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HistorianRuby: An Historian's Miscellany
Early modern historian. Loves gender, women's, social & royal histories. Ventures elswhere when interest is piqued. Blog may cover above themes or something a little more random. Find me on Twitter @ruthrblair
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Queen of the Forest: the Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree
I researched a little of this post last week and then sitting on the top deck of a London bus in Trafalgar Square this weekend two girls sitting in the row behind me started talking.
‘That’s a massive Christmas tree. They must import it,’ said one.
‘Where does it come from?’ asked the other.
‘Dunno,’ the first girl replied.
I couldn’t resist and turned around and told them that the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree comes from Norway. They thanked me for my information and I turned around and resisted the urge to butt into their conversation again.
Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree
The tree is a Norwegian Spruce and is grown in the forests outside Oslo. It is chosen several months, or even years before felling as it has to be perfect. It is known affectionately as ‘The Queen of the Forest’. It stands over 20 metres tall and is around fifty-sixty years old.
Londoners have received the tree every year since 1947 as a thank you for the support the British gave neutral Norway during World War II.
In April 1940 Germany invaded Norway and attempted to capture King Haakon VII, the royal family and members of the Government in the small town of Nybergsund. The King sought refuge in London and led the resistance from there. In 1945, after Norway was liberated, the King and members of the Norwegian Government returned home on HMS Norfolk.
King Haakon VII returning to Norway on HMS Norfolk, June 1945 (Photo: Credit)
Whilst the tree has been commonplace in Trafalgar Square since 1947, Norwegian underground fighters sent trees to King Haakon VII, the Norwegian Embassy and one for Trafalgar Square in 1943.
Did you know that there is a British link to the Norwegian royal family? King Edward VII’s daughter Princess Maud married Prince Carl of Denmark – who became King Haakon VII of Norway. Maud and King Haakon were the aunt and uncle of King George VI, who reigned in the UK during World War II.
I wonder if George VI was influenced by his father’s experience when he refused to allow the Russian royal family refuge in the UK during the revolution of 1917? Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered in 1918.
Images author’s own unless stated
https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/our-building-and-squares/christmas-trafalgar-square
http://manchesterhistorian.com/2014/the-trafalgar-square-christmas-tree-tradition/
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/12/01/every-year-norway-donates-a-christmas-tree-to-britain-as-a-thank-you-for-their-help-in-wwii/
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a8072/russian-tsar-execution/
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Thanks for sharing this interesting information.
That was fascinating. I had no idea there would be a story behind a “simple” tree.
ruthsoaper says:
I had to do a little research myself since we grow Norway spruce. We decided to grow them because they are fast growers and said to be disease resistant. I wanted to know how tall they would grow – Interestingly I found out that Norway also gifts a Christmas tree to Washington DC each year and it is displayed in Union Station. Thanks for piquing my curiosity. I always learn something for your posts. 🙂
HistorianRuby says:
Is there a reason why they send to Wasington? (I.e. World War Two)
Yes – WWII
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Department of Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education
1965 Department of Adult Education established
1967 Additional female full professors
The fourth and fifth female full professors are appointed. Hedwig Hirschmann Triantaphyllou became a full professor of Plant Pathology and Emily Quinn Pugh became a full professor of Adult Education.
Dr. Emily Quinn portrait
1970 Department of Adult and Community College Education
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Bertie Edwards Fearing wrote A History of the Department of Adult and Community College Education at North Carolina State University: A Need, a Response, and a Model. A print edition exists in the library.
1996 June St. Clair Atkinson awarded doctorate
June Atkinson was awarded an Doctor of Education degree. She later became the first woman to serve as North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction.
1998 Carl Harris awarded doctorate
Carl Harris was awarded a Doctor of Education degree. He later became the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of education for policy and strategic initiatives.
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Arlington, Va.—Should makeup artists in North Carolina have to build a full-fledged esthetics school and get a government-mandated license just to teach makeup? No, they should not, according to a major First Amendment lawsuit filed today by a Charlotte-based professional makeup artist and the Institute for Justice.
All Jasna Bukvic-Bhayani wants to do is open up a school to teach others how to apply makeup. But the North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners will not give her the license to open unless she agrees to turn the school into an esthetics school. For every hour Jasna spends teaching makeup, the Board wants her to spend as many as five hours teaching things makeup artists do not do—like hair removal and facials—and spend at least $10,000 on useless equipment. Makeup artistry is not the same as esthetics; estheticians provide services like microdermabrasion, seaweed wraps and chemical peels. But the Board refuses to make this distinction and forces makeup artists like Jasna who simply want to teach others their craft to comply with its 600-hour, one-size-fits-all curriculum or face thousands of dollars in fines.
“It does not make sense to force makeup artists like Jasna to spend hundreds of hours teaching skills makeup artists do not use,” explained Milad Emam, an attorney with the Institute for Justice. “Jasna should not need the government’s permission to provide useful information.”
North Carolina has no problem with Jasna applying makeup to someone. The state requires almost everyone who applies makeup for a living to become a state-licensed esthetician before working, and Jasna went through 600 hours of schooling to do just that several years ago. Yet the Board has a problem with Jasna teaching people how to apply makeup, even though her students do not want to spend time and money learning esthetics.
“My students simply want to hear me talk about makeup, but North Carolina wants me to teach them skills they are not interested in learning,” said Jasna Bukvic-Bhayani. “I am teaming up with the Institute for Justice to challenge this law because no one should need a license just to talk about makeup.”
“North Carolina’s law is unconstitutional. The U.S. Constitution protects the right to speak for a living—whether the speakers are authors, journalists or makeup artists like Jasna—and it protects the rights of listeners to hear from those speakers,” said Justin Pearson, a senior attorney with IJ. “The Institute for Justice has spent more than 25 years fighting for the free speech rights of tour guides, newspaper columnists, bloggers and numerous other entrepreneurs. We look forward to vindicating Jasna’s right to teach without getting government permission.”
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Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in New York Soar Past 1,000
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Tenet review: Christopher Nolan's film is underwhelming and confusing
Tenet review: Christopher Nolan’s film is underwhelming and confusing
The most impressive Tenet gets is people simultaneously walking in opposite directions, and cars seemingly in reverse in our timelines, which makes for one helluva ride but not even a great car chase on screen.
Written by Shalini Langer | Updated: December 5, 2020 8:51:06 am
Tenet hit Indian screens today.
Tenet movie cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Kenneth Branagh, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia
Tenet movie director: Christopher Nolan
Tenet movie rating: Two stars
Not every film requires the bending of space and time. However, even as he turns out a regular run-of-the-mill James Bond-ish thriller, Christopher Nolan can’t resist the temptation. The result is a film that is so underwhelming and so over-confusing that, more than once, more than one character, insists, “Don’t try to understand it.” One of them even goes on to add, “Just feel it”, though even that is hard to do when the story (written by Nolan) is trotting out such an assembly line of ordinaries — the damsel in distress who is actually British so-and-so Lord’s daughter and looks every inch of it (though there are not many inches on the spindly thin and completely wasted Debicki); the Russian oligarch from nowhere who, obviously, will turn out to have some “Plutonium 241” links and madman ambitions (Branagh, chewing as usual into the role); and a regular American/CIA bloke (Washington, lacking the charm to make it worthwhile) who will save the world with some “cowboy shit”.
From what exactly, is where Tenet (note the palindrome of the title) takes its biggest tumble, tying itself up in so many knots going forwards-backwards, backwards-forwards that it even has to mention “tying up of loose ends” more than once. From what a scientist (another pale and thin presence in the form of Clemence Poesy) pops up briefly to explain, in the future, a technology that “inverts the entropy of things”, a sort of “inverse radiation from nuclear fission”, has been invented. It has been turning up in the shape of bullets, for example, that are not fired but seized back, when you pull the trigger. Tenet’s conceit is that this, somehow (don’t ask how), makes the malevolent creature who is manipulating the past by coming back from the future more dangerous for humanity’s existence than “a nuclear disaster”.
We could even grant Tenet that — if it spent some time exploring this idea. Instead, the most impressive it gets is people simultaneously walking in opposite directions, and cars seemingly in reverse in our timelines, which makes for one helluva ride but not even a great car chase on screen. And that’s the problem with Tenet consistently — this rare failure by Nolan to seize our eyeballs so impressively that we don’t care about the signals reaching our brains. The film is a run of action scenes, with a particular fondness for ones on water, and dashes across enough countries to justify the budget and Nolan’s insistence that Tenet get a theatrical release — and not go straight to a streaming platform, like many other films did in the midst of the coronavirus.
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There is much talk about turnstiles, algorithms, hypocentres, nuclear fission, radiation, even “simple physics”, apart from the curious repetition of a phrase “We live in a twilight world.” To this, usually someone responds with, “And there are no friends at dusk.” (Was that an inside joke on Pattinson, the only good, effortless, charming presence in the film, despite being a “Master’s in Physics” on top of a secret agent, we never know.) When Nolan is in need of philosophy, there are casual (nothing too heavy) references to the divide between the haves and the will-haves, climate change, free will, and the difference between believing and being a fanatic.
Even if the film wants you to ultimately trust that it is about the past and future, a road that leads to some nuclear-blighted part of Russia, via the exotic grounds of Europe, feels painfully stuck in Hollywood’s present.
For the forgotten parts of the world like us, the comforting thought is that in some parallel universe of Nolan’s hyperactive imagination, Mumbai holds an arms dealer clothed in Pashmina and pearls, with the tanned sophistication and tousled tresses of Dimple Kapadia, whose husband is just a harmless front, who perhaps (can only say perhaps) understands the irony of talking Oppenheimer in Oslo, who might (can only say might) be as interested (can only hazard a guess) in saving the world, and who has the gorgeous Pattinson on speed dial.
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Interventional Oncology
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Deficiencies in operator behaviour: Premature atypical malignancies in high-volume operators
Bijan Modarai
In this article, Bijan Modarai outlines recent research on the effects on radiation exposure in high-volume interventionists, why a future with alternative modalities to X-ray guided procedures is an exciting prospect, and what safety measures could make a difference in the meantime.
In recent years, alarming and emotive reports of cancer diagnoses made in high-volume interventionists at a relatively young age have focused attention on the deleterious effects of occupational radiation exposure. The fact that even the low doses absorbed during fluoroscopically guided procedures can induce DNA damage, triggering inherent reparative mechanisms within the cell, are now beyond doubt and our group has shown this to be the case in both patients and operators after endovascular aortic procedures. These studies also suggested the fact that operators may have differential sensitivity to the same exposure dose. DNA repair pathways are error-prone and can lead to genomic instability and cytogenetic damage after chronic radiation exposure. In the absence of long-term studies in large cohorts of health workers, however, a definitive link between exposure and malignant transformation remains difficult to prove.
Our bodies are continuously bombarded by low-dose environmental radiation and in the UK, for example, an individual would accumulate approximately 2mSv of natural background exposure per year. Flying at altitude increases this exposure, with a 10 hour flight accounting for an extra 50μSv. A link between low dose exposure and cancer may be emerging with a recent publication showing an increased incidence of cancer in pilots who have the highest cumulative air hours and large dose exposures before the age of 40. Our recent studies monitoring real-time radiation exposure have measured an average dose of approximately 70μSv to exposed body parts after a complex endovascular aortic repair. A high volume operator, performing 50 cases per year, for instance, would incur a significantly raised dosage over that time. A modern day vascular trainee in their early 30s would be at risk of accumulating the aforementioned yearly dose for more than 30 years, with consequences that are unknown at present but may become apparent as our understanding of the ill effects of chronic exposure improves.
Real-time monitoring has allowed linkage of operator behaviours that account for the highest dose exposure. Protective manoeuvres during digital subtraction angiography (DSA) appear to be particularly important. Left lateral angulation of the C-arm, distance of the operator from the table and the “air gap” between the detection plate and the patient’s body are independent predictors of radiation exposure during DSA. The operators who were studied remained tableside for the majority of DSA runs, significantly increasing their absorbed dose. Perhaps a paradigm shift in strategies that ensure minimal exposure throughout the procedure is required. A non-operating “spotter”, delegated with prompting the operator to instigate optimal protective manoeuvres for themself and the rest of the team, particularly during the more critical steps of the procedure when focus on radioprotection may wane, could prove highly effective in reducing dose.
A definitive link between low-dose chronic radiation exposure and cancer remains to be demonstrated, but the mere fact that exposure can trigger DNA damage should motivate all, and in particular young and training vascular interventionists, to optimally protect themselves. The promise that one day we may circumvent the use of X-rays during procedures, instead using modalities such as electromagnetic guidance, for example, is exciting. Until then, encouraging radiation safety behaviours, ensuring optimal room set up and insisting on maximal shielding is of paramount importance.
Bijan Modarai is a reader/consultant in vascular surgery and a senior fellow at the British Heart Foundation.
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Home News Brazil experiences worst start to Amazon fire season for 10 years
Brazil experiences worst start to Amazon fire season for 10 years
The Amazon has seen the worst start to the fire season in a decade, with 10,136 fires spotted in the first 10 days of August, a 17% rise on last year.
Analysis of Brazilian government figures by Greenpeace showed fires increasing by 81% in federal reserves compared with the same period last year. Coming a year after soaring Amazon fires caused an international crisis, the new figures raised fears this year’s fire season could be even worse than last year’s.
“This is the direct result of this government’s lack of an environment policy,” said Romulo Batista, senior forest campaigner for Greenpeace Brasil. “We had more fires than last year.”
The numbers are likely to add to the rising sense of alarm among business leaders and investors over the negative impact caused by the ongoing destruction of Brazil’s Amazon forest.
“It is a very worrying situation. Clearly, the government’s environmental policy on the Amazon issue is not working,” Candido Bacher, the CEO of Brazil’s biggest bank, Itau Unibanco, said on Wednesday.
In July the government banned fires for 120 days in the Amazon and Pantanal regions, where fires are also raging. On Tuesday Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, falsely claimed reports of rising numbers of Amazon fires were “a lie”.
His administration has been unable to control rising fires and deforestation despite an expensive army operation launched in May. Called Operation Green Brasil 2 and headed by vice-president General Hamilton Mourao, it involves thousands of soldiers, and according to the defence ministry has so far seized 28,100 cubic metres of wood and handed out GBP575,000 worth of fines.
Fires in July were 28% up on a year ago, according to Brazil’s Space Research Institute (INPE), in charge of satellite monitoring. Deforestation from August 2019 to July 2020 is up 34%. And nobody has been charged over last year’s coordinated “Fire Day“, when fires tripled in the state of Para alone on 10-11 August, especially around the Novo Progresso area, where 638 fires were spotted in the first 10 days of August.
“It’s a lot of propaganda,” said Batista of the operation. “You don’t combat deforestation with an army operation, you do it working all year round with intelligence and coordination.”
A year ago Bolsonaro sought to blame Leonardo DiCaprio and NGOs for fires despite providing no evidence – and sacked the head of INPE. On Tuesday, during a meeting of Amazon countries, he made more incorrect claims.
“This story that the Amazon is going up in flames is a lie and we must combat it with true numbers,” Bolsonaro said, according to Reuters, which published photos of forest devastated by fire in Apui municipality in Amazonas state.
Fires in the Amazon dry season are mainly caused by people either clearing land, or burning felled trees or forest from which valuable woods have already been removed, Batista said.
Much of that land becomes cattle pasture, responsible for 80% of deforestation in all Amazon countries. Greenpeace analysis showed that among the Amazon municipalities worst-hit by fires in the first 10 days of August were some of the region’s most important cattle producing areas. Last year the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reported that Amazon fires were 30% more likely in beef farming zones.
Brazil’s meat industry is coming under increasing pressure to stop cattle from illegally deforested Amazon areas contaminating supply chains. Its biggest companies said they have made huge progress in monitoring in recent years and are developing new strategies to improve it.
On Wednesday, Candido Bracher from Itau Unibanco said the bank would not finance meat companies linked to deforestation. “We want to guarantee the industry won’t be supplied by meat from herds raised in deforested areas,” he told the Estado de S.Paulo newspaper. “We will do this by tracing.”
Itau Unibanco is part of the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (CEBDS), which has held meetings with Mourao, supreme court judges and Congress leaders to demand action to protect the Amazon, while avoiding confronting the anti-environmentalist stance of key government figures who have disputed climate change science.
“This is not an ideological issue,” said its president, Marina Grossi. “When you do not have a clear policy on this you compromise these companies. You lose value and the country loses.”
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Sony, C.S.A. Partner to Develop New Talent in Africa
Sony Joins Force With C.S.A. to Develop New Talent in Africa
Johannesburg, June 22, 2020 – Sony Music Entertainment Africa (SMEA) and Celebrity Services Africa (CSA) have announced a new joint venture which will facilitate existing artist-brand opportunities and develop new talent on the continent.
The first of its kind in Africa, the collaboration plays off the strengths of both companies in developing a 360 solution for artist support & brand integration, further affording artists greater influence in the creative economy.
“We’re excited about the partnership. There has never been a service dedicated to commercialising opportunities for artists in the African music industry outside of traditional channels and this venture does just that. CSA has a great track record working with some of the world’s biggest brands & entertainers while Sony Music Entertainment Africa is at the forefront of the music culture on the continent, from developing new voices into household names and as well as taking established artists to the next level in their careers,” says SMEA MD Sean Watson.
Artists on the SMEA roster include Kwesta, Mlindo, AKA, Shekhinah, Distruction Boyz, DJ Maphorisa, Ndlovu Youth Choir, amongst many others.
With offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Los Angeles and Lagos, CSA is one of the continent’s leading entertainment-brand agencies. The company’s brand consulting division is a marketplace pioneer, having successfully launched the likes of Cîroc Vodka across Africa and works with such brands as Budweiser and Vodacom, to develop topline strategies which afford brands cultural relevance.
At the epicenter of popular culture, CSA’s talent division works with top names such as NBA basketball player, Emmanuel Mudiay, and Hollywood Oscar nominated actor Djimon Hounsou and also manages media personality Bonang Matheba.
“The joint venture has been years in the making and historically we have had a great relationship with Sony, who represent some of the continent’s biggest artists,” says C.S.A. Executive Director Davin Phillips. “We’re thrilled about the partnership which intends reworking the entertainment market-place for Africa, connecting artists across the continent and unlocking the ambitions of the creative industry. We look forward to working with Sony to ring-fence further brand opportunities, with artist interests at the fore-front.”
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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Crossed 20,000 as More People Tests Positive
Military Storms Bobi Wine House After He Rejects Election Results
Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, Ugandan presidential candidate in the just concluded presidential race, said the Ugandan military has surrounded his house and even jumped over the fence to take over the compound.
In a quick tweet, the opposition presidential candidate said “My home has been surrounded by soldiers, they’ve jumped over the fence, they’ve taken over my compound, they’ve arrested my security guard.”
The invasion was after Bobi Wine had rejected election results and alleged that Thursday’s election was rigged.
He said “every legal option is on the table” to challenge the official results, including peaceful protests. He referred to himself as the “president-elect.”
“None of these military intruders is talking to us. We are in serious trouble. We are under siege,” wrote Wine, who was arrested several times during campaigning but never charged while dozens of party members were detained.
Museveni government had cut internet access on the eve of the largely peaceful election day, and it remains off.
According to Uganda’s electoral commission, President Yoweri Museveni leads Wine 62 percent of ballots while Wine had 29 percent. The commission expects to declare the final results on Sunday afternoon.
“We secured a comfortable victory,” Wine said. “I am very confident that we defeated the dictator by far.” He was considering “peaceful and nonviolent protests” over the declared results and said “every legal option is on the table.” Candidates can challenge election results at the Supreme Court.
2021 started with Dangote trending across social media after an obvious heartbroken American mistress shared her relationship with the world’s richest black man.
Bea Lewis, a restauranteur based in Atlanta, Georgia, US, took to her Instagram @iambealewis to share her experience dating the richest black man alive and how he broke her heart into 1000 pieces.
In her words, she said “In my 33rd year, I dated the richest black man in the world. He broke my heart in 1000 pieces.”
She explained that “I learned more from him than any person I’ve ever met. Communicating with a billionaire daily makes you see the world different than your humble beginnings in liberty city.
“I became more organized and finally am able to step away from the daily kitchen operations.”
Bea Lewis added that Dangote changed her perspective on work ethic and patience.
“Once my mindset changed, the universe gravitated me to people that uplifted me and increased my net worth mentally and financially,” she stated.
She then attached a picture of them together.
A post shared by Bea Lewis (@iambealewis)
However, in another shocking revelation, another American with Instagram handle @allarounda1 posted a video of Mr. Dangote on a couch inside what seems like a luxury yacht after a back and forth argument with Be Lewis on who truly dated the world’s richest black man. It was unclear in which country the yacht was sailing when the mistress took the video, but it clearly showed she shot the video without his knowledge. See the video below.
Some powers are out to disgrace Dangote. That's the only logical explanation. Else who are these girls that he can't crush? pic.twitter.com/bY1QwAXi66
— Katalyst (@katalyst6001) January 2, 2021
Tunde Thomas: FCMB Commences Review Into Allegations of Unethical Behavior Against MD Nuru
First City Monument Bank (FCMB Group Plc) has commenced a review of unethical behaviour levied against its Managing Director, Adamu Nuru, who allegedly impregnated and fathered two kids with a married staff of the bank.
Investors King earlier reported that a group of people seeking justice had petitioned the Central Bank of Nigeria, and the board of FCMB concerning unethical behavior of Adamu Nuru and a former staff of the bank, Moyo Thomas, that led to the death of Tunde Thomas, the husband of Moyo Thomas.
Also read FCMB Group MD Links to Death of Tunde Thomas, Husband of Married Staff He Fathered Her Kids
However, in a statement to media, Diran Olojo, the Head, Corporate Affairs, Diran Olojo, FCMB Group, said the bank was aware of the allegations making the rounds against its Managing Director.
Olojo revealed that the financial institution had commenced a review into the matter, saying the outcome would be discussed in due course.
“We are aware of several stories circulating across several media platforms about our bank’s Managing Director, Adam Nuru, a former employee Ms Moyo Thomas and her deceased ex husband, Mr Tunde Thomas,” the statement read.
“While this is a personal matter, the tragedy of the death of Mr Tunde Thomas and the allegations of unethical conduct, require the bank’s board to conduct a review of what transpired, any violations of our code of ethics and the adequacy of these code of conduct ethics. This will be done immediately.
“We enjoin all our stakeholders to bear with us as we conduct this review and to please respect the various families involved.
“Our Board of Directors are reviewing all aspects of this report and once they are done with their review, we will revert to you.”
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Iranian Opposition TV Launches Four Day Telethon
The none-profit satellite TV channel, also known as Iran National Television (INTV), is banned in Iran for reports that expose the violation of human rights perpetuated by the mullahs and for raising awareness among millions of Iranians of the regime’s fundamentalism, suppression of ethnic minorities, on the mullahs meddling in affairs of other countries, and particularly about their support for terrorism in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere in the region.
Despite various technical efforts to jam the signal for this very popular TV station and despite very harsh penalties for viewers of the channel in Iran, the number of people watching the program is rising continuously.
The Iranian Regime’s Moral Security police on 2016 announced that it had have destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers as part of a widespread crackdown against illegal devices they say “deviate morality and culture”.
Gholamreza Khosravi, a supporter of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK), was executed in Iran on June 1, 2014, on the charge of enmity against God for allegedly collecting information and giving monetary assistance to the INTV (Simay-Azadi) satellite TV station.
But despite these suppressive measures, a report by the regime’s parliament research center concluded that ‘these measures have not achieved the desired result but have brought a craving for satellite use in the most distant and poorest villages and city suburbs’
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Home zzz-Archive Snaps Madison Snaps: October 18, 2007
Madison Snaps: October 18, 2007
by Kristian Knutsen
Kristian Knutsen
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Today's image is titled "Rotunda rotation" and was photographed by Kristian Knutsen.
Yesterday's rally on the grounds of the Capitol over the ongoing impasse in the state budget deliberations was a spectacle of political theater not seen on the Square since the immigrants' rights rally back in April 2006. Several hundred activists supporting the Assembly Republican's vision of a budget were met by hundreds more mostly union activists from AFSCME and the SEIU supporting the Senate Democratic version of the budget, now behind schedule by one hundred-plus days.
There is a wealth of online reporting and commentary on yesterday's rallies from the perspective of participants and other observers. The latter includes items by Greg Bump for WisPolitics (here, here, and here), Mark Sadowski, Katjusa Cisar for Dane101, Jackson Clubb for Capital Newspapers, Nina Camic, and Gregory Humphrey (). Then there are the reports and commentary by conservative participants in and observers of the rally, including items by Christian Schneider, Fred Dooley, Ryan Ojibway, Brian Fraley, Lance Burri, Karen Carpenter, and Steve Eggleston (), many replete with abundant complaints about the full-contact political sloganeering on display yesterday.
On rally on a much smaller scale can be found nearly every day inside the Capitol Rotunda, where members of AFSCME and the TAA have been regularly picketing in support of the Democratic version of the budget passed in the Senate and supported by Gov. Jim Doyle. A half-dozen or so were back in action on Thursday morning, as seen in this photo, maintaining their presence as the hype over yesterday's dueling rallies dominates most state politics watchers' perspective.
This is the latest entry of Madison Snaps: photos of Madison-area events and locations. The Isthmus group photo pool is the primary source for Madison Snaps, which are published here with the permission of individual contributors. If you are interested in having your photo eligible for Madison Snaps, please respond to the posting on the Flickr group page, or send a message. There is no compensation for Madison Snaps photos, which are © to the respective photographers.
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Issued: 10/21/2008
Status: Active Grant
1. A method for intercepting data, comprising:
receiving, at a management server, a connection from a remote client, the connection being initiated by the remote client and established outbound from the remote client;
negotiating a point-to-point encryption scheme with a remote mobile device, the point-to-point encryption scheme negotiated between the management server and the mobile device;
receiving, at the management server, a warrant identifier for a warrant authorizing a legal intercept;
receiving, at the management server, a user identifier identifying an intercept target for the legal intercept associated with the warrant, the intercept target corresponding to the mobile device;
automatically intercepting, at the management server, data received and/or sent by the intercept target identified by the user identifier, wherein the data is intercepted without altering operation of target services that operate on the mobile device;
inspecting packets having the intercepted data to distinguish end-to-end encrypted channel information from other channel information that is encrypted according to the point-to-point encryption scheme negotiated with the mobile device;
preserving encryption that is included on the end-to-end encrypted channel information when received while removing encryption that is included on at least a portion of the other channel information, said other channel information decrypted using a key obtained during the point-to-point encryption scheme negotiation; and
transferring both the decrypted other channel information and the end-to-end channel information from the management server to a remote computer, wherein the management server encrypts at least one of the end-to-end channel information and the decrypted other channel information before said transferring.
An intercept system provides more effective and more efficient compliance with legal intercept warrants. The intercept system can provide any combination of operations that include near-real-time intercept, capture of intercepted data in structured authenticated form, clear text intercept for communications where there is access to encryption keys, cipher text intercept for communications where there is no access to encryption keys, provision of transactional logs to the authorized agency, interception without altering the operation of the target services, and encryption of stored intercepted information.
Passive System for Recovering Cryptography Keys
Skyhook Holding Inc.
TruePosition Incorporated
Method and apparatus for combining traffic analysis and monitoring center in lawful interception
Cyberbit Ltd.
Nice Systems Limited
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SECURED TRANSACTION LOGGING
WLAN session management techniques with secure rekeying and logoff
Thomson Licensing
Saurabh Mathur, Junbiao Zhang, Sachin Mody
Electronic document delivery system in which notification of said electronic document is sent to a recipient thereof
Axway Incorporated
Tumbleweed Software Corporation
Enterprise connectivity to handheld devices
Good Technology Corporation
Wright Strategies Inc.
System and method for using a workspace data manager to access, manipulate and synchronize network data
Blackberry Limited
System and method for database synchronization
Tele-Communications Inc.
Synchronization of mailboxes of different types
Avaya Incorporated
Lucent Technologies Inc.
Method and apparatus for dynamic update of an existing object in an object editor
Object Technology Licensing Corporation
Maintaining consistency of database replicas
ATT Inc.
System and method for using a global translator to synchronize workspace elements across a network
System and method for globally and securely accessing unified information in a computer network
Automatic update of file versions for files shared by several computers which record in respective file directories temporal information for indicating when the files have been created
Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Corporation
Synchronizing databases
Intellisync Corporation
System and method for securely synchronizing multiple copies of a workspace element in a network
FB Commercial Finance Inc.
Roampage Inc.
System and method for updating a remote database in a network
System and method for installing and using a temporary certificate at a remote site
System and method for synchronizing electronic mail between a client site and a central site
Internet-enabled portfolio manager system and method
Oracle America Inc.
Sun Microsystems Incorporated
Dynamic hypertext link converter system and process
International Business Machines Corporation
System and method for using cached data at a local node after re-opening a file at a remote node in a distributed networking environment
Lawful interception of end-to-end encrypted data traffic
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
Methods and systems for monitoring user, application or device activity
Sergeant Laboratories Inc.
Controllable telecommunications switch reporting compatible with voice grade lines
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Method and system for lawful interception of packet switched network services
RPX Clearinghouse LLC
Nortel Networks Limited
Interception method and system
Distributed synchronization of databases
Puma Technology Inc.
Synchronization of databases using filters
Secure electronic transactions using a trusted intermediary with non-repudiation of receipt and contents of message
Michael Robert Cantone, Douglas Scott Shoupp, Todd Jay Mitty, Chen Hui Wang
Using distributed history files in synchronizing databases
Synchronization of databases with date range
System and method for globally accessing computer services
Method for location based intercept in a communication system
CDC Propriete Intellectuelle
Field level replication method
International Business Machines SA
System for synchronizing data between computers using a before-image of data
Method and apparatus for verifiably providing key recovery information in a cryptographic system
Synchronization of recurring records in incompatible databases
Method and apparatus using a pass through personal computer connected to both a local communication link and a computer network for indentifying and synchronizing a preferred computer with a portable computer
Iconic access to remote electronic monochrome raster data format document repository
Timothy M. Keaten
Method for distributed task fulfillment of web browser requests
System for controlling the distribution and use of digital works having attached usage rights where the usage rights are defined by a usage rights grammar
ContentGuard Holdings Inc.
System and method for hierarchical data distribution
Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated
MCI Incorporated
Information catalog system with object-dependent functionality
Computer network for WWW server data access over internet
Method and apparatus for synchronizing information on two different computer systems
Remote database file synchronizer
Samuel C. Meyering
Synchronization of server database with client database using distribution tables
Aurum Software Inc.
Application independent e-mail synchronization
Method and apparatus for authenticating the location of remote users of networked computing systems
International Series Research Incorporated
Service agent for fulfilling requests of a web browser
System and methods for appointment reconcilation
Starfish Software Inc.
Method of replicating data at a field level
Method and apparatus for collecting and displaying information from diverse computer resources
FIRSTFLOOR SOFTWARE
Generic server benchmarking framework in a client-server environment
Distributed control interface for managing the interoperability and concurrency of agents and resources in a real-time environment
Emc IP Holding Company LLC
Novell Incorporated
Method and apparatus for reconciling different versions of a file
Binary Services LLC
Mitsubishi Electric Information Technology Center America Inc.
Tokenless identification system for authorization of electronic transactions and electronic transmissions
YT Acquisition Corp.
Smarttouch Incorporated
Apparatus and method for providing a secure gateway for communication and data exchanges between networks
RPX Corporation
MILKWAY NETWORKS CORPORATION
Connection resource manager displaying link-status information using a traffic light iconic representation
Automatic networked facsimile queuing system
Federated information management (FIM) system and method for providing data site filtering and translation for heterogeneous databases
Hughes Aircraft Company
Method for mapping, translating, and dynamically reconciling data between disparate computer platforms
Method and apparatus for synchronizing data in a host memory with data in target MCU memory
Databank system with methods for efficiently storing non-uniform data records
Synchronization of disparate databases
System and method for completing an electronic form
Web browser with dynamic display of information objects during linking
AOL Inc.
David H. Judson
System and method for maintaining codes among distributed databases using a global database
The Dow Chemical Company
THEDOW CHEMICAL COMPANY
Conversion of data and objects across classes in an object management system
IntelliLink Corp
Method and system for providing user access control within a distributed data processing system by the exchange of access control profiles
Database access machine for factory automation network
Allen-Bradley Company
Version management system using plural control fields for synchronizing two versions of files in a multiprocessor system
Amdahl Corporation
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2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the encryption that is included on the end-to-end encrypted channel information uses a security association that is kept secret from the management server such that the end-to-end encrypted channel information is kept private with respect to employees associated with the management server.
3. The method according to claim 1 including:
combining, at the management device, the end-to-end encrypted channel information of the intercepted data with the decrypted other channel information of the intercepted data in a same log file.
storing, at the management device, the intercepted data in a structure format that identifies when data was intercepted and at the same time provides authentication that the stored intercepted data has not been altered or deleted.
5. The method according to claim 4 including monitoring communications between the remote client and the mobile device for multiple contiguous time periods.
generating, using the management server, log files over an intercept period that encompasses multiple contiguous time periods;
storing the log files in a same intercept directory;
inserting the warrant identifier into the intercept directory; and
generating a name for the intercept directory that identifies the intercept target and the intercept period over which the log files were generated.
encrypting the log files in the intercept directory with an encryption scheme known by an agency issuing the warrant, said encryption performed using the management server that intercepted the data; and
sending the encrypted intercept directory to an electronic mailbox accessible by the agency.
generating a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) or other digital signature value for all of the log files in the intercept directory;
encrypting the resulting generated value; and
providing the encrypted generated value to the enforcement agency, said encrypted generated value sent in a different communication than the encrypted intercept directory, said encrypted generated value verifying that the log files have not been altered.
reading an intercept configuration file that contains the warrant identifier, the user identifier, an enforcement agency known encryption key and an electronic mailbox address;
upon reading the intercept configuration file automatically intercepting data received and/or sent by the mobile device;
formatting any intercepted data into log files that identify when the data was intercepted; and
encrypting the log files using the encryption key.
10. The method according to claim 1 wherein the end-to-end encrypted channel information is associated with content and is protected with an end-to-end encryption scheme that is kept secret from any midpoints located on a call path between transmitting and receiving endpoints, and the other channel information is associated with transaction routing information and is protected with the negotiated point-to-point encryption scheme.
11. A communication management system, comprising:
one or more processors configured to operate as a legal intercept for intercepting data associated with a target user pursuant to a legal warrant, the processors configured to intercept the data without altering the operation of target services that operate on an endpoint associated with the data;
the processors configured to distinguish between encrypted transaction routing information and end-to-end encrypted channel information included in the intercepted data;
the processors further configured to decrypt the transaction routing information without decrypting the end-to-end encrypted channel information; and
the processors further configured to store the decrypted transaction routing information and the end-to-end encrypted channel information in one or more log files;
wherein the processors are configured to identify unencrypted clear channel information included in the intercepted data, and combine the unencrypted clear channel information with the decrypted transaction routing information and the encrypted end-to-end channel information in a same one of the log files;
wherein the processors are configured to encrypt the unencrypted clear channel information, the decrypted transaction routing information and the end-to-end encrypted channel information before being stored in the log file.
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12. The system according to claim 11 wherein the end-to-end encrypted channel information is encrypted with a first encryption key that is negotiated between a mobile device and a local network and not revealed to the communication management system.
13. The system according to claim 12 wherein the processors are configured to encrypt the end-to-end encrypted channel information and the decrypted transaction routing information stored in the log files.
14. The system according to claim 11 wherein the transaction routing information includes transaction authentication and routing information and the end-to-end encrypted channel information includes the contents of email messages, electronic files, or other electronic data.
Wireless digital communication systems wirelessly transport electronic mail (email), text messages, text files, images, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) data, and any other types of digital data and communications to wireless devices. Wireless communication system providers are facing the prospects of having to comply with a variety of legal-intercept (wiretap) requirements. Authorization for a legal intercept may include warrants for “wiretap/interception”, “search and seizure”, or both. For example, the requirements outlined in CALEA (US Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994, http://www.askcalea.net/) may have to be met by any proposed solution. In another example, the requirements outlined by the Australian Communications Authority (http://www.aca.gov.au) in the Australia Telecommunications Act of 1997 may have to be met by any proposed solution.
There are several technical challenges complying with these legal intercept requirements that may not exist in conventional telephone systems. For example, the intercepted data may be encrypted. The wireless network provider must be able to intercept the encrypted data, and any other non-encrypted information, without tipping off the intercept target that the wiretap is taking place.
The wiretap warrant may require the communication system provider to provide any intercepted information in substantially real-time or may require the communication system provider to intercept and store communications in an automated manner for later retrieval and analysis by the law enforcement agency. Evidentiary problems exist with information intercepted outside the presence and control of the enforcement agency. For example, the intercepted communications could be either intentionally or inadvertently deleted. A system malfunction could also prevent some communications from being intercepted. There is also the evidentiary issue of whether or not someone has tampered with the intercepted information. It may also be necessary to prevent technicians operating the communication system from accessing or viewing the intercepted information.
The invention addresses these and other problems with the present technology.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become more readily apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication management system that operates a legal intercept system.
FIG. 2 is a diagram of an example log file generated for intercepted data.
FIG. 3 is a flow diagram showing in more detail how the log files in FIG. 2 are generated.
FIG. 4 is another block diagram showing how the legal intercept system operates with different types of encryption.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing how intercepted data with different encryptions is converted into a log file.
FIG. 6 is a flow diagram showing in more detail how different types of encrypted data are formatted into a log file.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing how a common transport is used for sending encrypted data.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing how an encryption schema in the communication management system is used in cooperation with the intercept system.
In the description below, an intercept event refers to an event where an agency issues a warrant requesting data interception for a targeted user. A targeted user is identified by a unique label, such as a username or account number, that corresponds to a user who is under intercept. A communication event, transaction, or intercept data is any message either sent or received by the targeted user. The intercept data can include synchronization messages, email data, calendars, contacts, tasks, notes, electronic documents, files or any other type of data passing through the communication management system.
Communication Management System
FIG. 1 shows an example of a communication network 12 that may operate similarly to the networks described in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/339,368 entitled: CONNECTION ARCHITECTURE FOR A MOBILE NETWORK, filed Jan. 8, 2003, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/339,368 entitled: SECURE TRANSPORT FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK, filed Jan. 8, 2003, which are both herein incorporated by reference.
The communication system 12 in one implementation is used for intercepting data pursuant to legal search warrants. For example, a law enforcement agency may require the operator of communication system 12 to intercept all messages sent to and from a mobile device 21. It should be understood that this is just one example of a communication system 12 and that the legal intercept system described in more detail below can operate with any communication network that is required to provide legal interception.
The communication system 12 includes a mobile network 14, an enterprise network 18, and a communication management system 16 that manages communications between the mobile network 14 and the enterprise network 18. The mobile network 14 includes mobile devices 21 that communicate with an IP infrastructure through a wireless or landline service provider. Since mobile networks 14 are well known, they are not described in further detail.
The enterprise network 18 can be any business network, individual user network, or local computer system that maintains local email or other data for one or more users. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the enterprise network 18 includes an enterprise data source 34 that contains a user mailbox 44 accessible using a Personal Computer (PC) 38. In one example, the enterprise data source 34 may be a Microsoft® Exchange® server and the PC 38 may access the mailbox 44 through a Microsoft® Outlook® software application. The mailbox 44 and data source 34 may contain emails, contact lists, calendars, tasks, notes, files, or any other type of data or electronic document.
The PC 38 is connected to the server 34 over a Local Area Network (LAN) 35. The PC 38 includes memory (not shown) for storing local files that may include personal email data as well as any other types of electronic documents. Personal client software 40 is executed by a processor 37 in the PC 38. The personal client 40 enables the mobile device 21 to access email, calendars, and contact information as well as local files in enterprise network 18 associated with PC 38.
The communication management system 16 includes one or more management servers 28 that each include a processor 33. The processor 33 operates a transfer agent 31 that manages the transactions between the mobile device 21 and the enterprise network 18. A user database 42 includes configuration information for different users of the mobile communication service. For example, the user database 42 may include login data for mobile device 21.
While referred to as a communication management system 16 and management server 28, this can be any intermediary system that includes one or more intermediary servers that operate between the mobile network 14 and the enterprise or private network 18. For example, a separate Smart Device Server (SDS) 30 may be used in management system 16 for handling communications with mobile devices in mobile network 14. Correspondingly, a SEVEN Connection Server (SCS) 32 may be used for handling communications with personal clients in enterprise networks 18.
Legal Interception
A Legal Intercept (LI) software module 50 is operated by the processor 33 and communicates with the transfer agent 31 in order to capture intercept data 49 associated with targeted user 51B. An operator sets up a configuration file 51 that is then used by the legal intercept module to automatically intercept communications for a particular target user and then format the intercepted communications into self authenticating log files.
An operator runs a toolkit utility 54 from a computer terminal 52 to configure the management server 28 for capturing intercept data 49. The toolkit utility 54 is used for creating and loading the configuration file 51 into memory in management server 28 and can also display detected intercept data 49. To initiate an intercept, an entry is loaded into the configuration file 51. To stop capturing intercept data 49, the system administrator deletes the entry or configuration file 51 from memory. Changes to the configuration file 51 of management server 28 may be automatically replicated to other management servers that are part of the communication management system 16. The toolkit utility 54 may have tightly controlled access that only allows operation by a user with an authorized login and password.
The toolkit 54 allows the operator to view, add, modify, and delete a warrant sequence number 51A, user identifier (ID) 51B, and encryption key 57 in the configuration file 51. The warrant identifier may be the actual sequence number for a wiretap or search warrant issued by a court of law and presented to the operator of communication management system 16 by a federal, state, or municipal government agency. The user ID 51B for example may be an identifier used by communication management system 16 to uniquely identify different mobile clients 21.
The public encryption key 57 may be the public key component of a public/private key pair, such as a Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) or GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) public key, for encrypting the intercept data 49. In one embodiment, the legal intercept module 50 may not allow the management server 28 to start an interception process until a valid public key 57 is loaded into configuration file 51. This ensures that the intercepted data 49 can be immediately encrypted while being formatted into a log file 56. If this encryption fails for any reason, the legal intercept module 50 may shut down the intercept process ensuring that no intercept data 49 is stored in the clear.
The configuration file 51 may also include one or more entries defining a transport protocol, destination, and associated configuration values for the transmission of intercepted data via a network. In one embodiment, this could include a destination email address associated with a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host and port number or other Internet Protocol (IP) destination address that is used by the legal intercept module 50 to automatically transmit the intercept data 49 to mail box 77 on a remote server 76 that is accessible by the agency issuing the warrant.
After the configuration file 51 is enabled, the legal intercept module 51 starts intercepting data 49 associated with the targeted user identified by user ID 51B. As mentioned above, this can include any emails, calendar information, contacts, tasks, notes, electronic documents, files or any other type of control or content data associated with user ID 51B. The intercepted data can include any type of communications such as email sent or received, calendar items sent or received, and other data sent/received by and from the targeted smart device 21. The captured intercept data 49 may then be encrypted using the encryption key 57 contained in the configuration file 51. The encrypted copy of the captured intercept data 49 may then be formatted and written to log file 56.
Data Delivery
The legal intercept module 50 running on each management server 28 may periodically poll the directory or location containing the encrypted intercept log files 56 for each user ID under intercept for the presence of new files or data. The poll period in one example is approximately every minute. Of course this is only one example and any user configurable time period can be used. New intercept data 49 which has been stored in one or more log files 56 and identified by the legal intercept module 50 during the polling process may be automatically reprocessed and/or transmitted according to the specification in configuration file 51. As an alternative to storing encrypted intercept data 49 in log file 56 on a file system, intercept data may be stored in database 42. Also, as shown in FIG. 4, the log file 56 may be stored in an alternative file system 53 located within the management server 28. The agency issuing the warrant can then access the data contained in log files 56 or database 42 in one of many different ways.
In one implementation, an official from the agency physically sits at terminal 52 at the location of communication management system 16. The agency official then reads the log files 56 in semi-real-time as the intercept events 49 are being detected in the management server 49. The agency official then uses terminal 52 to store or copy the log files 56 onto a portable storage medium, such as a Compact Disc (CD), memory stick, etc. In this implementation, the legal intercept log files 56 may not reside in user database 42 at all, or may only reside in database 42 for some relatively brief period of time while being transferred onto the portable storage media.
A copy of the log files may be stored onto the portable storage medium while the same log files remain in the communication management system 16. The copy of the log files in the management system 16 could then be used, if necessary, for evidentiary purposes when admitting the copy under control of the agency official into evidence.
In an alternative implementation, the legal intercept module 50 may automatically send the log files 56 for the intercepted events to an email mailbox 77 operated in a remote server 76. The remote server 76 may be located in a wireless service provider network or may be located at the facilities of the enforcement agency issuing the warrant. In this implementation, a terminal 72 at the remote location 70 may include a toolkit utility 54 that has some of the same functionality as toolkit 54. The utility 54 only allows authorized users to decrypt and access the log files 56 received from communication management system 16.
For example, the toolkit utility 54 may include public and private PGP or GPG encryption keys 57 and 55, respectively, that are associated with the public encryption key 57 previously loaded into configuration file 51. Only personnel having authorized access to the toolkit 54 can decrypt and read the log files 56 previously generated and encrypted by legal intercept module 50. This provides additional privacy of the intercept data 49 from technical personnel of the communication management system 16 that may not be authorized to view the intercept data 49.
The intercept module 50 may transfer each captured log file 56 to a SMTP email server 76 via the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). The SMTP server 76 stores each log file 56 in an inbox of mailbox 77. The name of the mailbox 77 may be the same as the warrant sequence number @ the agency'"'"'s domain name. For example, warrant123@LAPD.com. The warrant sequence number may correspond with the warrant identifier 51A in configuration file 51 and the domain name may correspond with the IP address 51D in configuration file 51. Once transmitted and accepted by the SMTP email server 76, the log file 56 may be automatically deleted from user database 42.
The agency issuing the warrant can retrieve the captured log files 56 in remote server 76 for a particular user ID under interception using for example the Post Office Protocol (POPv3). The agency is given the name of email server 76, POP and SMTP port numbers, the mailbox id (warrant sequence number 51) and a password to access the mailbox 77. The agency then retrieves log files 56 in mailbox 77 using POP. Once a file is downloaded from the mailbox 77 to an agency terminal 72, the log file 56 may be automatically deleted from the mailbox 77.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the legal intercept software 50 generates log files 56 in a structured manner that provides more secure and reliable data authentication. In this example, an intercept directory 60 is loaded with log files 56 generated to account for every minute of a particular time period, such as an entire day. The legal intercept 50 may generate a name for directory 60 that identifies the contents as legal intercepts, for a particular user ID and for a particular day. Of course this is just one naming convention that can be used to more efficiently organize log files.
The log files 56 stored in directory 60 may indicate the number of events intercepted for the targeted device during each minute. For example, a first log file 56A is identified by the following log file name: fe0-2005/09/23-00:00.ASC, containing a single line that reads as follows: “0 events logged in the last minute”. This indicates that a management server fe0 on Sep. 23rd, 2005, at 12:00 midnight logged zero intercept events for a particular user ID during the specified time period. A second log file 56B is named to identify a next minute of the intercept period and indicates that between 12:00 A.M and 12:01 A.M, on the same day, no intercept events were logged.
The first detected intercept events for this particular user ID for this particular day were detected in log file 56C identified by the log file name: fe0-2005/09/23-00:02.ASC, the first and/or last line of which reads “3 events logged in the last minute”. Log file 56C indicates that 3 intercept events were detected on Sep. 23rd, 2005, between 12:01 A.M. and 12:02 A.M. The legal intercept 50 generates this contiguous set of log files 56 that cover each minute or other configured interval of the intercept period.
The legal intercept 50 may also load a first entry into the log file directory 60 that lists the warrant id 51A, PGP key 57, etc. The legal intercept 50 may also generate a log file 56 that indicates any management server status-change events. For example, if the management server 28 conducts a graceful shutdown, a log file 56 may be generated that indicates when the shut down occurred and possibly the cause of the shutdown.
This highly structured log file format provides the agency official a quick indicator of when intercept events are detected for a particular target user. Further, as shown above, the log files are created contiguously for predetermined time periods over a particular intercept period even when no intercept events are detected. This provides further verification that the legal intercept 50 was actually in operation and continuously monitoring for intercept events during the intercept period.
As described above, the log files 56 may be stored into a portable storage media that can be transported by an agency official. Alternatively, the log files 56 may be stored in the user database 42 in the communication management system 16 for later retrieval by the agency official via toolkit 54. In another implementation, the log files 56 may be sent to the mailbox 77 in a server 76 in a mobile operator infrastructure which is accessible by the agency official.
FIG. 3 explains in further detail how the legal intercept module 50 might generate the log files. In operation 61, communications are monitored for a particular targeted user for predetermined time periods over an intercept period. In one example as described above, the predetermined time period may be one minute. Of course, time periods of less than one minute or more than one minute may also be used. The duration of these time periods may also be configurable by setting a parameter in configuration file 51. If no intercept events are detected during the predetermined time period in operation 62, an empty log file is generated for that time period in operation 63.
When intercept events are detected, all the intercepted data for that time period is formatted into a same log file 56 in operation 64. The log file is encrypted in operation 65 using the encryption key 57 (FIG. 1) loaded by the toolkit 54 into configuration file 51. All of the encrypted log files 56 associated with a particular targeted user for a particular intercept period are stored in a same intercept directory 60 (FIG. 2). For example, all log files generated for a particular user ID for a same day are stored in the same intercept directory. If the current day of legal interception is not completed in operation 66, further monitoring and interception is performed in operation 61.
When interception for a current interception period is completed, a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) value, or some other type of digital certificate/signature, may be generated in operation 67. The CRC can be used to verify that the contents of intercept directory 60 have not been tampered with or deleted after their initial generation. The CRC may be encrypted in operation 68 and then separately emailed to the agency or separately stored for later validation. As discussed above, the encrypted log files may then either be emailed to a mailbox or stored locally for later retrieval by the enforcement agency.
Thus, the individual log file encryption in operation 65 ensures the authenticity of intercepted events for a particular time period and the CRC generated in operation 67 ensures that none of the individual log files have been removed or replaced.
Encrypted Intercept Data
Referring to FIG. 4, as described above, the log files 56 may be stored in database 42 or in a file system 53 within the management server 28. A single or multi-tiered encryption scheme may be used in network 12. For example, the personal client 40 may make an outbound connection 25 to the management server 28. The personal client 40 registers the presence of a particular user to the management server 28 and negotiates a security association specifying a cryptographic ciphersuite (including encryption cipher, key length, and digital signature algorithm) and a unique, secret point-to-point encryption key 29 over connection 25. In one example, the key 29 is an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) key. Of course, encryption ciphers other than AES can also be used. The encryption key 29 enables secure communication between management server 28 and PC 38 over connection 25.
The mobile device 21 also negotiates a point-to-point security association, specifying a cryptographic ciphersuite and a unique encryption key 27, with the management server 28. In one example, the point-to-point encryption key 27 is also an AES encryption key. The negotiated security association that includes encryption key 27 enables secure point-to-point communication between the mobile device 21 and the management server 28 over connection 23. Each different mobile device 21 negotiates a different security association that includes a unique encryption key 27 with the management server 28.
The point-to-point encryption key 27 may be used for encrypting control data that needs to be transferred between the mobile device 21 and management server 28. The point-to-point encryption key 29 may be used for encrypting control data that needs to be transferred between the management server 28 and personal client 40. For example, the control data may include login information and transaction routing information.
An end-to-end security association, specifying a cryptographic ciphersuite and a unique encryption key 46, is negotiated between the mobile device 21 and the personal client 40. In one example, the end-to-end encryption key 46 is also an AES encryption key. The end-to-end encryption key 46 in one example is used for encrypting transaction payloads transferred between personal client 40 and mobile device 21. For example, the end-to-end encryption key 46 may be used for encrypting the content of emails, files, file path names, contacts, notes, calendars, electronic documents and any other type of data transferred between mobile device and the PC. The end-to-end encryption key 46 is only known by the mobile device 21 and the personal client 40. Data encrypted using the end-to-end key 46 cannot be decrypted by the management server 28.
Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the legal intercept module 50 can produce log files 56 from intercept data 49 that have any combination of unencrypted data 49A sent in the clear, point-to-point encrypted data 49B encrypted using the point-to-point encryption keys 27 or 29, and end-to-end encrypted data 49C encrypted using the end-to-end encryption key 46.
The communication management system 16 has access to the point-to-point encryption keys 27 and 29 used for encrypting the point-to-point encrypted information 49B. Therefore, the management system 16 can automatically decrypt the point-to-point encrypted information 49B before it is reformatted into log file 56.
The end-to-end encryption keys 46 are only shared between the endpoints 21 and 38 and are unknown to the communication management system 16. Therefore, the agency issuing the warrant may be required to extract the end-to-end encryption keys 46 either at the mobile device 21 or at the enterprise server 34 or personal computer 38. The end-to-end encrypted information 49C may then be decrypted at a later time separately from the point-to-point encrypted information 49B.
For example, after receiving and decrypting the log file 56, the enforcement agency may then independently conduct a seizure of the end-to-end encryption key 46 from either the enterprise network 18 or the mobile device 21. The enforcement agency could then separately decrypt information 56B in log file 56 with the seized end-to-end encryption key 46.
FIG. 6 explains in more detail how the legal intercept module 50 handles the decryption and reformatting of intercept data into log files. In operation 80, the management server 28 is configured to conduct a legal intercept for a particular user ID as described above in FIG. 1. Accordingly, the management server 28 begins intercepting data for the identified user ID in operation 82.
In operation 84, any point-to-point encrypted portion 49B of the intercepted data 49 (FIG. 5) is decrypted. In operation 86, the decrypted point-to-point data is combined with any information 49A in the intercept data 49 received in the clear. The unencrypted data is then formatted into an unencrypted portion 56A of the log file 56 in FIG. 5. Any end-to-end encrypted data 49C is then combined in the same log file 56 as section 56B in operation 88. The log file 56 is then possibly encrypted in operation 90 and then either stored in a local database or automatically sent to a remote server.
Detecting Different Types of Intercept Data
FIGS. 7 and 8 explain in more detail how a particular data format used by the communication system 12 can be used to identify point-to-point and end-to-end encrypted intercept data. FIG. 7 shows how encryption can be performed differently for different types of data or for data associated with different destinations. Intercept data 102 includes content data 108 such as the contents of an email message, an electronic document, or any other type of information that should only be accessed by two endpoints. The content data 108 in this example is encrypted using an end-to-end encryption key.
A second portion 106 of intercept data 102 may include control information that only needs to be processed by one particular server. In this case, control data 106 may be encrypted using a first point-to-point encryption key. A third portion 104 of intercept data 102 may have other control information, for example, error checking data, that needs to be processed by a different server. Accordingly, the error checking data 104 is encrypted using a second point-to-point encryption key different than either of the other two encryption keys used for encrypting data 108 and 106.
FIG. 8 shows in more detail an encryption schema 112 is used by the mobile device 21, management server 28, and personal client 40 when processing transactions between a source and a target device. In the example below, the mobile device 21 is operating as a source for sending a transaction 110. The transaction 110 requests personal client 40 to send a document 114 located in a personal directory in local memory 116 of PC 38. The personal client 40 operates as a target for the transaction 110 and the management server 28 operates as the transfer agent for transferring the transaction 110 from the mobile device 21 to the personal client 40.
It should be understood that this is only an example, and the devices shown in FIG. 8 can process many different types of transactions. For example, the transaction 110 may request synchronization of emails in the PC 38 with emails in the mobile device 21. Further, any device can operate as a source or target for the transaction. For example, the personal client 40 operates as a source and the mobile device 21 operates as a target when a transaction 111 is sent as a reply to request 110.
The mobile device 21, management server 28, and the personal client 40 are all configured with an encryption schema 112 that identifies how specific items in the transaction 110 are to be encrypted. Each device is also configured with different security associations as described above in FIG. 4. For example, the mobile device 21 has both Point-to-Point (PP) key 27 and End-to-End (EE) key 46. Management server 28 has PP key 27 and PP key 29, and the PC 38 has PP key 29 and EE key 46.
The mobile device 21 forms the request transaction 110. One example of a request is as follows.
Request: {auth_token = “abc”,
device_id = “xyz”, method_id = “GetDocument”, args = {path = “/docs”} }
Mobile device 21 attaches an auth_token to transactions sent to the management server 28. For example, the mobile device 21 may be required to authenticate to the management server 28 by transmitting a username and password prior to being permitted to submit other transactions for processing. The management server 28 issues the mobile device 21 an auth_token after successfully validating the username and password against information in the user database 42. The mobile device 21 then attaches the auth_token to subsequent transactions sent to the management server 28. The management server 28 uses the auth_token to identify and authenticate the source of each transaction and to determine where to route the transaction.
The device_id identifies the particular mobile device 21 sending the request 110. The device_id may be necessary, for example, when a user has more than one mobile device. The personal client 40 can use different device_id values to track when synchronization information was last sent to each of multiple different mobile devices. The device_id can also be used by either the management server 28 or the personal client 40 to determine how to format data sent to particular types of mobile devices 21. For example, data may need to be formatted differently for a cell phone as opposed to a personal computer. The device_id can also be used to correlate a known security association with a particular mobile device.
The method_id item in the example identifies a particular function GetDocument associated with request 110. The method_id item also requires the inclusion of related argument items that identify the parameters for the GetDocument function. For example, the argument items might include the expression path=“/docs” identifying the pathname where the requested documents are located.
In order to prepare the request 110 for transmission, the mobile device 21 performs a pattern match of the request 110 using the encryption schema 112. This pattern match separates the items in request 110 into different channels. One example of the different channels is shown below. In this example, the items in each channel are associated with predefined security associations: clear, pp, and ee.
Channels: {clear = { device_id = “xyz”} pp = {auth_token = “abc”, method_id = “GetDocument”} ee = {args = {path = {path = “/docs”}}} }
The channel contents are encoded (via a process commonly known as serialization) into arrays of bits or bytes referred to as data groups. These groupings of bits or bytes are referred to generally below as arrays, but can be any type of partition, group, etc.
The contents of the clear channel are encoded into an array of bits referred to as data_group_1, the contents of the pp channel are encoded into an array of bits referred to as data_group_2, and the contents of the ee channel are encoded into an array of bits referred to as data_group_3. The contents of each channel need to be encoded into bit arrays so that they can be encrypted. The contents of the channels after being encoded into bit arrays are represented as follows.
Encoded Channels: {clear = data_group_1 pp = data_group_2 ee = data_group_3}
The bit arrays are then encrypted according to the security association parameters for each channel. According to the encryption schema 112, bits in the clear channel (data_group_1) are not encrypted. The bits in the pp channel data_group_2 are encrypted using the point-to-point security association between mobile device 21 and management server 28, using PP key 27, and are referred to after encryption as pp_data_group_2. The bits in the ee channel data_group_3 are encrypted using the end-to-end security association between mobile device 21 and personal client 40, using EE key 46, and are referred to after encryption as ee_data_group_3. The data groups are represented as follows after encryption:
Encrypted Channels: {clear = data_group_1 pp = pp_data_group_2 ee = ee_data_group_3}
The bits making up the encrypted and unencrypted channels are then encoded into one or more packets. For clarity, the description below will refer to a single packet, however, the data from the channels may be contained in multiple packets. Some of the contents of the packet are shown below.
Packet:
Header length version flags Payload count = 3 “clear” data_group_1 “pp” pp_data_group_2 “ee” ee_data_group_3
Information in the packet header may include the packet length, a version number, and other flags. The packet payload includes a count identifying 3 pairs of items. The three items include the non-encrypted contents in the clear channel, the pp encrypted contents of the pp channel, and the ee encrypted contents of the ee channel. The packet is then transported by mobile device 21 to the management server 28.
The transfer agent operating in server 28 receives the packet. The bits in the packet are separated into the different channels clear=data_group_1, pp=pp_data_group_2, and ee=ee_data_group_3.
The data in the clear channel does not need to be decrypted. The transfer agent decrypts the only bits in channels for which it has a known security association. The transfer agent, as a member of the point-to-point security association between mobile device 21 and management server 28, possesses the PP key 27 and therefore decrypts the contents of the pp channel. The transfer agent is not a member of the end-to-end security association between mobile device 21 and personal client 40, does not have the EE key 46 and therefore does not decrypt the data in the ee channel. Decryption produces the following data groups: clear=data_group_1, pp=data_group_2, and ee=ee_data_group_3.
The transfer agent decodes the contents of the clear and pp channels. The contents of the encrypted ee channel are not decoded, but instead are maintained in an unmodified state for eventual transport to the personal client 40. Decoding produces the following contents.
DecodedChannels:{clear = {device_id = “xyz”}pp = {auth_token = “abc”, method_id = “GetDocument”}ee=ee_data_group_3}
A partial request is formed by merging the items of the clear and pp channels. The partial request in this example could look similar to the following:
Partial Request:{auth_token = “abc”,device_id = “xyz”,method_id = “GetDocument”,args = { }encrypted = {ee=ee_data_group_3}}
The transfer agent 31 in the management server 28 processes the partial request. In this example, the transfer agent may verify the request is authorized by matching the value of auth_token (“abc”) with contents in the user database 42 (FIG. 8). The auth_token and the method_id (“GetDocument”) indicate that the transaction 110 is a document request directed to the personal client 40.
The transfer agent may identify a user_id=“joe” associated with the auth_token=“abc” and generate the following new request.
New Request: {user_id = “Joe”, device_id = “xyz”, method_id = “GetDocument”, args = { } encrypted = {ee=ee_data_group_3} }
The legal intercept 50 in FIG. 1 may come into play at this point, or earlier in the encryption schema 112. For example, the legal intercept 50 checks the user_id in the request with the user id 51B in the intercept configuration file 51. In this example, if “joe” matches the user_id 51B in configuration file 51, then the contents in the request are formatted into a log file 56 as described above. As can be seen, at this point the new request has already decrypted the auth_token=“abc” and method_id=“GetDocument”. Further, the device_id=“xyz” was received in the clear. The legal intercept 50 simply has to format these different channels into a log file.
The end-to-end encrypted data in group 3 remains encrypted and therefore may not provide all of the information desired for the enforcement agency. However, the decrypted information does provide enough information to adequately indicate that the intercepted data is associated with a particular user_id. The intercepted unencrypted data may also provide further evidence that the enforcement agency can then use to obtain another warrant to seize the ee encryption key from the targeted user.
As described above in FIG. 2, the legal intercept 50 may then attach appropriate time/date stamp headers to this raw data frame to authenticate the time and date when the data was intercepted.
End-to-End Encrypted Data
As described above, the communication management system 16 may not have access to the end-to-end encryption keys 46 (FIG. 2). However, as shown in FIG. 8, the management server 28 is still capable of identifying data streams belonging to users targeted for interception, as this identifying information is required for routing the datagrams shown above. Thus, the legal intercept module 50 can still intercept data that cannot be immediately decrypted.
The intercept logs 56 can therefore contain data encrypted using encryption keys known only to the endpoints. For example, a mobile device 21 and a desktop connector running on personal computer 38 (FIG. 1). The toolkit 54 in FIG. 1 can facilitate the recovery of the end-to-end keys 46.
In order to make use of this functionality, the enforcement agency seeking the information may need to obtain both an intercept warrant, and either a search-and-seizure warrant authorizing the extraction of the configuration data from the smart device client in the mobile device 21 or a search-and-seizure warrant authorizing the extraction of the end-to-end encryption key from the desktop connector in the PC 38 (FIG. 1).
After the authorized agency has executed the necessary warrants, the toolkit 54 is used by the agency to facilitate the recovery of the end-to-end key 46. The toolkit utility 54 then uses the end-to-end key 46 to decrypt the end-to-end encrypted information in the log files 56.
The system described above can use dedicated processor systems, micro controllers, programmable logic devices, or microprocessors that perform some or all of the operations. Some of the operations described above may be implemented in software and other operations may be implemented in hardware.
For the sake of convenience, the operations are described as various interconnected functional blocks or distinct software modules. This is not necessary, however, and there may be cases where these functional blocks or modules are equivalently aggregated into a single logic device, program or operation with unclear boundaries. In any event, the functional blocks and software modules or features of the flexible interface can be implemented by themselves, or in combination with other operations in either hardware or software.
Having described and illustrated the principles of the invention in a preferred embodiment thereof, it should be apparent that the invention may be modified in arrangement and detail without departing from such principles. Claim is made to all modifications and variation coming within the spirit and scope of the following claims.
Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
Fiatal, Trevor, Sutaria, Jay, Nanjundeswaran, Sridhar, Bavadekar, Shailesh
Primary Examiner(s)
Moise, Emmanuel L
Assistant Examiner(s)
Abyaneh, Ali S
726/22, 455/405, 380/250, 380/247, 713/150
H04L 2209/56 Financial cryptography, e.g...
H04L 2209/60 Digital content management,...
H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectu...
H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is...
H04L 63/08 for supporting authenticati...
H04L 63/30 for supporting lawful inter...
H04L 9/0827 involving distinctive inter...
H04L 9/3247 involving digital signatures
Issued 10/21/2008
Current Assignee Seven Networks Inc
Original Assignee Seven Networks LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
Original Assignee Seven Networks Inc
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Monday, Oct 26 2020
Pence’s Team Now Infected By COVID: Chief Of Staff, Top Aides Test Positive
The vice president's chief of staff Marc Short and at least four other staffers are reported to have the coronavirus. Mike Pence has so far tested negative and will continue to travel to campaign.
The Wall Street Journal: Pence’s Chief Of Staff And Other Key Aides Test Positive For Coronavirus
At least five people close to Vice President Mike Pence, including his chief of staff and a top campaign adviser, have tested positive for Covid-19, but with just days left until Election Day, President Trump’s running mate will maintain a busy campaign schedule. Mr. Pence, the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has been in close contact with his chief of staff Marc Short, who tested positive on Saturday, the vice president’s spokesman Devin O’Malley said. (Bender, Toy and Hernandez, 10/25)
NPR: Marc Short, Pence Chief Of Staff, Tests Positive For Coronavirus
But Pence — who is considered to have had close contact with his most senior adviser — decided to "maintain his schedule in accordance with the CDC guidelines for essential personnel," O'Malley said in a statement, noting that Pence had consulted with White House physicians. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines for essential workers who have had close contact with an infected person include wearing a mask for 14 days "at all times while in the workplace." (Bowman, Keith, Ordonez and Sprunt, 10/25)
The Hill: Pence Travel Questioned After Aides Test Positive
[White House] chief of staff [Mark Meadows] stressed that Pence is “wearing a mask, socially distancing and when he goes up to speak he will take the mask off, put it back on.” The vice president was not wearing a mask while speaking at a rally in Tallahassee, Fla. on Saturday. (Coleman, 10/25)
Axios: Ex-FDA Chief: Pence Campaigning After COVID Exposure Puts Others At Risk
Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said "the short answer is yes" when asked whether Vice President Mike Pence is putting others at risk by continuing to campaign after several aides tested positive for COVID-19, stressing that the White House needs to be "very explicit about the risks that they're taking." (10/25)
AP: Health Experts Question Pence Campaigning As Essential Work
Health policy specialists questioned White House officials’ claim that federal rules on essential workers allow Vice President Mike Pence to continue to campaign and not quarantine himself after being exposed to the coronavirus. Campaigning is not an official duty that might fall under the guidelines meant to ensure that police, first responders and key transportation and food workers can still perform jobs that cannot be done remotely, the health experts said. (Marchione, 10/25)
The New York Times: Infection Of Pence Aides Raises New Questions About Trump’s Virus Response
“Covid, Covid. Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid,” President Trump groused at a rally in North Carolina on Saturday, expressing dismay that the deadly coronavirus pandemic had come to dominate the final days of his struggling re-election campaign. He made up a scenario: “A plane goes down, 500 people dead, they don’t talk about it. ‘Covid, Covid, Covid, Covid.’” But just seven hours later, the White House made its own Covid headlines when officials acknowledged that another coronavirus outbreak had struck the White House, infecting Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff and four other top aides — and raising new questions about the Trump administration’s cavalier approach to the worst health crisis in a century. (Shear, Karni, Haberman and Gay Stolberg, 10/25)
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John Paul Meenan
Thoughts, musings, and insights
Allah the Merciful and His Invisible Prophet
Good and Evil, Darkness and Light
July 2015 Culture, Politics
A Queer Take on Marriage
the new Magisterium?
Mark Steyn is right, that the recent Supreme Court ruling in the United States, officially legalizing ‘same sex’ marriage in all fifty states, with a sop thrown in, for now, for religious exemption, says far more about our culture than about our laws. As I wrote a few posts ago, law is a fruit of culture, or more specifically the customs that arise from one’s culture. To a lesser degree, laws also shape culture, but we generally get the laws we want, or deserve. That is why the main battle is on the cultural front, of forming hearts and minds.
Justice Anthony Kennedy (the usual ‘swing’ vote on the nine-man, er, person, Supreme Court) waxed eloquently as part of the majority opinion about the pleasures and joys of homosexual love, and how dare we as a society bar such couples from marriage.
Ah, yes, love…It is sad that we in English have only one word for love. Greek has at least four, as C.S. Lewis discusses in his influential book The Four Loves. Even within the many notions of love, there are good loves and bad loves, true loves and false loves. The most perfect kind of love discussed by Lewis, the same term adopted by Christ in the New Testament, is agape, to will the good of the other for his own sake, even though one may receive nothing in return.
The specific kind of love proper to marriage is a type of agape; this love need not even be romantic or erotic, nor even affectionate (although these do help!). Marriage, in its essence, is founded on the complementary kind of love requisite for family life: Husband, wife and children must will the good of each other in what is required for the maintenance and prospering of family life.
This kind of love is necessary for the very survival of society, for marriage is a public and legal institution necessary for maintaining society. Without marriage and family, there is no society.
Of course, society is not just about the family. There are many other types of loves and friendships outside of marriage, and other kinds of subsidiary societies, but Society as the universal grouping of us all (as a country or a State) has a right and a duty to protect the natural and legal institution of marriage, and the kind of ‘love’ that underpins it.
The question revolves around whether other types of love can form the basis for family life. Can two men? Two women? A group, threesome, foursome and then-some?
Is it the camo?
The opinion of Anthony Kennedy and the other four majority-opinion justices, implies as much. For now, they will try to hold the line at ‘two men’, ‘two women’, or a ‘man and a woman’, but the philosophical-marriage horses are already bolting from the opened floodgate (not to mix metaphors). Nathan Collier of Montana is already claiming the right to marry his two brides; I suppose he thinks there is more than enough of him to go around, and one woman ain’t enough for this good ol’ boy.
As Mr. Collier put it:
Everyday, we have to break the law to exist as a family. We’re tired of it. Ours is a happy, functional, loving family. I’m not trying to redefine marriage. I’m not forcing anyone to believe in polygamy. We’re only defining marriage for us. We just want legitimacy
But are they not ‘forcing’ people to believe in polygamy when they ask for legitimacy? After all, that term means ‘recognition by law’, which in turn means putting his polygamous relationship on the same status as someone else’s monogamy. Why stop at a threesome and not go for the Islamic allowance of four wives (or more for those like Mohammed given a ‘special dispensation’).
The whole problem is cultural, which is to say, religious: What is one’s view of human nature? Are we bodily creatures, made by God, and does our very incarnation as ‘man’ and ‘woman’ limit what we can do, especially in the realm of marriage and family? The Church and, until recently, every society in the history of the world has said so. Even the ancient Greeks and Romans, although dallying in and tacitly permitting homosexuality, would never have thought to make this kind of ‘love’, as one might term it a (disordered) erotic affection, the basis for marriage and family: Two men, nor two women, could never in their minds be ‘spouses’.
To grant the legal and societal rights of marriage to anything but an eligible man and a woman (with all of the duties, obligations, benefits, tax-breaks and so on) is to introduce a counterfeit marriage, which, like counterfeit money does to real money, devalues true marriage, and leads to the breakdown of society.
In the post alluded to above, Steyn admits that he respects the Irish referendum on ‘gay marriage'; let the people decide! But he is wrong. Some things cannot be decided even by majority vote. We are not, for example, permitted to sentence innocent members of society to death, as we have done with the unborn, and are soon to do with the elderly and sick, even if the majority wants it. We are also not able to redefine marriage, try as we might.
There are things that precede democracy, or any form of government, without which no democracy, indeed no society, can function. As John Paul II puts it in Centesimus Annus:
a democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism.
One of the principal ‘values’ that we must hold as a society is what it means to be ‘married’, and what a ‘family’ is. In fact, one may truly say that government, and all of its laws, are simply a means to protect, foster and perpetuate marriage and the family. When they cease to do so, when they in fact undermine marriage, they become worse than useless; they in fact become evil and, as Justice Scalia in his dissenting minority opinion implied, the seeds of revolution are sown.
In the face of God, the Church, civilization, and thousands of years of human history, it is only now, in 2015, that the Supreme Court has had the hubris to redefine what marriage, and what family, is. We were ahead of the curve here in Canada, legalizing same-sex ‘marriage’ by parliamentary decision, under Paul Martin in 2005. The criteria of ‘affection’ and ‘self-affirmation’ are vague indeed. Is any convenient relationship based on one’s private notion of ‘love’ the basis for family life? Should we not stop and ponder where some relationships are objectively more suited to complementarity, mutual perfection, and the raising of children than others?
Douglas Farrow in a recent forthright essay, claims that by legalizing ‘gay marriage’, we have put the family, ourselves and our children, officially into the hands of the State and its functionaries. They now decide who is, and who is not, a ‘family’, a husband, a wife, a child. If they can decide that by judicial or parliamentary fiat, what is there left?
We are all now children of the State. In Farrow’s provocative, but true, words the United States has now joined our happy company here in Canada by becoming a nation of bastards.
Welcome to the brave new world. Time to set up the ramparts.
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Impact of a Community-Based Lymphedema Management Program on Episodes of Adenolymphangitis (ADLA) and Lymphedema Progression - Odisha State, India
Katherine E. Mues ,
* E-mail: kmues@emory.edu
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health and Laney Graduate School, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Michael Deming,
Affiliation Parasitic Diseases Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
David G. Kleinbaum,
Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Philip J. Budge,
Mitch Klein,
Juan S. Leon,
Aishya Prakash,
Affiliation Church's Auxiliary for Social Action, Odisha, India
Jonathan Rout,
LeAnne M. Fox
Katherine E. Mues,
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003140
Katherine E. Mues Michael Deming ... LeAnne M. Fox
Lymphedema management programs have been shown to decrease episodes of adenolymphangitis (ADLA), but the impact on lymphedema progression and of program compliance have not been thoroughly explored. Our objectives were to determine the rate of ADLA episodes and lymphedema progression over time for patients enrolled in a community-based lymphedema management program. We explored the association between program compliance and ADLA episodes as well as lymphedema progression.
Methodology/Principal Findings
A lymphedema management program was implemented in Odisha State, India from 2007–2010 by the non-governmental organization, Church's Auxiliary for Social Action, in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A cohort of patients was followed over 24 months. The crude 30-day rate of ADLA episodes decreased from 0.35 episodes per person-month at baseline to 0.23 at 24 months. Over the study period, the percentage of patients who progressed to more severe lymphedema decreased (P-value = 0.0004), while those whose lymphedema regressed increased over time (P-value<0.0001). Overall compliance to lymphedema management, lagged one time point, appeared to have little to no association with the frequency of ADLA episodes among those without entry lesions (RR = 0.87 (0.69, 1.10)) and was associated with an increased rate (RR = 1.44 (1.11, 1.86)) among those with entry lesions. Lagging compliance two time points, it was associated with a decrease in the rate of ADLA episodes among those with entry lesions (RR = 0.77 (95% CI: 0.59, 0.99)) and was somewhat associated among those without entry lesions (RR = 0.83 (95% CI: 0.64, 1.06)). Compliance to soap was associated with a decreased rate of ADLA episodes among those without inter-digital entry lesions.
Conclusions/Significance
These results indicate that a community-based lymphedema management program is beneficial for lymphedema patients for both ADLA episodes and lymphedema. It is one of the first studies to demonstrate an association between program compliance and rate of ADLA episodes.
Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is characterized by clinical manifestations of limb swelling, lymphedema, and elephantiasis. LF is the world's second-leading cause of disability, with up to 15 million people with limb lymphedema or elephantiasis. The Global Programme to Eliminate LF aims to eliminate the disease through two pillars: (1) interruption of transmission and (2) treatment of clinical disease among those already affected. The Church's Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA), an Indian NGO, began a lymphedema management program in Khurda District, Odisha State, India in 2007. We evaluated the impact of the program on two clinical LF outcomes: acute episodes of adenolymphangitis (ADLA) and chronic lymphedema progression. The monthly rate of ADLA episodes decreased significantly after enrollment for two years in the program. Additionally, program compliance was found to be associated with ADLA rate among some clinically distinct groups. Compliance to soap was associated with a decreased rate of ADLA episodes among those without inter-digital entry lesions. The percentage of patients who progressed to more severe lymphedema decreased significantly over time, while those whose lymphedema regressed increased significantly. These results indicate that a community-based lymphedema management program is beneficial for lymphedema patients for both ADLA episodes and lymphedema. It is one of the first studies to demonstrate an association between program compliance and ADLA episodes.
Citation: Mues KE, Deming M, Kleinbaum DG, Budge PJ, Klein M, Leon JS, et al. (2014) Impact of a Community-Based Lymphedema Management Program on Episodes of Adenolymphangitis (ADLA) and Lymphedema Progression - Odisha State, India. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 8(9): e3140. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003140
Editor: Achim Hoerauf, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Germany
Received: February 5, 2014; Accepted: July 23, 2014; Published: September 11, 2014
This is an open-access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication.
Funding: Funding for this work came from USAID Grant No. OGH99-005 (http://www.usaid.gov) to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and IMA World Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. KEM was supported in part by Emory University, Laney Graduate School. Research reported in this publication was supported in part (to JSL) by the National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number K01AI087724. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the National Institutes of Health. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Lymphatic filariasis (LF), caused by parasitic nematode worms, is characterized by clinical manifestations of swelling, lymphedema, and elephantiasis of the limbs. These thread-like worms reside in the lymphatic vessels of humans, resulting in severe lymphatic damage and dysfunction. Persons with lymphatic dysfunction caused by LF may suffer from adenolymphangitis (ADLA) episodes characterized by swelling, inflammation of the limbs, fever, malaise and chills [1]. The frequency of ADLA episodes has been shown to increase with more advanced lymphedema and studies have concluded that ADLA episodes are a risk factor for lymphedema progression [2]–[6].
LF affects over 120 million people throughout the world with 1.3 billion at risk [7]. India accounts for over 40% of the global LF burden [8], with an estimated 40 million persons infected [1] and 7 million with chronic lymphedema. India has a national goal of LF elimination by 2015. The goals of the elimination program are to 1) interrupt transmission and 2) control morbidity among infected persons [9]. To interrupt transmission, the entire at-risk population must be treated with microfilariae-killing drugs through yearly mass drug administration (MDAs). To control morbidity, lymphedema management programs focus on basic limb hygiene to prevent ADLA episodes and stop further progression of lymphedema. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently recommended that all LF endemic countries provide access to lymphedema management services [10].
Lymphedema management programs have been shown to decrease the frequency of ADLA episodes and lymphedema severity both in clinical-trial [11], [12] and field settings [13], [14]. Patients enrolled in a clinic-based lymphedema management program in Léogâne, Haiti demonstrated significant decreases in the incidence of ADLA episodes and reduction of leg volume over a 4-year period [13]. A study of a home-based lymphedema management program in Burkina Faso also demonstrated significant reductions in the percent of patients experiencing at least one ADLA episode over a month's time [14]. The studies completed to date vary in their methods of data collection, follow-up intervals, and study length. There are no studies on home-based lymphedema management programs that calculate an ADLA rate and explore the effects of lymphedema programs using longitudinal models. Most studies did not adjust for potential confounding or test for interaction. Finally, there are few studies exploring the association between compliance to lymphedema management techniques and clinical outcomes of LF.
Following implementation of a community-based lymphedema management program in India, the aim of this study was to examine the rate of ADLA episodes and progression of lymphedema over a two year period. It also aimed to determine predictors of compliance to the program and assess the effect of compliance on the rate of ADLA episodes and lymphedema progression.
This project was submitted for human subjects review to the Center for Global Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA. It was approved by CDC and determined to be program evaluation. Permission for the survey was obtained from the Odisha State Department of Health and Family Welfare. Participants were asked to give their written informed consent prior to participation. For those unable to write, consent was documented by recording the person's fingerprint or marking the signature line with an ‘X’ and by countersignature of survey personnel. For participants under 18 years of age, verbal consent of a parent or guardian was also obtained. Consent procedures were approved by CDC and the Odisha State Department of Health and Family Welfare.
The lymphedema management program was implemented in Khurda district, Odisha State, India by the non-governmental organization, Church's Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA). Khurda district has a population of nearly 2.2 million and is highly endemic for LF caused by Wuchereria bancrofti. Based on 2001 estimates, there were 3.5 million – 6.3 million infected persons in Odisha state and 22,500–23,500 infected persons in Khurda district [15]–[18].
Lymphedema Management Program
All patients enrolled in the program were trained in basic lymphedema management by physician-trained volunteers, including daily washing of limbs with soap and water, daily exercise and elevation of the affected limb, and daily use of footwear outside the home. Patients were trained in the importance of early treatment and prevention of secondary bacterial and fungal infections with topical and oral antimicrobial agents. If inter-digital fungal infections were present, patients were instructed to use an antifungal cream on a daily basis. Patients were supplied with soap and antifungal cream for the first 6 months of the program; thereafter they were instructed to purchase these supplies at local stores and pharmacies.
To evaluate CASA's community-based lymphedema management program, a cohort of individuals enrolled in the program was recruited. Of 189 villages in Bologarh block of Khurda district, 30 villages were eligible for inclusion in the study as they had not yet been enrolled in the lymphedema management program and were not located in the immediate vicinity of an already enrolled village. In the 30 selected villages, 533 persons with lymphedema were identified in June 2009. Of these patients, 456 persons were approached to be in the lymphedema program, as some patients had migrated out of their village during the 5–6 month period since the initial household census.
Enrollment eligibility included persons more than 14 years of age who reported lower leg swelling for at least 3 months. Of the 456 persons approached, 375 (82%) met the inclusion criteria and agreed to participate. Five patients were subsequently excluded from the analysis due to lack of lymphedema on examination (n = 2), failure to meet age criteria (n = 1), or mislabeling of survey forms (n = 2) for a total sample size of 370 (81%). There were no differences in the distribution of age, sex, and lymphedema stage among those who did not enroll compared to those who did enroll in the study (data not shown).
Patients were interviewed in Oriya (the local language) by trained interviewers at baseline (prior to enrollment) and at, 1, 2, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after enrollment in the program beginning in July 2009. We did not include a true control population in this study as it may be considered unethical to deny a person suffering from lymphedema access to a lymphedema management program as is recommended by the WHO for all LF endemic countries [10]. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program over time, we consider baseline, before patients were enrolled in the program, as the comparison group. Through a written questionnaire, interviewers collected information on patient demographics, frequency of compliance to lymphedema management techniques, ADLA history and treatment, access to supplies, MDA history, and perceived disability using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II (WHO-DAS II). Interviewers also completed a clinical assessment on each person in order to determine lymphedema stage.
Data were independently dual-entered into an Epi Info 7 (Stone Mountain, 2008) database. Data cleaning and analysis were performed in SAS 9.3 (Cary, North Carolina, USA). A sample size of 375 was calculated to detect a 5% decrease in the frequency of ADLA episodes, with a 15% dropout rate, from baseline to 24 months post-enrollment.
30-day rate of ADLA episodes.
An ADLA episode was defined by patient self-report of two or more of the following symptoms: redness, pain, or swelling of the leg or foot, with or without the presence of fever or chills, [3], [19]. Patients were asked how many times they had an ADLA episode in the previous 30 days. The ADLA rate per subject was calculated as the number of ADLA episodes reported by each subject divided by 30. We assumed that each ADLA episode reported initially occurred during the 30-day period and that each person remained at risk for ADLA episodes during the entire 30-day retrospective period.
Lymphedema progression.
Both the interviewer and a supervisor performed independent lymphedema staging and photographs were taken of the affected limb(s). The 7-stage classification system [20] was used to stage lymphedema. Any discrepancies between interviewer and supervisor staging were resolved by independent evaluation of limb photographs by two physicians with extensive LF experience (P. Budge and L. Fox). Patients whose lymphedema stage increased from one time point to another were determined to have progressed, while those whose lymphedema stage decreased from one time point to another were determined to have regressed. Lymphedema stages 1–3 were categorized as early; stages 4–7 were categorized as advanced.
Compliance to lymphedema management techniques.
Compliance with specific lymphedema management techniques was measured by self-report. Patients were asked how frequently they performed each of five management techniques: washing affected leg with soap and water, treating inter-digital entry lesions with antifungal cream, elevating the limb, exercising the limb, and wearing footwear outside. CASA's program did not provide oral antimicrobials for ADLA episodes; therefore, compliance with oral antibiotics was not measured. A person was considered to be compliant to a lymphedema management technique if he/she reported performing that technique at least once per day.
An overall weighted compliance score for soap, cream, elevation, exercise, and wearing footwear outside was created. If patients reported performing a technique daily or more than once per day, they received a score of 2. If they reported performing a technique once per week or more than once per week, they received a score of 1, and if they reported performing a technique less frequently than once per week, they received a score of 0. Since cream was only indicated for patients with inter-digital entry lesions present, those without entry lesions had a potential maximum score of 8. To make the score of these patients comparable to those with entry lesions, the scores of patients without entry lesions were multiplied by a factor of 1.25. The scores for each technique were then summed for a maximum of 10. The summary score was then divided into two groups: compliant = 7–10 and non-compliant = 0–6.
To determine how the presence of the lymphedema program influenced the number of ADLA episodes experienced per person per month, Poisson models for correlated data (up to 8 observations per subject) were built with SAS's PROC GLIMMIX using an auto-regressive (1) correlation structure with a random intercept. The model contained dummy variables for time, variables for presence of inter-digital entry lesions, lymphedema status at baseline (advanced vs. early), and number of times a patient had participated in a MDA as this has been shown to be associated with the frequency of ADLAs episodes [21]. Interaction terms involving time with presence of entry lesions and lymphedema status at baseline were also included in the model. After assessment of interaction, confounding and precision [22], an adjusted rate ratio was calculated comparing the 30-day rate of ADLA episodes at each time point to baseline.
To evaluate the association between compliance to lymphedema management techniques and the 30-day rate of ADLA episodes, a mixed effects Poisson model for correlated data was executed. Overall compliance was evaluated through the compliance score while compliance to each technique was defined dichotomously (compliant vs. non-compliant); both were lagged one time point. Each model used an auto-regressive (1) correlation structure and included a random intercept. The models controlled for confounding by access to water, soap, antifungal cream, and a hospital, as well as number of times a patient had participated in a MDA. Models of compliance to individual lymphedema management techniques also controlled for compliance to all other techniques at the lagged time point. Interaction by baseline lymphedema stage (advanced vs. early) and presence of inter-digital entry lesions at the lagged time point was assessed testing product terms with compliance. If no significant interaction was found, main effects of baseline lymphedema status and/or presence of entry lesions were included in the model.
To explore the association between compliance to lymphedema management techniques and lymphedema progression, a fixed effects logistic model for correlated data with an auto-regressive (1) correlation structure was used. We explored both overall compliance and compliance to each technique lagged one time point, adjusting for the number of times a patient had participated in a MDA. Models of compliance to individual lymphedema management techniques also controlled for compliance to all other techniques at the lagged time point unless otherwise noted. Interaction by baseline lymphedema stage (advanced vs. early) and presence of inter-digital entry lesions at the previous time point was assessed testing product terms with compliance. If no significant interaction was found, main effects of baseline lymphedema status and/or presence of entry lesions at the previous time point were also included in the model.
Confounding was evaluated using both a priori causal pathways and data-driven methods. Only combinations of confounders that fell within 10% of a gold standard model with all potential confounders were considered for the final model.
To explore predictors (all of which were considered exposure variables) of compliance to lymphedema management techniques, correlated mixed effects logistic models were used. All models used an auto-regressive (1) correlation structure with a random intercept. Potential predictors of compliance that were statistically significant at alpha = 0.05 in bivariate models were included in a multivariable model.
Baseline Demographic Characteristics
Table 1 displays the baseline demographic characteristics of the 370 lymphedema patients enrolled at baseline. The mean age was 57 years and the majority (59%) of the cohort was female. At baseline, about 27% of patients had inter-digital entry lesions, 14% had advanced stage lymphedema (stages 4–6), and patients reported having lymphedema symptoms for an average of 25 years.
Table 1. Baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in a lymphedema management program, Khurda District, Odisha State, India, July 2009.
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Fifty-four (14.6%) patients were lost to follow-up during the 24 month study period; these patients did not contribute data at the 24 month time point. Over the course of the study, reasons for non-participation at any particular assessment were: absence from the village at the time of the assessment (70%), refusal (7%), illness (6%), or death (17%). In total, the study encompassed over 222 person-years of observation time (baseline to time of last follow-up). Two hundred thirty five patients (63.5%) contributed data at all 8 time points, 76 (20.5%) contributed data at 7 time points, and 29 (7.8%) contributed data at 6 time points. Only about 8% of patients contributed data at 5 time points or less. Censoring (i.e. contributing data at less than 8 time points) was not significantly associated with the rate of ADLA episodes (RR = 0.89 (0.52, 1.53)) nor with lymphedema stage progress (OR = 0.83 (0.61, 1.14)). Therefore, we assume that censoring was independent of the outcomes of interest.
During the two year study period, MDAs occurred in Odisha in June 2010 and March 2011 (Odisha State Ministry of Health and Family Welfare).
30-Day Rate of ADLA Episodes
Over the follow-up period, patients reported a total of 687 ADLA episodes. The sum of ADLA episodes for each person over the follow-up period ranged from 0–24, with a median of 1, a mean of 1.86, and an inter-quartile range of 1–3. Looking at the distribution of the sum of ADLA episodes over the study period, 44% of patients experienced 0 episodes, 17% experienced 1 episode, 21% experienced 2–3 episodes, and 19% experienced 4 or more episodes. The total number of reported episodes reported ranged from 129 at baseline to 45 at 6 months and was 72 at 24 months (Table 2). The mean duration of ADLA episodes reported was 3.5 days.
Table 2. 30-day rate of ADLA over time among lymphedema management participants.
The rate of ADLA episodes (Figure 1a) decreased from 0.35 episodes per person-month at baseline to 0.14 at 6 months and plateaued to 0.23 at 24 months, representing a 35% decrease. Those who had entry lesions had a higher rate of ADLA compared to those who did not (data not shown) (RR = 1.88 (95% CI: 1.54, 2.29)), and those with advanced lymphedema at baseline had a higher rate of ADLA compared to those with early lymphedema at baseline (RR = 2.66 (95% CI: 1.89, 3.75)).
Figure 1. 30-day rate of ADLA episodes, Khurda District, Odisha State, India.
July 2009–July 2011. A. Overall 30-day rate of ADLA episodes. B. 30-day rate of ADLA episodes stratified by presence of inter-digital entry lesions. C. 30-day rate of ADLA episodes stratified by baseline lymphedema status: early lymphedema (stages 1–3), advanced lymphedema (stages 4–7).
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Figure 1b displays the 30-day rate of ADLA episodes by the presence of inter-digital entry lesions. Those with lesions have a higher rate of ADLA episodes at each time point and also appear to have a greater difference when comparing the 24-month rate to the baseline rate. Figure 1c displays the 30-day rate of ADLA episodes by lymphedema status at baseline. Those with advanced lymphedema at baseline have a higher rate of ADLA episodes at each time point.
Table 2 displays a Poisson model exploring the effect of time on the individual ADLA rate controlling for number of MDAs and taking into account the correlated nature of the data. The rate ratios (RR) compare the rate at each time point to baseline. All of the RRs were less than 1 and statistically significant. The RR with greatest magnitude was seen at 6 months. Comparing 24 months to baseline, the rate of ADLA episodes was 0.57 that of the rate at baseline. In the Poisson model, we found significant interaction by baseline lymphedema status (advanced vs. early) and the presence of inter-digital entry lesions at the current time point. The stratified rate ratios (RR) of the final Poisson model controlling for the number of times a patient participated in a MDA are displayed in Table 3. Those with advanced lymphedema and entry lesions experienced a 43% reduction in ADLA episodes from baseline to 24 months (RR = 0.57 (95% CI: 0.35, 0.93)). Among those with advanced lymphedema and no entry lesions, the 30-day rate of ADLA episodes decreased by 62% (RR = 0.38 (95% CI: 0.17, 0.82)). Among those with early lymphedema, those with entry lesions had a 21% reduction in ADLA episodes (RR = 0.79 (95% CI: 0.46, 0.95)), while those without entry lesions experienced a 48% reduction (RR = 0.52 (95% CI: 0.35, 0.76)).
Table 3. 30-day rate of ADLA over time among lymphedema study participants by presence of inter-digital entry lesions at current time point and lymphedema status at baseline, Khurda District, Odisha State, India, July 2009–July 2011.
Lymphedema Progression
The overall distribution of lymphedema stage, as classified in Table 4, changed significantly from baseline to 24 months (p-value = 0.0027). The percentage of patients with stage 3 or 4 lymphedema decreased over the study period (p-value = 0.0006) while the percentage of patients with stage 1 or 2 lymphedema increased (p-value = 0.0064) over the study period (Table 4). The small change in the percentage of patients with stage 5 or 6 lymphedema was not statistically significant. The percentage of patients who progressed to more severe lymphedema since the previous time point decreased (Table 4) (p-value = 0.0004), while the percentage of those whose lymphedema regressed increased over time (p-value<0.0001). Patients with advanced lymphedema at baseline were less likely to progress to a more severe lymphedema stage (data not shown); OR = 0.15 (95% CI: 0.07, 0.36). Patients with entry lesions at each time point were also less likely to progress, OR = 0.55 (95% CI: 0.38, 0.79), yet more likely to have advanced lymphedema, OR = 1.17 (95% CI: 1.08, 1.26).
Table 4. Lymphedema progression over the study period, Khurda District, Odisha State, India, July 2009–July 2011.
Compliance to Lymphedema Management Techniques
Compliance to all lymphedema management techniques measured through the compliance score and dichotomized into two categories increased from 3% at baseline to 74% at 6 months and plateaued to 63% at 24 months (p-value 24 months vs. baseline <0.0001) (Table 5). Compliance to soap use increased rapidly and remained high throughout the study (92%) (data not shown). Among those with inter-digital entry lesions, compliance to antifungal cream increased from 8% at baseline to 55% at 24 months (p-value <0.0001). Compliance to elevation, exercise, and wearing footwear outside the home reached moderate levels at 24 months: 88%, 62%, and 51% respectively.
Table 5. Distribution of program compliance and potential predictors of compliance to lymphedema management techniques over time among patients enrolled in the lymphedema management program, Khurda District, Odisha State, India, July 2009–July 2011.
Predictors of Compliance
Table 5 displays the frequency of potential predictors of compliance during the course of the study at 6 month time intervals. Patients' perceived knowledge on how to care for their lymphedema reached 100% at 6 months and remained for the rest of the study period. The mean number of MDAs in which patients reported participating increased significantly over time. Difficulty accessing water, soap, and antifungal cream, decreased significantly over time as did the mean number of ADLA episodes and perceived disability assessment score.
In bivariate models, disease severity was associated with compliance to several individual lymphedema management techniques (data not shown). Those with advanced lymphedema at baseline (OR = 5.96 (95% CI: 4.16, 8.54)) and those with inter-digital entry lesions (OR = 3.49 (95% CI: 2.82, 4.30)) were more likely to comply with antifungal cream. Those with advanced lymphedema were less likely to exercise (OR = 0.63 (95% CI: 0.45, 0.88)). Patients with advanced lymphedema at baseline (OR = 0.39 (95% CI: 0.23, 0.66)) and with entry lesions (OR = 0.70 (95% CI: 0.55, 0.90)) were less likely to comply with wearing footwear outside.
Increasing age, increasing number of ADLA episodes, difficulty accessing water, soap, antifungal cream, antibiotics, and the hospital as well as increasing disability assessment score were negatively associated with overall compliance to lymphedema management techniques in bivariate models (Table 6). Having at least a primary school education was positively associated with compliance. In a multivariable logistic model (Table 6) difficulty accessing soap and antifungal cream were negatively associated with compliance to lymphedema management techniques.
Table 6. Predictors of compliance to lymphedema management techniques among patients enrolled in a lymphedema management program, Khurda District, Odisha State, India, July 2009–July 2011.
Compliance to Lymphedema Management Techniques and Rate of ADLA Episodes
The association between overall compliance to lymphedema management techniques measured through the compliance score and the 30-day rate of ADLA episodes was assessed. Significant interaction by presence of entry lesions at the previous time point was present. Overall compliance to lymphedema management appeared to have little to no association with the frequency of ADLA episodes among those without entry lesions (RR = 0.87 (0.69, 1.10) (Table 7). Among those with entry lesions, compliance was associated with an increase in the rate of ADLA episodes (RR = 1.44 (1.11, 1.86)). To explore this association further, the compliance score was lagged by two time points (data not shown) in order to allow enough time for the potential impacts of lymphedema management to take place. Using this technique, compliance was associated with a decrease in the rate of ADLA episodes among those with entry lesions (RR = 0.77 (95% CI: 0.59, 0.99)) and was somewhat associated with a decrease in the rate among those without entry lesions (RR = 0.83 (95% CI: 0.64, 1.06)), although this finding was not significant.
Table 7. Association between compliance to lymphedema management techniques at the previous time point and 30-day rate of ADLA episodes, Khurda District, Odisha State, India, July 2009–July 2011.
Focusing on techniques that target the prevention of ADLA episodes, the relationships between compliance to specific techniques at a previous time point and ADLA episodes were also assessed. Exploring compliance to soap, there was significant interaction by the presence of inter-digital entry lesions at the previous time point and baseline lymphedema stage (advanced vs. early). Compliance to soap was significantly associated with a decreased rate of ADLA episodes among those without inter-digital entry lesions for patients with both early and advanced baseline lymphedema (Table 7). Since antifungal cream was only indicated among those with inter-digital entry lesions, the association between compliance to cream use and ADLA episodes was evaluated only among those with inter-digital entry lesions present at the previous time point. Compliance to antifungal cream use had little to no association with the rate of ADLA (Table 7). Lagging compliance to antifungal cream two time points (data not shown), the rate ratio was further from the null, but was not significantly associated with a lower rate of ADLA episodes, RR = 0.88 (0.63, 1.22) (only among those with lesions). Compliance to wearing footwear outside had a little to no association with the rate of ADLA episode (Table 7).
Compliance to Lymphedema Management Techniques and Lymphedema Progression
When exploring the association between overall compliance to lymphedema management techniques and lymphedema progression from one time point to the next, those who were compliant to all management techniques were less likely to progress to a more advanced stage (OR = 0.84 (0.62, 1.12)) (Table 8), yet the OR was not statistically significant. We also examined compliance to specific techniques at a previous time point that target the prevention of lymphedema progression. Compliance to soap was negatively associated with lymphedema progression (RR = 0.63 (0.41, 0.98)). Compliance to antifungal cream at the previous time point, only among those with inter-digital lesions present at the previous time point, was associated with a decrease in the odds of lymphedema progression, although the finding was not statistically significant (Table 8). Compliance to elevation and exercise of the limb and wearing footwear outside had little to no association with lymphedema progression.
Table 8. Association between compliance to lymphedema management techniques and lymphedema progression since previous time point. Khurda District, Odisha State, India, July 2009–July 2011.
This study found that patients enrolled in a community-based lymphedema management program experienced a 35% lower rate of ADLA episodes at 24 months compared to baseline. The rate of ADLA was lowest six months after enrollment, yet a decrease was sustained over the two year period of the study. These findings are consistent with other studies which have also found a decrease in ADLA episodes following enrollment in a lymphedema management program [2], [3], [13], [14], [23], [24]. Other programs have found a similar plateauing of the ADLA rate 3–12 months after beginning lymphedema management [13], [14]. Although our results show a significant decrease in the rate of ADLA episodes over the 2 years since the lymphedema management program was implemented, we recognize that this decrease may be partially influenced by patient receipt of anti-filarial drugs during the two MDAs that took place over the course of the study [21]. To control for this possibility, we included the number of MDAs in which each patient reported ever participating in our multivariable model exploring the effectiveness of the program over time. In doing this, we found that the rate of ADLA episodes at 24 months was 0.57 that of the rate at baseline. Even while controlling for MDA in our analyses, we do note the possibility for the decrease in ADLA episodes to be partially influenced by decreased LF transmission as seen by others [21]. Data obtained from the Odisha State Ministry of Health for the entire state illustrate a decrease in the microfilaremia from 0.69% in 2009 to 0.42% in 2011 (personal communication). These data, however, are for the entire state of Odisha, and may not represent transmission levels in the district of Khurda.
The rise in ADLA episodes after the 6 month time point may be partially explained by the fact that following 6 months in the program, patients were expected to procure their own soap and anti-fungal cream from local stores and pharmacies. Accompanying the dip in ADLA rate at 6 months and subsequent rise, reported compliance to program techniques peaked at 6 months with a subsequent decline and plateau through 24 months, providing further evidence for this possible explanation.
Patients with advanced lymphedema at baseline and inter-digital entry lesions at each time point had the highest rate of ADLA episodes throughout most of the study period. Although several studies have found an increased ADLA rate among those with increasing lymphedema stage [6], [13], [23], [25] and among those with inter-digital entry lesions [23], [25], [26], none have found an interaction between the disease groups. The decrease in ADLA rate was most striking among patients with advanced lymphedema at baseline and no entry lesions, suggesting the program was most impactful among these patients for decreasing ADLA episodes.
This study demonstrates that patients enrolled in the lymphedema management program experienced a moderate decrease in lymphedema stage. Given the concerns that advanced lymphedema may be difficult to reverse, it is not surprising that the majority of lymphedema regression occurred among patients with stages 3 and 4 transitioning to stages 1 and 2. These results are similar to the leg volume decreases found in Haiti among patients with stages 2, 3, and 4 lymphedema [13]. The percentage of patients whose lymphedema progressed to a more severe stage from one time point to the next also decreased over the study period suggesting that a basic hygiene and management program is capable of slowing the advancement of chronic lymphedema. Decreased ADLA rates and slowing the advancement of chronic lymphedema have important implications for the social stigma, debilitation, and quality of life impacts seen with LF disease. We have previously reported that patients in the lymphedema management program in Khurda district experienced a significant reduction in disability in every domain of the WHO-DAS II disability assessment score [26].
When evaluating predictors of compliance to all lymphedema management techniques, we found that reported difficulty accessing soap and antifungal cream were negatively associated with compliance indicating that access to the resources needed to perform the lymphedema management techniques may improve compliance. The study in Léogâne, Haiti found that compliance was associated with female gender and age >40 years [13], two associations we did not find. Patients enrolled in the limb-care program in Sri Lanka identified inconvenience, inability to find footwear large enough to fit, and forgetting to exercise the affected limb as the main reasons for non-compliance to the limb-care program [27].
Among patients without inter-digital entry lesions, overall compliance to lymphedema management was slightly associated with a reduced ADLA rate, but this finding was not significant. Compliance was significantly associated with an increased rate of ADLA episodes among those with entry lesions, which is difficult to explain biologically and has not been noted in other studies [13] [27]. However, when lagged two time points, compliance to lymphedema management techniques was associated with a decreased rate of ADLA episodes among both groups. This suggests that the preventative benefits of the lymphedema management techniques may not be seen until months after initiation, especially among those with entry lesions who are already at increased risk for ADLA episodes.
Looking at the lymphedema management techniques separately, compliance to washing the limb with soap decreased the rate of ADLA episodes in most disease groups. Compliance to antifungal cream among those with inter-digital entry lesions present had no effect on the rate of ADLA. This finding will need to be explored further in order to better understand the efficacy of antifungal cream use in the prevention of ADLA episodes. The only other studies evaluating antifungal cream compliance and the rate of ADLA episodes did not find an association [5], [13].
Evaluating the effects of compliance on the chronic form of LF, lymphedema progression, patients who reported overall compliance to lymphedema management had slightly lower odds of lymphedema progression. Although this finding was not statistically significant, this study was not initially powered to detect a change in lymphedema progression, rather a change in ADLA episodes. Compliance to soap had a significant negative association with the progression of lymphedema. Although studies of lymphedema management programs have found reductions in leg volume after implementation of the program [12], [13], no other studies have found an association between self-reported compliance to a lymphedema management technique and chronic lymphedema progression. One study found a slight positive association between uptake of diethylcarbamazine and ivermectin [28] and decreasing lymphedema stage. Therefore, we controlled for the frequency of MDA uptake among this population and still found a significant effect of soap compliance.
This study had several limitations. Aside from the physical examination of lymphedema stage, all results were based on patient self-report. Results involving the 30-day rate of ADLA episodes may be subject to recall bias. Patients may have inaccurately recounted the number of ADLA episodes they experienced or may have had a difficult time identifying distinct episodes. It would be ideal to have prospective information regarding ADLA episodes with detailed information on the length of the episode and if any other episodes occurred simultaneously. This would allow us to calculate a more accurate rate of ADLA episodes and to consider important aspects such as wash out period. Another major limitation of this study is the lack of a true control group: a subset of comparable patients who did not receive the community-based lymphedema program. Because of this limitation, we note the possibility that the decrease in the rate of ADLA episodes over the study period may have occurred regardless of the intervention. A control group for this study was not deemed to be feasible since it would involve withholding knowledge of lymphedema management techniques from patients with lymphedema.
In addition, this study may have been limited by a social desirability bias leading patients to overestimate compliance to the lymphedema management techniques in order to please the interviewer. Selection bias may also be present as those who agreed to participate in the study may have been more willing to work to improve their lymphedema compared to those who did not enroll in the study. When exploring the association between compliance to lymphedema management techniques and the rate of ADLA episodes, we lagged the compliance variable by one time point. This was done for both the 1 month and 6 month intervals of data points. For example, for ADLA rate at 3 months, we looked at compliance reported at the 2 month time point. For the ADLA rate at 12 months, we looked at compliance reported at the 6 month time point. We realize that the time intervals are unequal and this may be affecting the estimate of effect. Lastly, this study was conducted amongst a cohort of lymphedema patients in one district of Odisha State, India which may limit the generalizability of the results.
This study solidifies previous findings showing a decreased ADLA rate among patients enrolled in a community-based lymphedema management program and demonstrates that this decrease can be maintained over a 2-year time period. This study is one of the first to demonstrate an association between self-reported compliance to soap and the 30-day rate of ADLA episodes. We lagged the compliance variable at least one time point, in order to establish temporality of our results. In both analyses, we were able to assess the associations among different disease severity groups, explore interaction, and attempt to control for confounding. We also identified several predictors of program compliance in this population, providing information for current and future programs on how to increase compliance to lymphedema management among their patients.
Preliminary economic analyses have shown the per-person start-up cost of CASA's lymphedema management program varies from $6.5–$9.00, while the maintenance cost per person was $3.50 over the 24 months of follow-up [29]. The majority of the cost (64%) went to providing direct care to patients (i.e. training, follow-up, and supplies). Although lymphedema management programs may be more costly than annual MDA campaigns, we have demonstrated their effectiveness in this setting. In addition to the clinical benefits of the program, we have also found that persons enrolled in the program experienced a decrease of 2.5 work days lost due to their lymphedema compared to baseline [30]. These benefits were maintained after the program stopped providing supplies such as soap and anti-fungal cream at 6 months. We hope that once patients see the benefits of consistently using these supplies, they will do their best to provide for themselves. Lymphedema management programs may have somewhat higher start-up costs, but the demonstrated benefits and lower sustaining costs may outweigh them.
This study indicates that a community-based lymphedema management program is beneficial for lymphedema patients for both acute and chronic morbidity and these benefits can be sustained over a two year time period. It also illustrates that compliance to lymphedema techniques can be improved if patients are provided the proper resources such as soap and antifungal cream. Although there were differences of program effectiveness by disease severity group, we still support the broad implementation of lymphedema management efforts with integrated MDA campaigns. This work demonstrates the benefit of broad community-based lymphedema management programs implemented by volunteers or community health workers, while recognizing the need for referral care for patients with complicated lymphedema and more severe disease. Furthermore, the results suggest the clinical benefits of frequent soap use among this population. One may suggest that community-based lymphedema management programs focus strongly on the use of and continued access to soap for lymphedema patients.
This work demonstrates the benefits of scaling up lymphedema management programs, which is important since the global LF elimination program has recommended that all LF endemic countries provide access to morbidity management services [10]. Future research exploring the association between compliance and ADLA episodes as well as lymphedema progression should be performed amongst community-based lymphedema management programs in other endemic settings. Furthermore, the efficacy of antifungal cream and differences by disease severity need to be elucidated. Access to morbidity management and disability prevention services is a priority for the Global Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis and developing cost-effective ways to provide these services will be needed even after mass drug administration for lymphatic filariasis has ended.
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We are grateful to the lymphedema patients of Khurda District, Bolargarh Block, without whom this work could not be accomplished. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the CASA staff in Bhubaneswar including Soumendra Dhir, Grace Rao, Rajdeep Puri, Saroj Behera, Kuber Behera, and the CASA staff in New Delhi including Mr. Aloke Michyari and Mr. Sushant Agrawal, CASA Director. We also thank Dr. David Addiss of Children Without Worms and Ann Varghese, Erika Pearl, Dr. Sarla Chand, Paul Derstine and Rick Santos of IMA World Health. We also acknowledge the cooperation and support of the Odisha Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Dr. P.K. Srivastava of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme.
Conceived and designed the experiments: JR LMF. Performed the experiments: KEM PJB AP JR LMF. Analyzed the data: KEM MD PJB. Wrote the paper: KEM LMF. Conceived hypotheses and data analysis plans: KEM DGK MK. Made substantive manuscript revisions: MD DGK MK JSL LMF. Contributed to interpretation of data analysis results: MD DGK MK JSL LMF. Final approval of the final manuscript to be published: MD DGK MK JSL LMF. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the published manuscript: MD DGK MK JSL LMF.
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Yo what up freaks, KLYAM and BUFU are teaming up to bring you the latest release “Still Not a Musician” from Boston Outsider Rockin honoroller G. Gordon Gritty aka Gangbang Gordon. GBG is in the past, let the past be the past. I miss the name too, but Gritty is just as wiry and wholesome and weird and charming as the gangbang. In fact, it’s exactly the same and entirely different. Huh?
More on that later.Joining in on the slopfest are some of our favorites in recent memory. Waltham, MA’s The Shallow End Divers are opening up the festivities with their brand of balls out, no fucking around 60s garage rock ‘n’ roll – slime that would feel right at home at the Delta House. Fellow Bostonians, Underwater Bear Ballet share a similar fuzz fidelity and shake things in an even weirder direction. Rounding out the bill is Queen’s, NY’s own Tall Juan. You may have seen Juan playing alongside the shorter Juan, Juan Wauters in The Beets and in his solo work. Well, if you dig The Beets/Wauters, then you’ll freak out over Tall Juan’s similarly captivating, Ramonesian folk garage pop. Check out the dude’s latest music video for “I Like to Stay Home” (R. Stevie Moore) below. Directed by Beets vet Matthew Volz.
KLYAM & BUFU Present: G. Gordon Gritty’s “Still Not a Musician” KLYAM Records/BUFU Records Tape Release Show w/ Tall Juan (NY), Underwater Bear Ballet, The Shallow End Divers @ Club Bohemia (Cantab Lounge basement) in Cambridge, MA on Friday, May 29th!
This show is 21+ :( sorry kids. $8, 8:30 PM. COME OUT!
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TALL JUAN New BUFU Single / Show In JP With Free Pizza, Nice Guys, Petey
That’s a loaded headline but we all know Tall Juan of Queens is worthy. For many, it’s an introduction to the man, the waste-no-time punk pop charmer. Falling Down is his latest single, out now on BUFU Records. To celebrate the occasion, he’ll be playing right here in Jamaica Plain house show style next Thursday, December 18. The openers couldn’t be more exciting and a little bit sad. Free Pizza will be playing their last Boston show before they move their inspiring homefront to the Miami area. They’ve been making it rain so to speak around here for the past few years, always being a most fun-loving live band and good people to boot. Wish ’em luck! Our partners in Wax and IceHouse, Nice Guys are on this thing, too, with your childhood friends Petey from North Carolina.
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Littlefoot’s “Night Of The Living Dreams” Out NOW!
The wait is over – Boston’s loveliest, heavenly sounding group Littlefoot have dropped their debut album Night Of The Living Dreams on BUFU Records. 10 dreamers that were recorded this past summer! I remember my first Littlefoot show – it was February 1st (2014) in Providence at Dusk as part of Atlantic Thrills record release. One of my favorites of the year!! Don’t hear Littlefoot’s kind of early rock ‘n roll and dream pop every day, you know? They played all tunes from this release, but of course I didn’t know that at the time. They real good! The record is so well done. I’d feel almost cheesy ‘properly’ reviewing it. Waves of excitement and smiles abound like old times like when I heard Beach House’s Teen Dream about five years ago. When I’m in my late 20s I’ll look back fondly at discovering Littlefoot. So on that note, Erica’s voice and songwriting…just listen!!!!!
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Night One Boston En Masse Thursday September 18!
Illegally Blind is at it again, putting on Boston En Masse, four days of live music at Church, which is near Fenway Park. Each night offers something a little different (check out the FB event page for a listing of bands) and it is TOMORROW NIGHT, Thursday September 18, that we are most excited to share with you all!
Presented in association with local underground music advocates BUFU Records, Boston Hassle, Fast Apple, a couple KLYAM splifft singlers – Nice Guys and Miami Doritos – are in on the action along with Ben Katzman’s DeGreaser, Boogie Boy Metal Mouth, and The Monsieurs.
Nice Guys are just about a month fresh off the release of their most recent tape, L.A.P.D. Since forming in 2012, they’ve toured the East Coast a couple of times, played at Hassle, BUFU, and Starlab Fests, shared billings with garage slammers like FIDLAR and Ex-Cult, and released their first 7″, a split with Miami Doritos on our KLYAM Records label, earlier this year. Noisy punk chaos with a tendency for instrumental explosions, break-downs, and the like. We really dig this stuff and enthusiasts all over town and beyond are takin’ note, too!
Miami Doritos are like family with Nice Guys – if you haven’t noticed already – they share a home, a member, a television set, stuff like that. They also have a tape, that before mentioned 7″, a couple tours, and tons of sweet local shows in their name. They just a duo, though, and create quite a racket amongst themselves. Their noise is crunchy, their underbelly is tastily (not tastefully) poppy. Come on down.
Ben Katzman’s Degreaser is the latest and just maybe greatest band from Katzman. Dude’s all about chilling mad hard, rokin out, and Shredding, so let’s see you in action, broooooo!!! The band’s first album Degreaser was released digitally a brief time ago and it is a cok rok love affair. Gritty, positively recalling early rock ‘n roll along the way, charming surely. Right now all I can do is picture their queezy punk pop energy, soon I will see it in the flesh!!
Boogie Boy Metal Mouth‘s hip-hop in the punk spirit holds ya hostage, at least that’s the feeling I’ve gotten from their live performances. I’m not sure what else to feel – they’re the only hip-hop group I have seen or remembered seeing. Lotta movement and interaction at the Wilder Zangcraft that time. It’s still sinking in. What they are doing is not like much I’ve seen in the Boston underground; credit their unique set-up and experimental leanings.
Headlining this En Masse shabang are The Monsieurs, who have roots in the garage underworld that date much further than my time. At any rate and at any inclination, they are maybe the most straight ahead, hook filled, no seaweed, punk trio playing local stages and non-stages. Gather together the funnest rock ‘n roll of the past 60 years or, if you’re more myopic, the gunk punk greats of the past 20, and that’s just about Monsieurs style. Ya heard it before but now it’s right in front you, in fine fashion, uttering shit in one ear, while the other’s being damaged by thick loud amps. In good fun, though.
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Free Pizza On Tour Now (Barbara Busch Tour)
Boston’s own Free Pizza has hit the road once again, bringing their fun punk down the United States and back up again. The best place for you to check where to see them in those cities (on the poster above) is the FASCIST BOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/771957836196021/
Do check ’em out, we try to as often as we can, but we spoiled being here in BOS.
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BUFU Fest Recap (4/25-26/14)
Date: Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, 2014
Venue: Cambridge Elks Lodge
Yeah, I know this shit was like over a month ago. Get over it. The following is a recollection of April’s first annual BUFU Records Festival. Here are the bands that made me chill the hardest…
Night One:
Nice Guys – OOOHHHHH Nice Guys! Boston’s Nicest Guyzzzz. As soon as I enter the Elks these guys are getting ready to play. They blast through a fast, frenzied set that affirms my belief that I am one deaf bastard.
With this set there’s a solid chunk of new material or at the very least songs I’ve never heard before: “Whale,” “Rock ‘n’ Roll,” “Freedom,” “Pegger,” and “Stinker.” All bone crushing in their own eloquent way. Still, I get the biggest kicks from the regular chart toppers such as “Boxfort,” “Medical Envy,” and “Cop Walk.” During “Cop Walk” Alex rummages his way through the crowd in classic Alex fashion. A valiant way to wake up the stiff crowd and kick off BUFU Fest.
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“Box Fort”
“Pegger”
“Medical Envy”
“Stinker”
“Cop Walk”
I collect Nice Guys set lists like a yuppie collects his Bill Joel ticket stubs. Dorks!
ACLU Benefit – This is my first ACLU Benefit. This isn’t the first time I’ve met Noah (the man behind ACLU Benefit) however. When I first met him he was dressed up as a juggalo at a Halloween show this past fall featuring Fat Creeps, Nice Guys, Guerilla Toss, and Designer. Actually, no wait we met on the train later that evening. Long story short, I had already heard the name ACLU Benefit tossed around these parts like the town whore, but at the time I didn’t realize I was speaking to the benefit himself. The low voice should have given it away. So, that night I looked up his bandcamp and I was correct. I went on to discover one of Boston’s most original voices.
Fast forward to tonight and I am delighted to finally be standing in front of Noah/ACLU Benefit in a musical setting for the very first time. It’s hard to write about his music because it evokes so many different emotions in me. That sounds like an excuse and it is, but I’ll do my best.
Noah stands alone with a guitar and that baritone voice you can hear from a 100 feet away. The crowd is building up, starting to get packed; it’s still pretty early in the fest. Noah introduces himself and begins to play. The performance is chilling, humorous, and all around entertaining in its own little way. Certainly one of the more engaging, inclusive performers I have come across over the last decade.
He has two distinct anthems in which he instructs the audience to sing along with him. In the aptly titled “Beer,” he informs us to sing “BEEEEEER!” after he sings “I’ve got a friend and his name is Beer.” So it goes like this…
Noah: I’ve got a friend and his name is Beer.
Crowd: BEEEEEEEER!
Noah: He loves me cause you’re not here.
Crowd: BEEEEEER!
It’s fun and interactive. There’s another song Noah plays entitled “Love Of My Life” and the performance operates in similar sing along fashion. This time as Noah sings “love of my life” the crowd sings “I’ll never get over you.” It’s one of those you had to be there kind of moments. You reading my description of it obviously doesn’t have the same effect. Case and point, go see ACLU Benefit. You’ll ponder life and wonder what went wrong. Don’t die wondering. http://aclubenefit.bandcamp.com/
Following the set, Glen, Ben, and I shake hands with Noah, complimenting him on a job well done. It’s worth missing the next band.
Funeral Cone – The lodge is rockin’ and the party is off the hook by the time Funeral Cone gets rollin. I saw these peeps at this exact spot here back in September and it left me bleeding. A nice little scar on my arm. A Funeral Cone memento if you will. This set is pretty much the same thing, minus the blood. Constant moshing from the punks, indeed, it’s a punker’s wet dream. Ramonesian tune (they may even cover some Ramones tunes? I’m fuzzy) with flashes of early hardcore punk a la Circle Jerks. With a diabolical keyboard in tow, it makes for a hardcore Okmoniks. Surely, the garage rawk klowns will foam at the mouth over this gunk. Slimy seconds err thirds, I’ll take em’.
P.S. Cory from SKIMASK, Ancient Filth, and Concrete Facelift also plays drums in Funeral Cone!
Gymshorts – This band’s music is as satisfying as their moniker. As I type this I’m comfortably sitting back in my own pair of gymshorts listening to Gymshorts. You know, I’m not really sure where I’m going with this, but trust me you want to hear this band. If you’ve ever trusted me before (I don’t know what you were thinking), trust me on this one. Loads of killer slop rock songs that stick to you for dayssss kidddddd. My new favorite band or at least the best band I’ve heard all year.
I just got into Gymshorts a few months back and from the looks of it most in attendance are unfamiliar with their music. They eagerly stare at the band, bopppin their heads and possibly other things… not really moving too much though, which is a damn shame. That’s ok, it almost makes it that much more hilarious when Sarah (vocals, guitar) bursts into the crowd barreling through a sea of stiffs. They never expect it haha. Regardless, after their set I overheard some kids praising their performance, so Providence’s best shorts have converted some Bostonian heads in the process. Listen to dis shit for weeks: http://gymshorts.bandcamp.com/
Free Pizza – Before Free Pizza begin their set, BUFU Records founder and BUFU Fest organizer, Ben Katzman announces that BUFU Records will be reissuing Free Pizza’s Boston, MA (previously released as a tape on BUFU) on vinyl alongside Feeding Tube Records. When I hear this, I can barely see Katzman’s face because I’m way in the back of the room, though I know it’s him up there because of his distinct voice and tone. The place is packed to the gills, but I have to get up front for this. The band launches into their set and Jesus Vio starts singing “I’m going forwardddd” (“Forward”) as I am literally moving forward to make my way to the front. The crowd eats it up and dances their asses off and it only gets better.
The next song is “Net Babes,” one of my favorites from the group and I’m not alone in this. I start singing along “We have no beaches, but baby we can surf …” and before I can even finish the line I notice Ben Katzman looks back at me, smiles and sings along with me, “but baby we can surf the internet!” Katzman’s enthusiasm is contagious and as I said the crowd is going bananas.
They continue to play some songs off their debut, such as “Freedom Pizza,” “Ducks,” “Porty,” and “Baby Girl” as well as some fresh cuts (I think) like “Keep on Moving,” and “2 Broke.”
The best part of not just Free Pizza’s set, but the pinnacle moment of all of BUFU Fest comes when the band closes with “Boston, MA” the final track off the album of the same name. The song alone encapsulates the feeling of inclusion, unity, rejection of the mainstream, and above all good old fashion fun aka “chilling mad hard” that BUFU Records, BUFU Fest, Free Pizza, and the Boston underground as a whole represent on a daily basis; here is just the perfect microcosm and it hits like an explosion. The band encourages everyone to sing along if they know the words and even if you don’t, it’s all good. A shirtless, sweaty Jesus triumphantly flings himself into the crowd as they dance along and sing into the mic with him “Living in Boston, Massachusetts, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSSSS!!!”
Definitely one of the greatest live experiences in my life. The whole set, but in particular “Boston, MA.” A rare feeling I struggle to put into words. If I could bottle it up and ingest it every morning I totally would. For what it’s worth, I’ve never been one for civic pride. It’s just not my style. I’m not ashamed of my town/city/state, but I’ve never felt any direct connection with Boston and it’s surrounding area. With that being said, Free Pizza’s “Boston, MA” is finally a New England anthem I can actually identify with and one that makes me happy and proud to live here. http://freepizzarocks.bandcamp.com/Can’t recommend this album enough.
“Net Babes”
“Freedom Pizza”
“Porty”
“2 Broke”
Juan Wauters – With all of the excitement following Free Pizza’s set I almost forgot I’m seeing one of my favorite artists for the first time, well you could say that. Juan is the lead singer for Jackson Heights, Queens, New York’s The Beets, a band that co-KLYAMER Glen and myself have been fascinated with the past 4-5 years. We’ve seen The Beets a number of times now, but we’ve never seen Juan solo. In fact, before Juan even makes it to the stage/floor, we’re praising the man, shaking his hand, giving him big hugs, offering him beers. He’s overwhelmed by the love and support, I can tell he appreciates it or he’s a bit freaked out haha. Matter of fact, Juan actually interviewed Glen or I should say Gangbang Gordon for Allston Pudding. True story.
It’s all dark and quiet and the Juan begins (following another arousing introduction from Mr. Katzman). I can’t remember what the order is, but Juan and his acoustic guitar bust out some recent fan favorites form his debut solo effort N.A.P. North American Poetry. These include, but aren’t limited to “Water,” “Sanity,” “Continue To Be You,” and “Let Me Hip You To Something.” There are a lot of Juan fans in attendance, all sitting and standing, huddled around the Uruguayan singer. BUFU Records/Fest co-head honcho Chris Collins especially is digging the Juan, he always does. We all do. I’m confident Juan hipped many kids on to something haha, something special.
The Founding Fathers – Now, here’s a fine group of young, upstanding gentlemen that look awfully familiar. Call me crazy, call me wild, but they bear a striking resemblance to another local band you may remember as SKIMASK. Ehh whatever, must be me losing my mind.
Speaking of which, the lead vocalist seems to be off his rocker as well. He shrieks and flails about, barging through the moshers on a warpath, both physical and vocal. He’s an orator. An enigmatic performer of epic proportions. He crashes into the drum kit, he rolls on the floor, tossing his body to and fro in a possessed state of mind. Not wasting a second to rant and rave and proselytize the elks lodge inhabitants, when he’s not tearing the place to shreds. He spares no one, the audience is the target. He runs through the crowd as if he is engulfed in flames and burning to death. He stares into their eyes helplessly like he’s Carrie White covered in period blood, fiercely moving forward amid a chaotic atmosphere. It could all end at any second.
Electronic, spastic alien noise and fast, deafening drums provide the backbone to all of this pandemonium. It’s noise, it’s odd rock ‘n’ roll, and definitely one of the highlights of BUFU Fest.
Guerilla Toss – If any band could keep up with the the frenzy of the previous set then it’s Guerilla Toss. This is also one of my top sets from the entire fest. It’s always a trip, a party, a filthy mess when it comes to Gtoss and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Hundreds of kids are up front, slamming into each other, if you can even move. It’s body to body, no open space. I’m hot as a motherfucker, perspiring all over the place. The crowd is one giant body, a sweatball that bounces back and forth to the band’s self-proclaimed fucked up dance music. It’s fun as always, though I would prefer some room for more hippie dancing/moshing, then again I love when it’s just a crazy mess too. One downside is that I can’t see everything and I can’t even hear everything. Kassie’s vocals seem a bit lower or it’s just me. I’m gone. My eardrums took a serious pounding tonight.
As the set wraps up, Simon Hanes bangs his two fists against his head several times like he’s Jake LaMotta or Andre the Giant or some other human animal. Gtoss is a bestial powerhouse, let em’ bring out the beast in you!
Night Two:
Gangbang Gordon – My homeboy Gangbang Gordon kicks BUFU Fest night two off with a BANG! As GBG and his Northshore barebackers crack into their set the crowd is slowly building up and taking notice.
GBG opens with “Life At The ABC” and “The Breeze” two tunes that will be featured on his upcoming cassette Culturally Irrevelerent coming out this Summer on none other than BUFU Records!
Among other rocking standards such as “Lost Touch With The Youths,” “I Can Testify,” and “Warm Warm Warm” that get some folks headbanging, there’s also a new cut known as “Not Your Average Professor Liberal Arts.” A tune only GBG could imagine.
The sound is a bit all over the place and not everyone sounds in sync with one another, which can be expected at a GBG show, but at least they’re having fun and that’s not always the case with a lot of ‘rock’ bands.
For some of the tunes including the Spanish rap number “Orguello De Rappers” there’s a blinding, seizure inducing disco ball light. They close the set with “Slide Paper,” which sounds like a teenager’s attempt at recreating a Van Halen song. It’s a good riff. http://gbgordon.bandcamp.com/
“Life At The ABC”
“Lost Touch With The Youths”
“I can Testify”
“Warm Warm Warm”
“Not Ya Average Professor Of Liberal Arts”
“Orguello De Rappers”
“Slide Paper”
Frank Hurricane – Damn, it’s been years since I’ve seen the one and only Frank Hurricane. Frank can captivate an entire room of gangstas with a few words. Frank aka Hurricanes Of Love will always hold a warm place in my heart, for the first basement/house show Glen and I ever attended was at the Dirty Douglas in Lowell and Frank opened the show. His kind, gentle, and humorous demeanor was the perfect introduction to underground music and the local music scene. That was a little over three years ago. Frank was on tour from Atlanta. He is a constant traveler and tonight he speaks of his various travels.
Frank sits back, plays some acoustic guitar, and rattles off hypnotic tale after tale of one amusing (or sometimes disturbing) anecdote to the next. He is a true raconteur, a rarity. http://frankhurricane.com/
Littlefoot – Littlefoot is a band from Providence that I’m starting to really get into a lot. I first saw them opening for Atlantic Thrills at their album release party at Dusk in Providence. This set had similar, dream pop vibes. Very relaxed, comforting, and insanely catchy. Almost too many people for me to truly enjoy it. I look forward to seeing them more in the future, especially in more intimate settings. http://littlefootlittlefoot.bandcamp.com/
Dylan Ewen & The Sulk Scouts – Ahh one of my favorite local bands. It’s always a fun time when these kids play. They wear sunglasses, Hawaiian shirts, and just let off a breezy, chill attitude. That isn’t to say they can’t rock out, because they most certainly do. Kooky klassics like “Us Girls Got It Tuff,” “Handcuffs,” and D.Ewen OG “Korean Girlfriend” are all on display.
The band also performs Madonna’s “Like A Virgin,” a fitting cover that complements their mixture of coyness and semi-deviance. It’s all for fun.
For mo’ Dylan Ewen: http://dylanewen.com/
“*noise intro*
“Us Girls Got It Tough”
“Cool Party”
“Like A Virgin” (Madonna Cover)
“Stoked To Be Sad”
“Korean Girlfriend”
“Fkuu Me”
Fat Creeps – This is the longest I’ve gone without seeing the Fat Creeps since… ever. Last time I saw them was on New Year’s Eve! Crazy, whack, son. Things have changed. They have a new drummer. Mr. Travis Hagan. My dude! You may have seen him in such local rock ‘n’ roll juggernauts as The New Highway Hymnal, Chill City Icon, Wakes, Radskull, and you may recall Travis’ brief stint as the drummer for The Migs. RIP Migs :(. Anywho, he’s behind the kit and he kills it.
If my memory serves me correctly they open with “Secrets” and it’s great to finally hear the song live again after all this time. Most of the set, however, features newer songs These tunes will appear on their upcoming full-length Must Be Nice on Gnar Tapes and Sophomore Lounge Records. I’m looking forward to it to say the very least.
All in all, as I said before great to see the Creeps again and it’s awesome to see a big crowd of kids devouring the various Creeps numbers, both old and new. http://fatcreeps.bandcamp.com/
Unstoppable Death Machines – This is the last band I remember truly hitting me over the head with their music. Or that may have been their fans haha. It’s a rowdy set for this NYC noise duo, think Lightning Bolt. I’m sure they get that comparison a lot, but that’s what comes to mind for me. There’s still a lot of people in the room, but it seems like less than before. Still a decent chunk, going apeshit to the ravenous sounds of Unstoppable Death Machines. My buddy Brian Hickey and myself are at the front of the pit, smashing into each other and everyone else. It’s lunacy! http://unstoppabledeathmachines.com/
So that’s that. BUFU Fest was an extraordinary experience. One of my top shows ever and definitely the best I’ve seen this year thus far. I can’t wait for next year. I hope you chilled as mad hard as I did. Peace.
Do the Cop Walk baby.
Video shot by Zurnoise
Author Chris DeCarloPosted on 06/14/2014 09/26/2014 Categories ACLU Benefit, Art, BUFU Fest 2014, BUFU Records, concert review, Dylan Ewen, Fat Creeps, Free Pizza, Gangbang Gordon, Guerilla Toss, Gymshorts, Honorary KLAYMERS, Juan Wauters, KLYAM Records, Local Music, Music, New Highway Hymnal, Nice Guys, pictures, Punk, Record Labels, reviews, SKIMASK, The Beets, The Jellyfish Brothers, The Migs, VideoTags BUFU Fest, BUFU Records, Cambridge Elks Lodge, Nice Guys, SKIMASKLeave a comment on BUFU Fest Recap (4/25-26/14)
Introducing Ben Katzman’s Degreaser
Ben Katzman’s Degreaser is cummin’ 7/4/14 but I think we all know BK’s Degreaser is already here. BUFU Records royalty’s solo album drops on that date and yeah yeah what a fine Fourth is in store. I didn’t really know what to expect from Ben – the dude has some deep-rooted metallic tendencies, although anything is seemingly possible with him. “Dance With A Hopeless Romantic” is a possible preview of what’s to come here and it sure is slick. Like THE LOCOMOTION subverted, powered into a spunky anthem. True fun and that’s what Degreaser is all about.
Author G. Gordon GrittyPosted on 06/07/2014 Categories Ben Katzman's Degreaser, BUFU Records, Local Music, MusicTags Ben Katzman's Degreaser, BUFU Records, Dance With A Hopeless RomanticLeave a comment on Introducing Ben Katzman’s Degreaser
BUFU Fest 2014 Schedule Announced
Yo, check it out! Here’s the schedule for this weekend’s BUFU Records Fest. Our GBG starting at 420 on Saturday, tight. 4 mo info, here’s da fascist book page: https://www.facebook.com/events/695215827208809/709038109159914/?notif_t=plan_mall_activity
Author Chris DeCarloPosted on 04/22/2014 Categories ACLU Benefit, Art, BUFU Records, Dylan Ewen, Fat Creeps, Free Pizza, Gangbang Gordon, Honorary KLAYMERS, Local Music, Music, Nice Guys, pictures, PunkTags Boston Music Festivals, BUFU Fest 2014, BUFU Fest Schedule, BUFU Records, Cambridge Elks Lodge, Gangbang Gordon, Juan Wauters, Music FestivalsLeave a comment on BUFU Fest 2014 Schedule Announced
Album Review: Free Pizza – “BOSTON, MA”
Release: 3/2014
Label: BUFU Records
George Moshington, the former front man of the Casa Blanca himself, is right there on the cover of Free Pizza‘s latest release: BOSTON, MA. Not to be confused with Washington, the tru capital (in spirit, nurture, and commitment) of underground music is right here where Free Pizza resides and sings about. The trio of Jesus Vio (bass/vocals), Santiago Cardenas (guitar), and Nick Rasmussen (drums) have spent approximately the last year playing several shows in Boston, in surrounding areas, and beyond. For those in tune with what’s good around these parts, this tape has been highly anticipated!
Free Pizza have been ruling for about three years; they released their debut 5 songer in 2011. All five of these songs make a return on BOSTON, MA in bigger, juicier style, credit to the dudes recording in a studio (Mystic Valley) for this go around. When I listen to Free Pizza, more than half of the time I kinda do this thing where I slowly move my head from left to right, shake it up and down, and flex my shoulders. Some songs call for a quicker variation like finale “Boston, MA,” all swirlin’ guitar, bass, unforgettable lyrics and “Net Babes,” which has an equally sweet rhythm plus an instrumental towards the end that is like flowers blooming or several women dancing around you.
What I hear from the getgo is Jesus’ ultra memorable singing voice positively ranging from sweet and tender to immediate and demanding. The guy’s always convincing, but ‘specially so on the more relaxing numbers “Come Close To Me” and “Baby Girl”. One thing that’s challenging for me to do in this space is to remark on how Free Pizza comes through with their sound! They’re a funky band (if you recall my movements from earlier) so be prepared to move. I’ll throw out [early] Abe Vigoda and The Minutemen, both bands that got that BOUNCE to ’em. Punk rock not how ya expect it to sound and they’re better off for that! BOSTON, MA is an urban record for all kinds. “Forward” packs the most pleasure for me in its mere 78 seconds. In fact, all of these tunes clock in at under 3 so if you’ve got an hour to spare, you’ve got three full listens in order!
Get yourself over to their BC and spend some alone time: http://freepizzarocks.bandcamp.com/album/boston-ma and they are on tour! to SXSW.
Author G. Gordon GrittyPosted on 03/06/2014 03/06/2014 Categories Free Pizza, Local Music, Music, reviewsTags Boston, BOSTON MA, BUFU Records, Free PizzaLeave a comment on Album Review: Free Pizza – “BOSTON, MA”
Music Video: Dylan Ewen – “500 Days of Bummer”
This shit is so good. This is a sick song from the recent Dylan Ewen & The Southern Gospel Gangbusters cassette. Pick that shit up from BUFU Records. Dylan just went on tour with Free Pizza and some of it is documented here in this video. I’m far too drunk to go into any other descriptions right now. Enjoy.
Author Chris DeCarloPosted on 01/09/2014 Categories Art, Dylan Ewen, Local Music, Music, music video, Punk, VideoTags Band On Tour, BUFU Records, Music Video: Dylan Ewen - "500 Days of Bummer", New Music VideosLeave a comment on Music Video: Dylan Ewen – “500 Days of Bummer”
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Carbon-rich exoplanets could be made of diamonds, says study
A carbon-rich planet with diamond and silica as main minerals. Water can convert a carbide planet into a diamond-rich planetCredit: Shim/ASU/Vecteezy.
As missions like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, TESS and Kepler continue to provide insights into the properties of exoplanets (planets around other stars), scientists are increasingly able to piece together what these planets look like, what they are made of, and if they could be habitable or even inhabited.
In a new study published in The Planetary Science Journal, researchers from Arizona State University and the University of Chicago have determined that some carbon-rich exoplanets, given the right circumstances, could be made of diamonds and silica.
“These exoplanets are unlike anything in our solar system,” says lead author Harrison Allen-Sutter of ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration.
When stars and planets are formed, they do so from the same cloud of gas, so their bulk compositions are similar.
A star with a lower carbon to oxygen ratio will have planets like Earth, comprised of silicates and oxides with a very small diamond content (Earth’s diamond content is about 0.001%).
But exoplanets around stars with a higher carbon to oxygen ratio than our sun are more likely to be carbon-rich.
Scientists hypothesized that these carbon-rich exoplanets could convert to diamond and silicate, if water (which is abundant in the universe) were present, creating a diamond-rich composition.
Diamond-anvils and X-rays
To test this hypothesis, the research team needed to mimic the interior of carbide exoplanets using high heat and high pressure.
To do so, they used high pressure diamond-anvil cells at co-author Shim’s Lab for Earth and Planetary Materials.
First, they immersed silicon carbide in water and compressed the sample between diamonds to a very high pressure. Then, to monitor the reaction between silicon carbide and water, they conducted laser heating at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois, taking X-ray measurements while the laser heated the sample at high pressures.
As they predicted, with high heat and pressure, the silicon carbide reacted with water and turned into diamonds and silica.
Habitability and inhabitability
So far, we have not found life on other planets, but the search continues.
Planetary scientists and astrobiologists are using sophisticated instruments in space and on Earth to find planets with the right properties and the right location around their stars where life could exist.
For carbon-rich planets that are the focus of this study, however, they likely do not have the properties needed for life.
While Earth is geologically active (an indicator habitability), the results of this study show that carbon-rich planets are too hard to be geologically active and this lack of geologic activity may make atmospheric composition uninhabitable.
Atmospheres are critical for life as it provides us with air to breathe, protection from the harsh environment of space, and even pressure to allow for liquid water.
“Regardless of habitability, this is one additional step in helping us understand and characterize our ever- increasing and improving observations of exoplanets,” says Allen-Sutter.
“The more we learn, the better we’ll be able to interpret new data from upcoming future missions like the James Webb Space Telescope and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to understand the worlds beyond on our own solar system.”
Written by Karin Valentine.
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This Land Is Our Land
Posted on November 7, 2020 by jimfriedrich
President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris
Democracy won today. The United States of America has stepped away from the edge of the authoritarian abyss, and countless hearts—and the planet itself—are sighing with relief. Yes, so much damage to repair, and immense challenges ahead, and the work will not be easy. But let us embrace and enjoy this day’s levity of spirit, and breathe in the winds of joy.
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I want to be in that number
Jan and Hubert van Eyck, Adoration of the Lamb (detail), Ghent Altarpiece (1432).
In this time of exile from gathered community, the All Saints images of countless saints singing “around the throne in sweet accord” fill me with longing for the day when we will join our hearts and voices in person once again. Meanwhile, memory and hope (and Zoom) will have to do.
The van Eyck image of saints in procession reminds me of a 1965 photograph of 600 activists, led by 25-year-old John Lewis, marching across the Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
John Lewis and friends march through the valley of the shadow toward the land of promise (Selma, Alabama, March 7, 1965).
They would be met on the other side by state troopers, whose violence was so shockingly brutal that the day is remembered as “Bloody Sunday.” Those troopers are gone, John Lewis is gone, but God’s friends continue the march toward a better day. And all those saints and martyrs who have gone before—the “great cloud of witnesses—now cheer us on from above.
In this perilous historical moment, may we too keep on keeping on, keep marching in the light of God, encouraged by the many saints who have shown us how.
Further posts for All Saints Day:
For All the Saints
Applauding the Saints
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Praying the Hours 3: Beginning (Lauds & Prime)
Posted on October 27, 2020 by jimfriedrich
This is the third in a series on the canonical hours, the ancient Christian practice for living a mindful day. The first, “Reclaiming My Time,” gives a general introduction, with a list of helpful resources for your own practice of prayer and meditation. This third reflection concerns Lauds and Prime, the hours when day begins.
“Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every Morning you wake in heaven” (Thomas Traherne). January sunrise on Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island, Washington. (Photo by Jim Friedrich)
Lauds (Daybreak)
From dust I rise,
And out of nothing now awake,
These brighter Regions which salute mine Eys,
A Gift from God I take.
The Earth, the Seas, the Light, the Day, the Skies,
The Sun and Stars are mine; if those I prize …
Into this Eden, so divine and fair,
So wide and bright, I come His Son and Heir.
— Thomas Traherne [i]
New every morning is the love
our wakening and uprising prove;
through sleep and darkness safely brought,
restored to life and power and thought.
— John Keble [ii]
Do you believe in miracles? There is at least one every day: God says, “Let there be light!” And behold, night and nothingness flee away; the visible world appears miraculously before our eyes. We may sleep through this miracle, forget to notice, or take it for granted. But every morning is like the first morning of the world—a divine gift to be honored with astonishment, delight, gratitude and praise.
The victory of light over darkness is one of the most ancient and natural religious tropes. For mortal beings, whose temporal span is a long day’s journey into night, the recurring dawn is a sign of unconquerable life. “The people who have walked in darkness have seen a great light,” says the prophet Isaiah, finding the narrative of salvation in dawn’s daily parable. The Song of Zechariah, whose son, John the Baptist, would herald the true Light of the world, elaborates this image at every Morning Prayer:
By the tender mercy of our God,
and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1: 78-79)
August dawn on Eagle Harbor, Bainbridge Island, Washington. (Photo by Jim Friedrich)
It’s a shame that most of us see many more dusks than dawns in the course of our life. Might we be more joyful people if we devoted greater attention to the daybreak hour? Even early risers may succumb too quickly to their tasks, duties and worries to greet the dawn with attentive stillness.
“The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you,” says Rumi. “Don’t go back to sleep.”[iii] The medieval Sufi mystic counsels us to cherish the liminal hush between night and day, sleep and waking, when the mind still drifts in tranquility. “Take the first moments when emerging from sleep to be still,” says Elizabeth Yates in her Book of Hours, “to let waking come gently, to cherish the thoughts that are hovering, to let the idea that may soon need to be acted upon gather fullness.”[iv]
Whatever your work may be, whatever your schedule demands, find a way to spend contemplative time with the dawn—if not daily, then weekly. The birth of the day is a great and mighty wonder, not to be missed. As Thomas Merton suggests, “the most wonderful moment of the day is that when creation in its innocence asks permission to ‘be’ once again, as it did on the first morning that ever was.”[v]
In the daybreak liturgy of Lauds—the term means “praises”—the opening sentence breaks the night’s Great Silence with an invocation: “O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise” (Psalm 51:15). Begin your day not with coffee or screens, but with praise, and notice the difference! Some of us may be reluctant risers, but daybreak is no time for slumber. It’s too beautiful and holy to miss. “Rise and shine,” says the prophet, “for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you (Isaiah 60:1). The Psalmist responds with gusto: “Wake up, my soul; awake, O instruments of joy; I myself will waken the dawn (Psalm 57:8). Sing the day into being!—it’s a lovely practice. Try it sometime on a mountain summit, lakeshore, or back porch.
A traditional Appalachian spiritual to welcome daybreak.
When I was a chaplain for teenage backpacking camps in California’s High Sierra, our venerable leader, Joe Golowka, was always the first one up. The rest of us, still snug in our bags, tried to postpone the shock of cold mountain air, but Joe would wander among us like a biblical watchman. “Don’t miss this beautiful dawn!” he’d say, echoing the Psalmist: This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it (Psalm 118:24).
There are many beautiful hymns and prayers for the observance of Lauds, but a measure of wordless attention is also required. If we can simply listen without thought, the silent dawn will speak to us, as it did to Ralph Waldo Emerson:
“I see the spectacle of morning from the hilltop over against my house, from daybreak to sunrise, with emotions which an angel might share. The long slender bars of cloud float like fishes in the sea of crimson light. From the earth, as a shore, I look out into that silent sea. I seem to partake in its rapid transformations: the active enchantment reaches my dust, and I dilate and conspire with the morning wind.”[vi]
In Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day, Benedictine Macrina Wiederkehr praises the dawn as an hour of healing and renewal.
Moment before dawn
quietest of all quiet moments,
good medicine for the soul,
make plans to be there.
Set the clock of your heart,
breathe in the rays of dawn,
raise high the chalice of your life,
taste the joy of being awake. [vii]
Wiederkehr’s eucharistic image is apt. Taste and see. Dawn is indeed a sacramental hour. A hymn sung by Camaldolese monks imagines it as a baptism of light:
Dawn’s radiance washes over earth;
refreshed and rested from the night
the world is rinsed baptismally
as all are bathed anew in light. [viii]
Caspar David Friedrich, Woman before the Rising Sun (1818).
Not only is the natural world “rinsed baptismally” each new day; so, to some degree, are we. “I dwell in possibility,” says Emily Dickinson, “spreading wide my narrow / Hands — / to gather Paradise.[ix]
However many past projects, burdens, and sorrows we drag with us into the present moment, the new morning is an invitation to set them down and “dwell in possibility,” receiving the gift of “now” as a fresh opportunity, an empty canvas, like Eden before the Fall. As John Muir learned from spending countless dawns in the roofless wild, we can breathe the air of Paradise in nature’s daily Lauds:
“I used to envy the father of our race, dwelling as he did in contact with the new-made fields and plants of Eden; but I do so no more, because I have discovered that I also live in ‘creation’s dawn.’ The morning stars still sing together, and the world, not yet half made, becomes more beautiful every day.” [x]
The new day not only reenacts the creation of everything. It is also a drama of resurrection: we rise from the “death” of sleep, startled by the return of our conscious self from the night’s oblivion. “Rise, heart; thy Lord is risen,” says the priestly poet George Herbert. For every day, when truly perceived and welcomed, is the day of resurrection:
Can there be any day but this,
Though many sunnes to shine endeavour?
We count three hundred, but we misse:
There is but one, and that one ever. [xi]
However, rolling out of bed can become so habitual that we forget the wonder of it, forget the miraculous givenness of our existence. Sometimes a dramatic reminder may be necessary. Forty-nine years later, I still can feel the utter joy and relief of seeing one particular sunrise in the Smoky Mountains. Having just endured a terrifying night of lightning on an exposed summit, I felt delivered into newness of life. And who has not experienced equivalent inner dawns, when “the night of weeping shall be the morn of song.”[xii] One of Charles Wesley’s morning hymns employs the physical sensations of sunrise to convey the spiritual gifts we are offered with each new day:
Dark and cheerless is the morn unaccompanied by thee;
joyless is the day’s return, till thy mercy’s beams I see,
till they inward light impart, glad my eyes, and warm my heart.
Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life: Childhood (1842).
In Thomas Cole’s The Voyage of Life, a quartet of allegorical paintings, “Childhood” is imbued with morning spirituality. The Adamic child, newborn and joyful, emerges from a dark cave into the roseate dawn of a happy world. A protective angel holds the tiller of the child’s golden boat as it drifts down the stream of time. As Cole reminds us in the quartet’s later paintings, troubled waters lie ahead in every voyage, but though Paradise be lost, it may yet be regained every time we greet a new day with thanks and praise. In the words of Kathryn Galloway’s morning hymn:
We receive God’s graceful moment
While the day is fresh and still,
Ours to choose how we will greet it,
Ours to make it what we will.
Here is given perfect freedom,
Every hope in love to fill. [xiii]
The author welcomes a mountain sunrise near the North Wall in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Montana (August 3, 2010).
Prime (after sunrise)
The trivial round, the common task,
will furnish all we ought to ask;
room to deny ourselves; a road
to bring us daily nearer God.
— John Keble [xiv]
Prime, the “first” portion of daylight following sunrise, is the period of transition from contemplation and praise into the onward flow of the day’s tasks and needs. In the monastic tradition, it is when work assignments are distributed, and the community asks a blessing upon their labors. Sounds begin to punctuate the silence: footsteps, voices, the opening of doors. Before things get too busy or muddled in my own working hours, can I pause for one minute—or twenty—to pray the day’s questions? What is this day for? What is being asked of me? What might I do better? Whom can I serve? How can I love? What can I change? Will I entertain angels unaware? Will I pause to notice a burning bush? Can I spend this day wholeheartedly receptive to the fullness of time?
The daily office for morning in the Book of Common Prayer expresses Prime’s focus on the day before us:
We humbly pray you so to guide and govern us by your Holy Spirit, that in all the cares and occupations of our life we may not forget you, but may remember that we are ever walking in your sight.
So clothe us in your Spirit that we, reaching forth our hands in love, may bring those who do not know you to the knowledge and love of you.
Drive far from us all wrong desires, incline our hearts to keep your law, and guide our feet into the way of peace; that, having done your will with cheerfulness during the day, we may, when night comes, rejoice to give you thanks.[xv]
This last prayer is my favorite, and I say it every day. It assumes that we are capable agents, that we can be shaped by divine intention, that this day holds immense potential for us. We may not make it to nightfall without lapses major and minor. The cheerfulness may fail us more than once. We know this. Perfection is a process, not a possession. But to begin each day by offering it to sacred purpose—the Divine acting in us and through us—this is the energizing spirit of Prime.
Lord, I my vows to thee renew;
disperse my sins as morning dew;
guard my first springs of thought and will,
and with thyself my spirit fill. [xvi]
Easter morning, April 12, 2020. The cloth was a temporary backdrop for the streaming of the Great Vigil from our living room on Easter Eve. When the rising sun struck the window on resurrection morning, it made the empty cross.
The video of “Bright morning stars are rising,” a traditional Appalachian spiritual first recorded in the field by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax, is sung by the author, accompanied by his photographs: Mt.Rainier seen from an airplane in a late-winter dawn (2015); Holy Saturday dawn on the Camino de Santiago east of Burgos (2014); Summer Solstice sunrise in Puget Sound, Washington (5:26 a.m., June 21, 2015); October sunrise in 2011 from the former site of Mt. Calvary Retreat House in Santa Barbara, an Episcopal monastery tragically destroyed by fire three years earlier; sunrise on the Dordogne River in France, a few days after the Autumn Equinox in 2018.
[i] Graham Dowell, Enjoying the World: The Rediscovery of Thomas Traherne (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 1990), 92. Traherne, a 17th-century Anglican poet, priest and theologian, was truly a morning person, naturally disposed to “enjoy” the world with wonder, love and praise.
[ii] John Keble (1792-1866), “New every morning is the love,” Episcopal Hymnal (1982) #10. Keble, one of the founders of the Oxford Movement, was a poet-priest. Many of the poems in his popular collection, The Christian Year, became widely used hymns.
[iii] Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207-1273), cited in Macrina Wiederkehr, Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day (Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2008), 47.
[iv] Elizabeth Yates, A Book of Hours (Norton, CT: Vineyard Books, 1976), 15.
[v] Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, cited in Kathleen Deignan, Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours (Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2007), 46. A variation on this lovely image is in Merton’s Turning Toward the World: The Journals of Thomas Merton, vol. 4): “The first chirps of the waking birds—le point vierge of the dawn, a moment of awe and inexpressible innocence, when the Father in silence opens their eyes and they speak to Him, wondering if it is time to ‘be?’ And He tells them ‘Yes.’ Then they one by one wake and begin to sing ….” (The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia, Orbis 2002, p. 363).
[vi] Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nature” (1836), The Annotated Emerson, ed. David Mikics (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2012), 48.
[vii] Wiederkehr, 57.
[viii] Hymn #199, Monday Lauds in Camaldolese Monks O.S.B., Lauds and Vespers (1994).
[ix] Emily Dickinson, “I dwell in Possibility” (J657, Fr466).
[x] Cited in Linnie Marsh Wolfe, ed., John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir (Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1979), 72.
[xi] George Herbert, “Easter,” in Helen Wilcox, ed., The English Poems of George Herbert (Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press, 2011), 139-140.
[xii] Samuel John Stone (1839-1900), “The Church’ one foundation,” Episcopal Hymnal (1982) #525. Stone, a poet-priest in the Church of England, responded to a “night of weeping” in the life of his Church (“by schisms rent asunder”) with 12 hymns inspired by the 12 articles of the Apostles’ Creed. This hymn celebrates article 9: “the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints.”
[xiii] Kathryn Galloway, “God’s Graceful Moment,” Iona Abbey Hymn Book #44.
[xiv] “New every morning is the love,” Episcopal Hymnal (1982) #10.
[xv] Collects for Morning Prayer, The Book of Common Prayer (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979), 100-101. For more on the third collect cited, see my post, “Grace me guide”: https://jimfriedrich.com/2015/03/20/grace-me-guide/
[xvi] Thomas Ken (1637-1711), “Awake my soul,” Episcopal Hymnal (1982) #11. Ken, an Anglican bishop, had a great influence on the development of English hymnody.
Praying the Hours (2): Vigils
This is the second in a series on the canonical hours, the ancient Christian practice for living a mindful day. The first, “Reclaiming My Time,” gives a general introduction, with a list of helpful resources for your own practice of prayer and meditation. This second reflection concerns “Vigils,” the liminal space between yesterday and tomorrow.
“Could you not stay awake for one hour?” — Lippo Memmi, Agony in the Garden (detail), Collegiata Santa Maria Assunta, San Gimignano, Italy (c. 1340).
What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “What if you slept?”
The night, O my Lord, is a time of freedom. You have seen the morning and the night, and the night was better. In the night, all things began, and in the night the end of all things has come before me.
— Thomas Merton, “Fire Watch, July 4, 1952”
Vigils is the most fluid of the canonical hours. It may be kept at midnight, or at 3 a.m., or just before dawn, as a prelude to the sunrise hour of Lauds. While the world sleeps, monastics rise from their beds and make their way in the dark to the choir. The sixth-century Rule of St. Benedict recommends that the first Psalm be read “slowly and deliberately,” to allow the community’s sleepyheads extra time to arrive. “If the resurrection of the dead is anything like getting up in the morning,” complains one monk, “I am not completely convinced that I want to be included.”[i] But prayer never sleeps. “At midnight I will rise to give you thanks,” says the Psalmist. “My eyes are open in the night watches.”[ii]
Vigils is not for all people at all times, but as an occasional practice it has much to offer. Being awake in the night is not like being awake in the day. We are different, our surroundings are different, and time is different. All these differences affect the quality of our consciousness, our physical energies, and our prayer. It’s no accident that the two most mysterious events in the gospels, the Nativity and the Resurrection, took place in deepest night.[iii] “When all things were wrapped in peaceful silence and night was in the midst of its swift course,” said Meister Eckhart, “a secret word leaped down from heaven.…”[iv]
The hours between midnight and dawn should not go unvisited by the waking self. They whisper secrets which sleepers never know. I’ve driven through black nights on lost highways, watched 72-hour film marathons with (mostly) open eyes, arisen at midnight to ascend Mt. Rainier with a headlamp, drifted in and out of sleep lying on the floor of the Fillmore Auditorium in the wee hours of a Grateful Dead concert, and curated all-night multi-sensory worship in a circus tent with 400 Episcopalians.[v] Even though only the last of these was a specifically religious event, I always felt transformed to some degree by my night-journeys. By the time the sun restored the ordinary, I was no longer quite the same person. Something had shifted. Maybe it was the world; maybe it was just my eyes, or my heart. But the next morning I always felt radiant and new, like the first morning of Creation.
What is it about a vigil experience that makes this so? For one thing, my post-midnight self, even when awake, is more prone to a state of reverie, when the daytime’s fully conscious subject gives way to the “night dream” which, as Gaston Bachelard suggests, “does not belong to us. It is not our possession. With regard to us, it is an abductor, the most disconcerting of abductors: it abducts our being from us. Nights, nights have no history.… we are returned to an ante-subjective state. We become elusive to ourselves, for we are giving pieces of ourselves to no matter whom, to no matter what.”[vi]
The world, too, is different in the dark—its solid forms dissolved into shadow, purged of detail and color, cloaked in absence. The noise and strife of daytime forgotten in the hush. Deep, deep silence: like the primordial stillness before the birth of everything. An environment without verbs. “Baptized in the rivers of night,” said Thomas Merton of the Vigils hour, the earth recovers its “innocence.”[vii]
Time slows, pausing deliberately between yesterday and tomorrow. No longer a flowing river, it becomes a pool of infinite depth where we can wash away our hurry-sickness. “A single hour takes a long time to pass,” says a modern Book of Hours, “but living in it is discipleship for eternity.”[viii]
In the Book of Genesis, Jacob has two contrasting experiences at the Vigils hour. In one, he is given a blissful vision of a ladder between heaven and earth, revealing the ultimate Reality so often invisible in the glare of sunlight. In the other, he wrestles desperately with God till dawn.[ix] So it is for us. Sometimes our night vigil is bathed in tranquility and illumined by love. And sometimes we watch anxiously over a sick child or a dying friend, or pray for the ones who are afraid or lost in the dark, or wrestle with our own troubled thoughts, or wait with expectant and vulnerable hearts for the dawn of God.
Benedictine writer Macrina Wiederkeh distills the essence of Vigils prayer, when even the most restlessly wakeful are invited to rest in the sacred pause of what T. S. Eliot called “the uncertain hour before the morning.”[x]
“In the middle of the night, I pray for those who sleep and those who cannot sleep. I pray for those with fearful hearts, for those whose courage is waning. I pray for those who have lost vision of what could be. When I rise in the middle of the night, my prayer is simply one of waiting in silence, waiting in darkness, listening with love. It is a prayer of surrender. In my night watch I do not ordinarily use words. My prayer is a prayer of intent. I make my intention and I wait. I become a deep yearning. The silence and the darkness are healing. My prayer is now a prayer of trust. I keep vigil with the mystery.”[xi]
When I was a teenager, the climactic all-night vigil in Alan Paton’s novel, Cry the Beloved Country, made a deep impression on me. In the days of South African apartheid, on the night before his prodigal son’s execution, the Rev. Stephen Kumalo, an Anglican priest, climbs a high mountain to pray—for his own failings, for the soul of his son, and for the liberation of his people. Hour after hour, through the darkness, he keeps vigil for Absalom (“my son, my son!”) and for all the broken and lost. When the sun finally breaks the horizon—the very moment of his son’s execution—he makes eucharist with a maize cake and tea, remembering with thanksgiving God’s promise of salvation. “But when that dawn will come, of our emancipation, from the fear of bondage and the bondage of fear, why, that is a secret.”[xii]
Over the years, the image of Fr. Kumalo on that nocturnal summit has informed my own affinity for Vigils. There is something profoundly uncanny about every “night watch,” when sleep is forsaken in order to contemplate “the Mystery of the world,”[xiii] whose ineffability is uniquely conveyed in the hours of deepest dark and silence.
At Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky, the monks would take turns making the rounds of the expansive main building on “fire watch,” guarding the multitude of flammable wooden spaces through the night while the community slept. Thomas Merton’s shift on the night of July 4th, 1952, became for him a vivid metaphor for the spiritual journey into God, related in his famous “Fire Watch” essay.
As Merton moves thoughtfully and prayerfully through the monastic spaces, he retraces his personal history as a monk. Every room is inscribed with significant memory. But his fire watch is also the journey of the human soul. By first descending into the monastery’s lower depths and gradually ascending to its highest point in the abbey tower, he replicates the pattern of the Paschal Mystery and the Divine Comedy, where the way down becomes, in the end, the way up.
Merton’s “Fire Watch” reflection is framed by biblical images. It begins with Isaiah’s tower watchman keeping vigil through the long night, alert for a word of revelation. And it concludes with a divine word of comfort to Jonas, better known as Jonah, whose descent into the belly of the fish foreshadowed Christ’s death and resurrection.
“The sign of Jonas”––Merton’s term for the Paschal Mystery of dying and rising––is “burned into the roots of our being,” he said. And he described his own life’s pilgrimage as “traveling toward my destiny in the belly of a paradox.”[xiv]
For the receptive soul, Vigils is the hour when we listen to the voice of silence, and rest in the grace of unknowing. In “Fire Watch,” Merton sums up prayer in the dark in four lines:
While I am asking questions which You do not answer,
You ask me a question which is so simple that I cannot answer.
I do not even understand the question.
This night, and every night, it is the same question.[xv]
[i] Mark Barrett, O.S.B., Crossing: Reclaiming the Landscape of Our Lives (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 2008), 11.
[ii] Psalm 119: 62, 148.
[iii] The Christmas midnight mass and the Easter Vigil both incorporate the Vigils aura of nocturnal mystery when they take the assembly deep into the night. But many churches sacrifice this dimension when they choose the convenience of starting so early that they end well before midnight.
[iv] Meister Eckhart, cited in Elizabeth Yates, A Book of Hours (Noroton, CT: Vineyard Books, 1976), 50. Yates’ book contains prayers and reflections for each of the 24 hours. The Eckhart quote appears at Midnight.
[v] A description of the all-night liturgy may be found here: https://jimfriedrich.com/2014/08/12/experiments-in-worship/
[vi] Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Reverie: Childhood, Language, and the Cosmos (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971), 145.
[vii] Thomas Merton, “Fire Watch, July 4, 1952,” epilogue to The Sign of Jonas (1953), cited in Lawrence S. Cunningham, Thomas Merton: Spiritual Master—The Essential Writings (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1992), 107.
[viii] Yates, A Book of Hours, 55.
[ix] Genesis 28:10-17; 32:23-33.
[x] T. S. Eliot, “Little Gidding” (section II), in Four Quartets. “In the uncertain hour before the morning / Near the ending of interminable night …”
[xi] Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B., Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day (Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2008), 31.
[xii] The last line of Paton’s novel, published in 1948.
[xiii] Eberhard Jüngel’s name for the Divine, unencumbered with overuse or limiting connotations, offers an open space for the varieties of religious experience.
[xiv] Merton, The Sign of Jonas (New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1953).
[xv] Merton, “Fire Watch,” in Cunningham, 111.
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Praying the Hours (1): “Reclaiming my time”
Book of Hours (c. 1475)
— I wasted time and now time doth waste me.
— William Shakespeare, Richard II
The Abba Moses asked Abba Silvanus, “Can a person every day make a beginning of the good life?” The Abba Silvanus answered him, “If he be diligent, he can every day and every hour begin the good life anew.”
— Sayings of the Desert Fathers
When wrongdoers are questioned by congressional committees, they try to evade self-incrimination through rambling, irrelevant responses to pointed questions. Since each committee member is given very limited time to interrogate a witness, those who have something to hide try to “run out the clock,” hoping that time will expire before the truth can be revealed. A skillful questioner will shut down such verbal evasions with a parliamentary phrase: “Reclaiming my time.” Whenever those words are uttered, the witness must cease to babble, allowing the questioner to attempt a more productive use of the allotted time.
I love that phrase—“Reclaiming my time”—for its spiritual implications. It seems a perfect description of the ancient spiritual practice of “praying the hours”—setting aside certain moments or periods of each day to reclaim our time from whatever is wasting it. I don’t mean wasting in the sense of failing to perform ceaseless labors of “doing” rather than “being.” An hour daydreaming in the hammock, reading poetry or playing the guitar is not misspent, however much the voices within or without may cry, “Get back to work!” No, by wasting time I mean the failure to enjoy its fullness or attend to its depth. I mean forgetting the sheer wonder of being here in this moment, this story, this life. I mean failing to understand that time, as W. H. Auden reminds us, “is our choice of how to love and why.”[i]
Judaism, Christianity and Islam all developed cyclical prayer practices for reclaiming time. Through words, music, attentive silence and bodily postures, the faithful pause periodically during the day to remember, praise and thank the divine Source in whom we live and move and have our being. Prayer times synchronize the believer’s consciousness with the natural sequence of the day: morning, midday, evening and night. For Christian monastics, for whose life of “unceasing prayer” there were no secular hours, only sacred ones, seven divine “offices” became the norm. The pattern was Scriptural—“Seven times a day I praise you” (Psalm 119:164)—but also natural: the sequence of hours reflects the changes in the quality of light and sound as well as the energy levels of our bodies.
There are seven traditional, or “canonical”[ii] hours. Some of the specific times are variable in accord with changing seasons and differences in latitude, but the “seven times” span the length between waking and retiring. An eighth “hour,” Vigils (or Matins), was combined with Lauds to keep the list at seven, but it really stands apart from the chronology of the waking hours, in the timeless interval between the days, when monastics rise from sleep to dwell prayerfully in the deepest dark of ineffable Mystery.
Vigils (Midnight or later) Waiting and reverie
Lauds (4-5 am or daybreak) Waking
Prime (6 am) Beginning
Terce (9 am) Doing
Sext (Noon) Pausing
None (3 pm) Doing
Vespers (Sunset) Ending
Compline (Bedtime) Surrendering
In the late Middle Ages, devout laypersons created a demand for a portable “Book of Hours”—a sequence of devotional texts and images structured on the monastic daily pattern. For two and a half centuries, these prayer books were the most widely read texts in Europe. But once the sacredness of time was eclipsed by modernity, hours became commodities, acquired and spent in labor and leisure, but no longer burning with divine Presence. Most people no longer “had time”—or inclination—to pause and pray seven times a day.
If you are ever able to go on retreat to pray the hours with a monastic community, do it, as often as you can. Your relationship with time will be deepened and renewed. But how might we pray the hours when we are on our own in the secular world, immersed in the ordinary circumstances and flow of our lives? Given all the demands on our time and attention, is it possible to forge a sustainable practice? I believe that it is not only possible, but absolutely necessary, in order to reclaim our time as gift and blessing.
As St. Anselm of Canterbury urged the faithful in the twelfth century:
“Flee for a while from your tasks, hide yourself for a little space from the turmoil of your thoughts. Come, cast aside your burdensome cares, and put aside your laborious pursuits.… Give your time to God, and rest in the Divine for a little while. Enter into the inner chamber of your mind, shut out all things save God …”[iii]
In a 24/7 world, it’s hard to make any space to shut out “all things.” As Kathleen Deignan writes in her contemporary Book of Hours: “There is no room for the mysterious spaciousness of being, no time for presence, no room for nature, no time for quiet, for thought, for presence.”[iv]
During the many months of pandemic shutdowns and lockdowns, our habitual relationship with time has been significantly disrupted . So many routines which shape our customary lives, like going to work or school, have been altered or cancelled. The annual round of seasonal markers—liturgical celebrations, sporting events, holiday weekends, performing arts series, music festivals, vacation travel, graduations, birthday parties—has suffered a similar fate. Sheltering-in-place homogenizes our waking lives with an enervating sameness. Sometimes I forget what day of the week it is.
Time blurs and dis-integrates, loses its shape, becomes increasingly subjective as we disconnect from the larger rhythms and measures of season, cosmos, and tradition. Our temporality seems less firmly structured by the interplay of memory and hope, planning and expectation, coming and going, activity and rest, labor and festivity, variety and difference.
In Martin Amis’ short story, “The Time Disease,” a fear of time itself acts like a virus, attacking the balance that integrates past, present and future in human consciousness. Having lost the capacity to believe themselves part of a meaningful narrative with a redemptive future, people have grown numb to hope, deathly afraid of “coming down with time.” The story, published in 1987, is set in the year 2020!
COVID-19 reminds us daily of our ephemeral and vulnerable condition: finite, mortal, subject to immense forces beyond our control. At the same time, it has weakened our ritual relation to time, by erasing the recurring collective markers, like the first communal shouts of “Alleluia!” at the end of Holy Week, or the joyous tumult of fireworks at a Fourth of July picnic, which affirm a sense of regularity, continuity and renewal. The future has become radically uncertain. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, much less next year. Fewer of us are making long term plans right now. But it still remains within our power to receive and embrace the gift of this day, this hour, this moment. We can, through conscious practice, sink deeper and deeper into the mystery of being-here-now.
Praying the hours
I am the appointed hour,
The “now” that cuts
Time like a blade.
— Thomas Merton, “Song: If you seek…”
An hour is not an hour, it is a vase full of scents and sounds and projects and climates.
— Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way
Rather than pass the time, we must invite it in.
— Walter Benjamin, The Arcades Project
In The Cloud of Unknowing, an anonymous medieval mystic calls us to practice mindfulness: “Be attentive to time and how you spend it. Nothing is more precious. This is evident when you recall that in one tiny moment heaven may be gained or lost. God, the master of time, never gives the future. He gives only the present, moment by moment.”[v] But such mindfulness is not native to moderns, as Hugh Rayment-Pickard laments:
“We ignore the time that is open to us. We diminish ourselves by wishing time to pass. We are, for the most part, incapable of real concentration. Our days are broken by distraction, scrambled into muddles of chores, errands, impulses, evasions, interruptions and delays, besotted with routine. We characteristically fail to see the ways in which a given period can be expanded, deepened and slowed by the exercise of will and awareness.”[vi]
This condition of un-mindful triviality is good for some laughs in Sarah Dunn’s “A Day in the Life of an American Slacker, circa 1994,” a diaristic parody of the Book of Hours. After rising at noon, the Slacker’s day includes naps, television, café idling and aimless wandering, but also the following highlights:
12:45 p.m. Plan the world tour you would take if any of your relatives happened to die and handed you a pile of money.
1:52 p.m. Peruse an op-ed article stating that your generation represents ‘the final exhaustion of civilization.’ Resolve to fire off a scathing yet piquant rebuttal.
2:42 p.m. [During a commercial break in an episode of “Hogan’s Heroes,” think about starting a new project]: a flow chart in which you … categorize and classify every philosopher throughout time …
After more wandering, napping, drinking, and all of 17 minutes dedicated to “hunker down with Schopenhauer,” the Slacker’s day concludes:
11:05 p.m. Return home.
11:30 p.m. Putter around your room.
11:48 p.m. Rake the sand in your Zen rock garden.
12:15 a.m. Alphabetize your cassettes.
12:33 a.m. Practice your dart game.
1:00 a.m. Assume the fetal position for late night infomercial viewing.
1:26 a.m. Stare near-crippling bout of existential angst in the face.
1:57 a.m. Once again, glorious sleep.[vii]
Will time so waste us? Or can we restore our souls—and our daily experience— with an attentive, receptive relation to temporality, and the eternity from which it springs? As the monastic communities discovered while the ancient world was collapsing all around them, praying the hours at the beginning, middle, and end of each day is a deeply transformative practice. It changes the quality of the day, and it changes us.
There are a number of excellent contemporary guides to help us pray the hours in our wordly precincts beyond the cloister. In Music of Silence: A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the Day, Br. David Steindl-Rast and Sharon Lebell describe the canonical hours as “seasons”: each stage of the day has its own character, its own virtue, its own meaning:
“The hours are the inner structure for living consciously and responsively through the stages of the day.… The message of the hours is to live daily with the real rhythms of the day. to live responsively, consciously … We learn to listen to the music of the moment, to hear its sweet implorings, its sober directives.”[viii]
In Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day, Macrina Wiederkehr sees the hours as an antidote for contemporary hurry-sickness:
“We practice pausing to remember the sacredness of our names, who we are, and what we plan on doing with the incredible gift of our lives—and how we can learn to be in the midst of so much doing.”[ix]
In Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today, Sr. Joan Chittister reminds us that prayer is not a mood but a practice:
“To pray only when we feel like it is more to seek consolation than to risk conversion. To pray only when it suits us is to want God on our own terms. To pray only when it is convenient is to make the God-life a very low priority in a list of better opportunities. To pray only when it feels good is to court total emptiness when we most need to be filled. The hard fact is that nobody finds time for prayer. The time must be taken. There will always be something more pressing to do, something more important to be about than the apparently fruitless, empty act of prayer. But … without prayer, the energy for the rest of life runs down.”[x]
Grounding ourselves in a daily prayer practice is vital in the best of times. In 2020’s massive tsunami of pandemic, climate disaster, social unrest and political madness, it is a lifesaver, a shelter from the storm. Tossed between the Scylla and Charybdis of high anxiety and profound melancholy, many of us are exhausted or worse. We need proven tools for survival—and renewal.
This post is the first in a series on praying the hours. Subsequent posts will explore various dimensions and qualities of the hours contained within the day’s three main divisions: Beginning (Vigils, Lauds, Prime); Middle (Terce, Sext, None); and End (Vespers, Compline). The series will conclude with some suggestions for adapting the hours to the diverse and demanding lives we actually live. As Benedictine John Chapman counsels, “Pray as you can, not as you can’t.”[xi]
Elizabeth Yates, A Book of Hours (Norton, CT: Vineyard Books, 1976). This classic little volume has 2 pages of prayers and reflections for each of the 24 hours. I have opened this often over the years.
Brother David Steidl-Rast & Sharon Lebell, Music of Silence: A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the Day(Brooklyn, NY: Ulysses Press, 2001). A wise and indispensable treasury of reflections on each of the hours.
Macrina Wiederkehr, Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day (Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2008). A thoughtful exploration of the 7 hours, with many excellent texts and thoughts to inspire your own construction of a daily practice.
Kathleen Deignan, ed., Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours (Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2007). Contemplative rites for a 7-day cycle for Dawn, Day, Dusk and Dark, consisting entirely of prose and poetic texts by Thomas Merton, with a helpful introduction by Deignan. Much of the imagery is drawn from the natural world surrounding the famous contemplative’s Kentucky hermitage, tincturing the devotions with a deep awareness of the seasons of the day and of the year.
Joan Chittister OSB, Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today (New York: Harper One, 1991). Chittister’s attractive Benedictine balance of attention and receptivity provides an accessible foundation for a daily prayer practice.
Mark Barrett OSB, Crossing: Reclaiming the Landscape of Our Lives (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 2008). Another Benedictine offers fruitful and imaginative reflections on each of the canonical hours.
Kenneth V. Peterson, Prayer as Night Falls: Experiencing Compline (Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2013). This thorough appreciation of the last office of the day blends liturgical history, theology, and personal experience. The perspectives on Compline illumine our approach to all of the hours. Peterson’s website provides glorious examples of Compline choral music discussed in the book: http://prayerasnightfalls.com
World Enough and Time: On Creativity and Slowing Down (Christian McEwen, Peterborough, NH: Bauhan Publishing, 2011). Not a religious text per se, it invites us into a way of being which is essential for mindful living and praying. It’s delightful reading, celebrating what Thoreau called “the bloom of the present moment.”
Robert Grudin, Time and the Art of Living (New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988). A fertile appreciation of our relationship with time, and how to deepen it.
Hugh Rayment-Pickard, The Myths of Time: From St. Augustine to American Beauty (London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd., 2004). An accessible read on the theology of time.
Kevin Jackson, The Book of Hours: An Anthology (London/New York/Woodstock NY: The Overlook Press, 2007). A secular celebration of every hour of the day, with a wide range of literary excerpts. While not about prayer or spirituality, it is great fun, and will sharpen your sense of each hour’s aspects.
There are many books and websites with liturgies for praying the hours. The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer has daily offices for Morning, Noon, Evening and Compline. A number of other Anglican prayer books can be found at http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/
Roman Catholic rites can be accessed at https://divineoffice.org
Phyllis Tickle’s 3-volume seasonal compilations for the Divine Hours are available from Doubleday.
Forward Movement’s Hour by Hour has 4 daily offices for each day of the week.
For a much more extensive list of publications and websites, see Kenneth Peterson’s wonderful array of resources in Prayer as Night Falls (listed above), pp. 205-213.
Finally, my 2015 post about time, Tick Tock: Thoughts for New Year’s Eve, a discussion of Christian Marclay’s 24-hour video, The Clock, has some bearing on the subject of praying the hours.
[i] W. H. Auden, “For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio” (1941-42), in Collected Poems (New York: Random House, 1976), 297.
[ii] “Canon” in Greek meant a straight rod, used for measuring or aligning. In Church usage, the word designated right rule, measure, or proper order, as in the biblical canon, canon law, or the canonical hours.
[iii] Elizabeth Yates, A Book of Hours (Norton, CT: Vineyard Books, 1976), 42.
[iv] Kathleen Deignan, ed., Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours (Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2007), 32.
[v] The Cloud of Unknowing, an anonymous English work of the late 14th century, cited in Robert Grudin, Time and the Art of Living (New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988), 92.
[vi] Hugh Rayment-Pickard, The Myths of Time: From St. Augustine to American Beauty (London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd., 2004), 20.
[vii] Sarah Dunn, “A Day in the Life of an American Slacker, circa 1994,” in The Official Slacker Handbook, cited in Kevin Jackson, The Book of Hours: An Anthology (London/New York/Woodstock NY: The Overlook Press, 2007), 62-64.
[viii] Brother David Steidl-Rast & Sharon Lebell, Music of Silence: A Sacred Journey Through the Hours of the Day (Brooklyn, NY: Ulysses Press, 2001).
[ix] Macrina Wiederkehr, Seven Sacred Pauses: Living Mindfully Through the Hours of the Day (Notre Dame, IN: Sorin Books, 2008), 13.
[x] Joan Chittister OSB, Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict Today (New York: Harper One, 1991), 31.
[xi] Mark Barrett OSB, Crossing: Reclaiming the Landscape of Our Lives (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 2008), 26.
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How Do We Pray for This President?
Posted on October 7, 2020 by jimfriedrich
Angel and Church pray for the victims of a violent century (mural, c. 1940, Église du Saint-Esprit, Paris).
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
— Matthew 5:44
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” No, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
In my last post, “Subjected thus”—The President Gets COVID,” I touched on the question of how to pray for the President. Of course we pray in general for all who have been infected by the coronavirus, but regarding specific petitions on the President’s behalf, I wrote: “I will pray that Trump’s time of trial may effect the healing of his soul. If he is going to suffer, may his illness be for him a birth of empathy, compassion, humility and goodness.”
With every passing day, that prayer becomes harder to offer with any conviction. As we witness Trump’s continuing disregard for the safety of others—both those around him and the country at large—we wonder whether he may be past saving. Instead of being humbled by his illness, he has only grown more malicious. The people around him are dropping like flies, and countless Americans will continue to die from his mismanagement. And now we fear that his relentless disparagement of life-saving protocols will kill even more. “Far less lethal!!!” than the flu, he tweets against all evidence. It’s as if he’s shouting to the world, “Hurry up and die!”
What, then, is our prayer to be for such a man in such a time?
In the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, prayers for the sick don’t ask that the ill simply be restored to their former state so they can resume their story exactly where they left off. While those prayers ask for relief from pain, protection from danger, freedom from fear, the banishment of weakness and the gift of healing, they also propose a life transformed by suffering:
“… enable him to lead the residue of his life in thy fear, and to thy glory.”
“… that, his health being renewed, he may bless your holy Name.”
“… restore to him your gifts of gladness and strength, and raise him up to a life of service to you.”
“… restored to usefulness in your world with a thankful heart.”
“… that he, daily increasing in bodily strength, and rejoicing in your goodness, may order his life and conduct that hemay always think and do those things that please you.” [i]
As for a President and all those in authority, the Prayer Book asks that they be guided by “the spirit of wisdom,” beseeching the “Lord our Governor” to “fill them with the love of truth and righteousness, and make them ever mindful of their calling to serve this people in your fear.”[ii] Would that it were so! But the way things are going, the prayer “For our Enemies” seems more to the point:
O God, the Father of all, whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth; deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; and in your good time enable us all to stand reconciled before you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.[iii]
The “and us” is a critical part of this prayer, because we have all, symptomatic or not, been infected by the Trumpist pandemic of hate and cruelty. If we say we have not had a few hateful thoughts in the past four years, the truth is not in us. Resistance to evil and purity of heart are not soul mates or easygoing partners. They must work hard to stay coupled.
Another timely prayer is the Collect for the Feast of Holy Innocents, when we remember the children of Bethlehem murdered by King Herod (Matthew 2:13-18). The prayer is not concerned with the state of Herod’s soul, but with the damage inflicted by his successors:
We remember today, O God, the slaughter of the holy innocents of Bethlehem by King Herod. Receive, we pray, into the arms of your mercy all innocent victims; and by your
great might frustrate the designs of evil tyrants and establish your rule of justice, love, and peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the
Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.[iv]
We are all standing in the need of prayer these days. And even though we can never fully understand what prayer is and what prayer does, prayer “without ceasing” is an essential part of the healing of the world and the perfection of our souls.
Prayer isn’t like online shopping—placing our order and expecting 2nd-day delivery. It’s not a mechanism for producing outcomes. It’s a relationship, a state of being-with and being-for. It is offering and entrusting ourselves to the One who is “always more ready to hear than we to pray,” who knows “our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking.”[v]
Knowing exactly what to pray for is impossible. We cannot see into the hearts of others, nor can we foresee the future. God only knows what is best. As for our own judgments, perspectives and desires, they can taint the purest prayer. In our essential state of imperfection and unknowing, perhaps the safest petitions are these: “Hold us in your mercy” and “Thy will be done.”
But with regard to more specific petitions for this President, I will be guided by the examples cited from the Book of Common Prayer. I will pray for his suffering to be brief but transformative. I will pray for his power to be guided by wisdom and truth. I will pray that his evil designs be frustrated, and that he (and we) be freed from the grip of hatred, cruelty and revenge. But I must confess that Donald Trump is not easy to pray for.
When I think of the monster who has tortured children in cages and caused countless COVID deaths, I struggle with my anger, my horror, and my disgust. But as I sat in the silence of a moonlit garden before this morning’s dawn, I was given the image of a little boy so damaged, so broken, so unloved, locked deep inside the dungeon of Trump’s psyche seventy years ago—guarded by dragons, hidden from the light, lost to the world. That tragic, wounded, forgotten child is someone I can pray for with my whole heart.
[i] The Book of Common Prayer, according to the use of The Episcopal Church USA (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979), 458-459.
[ii] BCP, 820.
[iii] BCP, 816.
[iv] BCP, 238.
[v] BCP, Proper 21 (p. 234) and Proper 11 (p. 231).
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“Subjected thus”—The President Gets COVID
Richard II (Georges Bigot), Téâtre du Soleil at Los Angeles Arts Festival, 1984.
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings:
How some have been depos’d, some slain in war,
Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,
Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping kill’d,
All murdered – for within the hollow crown
That rounds the mortal temples of a king
Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits,
Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp,
Allowing him a breath, a little scene,
To monarchize, be fear’d, and kill with looks;
Infusing him with self and vain conceit,
As if this flesh which walls about our life
Were brass impregnable; and, humour’d thus,
Comes at the last, and with a little pin
Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!
Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood
With solemn reverence; throw away respect,
Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty;
For you have but mistook me all this while.
I live with bread like you, feel want,
Taste grief, need friends – subjected thus,
How can you say to me, I am a king?
— Richard II [i]
Shakespeare’s tragedy of Richard II dramatizes the gradual stripping away of royal power, until the mighty king is but a naked subject—“subjected thus” to mortality and the threat of nonbeing like everyone else. The moment comes when the impregnable aura gives way, “and farewell king!” Almost 40 years ago, I saw Ariane Mnouchkine’s Téâtre du Soleil perform the play as Kabuki theater, and the wrenching transformation of the richly vested monarch, who could “kill with looks,” into a caged prisoner, naked and helpless, remains vivid in my mind to this day. It was an important part of my political education, and it came to mind when I heard that the President has COVID.
Dante also came to mind. In Canto XX of the Inferno, the pilgrim Dante is rebuked by Virgil for weeping over the fate of the damned. While Dante certainly condemned their fraudulent deeds on earth, their disfiguring pain in hell moved him to tears. “Reader,” he says, “imagine if you can how I could have kept from weeping when I saw, up close, our human likeness so contorted…”
“Stop acting like an idiot,” Virgil tells him. “There’s no place for pity here. You will never learn piety if you sorrow over the shape of justice.” [ii]
This is not the only time that Dante the pilgrim experiences feelings of sympathy in hell. Modern readers always side with him, sharing the natural human response to the suffering of others. But Dante the writer and theologian remains committed to the poem’s implacable design. For the damned, there will be no exit. But then, none of them shows any desire for escape. Hell is populated by souls who refuse to change. As Helen Luke puts it in her Jungian reflection on the Divine Comedy, “the damned are those who have not only fallen into the unconscious but have chosen to remain there and so have lost their will to choose.” [iii]
Souls in Dante’s hell are no longer really persons in the sense of autonomous individuals engaged in a process of development and growth. Instead, they are indistinguishable from the sin which possessed them in their mortal life. Although they may appear vividly lifelike, with memorable personalities, they are ghostly simulacra, like cinematic images of long-dead actors, repeating the same self-absorbed words and actions, without change, for all eternity.
So our horror at the Inferno’s ingenious punishments is meant to be directed at the sins rather than the punishments. As Dante scholar John Freccero points out, “The punishments fit the crimes, provided we understand ‘fittingness’ as an aesthetic category.… If the bodies in hell are really souls, then it follows that their physical attitudes, contortions and punishments are really spiritual attitudes and states of mind, sins made manifest in the form of physical punishment. It is therefore correct to say that the punishments are the sins.” [iv]
Dante’s ambivalent interplay of sympathy and judgment resonates with my own response to the news that Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19. I do not wish suffering on anyone, nor do I even find much satisfaction in the blatant ironies of his case. It is a terrible disease and he is in an especially vulnerable category, and when I pray daily for the 7.5 million Americans who have the coronavirus, he and his wife will now be in that number.
At the same time, there is a degree of Dantean “fittingness” to his case. The pandemic, which Trump has made worse by things done and things left undone, has come home to roost. The sin has become the punishment. Trump is responsible for 38% of dangerous misinformation about the virus; he has encouraged millions of Americans to engage in reckless behavior; and even after learning of his own exposure, he continued to endanger others with physical proximity.
But as much as I desire an end to the abuse he has inflicted on our country, our world and our planet, I want that to come from a vote, not a virus. However, there are some who are openly enjoying the poetic justice. “I wish Trump, his wife, and cabal,” writes one blogger, “the same care and consideration they have given to those struggling to survive COVID19.… I wish Trump, his wife, and cabal the same care and consideration they have given to those grieving lost loved ones – the children, parents, and grandparents, friends and family who mourn.… I wish Trump, his wife, and cabal – Justice.”[v]
Eric Stetson, a Unitarian minister, blogged an admonition in “Don’t be a jerk about Trump getting COVID.”[vi] Not only would too much shadenfreude risk political blowback, he cautioned, but indulging our hates is “spiritually dangerous” for ourselves and our country. As Bobby Kennedy urged us after Martin Luther King’s assassination, “We must admit in ourselves that our own children’s future cannot be built on the misfortunes of others. We must recognize that this short life can neither be ennobled or enriched by hatred or revenge.” [vii]
Another blogger, a therapist, disagreed, arguing that it was fine, even healthy, to gloat. “I am not religious or spiritual,” he wrote. “I do not think there is any danger to me if I take pleasure in the suffering of evil people.”[viii] Really? God forbid! There’s more than enough such “pleasure” going around. A better world will not be built out of our darkest shadows. Resistance without love is the road to nowhere.
In addition to pleading mercy and care for all who suffer from COVID, I will pray that Trump’s time of trial may effect the healing of his soul. If he is going to suffer, may his illness be for him a birth of empathy, compassion, humility and goodness. Impossible, you say? The business of prayer is precisely the impossible. The possible can take care of itself.
In his poems on “affliction,” 17th-century poet/priest George Herbert, who died at 39 from consumption, discerned a transformative dimension in suffering. In “Affliction (III),” he prays:
My heart did heave, and there came forth, O God!
By that I knew that thou wast in the grief,
To guide and govern it to my relief …
In “Affliction (IV),” Herbert confesses to be “broken in pieces all asunder, / … tortur’d in the space / Betwixt this world and that of grace. / My thoughts are all a case of knives, / Wounding my heart …” But, he finds, all “those powers which work for grief” are actually in God’s employ. “And day by day” they work for “my relief,”
With care and courage building me,
Till I reach heav’n, and much more thee.
[i] Scene III, Act 2 (151-173. As Marjorie Garber notes in Shakespeare After All (2004), the more the king’s power wanes, the more poetic and reflective he becomes. “The failed ruler becomes a poet, writing the tragedy of Richard II.” As in Herbert’s poems cited at the end, suffering can be a teacher, guiding us toward our best self.
[ii] Inferno xx.19-21, 27-30.
[iii] Helen Luke, Dark Wood to White Rose: Journey and Transformation in Dante’s Divine Comedy (New York: Parabola Books, 1989), 13.
[iv] John Freccero, Dante: The Poetics of Conversion (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986), k105-106.
[v] Onamastic, “I wish them justice,” Daily Kos (Oct. 2, 2020): https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/2/1982751/-I-wish-them-Justice
[vi] Eric Stetson, “Don’t Be a Jerk About Trump Getting Covid,” Daily Kos (Oct. 2, 2020): https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/1/1982696/-Don-t-Be-a-Jerk-about-Trump-Getting-Covid#comment_78754030
[vii] Robert F. Kennedy, “Remarks to the Cleveland City Club” (April 5, 1968): https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/the-kennedy-family/robert-f-kennedy/robert-f-kennedy-speeches/remarks-to-the-cleveland-city-club-april-5-1968
[viii] Hal Brown, “As a therapist I want to remind you not to feel guilty if you have dark thoughts about Trump,” Daily Kos (Oct. 2, 2020): https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/2/1982773/-As-a-therapist-I-want-to-remind-you-not-to-feel-guilty-if-you-have-dark-thoughts-about-Trump
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Love Among the Ruins: Roberto Rossellini’s “Journey to Italy”
Posted on September 19, 2020 by jimfriedrich
Alex (George Sanders) and Katherine (Ingrid Bergman) on the road to Naples.
Alexander: “Where are we?”
Katherine: “Oh, I don’t know exactly.”
— Opening lines of Journey to Italy
The first shot of Roberto Rossellini’s 1954 film, Journey to Italy, is through the windshield of a speeding Bentley on an open stretch of country road. It is an image of pure velocity, revealing neither origin nor goal, but only the fact of motion. Inhabiting the subjective eye of the camera, we know only that we are rushing forward, out of the past, into the unknown.
Then we see who is inside the car. Alex and Katherine Joyce are Londoners, on their way to Naples to sell a villa inherited from their Uncle Homer. We deduce from their clothes—his tweed jacket and her leopard-skin coat—that they are a couple of means, accustomed to shaping their own story. But the names “Joyce” and “Homer,” invoking the great voyager Ulysses, suggests that their journey will take them beyond the familiar into the land of unknowing. “Where are we?” “Oh, I don’t know exactly.”
For the Joyces, Naples, along with nearby Vesuvius and Pompeii, is radically elsewhere—neither Rome nor Milan, and certainly not London. In the Italian south, modernity has not erased the archaic remnants of mythic memory or silenced the primal voices of earth, sea, and sky. The ancient past is not dead and gone. It speaks through rituals and ruins. It erupts from the depths of history, utters forgotten tongues.
Time slows in the south. The north’s purposeful hurry dissipates beneath the Neapolitan sun. The forward rush of the opening scene is replaced by aimless drift. A firm sense of story—beginning, middle, and end—dissipates into Mediterranean languor. The eventful developments we expect from movie narrative are absent. Like Dante in the dark wood, Alex and Katherine have strayed from the straight road of storytelling. They have lost their way.
The Italian south doesn’t create their malaise; it reveals it. “I’m getting sick of this crazy country,” Alex complains. “It poisons you with laziness. I want to get back home, back to work.” Without the familiar fictions of their London life, the habitual doings and distractions which postpone the honest reckonings of a hungry heart, they find themselves face to face with the alienation, egoism and fatigue of a failing marriage. They hardly know what to say to each other. When they do, the words are often abrasive or wounding.
Rossellini’s leads were actors whose own lives were in emotional disarray. Both Ingrid Bergman (Katherine) and George Sanders (Alex) had recent divorces, and Bergman’s current affair with Rossellini—a scandal at the time—was coming apart. She was tearful on the set. Sanders, recruited precisely for his sour and cynical manner, was also unhappy. With his biggest roles behind him, what was he doing with a largely nonprofessional cast in a low-budget art film?
Rossellini’s practice of handing out dialogue at the last minute kept his actors off balance, so they couldn’t overthink their performance in advance . Trained in the conventions of Hollywood’s highly scripted and plot-driven narratives, Bergman and Sanders often seem at a loss in a film where so little happens. His confusion and her uncertainty infused their roles with authenticity, blurring the line between fiction and documentary.
“All those shots of eyes looking.” —Jacques Rivette
“The film opens a breach and all cinema on pain of death must pass through it.”
— Jacques Rivette on Journey to Italy [i]
Journey is more than the story of a marriage. Its wider theme is the malady of the secular age. Both Alex and Katherine are imprisoned within themselves, unable to connect with each other or the world. To borrow a phrase from Jean-Luc Godard, they are “castaways of the western world, survivors of the shipwreck of modernity.” [ii] Journey would pave the way for a cinema of alienation, haunted with the ghostly nonbeing of lives “lacking in purpose, in passion, in zest, in a sense of community, in ordinary human responsiveness, in the ability to communicate.…” [iii]
This was a new kind of cinema, born of twentieth-century trauma. After the Holocaust and Hiroshima, it became impossible to limit the art of film to self-contained stories, within which the actors can take action to resolve problems and produce definitive and satisfying conclusions. The damage and disfigurement of humanity, its existential crisis and utter lostness, had to find authentic representation in movies about “nothing.” That is to say, their true subject would not be a narrative but a condition.
French film scholar Antoine de Baecque writes about the impact on filmmakers of the shocking footage shot during the liberation of the Nazi death camps. The idea of “aestheticizing horror” through fictional recreations of the camps seemed obscene at the time. “I could never do that,” said American director Samuel Fuller. “How can you do it better than the Germans?”[iv] But those terrible images lodged themselves permanently in the psyches of directors like Rossellini, Antonioni, Resnais and Godard. As de Baecque writes:
“These images born of the war, which deeply marked cinema and filmmakers at the time, did a kind of subterranean work, a ‘reworking’ so to speak, subconsciously—since they never actually appear in postwar films—and then resurfaced in films (often ten years later) in definite forms, like traumatic memory that, little by little, had bored its way into the history of cinema. An art form had lost its innocence, and the great auteurs would no longer be making the same kinds of films.” They could only “return to the real by getting out of the studio to film the world.” [v]
Skulls of unknown dead at the cave cemetery of Fontanelle in Naples.
In Journey, the memory of death resurfaces again and again. We see the charnel house skulls in a Naples cemetery, a funeral cortège rounding a corner to block our progress, and the ruins of Pompeii, where a thousand Romans were buried alive by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Even when Alex and Katherine bask in the pleasant Mediterranean sun, the volcano looms behind them as a reminder of mortality.
Sunbathing at Homer’s villa, with Vesuvius in the background.
Two people have lost their way in a world of death. Is there no exit? The spirituality of Naples wants to speak, but Alex has no ears to hear, no curiosity beyond his enclosure of self-absorption. Katherine, however, proves more adventurous. When she drives into Naples from the villa, the film cuts between her “entombment” inside the car and the fecundity of street life all around her—strolling lovers, pregnant women, sidewalk vendors. The contrast between the carefully composed studio shot of Katherine behind the wheel and the cinéma vérité footage of the street creates an unstable mix of fiction and documentary. The wall between herself and a wider reality is starting to crumble.
The polished studio shot of Katherine encased in her car contrasts with the documentary realism of the street scenes around her.
“That’s what God is for, to make our lies truth.”
— Iris Murdoch, The Good Apprentice
In writing about the novels of Iris Murdoch, theologian Paul S. Fiddes describes the ‘unselving’ of self-enclosed characters. He could be writing about the Joyces as well. Like Murdoch’s protagonists, they “learn, or fail to learn, to be truthful, which means giving attention to what is real around them. At one level … this means noticing people as they actually are, rather than as we want them to be for our convenience. It means delighting in all the contingent details of the world, recognizing the ‘otherness’ of people and things, and living with all the hazards of accident. At the very least the disciples of goodness accept the ‘muddle’ of the world, and at the best they experience its amazing variety as being the Sublime.” [vi]
Katherine’s tourist itinerary of Naples thus becomes something more: a journey into the depths of the past—the cave of an ancient Sibyl, an ossuary of anonymous skulls, galleries of Roman sculpture, the ruins of Pompeii. Here she begins to face what Rose Macaulay called “the ruins of the soul; the shadowy dreams that lurked tenebrously in the cellars of consciousness; in the mysterious corridors and arcades of dreams, the wilderness that stretches not without but within.” [vii] Remnants of a vanished past, signifying the paradoxical dance of time and eternity, interrogate the meaning of her present existence. As we are now, so you shall soon be. What are you doing with the tiny slice of time you’ve been given? When you’re gone, what remains?
In the archaeological museum, the eyes of the past interrogate the modern viewer.
When Katherine looks at statues, they stare back. Who are you? The “I” of the camera, a third subjectivity, looks at both—at the statue, then at Katherine. In the museum and the other visited sites, the film becomes a documentary of Ingrid Bergman’s face, “a sensory surface on which the sounds and images are imprinted. The film appears to rest entirely on her reactions.” [viii]
When Katherine gazes into the sulphur pits of Vesuvius, where subterranean energies surface into visibility, we are reminded of Dante’s Inferno, the classic template for every descent into the soul’s hidden depths.
Katherine and her guide at the sulphur pits of Vesuvius.
Gustave Doré: Dante and Virgil in the 8th circle of hell.
The crisis point in Journey follows a bitter argument between Katherine and Alex. At the very moment Alex says the fatal word—“divorce”—they are interrupted by Burton, the villa’s property manager, who insists they come immediately to the excavation at Pompeii, where a pair of “bodies” is about to be uncovered.
When Pompeii was buried under six meters of volcanic ash two thousand years ago, its inhabitants died instantly. Their bodies dissolved over time, leaving hollow forms in the hardened ash. During the shooting of Journey to Italy, archaeologists were in the process of injecting plaster into those forms to recreate the ancient “bodies,” and Rossellini was allowed to film the fictional Joyces watching the real uncovering of a buried past.
“You must come!” Burton had told them. “Imagine—to actually see the shape of a man just as he was then, the moment when he was surprised by death.” In fact, what they do see is two people, a couple who took their last breath lying side by side as lovers.
The forms are real plaster, but at the same time they are fictional figures, reimagined into the visible from the empty shapes left behind by the dead. They are, in effect, tangible expressions of nothingness, which might also be said about the hollow and aimless lives of the Joyces. For any viewer, those plaster forms of vanished Pompeiians prompt unsettling meditations on life and death, presence and absence, and our own essential nothingness. I myself contemplated Pompeii’s plaster ghosts almost fifty years ago, and I can still recall the melancholy—and the fascination—those forms evoked in me. As Julian of Norwich put it in the 14th century, without divine love sustaining us in every moment, we would all sink into nonbeing.
Alex and Katherine watch the unearthing of the ancient couple at Pompeii.
What the Joyces behold, as they watch the archaeologists brush away the ash from the plaster forms, is history made visible. Staring into the abyss of time, they are confronted by the smallness and brevity of their own lives. Their own nothingness surfaces into awareness. The falsity of their solipsistic lives, independent of a larger world and ignorant of death, begins to give way.
The image of the ancient lovers is itself a shock, history’s rebuke to their own loveless marriage. Perhaps most terrible of all is the photographic nature of the forms, capturing a single instant of the past and removing it from the flow of time. The Roman lovers are a still image, frozen in a moment with no future. For Katherine and Alex, stuck in a hell of their own making, it displays the horror of an existence which cannot change, a deadness with no exit. They recognize themselves—sans embrace—in the plaster forms.
Katherine recoils and bursts into tears, demanding that they leave the site. As the couple descends a flight of ancient stairs to find their car, Katherine asks her husband, “Is this the way out?” It is another Dantean moment: the way down is the only way up.
Once back in their car, they try to put some distance between themselves and the place which has tried their souls. But the south will not let them go. Passing through the town of Maiori on the Amalfi Coast, they are blocked by a great crowd jamming the central square. It is a procession for San Gennaro, the only Christian festival to claim an annual miracle: the liquefication of the martyred bishop’s dried blood. The persistence of this claim in a skeptical age highlights the archaic strangeness of a region where the past seems so unperturbed by modernity. And in this land of miracles, Journey to Italy reaches its miraculous conclusion.
Unable to drive any further, Katherine and Alex get out their car, the symbol of their isolation from and control over exterior circumstance. Immersed in the teeming crowd, they seem nakedly exposed to the energies all around them. When Katherine is suddenly swept away by a surge of bodies, Alex runs to rescue her. They embrace. Suddenly—miraculously—awakening to a forgotten but genuine bond between them, they confess their folly and profess their love.
The miraculous reconciliation defies expectations.
It’s a Hollywood ending, but one in quotes, because this is a modernist work, where the real and ambiguous world insists on breaking into the neatly scripted story. If the revelations and crisis that preceded this moment only result in a happy ending for the couple, who might then resume their distance from the world if not each other, it is not a true unselving. It would allow the lie of autonomous lives to carry on.
Alex and Katherine embrace as the camera pulls away.
The film’s true miracle is not the “happy ending” of the Joyces’ embrace and the lovely closeup of famous movie stars. Rather, it is their disappearance into the larger world of humanity and history, and through that, into the ultimate mystery of the world, whom we call divine. And this miracle happens when the camera, on a crane, pulls away from the couple to sweep over the crowd. The Joyces are not forgotten, but they are now understood as part of a much larger world. But this world is not anonymous and impersonal. The uniquely personal remains undiminished in this great communion of mortal beings, as the final shot, now at eye level, watches face after face after face pass by, into a collective future that never stops unfolding.
Every age will see a film differently. I’ve watched Journey to Italy many times over the years, but viewing it during the pandemic has touched an existential nerve. Larger realities are breaking into our settled world, and we will never be the same. Our own Vesuvius looms on the horizon.
Film critic Laura Mulvey, in her commentary on the excavation scene, points out that cinema itself, not just particular films, confronts us with our mortality:
“The figures of the excavation are formed by an imprint left by the original. Film too is an imprint.…The presence of the human figure on celluloid is one more layer, one more trace of the past brought to life and preserved.… With the coming of death and the passing of time, Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders, as well as the passersby in Naples, are now themselves dead, their images fossilized on celluloid, just as the figures of Pompeii were cast in plaster.” [ix]
“Life is so short,” says Katherine among the ruins. And as today’s pandemic spreads its shadow over the earth, and climate change undermines the stability of the physical world, we too have become more conscious of our vulnerability and our brevity, and less able to maintain the illusion of untouched autonomous lives. We can no longer keep death at a safe distance; we dance every day on the razor’s edge between being and nonbeing. Who knows when we, too, will be “surprised by death?”
But in the long run of time, the question of my fate or your fate must give way to a larger perspective. We are all in this together, and—come what may—I believe we will, in the end, be gathered into the great procession of a redeemed humanity, shouting “Glory!” for all eternity. It will no longer be death that takes us by surprise, but grace.
Love among the ruins. “Life is so short.”
Journey to Italy (1954) is the third feature in a trilogy of “voyage” films which Rossellini made with Ingrid Bergman, who left a successful Hollywood career to make these art films—some of her best work—with the Italian director, with whom she would fall in love. All 3 films involve a transformative journey into an unfamiliar and challenging place—a barren island in Stromboli (1950), the world of the poor in Europe ’51 (1952), and the mysterious south of Italy in Journey. In the U.S., The Criterion Collection has produced a beautifully mastered box set of the Trilogy, with excellent commentaries, to which I am indebted, on the discs and in the booklet. Journey to Italy can be streamed, but (in the U.S. at least), it is available on disc only in the box set, which is definitely worth having if you love film.
[i] Cited in James Quandt’s commentary, “Surprised by Death: Roberto Rossellini’s Voyage Trilogy,” on the Criterion disc, 3 Films by Roberto Rossellini with Ingrid Bergman (2013). Rivette, along with Godard, Resnais, and Truffaut, would be greatly influenced by this film, and often praised it in their writings.
[ii] Godard is describing his own film, Contempt (1963), which was itself an hommage to Journey to Italy. Cited in Quandt’s commentary.
[iii] This quote from Richard Gilman’s “About Nothing—with Precision,” Theater Arts 46, no. 7 (July 1962), p. 11. Gilman is writing about another Italian director, Michelangelo Antonioni, who would take the theme of alienation to the limit in films like La Notte (1961), where the alienated couple remains stuck in their private hell, unlike the couple in Journey to Italy. Rossellini regarded Antonioni’s films as too pessimistic, but both filmmakers were dealing with the same modern malady: alienation, drift, and emptiness. Gilman is cited in Seymour Chatman, Antonioni, or, the Surface of the World (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1985),
[iv] Cited in Antoine de Baecque, Camera Historica: The Century in Cinema, trans. Ninon Vinsonneau & Jonathan Magidoff (New York: Columbia University, 2008), 68. Fuller shot footage for the U.S. Army during the liberation of the camp at Falkenau (you can find it on YouTube), but he never tried to recreate the horror in a fictional way. He did show his actors watching documentary footage in Verboten!(1959). The fictional shots pale when intercut with real images of mass death.
[v] Antoine de Baecque, 45.
[vi] Paul S. Fiddes, Freedom and Limit: A Dialogue between Literature and Christian Doctrine (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1999), 173.
[vii] Rose Macaulay, The World My Wilderness (1950), cited in Christopher Woodward, In Ruins (New York: Pantheon Books, 2001), 231. Macaulay’s character is contemplating the bomb craters and ruined buildings in 1946 London. The remnants of past destruction bear thematic resemblance to Pompeii and evoke similar responses.
[viii] Antoine de Baecque, 65.
[ix] Laura Mulvey is a noted British film theorist. Her richly informative commentary is on the Criterion disc.
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Should “God” Be Spoken at a Political Convention?
Posted on August 28, 2020 by jimfriedrich
“I alone am God; there is no other.” (Phrygian Sybil, Vito de Marco, pavement of Siena cathedral, c. 1482)
I always cringe when political figures conclude their speeches with “God bless the United States of America.” In that context it is not a prayer; it is an assertion of privilege and dominance, invoking divine consent and protection for a sinful status quo. At best it is a formulaic trivialization of divine-human communication, lacking the humility, attentiveness and depth proper for addressing the Holy. At worst, in the mouths of scheming hypocrites and cruel tyrants, it’s blasphemy.
How many times, at this week’s Republican National Convention, did we hear the word ‘God’ on the lips of angry, hateful, lying partisans? I don’t know which is worse—the cynicism of unbelievers who speak the word only to dupe the gullible, or the bizarre piety of those who seem to believe that God blesses corruption, deception and violence.
One might debate degrees of difference between Democrats and Republicans regarding the promiscuous appropriation of “God” in their rhetoric. No one is without sin in the world of politics, and the abuse of rhetorical piety is a bipartisan failing. It’s hard to remain spotless when it comes to power struggles. But can we at least agree that anyone who has committed, condoned or enabled the torture of caged children should never dare to cry “God!” unless they are lying prostrate on the ground, weeping bitter tears, begging forgiveness in fear and trembling?
Time magazine cover, July 2, 2018.
When I was a young man studying theology with Robert McAfee Brown, he read us a passage from Martin Buber’s Eclipse of God. Fifty years later, I still remember the passionate wisdom of the Jewish theologian’s words. He was responding to a friend who thought “God” to be a word so defiled by centuries of misuse that its utterance should be suspended indefinitely, giving it time to recover its proper purity and depth. Buber replied:
“Yes,” I said, “it is the most heavy-laden of all human words. None has become so soiled, so mutilated. Just for this reason I may not abandon it. The generations have laid the burden of their anxious lives upon this word and weighed it to the ground; it lies in the dust and bears their whole burden. Human beings with their religious factions have torn the word to pieces; they have killed for it and died for it, and it bears their finger marks and their blood.
“Where might I find a word like it to describe the highest! If I took the purest, most sparkling concept from the inner treasure-chamber of the philosophers, I could only capture thereby an unbinding product of thought. I could not capture the presence of the One whom the generations have honoured and degraded with their awesome living and dying. I do indeed mean God whom the hell-tormented and heaven-storming generations mean. Certainly, they draw caricatures and write ‘God’ underneath; they murder one another and say ‘in God’s name.’ But when all madness and delusion fall to dust, when they stand over against Him in the loneliest darkness and no longer say, ‘He, He,’ but rather sigh ‘Thou,’ shout ‘Thou,’ all of them the one word, and when they then add ‘God,’ is it not the real God whom they all implore, the One Living God, the God of the human race? Is it not He who hears them?
“And just for this reason, is not the word ‘God’, the word of appeal, the word which has become a name, consecrated in all human tongues for all times? We must esteem those who interdict it because they rebel against the injustice and wrong which is so readily referred to ‘God’ for authorisation. But we may not give up. How understandable it is that some suggest we should remain silent about ‘the last things’ for a time in order that the misused words may be redeemed! But they are not to be redeemed thus. We cannot cleanse the word ‘God’ and we cannot make it whole; but, defiled and mutilated as it is, we can raise it from the ground and set it over an hour of great care.”
The Deposition (early Gothic; Leon cathedral on the Camino de Santiago)
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An Unforgettable Night at the Troubadour (50th Anniversary)
Fifty years ago tonight, I was lucky enough to hear a legendary concert by two extraordinary songwriters and performers, David Ackles and Elton John. A fanciful depiction of that night in the 2019 biopic Rocket Man shows the audience rising ecstatically to float above the floor. Actually, we were all sitting around big tables, but that is pretty much how it felt to be there. For the fiftieth anniversary of that unforgettable evening, I reprise my tribute written in 2016.
David Ackles singing at the author’s ordination, Sept. 17, 1970 (Photo by Marilyn Robertson)
I have no explanation as to why the David Ackles albums spoke to me so intensely, but it was with those records that I probably spent the most time when I was about sixteen, listening in a darkened room, trying to imagine how everything had come to exist.”
— Elvis Costello, Unfaithful Music and Disappearing Ink
They suffer least who suffer what they choose.
— David Ackles, “American Gothic”
The Troubadour, an intimate club in West Hollywood, has seen some pretty special nights over the years. Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman, Prince, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam and so many others have performed on its stage. Neil Young and James Taylor each made their solo debut there. The Byrds sang “Mr. Tambourine Man” for the first time in public. Tom Waits was discovered during amateur night. Springsteen, Dylan and Led Zeppelin dropped by after hours for legendary jams. Miles Davis and Van Morrison recorded there.[i]
When Elton John made his smashing American debut at the Troubadour on August 25, 1970, he was not yet widely known. He was originally booked as the opening act for David Ackles, a Los Angeles musical artist greatly admired by Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin. But John’s record company pulled some strings to get the bill reversed. In conjunction with the release of his first album, John would become the headline act.
He would admit later to some embarrassment at being promoted above Ackles on the billing, since Ackles was one of his heroes, “one of the best that America has to offer.” Elvis Costello was also a fan, “It’s a mystery to me why his wonderful songs are not better known,” he has said.[ii] When Costello interviewed John on his Sundance cable series, Spectacle, they both voiced generous tributes to Ackles’ genius and influence, and closed the show with a duet of his great song of loss and longing, “Down River.” [iii]
Ackles put out four memorable albums between 1968 and 1973. His masterpiece, American Gothic (1972), generated critical raves. “The Sergeant Pepper of Folk,” gushed a noted British critic, astonished at its thematic brilliance, structural complexity and musical originality. Rolling Stone called it “moving” and “eloquent.” A retrospective appraisal in 2005 acclaimed it “a largely unrecognized work of genius, one of the most unfashionable and uncompromising American albums ever. . . Crafted layer upon layer, it reveals itself more as a dramatic work than a conventional rock or pop release, drawing on modern American classical composers such as Charles Ives and Aaron Copland as well as gospel, rock, blues, and soul. Imagine an art-folk album that bridges Woody Guthrie’s passionate storytelling and Kurt Weill’s orchestrations.” [iv]
Rolling Stone said at the time that American Gothic “deserves a wide audience,” but when sales proved weak, his recording company, Elektra, lost interest. Ackles made one more album on the Columbia label, but his music seemed too hard to categorize in an industry driven by identifiable genres. Was it folk, pop, classical, musical theater, or what? His originality didn’t fit the system. A ten-minute elegy to a lost past (“Montana Song”) was not going to get much radio time. And you couldn’t dance to it. But however neglected, the heartbreaking beauty of Ackles’ imagery still blooms like wildflowers on a deserted prairie:
The fallen barn, the broken plow,
the hoofprint-hardened clay;
where is the farmer, now,
who built his dream this way ?
Who felled the tree and cut the bough
and made the land obey,
who taught his sons as he knew how,
but could not make them stay. [v]
Disappointed by the lack of tangible support for his work, Ackles abandoned his recording career, but not his joie de vivre. “I’m not bitter about a thing that’s happened to me,” he told an interviewer in 1998. “I would hate for people to think I’m over here getting all twisted up about what happened 20 years ago. All that feels like another life, lived by someone else.” [vi]
Although he could write an achingly beautiful love song like “Love’s Enough,” he was at heart a storyteller, weaving poetic and sometimes tragic narratives of American dreamers and strivers, who “joined the circus, worked the fields,” but “never saved a dime.” And even when they had to “learn to dance to someone else’s song,” they managed to endure:
But I hold on to my dreams, anyway.
I never let them die.
They keep me going through the bad times,
while I dream
of the good times coming by. [vii]
Bernie Taupin, who produced American Gothic, summed up Ackles’ intensity and conviction in a 2008 remembrance: “Man! If you didn’t believe every word this guy was singing, you were dead inside.” [viii]
I first met David Ackles in early 1970, when I was working at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, an Episcopal campus ministry and coffeehouse known as one of the premiere folk music venues in the country. I was just out of seminary, working with two priests as an intern during the year of my “transitional diaconate,” the prelude to priestly ordination. While I was in residence, Canterbury House featured Neil Young, Doc Watson, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, and David Ackles.
David was one of Canterbury’s most popular performers, loved not only for his music but also for his manifest warmth and wry humor. He was a lifelong Christian, deeply spiritual and theologically astute, an authentic and generous man. And though some of his songs revealed a profound empathy with the suffering of displaced souls, there was an essential core in him—a comedic faith in resurrection—which survived the harrowing descent of the artist into the nether regions of the human condition.
By summer of 1970, I was back home in Los Angeles, awaiting my ordination to the priesthood in September. When I saw that David was playing at the Troubadour, I knew I had to be there. Meanwhile, the radio was starting to preview a few unreleased songs by the other guy on the bill, and he sounded quite good as well. Word got around, excitement grew, and on August 25 the house was packed. We shared a table with Odetta, the “queen of American folk music.” [ix]
Before the show, I went backstage to ask David if he would consider singing at my ordination, and he graciously consented. While we were talking, Elton John entered the dressing room, wearing denim overalls with a cartoon duck patch on the front, to tell David how much he admired his work and how honored he was to share the stage with him.
And the concert? It’s been nearly fifty years now. Details grow hazy; I can’t recite the set lists anymore. But I can still feel the electricity of that Hollywood night, the passion of the performers, the visceral connection they made with their audience.
Stacy Sullivan, a jazz singer who once worked with David, is currently performing, in small New York clubs, “A Night at the Troubadour: Presenting Elton John and David Ackles.” While showing the brilliance of two stars aligning, her re-imagining of that night suggests the strangeness of fate: one singer became an international superstar, the other remained largely undiscovered.
The New York Times has called Sullivan’s tribute a “tour de force” which “interweaves more than a dozen Ackles songs with several of Mr. John’s hits, radically deconstructed, into a dual portrait in which their opposite sensibilities (Mr. John’s gregarious showmanship, and Mr. Ackles’ dignified introspection) eventually merge.” [x] Lucky Easterners can still see her at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Room on September 10 and October 8 [Note: this was in 2016]. I can only pray that she will do a West Coast reprise. I promise to come.
A few weeks after the Troubadour show, David sang two songs for my ordination at All Saints, Beverly Hills, where the opening hymn was “Let It Be” and large projected images filled the wall behind the altar. Those were the days! During communion, David sang “Be My Friend.” At the Dismissal, he led the congregation in “Family Band,” which he said was autobiographical, since he grew up in a musical family of church-going Presbyterians. I still play that song on my guitar every ordination anniversary:
I remember the songs we sang Sunday evening . . .
when my dad played the bass, mom played the drums,
I played the piano,
and Jesus sang the song.
David got lung cancer in the late nineties. When he went into remission, he and his wonderful wife Janice rented a Pasadena mansion, filled it with musicians, and threw a grand party for their friends, to celebrate the gifts of life and love. Then, in 1999, David departed this world, far too soon. He is dearly missed. But that gathering in Pasadena remains a joyous foretaste of the blessedness which awaits us all.
And I will cherish the faith in the songs we knew then,
till we all sing together, till we all sing together,
till we sing them together again.
[i] For a more extensive historical list: http://www.troubadour.com/history
[ii] Reuters obituary in March, 1999, cited in Kenny MacDonald interview: http://www.terrascope.co.uk/MyBackPages/David%20Ackles.htm
[iii] YouTube has a version of their duet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXvlCjrlHCQand their conversation about David is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbt1Cee7Usw
[iv] George Durbalau, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, 2005. Along with other review quotes, found at http://www.superseventies.com/spacklesdavid.html
[v] David Ackles, “Montana Song,” on American Gothic. Some of David’s songs can be heard on YouTube, and his albums can be found online as well.
[vi] Kenny MacDonald interview
[vii] “Another Friday Night,” American Gothic
[viii] Bernie Taupin’s blog, Dec. 3, 2008
[ix] Attributed to Martin Luther King, Jr.: http://entertainment.time.com/2011/10/24/the-all-time-100-songs/slide/take-this-hammer-odetta/
[x] New York Times, July 16, 2016: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/arts/music/stacy-sullivan-david-ackles-review.html?_r=1
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SOMNIA Knives, Forks, Spoons Press / Sep. 2019
“Somnia” by Maria Stadnicka, pub. KFS. 74pp. £10.00
Maria Stadnicka was an established poet in Romania before moving to the UK and gaining a reputation as an English-language poet. This collection is therefore resonant with European and modernist echoes; the text references Camus, Symborska and Emil Cioran, among others, and the influence of surrealism is evident throughout the collection. The poems are written in the plainest language, without much rhetorical embellishment; and yet, as in the best poetry, the meanings are hard to pin down and the poems have a depth of field which stays with the reader after the book has been put down. The poems address war and dislocation in an unnamed land which could be many places, but reminds the reader of the Balkans conflict of the 1990s. The encounter between everyday life and shock of conflict is presented in a dead-pan tone:
On both sides of the frontline,
orchards bloom.
People buy and sell goods,
occupy central squares…
Business as usual.
Gunshots, grenades, mortars.
(from “Landscape with Buses”)
Everyday scenes have a sinister air, enhanced by surreal imagery:
I went to town and took pictures
of people in queue at the shopping mall…
The sun kept in its corner and watched
the autumn busking indoors
when a beggar stopped, asking everyone
for directions to the nearest abattoir.
(from “Particulars”)
The poems are clearly ‘about’ something; the encounter between warfare and everyday, often banal scenes from normal life, and the trauma of flight and dislocation. But this is not plain reportage, and whatever political message it carries is delivered with a lightness of touch that doesn’t propagandise or browbeat the reader. On the contrary, these poems are understated and retain an air of mystery; they give us insights into lives and experiences that couldn’t be delivered in any other way except in poetry. They also encompass the guilt and powerlessness of those viewing events from a distance:
…to become responsible
for a bullet wound, though we have
no memory of ever using a gun,
in the name of each person wishing to be free.
(from “The Gift’s Legacy”)
Many contemporary poetry books have a ‘theme’ – maybe it’s something suggested in creative writing classes – and so often the theme becomes more important than the poetry, leading to predictable and programmatic writing. That’s not the case with “Somnia”. The poetry remains poetry, its light lyricism and pleasure in words defeating attempts at literal interpretation. Here’s the complete poem “Mundane Evil”:
There was a wake going on
in a floor crack. So much old wood
talked back in mother’s tongue
through the opening that I thought
to wait longer for the right moment
and then a close friend pointed out
the rupture took shape, got wider.
My womb coughed out pieces of rubble.
This is a strange poem. The last line could be seen as a metaphor for the perpetuation of violence from one generation to the next, but that’s only one interpretation, and in fact the line, and the whole poem, is elusive and mysterious and strangely compelling. The remarkable thing about this collection is that it tackles the very specific issues of violence, dislocation and trauma in language that is as elusive as that in the poem above. It is poetry rather than documentary.
Stadnicka is not a native English speaker, and it’s interesting to speculate on the properties of poetry written in a second language. In an email to the reviewer, Stadnicka had the following to say in this subject:
“I suppose … my poetry is ‘other than British.’ The metaphoric range is different, the feel might be different, even though I use the English language when I shape my poems.”
What might “other than British” mean? One thing already mentioned is the influence of European modernism and of surrealism, that latter being a movement that never really took firm hold in British culture (the poetry of David Gascoyne notwithstanding). Another feature might be the quality of the language. The flat tone and plain expression make the description of the subject matter that much more powerful and lacking in any sensationalism. There are no poeticisms, and that may be one of the benefits of coming to the language afresh, from a different linguistic basis. It’s hard to imagine someone raised in the UK having written poetry like this. In the same email, Stadnicka says:
“It is impossible to discuss my writing without considering the impact oppression and dictatorship had on me as an individual. Once you experienced life in an orphanage with children dying of AIDS, or you are woken up at midnight to take part in a practice drill for an eventual nuclear attack, once you experienced dictatorship, there is no turning back when writing.”
This is outside the experience of most UK-raised poets; it inevitably affects the poetry, and therefore adds something new to British poetry in addition to the cultural influences mentioned above.
The poems are short and have individual titles, but the collection has a broader architecture; it’s divided into four ‘movements in F minor’ and has an epilogue and a prologue. The overall book is dedicated “to Cain and Abel, and all their neighbours”. The prologue is in the form a witness testimony, and the epilogue is also addressed to “your Honour”. So the book – to put it grandly – is putting humanity on trial. The four movements have distinctive features. The first movement, allegro, introduces us to world of dislocation and conflict, in which “the bullet hits the edge of my book / then sinks into earth like a poem”. The second movement, largo, slows the pace down and shows us a more personal side to these experiences: “When I collected my father’s ashes… I thought to keep them hidden in a pencil case”. The third movement, scherzo, addresses the ways in which art confronts the experience of war; there is a poem called “Kafka”, and another, “Lieder for Two Pianos” in which “half-swallowed lullabies found you / growing hazel-eyed whispers inside my body”. The last section is called “finale” and deals with consequences:
Orphans but free, the cloth says
then keeps talking to me
about the people I once loved,
who vanished during a blast
as if they had never existed.
If the description of the four movements above makes the collection seem formulaic, this is certainly not the case. This poetry is mysterious, and individual poems can have an almost spiritual effect, like Zen koans or proverbs. In the last movement, the title poem “Somnia” gives us an executioner falling asleep “with his back against a sharp blade”. In this poem, the violence comes from sleep and dream, and therefore from the human sub-conscious. The poems throughout the collection have a dream-like quality, and despite their directness and plain-speaking – or maybe because of it – offer a sense of mystery, and psychological insight.
© Alan Baker 2020, ‘Litter Magazine’ 1st March 2020.
Somnia is available at Knives, Forks and Spoons Press and pre-order here.
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Male juvenile placed into Santa Maria foster home sexually assaulted other children
Dave Minsky
Dec 2, 2020 Updated Dec 15, 2020
A Santa Maria couple filed a Nov. 5 federal lawsuit against Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services over placing a foster child accused of prior sexual assaults into their home.
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A Santa Maria couple that runs a family care center has sued Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services for placing a foster child into their home who had been accused of sexually assaulting other children, according to a lawsuit filed last month in Los Angeles federal court.
In the lawsuit filed Nov. 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Ronnie and Jamee Baker accuse Child Welfare Services officials of placing a male juvenile, identified as "J.B.," who allegedly sexually assaulted children at the couple's home in separate incidents beginning in 2018.
The juvenile allegedly assaulted at least two children, including a third party minor who attended their care center and the couple's foster child, Egan Miller-Baker, who is now an adult and identified as a third plaintiff, according to the lawsuit.
Additionally, the couple accuse officials of negligence by failing to disclose J.B.'s history of sexual assault in prior foster homes, civil rights violations and violations of the Federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare acts.
Defendants in the lawsuit include CWS employees identified as Does 1 through 10, who acted in managerial, supervising and policymaking positions within the County's Department of Social Services.
Contacted by phone, county officials did not immediately provide a comment on the lawsuit.
The Bakers demand a jury trial, attorneys fees, costs of the lawsuit and damages, including past and future loss of earnings.
The Bakers operate a family child care center whose license status is listed as being on probation, according to state records. The couple did not return phone calls seeking comment.
Prior to adopting J.B., the Bakers gave specific requirements for foster children that could be placed with them in order to protect other children in the home, according to the lawsuit.
Federal law requires that child welfare caseworkers keep detailed records of foster children and provide families with updated copies of their records when they are placed into homes, including whether they suffered past abuse in other foster homes.
In addition, caseworkers were required to disclose that J.B. was sexually abused while with his biological family and that there were complaints he had allegedly sexually assaulted children in other foster homes.
"[The Bakers] specifically informed [county officials] that they were willing to deal with mild to moderate behavior issues, but were not willing to consider children with sexual abuse issues or with behavioral/emotional issues," according to the lawsuit.
After the first alleged sexual assault, the Bakers' childcare center was shut down as a result of the investigative process following a report in April 2018 that J.B. assaulted a female child.
In November 2019, Egan-Miller informed the Bakers that J.B. allegedly sexually assaulted him at home and would kill him if he told anyone.
"The County placed J.B. with Mr. and Mrs. Baker despite knowing that J.B. posed a significant threat to Miller-Baker and the [children]," according to the lawsuit.
J.B. was removed from the home, even though he is still the Bakers' adopted child.
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Snow causes havoc on city streets for police and drivers
Published Tuesday, December 1, 2020 7:33AM EST Last Updated Tuesday, December 1, 2020 6:47PM EST
LONDON ONT -- The public works yard on Bathurst Street is a beehive of activity during prolonged snow events. Trucks are always coming in and out to refill the salt that is dispersed roadways on a continuous basis.
“We started last night around 8:30, with our sanders and salters on our main roads. That continued through the evening, we added some more equipment this morning to remove some of the slush and build up on our main roads,” says Division Manager of Transportation & Roadside Operations John Parsons.
“The local streets still have a lot of snow on them, and we have a lot of work to do yet there. But, I’m sure we’ll get a lot done in the overnight hours.”
London police have also been busy, one officer stopped two different cars within 20 minutes during the morning commute who had not cleared their back window. that is a fine of $110-dollars and dangerous according the London Police Constable Sandasha Bough.
“You can have a vehicle with no rear window, however if you do have a rear window, you must ensure you have a clear view to the roadway and any intersecting roadway. It’s not only a safety hazard to yourself but for other people travelling behind you as well, because the snow can actually blow off and obstruct their view.”
Police say between midnight and noon they had responded to 15 calls which were injury-related, dozens more occurred and were told to attend the Police Reporting Centre.
“Make sure you are travelling, based on road conditions. If you need to expand that stopping distance between yourself and the vehicle in front of you, do so. We share the message often: See snow, go slow,” says Bough.
The City is also advising people that after the plows come by, there will be a significant amount of heavy snow at the end of your driveway. Take your time, and take breaks according to the Middlesex-London Paramedic Service.
NUMEROUS BUS CANCELLATIONS TUESDAY
Bus cancellations come as a special weather statement is in place for London-Middlesex with an excepted 15 – 25 cm of snow to come.
The London District Catholic School Board and the Thames Valley District school Board will remain open.
Avon Maitland District School Board will be closed for the day.
The multi-day snowfall event is expected to continue throughout the day into the overnight.
Additional snowfall amounts of five centimetres are possible Tuesday through Wednesday morning.
All school vehicles are cancelled for the day in Elgin, Oxford, Middlesex counties and Red Zone.
City of London school vehicles will continue to operate.
All LDCSB schools will remain open.
— London District Catholic School Board (@LDCSB) December 1, 2020
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A plow clears snow in London, Ont. on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (Sean Irvine / CTV News)
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2016 travel diary 8: Buyeo’s Jeongnimsa Temple Site
by Philip Gowman posted 16 May 2016 12 May 2020 updated 12 May 2020
in History | Religion and philosophy | Tourism. 4 minute read
Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do, 16 May 2016, 4:45pm.
The site of Jeongnimsa Temple, with the pagoda that is National Treasure #9
The sun is still hot as we arrive at our destination. We walk slowly, as there is little shade, past the ticket office to where is a wide, flat open space in the middle of which is National Treasure #9: the five storey stone pagoda of Jeongnimsa Temple.
Jeongnimsa Temple site
Is one allowed to be a little sacrilegious? I’d kind of overdosed on stone pagodas in Unjusa a couple of years previously. Unjusa is known as the temple of a thousand pagodas, so I had become a bit blasé about them.
What was different about this one? Well, to look at it, not much. But it is of importance because it is one of only two stone pagodas from the Baekje period that survive – the other one being the bigger (though very damaged) pagoda at Mireuksa, Iksan (National Treasure #11) which has six surviving storeys; no-one knows how many further levels there were on top of that. Further, these two pagodas are among the earliest stone pagodas on the Korean peninsula (pagodas used to be wooden and thus prone to fire) so they can be considered the ancestors of the thousand pagodas of Unjusa.
Jeongnimsa Temple Pagoda, National Treasure #9
Jeongnimsa’s pagoda is difficult to date. King Seong moved Baekje’s capital to Sabi (modern Buyeo) in 538 and many of the city’s important buildings must have been completed in advance of the move. But according to the materials supporting Baekje’s UNESCO listing, Jeongnimsa’s stone pagoda comes after the stone pagoda in Mireuksa, in Baekje’s secondary capital in Iksan, and that pagoda can be dated precisely to 639 CE.
The stone pagoda at Mireuksa Temple Site, Iksan (National Treasure #11). Photo: Cultural Heritage Administration)
So the Jeongnimsa pagoda was erected some time after 639, but before 660. In that year the victorious Tang general Su Dingfang, having defeated Baekje with the help of Silla’s Kim Yu-shin, decided to rub Baekje’s noses in the mud by defacing the pagoda with an inscription amounting to “We Won You Lost”. For a while the pagoda was known as Pyeongjetap, which roughly means “Pagoda Celebrating the Destruction of Baekje.”
The proportions of the Jeongnimsa pagoda (Source: UNESCO submission p63. )
Despite being one of the earliest examples of a stone pagoda on the peninsula it is surprisingly elegant. The five roof stones turn up at the corners, just as if they were traditional wood and tile roofs. And when the site was documented by the Japanese in the colonial period the Japanese surveyor analysed its proportions thus:
both [the] height and width of [the] first story are 7 cheok [1 cheok ≅ 30cm] and the height of the platform is 3.5 cheok. The stone pagoda was built according to the proportion of 7 cheok all around according to the principle of equal partition (Source: UNESCO submission p62).
According to the Cultural Heritage Administration website, the pillars at the corner of each level of the pagoda are slightly narrower at the top and bottom, having a slight bulge in the middle. They call this the Baeeullim style, but it’s very difficult to notice unless you were to get out a tape measure.
Jeongnimsa’s reconstructed lecture hall
The pagoda stands on its own in the centre of a big flat open space. Originally there would have been a prayer hall just to its north – the classic layout for a temple from this period. And further north beyond that, a lecture hall has been reconstructed, housing a huge but very simple stone Buddha statue – again perhaps forming a model for the humble Buddhas you find in Unjusa. This seated Buddha however is from the Goryeo dynasty, not Baekje.
The simple stone Buddha in the Jeongnimsa lecture hall
Beside the temple site is a museum which among other things contains a model of what the temple could have looked like in its heyday – the pagoda and prayer hall are surrounded by corridors and halls containing refectories and living accommodation, with the lecture hall at the far end of the site.
A scale model of what Jeongnimsa might have looked like – in the nearby museum
Jeongnimsa Temple Site is Historic Site #301. Its Five-storey Stone Pagoda is National Treasure #9. Its Stone Seated Buddha is Treasure #108.
Baekje World Heritage Centre
Baekje Historic Sites on UNESCO website
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Temples: Jeongnimsa | Mireuksa
Heritage Categories: National Treasure | Treasure
Places: Buyeo-gun | Chungcheongnam-do
Other tags: Buddhist art | Temples
2016 travel diary 9: Busosanseong - the Baekje royal garden
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Premier League Betting Guide for Matchweek 18
Tom Sokol Jan 11th, 2021
Manchester United are in the heat of a title race and they will be looking to capitalize with a big win over 16th-ranked Burnley.
Which Premier League matches offer betting value on FanDuel Sportsbook? Let's see where we can zero in.
Please note that lines are subject to change after this article is published, which impacts betting advice. All betting lines were taken from FanDuel Sportsbook, and you can check here to see their most updated numbers. You can also look at our oddsFire tool to get a feel for what the betting public is doing.
Sheffield United vs. Newcastle
Newcastle to win: +210
Sheffield United seem to be destined for last place this season, as they have started 0W-2D-15L this year, meaning they have lost 88% of their games so far. They have fared slightly better in FBref’s expected goal difference but even there their -9.7 expected goal difference is ranked second-worst in the league.
Newcastle United have been far from a good team this season at 5-4-7 but that is still good enough to put them 17 points ahead of Sheffield with a game in hand to boot. The Magpies are also better on expected difference at -6.5, so it is pretty clear they are the superior team in this matchup.
Newcastle being more than a 2-1 underdog makes them an enticing bet for this matchup against the worst team in the league on Tuesday.
Wolves vs. Everton
Everton to win: +200
Everton are 9-2-5 to start the year and they are in a log jam, as 4 teams are currently tied on points at 29. They are currently in seventh place based on goal difference, but the Toffees are still very much in the mix for a Champions League spot.
Wolves are lagging slightly behind Everton in the standings in 13th place at 6-4-7 with 22 points. Wolves have not played well in recent league games at 0-2-2, including a 2-1 loss against 16th place Burnley.
This is a fairly evenly matched game, but Everton have been the superior team in the first half of the season. The Toffees are a good bet given they are 2-1 underdogs.
Burnley vs. Manchester United
Manchester United -1 (no push) +130
Manchester United are a legitimate title contender this season, as they only trail Liverpool on goal difference and they own a game in hand. United are 10-3-3 and they have been hot recently, going 8-2-0 in their last 10 matches.
On the flip side, Burnley have been one of the worst teams in the league this season, and their 4-4-7 record is only good enough for 16th place, putting them in a likely year-long fight for relegation.Burnley are even worse in expected goal differential, as they rank 18th in that category, so they may be even worse than their poor record would indicate.
Manchester United possess immensely more talent than Burnley and they should be able to win this game fairly easily. United to win by multiple goals is still at plus odds and this is another enticing betting opportunity.
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Scotland ~ Highland Folk Museum: Day 3, August 28, 2017
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I woke up about 8:30, having had a weird dream last night. According to my app, I got 8:19 sleep.
Today looks cold and rainy as seen in the screenshot, above. Good thing I brought fleece-lined jeans.
I turned on the heat in the solarium and tried uploading those sermons again.
Tom is still trying to mess with the drain problem from last night.
Found out that since today is the August Bank Holiday, the bikers continue on through tonight. Not exactly like Labor Day:
The August Bank Holiday was instituted by the Bank Holidays Act of 1871 to give bankers a day off so they could participate in cricket matches. Since then, however, its significance has greatly expanded beyond those narrow limits. Now, it is a day intended to give workers of all stripes a three-day weekend before the summer holidays end and employees must return to the workplace and students to their schools.
(The video below says that they celebrate the August Bank Holiday on a different day in Scotland [August 7, 2017]. Where we were, they also celebrated August 28!).
Tom went to the main building to let them know about the drain issue. They’ll fix it…sometime.
We decided to go to the Highland Folk Museum
The Highland Folk Museum is an open-air museum in Kingussie, Scotland. The museum, said to be Britain’s first mainland open-air museum, was opened in 1944. It was founded by Dr. Isabel F. Grant on a small site in Kingussie to house her collection of Highland life artefacts. Over the following years the museum was developed to include replica buildings such as the Lewis Blackhouse.
In the early 1980s, the museum, by then owned by the Highland Council, acquired a much larger site in Newtonmore. On the new site the open-air living history site was created. The new site was divided into four distinct areas: a 1930s themed working farm, a collection of re-located historical buildings, the Pinewoods and a reproduction of an early 1700s Highland township.
In 2013 the remainder of the collection in Kingussie was moved to the new site, which by then had developed to include a conservation laboratory, research areas, library, meeting rooms and offices.
The Museum now houses a variety of reconstructed buildings raging from an 18th-century highland township, traditional 1930s croft, tin school originally from Knockbain, corrugated church from Culloden, and various trades buildings such as joiners, tailors and clockmakers. Buildings are added on an annual basis to ensure that the traditional highland culture and heritage is preserved.https://www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum/
Welcome to the Highland Folk Museum. We are open every day, 10.30am to 5.30pm (Sept & October 11am to 4.30pm) until Friday 27 October 2017 – we look forward to seeing you in 2017!
Here at the Highland Folk Museum we give our visitors a flavour of how Highland people lived and worked from the 1700s up until the 1960s! We do this by displaying over 30 historical buildings and furnishing them appropriate to their time period. Some have been built from scratch on site and some have been moved here from other locations.
Our site is a mile long with our 1700s Township (featuring 6 houses) at one end through to our 1930s working croft at the other. We have an on site cafe, gift shop and a fantastic children’s playground. The Museum is located at Newtonmore in the Scottish Highlands amidst some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.
We are also home to ‘Am Fasgadh’ storing 10,000 artefacts plus high quality meeting rooms, a research library, conservation laboratory and suite of offices.
Map to the Highland Folk Museum
The Museum was very cool. We ended up walking 5 floors (some in stairs, some small hills), and 2.6 miles.
Stopped in the Gift store first. Tom got a book on Scottish History for Children which actually looks very interesting – and I may “acquire” when he’s done.
After that, we went down the little slope and had to choose right or left. Left went to the 1700s Township (featuring 6 houses) and the right got later in time up to the 1930s working croft at the other end.
We went to the 1700s first but stopped several places along the way.
In the gallery at the end of this post there are pictures of thatched roof houses, a Steam Engine, the bus (we didn’t take it), D. MacPherson Tailor and Outfitter, Craigdru Tweed Cottage, Clockmaker with netting to keep the birds from nesting, Lumber/joiners, Engine House and Paint Store, under the machine workshop.
Going to the Pine Forest, we crossed into another county and saw Scottish Water.
We crossed over the Wildcat trail and walked through the Pine Forest where there were some tree sculptures. Owl, squirrel and raccoon are the ones we spotted. There may have been more.
We saw a Travelling People’s Camp, lumber, pigs and finally got to 1700s. It was a bit more than a 5 minute walk but very worthwhile.
These homes were so dark it was hard to get pictures inside. The first was supposed to be owned by the most well-to-do and they went down in social status from there but I couldn’t see a lot of difference.
The thatched roof with fire inside, no chimney, lots of smoke, dirt floor. The young man outside said that the things in the house were low down to keep the folks away from the smoke. He said that the smoke helped keep animals out of the building (which should have been a lesson for all!) and made the roof last longer because no insects or anything would make a home there.
Their thatch lasts about 12 years. The people living inside about 35-45 years.
Ducks and chickens wandering around.
Outdoor cooking – first barbecue?
A cruck frame (a pair of curved timbers extending from ground level to the transverse beam or ridge of a roof and forming a structure frame in a medieval timber-framed house) that you could assemble (like paint by numbers) and take apart
We left the 1700 for more “modern” times
We sat in the schoolroom where a “teacher” explained the typical day. The school had a garden and some livestock.
More modern house with actual light inside
We went into the shinty pavilion.
Shinty (Scottish Gaelic: camanachd, iomain) is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, and was even played for a considerable time in England and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated.
While comparisons are often made with field hockey, the two games have several important differences. In shinty, a player is allowed to play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of the stick, called a caman, which is wooden and slanted on both sides. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not come down on an opponent’s stick, a practice called hacking. Players may also tackle using the body as long as it is shoulder-to-shoulder.
The game was derived from the same root as the Irish game of hurling and the Welsh game of bando, but has developed unique rules and features. These rules are governed by the Camanachd Association. A composite rules shinty–hurling game has been developed, which allows Scotland and Ireland to play annual international matches.
Another sport with common ancestry is bandy, which is played on ice.
We met a man, another visitor, who explained shinty to us. He is from Wales but has visited the states often. He’s planning to come back to VA so Tom gave him his business card 🙂
A house with a real bathtub!
A Sheep Fank and Shepherd’s Bothy. A bothy is a basic shelter, usually left unlocked and available for anyone to use free of charge. It was also a term for basic accommodation, usually for gardeners or other workers on an estate.Bothies are to be found in remote mountainous areas of Scotland, Northern England, Ireland and Wales. This bothy was made from an old railway sleeper.
Sheep dip at this time they used tar. Sheep dip is a liquid formulation of insecticide and fungicide which shepherds and farmers use to protect their sheep from infestation against external parasites such as itch mite, blow-fly, ticks, and lice.
We saw 3 coos aka cows:
Unfortunately, the sweetie store closed when we got there.
The Highland Folk Museum is where the TV Series Outlander was partly filmed so they have an Outlander Day: https://www.highlifehighland.com/highlandfolkmuseum/outlander-day/
Speak to any fan of the television adaption of Outlander, and chances are they’ll mention the incredible costumes, sophisticated sets and breathtaking locations utilised to convincingly recreate 18th Century Scotland. In previous editions of this Scotland Magazine column, we’ve visited various Outlander locations that – largely on account of their construction from stone – haven’t changed too significantly over the years. However, in the rural communities of Scotland’s past, wood was often the building material of choice for many township structures. Unsurprisingly, no suitable originals survived the long years since their construction intact.
This could’ve caused something of a stumbling block, particularly when filming scenes such as those seen in episode five of season one (‘Rent’). The protagonist, Claire, having joined the men of Clan MacKenzie, is taken along on a rent-collecting trip in the Highlands, on behalf of Laird Colum MacKenzie, and visits many impoverished villages constructed in the traditional style of the 1700s.
The episode is of particular note for giving an intimate look at the lives of women in such communities, and in one scene Claire joins the local women in a song as they ‘waulk the cloth’ (also known as ‘wool walking’ or ‘fulling’). The process involves pounding a large mass of wool, stretched across a long table, in order to eliminate dirt and thicken the material; songs were sung to help set the pace of work. The scene holds particular weight, as it is such everyday tasks that are often left out of historic fiction.
From our vantage point in the 21st Century, replete with modern comforts, it can be hard to imagine quite how hard life would have been for the occupants of such villages, thus making a faithful recreation of the period environment pivotal for the success of the series. In many countries, film-makers would now be faced with the daunting task of either building a set from scratch or relying on computer generated effects to create the desired environment; both are costly options and, as we have all seen on-screen many times before, the results of the latter can be less than convincing.
Thankfully, Scotland has its very own, painstakingly recreated, 18th Century township at the Highland Folk Museum near Newtonmore, Inverness-shire. Founded in 1935 by Dr Isobel F. Grant, a pioneer in British folk life studies and author of the seminal text Highland Folk Ways (1961), in just under a decade the collection had outgrown its original home, a church on the Isle of Iona, and relocated to a new site in Kingussie. This new museum, which was named Am Fasgadh (The Shelter), included a recreated late 19th Century blackhouse, livestock, crops and activities.
The Highland Folk Museum subsequently relocated once again, in 1996, to a significantly larger (80 acre / 32 hectare) location in nearby Newtonmore, and ever since has existed as a piece of ‘living history’ that is enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year. The collection, which now includes over 10,000 items, from teaspoons to tractors, was recognised in 2015 as a ‘Collection of National Significance’ by Museum Galleries Scotland, an accolade that coincided with its 80th anniversary.
The township itself, named Baile Gean (The Township of Goodwill), is based on a real settlement that once existed at Easter Raitts, high up the Spey valley near the hamlet of Lynchat. Raitts, the main settlement in the area prior to the 1790s era ‘planned town’ of Kingussie, was located on a drove road that crossed the River Spey from north to south, leading to the township of Ruthven.
The recreation was informed by significant archaeological excavation, physical and documentary research and extensive practical experimentation on site. Visitors are invited to learn of the complex techniques employed to build the various structures, which include the tackman’s (principal tenant) house; a barn; a cottar’s house (the house of a tenant who cultivated land); a weaver’s house; a stockman’s house (complete with animal pens) and a kiln barn (that demonstrates how villagers would have dried their grains).
After featuring in Outlander, the township has become very popular with fans of the series and as a result the museum now holds an annual ‘Outlander Day’ each June. This includes additional costumed interpreters on site (including a redcoat); cooking in the houses; weaving; an exhibition by the herbalist who advised on the TV series; additional animals; a working pole lathe and, of course, a display of ‘waulking the cloth.’
From http://www.scotlandmag.com/magazine/issue87/12011605.html
Stopped at Tesco. Way fewer people now that the Thunder in the Glens is finished.
Got back about 5 and fell asleep immediately. Woke up just after 9 making the total day’s sleep 12:52.
Looking back, I see that yesterday (Sunday) shows as 00: 00 time in the app. Not sure what happened because I know I slept – and added the time to this blog (10:52). Maybe the app was confused with time changes. Interesting that both Sunday and Monday end with 52 minutes. Hmmm. The 7 day average is still ok.
And more pictures. Sooner or later I may add more captions. Click on any to see the larger slideshow…
The inside of my jacket!
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This paragraph didn’t make it onto some of the places I auto-post so I’ll add it here.
This is the end of the catamaran trip from yesterday:
Something new – just as we got back to the Careenage, the captain/crew started playing this and most everyone danced their way into port. What fun!
I usually try to keep a list of books I’ve read on trips. One thing I like about coming here to Barbados is that they have a book exchange and I can often pick up British books I might not be able to get in the states. Anne Perry was one of those authors I discovered here.
When I first got here I was reading
That’s a pleasant enough book but I don’t know if I’ll finish it or not. I just don’t really care enough about the plot or the characters. If there’s ever a moment when I’m somehow bookless, I might finish it.
On Tuesday, August 28, I had set up an auto-delivery to my Kindle of
I love the Gamache series. I discovered these books either last year or the year before here and have read the whole series. The characters are interesting and the plots are fascinating. They take place in Canada, which I find interesting.
I also like a mystery series by Michael Genelin which takes place in Slovokia about a female detective named Jana Matinova , but I’m up to date on those.
At the end of the Gamache book was a note “…if you liked this book, you might like…”
So I tried
I usually read British novels from the 19th century and this was contemporary but I really enjoyed it, anyway. Loved the main characters and I hope the author, Emma Jameson, writes more in this series.
So then I read
I finished that this morning and started this
When that’s done, probably some time tomorrow afternoon, I’ll start
And that about wraps up this trip, I think…
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Are there any valid continuous Sudoku grids?
A standard Sudoku is a $9\times 9$ grid filled with digits such that every row, column, and $3\times 3$ box contains all the integers from $1$ to $9$.
I am thinking about a generalization of Sudoku which I call "continuous Sudoku", which consists of a unit square where every point on that square corresponds to a real number. The rules for continuous Sudoku are designed to be analogous to the rules for standard Sudoku, and I've devised two different rulesets:
The first ruleset I call "weak" continuous Sudoku. In weak continuous Sudoku, the only restriction is that every row and column of the square contains every real number in the interval $[0,1]$ exactly once.
The second ruleset I call "strong" continuous Sudoku. In strong continuous Sudoku, the rules of weak continuous Sudoku apply, and, in addition, every square sub-region of the unit square contains every real number in the interval $[0,1]$ at least once. This is analogous to the $3\times 3$ box restriction in standard Sudoku.
Let $U = [0,1]$ and $U^2 = U\times U$. More precisely, a weak continuous Sudoku is essentially a function $f:U^2\to U$, which satisfies the following four properties:
If $x,y_1,y_2\in U$ and $y_1\neq y_2$, then $f(x,y_1)\neq f(x,y_2)$.
If $x_1,x_2,y\in U$ and $x_1\neq x_2$, then $f(x_1,y)\neq f(x_2,y)$.
If $x\in U$ then $\{z: f(x,y)=z,y\in U\} = U$.
If $y\in U$ then $\{z: f(x,y)=z,x\in U\} = U$.
Now, strong continuous Sudoku is a bit harder to define precisely. A set $S$ is a square sub-region of $U^2$ iff $S\subseteq U^2$ and there exists $z = (z_1,z_2)\in U^2$ and $r>0$ such that $S = \{(x,y)\in U^2:z_1\leq x\leq z_1+r,z_2\leq y\leq z_2+r\}$. Thus, using this definition, a strong continuous Sudoku is a weak continuous Sudoku which satisfies the following additional property:
If $S$ is a square sub-region of $U^2$, then $f(S) = U$.
I've been trying to look for specific examples of both strong and weak continuous Sudoku grids, but have so far been unsucessful.
I'm not sure whether any weak continuous Sudoku exists. My first attempt: $$ f(x,y)=\begin{cases} x+y &\text{if }x+y\leq 1 \\ x+y-1 & \text{if }x+y>1\end{cases} $$ almost works. It satisfies properties $3$ and $4$, and almost, but not quite, satisfies $1$ and $2$. The issue occurs only at boundaries of the square, for example, $f(0.5,0) = 0.5$ and $f(0.5,1)=0.5$.
Any example of a strong continuous Sudoku will likely need to be an extremely discontinuous pathological function, similar to the Conway base 13 function. Obviously, if there are no weak continuous Sudoku grids, then there are no strong continuous Sudoku grids. Even if there are no weak Sudoku grids, it may be possible to slightly modify the definitions to permit small exceptions such as in the above example.
The main question I'm asking is: Do any weak continuous Sudoku grids exist, and if they do, do any strong continuous Sudoku grids exist?
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$\begingroup$ the name "continuous" might be a bit misleading here since the function $f$ is not continuous. Maybe "uncountable sudoku" would be better. $\endgroup$ – supinf Oct 28 '20 at 8:59
$\begingroup$ I meant "continuous" to refer to the grid, not the function. That is, there's infinitely many terms in between every two distinct terms on the square grid, without gaps or holes (if you imagine the numbers all laid out on top of the square as in standard Sudoku). But, you're right that it could be confusing, I hope that I've presented it clearly though @supinf $\endgroup$ – ZKG Oct 28 '20 at 9:08
$\begingroup$ ok I understand your point. I think I found a weak solution (see my answer). I am confident a strong solution exists, but it would take me some time to write about it. $\endgroup$ – supinf Oct 28 '20 at 9:22
$\begingroup$ I agree about "continuous" being misleading. Perhaps "continuum"? Or "real-valued"? $\endgroup$ – Teepeemm Oct 28 '20 at 19:01
$\begingroup$ You might be happier with $U = [0,1)$. Then your square tiles the plane, just as the discrete Sudoku square tiles the discrete plane. $\endgroup$ – Eric Towers Oct 28 '20 at 19:12
Weak continuous Sudoku:
A weak continuous Sudoku can be constructed based on the ideas that you already provided.
First, we construct a weak continuous Sudoku for the set $U=(0,1]$ instead of $U=[0,1]$. Here, a weak continuous Sudoku can be constructed by using the function $f$ from your attempt but as a function $f:(0,1]^2\to (0,1]$ (since one boundary is gone, the problems that you observed are now gone, too). Then, choose a bijection $h:[0,1]\to (0,1]$ (an explicit bijection can be constructed if you prefer a constructive soution). Then we define $$ g:[0,1]^2\to [0,1], \qquad (x,y)\mapsto h^{-1} (f(h(x),h(y))). $$ This function $g$ then can be shown to be a weak continuous Sudoku.
Strong continuous Sudoku:
As for strong continuous Sudoku, things get more complicated and it would be a lot of work to explain my construction in full detail, but I can provide a sketch.
First, the bijection $h$ above should be chosen such that each interval in $[0,1]$ contains a subinterval $[ a,b ]$ such that $h(x)=x$ for all $x\in[a,b]$, see the comments below for such a construction. Furthermore, it uses a bijection $j:[0,1]\to [0,1]$ such that $j((c,d))$ is dense in $[0,1]$ for all intervals $(c,d)$, see the comments below for such a construction for $j$.
Then one can mix the rows or columns of the previous weak Sudoku according to $j$, i.e. $\tilde g(x,y)=g(j(x),y)$. This function $\tilde g$ should then be a strong continuous Sudoku. Let me provide a rough sketch how this can be done.
Let $S$ be a square sub-region of $[0,1]^2$. Let $S_2=[a,b]\times [c,d]\subset S$ be a smaller square sub-region, where $a<b,c<d$ are such that $h(x)=x$ holds for all $x\in[a,b]\cup[c,d]$ (such a sub-region exists due to the comments above on the choice of $h$). It suffices to show that $\tilde g(S_2)=[0,1]$ instead of $\tilde g(S)=[0,1]$.
Let $t\in [0,1]$ be given. Let $m:=(c+d)/2$. Since $j([a,b])$ is dense in $[0,1]$, the function values $\{\tilde g(x,m)| x\in[a,b]\}$ are also dense in $[0,1]$. Let $s\in[a,b]$ be such that $\tilde g(s,m)$ is close to $t$ in the sense that $$ t-\frac{d-c}{2} < \tilde g(s,m) < t+\frac{d-c}{2}. $$ By exploiting the definitions of $\tilde g,g,f$ we have $\tilde g(s,m+x)=\tilde g(s,m)+x$ for $x\in (-\frac{d-c}{2},\frac{d-c}{2})$ (with the exception that the values wrap around at $1$). By setting $x=\tilde g(s,m)-t$, we get $t=\tilde g(s,m+x)$ and $(s,m+x)\in S_2 = [a,b]\times [c,d]$. Thus $t$ can be reached and the condition (5.) for strong continuous Sudoku is satisfied.
on the existence of a function $h$:
We can define $h:[0,1]\to (0,1]$ by setting $h(0)=1/2$, $h(1/2)=1/3$, $h(1/3)=1/4$, etc., and $h(x)=x$ for all other $x$. Then for each interval one can find a sufficiently small subinterval $[a,b]$ such that $h(x)=x$ for all $x\in[a,b]$.
on the existence of a function $j$:
This is more complicated, so let me provide a rough sketch. Let $(q_k)_k$ be an enumeration of the rational numbers in $[0,1]$ and let $I_k$ be an interval of length $2^{3-2k}$ centered at $q_k$. We define the sets $$ A_k := I_k\setminus \bigcup_{l>k} I_l.$$ These sets form a partition of $[0,1]$ and each set $A_k$ has cardinality equal to $[0,1]$.
Let $(B_k)_k$ be another sequence of subsets of $[0,1]$ which form a partition of $[0,1]$ such that each $B_k$ is dense and has cardinality equal to $[0,1]$ (such a partition exists, one can append dense countable sets with enough other elements to form sets $B_k$, but I think this requires the axiom of choice). Then we construct $j$ by (bijectively) mapping $A_k$ to $B_k$.
Since the lengths of the sets $A_k$ get smaller and smaller and the rationals $q_k$ are dense, each interval has a subinterval of the form $I_k$. Since $I_k$ contains $A_k$ and $A_k$ is mapped to a dense set $B_k$, we obtain the desired property that $j(I_k)$ is dense in $[0,1]$.
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$\begingroup$ To define $j$ in an “arithmetic” way: consider a countable disjoint reunion $A_{k,l}$ of infinite sets of $\mathbb{Q} \cap [0,1]$ (for $0 \leq k < p_l^{l+2}$), each set being dense, and the complement $B$ being infinite. Let $I_{k,l}$ be the set of rationals between $k/p_l^{l+2}$ (included) and $(k+1)/p_l^{l+2}$ (excluded except if it is $1$) whose denominator is a power of $p_l$. Let $Z$ be the (infinite) complement of the reunion of the $I_{k,l}$. Then realize $j$ as the identity on the irrationals, a bijection between $Z$ and $B$, and a bijection between every $A_{k,l}$ and $I_{k,l}$. $\endgroup$ – Mindlack Oct 28 '20 at 21:01
$\begingroup$ The idea being that each open interval of $[0,1]$ contains an $I_{k,l}$ so its image under $j$ contains some $A_{k,l}$ so is dense. Very nice solution (I didn’t have room in the previous comment), congratulations! $\endgroup$ – Mindlack Oct 28 '20 at 21:09
$\begingroup$ Perhaps worthy of publication in the MAA Monthly (or similar publication). $\endgroup$ – John Coleman Oct 30 '20 at 12:19
Here's a weak solution. Using your favorite bijection, replace $[0,1]$ with the Cantor group $2^\mathbb N$ of infinite binary sequences. Then let $f(x,y)=x+y$. That is, just use the group operation: pointwise XOR.
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$\begingroup$ @Paul That's not quite a bijection though. It doesn't map different reals to $[1,0,0,0,\ldots]$ and $[0,1,1,1,\ldots]$. $\endgroup$ – Chris Culter Oct 28 '20 at 18:35
$\begingroup$ @Paul Then what real number maps to $[1,0,0,0,\ldots]$? $\endgroup$ – Chris Culter Oct 28 '20 at 18:56
$\begingroup$ That would be $[1,0,0,0,\dots] \to 0.1000_2 = 0.5$ $\endgroup$ – Paul Oct 28 '20 at 19:02
$\begingroup$ @Paul But you'd still have [0,0,1,1,1,1,...]=[0,1,0,0,0,...]. Generally, anytime you'd have a finite number of zeros it'd have another representation with a finite number of ones. $\endgroup$ – Teepeemm Oct 28 '20 at 19:06
$\begingroup$ @Teepeemm Ah, I get it now. Okay, so my idea doesn't work. $\endgroup$ – Paul Oct 28 '20 at 19:11
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Saphenous vein bypass grafts for giant ameurysms and intracranial occlusive disease
T. M. Sundt, D. G. Piepgras, W. R. Marsh, N. C. Fode
The authors report their experience with the use of saphenous vein bypass grafts for treating advanced occlusive disease in the posterior circulation (77 patients, all of whom had failed medical management and showed severe ischemic symptoms), deteriorating patients with giant aneurysms of the posterior circulation (nine patients), progressive ischemia in the anterior circulation (26 patients, none of whom had a normal examination), and giant aneurysms in the anterior circulation (20 patients, all of whom presented with mass effect or subarachnoid hemorrhage). Graft patency in the first 65 cases treated was 74%. However, after significant technical changes of vein graft preparation and construction of the proximal anastomosis, patency in the following 67 cases was 94%. Excellent or good results (including relief of deficits existing prior to surgery) were achieved in 71% of patients with advanced occlusive disease in the posterior circulation, 44% of those with giant aneurysms of the posterior circulation, 58% of those with ischemia of the anterior circulation, and 80% of those with giant aneurysms of the anterior circulation. Mean graft blood flow at surgery in the series was 100 ml/min for posterior circulation grafts and 110 ml/min for anterior circulation grafts. Experience to date indicates that this is a useful operation, and is particularly applicable to patients who are neurologically unstable from advanced intracranial occlusive disease in the posterior circulation or with giant aneurysms in the anterior circulation. The risk of hyperperfusion breakthrough with intracerebral hematoma restricts the technique in patients with progressing ischemic symptoms in the anterior circulation, and the intolerance of patients with fusiform aneurysms in the posterior circulation to the iatrogenic vertebrobasilar occlusion limits the applicability of this approach to otherwise inoperable lesions in that system.
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Sundt, T. M., Piepgras, D. G., Marsh, W. R., & Fode, N. C. (1986). Saphenous vein bypass grafts for giant ameurysms and intracranial occlusive disease. Journal of neurosurgery, 65(4), 439-450. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1986.65.4.0439
Saphenous vein bypass grafts for giant ameurysms and intracranial occlusive disease. / Sundt, T. M.; Piepgras, D. G.; Marsh, W. R.; Fode, N. C.
Sundt, TM, Piepgras, DG, Marsh, WR & Fode, NC 1986, 'Saphenous vein bypass grafts for giant ameurysms and intracranial occlusive disease', Journal of neurosurgery, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 439-450. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1986.65.4.0439
Sundt TM, Piepgras DG, Marsh WR, Fode NC. Saphenous vein bypass grafts for giant ameurysms and intracranial occlusive disease. Journal of neurosurgery. 1986 Jan 1;65(4):439-450. https://doi.org/10.3171/jns.1986.65.4.0439
Sundt, T. M. ; Piepgras, D. G. ; Marsh, W. R. ; Fode, N. C. / Saphenous vein bypass grafts for giant ameurysms and intracranial occlusive disease. In: Journal of neurosurgery. 1986 ; Vol. 65, No. 4. pp. 439-450.
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Details of Destruction
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U-Boats Destroyed
The Effect of Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1914-1918
By Grant, Robert M.
2002, Periscope Publishing
172 pages, maps
Descripton: From the publisher: This book, the first of R. M. Grant's great trilogy, covering every aspect of the struggle against the U-boats, looks at the visible effects of the allied anti-submarine campaign throughout World War One - destroyed U-boats. It is the most complete history written on this subject and remains a major reference source for historians and naval enthusiasts.
First published in 1964, this book has been reissued by Periscope Publishing.
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AUTOMOBILES VOISIN 1919 - 1958
First edition. Limited edition. Publisher's original blue leatherette over boards with a silver metal plaque to the upper board, housed in the original slipcase and with the English translation volume issued with only the first 2000 copies. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Text in French. The soft cover English translation is by Peter Hull. Both volumes are in fine condition. The slipcase is sound with just the slightest of rubbing at the extremities. An excellent example.
Limited to 2000 copies (out of a total edition of 3500) of which this is numbered 1936. An attractively produced illustrated history of the renowned French automobile manufacturer, covering all the known Voisin models, with specifications, catalogue extracts, engineering drawings and the like, including the streamlined record-breaking racing cars which Voisin built and used so effectively after giving up participation in touring car and Grand Prix races.
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Business Proposal: Rent your E Car–and manufacture it here
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The business plan is simpler than its implementation.
* Background. Electric cars are too expensive for most non-Romney’s to afford.
* Electric cars need charging stations just the way that gasoline and diesel vehicles do. Putting such a network of stations into play is probably an easier problem to solve than it was for gas/petrol stations simply because the latter already exist (as do powerlines and railways and other interregional conduits).
* The technology is changing fast (but not fast enough) yet remains stuck at the point just before economies of (vast) scale would make a signal difference in price.
* Ancillary issues, such as the disposal of vast quantities of lead-acid batteries, or even Lithium-based ones, seem to me to be unexamined or unsolved.
Large scale rentals for electric cars and other vehicles. These would be rented to subscribers on the model of Zip, Auto Share and the like. The fleet of rental e-cars would necessarily be large and accommodate the present and near-future wants of urban populations of a certain density, at least at first.
Cost for rental would likely have to be higher than existing subcompact or compact rentals but there could be inducements. For instance, governments in many regions offer rebates for e-vehicles and other technologies that supposedly help the world meet carbon goals.
* Most rental vehicles don’t last long. They are brutally treated. I do not believe that is so with the car-sharing model, however. And in this case, a goal would be to inspire loyalty and the consideration of others by encouraging respectful treatment of the car. That said, turnover wil still be high, especially as the drive technology will be improving. But as the new cars are put into service, their cost will likely be going down, not only as the economy of scale’s effect is more clearly felt but also as the corollary of better technologies become available.
There might also be the added good feature of shifting regional factories to the production of these kinds of vehicles. This has been tried before, as when the City of Berkeley, under Gus Newport (I think), back in the 80s tried to invest in and build a factory making electric vehicles. Too early.
* Locations: As mentioned, urban densities but I’d like to start with those here in Canada, such as Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and others. Cold weather might be an issue for batteries, but I’d like to think that by now that issue has been solved well enough, if only by using good insulation. (Which, along with hot chocolate, works for me.)
This is a serious proposal. I don’t think we are going to have a revolution in batteries nor a sudden drop in pricing for e-vehicles, at least not short of a commitment that will produce economies of scale. But with the low and lowering price of natural gas, that seems less and less likely. Yet natural gas’s extraction via fracking is anything but desired. So, there are limits to it–social and political ones.
There are limits too to the making of e-vehicles, such as the source of the power to drive them (some powerplant), the recycling or rubbishing of the used or broken batteries, among others.
But my vision is not myopic and focused on next quarter. I look to years. But we have to start now with establishing the infrastructure to get there–and that includes the political as well as entrepreneurial logistics.
As I wrote, this is a serious proposal. The primary cost would be in working with at least one e-car maker and setting up the charging stations. From the business development side, arranging the subscriber model and all its qualities would be needed too…. but none of this, really, is actually new or venturing into uncharted territory. It’s been done, albeit for internal combustion vehicles.
As well, there is–yes indeed–there is government support in many polities precisely for this sort of thing: entrepreneurs and technology that go green in a big way and that further build the manufacturing capability of the nation.
No, You Won’t See Me on Facebook, Google Plus, nor Skype – Bradley M. Kuhn ( Brad ) ( bkuhn )
No, You Won’t See Me on Facebook, Google Plus, nor Skype – Bradley M. Kuhn
Brad’s post raises some important points and these are not the same raised by, say, Steve Coll when he wrote on why he was leaving “Facebookistan.” His argument focuses on privacy and the user’s (un)willing engagement or emplacement in the market:
“Zuckerberg’s business model requires the trust and loyalty of his users so that he can make money from their participation, yet he must simultaneously stretch that trust by driving the site to maximize profits, including by selling users’ personal information.”
And Coll is right. Since FB’s plunge in stock valuation, the emphasis has been on finding a more efficient way to sell things to those who access FB using their mobile devices. The emphasis, in short, is not on making FB a better social environment but a better commercial mall. (In America, one can snarkily ask, What’s the difference? The mall is the social space par excellence and long ago replaced the bowling alley, the soda fountain, the whatever of years, generations, past. Shopping, in America, gives if not purpose to the life needing it then at least reason for its movement.)
But Brad’s point touches more on the obligation of free software. It’s an important post, and his point not considered enough, even by those whose life is all about Foss and the communities sustaining it:
When I point out that I use only Free Software, some respond that Skype, Facebook, and Google Plus are convenient and do things that can’t be done easily with Free Software currently. I don’t argue that point. It’s easy to resist Microsoft Windows, or Internet Explorer, or any other proprietary software that is substandard and works poorly. But proprietary software developers aren’t necessarily stupid, nor untalented. In fact, proprietary software developers are highly paid to write easy-to-use, beautiful and enticing software (cross-reference Apple, BTW). The challenge the software freedom community faces is not merely to provide alternatives to the worst proprietary software, but to also replace the most enticing proprietary software available. Yet, if FaiF Software developers settle into being users of that enticing proprietary software, the key inspiration for development disappears.
The best motivator to write great new software is to solve a problem that’s not yet solved. To inspire ourselves as FaiF Software developers, we can’t complacently settle into use of proprietary software applications as part of our daily workflow. That’s why you won’t find me on Google Plus, Google Plus Hangout, Facebook, Skype or any other proprietary software network service. You can phone with me with SIP, you can read my blog and identi.ca feed, and chat with me on IRC and XMPP, and those are the only places that I’ll be until there’s Free Software replacements for those other services. I sometimes kid myself into believing that I’m leading by example, but sadly few in the software freedom community seem to be following.
I would agree with Brad but I also am more lazy or pragmatic and use proprietary software galore, usually because others do, because it’s quite often good, because I persuade myself that there are gray areas where the use of proprietary software is not “bad” or “good” but simply reasonable. Thus, I drive a car based on proprietary technology, ride a bike that is totally proprietary in its making and even design, and use no end of technology whose patents, not to mention copyrights and trademarks, would likely bury me, if printed out. Software is but one element.
But just as there is movement to re-acquire the tools and objects by which we live, and to place proprietary objects in their more historical perspective (“art,” but also “artisanals”), so too we can do the same with software, and conceive of the tools by which we make our modern life something “we” can build as well as use and exchange as well as buy and improve (or not) as well.
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Radio Rebel
Tara (Debby Ryan) is a quiet kid at her high school in always-sunny Seattle (har!). She freezes up when her teachers call on her, and she has a huge crush on a boy named Gavin (Adam DiMarco), who not only doesn’t know she exists, but he is dating the school’s beauty queen, Stacy (Merritt Patterson). Such is the dramatic life of a high school junior!
But Tara has a secret that she hasn’t even told her BFF Audrey (Sarena Parmar)… she is Radio Rebel! Apparently every kid at Tara’s high school has been listening to the live online broadcast of this mystery DJ who not only speaks from the heart, but from the perspective of disgruntled teens everywhere, all while playing the rock n’ roll that causes the kids to gyrate their hips and jump up and down. Online, Tara is confident, even when her “hip” stepdad, a hot radio DJ, get’s Radio Rebel’s show on the hottest radio station in Seattle. But in person, she is struggling to hold a conversation with her newly interested boy crush. When the school principal threatens to expel Radio Rebel once her identity is revealed, well, Tara is in a bit of a quandary! Can you be the most popular girl in school even when no one knows who you are?
Of course Radio Rebel reeks of the much edgier (well it was at the time) Christian Slater film from 1990 called Pump Up the Volume. But where getting your voice illegally on the airwaves is actually quite a clever stunt, pretty much anyone can do a “live” (or more likely not) online show. The context doesn’t quite fit as well, but Radio Rebel isn’t here to make kids think—it is to make kids feel good. This is the type of movie where a good curling iron can give a girl confidence to walk into a school dance. It’s where a high school band can get their song played on a popular commercial radio station (yeah), and where a bitchy popular girl is revealed to have confidence issues (isn’t that the stuff we actually find out at the 20th reunion?).
Radio Rebel is hardly rebellious. In fact, there is nary a pair of saggy pants, thongs peeking above hot pants, or swearing or nudity. It is like High School Musical (but admittedly without the potential star wattage of that cast). All in all, Radio Rebel is a completely safe babysitter for a tween.
DVD NOTES
A-ha! Star Debby Ryan is one of those up and coming multiple-threat Disney kids! She has her own music video among the expected extras, which include the usual behind-the-scenes featurettes, bloopers, and deleted scenes.
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Best Stop-Motion Animations Films
We love stop-motion animation here. Stop-motion animation is a craft, it is a wonderful excruciating and technical medium that produces highly developed films with bounds of imagination. Though many studios tend to favour the computer side of animation, studios such as Laika and directors like Henry Selick are still championing these courageous art forms. With the release of Isle of Dogs, we’re looking at some of the best stop-motion animation films!
This is exactly what happens when Laika and Henry Selick combine with a dash of Neil Gaiman. Coraline is supposedly a children’s movies but has psychologically damaged adults and kids alike worldwide with insatiably creepy undertones and a terrifying villain. Told through a hyperactive colour pallete, stark juxtaposition between worlds and at the core of it, a rambunctious titular child, Coraline is the unnerving tale of a bored girl who travels to a different land with mirrored but peculiar versions of her family around her. But soon she realises that nothing is what it seems after the initial excitement. Wonderfully dark and captivating the morale of “be careful what you wish for”, Selick’s wildly imaginative fete is a terrific tale.
Chicken Run (2000)
One of the few British studios that still excels at stop-motion animation is Aardman. Their most famous creations have to be Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep (who gets another outing early next year), but back in 2000, the team created one of the best stop animation movies that still stands strong today. Chicken Run, with a distinct Great Escape feel, revolved around a group of plump chickens in an egg farm. Ginger is a spirited hen yearning for freedom, no matter what cost, but her extravagant escape plans always end up in dismay. When an American cockerel named Rocky lands in their farm, the pair band together for the most elaborate scheme before the mean Mrs Tweedy turns them into pies. Fun, riveting and hilarious, Chicken Run is often a Christmas family favourite for most British households.
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Ok. Yes. This is a live action movie with stop-motion animation. But writing a list about stop-motion animation would be highly erroneous if the godfather of the craft, Ray Harryhausen, wasn’t mentioned. In fact, if you ask anyone to remember a bit of the film they loved, it would be the skeleton army that spookily fought with Jason and Talos and the massive statue that killed the beloved Hylas (though, if he ran horizontally, he’d be ok). The ghouls and mythical beings in Jason and the Argonauts are legendary now, they’ve been the source of inspiration for many directors since including Peter Jackson and Tim Burton. It is an intensely wonderful film that deserves a place on our list!
There are many film version of the signature Lewis Carroll story, Alice In Wonderland. From the Disney’s magical animated feature in 1951 to their live action adaptation in 2010. But this cult film from Czechoslovakia is one of the most ingenious, even if it borders on the creepy. Directed by Jan Svankmejer, Alice sees the titular character head into a mysterious land through the magic of a rabbit hole. Svankmejer has created a dark yet delightful film that truly captures the spirit of Carroll’s original fairy-tale. It is drenched in glorious visuals that captivate you and draw you into the murky, mysterious world using lavish puppetry (that yes, borders on the insanely weird too). Alice is a divine adaptation of the original story.
Wes Anderson is such a free spirit of the film industry. His colourful creations and vibrant sceneries drench the remarkable stories in a loveable, visceral way. Each story of his is an adventure and his adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved story book, Fantastic Mr Fox is brilliant. The tale of a mischievous thieving fox who takes on free farmers in his biggest heist mission, featuring the voice talents of George Clooney, Bill Murray and Meryl Streep. The intense mastery of the puppets, the asymmetrical prowess of the scenes that Anderson is well known for and the great fun nature of the film make it a great film for all ages.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
One of the most ingenious stop-motion animation features that hasn’t failed to remain strong in audiences hearths through the years is simply perfection. Based on a series of poems and creations by Tim Burton, this Henry Selick directed feature is the impeccable tale of Jack Skellington, famed Halloween Town resident who gets a taste for Christmas after his passions for his work fade. There is not one part of this superb feature that isn’t steeped in gothic surrealness, remarkable music by Danny Elfman and marvellous characters. The jaunty stop-motion animation effects that add a layer of astonishing spirit have filled children and adults with glee. This is Selick’s finest achievement and continues to powerfully enchant.
Anomalisa (2015)
This sterling work of stop-motion animation (a la Fantastic Mr. Fox) comes from the creative genius of Charlie Kaufman, who wrote the script and co-directs with Duke Johnson. From the mind that brought surreal offerings as Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind … Anomalisa is a film about a male trying to find an understanding of his place in the world. Kaufman is a romantic writer, who wants the characters he starts with to end the film happy; this does not necessarily mean staying with the same partner they started the film with.This is a beautiful little anomaly of a film, insightful of the human condition stating how we deal with loneliness and project our insecurities towards the world. Both haunting and beguiling, Anomalisa is a cinematic treat that will stay with you long after you leave its dream like quality…
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
Directed by Travis McKnight this “should’ve won the Oscar” treat showcases studio Laika as a forefront in stop-motion. revolves around a young boy sent on a quest to stop his grand-father destroying the world. Laika are always pushing their craft above and beyond. In Kubo and the Two Strings, that is echoed by its usage of a 16ft stop-motion creation. As the large skeleton dominates the screen, you are in awe at the technicality and pure talent the studio has. The greatest triumph of Kubo is the engrossing fluidity of the animation that leaves you breathless at how phenomenal it is. Colourful, with funny creatures and terrifying villains (the sister’s voiced by Rooney Mara are beyond creepy,) Kubo enchants with the extremely impeccable display on screen. Imbued with great voice work from Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey, the animated film envelops you in spectacular wonder.
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Entrapment neuropathy | definition of entrapment neuropathy by Medical dictionary
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entrapment neuropathy
[noo͡-rop´ah-the]
any of numerous functional disturbances and pathologic changes in the peripheral nervous system. The etiology may be known (e.g., arsenical, diabetic, ischemic, or traumatic neuropathy) or unknown. encephalopathy and myelopathy are corresponding terms relating to involvement of the brain and spinal cord. The term is also used to designate noninflammatory lesions in the peripheral nervous system, in contrast to inflammatory lesions (neuritis). adj., adj neuropath´ic.
alcoholic neuropathy neuropathy due to thiamine deficiency in chronic alcoholism.
Denny-Brown's sensory neuropathy hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy.
diabetic neuropathy a complication of diabetes mellitus consisting of chronic symmetrical sensory polyneuropathy affecting first the nerves of the lower limbs and often affecting autonomic nerves. Pathologically, there is segmental demyelination of the peripheral nerves. An uncommon, acute form is marked by severe pain, weakness, and wasting of proximal and distal muscles, peripheral sensory impairment, and loss of tendon reflexes. With autonomic involvement there may be orthostatic hypotension, nocturnal diarrhea, retention of urine, impotence, and small diameter of the pupils with sluggish reaction to light.
entrapment neuropathy any of a group of neuropathies, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, caused by mechanical pressure on a peripheral nerve.
hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy (HMSN) any of a group of hereditary polyneuropathies involving muscle weakness, atrophy, sensory deficits, and vasomotor changes in the lower limbs. Some diseases in this group have been numbered: types I and II are varieties of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and type III is progressive hypertrophic neuropathy.
hereditary sensory neuropathy hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy.
hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN) any of several inherited neuropathies that involve slow ascendance of lesions of the sensory nerves, resulting in pain, distal trophic ulcers, and a variety of autonomic disturbances. Types include hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy and familial dysautonomia.
hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy a dominantly inherited polyneuropathy characterized by signs of radicular sensory loss in both the upper and lower limbs; shooting pains; chronic, indolent, trophic ulceration of the feet; and sometimes deafness. Called also hereditary sensory neuropathy and Denny-Brown's sensory neuropathy or syndrome.
Leber's optic neuropathy a maternally transmitted disorder characterized by bilateral progressive optic atrophy, with onset usually at about the age of twenty. Degeneration of the optic nerve and papillomacular bundle results in progressive loss of central vision that may remit spontaneously. It is much more common in males. Called also Leber's disease and Leber's optic atrophy.
progressive hypertrophic neuropathy a slowly progressive familial disease beginning in early life, marked by hyperplasia of interstitial connective tissue, causing thickening of peripheral nerve trunks and posterior roots, and by sclerosis of the posterior columns of the spinal cord, with atrophy of distal parts of the legs and diminution of tendon reflexes and sensation. Called also Dejerine's disease and Dejerine-Sottas disease.
serum neuropathy a neurologic disorder, usually involving the cervical nerves or brachial plexus, occurring two to eight days after the injection of foreign protein, as in immunization or serotherapy for tetanus, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, and characterized by local pain followed by sensory disturbances and paralysis. Called also serum neuritis.
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en·trap·ment neu·rop·a·thy
a focal nerve lesion produced by constriction or mechanical distortion of the nerve, within a fibrous or fibroosseous tunnel, or by a fibrous band; with these lesions, stretching and angulation of the nerve may be as important a source of injury as compression; entrapment neuropathies tend to occur at particular sites in the body.
Entrapment syndrome Neurology Any of a group of neuromuscular disorders caused by anatomic restriction or compression, usually of a single peripheral sensorimotor nerve in a bony or fibrous canal–eg, carpal tunnel syndrome, thoracic outlet syndrome, ulnar neuropathy Clinical Pain, especially at night, paresthesias, painful tingling, muscle weakness which, if not relieved, results in atrophy of the innervated muscles Examples Carpal tunnel syndrome, obturator canal syndrome, tarsal tunnel syndrome. See Carpal tunnel syndrome, Peripheral neuropathy, Thoracic outlet syndrome.
(en-trap'mĕnt nūr-op'ă-thē)
A focal nerve lesion produced by constriction or mechanical distortion of the nerve, within a fibrous or fibroosseous tunnel, or by a fibrous band.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
(noo-rop'a-the) [ neuro- + -pathy]
Any disease of the nerves. neuropathic (noor?o-path'ik), adjective See: table; polyneuropathy.
AIDS peripheral neuropathy
Direct infection of peripheral nerves by HIV, resulting in sensory and motor changes due to destruction of axons or their myelin covering. Acute or chronic inflammatory myelin damage may be the first sign of peripheral nerve involvement. Patients display gradual or abrupt onset of motor weakness and diminished or absent reflexes. Diagnostic biopsies of peripheral nerves show inflammatory changes and loss of myelin. Distal sensory neuropathy occurs in up to 30% of patients with AIDS, usually late in the disease. There is increased risk in older patients and those with diabetes mellitus, nutritional deficiencies, low CD4 cell counts, and vitamin B12 deficiencies. Patients report sharp pain, numbness, or burning in the feet. Destruction of dorsal root ganglions and degeneration of central peripheral axons are seen on autopsy. Some older antiretroviral drugs (ddI, ddC, and d4T) also cause a reversible peripheral neuropathy in about 20% of patients. See: AIDS; Guillain-Barré syndrome; chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, opioids, gabapentin, anticonvulsants, and topical agents have all been used with variable success to treat the pain of AIDS-related sensory neuropathy. Acupuncture is not effective. Human nerve growth factor, which stimulates regeneration of damaged nerve fibers, is being studied, esp. to minimize the neuropathy that antiretroviral drugs cause.
ascending neuropathy
Neuropathy that ascends from the lower part of the body to the upper.
auditory neuropathy
Abbreviation: AN
Impaired hearing in children due to an absence of auditory evoked potentials, despite the presence of normal cochlear hair cell structure and function.
Synonym: auditory dyssynchrony
descending neuropathy
Neuropathy that descends from the upper part of the body to the lower.
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diabetic neuropathy
Damage to autonomic, motor, and/or sensory nerves due to metabolic or vascular derangements in patients with long-standing diabetes mellitus. In Western nations, diabetes is the most common cause of neuropathy. Symptoms usually include loss of sensation or unpleasant sensations in the feet, erectile dysfunction, focal motor deficits, gastroparesis, loss of the ability to maintain postural blood pressure, and diseases of cardiac innervation. Sensory loss in the feet may result in undetected injuries that become infected or gangrenous. Synonym: diabetic polyneuropathy See: illustration
Tight control of blood sugar levels may prevent some neuropathic symptoms in patients with diabetes mellitus.
dysthyroid optic neuropathy
Crowding of and damage to the optic nerve in patients with Grave's disease. It is characterized by loss of visual acuity and color vision, swelling of the optic disk, and compression of the optic nerve at the apex of the orbit. Synonym: apical crowding
Nerve entrapment syndrome.
facial sensory neuropathy
Trigeminal neuralgia.
focal neuropathy
Any nerve disease or injury, e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome or peroneal nerve palsy, that affects a single nerve.
generalized neuropathy
A rarely used synonym for polyneuropathy.
glue-sniffer's neuropathy
Malfunction of sensory and motor nerves due to inhaling toxic hydrocarbons. The lower extremities and trigeminal nerve are most often damaged.
interdigital neuropathy
See: Morton, Thomas George
An asymmetrical motor weakness occasionally found in middle-aged men.
optic neuropathy
Pathological injury to the optic nerves or the blood supply to them. Usually, only one eye is affected. Several forms have been described, including ischemic optic neuropathy, which, if prolonged, leads to blindness in the affected eye; optic neuritis due to acute demyelination of optic nerve fibers; infiltrative optic neuropathy, in which the optic nerve is compressed by a tumor or aneurysm; and optic neuropathy due to toxic nutritional factors, e.g., methanol or a combined nutritional and vitamin deficiency.
Any syndrome in which muscle weakness, paresthesias, impaired reflexes, and autonomic symptoms in the hands and feet are common. This syndrome occurs in patients with diabetes mellitus, renal or hepatic failure, alcoholism, or in those who take certain medications such as phenytoin and isoniazid.
plantar neuropathy
Any of several conditions in which nerves that supply sensation to the sole of the foot are injured or chronically compressed, resulting in burning and tingling sensations and difficulty standing, walking, or running.
subacute myelo-optic neuropathy
, subacute myelo-optico neuropathy Abbreviation: SMON
Neuropathy that usually begins with abdominal pain or diarrhea, followed by sensory and motor disturbances in the lower limbs, ataxia, impaired vision, and convulsions or coma. It is reported mostly in Japan and Australia. Most patients survive, but neurological disability remains. Many of those who have the disease have a history of taking drugs of the halogenated oxyquinoline group such as clioquinol (formerly called iodochlorhydroxyquin).
sural neuropathy
A relatively rare form of sensory neuropathy affecting the lateral ankle, typically associated with the wearing of poorly fitting work boots or shoes that compress the sural nerve.
tomaculous neuropathy
The presence of sausage-shaped areas of thickened myelin with secondary axon constriction in some cases of familial recurrent brachial neuropathy.
toxic-nutritional optic neuropathy
Bilateral visual impairment with central scotomas. This is usually associated with a toxic or nutritional disorder (e.g., the ingestion of methyl alcohol).
vibration-induced neuropathy
Hand-arm vibration syndrome.
Affected nerve(s)
Affected part(s)
Affects sensation?
Affects movement?
Type of neuropathy
Bell’s palsy Facial Eye, nasolabial fold, lip (corner of the mouth) Occasionally Yes Paralysis of the facial muscles, usually on just one side of the face Inflammatory
Carpal tunnel syndrome Median Wrist and hand Yes Yes Pain and numbness of the hand and wrist, often caused by repetitive movements or overuse such as typing, sawing, hammering, or polishing Entrapment
Diabetic sensory neuropathy Multiple Feet, lower extremities; sometimes hands late in the course Yes No Burning, stinging pain beginning in both feet, typically occurring after several years of poorly controlled diabetes. Can predispose to foot injury and infections. Metabolic
Idiopathic brachial plexopathy (neuralgic amyotrophy; Parsonage-Turner syndrome; shoulder girdle syndrome) Brachial Shoulder Yes Yes Pain in the shoulder, esp. after vigorous physical activity. Occasionally followed by shoulder girdle muscle atrophy Entrapment
Meralgia paresthetica Lateral femoral cutaneous Thigh Yes No Stinging pain in the anterolateral thigh. Usually found in obesity or in diabetes mellitus Entrapment
Morton’s neuroma (interdigital neuropathy) Interdigital nerves of the feet Ball of foot Yes No Pain often occurring between the web spaces of the 3rd and 4th toes during walking or standing Entrapment
Piriformis syndrome Sciatic Buttock, with radiation into the leg Yes No Buttock pain without back pain that is worsened by sitting and is relieved by walking Entrapment/compression
Radial nerve palsy (musculospiral paralysis; Saturday night palsy) Radial nerve (spiral groove entrapment) Wrist, hand, and forearm Yes Yes Temporary paralysis and numbness of the hand and arm, which may mimic a stroke. Caused by nerve compression, e.g., falling asleep on one’s side on a hard surface Entrapment compression
Suprascapular neuropathy Suprascapular Back of the shoulder Yes Yes Shoulder pain and muscular atrophy. Decreased ability to rotate or abduct the shoulder Entrapment
Tarsal tunnel syndrome Posterior tibial Sole of the foot Yes No Pain under the foot that is worsened by walking Entrapment
Trigeminal neuralgia Trigeminal Cheek, nose, upper lip Yes No Intense, repetitive facial pains that are often worsened by chewing, shaving, or toothbrushing, usually accompanied by spasm on the affected side of the face Entrapment
Disorders of nerves due to mechanical compression when they pass through narrow apertures in the body. This is a common cause of peripheral nerve disorder. See CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME and CERVICAL RIB.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
<a href="https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/entrapment+neuropathy">entrapment neuropathy</a>
hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy
hereditary sensory neuropathy
hereditary sensory radicular neuropathy
Leber's disease
magnetic resonance neurography
Phalen sign
Patients having the clinical symptoms of entrapment neuropathy such as numbness, tingling, and electrical sensation on the hands were not evaluated.
The Assessment of Anatomic Structure of Median Nerve in Diabetic and Control Group Patients Using Ultrasound: A Controlled Study
In the case of suspected entrapment neuropathy, electrodiagnosis is part of the first line of investigations.
Electrodiagnostic approach in entrapment neuropathies of the median and ulnar nerves
The subjects' diagnoses included entrapment neuropathy (n = 51) and radiculopathy (n = 57).
Expected and experienced pain levels in electromyography/Elektromiyografide beklenen ve yasanan agri duzeyleri
Entrapment neuropathy was seen in only two patients that too in the median nerve (8%).
Pulse wave velocity and electroneurophysiological evaluation in patients of rheumatoid arthritis
Weak ankles: a study of common peroneal nerve entrapment neuropathy. Br Med J.
Peroneal nerve injury with foot drop complicating ankle sprain: a series of four cases with review of the literature
Less common manifestations include cerebellar dysfunction, isolated dementia of the frontal lobe type, extrapyramidal signs, seizures, an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-like disorder, and entrapment neuropathy.[2,3,5]
Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease
CTS also has been classified as a compression or entrapment neuropathy (Goodgold, 1981).
Carpal tunnel syndrome: a challenge for rehabilitation
Keywords: Gout, Cubital tunnel syndrome, Entrapment neuropathy, Uric acid.
Cubital tunnel syndrome secondary to gouty tophi: A case report
Brackett, "Suprascapular entrapment neuropathy: a clinical, anatomical, and comparative study.
Protective and Predisposing Morphological Factors in Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment Syndrome: A Fundamental Review Based on Recent Observations
Piriformis syndrome is an extraspinal entrapment neuropathy in which the piriformis muscle compresses the sciatic nerve, causing sciatica [4].
An Unusual Presentation of Right-Sided Sciatica with Foot Drop
Piriformis syndrome is an entrapment neuropathy of the sciatic nerve at the level of the piriformis muscle.
Bilateral piriformis syndrome following a treadmill injury
Cubital tunnel syndrome (CubTS) is the second most common peripheral entrapment neuropathy, the first one is carpal tunnel syndrome.
Preliminary Study on the Lesion Location and Prognosis of Cubital Tunnel Syndrome by Motor Nerve Conduction Studies
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Date: February 23, 2020Author: mlmillerwrites 7 Comments
In select theaters now!
Directed by Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Written by Sergio Casci, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Starring Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Katelyn Wells, Danny Keough, Lola Reid
Find out more about this film here!
It’s always great to see an original horror film in theaters, but it’s also always a risk as horror that lays outside of the realm of sequel, remake, or spinoff is a hard sell to mainstream moviegoers. I say this because THE LODGE is far from a mainstream horror film. There are very few scares and when the horror happens, its more of a creeping dread feeling rather than a surefire jolt. This isn’t a film that is going to please many who are used to the rapid fire rollercoaster shockeroos from BlumHouse and their ilk. THE LODGE is more about the feeling it overwhelms your senses with. It’s a film that wafts over you and makes you squirm, never giving you a chance to release any of the tension built up with jump scares or jokes. This is a pitch black and dire film that will definitely leave a mark on your soul after viewing. But it ain’t mainstream, so its doubtful it’ll be a barn-burner at the box office.
Still, if you come to horror films in order to feel horror, terror, and dread and maybe thank your lucky stars that your life isn’t as tragic as the characters’ on the screen in front of you, this is the movie for you. It’s a story that isn’t necessarily fun. It is a story that takes you to an uncomfortable place and forces you to live there for an extended period of time. It’s less of a thrill-ride as much as it is a sheer emotional ordeal. If that sounds interesting to you, then you’re just the kind of fucked up person that should see THE LODGE.
The creative force behind GOODNIGHT MOMMY, filmmakers Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz deliver another harrowing descent into the abyss centering around the role of motherhood. While GOODNIGHT MOMMY is a completely different movie with a completely different aesthetic and storyline, there are quite a few similarities that I found to be just as fascinating as the films themselves. Both films are about children mistrusting the female maternal figure who herself is quite mysterious. Both provide a window into the world of play children can become enveloped in and how that sometimes can be a dangerous place to be in with real world ramifications. Both films go to dire and dark lengths to illustrate this mistrust between child and mother and both pull no punches in the horrifying things that occur as a result of this mistrust. Both have major twists throughout and end in a bleak, bleak way. While I don’t mind filmmakers using their medium to delve into specific issues and filmmakers making multiple films with similar themes, it is interesting to me that GOODNIGHT MOMMY and THE LODGE are so similar. In many ways, THE LODGE is a Hollywood remake of GOODNIGHT MOMMY with different characters, locale, and situations. That’s not a bad thing. It’s just something I noticed. If, however, the third film from this filmmaking team is as similar, I might have an issue. But as is, I was thoroughly entertained by THE LODGE despite its similarity to GOODNIGHT MOMMY.
After a family tragedy, a pair of kids Aiden and Mia (IT’s Jaeden Martell and newcomer Lia McHugh) are forced by their father to spend a week with their father’s new girlfriend Grace (Riley Keough) in their winter home in the middle of nowhere a week before Christmas. With the weather outside becoming downright frightful and communication with the real world cut off due to the elements, cabin fever sets in and Grace, Aiden, and Mia begin fearing strange forces are making their already dire situation more dire. Making matters worse, Grace is a sole survivor of a cult that killed themselves Heaven’s Gate style when she was very young. When her medication goes missing and she begins having pervasive nightmares filled with religious symbolism, Grace begins to doubt what is real and what isn’t.
The biggest difference between GOODNIGHT MOMMY and THE LODGE is a matter of perspective. While both tell similar stories with similar themes, instead of showing the story from the children’s perspective, we are riding this one out on the slender shoulders of Riley Keough’s Grace. This fact is a deceiving one as the story is told from the kids’ perspective in the film’s intro then shifts to Grace’s as soon as everyone gathers at the titular lodge. Keough is amazing in this lead role and proves to be a hell of an actress able to convey a vulnerability here as Grace who has the best of intentions but is put into a no-win situation that only seems to get worse as the days pass. Seeing her mental state crumble is a harrowing experience because Keough has done the work to let us get to know and like her in the first half. This is a stellar performance that proves that Keough, a former model and granddaughter to Elvis Presley, has the stuff that makes for super stardom.
The kids are great too. Usually, the presence of kids in a horror film makes me groan. If you don’t find the right kids, you’ve got an arduous film to slog through. Fortunately, Jaeden Martell and Lia McHugh are two fine actors. Martell might still have that IT feel to him—he’s got the same haircut and basically looks like he immediately walked onto set after wrapping the Stephen King shocker. It would behoove Martell to do something other than horror next as his face is just too familiar after the exposure he got from IT (advice Finn Wolfhard should take as well). Still, he does a fine job as the protective older brother of Mia, the younger as he silently holds her hand while she cries herself to sleep at night. McHugh is a real surprise here as Mia, who is required some pretty rough acting work and is given the job to provide most of the emotional cues as to what these kids are feeling throughout the film. There are scenes of her crying that hit hard.
One of the things I must commend THE LODGE for is the fact that despite some very rudimentary frostbite effects and a pair of shocking gunshots, there is very little in terms of gore here. This is all about mood and the suggestion of something horrifying in the dark corners of the lodge. While I’m a fan of the messy gory stuff, I also will admit an effective horror film without it is a fine achievement in the mastery of all things that go bump in the night. Filmmakers Fiala and Franz are able to scare and creep in unconventional and highly effective ways here.
The thing that is not going to sit well with viewers, I assume, is the absolute, palpable dread that is pervasive in the second half of THE LODGE. Without a release, the intensity of Grace, Aiden, and Mia’s plight grows and never stops growing until the very end. Fiala & Franz do a fantastic job of highlighting the nightmarish aspects of the snowy landscape (much as they did with the alien-like landscapes in GOODNIGHT MOMMY). This is a bleak and dismal film that will bring you right into the middle of the snowstorm. That’s a rough feeling to be in and I myself felt as if I needed an extra layer of clothes to bury myself into as the film coldly pressed on. THE LODGE is a film that envelops you. It is unrelenting in the story it tells and isn’t afraid to go to the dark places you don’t want to think of. THE LODGE tosses out the mainstream horror menu and instead offers up a buffet of sorrow, madness, and despair. As I’ve said above, this isn’t a fun film, but THE LODGE is one you won’t be able to shake off. Its darkness is something that doesn’t let up and it meticulously left my soul shocked and mind heavy by the time the credits rolled.
Recommended to those who didn’t get enough sorrow porn from HEREDITARY and MIDSOMMAR.
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7 thoughts on “THE LODGE (2019)”
Bluebolt says:
Catching up with some of your reviews. Sounds like we’re in the same boat in terms of this movie – pretty great horror movie, one that lingers, and one that thoroughly can ruin your day! I saw it a month or so ago and it’s still very vivid and also a movie that I wouldn’t want to see again for a decade or so. I wouldn’t imagine the repeat viewings or blu ray/dvd sales for this movie will be great but it was a very powerful movie in my opinion and one that I might never forget.
mlmillerwrites says:
Very true. These sorrow porn films like THE LODGE, THE NIGHTENGALE, HEREDITARY, THE BABADOOK, and MIDSOMMAR are intriguing to watch, but I don’t find myself ever wanting to return to them. They are just too heavy for me.
Matt Giaquinto says:
Just finished this. Its interesting how you point out how out of the mainstream it is, yet it relies so heavily on the idea that the things in mainstream movies like Conjuring or The Boy work for you scare wise.
I knew the gas light was turned on about half way through and I dont say that like some douchey proud person whose so eager to crack the code they dont enjoy the film.
It just started to get a little clumsy an I had a gut feeling. But overall, hell of a performance and a fun in a dark wow that’s fucked up when you really stop and think about it
Modok says:
I just saw this, and man was it dark. All the twists were pretty masterful. After introducing Grace so ominously, it was a welcome surprise that she was just the fragile victim of a vicious kids’ prank—until she wasn’t. It takes a skillful hand to make someone both the protagonist and sympathetic antagonist within the same movie.
I agree that Fiala and Franz need to change it up next time, but they’ve gotten off to helluva start within the genre.
Side note: the prominent upside-down cross on the poster is stupid. It has no relation to the plot and makes it look like a demonic possession flick.
Yeah, the upside down cross is very misleading. I know a lot of people didn’t like this one, but I feel the trailer misled people just as IT COMES AT NIGHT’s ads misled folks. I didn’t mind the doom and gloom, but I feel that “elevated” horror has to be all doom and gloom in order to be called elevated horror these days. It’s almost the new trend in horror, to wallow in the sadness and tragedy a la HEREDITARY and MIDSOMMAR. It’s just another case of one thing being popular and the genre following suit for a while. I liked THE LODGE, but the further away from it I get, I get more critical of it.
I definitely see your point, but then again, horror movies have regularly had bleak endings well before elevated horror became a thing. You could go all the way back to Rosemary’s Baby and The Omen, to the psyche-out happy endings of Friday the 13th or Nightmare in Elm Street, to the found-footage era in which by definition everyone has to die.
Maybe the temporary catharsis of the hero wrongly thinking they’ve defeated the monster is enough to lift a movie above gloom porn. But personally, I prefer persistent dread all the way through. If horror movies were happening in real-life, I’m sure it would be far more like Hereditary or The Lodge than anything else.
Very true. I totally agree and prefer the bleak endings, and you’re right, this is hardly the first time these endings have occurred. It just feels that lately, we’ve been getting more of a wallow in tragedy than usual. I guess it might be a sign of the times.
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Dorset Council - Cabinet
Tuesday, 30th June, 2020 10.00 am
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Contact: Kate Critchel 01305 252234 - Email: kate.critchel@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk
To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 5 May 2020
The minutes of the meeting held on 5 May 2020 were confirmed as a correct record and would be signed at a future date.
To receive any declarations of interest.
No declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests were made at the meeting.
Please note that public speaking has been suspended during the Covid-19 crisis. Each question or statement is limited to no more than 450 words and must be electronically submitted to kate.critchel@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk by the deadline set out below. The question or statement will be read out by an officer of the Council and a response will be given by the appropriate Portfolio Holder at the meeting. All questions/statements and the responses will be published in full within the minutes of the meeting.
The deadline for submission of the full text of a question or statement is 8.30am on Thursday 25 June 2020.
Four questions and one statement was received from the public. These were from Nigel Shearing, Penny Quilter, John Calvert, Averil Simmons and Annabale Gardner.
A shortened version of the questions were read out by Matt Prosser ( Chief Executive) and Jonathan Mair (Corporate Director, Legal and Democratic Services). A copy of the full questions and the responses are set out in Appendix 1 these minutes.
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To receive any questions from members in accordance with procedure rule 13.
There were two questions from members and these along with the responses are set out in Appendix 2 to these minutes.
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To consider the Cabinet Forward Plan.
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To consider a update report from the Leader of the Council.
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(a) That the continued COVID-19 emergency response in relation to the organisational reset and planned incident recovery be noted;
(b) That a review of the Dorset Council Plan is considered in light of the organisational reset and recovery;
(c) That the report be referred to the next meeting of Resources Scrutiny Committee for consideration.
Reason for Recommendation: To ensure that Cabinet is aware of the impact of COVID-19 on Dorset’s vulnerable communities and responds accordingly.
In presenting the report relating the Council’s response the Covid-19, the Chairman suggested that the Resources Scrutiny Committee may wish to post-scrutinise the update following this meeting. He advised members that an amended version of the report had been circulated as there had been a minor typing mistake at 9.27 of the report.
The Chairman reported that Dorset had experienced a very low number of cases and fatalities. However as of 4 June 2020 (date report was written) there had sadly been 279 deaths in the area (including care homes). He expressed his sympathy for the families who had lost loved ones.
The Chairman invited the Cabinet portfolio holders to address members on work being carried out in their respective areas of responsibility in relation to the Covid-19 response and update on the emerging arrangement for future planning.
The Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care & Health reported that the council had worked closely with Public Health to develop the test and track programme. She also referred to the council’s responsibility, in partnership with Public Health and other local councils, to develop a Local Outbreak Management Plan. This plan set out what the council would do to identify and control any local outbreak in the council’s areas. The Health and Well-Being Board would be supporting this work to give assurance that local services could manage any future outbreak and provide the best possible protection to local communities.
The Portfolio Holder for Adult Social Care and Health also reported on the importance of recovery and the health & care system. The need to look back and learn from how the council responded to the pandemic and in particular to focus on work with care homes across the system and learn valuable lessons.
In respect of local interventions, on 14 May 2020 all local authorities received a request from the Minister of State for Care to provide assurances regarding local interventions to support residential care homes. The Council was ensuring that all care settings were supported through the crisis. She further advised that shielding work continued and outlined the work around the distribution of PPE in the local area.
The Portfolio Holder for Education and Early Years reported that schools had remained open throughout the pandemic in cluster formation for the benefit of key workers and vulnerable children. Lesson plans were delivered to children working from home. Most early years provision had reopened from early June with the Council’s support and provision of advice at appropriate.
The Council was also working with school leaderships to support the provision of school meals and pastoral care. He continued that some secondary school year groups were receiving face-to-face teaching and he took this opportunity to advise that the Council had continued to focus on safeguarding.
It was also noted, as anticipated, that the number of children in care during the pandemic had increased and this reflected a nationwide pattern.
The Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment highlighted that the above average warmer weather had caused issues ... view the full minutes text for item 159.
COVID-19: How well has Dorset Council responded to meeting the needs of vulnerable groups during 'lockdown'? PDF 103 KB
To consider a report of the Portfolio Holder for Corporate Development and Change.
Covid Impact Assesment Appendix 1 , item 160. PDF 270 KB
Covid Impact Assesment Appendix 2 , item 160. PDF 55 KB
(a) That the initial impact of the ‘lockdown’ phase of COVID-19 on vulnerable groups in Dorset (attached at appendix 1) be noted;
(b) That the findings of a series of round-table discussions with Councillors as summarised at appendix 2, be noted;
(c) That the an ongoing assessment of the impact on vulnerable groups through subsequent phases of the pandemic be agreed;
(d) That the action plan outlined at section 5 of appendix 1 be agreed; and
(e) That the initial assessment undertaken largely by staff ‘released’ from core roles to assist with the covid-19 response be noted and the actions set out in section 5 require appropriate resourcing and oversight.
(f) That the report be referred to People Scrutiny Committee for consideration.
The Portfolio Holder for Corporate Development and Change set out the report on how well the Council had responded to the Covid-19 pandemic in meeting the needs of vulnerable groups during the lockdown period.
Since the last meeting of Cabinet work had been undertaken on an initial assessment of the ‘lockdown phase’ including local and national research, discussions with partners and round-table meetings with Councillors. The Portfolio Holder confirmed that it was a qualitative exercise based on a constantly evolving situation and that the feedback from Councillors had been hugely helpful.
The EqIA should be viewed as a “live” document that was designed to inform decision-making during the coming phase of Covid-19, reset & recovery. The report had a level of pre-scrutiny due to the round table events but would also be considered by People Scrutiny Committee on 20 July 2020 with an update being reported back to Cabinet later in the year.
Additionally the EqIA had also been internally reviewed by the Equality Action Group. Members heard from officers who set out some of the detail findings for the action plan, including focusing on how to ensure that key messages reached vulnerable groups. In particular Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups were at greater risk that White Ethnic groups. There was a need to look at how the Council it would meet the requirements of these vulnerable groups going forward into the future.
In response to a question regarding rough sleepers, the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Community Safety advised that some rough sleepers just didn’t want to be housed during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, but he confirmed that officers continued to work with them with the support of outreach services to ensure that they were supported.
Members welcomed the report which was content rich but noted that it was also important to remember that many of those who were vulnerable and community shielding also wanted to make a contribution with the skills that they had to offer.
Statement of Licensing Policy 2021-2026 PDF 87 KB
To consider a report of the Portfolio Holder for Customer, Community and Regulatory.
Appendix A Dorset Council Statement of Licensing Policy 2021 DRAFT v12 , item 161. PDF 972 KB
Appendix B Dorset Council Cumulative Impact Assessment May 2020 v_2 , item 161. PDF 371 KB
Appendix C Dorset Police Violent Crime Melcombe Regis vs W&P , item 161. PDF 132 KB
Appendix D EqIALicensingPolicyDraft_v_3 , item 161. PDF 196 KB
(a) That the draft Licensing Policy 2021-2026 (as set out at appendix A to the report) be published for a period of public consultation of not less than 12 weeks.
(b) That the proposed Cumulative Impact Area, as detailed in Appendix A of the Draft Licensing Policy, be published alongside the Cumulative Impact Assessment and Violent Crime Analysis from Dorset Police as part of the public consultation.
(c) That, subject to there being no relevant representations, the Service Manager for Licensing & Community Safety in consultation with the Chairman of the Licensing Committee recommends to the Council the adoption of the Draft Licensing Policy.
(d) Should relevant representations be received, which require consideration of one or more significant amendments to the policy, Officers be instructed to bring a further report to the meeting of the Licensing Committee with the outcomes of the consultation.
Reason for Recommendations
To comply with legislative requirements,
To ensure openness and transparency in the Council’s decision making, and To ensure that those persons affected by the policy are given the opportunity to have an input into it.
In presenting the report the Portfolio Holder for Customer, Community and Regulatory introduced John Newcombe, the new Service Manager Licensing & Community Safety.
Members were advised that the Council was required to publish a Statement of licensing policy at least every five years and the purpose of the policy statement was to define how the Council would exercise its responsibilities under the Licensing Act 2003. This was Dorset Council’s first statement of Licensing Policy issued under the Act and prior to this formation of Dorset Council, each of the predecessor District and Borough Councils had their own Statement of Licensing Policy.
The Licensing Committee had considered the draft policy at an informal virtual meeting and it had also been shared with all councillors at a recent members briefing. Following a period of consultation, should responses to the consultation be received, officers would recommend appropriate amendments to the draft policy or give reasons why suggested alterations are not made. The outcome of the consultation would be considered by the Scrutiny Committee followed by consideration of the Licensing committee who would recommend its adoption by Full Council.
The Vice-Chairman of the Licensing Committee confirmed that the committee had met virtually to consider the policy and recommended it to go out to public consultation.
In respect of the policy document the following comments were also made;- expression of importance of a Cumulative Impact Area in the Weymouth area and that there was an argument that there should be a late night levy introduced by the Council.
The Chairman advised that these matters would be reflected upon as part of the consultation process.
Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy 2021-2024 PDF 86 KB
Appendix A Dorset Council Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy 2021-24 DRAFT v_11 , item 162. PDF 591 KB
Appendix B EqIA_Gambling_Policy v_4 , item 162. PDF 311 KB
(a) That the draft Gambling Policy 2021-2024, as set out in appendix A, be agreed and published for a period of public consultation of not less than 12 weeks;
(b) That, subject to there being no relevant representations, the Service Manager for Licensing & Community Safety, in consultation with the Chairman of the Licensing Committee recommends to the Council adoption of the Draft Gambling Licensing Policy;
(c) Should relevant representations be received, which require consideration of one or more significant amendments to the policy, officers be instructed to bring a further report to the meeting of the Licensing Committee with the outcomes of the consultation.
Reason for Recommendations:
To ensure openness and transparency in the Council’s decision making, and
To ensure that those persons affected by the policy are given the opportunity to have an input into it.
The Portfolio Holder for Customer, Community and Regulatory set out that the Council, as the Licensing Authority under the Gambling Act 2005, was required to publish a Statement of Gambling Licensing Policy at least every three years. The policy statement defined how the Council would exercise its responsibilities under the Act.
Members were advised that the draft policy had been considered by an informal meeting of the Licensing Committee prior to coming forward to Cabinet for consideration and would also be subject to a period of public consultation before the outcome was reviewed by Scrutiny and recommended for approval by Licensing Committee to Full Council.
The Vice-Chairman of the Licensing Committee confirmed that members had considered the draft policy and commended that it now go out to public consultation.
Community Safety Plan 2020-2023 PDF 79 KB
To consider a report of the Portfolio Holder for Housing and Community Safety.
Appendix - Community Safety Partnership Plan 2020-2023 - Final , item 163. PDF 125 KB
The Portfolio Holder for Housing and Community Safety advised that Community Safety Partnerships (CSP) were required to produce three-year Community Safety Plans that were revised annually. The Dorset CSP agreed it’s 2020-2023 Plan at its meeting on 9 March 2020.
Members were further advised that the Plan had been developed by analysing information and data and was informed by the findings of public consultation. Place Scrutiny Committee had also considered the process by which the CSP would develop the Plan at it’s meeting on 30 January 2020. The Portfolio Holder confirmed that Dorset Council was under a legal duty to work with the responsible authorities to identify and tackle community safety issues in its area and recommended the Plans adoption.
Recommendation to Full Council
That the Community Safety Plan 2020-23 be recommended to Dorset Council for adoption.
Options for Prohibiting the Use of Disposable Barbeques PDF 87 KB
To consider a report of the Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment.
That working with Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue and other partners Cabinet:-
(i) Authorise officers to proceed with detailed work to establish an options paper that looks at both the legislative as well as other alternatives available to control or prohibit barbeques and other fire related activities relating to Dorset Council area.
(ii) Continue to support, until any further formal measures are put in place, the ongoing publicity campaign throughout the summer months in conjunction with partners. This will include the continued use of targeted signage at certain locations as well as supporting a range of social media campaigns
Reason for Recommendation:
To protect:
· Dorset’s habitat, ecology and wildlife
· Human health
· Dorset Council’s and private property
· And to support the safety of Dorset’s emergency services and Dorset Council staff
Members were advised that there had been a number of incidents of fire damage across Dorset as a result of the use of and/or disposal of BBQ’s or other social activity and of people having bonfires close to dry wooded and heathland areas.
The Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment expressed the importance of bringing forward this report following a number of incidents including a serious fire at Wareham Forest which affected 180 hectares of heathland and was declared a major incident by the Fire and Rescue Service.
The serious impact to human health and Dorset’s habitat, ecology and wildlife was also highlighted. The Portfolio Holder advised that the report sought approval of a group of Dorset Council officers, to link with the Fire and Rescue Services and other stakeholders to proceed with detailed work to look at the range of options to prohibit or control the use of BBQ’s and other sources that caused fire.
Members were further advised that there was little risk associated with carrying out the proposed options report. However, once options for the control of fire risk were chosen the desired outcome would be to significantly reduce or stop the potential for accidental fires starting.
The Chairman of the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Authority welcomed the report as good in partnership working across the authorities to deal with this matter. She wanted to draw members attention the increase in the number of small fires relating to disposal BBQ’s and how that had impacted on the fire service provision. It was important to remind retailers and visitors on how to use and dispose of disposal BBQ’s safely. She asked Cabinet to consider if it was possible for the consultation to start immediately in order to bring forward a Public Spaces Protection Order earlier. The Portfolio Holder agreed to discuss this request with legal services.
Capital funding of embankment improvements to the River Brit at West Bay PDF 78 KB
To consider a report of the Portfolio Holders for Finance, Commercial and Assets and Highways, Travel and Transport.
Please note that the appendix associated with this report is an exempt document.
(a) That the implementation of riverbank improvements to the River Brit to commence in October 2020, be approved;
(b) That officers be instructed to complete an extension of the lease to the site operator of the Campfield Holiday Park at West Bay until 31st January 2074 on terms described in the confidential appendix which will fund the cost of the project works.
A decision is required to progress the riverbank reinforcement project to the River Brit in West Bay, to address the risk of river flooding to the Campfield Holiday Park and adjacent properties in Forty Foot Way.
The Council is the freehold owner of the Campfield Holiday Park which is leased to Parkdean Resorts who have been the Council’s tenant for 53 years. Parkdean Resorts are prepared to fund the estimated project costs from a capital premium in return for granting a 50 year lease extension that will encourage the tenant to continue to invest in a sustainable business in West Bay.
The Portfolio Holders for Finance, Commercial & Assets and Highways, Travel & Environment set out a report seeking authority to implement riverbank improvements to the River Brit with the work planned to commence in October 2020. The Portfolio Holder for Finance, Commercial and Assets advised that the funding proposal for the project presented no significant cost to the Council whilst also producing an enhanced annual rent payable by the tenant of good covenant. The Portfolio Holder for Highways Travel & Environment reported that he fully supported the recommendation.
Climate & Ecological Emergency Executive Advisory Panel Update
To receive an update from the Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel
and Environment.
The Climate & Ecological Emergency Advisory Panel would be shortly considering the detail of the Climate and Ecological Strategy report. A Place Scrutiny Committee had been arranged to scrutinise the report later in July followed by it being presented to Cabinet on 28 July 2020.
In response to a question, the Portfolio Holder confirmed that the strategy would go out to public consultation following the above process and that he would only be able to support realistic and achievable actions.
To consider any items of business which the Chairman has had prior notification and considers to be urgent pursuant to section 100B (4) b) of the Local Government Act 1972. The reason for the urgency shall be recorded in the minutes.
Exempt Business
To move the exclusion of the press and the public for the following item in view of the likely disclosure of exempt information within the meaning of paragraph 3 of schedule 12 A to the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).
The public and the press will be asked to leave the meeting whilst the item of business is considered.
Capital funding of embankment improvements to the River Brit at West Bay - Exempt Appendix
Appendix 1 - Public Participation PDF 86 KB
Appendix 2 - Questions from Members PDF 82 KB
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Argininosuccinic aciduria: Recent pathophysiological insights and therapeutic prospects
Julien Baruteau, Carmen Diez-Fernandez, Shaul Lerner, Giusy Ranucci, Paul Gissen, Carlo Dionisi-Vici, Sandesh Nagamani, Ayelet Erez, Johannes Häberle
The first patients affected by argininosuccinic aciduria (ASA) were reported 60 years ago. The clinical presentation was initially described as similar to other urea cycle defects, but increasing evidence has shown overtime an atypical systemic phenotype with a paradoxical observation, that is, a higher rate of neurological complications contrasting with a lower rate of hyperammonaemic episodes. The disappointing long-term clinical outcomes of many of the patients have challenged the current standard of care and therapeutic strategy, which aims to normalize plasma ammonia and arginine levels. Interrogations have raised about the benefit of newborn screening or liver transplantation on the neurological phenotype. Over the last decade, novel discoveries enabled by the generation of new transgenic argininosuccinate lyase (ASL)-deficient mouse models have been achieved, such as, a better understanding of ASL and its close interaction with nitric oxide metabolism, ASL physiological role outside the liver, and the pathophysiological role of oxidative/nitrosative stress or excessive arginine treatment. Here, we present a collaborative review, which highlights these recent discoveries and novel emerging concepts about ASL role in human physiology, ASA clinical phenotype and geographic prevalence, limits of current standard of care and newborn screening, pathophysiology of the disease, and emerging novel therapies. We propose recommendations for monitoring of ASA patients. Ongoing research aims to better understand the underlying pathogenic mechanisms of the systemic disease to design novel therapies.
Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease
https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12047
E-pub ahead of print - Feb 5 2019
10.1002/jimd.12047
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Argininosuccinic aciduria: Recent pathophysiological insights and therapeutic prospects'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Argininosuccinic Aciduria Medicine & Life Sciences
Neonatal Screening Medicine & Life Sciences
Nitrosative Stress Medicine & Life Sciences
Ammonia Medicine & Life Sciences
Urea Medicine & Life Sciences
Baruteau, J., Diez-Fernandez, C., Lerner, S., Ranucci, G., Gissen, P., Dionisi-Vici, C., Nagamani, S., Erez, A., & Häberle, J. (2019). Argininosuccinic aciduria: Recent pathophysiological insights and therapeutic prospects. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12047
Argininosuccinic aciduria : Recent pathophysiological insights and therapeutic prospects. / Baruteau, Julien; Diez-Fernandez, Carmen; Lerner, Shaul; Ranucci, Giusy; Gissen, Paul; Dionisi-Vici, Carlo; Nagamani, Sandesh; Erez, Ayelet; Häberle, Johannes.
In: Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 05.02.2019, p. 1-15.
Baruteau, J, Diez-Fernandez, C, Lerner, S, Ranucci, G, Gissen, P, Dionisi-Vici, C, Nagamani, S, Erez, A & Häberle, J 2019, 'Argininosuccinic aciduria: Recent pathophysiological insights and therapeutic prospects', Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12047
Baruteau J, Diez-Fernandez C, Lerner S, Ranucci G, Gissen P, Dionisi-Vici C et al. Argininosuccinic aciduria: Recent pathophysiological insights and therapeutic prospects. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 2019 Feb 5;1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/jimd.12047
Baruteau, Julien ; Diez-Fernandez, Carmen ; Lerner, Shaul ; Ranucci, Giusy ; Gissen, Paul ; Dionisi-Vici, Carlo ; Nagamani, Sandesh ; Erez, Ayelet ; Häberle, Johannes. / Argininosuccinic aciduria : Recent pathophysiological insights and therapeutic prospects. In: Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease. 2019 ; pp. 1-15.
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Atteggiamenti verso la malattia mentale e caratteristiche socio-demografiche: Uno studio in una città del nord Italia
: Community attitudes towards mental illness and socio-demographic characteristics: An Italian study
Chiara Buizza, Rosaria Pioli, Marco Ponteri, Michela Vittorielli, Angela Corradi, Nadia Minicuci, Giuseppe Rossi
Centro San Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli
Aim - To assess the association between socio-demographic characteristics and community attitudes towards mentally ill people. Method - We assessed a sample of 280 subjects, stratified for sex and age, which has identified using the electoral registers of Brescia. A letter was sent to everyone in order to introduce the future potential study participant to the topics of the public attitudes towards mental illness and it included an invitation to take part in the study. After, 280 subjects were contacted by telephone. Finally, 174 persons, who expressed their willingness to collaborate, were visited by a team of four trained interviewers. The instruments used were: a semi-structured interview; the Community Attitudes to the Mentally Ill (CAMI) inventory, which is composed by 40 statements, concerning the degree of acceptance of mental health services and mentally ill patients in the community; and the Fear and Behavioural Intentions (FABI) inventory, which is composed by 10 items, concerning fears and behavioural intentions towards mentally ill people. 106 subjects refused to participate. Results - Factor analysis of the CAMI revealed three components Physical distance and fear, Social isolation and Social responsibility and tolerance. Factor 1 is associated with: people >61 years old; people being divorced/widowed/living separated; people who haven't participated in social or volunteer activities. Factor 2 is associated with: people > 41 years old; people being schooled at a level that's higher than elementary level; unemployed people. Factor 3 doesn't present any associations. Conclusions - The results of this study outline the need to: a) promote interventions focused to improve the general attitude towards people with mental illness; b) to favour specific actions in order to prevent or eliminate prejudices in subgroups of the population.
Community attitudes towards mental illness and socio-demographic characteristics: An Italian study
Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale
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Fear Medicine & Life Sciences
Intention Medicine & Life Sciences
Widowhood Medicine & Life Sciences
Social Isolation Medicine & Life Sciences
Divorce Medicine & Life Sciences
Buizza, C., Pioli, R., Ponteri, M., Vittorielli, M., Corradi, A., Minicuci, N., & Rossi, G. (2005). Atteggiamenti verso la malattia mentale e caratteristiche socio-demografiche: Uno studio in una città del nord Italia. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 14(3), 154-162.
Atteggiamenti verso la malattia mentale e caratteristiche socio-demografiche : Uno studio in una città del nord Italia. / Buizza, Chiara; Pioli, Rosaria; Ponteri, Marco; Vittorielli, Michela; Corradi, Angela; Minicuci, Nadia; Rossi, Giuseppe.
In: Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, Vol. 14, No. 3, 07.2005, p. 154-162.
Buizza, C, Pioli, R, Ponteri, M, Vittorielli, M, Corradi, A, Minicuci, N & Rossi, G 2005, 'Atteggiamenti verso la malattia mentale e caratteristiche socio-demografiche: Uno studio in una città del nord Italia', Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 154-162.
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AU - Minicuci, Nadia
AU - Rossi, Giuseppe
N2 - Aim - To assess the association between socio-demographic characteristics and community attitudes towards mentally ill people. Method - We assessed a sample of 280 subjects, stratified for sex and age, which has identified using the electoral registers of Brescia. A letter was sent to everyone in order to introduce the future potential study participant to the topics of the public attitudes towards mental illness and it included an invitation to take part in the study. After, 280 subjects were contacted by telephone. Finally, 174 persons, who expressed their willingness to collaborate, were visited by a team of four trained interviewers. The instruments used were: a semi-structured interview; the Community Attitudes to the Mentally Ill (CAMI) inventory, which is composed by 40 statements, concerning the degree of acceptance of mental health services and mentally ill patients in the community; and the Fear and Behavioural Intentions (FABI) inventory, which is composed by 10 items, concerning fears and behavioural intentions towards mentally ill people. 106 subjects refused to participate. Results - Factor analysis of the CAMI revealed three components Physical distance and fear, Social isolation and Social responsibility and tolerance. Factor 1 is associated with: people >61 years old; people being divorced/widowed/living separated; people who haven't participated in social or volunteer activities. Factor 2 is associated with: people > 41 years old; people being schooled at a level that's higher than elementary level; unemployed people. Factor 3 doesn't present any associations. Conclusions - The results of this study outline the need to: a) promote interventions focused to improve the general attitude towards people with mental illness; b) to favour specific actions in order to prevent or eliminate prejudices in subgroups of the population.
AB - Aim - To assess the association between socio-demographic characteristics and community attitudes towards mentally ill people. Method - We assessed a sample of 280 subjects, stratified for sex and age, which has identified using the electoral registers of Brescia. A letter was sent to everyone in order to introduce the future potential study participant to the topics of the public attitudes towards mental illness and it included an invitation to take part in the study. After, 280 subjects were contacted by telephone. Finally, 174 persons, who expressed their willingness to collaborate, were visited by a team of four trained interviewers. The instruments used were: a semi-structured interview; the Community Attitudes to the Mentally Ill (CAMI) inventory, which is composed by 40 statements, concerning the degree of acceptance of mental health services and mentally ill patients in the community; and the Fear and Behavioural Intentions (FABI) inventory, which is composed by 10 items, concerning fears and behavioural intentions towards mentally ill people. 106 subjects refused to participate. Results - Factor analysis of the CAMI revealed three components Physical distance and fear, Social isolation and Social responsibility and tolerance. Factor 1 is associated with: people >61 years old; people being divorced/widowed/living separated; people who haven't participated in social or volunteer activities. Factor 2 is associated with: people > 41 years old; people being schooled at a level that's higher than elementary level; unemployed people. Factor 3 doesn't present any associations. Conclusions - The results of this study outline the need to: a) promote interventions focused to improve the general attitude towards people with mental illness; b) to favour specific actions in order to prevent or eliminate prejudices in subgroups of the population.
KW - Community attitudes
KW - Italy
KW - Mental illness
KW - Prejudices
M3 - Articolo
JO - Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale
JF - Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale
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The Hypocrisy of America
By Dr. Rick Flanders | March 30, 2010
“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.” Hebrews 13:4
In the closing months of 2009, the man who earned the right to be named “Athlete of the decade” was caught in an embarrassing situation that exposed to the world that he is an adulterer. He has been condemned and ridiculed for his sin. He has suffered the loss of income and the loss (at least for now) of his family. A man that was on top of the world has been brought down by adultery. People express anger toward him, and sympathy toward his family. His name, which has enjoyed untarnished respect for years, is now in many ways ruined beyond repair. The damage has been done by his adultery.
Americans are amazingly hypocritical about adultery. Every kind of media entertainment tempts and teases us with adultery, with very little objection voiced by anybody. Adultery is a prominent theme of clothing styles, advertising campaigns, popular novels, and artistic works. Yet it is the cause of more unhappiness than any other activity in the country. Children of divorced couples don’t just get over it. Crimes are committed and emotional disorders are suffered by people whose childhoods were disrupted by homes broken because of adultery. It undermines the foundation of our society by wrecking families. It is the key factor in many of the murders and assaults committed every day. Yet it is treated sometimes as an exciting and attractive diversion from the boring routine of life, although it is actually a coiled serpent that threatens to kill everything of real value in our lives. This country condemns adultery while playing with it. Many who have publicly shamed the famed athlete as a fallen role-model, are secretly involved in the same sin. Who can doubt or deny this fact? The inconsistent, and hypocritical, attitudes of Americans toward adultery are doing serious harm both to society and to individual lives.
It would be a good thing if the Tiger Woods scandal brought some consistency and good sense to our society’s attitude toward adultery. Who would argue that adultery is ever good? It always involves betrayal, deception, selfishness, cruelty, and perversion. So then why can we not condemn it across the board? Adulterers can be forgiven, by both God and men, but adultery is always very wrong and very harmful. Adulterers should pay for their misdeed, in both their reputations and their careers. Why should we not apply the Tiger Woods standard to politicians, preachers, and even show business personalities? Why should we not treat them the way we treat liars and cheats and scam-artists and crooks? Why don’t we condemn adultery the way society condemns racism, corruption, terrorism, and drug-dealing? It damages the lives of children, women, men, and the poor as much as any of the evils that we more vigorously condemn.
Furthermore, those who are faithful to their marriage promises ought to be praised for that specific virtue. Those who support marriage are defending civilization itself and opposing a multitude of societal ills. Marriage must be protected by all in these tumultuous times: Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, young and old, male and female. And adultery must be fought tooth and nail.
Let us pray and hope for Mr. Woods to find redemption, and for his marriage and family to be restored. Let’s also pray for everyone we know whose lives have been scarred by adultery. There is hope in God for them all. But let us be unambiguous about our disapproval of the sin that has disrupted their lives. Let us hope that American culture will wake up and consistently condemn adultery, too. May story-lines that glorify it be rejected as definitely as a story that justifies slavery. May songs that promote adultery offend us as much as lyrics that promote rape. May careers be derailed by adultery as certainly as they are destroyed by prison sentences. May our nation handle adultery as the crime against love and family and society that it is.
Dr. Rick Flanders
Staff Evangelist, First Baptist Church of Bridgeport
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2014 Aragon MotoGP Sunday Round Up: Smart Heads vs Risky Manevuers For The Win.
Submitted by David Emmett on Mon, 2014-09-29 01:27
What a difference a day makes. "There is no way to fight with the factory Hondas," Valentino Rossi had said on Saturday. Within a few laps of the start, it turned out that it was not just possible to fight with the Hondas, but to get them in over their heads, and struggling to hold off the Yamaha onslaught. By the time the checkered flag dropped, the factory Hondas were gone, the first RC213V across the line the LCR of Stefan Bradl, nearly twelve seconds behind the winner, Jorge Lorenzo on the factory M1.
What changed? The weather. Cooler temperatures at the start of the race meant the Hondas struggled to get the hard rear tire to work. The hard rear was never an option for the Yamahas, but the softer rear was still working just fine. From the start, Jorge Lorenzo, Valentino Rossi and the surprising Pol Espargaro were pushing the factory Hondas hard. All of a sudden we had a race on our hands. When the rain came, the excitement stepped up another notch. In the end, strategy and the ability to keep a cool head prevailed. The factory Hondas came up short on both accounts at Aragon.
The forecast for Sunday had been unstable all weekend. But conditions on Sunday morning were far worse than anyone had predicted. Heavy rain soaked the track, then thick fog blanketed the track in a cloak of gray, severely limiting vision at key points on the track. More importantly, the fog kept the medical helicopters on the ground. Without medical helicopters, there's no racing. Should a rider be seriously injured, the helicopters need to be able to get them to a hospital within 20 minutes. When the fog descends, that becomes impossible.
The rain and fog produced three radically different races, each of which had an effect on the championship. Moto3 started off with a narrow dry line, making passing difficult, which in turn caused controversy. Moto2 had the best of the conditions, racing on an almost completely dry track, producing a thrilling race. In MotoGP, the light rain which was falling from the warm up lap created overconfidence among the riders, eventually causing all too many to pay the price of hubris once the rain started to fall in earnest. It became a race of many halves, the situation changing so fast it was hard to keep up. In the end, strategy and intelligence won through, calculated risk rewarded and excessive bravery punished mercilessly. If ever anyone needed a lesson in just how capricious motorcycle racing can be, the MotoGP race was it.
The result of the race came down to pitting at the right time. The riders knew the rain was coming – they had been shown the radar images and discussed strategy with their teams ahead of time – but they were lulled into a false sense of security by the drizzle. Had it suddenly started raining, they would have taken the business of swapping bikes a good deal more seriously. However, with light rain spitting from the very start of the race, riders became a little too comfortable with the conditions. When the weather really turned, they got caught out by their own complacency.
Though Aleix Espargaro gambled best – the Forward Yamaha rider made up over ten seconds in the pit swaps, coming in a lap earlier than anyone else – it was Jorge Lorenzo who found the perfect balance. The Movistar Yamaha rider had taken the fight to the Hondas throughout the first sixteen laps of the race, but as the rain got a fraction heavier he started to lose ground. He had a choice, he said afterwards. "I thought my options were to fight for fourth or crash, or win or finish twelfth." With the Hondas disappearing into the distance, he gambled on the rain getting heavier, and pitted to swap to his rain bike.
When he exited, he thought everything was lost. Coming round at the end of his first flying lap after swapping bikes, he thought his lap board was telling him he was twelfth. It was not, Lorenzo's manager Wilco Zeelenberg explained. His team had tried to tell him he was P2, and +10 seconds to Marquez, but he misinterpreted. It did not matter, as the next time around, his pit board showed P1. Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa were gone, caught out by a heavy rain shower which left the first part of the circuit soaked. The two Repsol Honda riders hit that part of the circuit on slicks, then hit the ground. The two men rejoined the race, but by the time they did, their chance of a result was over.
Lorenzo's victory had been a long time coming. Since the disaster at Assen, Lorenzo has not been off the podium. But four second places in a row were starting to be more than frustrating. The sense of relief at finally winning, his first since Valencia last year, was palpable. Lorenzo's demeanor can sometimes appear a little forced, but his win at Aragon freed him of all constraints. He was truly, unconditionally happy.
Would Lorenzo have won if the Repsol Hondas hadn't thrown the race away? That is of course an entirely irrelevant question, as throw the race away they did. Why did they throw it away, rather than come in and swap bikes like the rest? On the lap before the crash, both Marquez and Pedrosa had been doing 2'03s, the same times they had been doing in the morning on rain tires. Both were thinking more of the time they would lose than the conditions on the track, and the sudden intense rain caught them out. The back section of the track was still manageable, but when they headed into the first section, it was suddenly a lot wetter, and the slicks had gotten a lot colder. Grip disappeared, and both men went down, Pedrosa crashing on the straight, and Marquez losing the front in Turn 2.
Both men owned up to their errors. "Today was completely my fault," Marquez said, Pedrosa agreeing that he had made a mistake. The decision had to be down to the rider, as only the rider can judge how much grip there is on the track, and sees the differing conditions in all of the corners. The team sees only the front straight, and must judge the rest from the TV, which can paint a deceptive picture of the state of the circuit. Their mistake had been to thinking about the opposition rather than the conditions. "I tried to stay out because I was thinking all the time about the distance to the second rider," Marquez said. "I was thinking about the race, and not about the risk of riding with slicks on the wet tarmac." Dani Pedrosa's reasoning was similar: "I was thinking about how much time I would lose in the pits and I decided not to come in and crashed." The two Hondas took their eye off the ball, and paid the ultimate price.
The Hondas weren't the only riders to get caught out by the conditions. Andrea Dovizioso suffered a similar fate, despite leading the chase in fourth. When he saw the rain coming, he thought he could stay out and claim victory, but instead he lost the rear and highsided out in the downhill Corkscrew section. It was a big crash, Dovizioso said, the rear sliding and gripping and throwing him off.
The situation was toughest on Pol Espargaro. He had been told by his team not to work the situation out for himself, but to watch the more experienced riders. "You are a rookie," Espargaro had been told, "follow the experienced riders." The Tech 3 Yamaha rider did exactly what he was told, but the more experienced riders in front of him were making the kind of rookie mistake Espargaro's crew were trying to protect him from. Espargaro had Marquez, Pedrosa, Lorenzo and Dovizoso ahead of him, and only Lorenzo managed to keep the bike on two wheels. Teaching young riders is important, but it is very easy to give them the right advice.
Bradley Smith had the benefit of experience of his own. In previous flag-to-flag races, he had tried to follow his intuition, but that had always ended badly, Smith explained. This time, he said, he judged it solely by the numbers: as soon his dash showed he would be lapping slower than 2'00 a lap, he made the call to come in and swap bikes. That was "the perfect call," Smith said, but the problem was the choice of tire. Both Tech 3 riders used the harder rain tire, expecting the softer wet tire not to last. Instead, the harder tire did not give the grip of the softer one, losing both Smith and Espargaro too much time when they came out of the pits.
Bradley Smith was not the only rider to benefit from his decision to head into the pits. Before making the switch, Smith had passed Cal Crutchlow, and the Factory Ducati rider recognized this was the right moment to copy Smith. His bike change was even better than Smith's, coming out ahead of Smith and pushing Aleix Espargaro all the way to the line. When Crutchlow recounted that Aragon would see him earn his first podium bonus, Smith quickly joked that he had demanded money off Crutchlow for showing him the right time to head into the pits.
Crutchlow took that rather well, perhaps because his sense of relief is even greater than Lorenzo's. Crutchlow has had a miserable time on the Ducati Desmosodici, and scoring a podium was big deal, despite owing it at least in part to the conditions. "I think we thoroughly deserved that for all the hard work we have put in this year," Crutchlow said. More important than the podium was the progress he was making on the bike. In Aragon, Crutchlow was battling with Stefan Bradl, Aleix Espargaro and Pol Espargaro, riders he has all too often been 20 seconds or more behind in the race.
Crutchlow was only slightly irked that he could not take second instead of third. He had been hunting down Aleix Espargaro all race, and looked close enough to attack. He had to wait until the last corner, but Aleix just held his line in front of the Englishman. The two came together, blocking Crutchlow's ability to build speed, as he could not shift gears up from third to fifth. Despite the position, Crutchlow was still positive. "We still have some great morale in this team," Crutchlow said.
Despite crashing out, Marc Marquez still has a comfortable lead in the championship. Marquez bagged less than a handful of points, while Pedrosa gave yet another point away to Marquez. Valentino Rossi also suffered badly, forced slightly offline and then off the track. He hit the astroturf, then a wet patch in the run off, and found himself being tossed from the bike. The crash looked ugly, but later on, he found that he came away almost unscathed. Rossi banged his head during the fall, which rendered him momentarily unconscious. A CT scan revealed no further problems, though he was still a little unsteady on his feet after the event.
It is only Jorge Lorenzo who made real hay at Aragon. The Spaniard closed the gap from 112 points to just 90. Marc Marquez can still wrap up the title at Motegi by finishing ahead of his three main rivals. If he gives away positions and points, he will raise the hopes of Pedrosa, Rossi and Lorenzo that they still have a mathematical chance. End in Japan with a single point more than his rivals, and the 2014 crown is his.
Mike Di Meglio
Ayush Sharma replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 01:58
This wasn't covered on the TV at all and I still want clarification on some things :
1. What did Hector Barbera do when the rain came in? Did they change the tyres on his bike? Did he stay on slicks? Did he switch to the FTR-Kawasaki?
2. Now that Ducati has one 2nd and two 3rd placed finishes, do they have part of their concessions taken away?
Ducati Podiums
Team Punkass replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 03:09
Only podiums in the dry count towards Ducati's concessions, so only Dovi's podium at Circuit of the Americas would count against them.
Hector Barbera
dieselglider replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 06:33
Hector Barbera pitted at the end of lap 19 (2'54), lap 20 shows a time of 4'17, then 2'14 and 2'10-ish for the last two laps. So, I assume they changed to wets (Only one bike?).
Yup. Ducati only brought 1 bike for Barbera this weekend. The commentators spoke about the concern earlier in the race, that if it were to start raining, Barbera would be in trouble with no second bike to switch over to. But later when it actually rained, they never spoke about it.
Failure of management
Tumid1 replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 02:24
Marquez & Pedrosa are taking this defeat unnecessarily on themselves when in reality it was the team that let THEM down.
When Lorenzo re-entered on lap 20 he was 23 seconds behind. He immediately began running 2:02-3 laps. On lap 20 MM had just run a 2:15 & was slowing. Espargaro did a 2:04 on lap 19, so they were aware of what Lorenzo would be capable of.
Surely SOMEONE on pit lane should have done the math that JL would have caught both MM & DP regardless & their only choice was to ORDER them to pit.
Sure, the riders are more aware of conditions at a particular location, but the team is responsible for relaying information to the rider they aren't aware of, & the riders couldn't possibly have know Lorenzo's pace.
The riders know the pace
ghostdog6 replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 14:58
The riders know the pace they're capable of on wets, which has to be very close to the pace of the other top riders in the wet. Certainly within a second of each other. The Repsol boys knew Lorenzo's pace on wets - very close to their own. They know what lap time they're currently running. They know what the grip level is. They were briefed by the team beforehand. The team can't make them come in.
Marquez and Pedrosa screwed up, plain and simple. The choice was on them, and they made the wrong one.
Marquez - Lorenzo
azkiwi replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 02:34
Marquez more or less waved Lorenzo through at one point. What was that all about? I haven't heard any real explanation.
My take on that
geddyt replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 02:38
was that Marquez saw the drops on his visor and was more than happy to let Lorenzo play the role of the canary. Made for some intrigue, for sure.
Exactly. Let someone else
mtiberio replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 14:01
Exactly. Let someone else lead and take all the risks...
Exactly, I saw MM93 let JL99 Pass.....
Grease Mokie46 replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 11:08
I kept wondering what the hell was that all about. My guess is that Marq wanted a tow from JL. Maybe he wanted to see when will lorenzo pit in to swap to his wet bike. Something which he mentioned at the Sachsenring post race interview that. 'He wanted to follow the experienced riders to see when exactly they will swap the bikes.
Although that happened after the sighting lap.
A few questions:
1.) Maybe anyone can help me out with this one. What is the difference between a dry and a wet race? I vaguely remember some difference in rules whereby one or the other would be run to completion regardless and the other would be called at 2/3 race distance or something. Can somebody break that down for me?
I ask because I fail to see the point of declaring a race "wet" or "dry." Why not just make every race flag to flag unless conditions are so bad that a restart or 2/3+ completion is required? In other words, if it's wet at the start of the race and dries out, riders can come in and get their dry bike. If it's dry at the start of the race and starts raining, riders can come in and get their wet bike. So what's the point of classifying the race as one or the other?
2.) David, what happened with Miller's and Marquez' meeting with race direction?
3.) Haven't read an engine usage update in a while. Are any riders/factories in trouble, especially in light of all the crashing this weekend?
1. The The 2/3rd race distance rule has nothing to do with it being Dry or Wet. Under flag-to-flag rule riders may swap the bike at their discretion when the race status changes to wet/dry. The 2/3rd rule is that if 2/3rd of a race distance is run, full points will be awarded for the race. Anything less than 2/3rd and only half points are awarded.
I think your confusion comes from the pre-2005 rules where the race was restarted with lower number of laps if it started to rain mid-race.
2. Racing incident, no further actions.
Your answer to the first question is kind of what I thought. Which again begs the question: Why is it even necessary to declare a race wet or dry if all races are, essentially, flag to flag races?
As to question 2: Good. That's about how it looked to me.
Correct in MotoGP
allostef replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 07:20
You're way of thinking is correct in MotoGP class because riders have 2 bikes. In all other classes riders have but 1 bike and they have to chose tyres and set-up before the race. If a race is declared dry and it starts to rain, the race has to be stopped and restarted (less laps) if 50% of the race distance isn't covered. If the race is declared wet, the race will not be stopped for changing conditions. Thats why you have to declare a race dry or wet, GP racing is all the same sporting rules (only that in MotoGP 2 bikes are allowed).
You're right about that. All MotoGP races are "flag-to-flag" today, if you go by the meaning of the word. But in general, the term "flag-to-flag" is only used in context of rain, to convey that the race will be continued without interruption with a "wet race" status.
It does make sense, because it IS possible (even today) for a race to be stopped if the rain is too heavy/visibility is too limited and the race direction decides it's too unsafe to continue racing.
only in wet races you are
janbros replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 07:29
only in wet races you are allowed to change bikes, and you are only allowed to change to a bike which has at least one different tire on. The flag-to-flag race is mainly invented to keep the race whithin the programmed television time, not for security of the riders. So if it is a dry race, there is no need to swap bikes, as swapping bikes is also a possibility to swap a crashed bike for a good one. Even if it's perfectly dry and you put on only 1 wet tire, you still have a good bike that can lap pretty fast for a couple of laps (before the wets get destroid). By that time, you may have made it to the end, or maybe your other bike is repaired and you could swap again for an all-dry bike.
There is no racing series where it is ok to use more than one bike/car to make it to the end of the race, only in bike-racing it takes time to swap tires/wheels so they thought it would be better to swap bikes. Otherwise riders wouldn't come in thinking they would loose to much time to the others who do not come in. from this point of view it's a safety measure.
jpbits replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 08:15
actually in the FIA sanctioned electric single seater series they change cars mid race, safer than disconnecting and changing batteries I suppose, but then again there is a mandated maximum power output for the race and also a social media 'fan boost' thing which gives someone +40hp for 5 seconds, so calling it a racing series is a bit of a stretch IMO, but its probably what Motogp will look like in 10 years time
Cocoa the Monkey
eskothomson replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 16:42
Anybody remember the Seinfeld episode where George wants "T-bone" to be his nickname, then everybody saw him behind a glass door waving his arms and jumping up and down because he was upset about something and it reminded someone of a monkey who could talk named "Cocoa" so George's nickname became "Cocoa"?
I always think of that when I see Miller waving his arms and looking around because someone had the audacity to hold his line and didn't just automatically get out of Miller's way.
Every time I replayed The Incident, Marquez seemed to hold his line, while Miller seemed to cut to the left into Marquez. The audacity of Marquez. Not bowing to the great Jack Miller. Of course he started gesticulating. Again.
I think I'll start calling him "Cocoa."
Personal opinion:
anteater replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 21:25
I enjoy Millers antics but he took himself out. Marquez (rightly) held his line.
pooch replied on Fri, 2014-10-03 13:35
i don't think he, or anyone for that matter, cares what you call him. but 3 stars for playing.
Waiting all day to read this
Averagerider replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 04:30
Brilliant write up David. I will save the long comment for later. But I will say this, if someone on here thinks that was a weak race. Give up watching motor sports as a whole, because if you cannot enjoy that race, you do not enjoy racing.
I didn't much enjoy that race...
cb750wtf replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 08:13
...but I think it was the races fault, not mine. Races that involve meteorology and dice don't seem as much fun as races that involve racing.
And what the heck was going on with the podium? When did they change the fundamental requirements for a podium girl? Please don't tell me I should have enjoyed that, too.
sinbad317 replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 14:30
Personally I prefer the wet races in preference to the factory bike processions which occur all too frequently in the dry. The changing conditions add drama, varied tactics and styles, gambles and the faint possibility of a satellite victory.
I don't usually bother to watch the podium celebrations - did something exciting happen during the ceremonials?
Podium persons
'... did something exciting happen during the ceremonials?...'
Not so much, unless you get excited about male opportunities in traditionally female dominated fields. One of the podium girls was a guy. Very troubling stuff.
That is fine
But there was plenty of racing before the meteorology came into effect. As far as the podium. Maybe that was for Lorenzo. He sprayed the podium boy and not the podium girl. (jokes man... just jokes)
Deteriorating weather
Dry races are great. Wet races that stay wet are fine. Wet races that become dry are fine. Dry races that become wet pretty much suck. They compell the riders to make critical on track decisions with inadequate data (otherwise known as 'guessing') with serious safety implications. Seems like a race organization that pretends to be concerned about rider safety could find a more graceful way to manage the deteriorating weather scenario.
Maybe one-way pit to rider weather related comm during a wet race so they can have more useful info than can be provided by those stupid boards they ride by at high speed just beyond the pit entrance they might have just wanted to use if they had known what was on the board.
It's just hard to find reasons to enjoy watching that kind of race. If they had live streamed the '79 Fastnet race, that would have been similarly hard to watch.
Not convinced
etienne replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 14:47
yes there was some action on and off track but I wouldn't say this was among the most exiting races of the year
...can make races really interesting or really boring. This one was was really interesting. Although seeing Rossi flying and landing and his bike narrowly missing him was scary, then seeing him just lying there left me sick to my stomach. And being carried off the track on a stretcher? I thought we'd just witnessed a watershed moment. I kept waiting for that announcer who always says "absolutely" to say "he's absolutely all right," but he never did, even when they showed Rossi standing at the side of the track.
And every time Marquez and Pedrosa went past pit in, well, even my wife said, "There's ten minutes left. It's just going to get worse. What are they thinking?" They were going down like ten-pins in the Moto3 race, and that was "just" a drying track.
It was a captivating race, but I'm glad most races are dry.
Pedrosa, refresh my memory
rick650 replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 08:43
Was Pedrosa's nasty crash just after the pits and did he then run backwards to the pits to get his wet equipped bike, hence completing all laps on a bike and being a finisher?
Fantastic question, and I was
Fantastic question, and I was wondering the same thing. The crash was just before T1, so after pit entrance. The camera then shows Pedrosa running back to the pits. Thing is, he didn't leave the pits until much later. So here's my theory: He ran back to the pits to get his wet bike, they told him that he'd have to ride the other one around before he could swap bikes, so he went back and got the crashed bike, rode it around, hopped on his wet bike, and took off.
It's the only explanation I could think of for why Marquez was able to pick up his crashed bike, start it, ride it all the way around the track, and still leave pit row ahead of Pedrosa, who should have been long gone had he just ran back to his garage and grabbed his wet bike.
Anyone have a better explanation?
My recollection
breganzane replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 09:08
Is that when he came to a stop he was looking back to the pits - perhaps thinking of running there - then the marshall pointed down at his bike in the kitty litter and he ran all the way down there, remounted and completed the lap on it, then switched. Although an epic fail, it was totally legal.
Okay, so when they showed him
Okay, so when they showed him running, it was just back to his bike, not the pits? That makes more sense.
The motogp announcers got it
The motogp announcers got it wrong. They inaccurately stated that he was heading back to the pits.
Backmarker61 replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 14:58
Watching Lorenzo pull those lean angles on wet tires was something else! I was on the edge of my seat every time they showed Jorge diving into the corners. Amazing bike control.
MM and pit entry
Motoshrink replied on Mon, 2014-09-29 15:49
Anyone else thinking of MM's difficulty last yr deciding when to come in for the mandatory "Bstones compound can't last a race on a green abrasive tarmac" change? I enjoy that he is still young and hungry, the kid just gets really excited out there. Full of life and joy. Enjoying his gusto. He was clearly not happy with himself coming across the line.
Loved his waving JL into the front to the canary position. Sad to lose VR and AI to a wee over-riding conditions. MM blatantly disregarding conditions, odd! Don't see that much!
azkiwi replied on Tue, 2014-09-30 02:56
>>"Dry races that become wet pretty much suck. They compel the riders to make critical on track decisions with inadequate data"
Data is always inadequate and the art of racing is making critical decisions in that state. In this case they have their lap times on the dashboard and they can do the math (40 seconds to pit divided by the number of laps remaining) for some guidance.
Bradley Smith set a threshold and stuck to it - that worked. Marquez first looked to Lorenzo and then to Pedrosa instead of making his own decision - that did not work out so well.
MM has mad skilz and is absolutely fearless, but unless he learns to hold himself back a tad, he is not going to continue writing records.
Marquez...
Nessuno replied on Tue, 2014-09-30 13:44
Perhaps one thing that we're all missing about the Marquez mindset is experimentation? He has the championship realistically in the bag, he keeps saying he doesn't like to ride for consolation (especially not this year). My personal take is he is still exploring boundaries and Aragon was another one to explore.
How long can I push it, how much can I ask of my slicks in cold/wet conditions. These seem to be questions that are only answered at the maximum. He banks the answers and weaponizes them another day.
Yes he made a mistake, but I firmly believe he went looking for that mistake. He's not some golly shucks accidental tourist of a motorbike rider. He's world champion and clearly not satisfied!
To boldly go . . .
sinbad317 replied on Tue, 2014-09-30 14:11
That's a good line for the official MM biography - #93 as brave selfless explorer of unknown regions of gravel.
Personally I just think he wanted to win in front of his home fans, and soak up the adoration.
Most likely a combination
eskothomson replied on Tue, 2014-09-30 15:36
of wanting to win at home and seeing just how far he could go. Man, he even crashes well. I mean, he looked like he was about to start lifting the bike up by the handlebars while he was still sliding when the gravel yanked it from his hands.
Nessuno replied on Thu, 2014-10-02 13:48
From GPone:
" It 'was completely my fault - takes the blame Marc - I had a meeting with my team before departure and we decided it would be just my decision when to return. Even with the slick was not so slow, but I underestimated the risks I was taking, I was just focused on the timing. I'll remember that next time"
Did you catch his comments
3B43 replied on Tue, 2014-09-30 20:08
Did you catch his comments after the race? He was testing the limits, but also knew he had a big points lead (best time to experiment). Next year, the raceS/WC will be much tighter and its better to learn and experiment WITH A huge lead. If anyone thinks this 'kid' does things 'willy-nilly', they are under estimating his IQ. He will not make this mistake again.
Capitalising on mistakes
Lilyvani replied on Tue, 2014-09-30 21:53
I thought he was riding a little more carefully (while it was dry) this weekend, not nearly as crazily as at Misano, where he looked like he was in a bin it or win it mode. It's a shame neither VR nor DP were able to capitalise though, it'd only have take one more poor result in the next race or two to possibly make a race of it come Valencia.
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Corruption, barrier to sustainable development – Magu
The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, on Wednesday December 4, 2019, identified corruption as an encumbrance that will continue to hinder sustainable development in the world, if left unchecked.
Magu, who was represented by the Commission’s Secretary, Olanipekun Olukoyede, made the observation during the opening of a two- day High-Level conference on Fast Tracking Implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, UNCAC, in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals at State House Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Magu reiterated the Commission’s avowed determination to eradicate corruption in Nigeria and partner with both national and International stakeholders in addressing the malaise.
The EFCC boss assured that the EFCC would continue to collaborate with the UNODC and other partners to amplify the UNCAC convention in support of sustainable development goals.
He however observed that efforts by state parties to domesticate the convention has been slow due to barriers around legal technicalities and matters of sovereignty. These barriers, he noted, has constrained the return of stolen assets.
Nevertheless, Magu stated that the Commission remain committed to the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
“EFCC will continue to update its skills, resources and systems in response to new and emerging forms of economic crimes and continue to partner with international and national partners in furtherance of this mandate”, he stated.
The EFCC helmsman said the Commission has achieved a lot in the last four years in the areas of assets recovery, prosecution, arrests and convictions.
The high level conference attracted key stakeholders in the fight against corruption in Nigeria, including the country rep of the UNODC in Nigeria, Oliver Stolpe and the Director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, Moddibo Tukur.
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LinkedIn denies hacking into users’ email
24 Sep 2013 15 Law & order, Social networks
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No, LinkedIn most certainly does not sink its marketing fangs into users’ private email accounts and suck out their contact lists – well, at least, not without users’ permission – the company said over the weekend.
Blake Lawit, Senior Director of Litigation for LinkedIn, on Saturday responded to a class action lawsuit brought last week by four users who claimed that the professional networking site accesses their email accounts – “hacks into,” to use the diction of the lawsuit – without permission.
Lawit’s statement denies the plaintiffs’ accusations:
We do not access your email account without your permission. Claims that we "hack" or "break into" members' accounts are false.
We never deceive you by "pretending to be you" in order to access your email account.
We never send messages or invitations to join LinkedIn on your behalf to anyone unless you have given us permission to do so.
On Tuesday, four LinkedIn users in the US filed the complaint, which alleges that the company “hacks into” users’ email accounts, downloads their address books, and then repeatedly spams out marketing email, ostensibly from the users themselves, to their contacts.
The suit charges LinkedIn with fuzzily-worded requests and notifications when it comes to just what, exactly “growing” a user’s network entails.
On the screen labelled “Grow your network on LinkedIn”, presented when a new user signs up for the free service, LinkedIn works its marketing sneakiness, the suit says, getting into a user’s email account without a password and then snapping up contacts and the email address for anybody with whom he or she has ever swapped email:
LinkedIn is able to download these addresses without requesting the password for the external email accounts or obtaining consent.
If a LinkedIn user has logged out of all their email applications, LinkedIn requests the username and password of an external email account to ostensibly verify the identity of the user.
However, LinkedIn then takes the password and login information provided and, without notice or consent, LinkedIn attempts to access the user's external email account to download email addresses from the user's external email account.
If LinkedIn is able to break into the user's external email account using this information, LinkedIn downloads the email addresses of each and every person emailed by that user.
The suit mentions “hundreds” of user complaints about the practice on LinkedIn’s own site.
It’s not difficult to see why users might well be appalled, given some of the situations they describe on the site’s help center thread on the topic.
One user, Cynthia Hubbard, describes LinkedIn invitations getting sent out “at [her] alleged behest” to a coworker with whom she “had a great deal of trouble”, to five individuals from opposing in-house counsel and corporate defendants in a lawsuit she was involved in, and to a worker’s compensation client she referred to another law firm and whom she would never personally invite to her contact list, among others.
One reader commented on my coverage last week that he or she had read an account on another posting of this story, about a psychologist whose professional email messages to patients had triggered invitations to connect that were actionable malpractice breaches for which he could face disciplinary action.
In his statement, Lawit says that LinkedIn most certainly gives users the choice to share email contacts and that the company “will continue to do everything we can to make our communications about how to do this as clear as possible.”
From what I can suss out, LinkedIn does tell users what it’s up to, but the language is hidden away and is a far cry from “as clear as possible.”
Users have been decrying LinkedIn’s practices for months, at the very least, without any satisfaction.
It’s easy, in a case like this, to blame users for not reading the fine print. That logic holds that free services are only free from a financial standpoint, but you pay, one way or the other, to keep them alive, including letting a service like LinkedIn vacuum up your contacts for marketing purposes.
There’s merit to that argument.
Then again, there’s no excuse for tucking your marketing practices away where they’re not obvious to users.
The hallmark of clear communication is that you don’t wind up with pages full of comments from outraged, surprised users. And that is exactly what LinkedIn is dealing with now, with the added problem that all that user surprise and outrage has festered and is now boiling up into the legal realm.
Image of email access and checking email courtesy of Shutterstock.
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Why am I not surprised. After all they promote and let the scam Who’ Who do targeted marketing through their site.
I think LI are being economical with the truth.
I've never given LI permission to suck up my Outlook contacts – but when I got a request to connect to someone (who I am already connected to via my biz as he works for me!) via their personal e-mail address I suspected something dodgy. Looking at the contact list in LI, I could see all the names of people in my Outlook contacts so instantly deleted the lot. As I said, I hadn't given LI any permission to do pull that list in.
And guess what? My co-director found the same as well.
LI need to be taken to task for this.
Lisa Vaas says:
"LI are being economical with the truth."
Dick, I love that turn of phrase. Beautifully worded.
*EJ* says:
Same experience as you, but reversed roles of personal and business email addresses. LI are lying sacks. I don't do much with them at this point and am seriously considering just closing out my account.
Rob Harmer says:
Marketing by targeting our ego, masked as "growing your network" by accessing email accounts "without permission" is deceptive.
In some country jurisdictions this LI approach may contravene data privacy regulations (personally identifiable information) shared with consent of the "email owner". All parties (LI and the LI account holder) may be in violation in this instance.
LI benefits by selling premium 'upgrades' to new customers, and using our own email account lists as the leverage, is how they are spreading (growing) their customer base.
LI need to be right upfront about this very quickly and correct any hidden away "consent" so its more obvious.
Opt-Out has to be the default "norm' and Opt-In is by explicit "click this button (displaying the terms of engagement) as consent".
Lawyers at 10 paces will solve this problem, as a class action suit, for a fee 🙂
Larry Marks says:
People not thinking about what they are doing. It's this simple, folks: When LinkedIn asks for the password to your email account–and it does, with lots of flowery language around it–STOP and ask yourself "What do they need that for?"
There's no good reason for it–so don't divulge your password. The same sort of people who would blindly submit their passwords are those who would load any old Smartphone app without looking at the permissions it needs.
This is like an intelligence test. If you get a LinkedIn request from someone you barely know–or don't know–they failed.
The problem is – LI somehow gets your contacts without you every giving out the password to your email account.
Other suspect activities include an 'extended network' of people you've never heard of and never knowingly had any contact with and getting the wrong company you might have worked for. I have never worked in California, but LI say I have and got the wrong logo, address, etc. I worked in the UK for company that had the same first three letters but everything else different and included the word 'Europe' – so what part of 'Europe' don't they understand? And it doesn't change no matter what I do to follow their suggestions, they can't get it right.
So why should anyone now trust LI? Nearly as bad, perhaps, as Facebook?
Conrad Longmore says:
For a fact I know that LinkedIn suggests that you might “know” people that are using the same IP address as you are (e.g. family, colleagues). You can test this easily by creating a fake account and then logging into it at home or the office.
I also strongly suspect that LinkedIn creates shadow profiles of non-members and their relationships without permission (and possibly has hidden profile data on members too), as LinkedIn has the quite extraordinary capacity to suggest people that you know without having an obvious connection.
3caster says:
LinkedIn are lying. I received by email the following. The Reverend Susan B****** swears she didn't send it, nor did she give LinkedIn my email address. In fact she regrets being persuaded by a similar ruse to sign up to Linked In herself. Sorry the HTML would not paste into this, but the text is unchanged, except that I have protected her surname, and have denoted links by the words [Click here to].
From: Susan B****** <rev.s.b******@gmail.com>
Subject: Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Date: 25 May 2012 11:58:26 BST
To: Peter Taylor <peterjasontaylor@***.com>
From Susan B*****y
Vicar at Lincoln Diocese
I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.
[Click here to] Confirm that you know Susan
You are receiving Invitation to Connect emails. [Click here to] Unsubscribe
© 2012, LinkedIn Corporation. 2029 Stierlin Ct. Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
LI may not be hacking your address book for contacts. However it has sophisticated data mining to determine people with whom you have corresponded. I am aware of people with whom I only sent several emails and then they pop up in the suggestions or even have requested a connection from me (based on me appearing in their list) This is probably not that far off from what NSA has done.
I keep getting the same request to connect with my cousin via an email address that he has not used in well over 5 years. We do not share the same surname and the email address uses his nickname, rather than his real name. I used to contact him from time to time a number of years ago while he was working away via this address & have just never got around to deleting it from my contacts list. Since he's been back home, he's not used that account at all, so there's nowhere else that LinkedIn could have got the details from other than rooting around in my contact list without permission.
Bob Wehner says:
A friend invited me to join Linkedin, so I entered my email address. Shortly after, I started getting requests from linked to add names, and showing me names of people from my email address book, some members of my submarine crew 60 years ago. The only way they could have that info was to take my private info and publicly display it on the internet.
Bob Wehner
Something similar happened to me. Very worrisome.
cmc says:
Not only did it steal email contacts…..without giving it a password,
but day's latter sent me an email, with 4 of my email contacts asking if
I knew them…!! It not only had their email addressess, it has their
places of business where they worked….. and have no idea how they
got that information…. Something else is going on here besides
stealing email contacts…!
It grab's what it can and then somehow hunts them down to find out
what they do for a living…. and then show you what they do for a living..!
Pretty darn scarry if you ask me…..and this should not be legal..!
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Guards Intervene as Government MPs Face Off Against Opposition in Armenian Parliament
Security guards were forced to intervene during a debate on rescinding martial law in the Armenian parliament on Thursday, November 26, when MPs from the governing My Step party faced off with lawmakers from the opposition Prosperous Armenia party.
The tensions flared during a speech by Hamazasp Danielyan, a My Step MP.
The vote to lift martial law was defeated, with the the ruling My Step bloc voting against the bill. Martial law was instituted on September 28 after a conflict with Azerbaijan broke out in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. A ceasefire, brokered by Russia, led to a cessation of hostilities, but with parts of the region to be handed to Azerbaijan.
The ceasefire agreement was called a “disgraceful defeat” by Prosperous Armenia lawmaker Iveta Tonoyan ahead of the debate, according to News.am. Credit: National Assembly of Armenia via Storyful
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Anxiety, lack of exposure affected Golden Eaglets in Togo, says AmooSport…
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New Cross River Police Commissioner reads riot act to officers, men of command
The new Commissioner of Police in Cross River State, CP Abdulkadir Jimoh has read riot act to officers and men of the command.
Speaking at the inaugural meeting with officers in the Command on Monday, CP Jimoh said, “My mission in the State is integrity and I am coming with integrity.
“I will not allow anybody to soil my name, so I am appealing to all officers and men to live above board. This is a new dawn, the era of extortion, the era of arbitrary arrest and unlawful detention is over, I will not tolerate it.
“I believe in accountability, officers and men are going to be accountable for every action they take, I believe in honesty, you must be honest with the people of Cross River State, you must be honest with your colleagues and you must be honest with the Commissioner of Police,” CP Jimoh stated.
He urged the officers and men not to make life difficult for the people, “Should we make life difficult for them, God will not forgive us. Our service delivery must change.
“As the head of this command, I will live by example and I want the people to feel our impact positively and I believe in economic development. If the Police makes it difficult for people to move, the ease of doing business will be very difficult.
“For instance, if container is coming from Aba to Calabar and you have about 100 roadblocks, when are they going to get here? I want the entire tactical commander and everybody to get this warning message that I want development in Cross River State.
“I want business to grow in Cross River State. I want Cross River State IGR to increase, that is why I am going to key into Federal Government way of doing business and by making sure that there is no bottleneck created by the Police on the road”.
The CP warned all the criminals in the state to know that Cross River State is going to witness a new dawn, “I am using this opportunity to appeal to all those who have criminal intent or who are engaged in criminal activities to abundance this heinous way of lives or relocate to another state.”
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Share this Story: U.S. Forces Japan declares health emergency for bases in Kanto region
U.S. Forces Japan declares health emergency for bases in Kanto region
Apr 06, 2020 • April 6, 2020 • < 1 minute read
TOKYO — The U.S. Forces Japan commander declared on Monday a public health emergency for its military bases in eastern Japan’s Kanto region including Tokyo, which has seen a jump in the number of new coronavirus infections.
“Due to the steady increase in COVID-19 cases in the Tokyo area, I have implemented a Public Health Emergency for the Kanto Plains region,” Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, U.S. Forces Japan commander said in a statement. “This order covers all Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine installations and facilities in the area.”
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COVID-19 is the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.
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Mexico's Green Party demands look into candidate's death
Jun 02, 2018 • June 2, 2018 • < 1 minute read
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Green Party is demanding an investigation into the killing of its candidate for a congressional district in the central state of Puebla.
Juana Irais Maldonado is one of more than a dozen candidates who have been killed ahead of July 1 elections in Mexico.
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Maldonado was running to represent the Huauchinango district.
The Green Party urged authorities Saturday to put an end to the violence and aggression faced by candidates for public office.
Local media previously reported that Maldonado and another party member were ambushed after departing a campaign event in a vehicle.
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Share this Story: Taiwan leader to tour Pacific allies, with Hawaii stopover
Taiwan leader to tour Pacific allies, with Hawaii stopover
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FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2019, file photo, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during the New Year press conference in Taipei, Taiwan. Taiwan's official Central News Agency (CNA) reports that from Thursday, March 21 to March 28, Tsai is embarking on a tour of diplomatic allies in the Pacific that will end with a stopover in Hawaii. Photo by Chiang Ying-ying /AP
BEIJING — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left Thursday on a tour of diplomatic allies in the Pacific that will end with a stopover in Hawaii.
Taiwan has struggled to shore up its dwindling roster of allies as countries are choosing instead to establish relations with Beijing, which considers the self-governing island part of Chinese territory.
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Tsai will visit Palau, Nauru and the Marshall Islands, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported.
The agency said she will transit through Hawaii on March 27 on her way back from the Marshall Islands, but did not give further details.
Only 17 mainly small, developing countries still recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation. The island split from mainland China amid a civil war in 1949. Beijing has recently ratcheted up its rhetoric around “re-unifying” Taiwan with Communist Party-ruled mainland China.
China is particularly sensitive to co-operation between Taiwan and the U.S. When the latter approved the sale of $330 million of military equipment to Taiwan last September, China warned of “severe damage” to bilateral relations.
China’s foreign ministry said Thursday that it has complained to the U.S. about Tsai’s Hawaii stopover, mirroring its action toward a similar trip in 2017.
“Any attempt to create ‘two Chinas’ or ‘one China, one Taiwan,’ will be opposed by all Chinese people,” ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily briefing. “We urge the U.S. to abide by the ‘one China’ principle … and to not grant a stopover for Tsai Ing-wen, and to not send wrong messages to Taiwan independence forces.”
Tsai’s trip coincides with a visit to mainland China by Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu, whose election last November ended 20 years of rule by Tsai’s independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party in the southern Taiwan port city. The DPP lost significant representation to the Nationalists, Han’s party, in the local races, raising doubts about Tsai’s prospects for re-election in 2020.
Han has said Taiwan should be more open to peace negotiations with China, in contrast to Tsai, who has dismissed Beijing’s overtures.
Han is to visit the southern cities of Shenzhen and Xiamen, as well as the semi-autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau, from Friday to March 28.
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Special School: Shishu Bikas Kendra
Shishu Bikas Kendra
Shishu Bikas Kendra is a child development center. This is a school for differently abled children. In 1977 a Chief District Officer of Pokhara requested the Nepal Government to open a school for differently abled children. Nepal government in turn requested the Japanese government for the same. And the Japanese government placed this wish to the Japanese Jesuits. The Japanese Jesuit Province sent Fr. Akijiro Ooki S.J. to Nepal in 1978. He stayed in St. Xavier’s Jawalakhel abd spent time learning Nepali for a year. He moved to Pokhara in 1979 to look into the possibilities of a school of this sort. He received guidance from a Maryknoll Father, Fr. Adam Gudalofski, MM to start the school in a rented building. Fr. Ooki worked hard with the help of many Japanese friends of his to establish Shishu Bikas Kendra on a firm footing. He built up the school and the necessary infra-structure so well. After 31 years of service in Nepal, Fr. Ooki left for Japan for good in the year 2009 at the age of 83. In the year 2015, Fr. Akijiro Ooki left for his heavenly abode at the age of 89. The mustard seed that Fr. Ooki has sown has now grown into a big tree. The school actual capacity is 35 students but we have 50 students due to lots of request. The school has altogether 11 staff: 7 teaching staff and 4 non-teaching staff. In 2018 Shishu Bikas Kendra will complete 40 years of its Glorious Past. The local Jesuits, staff and students are ever grateful to Fr. Ooki for all that he has done to the hapless and helpless. On May 8, 2018, the school got registered with the local Municipality.
Shishu Bikas Kendra, view from main road
Shishu Bikas Kendra, view from Jesuit house
After Fr. Akijiro Oooki left for Japan, the following fathers have been the directors of the school:
Fr. Mathew Assarikudy (2009 – 2011)
Fr. James Poovathumkal (2011 -2012)
Fr. Victor Beck (2012 – 2018)
Fr. Paul Kizhakekala C. (2018- Present)
Children doing morning exercises
Expected Total Expenses of the year 2018 is NPR. 4614044/-.
All students are on scholarship.
41 students give Rs. 1500/- each, i.e., 41×1500 = 615000/-
5 students give Rs. 800/- each 5×800 = 4000/-
3 Shutter rent Rs. 8000/- each 3×8000 = 24000/-
Total monthly income of the school is: 91500/-
Our expenditure per student per month is: 7690/-
Total annual collection from fee (income) 1098000/-
Total annual expenditure of the school is 4614044/-
The deficit amount to be met by Nepal Jesuit Society annually: 3,516044/-
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HomeAlan Jackson’s son-in-law dies after sustaining severe injuries following accident
Alan Jackson’s son-in-law dies after sustaining severe injuries following accident
September 14, 2018 | by Jaimie-lee Prince
Country music star Alan Jackson's son-in-law has passed away from critical injuries sustained from a boating accident. Ben Selecman died September 12 according to the Tennessean.
Selecman worked as an assistant district attorney at the Davidson County District Attorney Office in Nashville. They released the saddening news of the incident.
The 28-year-old lived with his wife, Mattie Jackson Selecman, the eldest daughter of Alan Jackson.
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#BREAKING @OfficialJackson son-in-law Ben Selecman dies in boating accident. https://t.co/VGoEuqmeny pic.twitter.com/dBAox5GOip
— Natalie Neysa Alund (@nataliealund) September 13, 2018
Glenn Funk, who worked with Selecman, said on Thursday:
"He was really a rising star and I'm sick that we lost him, but I'm grateful for every day that he worked for us because he was great."
He continued saying the DA's office is "thankful for every day that Ben had the opportunity to serve the people of Davidson County. Our prayers are with Ben’s family. He will be truly missed."
Davidson County Assistant DA, who is also Alan Jackson's son-in-law, dies following boating accident: https://t.co/ckqUlUgYwc pic.twitter.com/HEyiS3LaYp
— FoxNashville (@FOXNashville) September 13, 2018
WSMV-TV reported that Selecman fell at a Floridan boat dock sometime in early September.
Mattie recently shut down her business Salt & Vine in Sylvan Heights earlier in June 2018. The European-style restaurant had been running for two years.
She spoke with Southern Bride magazine about how she and her husband got together back in 2017.
"Ben will tell you we first met at a mutual friend’s wedding, but I just remember dancing with a cute guy and never thinking about him after."
They reconnected two years after while Selecman was in law school.
"He asked me out and I said no, but he didn’t give up. Three months later, he called. I finally relented, so he drove almost 4 hours just for dinner and we’ve talked every day since."
Our deepest sympathies go out to the family of Alan Jackson @OfficialJackson on the loss of his son-in-law, Ben Selecman, married to oldest daughter, Mattie. #prayersforAlanJacksonFamily pic.twitter.com/m7P94md3Vx
— Gene Watson (@GeneWatsonMusic) September 13, 2018
The couple were wed in Franklin, Tennesee where Alan walked his daughter down the aisle. They surprised their friends and family with a "two-step swing dance to my Dad's first radio single, Blue Blooded Woman 'and a Redneck Man.' "
Mattie added: "...to say the day was a fairy tale is an understatement. It felt like the first day of school, senior prom, and a sort of graduation into a world with so much more gravity than any we’d yet experienced."
Mattie is the first of Alan's three daughters. She and her sisters are usually kept out of the limelight, but this recent shocking news will be difficult to endure.
Alan Jackson shared his holiday plans for this year and they are just the way he likes them
A post shared by Alan Jackson (@officialalanjackson)
She and her two sisters also appeared in public with their father for the Songwriters Hall of Fame back in June 2018.
Alan and his wife Denise posed with their daughters and uploaded the heartwarming photo to Instagram.
We hope that the family is able to get through the saddening loss.
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Home Achievers Thune Named CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team
Thune Named CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third Team
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Belmont women’s cross country and track runner Brittany Thune was named to the 2009-10 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Third Team, as announced Thursday by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Thune becomes the first cross country/track and field athlete, male or female, and only the ninth Belmont student-athlete on any athletic team to garner the recognition. She also becomes only the second female student-athlete in school history to receive the award. Click here for more on this story.
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Over time, friendships grew. A number of women spread out across Canada got to know things about the men they met. The men — allegedly based out of Regina — provided their names, sent photos, talked about their children and their jobs. As weeks and months passed, the men shared more.
He added that most of them start with online dating sites. The scammer will spend a good deal of time getting to know the victim and making.
The Alberta RCMP mapping unit keeps a map updated with local crime so the public can view information on missing persons, stolen vehicle and high crime areas. Please note: the points on the map are not at the exact location of the crime; they are at nearby intersections or regions. The Cochrane RCMP Detachment has 40 regular members: one inspector, one staff sergeant, one sergeant, five corporals and 33 constables and 11 support staff.
The Cochrane detachment responds to a diverse number of calls due to the ever-growing communities of Cochrane and surrounding areas. Members of the community who are dedicated to maintaining a safe and crime-free environment. Allows citizens to become more involved in preventing and identifying crime in the community.
VSU is in place to help victims of crime and other traumatic circumstances. VSU uses a variety of tools and provides victims with information and advice, as needed. Every school in Cochrane has a school liaison. School liaisons speak to children about various topics including bicycle safety, drug and alcohol prevention and more. It is created for youth and provides the tools needed to make healthy life choices.
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Justin Bourque – article source who is serving a life someone with no chance of division for 75 years for his shooting rampage in Moncton, N. Three RCMP officers were killed and two injured by a gunman Justin Bourque, who was meet military camouflage and wielding two gun. Melissa Fazzina, who runs the site, said many of the inmates are just looking for friendships and she hopes the connections can help meet them better people.
It does a division to meet their lives for the better while they’re inside someone and often for where they’re coming out,” she said. Fazzina said she started the review a few years where after seeing sites in the United States and realized there was nothing similar in Canada. Bourque, who is serving his sentence at the Atlantic Institution in Renous, N.
Court cases, as well as the lives of frontline officers, have been jeopardized by placing the information technology operations of the RCMP under the SSC, according to an internal report of the national police service. Where the commissioner brought attention to several occasion when failures by the SSC impacted police operations. Read the whole story here. Best Practice.
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Jason Tait, a West Kootenay Traffic Unit constable, is charged with manslaughter using a firearm in relation to the shooting of Waylon Jesse Edey, 39, during an attempted traffic stop near Castlegar on Jan. It has already been over a year since Tait elected for a trial by jury in April The charges against Tait came more than three years after the incident and after a lengthy investigation by the Independent Investigation Office, B.
Police eventually located the suspect driving west on Highway 3 on the Kinnaird Bridge in south Castlegar. According to court documents, Tait pulled over, got out of his cruiser, and tried to get the driver to pull over. The driver did not stop, but hit the police cruiser and continued to drive towards Tait. Tait then fired his service pistol.
His mother, Deborah Edey, has also filed a civil lawsuit against Tait, alleging the use of deadly force was unwarranted. The total number of cases in health authority region since the start of the pandemic is Findings come as B. Although foreign nationals are largely banned from entering, Canadians have the right to return. Nelson was the only B. David Xiao died climbing Mt.
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Creep Catchers are non-affiliated individuals and groups who attempt to prevent child sexual abuse by posing as minors, using chat rooms and dating sites to lure adults willing to meet the minor for The Surrey RCMP closed its case without charges, and the man’s employer began an internal investigation. In August .
Creep Catchers are non-affiliated individuals and groups who attempt to prevent child sexual abuse by posing as minors, using chat rooms and dating sites to lure adults willing to meet the minor for sex, and then exposing the adult by publicly posting videos of the ensuing confrontation. Cooperative suspects are typically lectured to in relative privacy, while belligerents or those with particularly explicit conversations are loudly shamed and profanely ridiculed.
Public and official reactions to groups of Creep Catchers have been mixed, with some supporting the intent of preventing abuse and others noting dangers of vigilanteism by untrained public. In , Vice. In posing as underage children to lure and then confront online predators, the modus operandi of the movement bears similarities to Dateline NBC ‘ s To Catch a Predator series, but police are not present for the confrontations, which typically happen in public.
In July , Justin Payne began publicly exposing adults who thought they were meeting minors willing to engage in sex, operating in Mississauga, Ontario. The documentary focused on the unseen side of Creep Catcher members and operations, including the criminal pasts of some members and questioning the possible financial gains of the various “chapters”. The documentary also featured an interview with Edmonton Police Service ICE Detective Dave Dubnick, who tells the story of how a Creep Catchers group in Lloydminster, Alberta, interfered with an ongoing investigation of a child predator, leading to the man escaping surveillance and, months later, being arrested in Manitoba for molesting a toddler and a baby.
Shelswell told CTV News they had no plans to stop: “As long as we follow the rules given to us by Creep Catchers originally, we’re doing everything legally. The man drove off, first striking a parked truck and almost hitting Ryan LaForge, who filmed the encounter.
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police noticed that among rank-and-file members showing an interest in promotions, fewer women than men were putting their hands up. A gender-based analysis of the RCMP process for selecting officers found a problem: the Mounties took applications for promotions in September. That coincides with the start of the school year, making it harder for those with school-aged children to complete it. Caroline Duval wrote in an email. They took a closer look through something called gender-based analysis, which involves examining how a policy or process could affect men and women in different ways, while taking other factors such as age, race, ability, sexual orientation and income into account.
If the analysis, ideally done at the outset, reveals one gender, or another group, would experience disproportionately negative impacts, then plans can be reshaped to avoid that outcome, or at least mitigate those effects.
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Posted on September 18, 2017 by kobrigama
Wed, Sep 13: Osh • drive to Ferghana , Uzbekistan
Thu, Sep 14: Ferghana • Margilan • Rishtan • Ferghana
Fri, Sep 15: Ferghana • Kokand • train to Tashkent
Sat, Sep 16: Tashkent
Map from Central Asia, Lonely Planet p. 140
What is it about a border? Is the line on a map a barrier like mountains or deserts or waters that stop humans, language, and even pollination from movement, from communication? With Internet, a line between countries has the possibility of minimizing differences. Although the Internet (as well as genetic engineering) has the ability to make humans the same, it hasn’t happened yet and , in my opinion, that is a good thing. If everyone in the world shopped at the same stores, ate the same food, talked about the same things, lived in the same style house, and looked alike, a traveller would become extinct.
Crossing the border from Osh, Kyrgyzstan, and entering the Ferghana Valley of Uzbekistan, history says that Stalin divided this area, land of the Uzbeks, into two countries, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, to keep the tribe from uniting against the Soviets. This tactic succeeded and encouraged regional disunity. From the Kyrgyzstan side of the border to the Uzbekistan side, these people share the same history, religion as well as a similar Turkic language, yet, I understood that when crossing the border, there would be a change in the character of people and this notation was not wrong.
One of the first things my Uzbek guide, Abdu, said was to list the Uzbekistan’s natural resources and agricultural products, adding that there is a population of 32 million. He said, “Uzbekistan’s greatest resource is its people.” I was soon to find out the truth in his statement. From the first meeting of Uzbek people, my introduction was that of an inquisitive, outgoing, and confident people.
After crossing the border, we stopped at a Farmer’s Market in Ferghana . People smiled easily and asking questions, wanting to practice their English or say, ‘welcome to Uzbekistan’. I met Malika who sells wedding bread and soon we were discussing possibilities to marry off my sons! One of the first question is always about my age. Malika revealed that she was two years older than I so we had a good laugh about who looked younger. Other ladies gave out free samples of what they were selling like the sunflower seed lady; Mohabad from Toslaq village who sells handmade Do’ppi hats and who dreamt of going to Mecca insisted that I return home with her so she could cook plov(the national Uzbek dish made of rice, vegetables and meat) for me. Over and over I met confident, outgoing women inviting me into their lives.
Mohabad from Toslaq
Malika from Ferghana Valley
Univerisity students from Koland
Then to visit al-Farghani Gardens, formerly Lenin Gardens, and the al-Farghani statue. The astronomer, mathematician, and geographer, Abu al‐Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani (798-865) born in the Ferghana Valley. He also has a statue at Roda Island in Cairo (see :AlFraganus ). One of al-Farghani’s many contributions was a unique device “Nilometer” – the construction of water level in the Nile.
The Ferghana Valley, surrounded by the Tien Shan Mountain Range and watered by tributaries of the Syr Darya River, is the most fertile part of Central Asia. Alexander the Great In the valley c. 329 BC. Traders from China came this way as they created the trade route in the 1st century BC. The whole valley became a rich oasis, with irrigated fields producing grains, fruits, silk, cotton, nuts and vegetables, and supporting horses, cattle, sheep and camels. There is evidence that Buddhism made its way here from China before the advent of Islam in the 8th century CE.
Ferghana Valley extends into modern-day Kyrgyzstan and is where the Han emperor, Wu Ti sent his army to bring Fergana horses into China ( c.113BCE) one of its early imports from Central Asia. The horses were most desirable and Emperor Wu Ti named the renamed the horse, ‘Heavenly Horses’. He sent an army of 40,000 men in 104 BCE 5,000 km to Ferghana, but they were defeated. Another army of 60,000 men was sent in 103 BCE and they managed to negotiate the acquisition of 3,000 horses. The Chinese attributed to horses magical powers second to dragons. Ferghana horses had size, stamina, and a muscle structure particular to them which decreased a bulge on each front topside of the rib cage over which a rider could camp his legs, hang on to and street by doing away with the need for reins, thereby freeing his arms for shooting arrows from his bow.
Gansu Flying Horse in Lanzhou
The Han dynasty bronze statuette Gansu Flying Horse is most likely a depiction of this breed. In Osh, there is rock art carved high ona rocky gorge that is thought to be a depiction of the Ferghana horses.
These horses played an important a role in China’s expansion and came to be seen as status symbols for rich men and officials. A good example of this is that horses are buried with the Terracotta Warriors of Xi’an.
Terra Cotta Warriors with their horses in Xi’an
The need for horses became so intrinsic a part of Chinese life over the centuries that China went on trading for them along the Silk Road, paying with bales of silk cloth. The West acquired a taste for the luxurious silk and was no less a passion than the Chinese’s desire for horses.
In Margilian, I visit a silk workshop, Yodgorlik Silk Factory, to observe the process of silk-making, and learn more about the traditional ikat and khanatlas or “king of satin’’ pattern distinctive to Uzbek silk fabrics. (For silk process in Syria, read: Queen of Fabrics-Silk). Silkworms are raised here on mulberry leaves (the only leaf a silkworm feeds upon) and the cocoons are unraveled to yield the raw material.
Natural dyes to produce stunning pieces using traditional Uzbek ikat design.Ikat is the name for textiles produced using a special method of dyeing the threads before they are woven. Uzbek ikat patterns often have blurred or “cloudy” edges caused by this method.
Ceramics Master’s Workshop, Rustum Usmanov, in Rishtan
The village of Rishtan is famous for its ceramics. There is evidence of earthenware in the foothills of the Alai Range dating back one thousand years. Pottery became prominent in this region due to the unusual amount and excellent quality of locally accessible raw materials – red clay and pigments made of minerals and mountain grasses. Modern Rishtan ceramics are characterized by elaborate floral and geometric designs in bright blue and green hues painted on a creamy white background.
Kokand was first mentioned by Arab travelers in the 10th century as an oasis town on the trade route between India and China. ( The Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group, now mainly in Xinjiang Autonomous Province in China stretched to the Kokand Kingdom.) Kokand was known throughout history as a prosperous trading and religious center during the 19th century, it was the centerpiece of a powerful khanate stretching from the Fergana Valley to the southern Kazakh steppes.
Palace of Khudayar-Khan in Kokand
The Palace of Khudayar Khan was built between 1863-1873. At the time of its construction it was one of the most luxurious palaces in Central Asia
Lunch with a Knife and Sword Master, The Art of Knife Making:
Hasan Umarov , Tel+998 (73) 5437521; +998 (91)1416889; email: umarov_h@list.ru
Khasan Umarov is third generation knife and sword blacksmith. His father was known as a great knife craftsman in the Fergana Valley. Khasen follows in his father’s footsteps and crafts hand-forges knives, daggers and swords by combining hard and soft stainless steel with tungsten carbide to control strength and flexibility of each blade depending on its use. Khasen has participated in the International Folk Art at Santa Fe.
In Uzbek culture the knife is considered a sacred object and has a protective function as well as a practical one. Khasen’s blades come in different sizes with bone, horn, or mother of pearl inlaid handles. His signature is found only on his favourite knives.
Of course, I cannot forget the scrumptious lunch that Khasen’s wife prepared…plov, the Uzbekistan national dish.
Boarding the train in the late afternoon, it would take almost 5 hours to reach Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. After leaving the fertil plains of the Ferghana valley, the land is increasingly dry and treeles as the train ascends towards a mountainous region,near the border of Tajikistan (another border by pen, the Tajik border extends almost 200 kilometers between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Passing through the canyon, the train pulls to the Kamchik Pass at 2270 meters, a tunnel through a part of the Chatkal mountain range, a spur of the Tien Shan mountains, gets us to the other side just as the sun is setting.
Although it doesn’t look it today, Tashkent is one of the oldest cities in Uzbekistan. Rock paintings in the Chatkal Mountains about 50 miles away show that humans have been here since perhaps 2000 BC. In the 2nd century BC the town was known as Ming Uryuk. A major caravan crossroads, it was taken by the Arabs in 751 and by Genghis Khan in the 13th century. Tamerlane feasted here in the 14th century and the Shaibanid khans in the 15th and 16th. The Russian Empire arrived in 1865, and Uzbekistan was not an autonomous country again until 1991.
Tashkent lost much of its architectural history in a huge earthquake in 1966, and although it is an old city, most of it has been built since then. Today, the city has wide tree-lined boulevards, oversized 20th century Soviet buildings and reconstructed traces of the old city with mud-walled houses, narrow winding lanes, mosques and madrassahs.
Abul Kasim Madrassah
Visit the Abul Kasim Madrassah, where each tiny student cell has been transformed into a different craft workshop. Here you can observe craftspeople painting their brilliant lacquer boxes, woodcarvers fabricating elaborate stands for the Koran, and painters working on miniatures. Outside of the madrasah I meet a group to women who came to Tashkent for the day from a neighbouring village of To’yteppa. One lady, Oyzoda, meaning the moon, stops to chat. I learn that she is my age, 68, and is a retired nurse and lives in a one story house.
Oldest Quran
The Uthman Quran, considered by Sunni Muslims to be the oldest Quran in the world, is safeguarded in the library of the Tillya Sheikh Mosque in the Muy Muborok Madrassah. Written on calfskin some time after the death of Prophet Mohammed, the manuscript is believed to have been compiled in Medina by Uthman, the third caliph of Islam. Only a third of the manuscript remains, about 250 large pages bound into a huge book. It has been inscribed onto the UNESCO Memory of the World Register. Photographs were not allowed but here is a description:
Shahid Memorial Complex
The Shahid Memorial Complex honors the innocent martyrs (shahid) who were killed during Stalin’s purges in 1938. The blue-domed rotunda and cooling fountain that mark their graves are set in the midst of a green area with a canal running through it.
Courage Monument
Tashkent is built in a seismically active area, and has suffered from earthquakes all during its history. In April 1966, at 4:23am, a 7.5 quake destroyed the homes of 300,000 people, hitting the older sections of the city hardest. The Courage Monument was built near the dividing line between the old town and Tashkent’s newer section to honor the workers from all over the Soviet Union who came to Tashkent to help rebuild the city.
A rare opportunity availed itself when I was asked if I would like to attend the premier opera/ballet performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Tashkent of Khamsa, by Alisher Navoi. ‘Alisher Navai (1441 – 1501), also known as Nizām-al-Din ʿAlisher Herawī was a Turkic poet, writer, politician, linguist, mystic, and painter. He spoke Persian, Arabic and Chagatai (a lost language) and wrote much of the poetry in Chagatai. Some say he was the founder of Uzbek language and literature more likely his writings developed the language much like Shakespeare did for the English language. His plays have universal qualities as he writes of different peoples, different historical eras, religions and traditions. For example in the play Khamsa, his characters are from diverse backgrounds: one character is Chinese, another Arab, another Armenian, Persian, and Greek. His themes are are of freedom, love, and happiness
Bolshoi Theater in Tashkent
There are two statues of Alisher Navai that I have come across in my travels. One outside the Osh Market in Kyrgyzstan and one in small village, Urgut, Uzbekistan.
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Urgut, Uzbekistan
Khamsa – the common title of the five dastans by Nava’i that were written in 1483–85. With this work Nava’i established a precedent for quality literature in Chagatay. The five dastans included in Nava’i’s Khamsa are:
Hayrat ul-Abror (Wonders of Good People) – 64 chapters, 3,988 verses long; written in 1483;
Farhad wa Shirin (Farhad and Shirin) – 59 chapters, 5,782 verses long; written in 1484;
Layli wa Majnun (Layli and Majnun) – 36 chapters, 3,622 verses long; written in 1484;
Sab’ai Sayyor (Seven Travelers) – 37 chapters, 8,008 verses long; written in 1485;
Saddi Iskandari (Alexander’s Wall) – 83 chapters, 7,215 verse long; written in 1485.- Wikipedia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali-Shir_Nava’i
At the Bolshoi Theatre:
Many thanks to Abdu Samadov who introduced, encouraged, and translated. Through Abdu’s openness and enthusiasm for his country, I had the opportunity to meet many interesting Uzbeks. Besides being a super guide, he is also an accomplished doira player.
Abdu Samadov
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By sk June 3, 2019
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The series of posts “Blockchain 2.0” discussed about the evolution of blockchain technology since the advent of cryptocurrencies since the Bitcoin in 2008. This post will seek to explore the future of blockchains. Lovably called blockchain 3.0, this new wave of DLT evolution will answer the issues faced with blockchains currently (each of which will be summarized here). The next version of the tech standard will also bring new applications and use cases. At the end of the post we will also look at a few examples of these principles currently applied.
Few of the shortcomings of blockchain platforms in existence are listed below with some proposed solutions to those answered afterward.
Problem 1: Scalability[1]
This is seen as the first major hurdle to mainstream adoption. As previously discussed, a lot of limiting factors contribute to the blockchain’s in-capacity to process a lot of transactions at the same time. Existing networks such as Ethereum are capable of measly 10-15 transactions per second (TPS) whereas mainstream networks such as those employed by Visa for instance are capable of more than 2000 TPS. Scalability is an issue that plagues all modern database systems. Improved consensus algorithms and better blockchain architecture designs are improving it though as we see here.
Solving scalability
Implementing leaner and more efficient consensus algorithms have been proposed for solving issues of scalability without disturbing the primary structure of the blockchain. While most cryptocurrencies and blockchain platforms use resource intensive PoW algorithms (For instance, Bitcoin & Ethereum) to generate blocks, newer DPoS and PoET algorithms exist to solve this issue. DPoS and PoET algorithms (there are some more in development) require less resources to maintain the blockchain and have shown to have throughputs ranging up to 1000s of TPS rivalling that of popular non-blockchain systems.
The second solution to scalability is altering the blockchain structure[1] and functionality altogether. We won’t get into finer details of this, but alternative architectures such as Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) have been proposed to handle this issue. Essentially, the assumption for this to work is that not all network nodes need to have a copy of the entire blockchain for the blockchain to work or the participants to reap the benefits of a DLT system. The system does not require transactions to be validated by the entirety of the participants and simply requires the transactions to happen in a common frame of reference and be linked to each other.
The DAG[2] approach is implemented in the Bitcoin system using an implementation called the Lightning network and Ethereum implements the same using their Sharding[3] protocol. At its heart a DAG implementation is not technically a blockchain. It’s more like a tangled maze, but still retains the peer to peer and distributed database properties of the blockchain. We will explore DAG and Tangle networks in a separate post later.
Problem 2: Interoperability[4][5]
Interoperability is called cross-chain interaction is basically different blockchains being able to talk to each other to exchange metrics and information. With so many platforms that is hard to keep a count on at the moment and different companies coming up with proprietary systems for all the myriad of applications, interoperability between platforms is key. For instance, at the moment, someone who owns digital identities on one platform will not be able to exploit features presented by other platforms because the individual blockchains do not understand or know each other. Problems pertaining to lack of credible verifications, token exchange etc. still persist. A global roll out of smart contracts is also not viable without platforms being able to communicate with each other.
Solving Interoperability
There are protocols and platforms designed just for enabling interoperability at the moment. Such platforms implement atomic swaps protocols and provide open stages for different blockchain systems to communicate and exchange information between them. An example would be “0x (ZRX)” which is described later on.
Problem 3: Governance[6]
Not a limitation in its own, governance in a public blockchain needs to act as a community moral compass where everyone’s opinion is taken into account on the operation of the blockchain. Combined and seen with scale this presents a problem where in either the protocols change far too frequently or the protocols are changed at the whims of a “central” authority who holds the most tokens. This is not an issue that most public blockchains are working to avoid right now since the scale at their operating in and the nature of their operations don’t require stricter supervision.
Solving Governance issues
The Tangled framework or the DAG mentioned above would almost eliminate the need and use for global (platform wide) governance laws. Instead a program can automatically oversee the transaction and user type and decide on the laws that need to be implemented.
Problem 4: Sustainability
Sustainability builds on the scalability issue again. Current blockchains and cryptocurrencies are notorious for being not sustainable in the long run owing to the significant oversight that is still required and the amount of resources required to keep the systems running. If you’ve read reports of how “mining cryptocurrencies” have not been so profitable lately, this is what it was. The amount of resources required to keep up existing platforms running is simply not practical at a global scale with mainstream use.
Solving non-sustainability
From a resources or economic point of view the answer to sustainability would be similar to the one for scalability. However, for the system to be implemented on a global scale, laws and regulations need to endorse it. This however depends on the governments of the world. Favourable moves from the American and European governments have however renewed hopes in this aspect.
Problem 5: User adoption[7]
Currently a hindrance to widespread consumer adoption of blockchain based applications is consumer unfamiliarity with the platform and the tech underneath it. The fact that most applications require some sort of a tech and computing background to figure out how they work does not help in this aspect either. The third wave of blockchain developments seek to lessen the gap between consumer knowledge and platform usability.
Solving the user adoption issue
The internet took a lot of time to be the way it is now. A lot of work has been done on developing a standardized internet technology stack over the years that has allowed the web to function the way it is now. Developers are working on user facing front end distributed applications that should act as a layer on top of existing web 3.0 technology while being supported by blockchains and open protocols underneath. Such distributed applications will make the underlying technology more familiar to users, hence increasing mainstream adoption.
We’ve discussed about the solutions to the above issues theoretically, and now we proceed to show these being applied in the present scenario.
0x – is a decentralized token exchange where users from different platforms can exchange tokens without the need of a central authority to vet the same. Their breakthrough comes in how they’ve designed the system to record and vet the blocks only after transactions are settled and not in between (to verify context, blocks preceding the transaction order is also verified normally) as is normally done. This allows for a more liquid faster exchange of digitized assets online.
Cardano – founded by one of the co-founders of Ethereum, Cardano boasts of being a truly “scientific” platform with multiple reviews and strict protocols for the developed code and algorithms. Everything out of Cardano is assumed to be mathematically as optimized as possible. Their consensus algorithm called Ouroboros, is a modified Proof of Stake algorithm. Cardano is developed in Haskell and the smart contract engine uses a derivative of Haskell called Plutus for operating. Both are functional programming languages which guarantee secure transactions without compromising efficiency.
EOS – We’ve already described EOS here in this post.
COTI – a rather obscure architecture, COTI entails no mining, and next to zero power consumption in operating. It also stores assets in offline wallets localized on user’s devices rather than a pure peer to peer network. They also follow a DAG based architecture and claim of processing throughputs of up to 10000 TPS. Their platform allows enterprises to build their own cryptocurrency and digitized currency wallets without exploiting a blockchain.
[1] A. P. Paper, K. Croman, C. Decker, I. Eyal, A. E. Gencer, and A. Juels, “On Scaling Decentralized Blockchains | SpringerLink,” 2018.
[2] Going Beyond Blockchain with Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAG)
[3] Ethreum/wiki - On sharding blockchains
[4] Why is blockchain interoperability important
[5] The Importance of Blockchain Interoperability
[6] R. Beck, C. Müller-Bloch, and J. L. King, “Governance in the Blockchain Economy: A Framework and Research Agenda,” J. Assoc. Inf. Syst., pp. 1020–1034, 2018.
[7] J. M. Woodside, F. K. A. Jr, W. Giberson, F. K. J. Augustine, and W. Giberson, “Blockchain Technology Adoption Status and Strategies,” J. Int. Technol. Inf. Manag., vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 65–93, 2017.
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Cape Heartstone
The Story of Nita Kakot Amundsen, Camilla Carpendale and Roald Amundsen
Original title: Kapp Hjertestein
Historien om Nita Kakot Amundsen, Camilla Carpendale og Roald Amundsen
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In January 1921 the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen took over responsibility for a four-year-old girl from the Siberian Chukchi people. He named her Nita. Three months later he took charge of another girl from Chukotka—11-year-old Camilla Carpendale, daughter of a local trader. At this time Amundsen’s fame as the conqueror of the South Pole spanned the globe.
Nita and Camilla were the closest Roald Amundsen ever came to establishing his own family. For almost three years, they lived together on journeys across the globe and in Amundsen’s home outside of Oslo. Diaries, letters and newspaper reports tell of their strong mutual affection in these years. Nita and Camilla learned Norwegian, went to school and made friends. Then in 1924 Amundsen sent them back alone to an uncertain destiny in Siberia. They never saw Norway again.
In Cape Heartstone, Espen Ytreberg tells the full story of these three intertwined lives, and the forces that shaped, them for the first time. Through an attentive and original use of historical sources—written, filmed and photographed—Ytreberg reveals a unique story and places it in a broader context. Cape Heartstone is a thoughtful, tender and often surprising book about colonialism and globalisation, modernity and migration, family and prejudice, and ultimately about the abiding and fleeting sides of love.
Literature is in many ways a revolt against nature. It insists on the meaning of the meaningless, turns towards a thinking subject in the void that is birth and death, it remembers the dead. Authors can bring forth people from the darkness, lift them up, and say “They were right here, they walked our paths, squinted at our very sun”.
Espen Ytreberg is that writer.
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Eavesdropping at the Movies: 263 – Small Axe: Mangrove
December 16, 2020 Eavesdropping at the Movies, podcastBBC, black, British, Darcus Howe, Frank Crichlow, Letitia Wright, Mangrove, Mangrove Nine, police, Racism, Roy Stafford, Shaun Parkes, Small Axe, Steve McQueen, TelevisionNotesonFilm1
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Small Axe, Steve McQueen’s remarkable anthology of five films made for the BBC, begins with Mangrove, a dramatisation of the 1971 trial of the Mangrove Nine, a key event in British history in which the institutional racism of the Metropolitan Police was successfully litigated by members of the black community in Notting Hill. While it is undoubtedly key, it’s an event with which neither Mike nor José is familiar, and the film embodies the BBC’s iconic mission statement of “inform, educate, entertain”, doing all three wonderfully.
We discuss the way in which Mangrove both fits into and demonstrates an evolution of McQueen’s filmmaking – it’s as powerful and subtly impassioned as any of his previous work, but, perhaps owing to the medium for which it is made, unusually accessible, less keen to make the audience seek its depths for itself. The long-term implications of the trial in raising the nation’s consciousness about institutional racism are clear to the characters, and they’re not shy about discussing them, indulging in justified and welcome exposition. Mike discusses the differences between the characters, particularly Frank Crichlow, the owner of the titular restaurant, and Darcus Howe, an intellectual who is introduced to us as such, and how in which they play off each other, and particularly the way in which Howe persuades Crichlow of his central place in the West Indian immigrant community and their fight to address the racism they face from the police. And José picks up on McQueen’s style and visual expressiveness, confidently holding some shots for a long time, and carefully composing others with considerations of framing and colour to create striking imagery.
Mangrove is the first of an extraordinary series of films about black British history and the experience of West Indian immigrants and their children in the 1970s and 80s, and our podcasts on the others will follow. They’re on iPlayer and unmissable.
Chris McNicholl wrote José with the following, which I expect will be of interest:
I just finished listening to your podcast on Small Axe. I enjoyed it very much, and I’m looking forward to rewatching it again in light of some of your observations, especially the image compositions. I’ll make a couple of observations though. I think the young female protagonist somewhere in the film makes a passing reference to Ogun in a discussion with the owner of the restaurant. Well, i think that’s the cultural origin of the film’s title, and not only the Bob Marley song. Ogun in Afro-Caribbean derived religions is the god of iron and metals. A god of war and justice and protector of the community. And along with swords and machetes and other weapons, he is sometimes depicted with a small axe protruding from his head. He is the guy who opens the way by clearing away injustices.
On the subject of Darcus Howe. He is actually C.L. R. James’ nephew. And James lived in Darcus’ basement in Brixton. It’s quite a famous basement, actually. Stuart Hall and Edward Said visited him there and did interviews with him. And I know the government installed one of those Blue Plaques honouring where he lived in South London. Also, do you recall the scene where Darcus is lying on the sofa in the living room reading a text and his wife or girlfriend slaps it out of his hands and says I’ve had enough of these black jacobins, or something to that effect? Well, he is reading James’ famous text on the Haitian revolution, entitled The Black Jacobins. (see the attachment). That text in itself has an interesting history, given that it was first written as a play around 1936 and was staged shortly after in the West End with Paul Robeson playing Toussaint L’Ouverture before James worked it up into a book.
Anyhow, I am looking forward to listening to your thoughts on Lovers Rock.
Lastly Roy Stafford has written a really interesting introduction to Small Axe, which you can read here:
and also a really informative piece on Mangrove, which can be accessed here:
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SOC218H1
Eric Fong
-chinese had been in canada for more than 130 years
-during which have been subjected to legislative discrimination and exclusion.
-after 1947, chinese began to enjoy civil rights
-particularly 1967, changes in immigration policy
-chinese admitted under same conditions as others
-growth in chinese immigrants in 1967, esp in 1980
-lead to the rise of chinese-canadian community
-characteristics of recent arrivals are more dominant shown by the chi-
nese community but it could still trace back to its history characteristics.
-although in 1991, number of canadians that claim chinese as their mother tongue was
516,900 it was the second largest after those with italian.
-though, there is an increase number compared to previous years due to the in-
creased number in chinese immigration.
-most chinese live in B.C. and ON.
-like other immigrants, to canada, chinese have tended to settle in metropolitan
centers.
-majority of the chinese in canada remained foreign-born in 1991.
-this reflects the unbalanced sex ratio among chinese-canadians in pre-war
years, which delayed growth of second generation.
-main reason though, is due to the influx of chinese immigrants to canada
-large proportion of CBC are youth suggests the emergence of second and third gener-
ations of CBC is rather slow.
-there is a difference in age structure between the foreign and native born groups re-
flect the demographic patterns of immigration and the long delay in the growth of subse-
quent generations.
-influx of chinese immigrants have had many social implications
-now, chinese are able to protest movements for social equality
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6 Anime Like Isekai Shokudou
By Matt Baker Anime
Here are my favorite picks for anime like Isekai Shokudou. Keep in mind the list is in no particular order. Enjoy!
As Kobayashi sets off for another day at work, she opens her apartment door only to be met by an unusually frightening sight—the head of a dragon, staring at her from across the balcony. The dragon immediately transforms into a cute, busty, and energetic young girl dressed in a maid outfit, introducing herself as Tooru.
After death, there is no heaven or hell, only a bar that stands between reincarnation and oblivion. There the attendant will, one after another, challenge pairs of the recently deceased to a random game in which their fate of either ascending into reincarnation or falling into the void will be wagered. Whether it’s bowling, darts, air hockey, or anything in between, each person’s true nature will be revealed in a ghastly parade of death and memories, dancing to the whims of the bar’s master. Welcome to Quindecim, where Decim, arbiter of the afterlife, awaits!
Murasaki Wakako, who is 26 years old, loves going out alone to enjoy eating and drinking, especially when something unpleasant happens at work. This anime follows Wakako through many solitary outings, where she enjoys different combinations of food and drink!
Shokugeki no Souma
Ever since he was a child, fifteen-year-old Souma Yukihira has helped his father by working as the sous chef in the restaurant his father runs and owns. Throughout the years, Souma developed a passion for entertaining his customers with his creative, skilled, and daring culinary creations. His dream is to someday own his family’s restaurant as its head chef.
Off-duty Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) officer and otaku, Youji Itami, is on his way to attend a doujin convention in Ginza, Tokyo when a mysterious portal in the shape of a large gate suddenly appears. From this gate, supernatural creatures and warriors clad in medieval armor emerge, charging through the city, killing and destroying everything in their path. With swift actions, Youji saves as many lives as he can while the rest of the JSDF direct their efforts towards stopping the invasion.
Time of Eve
The movie version is the complete version of the story. It includes all the OVAs and completely new scenes giving details on the background story of some characters.
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Fumei Light
Death Parade is simply amazing. People are saying that Death Parade is tied up with Death note when light yagimi dies he gets transported to the void. Really really interesting stuff.
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Home » Business » U.S. earnings hopes and trade war lull keep world shares near…
U.S. earnings hopes and trade war lull keep world shares near…
The German share price index, DAX board, is seen at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Staff/Remote
LONDON (Reuters) – World shares hovered near three-week highs on Tuesday, supported by optimism about U.S. company earnings and expectations that global economic growth can withstand trade tensions, although political bickering kept British markets on the backfoot.
Wall Street was set for a firmer opening after enjoying its best session in a month on Monday, its gains filtering across Asia, where bourses from Hong Kong to Tokyo ended the day firmer.
European shares also rose, with a pan-European equity index up 0.2 percent after touching a two-week high on Monday, while MSCI’s all-country equity index touched a three-week high before easing back as Chinese shares fell into the red at the close of trading.
Analysts said markets, especially in Asia, remain on edge over the possibility of an escalation in trade wars after China and the United States last week slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on $34 billion worth of each other’s goods.
While that has spurred fears of a global growth slowdown that would hurt equities and commodities, there have not been fresh salvos fired since. Markets also took heart from U.S. jobs data that suggest that the U.S. Federal Reserve might not tighten policy as aggressively as some feared, while German export figures and Chinese factory gate prices have offered some reassurance on economic momentum.
Above all, investors are pinning hopes on U.S. second-quarter results, which start in earnest this week and are expected to showcase growth of more than 20 percent across all sectors, thanks to recent tax cuts, high oil prices and robust growth.
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“Markets are anticipating a strong U.S. earnings season, led by energy, healthcare and tech. We are more downbeat on Europe,” said Peter Garnry, head of equity strategy at Saxo Bank in Copenhagen.
Futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq pointed to a stronger opening after the previous day’s jump that was driven by banks before heavyweight lenders JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citi report earnings on July 13.
With banks estimated to have enjoyed a quarterly windfall of as much as $5 billion from the tax cuts, S&P’s banks index posted its sharpest rise since March 26 on Monday.
Figures late on Monday also showed that U.S. consumer credit surging in May to 7.6 percent on the year, maintaining the strong economic narrative.
However, the season is being clouded by trade tensions and their impact on corporate profits, meaning analysts will scrutinize outlook statements to see whether to adjust earnings expectations for the rest of 2018.
“I doubt the upcoming earning season will carry world markets to new highs. The numbers will be strong but equity markets are dominated by the outlook and we know the outlook is clouded by the trade issue,” Garnry added.
Currency markets are dominated by political turmoil in London where Prime Minister Theresa May’s foreign minister and Brexit negotiator both quit on Monday in protest at her plans to keep close trade ties with the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc.
The fear is that the resignations will lead to all-out rebellion in the ruling party’s ranks, toppling May or even triggering fresh elections. While this looks unlikely now, the uncertainty saw sterling sink as much as $1.3225 at one stage before recovering to $1.3245.
“We anticipate elevated headline risks for sterling over the coming weeks,” analysts at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia told clients, though they noted that sterling’s cheap “real” valuation — against trade partners’ currencies and adjusted for inflation — could cushion it against further sharp falls.
A Bank of England rate hike may also support the pound, with markets assigning a roughly 60 percent chance of a 25 basis-point rate hike in August.
The pound’s pain helped the U.S. dollar rise off 3-1/2 week lows against a basket of currencies, but the index stayed flat on the day.
Politics dominated markets in Turkey, where President Tayyip Erdogan’s new cabinet lacked familiar market-friendly names and included instead his son-in-law as finance minister.
Turkish five-year credit default swaps (CDS), which are used to insure against default or restructuring, rose 22 bps since Monday’s close to 297 bps, although the lira bounced after suffering a 3 percent slump on Tuesday, its biggest daily fall in two years.
Meanwhile, Brent crude – up almost 20 percent this year – rose another $1 per barrel to $79 as a Norwegian oil workers’ strike added to the picture of supply shortages following output disruptions in Canada and Libya.
Money managers have raised bullish bets on crude in the week to July 3, data showed on Monday.
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moderation June 6, 2019
YouTube Has Only One Rule
By Max Read
Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
I can only imagine what the emails flying back and forth at YouTube headquarters look like today. Let’s recap the company’s last 36 hours: On Tuesday night, YouTube announced that it would not discipline Stephen Crowder, a conservative comedian-vlogger-personality who had, seemingly in contravention of YouTube policy, been insistently targeting Vox journalist Carlos Maza. Crowder had called Maza, among other things, a “gay Mexican,” a “lispy queer,” and an “anchor baby,” while his followers had harassed Maza on his personal phone. YouTube seemed to suggest that Crowder was in the clear because his “criticism is focused primarily on debating the opinions expressed.”
The response from journalists and tech critics to YouTube’s ruling was not … enthusiastic. On Wednesday afternoon — still communicating largely via its Twitter account — the company seemed to change its mind, announcing that it would demonetize Crowder (that is, suspend ads on his channel so that he couldn’t make money directly from videos). Crowder’s “deeply offensive” opinions may not have violated company policy, but, the company’s review had determined, his “pattern of egregious actions has harmed the broader community,” which meant YouTube would no longer pay him.
Unless, that is, he stopped selling T-shirts? An hour after demonetizing Crowder, YouTube clarified that the vlogger could remonetize if he removed links to merch he was selling — specifically, a T-shirt that reads “Socialism is for f-gs.” Shortly after, it reclarified: “This channel is demonetized due to continued egregious actions that have harmed the broader community. To be reinstated, he will need to address all of the issues with his channel.”
So, to sum up: YouTube has ruled that Stephen Crowder is primarily interested in debate, but that he has also harmed the broader community of YouTube with egregious actions based on his deeply offensive opinions, which are, by the way, not violations of company policy. He will remain on the website, but will not be able to make money directly from it, unless he removes a link and addresses all of the issues with his channel, whatever they may be.
Also, they’re going to take a look at all of these rules, and might change them? To cap off the saga, on Wednesday night YouTube published a new blog post taking “a harder look at harassment,” in which the company pledged to take “a hard look at our harassment policies with an aim to update them.”
Was this a positive sign? Can YouTube craft a harassment policy that would prevent “egregious actions” without punishing those “primarily interested in debate”? Platforms like YouTube love to craft and recraft their rules, because clear, detailed rules seem like they might bring some semblance of order and predictability to the seething and volatile social structures they oversee. This is both a theoretical matter — as a business, YouTube relies on the daily effort of hundreds of thousands of vloggers, who need some assurance that they will be dealt with predictably and that their livelihood will not be interrupted unfairly — and a practical matter: it’s much cheaper to hand a rule book over to inexpensive contractors than it is to train up thousands of people in the complicated political-cultural business of principled content moderation.
The problem for YouTube is that for rules to be taken seriously by the people they govern, they need to be applied consistently and clearly. And YouTube has done a very bad job of that. Crowder’s behavior was okay, until 12 hours later it wasn’t; Alex Jones was okay, until he wasn’t; clips of feminists being beaten up in a video game were okay, then they weren’t, then they were again. The company has a habit of tacking between empty, tedious literalism and broad, sweeping judgment as it moves back and forth in its moderation decisions. The legal formalism of a ruling that says because Crowder did not explicitly call for Maza’s harassment, he can’t be held accountable seems very distant from whatever school of interpretation allows the company to pronounce that he has caused “egregious harm to the broader community.”
This kind of inconsistency and lack of clarity makes it very difficult to treat YouTube’s intricate scaffold of policy — and its endless promises to “reexamine” that policy — as anything other than a cover for YouTube’s actual rule, which is: “Don’t do anything that attracts negative outside attention.” What seemed to ultimately get Crowder rebuked wasn’t that his case was kicked up to some higher court of appeals empowered to overturn precedent, but that his behavior (and YouTube’s initial ruling) had generated an enormous amount of anger — and negative press coverage.
The tension is a familiar one: Platforms like YouTube act (and generally “feel”) like liberal democracies, with nods to “free speech” and a quasi-judicial moderation process. But they’re corporate dictatorships that can and do moderate however they please, regardless of what their rules say. YouTube’s reexamination of its harassment policies might help it stop people like Crowder from taking advantage of its platform. But it won’t be because the rules are different — it will be because the company decides it doesn’t want the headache.
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Kendall Jenner Opens Up About Her Anxiety 'Journey': 'I'm Still Trying to Cope'
Kendall Jenner won't stay silent about the struggles she faces in her daily life, namely her mental health
By Maura Hohman
Kendall Jenner won’t stay silent about the struggles she faces in her daily life, namely her mental health.
According to a new teaser for this Sunday’s episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, the model, 22, will go into detail about he she handles her anxiety on a daily basis.
“I’m still trying to cope with my ongoing anxiety,” she says in a voiceover, and a counselor responds, “You need to have a better work/life balance.”
In the next shot, an ecstatic Jenner ride a horse in front of what looks like a castle and shouts, “This is so amazing right now!”
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The reality star tweeted the clip, adding the caption, “learning to cope with anxiety isn’t easy, but sometimes opening up about the journey really does help.” She also included a heart emoji.
Jenner’s panic attacks have been a plot line on her family’s show in the past, and she recently opened up about her condition for the June issue of ELLE.
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“It’s interesting; ever since I said something about being anxious, a lot of people in the spotlight have come to me, being like, ‘Oh my God, me too!’ There’s this community,” Jenner said in the cover story, for which she was interviewed by friend Lana Del Rey.
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“I take what they do to help themselves and piece it together to find what helps me,” she continued.
Since connecting with other celebrities that suffer from anxiety, Jenner has adopted new relaxation methods, like practicing Transcendental Meditation (beloved by stars like Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow) and winding down with some Netflix binge sessions every night before bed.
RELATED VIDEO: Olivia Culpo Defends Kendall Jenner’s Controversial Modeling Comments
Jenner also has been retreating from technology: She no longer looks at any of the comments on her social media posts, tries not to always look at her phone and even turns her KarJenner family group chat on mute.
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“I could not check my phone for two minutes, and there are, like, 100 text messages. The majority of the time, my family group chat is on sleep mode,” she said. “I can’t have it on vibrate.”
Keeping Up With The Kardashians airs Sunday on E! at 8 p.m. ET.
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Friar Laurence’s Confession
About Friar Laurence
Friar Laurence is a key character in Romeo & Juliet. A Franciscan monk living in a humble shack in the countryside near Verona, he is a healer – gathering herbs, making medicines, and providing advice and help those in need.
Laurence is caught up in the fast-developing tragedy of the two teenagers’ star-crossed love affair and his actions drive the drama to it’s bloody conclusion.
Harriet Benson and her family have been busy in lockdown imagining an alternative view of Shakespeare’s Friar and have produced a unique and compelling version of the concluding confession and subsequent resolution of the play.
Up and coming writer Will Shakespeare entered Shake it Up as a complete unknown and is delighted to have been selected as a winner.
Born in Stratford in 1564, Will looks forward to progressing his career in the years to come.
Freya Laurence
Harriet Benson
Spatz Crawford
Josh Crawford
Treading the boards and gracing the celluloid has been Harriet’s life. However, over the years, the Petersfield Shakespeare Festival has provided another discipline – sometimes performing in puddles and dying in downpours! Whatever the weather, Harriet is a dedicated participant of the Festival and has been involved since its conception. She has sung, danced and acted her way through her career: from angels to nuns, doctors to nurses and tarts to friars, her roles have been both challenging and varied. Just before lockdown, her most recent project was filming Series 4 of The Crown but she is sworn to secrecy for now!
Spatz has been in the business of theatre so long he has actually worked with people like Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison and more recently Chuck Heston (not Blumenthal). Spatz has been helping out on the Petersfield Shakespeare Festival for a number of years, specialising in the sets, earning himself the title of Scenic Artist and Carpenter. Currently on furlough from his full time job as Technical Manager at Theatre Royal Winchester he is looking forward to getting back to business.
Please support PSF and TRW by visiting their websites. Thank you.
Josh graduated with a degree in Sports Science. A keen Crossfit competitor he is the Operations Manager for an online sports equipment company called Reyllen.
He has also started as a trainee carpenter to add another string to his bow.
His hobby is film making, especially the editing process. His penchant for spooky holidays – a Romanian forest of the dead and a Venetian plague burial island – provided plenty of material for some interesting travelogues.
He has enjoyed editing the rushes for ‘ Freya Laurence Confesses’ and hopes you have had an entertaining festival.
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St. Patrick - Dublin
St. James - Seaforth
St. Patrick - Kinkora
St. Vincent de Paul - Mitchell
Parish Nursing and Health Information
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Lectors and Commentators
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The Catholic Women's League of Canada is a national organization rooted in gospel values calling its members to holiness.through service to the peoiple of God.
The CWL is the largest national women's organization in Canada.
Organized nationally June 17, 1920
Affiliated in 1921 with the International Union of Catholic Women's Leageus, now titiled World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations (WUCWO)
It has a worldwide federations holding membership in the conference of International Catholic Organizations (ICO).
It has consulatiative status with agencies of the United Nations.
It was granted federal incoroporation December 12, 1923
It was officially recognized by the Canadain conference of Catholiuc Bishops (CCCB) as a lay association of women, 1992
It was organized and pledged to serve with all citizes of goodwill.
The patroness of the league is the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title 'Our Lady of Good Counsel'.
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This is absolutely not how a member of a government that is trying to defend the World Trading Organisation's rules-based framework should be behaving.
From Question Period late yesterday:
David Seymour: Has the Minister had advice in any form that some of his provincial growth fund expenditure may have to be reported to the World Trade Organization as it qualifies as agricultural subsidies—the first time New Zealand would have reported such subsidies in 25 years?
Hon SHANE JONES: Yes. Naturally, advice has been sought from the foreign affairs department. However, given that the adjudication and the appeals of so-said international trade body are in a state of disarray, I'm not bothered by that at all.
The WTO is under substantial threat. New Zealand desperately needs the continuation of a strong rules-based trading system.
It is bad enough that Shane Jones's provincial growth fund threatens New Zealand's subsidy-free agricultural system. But saying, effectively, that he doesn't care what the WTO thinks because it's useless - that completely undermines everything Minister Parker has been working for in our international trade positioning.
Update: I'd caught this on Morning Report this morning, but couldn't remember at what point in the broadcast. They've helpfully pointed me to it. Radio NZ also reports that Shane Jones's outfit had to change a press release about a loan to Taranaki Pine; a reference to the loan helping to make the factory competitive was removed.
But if that was part of the reason for providing the loan, whether or not it's mentioned in the press release should be irrelevant to whether it's something that gets us in trouble with WTO.
Labour needs to keep a closer eye on what its coalition partner is up to here. They are putting too much at risk.
Posted by Eric Crampton at 08:25:00 0 comments Links to this post
Labels: free trade
Just use the darned ETS
If the government had just used the freaking ETS to reduce emissions rather than banning the natural gas industry in Taranaki, or subsidising hydrogen production, we wouldn't be seeing this kind of stupidity.
The linked RNZ story suggests the government's provincial growth fund was used to subsidise development of hydrogen options for heavy vehicles, and that that led to the proposal to subsidise a much bigger hydrogen plant in Taranaki - but that the Taranaki gas ban means too uncertain a supply of the raw material for hydrogen production. So that presumably means higher equilibrium subsidies are needed to attract the thing, to compensate for the stupid gas ban.
I have no clue whether it would have made sense to build hydrogen plants in Taranaki in the absence of the gas ban. I worry about Shane Jones engaging in the kind of winner-picking that might have even made Joyce blush. I expect the best folks to assess whether it makes sense to build hydrogen plants in Taranaki are the investors whose money would be on the line.
But if it did make sense, the gas ban makes it pretty unlikely anybody would decide to make a pile of costly infrastructure investments that depend on a reliable source of gas.
Under my preferred "Just use the freaking ETS and otherwise get out of the way" alternative, there wouldn't be a subsidy for hydrogen plants but hydrogen plants would have a lower effective cost of using natural gas because they wouldn't have to be purchasing ETS credits for GHG emissions, presuming that the stories of carbon dioxide capture are accurate.
And if the hydrogen plant stacked up without subsidy, then we've just found another way that the gas ban can wind up increasing emissions relative to the counterfactual.
Labels: carbon
GE Time
Radio NZ has a good summary of the case for allowing genetically modified plants and crops:
Parts of the farming community say they should have choice over whether to use GMOs or not.
But others, including the Minister for the Environment David Parker, argue there is no need to jump the gun on introducing GMOs into the environment.
In his last report as Chief Science Advisor for the prime minister, Sir Peter Gluckman has laid out the ways genetic modification or gene editing can benefit the agricultural sector with pasture management and emissions.
"New Zealand scientists have developed promising forages using genetic technologies that could be used to make major progress through higher energy, lipid rich rye grasses which are now in field trials in the United States.
We still don't have an answer to this question:
This matters.
New Zealand's agricultural sector could have a much-reduced carbon footprint if the government would let them use better grasses.
Do the Greens care more about global warming, or about banning GE? https://t.co/6kHGgdrmn0
— Eric Crampton (@EricCrampton) September 11, 2018
I suggest that, as part of any agricultural accession into the ETS, the Crown be liable for any additional costs falling on farmers because of the ban on using GE pastoral systems.
Trivialising vocabulary
A teacher provides a defence of not expecting kids to know the word trivial, and not using hard words like trivial on NCEA exams.
And yet the incidence of an apparently innocuous word causing such consternation amongst exam candidates speaks to a number of interesting issues. The first is how quickly language changes, and how difficult it is to pick up these changes when they are intergenerational. The people setting the exam have no doubt been surprised that the word ‘trivial’ is not widely recognised by the young. So was I. I had no idea it had slipped out of common usage. But then I teach mathematics and have an interest in philosophy and trivial has an important meaning in both those fields. Even if I didn’t, I grew up in a world where the word was often used. I also grew up in the countryside and so as a child knew the difference between a cow, a heifer and a steer. None of these things speak to the general state of my vocabulary, just the context in which it was acquired.
Speaking to a history teacher following the exam, I was interested to hear that the problem with ‘trivial’ was not confined to struggling students, but affected candidates of all abilities. Top students were caught out because the examiners did not realise a word was no longer widely understood. Students were able to make guesses based on the usages they were familiar with, specifically trivia quizzes of various kinds. So some students assumed that trivial meant highly detailed and specific. And fair enough too – the questions in Trivial Pursuit are rarely trivial in the way implied by the quote in the exam. So it might be less a case that students don’t know what trivial means, and more a case that the meaning of the word trivial is changing.
I hadn't known that trivial had fallen out of common usage. If it has, it's been in the last decade. Google ngrams run through 2008. The decline in word usage since the 70s has looked fairly trivial.
A sympathetic and compassionate future policy would restrict all NCEA exams, including those for final-year students in history, to use only words that show up on the list of the 3000 most common words in the English language.
Scripts using words beyond the ones on that list should be downgraded. Not only does the use of bigger words make those of more limited vocabulary feel bad, but we should also expect that, when NCEA achieves everything it is destined to achieve, the graders themselves will only know 3000 words.
Getting down to the list of 3000 may take some time. But the Eleventh Edition NCEA Dictionary will finally have whipped the language into its final shape - the shape it's going to have when nobody speaks anything else. It will have cut the language down to the bone. There is great wastage in the verbs and adjectives, but there are hundreds of nouns that can be got rid of as well. If you want a stronger version of "good", what sense is there in having a whole string of vague useless words like "excellent" and "splendid" and all the rest of them?
More than trivial
Despair:
Students sitting the NZQA Level 3 History causes and consequences paper on Wednesday were confronted with the word in a quote from Julius Caesar: "Events of importance are the result of trivial causes."
Students were asked to analyse the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with Caesar, with reference to the causes and consequences of a historical event.
Some of his peers thought trivial meant "significant", he said.
"Trivial isn't a word that you hear too frequently, especially not if you're in Year 13," he said.
A definition of the word should have been included in the exam, he said.
Chairman of the New Zealand History Teachers' Association, Graeme Ball, agreed.
He called the exam a "little bit of a snafu" on the part of NZQA, and said the language used in questions should be "accessible to all".
The exam was not testing comprehension, so it was "unfair" to make that part of the assessment, he said.
New Zealand's schools are giving diplomas to illiterates. Knowing the word trivial should be trivial.
Try using it in a sentence. The failures in New Zealand's education system are more than trivial.
Uplifting?
I'm not sure quite what I was expecting out of NZ First's Regional Growth Fund, but it wasn't this. From Richard Harman's Politik newsletter (well worth the subscription):
Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones has announced Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) support for a new 560-tonne travel lift for Oceania Marine Group. The new lift will better serve the growing demand for refit and building services of workboats and superyachts and will help fund civil works at South Shipyard – including new piers, hardstand reinforcement and other works. "The PGF will support this important investment with a loan of up to $4.8 million, and further discussions are taking place on terms and conditions” Shane Jones said.
I'd thought the fund was for public infrastructure stuff that might enable regional growth, and maybe for helping out councils having to shell out for facilities for tourists who don't spend much in the area.
I don't get the justification for this one. Why is the government subsidising outfits fixing superyachts? Is there some failure in credit or capital markets that's specific to boats? Why aren't private investors seeing the opportunity and rushing to fund the project? Don't owners of superyachts pay fees for service that could cover the cost of the lift over time?
I hope that due diligence around this stuff is tight....
Labels: market failure, New Zealand
Bias toward action?
Kiwis so-inclined can petition their Parliament for legislative change. But they cannot petition Parliament to maintain the status quo.
Victoria University's Chris Eichbaum wants the government to ban private fireworks displays.
This is just phenomenal. With this level of support we now have an opportunity to get them issues in front of law makers and to push for the necessary changes https://t.co/Ada1CsW6xv pic.twitter.com/5bpeJgoLym
— Chris Eichbaum (@ChrisEichbaum) November 6, 2018
I kinda like fireworks, so I submitted a petition asking the government to maintain the current rules. I started from Chris's petition, added the word 'not' in a couple spots, listed some of the ways that fireworks are awesome, and submitted it.
A few days later, I got a very apologetic phone call from the Clerk's Office saying that it's only possible to petition Parliament to change a law, not to leave a law as it is. He was exceptionally helpful, listing all the things people could do if government did move to legislate in response to the petition - I already know them, but some folks don't, so that was nice.
And then I got the official email rejecting the petition.
High numbers in support of a petition signal something about the strength of support for the petition, but tell you nothing about the strength of opposition. I suppose it's nice that those opposing petitions don't need to rally the troops to counter-petition every darn thing, but when a government cites the number of letters from school-kids in support of a policy as reason for doing things....
Labels: fun
Complicated Gains Tax
Newsroom reports on a talk by two members of the Tax Working Group that lays out the difficulties with any capital gains tax.
One part that's probably underappreciated: the extent to which everything in the tax system is built around the rules as they're currently structured, and how much would need to be rejigged if a CGT were put in place.
One example:
The report itself highlights this complexity in the application of a capital gains tax to KiwiSaver and Portfolio Investment Entities (PIEs). Most KiwiSaver schemes take the form of multi-rate PIEs (MRPIEs). While there are a number of features in the MRPIE tax regime the group would not want to see disturbed by any new rules, a CGT would affect MRPIEs that invest in property, or Australasian shares. An individual would be subject to a tax on those asset types, so it follows that the MRPIEs should similarly be taxed.
However, these are open-ended funds into which investors come and go. That means a fund would have to allocate gains and losses to an individual investor by taking into account the change in value during the time that investor was actually involved in the fund. It would require detailed record-keeping, as well as various adjustments for gains and losses already recognised due to redemptions from the fund. And while that’s not simple, it’s even more complex in reality. This is because units are issued and redeemed on a daily basis, MRPIEs often invest in other MRPIEs, and a retail KiwiSaver scheme may invest in a wholesale PIE that in turn invests in a specialist PIE.
Having a CGT is complicated. Not having a CGT is complicated too because the tax system has to adapt to make sure that labour income doesn't pretend it's capital gain. The latter isn't perfect, but it's in place - the system's kinda built around the absence of a CGT and tries to account for it. That means that 'just' putting in a CGT means going back over everything that's been designed around the absence of one.
NB: I do not pretend to understand MRPIEs. But I'm not the one insisting on changes to a complex system that's evolved since the 80s reforms.
Labels: Capital Gains Tax
The Calculus of Carbon
I had to trim last week's NBR column to fit the page. Here's the original. Enjoy!
New Zealand’s climate change policy could stand to be just a little more vanilla.
When Cyclone Enawo hit Africa’s east coast in 2017, it wiped out about 16% of the world’s vanilla production. The cyclone came on the back of droughts that hurt the 2016 crop; there was no huge buffer to meet demand.
So, globally, vanilla users had to cut back their consumption by about a sixth – and in a hurry. Of course, unless you were directly involved in the vanilla industry, or were a baker using vanilla in weekend pancakes, you probably did not even notice.
There were no Ministers in Charge of Vanilla Change sending out a dozen press releases a week proving they were taking the problem seriously. There were no Vanilla Commissions or Taskforces. No Productivity Commission reports on the best ways for New Zealand to respond to its shared vanilla crisis. No MBIE advice on preferred ways of subsidising alternatives to vanilla in ice cream.
Bernard Hickey didn’t even show up to propose special taxes on “Vanilla-guzzling” concoctions from Wellington ice cream and gelato institution Kaffee Eis, with all taxes collected helping subsidise vanilla for the Girl Guides in hope of bringing back their soon-to-be-cancelled vanilla-flavoured biscuits.
Instead of all that ruckus, markets simply worked their regular vanilla-flavoured magic. Prices worked.
Economist Alex Tabarrok says prices are a signal wrapped in an incentive. The spiking price of vanilla signalled relative scarcity, along with an incentive for everyone to change their behaviour. Those most readily able to reduce their use of vanilla would be the first to adapt. Vanilla by-products started being pressed into service – spent vanilla flecks almost quadrupled in price, according to the Financial Times.
And those for whom vanilla was most critical, as they judged for themselves and demonstrated with their own money, simply lumped the price increase.
It is exceptionally difficult to come up with policy options that beat simply letting prices work.
Every alternative I have suggested around grand government vanilla strategies would have been worse. If the government was exceptionally lucky, it would have required firms here to do what they had already figured out would be best for them in their own particular circumstances. But in every other case, the government would have enforced unnecessarily costly adjustments. No Minister or Ministry can tell what the best substitutes are for different users, or which uses are most valuable to whom. That kind of knowledge can only emerge from the interplay of buyers and sellers in markets, and is otherwise invisible to Wellington desk-jockeys.
The New Zealand government has committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, New Zealand has a functioning Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Every litre of petrol or diesel you purchase includes the cost of the New Zealand Units (NZU) purchased in the ETS to cover the fuel’s eventual carbon dioxide emissions. Electricity is in the ETS, so every kilowatt of power put into the system by coal, gas or geothermal generators requires those generators to purchase carbon credits. And the government has also committed to strengthening the ETS.
If there were no way of pricing carbon dioxide emissions, the government would be forced into a lot of rather second- or third-best alternatives. The government would have to guess how different industries, firms and consumers would behave in a world with carbon prices and then set regulations, taxes and subsidies to encourage those behaviours. It would be dreadfully inefficient compared to what prices can achieve through the direction of no one, but there would be some interventions that would still likely be worthwhile.
When we do have a functioning ETS, though, layering additional subsidies and regulations on top of the scheme, and particularly for those sectors already covered by the ETS, very easily risks New Zealand failing to do nearly as much as it could to reduce emissions.
The best that a government committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions can do is to make sure the ETS is working as well as possible, then buy back and retire credits in the system. Those able to most easily reduce their own carbon emissions will be the first to sell; those for whom change is difficult will be last to sell – exactly how people responded to vanilla price increases. No Minister or Ministry has to guess who can most easily adapt.
Buying back credits within the ETS, rather than forcing particular sectors to change through regulation or bans, helps make sure New Zealand gets the greatest emission reductions per dollar’s worth of effort put to the cause.
Regulatory options, like mandatory fuel economy standards, or electric vehicle subsidies, risk doing harm because of the good forgone. An electric vehicle subsidy is unlikely to increase greenhouse gas emissions. But it would increase emissions compared to putting the same amount of money towards buying up and retiring credits in the ETS.
Different policies have very different costs per tonne of carbon dioxide mitigated. A government using regulatory alternatives has to pray it has modelled those costs correctly and found the carbon best-buys.
Work published in the fall issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives summarises recent estimates of the static costs of policies mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards in the United States cost between US$48 and $310 per ton of carbon dioxide mitigated. But NZU is selling on the spot market for around NZ$25. Imposing similar rules here would then be, at best, about a third as effective in reducing emissions than simply expending the same resources on buying and retiring NZU.
Kenneth Gillingham and James Stock. 2018. "The Cost of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions" Journal of Economic Perspectives 32:4 (Fall).
The journal article does note that dynamic effects can vary: If there were no electric vehicle charging stations, a chicken-and-egg problem could prevent people from taking up electric vehicles if those make sense for them, so policy could help. And if a government as large as America’s starts subsidising buying huge volumes of solar panels, it could encourage technological innovation that reduces costs across the board.
But neither case seems particularly relevant: There are few major transport routes without charging stations now, and New Zealand demand for batteries or solar panels is not likely to be large enough to drive broader technological change. And while New Zealand could plausibly lead change through biotechnology advances in better low-emissions pastoral systems, if the grasses cutting greenhouse gas emissions were developed using genetic engineering, the government already bans their use.
It is also rather likely that successful dynamic investments of this sort are easier to identify in hindsight than with foresight. Buying back ETS credits yields more certain returns.
New Zealand’s climate change policy could stand to be a lot more vanilla. Simply making sure the market is working well, strengthening it where needed, and then buying back credits might sound boring. But vanilla really can be excellent. If you don’t believe me, try the Vanilla Bean at Kaffee Eis.
I particularly recommend adding coffee to the Vanilla Bean as an affogato.
Labels: Emissions Trading Scheme
A regulated market model
Over at Newsroom Pro ($), I make the case for basing legislation and regulation for cannabis markets on our existing rules for spirits.
The government has to have a referendum on cannabis by November 2020 and might want to have it earlier than that to not coincide with the general election. All the experts say that the referendum question should ask voters to endorse or reject a piece of developed legislation, with rejection meaning that the status quo stands. Writing legislation and regulation around some bespoke model for cannabis, to hit that deadline, would be a mess.
But it wouldn't be a mess if we had a good starting point. Existing rules around alcohol (spirits in particular - retail in specialist outlets rather than at the supermarket) handle a lot of problems that any regulatory framework for cannabis would have to solve too. How do you license retailers? How do you prevent minors from having access? How can we have both home production and commercial production? What should the rules be around advertising and marketing for commercial production? How much say should local councils have? How do consumers know what's in the product and what strength?
I'm not saying that the alcohol rules are perfect. But for any "But Whaddabout" question that comes up for cannabis, the starting point for an answer is looking at how we already deal with it for alcohol, see if the answer there for alcohol basically works for cannabis or whether it would need to be tweaked, then move on to the next one.
If we basically treated cannabis like spirits:
People could grow at home for non-commercial use, sharing with friends; if they discovered that they had an excellent green thumb, they could set up a business and be subject to the rules for commercial supply, including excise. Remember how 42 Below got its start? A lot of folks in the cannabis community seem to think that allowing commercial growing and sale would kill the grassroots as big players would run everything, but just look at the thriving craft beer community and the developing craft distillation community. They all coexist along with lots of folks who brew and distil at home.
Products available for retail sale would have concentrations listed on the packaging. Alcohol has the strength and number of standard drinks. Excise would be based on product concentration.
Councils could set Local Cannabis Policies that varied from the National Default Policy if they wanted, along with cannabis-ban areas where they might not want people smoking.
Products couldn't look too attractive to kiddies - important for the edibles market. Same goes for advertising. There aren't really comparable alcohol edibles - there'd likely have to be additional packaging requirements to make it really clear that it's a cannabis-based product.
On-licenses would have host responsibility requirements. Hopefully the SmokeFree Environments Act wouldn't kill on-licences or restrict on-licences to edibles - supervised consumption like this could be harm-reducing.
Retailers would be terrified of selling to kids because they'd face fines, licence suspensions, or complete loss of licence.
People involved in the sector would be declaring their earnings to IRD and paying tax on those earnings; companies in the sector would be paying company tax; purchased product would carry GST; producers would be able to claim back the GST on their inputs.
Cannabis-based products would be ineligible to be prizes in raffles. For some reason, alcohol is on the list of prohibited prizes. Cannabis would wind up there too if we just follow alcohol. Also, as aside, "vouchers or entitlements to commercial sexual services" are prohibited prizes under the same rules. Bans on alcohol as prizes for raffles at school fairs is a pain; I've not known the ban on raffling off brothel vouchers as being a binding constraint at school auctions. It would be rather fun to buy tickets for that raffle under other peoples' names though, just to make the prize drawing more fun. "Superintendent Chalmers wins the $500 voucher for Il Bordello!"
Update: worth checking out Russell Brown's summary of Friday's cannabis conference. I was there chatting with Labour's Greg O'Connor about his experiences in drug policing and his study tours to places that have steered away from prohibition. Here's Greg at a cannabis shop in Colorado.
Labels: alcohol, prohibition
Sugar tax advice
Ministry of Health Chief Science Advisor John Potter's advice to the Prime Minister about sugar taxes, a two-page set of unreferenced bullet points, ignored the comprehensive review commissioned by the Ministry and released only a few days before Potter's advice. NZIER's report was released 31 January 2018; Potter's memo was dated 16 February.
I was curious whether Prof Potter had seen the NZIER work prior to writing his bullet points. So I asked the Ministry.
Potter was provided a copy of the report on 15 August, 2017, in an email from the Ministry's Chief Economist.
The Ministry holds no records showing feedback from Potter, so he might have missed it. But the report did draw a fair bit of media attention - and not just from me here on the blog.
The Herald covered it on 2 February.
Newsroom had it on 7 February.
It even made the Toronto Globe & Mail on 12 February.
And it surely would have come up in discussions within the Ministry between August and February.
What's particularly interesting in Croxson's email is the suggestion that it be put on the Ministry website after getting it to the Minister and presenting it to ELT. The email is dated 15 August. It did not make it onto any Ministry website. Instead, it showed up on NZIER's website, rather a while after I made OIA request that it be released, and more than five months after the Ministry received it.
Labels: Ministry of Health, sugar
Better horses
I have a bit of fun in this week's Insights newsletter:
Winston Peters’ tax credit for pretty horses fights the wrong battle when it comes to improving New Zealand’s bloodstock.
New Zealand has no obvious problem with ugly horses. Maybe farmers keep the ugly horses hidden so townies out for a drive don’t see them, but it seems unlikely.
I have yet to see an ugly horse here. They’re all beautiful in their own way.
But we do seem to have, dare I say it, cowardly horses. Every time Guy Fawkes Day comes around, we hear calls for banning fireworks because they worry the horses.
It wasn’t always this way.
Rudyard Kipling’s classic “Her Majesty’s Servants” tells the story of camp animals that served the British Army in India and Afghanistan. The troop-horse took pride in its bravery, telling the other animals it was trained to lie down to let its master fire across its back.
New Zealand sent more than 10,000 horses to serve in the Great War. The army selected its horses for their bravery rather than beauty. Cavalry was then on the wane, so fewer horses might have had to serve as shield for their riders. But they faced bullets, poison gas, and artillery.
Only four returned home. The remaining survivors were either sold to foreign interests or shot.
A generation of New Zealand’s bravest horses was wiped out. The most cowardly horses stayed home, and today’s pathetic stock are their descendants.
New Zealand does not need tax credits to make the country’s horses more attractive. Who can really judge that anyway? What we need instead are tax credits to build a braver bloodstock.
My modest proposal would require that every horse in the country attend boot camp, along with their owners, to re-instil the lost martial equine spirit. The worst performing horses would be gelded on the spot, preventing their contaminating future generations. The best performing horses could attract Winston’s tax credit. That tax credit would follow through to those horses’ descendants, but only if bred to other similarly creditable stock.
And the best-of-the-best could be drafted to make Winston’s proposed Police Flying Squad a mounted unit.
Kiwi horses would come to welcome Guy Fawkes Day fireworks as reminder of the comradery they shared with each other in boot camp.
And my proposal is no more ridiculous than tax credits for engineering beautiful horses.
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Carbon Calculus
If you want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve the ETS and use it to buy-back and retire credits rather than mucking about with sector-specific stuff.
Me in this week's NBR print edition. A snippet:
The New Zealand government has committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, New Zealand has a functioning Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) that the government has promised to strengthen. Every litre of petrol and diesel includes the cost of the ETS credits purchased to cover the fuel’s eventual carbon dioxide emissions. Electricity is in the ETS, so every kilowatt of power comes with its ETS credit as well, where necessary.
Sector-specific tax and regulation options, like subsidies for planting trees, regulations on industrial practices like methane flaring, or automotive fuel economy standards, could make sense in the absence of a price on emissions. In that world, the government would have to guess what people would be doing if carbon were priced, and then regulate to encourage those behaviours. And some of those interventions could even be cost-effective.
But layering additional feebates, incentives or regulations on top of sectors already covered by the ETS very easily risks New Zealand failing to do nearly as much as it could to reduce emissions.
An electric vehicle subsidy is unlikely to increase greenhouse gas emissions. But it would increase emissions compared to putting the same amount of money towards buying up and retiring credits in the ETS. Why? Buying credits always encourages those who can reduce emissions most cheaply to sell their credits, and electric cars might not be the best-buy for reducing emissions.
I'll add a link once there's a version online. Update: link!($)
Labels: carbon, Emissions Trading Scheme
Have you considered using prices?
Talk about an elephant in the room.
Radio New Zealand's story on unregulated informal sperm donor networks is a great chronicle of what happens when you ban payments for sperm donors, without once mentioning that the whole thing is consequence of a ban on payments for sperm donors. It's like a murder mystery where all the facts are laid out, but nobody has figured out who the obvious killer is. It really is the butler! Why hasn't anyone arrested the butler!
What do we find in this story?
Waits at official fertility clinics of 18 months to two years (blamed in part on increased demand from single women);
High costs at fertility clinics: $300 for an initial consultation, donor's testing costs of $1500...
Men shunning clinics because donating at the clinic is costly to them: "The clinics, they just don't simplify the process. The donor has a life too. If I have to go through a clinic, I have to do a consultation and therapy and it takes six months to help one person. It's too much."
What don't we find in this story?
Section 13 of the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004:
13 Commercial supply of human embryos or human gametes prohibited(1) No person may give or receive, or agree to give or receive, valuable consideration for the supply of a human embryo or human gamete.
(2) Every person commits an offence who contravenes subsection (1) and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $100,000, or both.
If the clinics could pay the donors for the increased hassle they face in going through all of the rigamarole required for that process, supply would increase. If demand increased, clinics could up the offer price to encourage greater supply. There wouldn't be 18-month queues.
It isn't like not paying the donors saves the customers a lot of money. The clinics just get the money instead - though it is a puzzle that they haven't increased fees by even more: Simple AI is cited as (only) $1500 per cycle.
The article notes the risks in the informal sector (potential lack of disease testing, etc). Maybe, just maybe, if the clinics could pay the donor at least enough to cover the hassles they face in going to the clinic, things would change.
The most predictable thing ever
Unintended consequences: Assisted reproductive technologies edition
Labels: organ markets, Radio New Zealand, u
A Wisconsin Waste
When I taught Public Choice, I liked to give my undergrads a news story for their take-home final, and just say "Discuss with reference to the theory developed in your lectures and readings."
Dan Kaufman's story in the New Yorker on Wisconsin's Foxconn mess would have been a bit late in the year to make the final, but it was final-worthy.
But as the public has become aware of the spiralling costs for these jobs, the Foxconn deal has become something of a political liability for Walker, particularly among voters outside of southeastern Wisconsin. Those costs include taxpayer subsidies to the company totalling more than $4.5 billion, the largest subsidy for a foreign corporation in American history. Since Wisconsin already exempts manufacturing companies from paying taxes, Foxconn, which generated a hundred and fifty-eight billion dollars in revenue last year, will receive much of this subsidy in direct cash payments from taxpayers. Depending on how many jobs are actually created, taxpayers will be paying between two hundred and twenty thousand dollars and more than a million dollars per job. According to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, a nonpartisan agency that provides economic analysis to the Wisconsin state legislature, the earliest citizens might see a return on their Foxconn investment is in 2042.
Oh - and much of the land for the deal was stolen by the Wisconsin government under eminent domain provisions.
To make space for Foxconn’s development, which will also necessitate many miles of new roads, the Village Board has been buying properties, sometimes using the threat of eminent domain to force reluctant homeowners to sell at a price determined by the village. Several weeks before the groundbreaking, the seven-member board went further. By a 6–1 vote, the board designated the entire twenty-eight-hundred-acre area “blighted,” which will allow Mt. Pleasant to issue bonds that are exempt from both federal and state taxes, and may also grant the village a more expansive use of eminent domain to seize the property of the few remaining holdouts, a small if highly visible group, whose property-rights fight embodies a wider sense of disenchantment with the Foxconn deal.
And it looks like Wisconsin's post-Kelo move to restrict takings was a sham.
Kim reached out to her political representatives, including her congressman, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. “His response was: this is not a federal issue,” Kim said. “And that I should reach out to my state representatives.” That surprised her. In 2005, Ryan co-sponsored the Private Property Rights Protection Act, which was written in reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision in Kelo v. City of New London. That ruling allowed New London, Connecticut, to use eminent domain to take several homes for an economic-development project. “When someone works years to secure a home or establish a successful family store or restaurant, only to be forced by the government to give it up so a corporation can redevelop the land, that’s wrong,” Ryan said in a statement supporting the measure. The bill passed the House, 376–38, but failed in the Senate. (Ryan also attended Foxconn’s groundbreaking ceremony in Mt. Pleasant.)
The same year, Wisconsin passed its own law in response to Kelo, co-sponsored by Leah Vukmir, now the Republican U.S. Senate nominee. It outlawed the use of eminent domain to seize a property for use by a private corporation, with one exception: if the property was “blighted.” Kim believes the state law was written in such a way as to protect a new home like hers—it defined blighted property as one that is “detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare.” However, the Village Board has relied on a different statute, one that applies the designation for property that, among other things, “impairs or arrests the sound growth of the community.”
New Zealand needs to be very careful in giving Councils expanded powers for takings with urban development authorities. We need not follow America into that asylum.
For Kim Mahoney, the issue reinforced her determination to keep fighting. She pointed to the Creuziger’s Land of Giants Pumpkin Farm, the last big holdout. The four-hundred-acre property has been in the Creuziger family for ninety-two years, but the family was ordered to vacate on October 8th. (After the Cruezigers challenged the move in court, the village withdrew the order, saying it won’t need the land for another year.) “If they’re allowed to do this, they can do this to anybody at any time,” Kim said. “Wisconsin’s eminent-domain laws and private-property-rights laws are meaningless. All they have to do is rezone it and call it blighted.” On my last visit with the Mahoneys, the big Caterpillar machines were working closer to their house than usual, and the noise was louder. Jim and I were standing outside in his driveway. A brilliant orange-red sunset lit up the horizon, but it was hard to escape the sound. “It used to be so quiet here,” Jim said.
Labels: eminent domain
Rational voting?
Andrew Gelman argues it could be rational to vote. Sure, you're only trivially likely to change the outcome. But if you do change the outcome, the outcome is changed for lots of people. Add up the benefits across that broad set, specify that people are at least somewhat altruistic, and all's good, right?
He could be right in the current election cycle. I expect there is substantial value in the GOP being punished hard in each and every place it can be, all the way down to the vote on city dog-catcher. That outfit has to understand that reputation matters, and that failing to constrain Trump has more cost than benefit. It should be made to understand that backing a demagogue brings electoral death. It needs to be more scared of supporting Trump than of not supporting Trump. The party needs to be turned off and on again.
But the argument does require that the voter places himself or herself in an epistemically privileged position. You only change the outcome if you make or break a tie. You only make or break a tie if half of the voters in your district think you're providing a public bad with your vote rather than a public good.
Why do you think that your half of the electorate's the right one and the other half's wrong? Shouldn't you be updating, at least a bit, based on that half the electorate disagrees with you? Maybe you're the one who's done all the sums and has gotten things right, and the other side is full of idiots who'd wreck the country. But maybe there's a marginal voter on the other side who's your mirror image and thinks the same of you.
There's probably somebody reading this now who thinks my second paragraph is complete rubbish and that there's a lot of value in stopping particular Democrats from being elected. And that person could be right!
So I don't think this makes for a generalised "Yes, it's rational to vote" argument. It could be combined with a Jason Brennan "If you're going to vote, you have a duty to vote well", so that it's rational to vote if you have really good reason to think you're better informed than other voters. Feel lucky?
No it can't!
Economist irrationality
Labels: Andrew Gelman, voting
Disruptive classmates
You can do great work on education in New Zealand's Integrated Data Infrastructure. It lets you link kids to their parents and families, so full family background from parents' education to criminal records can be used as explanatory variables.
But you can't do this. From Scott Carrell, Mark Hoekstra and Elira Kuka in the November AER: The Long-Run Effects of Disruptive Peers.
A large and growing literature has documented the importance of peer effects in education. However, there is relatively little evidence on the long-run educational and labor market consequences of childhood peers. We examine this question by linking administrative data on elementary school students to subsequent test scores, college attendance and completion, and earnings. To distinguish the effect of peers from confounding factors, we exploit the population variation in the proportion of children from families linked to domestic violence, who have been shown to disrupt contemporaneous behavior and learning. Results show that exposure to a disruptive peer in classes of 25 during elementary school reduces earnings at age 24 to 28 by 3 percent. We estimate that differential exposure to children linked to domestic violence explains 5 percent of the rich-poor earnings gap in our data, and that each year of exposure to a disruptive peer reduces the present discounted value of classmates' future earnings by $80,000.
The IDI can tell you which school a kid attends, but cannot tell you which classroom that child is in. You can neither link children to their teachers nor to their classmates because that information isn't held in central government's administrative data. So the best you could do is get the school's proportion of kids with relevant CYF notifications or family policing records.
It's a bit of a shame - I wonder whether much of what parents seek in higher decile schools isn't educational quality, but avoiding disruptive peers.
There's an old joke that profs aren't paid to teach, they're paid to grade. Teaching is a joy. Grading is a nightmare.
Back at Canterbury, I taught relatively small classes and so didn't get assistance with the grading. But you had to get it done and get the grades back to the kids so that, if they were seriously getting things wrong, they had time to chat with you about it before the finals - or at least have feedback .
Auckland University of Technology's union members are doing a disservice to those students.
AUT students are frustrated they're having to sit final exams without knowing whether they've passed previous assignments as staff on a marking strike withhold their grades.
More than 750 Tertiary Education Union (TEU) members at the university are refusing to release students' marks unless AUT agrees to raise their salaries by three per cent and pay the lowest paid staff the Living Wage – $20.55 an hour – to more adequately reflect the "time, energy and skill that staff put into their jobs".
Students said it was unfair they had been left in the lurch by the strike and that being kept in the dark about their academic progress was making the exam period more stressful.
The worst part of this isn't anything here mentioned.
Yeah, kids will have a bit of a harder time figuring out how to optimise their studying efforts across classes - but I've never been all that convinced that knowing precisely how many points they need on the exam to pass the course really is all that helpful.
The worst part is that they could be studying from saved versions of their assignments without knowing whether those assignments are right or not.
A student in his final year of AUT's bachelor of computer and information sciences said he and his classmates were yet to receive marks for any of their assignments – one of which was submitted more than a month ago – for one paper due to the strike.
He and his classmates sat their final exam, worth 50 per cent of their total grade, on Tuesday.
The AUT Student Association has come out against the tactic, but could be doing a bit more for future students. If this had happened while I was a student, I'd have wanted a list of lecturers who'd pulled this stunt so I could avoid their courses. I wonder if the Student Association has considered doing that.
And I wonder what the university will do with grade appeals of the form "I screwed up this question on the final exam because I had no feedback on the assignment covering this section and so no opportunity to correct my error. I would have passed the exam had I had that feedback."
Labels: academia
Electric trains
In 2016, Kiwirail decided shift to an all-diesel fleet. At the time, it made some pretty compelling arguments for the change:
Running an electric bit in the middle of a diesel network meant shifting everything from one set of engines to another set of engines;
Running two sets of maintenance yards is expensive;
Shifting to an all-electric North Island system would cost at least a billion dollars for the trunk lines and would still need diesels on the feeder lines that didn't have the electric infrastructure, so you'd still have all of the engine-switching problems. And the Wellington power system is different from the Auckland system in ways that matter for setting this stuff up;
The overall costing of diesel engines over the operational life was 20-30% lower than the cost of electric engines;
Rail emissions are only 1% of all transport emissions, and transport is 17% of overall emissions.
So - things that make rail less attractive as compared to trucks can wind up doing more harm than good (my point rather than theirs)
This week, Labour decided that Kiwirail should keep its electric railway-within-a-railway, keep switching engines mid-course, and refurbish its old electric engines. Because climate change. A Massey prof said they should have gone further and electrified the whole system.
All of this seems insane. If we care about climate change, as we should, the best way of dealing with it is by working through the ETS. If the costs of diesel went up because the carbon charge in the diesel went up enough, maybe switching to an all-electric fleet would make sense. But if it didn't, then the government playing at political football with a State-Owned Enterprise means we're paying over-the-odds in mitigating carbon emissions.
Does it really seem likely that the government can do the most good in mitigating emissions by pouring this kind of cash into the electrification of the rail system rather than by buying up NZU on the ETS and retiring the credits?
Update: A reader runs a few back-of-the-envelope numbers on this, copied below. It gives a rough measure of the costs of abating carbon emissions by electrifying rail. Add some appropriate confidence intervals around it, but it's at least an order of magnitude more expensive than current carbon prices - you could abate emissions by about ten times as much by putting comparable resource into buying and retiring NZU in the ETS.
NZ Gross emissions: 78,700,000
Transport share of gross: 17.3%
Rail share of transport: 1%
Rail emissions then on the order of 136,151 tonne per annum.
Cost of diesel conversion: $1 billion, minimum
At 6% discount rate, annualised cost: $60,000,000
Cost per tonne emission reduction: $518/tonne.
(assumes 15% fossil fuel based electricity generation, but also assumes complete rail carbon abatement but for that 15% - which won't happen because the feeder lines still have to be diesel).
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President Trump's proposed end to birthright citizenship not only goes against the 14th Amendment, it also targets the wrong group.
Kids born in America and raised there are going to be American. Work by Cato shows that migrants to America share Americans' values; the children of migrants look a lot like everyone else.
But there is a group of people made American citizens at birth who shouldn't be. If they want citizenship, they should at least be forced to apply for it when they turn 18 and demonstrate an actual commitment to America.
I'm talking about the children born to those least patriotic and least loyal of Americans - those Americans who have fled to live abroad. Like all migrants, they wind up sharing the values of the country where they live. Their children will be born in foreign places, will not be raised with American values, and yet are American. America insists that those children are American - they do not have the option not to be.
Leave America to join Isis, have kids there, and raise them to share decidedly un-American values? Those kids get an American passport whether they want one or not. Flee to Canada in protest against Trump and raise the kids you have there to hate the American flag? Those America-hating Canadian kids are American. Run to North Korea because you love communism, have kids there, and raise them to follow the juche philosophy? Those kids are American too and can come back on an American passport any time they like, without the permission of anyone. [Update: without the permission of anyone in America anyway! Getting the actual passport could prove difficult.]
You wouldn't want to completely cut those kids' ties to America. It's not their fault their parents are traitors. But you should check that those kids don't actually hate America before considering them citizens. Right now, they're American whether they want to be or not. They can show up and collect American welfare, any time they want.
The 14th Amendment says that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Somehow, Congress has expanded that to include all persons born outside of the United States if one of their parents, no matter how disloyal, is American.
Kids born abroad to American parents who have been resident abroad for a while and aren't just on holiday somewhere else - they shouldn't be American by birthright. They should be eligible for a very easy path to citizenship, on application, when they turn 18, or if their parents move back to America with them. Otherwise, it seems nuts to consider them American. Fixing this is consistent with the 14th Amendment and should be supported by everyone who thinks that citizenship requires at least some kind of commitment to your country. It devalues American citizenship to so liberally throw it around.
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‘He made a lot of people around here better men’: Cowboys mourn death of strength coach Markus Paul
ARLINGTON, Texas — When Amari Cooper walked into The Star on Tuesday morning, he traced his path toward the team headquarters weight room.
He figured he’d grab his cherry drink and beet juice from the weight room, just like he does every day. Then he expected the routine and regiment of game prep for Washington. The 8:05 a.m. team meeting, film breakdown with fellow receivers, 11:30 a.m. team practice. But all of that would come later. First, he would pick up his cherry drink and beet juice.
Cooper was diverted.
Just outside the weight room Tuesday morning, he saw teammates standing with expressions solemn. He asked what happened.
“Someone told me,” Cooper said Thursday night. “We suffered a tremendous loss.”
Cowboys strength and conditioning coordinator Markus Paul experienced a medical emergency at team headquarters shortly before 7:30 a.m. local time Tuesday. He was immediately treated by club medical personnel then transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital, where he underwent further medical tests. Wednesday evening, surrounded by family, Paul died. He was 54.
Cowboys scheduled to pay tribute soon to strength and conditioning coordinator Markus Paul, who died last night.
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Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott offered an opening statement before answering questions after a 41-16 Thanksgiving loss to Washington.
“I first just wanted to start this out by sending my condolences to the Paul family,” Elliott said. “I want to thank the Paul family for sharing Markus with us. He meant so much to this team and had such a big part of everyone’s everyday life.
“We are just grateful that you guys shared him with us.”
Paul joined the Cowboys' strength and conditioning staff in 2018 and was promoted to coordinator in January. He spent a total of 23 seasons coaching with the Cowboys, Giants, Jets, Patriots and Saints. In all, Paul contributed to five Super Bowl titles — two with the Giants and three with the Patriots. He played five seasons with the Bears and Buccaneers as well, after Chicago selected the Syracuse star defensive back in the fourth round of the 1989 NFL draft.
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But to 2020 Cowboys players, Paul was the coach guiding everything from their lift sessions to pre-practice stretching. A “pleasant and calming voice” whose “passion for his work and his enthusiasm for life earned him great respect and admiration,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said.
On Tuesday, after Paul was transported to the hospital, the Cowboys canceled practice and team activities. Wednesday, they resumed without Paul at the helm of the stretch. The void was palpable.
Cowboys strength and conditioning coordinator Markus Paul died yesterday at 54 years old.
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“We were lining up for practice, getting ready to stretch and you get the reminder that he’s not here with us anymore,” Elliott said. “We just gotta lean on each other and help each other through this tough time.”
After Paul died Wednesday evening, the Cowboys devoted a portion of their team meeting to memorializing Paul. They celebrated his impact and swapped stories of how Paul influenced them as players and people. They marveled at how he always arrive to work “elite and alert,” linebacker Jaylon Smith said, a mentor and servant leader. They hoped to fight for him on the field Thursday, like he’d have wanted.
“We really wanted to come out and do it for God and for Markus,” Smith said. “And we didn’t accomplish the mission. So, it’s tough.”
The Cowboys coordinated public tributes to their strength coach before and after the game. In pregame warmups, they donned caps with Paul’s initials. “MP” decals adorned their game helmets, too. Cowboys center Joe Looney led a pregame prayer session, teammates kneeling in a circle on the field, arm in arm. The Cowboys honored Paul’s life in a tribute and moment of silence. And yet, players wished it wasn’t from the JerryWorld Jumbotron that Paul smiled over them.
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“It was really emotional,” Looney said. “Any time, like I said, you lose somebody so suddenly like that, it’s really hard. And then to see his face up on the Jumbotron and to have him not on the sideline with us? It’s tough.
“He made a lot of people around here better men.”
No player attributed their late-game unraveling to the emotional week, instead merely lamenting they couldn’t win in Paul’s honor. Elliott spent much of the week checking in on younger players, he said, some of whom hadn’t much experienced such a close death. Cooper described the balancing of what he called players’ two lives — their football life and their “real” lives.
“It was tragic, and we kind of had to cope with it,” Cooper said. “And in the span of those two lives, still try to focus as much as we can on football while dealing with something in our personal lives.”
Cowboys players kneel before Thursday's game against the Washington Football Team. (Photo: Brandon Wade, AP)
Their Thanksgiving matchup is now behind them. A Thursday night game in Baltimore, pending COVID-19 concerns, awaits on the schedule next. Mourning stretches across it all, the vacuum in early morning lifts and pre-practice stretches difficult to fill. McCarthy told players in the postgame locker room to take care of themselves and their families.
“It’s a week that I don’t think any of us will ever forget,” McCarthy said. “Markus was a special man. He was definitely someone [who] had a lot success in his professional life. But if you really look at the mark of a man, it’s more about significance over success. I can’t tell you the impact he made on our football team, really on the whole organization. I’ve only been working with Markus since January. But it’s very clearly evident throughout these last 48 hours, 72 hours what he means to everybody.
“We’re definitely going to miss him. It’s unfortunate for his family, but we had the opportunity to celebrate him last night as a team. We’ll definitely continue to do that. His memory and his impact have touched a lot of people and will always live with us.
“That’s where we are.”
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Home » Nfl » Lions fire Matt Patricia: five coaching candidates Detroit should target for their next head coach
The Detroit Lions officially hit the reset button, announcing on Saturday that the organization had fired head coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn. While the seismic shift the organization is about to go through is about to shake the foundations, the news that Patricia and Quinn have been unleashed is not entirely surprising. The duo were on thin ice heading into the 2020 season and after a 4-7 record that recently featured a 41-25 loss to the Texans at Thanksgiving, the property had no other choice. than cutting the bait.
And now? Well the Lions go handed over the keys to the organization offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, who will be interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Of course, if Bevell leads a miraculous turnaround for Detroit, he will naturally take a closer look at ownership as a long-term option. In case they are looking outside of the organization this offseason, however, here are some of the notable names Lions should have on their wishlist.
Eric Bieniemy, Chiefs OC
You’ve probably heard it before, but it’s worth repeating: Eric Bieniemy should already be a head coach somewhere in the NFL. The Kansas City offensive coordinator has Patrick Mahomes and his company seemingly playing Madden at times and the franchise looks set to seriously defend their Super Bowl LIV title won a year ago. Allowing Bieniemy to work with attacking talents like Matthew Stafford, running back D’Andre Swift and others would be fascinating. He’ll likely be the best option for a number of teams, so Detroit will have to make a compelling pitch to sell Bieniemy to help the Lions turn things around.
Brian Daboll, Bills OC
Do you know how Josh Allen flipped a switch this season? Well, you can thank Brian Daboll in part for that. The Bills boast of being one of the best coaches in the entire NFL under Sean McDermott and Daboll is arguably the best of the bunch. He was named CO in Buffalo in 2018 and transformed that unit into a group that currently sits at No. 1 in the AFC East, scoring 27.2 points per game. He also has a habit of preparing great plays.
Daboll also has a strong pedigree, winning five Super Bowls as a member of the New England Patriots and a national championship as an CO in Alabama under Nick Saban. While Detroit might not want to pick another head coach from Bill Belichick’s tree, Daboll would be a good rookie.
It would be a meteoric rise for Joe Brady if he was hired as head coach after a year as offensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers, but we are in the age of young head coaches so I guess that’s is possible. Brady set college football on fire as the passing coordinator and receiver coach at LSU with Joe Burow as QB and brought out his potential as the Panthers’ head coach. While he might be a little too green, Brady will absolutely be mentioned for a number of vacancies over the years. It’s only a matter of time before a team picks him up to lead their club. For the Lions, perhaps they would like to be too early on a coaching prospect like Brady, 31, rather than too late.
Arthur Smith, OC Titans
Arthur Smith’s job with Ryan Tannehill, making the Titans quarterback one of the NFL’s best signalers, is what’s going to give him a lot of looks as a possible head coach somewhere. Since being named a starter in Week 7 of last season, Tannehill has completed over 67% of his regular season passes, averages nearly 250 yards per game, has 44 touchdowns for just nine interceptions and has a passer rating of 112.7. . Tannehill also added 288 yards and five rushing touchdowns during that streak. Whether or not Matthew Stafford stays for rebuilding or the Lions decide to bring in another young quarterback to really start a new era, Smith has shown he can fashion a QB and take him into the NFL.
Jim Harbaugh, Michigan HC
Sounds like it’s too obvious, right? Harbaugh’s time in Michigan appears to be in its final stages, which could open the door for a potential return to the NFL where he is 49-22-1 in the regular season as a head coach and a record of 5-3 in the playoffs. Harbaugh also has a habit of turning a team on his resume, which could be of interest to the Lions. Before landing in San Francisco in 2011, the 49ers were a team of .500 or under for eight years. Upon their arrival, Harbaugh immediately had them at 13-3 and the NFC Championship. The following year, they were in the Super Bowl. His ties to the state are obvious, and he could make a compelling case that he could quickly turn things around in Detroit.
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Record Review: Was [Not Was] – Out Come The Freaks [Again] Remixes
Fontana | UK | 12″ | 1988 | WASR 412
Was [Not Was]: Out Come The Freaks [Again] UK 12″ [1988]
Out Come The Freaks [Again – The Mighty Mook Mix]
Out Come The Freaks [Again – The Bobby Maggot Mix]
The one uniting thread throughout the first three Was [Not Was] albums, save for their bad selves, was that each album contained a song called “Out Come The Freaks” that transmuted stylistically through time to incorporate a diversity of dance music sounds. The lyrics also changed but remained throughout a cursory examination of human desperation and depravity. Actually, their fourth album contained a brief final track called “Look What’s Back” with the groove given a half-hearted spin before unceremoniously snuffing it out for good. By the time the band had released their [breakthrough] third album in 1988, the landscape had changed to the point that more than one 12″ single was de riguer in the post-FGTH universe. The remixed 12″ single is the focus today.
Was [Not Was] single remixes of this time were generally well arranged and the band often played the tunes live in their new 12″ arrangements. The A-side mix by Bruce Forest plays close to the House vest he usually wears. The song’s bassline has been replaced and enhanced with perhaps a TB-303, giving it a much stronger pulse. It ended up sounding not too far off from a Phil Harding/PWL sound. The remix is a scant 50 seconds longer than the LP mix, insuring that this mix doesn’t overstay its welcome. An important consideration for the somewhat bland [to me, anyway] House style. Unlike Forest’s 13:44 “Boy’s Gone Crazy” mix for Los Bros. Was. In other words, not bad for House music ca. 1988.
But the flipside is even better! The Bobby Maggot Mix by Paul Simpson features a hilarious voice over intro by singer Sir Harry Bowens in the style of Dragnet’s Jack Webb pontificating on the perps that the song would soon detail. There is a touch of Piano House in Simpson’s remix with some jazzy solos but overall the mix hews more closely to the LP version. It just sounds better and wasn’t that the point of a remix to begin with? The FX and EQ have been enhanced by Simpson with the occasional addition of a few discreet samples. The middle eight does manage to get down and dirty for a few bars but it whips back into shape by the time for the next verse. And at 5:16 a most disciplined excursion into the world of the remix.
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5 Responses to Record Review: Was [Not Was] – Out Come The Freaks [Again] Remixes
The original 81 ZE release is, for me the standard. I dig the 84 revisit – but the commercial side of Was (Not Was) was in full effect at this point. By ’88 I had had enough of the Was Brothers and really wasn’t paying attention any longer.
Echorich – I’ve never tired of Los Hermanos Was. If you sat out the “What Up Dog” era, does that mean you never heard the likes of “Wedding Vows In Vegas,” “Hello Dad, I’m In Jail,” or “Earth To Doris?!” Their return with “Boo!” in 2008 was a rare time I bought an album on the day of release in these diminished times.
Huge fan of this specific song, love the old 12” and have a cd single from around ’88 with a really nice retro b-monster movie sleeve. I don’t think I’ve heard the mixes above, bugger, more stuff to track down.
Oh and a tip to Echorich, the Orchestra Was album is quite worth tracking down. I, too, tired of them around ’88 but OW is pretty good and I am sure a reasonably priced copy may be had via Amazon used.
Tim: I also have the conceptually great CD single that unites all three versions of the song with the amazing “Earth To Doris” B-side. But there are a zillion mixes from this period, and I have to say, no disappointments. Was (Not Was) negotiated late 80s dance music most adroitly.
I will put my ear to the speaker and re-investigate…As long as I can avoid walking a dinosaur…
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For more than 10 years I have collected newspaper articles related to the history of Liverpool Football Club. This blog is a presentation of the history of the greatest football team ever, told by the media. Many books about Liverpool F.C. contain errors about what happened in the old days. Liverpool Football Club deserve more than a “non-important” past.
Among all the articles I will also try to bring back the daily life of the people who lived in the city and the area. This is first and foremost a tribune to all those who either shared, or share, the same red passion. If you are writing a book, or an article about Liverpool F.C., or a former player, you are much welcome to use information presented on these pages. All I ask in return is a mention under “sources.”
You can contact me on kjellhanssen@hotmail. com.
Kjell Hanssen
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* York Herald, © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
* Yorkshire Evening Post, © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
* Yorkshire Gazette, © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Jeff Gaydish says:
Hello Kjell,
What a brilliant website you have created. I am interested in the early decades of LFC, so to me it is like finding a treasure chest. Congratulations.
kjehan says:
Thanks for the kind words. We share the same interest. There has always been something mysterious about the early years. Keep looking in – I have more info between 1892 and 1897 than any other years to be added.
Ken Davies says:
Hi Kjell,
Jeff Gaydish brought your website to my attention – what a wealth of information!
I am interested in players from Newtown, Powys who played for Liverpool in the late 1800s and early 1900s – Richard ‘Dickie’ Morris, George Latham and Harry Beadles in particular.
Thanks for the kind words, and welcome to the website. I believe you will find a few nice articles about Morris and Latham. If they are not on yet, I will publish them as soon as I can. I will also look for some info about Beadles.
Interesting to see the Newtown, Powys connection. LFC played Newtown a few times in the first season, and about that friendly match in 1893 I received a copy of the match report from the library in Newtown.
Brian Drever says:
Hi Kjell
First of all, along with others must congratulate you on a first class site.
Was advised by Afs Veritas of AFS re the corrections for the Bury game in October 1915. I am an avid Reds supporter for 45 years with a Kop season ticket and try and maintain the Liverpool stats in AFS along with Afs Veritas. I add my thanks for the info.
Picking up on that Bury game for the player’s mentioned, there will be other amendments to be made so over a period of time they will get done.
Thanks for the kind words! I have had all this information laying around for so long so needed to do something with it all. The site is still pretty much under construction. 1550 articles has been added, but I reckon when al is complete from my part it will be around 200 articles pr year, so in total between 15 and 20,000 articles. That is the aim.
Regarding the line ups etc, feel free to look around and compare with other sources. I know there is a lot of different oppinion to who played on that day etc. At least we can add sources to the different line ups.
Bob Blenkinsop says:
Thanks for this great site. My grand-father Ernie Blenkinsop played for Liverpool in the 1930’s, and it’s provided some interesting new information for me as I research his life and career. Many thanks, Bob
I am happy you found the website and information you were looking for. There is much more to be added in times ahead so keep checking back if new articles has been added about Ernie.
James Cotton says:
Dear Bob,
Hopefully Kjell will forgive me for writing to you, although he knows me well as I too am a mad Red, a sizeable Liverpool football memorabilia collector and historian, and I also provide Kjell with a continuing stream of images from the photo library for use on his absolutely priceless website. The work he does astonishes me and needs supporting from as many avenues as can be done. In response to so many relatives like yourself contacting me about their famous forebears, I have recently started to a new business based on my photo library which is only 4 months old, hence the site is still a couple of weeks from full functionality and a good year or more from being anywhere near populated with the estimated 10,000 players of whom I have images I have pre WW1/WW2, it’s a massive undertaking. But I hope the website http://www.vintagefootballers.com and perhaps at this stage more particularly the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/vintagefootballers, which links to the Flickr sites and the work I have been doing for the families of Jock & Sep Rutherford, and for Liverpool’s Harry Lewis, might be of interest to you and to others of your cousins in Ernie Blenkinsop’s bloodline, I’m sure you know a goodly number. Obviously Ernie’s career with Sheffield Wednesday and England before Liverpool was particularly spectacular and I have collected many items in which he features over the years! More obscure players like Harry Lewis are still surprisingly well represented in my collection, to an extent it’s the relatives of players like Harry I expect will show more interest as for Ernie or Jock Rutherford (as an example I know well) there’s just a wealth of material as they were such stars in their day. Interestingly I got started with this exactly as I had 2 cousins buying a particular 1900 card of Scotland & Preston’s goalkeeper Peter McBride, both were great grandsons yet didn’t know each other! No doubt you can contact me if of interest and I’d be delighted to put together some images of Ernie on Flickr, of which I know I have plenty, and which I can have made into a variety of fun things.
Gerald Jensen says:
Hi Gerald. Thanks for the nice words. I hope you find many interesting articles here!
mercyanne says:
This is my brother, Gerald Jensen, Kjell. He sees a little of Tom Watson in our brother Jack (John ) Jensen. 🙂
Thank you for your good work.
Mercy Jensen Michalski
Ed Thomas says:
Nice site. My great grandfather, Tommy Cunliffe, played for Liverpool between 1916-1917. In October 1917 he received a lifetime ban for betting on matches he played in (you’ve got an article about it on your blog). I’ve enjoyed reading the many match reports you have in which he played.
If you or anyone else has any information about Tommy, I’d love to hear from you.
Hi Ed. Thanks for coming by my website. I will have to check my archive to see what else I have on Tommy, and I promise to come back to you as soon as possible.
Ed Thomase says:
Thanks Kjell. I appreciate your help and look forward to seeing anything you can find.
Hi Kjell. I appreciate your help and look forward to seeing anything you can find on Tommy>
Hopefully Kjell will forgive me for writing to you, although he knows me well as I too am a mad Red, a sizeable Liverpool football memorabilia collector and historian, and I also provide Kjell with a continuing stream of images from the photo library for use on his absolutely priceless website. The work he does astonishes me and needs supporting from as many avenues as can be done. In response to so many relatives like yourself contacting me about their famous forebears, I have recently started to a new business based on my photo library which is only 4 months old, hence the site is still a couple of weeks from full functionality and a good year or more from being anywhere near populated with the estimated 10,000 players of whom I have images I have pre WW1/WW2, it’s a massive undertaking. But I hope the website http://www.vintagefootballers.com and perhaps at this stage more particularly the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/vintagefootballers, which links to the Flickr sites and the work I have been doing for the families of Jock & Sep Rutherford, and for Liverpool’s Harry Lewis, might be of interest to you and to others of your cousins in Tommy Cunliffe’s bloodline, I’m sure you know a goodly number. I worked with Kjell, Jeff Gaydish, Jim Donnelly and others on Tommy’s story when it was featured as a result of your enquiry on the Unofficial Liverpool FC Museum! More obscure players like Harry Lewis are still surprisingly well represented in my collection, to an extent it’s the relatives of players like Tommy or Harry I expect will show more interest as for say Jock Rutherford (as an example I know well) there’s just a wealth of material as they were such stars in their day. Interestingly I got started with this exactly as I had 2 cousins buying a particular 1900 card of Scotland & Preston’s goalkeeper Peter McBride, both were great grandsons yet didn’t know each other! No doubt you can contact me if of interest and I’d be delighted to try put together some images of Tommy on Flickr, of which I know I have plenty, and which I can have made into a variety of fun things.
Torsten Probst says:
I am researching the history of LFC and have provided some information to Gudmundur Magnusson (LFC history website) and Graeme Riley (book author).
I’ve read some interesting articles on your website and found thereupon some minor errors in the history books and websites regarding the war years. Would you agree with me, that there were two Ashcroft players in the 1916/17 season, the mentioned goalkeeper Jimmy and a young player from Little Sutton, the latter should have played as a forward two games in the principal tournament.
In the same season Owen Williams played one game, but the Williams who played two games in season 1915/16 should be David “Dai” Williams.
In season 1918/19 all the Miller games and goals should be credited to Jack Miller. His brother Tom was in the Army until December and also banned by the FA until summer 1919.
If I’m right, we could report this information to Gudmundur.
Hi Torsten,
Welcome to the website, and always good to know that there are a few of us with this passion for the club`s history. I have only completed the 1915-16 season on my own statistic sheet so can only for certain comment on that. Dai Williams is as I understand it correct.
I know I have noted down Ashcroft with a question mark. I am still not 100% convinced the goalkeeper is the old one, but will keep you updated if I find any conclusive facts. I think you are correct with Jack Miller as well, but I have not gone through Echo yet so will wait and see what I can find there. Echo was usually good at presenting players that suddenly appeared a day or two before the matches during WW1.
Also feel free to share with lfchistory.
Jeff Waine says:
Great reading your website regarding the history of LFC. Nice to see the inclusion of my Grandfather Robert Waine. I have tried very hard to research him with LFC. Many years ago I heard many comments from people who saw him play, quoting his speed and trickery, and “could do anything with a football”, and most of all his size. He was only 5’3″ tall! He was known as Bobby Waine, the player who ran down the Anfield wing with his little legs and big heart. This was in a cutting from I think the Liverpool Echo, I remember the writer being Adam or Bob Lythgo. As a child I remember a scrap-book of photos and newspaper cuttings about him, but sadly this got mis-placed. There was a team photo in it that included him of a team that played in front of King George 5th. I can share a few stories about him if your interested. He never missed a cup final I played in when I was in my early 20’s. Always gave me help and advice. I wish I was as good as him!!
Thanks for the kind words and welcome to this football blog. I would love to hear histories you have of Bobby, and also please tell some about yourself as well. Unfortunately I do not have any images of Bobby. If you have one I would love to add it to one of the stories I have with him.
Thank you for your response. I am at the moment trying to research my Grandfathers footballing career, mainly to share with my children and grandchildren. For info I am 66 years old and as I said earlier my Grandfather never missed watching me in cup finals I played in. I played for a local team in Prescot/Whiston who played in an amateur Liverpool League. A couple of stories my grandfather told me was he remembered playing in a match watched by 70,000 plus crowd (Unrecorded) I am not sure whether this was the match watched by King George the 5th or not. I believe the King did travel to watch football matches at Manchester City around this time. I mentioned this to the LFC guide when visiting the club tour last year. He said that there was a match played around this time with a huge crowd but that was at Maine Road Manchester and not Anfield. Whether it was a exhibition match or competitive match I don’t know. What my grandfather did say was that the terracing collapsed and many supporters suffered broken limbs and were tended to on the touchline while the match carried on. I’m sure he wouldn’t have made that up, so more research is required on this one.
I posted a reply regarding Pivate Robert Waine, I’m sure there may have been a mix up there. Please see my reply. Applolgies to all if I am wrong.
Another story my Grandfather told me was how his career ended with Liverpool, again how accurate this is I don’t know, I wish I had taken more notice of the stories at the time.I believe when the football league was postponed during the first world war, teams from the north formed a Northern League I think called the Northern Merit League and teams from the South formed a league called the Southern Merit League. Liverpool played Tottenham at Anfield whether this was a “final” or not I don’t know. Tottenham were winning 1-0, Tottenham had a corner, the ball was cleared to my Grandfather who went the full length of the pitch, centred the ball and the Centre forward headed the equaliser!! Roy of the Rovers Stuff!! Unfotunately on centering the ball my granfather went down and couldn’t get up – both knees suffered Cartlidge damage. That was the end of that!! Again, obviously more research required on this story.
I don’t know much else about his playing career apart from he said he went to Port Vale. Records show a R Waine playing one game in 1918 for them.
In 1926 he emigrated to the USA with his wife and 3 sons. His wife (my Grandma) came from a farming family and my dad always told me they lived on a ranch in Pasadena Calafornia and Grandad used to train “Soccer” to the American children. This is what I am researching now. In the Census of Los Angelus of 1930 shows the family to be living in an apartment block with my grandfathers occupation as a farmer. I can’t see that but am waiting for a request for information from a Pasadena historian. If he replies I will let you know.
Due to the recession of the 1930’s the family returned home to Thatto Heath St Helens.
Grandad did have a roll as a Scout for New Brighton FC, then working in a Cable factory in Prescot Nr Liverpool until his retirement.
The only photo I have of him was at my wedding in 1968 when he was 74. I will try and post it via email to you, The medal on his chain was a gold medal won with liverpool, sadly missing but from memory was a runners up medal,it may be of interest to you to see the photo then you can see how tall he really was. On his left is Grandma who was only 5′ 6″
Hence, running down the Anfield wing with his little legs and big heart.
Happy researching
I will need some time to check upon the stories. I don’t think Liverpool played Tottenham during WW1. It was restrictions in terms of how far a club could travel. You are correct about the King George and Manchester City. I will see if I can find any match linking Robert to such an event.
Before making his debut for Liverpool in December, 1915 – Robert played for a club named St. Helens Alexandra. He played 5 League gamaes and 2 friendly matches I believe that season. During the 1916/17 season he only played 1 match for Liverpool, and the reason for this was that he played matches for a team called “South Liverpool.” Now, South Liverpool acted almost as a feeder club for Liverpool, and since no player could be professional during the war, amateur status reigning, a player could play for which ever team he wanted.
In 1917/18 Robert was back with Liverpool and played 28 matches.
I have also seen articles about Robert participating in sprinting, and he he could run 70 yards in 7 seconds.
I will keep you posted on new findings.
By the way, there is a note in Liverpool Echo for November 3, 1916 about a Waine family were two brothers had been killed in action. Their names being: Herbert Waine (19 years) and Thomas Waine (36 years old). Thomas was killed earlier in the war. They were sons of Mr. and Mrs. Waine, living in 34, Noel Street. Do you know if they were related to Robert?
mireli@talk21.com says:
Hi Kjell, Many thanks for your extremely valuable information on my Grandad. It is appreciated so much. South Liverpool FC now play in the West Cheshire League. The interesting thing about them it was disbanded in 1921 then merged with New Brighton FC in the same year. So Grandad and Robert Junior still had ties with both clubs. My son has just found a photo of King George V being introduced to players in Circa 1920 at Hyde Road Manchester City’s ground prior to Maine Road, the crowd looks enormous. The match was Manchester City v Liverpool. Unfortunately Bobby Waine is not one of the players in view. I will send the photo on. Maybe this could be the match my grandfather talked about, but it is likely to be a later match. We have researched the two brothers and they seem to be no relation to Robert, but could have been a distant relative. The family originated from Manchester then moved to Noel street Toxteth Liverpool. Grandfathers family have always been associated with St. Helens. Best regards Jeff
Have you seen this website, which outlines a player called Waine’s appearances with Liverpool:
http://www.11v11.com/players/waine-236919/
Small world. My great grandfather Tommy Cunliffe played for the ‘pool between 1916-17.
Hi Ed and Jeff,
I have put together an excel sheet for all the matches Liverpool played during the 1915/16 season. I will have similar excel sheets for all seasons in the future, but this one is the first I have focused on. All statistics etc are from match reports from local newspapers, and some of the names of the players are more correct than from older books etc. This excel sheet contain even half time scores, what minute the goals were scored in and they name of the referee for each match.. I can send you both a copy of this excel sheet, if you want.
Drop me an email on “kjellhanssen@hotmail.com” and I will reply as fast as I can with a copy..
If you have a copy of the above book, Liverpool a complete record 1892-1986 by Brian Pead, it gives you team sheets of every game played, shirt numbers, times of goals, scorers and attendances, attendance 28,000 v Everton 1917-18!! If you have not got the book, I will try and get one for you. Please let me know.
Thanks for the kind offer. It is already in my book collection, but I have found so many errors in it that I simply do not trust it, specially the years up until 1939.
By the way, when finding the first articles about Robert Waine more than a year ago I posted some questions for help about him in a football forum. I just found that posting again now. If you want to have a look, it is at, http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/soccerdatauk/message/1301
In regards to books about Liverpool I believe that a book called “Red men” by John William is the best together with the new “A complete record” by the guys behind lfchistory.net – http://www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/3216 that came out last year. Also there is a new series out now called “Liverpool Match by match” which is my kind of book, http://www.soccer.mistral.co.uk/books/liv2.htm.
The problems with football books, specially those that contain statistics is that more recent books blindly copies the information in older books. Take for example Jack Waine, and he is not the only one. I have most likely found a match in 1894 where the wrong goalkeeper is in the line up, and the poor lad, who probably played, has never got his solitary game in LFC history.
Regards and a Happy Easter,
Many thanks for the links, I find them facinating. I am so disappointed my grandfathers scrap book went missing. I’m sure there would have been lot of interesting items/players names in it of interest to you. But you are doing a fantastic job. Keep up the good work! I am still trying to find out if the stories were true about my grandfather having a soccer training job in California around 1926-32. Not having much success though.
Hyder Jawad says:
Great stuff, Jeff. Your family history has added a new dimension to my research into New Brighton FC and South Liverpool FC. As you can imagine, it is a contentious area. I thank you for your time and I wish you success in your own research.
Cris Freddi says:
Hi, Kjell.
The photo of ‘Fred Geary’ in the quiz is actully a shot of Edgar Chadwick.
Cris freddi
Hi Cris,
Welcome to the website, and thanks for correcting me on that one. They absolutely do not look the same so bad on me.
Not a ‘bad’ mistake at all, Kjell. You should see some of the errors I’ve made!
Great website, of course.
Jack Kirwan says:
Hi, Kjell. I’m just writing to say thanks for posting this info re LFC. Great stuff, and I’m sure it keeps you very busy. It’s also good to see the collaboration between you and Everton FC’s equivalent, Billy Smith. Rivalry does not equate to enmity in my book, and I have many good friends who support different clubs – even Manchester United!
This is of course the 50th anniversary of Liverpool’s first league title under Bill Shankly in 1963-64, a season I remember so well – I was 20 at the time. That season I went to all the home games at both Anfield and Goodison, and there were so many really memorable games, not least the final home game at Anfield, when we beat Arsenal 5-0 and Tommy Lawrence saved a penalty.
I was in the Kop, and one bright spark managed to shin up one of the pillars supporting the roof. He then edged out along the girders below the roof to the front, straddling one for a grandstand if perilous view of the game, and stayed there for the whole match despite repeated (futile) orders to come down from the police sergeant on duty down below. He never fell off, despite vigorous celebration of each goal and incident. Afterwards, sets of downward-pointing iron spikes were welded onto the pillars to prevent a repeat!
This of course is just one of so many memories I have from those times. Great days, great players, great fun.
Thank you for the very kind words, and I am also happy you have noticed how Billy and myself share information and help each other with findings.
I feel really good reading your post, and how you describe your memories. Unfortunately I have no recollection of Shankly myself – I was born in 1968, and barely remember seeing my first football match live on TV a Saturday afternoon in the mid-1970s. I think Liverpool beat Middlesbrough 1-0.
I grew up in the 1980s and what a time with both the Reds and the Blues on top. Thinking back I can never remember having any grudge at Everton either. I like good football and when a team plays good football I respect them. And, all clubs are special, they all have a soul, some just have more trophies.
Not sure if you know, but I am from Norway (shocker you might say), but moved to the UK almost 15 years ago. I thought I would be at Anfield and in Liverpool every other week when I moved over, but soon enough found out that living in London and constant travelling was not for me. I wish I could go up and visit the city more often. I find peace when I am there. But it is probably good for my better half that I do not loose track of the time.
Football today compared to football yesterday is no match in my eyes. When someone invents a time machine and needs a volunteer I will try to be first in line. What I find most fascinating is to actually understand how football has developed as the years has gone by. Imagine being at Anfield or Goodison in the mid or late 1890s? How colourful would the black and white sketches be, what would the smell be like outside the grounds, could you smell the woodwork from the stands?
I hope that one day the interest for our clubs’ history will be more popular and reach more people. But it is different times today. Go back to the mid 1980s in Norway and ask 10 kids on the street which team was their favourite team and I bet you 8 or 9 would pick an English team. Do the same today and you are lucky if 3 of them points to Man Utd or Chelsea. Hardly anyone knows what happened before 1980.
And, I must ask you if you are related to the Jack Kirwan who played for Everton, Tottenham and Chelsea 100 years ago?
Hope to hear more from you Jack.
dpwbingham@gmail.com says:
I have recently found your site and would like to compliment you on its superb information.
My mother’s mother’s father was Thomas Parry, a Welsh international footballer in the early 20th century. One of our most prized possessions is one of his Welsh caps, beautiful green velvet with a tassel on the top.
His brother was Maurice Parry who played 229 games for LFC between 1900 and 1909. I have seen some information on other websites, but your’s is the only one with the original press cuttings which are fascinating.
He was obviously a bit of a character, an organ playing teetotaller who was nearly 13 stone when playing and could obviously tackle.
After his football career, at the age of 38 Maurice joined the army (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) and fought in the Dardenelles in the first World War, being wounded in 1916 and possibly gassed in that campaign.
I am very grateful for your efforts to produce such a fine website
Hi there. Thank you for visiting my blog and thank you for the kind words. Over the last three years I have received many comments from relatives of former Liverpool players. It is a great joy to read them all, and I am so happy you found articles that will help you get to know Maurice better.
I know that just after he signed for Liverpool there were different versions of his name on print in newspapers and match programmes. He was not just Maurice Parry – he was also Morris Parry and Morris Barry.
I believe a friend of mine have a lot of old images of Maurice as a footballer. If you have time please check out his webpage on “www.vintagefootballers.com”. And you are always welcome back to this blog. Check in every now and then because I add quite a lot of new articles every day and some of them will of course include notes about Maurice.
Hopefully Kjell will forgive me for writing to you, although he knows me well as I too am a mad Red, a sizeable Liverpool football memorabilia collector and historian, and I also provide Kjell with a continuing stream of images from the photo library for use on his absolutely priceless website. The work he does astonishes me and needs supporting from as many avenues as can be done. In response to so many relatives like yourself contacting me about their famous forebears, I have recently started to a new business based on my photo library which is only 4 months old, hence the site is still a couple of weeks from full functionality and a good year or more from being anywhere near populated with the estimated 10,000 players of whom I have images I have pre WW1/WW2, it’s a massive undertaking. But I hope the website http://www.vintagefootballers.com and perhaps at this stage more particularly the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/vintagefootballers, which links to the Flickr sites and the work I have been doing for the families of Jock & Sep Rutherford, and for Liverpool’s Harry Lewis, might be of interest to you and to others of your cousins in the Parry bloodline, I’m sure you know a goodly number. Obviously Maurice’s career with Liverpool was lengthy and highly successful and I know I have many items of interest. I need to look up Tom too and then I’m sure I’ll find my way to images. Interestingly I got started with this exactly as I had 2 cousins buying a particular 1900 card of Scotland & Preston’s goalkeeper Peter McBride, both were great grandsons yet didn’t know each other! No doubt you can contact me if of interest and I’d be delighted to put together some images of both players on Flickr, of which I know I have plenty for Maurice, and which I can have made into a variety of fun things.
Roy McDonald says:
This is an excellent resource and you should be congratulated on such a thorough piece of research.
I am in the process of researching the history of football in the Prescot and Whiston areas and your site has proved to be invaluable, so far, in picking up snippets about players from these clubs and other details of matches.
well done, and thanks again!
If I ever finish and go for publication, I will be sure to give you a credit!
Roy McDonald
Thanks for the kinds words and I am happy you can find something for your research here. I will keep a special look out for football items for Prescot and Whiston and will let you know when I add more articles.
Please let me know when you publish your book. I would love to buy a copy from you.
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Home Forums > General Pokémon Discussion > General Pokémon discussion >
News A new Pokémon Direct will air this Friday, February 26
Discussion in 'General Pokémon discussion' started by May, Feb 24, 2016.
The official Pokémon Twitter announced a new Pokémon Direct. The direct will last for 5 minutes and will air this Friday, February 26.
The timing is as follows:
UK: 15:00
Europe: 16:00
US (East Coast): 10:00
US (West Coast): 07:00
Japan: 00:00
More information about the stream are available on the official website: http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/02-26-2016/
May, Feb 24, 2016
Nintendomi Trainer Pokémon Trainer
Mmm... No, there isn't!
5 minutes... mmm... I hope they'll say some news, but in that day they could talk about only of "pokémon in the years", to celebrate the anniversary
Nintendomi, Feb 24, 2016
Nintendomi said: ↑
I thnk that they will troll everyone who thinks about a new main game
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Home is behind. L’esilio, il viaggio e il ritorno tra Tolkien e Virgilio
Lavinia Scolari
Risultato della ricerca: Chapter
The paper aims to examine the relations between the works of Tolkien and Virgil’s Aeneid, with particular reference to the mythical motif of the journey. By a reasoned comparison between the Latin epos and Tolkien’s mythopoiesis, we intend to develop an analysis of the main topics involving the motives of journey and exile: the burden of power and the elect of fate (Aeneas fato profugus and Aragorn King Ranger), with a specific focus on Aeneas, exhausted by labores and subservient to the will of the fata, and the return of Aragorn as King. This is directly linked to the themes of exile and return: Virgil represents the Trojans arrived in Latium as heirs of italic Dardanus come back home; in Tolkien, the pattern of return doesn’t concern only the king of Gondor, but also the Bearer and the Elves. Thus, the motif of the journey appears as an essential guideline in both of the corpora, in the concept of formal and narrative level.
Titolo della pubblicazione ospite
J.R.R. Tolkien: Viaggio ed Eroismo ne Il Signore degli Anelli. Atti del Convegno di Studi
Serie di pubblicazioni
La Biblioteca di ClassicoContemporaneo
Scolari, L. (2016). Home is behind. L’esilio, il viaggio e il ritorno tra Tolkien e Virgilio. In J.R.R. Tolkien: Viaggio ed Eroismo ne Il Signore degli Anelli. Atti del Convegno di Studi (pagg. 58-80). (La Biblioteca di ClassicoContemporaneo).
Home is behind. L’esilio, il viaggio e il ritorno tra Tolkien e Virgilio. / Scolari, Lavinia.
J.R.R. Tolkien: Viaggio ed Eroismo ne Il Signore degli Anelli. Atti del Convegno di Studi. 2016. pag. 58-80 (La Biblioteca di ClassicoContemporaneo).
Scolari, L 2016, Home is behind. L’esilio, il viaggio e il ritorno tra Tolkien e Virgilio. in J.R.R. Tolkien: Viaggio ed Eroismo ne Il Signore degli Anelli. Atti del Convegno di Studi. La Biblioteca di ClassicoContemporaneo, pagg. 58-80.
Scolari L. Home is behind. L’esilio, il viaggio e il ritorno tra Tolkien e Virgilio. In J.R.R. Tolkien: Viaggio ed Eroismo ne Il Signore degli Anelli. Atti del Convegno di Studi. 2016. pag. 58-80. (La Biblioteca di ClassicoContemporaneo).
Scolari, Lavinia. / Home is behind. L’esilio, il viaggio e il ritorno tra Tolkien e Virgilio. J.R.R. Tolkien: Viaggio ed Eroismo ne Il Signore degli Anelli. Atti del Convegno di Studi. 2016. pagg. 58-80 (La Biblioteca di ClassicoContemporaneo).
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How to Ensure Support From Your Staff When Undertaking a CSR Program
Andrew Muir
Andrew Muir shares his learnings on how to ensure staff get behind corporate social responsibility programs.
Andrew Muir | 6 June 2018 at 8:30 am
To execute a successful and sustainable corporate social responsibility (CSR) program, support and enthusiasm from your team are critical. Regardless of how good your intentions might be, undertaking a program that achieves any sort of scale and impact requires input from more than just a few key people.
So, where to begin? From my experience establishing and leading The Good Guys’ philanthropic program, the steps below are a helpful place to start and can be applied to businesses big and small.
Involve your team in choosing the cause
Input from your team in choosing a cause to align with is the most effective way to ensure sustained enthusiasm and commitment. When staff are consulted and involved in the process, they become more invested than if they were just presented with a cause, particularly if it’s something they don’t have a personal connection with.
While it’s near impossible to reach company-wide consensus on a cause to champion, consulting your staff helps to alleviate potential push back as everyone is aware that the cause has been chosen by the majority of their colleagues, and not simply handed down by the CEO or senior management.
In addition to involving your team in choosing a cause, selecting one that’s local to your business creates a stronger connection. While overseeing The Good Guys’ philanthropic program, we chose to partner with Orange Sky Laundry Australia – Australia’s first mobile laundry for the homeless. At the time, Orange Sky needed funds to help expand its critical services across Melbourne and eventually nationally. We contributed funds and resources in the form of washing machines, staff volunteering, and third-party stakeholder donations and volunteering, and it was incredibly rewarding for all of us knowing that our work was having a direct and tangible impact on the local community.
In fact, a previous store manager recently got in touch after years of not having seen each other to let me know that the Orange Sky project remains the most exciting and rewarding cause she’s been involved with and that it was a memorable experience speaking with customers about the tangible results the program had.
Ensure buy-in from senior staff
While support from staff at all levels is necessary if you’re going to launch and maintain a successful CSR program, ensuring commitment from senior staff is crucial. If they fail to demonstrate any interest in the cause, why should their teams make any effort? Senior staff need to lead by example and set the standard. Not to mention that without genuine commitment from management, the program is unlikely to succeed as sufficient time and resources won’t be dedicated to the cause.
Attract and retain the best
For senior staff who perceive CSR programs as a hassle, more work or a distraction – it could be worth reminding them what a powerful tool for staff retention such programs can be. Engaging with CSR can significantly boost employee morale, leading to higher employee satisfaction and ultimately a higher staff retention rate.
Millennials entering the workforce are particularly engaged with companies that do good, with more than 80 per cent consistently indicating they are conscious of how a company gives back or is sustainable. Millennials are more aware of businesses that have a conscience than previous generations and view socially responsible organisations as desirable workplaces.
Speak with your staff regularly to check the program is still working
So, you’ve consulted your team about what cause the organisation should support, your CSR program has kicked off and is running well – but how do you ensure it lasts? What if a number of people who were instrumental in choosing the program move on? Will new team members be as committed? This is where regular evaluation comes in.
By regular I’m not suggesting every six months, a successful CSR program takes considerable planning plus an investment in time and money, so you’re not going to turn around and say goodbye that quickly. However, if enthusiasm and staff involvement appear to be waning, check in with your team. If it’s clear they would prefer the organisation be directing its resources elsewhere, it might be time to consult them on what cause they’d rather be supporting. Sometimes it isn’t necessary to choose a new cause, it’s just a case of changing up what you’re doing, such as giving staff more hands-on exposure.
Recognise and celebrate
Staff deserve to be updated on the results of your CSR program and to be recognised for their efforts in making them happen. In addition, your organisation’s efforts should be celebrated. While it seems obvious, this aspect is often overlooked as we get caught up in the planning and execution. Make sure to set aside time to share positive results with the team and to come together to celebrate.
When it works well, it carries on
When CSR programs are well-managed, staff feel connected to the cause and are more willing to work on its behalf in their own ways. In some cases, successful CSR programs result in proactive contributions from staff, such as volunteering or donations in the form of salary sacrificing. They feel such a connection to the cause that they want to contribute in their own way.
While I’ve touched on the importance of checking in with your staff to see if your chosen cause still resonates with them, when CSR programs are done well they can carry on over time and endure beyond the team who introduces them. They give your brand an ongoing heart and ensure it is recognised for doing good.
About the author: Andrew Muir is the founder and director of The Good Foundation, founder of Best Friends Pet Care Super Centres, former chairman and CEO of The Good Guys.
Andrew Muir | @ProBonoNews
Andrew Muir is the founder and director of The Good Foundation, founder of Best Friends Pet Care Super Centres, former chairman and CEO of The Good Guys.
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Progression of foot deformity in Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy
Mary K. Hastings, Jeffrey E. Johnson, Michael J. Strube, Charles F. Hildebolt, Kathryn L. Bohnert, Fred W. Prior, David R. Sinacore
Background: Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy associated foot deformity can result in joint instability, ulceration, and even amputation. The purpose of the present study was to follow patients with and without active Charcot osteoarthropathy for as long as two years to examine the magnitude and timing of foot alignment changes. Methods: We studied fifteen subjects with Charcot osteoarthropathy and nineteen subjects with diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy without Charcot osteoarthropathy for one year; eight of the subjects with osteoarthropathy and five of the subjects with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy were followed for two years. Bilateral weight-bearing radiographs of the foot were made at baseline for all subjects, with repeat radiographs being made at six months for the osteoarthropathy group and at one and two years for both groups. Radiographic measurements included the Meary angle, cuboid height, calcaneal pitch, and hindfoot-forefoot angle. Results: The Meary angle, cuboid height, and calcaneal pitch worsened in feet with Charcot osteoarthropathy over one year as compared with the contralateral, uninvolved feet and feet in patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. Cuboid height continued to worsen over the two-year follow-up in the feet with Charcot osteoarthropathy. These feet also had a greater change in the hindfoot-forefoot angle at one year as compared with the feet in patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy and at two years as compared with the contralateral, uninvolved feet. Conclusions: In patients with Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy, radiographic alignment measurements demonstrate the presence of foot deformity at the time of the initial clinical presentation and evidence of progressive changes over the first and second years. The six-month data suggest worsening of medial column alignment prior to lateral column worsening. This radiographic evidence of worsening foot alignment over time supports the need for aggressive intervention (conservative bracing or surgical fixation) to attempt to prevent limb-threatening complications. Level of Evidence: Prognostic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A
https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.L.00250
10.2106/JBJS.L.00250
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Hastings, M. K., Johnson, J. E., Strube, M. J., Hildebolt, C. F., Bohnert, K. L., Prior, F. W., & Sinacore, D. R. (2013). Progression of foot deformity in Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A, 95(13), 1206-1213. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.L.00250
Hastings, Mary K. ; Johnson, Jeffrey E. ; Strube, Michael J. ; Hildebolt, Charles F. ; Bohnert, Kathryn L. ; Prior, Fred W. ; Sinacore, David R. / Progression of foot deformity in Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy. In: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A. 2013 ; Vol. 95, No. 13. pp. 1206-1213.
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abstract = "Background: Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy associated foot deformity can result in joint instability, ulceration, and even amputation. The purpose of the present study was to follow patients with and without active Charcot osteoarthropathy for as long as two years to examine the magnitude and timing of foot alignment changes. Methods: We studied fifteen subjects with Charcot osteoarthropathy and nineteen subjects with diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy without Charcot osteoarthropathy for one year; eight of the subjects with osteoarthropathy and five of the subjects with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy were followed for two years. Bilateral weight-bearing radiographs of the foot were made at baseline for all subjects, with repeat radiographs being made at six months for the osteoarthropathy group and at one and two years for both groups. Radiographic measurements included the Meary angle, cuboid height, calcaneal pitch, and hindfoot-forefoot angle. Results: The Meary angle, cuboid height, and calcaneal pitch worsened in feet with Charcot osteoarthropathy over one year as compared with the contralateral, uninvolved feet and feet in patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. Cuboid height continued to worsen over the two-year follow-up in the feet with Charcot osteoarthropathy. These feet also had a greater change in the hindfoot-forefoot angle at one year as compared with the feet in patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy and at two years as compared with the contralateral, uninvolved feet. Conclusions: In patients with Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy, radiographic alignment measurements demonstrate the presence of foot deformity at the time of the initial clinical presentation and evidence of progressive changes over the first and second years. The six-month data suggest worsening of medial column alignment prior to lateral column worsening. This radiographic evidence of worsening foot alignment over time supports the need for aggressive intervention (conservative bracing or surgical fixation) to attempt to prevent limb-threatening complications. Level of Evidence: Prognostic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.",
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Hastings, MK, Johnson, JE, Strube, MJ, Hildebolt, CF, Bohnert, KL, Prior, FW & Sinacore, DR 2013, 'Progression of foot deformity in Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy', Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A, vol. 95, no. 13, pp. 1206-1213. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.L.00250
Progression of foot deformity in Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy. / Hastings, Mary K.; Johnson, Jeffrey E.; Strube, Michael J.; Hildebolt, Charles F.; Bohnert, Kathryn L.; Prior, Fred W.; Sinacore, David R.
In: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A, Vol. 95, No. 13, 03.07.2013, p. 1206-1213.
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N2 - Background: Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy associated foot deformity can result in joint instability, ulceration, and even amputation. The purpose of the present study was to follow patients with and without active Charcot osteoarthropathy for as long as two years to examine the magnitude and timing of foot alignment changes. Methods: We studied fifteen subjects with Charcot osteoarthropathy and nineteen subjects with diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy without Charcot osteoarthropathy for one year; eight of the subjects with osteoarthropathy and five of the subjects with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy were followed for two years. Bilateral weight-bearing radiographs of the foot were made at baseline for all subjects, with repeat radiographs being made at six months for the osteoarthropathy group and at one and two years for both groups. Radiographic measurements included the Meary angle, cuboid height, calcaneal pitch, and hindfoot-forefoot angle. Results: The Meary angle, cuboid height, and calcaneal pitch worsened in feet with Charcot osteoarthropathy over one year as compared with the contralateral, uninvolved feet and feet in patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. Cuboid height continued to worsen over the two-year follow-up in the feet with Charcot osteoarthropathy. These feet also had a greater change in the hindfoot-forefoot angle at one year as compared with the feet in patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy and at two years as compared with the contralateral, uninvolved feet. Conclusions: In patients with Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy, radiographic alignment measurements demonstrate the presence of foot deformity at the time of the initial clinical presentation and evidence of progressive changes over the first and second years. The six-month data suggest worsening of medial column alignment prior to lateral column worsening. This radiographic evidence of worsening foot alignment over time supports the need for aggressive intervention (conservative bracing or surgical fixation) to attempt to prevent limb-threatening complications. Level of Evidence: Prognostic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
AB - Background: Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy associated foot deformity can result in joint instability, ulceration, and even amputation. The purpose of the present study was to follow patients with and without active Charcot osteoarthropathy for as long as two years to examine the magnitude and timing of foot alignment changes. Methods: We studied fifteen subjects with Charcot osteoarthropathy and nineteen subjects with diabetes mellitus and peripheral neuropathy without Charcot osteoarthropathy for one year; eight of the subjects with osteoarthropathy and five of the subjects with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy were followed for two years. Bilateral weight-bearing radiographs of the foot were made at baseline for all subjects, with repeat radiographs being made at six months for the osteoarthropathy group and at one and two years for both groups. Radiographic measurements included the Meary angle, cuboid height, calcaneal pitch, and hindfoot-forefoot angle. Results: The Meary angle, cuboid height, and calcaneal pitch worsened in feet with Charcot osteoarthropathy over one year as compared with the contralateral, uninvolved feet and feet in patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy. Cuboid height continued to worsen over the two-year follow-up in the feet with Charcot osteoarthropathy. These feet also had a greater change in the hindfoot-forefoot angle at one year as compared with the feet in patients with diabetes and peripheral neuropathy and at two years as compared with the contralateral, uninvolved feet. Conclusions: In patients with Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy, radiographic alignment measurements demonstrate the presence of foot deformity at the time of the initial clinical presentation and evidence of progressive changes over the first and second years. The six-month data suggest worsening of medial column alignment prior to lateral column worsening. This radiographic evidence of worsening foot alignment over time supports the need for aggressive intervention (conservative bracing or surgical fixation) to attempt to prevent limb-threatening complications. Level of Evidence: Prognostic Level II. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.
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Hastings MK, Johnson JE, Strube MJ, Hildebolt CF, Bohnert KL, Prior FW et al. Progression of foot deformity in Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A. 2013 Jul 3;95(13):1206-1213. https://doi.org/10.2106/JBJS.L.00250
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On November 10, 2016 By scottpetersenIn Hillary, Obama, TrumpLeave a comment
How did this happen? Was it a vote for Trump? A vote against Hillary? A vote against the sad legacy of Obama? Take your choice. It’s probably a combination of all three.
It’s ironic — Democrats have constantly derided Republicans for being “fat cats” and “those at the top.” Yet suddenly in midstream the fat cats were joined by “a basket of deplorables” — hard-working men and women who in the words of Obama “cling to their religion and guns.”
I don’t know how this will play out but let’s keep our fingers crossed for all of the good things we had hoped would happen. Eight years ago. . . . .
What is America Coming To?
On September 27, 2015 By scottpetersenIn Eagle Scout, Eagle Scout politicians, Hillary, Trump1 Comment
We had a discussion of politics — Trump/Hillary — with some friends. Very uncomfortable. I do not like politics or discussion of it since I am always right on such things (to understand this comment see July 6, 2014). Some swear by Hillary despite her lying and corruption. Some said Trump irrespective of his arrogance and stupid comments.
On reflection, given the choices — I would vote for neither. I would probably write in the name of someone who has honesty, integrity and ability. Like my dog Daisy. Or some Eagle Scout pal. Seriously folks — what is America coming to — where our prospective choices are a clown and someone who belongs in prison? Oh yes – and then there’s the socialist who would turn America into France or Venezuela or North Korea. What are people thinking? What do these choices say about our electorate? What would our parents/grandparents say about the parade of horrors now in contention for the biggest job in the world?
What ever happened to the likes of Everett Dirksen, Tip O’Neill, Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower or the constellation of Founding Fathers who planted the seeds for our nation? If they were around, I’m sure Hillary would lie about them. Trump would ridicule them. And Sanders would condemn them.
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Social environment and hospitalisation after release from prison: A prospective cohort study
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Kinner, Stuart A
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This study examined the association between remoteness and area disadvantage, and the rate of subsequent hospitalisation, in a cohort of adults released from prisons in Queensland. A baseline survey of 1267 adult prisoners within 6 weeks of expected release was prospectively linked with hospital, mortality and reincarceration records. Postcodes were used to assign remoteness and area disadvantage categories. Multivariate Andersen–Gill regression models were fitted to test for associations between remoteness, area disadvantage and hospitalisation after release from prison. Over a total of 3090.9 person-years of follow-up, the ...
View more >This study examined the association between remoteness and area disadvantage, and the rate of subsequent hospitalisation, in a cohort of adults released from prisons in Queensland. A baseline survey of 1267 adult prisoners within 6 weeks of expected release was prospectively linked with hospital, mortality and reincarceration records. Postcodes were used to assign remoteness and area disadvantage categories. Multivariate Andersen–Gill regression models were fitted to test for associations between remoteness, area disadvantage and hospitalisation after release from prison. Over a total of 3090.9 person-years of follow-up, the highest crude incidence rates were observed in areas characterised by remoteness and area disadvantage (crude incidence rate (IR) = 649; 95%CI: 526–791), followed by remoteness only (IR = 420; 95%CI: 349–501), severe area disadvantage only (IR = 403; 95%CI: 351–461), and neither of these factors (IR = 361; 95%CI: 336–388). Unadjusted analyses indicated that remoteness (hazard ratio (HR) = 1.32; 95%CI: 1.04–1.69; p = 0.024) was associated with increased risk of hospitalisation; however, this attenuated to the null after adjustment for covariate factors. The incidence of hospitalisation for those who live in remote or socio-economically disadvantaged areas is increased compared to their counterparts in more urban and less socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Experiencing both these factors together may compound the hospitalisation in the community.
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My New British Passport: Made in France, Printed in Poland
I never asked for a new passport, but last month I received a demand from the Passport Office to renew my old one. This came as a surprise, since the passport is (was) valid until March 2022, but was being withdrawn due to something called ‘Brexit’. As I later discovered, passports of a certain vintage were to be deemed invalid even if they had many months to run before their expiry date.
I was more than a little sad to send in my old EU passport, filled with many interesting stamps and visas. I had become quite attached to it. As for this ‘Brexit’, I am told it is a famous and well-known thing which has beset the times, wreaking havoc upon man and beast alike (many creatures being stranded in transit between this land and others, even as I write). All of this has been impressed rudely upon me since returning to my home in Wales in early December.
I had been living, since August, in a small and remote Catalan village — my family home from home for nearly twenty years —which has no cases of COVID, and in which the neighbours look out for one another, by and large. It is a close community, and despite the typical village hazards of everyone knowing everyone else’s business, it feels like a safe place to be in these hazardous times. There is a genuine sense of community, something almost unheard of in UK cities nowadays. So Mrs Blanco and I weighed up the pros and cons of returning to Cardiff.
Pros were: (a) we would get to see our daughters for Christmas and (b) we would stand a chance of getting a COVID vaccine far more quickly than if we stayed in Spain.
Cons were: (a) we would have to follow quarantine rules, despite moving from a place with no COVID to an area with more COVID per head of population than anywhere else in Europe — see diagram below indicating COVID rates in Wales as compared with UK and Europe, BBC Wales 14 December, 2020; (b) we would almost certainly have to go into a further period of lockdown — there seems to be a glorious indifference to safety here in the UK and, unlike in Spain, face masks are a rarity except inside shops and offices — which, inevitably, occurred just as we were emerging from quarantine; (c) we would, as a consequence of (b) be restricted to taking exercise and walking our aged dog, Bruno, in a city park near our house. But I don’t want to whinge . . . millions of people have it far, far worse than us. At least we have a roof over our heads, food, a warm house, a loving family . . .
Long story short, the Pros won out, and here we are.
Much has been written about British exceptionalism in recent times, including by me, and I don’t especially wish to add to the growing literature, but I must mention just one thing: it strikes me as rather odd when a police chief announces on national radio that it would be ‘un-British’ of his officers to set up road-blocks in order to question and fine persons found to be breaking the regulations on correct behaviour with regard to COVID, as I heard on BBC Radio 4 on Monday’s Today programme. The man in question was the chief of a Northern English police force, I forget his name. I can find no discussion of this in the media, and yet it seems to me an astonishing pronouncement. Does this man think the COVID virus gives a shit about British exceptionalism?
In Catalunya, if you were found out and about in your car at the weekend without a valid reason — and had failed to fill out an appropriate form detailing that reason — you would be fined 300 €, no questions asked. The system works. Numbers indicate that a relatively large fine is something of a deterrent when trying to contain a widespread and potentially deadly virus. How very un-British.
But this laxity has been the attitude of our leaders since the beginning of the outbreak, when Boris blathered on about the God-given right of the Englishman to go to the pub, and look where it’s gotten us, what with much of the UK in lockdown over Christmas, including the whole of Wales.
Back to the passport.
The new thing arrived this morning. I am in two minds about it. Firstly, and against my better judgement, I approve of the colour on a purely aesthetic, if not a symbolic level. It works better with the golden Royal Arms: a lion wearing a crown and quite possibly laughing (or yawning) — and a unicorn, an appropriately fictional beast. Plus ça change.
My photo — in which, as Mrs Blanco helpfully pointed out, I resemble a criminal gang member, possibly even a Mexican cartel boss — does not flatter, but when do passport photos ever achieve more than a passing resemblance to their subjects? In ten years’ time, when the passport expires, and I am a wizened and decrepit old maniac, I may well find it flattering. Indeed, when that time comes, who knows what the alignment of our nation will be? Almost certainly the United Kingdom will be no more. Scotland will be an independent country and Ireland will be united, and I very much doubt that, as a Welshman, I will want to be a citizen of the residual mess of a nation, torn apart by the regressive fantasies of the Little Englanders, and the associated qualities of prejudice, ignorance and racism that their belief system upholds.
A new feature is that the title of the document is written, as you can see, in six languages. English, obviously, and then, in descending order:
SpanishThe first three are indigenous languages of these islands, and that’s fair enou
The first three are indigenous languages of these islands, and that’s fair enough. French is (or was) the official language of diplomacy, but is it still? I doubt it. And besides, for many Brexiteers, it is the French, as much or even more than the Germans, that they object to on principle. Especially Nigel Farage, whose surname, of course, is French, whichever way you pronounce it.
Spanish, ahead of English, is the most widely spoken first language in the world (discounting Mandarin Chinese, which is spoken by more than either of them, if not across so wide an area of the world’s surface). So I guess that would explain the inclusion of the language of Cervantes. All told, it strikes me as a generous and inclusive list, which, given the generally monoglot and monocultural attitude of those who demanded the new passport in the first place, strikes me as somewhat counter-intuitive.
Finally, considering the fuss made by the Brexiteers about ‘taking back control’ — that idiotic phrase: take back control of what precisely? — and asserting the UK’s ‘independence’ from those dastardly continentals, it is deeply ironic that my new passport, rather than being an all-British affair, was actually produced by a French company and printed in Poland.
It transpires that in 2018, following open tender under public procurement rules, the Franco-Dutch security firm Gemalto was selected over British banknote and travel document printer De La Rue to produce the new passports. Hurrah for the free market! I hear you exclaim. However, the success of Gemalto in winning the contract proved highly controversial — after all, we took back control, didn’t we? — and the production of British passports subsequently moved from Tyneside to Tczew, in Poland, resulting in the loss of 170 jobs at De La Rue’s Gateshead factory. For the record, Gateshead voted Leave by a 57%-43% majority in the 2016 EU referendum. Gemalto, meanwhile, has since been taken over by the French multinational Thales, a leading manufacturer of advanced weapon systems and munitions (share price 73.36 €).
The blow to De La Rue employees in Gateshead did not prevent the constituency from undergoing an 11% swing towards the Tories at the 2019 general election. Apparently the lure of ‘Independence’ from Europe was too cheering a proposition to be flushed down the toilet by a vote for anyone other than BoJo, despite the shambles of the new contract for the manufacture of UK passports, and the job losses it inflicted on the local community.
It has become almost a cliché in recent years to remark on the conflation of reality and fiction in the post-truth world — both here on Brexit Island, as well as in Trumpland — but really, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
As we creep towards the New Year, and the promise of further months of lies and dithering from an incompetent government, intent on handing out lucrative contracts to their chums for the running of Test and Trace (remember that?) and much else besides, and the unrolling of the various COVID vaccines, and a seemingly inevitable crashing out of Europe, most likely without a deal, I cannot help but reflect on how this royal shitshow might end, and when, if ever, we might recover from the shame and idiocy evoked by those words, British exceptionalism; or whether indeed those words suffice for a condition that seems to be more adequately described as a sort of collective death wish, inflicted upon them by their Etonian overlords, and readily embraced by a significant proportion of the British people.
Posted on December 22, 2020 by richardgwyn
Category: COVID-19, Literature, Politics
Tags: Boris Johnson, Brexit, British exceptionalism, COVID-19, Passports
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3 Comments on “My New British Passport: Made in France, Printed in Poland”
Stephen GLASCOE
Says it all really…
Jorge Fondebrider
I disagree: you don’t look as a Mexican cartel boss, but as a gangster in a Guy Ritchie movie, or maybe a bartender in “Peaky Blinder”.
richardgwyn
I guess you’re right Jorge, The button-down shirt is a giveaway. El Chapo would never wear one of those.
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I never asked for a new passport, but last month I received a demand from the Passport Office to renew my old one. This came as a surprise, since the passport is (was) valid until March 2022, but... Read More
Contagious Fictions: Love in the Time of Cholera
I never fully appreciated Love in the Time of Cholera when it first appeared, back in the 1980s. I was still in thrall to the García Márquez of One Hundred Years of Solitude,and while acknowledging the meticulous skill... Read More
Contagious Fictions: tracing truths in Saramago’s Blindness
During the opening weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic many of us tuned in every evening to hear the latest statistics of the newly infected and the dead. As the figures mounted, this morbid need to know became a... Read More
Journal of the Plague Year (iii)
Reading over the third set of entries, from May, the events described already appear distant, dreamlike, as though they happened in an adjacent or parallel world. Did Trump really suggest we inject ourselves with detergent? It seems... Read More
Journal of the Plague Year (ii)
Continuing with my journal entries over the first three months of COVID-19, here are two entries for the month of April. During this period the roads around the city were gloriously silent, and many more birds appeared... Read More
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Risk Insider: Chris Mandel
Predicting the Unpredictable
By: Chris Mandel | May 15, 2017
Chris Mandel is SVP, strategic solutions for Sedgwick and Director of the Sedgwick Institute. He is a long-term risk management leader and a former president of RIMS. He can be reached at [email protected]
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One thing that has become commonplace in the last 15 years is the unexpected: 9-11 was unexpected. Hurricane Katrina was unexpected. The rise of ISIS was unexpected. Target Corporation’s point of sale hack, now valued at more than $1 billion total impact, was unexpected. Donald Trump’s 2016 election to president of the United States was unexpected (just ask Hillary Clinton).
Thus the unexpected, or commonly considered “emerging risks,” are now less unexpected. Another way to think about this is that those “black swans” that were at one time unknown to exist, have increasingly been discovered in their hiding places, often too late to prevent and sometimes too late to effectively mitigate their impact.
While most risk practitioners have come around to agreeing that one of the better synonyms for risk is “uncertainty,” there is little agreement about how to better get ahead of the new reality of this increasing uncertainty.
We must become more capable of fulfilling the growing expectation of being reliable, strategic advisors to management and governance in ways that directly and indirectly improve the chances of success through mission accomplishment.
Yet the most common question I used to receive from senior management and boards was “tell me what I don’t know or can’t see or have no idea is coming that could destroy the plan or even the organization itself.”
Perhaps they thought I had a crystal ball? I did not; I do not.
And so risk leaders are increasingly challenged with the expectation of identifying and addressing those risks that few, if anyone, can see or understand and yet can either be massively destructive or, on the flip side, sizable lost opportunity.
A paucity of information is usually a key hurdle. Reluctant risk ownership is another. Convincing decisionmakers of their relevancy can be the showstopper, especially in our common environments of constrained resources. Yet as risk leaders, we are expected to be strategic and have vision for things others can’t see or even imagine.
Scenario and stress testing may be helpful. Monte Carlo simulations may be less so. This by its very nature is a challenge that I think calls for more qualitative than quantitative solutions, more acceptable in some environs than others — less scientific, more nuanced. Both will be important to the solution.
No matter the magnitude of the challenge, the big win for risk leaders of the future will be the ways in which uncertainty can be lowered by reducing the number and impact of unexpected risk events. While no small task, with emerging tools such as those enabled by artificial intelligence (AI), we can do this.
This does not mean we must have the precisely right answer to every potential risk. It does mean we need to improve management’s understanding and awareness of the possibilities and what can be done about them, moving measurably beyond the probabilities that have normally been undergirded by historical data enabling reliable prediction.
We can do it. We will be expected to do it to earn our keep. We must do it to validate the discipline as the true profession to which it has for so long aspired.
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A rapid rise in the number and size of renewable energy projects has amplified some risks, highlighting the need for reliable insurance and risk management solutions.
By: AIG | December 21, 2020
The renewable energy sector looks poised to continue its years-long growth trajectory. Falling technology costs, availability of tax credits, rising consumer demand and an urgent need to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions to combat the effects of climate change have all driven interest and investment dollars to wind, solar and battery storage projects.
This growth has continued despite uncertainties introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic. A market outlook report by Deloitte states that as energy demands dropped in the spring amid state shutdowns, the share of energy produced from wind and solar plants actually increased by 2%.
“Renewable energy sources beat coal in the generation mix for 116 days” as of June, compared to just 39 days over the same period last year, according to the report. This demonstrates grid resiliency and reliability — two primary concerns with the scalability of renewable energy projects.
“There are 117 gigawatts of new capacity that will be brought online from wind and solar sources between 2021 and 2023. Additionally, we’re seeing a proliferation of battery storage projects — around 470 megawatts of new battery storage produced in Q3 2020 — to alleviate the risk of unreliable or inconsistent power supply,” said Ian Kirejczyk, Property Underwriter – Energy and Construction at AIG.
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1) Increased natural hazard exposure in remote building sites
Ian Kirejczyk, Property Underwriter – Energy and Construction at AIG Contact: 770-671-2214 / [email protected]
The demand for more renewable energy has resulted in bigger projects, which require more space.
For that reason, wind, solar and battery storage projects are increasingly sited in remote areas in states that have more available land — mostly Midwest and Southwestern states that are also more vulnerable to natural hazards like wildfire, hail and tornado.
“As new projects are being built, they’re being built in remote areas, and we’re definitely starting to see some of those more catastrophic losses from hail, wind, flooding and wildfire events that impact the ability to access project sites, which can impact maintenance schedules or delay repairs and in turn can result in increased claim costs,” Kirejczyk said.
Advancements in drone technology have alleviated this slightly by allowing for remote loss assessments when physical inspections aren’t feasible, but increased exposure to natural hazards and roadblocks to a quick recovery will remain challenging as renewable energy projects expand into new territory.
2) Increased repair and replacement costs on large projects
Bigger projects also mean increased exposure to equipment failure.
“These units are growing in size and scale. When wind turbines were first commissioned, they were 225 kilowatts and now are pushing five megawatts, from an onshore wind perspective. Offshore, they’re even larger. As the technology has matured, we are seeing a decline in the cost of manufacturing, but an increase in the cost of the repairs. This can be attributed to more complex designs and engineering making repairs more costly,” Kirejczyk said.
According to 2019 research by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, a research and consulting firm, the global onshore wind industry spent roughly $8.5 billion on unplanned repairs for component failures, representing 57% of all operations and maintenance costs.
“Unplanned failures can cost the asset owner as much as $30,000 per turbine per year in terms of repairs and spare parts and up to 7 days’ worth of lost production per year. … Capital components alone — gearboxes, generators and blade — can cost up to $10,000 per turbine per year in replacements,” according to the firm’s report.
“Proactive and preventative maintenance programs are key for owners, and they can do a lot of this through remote monitoring and maintenance forecasting powered by artificial intelligence,” Kirejczyk said. Though these tools are becoming more prevalent, adoption remains slow among smaller players.
3) Shortage of skilled contractors to meet demand.
The rapid rise in project demand can only be met with skilled contractors experienced in renewable energy projects. According to the 2017 Global Energy Talent Index Report, 80% of hiring managers in the industry believe there is a skills shortage due to lack of planning for knowledge transfer.
“As the pipeline of these projects under development has risen exponentially, we have seen a rise of claims on the construction and installation of these projects. This points to the limited pool of contractors who are able to install and commission a project successfully,” Kirejczyk said.
“The pool of available, reputable and experienced contractors is small, and everybody wants to partner with those contractors. When there is a lot of competition for skilled labor, the larger owners tend to win out, and startups are more likely to find themselves working with less experienced contractors.
“That’s where we start seeing issues like, for example, micro-cracking in solar panels that aren’t stored, transported or installed correctly. That then leads to performance issues.”
Renewable energy companies — large or small — can protect themselves by not only selecting contractors carefully, but also establishing clear expectations for quality and minimum limits of contractors’ liability coverage.
How One Insurer Supports Sustainable Clean Energy Growth
Though the future of renewable energy looks bright, these factors have nonetheless made the sector difficult to insure.
“From an insurance perspective, we still see attritional claims that are eroding profitability in this industry,” Kirejczyk said.
But loss history can’t shoulder all the blame. Undisciplined risk selection has also driven poor outcomes.
“The lack of profitability may have been due to markets focusing on production goals as opposed to taking a disciplined underwriting approach — not taking the time to get to know their customers yet continuing to support terms and conditions that were set in a soft market,” Kirejczyk said, “which is why we’re coming at this from a little bit of a different angle.”
After several years of watching this market’s growing pains, AIG decided to throw its hat in the ring, mitigating the challenges to profitability through a thoughtful and targeted approach. Amid the proliferation of new projects, the company is focused on asset owners with a track record of success in the business and dedication to the long-term viability of a project.
“We have a specific appetite, and we’re looking for people who are truly invested in this space for the long haul,” Kirejczyk said. “For us, sustainability is not just about supporting the technology, but supporting the major players in the space that care about being here for the long term and are not just looking for a quick return on their investment.”
The support comes in the form of risk management expertise as well as disciplined underwriting. In-house risk engineers with product development and plant management experience have extensive knowledge on how to operate, maintain and protect both renewable energy plants and battery storage projects.
Captive funding abilities can also support larger owners who want to insure more of their risk themselves, but need assistance unlocking their captives’ capabilities. “That’s where AIG can partner with them and take a different approach instead of the traditional risk transfer property contract. The renewable energy space is poised for change and some clients who have captives may look at utilizing them as a means for risk transfer, which is an area in which we specialize and can offer our expertise,” Kirejczyk said.
As the world moves toward a future powered by renewable energy, companies need both reliable insurance coverage and risk management solutions to address their exposures and continue growing sustainably.
“Both consumers and corporations increasingly care about where their power comes from. They want to be good actors toward the environment, but they require a reliable, continuous supply of energy. We know we have a role to play in the transition to cleaner energy and are excited at the opportunity in front of us,” Kirejczyk said.
To learn more, visit https://www.aig.com/business/industry/energy.
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Breaking Her Fall (Stephen Goodwin, 2003)
July 6, 2007 by Marsena Konkle
Junior high has changed a lot since I was fourteen, GenXer though I am. I remember in seventh grade, my girlfriends and I were both intrigued and disgusted by sexuality. We passed love-sick notes and studied, wide-eyed, the sexually explicit scenes in Judy Blume’s Forever, hiding the forbidden novel in our desks. Several of the boys regularly snapped the bra straps of the most developed girl and called her Dolly. Another one liked to ask me, “You wanna screw?” while holding out a screw on his open palm. There were distant rumors of kids having sex, but I was never sure if they were to be believed. This was all taking place at a private, Christian school. (Surprised?)
Compared to what I see and hear from thirteen and fourteen-year-olds nowadays, my experience was laughably tame. It’s no wonder. Since then models and actresses routinely wear see-through clothes, more and more skin is shown on prime-time television, sex is used in tween movies and t.v. programs as a matter of course, and the oval office made oral sex an everyday reality. How has this affected our youth? There is no doubt it has, deeply. You just need to look at fashion trends to see the evidence.
Yet, what parent wants to believe our sex-saturated culture has enticed their own teenagers? We hope our kids will see through the emptiness of early sexual activity and make good choices. This is certainly what the main character of Breaking Her Fall hopes. Tucker Jones has a fourteen-year-old daughter, Kat, whom he adores and sees as eternally innocent. This view is shattered on an ordinary summer night with a phone call. Kat was going to a movie with friends and promised to check in afterward, but the voice on the phone is male and what he reports changes Tucker’s life forever, setting events in motion that threaten to tear this already broken family apart. Instead of going to a movie, Kat, it seems, wound up at a party where there was drinking and sexual activity in which she was an active participant. The allegations are stunning and the images evoked are so far outside Tucker’s knowledge of his daughter that he is unable to wrap his mind around them. He heads to the party, filled with panic, but when he arrives, Kat is already gone, and he— a loving, sensible man—scuffles with the few boys who are still hanging around. One of the boys ends up in the hospital and Tucker feels handcuffs bite into his wrists for the first time.
Despite the fact that his actions make an unbearable situation infinitely worse, Tucker, by many counts, is a good father. He has tried to instill values in his kids (he also has a teenage boy) by creating family rules and encouraging them to add their own. He spends time talking to them, tries not to speak badly of their mother from whom he is divorced, and trusts them with their friends. When Kat begins to refuse to come out of her room, he stays home from work, fretting and waiting for her to emerge, hoping to connect with her, to help them all heal from what happened at the party. It is a painful, lonely process for him, without any guarantees or guides.
Kat, searching for her own answers, visits the Church of the Glorious Miracle where their Hispanic maid attends, and Tucker goes with her. Her questions afterward are challenging to him and they point to the inadequacies of his own lack of faith, of the foolishness of his claim that he merely didn’t want to influence her and her brother, wanting instead for them to be free to make their own choice.
Tucker’s effort to offer Kat unconditional support and love is exemplary. Yet the contradictions inherent in his worldview are finally unable to give his children a foundation to stand on. He had hoped his young daughter would never engage in the sort of destructive behavior that she did, but he doesn’t have the reasons or perspective to offer her a true alternative or to even explain why it’s destructive in the first place. A testament to author Stephen Goodwin’s skill, Tucker’s interactions with his daughter are wholly believable; one moment he’s determined to understand and sympathize with her no matter what she says or does, the next he’s wanting to strangle her and peppers her with questions that make her withdraw from him once again.
In a book as lovely as it is heartbreaking, Goodwin captures the nuances of modern-day family life, fraught as it is with divorce, uncertainty, teenagers reeling from a society saturated with sex, and parents struggling through a fog of miscommunication to connect with their children. It is a book worth reading, not only because it gives much needed insight into the lives of teenagers, but because it is a good story written with skill and grace. The topic is not easy, yet engaging it Christianly may be key to caring for the souls of our young people.
1. How would you explain Kat’s actions at the party? Do you believe she was a victim of rape? Why or why not? Does a legal definition of rape differ from a moral one? Have her parents given her any useful guidance when it comes to sex? What kind of messages have they sent her, either verbally or by example?
2. How would you have reacted if you had received the phone call from John Fogarty? 3. Were you sympathetic to Tucker’s reaction?
4. What was the basis for Tucker’s family rules? Were they adequate rules? Why or why not? Is the world that Goodwin creates a moral one? How are right and wrong determined? How do the individual characters view God? Does the author seem to imply that there is a God, even beyond Tucker or Kat’s beliefs? If so, how?
5. Do any of the characters have a moral, emotional, or spiritual framework for dealing with the events of the story? How do you think the characters themselves would answer that question? What coping mechanisms do they rely on? Do the adults and kids cope in different ways?
6. If you are a parent, can you relate to Tucker’s difficulties in communicating with his children? In what ways have you attempted to bridge the gap between you and your kids? Do any failures or successes come to mind? What mistakes did Tucker make? What did you think of Kat and Tucker’s experience at the Church of the Glorious Miracle? Do you think the church planned ahead for their visit, as Kat suspected? Was that the real reason she didn’t go forward? What did you think of Kat’s yearnings for faith? Was she helped or hindered by her parents? Did her attitude and yearnings for God differ that much from Tucker’s?
7. What role does class distinction play in the book (consider Tucker’s status as a landscaper, his wife’s wealth, his friends, his employees, his children’s schools)? Is it significant that the characters who had the most active faith in God were also poor Hispanics?
8. Does Breaking Her Fall realistically capture the sexual climate of our society today? Were you surprised or shocked by anything in the book? When the different characters became sexually active, what did they really want (consider Kat, Tucker, and Lily)? How does their attitude toward sexuality differ from a Christian understanding? How would you express this to them in a way that they could truly understand?
9. Does reconciliation between the characters take place? Forgiveness? If so, was it realistically portrayed? As a Christian, do you seek a different kind of reconciliation than the characters did?
10. Do you think Tucker’s affair with Lily was inevitable? Why or why not? Is it possible to choose who we fall in love with? Did Tucker and Lily cross any lines before they had sex? If so, what were those lines and what could they have done differently? Have you talked to your kids about sexual activity? Oral sex in particular? Why or why not?
11. Many kids don’t consider oral sex to be real sex. Do you know if your children hold this view? How have you tried to convey a different moral standard than society? How does Christianity provide reasons for young people to resist sex? Are these reasons compelling to your kids? How could the church winsomely address the realities of our teens’ lives? What should they (and we) do differently?
Breaking Her Fall by Stephen Goodwin (Orlando, FL: Harcourt; 2003) 408 pp.
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Dinosaurs (Especially T-Rex) Are A-holes
I waited until the crowds cleared to see Jurassic World in theaters. I have never been a fan of the series. In fact, each Jurassic sequel sucks more than the one before it. Much like the Friday The 13th series but way less machete killer like.
There were many thoughts going through my head while watching the movie:
1. Why build another amusement park filled with extinct animals that will kill you when you know damn well THEY WILL KILL YOU.
2. Why are Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard so ridiculously good looking? It’s just so not fair.
3. Why is T-Rex so fucking angry? I mean…damn. He’s really angry. Like out of coffee and not been laid in many months angry. He was such an asshole.
Let’s be honest…dinosaurs were assholes when they roamed the Earth some 65 million year ago. Dinosaurs were selfish bastards. They ate everything. They ate and destroyed everything in their path.They did not give anything back to the life system like bees do when the pollinate flowers.
For example, Brontosaurus ate all the plants and created huge divots in the ground. The small dinosaurs would always fall into the these giant foot indentions and were like, “FUCK YOU BRONTOSAURUSES I’m wet and cold now thanks to falling into the water within your giant footprint!” Dunkleosteus terrelli ate all the fish. ALL THE FISH. These fish had the ability to eat great white sharks without ordering an appetizer first.
But out of all the dinosaurs that roamed the Earth, T-Rex was definitely the biggest asshole. Tyrannosaurus Rex stood was 13 feet tall and was 40 feet long. Most scientists believe the T-Rex could run 45 miles per hour moving at top speed. T-Rex was the perfect killing machine. T-Rex were the quintessential Jersey Shore bro dinosaurs of the dinosaur kingdom. “BRO! I JUST ATE TWO DOZEN RAPTORS BRO! GOTTA GET JACKED AND RIPPED FOR TWO DOZEN MORE BRO!” His anger was like Jersey Shore steroid rage.
I mean…he was all super kill-y and bloodthirsty and angry. All of the time. I think the reason why T-Rex was so angry was that T-Rex was sad that the other dinosaurs bullied him because of his small arms. This bullying made the T-Rex really self-conscious and sad and that sadness made him really angry.
All the other dinosaurs were like, “Hey, look at you T-Rex with those small arms. HA! Because you have small arms.” The dinosaurs as individual species were probably even more cruel. The pterodactyls were like, “Hey T-Rex. Look at us, we can fly around and shit but you can’t even scratch your butt when it itches.” And then the Coelacanth fish were like, “Hey T-Rex. We can swim around in the deep ocean and be all translucent and shit but you can’t even pick up your prey after ripping its head off.” And then the brontosaurs was like, “Dude. We’re like the stoners of the dinosaur kingdom and all we do is eat planets and mope around like Eeyore like we just hit some of that OG Kush from a double-barrel bong or whatever. But look dude…we’re still way cooler than you, bro.” Even the raptors were like, “HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You have fucking small arms! COME AT US BRO! And we thought WE were angry!”
Imagine having those small arms and no release for all that pent up anger from all that bullying from the other dinosaurs. T-Rex didn’t have that many partners due to the T-Rex having a penchant of eating their own kind. If you didn’t have many partners and had small arms, you couldn’t release all that pent up aggression in a constructive way. And if you couldn’t , then all that rented up rage couldn’t release that anger because you had small arms, wouldn’t you go on a murderous rampage and bite the heads off your victims?
So…I guess what I’m trying to say is I kinda feel sorry for the T-Rex. In a weird way, i understand why he butchered the other dinosaurs. And maybe some cavemen. A little sympathy for the devil here.
But the T-Rex was still an asshole.
Inspired by “3-year-olds Are Assholes” written by my friend Sarah Fader. You can find her original article, “3-Year-Olds Are Assholes,” on Huffington Post here.
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Rica@ Yoga Mat Monkey says:
Perhaps the T-Rex should have taken the high road and opted for anger management. Just a thought. Ha ha.
banishedcougar says:
Pot was legal then. Maybe the T-Rex should have indulged. 🙂 hehehe
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The most compelling reason for not voting for Hillary
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volkfolk
She picked a song by Celine Dion for her Campaign song
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070619/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_video
As much as I dislike Hillary, I could survive her presidency, but if I have
to listen to Celine fucking Dion everytime I see one of her campaign
commercials, I'm moving to Iceland
There are certain things that ever true American shouldn't be subjected to
and Celine Dion is definitely one of them
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scarletbgonias
Post by volkfolk
Well... At least it wasn't Dion's cover of "All By Myself" (even if
she could belt it out)
The old geezer
Post by scarletbgonias
The Anti-Christ's campaign song should be Crow's "Evil Woman, Don't
Play Your Games With Me"!!!
Pepe Papon
Post by The old geezer
But George Bush isn't allowed to run again. He won't be needing a
campaign song.
~ Seth Jackson
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The Lord of Eltingville
Feh. Them's small potatoes...
Post by The Lord of Eltingville
http://youtu.be/FONt47Z0KZg
Thanks####
I'm never clicking on one of your links EVER again.
On Jun 20, 6:17 am, The Lord of Eltingville
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Honestly I don't know why some dudes get so worked up about Celine
Dion or Hillary Clinton for that matter. Sure that cover was silly but
it was probably real fun for people in the audience. To each her own,
I guess. Here's the real deal. Bon Scott was a freakin' madman. What a
loss to rawk. Here's the real deal, people-
Von Face
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Holy crap.
That was hard to watch...
More cowbell?
http://www.myspace.com/edvonface
marklaw
Well, she's better looking than Brain Johnson, which ain't saying
much. She's also better looking than Hillary, which also ain't sayihg
RickNBarbInSD
Excuse me while I gouge my eyes and ears out.
Neil X.
Whenever I click on a Ted link, I always wonder why my common sense is
so commonly ignored. It really doesn't get much worse than
that........
Rogues Island's finest
She's pandering for the tone deaf homo vote.
s***@gmail.com
Ok, so people here don't like Hillary's political jingle (I hope
that's not reason enough to determine how you vote for president). But
could you tell me why so many people (or just yourself) are so
passionately against her? I mean, she doesn't seem like someone I'd
want to date, but I can't find any good reason that she wouldn't make
a good president.
Ken Fortenberry
Post by s***@gmail.com
I'm not passionately against her, if she is the Democratic nominee
I will both support her candidacy with time and money and vote for
her. Having said that, I hope she doesn't get the nomination. My
reason can be summed up in one acronym, DLC, the Democratic Leadership
Council. The DLC is a war-mongering, corporate-financed lobbying
entity which has infiltrated the Democratic party to advance corporate
interests. The DLC is anathema to me. But ... Republicans in sheep's
clothing are better than naked Republicans, I guess.
Post by Ken Fortenberry
Well said. I intend to vote for a Democrat in the Democratic primary,
and Hillary doesn't qualify. But she will, at minimum, appoint the
right kind of jurists to the Supreme Court, and for that alone, she'll
have my enthusiastic support if she steals, uh, I mean wins, the
Democrat nomination.
Have you seen this, Ken? (It's a Boston Glove article.)
http://tinyurl.com/2q8z8c
Rats.
Avant Grape
Post by Neil X.
If? She's just about got it locked up from what I see. Her
organization is very strong.
-JC
If? She's just about got it locked up from what I see. Her organization
is very strong.
Just out of curiosty, how can anyone have the nomination "locked up", EIGHT
MONTHS before a single vote has been cast? I agree she looks strong, but a
lot can happen in Eight Months. That's a couple of lifetimes in a political
cycle.
(None of this should be construed as my saying that she won't win, only that
New Hampshire is in mid February, and it isn't even July)
MONTHS before a single vote has been cast?
Because the trend is pretty clear.
Last election cycle I told several people here that Dean couldn't and
wouldn't win the nomination and that Kerry would? Why? Because Kerry
had the strongest organization behind him. Politics is won and lost
well before you and I cast our votes.
The Republican Party is not so clear given that the most financed
candidate so far is being financed by close friends and Mormons. Romney
IMO doesn't have a chance.
Post by Avant Grape
Just out of curiosty, how can anyone have the nomination "locked up",
EIGHT MONTHS before a single vote has been cast? .
wouldn't win the nomination and that Kerry would?
I remember, and at the same time you said that I also said that Hillary was
running in 08, and that Kerry would be thrown under the bus by the Clinton
loyalists that he hired when he reorganized his campaign staff. (actually I
think I said that after the nomination-I'm a little fuzzy on the timeline)
Anyhow, the point is that Hillary has clearly been planning to run for POTUS
for at least 8-10 years, if not longer.
Why? Because Kerry had the strongest organization behind him.
Hillary clearly has an excellent organization.
Politics is won and lost well before you and I cast our votes.
I wouldn't necessarily argue with that, but the fact of the matter is that
this election cycle is somewhat uncharted territory. This is the most
crowded field that I can ever remember, it is the earliest candidates have
ever started to actively campaign and it is also one of the first elections
since I don't know when that had NO incumbent trying to get reelected.
I think that things are more fluid than in any election, maybe ever, and
cetainly in our lifetime.
Hillary is the front runner, has a good organization behind her and clearly
has momentum, but I still think that it is too early to declare her the
winner.
I hope you're right, because he clearly used his Governorship as a stepping
stone to his run for POTUS. In much the same way Hillary used NY for her
run.
grunk
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i hate him, but he did rid us of billy bulger
band beyond description
Post by grunk
hey, don't diss Billy Barty! he was always looking out for the little people:
http://www.rth.org/bbf/
http://www.lpaonline.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=44669
Steve Terry
it is also one of the first elections since I don't know when that had NO
incumbent trying to get reelected.
Yeah, Evil Dick Cheney wouldn't stand a chance would he? When IS the last
time that a President didn't try for a second term or a VP didn't try to
ride the coattails? '68 is my guess without googling it.
Post by Steve Terry
68 would be right, but cheney is not gonna run.
Hubert Humphrey ran didn't he? Wasn't he LBJ's VP? I think it's got to be
52, who did Eisenhower run against?
sorry, misread!
This is the third election since 1988 where no incumbent is running
for president (It happened in 1988 and 2000, as well as this year.)
And there are no more candidates running this time than there have
been in myriad elections over the past 24 years. God, I remember back
in 1976 that there were so many Deomcratic candidates running that I
couldn't fit all of their pictures on the floor-to-door jamb bulletin
board on my closet door: Morris Udall, Birch Bayh, Lloyd Bentsen,
Jerry Brown, Carter, Frank Church, Scoop Jackson, Fred Harris, Adlai
Stephenson, Terry Sanford, George Wallace, Sargeant Shriver, Robert
Byrd, Milton Shapp, it was ridiculous.
If you go look it up, the current number of declared candidates is not
at all unusual. If anything, there's fewer than usual at this point,
because Hillary is such an obvious front runner.
But I completely agree with you, it's not over until some votes are
cast. Having the best organization is a huge leg up, but strange
things happen sometimes. We haven't seen yet if Hillary is really
ready for primetime. She probably is, but she's going to have to
prove it before it's over.
I count Vice Presidents as incumbents. I have heard several pundits and
talking heads on talk radio and a various news outlets say much the same.
George Bush 41 and Al Gore were both members of the incumbent administration
and as a result ran relatively unopposed once the Primary season got
underway.
The difference is that both party's are chock full of candidates (and more
than a few nuts too)
I was including the Republicans and the Democrats in my figuring.
I think that her negative numbers are going to prove problematic, although I
certainly don't rule her out.
The Republicans seldom have a wide open field. In '76, there was
actually a more tightly fought competition than in most years, as
Rayguns made a strong run against the unelected incumbent, Ford.
That's a significant difference between Republicans and Democrats, the
GOP tends to settle on their nominee before the primary season ever
begins, even when they're not running for re-election to the Oval
Office. Reagan in '80, Bush Sr. in '88, Dole in '96, Dubya in '00,
all of them were essentially pre-determined. You have to go back to
1964 to find a situation where there is no consensus GOP candidate.
So there is definitely something different going on with Republicans.
For Democrats, though, it's just democracy as usual. There are
somewhat fewer Democrat candidates because everyone fears running
against the Clintons.
She's definitely ready for prime time. That was my biggest question
about her. But she's recently figured out how to come across as
charming and likable on TV. Did you see Chris Matthews interview her
the other day? She was brilliant in terms of controlling the interview
and not once did he get flustered.
No one can beat her in the Democratic Party. I guarantee it.
There have been a few recently published photos of her looking like a
mad dictator - no doubt when she is putting some intensity and passion
into a speech. They pick out the shots where she looks pissed and has
a hand in the air..... No doubt there are plenty of people who like
to portray her as such.
You make some good points. Still, I think it would be a miracle if
Hillary was taken down.
Thing that scares me about Romney is that he's a Mormon. And I'm sure
some will think I'm anti-religion or whatever for saying this, but the
Mormons run still today as a secret society. Unlike Catholics, Mormons
are actually more tied into church leadership. Those who question
Mormon leadership are shunned or intimidated. They also have a numerous
new age type beliefs which are secret even to some of its followers.
Still smells like a cult to me, no matter whatever good they do. It's
no wonder Romney is highly funded.
I'm not so happy about Rudy either. He's signed on Josh Bolton (Mr.
Neo-Con himself) to advise him on foreign affairs. Essentially, Rudy is
another neo-con stooge, and he's got a pretty good shot a winning. I'll
take even Hillary over that any day.
Brad Greer
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:20:48 -0700, Avant Grape
Rudy scares the crap out of me - I definitely see him following the
neo-con dogma on foreign policy and also taking a heavy-handed
approach to domestic policy.
I hated him as mayor of New York and his political career was
floundering. He was getting a lot of flack for his marital problems,
support in NYC was waning. He did a good job in "acting mayoral"
immediately after 9/11 which changed public perception of him.
her. Having said that, I hope she doesn't get the nomination. ...
... I intend to vote for a Democrat in the Democratic primary,
No, I haven't. It's a little early for anybody except McCain to get
too worried about poll numbers but the Clintons do have quite the
war chest and the organization to use it well.
Lfh
I've seen it bounced around in here that if Hillary wins the dem
nomination, it would guarantee a repub victory, no matter who they
nominated. I just don't get that. Can someone explain why this is so?
Post by Lfh
There's a LOT of hate out there against Hillary, particularly by the
Christian-right. The fear is that she will motivate the Republican base
to come out in droves to vote. Given that Republicans have a much
stronger base than Democrats, that would spell big trouble for Hillary.
However, given the state of affairs today, it's not a given that she
won't show strongly enough to win. A year ago, she wouldn't have had a
chance. But oh my, how perceptions change quickly in politics.
to come out in droves to vote.
Given that Republicans have a much
So the tale goes, JC, but I don't know if it's all that accurate
anymore, given the climate. I remember reading something where even
one of the main "get out the hate vote" guys back in Bill's day
admitted that it is just not the same anymore and that she doesn't
have nearly the negative pull as she used to.
Also, the Christian right doesn't have the redmeat candidate to rally
behind. They aren't too happy with any of the main three repubs and
it's hard to see them rallying around Rudy or Mitt in response. What's
the wedge issue that can stand up against an unpopular war and the
repubs who are stuck with supporting it just to grab the nomination?
I'm not smelling a big turnout from the right just because they have
to beat the dems. They're feeling mighty screwed by the repubs these
days, it seems.
Well, that's what I'm thinking. And this time next year things are
going to be even worse in Iraq and the "stay the course under some
other terminology" stance is going to look more odious to a general
electorate than it already does.
I may be as cracked as my crystal ball, but right now, I see Hillary
taking the whole thing.
Here is JC talking:
"This is the same Fred who picked the Colts to win the Super Bowl. LMAO! Oh
wait, nevermind."
Did Fred pick the Colts to in the Super Bowl early in the season?
Steve, get ovah yo-self bro. Manning still threw 7 interceptions while
only throwing for 1 touchdown in 4 playoff games, giving each team
opportunities to win the game due to his careless yet typical playoff
mistakes. Not so impressive if you ask me. It was a complete fluke
that Indy played good D since in reality they're fairly average in that
department. Enjoy it while it lasts my man. A dynasty Indy is not.
As an aside, Manning's career playoff stats in 13 games read as follows:
TD's - 3
INT - 15
:-) Doh!
I don't think so, but I know I did. Actually, I think Fred picked the Colts
before the playoffs started, which is even more impressive because no one
was giving them a chance at that point because of the run defense issues.
mistakes. Not so impressive if you ask me. It was a complete fluke that
Indy played good D since in reality they're fairly average in that
Why I oughtta!
Just for the record, Peyton threw three TD passes during last season's
playoffs, and has 18 career postseason TD passes.
My early pick for next year: New England. (I'm trying to jinx them.)
My early pick for next year: New England.
Coincidentally, that's my choice too!
(I'm trying to jinx them.)
Let me know how that works out for ya. I guarantee no self-respecting
Pats fan is picking Indy to win it all this year. Seems to me that
you've cursed you own team. Fickle fecklessness is no way to support
yer boys..........
k***@yahoo.com
This may sound whacky, but I think Hillary has a trust/credibility
GWB has created a lack of trust that I think hits all politicians
these days.
Yeah, get out of Iraq... how? I think if she sloganizes the campaign
Celine Dion, most folks are going to view her as the class president
was not invited to the prom, but stayed home after making the banners
were hung in the gym. To me, she reeks of the persona who would go
after these roles. Not that this is bad, ambition is good, but she has
have something to back it up, especially after GWB. Remember, people
for the most part somewhat tolerated Bill; however, GWB raised
to new heights. Hillary now must overcome that.
Post by k***@yahoo.com
This may sound whacky,
but I think Hillary has a trust/credibility
I don't agree. You can be cynical about politicos, but why don't you
just admit you are a Republican?
were hung in the gym.
Not only are you Republican, but this last statement smacks of sexism.
To me, she reeks of the persona who would go
for the most part somewhat tolerated Bill;
Tolerated?! As has been pointed out elsewhere in this thread, Clinton
was a great compromiser who reached across partisan lines to put
forward bipartisan legislation on any occasions.
however, GWB raised
Thank you Rush/Hannity, etc., but if it took GWB to make you cynical
about politics, I don't know what to say, other than it seems that you,
like many other Republicans who formerly thought the GOP could do no
wrong, are now at a loss for cogent words after six years of this
(mis)administration.
Post by band beyond description
What's your problem? I said I think she has a credibility problem.
has a credibility problem. Hannity? Please... no credibility. I like
how you lumped my observation into a convenient pool. Ummm... did I
say that
the Rep could do no wrong? <I am revisiting your post piece by piece>.
Huh? Ok. Fair enough, my observation that she is the senior class
president we all knew may be not nice and reeking of that Limbaugh
bile. Whatever. That's how she hits me. Hell, GWB... drunken frat boy.
You? I am sure you are a nice guy as we all are on here with very few
exceptions.
My point is that I think with the advent of 24 hour cable news
saturation,
there now exists an immediate skepticism based on one's personal
biases.
If one is left or right leaning, it doesn't matter, trust has eroded.
Is it
Rush's fault (yes), being bombarded with Clinton wagging his finger
(yes),
etc, etc. Hillary has been in the public spotlight (saturated). I
believe her about the files, etc. It has nothing to do with GWB or
else. It is about her.
I would say I am fiscal conservative/social liberal as I believe a
success as a civilization is dependent on individual generousity to
assist those in need. While government is from the people, etc, I
the individual needs to be engaged, and no, I am not as engaged as I
should be.
I would describe myself similarly to you on the fiscal
conservative/social liberal front, but you've frequently offered
cynical if not outright hostile takes on most Democrats, which led me
to believe, despite your protestations to the contrary (Clinton wagging
his finger shouldn't upset a social liberal THAT much), that there's
never gonna be Democrat you will get behind (insert HS reference here);
Republicans come and go in cycles: what people are saying about GWB now
equally applied to Reagan 25 years ago. Why not just admit as much and
take that first of 12 steps ### (I'm Kurt and I'm a Republican),
instead of equating GWB with Hillary by lumping them together into a
convenient credibility pool? It's easy even for Republicans these days
to distance themselves from GWB, but equating him with Hillary doesn't
wash for me....
I am not enamored with Hillary's Iraq war vote. But she is intelligent
and experienced, and if the Dems see or can embrace no other viable
electoral path for 2008, I'd be inclined to support her. Many pols
write books and her autobiography of a few years ago ("Living
History"), while occasionally pedantic like some others in that genre,
reveals much about her personal and political history and way of
thinking, especially if one had no other knowledge of her aside from
the "blame-Clinton" hate machine that has been in operation for who
knows how long.
I am sure you are a nice guy too with an interesting personal makeup,
and it would have been good to meet you in person on your recent Japan
trip.
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:03:08 GMT, Avant Grape
Which is why your previous post that Hillary has it pretty much
wrapped up now was odd to me. There's a *lot* of time until the
primary season starts, lots of things could happen to derail Hillary's
campaign (not saying it will but I just don't think it makes sense to
annoint the Democratic candidate in June of '07).
Post by Brad Greer
I did the same thing with John Kerry when several suckers thought Dean
had it won practically. Hello! 7 months before the Florida primary.
By then, it will be all known. This isn't like a national election
where once can have a very close race. No. A clear choice will be made
by the unions, K-street and primary delegates. Hillary already has 2 of
the three completely wrapped up.
By then, it will be all known.
Kerry in '04 and Dukakis in '88, those were two instances were it was
very obvious who was going to get it for the Democrats. It isn't
always that way, but yes, in those two instances the result was clear
a year before Iowa. Duke and Kerry were personal nightmares for me,
because I knew they just didn't have what it would take to win a
general election. I knew that Duke wasn't ready for primetime and
Kerry was an empty suit, but also knew there was nothing that was
going to prevent them from taking the Democratic Party down to
defeat. Those were depressing elections.
I don't see it as that clear cut this time. Hillary has something
that neither Dukakis or Kerry had--high negative numbers from within
the Democratic Party. There is strong resistance within the liberal
wing of the party to Hillary. She's on the wrong side of the most
important issue to most Democrats, the Iraq War. Her husband was able
to overcome liberal mistrust by being less known, and also by playing
the "I'm electable" card, which was a potent elixir after 12 years
under Reagan and Bush Sr. But Hillary can't hide like that. Those
liberals voting for the most electable cadidate certainly aren't going
to be voting for her. In this instance, some votes are going to have
to be cast before we will really know.
Record Republican turnout!
Well, given that several primaries have been moved up, I'd argue it's
not too early at all. The time is now to pay attention. Florida's
primary is in 7 months for shit's sake. Hillary has definitely got it
locked up for the most part. It would take a miracle at this point to
knock her down.
McCain is done. He's not raising anywhere near the money I expected him
to. The Republican race is wide open, though remarkably enough, Rudy
Giuliani is in position to win. He's gaining wide support from cultural
conservatives so far.
She has the money, she has the organization and it is time to
pay attention but I still think it's a little early to get too
worried about a 5 or 6 point move in the poll numbers. I think
Obama dropped the ball when he distanced himself from his staff's
India barbs. I mean, Hillary Clinton, (D-Punjab) was *perfect*.
Obama will learn the lesson, and his political elbows were sharpened
in Chicago and the Illinois legislature, so don't consider him a
cream puff.
He may not be a cream puff, but he is black (a fact people are much too
politically correct to discuss openly) and he doesn't have anywhere near
the organizational antennas as Hilary. He certainly has the ability to
raise money though, but you have to be able to know how to use it.
Also, why in the world do you support Obama? He's DLC whether he denies
it or not. He's already been on record as calling Liebermann one of his
biggest mentors and someone he respects highly. He's also about as
pro-Israel a candidate could get. To be honest, I see very little
difference between he and Hillary. And since he wasn't in the senate
when the Iraq war vote came up, his anti-war stance is no different from
Hillary's or Joe Biden's.
BTW, I actually will be voting for Biden in the primaries. He's the
only candidate I hear who makes sense without all the wish-washy
political mumbo jumbo. I'm particularly getting tired of Obama's 'let's
all hold hands gimmick'.
There are several reasons why I support Obama but beyond agreement
on most of the issues; health care, death penalty, abortion rights,
civil liberties, the environment, the biggest reason is a political
temperament that is capable, wise and inclusive. What you call hand
holding. ;-)
He is most definitely *not* DLC, you couldn't be more wrong about
that. And you're wrong about his anti-war credentials, he was a
very vocal opponent of the war from the very beginning. As for his
remarks about Lieberman *all* Senators have the highest respect for
*all* other Senators. Don't read anything more into that.
As for being as pro-Israel as a candidate could get, I don't know
where you come up with that. Obama was harshly criticized by zionists
when in an Iowa campaign stop he said: "[N]obody is suffering more than
the Palestinian people...
the Israel government must make difficult concessions for the peace
process to restart..."
Of course he backpedaled like a son-of-a-bitch on that one, but I'm
not gonna hold that against him. AIPAC is far too powerful an enemy
in American politics for a prudent candidate to piss off.
He may not be a cream puff, but he is black (a fact people are much
too politically correct to discuss openly) and he doesn't have
anywhere near the organizational antennas as Hilary. He certainly has
the ability to raise money though, but you have to be able to know how
to use it.
Also, why in the world do you support Obama? He's DLC whether he
denies it or not. He's already been on record as calling Liebermann
one of his biggest mentors and someone he respects highly. He's also
about as pro-Israel a candidate could get. To be honest, I see very
little difference between he and Hillary. And since he wasn't in the
senate when the Iraq war vote came up, his anti-war stance is no
different from Hillary's or Joe Biden's.
political mumbo jumbo. I'm particularly getting tired of Obama's
'let's all hold hands gimmick'.
Ummm...he called Lieberman his political mentor. I'll take Obama at his
word here. Nothing to read into. I know of no other senator who made
this very same claim.
Well, Obama WAS a member of the DLC but then withdrew. Of course he
claimed he was enrolled without his knowledge, which I find rather
laughable.
Be that as it may, Obama is a slick as they come. He was not against
using force in Iraq per se. He was against using "unilateral force" in
Iraq. Remember, he's a lawyer after all. I've seen Obama speak on TV
quite a it, and it's clear he is willing to use force against country if
diplomatic efforts fail, which in most cases they likely will,
particularly in the cases of Iran and North Korea. This is essentially
a return to the pre-Dubya status quo. I like Obama well enough though,
but as a candidate, he doesn't show much substance so far. Just a lot
of feel-good speeches. I think he basically has the same politics as
Hillary. She just has a lot more ability to lead and get things done.
On the subject of Israel? I'll let Obama speak for himself:
"Israel is our strongest ally in the region
and its only established democracy
We must preserve our total commitment to our
unique defence relationship with Israel
by fully funding military assistance and continuing work
on the Arrow and related missile defence programs"
-Barak Obama
Again, I'll take him at his word.
I'd be surprised if Fred Thompson doesn't end up as the GOP candidate.
He obviously seems very popular. But what kind of organization does he
have? You have to go out and win delegates. Without an organization,
national polls aren't going to do him any good. Some have questioned
his work ethic as well. I dunno. He may be a lot of hype. We'll see.
[Fred Thompson] obviously seems very popular. But what kind of organization
does he have?
Probably very little, at this point. But he's going to have a lot of
help from the dominant powers of the GOP to get up to speed. There
are simply to many Republicans who can't stomach Giuliani or Romney
for there not to be a major push given to someone like Thompson.
That's the thing--there is still ample time for him, or Gore on the
Democratic side, to be major players, if they so choose.
Well surprise, surprise. We disagree. I think there is a lot less time
than you would think. Seven months until a a major and deciding primary
doesn't leave a lot of wiggle room. I think ol' Fred is catching on to
that fact. I'm not so sure he'll get it together. Building an
organization from scratch is no easy task and more often than not
doesn't wore. Even Gore would be in a problematic situation. But he's
not going to run. I don't think Gore ever really was interested in
being a president or a leader, and I don't see a change in his
philosophy. I dare say he's been rather mysterious on the issue in
order to sell more books.
Building an organization from scratch is no easy task and more often than not
doesn't wore.
Indeed. And we both know that, without whoring, politics itself would
be impossible.
Jokes aside, I don't think Fred can build it--he will have to inheirit
the infrastructure of the hard right that already exists. Don't
underestimate how much of a conservative, religious right grass roots
operation is already out there intact and waiting.
Even Gore would be in a problematic situation. But he's
No, Gore's not going to run, and he wouldn't win if he did.
If he would have started early, he might of been able to. America
always loves a come-back kid. Even I for all my past dissatisfaction
with the way Gore handled himself would have enjoyed seeing him run and
likely would have voted for him, believe it or not. I'm not at all that
happy with the choices being presented so far. Personally, I want
someone in there that actually has some clue about AND experience in
foreign affairs. For me that comes down to Biden, Richardson or
Hillary. I think Gore would be at the top of the list. Unfortunately I
don't think he has the heart or balls to be the guy. I'd be in his
corner right now if he did.
I'm way sold on Richardson. There is no doubt in my mind he would be
the most competent president of our lifetime. Politically speaking,
he has no chance, but he would be an amazing president. He will get
my vote despite the hopelessness of his campaign.
Yeah, I happen to agree wholeheartedly. I'm liking Biden right now,
even if he is a bit of head case, but Richardson is certainly an
impressive candidate. Something tells me me Richardson may be up for a
cabinet position. Secretary of State maybe?
Andy Gefen
Thompson served in the Senate for eight years. Name one
accomplishment of his.
-- Andy (remove z's to respond)
Post by Andy Gefen
Who needs accomplishments when you have STAR power? Can you imagine all
the in-the-closet Republicans lubricating their hands in anticipation?
This is relevant exactly how? Name one accomplishment that Dubya made
as governor in Texas.
She wants to leave occupation troops in Iraq. She's been on the wrong
side of the Iraq war issue from the beginning. She either just doesn't
get it or she's stupid. I discount the stupid theory, although I'm
starting to waver on that...
In any case, that's plenty of reason not to want to see her become
Post by Joker
She wants to leave occupation troops in Iraq.
No matter who gets elected, some level of troops will stay in Iraq for
at least a decade. That's a fact. And we'll certainly have bases there
for the rest of your natural life.
If Hillary has a sane exit stategy for Iraq she can pretty much change
our national anthem to a,fucking Celine Dion song for all I care!
Seriously, all this Hillary bashing is starting to remind me of '99's
Gore bashing, and lookit where that got us.
Well, let's get real. Hillary is proposing a reduction of troops, not
an exit strategy. We'll have military bases in Iraq for at least a
decade and likely many more. That's an inescapable fact, and nothing
that any politician says will change it.
-JC- Hide quoted text -
I don't think that any sane exit policy can possibly include a
complete withdrawal of troops. A complete withdrawal of troops pretty
much spells chaos and genocide for the Iraqi people, and I don't think
anyone wants that. I'm just saying lets remember who put us in this
situation, and yes I know how Hillary voted, and get them the fuck out
of office. A very loud messeage needs to be sent to the gop that if
they're agenda includes putting extremists in the White House then
they're just gonna have to sit things out on the sidelines for a
spell, and sorry, as mindless as it may sound, that includes
supporting whomever gets the democratic nomination.
Well, I can't necessarily disagree with anything you said above.
Oh well. ;-)
There's no good reason for the troops to stay there any longer than it
takes them to organize and accomplish a complete and orderly
withdrawal. Yea, the US broke it, and owns the lion's share of
responibility for the ugly, deadly mess. But I don't happen to believe
that a liberal, pro-war Democrat as president will do anything
substantial to clean-up the mess. (Been there, done that. In 1968 LBJ
declined to run for a second full term due largely to mushrooming anti-
war sentiment.)
If anyone, Democrat or Republican, thinks the US having military bases
in Iraq for at least a decade" is anything other than a policy of
ongoing U.S. occupation/war/insurgency, they are, at best, deluded.
The fact is, we did break it and it is seriously broken. But that
doesn't mean that we have the *ability* to "fix it." There is no way
that US military bases can exist there without huge numbers of troops
for security and supply. The same folks who are blowing up US troops
now will be blowing them up in two years, four years and so on.
And someone tell me why. Why does the US need to mainain bases? To
prevent the Iraqis from slaughtering each other? Even if we have to
kill them to do the job? We can't seem to stop it now. What, exactly,
will be different when we change presidents? The insurgents are not
going to go back to their day jobs just because a Democrat gets
elected. For too many of them, that *is* their day job. That means
that if US soldiers stay there, they will be attacked. They will be
seen as foreign occupiers. At least if we have a complete withdrawal
from Iraq American soldiers will stop killing and being killed there.
Will Iraq descend into chaos and blood if US troops leave? Yes, but it
sure looks like that's where it's rapidly going anyway. The "surge"
has troop levels at an all-time high and the Iraqis are busier than
ever killing each other. Our troop presence there is a huge lightening
rod for more violence and death.
We need to get the fuck out and let the Iraqis figure it out. Sorry,
Middle East, we screwed up big-time but it's time for the US to get
out and turn our attention and rescources to other issues. And, for
some, to admit/realize that it is, after all, your country, not ours.
If y'all get a stable, peaceful government together, maybe we can help
financially. If our credit is still good, that is...
The war is the single most important national and international issue
today. There is no sane reason to continue it but it sure looks like
no one in the leadership of either the Dems or GOP, has the balls to
just say it's got to stop. Now.
I think the American people are leaning that way, but we'll see.
Middle East, we screwed up big-time but it's time for the US to get out
Walter wrote the same thing nearly three years ago, at which time I
strongly disagreed, saying that we had a responsibility to fix what we
broke. But he was 100% completely right then, just as you are correct
It's time for us to go. No ifs, ands or buts.......
But see, what I'm talking about has nothing to do with us helping them.
We built a number of bases there and those bases will not be torn down
anytime soon. What will happen is that we will indeed go, but we will
have a certain level of troops and military bases remain for the long
haul. No way our leaders are going to give up such a strategic position
and let all of the oil there get controlled by Iran, the Russians or the
Chinese. If people want their candidates to lie and tell them that
every single troop is leaving and every base will be destroyed, so be
it. But that's not what's going to happen. We still have troops in
South Korea for God's sake.
The people of South Korea aren't blowing each other and our troops up
every day. Analogy invalid. The Korea situation flowed into the Cold
War between the US and USSR (with China playing a lesser role.) Iraq
is a very hot war. There is no state that will be able to pressure/
cajole Iraq in the way that the USSR did with the nascent North Korean
I'm quite sure every serious candidate for president (whether they
admit it or not) shares your view that the bases must stay and US
"interests" must be protected. But can the US actually do that? The
cost in casualties and resources will continue to escalate. Logically,
you cannot simply say that the US will/must keep the military bases
indefinitely. To be truthful and factually correct you (or insert x
politicos name here) must say that the US will wage ongoing, unlimited
war to maintain those bases. There aren't going to be any "peace-time"
bases in Iraq because as long as the US is there, we wil be at war.
Because nothing short of that will keep those bases there. Those bases
will be under siege. US military bases in Korea are not under siege.
Again, analogy completely invalid.
The US cannot maintain the military effort that it will take to keep
two, three or ten military bases for very long. The money alone is
staggering, but even that will last longer than the popular support.
As the US bodies continue to come home in increasing numbers, antiwar
sentiment will mount. No elected politician will be able to carry it
on. Just ask LBJ and Nixon. (Another massive terror strike on US soil
would prop up a war effort for a while. But even that would likely
have less effect than the 9/11 attack did in terms of mobilizing
sentiment for war. That scenario is, of course, wide open, depending
on what kind of attack, who's involved and a host of other factors.)
Some of the current crop of national "leaders" are also smart enough
to understand that a long, losing war is a recipe for domestic
disaster. It's just not a tenable scenario. They will look for bases
elsewhere or they will try to re-establish the pre-war status quo.
Neither of those ideas appeal to them yet, perhaps, but they might
when the American body count climbs up over 10,000 and the domestic/
international peace movements develop large militant split-offs. Or
when some extreme right demagogue starts preaching to 100,000 jobless
vets. Jobless because war is good for the economy only in the short
run. Just ask Nixon.
I'm not arguing that another 10 years in Iraq is a bad idea (though it
obviously is.) I'm saying that it's not something the US can do. And
if the US tries to maintain that course, this country will be torn
apart socially/politically and ruined financially.
Maintaining a base is actually fairly easy with air power and an
expanded zone around it. We have bases in Saudi Arabia after all. Your
Vietnam analogy is what is way off base. We've already maintained bases
in hostile regions in the middle east prior to this occupation. There
are huge stretches of uninhabited dessert in which to operate. Like I
said, keep believing otherwise, but we're not tearing down any base
there anytime soon, and there won't be enough troops maintaining those
bases to get the body count up into the region you speak of. What you
believe will eventually happen before a decade is in fact a pipe dream.
I'm sick and tired of people on the left making the claim that this
will happen, with the expectation that some politician will say what
makes them feel good. It won't happen. It's not possible. The
logistics involved are immense. And things will be a lot worse if we
don't maintain some sort of presence there. That's a fact. We have
ties to the Middle East whether we like it or not. The deed is done.
Oh yeah...and screw George W. Bush and Dick Cheney got getting us into
this mess. It's all on them. But we have no choice but to deal with
the consequences of their actions. Let's not demand that Democratic
leaders just do what our emotions tell us what we want them to do
without actually assessing the situation over there with expert eyes.
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:29:50 GMT, Avant Grape
This last part is very sad and very true. Bush and Cheney (and the
rest of the administration) have put us in a no-win situation in Iraq.
It sucks, and some of us saw that it would be a disaster (including
Bush Senior, who knew better during the Gulf War then to try and take
Bagdad). But even though it's all Bush's fault *we* are the ones
stuck holding the bag. And will be for many years to come.
Bastards.
NeilX
We have bases in Saudi Arabia after all.
But that is completely irrelevant. There is no civil strife at all in
Saudi. There is nothing currently ANYWHERE else in the world with the
degree of chaos that exists in Iraq.
There are huge stretches of uninhabited dessert
in which to operate.
You doubt that US bases in Iraq would be under constant assault, because
of the existence of SAND? Why wouldn't they be? Because we have
overwhelming force to protect them? Oops, tried that, we have 150,000
troops there and it's not nearly enough. And exactly why would we bother
to have a base in the middle of nowhere, completely surrounded by sand,
anyway? How much is that worth to us.
It's time for us to cut our losses, declare "victory" and leave.
Post by NeilX
Neil, it's not completely irrelevant. Again, in a vast dessert with
5000 troops, in an expanded zone with control over its airspace, it's
impossible for anyone to attack. Do you really believe there's no
terrorists in Saudi Arabia who don't WANT to attack bases in Kuwait and
Saudi Arabia. Fact is that they can't.
Agreed wholeheartedly. But we'll still have bases there for at least 10
years and likely more. I think you're confused between the difference
of occupation of neighborhoods/cities and the maintenance of military
bases. One is a lot easier to do than the other. If you all want to
believe that we'll not be keeping military bases there, so be it. But
the fact is that we will maintain military bases in Iraq and will do so
rather quietly. I see some of you disagree. That's a big frustration
with me...the idea that some believe we will or can evacuate entirely.
The idea that we'll reach 10,000 deaths with only about 5000 troops
remaining on a base, not in active combat defies reality. But I'll just
accept that we disagree. I think time will prove me correct
however...and it'll be a lot easier to win this election if we stop
blaming Democrats for not lying about what is going to happen in the future.
They can't primarily because of the strong Saudi government. If the
Saudis weren't eternally vigilant, their country would be the mess
that Iraq is. That's the force that protects American bases in SA.
If you all want to believe that we'll not be keeping military bases
there, so be it. But the fact is that we will maintain military bases
in Iraq and will do so rather quietly.
Yes, I know, EVERYONE knows, we're going to keep bases in Iraq.
That's why we're so ticked. It's a terrible idea, and hell yeah, we
need to hold Democrat and Republican alike responsible for supporting
I see your point. Me? I'm on the fence. There may be some advantages
to keeping bases there for a while (none having to do with a democratic
Iraq I might add) and I think we can do so without the kind of
casualties some here are speaking of, especially since the math doesn't
add up. In fact, I believe once we withdraw the majority of troops from
Iraq, America's attention will slip to something else. Most likely
Iran...which I believe is going to be a big problem for us down the road.
And exactly why would we bother
If that sand is on top of, or near, oil then quite a bit.
At least until we end our oil addiction.
Post by Ray
Ethanol is booming in the USA... AVR, ADM and ANDE are my favs...
Let's hope the bill passed yesterday is changed by the House to take
taxes from the oil companies to push for ethanol.
expanded zone around it. We have bases in Saudi Arabia after all.
With all due respect, you're simply wrong. "Air power" can't supply a
base in a hostile territory for very long. You need ground
transportation. We currently are getting blown to pieces in Iraq in
exactly that place, i.e, the streets and hiways. A large sandy, desert
buffer zone just makes the effectiveness of ground transport that much
more expensive and difficult. And, as Neil pointed out, there is no
insurgency in Saudi Arabia. Like Korea, analogy invalid.
I believe this military adventure will be brought to a halt by the
expense and by popular disaffection with the social, political and
personal costs of waging endless war. You don't seem to want to say
it, but that's what your pipedream will entail. Simple question: do
you envision US bases in a peaceful Iraq in this 10 year occupation?
If it's not a pacified country (like S. Korea) then we will be in a
hot war. The mullahs and fundamentalist madmen aren't going to
tolerate US bases and the use of "air power" to defend them will
likely mean civilian casualties. And that, in turn means a hostile
populace and ultimately, a hostile government.
If this is addressed to me, I don't know what point you're trying to
make. I haven't expected any politician to say anything that will make
me "feel good" for at least 35 years.
Of course the US has ties to the Middle East and will have in the
future. But that doesn't lead to the sole conclusion that therefore
bases must be kept in Iraq. The invasion of Iraq and it's aftermath
have pretty much destroyed stability there and a policy of maintaining
bases there is not some kind of magic bullet. It's dogma, at best. And
not very well thought out, IMHO. The US (as of now) would still have
bases in Saudi Arabia, close ties to Isreal and the real ability to
dominate the Mediterranean and other military/political options for
pressing US presence there. Losing every base in Iraq will not be the
worst thing to happen to US interests. US interests won't like it, but
they can certainly survive it.
The fact is S. Korea and Saudi are friends/allies, nations with stable
gonvernments and pacified populations. That you don't see the
difference between them and the utter bloddy chaos of Iraq speaks
volumes about your understanding of the situation.
base in a hostile territory for very long.
Absolutely incorrect. We maintain bases in hostile regions currently
with air power and transportation. What's absolutely incorrect is that
we will sustain the current troop losses by maintaining a base or two.
That defies both mathematics and reality.
Please, tell me exactly where we are currently maintaining bases in
the midst of an insurgency or war that we are supplying and defending
wholly by air power? Exactly what hostile regions do you refer to?
Because South Korea and Saudi
Arabia do not fit that term by any streatch of the imagination. And,
if possible, please start that long list with the bases that we have
so maintained for, oh, say, 10 years or more.
And where in Iraq are these one or two bases that we will maintain for
10 years or more with 5000 troops supplied by air, and what are they
going to be doing. What is their purpose? And, what will the 5000
troops be for? That number is arbitrary, i.e., I'm pretty sure you
made it up. What does it correspond to? it's far too few to venture
into Bagdahd. Far too few to secure Iraqi borders. And way too many to
supply and defend soley by air for years to come.
Thanks for educationg me...
How would it mean civilian casualties? The troops will be stationed at
a base with a great wide buffer zone around it...the same situation they
have in other countries in the Middle East. You act like all of Iraq is
the same. Absolutely false. There are great stretches of uninhabited
desert land.
As far as your belief that I envision a peaceful Iraq in which our
presence there helps calm the waters, you've got me pegged wrong. It's
not a matter of my wanting us to have military bases in the Middle East
at all. But the fact is that we WILL have military bases in Iraq and we
will maintain them pretty much under the radar after the bulk of our
fighting troops have withdrawn, which they will of course due to public
pressure and the fact that they do no good there.
Nuff said (for the second time...a man of my word [not?]). We obviously
don't agree on the bases even if we agree on most everything else. But
again, I think time will prove me correct.
And there is a reason that those great stretches are uninhabited.
Guarding sand is nobodies agenda. What else would these vastly
isolated bases do?
You can patrol an oil field or a pipeline from the air, but you can't
functionally defend it without the ability to physically sieze it.
That means adequate numbers of ground troops.
Alrighty then, let's revisit this topic in five or six years and see
where it stands...
Joker wrote:
BTW, if our economy is decimated via a complete meltdown in the Middle
East (entirely possible), we'll be a hell of a lot more ruined
financially, socially and politically than maintaining a few bases in Iraq.
People ain't kiddin' when they say Americans take shit for granted.
Absolutely agree...
And you wsre giving me shit for liking Loggins and Messina?
This wasn't Hillary bashing, it was Celine Dion bashing.
Please try to keep up : )
gotcha, will do.
Umm, Scot. As preposterous as it sounds, you could just stop watching
television.
Why pipe American lack-of-culture into your living room, and subject your
brain to propaganda and endless commercials for products that, if you buy,
you die?
Television is just another weapon of mass destraction that brings
America's way of death right into your own home. Why go to Iraq when Iraq
can come to you?
KILL YOUR TELEVISION
It's the first step towards liberation.
Don't let your television tell you what to think and what to buy and what
drugs to take to numb your mind to America's soul-ripping atrocities.
You could, for example, turn off the television and listen instead to the
Thank me later.
Post by Joe
...and become a closed minded ingoramus just like Joe!
Post by Rogues Island's finest
Yo, Nitwit.
Open my mind. Please.
Write a 10,000 word essay for me on the pros and pleasures of invading
Iraq, slaughtering their population, stealing their oil, and then
deflecting all blame from the Republican-Monsters-of-Death to "It's all
Clinton's fault."
Your 10,000 word essay is due in the morning.
Now, run along little Nitwit, as you got some hard work to do today.
Poptart?
A multi-syllabic response must have strained the brain.
In any case, shouldn't you be working for the man right about now,
selling your worthless trinkets of toxicity, or whatever it is you do
when you're not making a complete fool of yourself on RMGD?
And not be able to watch the NASA Channel, The Science Channel and the
History Channel?
I pretty much exclusively watch "Geek TV", other than the news.
I don't. I've never seen an episode of the Soprano's
Come on Joe, since when could ANYBODY tell me what to think? You've met me,
and lord knows you've seen enough of my posts to know (hopefully) that I'm a
lot of things, but a drone ain't one of them.
JonMiller9
If that's the most compelling reason, then everybody should go vote
for her. I
t's a shrewd pick. She had to go with something feminine to soften
her image. Celine Dion is hugely popular among the vast majority of
Americans who don't read r.m.gd. If she loses the vote of arrogant
music snobs who'd actually change their vote based on her pick of a
campaign song, she still comes out way ahead.
Post by JonMiller9
I think that you need to check your humor detector to see if it's working.
It's a shrewd pick. She had to go with something feminine to soften
I know plenty of people who don't read RMGD who LOATHE Celine Dion. And
while it's not an issue for me, I guarantee that someone somewhere will try
to make an issue out of the fact that Celine Dion is not even "American" (ok
she's from Canada, but I am sure you understand my point
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ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical
Committee, on August 24-26, 2010, to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations
from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: This meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 24 at 10 a.m. and
Wednesday and Thursday, August 25-26, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Langham Hotel, 250 Franklin
Street, Boston, MA 02110; telephone: (617) 451-1900; fax: (617) 482-
Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will discuss
business concerning upcoming meetings, committee membership and tasks
for the next meeting; develop an updated Acceptable Biological Catch
(ABC) recommendation for the monkfish resource, based on the 2010 Stock
Assessment Review Committee findings.
The SSC will develop an ABC recommendation for sea scallops for
fishing years 2011-12 based on the previously approved ABC control
rule; evaluate applications(s) of the Swept Area Seabed Impact (SASI)
model for use in developing management alternatives for Phase 2 of the
Council's Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2, including the appropriateness of
Local Indicators of Spatial Association or LISA, spatial analysis
methods for defining clusters of high Z, and the appropriateness of the
Z Net Stock model for comparing practicability among management
alternatives; develop recommendations for ABCs for several groundfish
stocks including pollock, Gulf of Maine winter flounder, both northern
and southern windowpane flounder, ocean pout and Georges Bank
yellowtail flounder.
The SSC will complete the development of ABCs for the groundfish
stocks identified above.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
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Archive for: 2020
Did the Supreme Court open the door to regulation of religious schools?
With the death of state Blaine Amendments this week, religious schools that welcome state money might find that they are now subject to regulation that may undermine their very reason for existence.
July 1, 2020 / Church and State, Constitution, Education, Free Exercise, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court
Soros-backed bid to eliminate anti-prostitution pledge loses at SCOTUS
The Supreme Court has ruled against George Soros' Open Society Foundations and upheld a law requiring foreign NGOs receiving funds to sign an anti-prostitution pledge.
June 30, 2020 / Abuse issues, Human Trafficking, Supreme Court
Court strikes down Louisiana law that abortion doctors must have admitting privileges at local hospital
This morning the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The issue in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, was whether this limit actually protected the health of pregnant women and wasn’t in place just to make it more difficult to have an abortion. This was very similar to the issue the Court last visited in 2016 (Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt) when it overturned a Texas abortion doctor admitting privileges requirement.
June 29, 2020 / Abortion / Contraception, Supreme Court
Federal Court rules church can be excluded from California city downtown area
A federal court in the San Francisco Bay Area has determined that churches do not contribute to a vibrant and fun atmosphere and therefore may be excluded from Salinas’ downtown area.
June 18, 2020 / Land Use, Religious Institutions
COVID-19 aid package that does not exclude churches passes with bipartisan support
Although the Small Business Administration typically works with for-profit enterprises, the CARES Act does not exclude non-profit organizations from this funding, including churches. Banks will distribute these loans to qualifying organizations on a first-come, first-served basis.
April 10, 2020 / Church and State, COVID-19
Op-Ed: The Charismatic Charlatans of COVID-19
It is more than fear. It is more than uncertainty. It is even more than mere misinformation. The Coronavirus has some people making suicide runs with religious fervor such as we have not seen since Jim Jones and his poison-spiked Kool-Aid.
April 3, 2020 / COVID-19
Should churches "stay-at-home"? Martin Luther offers guidance
Although Luther wrote it nearly 500 years ago, his advice on how to handle an epidemic is still valid. Trust God and take precautions.
March 29, 2020 / COVID-19
Op-Ed: How parents can navigate the culture of COVID-19 fear
It is greater and more defining than the shootings of JFK, Reagan or even 9/11 because it is, for the first time, a global marker in time; one of a shared moment of terror they all experienced together.
March 19, 2020 / COVID-19, Family
Op-Ed: People need to help each other during COVID-19 crisis
My initial reaction to the news about this virus was that it was an overblown story. I was quite annoyed with the mainstream media reporting every new case and every death. The result seemed to be nothing other than mass hysteria.
March 17, 2020 / Current Events, Economics, Health
Supreme Court considers standing and medical necessity of admitting privileges in Louisiana abortion case
esterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments (link to transcript) in the Louisiana abortion case, Russo v. June Medical Services. This case is a challenge to a new Louisiana state law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital within 30 miles. Because the admitting privileges requirements can be onerous, such as admitting at […]
March 5, 2020 / Human Life, Privacy, Supreme Court
Faith is either something that informs one at all times or it isn’t anything at all, really. When the Chinese government tells its citizens that they can worship in a certain building on a certain day, but once they leave that building they must bow to the secular orthodoxy of the state, you have a cynical lie at work. They’ve substituted a toothless “freedom of worship” for “freedom of religion”.
— Eric Metaxas
Court unanimously finds RFRA plaintiffs can sue FBI agents for money damages
Why the Supreme Court Should Hear the Dalberiste Workplace Religious Accommodation Case
Dr. C. Norman Farley passes to his rest
LA County recognizes churches are constitutionally exempt from stay-at-home order
Los Angeles County lifts restrictions on Grace Community Church
BREAKING: Adventist Church approves pro-life position on abortion
God is Not a Torturer: Debunking the Doctrine of Eternal Torment
Misunderstood Authority: Why Christians should reject govt's use of Romans 13
Aftershock: The Historical and Religious Legacy of the Salem Witch Trials (Liberty Magazine)
A Matter of Honor - Christian University Honors MD Who Invented Assembly Line Abortion
Breaking News: Facing National Pressure, Houston Mayor Drops Subpoenas of Pastors
The Romans 13 Crisis- A pastor looks at the authoritarian use of Scripture
Transcript of Mayor Bloomberg's Speech on Ground Zero Mosque
Rwandan pastor models extreme forgiveness by serving those who killed his family
Ventura County Sues to Stop Church from Meeting Indoors
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Rockasteria
In The Land Of FREE we still Keep on Rockin'
I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now
Music gives soul to universe, wings to mind, flight to imagination, charm to sadness, and life to everything.
Sunforest - Sound Of Sunforest (1969 us, beautiful folk, sunshine pop with traditional and baroque glances, japan remaster)
The Sun - the beginning Of life in out solar system The Symbol, therefore, of creation Representing joy and love The finest attributes of life The Sun is giving, we receive As inhabitants of this earth The Forest, which contains all Wherein dwell sheltering trees Rising to worship the lifegiving sun All animals, plants and finally Man Inhabit the vast forest of the earth Desert, mountain, green valley and sea The Earth, from which spring all creatures Nature's art - informed to live Inspired to create and understand In the light of the giving sun At night we rest by the gentle lamp The moon, the jeweled starts Then by the soft brightness of dawn Persuaded, we rise again - Once more light and life Reign silent, strong and pure In the Forest of the Sun
by Freya Lynn Houge
A mellowness of cool sound Vibrations of personality in song A gentle harmony of tempered soul A rose colored glass filled to capacity With love for music and out neighbors. Welcome to Sunforest!
by Vic Smith
Terry Tucker went to London with two girlfriends, Erika Eigen and Freya Houge, to become pop singers and were discovered almost right away in a working class cafe drinking tea. A man came in a fur coat from Decca Records, wanted to hear their songs and they went to the studio that night and recorded a demo. Two weeks later they wanted to record an album and he became their manager. They were his American girls. The recorded their one and only album Sound of Sunforest in 1969.
Kubrick wanted her to record Overture for the Sun for the soundtrack. It got recorded again, Terry wrote some changes in the arrangement for the film. It was exciting. It just fell into their lap. In those days they never tried to make anything happen, just follow their nose and it happened. Overture is instrumental, like a little renaissance piece. Terry wrote and arranged it, played harpsichord on it. Lighthouse Keeper is a song that Erica wrote and Terry sang backup on it and played the piano. Terry stayed in England about 12 years and came home to the US after the band broke up.
by Malcolm McDowell
1. Overture to the Sun (Terry Tucker) - 1:40
2. Where Are You (Eigen, Hogue, Harry Smith) - 2:42
3. Bonny River (Freya Lynn Hoguer) - 2:41
4. Be Like Me (Freya Lynn Hoguer, Terry Tucker) - 2:10
5. Mr. Bumble (Terry Tucker) - 1:50
6. And I Was Blue (Freya Lynn Hoguer, Terry Tucker) - 2:50
7. Lighthouse Keeper (Erika Eigen) - 2:04
8. Old Cluck (Freya Lynn Hoguer) - 2:41
9. Lady Next Door (Erika Eigen, Freya Lynn Hoguer, Terry Tucker) - 2:26
10.Peppermint Store (Freya Lynn Hoguer) - 2:00
11.Magician in the Mountain (Harry Smith) - 4:09
12.Lovely Day (Freya Lynn Hoguer) - 2:45
13.Give Me All Your Loving (Erika Eigen, Freya Lynn Hoguer, Terry Tucker) - 2:38
14.Garden Rug (Terry Tucker) - 2:13
15.All in Good Time (Freya Lynn Hoguer, Terry Tucker) - 3:45
Sunforest
*Terry Tucker - Piano, Harmonium, Harpsichord, Organ Hammond
*Freya Lynn Hogue – Spanish Guitar, Banjo, Vocals
*Erika Eigen - Latin American Percussion, Bells
*Herbie Flowers, Joe Mudele - Bass Guitar
*Cecil James - Bassoon
*Malca Cossak - Cello
*Dougie Wright, Ronnie Verrel - Drums
*Jim Sullivan - Electric Guitar
*Andy McGavin - French Horn
* John Burden - French Horn
*Les Baldwin, S. Sutcliffe - Oboe
*Jim Lawles, John Blanchard, Reg Weller - Percussion
*Harry Smith - Piccolo Flute, Flute, Clarinet
*Cliff Haines, Les London, Ralph Eizen - Trumpet
*Alfie Reece - Tuba
*F. Riddle - Viola
*D. Wolfstal, R. Mosley - Violin
*Erika Eigen, Freya Hogue, Terry Tucker - Vocals
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Posted by Marios at 9:08 AM 13 comments:
Spriguns - Time Will Pass (1977 uk, magnificent progressive electric folk, japan remaster)
England has incredibly good folk music items. Some groups are more leaning towards traditional folk, some are more folkrock (of which Trees is one of my favourites). Some of the more original/progressive folkrock will be listed on these pages more easily (The Pentangle, Gryphon, Spirogyra, Fotheringay are some of my own favourites). And also The Spriguns are also one of the more original bands who were rooted in folkrock, but Mandy Morton thoroughly conceptualized her own visions, with the help of the band, comparable to what Sandy Denny tried. Sandy Denny was heavily admired by Mandy Morton, who dedicated the titletrack of her 1978 album to her, “Magic Lady”.
Even when albums like that and “Time Will Pass”, which are the strongest starters of all Mandy Morton & Spriguns related albums, we had to wait for reissues of these albums for a very long time. The band had started off as Spriguns Of Tolgus with more traditional folk inspirations with their own visions. Both albums are also very much worth tracing. Most of these albums were only very limited available mostly only through Japanese and Korean reissues.
Mandy Morton led much more the band away from the limitations in creativity of folk and even folkrock visions, but kept the whole typical linear heritage of England’s culture, with references to Renaissance and medieval times that brings an idea of magic, giving that way more colour and depth in background to the inspirations. Sandy Roberton did the production. He produced before the early folk/folkrock albums of Steeleye Span. Especially on the opener “Dead Man’s Eyes” we can hear a comparable approach of an influence of folk mixed with a straight rock rhythm.
The lush orchestrations on “All Before” by Robert Kirby* are comparable to some Sandy Denny tracks, while especially on the closing track, “Letter to a lady” the arrangements that confirm the old England blossoming days with bassoon and such, are most impressive. Most arrangements are definitely making the best of a singer-songwriting vision, with tracks that have rather progressive or often crafted even at times with its own subtleness, heavy rocking arrangements.
I must also mention how Mandy also has a beautiful coloured voice and singing and a personality and vision that give this album a masterly musically conceptual vision, which made this album an essential classic.
1. Dead Man's Eyes - 3:46
2. All Before - 2:44
3. For You - 3:37
4. Time Will Pass - 2:28
5. White Witch - 3:04
6. Blackwaterside - 5:13
7. You're Not There - 2:51
8. Devil's Night - 2:52
9. Letter To A Lady - 5:11
Spriguns
*Mandy Morton - Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
*Wayne Morrison - Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Vocals
*Dick Powell - Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
*Mike Morton - Bass, Vocals
*Dennis Dunstan - Drums, Percussion
Additional Musicians
*Robert Kirby - Orchestral Arrangements
*Lea Nicholson - Concertina
*Tom Ling - Electric Violin
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Posted by Marios at 3:55 PM 10 comments:
Peter Bardens - The Answer (1970 uk, psychedelic/progressive rock, 2010 esoteric remaster with extra tracks)
Reading the liner notes of this recent reissue of Peter Bardens’ 1970 debut The Answer, reveals a prolific artist kept busy prior to his finding fame as the keyboardist with progressive rock group Camel. Aside from the psychedelic Ladbroke Grove act, The Village, he played in a whole host of bands during the British “Blues Boom” of the mid-sixties, alongside future household names such as Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green and Premier League rogerer, Sir Rodney of Stewart.
And there’s an element of blues rock bubbling away beneath the psychedelic/progressive mix that forms The Answer, particularly with regards to Bardens’ vocal delivery, which is a full-bodied blues drawl and, on occasion, remarkably similar in sound to another royal lady-roisterer, a certain Michael Jagger.
The title-track, first up on the album, is awash with energetic blues guitar licks, in this case provided by an uncredited Peter Green, which is bolstered throughout by Bardens’ elaborate organ artistry and pseudo-philosophical lyricism, popular in progressive and underground rock circles of this era.
The blues guitar continues through the eerie mire that is ‘Don’t Goof With a Spook’, where the Jaggerisms are possibly at their strongest, and the excellent acid-soaked freak-rock of ‘I Can’t Remember’, with its hedonistic tribal undercurrent in addition to the masterclass of swirling keyboard extravagance.
‘I Don’t Want to Go Home’ and ‘Let’s Get It On’, both of which also feature an uncredited Peter Green on lead guitar, are more in the standard blues-rock vein and as such a little more formulaic, but following on from something as undeniably strong as the three aforementioned tracks that open The Answer, is always going to be a thankless task.
Which brings us nicely to the B-side spanning closing track of the original album. Running just shy of 14 minutes, ‘Homage to the God of Light’ is a spectacular journey into the outer reaches of psychedelic-prog, bringing to mind the early instrumental excursions of Pink Floyd and the exalted voyagers of space rock, Hawkwind. Bardens really gives the organ a punishing workout on this captivating, and lengthy, illustration of finest, ye olde underground gallivanting. A worthy highlight to an all round worthy album.
The reissue also throws in The Village’s excellent psychedelic single ‘The Man in the Moon’ and its instrumental B-side, ‘Long Time Coming’.
by Nick James
1. The Answer - 5:25
2. Don’t Goof With A Spook - 7:21
3. I Can’t Remember - 10:41
4. I Don’t Want To Go Home - 5:13
5. Let’s Get It On - 6:36
6. Homage to the God of Light - 13:32
7. Man In The Moon (Bonus Tracks as Village) - 4:13
8. Long Time Coming (Bonus Tracks as Village) - 2:33
All compositions written by Peter Bardens.
*Peter Bardens - Keyboards, Vocals
*Steve Ellis - Vocal
*Andy Gee - Guitar
*Reg Isadore - Drums
*Linda Lewis - Vocal
*Alan Marshall - Vocal, Percussion
*Bruce Thomas - Bass
*David Wooley - Vocal
*Rocky - Congas
*Bruce Thomas - Bass Guitar (Village)
*Bill Porter - Drums (Village)
Peter Bardens - Write My Name In The Dust (1971 uk, brilliant post psychedelic early progressive rock, pre-Camel release, japan remaster)
As 1971 came around Bardens reconvened to the studio to record his second solo album with a fresh line-up although he retained the services of Andy Gee and Reg Isadore. Released in July of that year it was probably more varied in style than its predecessor with Bardens assuming much of the vocal duties. After the silliness of the opening instrumental North End Road (complete with bar room piano) the album gets down to serious business with the brooding and Bob Dylan influenced Write My Name In The Dust.
Bardens organ playing is tastefully understated here allowing the soulful vocal delivery to take centre stage. The superb massed female chorus is equally soulful. Down So Long is a stop-start affair with a tediously repetitive choral line but the engaging instrumental interplay that occupies the mid section does at least justify its existence.
In terms of melody Sweet Honey Wine is one of the stronger songs here sounding not unlike The Rolling Stones in playful mode. Similarly the vocals during the manic Tear Down The Wall have more than a hint of Mick Jagger about them. Bardens’ frenzied organ work here is some of the most inspired to feature on either of these two albums. In contracts the aptly titled Simple Song is a sunny little country style ditty that could have come from the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
The mellow instrumental My House is for me the albums best track that would have not sounded out of place on a Camel album with Vic Linton’s tasteful guitar lines pre-empting the Latimer/Bardens partnership that would come later. Feeling High however returns to the unimaginative stoner blues-rock of the previous album leaving another aptly titled affair Blueser to bring things to a less than inspired conclusion.
by Geoff Feakes
1. North End Road - 1:25
2. Write My Name In The Dust - 6:34
3. Down So Long (P. Bardens,V. Linton, R. Isadore, J. Owen) - 7:00
4. Sweet Honey Wine - 4:26
5. Tear Down The Wall - 7:21
6. Simple Song - 2:20
7. My House - 6:17
8. Feeling Hugh - 5:08
9. Blueser - 2:15
All songs by Pete Bardens except where noted.
*Victor Brox - Violin, Vocals
*John Owen - Bass
*Maxine Offla - Vocal
*Judy Powell - Vocal
*Liza Strike - Vocal
*Anita Pollinger - Vocal
Posted by Marios at 2:45 PM 3 comments:
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Solid Silver (1975 us, classic west coast psych, last official album)
A rejuvenated Quicksilver reconvened in '75, after a well-received compilation album, 'Anthology', seemed to revive interest in the band. The line-up that cut 'Solid Silver' featured long-serving QMS alumni Gary Duncan (guitar, vocals), Dino Valenti (vocals, guitar), John Cipollina (guitar), David Freiberg (backing vocals, bass), and Greg Elmore (drums). Various keyboard assists from the likes of Nicky Hopkins and Michael Lewis helped flesh out the band's sound.
Although hopes were high that 'Solid Silver' might kick start the band's career, the reality was otherwise. Whilst the musicianship is excellent, the big problem with 'Solid Silver' is the lack of particularly inspired material. The songs struggle to reach a head of steam, and, although John Cipollina's distinctive lead guitar style is much in evidence, even he can't get overly worked up about it. 'Worryin' Shoes' is a blues shuffle by numbers, but its taken at quite a clip,which pushes the energy level up a few notches. 'Cowboy on the Run' isn't bad, a plaintive rock ballad with a heartfelt Valenti vocal. Other tracks such as 'The Letter' and 'They Don't Know' have their moments, but there's little of the old QMS frictional guitar sparks to lift the thing above the lightweight at best, or mundane at worst.
QMS toured to support the album, but neither the tour nor the album were a great success ('Solid Silver' made number eighty-nine on the Billboard album chart), and the band ground to a halt. Freiberg enjoyed rather more success as a member of Jefferson Starship. Cipollina died on 29th May 1989, from complications assocaiated with emphysema, aged forty-two. Dino Valenti sloughed off this mortal coil on November 16th 1994, aged fifty-seven.
Quicksilver Messenger Service remain a fondly-recalled, if ultimately underachieving acid-rock band. There's still a version of the QMS knocking about, featuring Gary Duncan on guitar, and of course, CD reissues of the band's albums have helped add lustre to their legend. 'Solid Silver' may not be the finest Quicksilver album, but it has its moments, and Cipollina was always a guitar player worth listening to. I hope you enjoy it.
by Alan Robinson
1. Gypsy Lights (Gary Duncan) - 3:40
2. Heebie Jeebies (John Cipollina) - 4:15
3. Cowboy on the Run (Dino Valenti) - 3:13
4. I Heard You Singing (David Freiberg, Robert Hunter) - 3:48
5. Worryin' Shoes (Valenti) - 3:25
6. The Letter (Valenti) - 4:06
7. They Don't Know (Duncan) - 3:54
8. Flames (Cipollina, Valenti) - 4:20
9. Witches Moon (Valenti) - 2:59
10.Bittersweet Love (Valenti, Duncan) - 4:23
*Gary Duncan - Vocals, Guitar, Pedal Steel Guitar
*John Cipollina - Vocals, Guitar, Hawaiian Steel Guitar
*David Freiberg - Vocals, Bass
*Greg Elmore - Drums
*Dino Valenti - Vocals, Guitar
*Nicky Hopkins - Piano
*Pete Sears - Piano
*Michael Lewis - Piano, Organ, Arp Synthesizer
*Skip Olson - Bass
*Mario Cipollina - Bass
*Kathi Mcdonald - Vocals
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Quicksilver Messenger Service - Castles In The Sand (1969-70 us, west coast psych)
"One of the first studio sessions by Quicksilver’s then new line-up of Dino Valente (vocals), John Cipollina (guitar), David Freiberg (bass & vocals), Greg Elmore (drums), with the British session pianist Nicky Hopkins. Mainly acoustic, it took place in Corte Madera, California in late 1969/early 1970."
"Most of the songs, a couple of them running for nearly nine minutes each, were never to appear on album, although they featured in the group’s concerts. As well as working on new songs such as 'Subway' and the rarely-performed 'The Fool', the band run through several country, gospel and blues standards that they were familiar with, such as 'I Know You Rider', 'Walk In Jerusalem', Hank Williams' 'May You Never Be Alone' and Cindy Walker's 'Warm Red Wine'."
The booklet's sleeves notes cover the group's circumstances at the time of the recordings and the featured songs.
There's Enough Magic To Go Around. Please Remember That.
1. Senor Blues (Silver) - 6:18
2. Subway (Farrow, Duncan) - 1:43
3. I Know You Rider #1 (Trad arr Cipollina, Valenti, Elmore, Freiberg, Hopkins) - 3:54
5. Walk In Jerusalem - 2:44
6. Castles In the Sand - 8:32
7. May You Never Be Alone (Williams) - 2:19
8. Warm Red Wine (Walker) - 3:03
9. Look Over Yonder Wall / State Farm - 3:51
10.Wake Up, Dead Man (Part 1) - 5:35
12.The Fool - 8:51
*John Cipollina - Guitar
*Dino Valente - Vocals
*David Freiberg - Bass, Vocals
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Erik Heller - Look Where I Am (1968 us, sweet hippie psych folk rock)
Circa 1967 signed and recorded for Vanguard Records, the previously and subsequently unknown hippy folk singer, Erik, whose sole musical offering, 1968's Look Where I Am (VRS9267) remains one of the label's undiscovered gems.
The 11 tracks on Look Where I Am cover the full range of psych/acid folk, from the strong opening track, with its multi-instrumental backdrop of flute, vibes, horns and bells, to the voice-and-guitar of 'Why Come Another Day' to the heavy fuzz guitar of 'You Said/But I've Got My Way'. There's even a long, soulful Davis-esque muted trumpet passage on 'Lights Across The Field'. The album has a dreamy, almost wistful Donavan-like feel, with tons of acoustic guitar and ethereal flutes.
1. Look Where I Am (Well It's Right Over Here) - 3:55
2. Painted On The Wall - 2:45
3. Dead Afternoon Song - 3:20
4. Be Off Man - 2:11
5. Why Come Anotherday - 3:13
6. You Said But I've Got My Way - 5:51
7. Lights Across The Field, Bright Lights Across The Field Too - 2:49
8. Sweet Eyes Of - 4:36
9. Georgeann - 3:48
10. Untitled Number 2 - 4:51
11. Trymphant Breaking Bottle - 4:33
Words and music by Erik Heller.
Erik Heller - Guitars, Vocals
Posted by Marios at 11:03 AM 12 comments:
Footch Kapoot - Good Clean Fun (1977 us, exceptional progressive rock with jazz blues and post psych touches)
It's tough sometimes to write about forgotten records. You find them, you love, but there is so little info out there about them that you always feel you may not be speaking with authority about the music therein Footch Kapoot is a case in point. So in lieu of hard facts I am going to make up my own back-story.
Footch Kapoot are six people who really dig challenging progressive music, like Beefheart, King Crimson, and Gentle Giant, but have a soft spot for the pop structure as well. They are all excellent musicians with day jobs, and judging from the name of the band and they cover art they are nerds with no care or worry for commercial success.
When this came out in 1978, the cold cruel world probably scratched its head and moved on. I wish I would have been there to tell them how cool I thought it was.
by Greg Trout
1. Don's Mom's Green Boiled Ham (M. Hecker, M. Haupt, R. Last) - 7:46
2. One Day At A Time (Sue Kwiatowski) - 2:53
3. Sleepy Time Day (R. Last, M. Haupt) - 4:28
4. Das Is Wonderful (Ray Last) - 8:32
5. Tall Tale (R. Abell, T. Turner) - 4:18
6. Thee Andes Tune (R. Last) - 8:28
7. Theme From The Pet Dome (M. Hecker, R. Last) - 2:25
8. Versality (R. Last) - 5:26
9. Dreamburst (S. Kwiatowski, M. Hecker) - 9:00
Footch Kapoot
*Paul J. Schneider - Glass Drums
*Ray Last - Electric Guitar, Alto Sax, Flute, Bells, Vocals
*Mike Haupt (Dirty Michael) - Clarinet, Precussion
*Roob (Moon) Abell - Moon Bass, Vocals
*Mark (Blind Lip) Hecker - Electic, Acoustic, Slide Guitars, Blues Harp, Vocals
*Sue Kwiatowski - Piano, Vocals
Geronimo Black - Geronimo Black (1972 us, excellent fusion brass rock with acid blues shades, from Zappa's, C. Beefheart's and Dr John's bands members)
Geronimo Black was formed by former Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black in 1970, shortly after Frank Zappa broke up the original Mothers. Named after his youngest son (who has since grown up to be a musician himself), Geronimo Black was Black's band all the way, although he was one of two lead singers and everyone in the band contributed to the songwriting.
Besides Black on drums and vocals and his Mothers bandmate Bunk Gardner on keyboards and reeds, the group also included sax player Tjay Cantrelli (who had previously been in the second lineup of Love), guitarist and singer Denny Walley (who ironically would later work for Frank Zappa for several years in the late '70s and early '80s), bassist Tom Leavey, and drummer and keyboardist Andy Cahan (who would later join another set of ex-Zappaites, Flo & Eddie).
This lineup signed with MCA Records and released their first album, Geronimo Black, in 1972. Though it's a surprisingly solid album with a varied and occasionally experimental sound, the record attracted almost no attention and the group split up shortly after its release.
Normally, that would be that, but the entire original lineup of Geronimo Black re-formed in 1980 to record a new album, Welcome Back Geronimo Black, for the indie Helios label. Besides including new versions of three songs, "Low Ridin' Man," "Other Man," and the Native American epic "An American National Anthem" from Geronimo Black, the album featured contributions from three more former members of the Mothers of Invention: Don Preston, Ray Collins, and Buzz Gardner.
This expanded version of Geronimo Black is the group that for all intents and purposes evolved into the controversial Grandmothers, the group of former Mothers of Invention members who re-formed in the early '80s to play new material and Frank Zappa covers, much to Zappa's displeasure.
by Stewart Mason
1. Low Ridin' Man (Black, Contrelli) - 4:15
2. Siesta (Cahan, Contrelli, Gardner) - 4:15
3. Other Man (Leavy, Walley) - 3:01
4. L.A. County Jail '59 C/S (Contrelli) - 4:15
5. Let Us Live (Cahan) - 4:28
6. Bullwhip (Contrelli) - 4:17
7. Quakers Earthquake (Cahan) - 2:50
8. Gone (Walley, Leavy) - 3:10
9. An American National Anthem (Moreno, Black) - 6:54
10.'59 Chevy (Bonus Track) - 3:35
Geronimo Black
*Jimmy Carl Black - Drums, Vocals
*Andy Cahan - Keyboards
*Tjay Contrelli (John Barberis) - Saxophones, Vocals
*Tom Leavey - Bass, Vocals
*Denny Walley - Guitars, Vocals
*Bunk Gardner (John Leon Guanerra) - Tenor, Alto Flute, Basoon, Piano
*Buzz Gardner (Charles Guanerra) - Cornet
*Arno Nuefeld - Violin
*Samuel Cytron - Violin
*Nat Gershman - Cello
*Phil Goldberg - Viola
Stray - Saturday Morning Pictures (1972 uk, strong progressive hard rock, 2006 extra tracks release)
After two albums of inventive, unpredictable progressive hard rock, Stray kept chugging right along with their third album, 1972's Saturday Morning Pictures, which notably found guitarist and guiding force Del Bromham growing ever more obsessed with the latest synthesizer technology, although not to the point where gadgetry was crowding out his ever-dominant fretwork, or completely hijacking the band's analog roots.
Rather, Bromham's ever-growing arsenal of synths and keyboards mostly added enriching nuances to some of the band's more adventurous material like "After the Storm," "Sister Mary," and "Move That Wigwam, " featuring an odd mixture of country-fried harmonicas and Native American themes. Another interesting hybrid, the first single, "Our Song," came complete with churchy organs and soulful backing vocals from P.P. Arnold, as did "Mr. Hobo," which kept any sign of high-tech machinery at bay with its sprightly acoustic jamboree.
In conjunction with the similarly eclectic material rounding out Saturday Morning Pictures, these tracks appeared to bode well for Stray's slow-building success, and, indeed, the album (which was cleverly launched with a Saturday matinee performance by the group, at London's Rainbow Theatre) managed to climb higher up the charts than either of its slightly heavier, more aggressive predecessors. Unfortunately, it too would stall long before reaching the higher echelons, or breaking the band to a wider audience, eventually driving Bromham into taking Stray in some truly questionable stylistic directions on subsequent albums.
Saturday Morning Pictures was remastered and reissued in 2006 by Castle and enhanced with five bonus tracks, including the single edit of "Our Song," its B-side, "Mama's Coming Home," and a live "Sister Mary."
by Eduardo Rivadavia
1. Our Song - 6:03
2. After the Storm - 6:44
3. Sister Mary - 4:18
4. Move That Wigwam - 5:20
5. Leave It Out - 4:32
6. How Could I Forget You? - 5:49
7. Mr. Hobo - 2:39
8. Queen of the Sea 6:25
9. Our Song Bonus Track / Single Edit / Version - 4:04
10.Mama's Coming Home Bonus Track - 3:48
11.Georgia Bonus Track - 3:13
12.Get out Right Away Bonus Track - 3:01
13.Sister Mary Bonus Track / Radio 1 Session - 3:52
*Del Bromham - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards
*Ritchie Cole - Drums
*Steve Gadd - Harmonica, Guitar, Vocals
*Gary G. Giles - Bass
*Pete Dyer - Guitar, Vocals
Armageddon - Armageddon (1969 us, fine psych blues rock)
Not to be confused with Keith Relf's far better known outfit (and also with the homophone German band), this Texas-to-the-West Coast obscurity.
Singer/lead guitarist Mark Creamer, rhythm guitarist James Parker, and drummer Johnny Stark had previously been members of the Texas-based The Kitchen Cinq. Following the band's collapse the trio along with Kitchen Cinq bassist James Dallas Smith decamped for Los Angeles. Smith apparently decided to return to Texas in order to get a college degree and was quickly replaced by Skip Battin.
The quartet was quickly signed to Jimmy Bowen's newly formed Amos label (Kitchen Cinq manager Tom Thacker and Bowen were longtime friends). As you probably guessed, the move to Southern California and a new label found the band ditching their earlier pop-psych roots in favor of a distinctively tougher, rock-oriented attack. Produced by Tom Thacker, 1969's cleverly titled "Armageddon" marked a major step forward in terms of creativity.
Whereas The Kitchen Cinq LP and singles frequently followed prevailing musical trends, original tracks like 'Armageddon Theme', 'Water Lilly' and 'Another Part Of Our Life' offered up a first-rate set of fuzz guitar propelled hard rock, though much of the material was tempered by catchy melodies. The other big difference was found in the vocal performances. Whereas The Kitchen Cinq lacked a distinctive singer, this time out all four members came off as first-rate vocalists.
Virtually every one of the ten tracks was worth hearing (okay, any song based on a Tolkin character was of dubious worth ('Bilbo Baggins' and the stoned cover of the Walt Disney class 'The Magic Song' was simply a bad idea to start with). Personal favorites included the acid-tinged ballad 'Cave of the Winds' and their Cream cover 'Tales of Brave Ulysses'. Not a major masterpiece, but easily on of the better albums I've stumbled across over the last couple of years.
Piece of needless trivia - Finishing the recording sessions Battin dropped out in order to join a late inning Byrds line up. He was replaced by Robert Ledger (Ledger's face is on the album cover).
1. Armageddon Theme (Mark Creamer, Jim Parker, Johnny Stark) - 4:12
2. Water Lilly (James E. Parker) - 3:34
3. Another Part Of Our Life (Mark Creamer, Jim Parker, Johnny Stark) - 5:00
4. Come Tomorrow (Mark Creamer, Jim Parker, Johnny Stark) - 3:47
5. Cold Cold Tracks (Mark Creamer, Jim Parker, Johnny Stark) - 3:19
6. Cave of the Winds (Mark Creamer) - 4:05
7. The Lamp (Mark Creamer) - 2:33
8. Bilbo Baggins (Mark Creamer) - 3:58
9. Tales of Brave Ulysses (Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Martin Sharp) - 5:06
10.The Magic Song (Bibbidi-Bobbidid-Boo) (M. David, A. Hoffman, J. Livingston) - 4:09
*Mark Creamer - Vocals, Lead Guitar
*Robert Ledger - Bass (Replaced Skip Battin)
*James Parker - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
*Johnny Stark - Vocals, Drums, Percussion
*Skip Battin - Bass
Shuggie Otis - Plays The Blues (1969-71 us, awesome blues rock)
Otis, for those not familiar with him through David Byrne's heroic disinterment of his 1974 album, Inspiration Information or through his authorship of the wonderful Strawberry Letter 23 - is the son of legendary R 'n' B bandleader Johnny Otis. A musical prodigy he was playing with his father by the time he was 13 and from the word go displayed an uncanny mastery of the blues guitar. This release of Shuggie's Boogie collects all of his most notable 12 bar moments. Tasty stuff...
Shuggie gained his first break through the rather egotistical star mentoring medium of being produced by the better known organist Al Kooper, resulting in 1969's patronisingly titled Al Kooper Introduces Shuggie Otis. The few tracks from that album show Otis already able to outshine his peers on some typical 'jam' material of the times.
By 1970 his father took the reins for Here Come Shuggie Otis, a fine collection of numbers which he'd written or played with Otis senior. Listen to his quick history lesson in blues styles at the beginning of Shuggie's Boogie as he impersonates his heroes. This new edition thankfully includes Oxford Gray which is essential listening for any fans.
By this point Shuggie was an assured talent and attracting some famous company. The rarity I Got The Walkin' Blues shows Shuggie mixing it up with Don 'Sugarcane' Harris, who'd also appeared on Zappa's Hot Rats (Shuggie played bass on that album's Peaches En Regalia). By the time of 1971's Freedom Flight and at the grand old age of 17 he was producing mature work with the likes of George Duke and Aynsley Dunbar as his aides. The fleet-fingered Purple and Me And My Woman both come from these sessions as does the slide genius of mood piece Sweet Thang.
After 1974, Shuggie grew less enamoured with stardom's trappings and sank into a perplexing obscurity. To pigeonhole him merely as a bluesman is to do a disservice to his unbeliveable range of abilities. yet, it's the place he came from and where he first showed his talents. Shuggie's Boogie is a fine place to get to know the six stringed side of the man who was even once offered the guitarist's job in the Stones.
by Chris Jones
1. 12:15 Slow Goonbash Blues (Al Kooper, S. Otis) - 9:27
2. Shuggie's Boogie (Johnny Otis, S. Otis) - 5:30
3. Gospel Groove (J. Otis, S. Otis) - 4:14
4. The Hawks (J. Otis, S. Otis) - 2:25
5. Me And My Woman (G. Barge) - 4:10
6. I Can Stand To See You Die (J. Otis, S. Otis) - 4:07
7. I Got The Walkin' Blues (J.Otis, D. Harris, S. Otis) - 2:22
8. Purple (Edited Version) (S. Otis) - 4:48
9. Cold Shot (J.Otis, S. Otis) - 4:05
10.Sweet Thang (J.Otis, S. Otis) - 4:12
11.Bootie Cooler (J.Otis, S. Otis) - 2:40
12.Shuggie's Old Time Slide Boogie (Al Kooper, S. Otis) - 4:02
Tracks 1 and 12 taken from Kooper Session - Al Kooper Introduces Shuggie Otis
Tracks 2, 3, 4 and 11 taken from Here Comes Shuggie Otis
Tracks 5, 8 and 10 taken from Freedom Flight
Tracks 6 and 7 taken from The Johnny Otis Show – Cuttin' Up
Track 9 is previously unreleased
*Shuggie Otis - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano ,Harpsichord, Organ, Celesta
* Al Kooper - Organ, Vocals, Piano
*Stu Woods - Electric Bass
*Wells Kelly - Drums
*Johnny Otis - Piano, Harpsichord, Celesta, Timpani, Drums, Percussion
*Wilton Felder - Electric Bass, Harpsichord, Celesta
*Stix Hooper, Abe Mills, Paul Lagos - Drums
*Leon Haywood - Organ
*Ray Johnson - Piano
*Al McKibbon - String Bass
*Bob Mitchell, Melvin Moore - Trumpet
*Gene "Mighty Flea" Conners - Trombone
*Richard Mackey, Willie Ruff - French Horn
*Hyman Gold, Irving Lipschultz - Cello
*Marilyn Baker, Rollice Dale - Violin
*Hank Jernigan, Jack Kelso, Jim Horn, Plas Johnson, Preston Love - Saxophone
*Eunice Wennermark, Ginger Smock, Isadore Roman, Joe Lichter - Strings
*Hank Jernigan, Jack Kelso, Preston Love - Flute
*George Duke - Keyboards
*Aynsley Dunbar - Drums
*Mike Kowalski - Drums
*Richard Aplanalp - Flute
*James Bradshaw - Harmonica, Vocals
*Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews - Vocals
The Golden Dawn - Power Plant (1967 us, great texas psych, 2008 release)
Power Plant was only album from Texas band The Golden Dawn, released 1968 off the legendary independent label International Artists. Many rate this album as the best IA release all over but it’s nowhere near Easter Everywhere or 1966’s Psychedelic Sounds Of. Not the year’s most original release, George Kinney’s vocals sound a little too close to Roky Erickson and the band lacks the originality and vision of the Elevators.
Kinney was in a pre-Elevators band, the Fugitives and also played an important role in getting Erickson’s book, Openers, financed and published. I’ve been told that Power Plant’s original release date was set for sometime in 1967 but for uknown reasons IA held out till the following year. That being said, there are still many fine moments on Power Plant. Evolution, the leadoff track, is a good psychedelic rocker with chimes, snotty punk vocals and some nice fuzz guitar.
The band plays hard and tight throughout and favor hard bluesy licks over fuzz as heard on songs like Starvation and I’ll Be Around. There are two undisputed classics on the album, This Way Please and My Time. The former is an excellent piece of acid drifter music while My Time may be the best song the Golden Dawn ever wrote. I hear bits of Gloria in My Time, the guitars are powerful with a rough edge and there’s a nice raga style solo making this an all-time, epic garage punk classic. Another highlight Tell Me Why stands out for backwards tapes and twisted Kinney vocals.
Power Plant is worth recommending on the strength of the above songs and it’s overall consistency. There have been numerous cd reissues though the Sunspot release comes in a nice mini lp sleeve with good sound quality. Kinney has made some late 60’s/early 70’s post Golden Dawn music which is reportedly very good but has never seen an official release.
1. Evolution - 3:28
2. The Way Please - 5:08
3. Starvation - 2:52
4. I'll Be Around - 3:00
5. Seeing Is Believing - 2:21
6. My Time (Jimmy Bird, Bill Hallmark, George Kinney) - 3:50
7. A Nice Surprise (Bill Hallmark, George Kinney, Bobby Rector) - 2:51
8. Every Day - 3:59
9. Tell Me Why - 2:07
10.Reaching Out To You (Bill Hallmark, George Kinney) - 2:37
All songs by George Kinney and Bobby Rector except where indicated.
The Golden Dawn
*George Kinney - Vocals, Guitar
*Tom Ramsey - Lead Guitar
*Jimmy Bird - Rhythm Guitar
*Bill Hallmark - Bass
*Bobby Rector - Drums
The Grass Roots - Leaving It All Behind (1969 us, west coast, sunshine pop, blue eyed soul, 2010 edition)
For a brief period of time between (about 1966 and 1972, give or take), the Grass Roots were a hit machine: fourteen Top 40 hits, a handful of gold singles, including one tune (“Let’s Live For Today”) that iconically captures its time as clearly as Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” or Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit.”
In the hands of producer Steve Barri, the Grass Roots had grown from a hastily assembled cover band to a full-fledged writing and performing force. Despite having lost lead guitarist Creed Bratton earlier in the year, the band gained keyboardist Dennis Provisor, who turned out to be a valuable addition to the lineup.
The first single for the album came out before the rest of the album had been finished, and it was a smash: I’d Wait A Million Years.” When the record was finally finished, there was another Top 25 track lurking in the grooves: “Heaven Knows.” But don’t overlook such underrated pop gems as “Out Of This World” and “Melinda Love.” The latter proves, if you’ll pardon the double negative, that there’s no song that can’t be improved with hand claps.
1. I'm Livin' For You Girl (H. Price, D. Walsh) - 2:32
2. Nack To Dreamin' Again (K. Nolan) - 2:37
3. Out Of This World (D. Lambert, B. Potter) - 2:48
4. Melinda Love (W.Entner, R. Grill, S. Barri) - 2:38
5. Don't Remind Me (W. Entner) - 2:33
6. Take Him While You Can (B. Provisor) - 2:54
7. Heaven Knows (H. Price, D. Walsh) - 2:26
8. Walking Through The Country (B. Provisor) - 3:56
9. Something's Comin Over Me (R. Grill) - 2:46
10.Truck Drivin' Man (R. Grill) - 3:06
11.Wait A Million Years (G. Zeckley, M. Bottler) - 3:22
*Warren Entner - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards
*Rob Grill - Bass, Vocals
*Ricky Coonce - Drums
*Dennis Provisor - Keyboards
*Terry Furlong - Guitar
Chicken Shack - Go Live "Goodbye Chicken Shack" (1974 uk, essentiall blues rock, 2013 remaster)
Having lost fellow Chicken Shackers Bob Daisley (Bass) and Paul Hancox (Drums) to the rigours of touring just as the band's now aptly-named sixth album, Unlucky Boy (SML 1100), Released: (6th July) ’73 hit the streets, founder guitarist/vocalist Stan Webb went off in search of replacements - and quickly found them. in came pianist Dave Wilkinson, fresh from tinkling the ivories on singer/songwriter Roger Cook's solo set, Minstrel In Flight, drummer Alan Powell and bassist Rob Hull, all of whom were rapidly schooled in Chicken Shack's recent past.
Autumn was turning to winter, popular music in general was going about its eternal metamorphosis, and on the rock/blues vine the 'progressive' movement seemed to be winning out at the expense of pure blues. For all his bravado, to close friends Stan seemed to be less than enamoured of where his efforts’ most viable future possibly lay, and Deram still l had another album due. Webb was (and happily, once more as I wtite is} Chicken Shack. The dazzling guitarist and over-the-top entertainer had to date not been captured on vinyl strutting around his natural habitat - any stage - so it was logical that the ensemble's contract be fulfilled with a live set.
The Pye Studios' Mobile Unit was booked for the night and on 26th October 1973 it travelled to the Brunei University in the West of England to preserve forever events on the boards. Barry Murray of Murray Simmonds Productions - an organisation part-owned by Harry Simmonds, manager of Savoy Brown and brother of that outfit’s kingpin, Kim - look over Neil Slaven's role as technical overseer. Stan's wry sense of humour was apparent from the outset, as he introduced the fact that proceedings were being recorded along the lines of " It's an old geezer with a Philips cassette and a couple of Vidor batteries actually " , before storming off into Everyday I Have The Blues.
Chicken Shark were in good form, and quite apart from reprising a handful of numbers from their Deram days, Webb displayed his virtuosity on a variation of the old Bert Weedon hit Guitar Boogie Shuffle - now known as Webb's Guitar Shuffle - before dosing the show with l.iitle Richard's Tutti Frutti. The band's disc outlet at home was expected to rush (he results inlo the shops, and indeed lacquers were cut, test-pressings made, and a domestic catalogue number, SML 1109) , allocated. The platter was never to sen4 li^ht of day in Britain.
Before it could be scheduled and alter only five months together, in January '74 Stan announced to the press that Chicken Shack were no more and that he would be joining Savoy Brown. Deram understandably scrapped issue plans for Blighty - their parent, Decca, held Savoy Brown's long-term disc agreement - although they'd originally intended to call Stan's now-definite finale Chicken Shack Go Live an appellation it finally bears with this CD transfer.
The Savoyians being one of London U.S.A.'s biggest earners, they were not going to 'isk possibly dissipating sales of Kim and Stan's planned new venture, so Go Live was shelved there also, but Germany and Japan ultimately ensured the Shack's farewell could be purchased by issuing Nova SDL 8008 and London K16P 9075 respectively, though signposted under the somewhat depressing end-of-everything alternative, Goodbye Chicken Shack Stan Webb and Kim Simmonds, along with a third guitarfst/frontman, Miller Anderson, plus Jimmy Leverton (Bass) and Eric Dillon (Drums) thence turned in one of Savoy Brown's finest IP's, Boogie Brothers (24th May I 974), and remained together for almost a year before Kim found himself on his lonesome once more.
As Jimmy and Eric went off to farm Utopian pastures new, Stan and Miller put together a band they named Broken Glass with ex-Shack cohort, keyboarder Tony Ashton, plus Robbie Blunt {Guitar}, Mac Poole (Drums) and Rob Rawlinson (Bass). After one eponymous album for Capitol in 1975 Glass fragmented (sorry, couldn't resist that), and following a brief sojourn to take stock, Webb began assembling a new Chicken Shack .
With A multitude of personnel amendments and one-off recording deals littering his path throughout, the great man has remained a cherished part of the hint's scene to this day, both at home and abroad. Regardless ol who is sharing his stage, Stan Webb in top gear is a formidable sight to behold and a guaranteed treat for the ears.
This C.D. gives an indication of the quality one might expect, although the songs on offer have naturally changed. Nevertheless, how much better that this revived artefact may today be more appropriately titled Chicken Shack Go Live than the unthinkable Goodbye.
Now where did I put those batteries?
by John Tracy
1. Everyday I Have The Blues (Chapman) - 4:57
2. Thrill Is Gone (King) - 5:27
3. Going Down (Nixon) - 5:46
4. You Take Me Down (Webb) - 5:06
5. Webb's Boogie (Webb) - 5:47
6. You're Mean (King, Harris, Jemmott, Lovell, McCracken) - 5:54
7. Poor Boy (Webb) - 6:51
8. Webb's Guitar Shuffle (Webb) - 2:35
9. Tutti Frutti (LaBostrie, Penniman, Lubin) - 2:13
*Stan Webb - Guitar, Vocals
*Rob Hull - Bass
*Alan Powell - Drums
*Dave Wilkinson - Electric Piano
1968 40 Blue Fingers, Freshly Packed And Ready To Serve (2013 reissue)
1969 Chicken Shack - 100 Ton Chicken (2013 expanded edition)
1970 Accept (japan remaster and expanded)
1972 Imagination Lady
1973 Unlucky Boy (2013 reissue)
Fairfield Parlour - Home to Home (1970 uk, remarkable psychedelic baroque pop, the continuation of Kaleidoscope, repertoire extra tracks issue)
Throughout the history of music it’s generally out of the norm for a band to change their name, while remaining the same band. It happens when a band splits, or the creative force buggers off and takes the name with him. Or it happens in the early days when a band’s still finding its musical feet and they’ve yet to hit the big time. The Move falls into the category of “band that changed their name but retained the line-up” when they became the Electric Light Orchestra - for the first album, anyway, as does Fairfield Parlour.
Fairfield Parlour had already released two albums as psychedelic-folk rockers, Kaleidoscope - not to be confused with the American psychedelic folk-rock ?!?!? band of the same name, and it was under this new name, in 1970, that they put out From Home to Home.
Eschewing the overt fairy-tale whimsy that had earmarked Kaleidoscope’s two albums, Tangerine Dream and Faintly Blowing, From Home to Home is an altogether more mature offering that favours the folkiness, with psychedelic elements, that was always at the root of their music.
There is also a sad, mournful feel to much of this album, rendered perfectly by Peter Daltrey’s airily haunting vocals. The opener ‘Aries‘, with its bittersweet memories and sense of regret, sets the tone for what follows, reaching its zenith with the majestic ‘Emily’. With a sentiment reminiscent of The Beatles’ ‘Eleanor Rigby’, ‘Emily’ manages to evoke sadness in a way that the more famous song falls short.
It’s not all downbeat though, with ‘The Glorious House of Arthur’ making a return to the fairy-tale atmosphere of previous Kaleidoscope ventures and treading the same ground of Arthurian legend as Donovan’s ‘Guinevere’ from his 1966 album, Sunshine Superman. This playfulness continues with the whimsical ‘Monkey’, featuring the somewhat random line “… And there is also a monkey,” at the end of each verse.
The Repertoire Records digipack reissue is another triumph, with great packaging - including the eerily, low-key cover and a host of bonus tracks, though the inclusion of a 1976 re-release of the single ‘Bordeaux Rose’ in its alternate, horribly over-produced version, is for the completist only.
Kaleidoscope were never afraid to explore darker territories, as evident on ‘- Further Reflections In the Room of Percussion’, and the Fairfield Parlour transformation and From Home to Home seem to be a natural progression of this. This one comes heartily recommended.
1. Aries - 3:23
2. In My Box - 2:03
3. By Your Bedside - Love Below Sky - 2:36
4. Onward Soldier Of The Flesh - 3:40
5. I Will Always Feel The Same - 1:51
6. Free - To Fly, To Drown, To Spill Milk - 4:20
7. ... And Emily Brought Confetti - 5:20
8. Chalk On The Wall - 1:07
9. Glorious House Of Arthur - 2:48
10.Monkey - 2:21
11.Sunny Side Circus - 2:47
12.Drummer Boy Of Shiloh - 3:17
13.Bordeaux Rose - 2:40
14.Chalk of the Wall (Mono Single Version) - 1:06
15.Just Another Day - 2:35
16.Caraminda - 2:02
17.I Am All the Animals - 1:04
18.Song for You - 1:20
19.Bordeaux Rose (Alternate Version) - 4:24
20.Baby Stay for Tonight - 3:06
All songs by Peter Daltrey and Eddy Pumer.
Fairfield Parlour
*Peter Daltrey - Vocals, Piano, Mellotron, Harpsichord, Organ, Tambourine
*Eddy Pumer - Vocals, Classical, Acoustic Twelve String And Electric Guitars, Mellotron, Organ, Harpsichord
*Steve Clark - Bass Guitar, Flutes
*Dan Bridgeman - Vocals, Drums, Pedal Tympany, Tubular Bells, Tambourine, Bongos
Bermuda Triangle - Bermuda Triangle (1977 us, beautiful psych folk rock)
This album was only privately released and now sees the light again. It is a special recording which does not reveals itself after one listen. Most of the album sounds as if this is a Christian or otherwise spiritual inspired item, in a hippie fashion, with driven soul in the vocals, and with speeded up rhythms heading for the light, using rock rhythms, covers or originals for enlightenment. Also the instrumentation is pretty weird and beautiful. There’s use of electric piano and an Arp synthesizer which produces some unusual sounds.
On “Right track” this track sound as if this is orchestrated, but I think the keyboards were responsible for this effect. Also electric and acoustic autoharp provides more special acoustic and emi-electronic touches. The female singer, Wendy, has a beautiful folk-like voice, with some range in her singing. Her voice fits well everywhere, like on the opening track, a cover of the beautiful Moody Blues track (which is one of many people’s all time favourite’s songs) “Nights in a White Satin” ,with additional backing male voice, oscillating violin, electric piano and percussion.
There’s often a sing-a-long and celebrate feeling, from rock to more pastoral, like the closer, “Wind”, a track which has the most psychedelic atmosphere, with an ethereal folkvoice, moody electric piano and bass.
Psychedelic-Folk
The band, originally called Roger And Wendy, was formed in the late '60s in Greenwich Village, typically playing in pass-the-basket-for-tips coffeehouses and folk clubs, such as Gerde's Folk City, (where they headlined for 33 weeks in one year,1970, setting a club record); the Cafe Wha?, the Bitter End, the Cafe Au Go Go, The Gaslight Cafe, The Freudian Slip, The Basement Cafe, and Kenny's Castaways.
Performing at first without microphones (as basket houses had no cabaret licenses, thus amplified vocals were illegal), they developed an energized psychedelic folk style with just an electrified autoharp and fast-pulse bass guitar. Their music quickly evolved from traditional ballads to electric folk, including psych folk, acid freak folk and rock. Roger and Wendy took the stage names Roger Becket and Wendy Becket when they had become involved with the Theater Company of Boston, and then in several off-Broadway plays.
They kept these pseudonyms through much of their musical career before returning to their original surname of Penney. This accounts for some of the confusion regarding credit for albums. Wendy is a lifetime member of the Art Students League of New York.
1. Nights in White Satin (Redgrave, Knight) - 3:05
2. Right Track (R. Becket) - 4:07
3. Dream On (S. Tyler) - 4:34
4. Lark in the Morning (Swallow Tail) (Traditional) - 1:24
5. Free Ride (R. Becket) - 2:55
6. Standing Together (R. and W. Becket) - 3:05
7. Louisiana (R. Becket) - 2:30
8. Night Train (R. and S. Becket) - 4:40
9. Wind (B. Bruno) - 3:52
*Wendy Penney - Vocals, Bass
*Sam Becket - Drums, Percussion, Violin
*Roger Penney - Vocals, Electric Autoharp, Organ, Piano, Arp
Racket Squad - Racket Squad / Corners Of Your Mind (1968-69 us, pretty beat psych rock with sunny rays)
Forecast: Sonny. Good day for a walk. Bad day for puns, apparently. Without Sonny DiNunzio, however, there never would have been "Walk," which trudged its way up his hometown Pittsburgh charts. Nor would The Vogues have gotten off to such a rousing start. Nor, ultimately, would there have been The Racket Squad.
Sebastian DiNunzio wasn't a Pittsburgher, per se. He came from a little way to the northeast, in the Kiski Valley. While attending Apollo High School in 1959, he linked with a group then known as The Three Chaps (George Esposito, Joe Cesario and Bob Savastano). Sonny brought buddy Ron Fulton aboard, and the newly rechristened and numberless Chaps jumped into the record hop grind. Break came when Sonny's sister told her record-producing boss Nick Cenci about the group. Cenci thought a couple of DiNunzio originals had potential, so he had them cut "One Lovely Yesterday / Perfect Night for Love," which were released on Brent records out of New York.
The single made some noise back home, got them on TV and into the ears of dominant deejays. Searching around for another backer, they went to Lennie Martin, whose string arrangement for The Skyliners hit "Since I Don't Have You" was a rock and roll first. Another DiNunzio composition passed Martin's muster, "Heaven Must Have Run Out of Angels," to be backed with "They'll Never Be." There was a twist this time: high parts of the song were to be handled by another young guy just beginning his career, one Lou Christie, who would be launched to stardom via Cenci's Co & Ce label with "Two Faces Have I" and "The Gypsy Cried." Released on Matador, "Heaven Must Have Run Out of Angels" ran out of oomph, and The Chaps called it quits.
For a while, Joe, George and Bob headed for West Coast employment, but day jobs got old pretty quick. Summoning Sonny, they became The Four Chaps. Terry Melcher at Capitol Records gave them a listen and gave them a pass, but Bob Keene, whose Del-Fi label produced Richie Valens, liked what he heard. Securing a manager, The Four Chaps began playing around Los Angeles Meanwhile, Keene learned a new TV show was being put together, something called Shindig. The quartet auditioned for producer Jack Good, who cast them in the pilot starring Jackie DeShannon, P.J. Proby and Dionne Warwick.
The red-jacketed Chaps sang "Lonesome Traveler," with guitar support from Glen Campbell. Good was considering making The Four Chaps regulars, but Sonny was called back to Pennsylvania, and their 15 minutes of fame ticked away. So, too, went potential work with Phil Spector. That was far from the end of the groove. Back home, Sonny returned to lead vocalist duties with The Townsmen (including Ronnie George, Alan Bills and Bob Ainsworth), who became The Fenways and churned out a lengthier discography, one that continues to feed oldies radio. Beginning with titles like "The Number One Song in the Country," which was more than just wishful thinking,
The Fenways drew solid response to "Nothing to Offer You," "Humpty Dumpty," "Be Careful Little Girl" and especially "Walk," a gem of a 1966 pop rocker that bubbled under the national rankings. Deejays laid on them, especially Sonny's cousin Terry Lee On WMCK / WIXZ, one of the major players on the Pittsburgh scene. Though The Fenways never got to No.1 on their own, they hit the top through teamwork. Part of their studio time was spent under the Co & Ce banner. Cenci had signed a vocal group called The Vogues, who needed a backup band. The Fenways were around and they cut the track for the monster "You're the One," so maybe "The Number One Song in the Country," or at least in a number of markets, wasn't so far off after all.
By the following year, with changes in society inspiring changes in their hair and clothing styles, The Fenways needed a new identity. They becameThe Racket Squad and did what their former selves never did: issued albums. Two of them, and both on the national Jubilee label: an eponymous platter and Corners of Your Mind. Check out "Hung Up," their take on "Romeo and Juliet," and especially their nod to The Skyliners with that group's "The Loser." Good stuff, but not enough to assure longevity.
Various personnel logged time with the band: Bill Cotton, Gene Molanero, Joey Covington (who later flew with the Jefferson Airplane). The Racket Squad became Sebastian, but by the following decade, Sonny was working solo. A car wreck in October of 1978 brought an end to his talented voice. Terry Lee remembered his cousin through a tribute album titled simply Sonny.
by David Salinger
1968 The racket Squad
1 The Loser (Vanselow, Losak) - 3:38
2 Let's Dance to the Beat of My Heart (Mike Lewis) - 2:29
3 (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet (Gorman, Hamilton) - 2:24
4 We've Got a Groovy Thing Goin' (P. Simon) - 2:02
5 Higher Than High (Sonny Dinunzio) - 2:38
6 Hung Up (Kelley, Burton) - 2:14
7 Ode to Billie Joe (Gentry) - 3:13
8 Sunshine Man (Wiener, Lewis) - 2:39
9 No Fair at All (Yester) - 2:57
10 Little Red Wagon (Kelley, McCoy, Green) - 2:06
11 Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) (Cunningham) - 2:17
1969 Corners Of Your Mind
12 Ain't Nobody Gonna Love You (Mike Lewis) - 3:02
13 Sweet Little Smoke (Mike Lewis) - 6:00
14 Get Out of My Life Woman (Alan Toussaint) - 3:25
15 Suburban Life (Mike Lewis) - 3:06
16 Get Out of My Life Woman (Reprise) (Alan Toussaint) - 0:46
17 Corners of Your Mind (Mike Lewis) - 3:55
18 You Turn Me On (Mike Lewis) - 5:25
19 Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix) - 3:04
20 The Minstrel (Gary Hill) - 5:46
21 That's How Much I Love My Baby (Sonny Dinunzio) - 2:36
22 Movin' In (Sauter, Lewis, Dinunzio) - 2:56
23 Maybe Tomorrow (Sauter, Lewis) - 2:50
24 I'll Never Forget Your Love (Mike Lewis) - 3:07
The Racket Squad
*Joey Covington - Drums, Percussion
*Sonny Dinunzio - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Horns
*Gene Molanero - Drums, Percussion
*Bob Ainsworth - Lead Guitar
*Ronnie George- Bass, Sax
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Pearls Before Swine - Balaklava (1968 us, psych folk gem, japan remaster issue)
A record that virtually defies categorization, Pearls Before Swine's 1968 epic Balaklava is the near-brilliant follow-up to One Nation Underground. Intended as a defiant condemnation of the Vietnam War, it doesn't offer anthemic, fist-pounding protest songs. Instead, Rapp vented his anger through surrealist poetry, irony, and historical reference: Balaklava was the 1854 Crimean War battle that inspired Alfred, Lord Tennyson to write his epic The Charge of the Light Brigade; in reality, the "Charge" was a senseless military action that killed scores of British soldiers.
Balaklava begins with "Trumpeter Landfrey," an 1880's recording of the actual voice and bugle charge of the man who sounded the charge at Balaklava. It makes the transition into "Translucent Carriages," a mix of acoustic guitars, a basic vocal, and ghostly narration ("Jesus raised the dead...but who will raise the living?"), all the more stunning. "Images of April" continues the mystical feel, combining flutes, cricket chirps, and frog croaks for a nether-worldly effect. Rapp virtually cries "I Saw the World," backed by a powerful string arrangement that makes the song even more impassioned.
Like One Nation Underground, Balaklava is somewhat unfocused: "There Was a Man" is a little too Dylan-esque, and Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" detracts from Rapp's compositions. Unfortunately, the record closes with "Ring Thing," a morbid piece that refers to Tolkien's famous Lord of the Rings trilogy. Still, this is superb psychedelic music, successfully merging exotic instruments like marimba, clavinet, French horn, and swinehorn with Rapp's unique lisping vocals.
But Balaklava isn't just acid-trip background music. It's probably the best example of what Rapp calls "constructive melancholy" (also the name of a recent CD collection of Pearls songs), a combination of the real with the surreal, and it's indispensable to any serious '60s rock collection.
by Peter Kurtz
1. Trumpeter Landfrey - 0:35
2. Translucent Carriages (Herodotus, Harley, Rapp) - 4:00
3. Images of April - 2:44
4. There Was a Man - 2:59
5. I Saw the World - 3:28
6. Guardian Angels - 3:02
7. Suzanne (Cohen) - 5:01
8. Lepers And Roses - 5:23
9. Florence Nightingale - 0:17
10.Ring Thing (Tolkien, Rapp) - 2:20
All songs by Tom Rapp except otherwise stated.
*Tom Rapp - Guitar, Vocals, Breathing
*Jim Bohannon - Organ, Piano, Clavinette, Marimba
*Wayne Harley - Banjo, Harmony
*Lane Lederer - Bass, Guitar, Swinehorn
*Joe Farrell - Flute, English Horn
*Lee Crabtree - Piano, Organ,
*Bill Salter - Bass
*Al Shackman - Guitar
*Warren Smith - String Arrangements
*Selwart Clarke - String Arrangements
Montreal - A Summer's Night (1970 canada, wonderful soft folk rock with a jazzy feeling)
“Indicative of the fine working ability of Canada’s enthusiastic musicians is MONTREAL – the makers of the music you are about to hear.
Canadian musicians and performers have always been true to the gaiety of a Canadian summer and have the ability to use the long winter as a working tool. In our efforts to know a new kind of music and determine its influence upon the times and ourselves, we have yet to spend time really listening. This is listening music. Since man first began making sounds, there has been music to move the feet and music to move the mind. The music produced by these fine artists of today merge free-feeling music with words of importance. Although the nature of our situation will allow us to dance, these are still words to be heard.
Jean Cousineau’s guitar will never cease to intrigue your imagination. Gilles Losier’s piano and bass act as an organic rubber band, while his knowledge of sound will create other instruments from the one he is playing. Fran’s voice will bring the sun in the mornings and set it many an evening in your home or pad or camp-out. Montreal is a place for all ages, and so is MONTREAL’s music. A necessary experience”
by Richie Havens
Produced by Richie Havens (who also contributes sitar), this lost classic was recorded in New York in 1970. Featuring Canadian musicians Fran Losier, Gilles Losier and Jean Cousineau, as well as leading jazz flautist Jeremy Steig, psych-folk legend Buzz Linhart and the Carolyn Hester Coalition’s Skeeter Camera, it’s a mesmerising collection of jazzy folk-psych. Packed with glorious vocal harmonies and unforgettable melodies (culminating in the spellbinding acid folk masterpiece ‘Infinity’).
1. What About the Wind? (Chris Rawlings) - 2:28
2. A Summer’s Night (Jean Cousineau) - 3:37
3. Circles and Lines (Mike Leibson) - 2:45
4. Sometimes in Stillness (Peter Page, Bill Horan) - 3:00
5. Third Floor Walk-Up (Peter Page, Bill Horan) - 5:30
6. Every Passing Moment (Kenny Rankin) - 2:59
7. Summertime (George Gershwin, DuBose Hayward) - 4:11
8. Round and Round (Fran Losier) - 3:05
9. Infinity (Peter Page, Bill Horan) - 7:58
*Fran Losier - Vocals
*Jean Cousineau - Guitar
*Gilles Losier - Piano, Bass
*Richie Havens - Sitar, Koto
*Jeremy Steig - Flute
*Buzz Linhart - Vibes
*Skeeter Camera - Percussion
Stray - Suicide (1971 uk, great hard rock, 2nd album)
London's Stray followed up an eclectic eponymous debut with more of the same on their 1971 sophomore effort, Suicide, which of course was just dandy since "more of the same" on this occasion essentially entailed another imaginative melding of different musical genres under the broad, forgiving definition afforded by the progressive rock tag.
As to the album's rather negative title, it didn't foreshadow a radical shift toward the quartet's pre-existing heavy rock tendencies (actually, more keyboards were the hot novelty here) so much as a reflection of these songs' darker overall mood when it came to their lyrics. Opener "Son of the Father" offered a perfect example, as it alternated quiet passages of sublime but chilling beauty with other hard-driving but rather upbeat sections -- all supporting questioning meditations about generations of men sent off to war after war.
Some ensuing tracks, like "Nature's Way" and "Do You Miss Me?" continue to showcase Stray's copious testosterone via wicked power chords and boogie grooves (but always interlaced with some unexpected jam or jazzy accent), and the especially forceful "Jericho" catapults untold scores of contrasting riffs against one another with urgent intensity, ultimately culminating in a truly frightening descending riff sequence.
Other songs take the opposite course of gentle introspection, achieving both mesmerizing (the lyrically corny but musically elegiac "Where Do Our Children Belong") and dismaying results (the soppy, string-laden Muzak of "Dearest Eloise"), while the neither-here-nor-there "Run Mister Run" evokes a Southern rock feel with its cow bells and blue-collar construction.
And, finally, there's the controversially themed title track, which combines a Black Sabbath-like bass progression from Gary G. Giles with foreboding fuzz chords and sizzling solo licks from Del Bromham (reminiscent of Sir Lord Baltimore) to impart its gloomy story. Not a very uplifting finale, obviously, but nothing that detracts from Suicide's multi-faceted creative accomplishment, under any circumstance -- especially considering the album was reportedly recorded at Olympic Studios in just 30 hours!
1. Son of the Father - 5:48
2. Nature's Way - 3:29
3. Where Do Our Children Belong - 3:39
4. Jericho - 4:55
5. Run Mister Run - 3:54
6. Dearest Eloise (Steve Gadd) - 2:30
7. Do You Miss Me? - 6:28
8. Suicide - 7:39
9. Encore - 0:36
All Songs by Del Bromham except where indicated.
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Shaykha Safia Shahid is a leading scholar embodying a rich tradition and history of female scholarship. Born and raised in Glasgow, Shaykha Safia Shahid travelled to Syria in 2003 to study sacred knowledge. She stayed there for five years, studying Arabic at the University of Damascus and the Abu Nour Institute.
Shaykha Safia attended the classes of several illustrious scholars of our time, such as Shaykh Adnan Darwish and received ijaza (license) to teach tajwid from Shaykh Abul Hassan Al-Kurdi. She also benefited from the company of great gnostics such as Shaykh Ahmad al-Habbal and Shaykh Shukri al-Luhafi.
She studied numerous texts under the tutelage of the great erudite scholar, Al-Sayyid Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi, and was granted ijaza in major books of hadith. She had the great honour of accompanying Shaykh Muhammad, exposing her to an abundance of knowledge, light and wisdom.
Upon leaving Syria in 2008, Shaykha Safia began teaching online classes, covering subjects such as tajwid and aqida (completing Al-Aqida Al-Tahawiya several times). In 2009 she moved to Birmingham where she served as the Head of Education for women at the Jamatia Islamic Centre in Sparkhill. Her post included overseeing girls’ education in the childrens’ madrassa and teacher training of the female staff as well as teaching Islamic disciplines such as fiqh, hadith, Arabic and other classes of the sacred knowledge.
In 2012, she delivered ‘The Etiquette of the Believer’ UK Tour, covering 12 towns and cities nationwide. She moved to London in 2013 and continues teaching in Hounslow and Harrow. Since then, she has also been teaching in an Islamic Secondary school in Reading. Subjects include 40 Hadith, Stories of the Prophets, Tafsir and Women’s Fiqh.
In 2014, she delivered a 3 day residential Sacred Way Retreat. Furthermore, she delivered ‘Origin, Purpose & Destiny’ UK Tour, covering 12 towns and cities nationwide. In 2015, she completed a Salah ‘Ala al Nabi national Tour and also completed an international Tour.
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Streetfilms: SF Carves a Park from the Midst of Its Pavement
By Matthew Roth
The entire family of San Francisco city agencies responsible for
maintaining its streets made an unconventional decision to close a
portion of a street to cars and convert the new space into a simple,
yet elegant, public plaza. The project combines all the important
elements of plaza creation that have been successful in New York City
and elsewhere: take space from cars, use simple treatments to convert
the space into a pedestrian sanctuary, including movable furniture and
leftover granite blocks from city salvage yards, and engage commercial
interests around the plaza to help maintain and care for the new public
realm.
Though some neighborhood constituents voiced skepticism that the
plaza would be empty at best, or filled with miscreants and vagabonds
at worst, the plaza’s success is hard to dispute. In fact, so many
people are using the new space and enjoying the tables and chairs, the
businesses around the plaza have contemplated leaving the furniture out
later than sunset, which was the initial closing time agreed upon
between them and the Castro/Upper Market Community Betterment
District.
This film, shot and edited by Paul Jaffe and produced by Streetsblog SF editor Bryan Goebel, takes an in-depth look at the construction of the
plaza with some of the agencies responsible for it, and includes some
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Filed Under: Bevan Dufty, Gavin Newsom, Pavement to Parks, Planning Department, Streetfilms
SF’s Mint Plaza Takes Home EPA Smart Growth Award for “Civic Spaces”
By Matthew Roth | Dec 2, 2010
In its annual Smart Growth awards ceremony, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded San Francisco’s Mint Plaza with its “Civic Spaces” prize, honoring the City and County of San Francisco, as well as developers and architects that transformed the former Jesse Street alley into a busy public realm. The award was announced yesterday in Washington DC, […]
Coming Soon: Mini Plazas at Persia Triangle and Better Plaza Management
By Aaron Bialick | Feb 25, 2014
Update: According to the Planning Department, the San Francisco Plaza Program will only apply to permanently plazas installed with concrete features, not semi-permanent Pavement to Parks plazs. City agencies are set to launch a program to manage San Francisco’s plazas, establishing a long-term system to coordinate maintenance and activities in public spaces. As we wrote […]
Oakland’s Latham Square: Plaza to the People
By Laura McCamy | Sep 5, 2013
Just two weeks after Oakland’s Latham Square opened on August 16, office workers could be seen arriving in ones and twos at lunchtime. A clutch of high schoolers from the nearby Oakland School For the Arts zoomed in on skateboards and sat together on a big bench in the shade, looking cool and disaffected. The park, which made […]
How to Get a Pedestrian Plaza in Your Neighborhood — Lessons From Philly
By Angie Schmitt | Jun 4, 2014
After nine years of planning, strategizing and outreach, community activists in Philadelphia have a new pedestrian plaza in Center City. The Triangle at 23rd, South, and Grays Ferry Avenue looks pretty awesome, doesn’t it? Philly advocates certainly have reason to be proud of what they’ve created. And they want other people to replicate their success. Geoff Keys […]
Livable City: Parking Lot on Ferry Terminal Plaza Would Be Shameful
By Aaron Bialick | Apr 11, 2013
The plaza behind the Ferry Building, known largely as a farmer’s market venue and a place for ferry commuters to pass through, could be temporarily turned into a 64-space part-time parking lot during weekdays under a plan being considered by the Port Commission. Equity Office, which leases the Ferry terminal, is pushing the 18-month proposal as a […]
SPUR Talk: Streamlining Bureaucracies and Activating City Spaces
By Roger Rudick | Jan 11, 2017
This afternoon, at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR), a panel of public officials spoke about how San Francisco’s different departments are collaborating to create more livable spaces under the new “Places for People” ordinance, passed last year. “Streets represent 35 percent of the city’s total area,” explained Robin Abad […]
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"Coachbuilt muscle car" really isn't a thing. If you have enough money to want a full custom body on your vehicle, you're likely thinking of something expensive and European. Muscle-car customizers generally work with a lower budget (and still impressive results.) Today, Los Angeles dealer-tuner Galpin Motor Sports unveiled its unique venture into that uncharted space with a car it's calling the Rocket, penned by the man behind the Fisker Karma.
The Galpin-Fisker Rocket starts with a 2015 Ford Mustang GT massaged to 725 hp, then draped in a hand-built, carbon-fiber skin designed by Henrik Fisker. The founder of the failed, eponymous automaker, Fisker had previously penned coachbuilt variants of BMWs, and approached Galpin in August with the design of the Rocket.
Galpin-Fisker Rocket
The biggest modifications come in the front, where the Galpin-Fisker gets a massive carbon-fiber grille, with the traditional pony galloping across a chrome bar. The interior also gets swaddled in carbon fiber and custom leather, although the legal rules of modern carbuilding don't allow Galpin to change major pieces such as the headlights, tail lamps and roof shape.
Galpin says it will build as many Rockets as it can sell starting in December, with a price that begins around $100,000 before any extra customizations. We'll soon find out whether enough wealthy muscle car owners want to ride a Mustang with the fanciest saddle around.
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SaveTheWest Fundraiser 2019
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SaveTheWest, Inc. is an IRS-registered 501(c)3 educational charity, which operates SaveTheWest.com. Our mission is to advance objective, verifiable knowledge concerning:
The foundational underpinnings of Western civilization (“the West”)
The identities of our enemies, and their strategies, tactics and objectives
Common-sense solutions that will enable the West to survive, and ultimately, thrive
How freedom-loving people in Western nations can help to save our culture
SaveTheWest is operated by Ken Abramowitz (bio), its founder and president, and Jon Sutz (bio, archive), its consulting editor and videographer.
The purpose of this fundraiser is to enable us to continue and expand our production of original, deeply-researched, time-relevant content that isn’t available anywhere else, particularly regarding:
The ideological bias and professional irresponsibility that is endemic at many of America’s most influential “news” media organizations
America’s domestic and foreign policies
The dominant and rising threats to freedom, both domestically and internationally
Please make a generous, tax-deductible donation to SaveTheWest now!
Examples of SaveTheWest’s original content — and the results we’ve achieved
The following are five examples of the completely original content that SaveTheWest has published, which in some cases has led or contributed to significant results:
(1) Ken’s Thoughts of the Week
(2) Three blockbuster exposes on HuffPost’s subversive anti-Semitic, pro-Islamist bias and incitement were soon followed by Arianna Huffington being reportedly forced out of her namesake website
(3) The “Anti-Capitalism Quote Quiz”
(4) Our report, “Who benefits from the lies being spread about the ‘caravans’?,” has helped induce a more fact-based national discussion
(5) Our report on how Twitter was enabling Hamas was soon followed by the terrorist group’s page being taken down (a new one soon took its place, though)
Each week, SaveTheWest president & founder Ken Abramowitz addresses one issue that is or should be front and center in our news, and presents his unique insights into the underlying matters concerning it. See the archive here.
Since its debut in 2005, HuffPost and its leadership, particularly Arianna Huffington, its editor-in-chief and namesake, have publicly insisted to its advertisers and the general public that it is a completely objective, nonpartisan “news” site.
In 2016 Jon produced, in rapid succession, three major exposes that may have led, or helped lead to Huffington being forced out of her job, weeks later:
(A) March 1: 2016: SaveTheWest.com released its debut documentary video, “The Huffington Post’s Anti-Semitic Bias and Incitement During the Third Intifada” (44 minutes). This video exposes HuffPost’s consistent efforts to ignore, whitewash and even legitimize anti-Semitic hatred and Palestinian terrorism against Jews, even after being criticized by several of the major Jewish organizations. Trailer here; 2-minute accolades video, featuring Melanie Phillips, here)
(B) April 30, 2016: SaveTheWest.com released its second documentary, “STW’s new “HuffPost’s Dehumanization of Capt. Taylor Force” (16 minutes). This film exposes how HuffPost dehumanized a beloved U.S. combat veteran who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist — while super-humanizing ISIS terrorists, sad celebrities, and animals.
(C) July 15, 2016: SaveTheWest.com released its first major written report, “The Rhodes To HuffPost”: The Huffington Post’s use of lies, deception, bias and anti-Semitic incitement in order to help “sell” the Iran deal. This report exposes the major role that HuffPost played in helping Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes to create and operate what he later admitted was an “echo chamber” of lies and propaganda to help manipulate and bully America, and the Senate, to pass the deceptive treaty.
After the release of each of these items, Ken sent a personal letter to the chairman of Verizon, which owns HuffPost, asking him to respond with his comments, and any action he intends to take to ensure that this mass deception and manipulation will no longer be allowed to continue at HuffPost. Ken never heard back from him.
Less than 30 days after the release of our Iran report, Arianna Huffington announced she was leaving HuffPost.
August 11, 2016: News breaks that Arianna Huffington is unexpectedly leaving HuffPost.
This was an unusual occurrence for two reasons: 1) It occurred only fourteen months after she signed a new four-year contract to remain as Executive Editor of HuffPost, and 2) It occurred suddenly, with no successor being named.
Soon after, Vanity Fair produced an in-depth, two-part report that indicated Huffington’s departure from HuffPost was not voluntary:
September 7, 2016: How Arianna Huffington Lost Her Newsroom | Vanity Fair
September 8, 2016: The Inside Story of Why Arianna Huffington Left the Huffington Post | Vanity Fair
Although SaveTheWest is not mentioned in either of the above articles, we believe that our videos and report may have had a significant role in helping to prompt Verizon to force Huffington out of her site — and completely remove her name from the masthead.
It’s almost impossible to imagine that an Islamist terrorist like Osama Bin Laden, a Nazi dictator like Adolf Hitler, history’s worst mass-murderer, socialist ruler Mao Tsetung, and a Hollywood celebrity like Michael Moore would have anything in common.
Yet they do have one common attribute: they all voiced a venomous hatred of capitalism. They and others throughout history and our world, today, blasted one or more of the basic principles of capitalism, starting with the natural rights of the individual to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, to religious freedom, to own property, to speak and write as one pleases, and more.
This Quiz, researched and developed by Jon, contains 25 unattributed quotes from 12 notorious anti-capitalists from the past and present. Can you pass it? Give it a try!
Save The West‘s Anti-capitalism quote quiz
Some of the most influential “news” organs, politicians, social activists and celebrities are lying to, and about Americans, regarding the “caravans” of foreign citizens marching towards the U.S. border. In general, these lies revolve around three false claims:
That there are no legitimate reasons to be concerned about the “caravan” marchers’ identities, backgrounds, affiliations or intentions
That the marchers are all peaceful, law-abiding victims of bad situations, many if not most of whom are women and children, and they share and will abide by American laws and customs
That the only people who doubt these claims are racists, xenophobes, and/or neo-Nazis, and who, like President Trump, are using lies to “gin up” hate against “brown people”
This report, researched and developed by Jon, exposes the reality – and who benefits from these lies:
“Who benefits from the lies being spread about the ‘caravans’?”
Update: Jon has been interviewed on numerous radio stations across America regarding this report.
This report, researched and developed by Jon, showed that Twitter had been allowing Hamas to to incite and celebrate anti-Semitic hatred and terrorism on its site, for five years. Ken sent a letter to Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, containing the report and asking why he continues allowing Hamas to use his site.
Soon after, Twitter took down Hamas’s page. Unfortunately, another soon was established, and Twitter has allowed it to operate with impunity ever since:
Why does Twitter enable Hamas to spread its propaganda? [UPDATED]
Please make a generous, tax-deductible donation to SaveTheWest today!
Your generous, tax-deductible donation will help us to engage in expanded efforts to advance our work.
Two ways to donate
(1) Paypal
(2) Mail a check to:
SaveTheWest, Inc.
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Dr. Ehrenfeld: Soros’ Anti-Israel Funding
Jon Sutz - April 5, 2020
America Faces Huge Fork in the Road — Ken’s Thought of the Week
Kenneth Abramowitz - January 11, 2021
Michael Oren’s new book has done Israel and America a great service
Jon Sutz - August 1, 2015
Soros, the NY Times and anti-Israel propaganda
Jon Sutz - February 1, 2019
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Modeling volcanic ash and sulfur dioxide with the Weather Research Forecasting with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model
Egan, Sean D.; Cahill, Catherine; Stuefer, Martin; Webley, Peter; Lopez, Taryn; Simpson, William (2019-12)
The Weather Research Forecasting with Chemistry (WRF-Chem) model is capable of modeling volcanic emissions of ash, sulfur dioxide and water vapor. Here, it is applied to eruptions from three volcanoes: the 2008 eruption of Kasatochi Volcano in Alaska, the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland and the 2019 eruption of Raikoke in the Kurile Islands. WRF-Chem's ability to model volcanic emissions dispersion is validated through comparison of model output to remote sensing, in situ and field measurements. A sensitivity of the model to modeled plume height is discussed. This work also modifies the base WRF-Chem code in three ways and studies the effects of these modifications. First, volcanic ash aggregation parameterizations are added covering three modes of particle collisions through Brownian motion, differential settling and shear. Second, water vapor emissions from volcanic eruptions are added and coupled to the new aggregation scheme. The effects of these changes are assessed and found to produce volcanic ash concentrations in agreement with in situ measurements of plume concentrations and field measurements of tephra fallout. Third, the model is adapted to include multiple model initializations such that each is perturbed by selecting between two volcanic ash particle sizes and five initial plume heights. This modified WRF-Chem is nested in an application program interface that enables a new, automated, near real-time capability. This capability is assessed and the feasibility of its use as an augmenting tool to current operational VATD models is commented upon.
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