotides as well. It’s something from way back in season 1 (The Erlenmeyer Flask), introduced for Scully to be able to definitely say “this is alien”. The dialogue was: “a virus inside a bacteria” “in order to inject it into something living. It’s called gene therapy and it’s still highly experimental.” And the 6-nucleotide DNA was find in the bacteria, not the virus: “DNA sequences from the bacteria”. I always assumed the bacteria were alien, and it was being used in order to carry an artificially created virus, that was carrying alien/human hybrid (4-nucleotide) genes for gene therapy. But the dialogue in “My Struggle II” points towards the theory that all hybridization has been involving 6 nucleotides, which, as you say, is more complicated. Also, re: CRISPRs: maybe we should keep in mind that the aliens might have had a hand in the evolution of life on Earth (see Biogenesis) and our biologies and ecosystems might be actually close. We might be touching the limits of what has to be accepted by the viewer in order for the science fictional story to make sense. Similarly, I could say the aliens mastering interstellar travel defies the laws of (currently known) physics. Posted this on your Facebook page: I’m sorry you didn’t like “My Struggle II.” I really enjoyed it and I hoped you would too because you like THE X-FILES more than I do. I’m more a student of the show than a fan. I would disagree with you in some areas, primarily about quality. I actually hoped that you of all people would offer some way to square the Colonization mythology with the Conspiracy of Men; you’ve thrown out several options, mainly the Syndicate manipulated via implanted memories and staged incidents, while declaring this is unlikely and strained. Anyway, where I disagreed with you — Colonization and the Cliffhanger: The problem was always that TXF was a criminal procedural set in hospital hallways, office buildings, shadowy streets and rural locations. It’s not a place for interstellar dogfights and ray guns and laser swords, so Colonization was always a story hopelessly at odds with TXF as a criminal procedural with supernatural overtones. MS2 offers a Colonization of the human body via a virus created with alien technology; a lot of what was onscreen was similar to fears of drug resistant superbugs and the consequences. So, MS2 gave us a Colonization story that was actually suited to the format. I disagree that this is a “Millennium” situation. From an in-story POV, the solution to the Spartan virus is already present: Scully has devised a cure. Monica Reyes, having worked for the Smoking Man, must have given Scully more information, such as the identities of the chosen all around the globe. It would be very easy for Season 11 to reveal that once Scully created the cure, Reyes took action to have as many compliant ‘chosen’ as possible participate in mass producing and distributing the cure, meaning Scully has kicked Colonization’s ass and reduced the end of humanity to a one-day crisis. I can’t see how else Scully would have referred to Reyes as “a friend” after Reyes revealed her collusion or why Scully was so forcefully confident that everything would be alright if panicking people would just get to a hospital. Also, the original plan for “Millennium” in the producers’ minds was that Season 3 would be Frank and Jordan wandering the devastated landscape of the world after the virus had done its work. However, Glen Morgan and James Wong’s acrimonious relationship with FOX saw them leave and their intentions disregarded. Monica Reyes and the Smoking Man: I think Reyes’ motives for working for the Smoking Man are clear. She wanted to learn as much as possible about the Spartan virus and stop it. As for the Smoking Man, his character has always been shown to be addicted to power, an addiction Mulder characterizes as “sickness.” Reyes is openly contemptuous of the Smoking Man, who seems to enjoy it, enjoying having power over a beautiful woman, beckoning her to do his bidding with a gesture. It’s the same glee he exhibited when threatening Skinner in “Paper Clip” and making him do clean-up in “Zero Sum.” It’s a version of the relationship he hoped to forge with Scully in “En Ami.” This delight in power is further shown when the Smoking Man declares that it is “people” who chose to destroy the world, as though he were above them and not one of them and has not played a role in the state of this world. Certainly, the Smoking Man had access and influence and technology to help people, but he chose instead to treat the human race as his enemy. In “En Ami,” he speaks warmly of the power to hold life and death in one’s hands, attributing that desire for power to Scully; he was talking about himself. The ability to exterminate humanity outside of those he has chosen is his addiction and corruption taken to a logical conclusion. The Smoking Man is also an essential icon of TXF’s moral structure: he represents a twisted hunger for power that is only wielded in destructive terms; his sense of power exists only in dealing out violence and death. And ultimately, I was touched and moved by MS2, clearly in ways you were not. Colonization has always been so terrifying and all-encompassing. And then it comes — and it’s just a problem. A scientific problem. A problem with which Scully grapples and battles until she beats it into submission and saves us all, combining Mulder’s belief in extreme possibilities with her own scientific acumen. Despite being apart, I felt Mulder and Scully were every bit a team. Mulder represented the moral side of the story, making it clear that the Smoking Man’s self-declared pragmatism are the musings of a sick, twisted and deranged old man and Scully proves the Smoking Man wrong — the problems of our world are not insurmountable and they do not have to consume us. They can be solved with perseverance, knowledge and teamwork. Colonization was beaten. I felt hope. And when the spaceship at the end appeared, I felt something else — I felt this sense that even though the Conspiracy has been laid out and made clear (albeit with a lot of retcons and wholesale ignoring of the past), there is always something unknown, something out there — something for the X-Files. I loved it. I’m sorry you didn’t, my friend. Your devotion and love for the show is so clear — I would gladly trade every drop of pleasure I took in the series for an episode you would have liked. Thank you very much for your kind words! And your appreciation of the CSM’s character. You summarize the character perfectly, he is still his old self. I lament the fact that he has returned, just because the show feels like it has stalled at the same point for years. Also, what you say about Scully and Mulder and the problem-solving shows you definitely enjoyed the episode a lot! I do see that quite a bit of thinking went into the episode and many of these things were intended. What persist in my impressions is that the episode felt unnaturally quick, to the point where it is impossible to enjoy such qualities, however present they may be. That’s why I am wondering who else might be enjoying this apart from viewers who were already convinced to watch this revival by having already been drawn to the show thanks to its previous seasons. Re: Millennium: This is not the same situation because of Scully’s science — but thematically it is similar, a man-made biological apocalypse. And I remember Morgan or Wong’s description of a post-apocalyptic setting for their season 3, but I really think this was more of a fanciful musing on their behalf than a direction Carter and Fox really considered. For all intents and purposes, Morgan and Wong were writing the series finale and had absolutely no input in the making of the third season. I certainly agree with you that XF is a show about the paranormal in the mundane — hospitals, corridors, streets. It follows that its version of the alien invasion should be closer to these sensibilities, this is why a viral war is perfectly adapted. This is what I had in mind as well, and not some “Independence Day” type of big-budget war. However, what I mean in the beginning was that “My Struggle II” went even beyond that, with a viral outbreak and social unrest that goes far beyond what XF has shown us before, and thus makes it less believable as “our world”. There are many ways this can go afterwards. Scully solved the problem and literally saved the world. The outbreak is stopped by those in charge — in the same unknown way it was started (there is also nanotechnology involved?). The ‘false flag’theory: the government comes up with its own cure that they distribute mandatorily to the scared population, only to have this “cure” be the actual alien DNA infection, ushering colonization…or whatever the end game is. I had in mind to compile a list of points that would try to reconcile the “conspiracy of men” storyline, or at least see where it falls on contradiction with what came before. So I am going to check on your work on reddit. Demijan Omeragic says: Fantastic review, as always. I could’ve done without praising the science too much, but your review of this episode is certainly one of the best, if not the best. I’ve also written something about this finale, and the “new” mytharc in general: https://sites.google.com/site/questionsforcc/ Kritschgau says: Thanks for your insightful review! I think we need a new primer trying to fit the core of this new mythology into the old one! This is a great summation, as always, but respectfully I’ll have to defer and agree with Chris Knowles on many of his points. This isn’t to not acknowledge the areas of the episode, or season, that could have been better. I do. But I have processing a great deal, and I just respectfully disagree with some conclusions. Immortal Scully says: I read your page for years and I’m grateful for the work & research you do to bring us your reviews. 1) I’m a fan of the series since ’94 when the show first aired in my country and my 10 years old self fell in love with it from an add and stayed up until after midnight to watch it. 2) After the last movie I didn’t want the series to return, I thought the show belonged to the 90s and nothing could top the atmosphere and the brilliance of the original (and especially of the first 5 seasons – although some motw episodes of s9 are up there in quality with s1-5) … having said that, after I watched s10 I want more (and I wouldn’t mind a spin off) not because I need answers but because s10 – with all its flaws – it managed to intrigue me & to challenge my mind in ways that very few sci-fi series since The X-Files and Millennium have managed to do. The first episode is my least favorite of the revival, it felt strange somehow but with Founder’s mutation and on it felt like the classic X-Files Was it perfect? No Could it be better? Yes But in the end it showed me that the series has much to offer and it can exist today while true to its spirit. I can understand the criticism and I can see where some of it is coming. First of all, I’m not a virologist,immunologist or a medical doctor and I can not say if the science is sound or not, but it makes sense to me in the context of the series. It’s a science fiction not a science show and for me the way the science is used in s10 is like how it was used in the past 9 seasons. Also, I appreciate the fact that there is a science advisor and science in the series has some base in reality and Scully doesn’t create a device that can communicate with the dead people to get answers from Deep Throat etc. The modification of the DNA, the creation of “better” humans are matters that are present in science today and The X-Files is always great in mixing fiction with reality. About the inconsistencies from the old mythology: Fist lets wait and see how everything will play out in s11, I don’t expect or want answers about everything but there are still many ways the story can unfold that can fit with the old mythology. When Einstein said she will have alien DNA what came to my mind is: that’s the whole point. It reminded me the episode Red Museum where the kids were tested with the purity control and WMM words in the first movie “That’s spontaneous re-population”. Wouldn’t Scully’s vaccine speed up the process of the creation of a super race or at least isn’t a great large scale test with alien DNA? So what if that’s what the aliens or the conspirators want? Also the concept of good aliens is not new to the series. The episode E.B.E. hinted that, also Cassandra Spender first said that aliens are here to teach us and later said she was wrong and the different races are in war. Let’s see how that will play out. Did the good aliens/rebels won the war off screen and the colonization is stopped or the colonization/ deal with aliens was a lie all along(I don’t believe that) or maybe the colonization just started? The way I see it a lot of parallel plans run and there are conspiracies within conspiracies. The abductions of the first season and in Tempus Fugit/ Max are different from the government abductions, we have different experiments happening in the abductees and for different purposes, many kind of hybrids, clones, the propaganda project in Redux (Michael K. wasn’t lying if I remember correctly, that was his job and didn’t know anything about aliens) etc. Plans change, adapt in the current circumstances but in my opinion the heart of the conspiracy was always the survival of a small elite/ the syndicate and the control of the fate of humanity through the control of the DNA and the control of alien technology. I agree with you that a different main villain in s10 would fit with that better but I can’t imagine the criticism if they didn’t bring CSM back. Also I hear all the time why Mulder is not immune like Scully. Idk if I’m right cause I haven’t seen s8 for ages but isn’t Mulder suppose to be clean from alien DNA (or at least not a hybrid anymore) after “DeadAlive”? And in “En Ami” didn’t CSM showed Scully a 120 years old woman with a chip in her neck like her? I can be wrong but to me it makes perfect sense why Scully is immune and Mulder isn’t. I also like how William was handled which was something I was worried about. I liked the reason why they need him, I prefer the intimate scenario that Mulder needs stem cells from his son instead of s9 mythology. Another thing I see on the internet and I disagree with is the pressure for Chris Carter to step aside. I agree that he may need a writing partner or someone to overview his scripts and fix some of his writing problems (problems he has in the original series too) and I missed Rob Bowman in the direction but to me his vision, his ideas and the layers he puts in the series are still very much needed and what sets The X-Files apart from any other series. I also don’t get the sudden turn to Frank Spotnitz for salvation, wasn’t he there in s7-9 and in the second movie? I know Chris pisses off the shippers but a) the show isn’t a shipper show is a supernatural, crime, procedural, investigation, conspiracy show and b) M&S are indeed the heart of the show but not their sexual lives but the respect they share, their ideas and views that don’t match but they complete e/o, their philosophical conversations, their loyalty to one another and I saw all these in the revival. I just hope in s11 they can fix some pacing problems and they can get Vince Gilligan for a monster of the week and Rob Bowman to direct the mythology episodes but other than that I’m satisfied with s10 as a whole. P.S. Sorry for my English but it’s not my mother language. P.S.2 Thanks again for your reviews and your insights. You are right, conspiracies change and adapt to the situation. However the mythology developed during so many years in the series did make sense on the long run and it’s difficult to twist it without resulting in contradictions. The situation might have changed since 2002, for example some alien faction won another and colonization was cancelled or postponed. What is more frustrating is the fact that s10 doesn’t try to bridge the past with the present, offer a story for why things are different, but instead outright says that everything that came before are lies; and also the characters (well, Mulder) accept that it was all a lie without much resistance. s11 might return to the colonization storyline with complex manipulations, but then s10 will look like a short clumpsy misdirection when looking back. Let’s wait and see where this goes. What you say about Mulder’s and Scully’s alien DNA is my thinking as well. Scully’s DNA gives protection to the effects of the Spartan virus — but it’s not an immunity against the Black Oil virus, which was the point of the hybridization experiments from earlier in the series. Thank you very much for your thoughts and level-headed assessment of s10! Something that I have not yet seen addressed in any reviews (and this may be because of negative opinions, mine own included, of season 9) is the prophecy concerning Wililam and Mulder. The (convoluted?) logic dictated that William would save mankind but only if Mulder lives. That seems to have come true in MS2. While it seems Scully has saved mankind with her vaccine, Einstein correctly points out she is also injecting everyone with alien dna. It is possible this will set off a chain of events that would lead to “spontaneous repopulation.” MS1 merely theorizes that aliens are not actively conspiring to colonize the earth. It would fit plotwise and thematically if the aliens that came to earth in the 20th century could not survive for long periods of time in the earth’s atmosphere and therefore planned a later date (2012?) to begin occupation, anticipating climate change would create more viable conditions, also more conducive for the species to evolve. Both FTF and The Beginning suggest the “newborn” gestated aliens need heat to evolve! But Scully’s vaccine is not the purity virus. It is akin to the Syndicate’s gene therapy work, transforming the surviving humans into a slave race. The aliens would need to act fast, however, in order for those not vaccinated to be infected with purity before they either die or receive Scully’s vaccine. This would likely occur simultaneously and the aliens’ delivery system would probably be much more efficient than Scully and Einstein’s system of delivering the vaccine. The result would be a substantial number of people dead, a small handful vaccinated, only to become a slave race, and the rest used as hosts for purity. Now as for the prophecy, if Mulder had been killed in season 9 or at any point since, there would be no need for Scully to seek out William. When the events in MS2 occur, Mulder is indeed alive and Scully must use William’s stem cells to save Mulder. But when she does this, it is likely she would discover the difference in her alien DNA, given to her by the syndicate, and William’s, with her fertility being linked to the alien craft in Cote D’ivoire. Thus, William becomes mankind’s savior. Conversely, if Mulder had died before MS2, the post apocalyptic world would have consisted of the slave race, a population of newly gestated EBEs, and William, there to serve a function similar to Gibson in the power plant in The Beginning, leading the new alien race toward its evolutionary destiny. What do you mean when you say “But when she does this, it is likely she would discover the difference in her alien DNA, given to her by the syndicate, and William’s, with her fertility being linked to the alien craft in Cote D’ivoire. Thus, William becomes mankind’s savior.”? You mean that by examining William’s DNA Scully will be able to devise another vaccine which would act against Purity? As in, William is naturally immune to Purity, and this immunity can be easily replicated? Perhaps it could turn out this way, perhaps. Although what we mostly saw in MS2 was Scully acting as a savior, much more than Mulder, who was in the prophecy. Yes, that is essentially what I mean. But it might seem a bit redundant storytelling-wise to go with the vaccine route again. I don’t know of another reasonable way to deliver that immunity to the population as a whole. I do suspect that Scully’s line from The Beginning “it would mean that all of us are” will become more important again. You touched on this in your Vienen analysis. Perhaps there is some way to turn on those dormant genes in all humans, to render them naturally immune to purity. The more I think about it, the more it seems Scully’s vaccine was only coincidental to the Syndicate’s plan. Maybe the spartan virus was intended to give “the elite,” those with hybrid dna, leverage over the colonists. If the only surviving members of the human race were hybrids then they would never become a slave race because there would be no remaining hosts for purity. This makes sense of CSM’s line that they only changed the time table. By killing of mankind with the spartan virus, they force the colonist’s hand. But then the immunity from the Black Oil was the main thing the Syndicate was trying to develop during most of the series. Either for everyone via the secret vaccine, or only for themselves via gene therapy hybridization. The hybridization program was supposed to create a slave race that would serve the aliens and the surviving Syndicate and their families. We were presented with this story as being the result of an agreement between aliens and Syndicate, with the aliens providing the technology to do gene therapy. Then why would the aliens give the Syndicate the means to exterminate themselves and thus make the hosts disappear? Maybe that was an unintended consequence, maybe the aliens thought that the humans would not go through with this threat of self-destruction. And yet, the humans did. They are self-destructing. Maybe in s11 we will see the aliens intervening to prevent our self-destruction, and it will look like they are saving us from ourselves. But they will only be doing it in order to keep the hosts alive for a future colonization. Humanity is trapped between the elites and the colonists. (A nice story, but I still have problems with the CSM saying all these things to Mulder as if he was never part of the Syndicate.) “The hybridization program was supposed to create a slave race that would serve the aliens and the surviving Syndicate and their families.” I’m not sure it is apparent that the syndicate would have been exempt from the slave labor. In Two Fathers an Elder/Alien Rebel complains about this to Krycek: “Collaboration has allowed you to prepare… to stall colonization. I mean, how close are you to developing a human/alien hybrid? That alone ensures your survival.” “As slave laborers for the aliens.” No one disputed that statement. It’s plausible CSM kept his work secret. WMM said in Terma, “Six of us knew,” talking about the black oil vaccine. (Obviously this changed by Patient X). But it shows it’s possible to keep secrets from the syndicate. Embedding the spartan virus in the smallpox vaccine was smart. It would not have raised suspicion among the syndicate or the colonists, since SEP was already part of the project under the guise of tagging and cataloging. CSM was always an outsider and despised by the rest of the syndicate but this recasts him as incomparably evil, using the syndicate as a tool to effectively exterminate two species! Thanks again for your work on the best x-files site around. You are right about the Syndicate Elders keeping secrets from one another as well. I guess there was precedent, if indeed what CSM reveals in My Struggle II is true. However, he did not only keep something secret from his colleagues, he was able to conceive of a global plague mechanism (something that the Syndicate took years to perfect with the Black Oil virus, with the corn and the bees), divert the smallpox tagging mechanism that the Syndicate was already using for a different purpose, and do all of that decades before, even before the foundation of the Syndicate itself (founded in 1973, and compulsory smallpox vaccinations stopped in 1972). In fact, another way to look at it that would make it coherent would be that the whole of the Syndicate was aware of the genetically embedded plague mechanism, and that they were using it as a failsafe mechanism in case the negociations with the aliens would go awry: self-destruct instead of surrendering. This could have been their bargaining chip, forcing the aliens to collaborate with the Syndicate instead of just ignoring them. However, as I pointed out in the review, the problem with this theory is that we are specifically told they got this gene editing technology from the aliens, and it would be counter-productive for the aliens to have given the Syndicate the tools with which they would blackmail them. Perhaps there is an aspect of this whole plan we are not familiar with yet. Jedi Master says: Hi, does anyone know if CC or FS had more influence in the mythology since s6? “I still have problems with the CSM saying all these things to Mulder as if he was never part of the Syndicate.” Skinner: You can’t ask the truth from a professional liar. As far as anyone can tell, they were both planning this together throughout season 8. Carter has more story credits without Spotnitz in some episodes like The Sixth Extinction and Requiem (the would-be series finale). Carter seemed to have a very important role in season 8 (writing alone the season opening and closing two-parters, and would-be series finale). Season 9 was in the beginning a Spotnitz-only project (season openers) but Carter returned and the apparently worked together for the rest of the season, apart from the series finale which is only Carter. Carter seems to be the one with the grand ideas, and Spotnitz to be the one that translates this into plot and character points. Thank you for your response. You have right, they should have tried to bridge the old an new mythology and it would be easy saying that the colonization was postponed by the rebels or something along the lines instead of CSM acting like that was never the plan (Mulder is easily manipulated so it didn’t bother me that he believed the new story he is told). But I still have a feeling that we are not done with the colonization. I think that depends on how much time CC has to tell his story. In an interview he said he didn’t return to end it but can the series go on past s11? How many episodes can they make? How William will fit in with the MOTW etc. He must take these things under consideration and he, Morgan, Wong and everyone else who is returning must sit down and make a plan. If there is a good amount of mythology episodes I’m sure at some point the black oil, the clones and the hybrids will return. I liked, however, the return to the more human conspiracy and I’m fine with the idea that aliens are here to save us as long as they can do that without erasing the previous seasons. For instance they can say that the colonists were in war with the rest of their race or that a small group of Greys are against the colonists and in times these aliens visited earth to protect it but I’m no expert in the mythology so maybe I’m wrong. Luke Skywalker says: Thanks for the reviews. Personally I don’t care about the mythology since s5 but this episode, even though it wasn’t great, it felt fresh. The stand alone episodes, on the other hand, were amazing – very old school X-Files. Do you think at some point we’ll get a spin off? Fantastic site. I’m amazed with all the details and information you have on the mythology. I enjoyed s10 myself but hearing all the complains I wonder if it would be better if Mulder and Scully passed the torch to a new generation. Lets face it The X-Files can’t be as great as it was in seasons 1-5, the series carries so much burden, so maybe a fresh start in the world of the X-Files is the way to go in the future. I’d like to hear your thoughts on that. SamSimon says: Very interesting article, I think that you wrote everything that was to be written, thank you! You nailed it with this sentence: “Carter is banking on the hopes that the mythology was too complicated for a significant amount of people to care (which, to a large extent, is true).” It is true, and you could rewrite the sentence as a false quote: “”Here’s a big fuck you to all of you, old fans!” Chris Carter.” This episode killed my willingness to watch NEW X-Files episodes entirely. I won’t be back for season 11, and I think that I will get to the old episodes as soon as possible, because now I have a bad feeling about the X-Files and I want to remind myself how good it was. Of course it was many times inconsistent, as you also wrote; of course the mythology-standalone mix was not always working, but… it was good!!! These new episodes are not. As much as one tries to find good stuff in them, they are certainly not good. That’s a shame, but that’s life. At least I can say that I have 7 good seasons that I can re-watch! :–) I agree with you.Carter has ruined one of the world’s best series. Antagonistic contrasts are between the old and new X-Files, as the writer of this article also pointed out. Ana Bastow says: A lot late to the game maybe you are over this review but I wonder why are we believing CSM and the new informant? Mulder’s biggest strength is its biggest weakness. His mind can make sense of a puzzle and put it together faster than anyone else that is way he was so good as a profiler and why the conspiracy consumed him. This was the biggest puzzle he could do. CSM knows that in fact that is why he kept him alive so he could use his talents, but he also knows that if he gives Mulder enough fake pieces he will get derailed trying to make them fit. That is why Scully is so important to make sure the pieces are real and it doesn’t seem Scully has access to Mulder’s new informant. CSM will say what he needs to say to get the upper hand nothing else and nothing more, IMO. The ‘new’ conspiracy is another red herring to manipulate Mulder. I wouldn’t be surprised if all this years he went into hiding CSM working with the aliens/men and managed to clean up most of the evidence and ‘explain’ the mysteries so when he allowed Mulder to come back to the FBI he will be demoralized enough to be tempted. Now my personal theory is that he was the one that make Mulder leave and sent Spender to convince her to give him on adoption for his own protection (Spender never explained how he got away from his torturers did he? I think he offered his son a deal) and then tracked him down so he could have the ‘saviour’ and his powers on his side so he could be the heir to Earth, maybe he wants both power over the aliens and the human race. Is too much of a coincidence that is is presumed ‘dead’ yet again the same episode Scully announces her pregnancy and reappears once William was out of their lives. I think the theme of the next season will be William’s redemption. And maybe I give CC too much credit but I think this was the plan all along. Again William was conceived the same season we found out what happened to Samantha so it makes sense to give both of our leads a human connection to the conspiracy, IMO, YMMV. Great reviews! I may disagree with one or two things but generally you’re on point. Now that the new season got the green light who do you trust to write the mythology? Carter alone? Spotnitz alone? Carter – Spotnitz? Morgan & Wong? Carter with Morgan & Wong? Spotnitz with M&W? Gilligan? New writers? I agree with the author of this article. The old Mythology it was more complicated, but was more interesting and beatiful. I guess, a third X-Files Movie should have been made, which would have closed the mythology, and then perhaps a spin-off revival. I believe but I am wrong), that the “killing” (in a technical sense) alien character of the bounty hunters and rebels was a big mistake. The Alien Bounty Hunter(s) as an personal alien character, was a favorite of old fans (including me).The alien replicants supersoldiers were also a thrilling thread. In addition, the series demonstrated in Season 8 and 9. that he could go without Mulder or CSM. 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__label__cc	0.527149	0.472851	Europeans, what a silly group of people! Today we played Taboo, or at least the ulpan equivalent of Taboo. We had slivers of paper with words on them, and we had to describe them for our partners' to figure out, without using the word, of course. It was pretty fun, really. I was paired up with a girl from Chicago, and also the Italian. We had such a hard time speaking over the din of the entire classroom, and the Italian said, "I can't hear what you are saying!" "No? Sorry," and I leaned forward. "I'll speak louder." "No, I just can't understand what you're saying." "What?" I was confused. I spoke up, and clearly. "You don't know the vocab, you mean?" "I don't understand Americans. You guys have such a strong accent, I can't understand a word you're saying! All I hear is American," leaning back in her seat, smugly and self-reassuringly nodding her head. "Yeah, I can't hear you. Your accent just overpowers the Hebrew." "Ok...," shifting to the right, towards my American compatriot. At this point, the Chicago girl and I exchanged looks. It was mildly offensive, the way she so blatantly told us how terrible our accents were. She went on to tell us how she never can understand Americans, and that our Hebrew is always murdered by the accents -- worse so than any other non-native speakers. Great, that's very encouraging. Chicago, however, was not ready to lay down and accept humiliation. "Really, you think so? I think the Portuguese are hard to understand," pointing her chin towards the Brazilians. Emphatically, "No way! They speak like Israelis." Chicago was not going to have that rebuke. She, after all, spent a year living in Brazil; she knows Portuguese. "I disagree, you're wrong, you notice how they speak with that sing-song tune? Their accent is so heavily Portuguese. I can tell right away where they are from." "Well, I guess, but they don't sound so bad. I mean, I can understand them at least." "Yeah, the French are pretty bad, right?" I had to put in my two cents, and they really do fight through that nasal inflection. "I guess. Nothing like you guys," with a dismissing flick of the hand. I didn't want to say it, but Chicago felt like it was time. I gave her a quick look, as if I knew what she was thinking, and gave her the go-ahead nod. "Italians, your accent -- it's also very noticeable." "No!" The Italian sat bolt upright in her seat, eyes wide open. "That's not true! We have a very soft accent, and it drops completely when we speak Hebrew!" "Right. In Italian you add an 'eh' or some type of up-talk ending, like 'spicy-eh.'" "Yes, we add that in Italian, but we don't do it in Hebrew!" "Yes you do! I had an Italian in my other ulpan class, and she spoke Hebrew the same way as you do," fingering her pen. "No, whatever," the Italian sitting straight up, picked up her notebook, tidying up her desk with her eyes down, rearranging nothing worth rearranging. "You're wrong, whatever. Whatever!" She was not pleased! It was silly how easily she told us that our accents were so visible through the Hebrew, but when we pointed out that she had an Italian accent, just as the Parisians have French accents, and the Brazilians have Brazilian accents, she took such great offense. We had a long conversation on the horrible American disposition, and the other students from other countries, but then when her nationality came into question... What puerile, touchy Europeans! After a few minutes, knowing that the conversation was over, I let slip what I had really wanted to say the whole time. Italy-girl gave over a sentence, in Hebrew, while still playing Taboo. I let the thought on my mind slip, and I felt bad, and then I realized how comical it all was! I said, "Now that'sa spicy'eh meat'ah ball'eh! "No way! I DO NOT SPEAK LIKE THAT! That's American-Italian, and I am not one of those people." "Really?," responding in a deferential tone, realizing that I could have just been slightly obnoxious. "I thought Italians were Italians?" "No, I am from the north of Italy. We don't speak like that," lifting her nose skyward. "Oh, yeah, I guess not." At the end of class, unsure if maybe I was wrong in my estimation of her accent, I asked Chicago what she thought. "Was she a little bit sensitive about that Italian thing?," not sure what Chicago would say. "I know, right?! I'm glad you said that," fully effecting a look of surprise by raising her eyebrows and half-smiling. "Good," relaxing my shoulders, "I wasn't sure if it was just me." "No, no, she totally speaks with an Italian accent. I can barely understand her sometimes, because she puts 'eh' on the end of everything, so I can't tell if the verbs are masculine or feminine..." "Yeah, me too! Sheesh, I thought I was being racist she got so mad." This is why I like the Brits. Their accents are as heavy and pronounced as Americans, and they know it, just like we realize how terribly we butcher the language. We all do, really. That's the thing; speak proudly, but realize that if you're from Italy, or Virginia, everybody is going to realize you're not from Jerusalem. Mamma mia! Non te la prendere! Labels: My Life you are definitely interacting with some worldly people! Reminds me of my old days traveling around the world. I love reading these entries. Thanks for making the world a smaller place for us all! hilarious.....your the man Hahaha. There's a girl in my French class this semester who speaks with a really heavy not french or american accent. Meanwhile the peruvian and german kids speak both english french perfectly. My French Israeli friends teased me about my accent when I (relunctantly) spoke French for them. But I can always say they speak English with a French accent, and they won't argue.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line325
__label__cc	0.631303	0.368697	Home » Gwanryongsa Temple – 관룡사 (Changnyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do) Gwanryongsa Temple – 관룡사 (Changnyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do) Fri, 10/30/2020 - 08:25 - dostoevsky2181 The Front Facade to Gwanryongsa Temple in Changnyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do. Hello Again Everyone!! Gwanryongsa Temple is located in Changnyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do. The temple is in fact located south of Mt. Gwanryongsan (753.6m) in Hwawang District Park. The name of the temple, Gwanryongsa Temple, means “Sighting Dragon Temple,” in English. There are two differing dates as to when Gwanryongsa Temple was first built. One is in 349 A.D., during the reign of King Heulae of Silla (r.310-356 A.D.). And the other date of when Gwanryongsa Temple was first established is in 583 A.D. by the monk Jeungbeop-guksa. As for the name of the temple, it comes from Wonhyo-daesa (617-686 A.D.). On the last day that Wonhyo-daesa was praying on the neighbouring Mt. Hwawangsan with one of his thousand followers, Songpa, they saw nine dragons fly through the sky from a pond. This site was also one of eight that Wonhyo-daesa taught the Hwaeom-gyeong (Avatamsaka Sutra). During the Imjin War (1592-1598), almost all the buildings at Gwanryongsa Temple were destroyed in 1592. Over the centuries, Gwanryongsa Temple has been rebuilt starting in the early part of the 17th century. In total, Gwanryongsa Temple is home to six Korean Treasures, including a highly unique Yaksa-jeon Hall. As you pass through the entrance gate to Hwawangsan District Park, you’ll pass by a pair of stone guardian spirit poles in a farmer’s field. This pair of stone guardian spirit poles date back to sometime during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). In total, there are perhaps only about one hundred of these spirit poles still in existence in Korea. The one on the left is male, while the one to the right is female. They both fiercely bare their teeth. There are three explanations as to what these spirit poles mean. The first is that they are a boundary marker for the Gwanryongsa Temple land, so that people wouldn’t hunt or fish on Buddhist land. The second explanation is that they were meant to ward off evil spirits. And the third theory is that they are used to help counteract any possible geomantic, or Pungsu-jiri, in Korean, weakness of the land. These spirit poles are a wonderful example of the blending of traditional shaman beliefs and Buddhism in Korea. Finally having made your way up to the main temple grounds, you’ll be greeted by the temple’s beautiful front facade. The most noticeable aspect of the front facade is the bell pavilion that protrudes outwards with the temple’s large bell and ancient Dharma Drum. To the right of the bell pavilion, or the “Jong-ru,” in Korean, you’ll find a stone entry gate. After climbing a set of stairs, and passing through the temple’s Cheonwangmun Gate, you’ll finally be standing squarely in Gwanryongsa Temple’s main courtyard. To your immediate right are the monks’ dorms. Just beyond this building is the Daeung-jeon Hall. The exterior walls to the main hall are largely unadorned all but for the floral patterns that adorn the eaves of the exterior. The Daeung-jeon Hall was first built at Gwanryongsa Temple in 1401, but it was destroyed during the Imjin War. It was rebuilt in 1618, and it’s Treasure #212. As for the interior, and resting on the main altar, you’ll find Seokgamoni-bul (The Historical Buddha) in the centre. This statue is joined on either side by Yaksayeorae-bul (The Medicine Buddha, and the Buddha of the Eastern Paradise) and Amita-bul (The Buddha of the Western Paradise). This triad is meant to symbolically represent Samsara. These statues were first made in 1629, and they’re Korean Treasure #1730. There were eight monk sculptors, including Hyeonjin, Seungil, Cheonmin, and Suyeong, that made the triad inside the Daeung-jeon Hall. As for the rest of the interior of the Daeung-jeon Hall, it’s filled with a beautiful floral ceiling. On the far right wall, you’ll find the Shinjung Taenghwa (Guardian Mural). Perhaps the most unique feature of the Daeung-jeon Hall is the five metre tall painting of Gwanseeum-bosal (The Bodhisattva of Compassion) on the back wall of the main altar. This painting is believed to be from the 18th century, and it’s Korean Treasure #1816. To the immediate left of the Daeung-jeon Hall is the compact Myeongbu-jeon Hall at Gwanryongsa Temple. This hall is dedicated to Jijang-bosal (The Bodhisattva of the Afterlife). The green-haired incarnation of Jijang-bosal is joined by the Shiwang, or “The Ten Kings of the Underworld,” in English. Slightly in front and to the left of the Daeung-jeon Hall and the Myeongbu-jeon Hall is the Yaksa-jeon Hall. This building was one of only a few to avoid the flame during the Imjin War. While the exact date of the shrine hall is unknown, it’s believed to date back to the earlier part of the Joseon Dynasty around the 15th century. The reason that this is believed is that it has structural similarities to the Haetalmun Gate at Dogapsa Temple, which was built in 1473; and the Guksa-jeon Hall at Songgwangsa Temple, which built in 1404. The exterior walls to this diminutive hall are adorned with older floral designs. Inside the Yaksa-jeon Hall, you’ll find a stone statue of Yaksayeorae-bul that dates back to the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392). However, and rather mysteriously, while the statue dates back to Goryeo Dynasty, the pedestal was created in 772 A.D. The statue was made by a local artisan, and it was modeled after the neighbouring Stone Seated Buddha at Yongseondae Cliff of Gwallyongsa Temple, which was made during the 9th century of Later Silla (668-935 A.D.). This hall is filled with beautiful scenes of nature, as well as Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. While the Yaksa-jeon Hall is Korean Treasure #146, the stone statue inside of Yaksayeorae-bul is Korean Treasure #519. And out in front of the Yaksa-jeon Hall is a three-story stone pagoda that dates back to Later Silla (668-935 A.D.). This stone pagoda is Gyeongsangnam-do Tangible Cultural Property #11. To the right of the Daeung-jeon Hall are three equally interesting buildings. Just behind the temple’s watering hole is the Chilseong-gak Hall. Uniquely, you’ll find both a mural dedicated to Chilseong (The Seven Stars) and Yongwang (The Dragon King) inside this shaman shrine hall. The painting of The Dragon King, while stunning, is also one of the most intense paintings of Yongwang that you’ll find in Korea. To the left of this shaman shrine hall, you’ll find a compact shrine hall dedicated to both Sanshin (The Mountain Spirit) and Dokseong (The Lonely Saint). Both of these paintings are unique in their simplicity. The third, and final, shrine hall in this area is the Nahan-jeon Hall. The exterior walls of this shrine hall are adorned with Nahan (The Historical Disciples of the Buddha). And like the exterior, the interior is filled with Nahan; but this time, in statue form. Seated on the main altar are a triad of statues centred by Seokgamoni-bul. This statue is joined by Yeondeung-bul (The Past Buddha) on one side and Mireuk-bul (The Future Buddha) on the other side. The interior is also filled with beautiful murals dedicated to the Nahan, as well. Surrounding the temple is some unique Buddhist masonry like the stone stupa to the rear of the temple grounds. This large oval stupa is Gyeongsangnam-do Cultural Material #19. This stupa is believed to date back to around the late Goryeo Dynasty or the early Joseon Dynasty based on its design. But the main highlight around the temple grounds is the previously mentioned Stone Seated Buddha at Yongseondae Cliff of Gwallyongsa Temple, which is Korean Treasure #295. The statue has a small torso and an octagonal lotus flower base, and it serenely looks down at Gwanryongsa Temple from the north. This statue appears roughly five hundred metres away from the main temple courtyard. HOW TO GET THERE: From the neighbouring city of Yeongsan to the south, you’ll need to catch a bus from the Yeongsan Intercity Bus Terminal that says “Yeongsan-haeng: 영산행,” on it. You’ll then need to get off at the Gyeseong stop. From Gyeseong, you can take either a local bus or a taxi. OVERALL RATING: 8.5/10. Gwanryongsa Temple is probably the largest temple that you’ve never heard about before. From its twin guardian spirit poles at the entry, to the interior of the historic Daeung-jeon Hall, to the amazing Yaksa-jeon Hall and neighbouring Stone Seated Buddha at Yongseondae Cliff of Gwallyongsa Temple, this temple is truly packed with history and beauty. While it’s definitely out of the way, it’s definitely worth your effort to find this off-the-beaten-trail temple. The cherry blossoms at Gwanryongsa Temple during the springtime. The stone guardian spiritual poles at the entry of Gwanryongsa Temple. The Daeung-jeon Hall. The main triad inside the Daeung-jeon Hall, which is Korean Treasure #1730. The back main altar mural of Gwanseeum-bosal, which is Korean Treasure #1816. The main altar inside the Myeongbu-jeon Hall. The historic Yaksa-jeon Hall. Korean Treasure # 519 of Yaksayeorae-bul inside the Yaksa-jeon Hall. The beautiful murals inside the Yaksa-jeon Hall. The Dragon King mural inside the Chilseong-gak Hall. 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__label__cc	0.747423	0.252577	Daily Meditations Published by IT Fellowship of North America & Europe Diocese of Mar Thoma Church Word for the day by Christian Education Forum Children Expectation of God 1 John 3: 1-8 Gracious John St. Andrews MTC, NY You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 Live free of sin! This is the mission that all Christians are charged with. It seems that today, more than ever, the avenues and opportunities to sin are so readily available, while the path of righteousness is nowhere to be found. Our theme brings back memories of parents counseling and instructing us to do good, avoid bad activities, stay clear of negative influence, value education, and direct us towards stability and success. While these statues have importance, we need to evaluate whether or not we are meeting God’s expectations. This passage is not calling us to be perfect, but rather acknowledge that we are God’s children. A child never is without mischievous behavior, tantrums, and poor decisions just as we may also stray from God. However, we can see that the passage is making us question whether we are living in sin. The passage reminds us that no one continuing to live in sin has ever known or seen him (vs.6). Once we acknowledge that God is our father, we must be ready to acknowledge our shortcomings and rid them from our lives. The first verse lays the foundation to a life as a child of God. Do you see the beauty? We are not required to “do” anything, other than accept the love that God has for us. I often imagine and wonder that if my earthly parents can love and forgive me so easily, how much more does my heavenly Father? You may feel as if you are unworthy of His love and that your life is hopeless, but this passage reminds us that (vs. 7) all who have this hope in Him purify themselves, just as He is pure. Put your hope in Him who loves you so much. Accept the Love that your Father so lavishly gives to you. Give in more and more to this love, and let Him remind you that you are His child and watch how He will set you free from your sins. Dear Lord, Help us to follow You and love You. We place our hope in You that we may be purified for Your will. We accept Your love and thank You for claiming us as Your children. Amen Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Psalm 127:3 Community Formation Around Resurrection Experience Acts 23:1-10 Vinod Johnson Carmel MTC, Boston, MA 6 When Paul noticed that some were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he called out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead.” Sometimes, the only thing that keeps you going through a brutal winter is the hope for the spring. It may have been a hard hope to hold on to this particular year in New England - a year in which Boston considered dumping not tea, but the ever growing mounds of snow into its harbor. And yet, the waist deep snow has dissolved away. White desolation has given way to increasingly visible green shoots of spring. A resurrection is at hand! In this passage, Paul tries to defend himself before the Sanhedrin Council. He seeks to drive a wedge between the Pharisees who believed in resurrection and the Sadducees who did not; even though neither believed in the resur Revelation for Liberation Acts 27:18-26 Sherine Thomas Long Island MTC, NY 20 When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest raged, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned. “After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear open skies” so said a Scottish clergyman from the 1600s. It’s been said, that hope can sometimes be the most dangerous weapon. However, it’s sometimes the hardest weapon to carry when you’re living with the loss of a loved one, something that almost feels like a terrible nightmare that’ll never go away. It’s a weapon difficult to carry when day in and day out no one seems to hear or see those tears that are shed or silent cries that are made during a heartfelt prayer. It’s a weapon difficult to carry as you see your loved one lying on that hospital bed. It’s a weapon difficult to carry as you search and seek out answers to tell a child as to why they’ve been a PRIESTHOOD: THE ANOINTED MINISTRY Exodus 40:12-16 Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting... wash them with water. Then dress Aaron in the sacred garments, anoint him and consecrate him so he may serve me as priest (Exodus 40: 12-13). Priesthood among the people of God was a divine command and initiation. God wanted some people to be separated for the special ministry among his people. God appointed Aaron and his descendants to take up this kind of ministry among the people of God. Priests are always separated and appointed as channels that connect God with his people. All throughout the history of Israel, priests played an important role in connecting people with God and to lead and guide them in the statutes of God. But there are incidents in the Bible where the priests failed in their duties and that led the people to go away from God. So the priests have a special and significant ministry to perform in this world among his people. Two important things Previous Meditations?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line338
__label__cc	0.536731	0.463269	Myanmar Citizen People of Myanmar ((b) "citizen" means a Burmese citizen;. ("Associate Citizen" means an Associate Citizen required by this Act;. "Involvement in decisions relating to public budgets is a fundamental right and a responsibility of all citizens. It is the duty of every Myanmar citizen to pay taxes. U.K. work visas for citizens of Myanmar (Burma). Which are Myanmar citizens' privileges and obligations? Section 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of Myanmar (2008) sets out the fundamental freedoms and obligations of citizens. I' ll begin with tasks that are easy to summarise. Summarising and analysing those permissions is complex. Maintaining non-disintegration of the Union; non-disintegration of social cohesion; maintenance of the state. Adhere to the terms of this Constitution. Ensuring the Myanmar Republic's autonomy, independence, sovereignty as well as regional integration. Conduct civilian education in accordance with the legal requirements and provide defence for the Union in the armed forces. Strengthen the union of the racial groups and secure civil harmony and instability. Articles 345 to 382 describe citizens' freedoms. The right to a citizen's vessel is one of the key issues in connection with citizenship: The right to nationality is narrowly limited. The majority of voting is restricted to the people. An individual is entitled to nationality if he or she was birth by a parent who is both Myanmar residents or is already a citizen on the date of entry into force of the Constitution. When either a parent is not recognised as a Myanmar citizen, their child cannot become a citizen and therefore does not have the most of his or her legal status. There are many other questions that may restrict or suspend a right and make it a law. Burma: Change unilateral citizenship law {\New York}- The Myanmar authorities should embrace the United Nations appeal to change the discrimination bill that robs Rohingya Muslims of Burma's nationality, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to President Thein Sein. The UN General Assembly adopted a motion on 29 December 2014 urging the Myanmar authorities to change the 1982 Nationality Act so that it no longer penalises the Rohingya. Burma's consecutive government, up to and including Thein Sein's present government, have used the bill to refuse the nationality of an estimated 800,000 to 1.3 million Rohingya by removing them from the formal register of 135 breeds of nationals who qualify for full nationalization. For a long time Human Rights Watch has been documenting serious Rohingya abuse in Burma, which includes racial cleansings and crime against people. Burma's authorities should ask the UN for help in amending the Nationality Act to comply with internationally accepted norms. Rohingya receives full nationality on a non-discriminatory footing and never makes a child state-free. The" associated citizen" categories and other types of second-class nationality, which give municipal civil servants legislative instruments and red tape to refuse full minorities' privileges, should be abolished immediately. Sabine clashes between Arakan Buddhist ethnicists and Rohingya and other Muslims broke out twice in 2012, resulting in about 167 casualties and extensive damage to possession. The second round of the October 2012 violent crackdown led to government-backed violations of humanitarianism in the form of an ethnical purge operation designed to expel the Rohingya from municipal areas of the state of Arakan. More than 140,000 Rohingya and Aracanese are still IDPs living in refugee camp in the state of Arakan. Rohingya received only limited and insufficient support due to state constraints and Iraqi ultra-nationalist harassment of foreign development help. From March to April 2014, the United Nations Population Fund supported Burma's federal administration to conduct a nationwide U.N. Population Survey did not list any individuals who identify themselves as Rohingya. As a reaction to the continuing expulsion, the Chinese authorities drafted a Rakhine Blueprint for Progress, which was published by the press in September 2014. It included a number of discrimination rules which, if adopted, could guarantee a long-term separation of the Rohingya expelled and establish statelessness in the context of domestic politics. To be Thein must make sure that any "action plan" to deal with expulsion and other humanity problems in the State of Arakan does not involve forcible resettlement, separation of ethnical groups or actions that violate inequity. 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__label__cc	0.537391	0.462609	...the mantra of those who don't battle "...do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic..." "For the good of the Air Force, for the good of the armed services and for the good of our country, I urge you to reject convention and careerism..." - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Maxwell AFB, April 21, 2008 "You will need to challenge conventional wisdom and call things like you see them to subordinates and superiors alike." - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, United States Air Force Academy, March 4, 2011 Robert Gates - Right Except When it Mattered I'm looking forward to reading former Secretary of Defense Robert Gate's new book, "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War." Nice title. I hear it's full of venom and judgment, where he rightfully calls out so many of the other self serving politicians he worked with. But what I wonder is - who was Gates really at war with? This book title alone shows that you, Robert Gates, are a hypocrite. As my blog quotes at the top show, I very much appreciated your words. I do in fact think you were the best Secretary of Defense I've served under, with the exception of every other Secretary of Defense I've served under minus one. You were so much better than all of them, except you had this one tiny, itty bitty, ever so sleight, little flaw. As in the kind you cannot have as a public servant. I think you're smart and I think you recognized the damage those under you were doing, and I applaud you for taking the unpopular actions you did to get my service back on the right track. Actions that I knew would be undone, as they have been, since your departure. That's perhaps not your fault. That's the standard inertia in our business, as Builder knew all too well. But there are certain things you just can't get wrong. You just can't. There is a popular saying that starts something like, "A bridge builder can build a hundred bridges, but...." That saying doesn't, but might, continue with, "...but take part in violating the most basic, the absolute most basic and most fundamental and most important and most clear part of the Constitution, the section in the Fifth Amendment that says government will not take the life of an American without the due process of law..." And then it might end with, "...well he's no longer a bridge builder, he's a traitor." And you Robert Gates, are no longer a distinguished Secretary of Defense, instead, you are a traitor. You made war on an American citizen without charge or trial, using military machinery. That is constitutionally the definition of treason. Whether you kill one American, or several, or a dozen, or hundreds, or thousands by using military machinery, either way you have made war on the United States. You are a traitor. And you and I both know - we both know - that you are a traitor. Oh, but hold up. It was for a good reason that you broke our law? It's a gray area is it? Yeah, Timothy McVeigh, another traitor, said the same thing. But he wasn't part of the elite ruling class of untouchables, so he rightfully fried while other traitors write books and sample fine cheeses at parties packed with rich inferiors. Nice job with RPA. Nice job getting the Air Force thinking about the long game with technology, though doing nothing for pressing the importance of moral leadership. Nice job putting those flag officers on notice. Do you ever wonder why they knew they could get away with just waiting you out? Ever wonder why your vision and force and leadership fell so flat? Please don't talk about duty. You failed in yours in the most egregious way, beyond any other failure I'm aware of in the history of the United States of America. When it truly mattered, you showed your true colors. You and Colin Powell should do a book signing together. But make sure he sits to your right. Even he didn't fail as badly as you. Enjoy your book proceeds. Posted by PickYourBattles.Net at 2:43 AM PickYourBattles.Net My name is Rick Rynearson. My Twitter is @PickBattles. I was an Air Force command pilot and field grade officer and am now retired. I grew up an Air Force dependent (my father retired a CMSgt after 32 years active duty). I have eight deployments to OEF/OIF as a close air support attack pilot, more than one thousand combat flight hours, seven Air Medals and a Distinguished Flying Cross for valor. I have a B.A. in religion from the Florida State University. My wife is a Harvard educated former Air Force intelligence officer turned civilian lawyer, former clerk for the Supreme Court of the United States, and Air Force Reserve JAG. My father, mother, and sister all work for the Air Force as contractors or government employees. 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__label__cc	0.699382	0.300618	Have you ever seen someone, and you knew you recognized them, but you didn't know where you knew them from? Remember Temara Ruk? Sure you do. She was on MinerBumping not very long ago, in fact. Where do you know her from, though? What's her gimmick again? That's right, the exclamation points at the end of every sentence. She threatened Agent Alyth Nerun, vowing to gank him with a Hound. Then, when she didn't attack him, he asked where she went. She claimed the New Order made mining so unsafe that she ran out of isk for PLEX. She had no choice but to quit the game. Alyth told her why the Code is good and AFK mining is bad. She disappeared, having unsubbed from EVE. Luckily, Temara eventually found some money to pay her subscription fee, and she returned to the game. Now she could spend her free time doing what she loves best: Mining in highsec and arguing with Alyth over EVEmail. She celebrated her return with another long rant about why she can't follow the Code. Temara claims to love EVE. She "holds it dear". This presents an interesting philosophical question. Can you hold something AFK? Can you tell someone, "I love you, but I never want to be around you, ever"? As Temara's essay continues, she articulates her view of how EVE is structured. EVE is split into four parts: highsec, lowsec, nullsec, and wormhole space. Highsec is where you go to make money AFK--while you simultaneously work at your job. Since she only has two hours of free time blocked off for playing EVE each day (an amount she calls "meagre", though some would envy it), she needs to grind isk while at work. "I'm not the one breaking the economy," she says. We know that's not true. AFK miners are absolutely harmful to the EVE economy. And people playing video games at work probably aren't helping the real-life economy, either. That having been said, if you're enforcing the Code or reading MinerBumping at work, that's justifiable since it makes you a better person and therefore a better employee. Your employer benefits in the long-term. To illustrate her point about how she's not hurting the EVE economy, Temara brought up the example of her neighbors. You see, she thought her neighbors were ruining things, but actually they were helping things. Even after hearing this story, I'm not convinced. I think a better analogy would be the story of the guy who thought he was helping things, but was actually hurting them. Apparently, the way EVE is supposed to work is that you go to a corp and ask if they can afford a war. Then they say "no, we're just industrialists and we're all AFK", and you say, "okay, I won't declare war". Isn't consensual PvP fun? FYI: If you really have a thousand EVEmails from people saying they're quitting the game due to the New Order, please forward them. I think they were meant for me. Temara ends the rant on a surprisingly cheerful note. That's what I like to see. No more of this "I'm quitting in five days because I ran out of PLEX money" stuff. I always knew Temara would return to us. She's not one to give up easily. Her bio still contains her favorite damage notification from way back in 2006. Her artillery did an astonishing 290 points of damage against an NPC, and she'll never forget it. EVE is real. Labels: Agents, Philosophy, Tears, The Code kristalll April 3, 2014 at 7:41 PM Is this the highsec Ripard Teg is fighting for? Sidrat April 3, 2014 at 11:37 PM If there was a likes count yours would break the entire internet. Erotica 1 April 3, 2014 at 7:55 PM Hey, you'd better be careful! If she catches you you'll lose your ship at a rapid rate with 290 DPs...lmao!! Here we go again James can't read as it is written and must twist it so he can say that its bad. WAKE UP JAMES, not everybody likes you. Let those people be posting whole blogs ont hem won't help them they don't give a flying rats ass. Erotica 1, srsly shouldn't you go live in a cave about what you have done or may get a job at cia they need torturers. Phoenix Bibbs April 3, 2014 at 8:28 PM Is it seriously that difficult to type out seriously?? Hold on let me check... Seriously? Nope worked fine for me. Maybe you have some broken keys?? Well, Mrm Phoenix Bibbs, since you pointed out a spelling error in Anonymous 8:25 PM's post, I think that's the only thing that you can argue about because he has you and every other CODE lackey by the balls on that argument. We are legion. We are strong. The CODE will fail. The CODE will fall. A free highsec is worth fighting for. Lanaya Lennelluc April 3, 2014 at 10:52 PM He hardly has anyone by the balls, let alone the CODE. It's not even an argument. It's barely even legible. Far as I can tell, his biggest stab is that not everyone likes James 315 and a libelous stab at Erotica 1. We all know that torture is forced, right? No choice involved? Do we all know that Sohkar, the man everyone was up in arms about thanks to Ripard Teg, also agrees with us that it wasn't torture? He doesn't even consider it a big deal and, in his own words, it hardly entered his mind after it happened. It's literally impossible to torture someone, mentally or physically, in a video game. If you think that it is possible, you're obviously taking things a little too seriously. Why don't you take a month-long (or forever-long break) and tell us how you feel after that? BeBopAReBop RhubarbPie April 3, 2014 at 10:54 PM He wasn't pointing out a spelling error. He was pointing out that the previous poster deliberately used a shortened version of a word that is completely unpronounceable and painful to read. As for the argument, I didn't see one. I saw an accusation. STOP THE PRESSES, MINERBUMPING IS BIASED! Also, I'm trying to figure out who you are. None of the anti-New Order rebel groups are large enough to use the word legion in anything except jest, and none are particularly strong. You could claim that the people that disagree with us are legion, but you'd need more than 2% of them to be at their keyboards to do anything significant about it. Fly dangerously. KnowUsByTheDead April 4, 2014 at 12:58 AM Erotica 1 April 4, 2014 at 1:05 AM Oh look, another player pretending to be me lol I've seen a few of those in the last few days, how adorable. KnowUsByTheDead April 4, 2014 at 4:30 AM Oh dude, it's been hilarious. Erotica 2 actually tried joining Krypteia. Probably angry his Ero 2 for CSM thread was locked down, need more legitimacy, lol. Butthurt Miner from Carebears United again with another trollific update. James 315 and his CODE lackies are lying through their teeth about the mining permits. If it wasn't for the permits, then they would be classified as griefers and CCP would take action against him. Look what they did to Erotica 1 with his homosexual voice in the bonus room. And if you don't believe me about CODE lies, check this out. I think that says it all. So if you buy a mining permit, then you are buying into their protection racket. Deny them their protection. When you don't pay for a mining permit, it's one more nail in the coffin of CODE. One more step for CCP to take action against these griefers. Just remember what happened to Erotica 1 when the community was pissed off. James 315 is next. BTW, how's that war coming along with To The Stars? I see they are kicking your ass. Even Break-A-Wish Foundation abandoned you. Did they break it off on their own, or did you stiff them like you've been stiffing the miners for over a year now? Dear Anon @ 9:40 I sense you are angry, want to talk about it? - Guybertini Don't use homosexual as an insult in game, you might get banned. Oh no, Anon 9:40 has evidence of a whole one instance of a non-AFK pilot being killed! For the record Anon, lots of pilots deny being AFK while actively telling us they were AFK. "I wasn't AFK, I was on the phone!" That sort of thing. Did the accuser have the mining permit in his bio? Did the accuser deny convo attempts? Did the accuser tell his ganker that he wasn't AFK? Did the accuser follow the code? From the sounds of it, I wouldn't say that he did. We should also remember that the code is far more than buying a permit and refraining from AFK mining. For instance, how was his ship fitted? Was it fitted for tank? I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that it wasn't. And, failing to be tank fit is an easy way to show our gankers your bot-aspirant colors. Only a bot-aspirant believes themselves perfectly safe in highsec. Another thing, if the accuser wasn't AFK then why did he allow a ganker to approach him? Our ships have awfully low effective ranges and I'm sure he had more than enough time to depart. It seems to me, Anon, that your "evidence" is in fact a lie itself. I find that the guilty often attempt to absolve themselves of blame. That doesn't mean, however, that they are guiltless. loyalanon April 3, 2014 at 11:02 PM You do realise that the way you are saying the code is lying in regards to - Leo http://eve-kill.net/?a=pilot_detail&plt_id=2588411&view=losses&m=3&y=2014 He lost his retriever in low sec. Shizuka Mena April 3, 2014 at 11:04 PM You seem to be misunderstanding the need for permits. The NO only needs to offer to sell the permits for there to be potential gain, and those permits are only needed for bumping, given that ganking can make isk from the loot dropped. Miners refusing to buy the permits legitimises the consequences. Shizuka Mena Hey genius at 9:40: CCP told James he had to ask for money for minerbumping to not be griefing. Why do you think it's only 10M for a year instead of 100M? It's not about the money. Permit fees are chump change. Most of CODE funds are from donors who like seeing impotent carebear tears like yours. Oh such delicious responses to my troll. Boy you guys are easy. I even SAID it was a troll and you still fell for it. I think I found the real reason as to why the failure of highsec calls himself James. 2 possible reasons actually. Either James is his REAL first name (some people use their real names in game) or James 315, playing a scifi space game, fancies himself as being James T. Kirk from Star Trek: The Original Series. "Most of CODE funds are from donors who like seeing impotent carebear tears like yours." For your information, I don't give a shit about you, the CODE, carebears, or whatever. I play the game the way that I want to. If I want to fail fit my ships and fly them, then I will. As for tears, well guess what? You have ZERO tears from me because I'm an old internet troll who's been baiting you and everyone else here for while now. I even tell you guys that I am a troll, that the post is a troll, and you still give me delicious responses. Don't you people get it? I AM TROLLING YOU. If I have to say that James 315 and myself have buttsecs every night to get a response, I will. If you haven't figured that out yet without me telling you, you have issues beyond what is evident here. "We should also remember that the code is far more than buying a permit and refraining from AFK mining. For instance, how was his ship fitted? Was it fitted for tank? " Ganking catalysts aren't fitted for tank though, surely agents must follow the code and lead by example? And seeing as they now seem to cover an increasing number of situations why call them mining permits? Seems a little misleading with all the other rules. Capt Starfox April 4, 2014 at 8:54 AM Good luck uniting AFK players to your cause. gee, you think that guy is trolling? Of course I am trolling. You should see my trolling resume as I've actually had people pay me to troll in the past. It's a job that I like, and every post that you guys give me makes me like it even more so. Lanaya Lennelluc game me 50 response points for his/her response. sorry, not getting it can you speak a little more clearly? Lanaya Lennelluc April 4, 2014 at 5:43 PM No, it isn't the same for our gankers. The difference being we know we're going to lose our ships and they're fitted with that knowledge. Our ships will always blow up, good gank or not. The bot-aspirant fails to fit tank because of greed and a belief that they are always safe in highsec. The ganker does not fit tank because doing so is a detriment to bringing justice to bot-aspirants and they already know that they're the flying dead. And the permits always covered the fact that having one won't save you if don't also follow the code. It's not new and never has been. And at Anon 1:13? You're an awful troll. It's been very apparent. I should note that, with your need to say "haha you fed me!" as opposed to actually refuting or debating our arguments you are weakening your own stance. As far as I can tell, the extent of your Legion is one guy posting a lot on these forums. And not even well-thought good posts, just jabs at sexuality and lots of "I'm a troll!" That's not awfully impressive or legion-y, is it? However, this attitude of yours does not preclude your salvation. Should you wish it, you can still be saved. Larsulrik Napsterbane April 3, 2014 at 9:49 PM So is Jimbo going to man up and attend Fanfest? Alana Charen-Teng April 4, 2014 at 1:15 AM Nothing 'manly' about showing up at a gathering of sheltered nerds who are celebrating their love of internet spaceships. Oh, I'd say Jimmy has already manned up with my cock in his ass. You know what the best part about it is? He loves it. In fact, he contacted CCP to put on a show for you guys, an encore, if you will. Where on the mackinaw did the bad gankers touch you? I don't fly a Mack. I go around in a battleshit popping CODE gankers who have security status -5.0 and lower. A battleshit is a battleship that causes the gankers to soil themselves when it locks onto them. And in case you're wondering, I do not even have the skills trained to fly a mining barge. If I need to mine so I can make ammo or something, I'm limited to a venture. So Temara unsubbed / resubbed and you are on her / him again? This is so close to harassing as it ever gets. Guys, you still so stupid? Ah forget it, rethorical question, of course you are! :) He / she left the game and came back, thats more then changing the system. Check this erotica1 sociopath: overdo it and you get banned. Seems to me from the wording that SHE was the one who contacted Alyth again. It's not exactly harassment when she's the one initiating it. LSM April 5, 2014 at 4:23 AM this harassment is fine, it's in game harassment/bullying. That's part of EVE. I hate CODE and their players, not the person behind the computer Though they do like to insult people's intelligence and mental ability, basically say you are mentally deficient all the time and calling it courteous ~LSM Alyth Nerun April 5, 2014 at 11:05 AM I actually never even encountered her in space. She was in local when she wrote the first mail, but since then it is only mail exchange. I just answer to the mails she sends me because I think that's the polite thing to do. And as you can see I always stay polite and try to help. If you think that is harassment then you should probably shutdown your internet router and don't leave the house, because even Hello Kitty Online will be too harsh for you. I am not a sociopath, I simply take advantage of the gullibility of slow witted gamers that can't be bothered to use the common sense and basic life skills they have. In fact...they actually deserve to be take advantage of. Nothing sociopathic about it, purely opportunistic. :) Lack of, or low empathy for victims and what sounds like no remorse sound pretty sociopathic to me. This person is pretty clearly not actually Erotica 1 ...whatever, miner bumping isn't PvP as the 'victim' can't defend or retaliate - doesn't matter how much you try to argue it is - I have my opinion very clear on this matter. If only was an alliance/corp to stop New Order or any other griefing corp (not sure they deserve the label pirates), would join for fun, even though I don't mine much - I do enjoy PvP, at least going against gankers has a purpose other than blood lust, and surely then you can call it PvP. Anything related to player versus player is technically PvP (Player-versus-Player). So yes, if you catch a ganker mid gank and attack said ganker, you have now participated in a form of PvP. The ganking of miners also falls under PvP as well since both ships are "piloted" by a player of the game. Anything involving A player versus another player is considered PvP; this even includes, but not limited to, forum warrioring and market trading. sorry killing and ship unable to fight isn't players versus player, if you go with the definition of versus being 'in opposition to', 'competing in a sporting manner' - and since its a game, a competition, miner ganking isn't PvP - and if using versus under other terms to justify it (though even in legal terminology vs has a defense side to be legal proceedings), the justification of it is just an excuse, not how they wish to see themselves. Langtonio April 4, 2014 at 10:42 AM I think you need to study more before you take the space lawyer bar exams. The simple fact of the matter is that war has been declared on the bots and the bot-aspirants. That is exactly PvP. The fact that the bot-aspirants don't fit their ships correctly, fly without combat support, and AFK just means they are acting like sheep being led to slaughter. If that's how they want to RP, I have nothing against it, but some of these people really go overboard into their role: crazy indignance. Unless of course, by saying that ganking AFK miners isn't PvP, you mean that the bot (aspirant) doesn't qualify as an actual player. If so, I applaud your Jamaican-style space lawyering. Anonymous is right, you guys. For it to be PVP, our targets would ha e to actually be PLAYERS. Perhaps PVC is more accurate? Player verses carebear? -Galaxy Pig I won't be attending the space law exams just this year, my experience is space is new and limited - however you using the concept of PvP in a different way as I do, and that's fine - but mine gankers arguments are just petty excuses, not actually seeking anything other than a cheap and easy kill. I don't mine, I don't care that much - found this blog and find it mildly amusing and even educational, but the more I read the less I agree with what it stands for - a lie. Skyler Bellamore April 4, 2014 at 1:00 PM A carrier that gets alphaed off the field by a drive-by doomsday also has no practical ability to fight back, and unlike a miner, there's no invincible NPC police coming to its rescue if the titan pilot(s) miscalculated its EHP. Is that also not PVP? What about a small gang that gets ambushed by a gang five times its size? How about when a small-time trader speculates on a stack of expensive merchandise and a whale swims by and deliberately crashes the price? Also not PVP? ah, different situations, I'm not saying its all black and white - I stated my was my opinion and feeling in the matter - my choice in opinion, the same way my choice is not to go asking for permits of a self-righteous code. War isn't fair, and when a crushing army take over a small one, is that, war. Then they're is systematic bombing of civilians - or in EVE terms a miner. Of course this is a terrible example, but just used to illustrate an scenario. I'm not saying I put gankers in the same category as bombing civilians, just discussing the views of what they consider PvP and feel so honorable about it. I haven't said any of your view are entirely wrong - you just fail to a different point of view - and its their views of vs I'm discussing. Still my opinion. Hi-sec miner bumpers go searching for an easy target, is not like the found it by chance in low/non-sec area - I guess that's why anonymous feels its so an unworthy kill? Well, apparently playing video games at work is bad Well, apparently playing video games at work is good It just depends if you're distracting yourself this way or that way that makes the difference. Even if mining is less distracting because it doesn't require full attention at all times unlike ganking would. But for some reason it's better when you're not working. 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__label__cc	0.69821	0.30179	Linda – Babycatcher Now retired- kinda! Agnes Gereb Days/nights out A pampering outing to Turnberry 2012 Flat to rent Baby Giggles Lisbon to Monaco Evading the volcano The Star Flyer Cruising the Rhine Midwifery #SoMe ← The Queen’s Garden Party! Braehead Clan → The Games – as a Clydesider! Before even considering retirement, I joined Ian in applying to be a volunteer at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Having applied for a variety of roles, I was interviewed for, and was successful in becoming a driver. Not a bus driver explained the organisers; more a VIP limo -type service. Not exactly my choice of role but sounded quite fun. It didn’t quite live up to my expectations! We undertook two days of training. Lots of information given out about just about everything a driver might need to know. This was done very efficiently, putting large numbers of potential drivers through their training. Then out on the roads in the three cars we would be using for the Games to get used to them and to get familiar with the likely routes we would be using during the games! The uniform – I did not wear the hat! Collected my uniform and that was me all ready for the Games! The cars being used were all Ford. They all had varying amounts of technology which I thoroughly enjoyed. The C-max was the smallest. A kinda estate car with three rows of seats. Got 6 Africans in that on one occasion. Three in the back – meant to take two – two in the middle where there are three seat belts and one in the front next to me. Then there was the Galaxy which we had most of the time. A bigger car, with great technology. Also took 6 plus driver but tended to be run with the back seats collapsed for luggage. And the big Torneo which had a large space for luggage. Almost a mini bus and I had to grab onto something to get in it. And it was not particularly easy to park. On that subject we became very proficient at reversing into a tight parking space. To fit all the cars in at the depot we had to be very close to each other. Just room to get out. On the passenger side a couple of times. We all appreciated the comment on Facebook by one driver, that his team were getting that good there was room for an extra car in their line at completion of shift! A few weeks before the Games began we got our shifts. We had been asked for a minimum of 8 days. I got 17! ten hour! shifts, approximately 6.30-4.30pm, 3.30-1.30am …. And 2x 9pm-7am. I eventually cancelled the two nights after hearing from the other drivers that they did nothing during these shifts. Or almost nothing. I did hear of one guy sent to Barry Buddon in Carnoustie to pick up people for the airport at 3 in the morning. I decided I was too old for nights! Takes me too long to get over them nowadays. The latest I got home was 3.15am after a shift that finished at 2.30 and went right to the wire because of a couple of extra trips unofficially requested at the village. I enjoyed the trips that were not really allowed more than those that were ‘official’. So the day arrived for my first shift. The first three were during the ten days before the Games began. Kinda wondered why but now realise that whatever the reason, these were useful for familiarising ourselves with the whole process, cars etc. Getting used to the radios took some practice! Earpieces with constant traffic from the other drivers can be quite……distracting. Add to that the ordinary radio and trying to drive along the approved Games Route Network (GRN), maybe using the sat nav….. Multitasking with a vengeance. I might add that by the end of the Games we were getting quite fond of that earpiece – even using the radio to speak to other drivers on occasion. Control, control this is Bravo 194 over!! So basically we just spent these three ten hour shifts hanging about at the airport and being sent out to practise the routes. Forty cars lined up on the roof of car park 2 on one occasion! We had a break out space in the airport where there was good coffee, tea, the occasional snack and wifi. Nikki and me with a Galaxy (Met my pal Nikki there – and learnt to AirDrop). However Not One Customer!!!! Novel for the first shift, boring for second shift, totally disillusioned by the third!! However the Games were about to start so it would all kick off!! It didn’t. Had times of busyness, times of mucking about, but many hours of total nothingness. Began to take my crochet, Kindle and chores to do via phone. Ran out of data at one point!! My strongest emotion during the whole experience was envy. We all had radios to keep in contact with HQ (control), and on days of boredom, I could not shake off feeling envious of those cars who were sent to busy venues like the Athletes Village and the Hilton/Marriott. I don’t do sitting around very well! My worst day was Opening Ceremony day sitting around at the Emirates in 28 degrees with no shelter except the cars and a fight to get water. Totally disorganised! Deserted! I am going to say no more. Suffice to say I took the next day off to rehydrate and recover…. However I did have some busy times. My favourite shifts of all were at the Village. Had one whole and two half shifts there. Facilities were good with toilets and a comfy little hut with coffee and a TV. It was well organised also with a system which sent us all out in turn. Even did a couple of unofficial runs from there including staying on after the rest of the team had left. The other good place was the Games Family Hotels. Once organised, this was fun. With fairly constant work. And quite exciting wondering where we would be off to next. Got to know Glasgow well and only got lost once. Quickly managed to envisage best routes and when it was best using the sat nav. Used it sparingly as it did not know about the GRN! Facilities for drivers varied hugely between venues. As already mentioned, the Village had everything easily accessible. The Games Family Hotels also had these, so one could actually have a proper break. Breaks were not factored into the shifts. Needed to organise that ourselves and be quite firm about it if one was in a busy venue, or else one could feel obliged to keep going without food or toilet breaks! Other break out areas were to be found within the venues which meant going through security. This was OK, but there were limited passes for this and you couldn’t really stay in the area when there were only two passes between 20 plus drivers! At some these were quite distant. The SECC was a long walk for coffee although a local hotel allowed toilet access. I snuck into the Marriott on one occasion before returning to the SECCfrom a trip – just to get a coffee! I get jittery after four hours if I don’t get a coffee. Having decent facilities for the drivers, like the Village, made for a much better atmosphere within the team. Gold Coast please note! So who were the VIPs I transported? Well, that is a good question. Some drivers got people like Seb Coe, Dame Kelly Holmes, David Beckham!!! I didn’t. Did I get anybody famous? Good question. Asked frequently by my children. Not knowingly was the standard reply! Had Usain Bolt got in the car I would not have known it was him. Unless you managed to read their accreditation passes, there was no way to know. And I have no idea who anybody is in the world of sport. Might recognise the odd cricketer but they were not playing here…. The Black team with our Torneo But every one of my passengers was interesting. I transported people from various African countries – Rwanda, Uganda (a VVIP), Kenya etc, from St Helena, and Tuvalu, from Barbardos, St Kitts, Jamaica ( including a gold medal winner) and athletes from Trinidad and Tobago. The latter are meant to catch a bus but there was a monsoon so I told them to jump in. From Australia, New Zealand and Norfolk Island – interesting chat about its origins. And a mixture of home nations and other odds and sods such as journalists, sponsors and a UNICEF ambassador, Scottish hockey players and NI boxers who missed the bus. The two that stand out the most were a Lord and Lady from …….who were delightful. Spent some time doing what we are not meant to do i.e. taking them places and waiting for them. Not local and kept asking me to do things like double park in the middle of Glasgow and Lady…. really did not like having to wear her seat belt! The other was an official from a European country who questioned me about rheumatism in this damp climate and then gave me, me!! A lecture on the importance of a good diet and avoiding fast food……and promptly asked me where he might get fish and chips from before catching his train! Overall then it was a great experience. Bombing around the city, going to places others were not allowed access to. Meeting other cheery Clydesiders doing their bit for Glasgow. Being a part of the best Commonwealth Games yet! I feel very much part of the Glasgow/Scotland scene. Hampden and the athletics – the day it did not pour! Ibrox and the Rugby 7s I did get to see some of the sports by paying for them. I suppose a part of me imagined we might get into the venues as part of our role, but that was maybe naive. It could be a problem if all 15,000 volunteers got access to everything. Okay so there were down times. A degree of … interesting…. management decisions. But the positives far outweigh the negatives. I would do it again. A Commonwealfie!! This entry was posted in Commonwealth Games. Bookmark the permalink. Day 12 Family time Day eleven – Going it alone…. Day ten – no such thing as a free lunch! Day 9 – Bishkek and posh frock…..again. Day eight – a night as a Nomad! Links on website Aberdeen assessment Becky Blogging book Books braehead clan childbirth cricket culture decision making Dunedin Edinburgh education Empowering women exams external examiner family Flowers Food grandchildren Hamilton header holiday Holidays iPad Iran Isfahan knitting Kyrgyzstan love midwifery New Zealand Palestine Red Cross retirement RGU social media Soup student midwives Teaching uws Valentine volunteering World Nomad Games	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line362
__label__wiki	0.656087	0.656087	Daily Mail Times, May 15, 2010 Hillary lies again to Afghan women “Afghan women and men are not ‘liberated’ at all,” Joya said. “When the entire nation is living under the shadow of gun and warlordism, how can its women enjoy very basic freedoms?” Secretary of State Mrs. Hillary Rodham-Clinton has once again lied to Afghan women. She said that America will not abandon Afghan women. It already has. America has not kept its promises to the women of Afghanistan. Gulsha, suffering mother of 11-year-old Sanubar who accuses Malom Zafar (district chief) and Commander Mehmood, a local warlord, for kidnapping her daughter who later was exchanged for a dog in North of Afghanistan. (RAWA photo) Movie Clip of Gulsha \| RAWA report The youngest woman in the Afghan parliament has used International Women’s Day to slam the “disastrous conditions” for women in her country and ask Australians to help bring change. Afghanistan’s Bravest Woman Malalai Joya: “Taliban are logistically & militarily growing stronger as each day dawns.” “Afghan women and men are not ‘liberated’ at all” Woman Among the Warlords: The extraordinary story of an Afghan who dared to raise her voice Diary of Malalai Joya: ‘Raising My Voice’ against occupation of Afghanistan Malalai Joya: Afghanistan’s angry conscience “Afghanistan is getting progressively worse. We are caught between two enemies: Taliban and US/NATO forces” — Malalai Joya Malalai Joya, 28, told a conference at Sydney’s Darling Harbour today there has been “no fundamental change in the plight of Afghan people” since the US removed the Taliban five years ago. Joya said the women’s rights situation was as “catastrophic” as it was under the Taliban. She gave the death of 18-year-old Samiya, who hanged herself before she was to be sold to a 60-year-old man, and the rape of children as young as 11 by the US and international troops as examples. “No nation can donate liberation to another nation,” Joya said. “If Australian policy makers really want to help Afghan people and bring positive changes, they must allign their policies according to the aspirations and wishes of Afghan people, rather than becoming a tool to implement the wrong policies of the US government.” Joya, who survived an assassination attempt after speaking out againgst Afghan warlords, said the suicide rate of Afghan women was at an all-time high. As many as 1.9 per cent of women die during childbirth. To celebrate International Women’s Day in Sydney, festivals are underway in Liverpool and Cabramatta to mark the day. Female MP tells of rights ‘catastrophe’. Email Print Normal font Large font Yuko Narushima. March 8, 2007 – 1:04PM Afghanistan’s Bravest Woman Malalai Joya: “Taliban are logistically & militarily growing stronger as each day dawns.” “Afghan women and men are not ‘liberated’ at all” Malalai Joya is an angry woman. She’s angry about the war being carried out by the international coalition in her country, Afghanistan, angry about the UN bombs that are killing civilians in their villages, angry about calls for reconciliation with the Taliban and the war lords. “Stop the massacres in my country. Withdraw your foreign troops so we can stop Talibanization,” is what the young Afghan deputy tells Western public opinion. "A Woman Among Warlords" by Malalai Joya WASHINGTON: Women’s rights will not be sacrificed in any settlement between the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Taliban militants, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said late on Thursday. Clinton ruled out US support, or at least her own, for negotiations with anyone who would roll back advances for Afghan women achieved since the militant Islamic Taliban movement was ousted from power in 2001. “There are certain conditions that have to be met,” to hold talks with insurgents about laying down arms, Clinton said during an appearance with Karzai. Karzai and a large delegation of government ministers and advisers, including several women, were finishing four days of talks in Washington. Among the conditions for peace talks, midlevel Taliban leaders would have to renounce violence, cut ties with al-Qaeda and its affiliates and abide by Afghanistan’s laws and constitution, Clinton said. “And on a personal note they must respect women’s rights.” Karzai nodded beside her but did not mention the women’s rights aspect of possible talks with the Taliban. The other conditions apply, he said. The Taliban regime forced women to wear a traditional head-to-toe covering called a Burqa, forbade school for girls and beat women seen walking without being accompanied by a man. The Taliban has surged back over the past several years to become a persistent insurgency seeking Karzai’s overthrow. Insurgents and their sympathisers routinely intimidate or attack women who work outside the home, wear Western dress or try to attend school. Clinton, whose bid for president in 2008 got further than any American woman before her, made a similar point when she met with Afghan women earlier Thursday at the State Department. “We will not abandon you; we will stand with you always,” Clinton told three senior female Afghan officials who were part of Karzai’s delegation. The trip ends on Friday with Karzai’s visit to Fort Campbell, Kentucky, home of the 101st Airborne Division that is deploying en masse to Afghanistan. Clinton said it was “essential that women’s rights and women’s opportunities are not sacrificed or trampled on in the reconciliation process.” Karzai sought US blessing this week for wider talks with the Taliban when the time comes. President Barack Obama seemed noncommittal during a White House news conference with Karzai on Wednesday. Saturday, May 15, 2010 Here’s how Joya sums it up in her own words: “The people of Afghanistan are fed up with the occupation of their country and with the corrupt, Mafia-state of Hamid Karzai and the warlords and drug lords backed by NATO…. It is clear now that the real motive of the U.S. and its allies, hidden behind the so-called “war on terror,” was to convert Afghanistan into a military base in Central Asia and the capital of the world’s opium drug trade. Ordinary Afghan people are being used in this chess game, and western taxpayers’ money and the blood of soldiers is being wasted on this agenda that will only further destabilize the region….Afghan and American lives are being needlessly lost. “Afghans live under the shadow of the gun with the most corrupt government in the world.”– Malalai Joya The US occupation has not brought security to Afghan women Total collapse in Afghanistan:-Chasing the ghosts of the “Ho Chi Minh” … Afghanistan’s Bravest Woman Malalai Joya: “Taliban are logistically & m… JOYA’S SOLUTION: “Withdraw All Foreign Troops” Malalai Joya: “Some people say that when the troops withdraw, a civil war will break out. Often this prospect is raised by people who ignore the vicious conflict and humanitarian disaster that is already occurring in Afghanistan. The longer the foreign troops stay in Afghanistan, the worse the eventual civil war will be for the Afghan people. The terrible civil war that followed the Soviet withdrawal certainly could never justify… the destruction and death caused by that decade-long occupation.” (p 217)…Today we live under the shadow of the gun with the most corrupt and unpopular government in the world. (p 211) Category: Women, US-NATO - Views: 16581 05.05.2010: Afghanistan ‘Worst Country’ for Mothers 27.04.2010: 37 children die every hour in Afghanistan 18.04.2010: “In My Father’s House They Gathered All the Women into One Room” 14.04.2010: 18-year-old Afghan woman slain in campaign of fear 08.04.2010: Family violence leads woman to commit suicide in Herat 31.03.2010: Sold, raped and jailed, a girl faces Afghan justice 27.03.2010: NATO Tries to Silence a Truth-Teller in Afghanistan After Killing Pregnant Women 27.03.2010: Recruit Afghan women to sell war to Europeans: CIA report 08.03.2010: Violence against women persists in Herat 08.03.2010: AFGHANISTAN: Women’s rights trampled despite new law 05.03.2010: ‘Afghan women lawmakers hamstrung by warlords’ 28.02.2010: The Plight of Afghan Women in Prison 18.02.2010: Two Afghan women are publicly flogged by local warlord in Ghor 03.02.2010: Women For Sale in Afghanistan 20.01.2010: Afghanistan: Women Dying and Torture Run Amuck 10.01.2010: A Newly-Married Bride Dies of Self-Immolation in Afghanistan 08.01.2010: Afghan women turning to suicide in greater numbers: report 08.12.2009: Afghan women among worst off in world: HRW 07.12.2009: Plight of Afghan women may worsen as war effort is stepped up, warns report 02.12.2009: Public space “shrinking” for Afghan women - UN official 25.11.2009: Violence against Afghan, Pakistani women escalates in 2009 22.11.2009: Afghan Women burn themselves to flee abuse 24.10.2009: According to NGOs, 90 Percent of Afghan Women Are Abused Incidents of violence against journalists showed a 38 percent increase in 2011, rising concerns among the community that the hostility could continue to rise this year, a media support organisation said on Monday. 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__label__cc	0.583672	0.416328	CASTILLO-GUEVARA, Citlalli; UNDA-HARP, Karime; LARA, Carlos and SERIO-SILVA, Juan Carlos. Environmental enrichment and its effects on exhibit stereotypic behaviors in jaguars (Panthera onca) from the "Yaguar Xoo" Zoological Park, Oaxaca. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2012, vol.28, n.2, pp.365-377. ISSN 2448-8445. The development of environmental enrichment programs to captive animals, promotes the animal welfare by increasing their physical activity as well as diminishing the stress, and preventing or reducing abnormal or stereotypic behaviors. In the Yaguar Xoo Zoological Park we designed and applied an environmental enrichment program to four captive jaguars (Panthera onca). Were two males (four and ten years old) and two females (four and ten years respectively). Enrichment items (teething and bag with stones) were applied, food (chicken, beef, fish, food shopping "Whiskas®") and sensory (recordings of vocalizations of jaguar Panthera onca, puma Puma concolor and howler monkey Al-ouatta palliata, and as bags with different essences of mint, orange, anise, lynx Lynx rufus and ocelot Felis pardis urine). Our goal was to evaluate the program's efficiency on the reduction or elimination of stereotypic behaviors (swinging, pacing, and vocalization). The exhibit behaviors were evaluated through three different phases: (1) the pre-enrichment phase (26 days), (2) the environmental enrichment application phase (34 days), and (3) the post-enrichment phase (22 days). As a result of the application program found a significant decrease in the performance of stereotypies and an increase in behavior normal individuals studied. For these four jaguars, the number of displayed normal behavior (whether they were individual or social) was significantly different among the three stage of the study (F2 306 = 4.2 1 5, p = 0.0156). In the post-enrichment frequency of normal behavior was similar to the pre-enrichment (p = 0.4680). The swinging (9.57%) decreased dramatically once applied environmental enrichement (0.96%) and, this trend continued even though the enrichment was removed (3.88%) (X2 = 102.9, p < 0.001). The pacing (1.96%) also fell dramatically once applied environmental enrichment (0.36%) and, once the enrichment was removed, the percentage increased to levels similar to the previous stage (1.26%) (X2 = 12.6,p < 0.001). The vocalization (3.06%) decreased dramatically once applied environmental enrichment (0.48%), however was similar in the stages before and after the enrichment (3.49%) (X2 = 21.14, p < 0.001). In conclusion, the application of the environmental enrichment enhance captive jaguars' well-being by stimulating active behaviors and reducing stereotypical behaviors. Keywords : Captivity; environmental enrichment; felids; stereotypies; animal welfare.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line374
__label__wiki	0.749774	0.749774	Sovereign order of Saint James of Holland Chronology The Order of ( St. James) St. Jacob of Holland The history of the order starts not with the birth of Count Floris V but several years later in 1279. Floris V was born in july 1254 and was the son of Willem II King of Germany and Count of Holland and Elizabeth van Brunswijk Lüneburg In the year 1277 he is knighted by Duke Jan van Brabant, this Duke is with the Duke of Gelre the important rulers of the Low Countries at that time, Floris becomes a knight after a tournament at 's Hertogenbosch. On july 25th 1279 the Order of St. Jacob of Holland is instituted on the day of St. James the Mayor and is blessed by Bishop elect Jan van Nassau. The first 12 knights who were installed were: Diederik , Count of Cleve Lancelot Lord of Hamilton, the Ambassador of Scotland Godevaert Lord of Bochholt, the Ambassador of Westphalen Hendrik Lord of Hennenberg, the Ambassador of Keulen Dirck Lord of Brederode Jan Lord Heusden Jan Lord of Arkel Dierck Lord of Lynden Otto lord of Asperen Jaques Lord of Wassenaer Gijsbrecht Lord of Amstel Hugo Lord of Vianen In history is the year of installation 1279 or 1290 a matter of discussion, the last year seemed historically more acceptable because of the political situation those days. It could be a miswriting of MCCLXXIX MCCLXXXX Becoming a member of an order undre the crown of Holland is becoming a friend and brother for life. After the institution of the Order more knights were accepted in the Order. On the Christmas day Floris V Granted 40 members of his household (huysluiden) knighthood and so we find the name of Lord Anssum van Weer, from Vuurcapelle as knight. The first book that tells us the story of knighthood of Floris V is the Cronyk van Holland written in 1316 by the Clerc of the lage landen by der Zee, a clergyman who wrote under a pseudonym, the book was first printed in 1740. Beka (The Cronycks of Joannes van der Beke) and Melis Stoke they are the important witnesses of history at that time. Melis Stoke did not write about the Order and this could be a political deciscion because after the death of Floris no writings could come from his hand . Despite of his power and his loyal knights Floris V is vulnerable, there is much jelousy and Floris V a brave diplomatic but tempered man. His ongoing dispute with Lord Gijsbrecht van Amstel comes to an end when Count Floris V is kidnapped and murdered by van Amstel and his companions Herman van Woerden Gerard van Velzen and Jan van Cuyk close to Muiderberg op june 27 1296. The first Grand Master is dead but the Order continues. The year 1304 is important because the Siege at Zierikzee where the Count of Holland fights against Flandres and with the help of the French, Holland wins the war. Rewarding his effort in the siege Witte van Haemstede, the basterd son of the late Floris V is knighted and also with him 48 companions receive the “”Order of the Count”, or sometimes called "The Order of the Shell”. In a important historical book called the Reygersberg Croniek ( also Divisie Croniek) published in 1551 Jan Jansz. Reygersberg van Cortgene writes about this story in chapter 31. Tells us that Gerard van Voorne squire of Floris V becomes viscount of Zeeland. The Reygersberg Croniek from Zeeland has been twice issued in 1551 and in 1634 ( see booklist ) Jan Reygersberg. In the first and second isuue is written about Jan van Renesse, Dadaijn van Cruningen and Wolfert II van Borselen as the most important Lords who carried the chain of the Order with the shells The second issue is corrected by Boxhorn who adds severeal items and corrections to it. In the seventeenth century the famous historian Boxhorn writes of the Order in his Book Theatrum Sive Hollandiae comitatus et urbium descriptio, 1632 , also Christofor Butkens tells us that there is a Order of St. Jacob founded in 1290. Butkens was a monk and made an study of chivalry and heraldry with a description of the family Lynden who. His work describes Annales Généalogique de la Maison de Lynden 1626. With the shield mark of Dierk van Lynden with the chain and on a bow St. James on page 88 of the Annales de la Maison de Lynden. Thomas the Rouck writes about this charter on page 162 also with two names of knights of the Order on page 295 and 296, the Lord of Hem, knight of St. Jacob, and Philips, knight in the Order of St. Jacob . Dordrecht was a important city during the reign of Floris V for their trade and stratigical position and in the history of the City of Dordrecht we find a few lines written about the Order of St. Jacob (Beschryvinge der stad Dordrecht 1677 page 722.) In 1677 publishes Adriaan van Schoonebeek a book called History of all Orders of Chivalry. Again he tells us of the chain of the Order in gold with 6 shells ( according Chr. Butkens ) later it becomes a chain with 7 shells. The Investiture is in The Haque in de Ridderzaal. In this same year a famous tournaiment is given for the members of the Order; with champions Dirk van Brederode, Jan van Heusden, Dirk lord of Lynden , and Arend lord of IJsselstein. It is a pity that other writings of Holland about the insitution of the Order noted by Elias Ashmole, English armorist (1617-1692) besides the information of Butkens is never found (1626.) Butkes stays disputed up till now , but no opponent of the Order can tell why he would fake an armorial for an important noble family of Lynden who would absolute not accept any falsification in history.Butkens was a monk of the Salvator Cloister in Antwerpen and made a vow the the Holy Church. Chain and cross In the middle of the 18th century most Orders of Chivalry changed their decorations to get a uniform cross. In 1744 in the Beschreibung alter Geist und Weltlichen Ritterorden is written that in these years the medaillon is changed in a eight pointed cross suspended under a shell( a coquille) as a neck ribbon. From this time it is possible to find writings about the Order in different countries, besides Germany, as written above Lancelot Lord Hamilton ambassador from the king of Scots was one of the twelve first knights. Hugh Clark is the author of the Concise History of Knighthood( London 1784)and he even shows a complete chain with 12 cockle shells and a medallion of St. James. Et Dambreville publishes in 1807 a work of orders of chivalry in which he writes of the diplomatic works of Floris V and his notes are from Aubert Mirée, discribed by Boxhorn in 1632 as Professor Aubertus Myraeus. Myreaus was one of the most importand late Medieval heraldics and historians. The 19 th century With the return of the King of Holland, William I, the Order does not become a royal order but stays independent, and calls herself Sovereign. After that time a lot of discussions are made in writings about the genealogie and the acceptance of the coat of arms, and almost every 20 years the order appears in a work or essay. And it seemed what historical was accepted in the 17th century needed to be dicusessed again in the 19th century. In the first half the discussion with the High Court of Heraldry between Max . L. Baron D’Yvoy van Mijdrecht and Baron Lijnden van Hemmen in presentation and letters, while the second half of this century a romatic revival shows in writings about the installation of the Order by Beloo and the feast of knights by Jongbloed 1845, and the Maskerade and a Charter of Floris V Meylink e.o.appear. Mr. de Roever and Dozy documented the Order in school books from 1906. The status of the order changes, from a catholic order it becomes a independent order under the authority of a Grand Master and not always a priest or nobleman. During World War II the order lost his Grand Comander Rev.L.M. Penders from and his Grand Master Rev. E.A.G. Boorn the rector of the Ursulinde Cloister in Posterholt as a victem of the nazi occupation. With them a lot of information and archive was lost, but the order could survive through al this misery, and florishes these days with new members and gains. Thanks to the effort of Grand Master E.A. Ates in 1990 the Muiderslot accepted a plaquette from the Order of St. Jacob which is situated in the Floris Room. In 1996 the museum in Rijsburg opens a exposition of The Order and in 2001 a statue of Count Floris V is unvealed in the same city. Under the leadership of H.E. drs. A.H.Chr. de Bruijn, G mSJ, the Order will continue her works and charity and is stays in international contact . The Chancery is very proud that in 2003 the order received a place in one of the most importing books of the last years about the dutch decorations written by J.A. Zelm van Eldik. We continue our search to the roots of the Order and accept humble our position in history. Count Floris V takes his first twelve knights in his order. source: http://www.st-jacob.nl/butkens-meijer.pdf The history of the Order of St. James in Holland After studying the historical facts, it is generally accepted that the Order of St. Jacob, known as ‘de Soevereine Orde van St. Jacob in Holland’ was founded in 1279. On the 25th of July that year, twelve noblemen were knighted in the Ridderzaal (Knights' Hall) in The Hague. The Ridderzaal was part of the count's palace, which was situated in the Binnenhof (Inner Court). Like most Chivalry Orders at that time, the name of a Patron Saint was linked to the Order, and there are several theories about St. Jacob. St. Jacob was the warrior, the apostle and protector of Count Floris V. He was born on St. Jacob's day - 25th July 1254. This might have been a deciding factor for choosing this name. A little church was built - called St. Jacob's church - around 1270 in the ¨Buitenhof¨ (Outer Court). This church, which was built from stone, has been renovated several times, and therefore the connection between Floris V and St. Jacob was no coincidence at that time. According to literature, 1290 appears to be the founding year of the Order (1) and this seems to correspond better with historical facts. The disagreement between the Count and his companions the well known Gijsbrecht van Amstel was not that obvious at that time. In literature composed by Le Petit there is a summery of many knights related to the Order. In the ¨Cronyck der Lage landen¨ it is stated that Floris V knighted 40 ¨huyslieden¨ on Christmas Day, presumably this Investiture took place in 1290 or later. (2) After this Floris V was named der keerlen God, ( he thinks that he is God himself.) History writing was less accurate in those days; ultimately it has been shown that many men were knighted after the first Investiture. (3) Many documents were not saved in this century. In 1304, after the siege of Zierikzee, squire Jan van Henegouwen knighted 48 men; they became knights in the Order of the Shell, also known as the Order of the Count. After the waning of the Middle Ages and the disappearance of many Chivalric Orders, the Order of St. Jacob was not absolved. By fact it was no longer an Order representing power and prestige, such as other Chivalric Orders had become more prominent, but the Order survived the Reformation. The Order of St. Jacob is mentioned in several historical writings and changes of chain and cross were noticeable. The eight-pointed cross was introduced and many other Orders adopted this cross. When William I as king of the Low Countries decided to select a new Chivalric Order in 1815 it seemed for a moment that the Order of St. Jacob would be related again to a sovereign of Holland. However, neither St. Jacob's cross nor the Cross of Burgundy was chosen, but instead the descision was made to create a new order: the William Order (or later Militaire Willemsorde). (4) The Order is still acknowledged by Catholic clergymen, but documentation of the past is unfortunately poor. All what was left in the archives are a few names from the previous century and some pictures from knights, when the Order was dormant. However, 1980 heralded a revival. After many years of internal transfers amongst Roman Catholic priests, the Order stepped into the limelight again. The celebration of 700 years of the Order of St. Jacob - the most ancient Chivalric Order in The Netherlands – the efforts are crowned with the unveiling of a memorial stone at the ¨Muiderslot¨ in 1990. The Chancery of Dutch Orders accepted the decorative ribbon for their collection. A committee was formed to make a memorial monument of Floris V. Material relating to the Order was found in several locations, and as a result of many publications an extensive archive was created. (5) Since 1996, a permanent exposition regarding the Order is kept in the Museum of Rijnsburg, and in 2001 the Floris V monument was unveiled. It is placed near the Church of the Abby. With this unveiling a milestone was reached. With the fact that the Order is growing in membership beside ceremonies also charitable activities take place. For admittance to the Order, approval of the Chapter is necessary. Admission to the fraternity takes place through nomination by the Chancellor and Grand Commander to the Grandmaster. At annual meetings the Treasurer and the Secretary General assist the Chapter. The Order knows a ranking system: Grand Commander-Chancellor, Commander, Knights, Dames of Honour, Sisters and Brothers. For outstanding membership an Order of Merit is given. Working out historical discussions in the archives, as well as the careful documentation of the literature and pictures, form the effort for the Order's preservation. Each member commits him or herself to perform these objectives.	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line376
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__label__cc	0.748402	0.251598	SpreadingScience Knowledge Creation, Web 2.0 Apple’s iTunes Remote app and one guy August 4, 2010 Richard Gayle 1 Comment [Crossposted at A Man with a PhD] Apple’s iTunes Remote app was developed by one person – report [Via AppleInsider] Apple’s iTunes Remote application for the iPhone has not been updated in over 8 months because the software was written by just one person, and he is currently busy with other projects, according to a new report which describes Apple as “a huge startup.” Here is how he describes the way Apple runs things: Apple doesn’t build large teams to work on every product they make. Instead, they hire very few, but very intelligent people who can work on different projects and move around as needed. One day you might be working on the Remote app, and the next day you might get pulled on to another project that needs your help. The engineers on the Mac OS and iOS teams move back and forth between the two projects based on release cycles and what needs to ship next. That is how we worked at Immunex – whatever was on fire got the bucket brigade approach. we all worked on multiple projects at the same time, allowing us to drop something that was going slow and pick up on something that needed more attention.Once we had gotten our role done, we handed it off to the next member of the bucket brigade and picked up another project. In order to make this work well, there needs to be constant vetting of the progression by everyone involved. Any bumps in the road can be smoothed over if more eyes are on the prize. Thus everyone feels a part of a successful project, even if they had a little part. Immunex’s great drug was Enbrel. I had a very small part working on that molecule quire early. While only peripheral to the amazing work done by others, I felt every bit as proud of its success. Plus this approach keeps smart people interested and helps prevent empire building, which can be a real detriment to the rapid actions a small team needs to make. Any company basing its success on the creativity of its employees needs to have a management style closer to Apple’s or Immunex’s. Knowledge CreationSustainabilityTechnologyWeb 2.0 Knowledge Creation, Science, Web 2.0 Its late and I’m rambling about Scienceblogs July 23, 2010 Richard Gayle 1 Comment I continue to have some discussions in comments of my Scienceblogs post that results in a treatise on my part. Greg Laden is the most recent victim of my verbosity – he has a great blog. And, as with the previous reply to David Croty, I’ve decided to put it up as a post. Mainly because I wrote so much that it deserves more recognition with its own title, for instance. Plus it is very late and I do not feel like cutting it all down. I hope it looks okay in the morning. So I make it a post. But it covers some more of my thoughts about the community that has been forming at Scienceblogs and where it will go from here. First, Greg’s comment: Just to expand on the point a little: For the most part, Scienceblogs has been explicitly non-communal. It is a network, there are communication channels (but not used by most bloggers) and things do get organized now and then (like a fundraising drive that about 20% of the blgogers engage in every year). This is all very much on purpose. We blog as indy bloggers, and the ‘overlords’ (Seed’s Sb staff) organize all this internal network wide link love (reader’s picks, ed’s picks, most active, Page 3.14, the front page, 24 hour page, RSS feeds, etc.) and make links between things like NYT and NGS. But as bloggers, we’re just blogging away. In once sense, I would say that PepsiBlawg Gate was an example of a “community” forming out of a thing that really wasn’t much of a community because most bloggers had fairly negative feelings about the blog so some degree of organization happened. It would be interesting in the end to look at the kinds of things people do and their reaction to the Pepsiblog. There may be some stark (and thus perhaps not really that interesting in the end) patterns there. For the most part, labby research scientists did not quit, journalists and book writers did, for instance. Which brings up a point that Bora has almost talked me out of but not quite yet: Journalistic modus operendi, ethics, etc. are fundamentally different than for scientists. Not saying one is better than the other … just that they are fondling different parts of the elephant. Which is a thought I’ll leave you with but I don’t recommend keeping in your head for too long. My reply: Even though my connection with the Scienceblog community was as a reader and sometimes commenter, as a scientist I feel confident that I can provide an opinion (My family knows that I have an opinion on everything so maybe that is a personal trait rather than a professional one. But ‘as a scientist’ sounds better than ‘as a know-it-all’). Confident mainly because I have been a part of several real-life enactments of just such a ‘community’ of researchers, connected by weak ties, who, through a precipitating event by ‘outsiders,’ came together to take some sort of action. So, I think to a certain degree we may be arguing semantics about what really defines a community. In large measure, Scienceblogs is a network with mostly weak ties, but with some links perhaps a little stronger than others. And while there was not a decided push to create a defined community with uniform rules, titles and positions, when humans work along the same lines, doing similar things – even in digital space – connections get made and a sense of comity starts to emerge. Thus insider slang terms like Sciblings, blogchild and Overlords developed. You would see memes and arguments sweep through certain blogs. There obviously were some strong connections that provided rapid information transfer between Sciblings. There was an nascent community just waiting for an event that would precipitate action, making many weak ties much stronger, while breaking some altogether. In the instances I have been involved in, a bunch of independent-minded, “leave me alone to do my work” researchers came together because a decision was made by upper management that directly affected the scientists – a decision that was never discussed with them until AFTER it was made. The scientists were left out of any input in the decision, even though it affected every single one of them. In each case, there was a rapid meeting called by the researchers to discuss what they should do. Scientists who had never been in the same room with each other were now discussing the proper response with each other. Action had to be taken and committees were formed. Instead of a bunch of weakly tied people, there were now a lot of very strongly defined paths for communication. Perhaps this is only an aspect of egomaniac researchers, who think they have to be informed beforehand about anything and have a part of every decision. I do not think so. I think it can happen with any community when the weak ties that are present are tugged by an outside “threat.” Heck, I’ve seen it happen in neighborhoods when a new development appears on the city plans. What I think happened with the PepsiBlawg Gate was a crystallization of a large fragment of the network because, to some, it became obvious that the reasons they had joined and maintained even weak ties in the network /community were in conflict with what the ‘Overlords’ wanted to do. The lack of communication, and the ‘disrespect’ that engendered, meant some sort of response was needed. And I’ve been fascinated by that response, because it has taken many forms. Some people exited without any need for real consultation. Some did not begin to really think about it until others in the network/community that they respected made a decision – Bora being the strongest example. Still others, such as PZ, decided to take direct action and go on strike unless the ‘Overlords’ listened to them. These are all ways one would expect different people in a community to respond to change. It is what I spend my days examining at SpreadingScience. I do not think Scienceblogs will vanish. It’ll be different. I think there will be much more defined communication between members, with regular meetings between the bloggers and the people from Seed Media. Instead of an ad hoc sort of network/community, it may very well become a much more defined one. Like the taming of the Old West, it may be more or less attractive, depending on the outlook of the individual. The bloggers who left may very well continue to link and discuss things written on Scienceblogs. The reverse will also happen. In effect, there will be a much wider network/community with some very strong, defined ties that were not present before. I expect other types of science blogging sites to become important – such as Science 2.0 and others. It’ll be great for most of the bloggers and their readers. It may just not be quite as optimal for Seed as it had been before when they virtually had cornered the market. And that was kind of my point in the post. If Seed had been a little better about servicing its bloggers, it would have kept the market pretty much to itself. Now, not so much. Meaning that, as far as it might be concerned, there is a loss in value that might take some effort to recreate. Effort that it would not have needed if it had not ticked people off. Finally, I think that the different viewpoints between scientific journalists and journalistic scientists makes for a much better description of the elephant than either alone. In any effective network/community, diversity of world views is a key part. It is very hard to solve complex problems over and over if everyone thinks the same way. It is the friction that arises from the different views that eventually allows us to make the wise decision. Knowledge CreationScienceSocial mediaTechnologyWeb 2.0 Science, Web 2.0 Do not tick off the community you created if you want it to survive July 21, 2010 Richard Gayle 11 Comments by o palsson Bora and PalMD leave ScienceBlogs: What to do now? [Via Respectful Insolence] I really can’t believe it. I really, really, really can’t believe it. Bora has left ScienceBlogs. Readers of just this blog probably don’t know what a body blow that is to the ScienceBlogs collective. Readers of multiple ScienceBlogs probably realize that Bora was the proverbial heart and soul of ScienceBlogs. It’s news that’s left Isis the Scientist speechless and GrrlScientist “deeply upset.” Even ScienceBlogs’ big macher PZ Myers has pointed out how Bora compared the situation here to to Bion’s Effect, where the departure of a few people at a party triggers a sudden end to the event. I don’t know whether Bora’s departure is the seismic shift that leads to the collapse of Sb or not, but I do know that it’s a wake up call to me that maybe I was too quick to go back to business as usual after our corporate overlords decided to invite a corporate blog to be added to the Sb stable as co-equals with the rest of us, hopelessly blurring the line between content and advertising. Why is this such a big deal? A few days ago, I discussed how an ad hoc community – the Tour de France peloton – controls group behavior. I also made a mention of how the group deals with perceived outside interference. In the case of the Tour, the peloton adopted a behavior that benefited the group, to the detriment of individuals or the outsiders. Here, we also see some behavior dealing with external interference. In this case, it was the inclusion of a blog that was bought by a corporation in order to provide its own views, without any real communication with the community about what was happening. The group did not take well at all to this event at all. Read Bora’s post to get an idea of what happened and why these responses are being made. What we have here is somewhat the opposite of the group coming together and getting stronger in response to outsiders. The group is, in response, may breaking apart. In part, this may be due to the particular instance – the inclusion of a new member actually undercut the entire reason for the group to exist. But it is also due to the same technologies that make it so easy for ad hoc groups to form. Scienceblogs is a great example of the benefits and perils of technology. Ad hoc groups can be created very easily. Seed Media did this and worked to create a community that would support and attract people who would allow it to stay in business. Now it appears to have messed things up by forgetting that in a Web 2.0 world, the community must be served first or it will leave. The people of the community were creating all this content because they enjoyed the community, not because they made a lot of money or wanted Seed to make a lot of money. Most had other careers. They wrote at Scienceblogs because of the network of people they were a part of. Apparently the managers of Seed did not really understand why it was that these people were even there. They needed to make some money and completely ticked off the community with their ham-handed process. They forgot who there real customers were. Most media still think that servicing advertisers is the bedrock of their business. But, for businesses who require networks to survive, servicing the network is paramount. Without the bloggers, there is not Scienceblogs, no matter how much advertisers are feted. Technology makes an ad-hoc community really easy to create. And it makes it really easy for the community to change its mind, for individuals to leave and aggregate at a new community if they are not happy. Compare where Facebook and MySpace were 3 years ago to their relative popularity now. The same will befall Facebook if it forgets this. I think that while Scienceblogs will survive, it will never again be THE place for people who write about science. Already other sites, such as Field of Science and Genomes Unzipped, are picking up new people. I imagine that we will now have several well-connected networks of blogs about science, providing greater diversity and wider ranges of information to move around. Technology will not make it much more difficult for readers for read – adding Field of Science’s RSS feed to my aggregator adds minimally to my daily efforts. The only one really harmed here, in the long run, will be Seed. The bloggers can easily become parts of other networks, taking the readers, eyeballs and advertisers with them. There will just be fewer for Scienceblogs to use to support itself. ScienceTechnologyWeb 2.0 Knowledge Creation, Open Access, Science, Web 2.0 New Seminar – You’re not crazy. You are innovative. June 2, 2010 Richard Gayle 1 Comment I’ve been working on a series of seminars. I hope to announce more of them soon but I have the first one ready. You’re not crazy. You are innovative. will examine the disruptive innovators in a community. These people are absolutely critical for the introduction of new ideas into an organizations – ideas that could make or break the success of the company. Yet often these people are seen more for their disruptive activities rather than their innovation. The majority of the community – the people who simply get things done – views disruption negatively because it changes their workflow, making it hard to simply get things done. Doers distrust disruptors. This seminar will explore how human social networks adapt to change and why the disruptors are so often not listened to. It will demonstrate that the social networks of disruptors and doers look very different and how Web 2.0 tools can be used to identify members in each group. It will also provide insights into human social networks that can empower disruptors, making it easier for their innovative ideas to traverse a community and have the major impacts that they should. The next class in Seattle will start soon. I can also provide seminars for groups. If you would like to attend, send us an email. Knowledge CreationOpen AccessScienceTechnologyWeb 2.0 How an efficient company makes a ton of money May 24, 2010 Richard Gayle 2 Comments by NeoGaboX Apple’s Incredibly Efficient Growth [Via Daring Fireball] Steve Cheney analyzes Apple’s R&D expenditures and acquisition pace: Organic growth is the term coined for growing internally, not via merger or acquisition. Apple has embraced this strategy over its existence, averaging only about 1 acquisition per year during the past 25 years. In contrast — during the past four years alone — Microsoft bought 45 companies, Google 40, and Cisco 30. Microsoft spent seven times as much as Apple on R&D over the past four years. I saw this while working at Immunex – a well-designed and well-run company with a culture of innovation can beat larger, more well-funded companies every time. Big Phama outspent us by a huge amount, and had many more people working on the same projects, yet we continued to get things done before them. Same with Apple. It is possible to grow quite large and still maintain this culture. It helps tremendously if the guys at the top are not sales or marketing types, who generally seem to have no clue about rapid innovation and efficient management design. Buying companies sucks away energy that could have been more efficiently used. It seems that MBAs think the mergers and acquisitions are the way to grow. Immunex did not think so and neither does Apple. Social mediaTechnologyWeb 2.0 Doers, mediators and disruptors March 13, 2010 Richard Gayle 5 Comments by Arenamontanus On self determination [Via Seth’s Blog] I posted this eight years ago (!) but a reader asked for an encore. …are we stuck in High School? I had two brushes with higher education this week. The first was at a speech I gave in New York. There were several Harvard Business School students there, invited because of their interest in marketing and exceptional promise (that’s what I was told… I think they came because they had heard that Maury Rubin would make a great lunch!). Anyway, they asked for my advice in finding marketing jobs. When I shared my views (go to a small company, work for the CEO, get a job where you actually get to make mistakes and do something) one woman professed to agree with me, but then explained, “But those companies don’t interview on campus.” Those companies don’t interview on campus. Hmmm. She has just spent $100,000 in cash and another $150,000 in opportunity cost to get an MBA, but… I’ll discuss this in greater detail later but I wanted to discuss a little why the young woman replied the way she did. We have a probably seen this figure graphing the number of people that adopt a new workflow or innovation as a function of time: A small number of people chose the innovation rapidly, while the majority takes much longer. Part of the problem Seth describes arises because, that in my experience, many of the people in MBA schools have come from the middle of the figure, while someone like Seth comes from the earlier segments. It turns out that people in each of these segments often exhibit a defined pattern of behavior. The majority in the middle (67% of the total) are doers. They are the ones who get things done. They follow a workflow that generates positive results and see it to the end. They are process-driven and the backbone of any successful venture. If things do not get done, if details are not taken care of, then failure usually results. Doers are justifiably resistant to change. Change can slow down the workflow. It can introduce a process that has not been proven to produce positive results. They hate anything that does not have a defined metric for success.They want proof it will work before changing. That is why they are in the middle. The small percentage of innovators are disruptors, bringing change to the rest of the community. They are always finding new things that work, often after experimenting with many that do not. And they are always telling the doers that they are doing things wrong, that there are better ways to accomplish a task and generally disrupting the workflows of the doers. These two groups are absolutely necessary for a successful organization. But they are often in opposition, with the disruptors upset that no one will do anything they say and the doers upset with the disruption that comes from change. The critical people in a community, and the ones that actually are often in very short supply, are the so-called early adopters. They happen do be unique people who can listen to the ideas of the disruptors and translate them into processes that the doers can accept. These mediators are often well trusted by both communities because of their abilities to let just enough vital change through to the community to allow things to get done better while slowing down those things that would disrupt successful operations. So, a doer with an MBA is going to follow procedures that have worked well in the past – campus interviews. Being focussed on current processes, it is not likely that she would have been able to accomplish novel approaches on her own. And, if somehow she met a CEO of a small company at a party, she would most likely not have been attracted to his proposal to come work for him. But an excellent mediator, such as Seth, will explain to her how to use some of the ideas he has seen work well – small company, make mistakes. Now, it is much more likely that given the opportunity to work at a small company, she will actually consider it. The manner by which change traverses a community seems to follow a very common framework. In many cases, the reason useful change does not get used by a community is that the ideas of the disruptors can not get to the doers. Because there are often not enough mediators. One of the great innovations of online technologies is that they leverage the reach of a small number of mediators, allowing them to have a much greater effect than in an Industrial world. Thus a community without enough mediators to be successful 50 years ago can, by properly using Web 2.0 techniques, make those mediators much more influential. This will enhance the rate that innovations traverses the company. Knowledge CreationTechnologyWeb 2.0 Knowledge Creation, Open Access, Web 2.0 Getting news in the mobile connected world March 12, 2010 Richard Gayle 1 Comment So, I’m driving to the nearby Barnes and Noble to use their Wifi and get some work done. Plus I get a discount on their coffee. I get a voicemail on my iPhone from my Mom saying she hopes I’m not in downtown Seattle, that it looks like a real mess. Not having a clue to what she was talking about, I checked Google News. I found a couple of articles like this one, about a man wandering around near the Courthouse with some sort of device on his arm. The police has him in custody and were examining the device. Then I ran across this article which quoted a Police tweet about the incident: In a tweet, Seattle police said, “Adult male in 300 block of James has made general threats against persons and property. He has taped an unknown device to his left hand.” Whoa. I had not thought about that at all. You can follow the whole incident on their Twitter page! Here is a picture of the description so far: Jeez. They have a picture of the device online already! Who would have really thought 5 years ago that information about something like this could not only be readily available but that organizations, such as the police, would be on the front lines of providing it. we no longer need to wait for the evening newscast or the paper the next day to get informed. And as I finish this, the Twitter feed states that the downtown streets have been reopened. Knowledge CreationOpen AccessSocial mediaTechnologyWeb 2.0 General, Knowledge Creation, Web 2.0 Disruptive technology seldom is accurately described during its disruptive period Apple’s “history of lousy first reviews” [Via Edible Apple] From the original Mac to the iMac to the iPod and even the iPhone, early reviews of revolutionary products tend to evoke a lot of negative reactions. The Week takes us back in time and examines what reviewers have historically thought about Apple’s latest and greatest creations. The problem with so many new, disruptive technologies is that most people do not understand them. Let me pull back a little bit to discuss how innovations are accepted by a community, using the model proposed by Everett Rogers. The majority of people do not change, do not take up new things, very rapidly. They like to stick with what they know. A small group do accept new things very fast. These so called innovators are the ones that almost always make up the tech community. Read any tech blog and you’ll see all sorts of stuff regarding the coolest new toys. They know in detail just why a new product is worthy, usually because it is the best, fastest, newest. Now, to get new technology out of the hands of the innovators and into the majority requires the work of early adopters. These act as filters, helping move innovations that can make a real difference to the majority, out of the hungry hands of the innovators. These people are pretty special because, for all sorts of reasons, the majority just will not listen to the innovators. They are too disruptive. They might listen to the early adopters because this group seems to know how to mediate between the two groups that often fail to communicate at all. Now, the people who write about high tech are usually of two types (and this holds for any writing about rapidly changing technologies). They either write for the innovators, providing insights into the newest. Or they write for the majority, providing a comfortable view of how the rapid churn of the new can be ‘controlled’. To really be successful, a technology needs to move out from the innovators to the majority. But who will write about this? Those that cater to the innovators will not because the technology that is usually being moved is ‘old hat.’ That is who their audience is.These writers always tell us how there are faster things with more memory that can do the same thing. “My hand-built PC is able to do three times as much for half the price.” And what about those who cater to the majority? Well, they are usually skeptical of anything new. That is who their audience is. So this disruptive technology is often viewed in the same way as any other – something to be feared and watched carefully. “This computer is really slow and will never replace the speed of a mainframe.” If you look at the criticisms of Apple products over the years, especially the ones that have been shown by history to be flat out wrong, you see they fall into one of these two bins. What Apple has done, more than most other companies, is act first to move technologies and ideas out of the hands of the innovators, into the land of the majority. This does not mean they have to be the most innovative or always have the best ideas. What they have been successful at is becoming the premier company of transitioning technology. They filter out the technology, finding the best ones to move out to the majority. Few companies are able to do this even once. The fact that Apple has done this in multiple product categories is amazing. And, just as early adopters are usually the opinion and thought leaders of a community, so Apple is watched to see what will become the new paradigm for the majority. This explains why keynotes given by Steve Jobs can bring down the internet. Most pundits and commenters on Apple, and on any disruptive technology, will continue to get it wrong. Few people are able to effectively, and accurately, discuss the views of the early adopter segment. I think that might be because to do that requires someone who can simultaneously understand both the views of the innovator cohort and the majority. These people seem to be pretty rare and can probably find a more lucrative livelihood than writing for a magazine. Perhaps working for Apple. EconomyGeneralKnowledge CreationTechnologyWeb 2.0 The difference between the creative and the commonplace March 8, 2010 Richard Gayle 2 Comments by BruceTurner Edward Tufte Presidential Appointment President Obama has appointed Edward Tufte to the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel, “whose job is to track and explain $787 billion in recovery stimulus funds”. Outstanding. This is pretty cool. Tufte is one of my favorite people, not only for his highly original books on data presentation but also for his sheer force of personality. He is one of the most entertaining, enlightening speakers I have ever heard. I attended one of his workshops in Seattle probably close to 20 years ago. There was an interchange that has stuck with me ever since, because it so succinctly illustrates the divide between truly original, innovative change and the typical corporate response. Tufte was discussing the different interfaces between the Mac OS and Windows. After going through a lot of the pluses he saw in the Mac and a lot of the minuses in Windows, he stated that the Mac looked like it had been created by one or a small group of people with a single purpose, a single view of how the information should be presented, while Windows looked like it had been done by a committee. He then said that all the best presentations were this way – a single point of view forcefully pushed onto everyone. Someone in the audience then asked but what happens if your single point of view turns out to be wrong, to not work. Tufte replied, simply, “You should be fired.” You could almost audibly hear the intake of everyone’s breath. That is exactly what they feared and why they would always want to retreat into committee decisions – they can’t be fired if the committee made the decision. FUD is what drives most people. The creative, the innovative do not really fear failure, often because they are adaptable enough to ‘route around the damage’ quickly enough. They do not usually doubt the mission they are on and are certainly not uncertain about the effects. Read about the development of the Mac. They were going to change the world, no doubt about it. While you can see that there really was a focus of vision, there are also lots of ‘failures’ that had to be fixed. The key was to fail quickly, leaving time to find success. And permitting committed individuals to find their own way to success rather than rely on committees to fix them. Committees very seldom fail quickly, since failure is the thing they fear the most. They would rather succeed carefully than perhaps fail spectacularly. And they very seldom produce revolutionary change. Single viewpoint, change the world, rapidly overcome obstacles, adaptable. All characteristics of successful change. They do not fear spectacular failure because the fruits of success will be so sweet. Knowledge CreationScienceTechnologyWeb 2.0 An interesting juxtaposition February 20, 2010 Richard Gayle 1 Comment by blprnt_van Reaching Agreement On The Public Domain For Science [Via Common Knowledge] Photo outside the Panton Arms pub in Cambridge, UK, licensed to the public under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike by jwyg (Jonathan Gray). Today marked the public announcement of a set of principles on how to treat data, from a legal context, in the sciences. Called the Panton Principles, they were negotiated over the summer between myself, Rufus Pollock, Cameron Neylon, and Peter Murray-Rust. If you’re too busy to read them directly, here’s the gist: publicly funded science data should be in the public domain, full stop. BBC News – Science damaged by climate row says NAS chief Cicerone [Via BBC News \| Science/Nature] Leading scientists say that the recent controversies surrounding climate research have damaged the image of science as a whole. President of the US National Academy of Sciences, Ralph Cicerone, said scandals including the “climategate” e-mail row had eroded public trust in scientists. He said that this crisis of public confidence should be a wake-up call for researchers, and that the world had now “entered an era in which people expected more transparency”. “People expect us to do things more in the public light and we just have to get used to that,” he said. “Just as science itself improves and self-corrects, I think our processes have to improve and self-correct.” It is important for Federally funded research to be in the public domain. But, Universities, who hope to license the results of this research, and corporations, who will not as likely commercialize a product if they can not lock up the IP, Both of these considerations must be accounted for if we want to translate basic research into therapies or products for people. So, as the Principles seem to indicate, most of this open data should happen AFTER publication, so this would give the proper organizations to make sure they have any IP issues dealt with. But what about unpublished data? What about old lab notebooks? The problem supposedly seen now has nothing to do with data that was published. It has to do with emails between scientists. Is this relevant data that should be made public for any government funded research? Who determines which data are relevant or not? And what about a researcher’s time? More time in front of the public, more time filling out FOIs, more time not doing research in the first place. The scientific world is headed this way but how will researcher’s adjust? There will have to be much better training of effectively communicating science to a much wider audience than most scientists are now comfortable with. 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__label__wiki	0.503973	0.503973	You are here: Home » Mikketz 5770 Mikketz 5770 Parshat Miketz Shabbat Hanukkah II (1 Kings 7:40-50) 2 Tevet 5770 The Second Shabbat of Hanukkah is marked with a haftarah reading which records King Solomon\’s manufacture of the furnishings for the Temple. For the haftarah we read the prophetic account of this event. This same episode is also recorded in a later book of the Tanach, the book of Chronicles with a number of differences. In the book of Kings, we read: \”And Solomon made all the furnishings that were in the House of the Lord: the altar of gold; the table for the bread of display, of gold; the menorot (lampstands) – five on the right side and five on the left – in front of the Shrine, of solid gold;…\” (1 Kings 7:48-49) The later account records: He made the ten menorot of gold as prescribed, and placed them in the Great Hall, five on the right and five on the left. He made ten tables and placed them in the great hall, five on the right and five on the left…\” (2 Chronicles 4:7-8) Rabbi David Kimche raised two questions from these accounts. When these verses refer to placing five menorot or five tables to the right and five menorot or five tables to the left, what is the reference point for their placement? He also notes the discrepancy over the number of tables Solomon crafted for the sanctuary. Was there only one table, as described in Kings or were there ten tables, as noted in Chronicles? Before we proceed to Kimche\’s answer to his first question, it is necessary to contend with his second question. Kimche\’s working assumption seems to be that Chronicles preserves details that are implicit in the earlier text. Here this means that we accept the account of Chronicles that there were ten tables and ten menorot in the Temple. So then, how were the menorot and tables arranged in the Temple? Kimche, based upon rabbinic tradtion, introduced a new element to the equation. He asserts that Solomon arranged these menorot and tables around the menorah and table made for Moses in the desert. How many menorot and tables were there then? Eleven, Moses\’ menorah and table, one on the north side and one on the south side of the sanctuary and ten additional menorot and tables arranged on the right and left of Moses\’ \”originals\”. Were all of these menorot and tables used? Kimche assumed that they were but the sages mentioned above disagreed: \”Ten tables made Solomon, as it says: \’And he made ten gold tables\’. Still, they only arranged that of Moses, as it says: \’and the table on which they placed the shewbread was of gold.\’ Ten menorot of gold were made by Solomon, as it says: \’and he made ten gold menorot\’. Still, they only lit that of Moses, as it says: \’the menorah and its lights\” to light each evening.\” (Tosefta Menahot 11:9-10) Kimche emphatically rejects the sages\’ explanation that only Moses\’ table and menorah were used, concluding that his own explanation is more reasonable. How then does one explain the viewpoint of the rabbis in the Tosefta? Perhaps the sages are conflicted over the issue of innovation. The Temple was a much larger operation than the sanctuary. It needed the added furniture. Still, change which recast the traditional way so that they were no longer recognizable was more than the sages could stand. Instead they symbolically chose a middle path where both innovation and tradition lived in tension with each other. Sound familiar!?	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line387
__label__wiki	0.835853	0.835853	Vaccine Makers Try To Figure Out What To Do About People Who Received Placebos The problem with 'unblinding' is that it may compromise important data about length of vaccine protection. But not letting vaccine test participants given a placebo may unfairly expose them. Companies and the government will probably compromise by allowing some volunteers - like healthcare workers - opt out. JL Jon Cohen reports in Science: Should ongoing vaccine efficacy studies inform their tens of thousands of volunteers whether they were injected with a placebo or the vaccine, and also offer an already authorized vaccine to those who got the placebo? Unblinding a vaccine efficacy trial compromises the ability to gather data, such as how long a vaccine protects a person against COVID-19. (But) witholding a vaccine from a trial participant who could get it elsewhere is ethically dicey. Now that regulators around the world have begun to issue emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for COVID-19 vaccines—the United States authorized a candidate vaccine from the biotech Moderna on Friday—a theoretical debate that has simmered for months has become a pressing reality: Should ongoing vaccine efficacy studies inform their tens of thousands of volunteers whether they were injected with a placebo or the vaccine, and also offer an already authorized vaccine to those who got the placebo? Vaccinemakers must now quickly decide how to handle this issue, called unblinding. And if they do choose to unblind, they will also need to get regulatory approval. Adding to the pressure: The choice arrives as many trial participants in the United States who are now eligible for an authorized COVID-19 vaccine are dropping out of studies in order to make sure they get immunized. At the heart of the dilemma is a balancing act. On the one hand, unblinding a vaccine efficacy trial compromises the ability to gather robust scientific data on important issues, such as how long a vaccine protects a person against COVID-19. On the other, withholding a working vaccine from a trial participant who could get it elsewhere is ethically dicey. Last week, those issues came to the fore at a meeting of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) vaccine advisory committee, which was considering Moderna’s EUA request. Lindsey Baden, a principal investigator on Moderna’s vaccine efficacy trial, and Steven Goodman, an epidemiologist from Stanford University, presented two different schemes for handling the delicate matter. Both schemes differ from a third plan put forth by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, which are already distributing a COVID-19 vaccine authorized for use in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. Pfizer, which is still running trials of its vaccine, has already asked FDA for permission to unblind its study, and give volunteers who received a placebo the option of receiving its two-dose vaccine. But the offer would come with a catch. Given the limited supply of vaccine, national or local authorities have said they will first provide it to groups most at risk of becoming seriously ill or of transmitting the virus, such as front-line health care workers or the people living in nursing homes. The Pfizer plan would follow that plan by first unblinding only volunteers in one of the top-priority groups specified by authorities in their location and vaccinating those in the placebo group. (AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, which jointly developed a COVID-19 vaccine candidate that has confusing efficacy results and does not yet have an EUA, reportedly want to offer a similar unblinding scheme.) A different approach is advocated by Baden, an infectious disease specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He prefers an “open label” strategy, in which the Moderna trial is unblinded and the company offers everyone in the placebo group the vaccine regardless of eligibility in their location. Goodman, meanwhile, favors a “blinded crossover” option. In that approach, all trial volunteers would receive an additional pair of shots, with placebo recipients getting the vaccine and the vaccinated getting placebos. But the volunteers wouldn’t be told which arm they were in for some period of time. At the FDA meeting, Baden acknowledged that Goodman’s plan has some advantages. A blinded crossover potentially minimizes bias and allows better data collection that could better clarify how long a vaccine protects people. But Baden also thinks the blinded crossover was impractical for Moderna, given where its study now stands. Goodman contends that both open-label and blind crossover are good choices, but much could be gained by trying to make a blinded crossover work. “The ability to do placebo controlled [COVID-19 vaccine] trials is running out,” Goodman says. “So let’s try to squeeze out of these few as much as we possibly can.” Peter Marks, who heads FDA’s vaccine division and was the initial architect of the U.S. government’s crash COVID-19 vaccine project he dubbed Operation Warp Speed, says he and his team recognize the merits of the blinded crossover, but also acknowledge the practicality issues. “This would have been an absolutely valid design from the start,” Marks says. “Missing that may have been a casualty of working at warp speed.” His team will decide on Pfizer’s open-label request over the next few days. Science Insider recently spoke with Goodman, Baden, and others to make sense of the ethical challenges and scientific trade-offs of these options. The discussions center on the situation in the United States, although similar debates will play out most everywhere as COVID-19 vaccines are given EUAs and distributed. What is the proposal from Pfizer and BioNTech? The proposal from Pfizer and BioNTech is a narrower version of the open-label approach. It is conditional on a person in the study being in a priority group and eligible for a vaccine; health care workers in the United States who joined their trial could be unblinded, for example, and offered the vaccine if in the placebo arm. “We believe we have an ethical duty to create a pathway within the study for interested, eligible participants in the placebo group to have access to the investigational vaccine,” a Pfizer spokesperson wrote to Science Insider. People who live in or work at long-term elderly care facilities in the United States have also been prioritized and would therefore now be eligible for unblinding. This weekend, an immunization advisory panel to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the next groups to be vaccinated in the country should be front-line essential workers, like teachers and bus drivers, and people 75 and older. That means many more trial participants will soon be considering their options. In what Pfizer calls the “vaccine transition option,” it hopes participants who request their status, learn they got a placebo, and then get a COVID-19 vaccine from the trial will continue to report any possible COVID-19 illnesses and provide blood samples and nasal swabs. “Participants should not have to choose between remaining in the study or receiving the investigational vaccine if it is available to them in their community,” its spokesperson says. But Pfizer stresses that learning one’s vaccination status is optional. The company is encouraging participants to stay in the original study and remain blinded, even if they are vaccine eligible, for 6 months after they receive their second dose of placebo or vaccine. At that point, everyone would learn their status. Vaccine supply presumably will no longer be an issue by then, and all placebo recipients would be offered the vaccine. What are the research advantages of this proposal, compared with the full open-label scheme? Because the narrower approach would unblind and vaccinate only those eligible, the number of people in the placebo group would dwindle more slowly, allowing for longer comparisons of the two arms. Are there ethical reasons to link unblinding and eligibility? Yes. If trial participants who received the placebo were offered the vaccine and were not yet in an eligible group—many are young, healthy adults who are at low risk—they could be seen as “jumping the queue.” Goodman warned at the FDA meeting that this could create something of a public relations nightmare. “This will get out in the community [and look] very different from the pictures we saw after the authorization last week where it was health care workers and the others.” This, in turn, could erode trust in the allocation system, he said. How would a blinded crossover approach differ and what are its advantages? A blinded crossover would give trial volunteers in the placebo group the vaccine, but participants would not know their status until enough time had passed so that everyone in the trial had a few weeks to develop full immunity. This crossover might only occur with eligible participants, but it could also be done with everyone at the same time. In the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna efficacy trials, all participants have received either two placebo or two vaccine shots. A blinded crossover would ask everyone to agree to receive two more shots, but researchers would not reveal whether the participants were initially in the placebo or the vaccinated arm. If they already received the vaccine, the two new shots—spaced 3 weeks apart for Pfizer and BioNtech, 4 weeks for Moderna—will contain placebo doses of saline. Those in the placebo group will get two doses of the actual vaccine. In the first period of the trial, participants did not know their status, so behavior should have been the same in both placebo and vaccine recipients. Retaining the blind after a crossover avoids the “behavioral disinhibition” problem of people who know their vaccine status—they may drop their guards by, say, not wearing masks as regularly—that would diminish the ability to conduct meaningful comparisons of the two groups. This strategy could help answer the critical question of how long vaccine-induced immunity lasts. Basically, researchers can compare the number of people who get sick in each group starting the day the second period begins. It takes 2 weeks after the booster for immunity to peak, so adding in the time between shots, there are five to six interesting weeks when the two groups clearly have different immune status. Following the two groups for several more months should reveal when immunity begins to wane in the vacinees from the first period. In a blinded crossover vaccine trial, participants start with either a placebo or the vaccine candidate. Once the vaccine shows efficacy, both groups are given the opposite and for a period they remain blinded as to when they received the vaccine, generating comparative data that can help reveal how quickly immune protection wanes (dwindling orange arrow). VaccineVaccine armPlacebo armEarly vaccine efficacyBlinded crossoverDeferred vaccine armImmediate (original) vaccine armPeriod 1Period 2Durability/late vaccine efficacyRandomizePlacebo D. FOLLMANN ET AL., MEDRXIV, HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1101/2020.12.14.20248137, 14 DECEMBER, ADAPTED BY N. DESAI/ SCIENCE Does Baden oppose blinded crossover trials? Hardly. He co-authored a paper, which came out as a preprint a few days before the Moderna EUA meeting, advocating the idea for COVID-19 vaccine efficacy trials. But he thinks a blinded crossover requires some time to set up and cannot be launched on very short notice. Baden notes the switch for the Moderna trial would need approvals from FDA, institutional review boards that oversee studies, and 99 clinical trial sites. Researchers would have to explain the change to 30,000 or more participants and receive their consent. And hundreds of health care workers—who make up 25% of the participants in the Moderna study—have already dropped out of the trial because they have become eligible for the vaccine through other means. Launching a blinded crossover study also presents a huge communication challenge to people inside and outside the study. “The more we are changing our approach, the more complex the messaging,” Baden says. “I want to minimize and not add to this confusion as the community trust and volunteer trust is paramount.” Should Moderna tie the open-label design to eligibility? No, says Baden, who at the FDA meeting added a surprising detail that alters the ethical calculations: Moderna has “research-labeled vaccine” that was set aside only for the trial and is about to expire. So he advocates rolling out vaccine to placebo recipients as soon as it is logistically possible as part of the ongoing research study. How did the FDA advisory committee react to the two ideas? They seemed to favor the open label, which is the traditional scheme used in vaccine efficacy trials, but FDA asked the panel not to vote on the question for Moderna’s trial. Goodman and Baden did not debate each other, and Goodman thinks this led to much confusion among advisory panel members about which scheme would most likely encourage participants to stay in the study. Goodman worries there is a mistaken notion that the blinded crossover withholds vaccine from the placebo group. “It was as though each member of the committee had a different idea of what was being proposed,” he says. What do the companies think of the blinded crossover idea? At the 10 December advisory committee hearing for the EUA of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, William Gruber, who heads clinical vaccine development at Pfizer, said the scheme was overly cumbersome, noting there are 44,000 people in the efficacy trial who already made two visits each to trial sites for their pair of shots. “Obviously the considerations that were discussed by Dr. Goodman have been front and center for us in thinking about how we have looked forward,” Gruber said. “The logistics are not trivial because we’ve got to bring in a lot of people to be vaccinated and if we now add that to 88,000 visits, that’s a challenge.” What will now happen to the many other COVID-19 vaccines still in efficacy trials or nearing them? The Moderna trial debate, Goodman says, “will look very simple compared to the dilemmas we’re going face in the next few weeks and months with the other vaccines.” That, he says, bolsters the argument for Moderna using the blinded crossover. “I tried to make a very, very, very strong case that what they do with this trial has implications for the future, because if they allow Moderna to unblind and blow up all aspects of the placebo control—even though they will still be able to extract some information—it gives companies in the future permission to do the same thing,” Goodman says. Chase verify card – Chase bank Credit Card clients can confirm and activate online at chase.com. In the event that you have just applied for a Credit Card of Chase Bank, you ought to actuate it by confirming it online at Bank's authentic site is www.chase.com. On the off chance that you "How would I enact my interest Credit Card?" Are searching for. 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__label__wiki	0.894636	0.894636	Blasterjaxx’s Debut Album ‘Perspective’ Exceeds Expectations Chris Varvaro After extensive teases around the world and years of intense work in the making, Blasterjaxx has arrived with their debut album Perspective, a masterpiece to last the ages. Out now on Blasterjaxx’s very own Maxximize Records, parented by Spinnin’ Records, crowds from far and wide are in a state of awe with this stunning soundtrack. Blasterjaxx has carved a highly-respected reputation for themselves over years and years of producing and performing strong, energetic, and long-lasting dance tracks. Their styles never ceases to amaze and surprise fans, features everything from signature spinning melodies, to sleek vocals, to rollercoaster drops, and nearly all else in-between. The duo’s production dexterity is exactly what turned them into worldwide acknowledged electronic gems. Now, with their debut album Perspective, every track delivers aspects of not only the music we have come to know and love, but insight into their future as artists and more freshly minted musical visions. For the last two years, the guys have completely focused on these 23 songs, each of them characterized by versatile emotions. It makes sense that this album took two years to finalize, because each record reflects the guys’ sharp attention to detail. All the way from the sound design and effects, down to the ordering of the songs on the album, the entire project was extremely well-executed. From the start, their track “Welcome” creates an omnipresent sense of euphoria and then takes the listener straight into dance paradise with “Other Side” featuring Drew Ryn. Blasterjaxx wasted no time in incorporating their classic anthemic soundscapes in songs like “Music Is Our Religion,” “Super Friends” featuring Jack Wilby, and “Blast Off” just to name a few. Arguably the most thrilling collaboration from Perspective is none other than “Let The Music Take Control” alongside champion duo W&W. “We generally deliver club or festival minded tracks. For these, we usually complete the whole idea of a record within two days. For this album, we set up writing camps, spent a week in a holiday bungalow with only a small setup: guitar, microphone and software, building tracks from scratch. We invited a lot of singer-songwriters to sing various themes, created a different angle for each track, from a tech vibe to indie dance or big room. This resulted in a lot of productional work, but in the end it all fitted perfectly with our own sound. We are so proud it’s finally here, our own ‘Perspective’ on today’s dance music – a debut we’ve always dreamed of!” – Blasterjaxx Showcasing creativity within new experimental tones, Blasterjaxx seamlessly moves from dark to sensitive tunes, illustrating their vibrant reflection of passionate emotions through various sonic choices. After a long time in the making, Perspective has launched itself far beyond the confines of 2019, stapling itself down as one of the year’s most powerful electronic albums. Back in October of 2018, the duo performed the album as a silent disco on a boat cruise through the canals of Amsterdam during ADE. They will also be stopping at the world-renowned Ministry of Sound in London on August 9th to perform many of the outstanding Perspective songs. Photos Courtesy of Blasterjaxx Facebook Related Topics:ADEade 2019blasterjaxxblasterjaxx adechildren of todayperspectiveperspective album Knife Party Returns with First EP in Four Years ‘Lost Souls’ AYOO Spins a Twist on Groove Delight’s “G4nj4” Declain Gets “High On Love” & Reveals via Spinnin’ Records & Maxximize Records Shimmer of Hope Arises in Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) 2020 Potential Jay Hardway Pursues “Operation Unicorn” [Interview]	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line401
__label__cc	0.512743	0.487257	unknown Eliot1 unknown Eliot was the son of Edward Craggs-Eliot, 1st Baron Eliot of Saint Germans and Catherine Elliston.1 He died, young.1 [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia. Lt.-Gen. Sir William Henry Pringle1 Lt.-Gen. Sir William Henry Pringle married Hester Harriet Pitt Eliot, daughter of Hon. Edward James Eliot and Lady Harriet Pitt.1 He died in 1840.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.)1 He was appointed Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)1 unknown daughter Eliot1 unknown daughter Eliot was the daughter of William Eliot, 2nd Earl of Saint Germans and Lady Georgiana Augusta Leveson-Gower.1 She died, unmarried.1 unknown daughter Eliot was the daughter of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of Saint Germans and Lady Jemima Cornwallis.1 She died, young.1 Hon. Ernest Cornwallis Eliot1 M, #690895, b. 28 April 1831, d. 16 January 1832 Hon. Ernest Cornwallis Eliot was born on 28 April 1831.1 He was the son of Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of Saint Germans and Lady Jemima Cornwallis.1 He died on 16 January 1832.1 Evelyn Radigund Eliot1 F, #690896, b. 31 January 1869, d. 25 May 1920 Evelyn Radigund Eliot was born on 31 January 1869.1 She was the daughter of Colonel Hon. Charles George Cornwallis Eliot and Constance Rhiannon Guest.1 She died on 25 May 1920 at age 51, unmarried.1 John Roberts1 John Roberts married Daisy Blossom Elkan, daughter of Alexander Elkan, before 1938.1 He died before 1938.1 Elizabeth Marshall1 F, #690898, d. 1 November 1913 Elizabeth Marshall was the daughter of M. Marshall.1 She married, firstly, William A. C. Cornell before 1911.1 She married, secondly, Hon. Arthur Ernest Henry Eliot, son of Colonel Hon. Charles George Cornwallis Eliot and Constance Rhiannon Guest, on 11 October 1911.1 She died on 1 November 1913.1 From before 1911, her married name became Cornell.1 From 11 October 1911, her married name became Eliot.1 M. Marshall1 Child of M. Marshall Elizabeth Marshall1 d. 1 Nov 1913 William A. C. Cornell1 William A. C. Cornell married Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of M. Marshall, before 1911.1 He died before 1911.1	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line402
__label__cc	0.536696	0.463304	Wind Energy for the Rest of Us (2016) Wind Basics (2009) Wind Power (2004) Wind in View (2002) Wind Energy (1995) Large Wind Small Wind Turbines Wind & the Environment History of Wind Power Accidents & Safety News & Articles on FITs Background on FITs FITs by Country FITs Worldwide FITs--the Economic Case Books on FITs FIT Experts Community Power Essays and Other Articles Origin of Wind-Works HomeContactDonate <!-TYPO3SEARCH_begin-> North American Open-Air Museums European Open-Air Museums Other Open-Air Museums Photos of Historical Wind Turbines <!-TYPO3SEARCH_end-> This page was prompted by a technical question about early electricity-generating wind turbines in the United States. The question followed a similar question about "who was the first" to interconnect a wind turbine with an electricity network. There is a lot of confusion internationally about both subjects. The history of wind energy is a broad subject and many have written about it. I've pulled together a list of sources, books, links, and museums that I know about. This list is far from comprehensive. If anyone wants to add to this list or edit this list, please do so. A number of the entries below are reviews I've written of books that include the history of wind energy. The original book can usually be reached from the review. Other news items are relevant to the history of wind turbine development. News & Articles on the History of Wind Power Visit the German Windpower Museum--When You Can January 18, 2021, by Paul Gipe I’ve just learned that an open-air museum of wind turbines in Germany has expanded its collection to include two US-built machines. I hope to get there some day--once Covid-19 has lifted. Nothing...[more] Category: History of Wind Power, News on Large Wind Was the World’s First Wind Farm on Rhodes? December 23, 2020, by Thomas Leitlein In response to my article Who Built the World's First Wind Farm? Thomas Leitlein argues that it was the island of Rhodes off the coast of Turkey in the Aegean Sea. He makes his case below.[more] Category: History of Wind Power, News on Wind Energy Video of Gedser Mill in Operation December 15, 2020, by Paul Gipe As interest in the Smith-Putnam project heated up, a colleague directed me to a video of the famous mill at Gedser in Denmark. It was at Gedser where the modern wind industry began.[more] New Pages Added on Smith-Putnam Turbine: Patents and Movie Clip Because of increasing historical interest in the Smith-Putnam wind turbine, I've added two new pages on the Project: patents for the wind turbine and four industrial drawings from the 1941 patent,...[more] Category: News on Large Wind, History of Wind Power The English Windmill by Rex Wailes--A Review November 13, 2020, by Paul Gipe Ok, I am a windmill geek, have been for decades now. I work with modern wind energy, but my interest in the subject has led off in many directions, including traditional or "Dutch" windmills. I have...[more] Category: History of Wind Power, book Reviews 79th Anniversary of First Wind Turbine Interconnection with the Grid in North America October 19, 2020, by Paul Gipe On this date in 1941 an ungainly wind turbine atop Vermont’s Grandpa’s Knob fed electricity into the lines of Central Vermont Public Service Company. This was the first time in North America that a...[more] Tvindkraft: The Giant That Shook the World Turns 42 October 8, 2020, by Paul Gipe Guinness Book of Records is considering a new category--world's longest running or oldest megawatt-scale wind turbine. The question was thrown at me by Britta Jensen, one of the operators of...[more] Category: News on Large Wind, Book Wind Energy for the Rest of Us, News on Community Power, Solar Electricity Rebels (Stromrebellen), History of Wind Power Who Built the World's First Wind Farm? September 28, 2020, by Paul Gipe Times change. People die. The rest forget. The past is lost and with it the knowledge we gained at so much cost.[more] Category: Book Wind Energy for the Rest of Us, History of Wind Power, News on Wind Energy Windkraft im "Dritten Reich": Der Traum vom Reichskraftturm June 29, 2020, by Martin Pfaffenzeller Hermann Honnef and his dream of giant wind turbines powering Hitler's Third Reich until the SS quashed his plans. Auf Deutsch. Rare photos of Honnef's vision and key players in the Reich's program... Wind Engineering with Rosie June 24, 2020, by Paul Gipe Budding Youtube channel by Australian Rosemary Barnes dubbed Wind Engineering with Rosie. [more] The English Windmill Video by Martyn Taylor March 27, 2020, by Paul Gipe Martyn Taylor has made a wonderful video about the development and preservation of the English windmill. Sales of the video will go to preservation efforts.[more] Category: History of Wind Power, book Reviews, News on Wind Energy Les éoliennes Sogréah-Neyrpic August 27, 2019, by Étienne Rogier French historian Étienne Rogier examines in depth one of the great wind turbine development programs of the post WWII years. En francais. Category: History of Wind Power Wind: An Energy Alternative--Video Blast from the Past In 1980 the Department of Energy published a short film titled Wind: An Energy Alternative. The 12-minute film was produced by the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) probably in 1979.[more] Category: News on Large Wind, History of Wind Power, Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Sex Sells--Even Wind Energy: The Dalhart Mystery March 8, 2018, by Paul Gipe Sex sells. Always has, always will. Sex has been used to sell beer, cars, and even wind energy--well, at least articles about wind energy.[more] Category: Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, History of Wind Power Performance of Swiss Darrieus Wind Turbine Alpha Real Mirrors that in California of the 1980s February 8, 2018, by Paul Gipe The 1992 report on the project by the Centre de Recherche Energétiques et Municpales reads like so many of the others from the period. In short, the four-year project was a failure for a host of...[more] French Post Card and CENG's Darrieus Turbine Wind historian extraordinaire Etienne Rogier sent me a carte postale (post card) promoting a 1988 French postage stamp. The card depicts the postage stamp and an experimental Darrieus turbine.[more] Etienne Rogier on the Operation of France's Post War Wind Turbine "Neyrpic" French wind historien Etienne Rogier has published an article on French post war wind turbines in the latest issue of the house organ for the Fédération des Moulins de France.[more] Wind Energy Museum Norfolk Great Britain December 5, 2017, We feature full sized wind pumps, steam engines and a unique scoop wheel along with a collection of photographs, models of various mills which all depict the evolution of the drainage of the Broads. [more] Abandoned DAF-Indal Darrieus Turbine on the Iles-de-la-Madeleine December 1, 2017, by Paul Gipe Someone sent me a link to a YouTube video titled Abandoned Vertical Axis Windmill In The Magdalen Islands.[more] Rebuilt USW 56-100 in the Wild Renewable energy and electric vehicle fan Bob Tregilus was out and about in rural Nevada when he came across an odd wind turbine powering a well pump in the Reese River Valley. So he sent along his...[more] Nashtifan Windmills The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting November 6, 2017, by Elliott Carter Located on the arid and windswept plains of northeastern Iran, 30 miles from the Afghan border, the small village of Nashtifan is keeping ancient traditions alive amid the winds of change. The town... Bürger-Windpark Lübke-Koog 25-Year Anniversary--A Review Hans-Detlef Feddersen sent me a copy of a little picture book celebrating the 25th anniversary of Bürger-Windpark Lübke-Koog. He included a DVD video of interviews with the founders of the...[more] Category: Book Reviews of Books auf Deutsch, Reviews of Wind Books auf Deutsch, Solar Electricity Rebels (Stromrebellen), History of Wind Power, book Reviews Gårdmøllerne or Danish Farm Windmills--A Review Benny Christensen knows his windmills. An early anti-nuclear activist and proponent of 100% renewable energy—a photo of him appears in Steven Borish’s Land of the Living—Christensen has now turned...[more] Category: book Reviews, History of Wind Power, News on Wind Energy Betz: Everything You Need to Know about Wind Turbines Was Written in 1927 July 21, 2017, by Paul Gipe Yes, I’ve written about this subject once before, Everything You Need to Know about Wind Energy Was Written in 1957!, but I am moving the date back thirty years in the light of more research. The...[more] Category: Book Wind Energy for the Rest of Us, History of Wind Power, Small Wind folder, News on Wind Energy, News on Large Wind Darrieus and His Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines (VAWTs) Largely forgotten today, Georges Jean Marie Darrieus was one of France’s great engineers. While he is mostly known in the English-speaking world for his patent on vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs),...[more] Category: Book Wind Energy for the Rest of Us, Small Vertical Axis Wind Turbines, History of Wind Power Finding Inspiration in Nature for the Revolution We Need May 25, 2017, by Sarah Taylor, Windustrious Cleveland It is no wonder that a modern wind turbine looks so beautiful.[more] Category: History of Wind Power, Wind Energy & the Environment, News on Large Wind 75th Anniversary of Connecting the Smith-Putnam Wind Turbine to the Grid On this date in 1941, the first commercial-scale wind turbine was connected to the electrical grid in the United States. It was a milestone in the development of wind energy. The giant Smith-Putnam...[more] Fluttering Flags, Can-can, & the Big Men of Wind Energy No. That title isn’t click bate. Long ago, in a land far away, I had to give a speech on the future of wind energy. That’s not noteworthy; I do it all the time. What was noteworthy, though, was that...[more] Denmark's Agricco: History’s First Interconnected Wind Turbine April 14, 2016, by Paul Gipe In 1919 the utility installed a wind turbine at Buddinge and connected it to its lines—a first worldwide, a full two decades before the Smith-Putnam machine in Vermont was connected to the grid.[more] Category: History of Wind Power, Grid Integration, Book Wind Energy for the Rest of Us Buchenwald’s Liberation and What It Says about the Development of Wind Energy Today marks the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945 by the 6th armored division of the US Third Army. Buchenwald is significant for several reasons. 56,000 people died in the...[more] Category: History of Wind Power, Book Wind Energy for the Rest of Us, News on Large Wind Everything You Need to Know about Wind Energy Was Written in 1957! In the research for my new book, Wind Energy for the Rest of Us, I came across several unsung heroes of wind energy development. One of those was French engineer Louis Vadot.[more] Category: History of Wind Power, Book Wind Energy for the Rest of Us New Photo of Anderson's Charles E Miller's Four-Blade Wind Turbine in 1926 The Madison County (Indiana) Historical Society was able to locate the photo that I'd seen on display in mid 2015 of Charles E Miller's 1926 wind turbine in Anderson, Indiana.[more] Was Anderson’s Miller First with Pitchable Blade Tips for Wind Turbines? Miller is practically unknown among historians for his contribution to wind energy technology. He could be an unsung Hoosier hero for his invention of the pitchable blade tip.[more] French Water-Pumping Windmills and Éolienne Bollée In the research for my forthcoming book, Wind Energy for the Rest of Us, I came across a lot of intriguing information about the development of wind energy. While fascinating, much of it is too far...[more] Charles Miller’s Four Blade Turbine of 1926: Indiana's Contribution to Wind Energy History Miller was an inveterate inventor and the Madison County (Indiana) Historical Society has an exhibited devoted to his work. It was here that I first saw a clipping of his wind turbine.[more] Dutch Transplant Wants to Save a Czech Watermill Wherein we reconnect with a Dutch miller and learn of his campaign to preserve his adopted country’s watermills.[more] Category: History of Wind Power, Renewable Energy Photos of Germania, Zilvermeeuw, Kinderdijk, and Zaanse Schans Windmills Posted I am continuing to update my web site by posting a series of photographs taken many years ago of Dutch or European windmills. There are now three new sub categories under Traditional Windmills: ...[more] Was Anderson Indiana a Part of Wind Industry History? February 27, 2016, by Paul Gipe I don’t have a good answer to that question. All I know is that I stumbled a cross a faded newspaper clipping at the Madison County Historical Society that pictured a wind turbine that I’d never seen...[more] Still Turning: A History of Aermotor Windmills--A Review Finally an answer to a question that has gnawed at me for decades: Where did one of the great windmill manufacturers of all time get the name Aermotor? Why not Aeromotor? That was the way I’ve...[more] Category: book Reviews, History of Wind Power Catching the Wind of the World (the Aerodyn Story)—a Review Den Wind der Welt einfangen is part of series of retrospectives being issued by pioneers in the field of wind energy as they near retirement. Written by freelance journalist Dierk Jensen, Catching...[more] Category: Reviews Coffee Table Books, News on Large Wind, Book Reviews of Books auf Deutsch, Reviews of Wind Books auf Deutsch, History of Wind Power Wind Power for the World: The Rise of Modern Wind Energy—a Review January 8, 2016, by Paul Gipe Wind Power for the World tells an exciting tell of hope and promise—how a small band of activists, dreamers, and entrepreneurs built one of the world’s fastest growing and dynamic industries. It’s a...[more] Category: book Reviews, News on Large Wind, History of Wind Power The Almost Forgotten Story Of The 1970s East Village Windmill September 29, 2014, by Shayla Love I first heard of the East 11th Street windmill in hushed voices, over cafe con leches at a Cuban restaurant on Avenue C. Category: News on Small Wind, History of Wind Power Archive Photos of Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog Posted May 30, 2013, by Paul Gipe I've posted photos from the late 1980s of Germany's first wind farm as well as its failed experiment with Growian. Henning Holst's Short History of the Danish Wind Industry Henning Holst is one of Germany's pioneering community wind developers. Located in the center of the wind energy universe in Husum (the gray city by the sea) in northwestern Germany, he was there at...[more] Wind Power: a Danish Story-A review This is a beautifully done DVD on the early days of the Danish wind industry. The film was produced by Jørgen Vestergaard in Danish with English subtitles and includes movie clips, photos, and...[more] Category: book Reviews, News on Large Wind Turbines, History of Wind Power Windgesichter (The Face of Wind Energy) a Review by Paul Gipe Windgesichter: Aufbruch der Windenergie in Deutschland (The face of wind: Dawn of wind energy in Germany) by Jan Oelker is a joy to behold. It's one of those rare cases where you can indeed tell a...[more] Category: Reviews Coffee Table Books, Reviews of Wind Books auf Deutsch, Book Reviews of Books auf Deutsch, History of Wind Power Wind Power--The Danish Way Wind Power The Danish Way: From Poul la Cour to Modern Wind Turbines is a book written by a who's who of Danish wind power. It's a celebratory book and Danes have a lot to celebrate--a lot to be...[more] Wind powered factories: history (and future) of industrial windmills August 10, 2009, by Kris De Decker One of the most spectacular developments of industrial wind power technology occurred in the Zaan district, a region situated just above Amsterdam in the Netherlands. . . From 1600 to 1750, when the... Winds of Change: A comparative study of the politics of wind energy innovation in California and Denmark Winds of Change by Rinie van Est is a masterly work of meticulous research that could well become a classic in its field. It should be required reading for all energy planners, and energy industry...[more] Les éoliennes multipales, progrès et tradition (French Multiblade Wind Pumps: Progress and Tradition) December 1, 2002, by Etienne Rogier Extensive treatise on the development, manufacture, and use of multiblade, mechanical farm windmills in France during the 19th century. Die Geschichte der Windenergienutzung 1890-1990 (The History of Wind Energy Utilization 1890-1990) by Matthias Heymann American readers will find two sections particularly intriguing: development of wind energy in Germany during the Third Reich, and a critical comparison of the German, U.S., and Danish wind energy...[more] Category: Reviews of Wind Books auf Deutsch, Book Reviews of Books auf Deutsch, History of Wind Power Reaping the Wind: How Mechanical Wizards, Visionaries, and Profiteers Helped Shape Our Energy Future by Peter Asmus Timing is everything. And Peter Asmus couldn't have better timed the release of his book about the rise and fall of California's wind industry. Just as California entered its first rolling blackouts...[more] L’électricité éolienne de la Belle Epoque à EDF (French Wind Energy from the Belle Epoque to EDF) November 1, 2000, by Etienne Rogier Introduction to all the great names of French wind energy, including Georges Darrieus, Louis Vadot, Louis Constantin, the Duke de Goyon, and Laboratoire Eiffel. Wind Energy in America: A History by Robert Righter "The free benefit of the wind ought not be denied to any man." [more] Category: book Reviews, History of Wind Power, FloWind The Land of the Living: The Danish Folk High Schools and Denmark's Non-Violent Path to Modernization by Steven Borish The book, Land of the Living, is based on Borish's study of the Danish folkehøjskol system in the early 1980s. His book is an articulate examination of Danish culture. His theme is that Denmark could...[more] Category: book Reviews, History of Wind Power, News on Large Wind, News on Wind Energy © 10/2011-01/2021 - all rights reserved by wind-works.org - paul gipe - webwork by www.beebox.com	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line412
__label__wiki	0.691758	0.691758	A Confrontation! After a morning of flight drills, the weyrlings have been released to their own devices for the moment. It's somewhere around lunchtime - there's too many clouds in the sky to quite be certain without checking a clock - and J'o is up to his waist in cold water, scrubbing at the flank of a brown dragon who's lounging in the shallows. Kaidoth is getting on toward his full size, but he's still small compared to the adult browns. Not that there isn't a whole lot of dragon to wash! Lunchtime! Or thereabouts. It must be, as ka-el is on a lunch break. Ever since his successful crafting of his pothooks with no assistance, he's been given … while not quite the 'royal' treatment, he has been given some liberties! Like a lunch that doesn't need to be scarfed down so that he's on time for his next lesson. A decent lunch break. Who says Orik is hard hearted?? He and Alloy are headed on to the beach, which isn't really his usual choice for a lunchtime setting, but he's hoping to find Idrissa and this seems like a logical place. He trolls down the sand, his lunch set in a pail. No sign of her, but a sudden churrr and lift from Alloy has him looking in the direction in which he flies off. There's a dragon out there. He moves nearer to the shoreline, perhaps hoping to spy a few dragonhealers out there with it. The beach is, in fact, a usual haunt for Idrissa… but apparently, not today. There's no dragonhealers with that brown, either - in fact, there aren't many people or dragons around the beach at all. Spring it may be, but the water's still on the chilly side. Hardly ideal for bathing. "Aye, I know it itches," the shirt-sleeved J'o says to his brown. "Can't hardly reach, though." There's a snort from Kaidoth, and then he slowly heaves himself onto his side. "There ya go," says J'o, and begins to scrub further up along the brown's back, oblivious to Kale's arrival on the beach. Ah, if he were hoping to catch sight of Soriana on the job, Kale is sorely mistaken. That's not a sick dragon being checked out by healers. In fact, as he lingers near the shoreline, that face out there is looking more and more familiar … and it's having the opposite effect than what would've happened if he had happened acrossed Sori or Idrissa. That guy. The edges of his mouth vaguely pull down as recognition settles in, and Alloy's wings spread wide (firelizard wide anyway) as he swoops by the bathing brown. "Alloy!" he barks, calling him back. Who knows, the dragon might snap at him! And, considering who is out there, Kale doesn't seem too trusting. J'o scrubs at his dragon's back, and the brown arches into the touch before breathing a sigh of contentment as Alloy swoops past. Kaidoth tilts his head to glance up at the little bronze, and snorts before lowering his head again. J'o follows his dragon's gaze a moment later, but his only reaction is a shrug - followed by a look along the beach for the source of that shout. Hmmm… Ah. His gaze settles on Kale, and he regards the other male for a moment, his body tensing, just a little, now that somebody else is watching. Tough guy face: engaged. At least, insamuch as it can be half-soaked and in water up to his waist. Obediently, Alloy glides back towards Kale to land on the ground neatly. Mission: Accomplished! What that mision was only Alloy may ever know, but he looks smug regardless. Smug firelizard. Annoyed Kale. Annoyed is a good word to describe the look he gives the once Candidate as he meets eyes with him. His lunch pail is set down on the shore, and when he straightens, his arms cross. This is a new experience. Confronting a guy he doesn't particularly care for. And why? Well .. mostly hearsay, and then what he saw the previous night. The evidence is piling up high against J'o, who may afterall be a totally nice guy. But 'nice guy' isn't what's on Kale's mind now. "We need to talk, Joss." Oh so he does remember this guy! Sort of. They did share Candidate barracks for a while there J'o frowns back to Kale. "It's J'o," he says, lifting up his head. "Not Joss." He impressed, remember? There's that big brown dragon lying there. Kaidoth turns his attention to Kale as well, looking over the smither with curious green eyes. J'o stares for a moment, then wades his way out of the water to stand dripping on the shore. His arms cross. "So talk." "Oh, right," replies Kale whose eyes watch the weyrling's progress out of the water. "As your name was so lengthy and difficult before. I understand the need to change it something so…simple. Simplicity suits you," said with a small condescending smirk. With J'o out of the water now, he steps up to him, closing whatever gap separates them to inches. "I'm glad you're so willing to listen, cuz apparently, you've got some things confused in your mind. Let me clear it for you. I don't know what you're tryin' to play at with Idrissa, but she's my girlfriend. So your offers of holdin' her up in your weyr or whatever else you've got hope in your mind to do? Not happening." J'o crosses his arms more firmly at Kale's words about his name. "You got something to say, or you just going to flap your mouth?" he asks, his stare turning into glare. Kaidoth's head lifts slightly, his eyes turning more toward a yellowish spring green, a bit of concern reflected from his lifemate. J'o does not shrink from Kale's approach - in fact, he leans toward him, feet firmly planted and head pushed forward like he's straining at some invisible harness. "That so, huh?" If he leans any closer, they're going to collide. "Maybe you oughta make that clear to her." "I'm makin' it clear to you" hisses Kale, his voice a quiet growl. Alloy, much like Kaidoth, watches apprehensively. Kale's anger is most definitely felt by the little lizard, and anything that's making his partner in crime feel this way is definitely worth not liking. A hiss curls from his throat, though Kale pays the bronze no mind. J'o is close, and if there's one thing one must always do with one's enemies is keep a close eye on them. With his jaw set, he does not cringe away either, meeting the weyrling's gaze with a blazing look of his own. "Next time, there aren't gonna be any words. Understood?" Speaking of Idrissa once she took off the night before she didn't wander back towards the caverns for any of the normal meal times, almost as if she was trying to avoid people to some degree. At the moment she is down on the beach, though not on her own, well at least not on her own if you count the reddish colored runner that is with her. The pair is slowly moving through the shallow waters, Rissa upon the runner with only the reins used as she doesn't need a saddle. Well it is Rissa, she's been riding runners for just about ever. The scars across Red Feathers haunches have healed into rather nasty zig zag like patterns, broad and rough to the touch. The pair is making their way on down the beach, heading ever closer towards the two, four? There is a slight panicked look that crosses her face as she catches sight of whom is there and she gives her runner a slight kick to send him trotting forward quickly. "Kale, J'o!" This is called out as she can see just how close the two are to one another, and she can basically pick up the attitude coming off of them. Back and forth they glare, and J'o snorts derisively. "Oh, I understand all right. What I don't understand is how Rissa has let some puffed up twit who can't even keep it in his pants long enough to listen to her call himself her boyfriend." He stares at Kale, Kaidoth peering down from above with concern. "But-" Idrissa arrives! Her voice cuts J'o off, and while he doesn't look away, he does lower his voice ever so slightly. "I ain't a cheater." Kale can feel his blood boiling. His temperament thus far could be considered unknown to most. How many times has anyone seen him lose his temper? He is not the one known for that. Nah, Kale is more of the 'let things quietly stew' type and eventually ill feelings pass with little incident, what few things have come up to pass. But this instant is notably different. J'o is succeeding in finding all the buttons to push that irritate him further, pushing him past that barrier of irritated to pissed off. Alloy's hissing continue, eyes a swirling orangey color with licks of red, like a flame of a forge. Kale hears Idrissa's call, but not even that is enough to drown out the softer words of J'o. His arms jut out instantaneously, expression twisting into one of rage as both hands thrust towards his shoulders, hard. "Fuck you!" He may be dragon feed in a second, but death by dragon doesn't seem to be his first concern. Idrissa eyes widen as she watches while Kale goes for J'o. Well this is not a good turn of events! The runner is pulled to a stop while she hops down to the sand a few feet from the two. "Stop it!" This is yelled out while she tries to get hold of some part of Kale in the process. If she moves she'll get a face full of sand for sure! Red Feathers whinnes out, his head pulled back and a large hoof stomps the wet sand. J'o isn't the quick-tempered one, either. Methodical is more his style. But somehow, Kale's been downright methodical in making him angry, coming in here with his hifaluting ways and acting like he's so much better than everyone else. So, while he stumbles back a step at Kale's sudden shove, he ignores Idrissa's plea for them to stop and comes back swinging with a fist aimed squarely for Kale's face. He's no fighter, but that fist is backed by farmer muscle and a boyhood of tussles. Kaidoth lifts his head, staring with orange eyes. He bugles aloud as his thoughts reach out silently in alarm. «He hit my J'o!» Move it, Idrissa, before you get a knuckle to the head! The unfortunate thing about starting a fight isn't the fact that he has to finish it. He unfortunate part is that he gets to finish it. Fighting is never the answer, so said some peace loving fool in history, but the feel of his palms pushing the other guy back gives Kale such a feeling of satisfaction that a part of him hopes there to be more. Idrissa's presence doesn't go unnoticed, and as he's grabbed by her he scowls, eyes throwing daggers at J'o. It may have been left at that. Maybe. If it wasn't for that fist that's swung to his face. He sees it and Idrissa is pulled away and hopefully out of the line of fire, which doesn't help him to do the same. Punch! Straight to the jaw, causing his head to turn beneath the impact. OW! It's fuel added to an already blazing fire. Face aching, he launches himself at him with a series of curses, fists flying. Idrissa is always in the way of some sort of danger, isn't she accident prone or something? At least that is what the healers keep tell her. So if she gets hit, kicked, or a knuckle to the head it wouldn't be a surprise in the least! "J'o please just stop." Her bright green gaze turns to the weyrling clearly worried that something is going to happen between these two if it keeps going the way it is. A half yelp escapes her as she is pulled out of the way and thus tumbles down to the wet sand. At least she didn't get hit. "STOP both of you!" Rissa soon yells out while eyeing them both, an looking rather mad over it too. Kaidoth is young and inexperienced, and that lends a tinge of panic to his thoughts. That hurts! His lifemate hurts. His J'o hurts! He bugles again, his eyes bright orange as he watches the fight. For all his worry, he doesn't try to squish Kale, though after a moment, he does lean down, hovering like he's hoping for a chance to nudge them apart. Maybe? Maybe? They're fighting-mad and fighting! J'o flings punches back at Kale, taking a few himself in the process and mixing it up with bits of wrestling. This is quickly turning into an all-out brawl between weyrling and apprentice, and neither Idrissa's concern nor his own dragon's worry is penetrating J'o's skull just this moment. The weyrling's protest doesn't go unheard. Less than two minutes later, the shadow of a full grown dragon covers the beach as Izzuth circles once before dropping like a stone to land a few lengths away. If'an slides down his dragon's shoulder to land lightly, crossing the distance in long strides, "Oy! You boyos back off NOW!" He roars at the fighters, sparing the young dragon a quick glance to make sure that he's staying well back from the fight. Izzuth adds his voice to his rider's, roaring and making his way towards the water as well, though he avoids the fighting and focuses on trying to calm the distressed youngling. Alloy, unlike the young brown dragon, is far more spirited with his reaction to his partner's predicament. Hurtful! No good! The bronze firelizard hisses and calls out his distemper, taking to the air to flap and flutter, darting here and there while Kale consumes himself with the fight. Punches are received and given. Idrissa's shouts ignored. Kicks and wrestling in the sand. Rolling and cursing and more fists pounding til another person arrives and a commanding yell is given, drowned out by a dragon's roar. That isn't Idrissa, and definitely not one of her firelizards. He untangles himself from the fray with a kick away from J'o, rolling away in the sand with heaving breaths and a busted lip. Sand clings to him as he scrambles to his feet, acid still on his tongue yet he keeps his words at bay. Hatred is in his eyes, body aching where the weyrling's fists landed, but he doesn't go in for more. That'd be idiotic. Idrissa watches as Kale an J'o both keep fighting, how is she suppose to stop this? Neither is listing at the moment. She slowly stands moving forward and makes a grab for one of J'o arms now. Maybe she can pull him away? Not likely with how he boys are wanting nothing better than to beat the crud out of one another. The roar of a dragon is heard, a half meep escaping her and she looks around before catching sight of Izzuth and then If'an as he is making his way towards the fight. With the rider and other dragon here she looks back to Kale and J'o a frown seen while she just watches, unsure what to say at the moment. Kaidoth greets Izzuth's arrival with relief. «Make them stop!» he pleads, and then… If'an has a good set of lungs on him. Izzuth has an even better one. That shout penetrates even the most red-veiled of gazes, and J'o stops fighting. He pushes away from Kale, and scrambles to his feet. He's got a black eye coming to him, and he's panting as he looks at If'an. He takes in a deep breath, and tugs at his shirt to try to straighten it out. Somewhere in there, his shirt got torn, but there's no time for that now. His expression turns stony, and he lifts his hand in a stiff salute for the older brownrider. "Sir." When the two stop, that does as much to calm the weyrling brown as anything Izzuth can possibly say. His eyes soothe to mere yellowed worry. If'an moves to stand between the two boys, eyes narrowed as he looks them over for visible injuries. "You." He points at Kale, "Go sit down over there. I'll deal with you in a minute." He points to a dry spot on the sand a short distance from the water. He then turns to the weyrling, sparing Idrissa a quick glance and short nod of greeting, "I don't care who did what. I just want to know what in Faranth's name you were thinking?!" His massive brown watches the group of teenagers with slowly whirling yellow eyes, the tip of his tail twitching, but otherwise being completely still, "Did you even think about Kaidoth before you started pounding on someone else?" The burly rider gestures in the direction of the young brown, "Or did you even bother to consider what he would feel if you got in a fight?" He shakes his head, folding his arms, and just waits to hear what the younger rider has to say for himself. Kale brings a fist to his lip, rubbing blood away from the cut while steadying his gaze on J'o. No. Not him. If'an now warrants the most attention. At the barked order to go forth and sit over there, he does so without complaint, sending one last sizzling glare towards J'o before moving. He glances Idrissa's way, that spiteful look softening a little now as he passes her. "Sorry.." is murmured her way before he plops into the sand. Ow. He drapes his arms over his knees, watching J'o, getting mild satisfaction as he's chewed out. Nyeah. Idrissa watches J'o and Kaidoth a few moments, a soft frown seen before she slowly moves over taking hold of the reins from her runner. Red Feather shifts on his hooves looking a bit nervous but slowly starting to settle down now that everyone has stopped fighting. A glance is sent to If'an and then it turns to Kale as she hears the sorry. What could she possible say? A hand lifts to rub at her eyes before she turns and moves over to Kale and peers at him. "Are you alright?" She can be mad at him later. J'o stiffens his shoulders as If'an sends Kale aside, standing there ready to be yelled at. He's expressionless up until… Kaidoth. His eyes widen, his mouth opening in a silent gasp like he just took a punch to the stomach. Kaidoth! He turns to his dragon without even answering If'an. Now it all registers, the panic, the worry his dragon still feels, all that… he stares at his brown, and murmurs, "I'm sorry." There's a catch to his voice that's a poor fit for his usual tough-guy exterior. Kaidoth lowers his head, crooning at his rider, and J'o reaches up to pat at his muzzle before turning back to face If'an. There's a glint of moisture in his eyes. Go on, Kale. Laugh it up. Here's J'o trying not to cry. "No sir," he says as he stares at If'an's feet. "That's what I thought." If'an's expression softens slightly when J'o realizes that he just upset his dragon. Badly. The Galaxy rider nods, "Calm your dragon, make sure he knows everything is okay, then I'll hear your side of what happened." He strides over to where Kale is sitting while Izzuth settles down into the sand and curls his tail around himself, all four paws tucked under the pale brown's body as he watches his rider loom over the apprentice, "Now… What happened?" "Yeah, I'm fine," replies Kale to Idrissa gruffly, testosterone still churning, though fight mode seems to be ebbing now that he's been forced into stillness. She can be mad at him later. He can be mad at her later. For now, the focus of his anger continues to be J'o, who seems on the verge of tears. More satisfaction comes from that, though his eyes flit to the brown dragon afterward. The smug look that has slightly claimed his face melts as If'an comes towards him, and he looks up at him before standing. What happened? There's a moment where his eyes roam to J'o again, the edges of his lips vaguely downturning. "A poor choice of words, sir," he answers, attention back on the rider. Idrissa watches Kale for a few moments, somehow she doesn't think he is really fine. She looks sad to say the least, a soft sigh soon escaping her. What can she possible say to him? Her gaze turns to J'o as she watches the interaction between him and his dragon and she hopes everything turns out well with that. Once If'an is over near Kale her attention ia over towards him and she keeps herself rather quiet, interested in finding out the reasoning, which yes she would have to agree was a rather poor choice of words. J'o nods, and turns without hesitation back to Kaidoth. He reaches up for the brown, who leans down to bump his large head against the boy's chest. J'o hugs and pets at his dragon, talking to him half in soft words, half in thoughts. "Sorry" appears frequently. So does, "I'm fine." "'A poor choice of words?" If'an quirks a brow at the young man, "A poor choice of words that ended up upsetting one of th' young dragons and coulda ended with him goin' between if'n th' two of ya had gotten real stupid." There's a soft growl from Izzuth to punctuate his rider's words. Not his fault at all. He's not a weyrling, Kale would love to say. But wisely, the youth keeps his mouth shut as If'an speaks to him. Alloy swoops down and comes to a sandy landing at Kale's side, giving himself a shake. Things are calming down. That is good! He sits proudly, as if all of this has been fixed because of him. What would they do without him? "It will not happen again, sir," he says, bowing his head slightly. "Now we both understand that we both have things that can be hurt with words untrue," he can't help but lift his gaze again to the consoling J'o, "or spoken out've spite." Sneer. "I apologize," is spoken to the rider. Idrissa watches Kale quietly a few moments, pondering why he is acting this why. So much had changed recently and she is starting to wonder if it changing for the good or not. At the moment she would say none of this is good. A frown is clearly seen while she watches Kale a moment more before she turns to move back to her runner. There is little she can say or even do to help anything here at the moment. J'o doesn't hear what Kale has to say about the fight. He could probably make out a few of the words if he tried, but he's not trying. He's too busy with Kaidoth, comforting the brown, petting at him as worried yellow eyes soften to green. Not that J'o stops petting the dragon, but now he's more trying to explain what happened. Maybe it'll be good practice for when If'an comes for his side of the story. Izzuth growls again, a little louder this time, but doesn't move other than twitching the tip of his tale. "It's not an excuse. Don't matter if it's somethin' said in spite, still don't excuse fightin' with a weyrling." He frowns for a moment, his eyes unfocusing as he silently speaks to his dragon. When his expression clears he looks over at J'o, still frowning, but letting the boy have some time alone with his dragon, under the watchful eye of his own huge brown, that is, "What's your name?" He really has been staying too busy with his wing duties to keep up with the names of all of the apprentices at the Weyr. Seryth and Yarovith sense that Izzuth's voice is a low grumble, « Mine wants to know what to do with an apprentice who was fighting a weyrling. » Izzuth and Yarovith sense that Seryth answers promptly, « Tie them together by one ankle and knee for two days and have them do the Weyrling's chores one day, then the apprentice's work the next. » She is serious! Obviously this has been an issue before multiple times. Izzuth and Seryth sense that Yarovith flickers in with blistering trails of popping fireworks and snapping firecrackers, « Their leaders should be informed. Weyrlingmaster and apprentice master. Our duty is to the one that flies, the other must be given over to those who he reports. » Izzuth and Yarovith sense that Seryth is laaaazily reclining on her back in her wallow on her bed of blue alyssums, tail twitching suggestively in a 'come hither' beckoning to Yarovith. Cuddles? « Yes, that too. They should be reported to Isobeth's rider and the man mine says makes the boy dance on tables. » Seryth and Izzuth sense that Yarovith has been disturbed from where ever he was and there's a happy flutter of glitter falling from an endless sky as Yarovith no doubt slithers that way, « They should dance on tables. » "Kale," replies the apprentice, giving his name easily enough. What can he do, lie about it? And this rider is lingering entirely too long on him. He didn't start this, though dragon crybabyling over there will likely get no more than the talking to he was already given. His body is starting to ache where punches landed, and that lip of his could use a bit of icing. His eyes dance to the quiet Idrissa, his gaze a bit hard. Given time to start pointing the finger of blame, she probably deserves a bit of it too! "Don't go anywhere, Kale." If'an isn't quite done with the apprentice, yet. He turns and walks briskly back to where J'o and his dragon are standing together, his eyes unfocusing again. He suddenly stops dead, his expression confused, but he finally shrugs, "And what do you say happened, J'o?" J'o turns to face If'an as the rider approaches. Concern for his dragon has doused his previous fury much more effectively than a bucket of ice water, and he's got that stolid no-expression on his face as he begins to make his report. "He," a nod over to Kale, "-came here, said he wanted to talk. Wanted to insult me, more like." He frowns, but when Kaidoth lowers his head to bump his rider's shoulder, J'o's face softens and he continues. "He tried to tell me I shouldn't be friends with his girl." J'o tilts his head to indicate the departing Idrissa. "I told him what I thought of that. He shoved me. I hit him." He shrugs slightly, as if to say, 'the rest is history'. Kale isn't going anywhere, nope! He stays put as If'an goes back over to J'o. So much for a long lunch. When the journeymen smiths get wind of this, he'll be lucky if he'll even be allowed to have lunch anywhere outside of the forge for a while. Another reason to loathe the weyrling. Ruining his good day… He focuses on the two of them, listening in from where he is, and a frown forms. "That isn't what I said, you shar-.." Fume! He holds his tongue, a hand balling at his side. Though J'o may be serene, Kale seems ready for round two. But he does at least succeed in staying where he is. "Being pushed ain't no excuse t' hit nobody." If'an's voice is a low growl, and anyone who knew him before Izzuth found him would be shocked to hear him say that. That's when a green firelizard and a young bronze appear from between over the older brown, dropping a tangle of rope on Izzuth's head and vanishing between with twin squawks when the massive brown growls at them. He looks back over at Kale and motions the apprentice over, "The Weyrwoman says that the two of you are to be tied together at knee and ankle for two days. You're t' do your chores t'gether, and…" He gives another bemused shake of his head, "An' dance on th' tables in th' living cavern." J'o is far from serene. Worried half-sick over poor Kaidoth is more like it, but that's what hiding behind an expressionless mask is for. He frowns at Kale's quick retort, shaking his head slowly, then looks back to If'an. "No sir," he agrees. Not anymore, anyhow. Not now that he's got Kaidoth. It's time to learn conflict avoidance real quick. He glances up as those ropes descend, gaze lingering on them for a moment. Now what…? His gaze snaps back at 'Weyrwoman says'. Right, it's time to hear the punishment. He takes in a breath and stands with shoulders straight, only to blink. What? No, really, "What?" he says, his brow wrinkling with confusion. He looks over to Kale, then back to If'an. "Is… you're not joking?" It would be a really, really strange sort of joke. Then again, if it's not a joke, it's… really, really strange. Also… Kale. Him. Two days? Begrudgingly he moves towards the two, though Kale'd rather go anywhere but. Away from the beach would be nice. Back to the forges. Even better, finding Idrissa! He pauses near enough to be considered part of hte group, yet far enough away that he's not actually within J'o's vicinity. He looks at the appeared firelizards that bear … rope? What's going to happen? Are they going to be hangd? That'd be a bit … severe. Weyrwoman? He cringes a little at the mentioning of her, eyes shifting to the side. But… wait. "What??" The exclamation slips out before he can catch himself, blue eyes wide and disbelieving. "I can't be shackled up with him for two days!" The table dancing part hasn't even registered yet. But it will. Oh…it will. It's a case of 'he said, she said, she said' here. Yes, it's possible that the message from the Weyrwoman got garbled in being passed from her dragon to If'an's dragon, and then on to If'an, but that's the pusishment that's been passed down. "You're to be tied together f'r two days, help with each other's chores, an' dance in th' living cavern." It's obvious that the older rider doesn't quite believe the punishment he's giving the two boys, but who is he to question the Weyrwoman about something like this? It's not like he has any idea what to do with them, after all! "I'll be tellin' V'dim an' your Journeyman, Kale, what ya both done here, too." Izzuth chuffs in irritation at the rope and tips his muzzle down to let it slide off, only to scoop it up against his chest once it's coiled in the sand in front of him. It's his rope, now! Stolid has its limits. J'o scowls to Kale, his arms crossing over his chest. "Ah, don't worry. I'll close m'eyes when you're snogging your girls." He turns his attention back to If'an, only to hear the same thing over again. No, wait, not quite the same thing. He missed part of it last time. Dance. He simply stares at If'an for a moment. A long moment, and then he spreads helpless hands. "Aye, then." It's not like it couldn't be worse. It could have been V'dim decid- ah. He sighs, and nods. "Least I'm already grounded." Because it's not like he can put on his riding straps with Kale stuck on by the leg, right? Ah, and Orik will be so pleased to receive this report. Kale can't wait. To J'o, he sneers. "A bit late to be acknowledging my girlfriends now, eh?" Oh, this will be such a fun filled next two days! Complete with … table top dancing. These are orders from the Weyrwoman? He makes a noise in his throat and slides his palm over his face, wishing this nightmare would just end. How is he ever going to do any of his work? He can't drag around an extra useless growth getting in the way of things! He eyes that rope that's been dragon claimed. No rope. No tying up! Sorry! The older rider turns and waves the boys to follow him, "C'mon. Sooner it's started, sooner it's done." Then If'an finds that his dragon, hoarder that he is, is hiding the rope. Izzuth growls, but the blond rider just growls back for a moment before finally sighing, "Fine. I'll let ya have th' rest. Just give it over." The big brown grumbles unhappily but does allow his rider to crawl half under him to get the rope and cut off two lengths. "Just shuddup an' live with it. 'S only two days." And dancing. Kaidoth makes a concerned noise. Grounded? No flying with his boy? Sad dragon is sad. Yet another thing for J'o to apologize for with a bit of mental reassurance. J'o keeps his arms crossed as he addresses Kale. "I ain't never said otherwise. Just didn't care to leave a lady without a place to stay." With that, he turns away to follow If'an, though he's anything but happy about this. Kaidoth is doing the closest a dragon can manage to a pout. "Aye. Two days." Two days has never sounded more like forever. Nevertheless, J'o stands ready to face his fate… if he must. It'll be surprising if either of them makes it through two days. Bets begin at two hours before one attempts to murder the other! Kale seems likely to be the first to snap, for J'o's parting statement has him scowling. What does that even mean? "Why wouldn't she have a place to stay? She has a place to stay." What does he think she's been doing since joining the ranks of Xanadu? Living in the forest? He follows after them with that same sour look. Two days. Two years. Same difference. Shut up and live with it is the best advice anyone could give! And so he practices shutting up .. right now as that rope is cut, keeping all words trapped in his thoughts as he stands next to J'o. Such .. awful, awful words and phrases being said up there. "Shaddup. Both a' ya." If'an kneels to tie them together, one length securely tied at ankle and another at the knee, making sure that it's tight enough that they can't slip out of it, but not so tight that it will end up cutting of their circulation. "Now get on ov'r t' th' caverns an' get t' dancin' like ya been told." He has a sulky brown to tend to. "Journeyman was awful mad," says J'o with a shrug, not looking at Kale as he speaks. "And now she don't have a knot. Still went back to the stable, though. Guess she don't need it after all." Not that he sounds like he regrets having offered! No, not even after the fight. His opinion may change given a day or so's exposure to Kale, and/or actually getting up on top of a table to dance. Still, he shuts up as ordered, staring straight ahead at Izzuth as he's tied up. Wait what? The dancing is now? He blinks, looking down at If'an. He thought he'd have time to prepare himself for this ordeal! Maybe rehearse a bit! Angry journeyman? No knot? That was a temporary thing … right? Kale knew there was something fishy about Idrissa's lack of a knot that day, and the fact that J'o seems to know more about it than himself is aggravating. But no. He's not going to let him know of this. He'll play along as if he knows just as much, if not more about this journeyman and knot ordeal. Luckily, he's shutting up, so he doesn't have to say a word and watches as he's bound by the leg. Ugh. But, wait a second. They dance, "Today??" But they don't even have a routine! "Soonest started, soonest over." If'an waves the boys off, not caring that they haven't practiced. Forget the fact that he wasn't given a specific time or even day for them to do it, as far as he's concerned, his part is done with. "I'll let th' Weyrwoman know you're on your way." Better step to it, then! Never mind a routine, they haven't even figured out how to walk together! As If'an sends them off, J'o starts to take a step toward the caverns, only to come up short because there's a Kale attached. He scowls, though he doesn't say anything. This will be… fun. Oh, and look at that flight of stairs up from the beach. Can he even bend his leg properly in this? Time to find out! One of those curse words slips from Kale's mouth as the task of walking becomes theirs. He hangs back (on purpose?) as J'o steps, though the tug felt on his strapped leg has him feeling off balance. "C'mon.." said gruffly, as if he weren't already trying to move forth. Time to get this show on the road…and over with! Step, trip, half-stumble, curse! "Watch it!" Oh yes. Fun times are ahead! If'an watches only long enough to make sure that they're headed in the right direction before he heads for Izzuth, giving the very demanding brown the remains of the rope and scritching at his shoulder while the older dragon tucks the rope close and rumbles happily. _Thea 12 Dec 2012 18:53 chortles Entertaining scene, guys! Nicely-handled If'an - hope to see you in more up-coming scenes. Kale, you should stand with J'o towards the forge when doing your chores. ;) Unfold Thea by _Thea, 12 Dec 2012 18:53 OnidaBlackRock 12 Dec 2012 23:14 Jessi's Iffy is so growed up now, good job raising him, Izzy! ;) Unfold Hee! by OnidaBlackRock, 12 Dec 2012 23:14 2012_dec_idrissa_if'an_izzuth_j'o_kalelogs	cc/2021-04/en_middle_0041.json.gz/line414

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