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Tweedy - Diamond Light // Limited to 2000 Clear Smoke Vinyl 10"
I mean who doesn’t love the Tweeds. Wilco has been one of most consistently loved bands of my lifetime. They have somehow adopted fans from the deadhead crowd, but I’m cool with it. TWEEDS4LIFE
I couldn’t yet find an album stream of this track. But there was a really cool soundboard live recording that dropped today. The track sounds very trippy. So all those deadheads will be happy I guess. I’m not sure if this recording is part 1 & part 2 or not. Anyone?
The first release from Tweedy on dBpm Records. Side A boasts “Diamond Light Pt. 1”, a track from the upcoming album, Sukierae coupled with the b-side (and exclusive to this 10”) “Diamond Light Pt. II”. This 45 rpm, virgin vinyl has a locked groove on both sides (a rarity for a 10”)
Clear / Smoke in color. Limited edition pressing of 2,000
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Lucern Raze - Stockholm 1 // Limited to 50 Splatter Vinyl LP Bundles
Swedes. You can thank them for your IKEA record shelves, your viking documentaries, your ABBA records and all the software you downloaded illegally from The Pirate Bay. Now, you can thank them, specifically Stockholm, for another slab of garage rock vinyl. Ladies and gentlemen, here’s Lucern Raze.
Yours to Keep, an ideal addition for the upcoming mixtape you’re making for your special punk rock lover, is a hand-clapping, bass-slapping stomper. It’s rough around the edges, but an earnest fist-pumping ode to love and devotion. Burger Records will be coming out with the cassette version, but PNKSLM Records has the wax. Yep, it’s pricey, but you’re getting a record limited to just 50 copies, a t-shirt, a tote bag and a bunch of stickers and badges.
PNKSLM Recordings proudly present the debut LP from Stockholm-based Lucern Raze. Eleven tracks of hooky-garage pop. Cassette available via Burger Records (US).
This ULTRA-LIMITED package (limited to 50) contains the LP pressed onto splattered vinyl, an exclusive Lucern Raze T-shirt, an exclusive black PNKSLM tote bag, plus a selection of stickers and badges.
These packages always sell out fast, so we recommend acting sharp.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a pre-order item. Release date scheduled for February 25th.
Thanks to Sindre the Psych Guru for the tip!
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On occasion, David can be seen crate-digging various Austin record stores in hopes of finding an original vinyl pressing of some obscure post-punk band. In 1986, David experienced his first heartbreak when the Houston Astros blew the National League Championship Series to the New York Mets. Austin has been his home since he was born, not because of his unwillingness to explore new terrain, but because it is the finest town a hopeless music lover and taco enthusiast could ever imagine.
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The final mini-major is coming up in Europe. Let's talk about what we have to expect from each team.
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The European Six August Major is finally upon us, and while it is not the international LAN where the top placed teams of each region battle it out to see who the best in the world that we are used to, it will pit the top four teams from the inaugural European League stage against each other in a playoff format to determine who is the best team in the region.
Between August 21 and 23, BDS Esports, G2, Rogue, and Virtus.pro will complete in a double-elimination bracket for a chance of winning the $62,500 prize pool, 285 Six Invitational 2021 points and the bragging rights of winning the mini-major.
Let's talk about the four European teams involved in the mini-major and make some predictions.
After winning Season 11 of the European Pro League, Rogue just managed to fend off BDS Esport to defend their crown in stage one. This was more impressive as they made two roster changes coming into the new year, after they replaced Valentin "risze" Liradelfo and benched Théophile "Hicks" Dupont, for former Team Empire captain Eugene "karzheka" Petrishin and Team Secret man Leon "LeonGids" Giddens.
Add the fact they had a slower start to the stage than expected after losing to G2 2-7, they then beat Team Empire and Natus Vincere easily but suffered a surprising draw to Chaos Esports Club. Rogue then went on a tear, winning four of their last five matches in a run which handed BDS their first loss and managed to pip them to retain their title.
Maurice "AceeZ" Erkelenz is still the team's star fragger and was second overall with a rating of 1.19 and in kills to death +/- at +25, but it has not been a case of Rogue being a one-man army. Jan "ripz" Hucke was one of the most efficient players in stage one with a 73% KOST and 10 plants, karzheka had a KOST of 72% and a mammoth game against his former team, Team Empire, with a rating of 1.55 thanks to a 14-7 K-D.
LeonGids has been one of the most clutch performers so far as well with four 1vXs, placing him joint-second in that metric this stage and, finally, the in-game leadership of main shot caller Lukas "korey" Zwingmann has provided has been immeasurable based off stats alone.
Rogue has consistently shown that they are the kings of online play and after clicking quicker than most expected them to, they have proven they are the beat to beat at the European Major.
BDS Esport
It has been an interesting five months for BDS since their fourth-place finish at the 2020 Six Invitational, a performance that was above all expectations for them. Despite their impressive run, they returned to the European Pro League Season 11 and struggled to find the same form, finishing a disappointing eighth place.
This led to former In-Game Leader and support player Morgan “RXWD” Pacy to retire as a professional player and led to an open spot on the roster. BDS took full advantage of filling with what will now be seen as a hugely influential upgrade in signing former Vitality support Loic “BriD” Chongthep while handing the In-Game Leader role to the team's Flex Support Bryan “Elemzje” Tebssi.
It was a move that produced instant results to start the newly created European League, as BDS showed incredible form that saw them win their first three games of the season 7-1 against Vitality, Chaos Esports Club, and Team Secret. They followed this up with a hard-fought but an impressive win against G2, but then faced off against Rogue, who handed BDS their first loss of the season. Since then, BDS struggled to find the consistency they had in the stages first few weeks, getting wins against Virtus.pro and Na'Vi but losing to Team Empire and drawing to newly-promoted Tempra Esports.
Though their form dropped towards the end of the stage, they still finished an impressive second place, on the same points as overall winners Rogue,, but with a worse head-to-head record. BDS showed they have improved as a team and did not have to rely so much on star player Stéphane"Shaiiko" Lebleu, as the entire team finished with a rating of 1.0 or higher. BriD, for one, finally had the flashy plays to visibly demonstrate his skills, finishing with a 1.23 rating, the joint-highest KOST, and third-highest number of plants.
BDS need to play their aggressive style and find a way to force the 1v1 situations they excelled at in the early part of Stage 1. If BriD and RaFaLe, who seems to have newfound confidence, can continue to perform well and the SiegeGG 2020 player of the year Shaiiko is activated, then there may not be a lot the other three teams can do to stop BDS.
It has been an interesting 2020 for G2 after they failed to automatically qualify for the Six Invitational and attended Siege's grand stage via a much-debated direct invite. While they proved those people who did not believe they deserved it wrong by making the quarter-finals, somewhat early elimination to eventual runners up Ninja's In Pyjama's was enough to see the dynasty rebuild.
The team benched and later traded their hall of fame In-Game Leader Fabian "Fabian" Hällsten to Team Vitality and ended the loan of PENTA player Ferenc "SirBoss" Mérész. Built was a new "super-team" with the acquisitions of Ben "CTZN" McMillan from Na'Vi and Fnatic's Jake "Virtue" Grannan. While many were unsure how a team with so many Jager and Ash mains would perform, G2 worked well to find a fluid system that would allow the team to take advantage of the teams fragging strengths in the second half of the European Pro League in Season 11, finishing second.
Looking to push on from the surprising early performance as a team, G2 were inconsistent and were picking up a potentially unexpected and convincing 7-2 win against Rogue on opening day. However, they failed to capitalise on this with back-to-back draws versus Na'Vi and Team Empire, before dropping their first match of the stage 5-7 to BDS. However, G2 found their form in the second half of the stage, going undefeated in their last five games with four wins and a draw against newly-promoted Tempra Esports to finish strong coming into the mini-major.
CTZN seems to have once again found the form from his Na'Vi days ,finishing Stage 1 tied for fourth with his rating of 1.17, tied third with +7 entry kills, and fourth in K-D at +21. While CTZN has found his place within G2's roster, the team's longest-standing player Niclas "Pengu" Mouritzen has continued to show just why he is seen as one of the best players to play the game, ranking first in clutch situations with six wins and fourth in plants with 11.
While G2 has a star-studded roster where any one player can take over at any point, they have shown a strong supportive playstyle that has heavily involved Montagne to outmanoeuvre and then out-aim their opposition and they may need more of this if they are to beat Rogue and BDS.
The Virtus.pro roster when under forZe a year ago.
It has been an odd season for the former forZe roster in their first stage playing for Virtus.pro. They ran through everybody they came across in the European Open Clash during the pre-season, winning the tournament with relative ease. However, when the European league started they seemed to completely fall off a cliff and were handily beaten by both Team Empire and Tempra Esports, to the point that even the team openly admitted they had no idea what the cause was.
Things started to look promising for Virtus.pro in week two and the start of week three, with wins against Chaos Esport Club, Team Vitality, and Team Secret. However, this form did not last, and they lost three of their last four games and had to rely on BDS beating Na'Vi in the final week of stage one to make it though.
Statistically, Pavel "p4sh4" Kosenko has been one of the few bright spots on this roster with a rating of 1.13, the second-highest 0.91 kills per round, and a KOST of 66%. While he did receive some support from Alan "Rask" Ali, who had a stage rating of 1.06 and finished second in entry kills at +8 going 13-5, there were times it looked like p4sh4 was deadlifting the rest of Virtus.pro to the major.
Virtus.pro are going to need to find their preseason form if they are to make any real headway at this major. During the regular season, they were too inconsistent and if would be fair to say that Na'Vi should really be there in place of them, but if p4sh4 and Rask can get some support from the rest of the team, then we could well have a similar surprise to what we had during the European Open Clash.
The final Six August Major is just around the corner, starting on the 21st August and ending on the 23rd August 2020 and it should provide some of the most entertaining matches the majors has seen so far.
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Extend COVID19 Emergency Unemployment $600 per week additional assistance through Dec 31, 2021
RJ Wolfe
Extend the COVID 19 Emergency $600 per week additional unemployment assistance until at least December 31, 2021, and longer if necessary.
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Over the span of 2020 more than 52 million Americans have filed unemployment claims across the country because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. This amounts to nearly 15% of the US population who are now out of a job—and that's only those who have formally applied for benefits. The actual number of newly unemployed people is likely much larger and will continue to increase in coming months.
Many people who are laid off due to COVID19 won't find work for a very long time, maybe never because some jobs lost today won't be coming back. People will need time and resources to learn and develop a new skill. By ending the $600 per week additional unemployment assistance too soon, we will certainly be dooming people to tragic futures. This will have far reaching ramifications. We need to look out for each other during these unprecedented times. Please let's help each other save and serve those who are in most need.
Extend the COVID 19 Emergency $600 per week additional unemployment assistance well beyond July 31, 2020, until at least December 31, 2021 and longer if necessary.
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Because being in the middle of a pandemic is hard enough let alone doing it on your own without any help. This helps a lot of people and it shouldn’t be taken away because everything is shut down this is the only source of help some people get
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Updated petition to reflect relief through December 2021. We're not done yet.
To get our minds off things for a while here is a project I have been working on. Some proceeds of which will go to a foundation I will create to further help those struggling through the pandemic. Your support for my project can go a long way and help a lot of people. Click the link below.
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Home Lose Weight
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A man from High Wycombe has been described as ‘inspirational’ after he lost an incredible 12 stone in 15 months.
Dave Williams, who attends a Slimming World class every Saturday morning in Totteridge in the town, started his weight loss journey in August 2019.
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He has since lost 78kg in that time after Carole Arnold, who is Dave’s consultant at Slimming World, revealed that ‘he knew that he needed to make some changes.’
Speaking to the Free Press, Carole said: “It is an absolute honour to have him in the group with us.
“He inspires everyone that he comes into contact with.
“He is proof that you can do it [lose weight] because I think a lot of people doubt themselves.
Dave lost 12 stone in 15 months
“That transition to being someone with self-belief is something that takes a little while on a weight loss journey, but there is no doubt that he is so inspirational.
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“He doesn’t always find this easy, but he refuses to give up, and that alone makes me the proudest Slimming World consultant.”
To help himself throughout his journey, Dave wrote an inspirational letter to urge him to lose weight over the last year.
This has kickstarted his life as prior to him joining Slimming World, as Carole revealed that Dave had pain in his joints, was out of breath when he walked and at one point, he was at the risk of losing one of his legs due to an infection linked to type 2 diabetes.
She continued: “He knew that he needed to make some changes and it is not easy [to lose weight].
“People try all the time to lose weight and you do have to be in the right frame of mind and in the right place, and I think he found that in our group.
“All those things came together for him.
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On his diet, she said: “At Slimming World, we follow a food programme called Food Optimising so when you first join, you get an information pack which helps you make food choices.
“Alongside that when people lose weight, they can choose to include extra movement and exercise if they want to, but it is all about helping somebody make those food changes.
“And that is what Dave has done.
“I couldn’t be prouder.”
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A producer for 20 years and with 11 EPs on FUSE London to his name, vital collective member Rich NxT presents 'Know the Score', his debut album. The 10-track work takes inspiration from every major period of the artist's life, from his days listening to pirate radio absorbing the sounds of jungle and hardcore, to his ongoing involvement in bands as a drummer going back to his teenage years inspired by his Trinidadian father, a member of the Windrush generation, who played in Calypso bands. Rich's all-important (and eternal!) status as a diehard raver also played an essential shaping role, led by his experiences in East London's vibrant party scene in the mid-noughties, before his pivotal time as a FUSE resident begun in 2008 at 93 Feet East. But most crucially this is the producer looking forward, extending himself in the studio and developing his sound into new and exciting forms.
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Tiffany Trump Courts LGBT Voters In Tampa ‘Pride’ Event
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President Donald Trump’s youngest daughter hit the campaign trail in Tampa on Saturday for an event designed to reach out to LGBT voters.
“I know what my father believes in,” said Tiffany Trump in a 10-minute speech at the Westshore Grand Hotel. “Prior to politics he supported gays, lesbians … the LGBQIA+ community, okay.”
Organizers for the Trump Pride event touted the president’s global plans to decriminalize homosexuality and end the HIV epidemic. Tiffany Trump’s mother, Marla Maples, was in the audience. Maples, a former Broadway actress, is the president’s second wife.
“Unfortunately, one of her best friends passed away from AIDS and what I think is so powerful when my father says there will be a cure for AIDS within the next 10 years, there will be and God bless,” said Tiffany Trump.
Local Democrats, however, were not buying it.
“Donald Trump is delusional if he thinks he can spend three years attacking our rights and then turn around and ask for our vote,” said civil rights attorney Michele Rayner.
In a statement, Rayner, the first Black queer woman elected to the Florida House of Representatives, said Trump’s last-ditch political stunt is not fooling anyone.
“Waving a rainbow flag for an afternoon means nothing after his administration appointed dozens of anti-LGBTQ judges to federal courts, codified discrimination against transgender Americans, and are fighting to overturn the Affordable Care Act, and its protections for our community.”
Before introducing Tiffany Trump, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell blasted California Senator Kamala Harris, Joe Biden’s vice presidential nominee, as the “queen bee of cancel culture.”
“Kamala Harris doesn’t have the courage to sit across the table from someone she disagrees with who is a gay conservative,” Grenell said. “She votes against them, which is fine, but you should at least meet with them. Why can’t you sit and listen to a different argument, Kamala? You can’t because you’re the queen of cancel culture.”
Grenell said he marched in Washington in 1993 with gay and lesbian Democrats, Independents and Republicans, carrying a sign that read “Diversity and Tolerance.”
“All we wanted was to be accepted,” Grenell said.
Grenell railed against “Gay Inc.” and gay leftists determined to keep equality as a leverage issue.
“They have lost their way,” he said. “They demand you be pro-abortion, they demand you be for immigration open borders, they demand you be for all of the left issues because they recognize we have made equality happen in this country. They don’t wanna give it up.”
Brandon Wolf, Equality Florida Media Relations Manager, countered the event on social media.
“I cannot express to you how tired I am of this pathetic grift,” Wolf tweeted. “Our fight for equality — the one we’re having to wage against you — is not yours to pervert for tacky campaign graphics. Get your hands off our rights and stop trying to gaslight us.”
Equality Florida Action PAC called Trump Pride a “desperate and cynical sham.”
“Donald Trump is the worst President the LGBTQ community has ever seen,” said Nadine Smith, EqFL Action PAC executive director. “This event is a pathetic attempt to hide his appalling record and it’s fooling no one. We are tired of Trump’s lies and our community understands a second term would be devastating.”
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Native Son by African American Author Richard Wright
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Authored by African American author Richard Wright, Native Son follows a story of 20-year-old Bigger Thomas, a black American young man living in inner city Chicago in the 1930s. Through a third-person style of writing, we see the main character navigate a world that is under the climate of harsh racial prejudice. A world that is designed to destroy Bigger’s self-worth, one that forces upon him conflicting emotions of turmoil caused from living as a black person in a racist society.
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Not only does Bigger Thomas struggle because of the oppressive white society, but also as a result of being oppressed, he desperately seeks acknowledgement and meaning within a world that has offered him none. Themes such as isolation, alienation and self-awareness were major themes constant throughout the whole book. The protagonist, Bigger Thomas was subject to all, especially self-realization. Alienated from the mainstream of society, Bigger despairingly searches for a way to overcome his personal sense of worthlessness. Bigger’s achievement of self-awareness and gaining the meaning of his life’s existence is a gradual process that begins with denial, followed by confusion and slowly, realization as he works through his feelings and experiences, including the murder of Mary and Bessie and his trial.
As the novel begins, Bigger is evidently seen as someone conditioned by racial exclusion and hatred. “I know I oughtn’t think about it, but I can’t help it. Every time I think about it, I feel like somebody’s poking a red-hot iron down my throat.
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God-dammit, look! We live here and they live there. We black and they white. They got things and we ain’t. They do things and we can’t·” (Wright, 6). This passage shows the ultimate reason for Bigger having a hard time with understanding himself is because of the restrictions imposed on black people. For Bigger, there is no escape from this condition, and eventually as his frustration and despair mount, Bigger feels a sense of awaiting tragedy. Bigger faces a persistent battle about the meaning of his existence and how to properly acknowledge his feelings, “He knew that the moment he allowed what his life meant to enter fully into his consciousness, he would either kill himself or someone else” (Wright 9). Although Bigger avoids recognizing himself at all costs because doing so will make him turn to violence, the mere fact that that Bigger realizes the only thing that fills the void is violence and hatred, marks the beginning of Bigger’s journey of bringing himself to self awareness.
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New Delhi (Sputnik): A day prior to the annual budget presentation, an economic survey was tabled in Parliament that advocated a counter-cyclical fiscal policy, meaning boosting spending to spur demand and revive growth.
Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday laid out three themes for the 2020 budget – aspirational India, economic development, and a caring society – while focusing on enhancing the income of people living in rural parts of the country.
Presenting her second budget, the minister said that government is proposing 16 measures to double the income of farmers by 2022.
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India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman holds budget papers during a photo opportunity as she leaves her office to present the federal budget in the parliament in New Delhi, India, February 1, 2020.
The measures come against the backdrop of dwindling consumer spending in rural areas, which is currently at a four-decade low.
She announced around $40 billion in funds for the rural sector including agriculture and related activities for the 2020 fiscal year which is a mere 4.54 percent hike in allocation as compared to last year's budget.
“This is a budget to boost incomes and enhance purchasing power… The government is committed to doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Farm markets need to be liberalised, farming needs to be made more competitive, hand-holding of farm-based activities need to be provided, sustainable cropping patterns and more tech needed”, Sitharaman said in the Parliament’s lower house Lok Sabha on Saturday.
The minister requested states to consider implementing model agriculture laws that promote contractual farming.
She proposed to launch comprehensive measures for 100 water-stressed districts while setting up a $211 billion credit target for the agriculture sector.
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To achieve zero budget farming goal, the Narendra Modi government has encouraged the balanced use of all kinds of fertilisers to curb the use of excessive chemical fertilisers by farmers. The government claimed that India had lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006-2016.
Special Flight for Farmers
The government announced a Krishi (Agriculture) UDAN scheme which provides special flights on international and national routes to improve value realisation in northeastern Indian states near the Chinese border and tribal districts.
These special flights will transport agriculture produce to domestic and international markets from those areas known as major producers of horticulture and fruits.
Special Railway for Farm Produce
The government in this year’s budget has also proposed to set up a “Farmer Train” under a public-private partnership model to transport perishable items. It said there shall be refrigerated coaches in express trains and freight trains as well so that perishable goods can be quickly and easily transported within the country and benefit will accrue to the farmers.
Export-Based Farming
For better marketing and export, the government has suggested that around 28 states and 9 union territories focus on one product for one district (the country has around 700 districts), so that high focus is given at the district level for horticulture to gain momentum.
Solar Plant by Farmers
Trying to cash in on the successful national solar mission, the government has likewise set a target to help 20 lakh (2 million) farmers set up standalone solar pumps. Finance Minister Sitharaman said that the federal government will help farmers with barren lands to set up solar power generation plants so that they can earn a living by selling the electricity generated.
“A scheme to enable farmers to set up solar power generation capacity on their fallow and barren lands, and to send it to grid would be operationalised", Sitharaman said during the budget speech.
The Indian government has aimed to set up 175 GigaWatt clean power by 2022.
Dairy Products and Fisheries
The government hopes that more dairy products and fishery items will boost incomes in rural areas, thereby increasing purchasing power. In the new budget, Modi's government has proposed doubling milk processing capacity by 2025 while it will also put in place a new framework for development, management, and conservation of marine fishery resources in a bid to increase fish production to 20 million tonnes by 2022-23.
Agriculture constitutes 14% percent of India’s annual national income but government data suggests that 44 percent of people in the country are employed in this sector, making agriculture the backbone of the rural economy. The annual budget was announced at a time when, as per official estimates, the overall economy will grow at an 11-year-low of 5 percent and its agriculture and allied sector at 2.8 percent.
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Same Disability. Some Have Tougher Jobs
Workers at construction sites or in warehouses can feel their bodies breaking down over time. This could be the natural aging process, or it could have to do with their overly strenuous jobs.
It’s not easy to tease apart the effects of each. But consider two groups of workers with back and spine stiffness or deformities employed in a variety of occupations. One group has had the back problems since they were children or teenagers, while the other group’s disability began as adults.
Given that they all have a similar disability, it might seem that both groups would also have similar physical demands at work. But that isn’t the case.
A recent study found that the workers who developed back problems as adults were required to lift and carry more weight as part of their jobs. The maximum weight they were required to lift was 26.5 pounds on average. That was a lot more – six pounds more – than the maximum weight handled by the people who already had back problems when they started working.
The significance of workers with late-onset conditions having more taxing jobs is that their jobs “may have caused their health conditions,” the researchers said.
It’s important to add some perspective to this finding, however. A separate analysis in the study comparing workers with and without a disability showed that many people with disabilities have jobs that accommodate them.
But the disparity in working conditions within the disabled population is still a concern. Another example involves people with emotional and cognitive disorders. Ideally, they cope better if they can work at a reasonable pace. But the researchers found that a larger share of workers – three out of four on average – who developed these disorders as adults were in jobs requiring them to work quickly. That compares with just two-thirds of people with early-onset conditions.
We know aging causes physical infirmities. But the physical demands of work also seem to play a role.
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Named in memory of the physicist František Josef Gerstner (1756-1832) and his son František Antonín Gerstner (1795-1840). F. J. Gerstner worked at the observatories in Vienna and Prague but then turned from astronomy to applied mathematics, physics, mechanics and metallurgy. He founded the Prague Polytechnic School, later Technical University, in 1806. He also designed the horse railroad from České Budějovice to Linz. F. A. Gerstner continued building this horse railroad, which was completed in 1832 and is considered the first railroad in continental Europe. Name suggested by J. Ticha and M. Šolc.
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Seattle owner Adrian Hanauer talks about pliable MLS personnel rules
By Steve DavisAug 1, 2012, 2:21 PM EDT
This is fascinating stuff from the Sounder at Heart blog, where Seattle owner Adrian Hanauer talks candidly about the sausage making in MLS high-dollar player personnel matters, the buying, selling, loaning and trading of pricey assets in a league some rules are still being arranged on the fly.
Long story short, Hanauer (right, in 2011 with Kasey Keller) wanted an extra bite off the DP apple, and he cops to as much. Again, that’s where the still-murky mechanics of DP asset control leaves room for interpretation. So, it’s not like Hanauer was trying to skirt the rules. He just sought to use their pliability to club advantage, a.k.a. what every owner in every salary-capped league does.
Specifically, lately, Hanauer wanted new German playmaker Christian Tiffert. But they also wanted to keep midfielder Alvaro Fernandez. From the piece at Sounder At Heart, here’s what Hanauer had to say:
There isn’t a 100-page rulebook on DPs at this point, so it’s a bit of a work in progress. I think ultimately, it’s my understanding that the league’s position was that if we were to loan Alvaro out for instance, outside of the league, we would effectively have four designated-players under our control if we brought another one in. In that regard, you could start stockpiling Designated Players, loan them out all over the world, let them improve or find the optimal time when you needed an outside midfielder back and make a transaction.”
There’s a lot more contract talk nitty-gritty that Hanauer goes on to discuss, the serious stuff too, like amortizing the guaranteed portion of player contracts, short-term guarantees married with long-term options and such, and how the Sounders’ owner wonders if the system is ripe for gaming.
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Barcelona unveils “throwback” 2016-17 kits, sans sponsor
By Nicholas MendolaMay 30, 2016, 9:35 AM EDT
Barcelona will go back to vertical stripes for the 2016-17 season, and La Liga’s champions unveiled the kits without a sponsor on the front.
Reminiscent of the last century’s kits, as well as 2006-07, Barca uses a lighter hue of blue than the dark color from last season’s outfit.
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The club had worn the logo of groups Qatar Airways, Qatar Foundation and Unicef in recent seasons, but has been working toward a new bumper sponsorship this year.
A jersey inspired by the 25th anniversary of the first European Cup. Explore it on https://t.co/qzv3KqEWKW pic.twitter.com/7VLzB90mng
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Children of Corbyn go to war against their parents
Posted byEditor June 24, 2017 July 5, 2017 Posted inDaily Mail, In which the Labour Party punches itself in the face over and over again
At first glance the line-up for Glastonbury, disturbing the peace of the Somerset countryside this weekend, is unremarkable.
Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard — Australian psychedelic rockers, m’lud — will be familiar to habitual attendees of this annual celebration of mud and mind-altering substances into which music occasionally intrudes. But amid the pop groups and solo warblers one act stands out. This afternoon Jeremy Corbyn will take to the Pyramid Stage to bang the drum for his political agenda.
Glastonbury organiser Michael Eavis, himself a veteran lefty, explained why he invited the Labour leader to address the crowds: ‘We were so thrilled with the result that he had in the election. Millions of young people – Glastonbury people – voted for him. I think he has a fundamental sense of justice, of real political change, of being anti-war and anti-nuclear. That’s what we’ve spent our lives campaigning for, too.’
The ascendancy of Jeremy Corbyn from obscure Marxist to rock star politician is the most implausible political drama yet to hit our screens, all the more astonishing because it is true and its authors are the British public. The Corbyn moment — it is not, yet, an ‘ism’ — may prove fleeting. Several years hence we might look back and wonder what strange fever seized Britain in the balmy summer of 2017. What drove a nation famed for its quiet reserve to lose the plot so spectacularly that it threw its government into turmoil ten days before negotiations began on leaving the European Union? How did a country whose prime ministers once lived under constant threat of assassination by the IRA come within a few percentage points of putting the assassins’ lustiest champion in 10 Downing Street?
Half of the UK is hoping the other half comes to its senses. But it is just as likely that we are seeing a realignment in British politics, one that could yet see Jeremy Corbyn become Prime Minister and deliver future victories to politicians like him.
Political observers agree that the Tory campaign was the worst in living memory. In the 1912 US election, Teddy Roosevelt failed to gain the Republican nomination, ran for President anyway, got shot on the campaign trail, and still lost to Democrat Woodrow Wilson. Theresa May somehow managed to lower the bar. She campaigned with all the vigour of a burst whoopie cushion. Her top policy was designed to make her core voters poorer. She offered an uncosted manifesto then U-turned on it almost immediately. This former Home Secretary got outflanked on security by Diane Abbott after a terrorist attack. And when it all got too much for her, she hid in Downing Street and refused to come out.
This is a compelling case against Mrs May but it does not explain the 40 percent of voters who put their trust in Corbyn Labour. The brave new world offered by the socialists wasn’t all that new, promising free university education for all and no more cuts to bring the public finances under control. Politicians have been bribing voters with other people’s money for as long as there have been votes to buy and money to pay for them. Nor is class warfare terribly novel or the politics of betrayal an innovation. Demagogues are forever telling us our future is being robbed by one malefactor or another — the rich or the benefit spongers, the immigrants or the elderly. As Donald Trump, Brexit, and (until recently) the SNP have shown, there are a great many votes in grievance.
What is different is not the policies or positions of the parties but the electorate itself. It is younger, with turnout among 18-to-24-year-olds surging 16 percent on 2015 and voting by 25-to-34-year-olds leaping eight percent. According to YouGov, 34 used to be the age at which a voter became more likely to vote Tory than Labour; it is now 47. Those with a university degree are markedly more likely to vote Labour while those without advanced qualifications are solidly behind the Conservatives. As pollster Ben Page notes, ‘This was simultaneously Labour’s highest middle class support since 1979, and the Conservatives’ best score among C2DEs since then.’
For all the talk of a voter backlash against austerity, those most acutely affected by it — the low skilled and low paid — went for the Tories. Despite his enthusiasm for Venezuelan-style command economics, Jeremy Corbyn won over swathes of Middle Britain. The shift is not one of economics so much as values, tearing up the tarmac of assumptions and conventions on which British politics has run for generations. Labour and the Tories once chased the votes of Essex Man and Worcester Woman; the latest battleground is for the support of Kensington Corbynistas, the sort of electors who turned the safe London Tory seat red on June 8. The new centre ground is young, university-educated, and socially progressive. They were raised without religion; view faith as part mania, part hate crime; and spent four years in lecture halls being taught that the West is racist and men who blow up Tel Aviv nightclubs have a point.
They don’t buy a daily newspaper, get their information from partisan and sometimes conspiracy-minded websites, and were baffled that older voters were so upset about Corbyn and the IRA. Didn’t grandpa know it was Jeremy who secured peace in Northern Ireland? They have never heard of the Good Friday Agreement and don’t get what was so Good about Friday in the first place. Where their elders could not vote for Corbyn because of his support for terrorists and comradeship with anti-Semites, the 2017 generation would only have been put off if he’d been caught using the wrong gender pronoun.
For these voters the election was as much a clash of cultures as a clash of ideas. Their politics is impressionistic and fleeting, animated less by reasoned argument or an overarching philosophy than by a series of impulses and attitudes. Immigration is an unquestionable good; Western arrogance, not Islamism, is to blame for terrorism; bankers are wicked and corporate giants deserve to have their shop front windows smashed as long as protestors feel strongly enough about something. Assumptions such as these are jealously held and considered by the new generation to be axiomatic; no one, they figure, could possibility disagree with them unless they are an irredeemable bigot. This is a politics of moral preferences in which no one is permitted to prefer other moral viewpoints.
This is in part why social media was so crucial to the Labour campaign, both the official platform and those Corbyn supporters who took it upon themselves to spread their version of his message on Facebook and Twitter. In the main, this message took the form of memes rather than ideas. Memes are cultural markers disseminated online that appeal to identity rather than intellect and derive their power from seeming to be above traditional political arguments and therefore more easily shared to large numbers of people who would otherwise switch off at the first sign of campaign rhetoric. A frequently shared image during the election was an old photograph of Theresa May, complete with 80s hairstyle and bulging shoulder pads, sporting a blue rosette and leaflets. Next to her, a quote has been superimposed on the picture: ‘Curbing the promotion of lesbianism in Merton’s schools starts with girls having male role models in their lives.’ The implication being that Mrs May had once pandered to ugly prejudices about gay people in order to get elected and therefore the Tories should beware bringing Jeremy Corbyn’s past statements into play. The meme, posted by an anonymous Corbynite Twitter account, was shared thousands of times and popped up on many other sites. The only problem is that there is no evidence the Tory leader ever uttered these words and an investigation by the left-leaning outlet BuzzFeed failed to find any credible source for the quote. However, the veracity did not matter as much as the sentiment involved: Theresa May is a Tory, Tories are wicked, therefore she must be a homophobe, and those who detest homophobia can express their feelings by reposting this image far and wide.
This sentiment-based politics can also be witnessed in the backing for Labour amongst staunch Remainers despite Jeremy Corbyn’s longstanding hostility to the EU and Labour’s unambiguous support for Brexit, including withdrawal from the single market and an end to freedom of movement. Political scientists will puzzle over the rationale at play. Did voters assume Labour’s pro-Brexit stance was all for electoral show, to be dropped in favour of a soft Brexit or a second referendum once in power, or did they hope for a minority Corbyn government that could be swayed by smaller, pro-EU parties? There is another possibility: That no calculation of any kind took place. To these voters, Brexit is inherently bad, Jeremy Corbyn is inherently good, and so his support for Brexit did not exist as a fact for them.
Britain has entered the world of post-truth. The left-of-centre philosopher John Gray is scathing about this politics of irrationalism, comparing it to techniques which delivered the White House to Donald Trump. Writing recently in the New Statesman, Gray contends:
Corbyn’s campaign had more than a little in common with Trump’s experiment in engineering popular emotions and perceptions. The ecstatic mass rallies, the indifference to fact shown in the Labour leader’s repeated denials of his meetings with terrorists and of the reflexive anti-Semitism that pervades much of the movement he has created, the belief of his supporters that the media are conspiring against him and the poisonous Twitter abuse of his critics are clear parallels. But this is not a protest from despairing communities left to moulder in abandoned zones of economic desolation. It is populism for the middle classes, serving the material and psychological needs of the relatively affluent and the well-heeled.
Of course, emotional intensity is not new in politics. Recall the ecstatic scenes that greeted the return to power of Labour under Tony Blair at the 1997 election or Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign for the American presidency. But those campaigns still operated within the generally accepted parameters of normal politics. Jeremy Corbyn has not enthused voters in a political party but recruited them to a culture war. This is why, despite his being a lifelong radical leftist, the manifesto Corbyn put forward was tepid by historical standards. Far from a rallying cry calling the proletariat to the revolutionary barricades, Labour’s platform pandered to cultural assumptions in order to win the votes of those who would have been put off by full-blooded socialism. Corbyn thus repackaged his leftism in an appeal to the new Middle Britain of young, liberal-minded voters.
For John Gray, this is where Corbyn has changed the rules of engagement:
What is new is Corbyn’s marriage of radical leftist ideology with a systematic appeal to middle-class interests. Nowhere is this better expressed than in Labour’s manifesto promise to abolish student tuition fees (which would cost the country as much as £12bn) and reintroduce maintenance grants, while declining to unfreeze welfare benefits on the grounds that reversing Tory cuts would be (as Emily Thornberry put it in May) “unaffordable”. Rather than addressing the desperate lack of opportunities for working-class children, who may never make it to university, Labour has successfully courted the middle-class youth vote.
None of this was supposed to happen. Jeremy Corbyn was supposed to lead Labour to electoral oblivion, and all the evidence pointed to such an eventuality even at the outset of the campaign. But Corbyn had realised something few others had: That a new middle class was emerging that shared none of the prejudices of their parents and boasted prejudices of their own. Bribed with freebies and soothed by bedtime stories of nasty old people ruining their life chances with Brexit, a politically and economically immature generation became the Children of Corbyn. The young have been set against the old, the socially liberal against the traditional-minded, a Britain unrecognisable to millions against a Britain unpalatable to millions more. We should have learned by now to be wary of predictions; a new Conservative leader might find a way to win over this unsettled electorate. If they don’t, the Corbyn culture wars will define British politics for years to come.
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I found this very interesting. However I think you’ve missed out the vital role played by the Housing Issue. It isn’t just that younger people are the ones mainly affected by the Housing Crisis. It is also that it discredits all the messages that Conservatives try to give them. It is little use to tell young people they must work hard and pay their way when they are expected to give the majority of their earnings to people who have made their money from being born at the right time to afford property or have inherited it. How do you argue for free markets and less regulation when you defend to the death planning regulations designed in the 1940s?
A secure home is actually one of life’s essentials. Conservatives will not win again until they accept this.
Dave Weinstein says:
Interesting read and some good points. No mention though of idealistic young people jus wanting to vote for a fairer society. True that there maybe some naivety, but not an angry protest vote as with trump and brexit. I saw it as people voting for hope and the future.
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CPUC affirms relevance of broadband pricing and caps, approves subsidies for five Californian projects
31 October 2013 by Steve Blum
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The California Public Utilities Commission said yes this morning to spending $4.8 million from the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) on five rural broadband projects.
Commissioners approved the subsidies unanimously and without discussion. The resolutions included language rejecting unsupported mobile broadband coverage claims made by Verizon and indicating that the commission considers broadband pricing and data caps to be relevant issues, if not formal criteria, when it decides whether to subsidise competitive broadband projects…
In addition, while the Commission in [its decision setting out rules for the CASF program] did not include broadband performance measure other than speed, the wireless broadband service offerings include data caps and pricing that are more restrictive than the proposed project’s service offerings which has lower prices and no explicit data caps.
One of the resolutions approved this morning called out Verizon’s hypocritical protest of pricing considerations, that it’s benefited from in the past…
[CPUC] staff agrees with Race that Verizon’s request to delete the discussion relating to price does not have merit. Race cites Resolution T–17350 as an example where the Commission in the past has discussed existing pricing of broadband service in a proposed project area.
Resolution T–17350 gave Verizon $286,000 from CASF last year to upgrade DSL service in the Mono County community of Crowley Lake. In approving it, the commission denied a challenge from a wireless ISP, using even more direct language…
The challenger charges customers at the 3/1 speed tier $149.95/month for service, over $100/month more than Verizon commits to charge potential customers for service at similar speeds. While the definition of “underserved area”…does not include a requirement that customers actually purchase the service and is silent regarding the price a provider should charge for service…staff found it problematic to uphold a challenge that essentially is incompatible with the CASF mission of providing broadband access to those currently lacking it. Upholding the challenge may discourage consumers in Crowley Lake and Swall Meadows from receiving advanced communication services, and the economic and social benefits that flow from such services, because their best option is not at a price they can afford.
Pricing and data caps could figure into upcoming commission decisions. One proposal, made by ViaSat, seeks to claim exclusive CASF subsidy rights over a vast swath of western California for service that’s also expensive and severely capped.
The big ticket item this morning was $3.4 million given to Race Telecommunications for an FTTH build in the high desert town of Boron. Adding in its Tehachapi FTTH project, Race has received $16 million in grants so far in this round of CASF applications. One of its proposals – for FTTH systems in four small Mono County communities – is still pending. Two other projects, in Mojave and California City, were pulled following successful challenges by Charter Communications, the incumbent cable company.
Ponderosa Telephone Company received $900,000 for an FTTH and DSL upgrade in Fresno County. A second project in Madera County was put on hold until 14 November 2013. WillitsOnline received $272,000 in grants plus a $41,000 loan for DSL upgrades in Mendocino County. Pinnacles Telephone Company was awarded $195,000, also for a DSL upgrade, in San Benito County.
CASF applications and approved projects, as of 31 October 2013.
All totalled, the CPUC has given $28 million in grants, plus the $41,000 loan, to ten of the thirty-two broadband infrastructure projects submitted last February. Seven proposals, including the two from Race, aren’t moving forward, and fifteen are still under consideration, including Ponderosa’s Madera County project.
I’ll post the final-final versions when available, but the drafts as approved this morning are here:
Pinnacles – San Benito
Ponderosa – Fresno
Tellus Venture Associates assisted with several CASF proposals in the current round, including the Pinnacles project, so I’m not a disinterested commentator. Take it for what it’s worth.
CPUC rebukes Verizon, prepares to vote on five broadband projects
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Beyond the the sexy looks...A "deep dive" on "functional aesthetics"- Again.
I'm sort of continuing on a theme here today...part of my "Magnum Opus" on "land meets water" and how we can replicate and benefit from this in our aquarium work...As you know, the past week or so, I've been going on and on and on about the interesting biological niches which arise when terrestrial environments become inundated with water during the rainy season.
We have discussed many aspects of these unique habitats and how we as aquarists can replicate aspects of them to create unique and highly functional aquariums for the fishes that we keep. SPOILER ALERT: You can have a great looking, almost "artistic" aquascape and still embrace and mimic natural functions.
Yeah, we've talked a lot about them, and we've seen many of you go on to successfully recreate some of them. And they are as beautiful as they are functional. And the "functional" aspect is, in my opinion, as compelling- if not, even more so- than the mere sexy aesthetics of these habitats. Just thinking about the dynamics, fish adaptations, and components of these systems can really get your creative juices flowing!
(I give huge props to my friend, Tai Strietman, for really pioneering this with his heavy use of palm fronds in aquariums...)
And one of the most compelling aspects of these tropical habitats is how they "power" the food webs which our fishes benefit from. I think that this is something we as aquarists have overlooked for decades, and with more emphasis than ever being placed on the "look" of the aquarium, it's even more possible that the amazing function of the natural habitats we love is not getting enough attention from hobbyists when we think how we're gonna fill that empty glass box.
And of course, we need look no further for inspiration than Nature.
In the seasonally flooded forests and plains of Brazil, for example, plants grow and take up nutrients from the sediments during the dry "terrestrial phase", store them in their tissues and leaves, and release them into the water where they begin to decompose after these habitats flood.
After the inundation, fishes may directly feed on the organic materials from these terrestrial plants, such as fruits, flowers, leaves, seeds, detritus, and bark. In fact, science has documented over 200 species (primarily larger characins and catfishes) in Amazonia alone which are specifically adapted to feed on fruits, nuts, submerged grasses, and other terrestrial plant materials!
(Well, you're not likely to keep the huge Pacu, Colossoma macropomum, but it's a classic example of a "fruit eater!" Pic by Rufus46, used under CC BY-SA 3.0)
Many other fishes which reside in these flooded forest areas feed mainly on insects; specifically, small ones, such as beetles, spiders, and ants from the forest canopy. These insects are likely dislodged from the overhanging trees by wind and rain, and the opportunistic fishes are always ready for a quick meal!
Interestingly, it's been postulated that the reason the Amazon has so many small fishes is that they evolved as a response to the opportunities to feed on insects served up by the flooded forests in which they reside! The little guys do a better job at eating small insects which fall into the water than the larger, clumsier guys who snap up nuts and fruits with their big 'ol mouths!
Some species of fishes specialize in detritus.
As we know by now, decomposing leaves are the basis of the food chain, and the detritus they produce forms an extremely important part of the food chain for many, many species of fishes. Some have even adapted morphologically to feed on detritus produced in these habitats, by developing bristle-like teeth to remove it from branches,tree trunks, plant stems, and leaf litter beds.
Of course, it's not just the fishes which derive benefits from the terrestrial materials which find their way into the water. Bacteria, fungi, and algae also act upon the nutrients released into the water by the decomposing organic material from these plants. Aquatic plants (known collectively to science as macrophytes) grow in or near water and are either emergent, submergent, or floating, and play a role in "filtering" these flooded habitats in nature.
Terrestrial trees also play a role in removing, utilizing, and returning nutrients to the aquatic habitat. They remove some nutrient from the submerged soils, and return some in the form of leaf drop.
Interestingly, studies show that about 70% of the leaf drop from the surrounding trees in the igapo habitats occurs when the area is submerged, but the bulk of it is shedded at the end of the inundation period. The falling leaves gradually decompose and become part of the detritus in the food web, which is essential for many species of fishes. This "late-inundation leaf drop" also sets things up for the "next round" - providing a "starter" of nutrients !
Flood pulses in these habitats easily enable large-scale "transfers" of nutrients and food items between the terrestrial and aquatic environment. This is of huge importance to the ecosystem. As we've touched on before, aquatic food webs in the Amazon area (and in other tropical ecosystems) are very strongly influenced by the input of terrestrial materials, and this is really an important point for those of us interested in creating more natural aquatic displays and microcosms for the fishes we wish to keep.
This "classic" aquascape by our good friend, Cory Hopkins, utilizing a matrix of leaves, is one of my favorite aesthetic interpretations of this habitat...and it happens to be supremely functional as an aquarium, as well! I think it's a "prototype" for many of us to follow, merging looks and function together adeptly and beautifully.
Study this one...
Now, I think at least part of the reason why we're seeing success with utilizing botanicals in our aquariums is that fish are instinctively "programmed" to utilize many of these materials as both feeding substrates and as food items in and of themselves. (NEWS FLASH: "Pellets and flakes" are NOT part of their natural diet...)
The addition and replenishment of leaves and other botanical materials which we execute in our tanks definitely mimics, at least to some extent, the processes which occur in these habitats which transfer food and nutrients into the aquatic habitat.
And with the ability to provide live foods such as small insects (I'm thinking wingless fruit flies and ants)- and to potentially "cultivate" some worms (Bloodworms, for sure) "in situ"- there are lots of compelling possibilities for creating really comfortable, natural-appearing (and functioning) biotope/biotype aquariums for fishes.
Ever the philosopher/ muser of the art of aquaristics, I sometimes fear that the burgeoning interest in biotope aquariums at a contest level will result in the same sort of "diorama effect" we've seen in planted aquarium contests. In other words, just focusing on the "look" (which is cool, don't get me wrong) yet summarily overlooking the reason why the habitat looks the way it does and how fishes have adapted to it...and considering how we can utilize this for their husbandry, spawning, etc.
I'm sure it's unfounded, but the so-called "nature aquarium" movement seems to have, IMHO, completely overlooked the real function of nature, so there is some precedent, unfortunately. I hope that "biotopers", who have a lot of awareness about the habitats they are inspired by, will at least consider this "functional/aesthetic" dynamic that we obsess over when they conceive and execute their work.
It should go beyond merely creating the "look" of these systems to win a contest, IMHO. Rather, we should also focus on the structural/functional aspects of these environments to create long-term benefits for the fishes we keep in them. That's a real "biotope aquarium" in my book.
Leaves, detritus, submerged terrestrial plants- all have their place in an aquarium designed to mimic these unique aquatic habitats. You can and should be able to manage nutrients and the bioload input released into our closed systems by these materials, as we've discussed (and executed/demostrated) here for years. The fear about "detritus" and such "crashing tanks" is largely overstated, IMHO- especially with competent aquarium husbandry and proper outfitting of a tank with good filtration and nutrient control/export systems in place.
If you're up to the challenge of attempting to replicate the look of some natural habitat- you should be a competent enough aquarist to be able to responsibly manage the system over the long term, as well.
Ouch, right? Hey, that's reality. Sorry to be so frank. Enough of the "shallow mimicry" B.S. that has dominated the aquascaping/contest world for too long, IMHO. You want to influence/educate people and inspire them? Want to really advance the hobby and art/science of aquarium keeping? Then execute a tank which can be managed over the long haul. Crack the code. Figure out the technique. Look to Nature and "back engineer" it. These things can be done.
There are many aspects of wild habitats that we choose to replicate, which we can turn into "functionally aesthetic" aquarium systems. Let's not forget the trees themselves- in their submerged and even fallen state! These are more than just "hardscape" to those of us who are into the functional aesthetic aspects of our aquariums.
The trees present in flooded forest habitats actually benefit fishes and aquatic life forms when they fall. Upon the return of the inundating waters, these fallen trees become an important part of the aquatic habitats, providing multiple benefits. A fallen tree wedged into a stream bottom provides shelter from the currents. The tree trunk changes the flow pattern of the stream to create eddies which may bring in food and wash away fine silt, allowing formation of gravel beds and the accumulation of leaves and fallen botanical materials.
Foraging areas are created, in which fishes may find insects, small crustaceans, and fruits and such which come from the terrestrial environment. They provide spawning locations for fishes, and shelter for fry to develop and avoid predators.
Although it's possibly impractical for many aquarists to obtain really large branches and such to simulate these submerged tree trunks, it would be a most interesting aquascape feature if you could source larger, thicker pieces to recreate this fascinating microhabitat in your aquarium! And entire community of fishes could be developed around (literally) one large branch win a modest-sized aquarium. Toss in a bunch of leaf litter and some botanicals- and- bam! Instant functional biotope!
Well, almost...You've got the look down. Bring on the function! Encourage some biofilms, algae, and other epiphytic material to colonize the branch/trunk, and then you're on your way to a functional representation of this unique habitat!
So much to talk about, study, and interpret here.
So many unique and compelling aspects of the flooded forests of South America and elsewhere that I know will unlock the secrets of many unique and beautiful fishes which we keep in our aquariums. By providing functional biotope aquariums, we're really setting the stage for what I really feel is the ultimate evolution of aquarium keeping: Creating aquariums which replicate, as realistically as possible, the look and function of the habitats that we are fascinated by.
Making a "mental shift."
It's a fun and fascinating journey, that will not only yield greater understanding of our fishes, but of the precious and fascinating environments from which they come. And a greater appreciation for the functions and vulnerabilities of these wild ecosystems means that we'll be in a better position than ever as aquarists to call attention to the perils that they face. And when we inspire non-aquarists to understand and learn more about this stuff- the planet wins.
Take the time to go beyond the sexy look. Because you'll find that the function is every bit as fascinating and inspiring as those looks.
Stay studious. Stay fascinated. Stay curious. Stay resourceful. Stay generous. Stay diligent. Stay obsessive!
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I think you’re referring to the palm frond?
On the second photo is a great leaf on the right side, coming from above. Wich plant is that?
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Mal Rowe
On 24/11/2020 16:19, TP wrote:
> Finally a breakthrough. They won't be accessible though unless they have the platforms to go with them. The "another variety" of tram worries me. As long as it's not less than 30 metres. 45 metres would be good.
There's another 50 E class available under the current contract options, so my guess is that will be taken up.
The other 50 may well be more like a B in terms of capacity - the closely spaced route in the south east don't need big trams like the Es. Trams greater than 30m in length would be extremely problematic in the CBD - the blocks of the Hoddle grid are not big enough in the north-south streets to fit in the platform stops.
The budget reports indicate that the trams will be built in Melbourne, so Dandenong (under its new Alston ownership) looks like being busy.
I have attached part of a plan from a 1983 report by the (then new) Metropolitan Transit Authority which shows a new Airport West Depot.
The plan was to sell off Essendon Depot and build anew. The biggest negative aspect of this proposal - identified in the proposal - was the amount of 'dead running' to serve the West Maribyrnong and Footscray routes. However, there's not really other options in the area.
Kew, Malvern and Camberwell were also to be sold, however, those plans revolved around a new depot at Wantirna South and a greatly expanded South Melbourne depot (on the old site). Since that time, heritage issues have become much more prominent, so I doubt that these three depots will be closed.
The only real heritage aspect of Essendon Depot is the 1906 carbarn and that could be relatively easily re-purposed.
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DAMN.: The Art and Importance of Storytelling
How do Kendrick Lamar’s album DAMN. and the work of photojournalist Gordon Parks tell stories that bring attention to social issues?
Note: For this lesson, teachers will need access to Kendrick Lamar’s album DAMN. This lesson contains strong language and references to abuse, sex and drug use. It is intended for upper grade levels. Teacher discretion strongly advised.
In this lesson, students will analyze several tracks from Kendrick Lamar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning album DAMN. They will answer questions about selected songs from the album together as a class. Students will also participate in a gallery walk composed of stills from the music video for Kendrick Lamar’s “ELEMENT.” and the work of Gordon Parks that inspired the video, exploring how photos tell stories and tell us about race in the United States. The lesson will conclude with students using inspiration from Lamar and Parks to create their own creative storytelling project.
In April 2018, rapper Kendrick Lamar made history when he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his 2017 album DAMN. Not only was Lamar the first non-jazz or classical musician to receive a Pulitzer, but DAMN. was the first hip-hop album to win the prestigious award. After already being widely celebrated by critics and fans and appearing on numerous end-of-the-year “Best Album” lists in 2017, the Pulitzer jury recognized the album as “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African-American life.”
DAMN. recounts Lamar’s experience after the mega success of his magnum opus To Pimp a Butterfly, an album detailing the struggles and experiences of the Black community in the United States. To Pimp a Butterfly was immortalized when Harvard University decided to archive it in its Hip Hop collection, as well as through the song “Alright,” which became widely considered the unofficial anthem of the Black Lives Matter movement and one of the most influential songs of the 2010s.
While To Pimp a Butterfly was widely praised, it still drew backlash, especially from American conservatives. After an award show performance of “Alright,” reporters on the Fox News network proceeded to bash Lamar’s song and performance, arguing hip hop was more “dangerous” than racism for Black American youth. The song, which was made to instill hope in the aftermath of several high profile police brutality cases in the United States, was painted as anti-police and anti-American. This backlash (along with the praise), spurred Lamar into the spotlight as not only a political performer, but one of the leading voices in hip hop.
In DAMN., Lamar addresses such conservative critiques, using the 14 tracks to confront his critics and haters while telling the story of his upbringing in Compton, California, his feelings towards fame, and his experience as a Black American after the presidency of Barack Obama.
Lamar’s storytelling transcends the 14 tracks on DAMN. through the six music videos created for the album. In the music video for “ELEMENT.” Lamar pays homage to another great storyteller: photojournalist, director, and activist Gordon Parks. After working odd jobs, Parks eventually landed a job with the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the 1930s, focusing his work on the segregation of Washington D.C. After the FSA closed in 1943, Parks freelanced as a photographer until he landed a job at Life Magazine from 1948 to 1972 as the first Black photojournalist for the publication. While at Life Magazine, Parks focused his photos on fashion, celebrities, but also social injustices of everyday people. Some of his most well known photo essays focused on racism, poverty, and the struggles of urban inner city residents. With his photos, Parks was able to tell the stories, in addition to giving a platform to people who were regularly ignored and discriminated against in The United States.
Kendrick Lamar’s album DAMN. and its cultural impact
The work and activism of Gordon Parks
The art of storytelling and how it can be done through photos and music
Students will be able to better understand the craft of storytelling by analyzing Kendrick Lamar’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning album DAMN and the work of photojournalist Gordon Parks.
Gordon Parks, “Fontenelle Children Outside Their Harlem Tenement, Harlem, New York, 1967”
Gordon Parks, “Family Crowds Around Open Oven for Warmth, Harlem, New York, 1967”
Gordon Parks, “Bessie Fontenelle and Richard Climb the Stairs, Harlem, New York, 1967”
Gordon Parks, “The Fontenelles at the Poverty Board, Harlem, New York, 1967”
In what ways can we tell stories? Where do you hear or learn stories?
Can you give an example of a story you find compelling? What makes it compelling? How is the story told? What does the storyteller do to make the work engaging or intriguing?
Tell students that in this lesson they will be examining the Kendrick Lamar album DAMN. Ask students:
Have you ever heard of Kendrick Lamar, or this album? What do you know about the artist or the album?
How might an album be an example of storytelling?
In April 2018, Lamar was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for the album. Pulitzer Prizes are awarded for “excellence in newspaper journalism, literary achievements, and musical composition.” Why might have Lamar’s Hip Hop Album won this award? What kind of perspective might it offer?
Pass out Handout 1 – Primary Source Documents. Have students read Document 1: Transcript of Fox News’ The Five reaction to Kendrick Lamar’s BET performance of “Alright” either on their own, with another classmate, or out loud as a class. Then ask students:
What are the show hosts’ reaction to Kendrick Lamar’s performance? Why don’t they appreciate the performance?
How do you think Lamar responded to the criticism about his work?
Have students read Document 2: “DNA.” by Kendrick Lamar. Then ask students:
Who do you think Lamar is addressing with this song?
Why do you think Lamar included the snippet of the criticism from FOX News anchor Geraldo Rivera? Do you think the song serves as a response to it? If so, explain Lamar’s position.
Have students read aloud Document 3: Gordon Parks Introduction. Then, display the above images. Tell students that the images come from Parks’ “A Harlem Family” series which feature the Fontenelle Family referred to in the handout. Ask students:
What stands out to you about these images?
What message might Parks be trying to get across through these images?
How might a typical Life Magazine reader in 1967 respond to this photo essay?
Read the quote at the bottom of Document 3. In what way might these photographs speak to Parks’ “Personal Project?”
Print and place the Gallery Walk Images throughout the classroom. Pass out Handout 2: Gallery Walk Observations to students. Tell students they will be looking at pairs of images, one from Gordon Parks and the other from the Kendrick Lamar video “ELEMENT.” Ask students to record their initial response to the images in Handout 2, considering what emotion and message each image might be trying to convey. After the Gallery Walk, ask students:
What can we infer about America through Gordon Parks images?
What can we infer about America through the stills from the “ELEMENT.” video?
Why might have Lamar sought inspiration from Parks’ work? What does this say about America today?
Ask students to examine Document 4: “XXX.” ft. U2 by Kendrick Lamar in Handout 1. Before playing song, ask students to pay attention to:
The tone of voice Lamar uses
The topics covered in the song
The words or lines that are particularly interesting to you.
Play the song “XXX.” ft. U2, beginning at 4:14. Ask students:
Who or what is Lamar addressing in this song? How does he interact with these ideas or people?
Who might “Johnny” be? Why might “America love him”?
What are some examples of contradictions found in the song? (For example: Lamar tells his friend that he would kill another person if they killed his loved ones while on his way to speak to kids about gun control.) What purpose might such contradictions serve in the song?
There are few references to religion. Why might Lamar refer to religion?
How is America characterized in the song? What events is this characterization based off of?
Direct students’ attention to Document 5: “Fear” by Kendrick Lamar in Handout 1. Play the song “FEAR.” from 0:37-6:30. and ask students to follow along with the lyrics, making notes of anything that stands out. Ask students:
What are some of Kendrick Lamar’s fears? How do they differ at the ages he speaks of (ages 7, 17, 27)?
The song opens with a sample of the 1973 song “Poverty’s Paradise” by The 24 Carat Black, which details a man’s experience growing up in poverty and not being able to provide for his family. How might this sample connect to Lamar’s “FEAR.”? Why might have he chosen this sample?
How is the tone and subject of “FEAR.” different than other songs previously listened to?
How does Lamar tell stories from his lived experience on DAMN.? What emotions or feelings does he experience? What parts of the songs listened to in class best represent such feelings and experiences?
Why do you think the album garnered critical acclaim, including winning a Pulitzer? How does it represent an American experience?
What similarities might exist between the work of Kendrick Lamar and Gordon Parks?
Outside of class time, have students take pictures or write accounts about aspects of their everyday life. Students can focus their project on their neighborhood, their family, an interest or hobby or another creative aspect. Encourage students to consider the work of Gordon Parks in which their photos or writings together tell a story. Students can create a slideshow and share their stories with their class.
Listen to DAMN. in its entirety. After listening, write a one page summary of the album. Pay attention to any motifs or repetitions of certain lines. What story is Kendrick Lamar trying to tell? How does the end of the album compare to the beginning? According to Lamar, the album can be played in reverse (Starting with “DUCKWORTH.” and ending with “BLOOD.”). If you would like, you may listen to the Collector’s Edition of DAMN. which features the reverse tracklist, available on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. Does the story change at all compared to the standard version of DAMN. (beginning with “BLOOD.” and “DUCKWORTH.”)? If so, how is it different when the order of the tracklist is reversed?
Research and write a two page paper about one of Gordon Parks’s most famous photographs, “American Gothic” (1942). Consider the following resources while you research the significance of the photograph:
An audio recording from TIME Magazine in which Parks discusses the photograph.
A New York Times biography of Ella Watson, the subject of the photograph.
Information on Grant Wood’s “American Gothic” (1930) from Google Arts and Culture, which inspired Park’s image with the same name.
When writing the paper, consider the following questions:
How are the two pieces similar? How are they different visually?
Why do you think Parks chose to reference Wood’s piece?
How do these two pieces depict America?
In what ways might Park’s “American Gothic” provide commentary to Wood’s “American Gothic”? Is he presenting anything Woods neglected?
Use details from both artworks and the information gathered from your research to support your arguments and reflections.
Gallery Walk Images Handout 1 - Primary Source Documents Handout 2 - Gallery Walk Observations
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
Reading 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas 8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity 10: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently.
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing (Extension Activities Only)
Text Types and Purposes 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Text Types and Purposes 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Research to Build and Present Knowledge 9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use 5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in a word meaning.
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening
Comprehension & Collaboration 1:Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Comprehension & Collaboration 3: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
Theme 4: Individual Development and Identity
National Standards for Music Education – National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
A7.0 Demonstrate an understanding of the elements of discourse (e.g., purpose, speaker, audience, form) when completing narrative, expository, persuasive, or descriptive writing assignments.
A7.1 Use point of view, characterization, style (e.g., use of irony), and related elements for specific rhetorical and aesthetic purposes.
A7.2 Use language in natural, fresh, and vivid ways to establish a specific tone.
A7.3 Enhance meaning by employing rhetorical devices, including extended use of parallel- ism, repetition, analogy; incorporation of visual aids (e.g., graphs, tables, pictures); and the issuance of a call for action.
A7.5 Revise text to highlight the individual voice, improve sentence variety and style, and enhance subtlety of meaning and tone in ways that are consistent with the purpose, audience, and genre.
A8.5 Differentiate writing processes, formats, and conventions used for various media.
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Greta Thunberg, Music, and the Climate Crisis
How have musicians helped spread climate activist Greta Thunberg’s message?
In this lesson, students investigate Greta Thunberg’s efforts in fighting the climate crisis by examining the ways musicians have covered, remixed, or sampled a speech she delivered before the United Nations in 2019. They then consider the larger social role musicians might play in spreading political or social messages. Finally, students are given the opportunity to imagine their own covers, remixes, or original pieces based upon quotes from other young climate activists.
In October, 2018, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, released a report which arguably changed the course of history. In no uncertain terms, the scientists that created the report warned that drastic social and economic changes are required within 12 years in order to mitigate the worst effects of a warming climate, which include not only a rising coastline and more extreme weather events, but also the collapse of ecosystems, global food and water shortages, and the extinction of millions of species. While the report presented a dire outlook if the world continued to release greenhouse gases at current rates, it also gave room for hope: humanity has all the technology and science it needs to drastically curb such emissions that cause global warming. All that is lacking is the will.
Just a few months before the report was published, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg began leaving school every Friday to protest in front of the parliament building in Stockholm. Inspired by the example of the March For Our Lives movement organized by students after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Thunberg stood alone in front of the Parliament building, holding up a sign that read “Skolstrejk för klimatet”: “School Strike for Climate.” Thunberg’s demand of the government was to address the climate change like the crisis it is.
On the first day of the strike Thunberg sat alone. On the second day, a single person joined her. Soon however, inspired by her example, young people from across the world became climate activists, developing their own organizations to demand local, regional, and national governments start addressing the climate crisis. The numbers grew, and around a year later, in September 2019, an estimated 400 million people around the globe participated in the Global Climate Strike.
Musicians, too, have been inspired by Thunberg’s example. Artists including Janelle Monáe, Billie Eilish, and Camila Cabello have expressed admiration for Thunberg. Bebe Rexha dedicated her song, “You Can’t Stop The Girl” to Thunberg, and Thunberg collaborated with the band The 1975 on a self-titled song. Around the same time as the Global Climate Strike, Thunberg delivered a scathing speech before the U.N., castigating the gathered world leaders for not doing enough to address the climate crisis. In turn, the speech inspired remixes, samples, and covers, including a Death Metal song, a fan-made Fatboy Slim Mashup (which was later played by the artist himself at a performance), and a cover by singer Megan Washington.
The climate crisis is one of the most significant challenges humanity has ever faced, and Greta Thunberg is the first to admit she alone cannot solve the problem. Indeed, Thunberg often stresses the absurdity of her position as both a child and a role model for climate action, and is often vocally uncomfortable with her recent celebrity. Yet the fact that her message spread so rapidly, from a singular protest in Copenhagen to a global protest of millions, is a testament to the rate at which the will to address climate change is growing and strengthening.
Thunberg won’t likely be the only young climate activist to garner global attention: already activist like Irsa Hirsi, Xiye Bastida, Kevin Patel, Daphne Frias, Feliquan Charlemagne, and Vic Barrett increasingly amplifying the message. Each have their own stories to tell, and each have as much to lose – perhaps more – as Thunberg.
The differences between sampling, remixing, and covering a song or audio source
The work of climate activist Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg’s 2019 U.N. speech
The way music can help spread social messages to a larger audience
The work of other young climate activists across North America
Students will be able to investigate how music contributes to social movements by investigating musical covers, samples, and remixes of climate activist Greta Thunberg’s 2019 U.N. speech.
Grove Music Dictionary Definitions of Sampling, Remixing, and Covering
Spreading the Message Activity
On the board, write the words “Remixing,” “Covering,” and “Sampling” in three equally spaced columns. Ask students:
Have you ever seen any of these words on the board? If so, where?
Have you heard a remix, cover or sample? Can you think of any specific songs that use samples, or could be described as a remix or cover?
What do the three words on the board have in common? (For example: they are all techniques in musical production.)
How are the words on the board different? Do they describe different processes or techniques?
Gather students into groups of 3-5, and give each group 3 sticky notes. Ask each group to brainstorm and write a definition of each term on the sticky note (for instance, students might write “a Youtuber singing a song they didn’t write” as an example of “covering.”) (Note to teacher: rather than using sticky notes, you can alternatively ask student groups to simply write their definition directly onto the board.)
Once finished, have students place their sticky notes in the appropriate column on the board. Then read through each definition. Discuss:
Are the groups definitions of each technique similar, or different? In what ways?
Could the class come to a consensus on how to define the technique of sampling, covering, and remixing?
Show Image 1, Grove Music Dictionary Definitions of Sampling, Remixing, and Covering. Discuss:
How do these definitions compare to the definitions created in class?
What does “transposed” mean, in the definition for sampling? (In this definition, transpose refers to transferring something to a different place or context.)
For what reason might a musician want to cover a song that isn’t theirs?
For what reason might a musician want to remix a song?
For what reasons might an artist want to sample sounds from another recording?
Is it possible to cover, sample, or remix audio that isn’t music – for example a speech, soundscape, or sound effect? Have you ever heard this done? Where? Why might an artist want to do this?
Tell students that in class they will explore how covering, sampling, or remixing might be a way to spread a social or political message.
Show Image 2, Greta Thunberg. Ask students:
Do you recognize the person speaking in this photograph? Who is she?
What do you know about Greta Thunberg? Why has she become so well known?
Pass out Handout 1 – Greta Thunberg’s 2019 U.N. Speech to each student. Read the biography at the beginning of the handout aloud as a class. Then, read Thunberg’s 2019 speech to the U.N. aloud. Ask students:
Where did this speech take place? What is the U.N.? (The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. Made up of 193 Member States, the U.N. takes action on “issues confronting humanity in the 21st century, such as peace and security, climate change, sustainable development, human rights, disarmament, terrorism, humanitarian and health emergencies, gender equality, governance, food production, and more.”)
How would you describe the mood of this speech? Why might Thunberg be portraying this mood?
Why might have Thunberg chose to begin the speech with the notion that she shouldn’t be at the U.N.? Why might she feel that way?
In Paragraph 3, how does Thunberg describe her concerns? What does she accuse the U.N. leadership to be overly concerned with?
In Paragraph 3, why might Thunberg describe “eternal economic growth” as a “fairy tale?”
In Paragraph 3, Thunberg describes herself as “one of the lucky ones.” What might she mean by this? (Note to teacher: if needed, make students aware that Thunberg lives in Sweden, and is the child of a fairly well-known singer and actor.)
Throughout the speech, Thunberg often uses the term “us.” Who might she be referring to when she says that?
What is Thunberg referring to in paragraphs 6-12? (She is referring to the timetable needed to curb global greenhouse emissions causing global warming, as established by scientists at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC]).
What is she accusing the U.N. leadership of in paragraph 11? How might she be using irony in this accusation?
How does she end her speech? How would you summarize Thunberg’s message to the U.N.?
Tell students that Thunberg’s speech before the U.N. attracted a lot of attention, including from musicians. Have students return to their groups, and set up three viewing stations around the classroom. While watching the videos and reading the handouts, encourage student groups to take notes on whether each song is best described as covering, remixing, or sampling Thunberg’s U.N. speech, and what motivated the artists to create the piece of music.
Station 1: John Meredith, “How Dare You”
Station 2: Kiffness/Fatboy Slim, “Right Here, Right Now”
Station 3: Megan Washington/Robert Davidson, “Crystal Clear”
After groups have visited each station, ask students:
Which of the pieces of music would best be described as a remix? Why?
Which of the pieces of music would best be described as a cover? Why?
Which of the pieces of music would best be described using a sample? Why?
Were any of the pieces of music you heard a combination of different techniques? Which techniques specifically?
According to the handouts you read, what motivated each artist to create their piece of music?
In what ways might the remixes, covers, and samples you heard in the songs help Greta Thunberg’s cause? In what ways might they be less relevant?
How might the titles of the three pieces represent different aspects of Thunberg’s speech? Do you think each artist was trying to emphasize a different aspect of the speech?
Pass out Handout 2 – Profiles of Young Climate Activists, and show Image 3, Spreading the Message Activity. Ask students to complete the handout, either individually or in groups, and share with the rest of the class.
Discuss with students:
Why might have Greta Thunberg received more media attention than many of the scientists who first identified the harm caused by global warming?
Why might have Greta Thunberg received more media attention than many of the activists listed in Handout 2?
Bring your musical idea to life! With your modern band group, orchestral ensemble, or using music production software such as Garageband, realize the musical idea your outlined in Handout 2. Send songs to info@teachrock.org!
Choose a country outside of North America, and investigate what sort of climate actions might be taking place there. Are there any well known youth activists or activist groups? What sort of issues are they taking up? Write a brief profile on either a group or an individual activist from your chosen country. Examples might include Brazil, Australia, Rwanda, Indonesia, and India.
Explore the ways musicians are participating in fighting climate change by going to musicdeclares.net or another site. Write a brief summary on the ways musicians are addressing the climate crisis.
Read the Gizmodo article “It’s Kids vs. the World in a Landmark Climate Complaint,” then consider the question: do you think the children activists have a case in claiming pollution and the emission of greenhouse gases constitutes breaking the rights of children? Why or why not?
Handout 1 - Greta Thunberg’s 2019 U.N. Speech Handout 2 – Profiles of Young Climate Activists Station 1: "How Dare You" Station 2: "Right Here, Right Now" Station 3: "Crystal Clear"
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading (K-12)
Craft and Structure 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Writing (K-12)
Text Types and Purposes 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Language (K-12)
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use 6: Acquire and use accurately a range of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when encountering an unknown term important to comprehension or expression.
College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Speaking and Listening (K-12)
Comprehension & Collaboration 1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Theme 9: Global Connections
Core Music Standard: Creating
Imagine: Generate musical ideas for various purposes and contexts.
Plan and Make: Select and develop musical ideas for defined purposes and contexts.
Present: Share creative musical work that conveys intent, demonstrates craftsmanship, and exhibits originality.
Connecting: Relate musical ideas and works to varied contexts and daily life to deepen understanding.
A3.4 Identify art in international industry and discuss ways in which the work reflects cultural perspective.
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James Bond Movie Studio MGM Exploring Sale
December 30, 2020 Gaming, News, PC Gaming
MGM Holdings, the studio behind the James Bond franchise, is reportedly exploring a sale. , citing “a source close to the situation” says the company is specifically eyeing streaming services or other film companies looking to establish their streaming sectors. Based on privately traded shares, the company has a market value of $5.5 billion, including debt.
In addition to James Bond, MGM’s film library has more than 4,000 titles and 17,000 hours of television programming, including film franchises like Rocky and The Hobbit as well as television shows like The Handmaid’s Tale and Vikings.
MGM has not yet commented publicly on the trial balloon signs pointing to a sale–the first reported recently that MGM had engaged Morgan Stanley and LionTree Advisors to begin the formal sale process.
However, a sale would not be a total shock as COVID-19 has effectively kneecapped smaller players (like MGM) who are unable to release their releases in theaters. While MGM is much bigger than just James Bond, one need only look to that franchise to gain an insight into what might be happening at the studio: , the upcoming 007 flick, has gone from a November 2019 scheduled release date to enduring several releases before (for now) seemingly holding firm to an April 2, 2021 release. James Bond is just one of many properties MGM owns, but given , there’s still plenty of gas left in the studio’s tank and strong interest in its franchises.
James Bond Movie Studio MGM Exploring Sale Reviewed by Newsrust on December 30, 2020 Rating: 5
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in Advocacy, Community Health, Complete Streets, Environmental Justice, Food Justice, Land Use, Los Angeles, Parks, Reuse
LA Waves Parkway Planting Permits to Create Opportunities in Food Deserts
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In my last post, I highlighted an innovative program in Toronto which brings a mobile produce market to communities who lack access to affordable and healthy food. In an effort to address healthy food access in similarly underserved neighborhoods across the US, some community residents have literally taken action into their own hands by transforming underutilized and sometimes unlikely patches of land into “guerrilla” gardens.
Trees, wildflowers, herbs, fruits and vegetables pop up in vacant lots, alleys, tree pits and even parkways (the planted strip of land between the curb and the sidewalk), providing aesthetic value, helping to oxygenated the air and clean the soil, as well as providing families with an opportunity for healthy eating. Parkways are often owned by a city but the responsibility for maintenance falls on the adjacent homeowner. These spaces have a lot of potential for urban gardening because they are right outside of a house or apartment building and are a manageable size. Some parkways go ignored, some become planted, and others become community resources.
Ron Finely and friend tending his parkway garden. Photo via LA Green Grounds
In 2010, gardener and activist Ron Finley co-founded LA Green Grounds, a group who plants and tends gardens created in parkways and other underutilized spaces with the hope of creating a food and health revolution in underserved South Los Angeles. In 2013, Mr. Finely gave a TED Talk (above) where he discussed the inspiration for the parkway garden he created in front of his home. Mr. Finley, who grew up in South Los Angeles and raised his children there, asked the audience, “…I was wondering, how would you feel if you had no access to healthy food, if every time you walk out your door you see the ill effects that the present food system has on your neighborhood? I see wheelchairs bought and sold like used cars. I see dialysis centers popping up like Starbucks. And I figured, this has to stop. So I figured that the problem is the solution. Food is the problem and food is the solution. Plus I got tired of driving 45 minutes round trip to get an apple that wasn’t impregnated with pesticides.”
The 58th Street Dig-In (2013). Photo by St. John’s Community Health Center via Streetsblog LA
Prior to a 2013 amendment to the City’s “Residential Parkway Landscaping Guidelines”, it was illegal to plant fruits and vegetables in parkways, but due to the activism of Mr. Finley and many others, the LA City Council decided to make an exception for vegetable gardening. While this news was a step in the right direction for urban gardeners and community health advocates, the permit to plant anything other than grasses and certain shrubs, still carried a cost-prohibitive $400 price tag. But just this week, the LA City Council voted to waive the $400 fee for parkway gardens (excluding fruit trees). The City Council will still have to define the parameters of the law (regulating garden height and addressing concerns such as safe passage for pedestrians) and the ordinance will be subject to final Mayoral approval, but waiving the fee will be a significant win for advocates and paves the way to increase the opportunity for residents to bring fruits and vegetables in to their neighborhoods without the worry of fines hanging over their heads.
My Finley says: “I have witnessed my garden become a tool for the education, a tool for the transformation of my neighborhood. To change the community, you have to change the composition of the soil. We are the soil. You’d be surprised how kids are affected by this. Gardening is the most therapeutic and defiant act you can do, especially in the inner city. Plus you get strawberries.”
Ron Finley in front of his planted parkway. Via ronfinley.com
in Community Health, Los Angeles, Reuse
Zumba Boom in South LA
Zumba dancers in South Los Angeles. Photo by Daina Beth Solomon via Intersections South LA
South Los Angeles is a 50-square-mile area within the city of LA with a lot of strengths and a lot of challenges. Many residents of this community are underserved, which means in part that they have little access to green space, safe recreational opportunities or healthy and affordable eating options. As a result, many community members struggle with obesity, heart disease and other health-related conditions in percentages disproportionate to other areas of LA with better access to resources conducive to community health. As is the case in many underserved communities, sometimes creative solutions meet opportunity and the results can be transformative.
Zumba, the Latin dance-inspired exercise craze began in Colombia in the 1990’s by Alberto “Beto” Perez. As the popularity of these classes grew internationally, the demand for Zumba teaching certifications also grew, and in response, Perez created a one-day long workshop for aspiring teachers. In the last few years almost 40 Zumba studios have found their way in to unlikely places such as parking lots, beauty parlors, swap meets, and storefronts, allowing residents to take advantage of more conveniently located exercise opportunities creatively housed in their neighborhood.
Eduardo Torijan and his wife Santa opened a studio in South LA five years ago. “We want to see people healthy and well,” he said. “That’s our goal. It’s helping people who are overweight to survive, to combat illness and know that there’s a place here for them.”
in Advocacy, Los Angeles
Today, I went to the polls to let my voice be heard and when I turned in my ballot, I received this incredible LA County voting sticker. Does any city’s voting sticker represent such a diverse group of languages??
Los Angeles County has such a diverse population and it’s important to remember as planners and professionals that we are sure to include a diverse group of voices in the decision-making process.
Los Angeles County voting sticker. Photo by Anna Peccianti
in Advocacy, Criticism, Los Angeles, Transportation Planning
Measure J
Passengers waiting for the bus in Los Angeles. Photo via Experiencing Los Angeles.
In 2008, Los Angeles County voters approved Measure R, giving our Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) $40 billlion over the next 30 years for transportation upgrades (everything from new light rail to expanded bus service to pothole repair) within the 88 cities that make up Los Angeles County. The $40 billion is funded through a half-cent transportation sales tax increase which will cost each resident around $25 per year for the next 30 years. In 2008, not only did I vote for Measure R (along with 75% of voters) but I did so enthusiastically.
Four years later, the MTA proposed a new measure on our ballots (Measure J) which would extend the tax for an additional 30 years at the cost of $90 billion. Initially, I thought that voting for Measure J would be an obvious choice, that is until I started reading the opposition to the Measure and began to assess the cumulative impacts of Measure J – thinking regionally and locally.
In my research about the opposition, I learned that one of the unforeseen consequences of Measure R was that there were bus fare increases and service cuts which particularly effect those who depend on the bus system. Cuts that effect how they get to work, go to the store, transport children, etc. These cuts happened because the MTA has the ability to take current funds (not Measure R monies) and redirect them to other projects, taking money out of the bus system.
20% of Measure J money will go to highway construction and expansion (including the extension of the 710 freeway which would tunnel through South Pasadena) which is something I do not support. Highway construction and expansion plus bus service cuts/fare increases means increased traffic and pollution and in my view, exacerbates our existing issues. Additionally, I looked at the development companies partnering with the MTA and how those potential projects could affect communities along the rail lines an determined that these projects could lead to a great deal of displacement in these communities.
I am a public transportation advocate and a passionate one at that. Some of the improvements proposed in Measure J seem like they would have a positive impact but many seem negative.The problem is that we can’t be guaranteed which projects MTA will choose (or who could suffer in unforeseen ways in the process ) to put our money towards and I’m not sure I’m willing to give Metro $90 billion to carry out initiatives of their choosing.
in Bicycles, Los Angeles, Open Streets, Performance, Public Space Projects
CicLAvia’s Play Street
One of my favorite events in Los Angeles is CicLAVia, a bi-annual event that closes around 10 miles of streets to cars, filling them with bicycles, food trucks and fun. And every year it is equally as amazing to see Los Angeles’ wide boulevards filled with bicycles and pedestrians enjoying the streets and experiencing Los Angeles in an entirely new way.
CicLAvia in Los Angeles, CA. Photo by Anna Peccianti
The origin of CicLAvia is Ciclovía from Bogotá, Colombia. Bogotá has inspired many innovative transportation planning projects here in the US but the idea of Ciclovía or “open street” projects may be most popular. These projects can be truly transformative because they allow anyone to experience what our largest public space could be like if it prioritized people instead of cars. The Open Streets Project has created a comprehensive database of projects in almost every state in the country. From New York to Fargo to San Antonio, residents can enjoy lively open streets filled with the rush of people instead of cars
For October’s CicLAvia, some friends and I from the Living Streets Los Angeles volunteer committee, decided to take over a side street along the CicLAvia route in Los Angeles’ Chinatown and turn it in to a street filled with playful activities. Our inspiration for our play street came from the incredible work of urban planner and artist Candy Chang. Ms. Chang transforms public space through engaging participatory art projects that allow residents to use their imaginations to dream of what spaces can become.
One of her wonderful projects is offering fill-in-the-blank stickers that say “I Wish this Was…” which was inspired by community ideas for vacant storefronts in her adopted hometown of New Orleans. These stickers (which can be placed on any empty structure) offer a free, fun activity that allows residents to let their voices be heard and to openly discuss these ideas with friends and neighbors.
Examples from “I Wish this Was…” by Candy Chang. Photo via candychang.com
We decide to title our project: “I Wish This Street Was” and set up four cardboard triangles that allowed anyone to imagine what this space could become if it did not prioritize cars. The results were often funny, insightful, and delightful (see photos below). On our street, we featured an interactive workshop, a bicycle decoration station, painting (large cardboard boxes were turned into building facades), games (created with masking tape on the asphalt), and photo booths (also made from cardboard boxes). The entire project was put together for a very low-budget and relied mostly on volunteers and volunteer time and we were all very pleased with the results.
Check out the fun!
“I Wish This Street Was…” presented by Living Streets Los Angeles at CicLAvia. Photo by Living Streets Los Angeles
Children design their ideal street at “I Wish This Street Was…” presented by Living Streets Los Angeles at CicLAvia. Photo by Living Streets Los Angeles
Photo booth fun at “I Wish This Street Was…” presented by Living Streets Los Angeles at CicLAvia. Photo by Living Streets Los Angeles
Children painting with their parents for “I Wish This Street Was…” presented by Living Streets Los Angeles at CicLAvia. Photo by Living Streets Los Angeles
Photo booth fun during “I Wish This Street Was…” presented by Living Streets Los Angeles at CicLAvia. Photo by Living Streets Los Angeles
Community members envision a new use for a street in Los Angeles (based on “I Wish This Was…” by Candy Chang). CicLAvia, Los Angeles. Photo by Living Streets Los Angeles.
Paintings by participants of “I Wish This Street Was…” presented by Living Streets Los Angeles at CicLAvia. Photo by Living Streets Los Angeles
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AIPAC Controlled Congress vis-a vis HOUSE Reps. O’Rourke, Engel and Royce
By Eileen Fleming
On Thursday the Jewish Daily FORWARD admitted “It took only one wrong vote to teach a freshman Democrat from Texas how sensitive, and even wrathful, the Jewish community can be when it comes to Israel.
“But the real story of what happened to Rep. Beto O’Rourke did not stop with the angry reaction he got when he cast one of only eight votes in Congress against special funding for Israel’s Iron Dome rocket defense system during the recent Gaza war.
“What is notable is how quickly the carrot followed the stick…”
In September, The New Yorker magazine writer Connie Bruck recounted the reaction that rained down on the El Paso congressman which contended O’Rourke was “an anti-Israel congressman” and denounced his vote as “shameful.”
O’Rourke has no record of criticizing or voting against Israel and he did not even oppose more funding for the Iron Dome system.
What O’Rourke opposed was rushing through the large appropriation without any debate in Congress.
In a Facebook post O’Rourke wrote:
I could not in good conscience vote for borrowing $225 million more to send to Israel, without debate and without discussion, in the midst of a war that has cost more than a thousand civilian lives already, too many of them children.
Congressman O’Rourke’s represents Texas’s 16th District, which has a population of 862,000 including 4,000 Jewish residents and a 70% Hispanic majority.
Israel receives over $3.6 billion per year ‘courtesy’ of USA taxpayers.
Since the October War in 1973, Washington has provided Israel with a level of support dwarfing the amounts provided to any other state. It has been the largest annual recipient of direct U.S. economic and military assistance since 1976 and the largest total recipient since World War ll. Total direct U.S. aid to Israel amounts to well over $140 billion in 2003 dollars. Israel receives about $3 billion in direct foreign assistance each year, which is roughly one-fifth of America’s entire foreign aid budget. In per capita terms, the United States gives each Israeli a direct subsidy worth about $500 per year. This largesse is especially striking when one realizes that Israel is now a wealthy industrial state with a per capita income roughly equal to South Korea or Spain.- John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy”
The El Paso Jewish federation sent out an alert to its members urging them to take action. It contained O’Rourke’s contact information and a suggested sample letter. Another email, for which no one will now take responsibility, circulated among Jewish activists urging supporters not to re-elect him.
O’Rourke responded by meeting with a group of 10 pro-Israel local leaders, key members of AIPAC, heads of local synagogues and the Jewish federation. O’Rourke also met with the Israeli consul general to the Southwest, Meir Shlomo, and invited federation leaders to meet with him in Washington when they come to the capital for the Jewish federations’ General Assembly in November.
Zionist activists were satisfied and attributed O’Rourke’s vote against Iron Dome as a “freshman’s mistake.”
O’Rourke will soon join a group of lawmakers going to Israel on a trip arranged and paid for by an AIPAC affiliated organization.
Beto O’Rourke is a fourth-generation El Paso native whose political focus has been on immigration and veteran’s affair.
Foreign policy has never been a top priority for O’Rourke, but this author, reporter and former candidate for U.S. HOUSE contends Foreign Policy defines a leader.
Before the worn out canard of being an ‘Anti-Semite’ is hurled at me – again – I contend:
TRUE Anti-Semitism is a prejudice against or hostility towards the Jewish people and it is rooted in fear that breed’s hatred and it must be denounced and confronted!
According to Webster’s Dictionary a SEMITE is “a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs or a descendant of these peoples” thus Palestinians are as much a Semite as any Jew!
I also contend that Thomas Paine was America’s most forward thinking of our Founding Fathers who noted:
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Reason obeys itself; and ignorance submits to whatever is dictated to it.”
Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal by Grant F. Smith, Director for the Institute of Research Middle East Policy details how America’s Middle East policy has been formulated and thrives due to the dearth of relevant reporting on AIPAC’s activities – essentially because the Fourth Estate has acted more like sayanim [VOLUNTEERS] for Zionism than muckrakers – meaning investigative journalists.
Senator Fulbright asked questions regarding Jewish-Agency-funded US foreign agents who did not register with the Justice Department or disclose their true financing, funding flows or covert activities.
Smith exposes how AIPAC/American Israel Public Affairs Committee operates “within a murky nexus regulated by four important but seldom enforced US laws.” [1]
The lax enforcement of The Logan Act, The Foreign Agents Registration Act/FARA, the 1917 Espionage Act, Thompson Memorandum guidelines for prosecuting corporate crime coupled with the fear of being labeled anti-Semitic and a media who have failed at their commission to seek and report the truth have all colluded to exert an undue influence over Congress and thus; we the people of America to be “under the de facto influence of a powerful foreign interest.” [2]
Smith documents how AIPAC-a constellation of individuals and organizations that make up the “Israel lobby” –which I define as a Zionist Lobby-continues to actively steer USA foreign policy in a militant and pro-Israel only direction beginning when ‘civilized’ men in the United Nations partitioned Palestine in 1947 after the British Mandate ended.
Senator Fulbright expressed great concern over the activities of unregistered foreign agents who worked to influence public opinion and policy which resulted in the 1963 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings which investigated and uncovered a “conduit” operation run by the American Zionist Council, which in 1959 was renamed AIPAC.
Within eight years, the American Zionist Council had received over a half a million “from the Jewish Agency to create a favorable opinion in this country for Israeli government policies. The Senate investigation closed down the conduit, but the extensive propaganda activities still go on…[and] by 1998, “US aid to Israel exceeded $3 billion a year, the highest amount of US aid given to any country.” [3]
“AIPAC’s illegal tactics harm America…[and] corporate crime inflicts far more damage on society than all street crime combined…Harvard economist Thomas Stauffer estimated the total cost of the prolonged conflict in the Middle East at $3 trillion [in 2002 USA dollars and he] lays a good deal of the blame for this at the doorstep of AIPAC.” [4]
It has been written that the root of all evil is the love of money, and most nefarious are the consequences of nearly two-trillion American tax dollars which have reaped “special trade advantages, and preferential contracts. U.S. aid to Israel cost some 275,000 American jobs each year.
“Additional known items include loan guarantees-which the U.S. most probably will be forced to cover-special contracts for Israeli firms, legal and illegal transfers of marketable U.S. military technology, de facto exemption from U.S. trade protection provisions, and discounted sales or free transfers of U.S. military equipment…net purchases by U.S. parties of Israel Bonds, adds at least $40 billion to the total.
“U.S. jobs and exports have been affected, adding to costs and losses.
“As U.S. relations with Mid East countries deteriorated, trade was lost. Worsening political relations resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs thanks to the Israel lobby.” [5]
Smith also documents how money laundering of over 50 billion US dollars to “charitable” organizations and massive covert activities has enabled the ongoing building of the illegal and apartheid Israeli settlements which have expropriated legally owned Palestinian land.
Today a quarter of a million Jewish settlers/colonists-most all of which have no historical tie to the Holy Land, have created ‘facts on the ground’ to disable a viable contiguous Palestinian state.
On November 21, 2005, top U.S. law enforcement officials attended a briefing organized by the Council for the National Interest regarding how charities “such as B’nai B’rith and Hadassah were in direct control of the World Zionist Organization and directly linked to a massive money-laundering operation…[and the settlements are] an indirect generator of terrorism against the United States…Israel never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty [which prohibits] U.S. assistance to any country trafficking in nuclear enrichment’s equipment or technology outside of international safeguards.” [6]
The World is well aware of Israel’s clandestine nuclear weapons development, stockpile, and launch capabilities, but due to the influence of AIPAC “it is business as usual in Washington: criminal wrongdoing continues to corrupt America’s core values, rule of law, and Middle East policy, as the Israel lobby’s crosshairs shift almost completely to Iran.” [7]
On October 2, 2014, AIPAC commended the bipartisan group of 354 House Members who signed a letter urging Secretary of State Kerry to insist on full Iranian transparency regarding its nuclear research and development activities…The letter was initiated by Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce (R-CA) and Ranking Democrat Eliot Engel (D-NY).
The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, October 2014 edition lists the top congressional recipients of Pro-Israel PAC Funds.
During his congressional career Eliot Engel has so far received $340,918 and Ed Royce received $43,450 between 2013-2014 from Pro-Israel PAC Funds.
Their letter to Kerry reads, “As you wrote in the Washington Post earlier this summer, if Iran’s nuclear program is truly peaceful, ‘it’s not a hard proposition to prove.’
The only reasonable conclusion for its stonewalling of international investigators is that Tehran does indeed have much to hide.”
In 1976, the Symington Amendment was adopted to fortify and extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
It prohibited US assistance to any country trafficking in nuclear enrichment equipment or technology outside of international safeguards.
However, not a word is heard from any American politician regarding Israel’s nuclear program – but this 2012 candidate for US HOUSE has been reporting on USA collusion in Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions since 2005, after meeting Israel’s nuclear Whistleblower, Mordechai Vanunu during my first of eight investigative trips to both sides of The Wall in the Holy Land.
The world learned about Israel’s 7-story underground nuclear weapons facility in 1986 thanks to Vanunu’s photographic evidence, but American foreign policy has colluded in Israel’s Nuclear Deceptions as well as Israel’s negation of international law, UN resolutions, and denial of equal human rights for Palestinians, which have all contributed to the instability in the Middle East.
Beginning in the 1990’s and even more so after 9/11, US politicians blind allegiance to Israel has been furthered by the claim that both states are threatened by Arab terrorist groups and rogue states bent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction.
However, America has more than enough to blow up this one small planet and is also the only state in the world to have targeted and murdered innocent ones via a Nuclear Holocaust.
Many Americans see Israel as an ally and Iran as a mutual enemy, but “We have seen the enemy and he is US!”-Pogo
The “war on terror” has become a tactic to infuse fear while it ignores that much of the anger in the Arab world is in response to Israel’s military occupation of Palestine, the concrete wall/electrified fence that has been built on legally owned Palestinian property, which is “financed with U.S. aid at a cost of $1.5 million per mile. The Israeli wall prevents residents from receiving health care and emergency medical services. In other areas, the barrier separates farmers from their olive groves which have been their families’ sole livelihood for generations.” [8]
Eileen Fleming at The Wall in Bethlehem, copyright Meir Vanunu, 2007
William Fulbright warned, The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership.
A leadership of intellect, judgment, tolerance and rationality, a leadership committed to human values, to world peace, and to the improvement of the human condition.
The attributes upon which we must draw are the human attributes of compassion and common sense, of intellect and creative imagination, and of empathy and understanding between cultures.
However, America’s ‘leaders’ continue to cower and pander to an “illegal foreign lobby that has long flouted US law and suborned the national interest as a foreign agent.” [9]
For decades U.S. foreign policy and defense experts opposed even supporting the creation of Israel and the Zionist/Israel Lobby has “worked underground secretly and illegally throughout its history.”
In “Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the United States was used to create Israel”, Alison Weir documents how decades of Zionist propaganda reaped massive funding and diplomatic support for Israel to “sustain the forcibly established state and provided a blank check for its aggressive expansions.”
Beginning in the early 20th century, the roots of political Zionism in America took hold and spread as a movement “through education and infection.”
A Jewish non-Zionist labeled the movement as “foreign, un-American, racist and separatist phenomenon”.
In 1939, Ben Gurion said he was “convinced that the main arena for Zionists efforts outside of Palestine was America.”
That same year, under the leadership of Rabbi Hillel Silver, the American Zionist Emergency Council/AZEC and the United Jewish Appeal/UJA were created.
By 1948, the UJA had raised four times more than what Americans contributed to the Red Cross.
Both launched political and public relations offensives to capture the support of congress, clergy, editors, educators and labor leaders.
AZEC activists made direct contact with US reps and Senators and went “after union members, wives and parents of servicemen and Jewish veterans.”
They rallied against anti-Zionist lecture tours to shut them down before they occurred or turned out to disrupt them.
In its 48th Annual Report the Zionist Organization of America proudly noted the “immensity of our operations and their diversity” which reaches “into every department of American life.”
Of particular interest to American Christians should be AZEC’s manipulation of clergy to support the “Christian Council on Palestine” [3,000 members by the end of WW II] and the “American Palestine Committee” [6,500].
The groups proclaimed “the tragic plight of [Jewish] refugees fleeing from persecution and finding no home” and good Americans were manipulated to favor the Zionist agenda through a Jewish refugee problem.
Weir quotes an American Christian Biblical scholar who spoke of a friend who had been living in Jerusalem who was told, “When we get control you can take your dead Christ and go home.”
Of interest to ALL Americans should be the details Weir provides regarding U.S. State Department officials who opposed the creation of Israel because it “would imperil U.S. interests and violate democratic principles.”
President Truman’s State Department also warned that America would loose moral prestige for betraying “the high principles which we ourselves have enunciated during the period of the [Second World] War.”
The Zionist agenda pushed the UN Partition Plan despite State Department warnings that its implementation “would guarantee that the Palestinian problem would be permanent and still more complicated in the future.”
Due to the dearth of political forces to counter balance the Zionist agenda this generation would do well to heed President George Washington’s warning to US:
Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.
Passionate attachments for others should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils.– Farewell Address, 1796
Grant F. Smith, “Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal” Page 15. Published 2007 by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, Washington D.C.
2. IBID
3. Page 20, 22
4. Page 149-150
6. Page 158
8. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Page 43, Jan/Feb. 2007
9. Grant F. Smith, Page 168
In 2005, Eileen Fleming established WeAreWideAwake.org in response to her first of 8 trips to both sides of The Wall as a public service.
In 2012, Eileen Fleming ran for US HOUSE of Representatives
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The Waters of March
by Richard Williams on August 11, 2016
Since Rio de Janeiro is the focus of a lot of the world’s attention at the moment, and since I’ve just watched The Girl from Ipanema: Brazil, Bossa Nova and the Beach, the cumbersomely titled but otherwise mostly pleasant BBC4 programme presented by Katie Derham, it feels like a good time to alert you to the version of Tom Jobim’s “Águas de Março” performed by João Gilberto on Getz/Gilberto ’76, a newly discovered set of 40-year-old live recordings from San Francisco’s Keystone Korner released a month or two ago on the Resonance label.
It wouldn’t take much to persuade me to argue the case for “Águas de Março” — in English, “The Waters of March” — being not just the greatest song of the bossa nova era, or even the greatest Brazilian song ever written, but one of the greatest songs of the 20th century. The way Gilberto sings it on this album makes that seem even less of an outrageous claim.
Jobim’s song is a list of things: just things. It starts with things you might find flushed out by Brazil’s autumn rains. Naturally, it sounds better in the frictionless Portuguese spoken and sung by Brazilians: “É o pau, é a pedra, é o fim do camino / É um resto de toco, é um pouch sozinho / É um caco de vidro, é a vida, é o sol / É a noite, é a morte, é um laço, é o anozl / É peroba no campo, é o nó da madeira / Caingá candeia, é o matita-pereira…” But here’s the composer’s own English translation: “A stick, a stone, it’s the end of the road / It’s the rest of a stump, it’s a little alone / It’s a sliver of glass, it is life, it’s the sun / It is night, it is death, it’s a trap, it’s a gun / The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush / A knot in the wood, the song of a thrush…” And it opens out to encompass what sounds like the entire human condition. “It’s the wind blowing free, it’s the end of slope / It’s a beam, it’s a void, it’s a hunch, it’s a hope…” The images and thoughts skip by on a snatch of melody, repetition building a hypnotic momentum, the harmonies descending beneath it like a stream running between rocks.
Here’s a famous and lovely version of the song, done as a duet by the composer and the great Elis Regina. But it’s completely shaded by João Gilberto, for whose six-minute version — accompanied by his own acoustic guitar and Stan Getz’s rhythm team, the bassist Clint Houston and the drummer Billy Hart — I can’t provide a link. Gilberto’s phrasing is a marvel of conversational subtlety, full of understated but astonishing little details: sudden pauses, skips, rhythmic elisions, and seemingly infinite ways of attacking an initial consonant or shaping a vowel. You’ll just have to get the album. And you should.
* The photograph of João Gilberto (with Stan Getz in the background) was taken by Tom Copi and is included, with many others, in the booklet accompanying Getz/Gilberto ’76.
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Michael Proudfoot #
Dear Richard
A few months…years? ago I read one of your pieces on Binker and Moses, I’m not really a jazz fan but I was intrigued and bought their record Dem Ones. Recently we had to make a little film for Channel 4’s Random Acts and the Big Dance people in the London Mayor’s office and I sudden remembered Binker and Moses and managed top persuade them to do a track for us which we also filmed….the film will be shown on C4 at some point but at the same time we recorded a new track by the duo for them to use on social media etc. Thought you might like to see/hear it. The tune is a new number maybe on their next release.
Here is the link https://vimeo.com/176643009
Enjoyed the Jobim piece – we did a another little film with Diego Figueirido, amazing Brazilian guitar player when we should have been doing something else for a client in Venice a few years ago with a view to persuading the BBC to do something on the history of Samba and Bossa Nova ahead of the World Cup…..they, of course, ignored us but – here it is https://vimeo.com/78931724
Michael Proudfoot michael@proudfoot.tv 104A St. John Street, London, EC1M 4EH Tel: +44 207 253 5666 Mob: +44 771 8902 771 http://www.proudfoot.tv facebook | twitter | instagram >
Always loved the Mark Murphy version of Waters of March – my favourite English language interpretation of it…
davidly #
Great find and tip. Thanks. I was first exposed to Aguas De Marco/Waters of March via Getz’ studio album The Best of Two Worlds also from 1976 with Gilberto and Heloisa Baurque de Hollanda singing respectively.
peterosser #
Also see Cassandra Wilson.
Michael Richards (certainline) #
Only last night I was listening to various versions of this wonderful song on Spotify. Such intriguing lyrics. Thanks for the post.
Charlie Seaward #
Richard, thanks for this review. Eliane Elias has made a number of recordings of this song including an instrumental version which features Marc Johnson, bass player in the last of Bill Evans’ great trios.
Ciaran McLaughlin #
Spot on Richard. One of the greatest songs – period. I’m not familiar with Joao Gilberto’s take but the cut on ‘Elis and Tom’ is truly wonderful and maybe even surpassed by this magnificent, jazzy solo Elis version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRqI5R6L7ow
GuitarSlinger #
If I may a truly disheartening , negative and in my opinion hypocritical moment at the Olympics in regards to one of the musicians who despite the destruction of many Favelas and the rampant dislocation of the poor along with Brazil’s ever growing debt .. only to be increased by hosting the 2016 Olympics still chose to perform in the opening ceremonies in spite of his long time activism etc . I’m speaking of course of Caetano Veloso . In one short moment Caetano managed to negate decades of activism even to the point of him being exiled for awhile by being a part of the very thing he has stood against for so many years . But to end on a positive .. I’ll 2nd the Cassandra Willson recommendation and add in as an off beat bonus James Taylor’s rendition as well … which surprisingly was quite refreshing and very well done .
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Comics, Entertainment, Film & TV, Movies
‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Director Patty Jenkins Uncertain About Returning For Third Wonder Woman Film
Written by Kenneth Yambo on December 23, 2020
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Director Patty Jenkins has become as synonymous with the Wonder Woman character almost as much as the actress, Gal Gadot, who plays the Amazon demi-god. With Wonder Woman 1984 set to hit theaters and HBO Max this Friday, fans have been speculating about what exactly the future for the Wonder Woman film series holds within the larger DC Extended Universe.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Jenkins touched on her own Wonder Woman future after being asked if she will return to the DC franchise after directing her recently announced Star Wars movie Rogue Squadron. You can check out her comments below.
“We’ll see what happens. I really don’t know, I know that I’d love to do the third one if the circumstances were right and there was still a theatrical model possible. I don’t know that I would if there wasn’t.”
Patty Jenkins on her potential return to a third Wonder Woman film. Via NY Times.
Jenkins comments could come across as troubling to fans when taking a look at the divide between Jenkins and Warner Bros. With Jenkins’ future directing interests appearing to be in making feature films intended for a big screen release and Warner Bros. seemingly embracing their streaming power with HBO Max, it appears that either a compromise or a parting of ways between the two parties is imminent.
Wonder Woman 1984 Director Patty Jenkins (left) and Wonder Woman actress, Gal Gadot (right). Image via DC/WB.
Speaking of a divide between WB and Jenkins, within the same interview, Jenkins spoke on her own expressed frustrations towards Warner Bros.’ indecision about when to have Wonder Woman 1984 arrive in theaters. You can check those comments down below.
”I never wanted it to come out in the winter. I was fighting the studio because we were supposed to come out summer of 2020, and then they didn’t have a big movie for 2019. I was in the middle of making a limited series, and all of a sudden they announced that they had moved up the release date by seven months, which was going to give me way less time to make the movie than I had for ‘Wonder Woman’. I was saying, ‘You guys, why would you guarantee I can’t make as good of a film by making it too quick?’ So we argued about that all year, and I had to drop out of doing a whole limited series and only do the first two episodes, and just race to write an 80-page treatment at the same time as I’m trying to direct the show. We finally got lucky that it got moved back. It would have been a much worse movie if it had come out then.”
Patty Jenkins on her frustrations over Wonder Woman 1984’s ever changing release date. Via NY Times.
Judging by her comments, it certainly sounds like Warner Bros’ constant changes towards WW84’s release date began a tenuous relationship between the Jenkins and Warner Bros. In turn, this tension could have led to Jenkins casting some serious doubts towards her return to the franchise, but at this point nothing has been confirmed by either the director or Warner Bros.
On another note, if a third Wonder Woman film does come to pass, it sounds like lead star Gal Gadot already has some ideas as to what she’d like to do next with Diana Prince. The actress recently revealed that she would prefer for Diana Prince to advance with a modern day setting in any sequel. You can check out her comments with MTV, down below.
“I wouldn’t go, like, to the ’60s or to the ’40s with Wonder Woman. I feel like the past has been handled well, and now it’s time to move on.”
Gal Gadot on her desired setting for a potential third Wonder Woman film.
For now, fans still have Wonder Woman 1984 to look forward to, which is due for release in theaters and on HBO Max this Friday at 9 AM PCT/ 12PM EST. In the meantime, you can checkout the opening scene to Jenkins and Gadot’s Wonder Woman 1984 down below.
What do you guys think about Jenkins potentially not returning to direct Wonder Woman 3 ? Who would you like to see replace Jenkins if she does up parting ways with the Wonder Woman series? As always sound off in the comment section below and don’t forget to stay tuned in right here at The Cultured Nerd for the latest news surrounding Wonder Woman 1984.
Kenneth Yambo
Hello there ! My name is Ken and I’m from the Bronx. While I personally love everything nerd , my “specialization” is everything and anything to do with the Marvel , DC , and Star Wars cinematic universes. I have my own own personal page on Instagram , theculturedmultiverse, that posts everything that has to do with the DC Cinematic Multiverse so give that a follow. Look forward to sharing my passion with you guys !
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For The Fans: Supporters Hold A Vigil For Naya Rivera At Lake Piru Following The Actress’ Private Funeral
Naya Rivera was laid to rest at a small funeral service for friends and family on July 24.
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The news of Naya Rivera’s passing is still so fresh, and since fans are still mourning her loss, they decided to hold a vigil for the actress at Lake Piru.
According to reports from Page Six, fans gathered together on Saturday night in order to pay their respects to Naya Rivera. Her body was recovered from Lake Piru on July 13th, five days after her 4-year-old son, Josey, was spotted alone in a boat and she was declared missing.
A Twitter fan page for the Glee actress known as the Naya Army organized the vigil, which prompted people to travel from as far as Indiana to remember the star.
Hey Naya fans and friends… @chanelinblack and some friends are meeting today at Lake Piru for “fan vigil” and to raise money for Nayas #AlexandriaHouse today 5pm …I’ll be stopping by to donate and pay respects #NayasFanMemorial
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— Terrence Green (@RawSwagger) August 1, 2020
According to reports from KCBS-TV, multiple tables were set up to display photos and messages of Naya, some of which will be left at the site as part of a memorial for the late actress; Other pieces of memorabilia will be sent to Rivera’s family. As part of the service, fans in attendance listened to Rivera’s songs and released white balloons across the lake, which had “Forever in our hearts” written on them.
I miss you… so much. #NayasFanMemorial pic.twitter.com/VnNoc68vWU
— Kiki (@gldnhrjentana) August 2, 2020
A few weeks back, Naya’s ex husband, Ryan Dorsey and former boyfriend Big Sean took to social media to pay their respects with their own heartfelt tributes. Ryan wrote in a beautiful eulogy that life would never be the same, as Naya leaves behind him and their son Josey.
“Life just isn’t fair. I don’t know what to say…I’m thankful for our times and our journey that brought us together and gave us the sweetest and kindest smart little boy we could ever hope for.
Big Sean called her a “hero” and that she made people feel “confident in themselves to stand tall.”
We’re still in shock over the sad and sudden news.
Naya Rivera was laid to rest at a small funeral service for friends and family on July 24th.
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“Black Panther” poised to leap to top of Marvel’s box office list
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Boom! Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” continues to have a super hero worthy performance at the box office. Looking at Tuesday’s numbers, Black Panther’s domestic results were almost unreal. Here’s a how “Black Panther” compares to some of its historic domestic box office rivals.
On Tuesday, its 26th day, Black Panther made $5.2 million.
By comparison on their 26th day, these mega-movies made the following:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens – $3.8 million
Jurassic World – $4.8 million
Marvel’s The Avengers – $3.3 million
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – $2.4 million
That kind of performance is really strong, dropping only 17% from previous week. “Black Panther” has legs, as they would say.
If you’re curious, Wednesday’s box office was a solid $3.8 million, only a 2.5% dropoff of the previous week. With spring break already underway, this strong performance could continue for a couple more weeks.
Now the question is can “Black Panther” defend against “Tomb Raider” and claim its fifth straight weekend at #1. Black Panther is targeting a $25M weekend and Tom Raider is currently estimated to be somewhere in the $26-28M range. So a week performance for Tom Raider or another record performance for Black Panther and voila.
If it can win, “Black Panther” would become the first film since “Avatar” to stay a top the weekend box office for five straight weekends in a row. If it can manage that, a $700+ million domestic total is still in play, which would put it under Avatar and Force Awakens in 3rd place all time. The nation of Wakanda is powerful indeed.
Even if it falls short of 5 straight weekend wins in a row, is now very likely “Black Panther” will end up as the #1 marvel movie domestically. To fail to reach that mark, it would have to just fall off the face of the Earth.
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Posts Tagged ‘Congenital Zika Syndrome’
There are some risks that are relevant to all travellers regardless of destination. These may for example include road traffic and other accidents, diseases transmitted by contaminated food and water, sexually transmitted infections, or health issues related to the heat or cold.
Some additional risks (which may be present in all or part of this country) are mentioned below and are presented alphabetically. Select risk to expand information.
Insect or tick bites can cause irritation and infections of the skin at the site of a bite. They can also spread certain diseases.
Diseases in Caribbean
There is a risk of insect or tick-borne diseases in some areas of the Caribbean. This includes diseases such as chikungunya and West Nile virus.
All travellers should avoid insect and tick bites day and night.
There are no vaccinations (or medications) to prevent these diseases.
Further information about specific insect or tick-borne diseases for this country can be found, if appropriate on this page, in other sections of the country information pages and the insect and tick bite avoidance factsheet.
Dengue is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes which predominantly feed between dawn and dusk. It causes a flu-like illness, which can occasionally develop into a more serious life-threatening form of the disease. Severe dengue is rare in travellers.
The mosquitoes that transmit dengue are most abundant in towns, cities and surrounding areas. All travellers to dengue areas are at risk.
Dengue in St Vincent and the Grenadines
There is a risk of dengue in this country.
All travellers should avoid mosquito bites particularly between dawn and dusk.
There is currently no medication or vaccination available for travellers to prevent dengue.
Dengue in brief
Seasonal influenza is a viral infection of the respiratory tract and spreads easily from person to person via respiratory droplets when coughing and sneezing. Symptoms appear rapidly and include fever, muscle aches, headache, malaise (feeling unwell), cough, sore throat and a runny nose. In healthy individuals, symptoms improve without treatment within two to seven days. Severe illness is more common in those aged 65 years or over, those under 2 years of age, or those who have underlying medical conditions that increase their risk for complications of influenza.
Seasonal influenza in St Vincent and the Grenadines
Seasonal influenza occurs throughout the world. In the northern hemisphere (including the UK), most influenza occurs from as early as October through to March. In the southern hemisphere, influenza mostly occurs between April and September. In the tropics, influenza can occur throughout the year.
All travellers should:
Avoid close contact with symptomatic individuals
Avoid crowded conditions where possible
Wash their hands frequently
Practise ‘cough hygiene’: sneezing or coughing into a tissue and promptly discarding it safely, and washing their hands
Avoid travel if unwell with influenza-like symptoms
A vaccine is available in certain circumstances (see below)*
*In the UK, seasonal influenza vaccine is offered routinely each year to those at higher risk of developing of severe disease following influenza infection, and certain additional groups such as healthcare workers and children as part of the UK national schedule (see information on vaccination). For those who do not fall into these groups, vaccination may be available privately.
If individuals at higher risk of severe disease following influenza infection are travelling to a country when influenza is likely to be circulating they should ensure they received a flu vaccination in the previous 12 months.
The vaccine used in the UK protects against the strains predicted to occur during the winter months of the northern hemisphere. It is not possible to obtain vaccine for the southern hemisphere in the UK, but the vaccine used during the UK influenza season should still provide important protection against strains likely to occur during the southern hemisphere influenza season, and in the tropics.
Avian influenza viruses can rarely infect and cause disease in humans. Such cases are usually associated with close exposure to infected bird or animal populations. Where appropriate, information on these will be available in the outbreaks and news sections of the relevant country pages. Seasonal influenza vaccines will not provide protection against avian influenza.
Avian influenza in brief
Poor air quality is a significant public health problem in many parts of the world. Exposure to high levels of air pollution over short time periods (e.g. minutes/hours/days) and longer time periods (e.g. years) is linked to many different acute and chronic health problems. These effects are mainly on the respiratory (lungs and airways) and cardiovascular (heart function and blood circulation) systems.
Current information on world air quality is available from the world air quality index project.
Travellers with health problems that might make them more vulnerable to the effects of air pollution who are travelling to areas of high pollution should:
discuss their travel plans with their doctor, and carry adequate supplies of their regular medication
take sensible precautions to minimise their exposure to high levels of air pollution
check local air quality data and amend their activities accordingly
take notice of any health advisories published by the local Ministry of Health and Department for Environment, and follow the guidance provided.
It is unclear if face masks are beneficial at reducing exposure and may make breathing more difficult for those with pre-existing lung conditions. Those who choose to use one should make sure that the mask fits well and know how to wear it properly.
Outdoor air quality in brief
Zika virus (ZIKV) is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes which predominantly feed between dawn and dusk. A small number of cases of sexual transmission of ZIKV have also been reported. Most people infected with ZIKV have no symptoms. When symptoms do occur they are usually mild and short-lived. Serious complications and deaths are not common. However, ZIKV is a cause of Congenital Zika Syndrome (microcephaly and other congenital anomalies) and neurological complications such as Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Zika virus in St Vincent and the Grenadines
There is a risk of ZIKV in this country. Details of specific affected areas within this country are not available. Pregnant women should consider avoiding travel to this country until after the pregnancy. In the event that travel is unavoidable, the pregnant traveller must be informed of the risks which ZIKV presents.
There is no vaccination or medication to prevent ZIKV infection.
Women should avoid becoming pregnant while travelling in this country, and for 2 months (8 weeks) after their last possible ZIKV exposure* (see below if male partner has travelled).
If a woman develops symptoms compatible with ZIKV infection, it is recommended she avoids becoming pregnant for a further 2 months following recovery.
Pregnant women who visited this country while pregnant, or who become pregnant within 2 months after their last possible ZIKV exposure*, should contact their GP, obstetrician or midwife for further advice, even if they have not been unwell.
Please note screening of returning travellers without ZIKV symptoms is not available on the NHS. Couples planning pregnancy in the very near future should consider whether they should avoid travel to a country or area with risk of ZIKV, rather than delay conception for the recommended period (see below) after travel. This particularly includes couples in assisted fertility programmes.
Prevention of sexual transmission
Couples should follow guidance on prevention of sexual transmission of ZIKV and avoid conception as follows:
If both partners travelled, for 3 months after last possible ZIKV exposure*
Male traveller only, for 3 months after last possible ZIKV exposure*
Female traveller only, for 2 months after last possible ZIKV exposure*
See further information for pregnant women, their partners and couples planning pregnancy.
*Last possible Zika virus exposure is defined as the later of either the date of leaving a country or area with risk for ZIKV transmission, or the date on which unprotected sexual contact with a potentially infectious partner took place.
See detailed guidance on factors to consider when assessing the risk of ZIKV.
Zika virus in brief
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Posts Tagged ‘Travel Writer’
Jet Set–Approved: These Are the 11 Best Places to Travel Alone in the U.S.
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Given how many examples there are of women casting off their tired surroundings for the ready change of travel—Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, most notably—it may seem like you need to experience catastrophic pain before you can sightsee alone. But that’s not the case. If you simply think about the different annoyances that can go into group excursions, taking off on your own doesn’t seem like such a bad idea. You can book the place you want to stay, sleep as long as you’d like, make your schedule as packed or as leisurely as you please, and eat what you want, when you want. We asked three women with extensive globetrotting pasts—Helen Schuckers, Juliana Broste, and Breanna Wilson—to give their recommendations for the best places to travel alone in the U.S. Maybe this is the only sign you need to get away.
Helen Schuckers, Founder of Anchor and Pine Collective
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“Austin offers an abundance of different activities ideal for any solo traveler looking for a mix of adventure, good eats, and a night on the town,” Helen notes. To start your trip off in an adventurous spirit, she recommends a self-guided kayak tour on Town Lake. When you get hungry, Helen says South Congress has the best food options. At night, make the most of the city’s live music. “There is a music venue that will suit your tastes and help you dance the night away with the locals,” she says.
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“Kauai is one of the most peaceful places for solo travelers looking for solitude,” Helen says. “Take an overnight backpacking trip on the Nā Pali Coastline, an 11-mile stretch of rugged hiking that has some of the most beautiful sunsets and stargazing in the world.” Helen also recommends some secluded downtime at Polihale State Park, Secret Beach, and Keālia Beach when you want to relax.
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“Portland‘s accessibility to nature makes it an easy choice for outdoor enthusiasts,” Helen says. “However, Portland’s abundance of local businesses makes it a top choice for many solo wanderers looking for a good time without a lot of planning, too. Portland is a mecca of public transportation that can lead you to coffee shops, breweries, and donut shops with friendly locals always willing to have a chat.” Helen’s picks include Stumptown, Ecliptic Brewing, and the famous Voodoo Donuts.
Juliana Broste, Travel Writer, Traveling Jules
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There are so many interesting things to see and do in New York City, you’ll almost never feel lonely. “Solo travelers will find countless organized tours to meet fellow travelers, and of course, Times Square is a famous place to put yourself in the middle of the action,” Juliana says. “But even something as simple as riding the subway can be an experience for people watching.”
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“At the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Denver is great for solo travelers, with world-class skiing and mountain excursions in its backyard,” Juliana notes. “Whether you catch a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheater or you grab a bike to explore the Mile High City, there are plenty of ways to take in the atmosphere.” She recommends stopping by the different brewpubs, breweries, and taprooms in the area, and bringing your camera to explore the street art in the RiNo neighborhood.
San Francisco is the ultimate place for those who want to do what they want, when they want. “You can have tacos in the Mission District, dim sum in Chinatown, or pizza and pasta in Little Italy,” Juliana says. “Or you can grab a bike and pedal over the Golden Gate Bridge and treat yourself to an ice cream cone before a return via ferry. Whatever you feel, San Francisco can dish it up!”
Breanna Wilson, Travel and Adventure Writer, Forbes
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Sisters, Oregon
“Sisters, just outside of Bend, is where it’s at,” Breanna says. “Not only is downtown Sisters so quaint—I can’t even do it justice with words—but Suttle Lodge is one of my all-time favorite places to head for a few days by myself. Everyone who stays there is friendly, and since it sits right on Suttle Lake, you can head out on canoes, kayaks, or stand-up paddle-boards whenever you need some adventure.” The lodge is known for musicians and bands that pop in, so you never know who might be playing a few songs while you watch the sunset on the lake.
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“Scottsdale is one of those places that continues to amaze me, no matter how many times I visit,” Breanna says. “I always discover a new adventure—like this last time, when I found myself skydiving from 17,500 feet over the Grand Canyon. Or the time before that, when I floated down Salt River in an inflatable kayak.” The locals are extremely friendly, and it’s an easy place to navigate on your own, making Scottsdale a great spot for those who are nervous to travel solo for the first time.
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If an outdoorsy vacation is what you’re craving, head to Jackson Hole. “With two National Parks just outside of Jackson Hole—Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park—there’s plenty to explore during the day, and places like Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (you’ll die when you see the horse saddle barstools) for adventures of a different kind at night,” Breanna says.
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For some of the most friendly locals and a buzzing city atmosphere, Pittsburgh is the place. “I might be a little biassed on this one because I’m from here, but local yinzers (what we call someone from Pittsburgh) are some of the most welcoming people in the world,” Breanna says. “Seriously, you can find yourself bonding over your love of sandwiches with French fries on them one second, and then find yourself being invited over to your new friend’s grandma’s house for homemade pierogies the next.”
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Joshua Tree, California
Head to Joshua Tree when you need some quality ‘me’ time. “There’s just something about the energy there: You look out and see nothing but Joshua Trees for miles and feel this overwhelming sense of calm,” Breanna says. “Plus, La Copine is one of my absolute favorite restaurants in the world, and Pappy + Harriet’s in Pioneertown is one of those venues that has never, ever disappointed.”
There’s just something about the energy there: You look out and see nothing but Joshua Trees for miles and feel this overwhelming sense of calm.
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Colleen Stanley Listed in Sales Gurus 30 for 2018
Global Gurus identifies ‘Top Sales Speakers and Trainers’ in the world
LAKEWOOD, CO, March 20, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — SalesLeadership, Inc. (SLI) announced on Monday that founder and president Colleen Stanley is listed in the 2018 edition of Sales Gurus 30. Released by the Global Gurus research group, Sales Guru 30 lists the most influential and inspirational trainers and speakers in the sales industry.
“I am honored to be recognized by an elite organization like Global Gurus,” Stanley said. “Sales is a great profession and organizations like Global Gurus continue to raise the bar of excellence for all of us.”
Global Gurus identifies leading salespeople and other luminaries through an email survey of more than 20,000 industry experts. Top nominees who receive more than 500 votes in their fields are added to a shortlist.
Industry judges assess the ideas, writings and presentation style of each nominee. Ultimately, the Top 30 Gurus lists are determined by a worldwide audience who identify the “Cream of the Crop” in over a dozen categories.
Stanley is a recognized thought leader in sales for her unique focus on combining emotional intelligence skills training with consultative skill training. She created the popular Ei Selling System to help salespeople realize the benefits of emotional intelligence in the sales process. She is the author of the best-selling book “Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success” and “Growing Great Sales Teams.”
Through her speaking engagements, Stanley has presented Ei Selling to audiences throughout the United States and internationally. SalesLeadership, Inc. also invites sales teams to learn from SalesLeadership through signature events like the Ei Selling Boot Camp. Hosted at SLI’s office in Lakewood, Colorado, the next Ei Selling Boot Camp is May 8-9, 2018.
About SalesLeadership, Inc.
SLI is a trifecta in the realm of sales and sales leadership development. Colleen Stanley is an in-demand sales keynote speaker, and she works with an experienced team to deliver effective sales training and hands-on sales consulting services. Her team of experts draw upon extensive sales and business experience to provide sales and sales management training, consulting, and emotional intelligence skill training.
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RNZ this morning
What’s with TV?
John Key to address UN General Assembly
Written By: all_your_base - Date published: 10:21 am, October 4th, 2007 - Comments Off on John Key to address UN General Assembly
Categories: john key - Tags: john key
But seriously. Can you imagine it?
Clark and Key are chalk and cheese & and hardly anywhere more so than on their grasp of foreign policy. While Clark has spent the last week or so furthering our country’s interests abroad, Key’s had his foot firmly in his mouth. I only hope that the international media spares us the collective embarrassment of broadcasting his latest gaffe around the globe.
Even Clark’s most strident critics will generally admit she’s a phenomenal performer on the world stage. Foreign affairs have been a passion her whole life and she relishes the chance to represent and promote us abroad. She commands respect in virtue of both her intellect and now, seniority.
Key’s tried to compete, positioning himself as a prime-ministerial contender with “international” experience, having worked offshore for much of his professional money-trading career. A fat lot of good it seems to have done his understanding of international issues, though I suspect he’d be a dab hand at currency conversions.
Key’s most recent gaffe – his atrociously dismissive claim that “the war in Iraq is over” & is the last in a long line of events that paint National as foreign policy lightweights. It ranks right up there with Brash’s “gone by lunchtime”.
Perhaps we should have seen this coming. When Key originally won the National Party leadership he spoke openly about setting up a foreign affairs “think tank” & an early signal that his was empty. The Nats’ latest effort is a foreign affairs policy document that naively conflates foreign affairs and trade.
As if any further admission were needed that the Nats just don’t have the intellectual horsepower, Key suggested that Peters might keep his job as Minister of Foreign Affairs under a National Government. Murray McCully, their current spokesperson, isn’t even on their front bench.
Graham Hunt mused yesterday on the Sunrise show that elections in NZ aren’t won on foreign policy. I suspect that in the current international climate they very well could be. New Zealanders value our current independent stance on international issues and they’re proud of Helen Clark’s international leadership.
On foreign affairs, between Key and Clark it’s just no contest.
It strikes me that even Miss Teen South Carolina might give Key a run for his money & at least she made amends.
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Guest Post: The Coming Crisis: Just in time for #ClimateStrike, #SayNoToZoe on CASE Act Threats
Guest post by Chris Castle
The new copyright small claims court legislation (The CASE Act) passed the House Judiciary Committee, but not without thuggery from Rep. Zoe Lofgren and the Internet Association. Chris Castle narrates the issues and proposes a solution for Big Tech’s “Senate strategy” that inevitably includes Senator Ron Wyden, the grifter from Oregon and proud father of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Lofgren’s threat comes about 8:27:00 on the YouTube video here.
Internet Association Statement on CASE Act
We are up against a direct threat on stopping the CASE Act from Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Google) and our old “friend” Senator Ron Wyden, the data center senator. Just in time for #ClimateStrike, the political muscle that comes from jamming electricity burning data centers down the throats of politicians in exchange for backroom deals on tax reductions for a company that pays very little tax anyway.
We usually associate the iconic ACLU brand with good things, but not when it comes to Google. When it comes to giving indie artists a remedy for their rights in the CASE Act, ACLU sides with the multinational culture devouring Big Tech companies. For example, in a fine example of policy laundering, ACLU takes a gratuitous swipe at the Copyright Office using a Google “study” to allege bias. ACLU Statement on CASE Act
See: ACLU Gets $700,000 from Google Buzz Award musictechpolicy.com/2011/10/31/the-…r-the-company”/
ACLU Helps EFF With DMCA Delaying Tactics musictechpolicy.com/2010/07/07/aclu…laying-tactics/
ACLU Cribs from Google Lobbyists on Pro-Piracy Letter to Congress musictechpolicy.com/2016/05/04/why-…ns-from-google/
Here’s the background on data center lobbying that almost sank the CLASSICS Act–if we have a radio station in every congressional district and data centers sucking down electricity in every state, artists have an even bigger burden than ever before on policy justice.
Why Artists Should Care About Data Center Lobbying
Ron Wyden’s Teachable Moment: Should one Senator be allowed to stop 415 Members of Congress on the Pre-72 Fix
Did a Wyden Campaign Donor Fund Hedge Fund Operated Out of Senator’s Basement?
Google Investing $3.3 Billion in Data Centers in Europe (How will this affect Google’s Copyright Directive, privacy and antitrust lobbying?)
From Nature:
Already, data centres use an estimated 200 terawatt hours (TWh) each year. That is more than the national energy consumption of some countries, including Iran, but half of the electricity used for transport worldwide, and just 1% of global electricity demand (see ‘Energy scale’). Data centres contribute around 0.3% to overall carbon emissions, whereas the information and communications technology (ICT) ecosystem as a whole — under a sweeping definition that encompasses personal digital devices, mobile-phone networks and televisions — accounts for more than 2% of global emissions. That puts ICT’s carbon footprint on a par with the aviation industry’s emissions from fuel.
According to The Oregonian (Senator Ron Wyden’s home state):
Data centers have become one of Oregon’s biggest industries, with Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon spending billions of dollars to buy and equip online storage facilities in rural parts of the state. They’re lured primarily by tax savings, which can shave tens of millions of dollars from a server farm’s annual operating cost.
Google’s Massive Data Center in The Dalles, Oregon
Google CEO on EU charm offensive says about their plans to hog Europe’s electricity and vaporize lakes and rivers:
Today I am in Helsinki, Finland, to meet with Finnish Prime Minister Rinne to discuss his priorities for the European Union Presidency, from building sustainable economic growth to achieving a carbon-free future.
The Nordic countries are great examples of how the internet can help drive economic growth. As part of our vision to build a more helpful Google for everyone, we are supporting Europe’s digital ambitions in two ways.
First, by continuing to invest in sustainable digital infrastructure across Europe. Today, I announced that we plan to invest 3 billion euros to expand our data centers across Europe over the next two years. That will bring our total investment in Europe’s internet infrastructure to 15 billion euros since 2007. Our investments generate economic activity for the region and support more than 13,000 full-time jobs in the EU every year, according to a study published today by Copenhagen Economics.
Are Data Centers The New Cornhusker Kickback and the Facebook Fakeout?
The Mother’s Milk of Algorithms: Google Expands Its Data Center Lobbying Footprint in Minnesota–Home to Senator Amy Klobuchar
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Nashville Business JournaL
Nashville Business Journal featured Robin Fugett’s promotion announcement in March’s “People on the Move” section.
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/potmsearch/detail/submission/6410347/Robin_Fugett?l&time&ind&type&id=2017-03-13&ro=12
Turnip Truck founder and owner John Dyke has promoted Robin Fugett to Store Director of the company’s newly renovated Gulch location. Fugett has been with Turnip Truck since 2015, most recently serving as a Manager on Duty.
Fugett previously worked in specialty retail management in Texas for nearly three decades. She moved to Nashville and joined Turnip Truck after an eight-year tenure as General Manager of Williams-Sonoma in Fort Worth. Soon after coming to Turnip Truck, she helped launch the locally owned natural foods grocer’s new flagship East Nashville store and quickly worked her way into management.
“Robin is an exceptional leader, and we are delighted to have her at the helm of our Gulch location,” Dyke said. “Inside or outside our organization, there was no more qualified candidate than Robin.”
Fugett has spent her time at Turnip Truck learning about the store’s culture of community engagement, including fostering relationships with farmers and food producers. In her new role, she will manage all aspects of the Gulch store – from staffing to customer relations.
“When I moved to Nashville, I made the decision to transition from corporate retail management to working for a locally owned company,” Fugett said. “I consider myself very fortunate to have connected with Turnip Truck, which has given me the opportunity to quickly move into a leadership role at a company I greatly admire.”
Congratulations Robin!
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Winter 2021 Thunder Beach Association Newsletter
Happy New Year Thunder Beach,
As we look back at another Thunder Beach summer, in what is too often being referred to as a dark winter, there are many moments of light to celebrate, be thankful for, and to provide a sense of hope for the days ahead.
We thank you for standing by our association. The renewal of memberships demonstrates your collective commitment to our community. Despite needing to significantly limit our programing, our membership numbers were on par with past years. Consistent memberships is the backbone of our association and it is a testament to all of you that, without the usual programing, our memberships remained strong. Thank you.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to keeping our community together, while we had to remain apart. Thank you to every member of the TBA Executive for all of your work, much of which went unseen. The pandemic required a new playbook in all we do and significant planning went into ideas that, due to the unwavering nature of the virus, could not come to fruition. This was particularly true in regards to our Children’s Program. We thank the CITs, counsellors, parents, and children for their understanding.
We also thank those who volunteered in various capacities to put on safe socially distanced sporting and social events. It puts a smile on my face to look back at our socially distanced games of basketball H-O-R-S-E, the Thunder Run, and those wonderful event dinners from the Friendly Corner Store accompanied by our resident DJ’s live stream. There are too many people, both on and off the Executive, to thank in this short note.
This year may seem lost to some, but it is a year we will never forget. While we did not cut a rug on the clubhouse concrete, determine who among us can catch an egg hurling down with all of gravity’s power, or partake in many others of our treasured summer past-times, we can be thankful for the opportunity to reflect on how much love, joy and happiness our community has and will continue to have for generations to come.
John Philpott
President, Thunder Beach Association
CALLING ALL APPLICANTS!
As previously advised, once again application time has arrived. Applications for Counsellor and CIT positions for summer 2021 are now available HERE.
The official deadline for submissions is Friday January 29th, 2021. Please note that late applications (those received after midnight on Saturday, January 30th, 2021) will not be accepted.
All applications will be through the online form. If you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact Christine Lundy at crudics@rogers.com.
Children's Program Report
When I walked by the camp this summer there was an eerie empty feeling I hope to never see or feel again. It was a challenging summer, but Thunder Beachers from what I saw took it in great stride. The community came together and made the best out of a difficult situation.
Though its status is unclear for summer of 2021, I am staying optimistic and planning for an amazing camp year! With Liam Campbell as Head Counsellor and Olivia Blythe-Wolf as Assistant Head Counsellor expect to see some new and exciting things at camp!
As always I welcome ongoing feedback in order to help make necessary changes and improvements to the camp. Please feel free to contact me at crudics@rogers.com for any questions or concerns. It was a pleasure once again to be Camp Director and can’t wait to be back next summer!
Christine Lundy
Children's Program Director
It was a quiet summer at Thunder Beach. Although we were unable to run our children’s program or social events due to COVID-19, we expect to end 2020 with net income from operations of $19,000. Memberships were down from 2019, but only by a small margin. We earned $37,000 from membership dues in 2020. Tennis memberships increased from 2019. During 2020, revenue from tennis memberships was $9,800. We continue to track the amount of money we earn from our tennis memberships for future planning purposes.
Apparel sales moved online this year, and it was a great success. Our profit from apparel sales in 2020 was $7,000. Advertising funds continue to be an excellent source of revenue and we strongly encourage you to support our sponsors.
Harbourview and other maintenance contractors continued to perform regular maintenance duties. During the year we spent $21,000 on maintenance.
The year end for the Thunder Beach Association was December 31, 2020. Annual financial statements will be available for distribution at the 2021 Annual General Meeting in August.
Corey MacGregor
A Thunder Beach Road safety survey was conducted online in August. 288 responses were received. The results and recommendations were shared via email to the Thunder Beach Association membership email subscribers and are still available HERE. Full survey results are also available HERE.
On September 28th, Susan Inwood, on behalf of the Thunder Beach Association, presented the results and recommendations to the Tiny Township Council. The information was reviewed at the Committee of the Whole on October 19th. The Township Staff were asked to review the recommendations and report back to Council. Results are still pending.
Changes to Centre Beach Road Parking
Centre Beach Road has recently been deemed an Emergency Access Road by the Township of Tiny following a deputation made by Tristan Carter in June 2019. The road is deemed to be too narrow to allow parking. There is NO parking allowed on the road to allow fire and other emergency vehicles access to private property in the event of a fire or other emergency. New signage has already been installed.
Roster Printing Agreement
We are pleased to announce that Limestone Boat Company Inc. with Telfer Hansen, has entered into an agreement with the Thunder Beach Executive to cover all costs of the annual printing of the Thunder Beach Association Roster starting in 2021 in exchange for two full pages of advertising.
Roster Sponsorship 2020
We continued to have many businesses place ads in our printed roster and on our website despite the difficulties that many faced in this year of Covid 19. Please continue to support them and mention that you saw their ad in the Thunder Beach Roster.
This summer saw a horrible infestation of Gypsy Moths which decimated many trees. According to the Ontario Government, the defoliation caused by gypsy moths in Ontario increased from 47,203 hectares in 2019 to 586,385 hectares in 2020. In the spring of 2021, the Gypsy Moth larvae will emerge from the egg masses in the trees. Consequently, the next months will be the time to take action. More information is available HERE.
At last summer’s Annual General Meeting, a motion passed for the association to provide information to all of our members regarding safe proactive measures that can and should be taken. The Thunder Beach Association encourages everyone to sign up prior to April 2021 as per the details that follow.
Health Canada has approved an organic pesticide, which is naturally occurring in soil bacteria, called Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki (“Btk”). It has been used by many communities including the Grand River Conservation Authority. According to the Grand River Conservation Authority website, it has been used for over 30 years and has very little impact on other insects, birds or mammals.
Zimmer Air has set up numerous spraying programs of Btk for municipalities, private landowners, and associations. We encourage everyone to review the available information and sign-up in an effort to save our trees from this invasive species. If last summer is any guide to us, the risks of doing nothing are too great.
Zimmer Air will only agree to spray your property if your neighbours either participate or sign the waiver available here. Accordingly, these measures require a community response and will be optimally effective if everyone signs-up. There is a discount for any bookings before April 1, 2021. Ideally, all participating can sign up by March to avoid multiple sprayings in the warmer months. If you are an owner of multiple adjacent/neighboring lots, only one contract fee will apply with additional fees if the lots exceed one acre.
Special thanks to Barb Reidl and to the team at FOTTSA for their ongoing work and assistance on this important issue.
A Look Back at Socially Distanced Sports
Even without our tennis tournaments, baseball leagues and football leagues, there was something special about how people came together (albeit at a distance) in the spirit of sport and play.
Special thanks to Chris Burkett, Ariel Burkett, and Sasha Golish for organizing and taking the Thunder Run to new levels with a long run, a 5 km, and a kids 2 km. Congratulations to all those who won and participated with Ariel Burkett top over all in the 9k and Michael and Chris Burkett as the top men. In the 5k, the top overall was Somerset Jarvis with Michael Dion as the top man for both junior and adult. For the kids 2k run, congrats to Dimitri Armstrong and Natalie Burkett as the top two finishers.
Special thanks to Doug Jones, our unofficial man of the tennis courts and quiet groundskeeper, for planting flowers, trees, and the odd overhead smash! Keep it up Doug! Thanks to everyone as well for adapting to our new online “Skedda” Court booking system, which made it easier and safer to get a Court.
Special thanks to Tyler Richard, the unofficial “Duke” of Thunder Beach sports in procuring new basketball nets and seeing through a rather amusing game of “H-O-R-S-E” which Don Butler somehow won while wearing a “sweatzido”. Tyler also organized a Home Run Derby, which may or may not led to the clear winner, Kevin Carter, breaking a window or two on cars that everyone thought were parked far enough away.
Thank you to the Friendly Corner Store
With so much change, the staple that kept our community going was the Papastathis family who put together a herculean family effort to keep everyone safe and satisfied. Those ribs! The Friendly Corner became the cornerstone of our community where pre-ordered meals could be picked up or eaten with your “bubble” at their social distanced tables. The food was tremendous and could only be topped by the feeling of joy and community that we got from seeing our most beloved family work so hard for all of us.
In particular, they partnered with the association to deliver special meals for our at home beach events, including that incredible Hawaiian meal night. Thank you!
This year provided a further opportunity to reflect on the land we all love and it's difficult history. We are on the traditional territory of Anishinabek, Huron-Wendat, and Odawa nations, which is covered by the pre-confederation treaty, Treaty number 5 of Penetanguishene signed in 1798 between the British Crown and the Anishinabek, Huron-Wendat, and Odawa nations. There have been subsequent treaties following this agreement. There is much work to do regarding understanding the land’s history and seeking our connections with our local indigenous nations. As a humble beginning, a helpful reading list is set out below. Thanks to Katie Saundercook for her help this summer, including with this list.
Arthur Manual, Unsettling Canada: A national wakeup call
A Secwepemc activist intellectual and a Syilx (Okanagan) businessman bring a fresh perspective and new ideas to Canada’s most glaring piece of unfinished business: the place of Indigenous peoples within the country’s political and economic space. The story is told through Arthur’s voice but he traces both of their individual struggles against the colonialist and often racist structures that have been erected to keep Indigenous peoples in their place in Canada.
Paul Delaney, After the fire: Sainte-Marie Among the Hurons since 1649
After the Fire traces the evolution of Saint Marie Among the Hurons from abandoned ruins through to the completion of the carefully crafted reconstruction and museum in 1971. It also recounts the efforts of the doers and dreamers who made the reconstruction possible. Finely illustrated and written with warmth and affection, "After the Fire" is a fitting tribute to Sainte-Marie and to the people who made a dream a reality.
Paulette Regan, Unsettling the Settler Within
In 2008, Canada established a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to mend the deep rifts between Aboriginal peoples and the settler society that created Canada’s notorious residential school system. Unsettling the Settler Within argues that non-Aboriginal Canadians must undergo their own process to truly participate in the transformative possibilities of reconciliation. A compassionate call to action, this powerful book offers a new and hopeful path toward healing the wounds of the past.
Save the S.S. Keewatin
The S.S. Keewatin is one of the finest Edwardian steamships still afloat. Built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1907, she operated out of Port McNicoll for close to sixty years as a vital transport connection to Northern Ontario, ferrying passengers and cargo back and forth from Fort William and Thunder Bay. In 2012, to great fanfare, the Kee was brought back home to Port McNicoll where she has been lovingly restored and taken care of by Friends of Keewatin and close to 300 volunteers. There are currently plans to remove and potentially dismantle this piece of local history.
You can help by signing Petition e-3034 - Petitions (ourcommons.ca), sponsored by MP Bruce Stanton. If this petition gets 500 or more signatures, it will be tabled in the Commons. You can also email the Federal Heritage Minister at steven.guilbeault@canada.ca. Thank you to all who can sign this petition. With your continued support we can keep the Keewatin home.
Our thoughts are with the Cromar/Mihaichuk family, the Elder family, the Jones family, and everyone else in our community who has lost someone this year.
Stu Cromar
Sharing the sad news that Stu Cromar, father of Kathy Mihaichuk and her siblings Steve and Linda, passed away peacefully with family by his side at the of age 91 on October 29, 2020 in hospital in Hawkesbury, Ontario.
Stu was a long time cottager on East Beach where he spent his days with his beloved wife Lois. Stu and Lois were referred to as Nammy and Da by their 7 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Stu and Lois started coming to Thunder Beach with their family in the summer of 1960 but had been introduced to Thunder Beach years prior by Lois' Aunt and Uncle, Peg and Lou Christie. Stu was active in the Thunder Beach community and was president of the Thunder Beach Association from 1972 to 1974.
Stu most recently lived at La Villageois, Lafontaine before moving to Hudson, Quebec to live with his son and daughter-in-law three years ago. He was predeceased by his wife Lois in late November 2017. With sympathy and caring thoughts from the Thunder Beach community to Kathy and Mike Mihaichuk and their children, Melissa, Max and Jacki and the Cromar family on their loss.
Bruce Elder and Molly Dennison
Bruce Elder died on June 21, 2020 in Burlington at age 92. The Elder family are long time cottagers on Centre Beach Road at Thunder Beach. Our sympathy goes to Bruce’s wife Nancy and his son Steve Elder (Licia) and daughter Susan Elder (Lyle). Bruce was predeceased by his daughter, Linda Elder in 2018. Bruce loved spending time with family and friends, especially at the family cottage at Thunder Beach. He was kind, fun, endlessly curious, and technically talented.
Marion “Molly” Dennison, sister to Bruce Elder, passed away on August 28, 2020 in Toronto. “Molly” was a lifetime cottager along with her brother Bruce. She was a fun, vivacious and spirited woman who excelled at and taught bridge! Predeceased by her husband Jack years ago. Dear Aunt to Steve Elder and his sister Susan Elder.
Bob Jones, passed away on October 20, 2020 in Waterloo at age 97. Much loved Father to four children, TB cottagers Doug & Diane Jones and Barb & Wally Reidl, and David & Kathleen Jones (Cedar Point) and Elizabeth & Bob Felder (Pickering) and cherished Poppy to 9 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. His family share immense gratitude for a life well lived. Bob was only 4 years old when he first visited Thunder Beach with his parents and brothers. He had fond memories of growing up at the beach. Bob and Betty honeymooned there in October 1947 and were married 65 years before she passed in 2012. Bob shared many memories with family at Thunder Beach, including their granddaughter’s weddings (Ashley and Courtney) and his 90th Birthday party. Bob was a WWII RCAF Veteran. He was a wonderful Father and a kind, true gentleman who is dearly missed. With sympathy to the Jones family on their loss.
And on to 2021
The end of 2020 is not an end to the troubles that plagued the year, but it provides a moment for reflection on what a special community we have and hope for its future. We are now looking to the summer of 2021 with optimism that many of our treasured pastimes will return and that new traditions will be created. As we reflect on our Thunder Beach history and the contributions of so many members, it is important to recall that all events and programming was, at one point, an idea by a volunteer in our community. If people wish to get more involved in the Thunder Beach Association, in any capacity, you can contact John Philpott at jsphilpott@gmail.com.
Stay safe and have a great start to 2021!
The Thunder Beach Executive
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Governor Haslam, Commissioner Boyd Kickoff Manufacturing Week
Visits include stops at GM, Denso, Bridgestone to promote manufacturing careers
GALLATIN – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Economic and Community Development Commissioner Randy Boyd today kicked off Manufacturing Week, a celebration of Tennessee’s manufacturers aimed at encouraging students to pursue careers in the growing manufacturing industry in Tennessee. The Brookings Institution recently ranked Tennessee No. 1 in the U.S. for advanced industry job growth.
Over the next five days, Gov. Haslam and Commissioner Boyd will visit manufacturing plants across Tennessee and meet with high school, middle school and community college students.
“Manufacturing has long been a hallmark of Tennessee’s economy,” Haslam said. “Manufacturing Week is about encouraging young Tennesseans to seriously consider getting the post-secondary credentials needed to pursue a career in manufacturing,” Haslam added. “By touring manufacturing plants, and hearing from Tennessee companies and employees, students will get a hands-on learning experience about the types of highly-skilled jobs available in our state.”
Nearly 344,000 Tennesseans work in manufacturing and since 2010, Tennessee has gained more than 45,400 net new manufacturing jobs, the fifth-largest increase in the U.S.
“Roughly one-in-four Tennesseans who work in manufacturing are age 55 or older,” Boyd said. “That means a big portion of this workforce will be reaching retirement age in the next decade. Our task is to help Tennessee companies find the next crop of talent. To do so, high school students need to be aware of the wealth of companies in their own backyard and also know the skills they need to attain these jobs. Manufacturing Week will get students on to the factory floors of Tennessee companies and serves as a great way to ensure our future workforce will consider careers in advanced manufacturing, engineering and other high-skilled jobs.”
Several dozen Tennessee manufacturing companies, Tennessee community colleges and chambers of commerce are hosting events this week and throughout the month of October to celebrate National Manufacturing Day, which is on Oct. 7.
Gov. Haslam and Commissioner Boyd joined The Tennessee Manufacturers Association, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Beretta USA officials at a kickoff event Monday at Beretta’s Gallatin manufacturing plant.
This week, Gov. Haslam will tour DENSO’s Maryville facility with students and meet with students participating in a simulated work-environment program at General Motors’ Spring Hill plant.
Commissioner Boyd will also make stops at Gestamp in Chattanooga, ATC Automation and Ficosa North America in Cookeville, Smith & Nephew in Memphis and Bridgestone Americas in La Vergne, among other events at local high schools and technical centers throughout Tennessee.
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Article 50: The risk to UK agricultural and fishing industries
Owen Paterson: How we can reset our fisheries policy – and empower ... - politicshome.com
What will Brexit mean for important policies such as CAP and CFP? What risks industries within the UK?
by Matthew Clifton (article) and Parasshuram Shalgar (video)
The government are producing details of the Great Repeal Bill, which is the bill to choose what EU legislation and regulations to fully incorporate into British law. However, with issues such as energy, environment and climate change, there is concern over what vital regulations that are long-term ideals and plans will be kept and developed. This is the second part looking at the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
Both, CAP, and CFP, were cited throughout the original referendum debate as policies that inhibit our industries, even resulting in the weirdest moment of the debate when a flotilla ‘battle’ started on the Thames involving Nigel Farage and Bob Geldof.
Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is cited by Europhiles as an inhibitor on British farms, forgetting the importance of this policy. It has been a force in maintaining production across Europe and there is a high chance that the government will keep it. This policy has helped maintain the low-input high-nature value farms, whilst creating pressures on the environment from advanced production and input.
Since 1990 CAP has gone through a series of reforms to try and improve its environmental orientation, sharply reduce subsidies and their harmful impacts. Despite the reforms there is a way to go before they create a truly ‘green’ policy.
There is uncertainty whether a Brexit would do serious harm or not. The UK will have to create a new set of national agriculture policies, where there would be major variations between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.
It is unfortunate that current UK policy, strongly supported by the Treasury, is to cut the expenditure of agriculture.
There are question marks over whether future governments would also apply the same agriculture policy, and experts expect major cuts. This could see the incentives for greener farming decline. This also would raise question marks over an imposed environmental obligation, due to more subsidised competition from EU states.
There is a great deal of uncertainty with the CAP and it is perceived that a Brexit would pose more of a risk to the environment than not.
Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
Critics cite CFP significantly more than other EU policy, and this was the reason for the ‘naval battle’ on the Thames during the referendum. This policy has had its issues since it was introduced, and has been mostly unsatisfactory in environmental terms.
However, other transnational fisheries management regimes have suffered similar weaknesses, it is difficult to manage marine life as there are no clear boundaries. Recently the CFP was reformed and is now heading in the right direction to tackle the environmental burden of industrial scale fishing.
Regardless of what deal the UK strikes with the EU, one thing is for certain is that CFP will cease to apply. The difficulties this will impose are that we would have to negotiate fishing agreements with EU member states. There are also the politically sensitive discussions between devolved British jurisdictions, as most stocks migrate to and from British waters. British fishers also work in other states’ waters.
There is no evidence to suggest that there would be closer alignment to ‘total allowable catch’ in the UK, and no evidence that this will allow for further ‘greening’ amongst fisheries.
Overall there is a significant risk to marine life if we were to leave the EU. CFP allows the protection of stocks, and helps sustainability.
Any agreement that is made with the UK and the EU, we would have to use the framework of CFP as this has far too many benefits to stock sustainability. There would be too many unwanted risks and international marine law does not provide the means to ensure compliance, this is a significant weakness.
Matthew Clifton
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Ben Hardy and Jameela Jamil join The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
Dan Seddon
9 January 2021, 12:31 pm ·2-min read
EastEnders actor Ben Hardy and The Good Place's Jameela Jamil are officially part of the ensemble cast for rom-com The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.
Via The Hollywood Reporter, it's been revealed that this one covers a 24-hour period where Hadley (played by Split's Haley Lu Richardson) and Oliver (Hardy) start to fall for each other during a transatlantic flight.
The logline goes on to tease: "Is it misfortune or fate that separates them when they land? The probability of ever finding each other again seems impossible, but love – and London – may have a way of defying the odds."
Related: 12 supposedly sweet rom-coms that are actually really creepy
Other recognisable names featured in the cast include Catastrophe's Rob Delaney, Rocketman director Dexter Fletcher and Bridget Jones's resident potty-mouth Sally Phillips.
Katie Lovejoy is down as the movie's screenwriter – adapting Jennifer E. Smith's novel of the same name, published in 2011, while Vanessa Caswill directs.
Cameras are already filming in London, so we'd expect The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight to arrive on the big screen (or streaming) either later this year or early 2022.
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Empathic Healer
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"Your agony shall be my burden."
— Orion, Atlas Reactor
A person who can heal other people's wounds by taking them onto themselves. Oftentimes when they heal someone else, they get the exact same injuries or ailments. Sometimes, though, they just get really sick or feel great pain. The point is healing others causes them to feel pain or sickness themselves, making it a real sacrifice every time they heal.
Expect there to be one point when they have to decide whether or not to heal someone with definitely fatal injuries. See also Sacrificial Revival Spell.
A subtrope of Equivalent Exchange. Can sometimes be a White Mage, but doesn't have to be.
May be inverted for a more villainous equivalent — healing yourself by transferring your wounds to an enemy.
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Some hurriedly-introduced Applied Phlebotinum allows Zoro of One Piece to take the pain from Luffy's injuries.
Joshua of Chrono Crusade was at least heavily implied to be like this. He wasn't an Ill Boy until he got his powers, and he can't use his powers to heal himself. One of the extras on the DVDs state that this system is made to embody the virtue his power represents (Hope)—the more he uses his powers, the sicker he becomes, so the more he has to have hope for the future.
In Violinist of Hameln, Queen Horn has such healing powers, which her daughter Flute has inherited.
Surprisingly enough for a kid's show, Ojamajo Doremi has this. For this reason, healing magic is actually illegal: if a Witch tries to use it on a human or an animal, she's very liable to die. When Hazuki willingly broke the taboo to help a dying bunny and the very traumatized girl who was taking care of it, she only got sick... and that was specifically said to have happened just because the Queen was around.
Buso Renkin: The special ability of the gauntlet part Ouka Hayasaka's buso renkin Angel Gozen is to create arrows with a heart motif that, when they hit the target, transfer their wounds to her. She almost died using this ability to prevent Kazuki and her brother Shusui from killing each other during their fight.
While Himawari from doesn't innately possess this power, she did take some scars from Watanuki as the price of a wish to save his life after her bad luck and his subconscious desire to end his existence left him severely injured.
Similarly, Doumeki lost the same amount of blood as Watanuki did from the same incident.
Scheris Adjani's alter power in Scryed has this as a primary ability, though it's only invoked once, when sacrificing herself in order to bring Ryuhou back to life.
Rory Mercury does this for Youji in Gate prior to their second fight with a deadly Fire Dragon. During the battle, he gets beaten pretty badly, but it doesn't seem to slow him down much. After they finish off the dragon, however, Rory's suffered Clothing Damage and looks like she took quite a beating, due to the damage Youji suffered transferring to her.
This seems to be the standard with characters in Hunter × Hunter who have the ability to remove curses, known collectively as exorcists. Abengane can remove one curse at a time, which is stored in a snake-like creature that then attaches itself to Abengane. The curse is suspended while in this creature, but Abengane is unable to lift any further curses, and the creature remains attached to Abengane until he performs what's needed to undo it. Hina can lift curses as well, and like Abengane, she can only do so one at a time. It manifests in her body, making her appear pregnant and significantly inhibiting her movements until the curse is lifted or the cursed person dies.
Tatsuya Shiba of The Irregular at Magic High School has powers that work like this. While it's implied he could even heal someone from straight-up death, he not only feels their pain but feels it intensified (inversely proportionally) according to the amount of time he spends performing the healing. For example, if someone has been suffering for two seconds and he heals them in half a second, he feels all their pain times 4, so that he feels the full brunt of it. It's much worse for long-standing or particularly horrific injuries, and understandably no one even asks him to use this unless it's a matter of death or permanent disability and fully expects that he keep this ability hidden and out of use for fear of what it might do to have to put himself through that.
Raven in Teen Titans.
Inverted by Holden Carver aka The Conductor in Sleeper - an alien artifact prevents him from feeling anything, especially pain. Any time he's injured, he can transfer the pain he would feel to others by touching them.
Ragman from The DCU. He's a walking purgatory, taking the souls of killers. They get redemption by sharing his wounds. Distributed widely enough, they remain relatively unaffected. Some souls get 'permanent' injuries. Taking on enough injuries (or giving strength to Ragman) raises the Karma level, sooner or later, a Good Afterlife results.
This is (sometimes) how Multiple Man, from Marvel Comics, heals. A knife wound on one man is drastic but on forty is nothing. Other times, as with a hangover, it just hurts that much more. Similarly, he can safely reabsorb a critically injured dupe, but hates doing it because, well, it hurts.
Nightingale in Marvel: The Lost Generation has powers that work like this, and it appears that every healing takes a little more out of her. She finally dies when she has expended everything she can give.
The Silver Surfer can heal, but only be expending his own Life Force to do it. A minor injury isn't that big a deal, but bringing someone back from death's door leaves him incapacitated for a while afterward.
Ginny in the Harry Potter Fan Fic After the End.
Melanie Bostella's Innocence in D.Gray-Man: Chaos at The Order.
In Hope for the Heartless, there exists a certain prayer done directly to the Fates themselves. It allows the prayer to transfer the pain of someone else into themselves, but only the pain is transferred, not the cause of it. The prayer is used by Avalina onto the Horned King after he saves her from drowning and the water left inside his system leaves him in a very painful state. While she ends up in a painful state for hours, the water remains inside the Horned King, who is both angry and worried for her doing that after nearly drowning. The prayer reads like this:
"Oh Fates, please now hear my plea. Please grant me what I ask of thee. This pain that fills my friend so kind, I beg you, free him, and make it mine."
TRON: Endgame Scenario: The primary manifestation of Jethro Bradley's User powers. He can absorb corruption from Programs, transmute it to harmless code, and sometimes weaponize it (the Ball weapons seen in the game), but it's a matter of "can my abilities to nullify the poison work faster than the poison's ability to damage me?"
John Coffey in The Green Mile has a variation; when he heals people, he takes their sickness and wounds inside himself, then expels them in a cloud of noxious black. It is not a pleasant experience, and if he doesn't expel it quickly, it takes a toll, but so long as he does expel it, there's no lasting damage.
Part of the explanation of Kayako's origins in The Grudge 2.
Paul in, uh, Paul does this. He can also heal himself while he's at it, but it's exponentially more difficult with human healing.
Code 8 has Nia, though it's only revealed that her Healing Hands are actually this during the climax.
A hospital tests a revolutionary device that allows a mother giving birth to transfer the pain to the father. An expectant couple try it, and while the mother reports that she's not feeling any pain at all, the father says he can't feel anything either. Despite the doctors being stumped, the birth goes painlessly for both parents, and they return home... to find the milkman dead on their doorstep, an expression of absolute agony on his face.
This is how healing works in Young Wizards. However, only involves sharing the injured party's experiences, and not the actual injuries, though some serious healings require a bit of the wizard's blood (see Deep Wizardry).
Kane in Dennis L. McKiernan's Caverns of Socrates heals people in this manner, taking others' injuries onto himself.
This is how wizardly healing works in the Sword of Truth series. The wizard doing the healing doesn't receive the same wounds but has to take some of the pain that is associated with getting the wound in the first place in order to do it. For example, restoring someone's severed foot makes the wizard take on the pain of it getting bitten off.
An odd example in The Cleric Quintet - Cadderly uses this on his ally after borrowing another ally's Ring of Regeneration because it can only heal wounds suffered after the ring is put on. If he hadn't, the wounds would have killed him, making the spell of rather dubious use under any other circumstances.
In The Shape Shifter, Mia originally starts out as one of these, but as time passes she becomes able to heal injuries without hurting herself.
People with yellow Spirit Stones in the Broken Sky series have this ability. To compensate for taking the wounds of others, they also have enhanced healing. Kia's amnesia from witnessing the Netherfane was healed this way.
The heroine of Lois Bujold's Paladin of Souls gets involved with a pair of noble brothers who share a mortal wound and a demonic link: the elder brother, who is walking around, is actually dead, while the younger, comatose brother's life force is almost entirely diverted to keeping the elder 'alive'. The climax involves the eldest leading a desperate sortie from their sorcery-besieged castle while his brother and his demon-haunted wife absorb, as long as possible, the accumulating battle wounds.
This is the power of Thom's in Perry Moore's Hero. However, there is a twist to it. The emotional and physical pain Thom absorbs does affect him, but if he can handle it, it makes him stronger, to the point of being able to lift buildings, as shown in the end.
The special power of Trenod in The Hour Before Morning, who has to live not only with the pain of healing but with a government which forces him to push himself too far for what it considers the general good.
The title character from The Man Who Carried Trouble has the ability to absorb other people's worries. Despite not being his, however, they still seem to somehow weigh on him.
Brewster, of Bruiser takes on the physical and emotional injuries of anyone around him that he cares for whether he wants to or not.
Tiffany Aching, in the young adult Discworld books, learns a technique of withdrawing a patient's pain to ease their suffering. She doesn't have to take it into herself, though- she can siphon it into an inanimate object, whereupon it is transmuted into heat.
In The Haunting of Drearcliff Grange School, "Shrimp" Harper develops the ability to "breathe in" another person's illnesses or injuries, curing them. She receives the subjective effect of the illness or injury, but not the thing itself, and it fades away over time; when she cures someone's broken arm, she has to wear her own arm in a sling for a few days until it remembers that it's not actually broken.
In the books Touchof Power by Maria V Snyder Avry puts her hands on the injured and assumes their wounds and diseases into herself. For example, healing a person of plague or being run through with a sword, she receives the same disease or injury but suffers through it and heals at a faster pace than an ordinary person.
This is how Scapegoat's powers work in Worm: he can temporarily heal people, provided they do not take additional damage for a few hours or they'll revert to their injured state, but he experiences any injury the healed person has.
Live Action TV
The first episode of an obscure TV show called Miracle deals with a young boy who has such an ability. he saves the protagonist from a deadly car crash, killing himself in the process.
Star Trek: The Original Series episode "The Empath". The title character can do this, and her decision of whether to risk her life to save Dr. McCoy is a major plot point.
Smallville. In season 6, Chloe Sullivan acquires this power (among others). Overusing this ability actually killed her twice, but luckily she could resurrect herself.
Zhaan in Farscape could absorb others' pain, if not their actual injuries. Stark develops a more limited version of this later.
Dr. Rosen in the Babylon 5 episode "The Quality of Mercy", using alien technology.
An episode of the short-lived horror anthology Night Visions, "Now He's Coming Up the Stairs," starred Luke Perry as a psychotherapist with the ability to absorb his patients' mental disorders.
The X-Files, "The Gift": Agent Doggett, looking for Mulder, investigates a town with a monster that turns out to be a healer that eats the illness out of people, absorbing it. Thing is, he's done it so many times and absorbed so many illnesses that he no longer looks human. Like in the example mentioned above, Doggett is killed, and the healer ends his life by eating Doggett's death.
In Heroes, this seems to have been Hiro Nakamura's mother's ability.
Raw, the Cowardly Lion analogue in Tin Man. Within five minutes of screen time, he healed a nasty wound on Cain's leg and affirmed that what DG and Glitch thought was just a Jerkass was really a Knight in Sour Armor.
In The 4400, a one-shot character had the ability to heal genetic defects and birth complications in vitro. Eventually, it was revealed that he was taking these genetic defects into himself. Since he was already full-grown, it didn't have any immediate result, but over time, combined with the sheer numbers he had healed, he became terminal.
James Heath of Fringe used the inversion - he staved off his cancer by transferring it to others. Later in the series, he was able to take the sickness of others into himself.
Warehouse13 featured Mary Mallon's Butcher's Knife in one episode, which can transfer injury and illness both ways. It was eventually used by a man who stole it to give himself his dying son's cancer, saving his son but dooming himself.
Legend of the Seeker: Zedd's healing is similar to the books, though here he takes part of not only a patient's pain but also the disease itself. In "Fever" this becomes a grave problem, as he has to heal himself as well periodically, plus recovering his strength.
The Twilight Zone (1985): In "Quarantine", John uses his ability to absorb another person's pain on Matthew Foreman during the surgery to remove his cancerous tissues.
The song ソレイユ -Soleil- by Toraboruta-P features Kagamine Rin as a girl healing the afflicted masses by taking on their darkness and growing progressively weaker.
Dungeons & Dragons:
The game has spells that cost the caster experience points or cause them to age rapidly for a limited time, depending on the edition. Sometimes the sacrifice can be transferred to or shared with others... voluntarily or not.
AD&D 2nd edition psionic power Lend Health.
The 3.5 psionic power Empathic Transfer does this. The psionic power Hostile Empathic Transfer is the opposite. In particular, Hostile Empathic Transfer is both the most efficient damaging power and most efficient healing power in the basic psionics book, but is touch-range, allows a Will save for half damage, and the damage is capped by the damage you've taken.
The 3.5 exalted feat "Stigmata" allows you to heal people by taking persistent, bleeding wounds yourself. The overall tradeoff is incredibly efficient (especially with help from other abilities), but the ability damage can't be healed for an hour, leaving the user weakened for quite some time.
The 4th ed. epic-tier Paladin daily "Gift of Life" allows you to heal others for up to half of your maximum Hit Points, which you take as damage. If someone died since the end of your last turn, you can even bring that person Back from the Dead at 0 HP, taking half of your maximum HP as the cost of it. It is not a good idea to do this when you're bloodied unless you're into the whole Heroic Sacrifice thing.
Forgotten Realms arcane spells "Healing Touch" (a reversed variant of Vampiric Touch, hurts The Undead as usual) and "Simbul's Synostodweomer" (converts memorized spells into healing effects).
The 2nd Edition supplement HR5 The Glory of Rome has the Caladrius bird. It can look at an ill person and draw the disease out of their body and into its feathers, which then turn grey. When it flies high up into the sunlight the sun's rays purify it.
In the 5th Edition supplement book Xanathar's Guide To Everything, there's the 3rd level spell "Life Transference'', which is available to wizards and clerics. The caster takes Necrotic damage, then chooses a target within 30 feet of them who heals double that amount. Ironically, it's a necromancy spell and necromancers in 5th Edition eventually gain resistance to Necrotic damage, but permissive G Ms will often let necromancers apply their resistance to the damage they take but allow the healing amount to be based on the actual number rolled rather than have necromancers somehow be less effective at using a necromancy spell than other wizards.
Mutants & Masterminds lets one create this sort of character as a modifier to the Healing power.
The Blessed in Deadlands feel the pain of whoever they use the Lay On Hands Miracle to heal, and risk suffering identical wounds if the casting roll fails badly.
Shadowrun Adepts plays this so straight that the actual name for the power is "Empathic Healing". A key thing to note, however, is that it's not only not guaranteed, it's very difficult to absorb the entire set of injuries, so there's not much risk in using the power on a gravely-injured man.
This is how the Healer character class works in Role Master — the spells learned are a free-form Empathic Healing list and lots of spells for healing yourself. Notable in that while Heroic Sacrifice is possible, there's actually a spell that allows you to raise the dead by giving up your own soul during the transfer process and then (while soulless) casting the spell to reclaim it.
Share Vitality does this in GURPS: Magic.
Classic Traveller, Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society #5 article "Special Psionic Powers". The new Empathic Healing psionic power allows the user to transfer someone else's wounds to themselves. If the psionic has the Awareness power, they can use the Regeneration subpower to heal the transferred injuries.
In Magic: The Gathering, Hazduhr the Abbot can redirect damage from allied white creatures to himself, while Kor creatures (also in white) have an inverted version - they can shunt damage they take to other allied creatures.
Ramza's "Wish" ability from Final Fantasy Tactics.
Micaiah's "Sacrifice" ability in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn.
Like almost all of the spells in Fire Emblem Gaiden, healing magic is Cast From Hit Points. Thankfully the target usually recovers more HP from the spell than the caster spent, so keeping two healers close to each other effectively lets you heal for free. Also, some healers have access to the Nosferatu spell which takes the cost of their other spells out of the enemy.
Fire Emblem Heroes has two non-staff healing options that require this. First is Ardent Sacrifice, which heals 10HP from target and takes away that much from the user, and the second one is Reciprocal Aid, which has the user swap their health with the target's.
With the inclusion of Micaiah from Radiant Dawn, she is also capable of using her signature “Sacrifice” ability that transfers as much HP from herself to her target of healing as she can, down to the limit of leaving 1HP for herself.
City of Heroes: the powers Absorb Pain (in, appropriately, the Empathy powerset) and Share Pain (in the villainous Pain Domination powerset) do this. The healer is prevented from being healed themselves for a time (fifteen seconds, which in CoH is a long time).
Notably, Absorb Pain is considered an entirely dispensable power, especially considering that heals are inferior to buffs by far.
In Pokémon, the move Pain Split works by adding up the HP of the two Pokemon and redistributing it to them equally. If you're lower than your opponent on health, you recover. If your opponent has less, you end up healing them at the cost of your HP.
In the card game, the Base Set version of Alakazam allows you to move damage counters around between your active and reserve Pokemon, although it specifically keeps the player from knocking out their own monsters in this way.
Alicia of Bullet Witch, can heal injured civilians this way. Her impressive regenerative powers will quickly nullify any damage she acquires this way, however.
In Tsukihime, Akiha Tohno gave half of her life force to Shiki after he was killed eight years ago, dooming herself to a "half life" (not to mention the complications with her blood). Shiki isn't much better off, either, but at least, he's alive and that's good enough for her.
In DragonRealms, the healing class is called the Empath. An Empath could take damage from a particular limb, scaring, and even nervous system damage.
In Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Wilford Brimley has the ability to cure diabetes (which in the game is the equivalent of Poison) by taking it in as his own and worsening his own diabetus.
In Borderlands 2, Krieg has an ability that lets him revive other characters automatically in exchange for putting himself in a downed state. However, with the "Light the Fuses" skill, he can instead be Cursed With Awesome.
Dragon Quest IX has the H-Pathy and M-Pathy skills, which transfers part of the user's HP/MP to the target, though H-Pathy isn't really worth a healing spell.
Orion from Atlas Reactor. His signature move, Fate Transfer, transfers 75% of the damage an ally takes this round to himself and gives him energy (used to power his Ultimate) for every point of damage so taken.
In Tyranny, the endgame reveals that Graven Ashe's Aegis works in this way. If Graven Ashe is killed, the effect of all the pain he took onto himself is immediately reversed, destroying the Disfavoured irrevocably.
In Drowtales, Faen (and, it's implied, a good part of her family) have this power. It's not clear if she can die by healing, though.
Adrak in Dominic Deegan can do this using the Nakta, which is usually a destructive force, as seen here .
In Lin T, Bactine's healing abilities work this way; she takes the subject's wounds into her body and then heals herself. Eventually she sacrifices her own life by healing a terminally ill character and the dying protagonist in succession.
Patchwork Heroes has one of the characters able to heal others. In an interesting subversion of the whole "save a dying person by sacrificing yourself" business, she was able to save her lover from mortal wounds by only absorbing some of them, just enough that they both survived with grievous injuries.
Nine from Machine Flower. His entire trick is combining this with a Healing Factor.
Catharine of "Sister Claire" displays this ability in this Missing Moments page.
When the Adventurer in Penny Blackfeather tries to heal Penny's cut, he accidentally transfers it to himself, because he's untrained in magic.
Web Original
SCP-590. He feels your pain.
Kerry, in the Whateley Universe. Not only does she take on the injury or illness of whoever she heals, but she gets major echoes of the last people she healed too. So she might heal your blindness and be blind for hours but also get the agony of the cancer patient she cured last, and the cripple she healed before that, and... Even worse, she got captured by some people who forced her to cure person after person after person...
In Worm, Scapegoat has something which is almost this — the effect is conditional on neither him nor his target being subjected to any severe impacts or injuries in the hour or six following the procedure. He also has the ability to transfer the injuries onto someone else.
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Posted on May 29, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.
Blowhard, Esq. writes:
I finally caught up with GET OUT, writer-director Jordan Peele’s racial satire. A box-office smash beloved by critics (well, most of them), Peele takes Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “black bodies” rhetoric and recasts it into a horror-thriller. Chris Washington, a young black man played by Daniel Kaluuya, is going away for a weekend with his white girlfriend, played by Allison Williams, to meet her parents for the first time. While there, Chris discovers that he’s the target of an ongoing plot whereby a cadre of rich white people kidnap blacks to use their bodies as either neutered slaves or host vessels for their transplanted brains. It’s a juicy premise that may work as social commentary, but fails as a thriller.
By coincidence my co-blogger Enzo watched it the same night I did and we got to talking about the screenplay. As he pointed out, thrillers like this — from SHADOW OF A DOUBT to ROSEMARY’S BABY, to B-grade fare like UNLAWFUL ENTRY or even C-grade fare like THE FIRM — rely on exploiting the protagonist’s trust. The protagonist should want to be a part of the world that will double-cross him. This raises the emotional stakes and makes the betrayal greater.
But here, Chris is skeptical of the white world from the beginning. Instead of being reluctant to go on the trip, he should be the eager one. Instead of reluctantly submitting to the hypnosis that is ultimately used to control him, he should have volunteered. Even worse, the movie gives Chris every reason to be repulsed by the whites. All of them look, act, and talk like creeps, when they should be ingratiating and charming. Peele says in his commentary that the movie was written during the Obama era when people were celebrating a “post-racial America,” but Peele thought that was a lie, that racism was simmering right beneath the surface. He intended the movie to be a “gut punch” (his phrase) as to how things really are. But for a gut punch to be really effective, the protagonist should be caught off guard, yet Chris is on guard nearly the whole time. Although shot in Alabama, Peele is skewering the racism of middle-and-upper-class white liberals who oppress blacks not out of a sense of superiority, but because they feel inferior. The whites want what they perceive to be superior black strength, coolness, and sexual prowess. Given their perverse love, it would make more sense for them to approach Chris with seduction, instead of obviously alienating him and us.
Closely related to the first part, the movie should bring us into his head as he realizes that their seduction masks an ulterior motive. During the party scene, Enzo suggested a dialogue soundtrack with half-heard words, overlapping dialogue, and more ambiguity. Instead, none of the white people make any attempt to hide their true selves. They all say the exact wrong thing. “Peele should be turning the screw, but instead he keeps hammering the same nail,” Enzo said.
Another major mistake is the opening tag, a pre-title sequence where the movie announces its intention too baldly. In the scene, a black man played by LaKeith Stanfield finds himself lost in an upscale suburban neighborhood. (It’s funny how the streets are lined with the kind of old-fashioned lampposts that serve as romantic beacons in LA LA LAND. Here, they’re transformed into markers of white supremacy.) A car follows him and when Stanfield tries to flee, he’s abducted, and turns up later in the movie as the lobotomized stud for a white woman twice his age. Peele is attempting Hitchcock’s classic “show the bomb under the table” in an attempt to heighten the suspense. But because he fails to dramatize the story, because we’re kept at a distance from Chris the way he keeps the white world at a distance, the suspense is diminished, not heightened.
The suspense is also deflated when Peele cuts to Chris’s best friend, played by Lil Rey Howery, as he investigates Chris’s disappearance. What’s meant to be a bit of comic relief instead throws off the pacing of a crucial sequence. On the other hand, the fact that a competent, dedicated TSA agent turns out to be Chris’s knight in shining armor is perhaps the movie’s most generous joke.
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After Rosalind
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This is a story about Desdemona Peoples, known to her friends and those who read her poetry as Dez Peoples. She works at Oberon’s, the only stationery store in town, and used to be married to Larry Peoples who is now married to Penny Peoples. Given that they all live in Ophelia, Washington, a small town, you may wonder why Dez doesn’t drop Peoples and go back to using her maiden name Persons to make things less confusing for everyone. And the reason she doesn’t go back to Persons is poetry.
A striking brunette, Dez was born in Ophelia, the youngest of three kids with two older brothers. Her father Skip was a logger, her mother Ernestine a housewife who took in sewing work to supplement the family income, and both Dez’s brothers became loggers, too. By the age of twelve, Dez was determined to get out of Ophelia and never come back. Blazingly smart, she thought everybody in town was an idiot. Now she knows everybody in Ophelia is not an idiot, but when she was twelve that’s what she thought.
Dez graduated from high school at sixteen and went to college at San Francisco State where she majored in Dance. Upon graduating with honors, she moved to Portland and joined a modern dance company called Epiphany, had parts in several plays, and wrote poetry. She worked as a waitress, had a series of musician boyfriends, wrote hundreds of poems, and tried to get them published with little success.
When Dez was thirty-seven her father died and she went back to Ophelia to take care of her grieving mother. After she’d been home for a month, she had a fling with Larry Peoples who had briefly been her boyfriend in high school, and because her birth control implant gave up the ghost six months early, she got pregnant, married Larry, and took his last name to make things less confusing for everyone in Ophelia.
Much to her surprise, Dez enjoyed being married to Larry who was sweet to her during her pregnancy and sweet to their child Rosalind until Lindy, as Larry called Rosalind, was three. Then Larry got together with Penny and had little to do with Dez or Rosalind ever again.
But during Larry’s initial sweetness to her and their child, Dez stopped signing her poems Desdemona Persons and started signing them Dez Peoples, and the minute she made that change, literary magazines started publishing her poems, which led to Seven Painted Elephants Press publishing her first volume of poems Before Rosalind, which was subsequently published in a German-English edition by the Swiss publisher Werner Schaffen. And when Before Rosalind proved successful, Seven Painted Elephants Press published Dez’s second volume of poems Now She Is Two and Werner Schaffen published a German-English edition of that collection, too.
Which is not to say Dez became famous, but as poets in America fare, she was faring quite well, which is why when she and Larry divorced, she kept on being Dez Peoples.
On a muggy Saturday in August—Rosalind eight, Dez forty-six, and Dez’s mother Ernestine seventy-two—Dez and Rosalind are working in the vegetable garden in back of the two-story house where Dez grew up, digging horse manure into the soil for planting pole beans and potatoes.
Ernestine comes out on the back porch and says, “Phone for you Dez. Somebody named Lulu.”
Rosalind laughs. “You mean Zulu, Grandma.”
“Lulu, Zulu,” says Ernestine, laughing, too. “Some sort of ulu.”
“Dig on, Roz,” says Dez, hurrying to the house. “I won’t be long.”
Zulu Manhattan is Dez’s editor at Articulate Dinosaur Press in Seattle, publisher of Dez’s last three volumes of poetry. Dez’s latest volume, her seventh, Controversial Recipes, just came out in America and Europe and is getting stellar reviews. Werner Schaffen has published German-English editions of all seven of Dez’s books and she now has a small following in Germany and Switzerland.
“Hey Dez,” says Zulu, her accent southern, “we just got a call from Nathan Grayson. Well… from his people. Do you know him?”
“No,” says Dez, sitting at the kitchen table and using the same wall-mounted telephone she grew up with. “Somebody sent me the book he won the Pulitzer for. Can’t think of the title. Haven’t read it yet.”
“Well you better read it, honey,” says Zulu, emphatically, “because he apparently loves your work and wants you to open for him at a big show in Seattle on October fifth, PBS taping the show for a national Christmas special. Wants you to do about twenty minutes. They’ll pay you two grand and put you up at the Four Seasons and interview you for the special, too. Yes?”
“I’ll need to check with my mother,” says Dez, terrified. “Make sure she’s available to take care of Roz. Can I call you back tomorrow? Or Monday?”
“Monday at the latest, darling,” says Zulu, hearing the fear in Dez’s voice. “Grayson is going to be the next poet laureate, you know. Or the one after that.”
“I probably can do it,” says Dez, breathlessly. “I’ll call you back.”
Dez hangs up the phone and bows her head. This is her dream come true and her worst nightmare. She wants to be successful and wants to be anonymous.
Ernestine comes in from the garden cradling zucchinis and cucumbers in her apron, dumps the produce on the kitchen counter and says, “You okay, Dez?”
“They want me to read with Nathan Grayson in Seattle,” says Dez, anguished. “In October. For a PBS Christmas show.”
“For your new book?” asks Ernestine, getting Dez a glass of water.
Dez smiles at her mother who knows nothing about poetry except that Dez is a poet and Psalms in The Bible are poems.
“Nathan Grayson is very famous,” Dez explains, “and it certainly would help my new book if I read with him and a million people watched the show, but I’m not sure I want to.”
“Why not?” asks Ernestine, frowning at her daughter. “Wouldn’t take long. Three-hour drive to Seattle, read your poems, come on home. We’ll hardly know you were gone.”
“You make it sound so wonderfully simple,” says Dez, giving her mother a hug. “But it isn’t.”
As they plant the bean seeds, Dez tells Rosalind about the reading in Seattle.
“Can I come?” asks Rosalind, nodding hopefully. “I love Seattle.”
“I don’t know if I’ll do it,” says Dez, sinking her hands in the soil and closing her eyes.
“Why not?” asks Rosalind, frowning at her mother. “We could go to Pike Street Market and get fish and chips and salt water taffy and go on a ferry boat ride.”
“It’s complicated,” says Dez, thinking Maxine is the only person I know who will understand what I’m up against.
When Ernestine and Rosalind take the mutts Portia and Petruchio for a walk, Dez sits at the kitchen table and calls Maxine in Portland. Maxine is an artist ten years older than Dez who makes her living staging houses for real estate agents. She and Dez shared a flat and were waitresses together when Dez lived in Portland.
“Hey baby girl,” says Maxine when she hears Dez’s voice. “I’ve been meaning to call you and tell you how much I love the new poems. The one about the old lady buying whiskey in the Pakistani liquor store? I laughed until I cried. You just get better and better. And who took the picture of you on the jacket? You look like Kate Winslet with dark brown hair.”
“Roz took it,” says Dez, smiling as she recalls standing in the vegetable garden, her hair still wet from her shower, Rosalind snapping pictures with a tiny camera. “You got a minute?”
“For you, baby girl, all day.”
Dez tells Maxine about the gig with Nathan Grayson and her mixed feeling about saying Yes, and Maxine says, “Self-sabotage or self-preservation? That is the question.”
“I’m not unhappy,” says Dez, as if that might be a good enough reason not to read with Nathan Grayson.
“What are you afraid of?” asks Maxine, getting out her notebook.
“I write poetry,” says Dez with anger in her voice. “I don’t want to be mistaken for Kate Winslet with dark brown hair.”
“You’d be sensational,” says Maxine, writing Sensational at the top of a blank page. “And that would open a Pandora’s Box of interest in you. Tell me why that’s bad.”
“I like not being famous,” says Dez, hearing how false she sounds.
“And what will happen if you don’t do it?” asks Maxine, writing Pandora’s Box under Sensational.
“If I don’t do it,” says Dez, knowing how the world works, “my publisher will drop me and I will ever after be known as the uppity bitch who wouldn’t read with Nathan Grayson.”
Maxine laughs. “You are so not an uppity bitch, baby girl.”
“I’m stuck,” says Dez, quoting Rosalind who often says I’m stuck when seeking help.
“Let’s go back to the beginning,” says Maxine, writing The Beginning under Pandora’s Box. “Why do you write poems?”
“To capture moments,” says Dez, thinking of Rosalind on her knees in the garden placing big white beans in the little trench snaking through the dark brown soil.
“Why capture moments?” asks Maxine, writing Moments.
“To share them with others.”
“Why do you want to do that?”
“To connect. Maybe help.”
“You know… maybe awaken someone a little.”
“Do it, Dez,” says Maxine, writing Awaken! “Pandora won’t bother you much in Ophelia.”
So Dez takes the gig.
At the end of Dez’s sound check a few hours before the big show, Nathan Grayson and his entourage enter the vast theatre and Grayson strides down the center aisle to meet Dez coming off the stage.
A movie-star handsome fellow in his fifties, his hair a flawless gray pompadour, Nathan takes Dez’s hand in both of his and says, “Your author photos don’t lie. Why no videos?”
“I’m low tech,” says Dez, who got her hair cut stylishly short for the reading. “Just write.”
“So you’ll do about ten minutes,” says Nathan, winking at Dez. “Sound good?”
“I was told twenty,” says Dez, having memorized six poems that take her seventeen minutes to recite without haste.
“Less is more,” says Nathan, winking at her again. “Aim for ten. They always take fifteen.”
“Will do,” says Dez, wanting to like Nathan but finding him repulsive.
“Perfecto,” says Nathan, winking at her a third time. “Just be yourself.”
The first poem Dez recites is called Café Idyll, about a day in her life as a waitress—the seventeen hundred people in the audience entranced from the first line and roaring with laughter throughout.
Aiming to finish under fifteen minutes, Dez skips her second and third poems and performs A Tale of Two Bass Players, a funny poignant imagining of her long-ago bass player boyfriends showing up in Ophelia to take her back to the life she had in Portland before the coming of Rosalind.
The audience goes bonkers when she finishes the poem, cheering and whistling and applauding thunderously.
Now something in the wings catches Dez’s attention and she glances to her right and sees Nathan Grayson gesturing wildly for her to stop, to be done, though she’s only been on for nine minutes.
And when the stage manager and the show’s director fail to calm Grayson down and he’s about to walk onto the stage and do God knows what to get Dez off the stage, Dez leans close to the microphone and says, “I’ll close now with a poem inspired by Nathan Grayson who so graciously asked me to read with him.”
Which simple speech quells the beast.
When I was a child my older brothers would say to boys
questioning the little girl playing ball with them, “She’s tough
as nails. Not afraid of anything.” Which was true for all my
life until at thirty-seven I swelled with child, my Rosalind,
and in a second-trimester dream I drew my sword to fight
a man who would slay me before my babe was born. And
in that bloody duel was born my fear and the prayer
Oh let me live until my babe is born and weaned and strong.
And when my babe was four-years-old my prayer became
Oh let me live until she can make her way without me.
Now Rosalind is eight and as fearless as I
before she came to be, and in a dream
two nights ago that same man came to slay me.
But this time when I drew my sword I felt no fear,
for Rosalind was beside me, her sword drawn, too,
a cunning smile on her soon-to-be-a-woman’s face.
A gorgeous day in October—Rosalind thirteen, Dez fifty-one, Ernestine seventy-seven—they are having breakfast in a café in Zurich, Switzerland with Dirk Rosenfeld, Dez’s translator at Werner Schaffen, publisher of all ten volumes of Dez’s poetry in beautiful German-English editions.
“Soon,” says Dirk, watching Rosalind take a sip of coffee from her mother’s cup, “you will be having your own cups of coffee, Roz.”
“I prefer sipping from my mother’s cup,” says Rosalind, smiling at Dez. “I suppose I might move away some day and then I’ll have my own cups of coffee, though I only ever want a few sips.”
“It begins with a few sips,” says Dirk, nodding sagely. “Then one day we want a little more and a little more, and soon one cup is not enough.”
“That’s me,” says Ernestine, never having imagined she would ever go to Europe as she has now twice with Dez and Rosalind. “Two cups every morning and sometimes three, and another two in the afternoon. But not Dez. She finishes the one with breakfast and that’s it for the day. Been that way since she was twelve.”
“Not counting the twenty years I lived away from home,” says Dez, remembering the cozy flat she shared with Maxine in Portland, purple paisley curtains, big pillows on the living room floor, Othello the cat snoozing on the windowsill, the air rich with the scent of coffee brewing.
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All About Qi Wireless Charging
December 1, 2018 /in Promotional Products /by Paige Porio
The use of wireless charging is on the rise as consumers are eager to make wireless the norm in their lives. When it comes to cutting the cable, Qi (pronounced “chee”) is a proven standard backed by more than 200 companies, used in more than 500 certified products and in the devices of 50 million consumers. Qi Certified products have become the standard because they offer quality, safety and reliability that is backed by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC).
What is the Qi Wireless Charging Standard?
Qi wireless charging is an open interface built cooperatively by a group of leading companies that comprise the WPC. This group understands the untapped potential of inductive charging to eliminate messy cables.
Qi works by using inductive charging when a Qi enabled device is simply placed upon a charging station. The device battery charges as it remains in contact with the Qi base and will switch into standby mode when the battery is fully charged. The Qi charging station is only activated when an enabled device requiring a charge is placed upon it.
All indications show that Qi wireless charging will continue to rise. According to a WPC survey, consumers who use wireless charging grew from 10% in December 2016 to 40% in April 2018.
Wireless charging was all over CES 2018 with companies releasing a wide variety of new functions and styles. Qi wireless chargers were especially popular as the industry standard recognized by most major smartphone companies. With Apple® jumping on board the Qi charging trend with the newest iPhone releases and PowerMat announcing that all future chargers will include Qi, this standard is here to stay.
Qi wireless technology eliminates the need for device charging cords. The frustration of tangles, multiple cables for multiple devices and incompatibility between chargers is also eliminated. As more businesses adopt and implement Qi wireless charging stations, it is becoming easier than ever to find a convenient charging pad and ease battery anxiety.
Qi wireless charging may be more costly for manufacturers to implement in devices, especially when device weight and size are taken into consideration. Currently, not all of the most popular devices have Qi compatible components so it has not yet become the universal standard of charging.
There is potential for wired charging to be eliminated completely for some devices, but today the technology is still in its infancy. While wireless charging is functional and convenient, there may be some circumstances where wired charging will always be preferred. However, when it comes to mobile phones and tablets all indications are that wireless charging will primarily replace cables.
Single Coil vs. Multiple Coil
When a Qi wireless charging station has a single coil the device must be placed in a pre-determined position on the pad to initiate charging. Multiple coils increase the charging area and eliminate the requirement to perfectly position a device to recharge the battery. Multiple coils may not increase charging speed or efficiency, but they do offer the greatest placement flexibility.
What’s Next for Wireless Charging
Over-the-air or proximity charging was the latest advancement in wireless charging shown by CES 2018 exhibitors. This technology uses radio waves to initiate charging on paired devices. Soon your device may start charging when you simply walk into a room that houses a receiver. Prototypes have shown this technology to work from up to 30 feet away and can be easily disguised in home décor like tiles and furniture.
Faster speeds will continue to be a driving force in the advancement of wireless charging. While 15-watt output is the maximum for Qi charging pads today that number is expected to nearly triple to 40-watts in the near future.
Until a larger group of consumers are educated on the capabilities and safety of Qi wireless charging, end users may prefer the security of a trusted retail brand. Tech brands that are recognizable offer a sense of security in both the design and advanced technology. For budget-conscious clients, look for wireless charging stations that are Qi certified to ensure performance and safety.
As Qi wireless charging grows in popularity, the impact to industries served by promo products is limitless. Countless vertical markets and venues can stand to benefit by implementing Qi wireless charging as their standard. Hotels, restaurants, airports, offices and public venues used to supply multiple charging cables configured to suit different devices. Qi wireless technology will allow these businesses and organizations to have charging stations that charge Qi enabled devices from different manufacturers without the hassle of wires.
Carrie Lewis
BIC Graphic North America
Visit the company’s website at bicgraphic.com
or call (866)
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The Constancy of Change
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Benson Laundry
December 1, 2018 /in Industrial Laundry /by Paige Porio
Morning Production Team
Led by CEO Mike Watson, Benson Laundry exemplifies the innovation of Independents within the Universal Unilink family. Their “consultative selling” approach and commitment to exceptional service has produced significant growth as they compete against the nationals in the greater St. Cloud, MN marketplace.
Mike believes that to achieve success, smaller companies must work harder. He and his team are dedicated to “taking care of the customer” which he defines as “listening to our customers, learning about their needs and plans and then, finding ways to help them succeed.”
Benson Laundry, a uniform and linen operation in Willmar, MN was acquired by Mike in 2011. Today, the company has grown to 26 employees including ten of the original staff who each has more than 20 years laundry experience.
Presently, the company is operating 12 hours a day to take care of current customers and the outlook for continuing growth is good. Mike has acquired adjacent property and is planning to build a large production facility there while converting the current property into additional parking and warehousing.
At Benson, taking care of the customer also means diversifying product and service to meet more of their customers’ needs. In 2014, Mike acquired a Jan/San business after discovering that many firms no longer employed a janitor or custodian. Outsourcing to cleaning companies has become the norm for most. To address that change, Benson Laundry makes sure that chemicals and supplies needed by the cleaning companies are in stock at his customers’ facilities. They also provide current SDS sheets for each chemical supplied.
In addition to typical “towels & tissue” that many laundries supply, they also look for other opportunities to meet customer needs by adding unique products. Benson currently provides mop buckets, garbage cans, and safety signs along with many other products not typically found in an IL facility service program. This practice not only increased revenue significantly but has helped to build strong relationships with customers.
To ensure the success of their new facility services program, Mike sought a different way to do business. His goal was to switch some items currently being purchased to a rental basis, but he quickly learned that his software would not support the changes.
After researching IL software available on the market, Mike and his team decided to create their own combining the best features of programs they used in the past while working for the nationals. This in-house designed software program, which the team at Benson called Spincycle, quickly made Benson’s operation more efficient.
With improvements over the years, Spincycle is now a Windows based operating system which gives Mike the ability to check on the operations at all times affording him much more freedom than he has had in the past.
With the new software in place, Mike was able to analyze rental pricing and create ancillary charges. “I needed a way to make the accounts more profitable while still taking care of the customer,” Mike shares. “Spincycle gives us the ability to locate the linen at all times, which has been invaluable in controlling inventory costs and, in turn, increasing profit significantly.”
The reporting aspect also saved time and helped in future planning. The Benson team has the ability to see important future loads, which has helped considerably by eliminating surprise shortages. The Route Sales Representatives have seen advantages when loading their trucks. Mike added “They have cut loading time in half, allowing them to leave on time and to better serve their customers.” With the various reporting functions, Mike has been able to accomplish his goal of being both more efficient and profitable.
As information about the new software spread, the Spincycle team became aware that other similar operations were also trying to find improved software. Their first install at an outside facility in November 2017 was successfully implemented with the resulting improvements. Since then they have fine-tuned the processes to make future installs even more effective for new users. While continuing to make sure Benson Laundry operates efficiently, Mike is actively involved with installs of Spincycle.
Mike’s decision to join Universal Unilink was also part of his strategy of operating efficiently and profitably. He points out that using Preferred Suppliers whenever possible frees his time to focus on gaining new business.
Congratulations on continued growth to Mike and the team at Benson. By working harder and using an entirely different approach than that of the nationals, they are adding revenue and increasing margins.
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Watching Members Grow Their Businesses!
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Ribble Rivers Trust
Summer E-Newsletter 2014
WELCOME TO OUR SUMMER E-NEWSLETTER
There's been a lot going on since the publication of our annual newsletter in January. Here, we provide a mid-year catch up on news and events from the Trust. Thank you for continuing to support us, we hope you enjoy the 5th edition of our summer e-newsletter.
KEEP UP TO DATE WITH NEWS FROM THE TRUST
F O L L O W on F A C E B O O K
F O L L O W on T W I T T E R
W A T C H on Y O U T U B E
V I S I T our W E B S I T E
Project Shortlisted for Award!
Dear members and supporters,
We're very excited to tell you that our Urban River Enhancement Scheme (URES) in Burnley has been shortlisted for a National Lottery Award in the 'Best Environment Project' category!
The National Lottery Awards are an annual search to find the UK's favourite Lottery funded projects. Lottery players raise £33 million each week for projects all across the UK and the Awards highlight how that funding has changed the UK for the better.
Now in their 11th year, the Awards recognise the incredible difference that Lottery funded projects have made to people, places and communities all across the UK. They also celebrate the talent, hard work and dedication of the people involved in running them.
Victoria from Ribble Trust said “We are delighted to have reached the finals of the National Lottery Awards. Our Heritage Lottery funding has allowed us to run a project which will transform the river environments in Burnley town centre, improve hidden streams to attract more wildlife and engage the local community with their rivers.”
“We really hope people across the North West and throughout the UK will get behind this innovative project and give us their support as we attempt to win a National Lottery Award.”
The winners in each of the seven categories will be invited to a star-studded Awards event to be broadcast on BBC One and will receive £2,000 to spend on their project. Voting closes at midnight on 23rd July.
Urban Rivers Cleanest for 20 Years
A recent study carried out by Cardiff University suggests that urban rivers are the cleanest they've been for over two decades.
Since 1991, the university has analysed populations of aquatic invertebrates at more than 2,300 sites across England & Wales. Invertebrates are indicative of water quality - the cleaner the water, the greater the species diversity should be. The study found that many invertebrate species were making a comeback, believed to be a result of reduced urban pollution.
Professor Steve Ormerod from Cardiff University said "Organisms dependent on cleaner waters, faster flows and high oxygen concentrations have been progressively re-colonising Britain's urban rivers."
Ribble Trust was already aware of recent water quality improvements in Burnley's rivers thanks to efforts from the Environment Agency and the cooperation of local businesses.
The fact that the rivers were finally clean enough to support aquatic life sparked the aforementioned Urban River Enhancement Scheme (URES), which aims to advance the rivers' recovery by improving habitat and garnering support from local communities to help ensure the rivers are better looked after in future years.
Rust - A Solution to Himalayan Balsam?
Rust could transform riverbanks from this... ...to this.
A biological control agent for the invasive non-native Himalayan balsam is scheduled for release in the UK later this year, with the aim of controlling the spread of balsam to below an economic and ecologically damaging threshold.
Puccinia komarovii, commonly known as 'rust', is a fungus that attacks the weed and kills it. The project, led by CABI, has been 7 years in development, with most of the time and money being spent on extensive host testing, ensuring the safety of the rust.
Over 70 Impatiens species were tested and over 70 other closely related and not closely related plants, both native and not. The rust shows extremely high specificity for Himalayan balsam and only fully infects one other closely related Impatiens, which is also invasive in the UK.
CABI is convinced that there is no risk from this fungus to native or ornamental plants in the UK. Importantly, they have also convinced Defra & Fera of the same.
There will be five release sites in the south of England this year. Next year, they plan to have a second phase of release, which would include sites in the North.
Although CABI is certain of its safety, there is very little evidence to suggest how effective the rust will be in the wild. This is something that will be studied post-release, opening up plenty of opportunity for student projects and citizen science.
It could be 10 years before the rust takes a hold in the North, so it is vital that we continue our traditional control methods in the meantime, i.e. more balsam bashing! If we cease efforts now, the weed will take over even more of our riverbanks, outcompeting our native flora and having detrimental effects on biodiversity and riverbank stability.
Further information on Himalayan balsam rust can be found on CABI's website: himalayanbalsam.cabi.org.
Rivers in the Classroom
This year, our annual Trout in the Classroom project involved more primary schools than ever before, connecting even more youngsters to the joy and wonder of rivers.
Twenty-two classrooms across the catchment were furnished with fish tanks containing trout eggs over the Christmas holidays. By March, most of the eggs had hatched and the children fed the trout fry until they were large enough to be released into nearby streams.
Over the course of the project, pupils learnt about the lifecycle of trout and the importance of keeping their rivers healthy through a variety of different activities, including artwork, creative writing and music.
But it didn't stop there! Some of the schools kept their tanks and were among the first to be involved in the Trust's new 'Mayfly in the Classroom' project. Mayfly larvae from a local stream were placed into their tanks and the children had the opportunity to study the invertebrates as they hatched out into winged adult flies.
Watch the River in the Classroom video!
New Eel Passes
Back in 2009, the Environment Agency reported that eel numbers had declined by up to 95% nationally over a 25 year period, mainly the result of over-exploitation, entrainment and habitat loss. Our electrofishing results show that eels extend across the Calder, Hodder and Ribble catchments and in some surprisingly urban places. However their distribution is limited in the headwaters of the Hodder and Ribble as their migratory path is being obstructed by weirs.
Earlier this year, we partnered with the Environment Agency to construct two eel passes over weirs at Croasdale Brook near Slaidburn and the River Ribble near Clitheroe to extend the accessibility of the river network to elvers (juvenile eels) and aid in their development.
Eel pass at Croasdale Brook
Bypass channels developed by Aquatic Control Engineering (ACE) were used, through which water is pumped allowing elvers to circumnavigate weirs. The pumps are solar powered to drive water through all sections of the pass ensuring that the pass is fully immersed. The pumps are programmed to switch on when night falls to coincide with the typical migration timing of the elvers. To reduce exposure to predators, elvers like to swim close to the banks of the river, hence the entrance to the eel pass is positioned parallel to it. On reaching the entrance, the elvers wind their bodies around the upward facing bristles to move up and over the weir, finishing upstream of the barrier. Although elvers and eels can move distances overland, the pump creates a constant water flow to assist free swimming.
The passes represent two of the steepest and longest installations ACE have constructed and we will be monitoring their success through capturing video footage inside the pass come the time of the 2014 elver migration.
How Efficient are our Fish Passes?
The Ribble Catchment's rivers contain over 500 barriers to fish migration, and those are just the ones we know about. Many are redundant weirs however it is not always an option to completely remove them if there are buildings and roads nearby that could be undermined by resulting erosion. Instead, we design fish easements to try to give all sizes and species of fish easy passage over the obstacles in all flow conditions.
Mike Forty, a PhD student from Durham University has been studying some of our fish easement designs to test how successful fish are at navigating the obstacle.
Read about the study in more detail.
Fish Monitoring - Results from 2013
The results from last year's electrofishing surveys and spring salmon tracking programme have been analysed and published.
Click below for electrofishing results... and here for salmon tracking results.
Ribble Way
On 1st August 2014, Trust Director Jack Spees and Mark Rudd from the Environment Agency will be walking the entire length of the Ribble Way (all 72 miles of it!) non-stop to raise money for the Ribble Trust and WaterAid.
The aim of the walk is not only to raise money, but to highlight the importance of the provision of clean water on both a local and global scale.
The pair have set a target of £4,000 to be split equally between the two charities. Please help them reach their target by sponsoring them at;
virginmoneygiving.com/team/Ribble
or text RWAY26 £10 / £15 / £20 to 70070.
Volunteers have always been an essential part of the Trust and we hope they will continue to be for years to come. It's a great way to get active and enjoy the outdoors, while meeting like-minded people who really want to make a difference to their local environment.
River clean-ups
Himalayan balsam removal
Wildlife surveys
If you'd like to join the mailing list for volunteering opportunities, send your request to admin@ribbletrust.com.
Day Ticket Fishing
Fish the Ribble and its tributaries from as little as £2.50 per day.
The Angling Passport scheme opens up new waters, bringing the joy of the river & fishing to more people than ever before. Explore some of the most beautiful and least fished pieces of water we have.
While the main River Ribble at Mitton offers fishing for all game species and a large selection of coarse fish, some of the smaller streams require a more stealthy approach and will test even the most experienced of anglers.
For more information and to purchase fishing tokens, visit the website.
Catch us next at...
Clitheroe Food Festival – 9th August
Trawden Agricultural Show – 10th August
Chipping Agricultural Show – 23rd August
Horton-in-Ribblesdale Agricultural Show – 6th September
Hodder Valley Show – 13th September
Members get 15% discount at John Norris of Penrith, the country sport and clothing specialist. Simply present your membership number when ordering.
Thank you to our members, volunteers, funders and supporters for making it all possible!
Copyright © 2014 Ribble Rivers Trust, All rights reserved.
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Guildhall Masterplan
City of London Corporation
Although it is the ceremonial heart of the City of London, the Guildhall campus had become a confusing mix of buildings. Incremental additions and war damage had led to an incoherent site, which lacked a sense of accessibility.
In order to restore its welcome and enable greater permeability, tp bennett was asked to work on a site masterplan. Giles Gilbert Scott’s office block, once difficult to access, gained new public orientation routes. A new doorway was created in the Guildhall Yard area, making street-level east to west connections with the revived Guildhall Art Gallery and historic assets such as the Old Library and Great Hall. “It was a case of reinvigorating underutilised spaces,” says tp bennett’s Andrew Campbell.
As well as promoting accessibility and site animation, the masterplan also enabled commercial opportunities for the campus, and tied in with the City’s Guildhall Area Enhancement Strategy, promoting a north-south cultural ‘spine’ from the Museum of London to St Paul’s Cathedral.
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Pediatrician Who Spotlighted Lead In Flint Water Weighs In On Crisis
Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has been charged in the Flint water crisis. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Mona Hanna-Attisha, the pediatrician who nearly seven years ago, noticed something was wrong.
Two counts of willful neglect of duty - those are the charges against former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and former Flint, Mich., public works director Howard Croft for their role in the Flint water crisis. The misdemeanor charges carry a punishment of up to $1,000 and up to one year in jail. They come almost seven years after the city of Flint began taking in water from the Flint River in an attempt to save money. The water wasn't properly treated. It corroded the city's aging pipes, causing lead to leach into the drinking water. More than 100,000 Flint residents were exposed to unsafe levels of lead. LaTricea Adams is a community activist in Flint. This was her reaction to the charges against Snyder and Croft.
LATRICEA ADAMS: It doesn't feel good.
MARTIN: Adams heads Black Millennials for Flint, which advocates for the rights of Flint residents still dealing with the effects of the water crisis.
ADAMS: Accountability is great, but even with accountability, even if Rick Snyder was behind bars for a significant amount of time, that still doesn't compensate for the generations of irreversible damage that is and will continue to happen with Flint residents.
MARTIN: Years ago, sometime after the city of Flint switched to Flint River water, pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha started seeing something troubling. She treated a lot of children in Flint, and her patients were showing twice the normal amount of lead in their blood since the change in the water supply. She called a press conference in September of 2015 and warned residents, especially kids, to stop drinking the water. More than five years later, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is now the director of Flint's pediatric public health initiative, and she joins us this morning. Thanks for being here.
MONA HANNA-ATTISHA: Rachel, it's great to be with you.
MARTIN: Can I ask you to take us back to that moment when you started to realize something was wrong? What was going through your mind?
HANNA-ATTISHA: Oh, I remember the exact moment. It was the summer of 2015. I was actually with a high school girlfriend who, of all things, had become a drinking water expert. And she told me in my house at a last-minute barbecue that, Mona, the water isn't being treated properly in Flint. And because of that, there's probably lead in the water. And that's the moment that my life changed. When I heard the word lead, it was a call to action. I respect the science of what lead does. I understand it's a potent, irreversible neurotoxin. And I also understand that lead's a form of environmental racism. It's the last thing our kids in Flint needed. That's the moment I stopped sleeping. I stopped eating. I lost about 30 pounds. And I began this quest to find out if that lead was getting into the bodies of our children.
MARTIN: Which it was. I mean, so now here we are seven years later, it's hard to believe, these charges now against the former governor and another top official. What do you make of it?
HANNA-ATTISHA: It's a bit of disbelief. It's been so long. And for so many people in Flint, this justice delayed really felt like justice denied, that there was never going to be this level of accountability. And as a physician in Flint, I never used to really kind of respond to these questions of accountability and justice. There was these criminal cases and civil cases. And as I began to practice more in Flint and interact with the families of Flint, I began to understand how critical and foundational the concept of accountability and justice really is to health and healing. Because without that to happen, it's almost like a wound that never close, and it stays open and open and open. And it's been open for about seven years. And having some level of justice is like a salve. It helps those wounds finally close, and it helps the city and the people move on and recover.
MARTIN: You've written a book, and in it, you talk about the villains in this crisis as being more than a single person, more than one individual. Can you explain how you see that?
HANNA-ATTISHA: Absolutely. So, you know, so many people ask me, like, who do you want in jail or who should go to jail? And there's not one villain. There's not 10 villains. There's many villains. And this is what I say in my book. I say there are lots of villains in this story. A disaster of this scale does not happen completely by accident. Many people stopped caring about Flint and Flint's kids. Many people looked the other way. People in power made tragic and terrible choices, then collectively and ineptly tried to cover up their mistakes. While charges have been brought against some of the individuals who are culpable, the real villains are harder to see because the real villains live underneath the behavior and drive it. The real villains are the ongoing effects of racism, inequality, greed, anti-intellectualism and even laissez faire neoliberal capitalism. And these are the villains that we don't usually notice and don't want to, and these are the villains that poison Flint with policy. And I hope one day we can go after these systemic villains and bring forth justice.
MARTIN: What is - what could that possibly look like now? I mean, even as you nod to the positive effect of these charges, where do you begin that larger level of healing and reconciliation to try to address some of those huge issues?
HANNA-ATTISHA: Yeah, and that has been my work since day one. From the moment of recognizing kind of this widespread lead contamination, this population-level trauma and this broken trust, our work has been in a very holistic way to mitigate the impact of the crisis and bring forth healing and recovery. You can think of what happened in Flint as a case of science denial and our science helps speak truth to power. And we're leaning on that incredible science of child development and what kids and families need to bring forth healing and recovery. So what that looks like right now are these long-term interventions to support Flint families, like child care, like Medicaid expansion, like literacy support, like nutrition access - all of these critical ingredients to keep families healthy, including things like behavioral health services and trauma-informed care. Because what Flint was, by and large, was this population-level trauma. And people to this day are stressed and angry, and they feel guilt and they feel betrayed by the folks that were out there to protect them.
MARTIN: Would the crisis have happened had Flint been a white suburb instead of a predominantly Black city?
HANNA-ATTISHA: Of course not. Flint is this egregious example of environmental injustice. It never would have happened in a richer, whiter community. There's a long history of racism in Flint, and it was also perpetuated during this crisis.
MARTIN: You, as the director of the initiative to mitigate the impact, tell us where your focus is in just a couple of seconds remaining.
HANNA-ATTISHA: Sure. My focus is to make sure that the kids of Flint have the brightest future possible, that we not only recover but thrive after this crisis, and that we can share our best practices with so many other communities where children are suffering from the same sort of injustices.
MARTIN: Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha - she's a pediatrician, the one who first called attention to the water crisis in Flint, Mich., all those years ago. She's the author of the book "What The Eyes Don't See: A Story Of Crisis, Resistance, And Hope In An American City."
Thank you so much for talking with us.
HANNA-ATTISHA: Thank you, Rachel.
(SOUNDBITE OF WE CAME FROM THE NORTH'S "BORDER MONUMENT") Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Tullet, Hervé, author, illustrator.
Tu joues. English
"Simultaneously published in France by Bayard Éditions under the title Tu Joues?"
AD 360 L Lexile
Imagination -- Fiction.
Colors -- Fiction.
Play -- Fiction.
A lively yellow dot leads the reader through a journey through color, shape, and a child's imagination.
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An interactive picture book from the creator of the New York Times bestsellers Press Here and Mix It Up!
Enjoy a ride of color, shape, motion, and imagination: It's only a yellow dot...but what a dot it is! Readers won't be able to resist this jaunty, adventurous dot, nor its invitation to play along. Filled with artistry and delight, on the Let's Play! journey, prepare to leap headlong into a completely new dimension: emotion. Connecting not only to the mind but also to the heart, this dot expresses an extraordinary sense of humor, fear, joy, and more as it pushes, lurches, wiggles, and slides its way through--and even off!--the pages of this glorious companion to Press Here , Say Zoop! , and Mix It Up! The perfect book for young children to learn about following directions and basic emotion. Ideal as a fun and interactive read aloud book for families or small groups. Known as the "Prince of Preschool," the versatile Hervé Tullet has been an art director at various ad agencies, a magazine illustrator, and for the past 15 years, a creator of children's books. Fans of Mix It Up! , Press Here , and Say Zoop! will love this fun and inventive picture book, Let's Play!
Great for toddlers, preschoolers, and early readers to learn about emotion in a simple and engaging way. Kids will giggle and be amazed as the pages of the book seemingly come alive Screen-free imaginative fun for kids and adults. Makes a great gift! Books for kids ages 4-8 Children's picture book for preschool and kindergarten
Hervé Tullet was born in 1958. He studied Fine Art and worked as an Art Director before joining the advertising industry. In 1994 he published his first book for children and has since become one of the world¿s most innovative book makers. He is known in France as `The Prince of pre-school books' because he takes the concept of reading to a new level, teaching young minds to think imaginatively, independently and creatively.
Tullet's beautiful illustrations, interactive cut-outs, and magic lines make titles such as The Game of Light, The Game of Patterns, and The Game of Mix-Up Art, the perfect way to encourage seat-bound kids to think creatively and independently.
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-Fans of Tullet's Press Here (2011) and Mix It Up (2014, both Chronicle) will be entranced by his latest interactive offering. This time, readers are invited to follow a yellow blob through a variety of travails. Kids will be busy tracing their fingers along a curling black line, pressing the dot, and searching for it. Though simple-most of the pages are dominated by white space-Tullet's design is masterly, with the images and text artfully placed, and there's a beguiling charm to the childlike aesthetic. Spreads where the tone takes a slightly darker turn-a Jackson Pollock-esque one, for instance, dominated by smudges of black-add a bit of menace but never threaten to overwhelm. The text, rendered in Tullet's signature all-caps font, is enthusiastic and encouraging, perfect for this age group. The interactive elements make this selection ideal for reading alone or with an adult and are sure to invite plenty of repeat use. VERDICT Tullet proves once more that apps are no match for his savvy and kid-friendly vision. A delightfully whimsical addition, especially where the author's other titles are popular.-Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Tullet (Press Here; Mix It Up!) develops his innovative, interact-with-the-book project still further as readers travel through the book with a yellow dot. "So, will you take me along? It's easy: Just follow the line with your finger," says the dot. Readers trace Tullet's spidery, squiggly black scrawl across the pages: "Wow! That's really way up high... and really way down low!" the dot exclaims as the ink line arches, then dives. Tullet, always a fountain of new ideas, sends the line swirling and creates a carousel of dots to circle. There's a tunnel for the dot to go through and a page full of menacing splotches ("I really don't like this page," the dot says anxiously). Most of the interactions are hits-readers help the dot vault over a red blob, at which point it lands, the dot claims, in the reader's hair-with a couple misses mixed in (tucked deep within the book's gutter, the dot is nearly unfindable on a hide-and-seek page). Regardless, Franceschelli provides another fine translation, and Tullet's fans will rush to add this to their collection. Ages 3-5. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Another digital (in the original sense of the term) adventure from the reigning grand master of no-tech gaming. Following genial directions in a "hand-lettered" typeface called Herv Tullet Whimsy, readers can make a slightly-larger-than-thumb-sized yellow circle shift position by pressing different spots (and then turning the page). This is prelude to a fingertip odysseytraveled by "pushing" the dot along a continuous inked line that bounces, loops, climbs stairs, snakes through a thicket of streaks and dots for a bit of hide-and-seek, creeps into a dark passage and past obstacles, halts temporarily at a red light, then breaks into a series of increasingly exuberant spirals. The dot finally follows the line off the edge of the last page, leaving behind a tempting "Hey! Do you want to come back sometime and play some more?" The general idea has been carried through more elaborate, concrete iterations in a direct line that leads from Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon to Laura Ljundqvist's Follow the Line (2006) and sequels. Still, the spot offers an engaging ongoing commentary, which ranges from "Oooooh WOW ooooooo!" to "EEEEK! We better leave on tiptoe" and (for a spread of chaotic black scribbles) "I really don't like this page. You see why now, don't you?" It encourages a broad range of emotional reactions and responses from fellow travelers to go along with the physical interactivity. Playful indeed. Preschoolers will line up for a turn. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
*Starred Review* The little yellow dot from Press Here (2011) and Mix It Up! (2014) returns, and this time it's in the mood to play. After a few introductory press here instructions, the real fun begins. Toddlers will be immediately engaged as the dot follows a black line, changes colors, plays hide-and-seek, travels through the dark, disappears, jumps onto the listener's head, pauses for a stoplight, runs, flips, and flies. Along the way, youngsters will experience various unstated emotions: exhilaration with the dot's movements, curiosity searching for the hidden yellow dot, bravery in the dark, disgust at ugliness, and silliness over the dot springing off the page. As with the earlier titles, this is interactive, inventive, and intuitive, but it does not repeat Tullet's previous tricks. An unseen narrator gently prods listeners (even adults will be hard pressed to resist responding) to follow simple commands, resulting in an experience that will convince some toddlers that the book in hand has become a touch screen device. As before, Tullet employs mostly primary colors set against white backgrounds, ensuring that the intended audience will focus on important details. The choice of heavy page stock and a sturdy binding also bodes well for repeated viewings. Ideal for one-on-one sharing, this could also work as part of an interactive story hour.--Weisman, Kay Copyright 2016 Booklist
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There’s no doubt what this week’s big news was – Sven is back! The former England manager has joined Notts County as director of football on a reported £2m per season, not bad going in anyone’s book. He’s apparently picked up almost £8m in severance payments from his previous three jobs too – Mexico, Manchester City and England. Which obviously explains his thinking in taking the job at Meadow Lane: “I’m not here for the money, I’m here for the challenge,” said Sven. We believe you, honest!
In more serious news it’s also emerged this week that four former Accrington Stanley players have been banned for up to a year. Jay Harris, Robert Matthews, David Mannix and Andrew Mangan (then of Bury) were handed bans of between five and 12 months by the FA. Mangan received the shortest, although a former Stanley player he was actually on Bury’s books at the time.
The others all received heavier bans and fines after betting against their own team – something which most fans would struggle to ever forgive. The case against a fifth player, Stanley’s Peter Cavanagh, will be heard at a later date.
The FA’s independent commission expressed concerns that the outcome of the match, which Bury won 2-0, may have been fixed although a lack conclusive proof meant none of the players were charged with this. Suspicions were originally raised when bookies reported unusually betting activity forcing the FA to switch officials and launch an investigation.
Over in Bolivia and 12-year-old Mauricio Baldivieso became the youngest ever professional player after making his debut for Aurora – although his dad is the coach. The kid, we can’t even say teenager, gets a warm welcome from La Paz’s Henry Alaca who scythes right through the back of him. Ouch. Baldivieso then shows he can dive and roll with the most experienced old-pro though, see the below clip (49 seconds in). The boy’ll go far.
If that’s not enough to warm the heart, fan’s favourite Mido (we jest), has returned to Middlesbrough’s squad after being fined a fortnight’s wages for failing to show for the first day of pre-season training. So rather than turn up and do 13 days work for free, he just didn’t bother showing up for the rest of the fortnight’s training at all. Whadda guy.
We’ll fly past that whole LA Galaxy/Beckham incident that got everyone in such a tangle early this week because we’re slightly bored of it. Plus, the rumour that Gary Neville introduced Michael Owen to United youngster Danny Wellbeck by saying “this is Danny, he’s 18 and won the league” tickled us more anyway.
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[Breaking News] Cory Quirino gives up Miss World Philippines franchise
Posted on January 15, 2017 by thegreatpageantcommunity
A sad day in pageantry strikes when Cory Quirino, the National Director of Miss World Philippines, decided to quit the franchise after 6 years of extremely successful run. This is what she said,
“I have decided to relinquish the license of Miss World Philippines for both personal and business reasons. Thank you for supporting me all these six years, and for being part of our challenges and victories. I will never forget you,”
Cory Quirino with Miss World 2013,Megan Young.
It is to be noted that Ms. Quirino was one of the most successful national directors at Miss World in this decade because during 6 years, she gave Philippines their first ever Miss World crown in 2013 through the courtesy of Megan Young, two Top 5 finish, one Top 10 finish and 2 semifinalists. All of her winners went on to place, which hasn’t happened for any country in past 6 years. This was the least expected time to hear something from Cory who was tasting the fruits of success. It is speculated that non winning of Catriona Gray at Miss World 2016 could be one of the reasons.
Quirino also said that some of her friends or associates might get Miss World franchise whom she already introduced to Miss World organisation. It would now be interesting to know if the new owner of the franchise lives upto the expectations and can produce the similar successful results or no.
Source: Inquirer
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Jeremy Corbyn Accused of Being Russian “Collaborator” for Questioning NATO Troop Build-Up on Border
Few behaviors are more dangerous than escalating tensions between these two nuclear-armed powers.
The leader of the U.K.’s Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, called for a “de-escalation” of tensions between NATO and Russia, adding in a BBC interview on Thursday: “I want to see a de-militarization of the border between them.” Along with the U.S., the U.K. has been rapidly building up its military presence in the Baltic region, including in states that border Russia, and is now about to send another 800 troops to Estonia, 500 of which will be permanently based.
In response, Russia has moved its own troops within its country near those borders, causing serious military tensions to rise among multiple nuclear-armed powers. Throughout 2016, the Russian and U.S. militaries have engaged in increasingly provocative and aggressive maneuvers against one another. This week, the U.S. began deploying 4,000 troops to Poland, “the biggest deployment of U.S. troops in Europe since the end of the Cold War.”
It was in this context that Corbyn said it is “unfortunate that troops have gone up to the border on both sides,” adding that “he wanted to see better relations between Russia, NATO and the EU.” The Labour leader explained that while Russia has engaged in serious human rights abuses both domestically and in Syria, there must be “better relationships between both sides … there cannot be a return to a Cold War mentality.”
The response to Corbyn’s call for better relations and de-escalation of tensions with Moscow was swift and predictable. The armed forces minister for Britain’s right-wing government, Mike Penning, accused Corbyn of being a collaborator with the Kremlin:
These comments suggest that the Labour leader would rather collaborate with Russian aggression than mutually support Britain’s NATO allies. As with Trident, everything Labour says and does shows that they cannot be trusted with Britain’s national security.
This is the same propagandistic formulation that has been used for decades in the West to equate opposition to militarism with some form of disloyalty or treason: If you oppose military confrontation with a foreign adversary or advocate better relations with it, then you are accused of harboring secret sympathy and even support for those foreign leaders, and are often suspected of being an active “collaborator” with (or “stooge” for) them.
This lowly smear tactic was, of course, deployed over and over during the Cold War with regard to those who argued for improved relations or a reduction of conflict with Moscow, but it has been repeatedly used since then as well every time it comes time to confront a new Foreign Villain (those opposed to the invasion of Iraq were pro-Saddam, those who opposed intervention in Libya were Gaddafi apologists, those who objected to war on terror programs are terrorist sympathizers, etc. etc.).
But this template has recently become super-charged, more widely invoked than ever, as a result of the starring role Russia now plays in U.S. domestic politics, where many Democrats blame Russia for Hillary Clinton’s defeat. Putin now occupies the role of Prime Villain in Western discourse, and this Cold War rhetorical template — anyone opposing confrontation is a Kremlin operative or stooge — has thus been resurrected with extraordinary speed and ease.
The compelling justifications for Corbyn’s concerns about NATO/Russia tensions are self-evident. The U.S. and Russia have massive arsenals of nuclear weapons. As Lawrence Krauss detailed in the New Yorker in October, the two countries have come horrendously close to full-on, earth-destroying nuclear war on several occasions in the past, and the systems they still maintain are conducive to apocalyptic error through miscommunication and misperception, let alone direct military confrontation. As Krauss noted:
In general, during the Obama presidency, we have only deepened our dangerous embrace of nuclear weapons. At the moment, around a thousand nuclear weapons are still on a hair-trigger alert; as they were during the Cold War, they are ready to be launched in minutes in response to a warning of imminent attack.
It is not hyperbole to say that perhaps nothing is more reckless, more dangerous, than ratcheting up tensions between these two countries. That’s what makes it so repellent and toxic to demonize those such as Corbyn as “collaborators” or traitors merely because they oppose this escalation and belligerence. But this is the script that — once again — is quickly becoming mainstream orthodoxy in both Washington and London.
Let us, for a moment, imagine if this framework were applied consistently rather than manipulatively. Democrats have been alarmed — rightfully so — by the preliminary belligerence of Trump and his top aides toward nuclear-armed China: accepting a call from Taiwan’s president, openly questioning the decades-old “One China” policy, suggesting the U.S. would militarily intervene to prevent Chinese control over nearby uninhabited islands (the latter was also suggested by the current head of the U.S. Pacific fleet).
But applying the prevailing Russia logic to these concerns, should one not accuse these Democrats objecting to confrontation with China of being “collaborators” with and apologists for the dictatorial regime in Beijing, which imprisons dissidents and tortures ethnic and religious minorities? Should we publicly ponder whether the liberal writers demanding that Trump cease his aggressive posture are being clandestinely paid by the Chinese Politburo or merely acting as “useful idiots” for it? Should those objecting to Trump’s belligerent policies be accused of siding with a dictatorial regime over their own president and country?
Of course none of those things should happen, because it is not only rational but morally compulsory to be deeply wary of those who seek to escalate tensions between countries with large nuclear arsenals. At the very least, one should be free to debate these policies without being smeared as a traitor. That applies to China, and it applies to Russia. And those who voice such concerns should not, as Corbyn just was, have their loyalties and integrity be impugned by our new Cold Warriors.
For the crucial context on NATO/Russia tension that is very rarely heard in the Western press, I highly recommend these two items:
(1) This Foreign Affairs article by University of Chicago political scientist John J. Mearsheimer on the West’s relentless, aggressive march eastward up to Russian borders and its consequences.
(2) The passage of this interview with Noam Chomsky by German journalist Tilo Jung — beginning at 40:30 — that explains the crucial historical context of NATO’s march eastward toward Russia, how that is perceived in Moscow, and, most important of all, why the dangers this behavior creates are incomparable:
This is one of many sad things about how Corbyn is treated by the press and Powers that Be. Basically, he wants to do many positve things to make the world a more peaceful and helpful place for all. But Labour keeps saying that’s “too radical”. Really? A more peaceful world with happier and healthier citizens is “too radical”? Instead, the old Labour Guard wants to go back to the good old days of war criminal Blair being in charge and then having Tory Lite policies. I mean at least that’s more accceptable.
Old Labour is scared to death of anything remotely tied to the word socialist. I thought only lots of uninformed Americans were that ignorant. Maybe I should be fair. everyone has a right to their opinion. But what they don’t have a right to is to push opinions that clearly aren’t facts.
DocHollywood
January 20 2017, 6:54 a.m.
Corbin occupies an important political position in the British government subject to criticism like all other politicians. . .Calling Corbyn a collaborator with Russian may not be far from the truth. Corbyn has a long history of anti-western affiliations like the (alt-left) Stop the War Coalition. He was National Chair for the organization and still maintains close ties to the group. The main goal of STW is “stop the west”. The Stop the War coalition could not even mount a protest against Russia’s brutal bombing campaign in Aleppo! Corbyn also hosted a paid position on Press TV serving as a propaganda tool for Iran. . .
How does the alt-left align with Russia on foreign policy? The comments by Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, are instructive (“Lavrov: Russia inviting Trump officials to Syria talks”, al Jazeera today). . .
For someone who is so strongly antiwar, “not unprovoked” sounds like military actions by Russia in Ukraine were justified.
. . .Above all else, whether it’s democracy or human rights, it’s secondary to world peace. Thus the alt-left opposes the EU and the US challenging Russian “interests” (i.e., domination) in Ukraine and in other areas defined by Lavrov as their sphere of influence, or their geopolitical interests – like in Syria. . .
. . .In other words, neoconservative and liberal interventionism failed and it is time to return to realpolitik. Russia has geopolitical interests like in Ukraine and Syria which need to be respected by the US. This is exactly in line with radical left thinking. Greenwald summed it up very well. . .
Within this context, it’s much easier to understand the goals of Assange and Russia to undermine HRC by hacking the DNC and publishing the emails (whether they actively worked together or not). What is very interesting as well is that an alt-right leader like Putin and an alt-left radically anti-western “journalist” like Assange agree on the endgame. Of course, Putin is not driven by world peace, but by Russia’s geopolitical interests. . .
If Corbyn is not a Russian collaborator, he is certainly their useful idiot (as is Trump). – craigsummers
The “may not be far from the truth” trope turned on its proponent::
Craigsummers occupies a waste of space. Calling craigsummers a collaborator with terrorists may not be far from the truth. Craigsummers has a long history of affinity for the “moderate rebels” linked to Al Qaeda. He was regurgitating talking points about them, and it may not be far from the truth that his ties to them are as close as ever. Their goals require that “Assad must go,” which craigsummers used to repeat when it was what he heard the elites saying. Craigsummers could not even mount a protest against ISIS brutality in Aleppo or Mosul! Craigsummers also posted a lot of propaganda against Iran. He has spoken-out against attacking ISIS:
“In my opinion, the US made a mistake by bombing ISIS in Syria since they are the best military fighting Assad” – craigsummers
craigsummers – a weak hypocrite who criticizes explanations of terrorism as justification – has offered explanations for terrorism:
“ISIS has threatened and carried out attacks against the west because the west is bombing them in Iraq and Syria.” – craigsummers
Coming from someone who is so dishonest, “because” sounds like terrorism against the west is justified.
How does the [dim-big] (dimwitted bigot) align with ISIS on foreign policy? The comments by Michael Oren, a prominent lawmaker from Israel’s governing coalition and a former ambassador to Washington (in an article titled not far from “Craigsummers is a dishonest hypocrite”):
“If we have to choose between ISIS and Assad, we’ll take ISIS.” – WSJ, March 17, 2016
In other words, the lies about “moderate rebels” failed. ISIS has geopolitical interests like in Iraq and Syria which need to be respected by the US. This is exactly in line with dimwit-bigoted thinking. Craigsummers has repeatedly summed up his dream that would support ISIS very well:
“The US also had a (real) interest in bombing the fuck out of Assad, but turned that down.”
“The US also had a golden opportunity to bomb Syria into the stone age.”
“The US passed up a golden opportunity to bomb Syria in favor of removing the chemical weapons.”
“The US even turned down a golden opportunity to bomb Assad and really set the regime back militarily. . .”
“The US turned down a golden opportunity to bomb the fuck out of the Assad regime.”
Above all else, whether it’s democracy or human rights, it’s secondary to killing brownies. Thus the dim-big mindlessly supports US domination in all areas as a sphere of influence – like in Syria. When he calls for the US to “bomb the fuck”, he could be referring to Syria or Ukraine.
Within this context, it’s much easier to understand the motives of craigsummers in reposting the same chatter (no matter how far it may be from the truth). What is of no interest as well is that the Washington elite have a dim-big dupe uncritically regurgitating their MSM propaganda. Of course, craigsummers is not driven by thought or ethics, but by worship of authority. The dim-big is never skeptical of drives for US imperialism.
Whether or not craigsummers is an ISIS collaborator, he is certainly a useless idiot.”
Gunnar Forsgren
Jeremy Corbyn i perhaps the only responsible leader left to possibly waking us up to the craziness going on. Any sane person can see the direct consequence of rattling with weapons in an ever close proximity to Russia; the dangerous threat to the other party. Russia being forced to stay on alert for handling any attack. NATO tries to convince the gullible that this is a deterrence, a bringer of Peace to Europe. A reasoning aligned 180degree diametral to reality as we have grown so accustomed to in recent years. And so many still believe in those words.
Rupert Chappelle
I blame Benedict Cumberbatch’s brilliant performance as Richard the III in “The Hollow Crown” for raising up the bloodlust in medievalists and fans of “Game of Thrones” in the right wing government of the UK.
Someone sharpen the headsman’s ax!
TV has great affect.
empty cages
Just read a bizarre article by Marc Ash on Reader Supported news. He apparently isn’t to fond of Glen in regards to his Russian reporting.
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/41398-trumps-progressive-enablers
Tim Weiner voices a tirade against the Agency’s myriad enemies on Reuters.com: “Commentary: Open secrets – and Trump’s wrath – will challenge new CIA chief”.
“[Lt. General Mike]Flynn was dismissed for cause in 2014 as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency. He lost the confidence of his command staff, who saw him as pushing “Flynn facts” – arguably falsehoods — on warfighting and terrorism. After that, Flynn dined with Putin in Moscow, received the largesse of the Russian propaganda organ RT, and at times spoke with a messianic fervor unbecoming of an officer with 33 years in Army intelligence. He is a conspiracy-minded man who seems to believe the CIA had a barb out for him.”
That Flynn, too, is a Russian collaborator is implied.
Voice from Europe
Am I dreaming or did Obama just say the US intelligence services do not have proof Wikileaks got the e-mails from the Russians….. contradicting everything we’ve heard from them and him in the past 4 weeks !
Voice from Europe Voice from Europe
Literally..’ there is no link between Wikileaks and the Russian hackers’ . So who leaked the e-mails ? And wasn’t wikileaks the ‘Russian ‘agent trying to influence the elections by publishing the DNC and Podesta mails ?
How does the alt-left align with Russia on foreign policy? The comments by Sergay Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, are instructive (“Lavrov: Russia inviting Trump officials to Syria talks”, al Jazeera today):
“……..Lavrov said he had been encouraged by Rex Tillerson, the incoming secretary of state, whom he cited as saying Russia’s behaviour was not unpredictable. “[That] means that we are dealing with people who won’t get involved in moralising, but will try to understand their partner’s interests,” Lavrov said. Tillerson had extensive dealings with Russia when he was the head of Exxon Mobil oil company……”
In other words, neoconservative and liberal interventionism failed and it is time to return to realpolitik. Russia has geopolitical interests like in Ukraine and Syria which need to be respected by the US. This is exactly in line with radical left thinking. Greenwald summed it up very well with his quote of As’ad AbuKhalil (“RT Host Abby Martin Condemns Russian Incursion Into Crimea – On RT”, 4-2-2014):
“…….This is what imperialism is all about: to give yourself the right to intervene in faraway places and to project power in every corner of the globe, including the arctic, and to disregard world public opinion. Imperialism is to have the temerity to lecture and hector Russia about the evils of intervention in the affairs of its neighbor, Ukraine, where the U.S. and EU are blatantly conspiring against Russian interests there………”
Above all else, whether it’s democracy or human rights, it’s secondary to world peace. Thus the alt-left opposes the EU and the US challenging Russian “interests” (i.e., domination) in Ukraine and in other areas defined by Lavrov as their sphere of influence, or their geopolitical interests – like in Syria. He calls for the US not to “moralize”. He could be referring to Syria or Ukraine. Another example is an article published in ConsortiumNews by Gilbert Doctorow who I would characterize as more of an antiwar libertarian based on a couple of his articles. He writes (“Trump’s Remaking of US Foreign Policy” https://consortiumnews.com/2017/01/16/trumps-remaking-of-us-foreign-policy/):
“………What we are witnessing is a shift to a new strategic, geopolitical paradigm…………But Trump’s statement shows that he is focused on the big picture, on the triangular relationship between Washington, Moscow and Beijing that he believes to be of vital importance in keeping the peace globally, rather than on some amorphous reliance on expanding democracy globally on the unproven assumption that democracies among themselves are peace-loving……”
Doctorow really just repeats the words of Lavrov. Doctorow calls for realpolitik throwing goals like spreading democracy (and presumably, human rights) under the bus by recognizing geopolitical interests – especially among the big three – the US, China and Russia. The endgame is similar to the UN where the big three have special veto power over the entire world keeping the peace.
Within this context, it’s much easier to understand the goals of Assange and Russia to undermine HRC by hacking the DNC and publishing the emails (whether they actively worked together or not). What is very interesting as well is that an alt-right leader like Putin and an alt-left radically anti-western “journalist” like Assange agree on the endgame. Of course, Putin is not driven by world peace, but by Russia’s geopolitical interests. The alt-left is highly skeptical of Trump, but decided that anything is better than Hillary Clinton who promised more of the same US imperialism and confrontations with Russia as previous administrations. This is what I refer to as backdoor support for Trump. This was a huge gamble with backsliding of US relations with China already taking center stage – and the inauguration of the unpredictable Trump is still two days away!
(Craigsummers reporting from the new US embassy in Jerusalem)
Voice drom Europe craigsummers
Woooow Craig, congratulations you showed all your cards. i agree with most of the above except the part of Wikileaks being connected to the Kremlin and the DNC hacking by Russia accusation. As you are in Jerusalem please say hello to ex-agent C. Steele…
craigsummers Voice drom Europe
I was just handed the Jerusalem Dossier by Steele. Hmm, seems as though Netanyahu has some embarrassing pictures of Trump. I wonder if that has anything to do with moving the US embassy to Jerusalem. Maybe this would go a lot faster if world leaders would come forth that don’t have embarrassing data on Trump.
Helios craigsummers
If you believe that the purpose of the (mosttly unlawful) US interventions throughout the world has been to further democracy and human rights, you’ve got a problem from the gitgo.
I happen to come from a region that has seen the US support, and in several cases forcefully install, bloody dictatorships simply because they happened to be sympathetic to american interests — including economic ones.
The US has long practiced grab-what-you-can-in-anyway-you-can realpolitik whereever and whenever it could. Pretending it’s otherwise doesnt help your arguments much.
craigsummers Helios
“……….If you believe that the purpose of the (mosttly unlawful) US interventions throughout the world has been to further democracy and human rights, you’ve got a problem from the gitgo……”
You are right. I would have a problem, but I never said it nor do I believe it.
“…….I happen to come from a region that has seen the US support, and in several cases forcefully install, bloody dictatorships simply because they happened to be sympathetic to american interests — including economic ones……”
True enough, but not always the case. The cold war was an idealistic confrontation with communism. The US did not have a lot to gain economically in Korea or Vietnam (except maybe cheap T-shirts). Unfortunately, US policies were mostly destructive in South America. Additionally, the US certainly supports Saudi Arabia – hardly a bastion of democracy. On the other hand, democratization in Taiwan and South Korea was supported by the US. The same in Israel. Kosovo is an independent state.
Geopolitics rules for the most part.
Thanks Helios.
Fair enough. I think we’re on the same page on this one.
Of course, if the pursuit of our naked interests happens to coincide with the advancement of democracy and human rights, we’re delighted and loudly proclaim the fact as just another example of our morality-driven foreign policy.
Unfortunately, that is only rarely the case. And even when it is, the suspicion is that it’s our OTHER coinciding interests that actually motivate us.
Taiwan is a good example. We’ve been backing them since Chian Kai Shek’s time, when it certainly wasn’t democratic. But it always suited and still does, our policy of China containment.
“……..Unfortunately, that is only rarely the case. And even when it is, the suspicion is that it’s our OTHER coinciding interests that actually motivate us……”
“…….Unfortunately, that is only rarely the case. And even when it is, the suspicion is that it’s our OTHER coinciding interests that actually motivate us……”
A good example of that is when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. We liberated Kuwait, but we really were driven by Saddam threatening the Saudis (Oil) and confiscating Kuwaiti oil. Of course, the liberation of Kuwaitis and protecting geopolitical interests are not mutually exclusive endeavors – but your point is valid.
January 18 2017, 12:49 p.m.
Since Julian Assange will turn himself into US authorities anyway, there should be no fear of extradition to the US if he returns to Sweden to face rape charges. We can now finally determine whether it was extradition to the US or the rape charges that Assange really feared…..
bahhummingbug craigsummers
Don’t be stupid, craig. You know perfectly well Mr. Assange is an Australian citizen and, afaict, has never been charged with anything in the U.S. [yet]. Plus, Trump ‘loves wikileaks’ … like Putin loves Trump.
And the ‘rape charges’, as I’m sure you know, are more about whether Julian … ‘wrapped it before he tapped it’. Nothing unseemly.
*see, this is why people don’t like you
craigsummers bahhummingbug
“…….And the ‘rape charges’, as I’m sure you know, are more about whether Julian … ‘wrapped it before he tapped it’. Nothing unseemly…….”
I don’t know that at all. As far as I can tell, this might just be a part of the WikiLeaks “war on women”. Is there anything that the US can charge Assange with? I uncertain about that also (unless it can be shown that he conspired with Russian intelligence).
>”I don’t know that at all.”
That’s why I’m here. .. to tell you things like this, craig.
*Evidently, Swedish law is kind of a quirky about not wrapping it (before tapping it.) without ‘consent’.
You mean the well known “no wrap and clap” law. The “without consent” does sound a lot like rape. According to Wikipedia:
“…….The legal definition of rape in Sweden is described in chapter 6 in the Swedish Penal Code.[1] Historically, rape has been defined as forced sexual intercourse initiated against a woman or man by one or several people, without her/his consent.[2] In recent years, several revisions to the definition of rape have been made in Swedish law,[3] to now not only include intercourse, but comparable sexual acts initiated against someone passive—incapable of giving consent—because they are in a vulnerable situation, such as a state of fear or unconsciousness.[4]……..”
The Incredible Shrinking New York Times answers its own distress signal, from inside its echo chamber, calls for more “diversity” to attract readers to its progressive fake news:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/business/new-york-times-newsroom-report-2020.html
January 18 2017, 12:58 a.m.
For those interested, Alex Emmons has a post up: President Obama Commutes Prison Sentence For Chelsea Manning
mary steyr
the chelsea stuff is OT
in any case she is a clear and present danger
executive orders are again used without remorse
mary steyr mary steyr
why can i only reply to myself
Mudbone mary steyr
Oh Honey ,, I know that feeling !!
-Mona- mary steyr
Fuck you very much.
pffft
mary steyr -Mona-
ha ha now i can reply again
i am pleased by this trivial success
Doug Salzmann
In response to the questions about what Assange said, when, about Manning’s clemency and Assange’s extradition:
WikiLeaks Verified account
WikiLeaks Retweeted WikiLeaks
If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case
WikiLeaks added,
WikiLeaks @wikileaks
WikiLeaks lawyers to Loretta Lynch: ‘Clinton precedent’ requires closing DoJ case against WikiLeaks https://www.docdroid.net/1CJRtOg/20160816-letter-to-us-attorney-general-loretta-e-lynch.pdf.html …
11:40 AM – 12 Jan 2017
1,054 replies 5,618 retweets 4,802 likes
Helios Doug Salzmann
Yeah, but there’s an earlier pledge to do it:
http://fortune.com/2016/09/16/julian-assange-chelsea-manning/
In any case, it’ll be a fascinating, nail-and-quick-bite inducing, revealing denouement when he finally makes his decision.
Doug Salzmann Helios
I expect that, at a minimum, his lawyers will insist on seeing any indictment before allowing him to surrender, and we don’t actually know if there is an indictment.
For one thing, it’s not at all clear what US law(s) WikiLeaks could be charged with violating.
bh2 Doug Salzmann
Yeah, it’s a bit of a mystery how the US can prosecute an Australian citizen who has never even been a US resident because his organization publishes documents they did not filch themselves which were leaked to them by others.
No doubt some talented federal prosecutor will perform a Jedi mind trick which convinces a court that US jurisdiction extends over the entire area of the earth. Because…exceptional nation.
Mudbone Doug Salzmann
So let me get this straight .A tweet tweeted and another tweet re-tweeted Assange has said ” If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case ”
TWEET TWEET TWEET !!!
Anyone on this board care to diascus the differences between “commute ” “clemency ” and “pardon” ?
J. Spicoli Mudbone
“Clemency” for $200, M`bone..
Mudbone J. Spicoli
How much for a full pardon ?
Like Milhouse got from his swiftly appointed VP Gerald Ford ?
Glenn will be on Greta van Sustern’s MSNBC show at 6 p.m. discussing Chelsea.
pretzelattack
oh my mistake, he didn’t pardon her, he commuted her sentence.
i’m glad he pardoned her, after influencing the military to convict her (not that needed it). better late than never.
Excrement presenting in human form, Judith Miller, has the fucking gall to ask “how many people died because of Manning leak?” None.
How many thousands are dead or maimed because of Miller’s shilling for — and legitimizing — the lies that took us to Iraq?
Doug Salzmann -Mona-
The answer to the latter question is, “hundreds of thousands, at the very least.” Depending upon how one calculates, it could easily be in the millions.
Presumptuous Insect Doug Salzmann
Twitter has been chucking pies at Judith Miller’s face for the last hour. I am loving it so very much.
Doug Salzmann Presumptuous Insect
. . .Judith Miller’s face. . .
That would be the one that illustrates the definition of “shameless” in the pictorial edition of the OAD, right?
She is under Shameless with a capital letter! She takes the title!
Helios -Mona-
I’m going to surmise from this post that you are not that friendly w/ Judith.
Mudbone Helios
Brilliant retort !
-Mona- Helios
Judith can and should rot in hell.
Wow. .. that there is what you call world class cognitive dissonance, sis.
*that’s got to be worth at least a Trump Ambassadorship to somewhere?
Evidently, leniency for cuz Snowden will not be entertained during the closing moments of the Obama Admin. but Assange may breath free? … I wonder if Trump still ‘loves wikileaks’?
Pedinska
Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence. She will be released from prison in May.
Wonders never cease, and I’m very grateful for that.
-Mona- Pedinska
Oh. My. God. I truly did not think he would do this. I can almost think well of the man.
I am so, so happy, having teary eyes, just imagining Chelsea getting out — knowing she’s getting out — and being received into the warm embrace of her closest admirers. She can perhaps now heal.
Had it been almost anyone else reporting this, P, I wouldn’t believe it.
Glenn’s clemency letter.
Sillyputty -Mona-
Glenn’s clemency letter – part two. ;-)
Yes, thanks for that. Saw it shortly after seeing a tweet bout the clemency.
What’s really interesting is seeing how many die-hard Clintonites are NOT happy with this. Oliver Willis is pouting (not that one can tell). :-)
Well Awright Barry !!!
AWESOME !!!!!
I’m almost a Democrat again !
How come May ??
RELEASE CHELSEA NOW !!!
Pedinska Mudbone
Perish the thought. ;-}
Gert Pedinska
Excellent news.
AtheistInChief Pedinska
I can’t believe it!! I didn’t think he had it in him.
I still think he looks at it as a political benefit to himself. But I suppose I’ll take it.
Congratulations to Chelsea Manning!!
Mudbone AtheistInChief
Political ,, Categorical . ,, W ho cares !!!
Question is :
How much can Barry lay down on the residing bastards in Congress before he leaves .
The CIA must be bouncing of the walls in Foggy Bottom .
-Mona- AtheistInChief
Agreed. This is a legacy-driven decision. He knows how history always turns out on these things. She was tortured and driven to suicide on his watch, so…
Doug Salzmann Pedinska
Wow. Surprised and extremely grateful.
Atta boy.
bh2 Pedinska
Snowden excused next, with any luck. And Assange.
Probably way too much to hope for, but there are several days remaining.
bh2 bh2
I doubt this has anything to do with Assange’s offer since it would require legal and transfer arrangement agreed between the parties and Assange would have surely announced it himself, as well.
Hopefully this is just a clean clemency with no strings attached.
It is unclear to me why the order would not be executed until May, however, rather than immediately.
From another article, this may offer a clue:
“Her attorney had argued her sentence exceeded international legal norms, and she has twice attempted suicide.”
As we know, Mr. Obama is all about “international legal norms”.
Mudbone bh2
First let me remind this board of the diffenowden between Snowden and Assange .
Snowden has been charged with Espionage ( a WWI Act ) by the Federal Government of The United States (aka CIA )
Assange has been charged with Rape by the Government of Sweden ( i.e Condomless Sex on a Sleeping Victim )
Both Governments are run by THE GLOBAL TERROR TEAM ( aka US/ UK/ISRAEL GOVERNMENTS !!!
God only knows what remains of Chelsea .
If I was Assange any deal I ‘d make would include a clause that said ” No extradition to the controlled US Government ” and said clause should be made available over the internet , TV , and radio world wide ” before he signs .
Snowden should stay put .
bh2 Mudbone
This hardly needs reminding. No one has suggested Assange or Snowden are identically charged. Only that they are identically in legal jeopardy for related acts of “disclosure” of US classified documents, either by public charges or “cooperation” of a friendly government pursuing him on petty, bogus charges. That the Brits would spend millions of pounds to keep him under close guard suggests the Swedish “rape” charges are no more than a pretext to trap him.
Since the US has declined to state whether Assange is under secret indictment, it’s reasonable to presume he is until the US denies it. And even then….
Snowden, is charged under the Espionage Act and, like Manning, he has admitted to that criminal conduct. Without recourse to any possible defense, I agree he’d be nuts to ever leave Russia unless he has a credible deal he accepts as a reasonable price for returning which is signed in Trump’s won personal blood.
The best deal possible would hold Snowden harmless in exchange for fully detailing to the USG what he took so they’ll know what other things they can continue lying about.
The worst case for Manning was 30 more years in a high-security prison, now commuted.
But unlike Manning, Snowden holds the ultimate trump card because the US don’t have him in custody and don’t dare attempt to kidnap him. The worst case for him is that he stays in Russia under continuing “temporary” residency visas and leads something like a normal life. Probably not possible that he’ll ever get official “permanent” residency because that requires official signature by Putin, who doesn’t need the grief.
mary steyr Pedinska
will wonders never cease. leakers everywhere must be dancing in the streets
and yet we must be ever vigilant to the dangers of leaking
Obama commutes Chelsea Manning’s sentence. Will be freed in May.
Sillyputty Helios
Now we get to see if Assange will follow through on his acceptance of extradition to the US – granting that such an order exists at all.
Pedinska Sillyputty
That was the first thing that came to my mind as well. :-s
Well, after the jubilation of hearing the news. Was so excited I didn’t even see Helios’ comment until after hitting the submit button.
Helios Sillyputty
Well, that comment turns things around and makes one wonder if this was a less than altruistic move by Obama, who perhaps decided to sacrifice the little fish to use as bait to catch the big one.
In any case, although a good man’s word is sacred, if I were Assange I’d think long and hard before giving myself up.
Or is his word sacred? Let’s not forget there was a little matter abt some $250,000 that somebody put up as bail (or similar) to guarantee he would show up in court and he decided instead to take refuge in the E. embassy.
A group of people each pledged on the order of £15-20K.
Almost all of them could well afford it (for many, it was a trifling sum), few have complained and the most vocal, e.g., John Pilger, have remained ardent supporters of Assange.
To the best of my knowledge, the only individual who “stood surety” for Assange who has expressed a serious complaint is Jemima Goldsmith Khan. She pledged £20K, IIRC and has an estimated personal net worth of £100 million.
Mudbone Sillyputty
When , pray tell , did Assange say he would accept extradition to the US ?
And please ,, no God-Damded Link ,, either you know or you don’t !!
GOT IT ?
Helios Mudbone
OK. No God-Damned Link. Middle of last September.
You are full of shit !!!
Sillyputty Mudbone
Yup. Got it.
Mud`b..
Correspondence came via twitt’a on the 12th of Jan (2:40 pm):
@wiki leaks
For whatever that is worth..
Ratcheting up tensions between nuclear powers is obscenely reckless: Bill Perry Is Terrified. Why Aren’t You? -How an 89-year-old cold warrior became America’s nuclear conscience.
[Perry’s] life’s work, most of it highly classified, was nuclear weapons—how to maximize the fearsome deterrent power of the U.S. arsenal, how to minimize the possibility that the old Soviet arsenal would obliterate the United States and much of the planet along the way.
“We’re going back to the kind of dangers we had during the Cold War,” Perry said. “I really thought in 1990, 1991, 1992, that we left those behind us. We’re starting to re-invent them. We and the Russians and others don’t understand that what we’re doing is re-creating those dangers—or maybe they don’t remember the dangers. For younger people, they didn’t live through those dangers. But when you live through a Cuban Missile Crisis up close and you live through a false alarm up close, you do understand how dangerous it is, and you believe you should do everything you could possibly do to [avoid] going back.”
This bullshit hysteria about Russia, Trump, and “Kremlin stooges” isn’t amusing — which I admittedly have tended to see it as — when one considers William Perry’s learned message. (So far no serious reputational or career consequences have flowed from this particular smear, but if they did, that also would not be funny.)
Benito Mussolini -Mona-
The human race annihilating itself because Mr. Podesta succumbed to a phishing attack is a little bit funny. No other species has gone extinct in such a novel way.
bh2 Benito Mussolini
“No other species has gone extinct in such a novel way”
….nor with such wilding enthusiasm.
barabbas bh2
the struggles and pain of life
war gives the peace of death
the new good medicine for the twisted souls
-Mona- Benito Mussolini
The human race annihilating itself because Mr. Podesta succumbed to a phishing attack
That sounds like a plot outline by John Twelve Hawks meeting Cormac McCarthy.
“…….This bullshit hysteria about Russia, Trump, and “Kremlin stooges” isn’t amusing……”
You forgot Assange Mona. But isn’t that why Assange undermined HRC? It was not simply about revenge against HRC. He wanted to lessen the threat of nuclear destruction. Can we not say the same about the motivation of Russia to undermine HRC by hacking the DNC? It simply was about saving the world from the militaristic west and the threat of nuclear destruction.
We should go back to the good old days where each superpower had an area of interest which served as a buffer. The days of US maintaining their “influence” in South America and Russia their “influence” in Warsaw Pact countries was simply the good old days of geopolitics. Everyone was happy back then.
-Mona- craigsummers
READERS: About 95% of the time I do not reply to Craig Summers, who is an authoritarian, pro-torture, Republican who had said he was voting for Trump. Multiple commenters asked that I not reply to Craig because doing so causes him to post yet more walls of drivel-text, which pollutes the board.
Mudbone craigsummers
Hey ,,wait a minute on that ” Everyone was happy back then.” crap .
I was in the eight grade and my teacher , Sister Leona , came in crying .
Her parents were caught in Czechoslovakia ( how’s that for a spell check , eh ) . It was 1951/52 and I think a savage named Stalin was might have still been at the wheel !!
craigsummers Mudbone
That’s not the story you will hear from the alt-left. They may not have been perfectly happy in the east, but they surely had it far better than propagandized American population. The Soviets never pretended to have elections so the population knew where it stood, whereas in the US, the “deep state” allowed elections, but just controlled the outcome. WE never knew better……
We’re starting to re-invent them.
yep. “it’s the economy, stupid”. Arms and war have become an economy. Lotsa people, build build build, and where is the enjoy enjoy enjoy? Nowhere to be found, build to use to build more – that is the dictate of the current currency system. The real problem is that people do not know how to rationalise comfort and life to enjoy doing NOTHING.
Mudbone barabbas
Well Barb , if we only had a little more money ,, Right ?
Michael A. Miller
To our sisters, to our brothers, to a great people across the Atlantic
There are rarer proofs of liberty than when the smallest of voices can stand up and denounce the most powerful authority within a super power. So it is with no small pleasure that my tiny voice gets to say President Elect Trump’s comments on about the EU were deeply repugnant to me, and, I’m sure, the vast swath of thinking Americans.
While people of good conscience, knowledge and reason can disagree about the placement of US military forces, almost any where in the world, no such persons can disagree with the importance of the EU.
The EU is a great light in our time. It is a light of reason, in a time, when the fundamentals of rational thought are again being assailed by corrupt and powerful interests. It is light of cooperation between great and diverse cultures and peoples, demonstrating the hope, prosperity, and power humanity may yet achieve, when it puts aside its inane and petty differences. It is a light of self-awareness: humanity is one; we are all entitled to the same basic rights and dignities of person. It is a light of historical witness, for how many human follies, calamities of hubris, and horrors of hatred and ignorance are buried below its ancient cobble stones?
In truth, my faith in the US has been shaken, by our recent election, but my faith in the diverse people of the EU stands resolute, and I thank them and praise them, as they are now called upon, in this time, to stand united against the growing dangers to liberty, reason, and dare I say, polite discourse and simple facts.
With my whole heart Europeans,
a humble brother.
bh2 Michael A. Miller
This reply from a former head of state should be echoed often and loudly in reply to such rosy sentiments:
— Mikhail Gorbachev
There was a time when this man was regarded to be about as serious as a heart attack.
Orville Michael A. Miller
The EU as it’s commonly presented is a good idea. However, in practice, it’s far from good. According to “Father of the Euro” Robert Mundell, it’s designed to force austerity on its members. We can see the draconian effects of EU orders on the people of various nations from Greece to Spain to Cyprus who are forced to comply with these measures.
Further, as Wikileaks has revealed, a major component of the EU’s refugee policy involves attacking of refugee vessels. Yes, you heard me right. They even sought UN approval for it.
Lastly, the EU has become yet another voice for “territorial integrity” and against self-determination, be it outside the EU (Crimea, Novorossiya, South Ossetia, Abkhazia) or inside the EU (Scotland, Catalonia, Euskadi, etc.).
I backed Brexit for all those reasons. Better austerity imposed by elected Tories (who can either get tossed out- or fled from in the case of Scotland and Wales) than austerity imposed by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. It’s a shame that Brexit has been championed more by racists and similar bigots.
So is it only “collaboration” if I collaborate with the Russians, or is it also collaboration, if I do it with the Saudis, or the Israelis?
Gert AtheistInChief
+10.
What about when ‘we did it’ with Saddam Hussein?
The elevation of a vehemently anti-choice, War-on-Terror CIA operative into liberal icon has been one of the year’s fascinating developments.
-Mona- -Mona-
The extreme sickness of today’s liberal Democrats.
Former spook McMullin, as an “independent politician” (per Wikipedia) is apparently immune from the “but he’s not a Democrat!” millstone flung so often around Bernie’s neck.
We’re seeing what’s needed: they’re outing themselves to confirm what many (especially new and younger voters) have already determined: what democrats were decades ago they’re not now, and the voters are rejecting it.
They’re losing the party they’ve made for themselves at the expense of the rest of us. Here’s another example of this myopia, from investment banker Alan Patricof.
“The challengers to Mrs. Clinton for the party’s nomination did not at the end of the day provide an appropriate alternative as determined by the voters, there appears to be no one on the horizon, at the moment, at least, who offers a compelling argument against the kind of guttural populist appeal, despicable though it may be, that Mr. Trump is making. (True, Bernie Sanders gave her a run for my money, but let’s not forget that, until the primary season, Mr. Sanders was not a Democrat.)”
“No, the Democratic Party is still the right vessel on the right course, but it has taken some hits that require urgent repairs. Among others, they are:
1. Reorganize the Democratic National Committee under new long-term leadership. The former DNC head, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, got a raw deal in the WikiLeaks scandal and in the long run did not provide a unifying role. The committee now needs an equally strong captain to take decisive steps at the national level to unify the party and engage new faces in constructive dialogue – including people from rural America and, at the risk of seeming self-serving, more people from the business world, both of whose voices often seem unwelcome.
More pablum at the link above.
Democrats are becoming even more Republican Lite than they already were, and Clintonism had already pulled the party way to the right. Now it’s really overt.
Except for the Bernie Sanders cohort. Democrats are clearly banking (ahem) on picking up enough Trump-induced disaffected Republicans — as Hillary gambled in campaign ’16 — so that even FDR-level Dems have no home, much less socialists having one in a major party.
There really is a major political realignment, and even revolution, afoot. The under-35s are mostly not going to go with the neoliberals and they have the most energy, but not the money. This is gonna get even more down and dirty, but the war is necessary.
Orville -Mona-
Another good example would be the recent Intercept article on how Sanders worked on a law allowing for imports of medicines- and how Corey Booker defeated it. (Ironically, TRUMP is calling for reducing costs by dealing with pharmaceutical companies.)
Another good example involving an ex-Democrat is the endorsement of Betsy DeVos by Joe Lieberman.
And don’t get me started on Patrick Murphy…
Gert Sillyputty
Who needs The Onion when we’ve got… Alan Patricof?
“These comments suggest that the Labour leader would rather collaborate with Russian aggression than mutually support Britain’s NATO allies.”
This is a nugget of typical argument by warmongers that there is only one path available (“ours” or “theirs”) and to propose any other path implies “collaboration with the enemy”.
At risk of being labeled a Nazi sympathizer by some fruitcake, this reminder, once again:
Göring: Why, of course, the people don’t want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.
Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars.
Göring: Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
-Mona- bh2
This is no longer true:
You simply call it not-war, e.g. a “police action,” and voila! The president does as s/he pleases. We never went to war in Vietnam, you know.
“Original intent” is a great jurisprudential and political idea, except when it gets in the authoritarian, warmongers’ way.
None of which should detract from the truth of Göring’s observation: “…the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.”
bh2 -Mona-
Yes, that limit was real when Göring said it, but no longer.
Shirking by Congress of its constitutional duties delivers power into the hands of one person (regardless of party) and makes the danger of war not only more possible but more likely.
The American government was not designed to depend on election of saints to power but rather to survive election of those who plainly are not.
interesting observation,you
our military have become world police
and our police have become local military
maybe hell has risen
I thought this was interesting, and a fair analysis by Gary Younge.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/16/how-barack-obama-paved-way-donald-trump-racism
So when Hillary Clinton stood for Obama’s third term, the problem wasn’t just a lack of imagination: it was that the first two terms had not lived up to their promise.
This time last year, fewer than four in 10 were happy with Obama’s economic policies. When asked last week to assess progress under Obama 56% of Americans said the country had lost ground or stood still on the economy, while 48% said it had lost ground on the gap between the rich and poor – against just 14% who said it gained ground. These were the Obama coalition – black and young and poor – who did not vote in November, making Trump’s victory possible. Those whose hopes are not being met: people more likely to go to the polls because they are inspired about a better future than because they fear a worse one.
As any recipient of the new coin will tell you, there’s a difference between things that look different and make you feel good, and things that make a difference and actually do good. Symbols should not be dismissed as insubstantial; but nor should they be mistaken for substance.
Many things to like and admire about Pres. Obama. And by comparison to someone like Donald Trump, Pres. Obama’s administration will go down as having done some valuable things together with Congress during his two terms.
But in a time where serious reformation of America’s foreign policy goals-methods, domestic policies (not that domestic and foreign are unrelated) and economic worldview was needed, Pres. Obama’s administration and the Democratic party in Congress came up woefully short both for lack of will, lack of courage and lack of imagination. Of course that isn’t altogether their fault, as they have to deal with a modern GOP that is living in an alternate reality and desire for a revanchist past and they have a significant rabid minority who know how to play the long game.
I guess we’ll see if the adage is true that sometimes things have to get much worse before they can get better.
Hey pal ,,, you now have local police being armed by the Pentagon . You now have people being jailed under a WWI Espionage Act . You now have video nerds in Foggy Bottom playing ” Bomb That Wedding Party ” .
I voted for Barack twice . I gave $575 and went door to door for Bernie Sanders .
I will never participate again in this scam called American Democracy .
I did not vote in the past election . THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS CAMPAIGN turned me stomach .
The idea that this corrupt to the core government can be reformed
is insane* .
* INSANITY———-DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT !!! —-Al
Mike Sulzer rrheard
But those two terms sure do look good before to the prospect of even one term from Trump.
“…….This is false. You introduced the topic of anti-Zionists and terror. Specifically, you sought to smear Jeremy Corbyn for his position that the UK government makes a mistake by designating Hamas as a terrorist organization (because of the legal consequences that flow from that)…….”
Nothing could be further from the truth Mona. I never mentioned “Zionist” or “terror”. I said that Corbyn referred to Hamas and Hezbollah as “friends” which indicates how radical he is. The discussion was about Corbyn. You redirected the thread toward Zionism. That was your goal (and obsession). You read a new anti-Zionist book and you are excited to tell everyone. Just don’t lie and tell me I redirected this thread. You did (and you still are).
Why are you bringing a purely interpersonal squabble to the top of the thread in a standalone post? This is why I usually ignore you.
You’re now lying by grossly misstating the sequence of events, something I had not seen you do before. (Any can see for themselves by observing his initial comment and my immediate reply that I appropriately stayed on the topic of smears against Jeremy Corbyn, the topic of the article above.)
Except as it serves the interest of truth by responding with fact-based material and arguments for the benefit of others, I now revert to ignoring you. Zionists regularly lie or otherwise engage in duplicity, and seek to misdirect others away from the ugly truth about their ideology and behavior. Don’t let them: When indicated, ignore them.
Tch ,tch , Mona . That ignore them bit again ,, eh ?
Ever try to get rid of a roach nest by ignoring it Mona ? A rat nest ? A nest of wealthy unsatisfied control freaks ?
The problem with ignoring a problem
is a problem !!!
Gil G Mudbone
Don’t worry Mud Mona never ignores them she just wants others to do when she indicates. You should listen to her, she is after all a personal friend of Glenn’s so her indication is worth something. too funny.
I love how you all think you are doing something by being key board commandos. Well I got a job to get to so I will take my leave.
-Mona- Gil G
Yes, you should absolutely give support to Mudbone. He’s pissed that I reported his (now deleted) “joke” about Jews and lampshades. But then, antisemites have always been the Zionists’ best friends. Zionists have a very long history of allying with and supporting them, including supporting Nazi Germany.
Oh Mona ,,,
Using Gil G that way is so like you .
Afraid ?
BTW : Anyone that thought that was a “JOKE” is dumber than a LAMPSHADE !!!~
Gert Mudbone
Gawd, you really are as thick as two very short planks, aren’t you?
antisemite =anti jew ?
antisemitic=anti jewish ?
What the hell is a Semite ? Is it like a Termite ?
And I guess old Mona is going to report me again !
But she’s will never answer the simple questions—
If you mean JEW why don’t you say JEW ?
If you mean JEWISH why don’t you say LIKE A JEW ?
Oh ,, its not PC lingo ,, right darlin ?
Mudbone Gil G
@Gil G———-Mona’s OK except when she steps into that I’m An Educated Intellectual pulpit . As if there are not educated intellectuals that will lie and murder for cash or out of fear .
Education and IQ not withstanding , I now realize that the old adage ” YOU CAN ALWAYS BY THE BRAINS ” is true . You only have to make certain that the goods you purchase fear you !!
OK ,, the time has come . I want people on this board to define what they mean , in two* lines or less , by the following nouns :
1———-SEMITE
2———-JEW
3———-JEWISH ( is it a noun or an adjective ? )
4———-TERROR
5———-ZIONIST
All are welcome ,, but please no goggling ! Your personal meaning is what I’m looking for .
**If it’s more than two lines it shows personal confusion .
NiceTry Mudbone
I’ll give this a try. I’m willing to expose my knowledge or lack thereof without the aid of internet searches:
1. Semite: A member or descendant of the Semitic tribes, defined as a specific people group roughly associated with the Jewish people and the nation of Israel.
2. Jew: One who ascribes to the tenants of Judaism, deriving authority from the Torah and relying on Rabbis for interpretation of how the world works.
3. Jewish: A description of the genetic pool of people know as Aszkani (sp) Jews or people of varying percentages of that genetic ancestry.
4. Terror: A complete, paralyzing fear caused by a stimulus or held belief.
5. Zionist: One who believes that the scattered Jewish people have an inherent right to the landmass of the approximate ancient nation of Israel.
A very interesting exercise in the limits of my knowledge without the aid of the interwebz.
-Mona- NiceTry
Zionist: One who believes that the scattered Jewish people have an inherent right to the landmass of the approximate ancient nation of Israel.
Political Zionism is the ethno-religious supremacist, fascist creed rooted in the same 19th century “blood and soil” nationalism that fed, e.g., Nazism. Their “soil” is, as you suggest, the land now called Israel, but also Greater Israel.
Mudbone NiceTry
You would have gotten an A except for #3 , i.e. Aszkani (sp) Jews ,
which suggests some plagiarism on your part .
Aggrieved NiceTry
FROM Merriam-Webster and correct:
Definition of Semite
a : a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs
b : a descendant of these peoples
: a member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language
this war-mongering, witch-hunting, devious behaviour is not only coming from right-wing Tory pigs, but also from the Labour party where you can find plenty of MPs who support war and militarization in Europe against Russia. But, the most worrying part of this affair is that even those who call themselves liberal-left media ( the guardian, independent), openly supporting war on Syria and, doing Nato propaganda.
The funny thing is, when the inevitable happens after all this anti-Russian propaganda ( i call it Russo-phobia ), the same news outlets who spread hatred and war, will call ‘commonsense’ or bark about ‘peace’.
I also feel sorry for Corbyn who has to condemn ( he is obliged to) Russia for its actions in Syria where it is the only genuine force fight international Islamist terrorism.
Unfortunately from now on whoever calls for easing the tension in eastern Europe will be called ‘Putinbot’, ‘Russian agent’ or ‘traitor’. I am sure the British government is already watching and taking notes on those who sympathize with Russia on certain areas such as Ukraine, eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Orville Luther
It’s worth noting that there are Labourites like former Scottish Labour head Jim Murphy who are members of the Henry M. Jackson Society (Named for one of the pioneer neocons -One of the few who was not a Trotskyite). Remember the infamous statement of Bobby Jindal’s regarding “no-go zones”? He made the statement speaking to that group.
As for the media, Murdoch owns Sky and the BBC has gone downhill precipitously since the Hutton whitewash resulted in Gilligan and Dyke being effectively forced out.
Sorry my reply function no longer works and cannot see photos attached to articles.
Richard Engel behaves like a journalist, leaving Rachel Maddow uninterested and moving right along. Jimmy Dore: Journalist DEBUNKS CIA Anti-Trump B.S. & Rachel Maddow Ignores it.
And that is precisely why I stopped watching or listening to Rachel Maddow a long time ago. Most of her work now is inane vapid fluff, and that’s when she’s even attempting to act like an actual journalist which isn’t very often.
I mean this is all you need to know about her:
Asked about her political views by the Valley Advocate, Maddow replied, “I’m undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I’m in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform.”–Wiki
Now that is not to suggest that I have some huge problem with identifying with being an Eisenhower Republican by comparison to the GOP of today, but Rachel Maddow never has been and never will be a “progressive” or “left” in any sense of either word.
She’s a corporatist centrist liberal militarist American exceptionalist, and her analysis of politics is weak sauce. Always has been. Watching her fawn all over Hillary Clinton during the couple of interviews she got with her was really gross. Only thing I’ve ever really liked about her is that she periodically gives a platform to Glenn.
She’s not really even an “academic” except in the sense she earned her PhD as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. She was already doing radio before she earned it, and has never to the best of my knowledge taught for any length of time at any university or college, ever.
Her on-air persona is sickeningly chipper and has always annoyed me. Now that she’s become such an overt tool I cannot tolerate it at all.
Once upon a time she and Greenwald were buds; I think that’s long over. (For one thing, I got the Jimmy Dore link from his tweet.)
AtheistInChief rrheard
Let’s not beat around the bush. She sucks. Maddow blows. When was the last time anybody learned anything new from her show?
She took a side during the primaries, and it wasn’t the side of Bernie.
“Jeremy Corbyn Accused of Being Russian “Collaborator” for Questioning NATO Troop Build-Up on Border”.
According to this article I am a Russian collaborator. !Vow! Everyday I discover something new about myself. Amazing.
Undercover investigation into Israeli espionage and conspiracies against politicians and activists in the UK
Gil G asks:
I never made the claim that he did conspire to do any such thing. Can you provide more detail to this conspiracy.
Like many, Gil’s ignorance could be cured by actually viewing this 4-part Al Jazeera investigative documentary (it’s about 2 hours long in total). An Israeli diplomat just resigned in disgrace after plotting to “take down” British politicians with smear campaigns, while a British Zionist in the Labour Party is caught brazenly lying about another party member, falsely accusing her of antisemitic statements.
See Zionists prattling about the need for “safe spaces” where they are not made to hear anything that makes them “uncomfortable.” Anything that does make them uncomfortable, we are told, is by definition “antisemitic.”
Do watch the entire fascinating thing.
Bejing stooges abound
The always reasonable John Bolton wants to confront nuclear-armed China. He took to the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal to advocate allying with Taiwan and “revisit” the “one-state China” question.
Democrats have proceeded to behave as stooges for Bejing by calling this belligerence dangerous. These subversives must be routed out!
“Be[i]jing stooges abound”
Yes they do. DailyBeast has this gem.
“We’re going to have to send China a clear signal that, first, the island-building stops and, second, your access to those islands is also not going to be allowed,” [Tillerson] told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday.
The nominee also said China’s militarizing the islands is “akin to Russia’s taking of Crimea.”
Observers gasped at Tillerson’s words, which signaled a radical change in American policy toward China. Yet his general approach toward Beijing, despite all the criticism he has attracted in the last few days, is the correct one for these times.
They even quote Kissinger who reminds us, of course, what happens with appeasement …
I expect the next article by Matty Schwartz (he’s gotta be the legitimate son of Jon Schwarz, I’d drop the T too) will be about the need to confront China militarily.
Hugh Culliton -Mona-
I’m Canadian, so I guess that already makes me a “Commie” in the eyes of many Americans (lol!), so no surprise when I say that your Prez et al. especially Bolton are a bunch of psychotic dilettantes who shouldn’t be trusted with a laser pointer let alone access to nukes!
bh2 Hugh Culliton
No, Hugh, it only certifies that you are likely sane. Not to suggest a sane perspective is always relevant in web-level discussions of US policy or politics.
The new cabinet members (horns and all) are a mixed group and will not be an echo chamber of redundant same thinking.
The military, surprisingly to some minds, know that danger very well. In my view, the more experienced senior military leaders at hand, the better. It’s the damn ignorant civilians who more frequently grow hot for war (review history to confirm this, please) and want to see it on TV — at a safe distance, of course. Half-baked strategies limited by civilians owing to “political considerations” often limit their ability to win quickly and decisively.
To assure all views (and the facts supporting them) are presented during a decision-making process, all those views must actually be vigorously represented by advocates who believe them credible. Potemkin representations delivered with faint effort can be even worse than no representation of those views at all.
Bolton is a dangerous warhawk. Hopefully he’ll be kept hooded most of the time and allowed to squawk out publicly only when it’s useful. He won’t be deciding policy, in any case.
Mr. Obama has already committed the US military to pivot to Asia (and Africa) because the challenges there will be to limit the already growing military reach of China. It isn’t a theoretical threat. It’s happening now. So the main thrust of US foreign policy has already been decided. By Mr. Obama, not by Mr. Trump.
Who controls the South China Sea threatens our vital national interests, big time, so that’s actually a reasonable call. However,…
The “see-ya-goodbye” NATO plunge puts the US at higher risk by committing it to maintain higher combat readiness in force on two fronts simultaneously, in two theaters geographically far separated from each other. It is generous to call this a rookie error.
Since the Pacific force is dominantly naval and the NATO forces are dominantly ground forces, the impact may be modest. But if shooting on both fronts were initiated in a coordinated attack, things could get interesting in a hurry.
The Russians have always controlled the Black Sea from Sevastopol and that region is in their vital national interests. Not ours.
All the Western whinging about the “loss” of Crimea is therefore a complete waste of time and attention, except in service of public performances in the Kabuki theater of politics so morons in CNN will have something to talk about.
According to Reuters
“……….U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia over its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal with Moscow, he told The Times of London…….. “For one thing, I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially, that’s part of it. But Russia’s hurting very badly right now because of sanctions, but I think something can happen that a lot of people are gonna benefit.”……”
See if I have this right. Russia invades and annexes part of a sovereign nation (violating an agreement they signed – the Budapest Memorandum). Putin militarily supports emboldened separatists in a war in Donbass killing 10,000(+) people to date. Putin is clearly attempting to destabilize the new Ukrainian government. The west sanctions Russia for their illegal and immoral aggression. Now Trump wants to lift sanctions for a nuclear agreement. What does Russia lose with this proposal? The sanctions had nothing to do with nuclear armament.
Putin will be delighted by the offer. He gives up nothing in exchange for a nuclear reduction agreement with the US. The Chinese and Mexicans must be quaking with fear over the coming trade negotiations with Trump. Jesus, what a fucking dunce.
” It doesn’t have to be true to blackmail “——–???
Geez !! She called it a wrap with that ?
Moral of story : Be wary of people making $40,000/day to give you the news !
And Rachel Maddox got her start via PBR , righgt ?
Like Groucho said,,,,,,,,,,,
” As soon as they get rich they become Republicans”
Rachel Maddox———>Truth ? Who gives a Flyin-F-Duck about the Truth ? We make our money on Perception . To hell with the Truth . GET WITH THE PROGRAM !!!!
AtheistInChief Mudbone
She makes about 27,000 per episode.
Episode ?
I like your sense of humor Chief . But then again it’s probably the correct word to use for THE RACHEL MADDOX SERIES !!
BTW : What does she get for old reruns . Are they going to insert Canned Laughter ? Car Chases ? Mini Skirts ? AK-47 BANG ! BANG !
I bet old Desilu is chompin at the bit for a piece of the action .
Gil G
just want to be sure you got a chance to respond.
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/16/jeremy-corbyn-accused-of-being-russian-collaborator-for-questioning-nato-troop-build-up-on-border/?comments=1#comment-338698
Most people fixate on the nuclear missiles ignoring the thousands of man portable nuclear weapons requiring zero need for a lauch code and infinately more capable of falling into the wrong hands (by design or otherwise).
Hugh Culliton TFS
…assuming they aren’t already in wrong hands. There were a couple “suitcase bombs” MIA at the end of the Cold War, for instance.
stan mrak
Noam’s “alien” perspective is enlightening, except he’s not aware that civilization on earth was created and orchestrated by extraterrestrials and has been under their control the entire time. Look around, this is what they intended. They have an agenda that includes humans battling humans perpetually. Read David Icke or Michael Tellinger to learn more.
-Mona- stan mrak
I knew an establishment Democrat would show up to lead us in the new approach to facts and reason. Welcome.
Nete Peedham -Mona-
NASTY!
Gil G Nete Peedham
Actually you should check out who Mr. Icke says those extraterrestrials and lizard people actually are. I think his theories put him much more in line with the “zionists rule the world” crowd that are so plentiful among the fans of the TI message board.
You’d find such beliefs more understandable if you watched The Lobby. A good companion documentary, from 2009, is: Dispatches – Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby Zionist money, and thuggish behavior, too often get them what they want — both with politicians and journalists.
Gil G -Mona-
Oh so you think it’s understandable to believe that zionists are extraterrestrials and lizard people.
Why am I not surprised.
more in line with the “zionists rule the world”
As I said, more understandable if you watched The Lobby. A good companion documentary, from 2009, is: Dispatches – Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby.
Gert Gil G
Oh pa-leaeaease, Gil, almost no one believes “zionists rule the world”.
Zionism is a political ideology. As such (and as have other ideologies) it has influence in the world. That a few crackpots extrapolate that to “zionists rule the world” doesn’t change that.
You really are scraping the barrel now.
-Mona- Gert
Did you see what he did with my typo, e.g., “shew?” A rumination on how I’m a bad feminist because clearly I want to call women “shrews.”
He’s transparently desperate.
Gil G Gert
If this board is any indication many believe zionists rule the world.
Orville Gil G
Uh, while Icke has gone downhill, it used to be, at least, that he and most of his followers were not like that. There’s an interesting and fun passage in Jon Ronson’s “Them”, in which two people are trying to counter allegations of Icke being anti-Semitic. One is bringing up criticisms of Israeli policy by Jews, while the other is simply listing all the different types of aliens David Icke claims are on this planet. The latter one was more successful in convincing people that Icke was not necessarily anti-Semitic (“I think, when David Icke says lizards, he really does mean lizards.”), though probably also convincing them that Icke was crazy.
Of course, that was around a decade ago. Who knows how Icke is now?
Corbyn may be a Marxist at heart, but that doesn’t make him a servant of Russia or Putin. He now becomes the second major Western opposition leader being openly attacked with the blood libel of implied treason for daring to question machinations of the NATO security state.
The US and UK are the vanguard of this “peace-keeping” effort. Of course. Aren’t they always?
Obama has deliberately set this execrable process in motion, leaving it to his successor to deal with the ugly consequences as he saunters out the door and heads for the golf links on a lifetime pension. This act, alone, should remove any lingering doubt about who and what this man really is and whose interests he has faithfully served from the beginning. “Hope and change”, indeed.
Which MSM propaganda mills will now eagerly assist this effort to re-energize the evergreen pursuit of the “Forever War”? The most prominent agents provocateurs in the press have already outed themselves as willing vessels to receive whatever “anonymous” propaganda “leaks” are poured into them by the IC.
By promoting the empty “Russian hacking” meme to serve their blatant all-in political agenda during the campaign, the MSM have been necessarily obliged to promote the hyped up “Russian aggression” meme to prop it up and hype it up.
These two narratives are literally joined at the hip. To discredit one would discredit the other. “Journalists” are now hung by their own petard and cannot back away. They must continue to hack the truth with innuendos and outright fake news to save themselves being revealed as the tools they are. This tar baby smiles back at them with a wicked grin and they simply cannot get unstuck of it.
Well played, CIA!
Thorvid
Unfortunately the current British government are fully signed up to the neocon globalisation idea.
One of the many consequences of this is that any challenge of the prescribed narrative, means the changer must be being blackmailed by or a fully signed up sympathizer of the other side, and any views expressed, must be discredited as such.
For reasons unfathomable to me they seem to think war and conflict with Russia is better than cooperation, dialogue and a mutual agreement to work together for the betterment of us all.
Apparently the Clinton’s have decided they can no longer afford to do good deeds around the world. Via Matt Bors:
Remember when Clinton partisans said shutting down the Clinton Global Initiative would kill millions of people?
The Clinton Foundation Shuts Down Clinton Global Initiative
The Clinton Foundation’s long list of wealthy donors and foreign government contributors during the 2016 elections provoked critics to allege conflicts of interests. Clinton partisans defended the organization’s charitable work, and dismissed claims that it served as a means for the Clintons to sell off access, market themselves on the paid speech circuit, and elevate their brand as Hillary Clinton campaigned for the presidency.
But as soon as Clinton lost the election, many of the criticisms directed toward the Clinton Foundation were reaffirmed. Foreign governments began pulling out of annual donations, signaling the organization’s clout was predicated on donor access to the Clintons, rather than its philanthropic work. […]
The Clinton Global Initiative was created in 2005 to serve as a networking platform for the Clinton Foundation. Both the initiative’s mission and its own definition of what it seeks to accomplish are vague. “Rather than directly implementing projects, CGI facilitates action by helping members connect, collaborate, and make effective and measurable Commitments to Action—plans for addressing significant global challenges,” states the CGI website. […]
WikiLeaks revealed several criticisms of the Clinton Foundation were true, as pay-to-play schemes and the foundation’s corrupt management were exposed. On October 26, The Washington Post reported a memo detailed how the Clinton Foundation was used to boost Bill Clinton’s income. […]
The Clinton Foundation‘s downward trajectory ever since since Hillary Clinton’s election loss provides further testimony to claims that the organization was built on greed and the lust for power and wealth—not charity.
Perhaps PEOTUS will pick up the slack from his predecessors and create a foundation to fill the gap for all those AIDS patients who were getting their meds via CGI and to continue exploiting…I mean, “helping” those poor people in Haiti. [/s]
craigsummers Pedinska
Your link does not get me anywhere that helps, Pedinska.
The Clinton Foundation is being shut down for only one reason :
With Hilarity’s Election Loss The Clinton Crime Family lost control of its money laundering operations in the upper circles of Global Thievery !!
Unmet promises violate honor among thieves. Vengeance is not uncommon.
On January 12, a WARN notice was filed with the New York Department of Labor—the main office of the Clinton Global Initiative would be closing
Pedinska Doug Salzmann
I’m going to just go back to putting links at the bottom of the piece. :-s
Thanks once again for supplying the proper link.
Hey Glenn,
Maybe somebody at The Intercept could do a breakdown and follow-up on the Al-Jazeera doc. That would be hell of an interesting story. It seems like most Americans are unaware of it.
That, and I very much hope they have someone review this new book, as reviewed at Mondoweiss: ‘State of Terror,’ by Thomas Suárez.
milton wiltmellow
If two people ride the same bus to work, are they twins? Are they siblings? Are they even related? Does one read a newspaper while the other sleeps?
Having something in common isn’t evidence of a conspiracy or groupthink, propaganda or cluelessness. Is Corbyn appeasing, collaborating, or simply offering a political opinion consistent with his political faction?
In contrast, there’s a vibrant case of a Russian-Trump collaboration. Associates in common, refusal to criticize, secret business arrangements (loudly kept secret), counterintuitive statements by Trump and his clique, anecdotal evidence, repudiation and violation of sanctions and common interests.
Corbyn has nothing to do with any of this except in the most superficial ways.
So why is Corbyn the headline and subject of this article?
Because he rides the same bus as Trump?
Yes, there’s a Military/Security/Industrial Complex that exercises enormous (and lethal) political power in the West.
There are also giant corporations that exercise enormous (and lucrative) political power in the West.
Both have coopted public political power.
Corbyn has little to do with that except as an ordinary politician
In vast contrast, Trump is neither ordinary nor interested in proper governance.
Conflating the two men suggests some sort of unstated agenda.
The Colonel milton wiltmellow
um, yes. i took that to be the point being made.
with the (global) realignment of political stripes and factions, our political betters have taken the initiative to dig up the zombie-trope with the least amount of rotting flesh remaining on its bones (having been beaten to . . . well, to *death* countless times already, over generations of political in-fighting and propaganda wars) to try to make the loudest nonsensical noise amid the din and cacophony that has become political discourse.
the Fox/Rovians, having co-opted postmodern critical theory from the academic left, to turn every narrative on its head, to cast themselves as the victims, to leave a trail of deconstructed, rhetorical scorched earth so vast and loud that no one can hear themselves think . . . can now sit down and let the Democrat neo-liberal liberals, neo-neo-conservatives utterly annihilate the signal-to-noise ratio of public discourse in a desperate bid to distract from the disintegration of the whole stinking mess.
The Colonel The Colonel
ok, so global realignment of political stripe may be a mischaracterization. is it more accurate to say that the actual and long-standing divisions in our society are finally being made inescapably clear?
Mudbone The Colonel
Divisions ?
The natural ? Long Standing ? Like since the amoeba !
1——> Male vs Female
2——> Black vs White
The manufactured ? Rich vs Poor
The Natural differences can’t be changed by committee and attempts at “ONE SIZE WILL FIT ALL ” are not only dangerous but futile .
The Manufactured differences are the doings of human beings . And there were people , e.g. The Sioux , that had no rich /poor divisions .
The Colonel Mudbone
i’m sorry, i don’t think i see your point.
milton wiltmellow Mudbone
And there were people , e.g. The Sioux , that had no rich /poor divisions .
Yet they had Pawnee and Crow distinctions.
And they did refer to themselves as “the human beings” (implying that all others were not human beings.
Tribalism is tribalism.
Whites and native americans distinguished one another with pejorative terms we all know from the movies or from watching American sports.
Even male/female was a bit more fluid among native Americans than the definitions imposed within a monotheistic culture where all absolutes are more or less cruelly enforced.
Show me a person’s distinctions and I’ll show you their values.
craigsummers milton wiltmellow
Miltonwiltmellow
“…….Conflating the two men suggests some sort of unstated agenda…….”
Corbyn has a long history in British politics with a record of opposing Nato. He was the national chair of Stop the War Coalition – a radically anti-western antiwar organization (and more as I wrote upthread). Greenwald writes about Corbyn in the above article:
“……….“I want to see a de-militarisation of the border between them.”……… “unfortunate that troops have gone up to the border on both sides,” adding that “he wanted to see better relations between Russia, NATO and the EU.” The Labour leader explained that while Russia has engaged in serious human rights abuses both domestically and in Syria, there must be a “better relationships between both sides . . . there cannot be a return to a Cold War mentality.………..”
No one wants another cold war with Russia. That is just common sense, but Greenwald disingenuously ignores the history of Corbyn in British politics. That is what is being criticized by the right in Britain. It’s the body of political work by Corbyn – not just those mostly innocent statements by Corbyn.
Trump is completely different. He is not a politician. In fact, he has no diplomatic skills what so ever. He’s a businessman – plain and simple. When interpreting what Corbyn says, one needs to think about a political agenda; when interpreting what Trump says, one needs to think about a business agenda. George Bush was a foreign policy President. Obama was a domestic President, but Trump is a business President. Was it just blind luck that Trump selected the CEO of Exxon (Tillerson) as his Secretary of State with his history of business dealings with the Russian government? Deals between Exxon and the Russian government could be worth tens to hundreds of billions of dollars if sanctions are lifted. Of course, Trump also has business ties to Russia.
There is no collaborative agenda between Trump and Corbyn, but they have common interests – détente with Russia. The far left (Assange, Greenwald, etc.) supports détente with Russia – even if it means throwing ethnic Ukrainians under the bus. This article by Greenwald is setting the table for when Trump proposes détente with Russia because Trump will come under heavy fire from the establishment in the US – and for good reason. Not only did Russia illegally annex Crimea while supporting militarily the separatists in Donbass, they interfered in the US election in 2016 specifically to undermine HRC.
bh2 craigsummers
Eastern and western portions of Ukraine differ markedly in ethnicity, and in Crimea, the population is 58% Russian:
MAP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Russians_Ukraine_2001.PNG
TEXT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russians_in_Ukraine
craigsummers bh2
Thanks, but I already recognize the ethnicity issue. Still, that is no reason to support the annexation of Crimea and support the war in Donbass.
“Was it just blind luck that Trump selected the CEO of Exxon (Tillerson) as his Secretary of State with his history of business dealings with the Russian government?”
Yeah, pretty much, actually.
Tillerson was recommended to Trump as a possible “deadlock” candidate by suggestion of both Gates and Rice:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/bob-gates-praises-tillerson-for-secretary-of-state-232555
There is no report that Trump asked Putin for his approval of Tillerson, but no doubt that’s necessarily implied in the minds of faithful fetishists.
“……….“Was it just blind luck that Trump selected the CEO of Exxon (Tillerson) as his Secretary of State with his history of business dealings with the Russian government?”………”
He may have been suggested by Gates and Rice. That has nothing to do with why Trump may have picked him, however. He might be a great Secretary of State, but in lieu of Trump’s potential proposal to ease sanctions on Russia for a nuclear disarmament agreement indicates there might be more behind the appointment.
“……..There is no report that Trump asked Putin for his approval of Tillerson, but no doubt that’s necessarily implied in the minds of faithful fetishists…….”
Of course, that is pure bullshit – and you know it. No one has suggested Trump asked Putin. Putin would of course without hesitation approve of Tillerson – if asked.
As one who lived through the entirety of the Cold War, let me say the enormous pile of BS people will blindly consume to prop up their own self-radicalization is as astounding as it is predictable.
Nothing new. Rinse, wash, repeat. War is the garment that never wears out, no matter how often it’s re-dyed for each new generation. And it fits a majority of people perfectly. Where it does not, it’s carefully re-tailored to suit.
The US has never not had an enemy, real or imagined, since the start of WW2.
War has since become the fashionable, national pastime having far more fans than baseball could ever hope for. Virtually every president, from Roosevelt on, has had his own favorite hobby war-horse(s), dutifully ridden hard to “protect us”.
Most of the rubes never catch as they are systematically had and bled into a bucket. The banksters get rich regardless of which side wins (pretty much like national elections) and government steadily grows more powerful. What’s not to like?
“[…] indicates there might be more behind the appointment.”
No doubt. Annoying you probably topped his list.
milton wiltmellow craigsummers
No one has suggested Trump asked Putin.
I would suggest that.
Well, actually I wouldn’t but not because it’s impossible as you imply, but because I don’t think the decision making flows in that direction. As I point out elsewhere, the interests of convergent factions do more than “suggest” to one another.
They collaborate.
milton wiltmellow bh2
Maybe there was a report but Deep State operative Killery Hitman killed the journalist before he/she could report it.
Maybe you should should read the links you post.
Gates acknowledged that ExxonMobil is “one of many clients” of RiceHadleyGates, Gates’ and Rice’s consulting firm, but said he met Tillerson “years earlier through our mutual involvement in and leadership of the Boy Scouts of America.”
Condoleezza Rice, Stephen Hadley and Robert Gates are all Bush loyalists.
For a site where readers bring a new level of apoplectic over the sinister “Deep State” — or where those who actually think about things (like myself) can be dismissed as a “faithful fetishist” — you should probably not judge Bush era neocons as impartial and/or independent.
Then there’s the lobbying.
Did Putin ask Trump? Did Trump ask Putin — did Tillerson ask Rice — did Putin ask Tillerson — did ExxonMobil already retained lobbyist RiceHadleyGates suggest Tillerson for professional reasons — does Russia have an interest in Tillerson/ExxonMobil establishing State Department policy?
There are so many questions arising from Tillerson’s appointment (not to mention Trump’s election) that I wonder where the dog’s tail is and where the rest of the dog is.
About the only thing we know about what of the dog wags what of the dog is wagged is that Trump is the dog’s bark and the one who licks his balls for himself.
milton wiltmellow milton wiltmellow
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Gates acknowledged that ExxonMobil is “one of many clients” of RiceHadleyGates, Gates’ and Rice’s consulting firm, but said he met Tillerson “years earlier through our mutual involvement in and leadership of the Boy Scouts of America.” [ibid]
bh2 milton wiltmellow
“Maybe you should should read the links you post. […] you should probably not judge Bush era neocons as impartial and/or independent. ”
Um, I didn’t say they were either impartial or independent. Neither did the politico article.
That must be some pretty good stuff you’re smokin’.
Orville craigsummers
I may be a Yank who knows more than the average American about UK politics (which is far less than the average UK person), but I know enough about Corbyn. Corbyn opposed the Iraq invasion and the bombing of Libya. Seeing the results, I can tell he’s far more credible than many politicians.
craigsummers Orville
Corbyn has a body of anti-western positions. You may agree with his positions on Libya and Iraq, but that represents just two positions. By the way, I supported the Iraq invasion but opposed the no fly zone in Libya. That hardly would make me even somewhat credible in the eyes of most people here.
nuf said craigsummers
” By the way, I supported the Iraq invasion but opposed the no fly zone in Libya. That hardly would make me even somewhat credible in the eyes of most people here.”
Seeing as the invasion of Iraq is still on-going, with roughly 1 million dead, you are correct.
Terrykelly
The armed forces minister for Britain’s right-wing government, Mike Penning has released a secret document proves that it was Jeremy Corbyn who shot Bambi’s mother.
Benito Mussolini Terrykelly
That’s ridiculous. It was the Russians who shot Bambi’s mother (while Jeremy Corbyn cheered from the sidelines).
Having watched the BBC Sweeney propaganda against Trump and Putin yesterday, I am now convinced the BBC is completely infested by the British secret services pushing their own militaristic agenda.
barabbas Voice from Europe
there are only 2 types of economies
shared democratic with better efficiencies, cheaper pricing, no debt and small range of wealth differences VS feeding frenzy with price gouging, valuation fraud, huge debts and wars.
only 2.
@barabbas
Basically it’s Communism vs Capitalism in a nutshell , right ? Unfortunately most people , having been effectively brainwashed , can no longer discuss economic models independent of the associated democratic vs undemocratic , nationalistic ,labels that the state has taught them . In the USA the state brainwashes the people to believe Capitalism is Democratic and Communism is Antidemocratic while in Russia the opposite is taught . The governments of both countries however , function merely as fronts for the accrual of wealth to the wealthy .
BTW : GIVE US BARABBAS THE THIEF !!! —-Sayeth the Coin Changers to the Governor . Ha , ha . It’s the old biblical joke .
Orville Voice from Europe
It may not necessarily be the Secret Service(s), but they are certainly establishment. (Although there are credible allegations of MI-5 involvement in the Referendum (on the “No” side, of course), and more credible allegations of BBC bias in favor of “No”.) Craig Murray is a good source on both.
I’m sorry, but some of this analysis leaves out important context. Obama tried to “reset” relations with Russia after the disastrous years of Bush II, while Medvedev was president. This came after Dick Cheney tried to convince Georgia that it could join NATO (which it wanted to do), and the Russian military responded with force. Hillary Clinton was part of the “reset” effort. Putin put himself back in charge and began to destroy the free press and inserted a new militarism into Russian society. Certainly, the US has done its share of provocation, but to somehow pretend that the US is solely responsible for the current state of tension between itself and Russia, is to discount Russia’s own actions.
Voice from Europe RS
In the night of 7-8 august 2008 the Georgian army attacked the capital of South -Ossetia which led to the intervention the next day by the Russian army. This is not my opinion , these are the words of H. Tagliavini the head of the official EU-fact finding mission. Furthermore the so-called reset button was more of an ‘overcharge’. Hillary even pointed out she had had a tough time looking for the right word ! RS you should try to use examples that prove your points ,not the opposite.
James Scott RS
Obama or at least the CIA with Obama’s blessing has continued to fund Chechen terrorists and organised a coup in Ukraine. He has disregarded the nuclear agreement with Russia and tried to cut the link between Russia and the Middle Eastern countries and particularly Syria where Russia had a naval base. What Obama said isn’t what he has done. Furthermore Obama has had the biggest most punitive crackdown on whistle blowers in US history as well as murdering thousands of innocent people around the world with his drone strikes and dirty wars in Africa. If Putin was half as brutal as Obama he would indeed be a war criminal.
barabbas RS
you are full of maneur.
US foreign policy is a complete fraud upon America and is a clear and present danger to the American economy.
NATO is a bloated beached whale.
You will lose.
“Certainly, the US has done its share of provocation”—-.RS
This has got to be the All Time Winnah of
THE UNDERSTATEMENT AWARD
Orville RS
Here’s an example of how Obama and Clinton “reset” relations with Russia.
On March 29, 2010, two terrorists detonated suicide bombs on the Moscow Metro system, killing 40. Hillary Clinton’s response was, “I was in Moscow earlier this month, and I know the resilience and determination of the Russian people. The United States stands with them today and every day in solidarity against violent extremism in all its forms.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactions_to_the_2010_Moscow_Metro_bombings
A different message was being sent from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. One article focused on criticism of then-PM Vladimir Putin, calling for President Medvedev to fire him.
http://www.rferl.org/a/In_Wake_Of_Metro_Bombings_Putins_War_On_Terror_Is_Under_Fire/1998111.html
Another article seriously equated the bombing with the Mathias Rust incident (Which killed nobody, but embarrassed the USSR greatly.)
http://www.rferl.org/a/A_Mathias_Rust_Moment_For_The_Siloviki/1997145.html
RFE/RL is run by the Broadcasting Board of Governors. The ex-Officio chair of that board is the Secretary of State- who just happened to be Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Those with good memories and who either look beyond the mainstream media or look into foreign broadcasting will note that Voice of America (also overseen by the BBG) was far from impartial in its coverage of the election, giving negative coverage to both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.)
who owns that?
i do not fear the people of Russia.
Russians do not fear the people of the US.
Wallstreet fears public ownership of public resources.
Military fears being branded the useless they are.
And the thieves who want to rob US threaten us with the extortion of branding US as not fearing whom they want US to fear.
But that’s what thieves do.
Gil G barabbas
sorry I’m confused the thieves wanting to rob us are using the extortion of branding US as not fearing whom they want us to fear. and that’s what thieves do?
Well first of all thieves rob or steal and extortionists extort. How are you being extorted ? and what’s being stolen?
Who has said they fear the “people of Russia” ?
You do seem to fear the people of the US.
Lots of people do and with good reason. Not the American people but its wretched governments.
But no one fears the gov’t of Russia or Putin? Or are for example the Chechnyians just being paranoid.
I’m no fan of Putin/Russian Oligarchy in the slightest. Yet on balance I consider the USA the more dangerous of the two countries, the US now with an extra Trump factor…
barabbas Gil G
But no one fears the gov’t of Russia or Putin?
sure – not one single person on the planet fears Russia – the almost huge country with one half of an aircraft carrier. Except the bankster thieves fear Russia – their examples of public ownership of life support and comfort industries of by and for the people. The banksters fear Russia currency, not privately owned. The banksters fear the Russia China Indochina Fareast unity pacts that leave out their criminal currency and fraudulent debt and fraudulent interest rates. The useless thieving banksters fear standing in the unemployment line and in the soup kitchen line and having to pawn there $1000 pairs of shoes for ten bucks.
https://www.rt.com/shows/keiser-report/373666-episode-max-keiser-1019/
Greenwald is THE best! Thank you for the Foreign Affairs linked article – very accessible, along with the NC video made for a compelling presentation. I trust your work.
Benny hart
Mike Penning is the stooge. The Crimean War started in Palestine. England was afraid of the rise of Russia. His comments vis a vis Corbyn are a malicious agenda.
Orville Benny hart
Your comments on the Crimean War are correct only up to a point. The cause of the war was more that France wanted to be the protector of Christians in the Ottoman Empire (And thus get better treatment for Catholics), while Russia wanted the same thing (Which would mean better treatment for the Orthodox). Jews had almost nothing to do with this.
Trump will manage the economy like he managed his businesses, which means a new boom and bust cycle, bigger than the last, and probably quicker, too. The dollar will not remain unscathed, and once its status as the global reserve currency is shaken, the cold war will turn hot.
In the meantime, US and RF will buzz each other but not cross the line unless inadvertently. This song and dance will have prepared the West to accept the hot war.
Anyway, something like that.
The last depression was not severe enough. I don’t expect war, not yet.
P.S. Greenwald is THE best, as always. Someone to be counted on.
This all seems way too irresponsible, intentionally so. World elites realize the gig is up, and are willing to escalate the threat of nuclear war in order to regain some control.
Ted Jose
It would appear so. Whatever one may think of Corbyn’s position on Brexit, etc. how the fuck can you disparage anybody who desires to ratchet down the brinksmanship between two nuclear armed superpowers.
If he’s a Russian ‘stooge’ then I am too, and damn proud of it.
Presumptuous Insect Ted
Right there with ya: https://twitter.com/PresumptuousBug/status/815831875143004160
Brava, PI! Me ten, or ten million, or whatever.
P.S. I’m with Jezza on Brexit, too — and I’m in favor of devolution, decentralization, etc. wherever it can be accomplished. In a world of irreversibly-diminishing resources, mega-nations and super states are simply unsustainable and inherently destructive — especially when in thrall to global finance-industrial capitalism.
Ted Presumptuous Insect
‘I Am A Russian Stooge’.
T-shirts, buttons, etc. The merchandising opportunities are boundless!
We could make some serious coin! ;^)
Doug Salzmann Ted
If you’re willing to share the cash flow, all you need to do is some design and marketing.
barabbas Jose
i fear you are correct.
the idea that people are realising they are being robbed and stepped on by the thieving selfish elites is causing them to become paranoid and jumpy.
Gil G Jose
Wait isn’t what you guys keep claiming is that the elites already have control?
And what control did these elites lose and how will they get it back by a supposed escalation of the threat of nuclear war?
Do you guys ever make claims that you can back up with facts. Are you all so terrified of the world that you need to make up conspiracies about everything that doesn’t work in the way you can understand.
And lastly and most importantly the best thing I assume about being an elite is that you are rich and powerful. Why in the hell would you want to turn the world into chaos where there is a good chance you will lose all these riches and power? Anyone ?
Roch Gil G
Hey, you WILL MAKE MORE AND MORE AND MORE WITH WAR!
When 8 people control half the world’s private wealth–> then yes, that is the definition of control!
Gil G Roch
Ok so now we are getting somewhere. Can you name these 8 people?
Gates, Ortega, Helu. Zuckerberg, Buffet, Bezos, Bloomberg, Ellison.
i did not see their faces nor read their names.
if these are the 8 then they should live in fear of being unemployed and impoverished.
and they should be happy with that.
So these are the people who control the world and want us to have a war with Russia? I get that Zuckerberg thinks that a war will lead to more posts on Facebook but I’m confused as to the reason for some of the others for wanting us to go to war. Bezo’s I guess thinks a nuclear war will cause a lot of damage to brink and mortar stores so more people will need to use Amazon? You don’t think he calculates that a war in which hundreds of millions people will die and a post nuclear landscape populated by Mad Max type folks who can’t connect to the internet will have a negative impact on his business?
your apparent stupidity is neither amusing nor fruitful.
The bankster wealther zionistas seek only domination of will.
These bankster wealther zionistas are willing to threaten war upon all the populations to have their way and merely hope that their intended victims do not call their bluff.
These wealthy types have become drunk with money and power and have gone stupid and seek support from other stupid persons.
On the other hand your eloquent posts are indeed fuitful. too funny.
Are you sure it is not you who have become stupid from sitting at home all day in front of your computer thinking how the about how the zionists killed Jesus and continue to ruin your life?
What I know is these are the eight individuals who own about half of the world’s wealth. For the rest of this discussion I am a mere observer.
James Scott -Mona-
I would have thought that the Rothschild family could buy out all eight of the above billionaires with their pocket money.
barabbas James Scott
you would be correct.
but that audit has not been accomplished, yet.
The Colonel Roch
and here i thought it was 8 people that hold as much wealth as the bottom 50% of the world’s population.
(which is not the same thing as 50% of the world’s wealth.)
Presumptuous Insect Gil G
Who is more “afraid”? The people who look at things, no matter how ugly, with eyes wide open, or the people who soothe themselves with ignorance and comforting lies, such as thinking the oligarchs will act rationally just because they are rich?
Gil G Presumptuous Insect
From where Im sitting you are the one telling comforting lies. Please point to one thing any of these 8 people have done that shows they are working together to bring about war.
Jose Gil G
Are you suggesting the decline of the elites and the rise of populism in the west are a “conspiracy theory” I came up with? For the 100th time: Analysis of trends and interests is not a “conspiracy theory”. It comes to reason that if the elites (who are still in control) see themselves in danger, they’ll try to find ways to stay in power. They can’t do it by reversing the economic conditions that lead to populist anger. They need to find other ways. Evidently, we not only see neo-McCarthyism used as a political tool, but for a while there’s been an aggressive posturing toward Russia. There’s precedent too: What happened after the New Deal is essentially the same thing.
What you haven’t proved is that any of these unnamed elites control. Or how they control it.
If we are talking about New Deal age precedents we can also point to the post war take over of eastern Europe by Russia.
No shit, Gil, these people seem to think the vastly wealthy have more power than, say, the head of the municipal library. That they have a confluence of interests that heavily direct their behavior in particular directions. What morons.
There are whole books written on this “lunacy.” Rather than park here constantly demanding evidence for what seems obvious to many, how’s about you try a book or two?
There is a VAST difference between having more power than the head of the “municipal library” and controlling the world. How about trying some critical thinking and logic some time?
Wealth and the wealthy do, in fact, very greatly control the world. This isn’t rocket science, Gil. To know this merely requires sufficient understanding of both human nature and history. Again, there are quite a few good books you could start with, but some remedial world history might first be necessary.
do you ever actually back up a claim? first of all human nature is irrelevant to backing up this particular claim with factual evidence were you ever actually a lawyer?
and if you had any understanding history you you would be pointing to historical events that prove the people on the list run the world. But you don’t and you can’t.
Sianna
So if your not a hound of war… you either a coward or a ‘Kremlin Stooge’.
I think that anyone making such claims needs to sign themselves, and their children into our brave armed forces, and be prepared to go to the front line.
Put up.. or shut up.
the pair
the FP article is common knowledge to anyone above the CNN/Fox line and i’d guess it’s a view of history shared by many of the key players in the events; the problem is that they don’t care. they believe – to paraphrase chomsky – that the “world is theirs”. they do have plans to isolate and eventually control china (clinton’s planned “pivot” being one step, the constant whining about manmade islands being another) but they see russia – still healing from the attack of neoliberal crisis capitalists in the 1990s – as an easier target.
i’d worry less about nuclear confrontation and more about a ukraine-style coup/color revolution at this point but who knows. if i had to credit the DC types with anything foresight would be at the bottom of the list.
Zionists lie, Part 352,519
Any wishing to see Zionists (Craig Summers and Gil G) floundering, and even lying, should see this sub-thread. Among the marvels one may behold is Gil’s insisting an Israeli diplomat — a part of at Israel’s diplomatic entourage at Israel’s embassy in the UK — who just resigned in disgrace is, in fact, not a diplomat.
The diplomat in question, Shai Mosat, is (or until all this happened, was) on the board of directors of Young Diplomats in London. This man, was heavily involved in the campaign to smear Jeremy Corbyn and other UK politicians as “antisemites.” Or, to use Mosat’s own words, to “take out” these men and women whom Tel Aviv dislikes.
Just do observe the whole sub-thread to see choice Zionist denial and dishonesty on display, as they are confronted with two sources of ugly truth about Zionism.
i would suspect him/them to be low level mossad butts going about seeking Brits with opposing views which could be set up for murder styled “take em down” operations.
they should be expelled and black-listed.
-Mona- barabbas
Zionists certain have a long history of assassinating politically unacceptable statesmen and people — including a great many Jews. But it’s clear from the videotape Mosat means taking UK politicians out of office via a smear campaign, not murdering them.
the smear campaign is for sure
but if that fails of backfires, the bosses of the Young Mossadis of London may have a plan B.
Correction: The disgraced Israeli diplomat, Shai Mosat, served on the executive committee of Young Diplomats of London. Not on the board of directors.
“Any wishing to see Zionists (Craig Summers and Gil G) floundering, [sic]”
Flounder is a fish and not a verb; ‘founder’ is what you should say.
“Founder” would also have worked, and I actually considered it. However, you are thinking of “flounder” the noun, while I mean the intransitive verb.
Despite the fact that flounder is a relatively common English verb, its origins in the language remain obscure. It is thought that it may be an alteration of an older verb, founder. To founder is to become disabled, to give way or collapse, or to come to grief or to fail. In the case of a waterborne vessel, to founder is to sink. The oldest of these senses of founder, “to become disabled,” was also used, particularly in reference to a horse and its rider, for the act of stumbling violently or collapsing. It may have been this sense of founder that later appeared in altered form as flounder in the sense of “to stumble.”
It is just a pet peeve but founder has a documented usage while flounder has become acceptable, much like the word ain’t.
no harm, no fowl … fish.
mudbone nuf said
Ain’t it a Sham that linguistic dilettantes quibble over the correctness of THE KING’s English and not the accepted and well understood vernacular .
You say Ta-May-Toes an they say Ta-Mah-Toes .
I affected a BAHSTAN (aka BOSTON ) accent and then the adult genes took over .
pros54 nuf said
Flounder:
to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.):
He saw the child floundering about in the water.
From Dictionary.com
Learn more usage of the language before correcting others and by the way, I doubt this is a grammar board.
nuf said pros54
You must be new.
and urban slang making it to dictionary dot com does not make it correct.
Founder comes from Middle English foundren, meaning “to send to the bottom or “collapse.” That word came from the Middle French verb fondrer, and ultimately from the Latin noun fundus, meaning “bottom.” When something “founders,” it usually hits the bottom in one sense or another. A foundering horse – that is, a disabled one – is likely to collapse to the ground. When a ship founders, it sinks to the bottom of the sea. “Founder” has a broader, figurative sense, too – if your marriage or your career is foundering it isn’t doing well and is therefore headed downward.
There is nothing unique to flounder in regard to flailing about. All fish flop about when out of the water.
One founders when one’s argument fails because it lacks foundation.
nuf said nuf said
also wonder what operation “take’m down” had to do with the murder of Seth Rich. These styled operations go under a larger plan in a wider area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkQddEDPs0
You mean the Young Diplomats in London who’s membership is made up of according to it’s web site:
” of diplomats and young professionals in London. Today it has more than 2,000 members who are kept up to date with the latest news and upcoming events through email and social networking sites.”
Being a member of this organization no more makes one a diplomat than being a member of the Polar Bear Club makes one a polar bear. As a matter of fact if you go to their web site it looks like the requirements for membership are giving them your name and email address and the name of the organization you work for.
But if anyone is interested in seeing Mona getting caught in actual lies please see this thread.
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/05/israelis-want-soldier-executed-wounded-palestinian-suspect-camera-go-free/?comments=1#comment-333815
Er, well:
Crispin Blunt [Conservatie Party], a member of Parliament and the chairman of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, said the “apparent activity of a diplomat of a foreign state,” in reference to Mr. Masot, was “formally outrageous and deserving of investigation.”
The Jerusalem Post’s headline and sub-headline: ISRAELI EMBASSY OFFICER QUITS AFTER UK LAWMAKER ‘TAKE DOWN’ SCANDAL – Shai Masot, a political officer at the London embassy, was secretly recorded in October by Al Jazeera speaking in an undiplomatic manner about a number of British MPs.
You, Gil, are amazing and amusing. But ok, let’s say this “political officer” whom journalists and British officials all over are referring to as a “diplomat” are wrong. Could you tell us all, Gil, why an Israeli “political officer” felt he had the authority to conspire to “take out” British officials? Was the undercover reporter just incredibly lucky to encounter a rare, rouge agent of the Israeli government?
Anna Gil G
Ah, the Friends of Israel are in arms – their scum has been caught with bloody hands. Malicious interference with internals British affairs. The case can be safely extrapolated on the whole club of Friends of Israel. The same is going on in the US: AIPAC and the malicious Israel-firsters that have zero loyalty to the US.
-Mona- Anna
Indeed, AIPAC gives money to some of the projects Shai Mosat was involved with. Mosat and AIPAC went to each other’s functions. The reason they cited, secretly caught on film, was a desire to make UK politicians as compliant with Israel’s wishes as are U.S. national officials.
What Al Jazeera exposed going on in the UK is also, almost certainly, occurring in the U.S. Indeed, a shadowy group – -whose founders and staff are unknown — are working to destroy the academic and professional reputations of pro-Palestinian activists in America. As I document here (scroll to gray, highlighted post if your browser doesn’t immediately take you there).
Zionists lie, and conspire to destroy and harm, as easily and often as others change their underwear. They have from the outset, in Mandate Palestine.
Gil G Anna
Which “internals in British affairs” did they interfere with and in what way? Please explain whose blood is on there hands. Can you answer these questions Anna? OR do you just make unfounded charges that were passed down to you from higher ups? Tell me Anna.
You first, Gil. I asked you:
Could you tell us all, Gil, why an Israeli “political officer” felt he had the authority to conspire to “take out” British officials? Was the undercover reporter just incredibly lucky to encounter a rare, rouge agent of the Israeli government?
Anyway now I answered your question Mona how about answering mine.
Which “internals in British affairs” did they interfere with and in what way?
Did you not watch the 4-part investigative series we are discussing? What Mosat and others did very strongly appears to violate British espionage laws.
Foreign powers and/or their agents secretly plotting to “take down” elected officials is against the law. For the obvious reason that it’s subversive of democracy and the political rights of the citizens in the nation whose officials are secretly being attacked for a foreign power’s benefit.
Really and even with that violation of the law the British govt didn’t arrest him?
Can you tell us the details of this plot ?
And Anna mentioned blood on their hand please tell me whose blood.
And didn’t you just promise not to engage me yet again?
I don’t know Mona this sounds like Glenn’s claim the the CIA was involved in trying to get Hillary elected. Perhaps if you provided the information you claimed were contained in Glenn’s link that proved what the CIA was doing it would help me make the connection to the proof of the plot here. Can you help me out with this? Thanks.
All you did was throw out a little whataboutery and completely change the subject to your obsession – Zionism. You didn’t even respond to my post at all. What you discussed with GilG is between you and Gil, but it didn’t include me.
Thanks Mona.
Nope, not whataboutery. This is about moral standing, which you and all Zionists lack when it comes to objecting to terrorism. It is literally absurd for a Zionist to carry on moralizing about terrorists, or those whom they smear as supporting or otherwise saying nice things about Hamas/terrorists. Little could be more preposterous: Zionists’ acts of terror have been frequent and heinous.
Zionists have never objected to terrorism. Only to Arab terrorism, especially in response to Zionist depredations.
and completely change the subject to your obsession – Zionism.
This is false. You introduced the topic of anti-Zionists and terror. Specifically, you sought to smear Jeremy Corbyn for his position that the UK government makes a mistake by designating Hamas as a terrorist organization (because of the legal consequences that flow from that).
Unlike many Zionists who are severely mendacious and/or duplicitous, I can’t recall your straight out lying. So I’ll assume this was a lapse of memory.
you are strong.
people who were once next to death sometimes return with a guardian angel.
guardian angels are very strong.
“………Specifically, you sought to smear Jeremy Corbyn for his position that the UK government makes a mistake by designating Hamas as a terrorist organization (because of the legal consequences that flow from that)……”
I didn’t say that at all. I agree with it, but I didn’t say it. I just sought to show exactly how radical Corbyn is when he called Hamas and Hezbollah “friends”. Again Mona – whataboutery – and you still have not responded to my original post.
Craig translated: “Oh, that’s right. *I* raised the topic of Corbyn and Hamas. Mona responded to that, but I’m going to pretend she didn’t. Yeah, I’m gonna continue with the claim that she initiated the discussion about Corbyn and smears touching on Israel. Because I’m a committed Zionist, and it’s what we do.”
harrylaw -Mona-
The smears on Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour party are to be expected from the Zionists, my only criticism of Corbyn is he did not fight back hard enough. For instance during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool Professor Jonathan Rosenhead said this on Antisemitism .
“In response to a moral panic about Left antisemitism seemingly expanding without limit, the group Free Speech on Israel coalesced in April out of a loosely-knit band of Jewish Labour Party supporters. Some 15 of us got together at a couple of days’ notice for the inaugural gathering. We found that over our lifetimes we could muster only a handful of antisemitic experiences between us. And, crucially, although in aggregate we had hundreds of years of Labour Party membership, no single one of us had ever experienced an incident of antisemitism in the Party.
Some time in May the ex-Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks was interviewed on Radio 4 about the antisemitism ‘crisis’ by now gripping the nation. Helpfully his interviewer invited him to share some of his own personal experiences of antisemitism. His response, from memory ran rather like this: “Well….actually I have never experienced antisemitism myself. Which is odd, because most people know that the Chief Rabbi is Jewish”. https://www.opendemocracy.net/jonathan-rosenhead/jackie-walker-suspense-mystery
AtheistInChief harrylaw
my only criticism of Corbyn is he did not fight back hard enough
From the Al-Jazeera doc, it appears that he didn’t fight back because he was overwhelmed with the anti-semitism criticisms, and that’s why he even attended the LFI conference, when they were the ones ginning up the anti-Corbyn BS. I’d give Corbyn a pass.
To me, it seems like the British have finally found a leader that cares about ordinary Brits and less about appearances.
Gil does have a (twisted) point. Per Craig Murray (a former diplomat, who should know), despite his work for the Embassy and his work in facilitating meetings, briefing politicians, and generally representing Israel, Shai Mosat was not on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Diplomatic list.
https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2017/01/britains-undesirable-immigrant-shai-masot-given-visa/
Of course, Craig Murray and others are asking why Masot was fulfilling diplomatic functions if Mosat was not on the Diplomatic List.
Gil G Orville
why twisted?
maybe you should let Mr. Murray know that Mona found that Mosat was a member of the Young Diplomats club.
General Hercules
After this weekend, if Russians want to nuke Europe then they do not have assured protection from us. So I would suggest to the Europeans to tone down their rhetoric and behave more responsibly, and use their army to watch over all the millions of Muslim Jihadi terrorists that they have imported instead of shadow-flexing their muscles to a vastly superior nuclear power. These Europeans have in the past ruled the whole world, but now they are victims of their own greed and it will be tough for them to recover from a war with Russia where we are spectators.
Jeremy Corbyn has a habit of speaking up prematurely. Obviously, if he says all these things during the lame duck period there will be folks who will talk him down. As a mature politician he should get his sense of timing right, but alas.
As You Likley Know General Hercules
Russia is the only nuclear counter to the USA. I think maybe someone thinks this is the last dance. Is it with a dunce? Maybe so. Death is, in the end, a most fair and democratic force of nature.
pogo General Hercules
“After this weekend, if Russians want to nuke Europe then they do not have assured protection from us.” Dear Hercule; what this sentences means in English, is that “us” (whomever) will not protect mother Russia from retaliation. I think you should try again. Truly yours; Just about every person who isn’t Russian!
W0X0F
Why are the Dems and 0Bama trying to start WW3?
NATO should have been disbanded in the 1990’s.
Sending US troops to Poland and Norway is poking the Bear.
For what purpose???
Orville W0X0F
To ensure captive markets, to give arms manufacturers a market for their products, to satisfy belicose Eastern Europeans, to prevent military pressure against the Islamist “moderates” in Syria, to get tv ratings (War gets people watching!), to satisfy those who think Russia’s treatment of gays is worse than, say, Saudi Arabia’s, to satisfy those who think Russia is literally satanic and plans to attack Israel… And, last, but not least, trying to demonstrate that they still have power.
I see the incomparable Dorothy Parker was on that “fellow travelers” list. What a brilliant and witty woman she was, a female Oscar Wilde.
“Tell him I was too fucking busy–or vice versa.”
“I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I’m under the table,
after four I’m under my host.”
“Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.”
“You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.”
(On Vassar coeds). “If all those sweet young things were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised.”
“Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.”
Nete Peedham Virginia Ham
Dorothy…real delight, along with Molly Ivins years later…
” There are two kinds of humor. One kind that makes us chuckle about our foibles and our shared humanity — like what Garrison Keillor does. The other kind holds people up to public contempt and ridicule — that’s what I do. Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful. I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel — it’s vulgar.”
Hugh Culliton Virginia Ham
LOL! Thanks!
-Mona- Virginia Ham
Dorothy Parker was superb. So much wit in one human being is quite rare.
Not surprising at all. Corbyn is certainly a good man. And I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that it is someone affiliated with the israeli embassy in London that is whispering in armed forces minister for Britain’s right-wing government Mike Penning’s ear. For a good bit of evidence towards this logical assumption, see the latest AJ documentary called The Lobby to see how the israeli lobby has been infiltrating and trying to “take down” MP’s and Corbyn. This heinous act should be quite sufficient to expel all israeli diplomats and a thorough investigation be undertaken. As for the British people shown in the documentary colluding with a foreign agent, israel, they should be arrested and tried for treason. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/01/lobby-episode-4-takedown-170112091750073.html
Helios jay
I’m not prepared to say whether Corbyn is or not a good man in the ideological sense. Maybe yes; maybe no.
But I certainly would say that he is unelectable in the current British environment and will be the ruin of the Labor Party. So it’s fair to say he cant be good man in the POLITICAL sense.
Your view of Jezza is certainly consistent with that of the UK establishment. It is not, however, consistent with the views of the rank and file members of Labour, who have twice elected him leader by overwhelming margins.
It may, indeed, be true that working for the good of, and with respect for the wishes of, the party membership will doom Labour in the context of the UK oligarchy. However, if victory is your measure of goodness in the “POLITICAL sense,” then Pinochet, Franco, the House of Saud and a long list of other vile assholes are “good.”
And just FYI, Corbyn is definitely a good man.
This less-than-strictly unassailable inference from my statement above regarding truth, ideology, and goodness in politics gives the distinct impression that you learned your Aristotelian Logic while attending Mickey Mouse University.
“…if victory is your measure of goodness in the “POLITICAL sense,” then Pinochet, Franco, the House of Saud and a long list of other vile assholes are “good.”
. . .less-than-strictly unassailable inference. . .
. . .suggests you may have learned English from a linguistic tap-dancer.
You continue to fail to impress, except that the impression that impressing (or attempting to do so) is your raison d’être continues to grow.
Shorter: I think you may well be a fucking phony.
You need to contain your agressivity. Your attempts at shock-and-awe style displays of rage and fury fall pathetically short of the mark. Those never carry well in cyberspace, and the result is that at the receiving end your growls and roars far from instilling terror, sound more like the clucking of a chicken that just layed an egg.
You may note that Mona and I have made peace. I’m not known for holding a grudge, so I’m offering you an olive branch. You may accept it if you wish, but if you dont, just break it into pieces until it’s all sharp ends and…
“I think you may well be a fucking phony.”
So I may well be. So what? What difference would that make to you, or anyone else? And if I’m a phony, what is it that I’m pretending to be and am not that requires me to be a phony about?
Frankly, comments like this and the previous one suggest that you dont only roar like a chicken, you think like one.
Nete Peedham Helios
Let’s see…BREXIT in Blighty, Trump in the USA, and Notley(socialist) in Canada’s most conservative province. Does the sand not sting your eyes when you bury your head?
Helios Nete Peedham
The current situation of the Labor Party is such that this short verse could very well apply to it if it continues in its present course. Yes, perhaps its members espouse a wonderful set of policies that will make the world better for all, but it wont help if those policies lead to the demise of the party.
In politics, as in many other endeavors, pragmatism is often essential in order to prevail. It is possible to maintain core principles and yet make reasonable adjustments at the margins.
Here lies the body of William Jay,
Who died maintaining his right of way —
He was right, dead right, as he sped along,
But he’s just as dead as if he were wrong.
Helios Helios
and yet make reasonable adjustments at the margins that will greatly increase the chances of success (or perhaps even survival).
Because moderation and incrementalism have been working so well, so far. ;^(
Whatever you do, whatever you have to give up, whatever principles may need to be abandoned, keep your seat at the table — at all costs. It’s the practical thing to do.
So what’s the VIABLE alternative? Sepuku aint it.
This reminds me of the 2000 election fiasco when Nader stubbornly insisted in running and garnered many thousands of votes in FL which would instead have gone to Gore.
Seppuku is what we’re committing now, en masse, slowly and surely.
This reminds me of the 2000 election fiasco when Nader. . .
Look, girls and boys! It’s the Nader Myth, again.
I would love, dearly love, to take that nonsense apart and hand it to you in ragged little pieces. If you inquire politely, I might do it in another thread. Maybe.
For now, just consider that Gore lost his home state and Clinton’s home state.
In Florida, 300,000 Democrats voted for Bush (more than 12 times as many as voted for Nader).
Also in Florida, according to exit polling, more than 190,000 self-described liberals voted for Bush, while fewer than 35,000 voted for Nader.
In point of fact, Gore lost the election by a vote of 5-4, when SCOTUS stopped the recount. A year later, a media review found:
Florida voter errors cost Gore the election
By Dennis Cauchon and Jim Drinkard, USA TODAY
Who won Florida?
George W. Bush would have won a hand recount of all disputed ballots in Florida’s presidential election if the most widely accepted standard for judging votes had been applied, the first comprehensive examination of the ballots shows.
However, the review of 171,908 ballots also reveals that voting mistakes by thousands of Democratic voters — errors that legally disqualified their ballots — probably cost former vice president Al Gore 15,000 to 25,000 votes. That’s enough to have decisively won Florida and the White House.
Gore’s best chance to win was lost before the ballots were counted, the study shows. Voters’ confusion with ballot instruction and design and voting machines appears to have changed the course of U.S. history.
And yet, four election cycles later, poorly-informed partisans, or partisans with poor math and logic skills, are still blaming Ralph Nader for Gore’s loss, just as partisan Democrats are, today, idiotically blaming “Russian hacking” for Clinton’s remarkable achievement in losing to Trump.
It was and is pathetic.
PS. I said, and it’s in black and white above, “It is possible to maintain your core principles and yet…”.
I DID NOT say “Whatever you do, whatever you have to give up, whatever principles may need to be abandoned, keep your seat at the table…”.
Please curb your inclination to distort what has been said in order to score cheap points with the intellectually challenged that may be reading your posts. It’s a dishonest debating tactic commonly known as “straw man fallacy”, and, trust me, it wont get you very far.
“It is possible to maintain your core principles and yet…”
Yes, you did say that and I missed it — in the midst of all of your apologia for compromise and incrementalism. So sorry.
Believe me, I have no interest in scoring points. I’m only interested, when I’m interested at all, in saying what I think. And I think moderation in the face of the reality facing human civilization is a recipe for disaster.
Don’t bother to ask me about “viable alternatives,” because there probably are none. The chances that civilization, in anything like the form we know now will survive this century are very slim. Only a full-scale revolution has any chance at all, and that is a slight chance.
Three types of humans have brought us to the precipice we teeter on: the greediest and most power-mad of our species; those who go along with the aforementioned for reasons of convenience, self-interest or disinterest; and the stupid. The stupid can’t help themselves. The other categories are to be despised with equal vehemence.
The Colonel Helios
yes, the Democrats have been beating everyone over the head with that bit of pithy insight. it’s the looking-down-the-nose part that really sells it.
Helios The Colonel
Same question to you. What’s the alternative?
the alternative? to serving up the same tired and repeatedly debunked lie?
garsh, that’s a real head-scratcher.
Orville Helios
BTW, it is worth noting that more seats shifted leftward than rightward in the last parliamentary election. The Tories wound up with fewer seats than the Coalition government had.
Further, in the recent by-elections, Labourites who have backed Corbyn have won, yet those who opposed him have lost.
Lastly, in the recent leadership election, Owen Smith got more votes for Labour leader than Theresa May got for Tory leader…and still lost massively to Corbyn.
@ Mike Sulzer, reply not functioning,
There can be no such thing as a nuclear ‘war’ with Russia only MAD and an end to western industrial civilization as we know it. There can be no conventional war between the US/Europe and Russia because any grand military movement past set borders soon triggers the MAD response.
To trigger either of these insane scenarios there would have to be a long line of madmen or women to carry it out and I don’t see Putin, the Europeans or Donald Trump as raving lunatics ready to light that fuse. In fact Trump has just started using rhetoric to pursue further reductions in Nukes with Russia along with easing tensions.
HippoDave wayoutwest
Except there have been several instances where the protocol almost lead to a launch of nukes, only prevented by some grunt insisting on rechecking a radar signature or something. Increasing troops, tensions, rhetoric, nearby flights, etc. makes it more likely something like that will truly happen.
Also more likely to loosen any existing protocols further, also making it more likely.
On the lighter side of this issue, it seems that the establishment in the UK remains worried about Corbyn.
Two failed attempts to oust him from Labour and these new attacks would not be necessary if he weren’t a threat.
Perhaps when his electability is tested in the UK, we will be pleasantly surprised?
Virtually every one of my favorite bipartisan beltway legislators has gone Russophobic. Even the tech savvy ones are conflating “hacks” with “leaks” and “Wikileaks” with “Russian” when selectively sourcing those 100% real DNC emails.
Vladimir Putin has been the only adult in the room since the Snowden disclosures. Since he arranged to destroy those Syrian Chemical weapons. Since he weathered 3 years of ongoing undeserved US sanctions constructively with good humor.
Since Barack and Hillary began screaming “I’m melting, melting…” and flailing like 435 opiate addicts kicking cold turkey Putins staff has played it cool. Way cool.
Russians are protecting the Russian Federations borders. The Americans continue threatening everybodys borders including Russia’s while running foreign and domestic political and economic psyops worldwide without pause.
Virginia Ham Christian C Holmer
Helios Christian C Holmer
No matter whether in the end one approves or disapproves of his intentions and goals, the fact is that Putin is the most clever, astute, audacious, far-seeing, sophisticated, and successful geopolitical player that the world has seen in a VERY long time.
Perhaps Churchill may compare with him, but it’s not at all clear to me that even that cagey old dude would be a worthy match for Vladimir.
… and I hope saying this wont suffice to label me a Russian collaborator :).
At 16 I became an activist against the Vietnam War. Now I’m nearly 65. I’ve been an activist this whole period and I can tell you, nothing changes fundamentally. All that hoo-hah about the ‘upward march of progress’ is pure propaganda. Deja Vu, even for those older than me who were conscious during the 1950s red scare.
Any young person who thinks the U.S. government will EVER give up on trying to control the whole world – is either lying to themselves or, well, hoping the U.S. government conquers the whole world. There is only one solution to this and its not electing another war-mongering government.
Steve Zielinski red frog
America is exceptional — exceptionally evil.
CValues red frog
Hopefully that’s what we just did, it was a campaign issue that many people are watching, the US has been involved in some type of conflict for 50 years and the hawks want to perpetuate their income stream at the cost of civilian and military lives (i.e. Ukraine was started by a US gov overthrow – remember the $5 billion from US tax payers pockets and additional dept shackles on the Ukrainian people from the IMF)
b red frog
For all the flaws. I pick the USA to take our planet into the unknown of galactic interface.
Nete Peedham red frog
Hell, Western hard right governments STILL can’t admit the “F” word…fascism. ALL the corporate media and their trolls are calling Donald Trump ‘alt-right’…like “collateral damage” and “enhanced interrogation techniques”.
TruthDragon red frog
The only solution is campaign finance reform to remove the influence of large monied interests.
Only reform of campaign finance and lobbying rules can limit the power of the military industrial complex to wage eternal war.
Erich Mühsam
A breath of fresh air.
Glenn, I do not know if you recall that in a piece you wrote a couple of weeks back you called the actual atmosphere (maybe poorly worded) in MSM comparable to 2003, when the US invaded Irak. You didn’t really elaborate, but I think you should.
Cos’ this constant drum beating in nauseous.
Ringling Bros is going out of business, but rumor has it that they’ll be leasing their Great Tent for 4 years to the White House, which believes that with Trump as both Impresario and Ring Master they’ll have enough circus material to keep all three rings going full blast until 2021.
There will be a death-defying Tweet-O-Rama act nightly at 3AM, when the Donald will tweet continuosly from a high wire without a safety net.
And, if all goes well, the lease is renewable for another 4 yrs.
Unfortunately, Trump apparently sees Twitter as the proper venue for major declarations of policy and position and hes’ about to be POTUS. Even worse, much of the media is quite happy to allow Trump tweets to control their focus.
Yeah, the media is delighted that the tweets provide a steady stream of fascinating headline-grabbing material that it could not otherwise generate.
Problem is that when Donald falls off the wire the whole country winds up w/ broken bones. See the one-China policy mess , for example.
barabbas Helios
after 8 years of dumb paranoid bankrupting death embracing war fraud, followed by another 8 years of being droned by secret state surveillance and government gone wild, how bad can it be?
milton wiltmellow barabbas
… how bad can it be?
Ask Major Kong.
barabbas milton wiltmellow
i believe that came with a loud “YEEEEEEE HAH”
the rise of the dumb&dumbers
Scoring political points at the expense of goodness, prosperity, humanity and the planet is the stuff of the dumb&dumbers who are TRUE MORONS –
There all sorts of manias. But a certain mainia having to do with lying, cheating, destroying, and condemning others for that sake of selfish interest, has not as of yet been named and set in the SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL MENTAL DISORDERS.
Symptoms include statements like
whereby The armed forces minister for Britain’s right-wing government, Mike Penning, accused Corbyn of being a collaborator with the Kremlin.
This particular mental disorder for persons in positions of power is highly flammable and the persons with this disorder are also afflicted with dangerous attitudes and ill conceived notions of suicide in a very twisted fashion.
Truly i say to you, as God is my light and Jesus is my savior, these persons are not fit for the whole of goodness of mankind. Like Hitler, Nixon, Netanyahu, and others, they are possessed by a self-inflicted self-indulgement feverish trance without the courage of modesty, without connection to humbleness, without concern for all and incapable of knowing their own role in their fascination of fire. I dare say they need to be exorcised.
“Collaboration” may be the wrong word, but appeasement is not. And I would expect the British to remember a thing or two about appeasement.
The most dangerous thing we can possibly do is to have a lack of clarity on whether Lithuania and Estonia are part of the NATO alliance. If they are part of the NATO alliance, if Russia attacking them is formally the beginning of World War III, then as Doctor Strangelove would say, we need to tell the world! And we cannot then be afraid to have a few hundred or a few thousand or a few tens of thousands of troops in those countries as need be, though it is polite not to let them lean their rifles against the border fence.
I suppose you can abandon the Baltic countries, but if you must, then do it formally and in advance – say they aren’t paying their fair share of military expenditures, that’s as good a peccadillo as any, and formally boot them out of the alliance _before_ the Russians invade them. Hell, you should boot Turkey out of the alliance while you’re at it because they’ve never been anything but pay-for-play and nobody in the U.S. can conceive of dying in a nuclear war to keep Erdogan’s totalitarian Muslim regime safe from a passable competitor.
In any case, Russia ought to understand that attacking NATO is, well, attacking NATO. For them to try to redefine the borders and governments of NATO member states opens the entire map of Europe to redefinition, whether it is by NATO turning tail and running out of Poland and East Germany, which I doubt, or whether it is a matter of throwing the Russians out of East Prussia, what they call “Kaliningrad”, with precisely the same level of compensation for their seized property as they gave the evicted German residents half a century ago. There should be no doubt that starting World War III is, indeed, starting World War III, with little battles opening up all the way from Estonia to Ossetia. All that said — are the Russians really going to start a devastating nuclear war over some minor possessions by their least-cherished citizens in Eastern Europe, provided NATO doesn’t go all the way into Moscow? It’s that kind of question that makes the world war all too possible to imagine, because there’s too much out there that is not unthinkable. But showing hesitation about whether NATO is real sure as hell doesn’t help dispel the uncertainty.
Mike Sulzer Wnt
Is that the issue here, abandoning L&E? Or did you just make that up?
Gil G Wnt
I also find it interesting that Glenn’s article makes no mention of why Estonia feels the need to have NATO troops there or be a member of NATO.
Also in spite of the fact that Glenn makes the accusation that Corbyn was accused of being a collaborator, the actual quote he uses to back this up makes no such accusation.
Glenn once again depends on his readership lack of reading ability and critical thinking in order to have them believe a claim he can’t actually back up. A pretty good bet by Glenn in any case.
Yanno Gil, if you are going to claim that OTHERS lack reading comprehension skills, you have to demonstrate that you yourself read the article. From above:
The armed forces minister for Britain’s right-wing government, Mike Penning, accused Corbyn of being a collaborator with the Kremlin:
Your constant, absurd manufacture of nits to pick is driven by your affronted Zionist sensibilities. Nothing more and nothing less.
I will not facilitate your misdirection any further on this dumb claim. Readers can decide for themselves now that I’ve reproduced more of the relevant text.
Read my comment again my dear. I included that quote in my post.
In the English language saying someone would “rather” do something is not the same as saying they did do something.
DeRS Gil G
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING is that the term “Russian aggression” is completely Orwellian.
There is no objective reason to be scared of Putin (for Eastern Europe or others). During his many years in power he has never made a pro-actively aggressive move; only retaliatory actions:
1. The Georgia war in 2008 was a response to a USA’s puppet government in Georgia attacking South Ossetia (Russia is UN-mandated guarantor of peace there and they stopped the aggressor in just five days). The attack was carried out just days after neocon maniac C.Rice has visited Georgia (the hypothesis was that the war would be used by Republicans to fearmonger about Russia that would had to react, and claim that Obama lacks experience and posture to go against the evil Putin).
2. the Crimea case was a response to USA backing neo-Nazi-driven “regime change” coup in Ukraine, and to those neo-Nazis videodocumenting their threats against Crimeans; the neo-Nazis were later sent to the Eastern Ukraine to subjugate/kill those who did not accept the coup, who were still aligned with the legal government; Putin had to help people with the military equipment; the neo-Nazis are officially employed by the new Ukrainian regime: you can google Azov and Aidar regiments’ Waffen SS insignia. Crimea was illegally torn from Russia back in 1954; ever since the USSR has dissolved, Crimeans never wanted to have anything to do with Ukraine and voted to reunite with Russia with over two thousands of international observers and media presented. Even the Western pollster admit that it was an act of direct democracy. And it was legal as per Kosovo precedent.
3. Russia had to enter Syria because of yet another proxy “regime change” war by the USA that is carried out by arming terrorists AKA “rebels” (who are very moderate: CIA-vetted and armed group Al-Zinki has beheaded a child and tortured another — both cases are on camera).
Gil G DeRS
Crimea was illegally torn from Russia? No it was actually made part of the Ukraine by a decree issued by Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Please tell me how it was illegal?
Give me the answer to this and then I explain by the rest of what you have written is misleading.
24b4Jeff Wnt
How quickly we forget the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the discussions among the US, British, French and Soviets concerning the reunification of Germany. It was informally agreed at the time that the Warsaw Pact would be dismantled, and in return NATO would not expand into eastern Europe. So, what have WE done to fuel Russian paranoia, other than totally abrogate that agreement? And for what reason? Only recently has Russia been financially capable of rebuilding their decrepit military, something they have arguably done largely in response to the actions of the West, led by every US president since Ronald Reagan.
What a rational west would do is negotiate a demilitarized zone extending east from the Oder-Niesse line to some distance inside the Russian border. On the western side of the Russian border, no foreign troops would be permitted, and within the Russian zone, Russian troops would only be allowed to enter to aid in responses to natural disasters. Such an agreement would be easy to monitor and would lead to a significant diminution of tensions.
Another approach would be to abolish NATO and provide instead for an EU military force. If post-Brexit EU countries’ military spending were to be maintained anywhere near their current levels, the existence of such a force could not be legitimately interpreted as threatening to the Russians, because its capabilities would be barely sufficient to repel a Russian attack and grossly insufficient to attack Russia.
In any event, the key to preventing a future war in Europe is to remove the USA from the equation.
Helios 24b4Jeff
Oh, so well said. Unfortunately, the odds of it coming to pass are zero, nil, and null.
james cook 24b4Jeff
If you view the Chomsky interview, then you would know that the “agreement” that NATO not expand eastward was not a “written” agreement, but a “handshake” agreement.
As good, honest dealmakers, the US representatives must have had their fingers crossed behind their backs and big smiles on their faces when they did this, and it is then “the Russain’s” fault if they want to take the leap of faith that the US really meant what it said and shook on. SUCKER!
These types of handshakes will only make it harder for Trump to close those reeeeeaaaaalllly yuuuuuuge deals in future.
The whole world – media – politicians – bankers – realtors -etc…. have sacrificed any long-built trust, truth, honor, credibility for the fast grab at wealth-influence-power. It will take a long time, if ever, to regain.
Glen, I hope I never see the day you too choose to abandon your principles for a chance at the chance for wealth-influence-power!
If [Latvia & Estonia] are part of the NATO alliance, if Russia attacking them. . .
Only in the fevered nightmares of the most clueless Russophobes does the Russian Federation have any interest in attacking L&E.
BTW, the Warsaw Pact was dissolved. Why not NATO?
Gil G Doug Salzmann
Apparently the people of L&E disagree Doug. Or do they fall into the category of “most clueless Russophobes”?
Doug Salzmann Gil G
To the extent that the people, not just their NATO puppet “leaders,” are worried about an invasion, yes.
Ahh yes NATO puppet leaders. Of course you have evidence for that.
Actually if you knew anything about recent Estonia history you would know that the evidence had pointed to Russia as the puppet-masters recently.
http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/31077/
Good reference, Gil — to a five-year-old piece full of innuendo, provided by a Soros-associated NGO, in a (now) monthly English-language outlet published by a a banktser. . .
Just for good measure, here’s the current lead story in the Baltic Times:
Expert: Development of the Baltics’ defense capabilities will make Russia’s possible aggression in the region more costly
2017-01-16 BNS/TBT Staff
RIGA – The only way to strengthen NATO’s deterrence policy towards Russia is to help develop the defense capabilities of the Baltic states, which would thus increase Russia’s costs if it were to theoretically decide to act aggressively in the region, Center for Security. . .
You are so full of it, Gil. You should really go somewhere else to try to peddle your B.S. By now, it should be obvious to you that it ain’t selling well, here.
Wait, so now Soros funding is evidence of false reporting, Doug?
How weak is that. Well I guess its not quite as weak as saying a 5 year old article somehow makes it untruthful.
Im not peddling anything Doug Im exposing charlatans. The fact is I backed up my claim, you had a hissy fit and told me no one likes me. Boo hoo hoo.
And when you lost the point you ran away as usual. OR can you back up your claim that the leaders of the Baltic states are puppets?
you lost your mind and made a fraudulent challenge as usual.
i would bet that the remnants of the irgun know who murdered Seth Rich.
Hellary the wallstreet war whore lost really really big.
Were the mossadis going to have a British PM murdered and blame it on Russian influence for another FALSE FLAG?
Yes barb it’s obvious from your evidence in your post that I am the one who has lost his mind. too funny.
AtheistInChief Doug Salzmann
All of a sudden, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, have become Poland.
Doug Salzmann AtheistInChief
Let’s hope that’s not really the case. The Poles have a visceral hatred for Russia.
Gil G AtheistInChief
You realize that Russia invaded those countries during WWII and they remained under Soviet control for 50 years, and that during this time there were mass arrests and deportations? And if you did know about that what does your comment mean?
24b4Jeff Gil G
Russia invaded those countries? Yes, but only because they just happened to be at war with Germany, and Germany was occupying those countries. You make it sound like Russia started WW2.
Gil G 24b4Jeff
You got it wrong Jeff the Soviet invasion of the Baltic states began in 1940. Germany took over in 1941 and was replaced by the USSR after the war.
I didn’t make it sound like anything other than what it was, except that I left out the 5 year period that Germany occupied the Baltic in between the USSR occupation.
Erelis Wnt
Your argument on appeasement fails for the simple fact that there is absolutely no proof that the Russians want to invade Lithuania. The accusation that Putin wants to invade the Baltic’s is pure political fiction. Defenders of the idea that Putin has imperial ambitions point to Crimea and the Ukraine. But all that has nothing to done with any imperial ambition but the violent coup. And in the case of Donbass the Russians have given aid, but certainly have not invaded. But then again, the US is also giving aid to the government in Kiev which is still standing.
Doug Salzmann Erelis
. . .the government in Kiev which is still standing.
Because Russia has not invaded. If it had, Chocoshenko, Yats and the rest of the coup plotters and puppets would have fled to the Virginia suburbs and there would be nothing anyone could do about the new reality, unless, of course, “anyone” wanted to trigger thermonuclear war.
I see a strong case for defending the Baltic nations, but that doesn’t mean I agree with the provocateurs who insist on keeping every last inch of Ukraine out of Russian hands. The reason for that is that Stalin arbitrarily redrew the borders of Ukraine without holding any fair referendum on the issue. So the people of that southeastern region *were* entitled to a fair referendum, to see if they want to be in Ukraine or not. Ideally this should be internationally supervised, and the rushed process actually used is rather deficient – I never saw why the U.S. didn’t just gracefully allow it.
On the other hand, the U.S. *did* make a nuclear treaty with Russia that took nukes out of Ukraine in exchange for them agreeing to its territorial integrity. However, I think that the right of the people of that southeastern region to self-determination trumps any superpower agreements.
I also think there is a strong case for Russian retention of South Ossetia.
At some point I wish we had some rational negotiators who would give the Russians what is theirs, but also get other things resolved in the West’s favor like “Transnistria”. And of course NATO has to stand up for its right to maneuver throughout all NATO countries without hesitating over it being “provocative” to put defenses in any of them.
Gil G Erelis
Just curious Erelis were you one of the many on this site that was convinced that Hillary wanted a war with Russia? If so can you provide the proof that she wanted this?
hellary wanted a war with russia
everyone knows that except the moronistas
but she lost being the loser she was (and is)
she lost because of that, because of her whorish alliance to wallstreet thieves, and because of her predatory desire to please her pimps who wanted to subjugate the will of the citizens of America to a criminal outfit called the TPP.
but you already know that.
update on the failure of moronistas who seek to subjugate the will of others
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/israeli-diplomat-caught-on-camera-plotting-to-take-down-british-mps-the-transcript-in-full-a7515621.html
GilGamesh barabbas
So you don’t have the proof then? Why am I not surprised. I do congratulate you on the “moronistas” insult. I guess when you have nothing else to do all day it give you a lot of time to think up such erudite insults.
Erelis Gil G
You can start here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/25/hillary-clinton-syria-no-fly-zones-russia-us-war
Why Clinton’s plans for no-fly zones in Syria could provoke US-Russia conflict
Clinton’s military policies on Syria would have lead to direct conflict with Russia. There is no question if they might, could, maybe happen. Imposing a no-fly zone in Syria would have caused a direct military confrontation–there is no ifs, ands, or buts that.
Sorry but that is not proof Hillary wanted a war with Russia.
I’m not sure why some times proof is required and other times speculation is enough.
FWIW – This was reported on the BBC recently:
“Because there’s no doubt that Russia is looking at Estonia and Latvia and Lithuania as potentially the same as what they did in Ukraine and Crimea”
Colonel Rupert Wieloch
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/725966/colonel-claims-russia-looking-at-estonia-crimea
Helios Wnt
The Russians invaded Crimea as a defensive act after the Yanukovitch coup, simply because it has been the home of its strategically important Black Sea Fleet for 300 yrs which obviously could not be maintained within a country that looked likely to become a member of Nato.
The inference that the Baltic states maybe at risk is absurd, as Putin is way too smart to believe that he could get away with an unprovoked invasion of an independent state which would be inmensly costly and yield no benefit to Russia whatsoever.
Christian C Holmer Helios
Perhaps Churchill may compare with him, but it’s not at all clear to me that even that cagey dude would be a worthy match for Vladimir.
Wnt Helios
Well, I have to give him credit for actually using and applying authentic First Earth Battalion tactics. I mean, he literally took most of the land he ever got there using … “tourists”, without so much as a fistfight. I think our own army looked at FEB as a laughingstock, relegated to Men Who Stare At Goats. I’m glad somebody took them seriously … well, maybe not. Military innovation is like that.
Troop buildup on border= Hitler!
It’s a shame the Russians are just capitalists now and not good old Commies which would make pigeon-holing Corbyn much easier. His statement puts him firmly in the Donald Trump school of Russian relations which is a strange position for an old Pinko.
Those who try to roll out the Doomsday Clock and nudge it towards 0- Hour because of some saber rattling and economic pressures against Russia have to downplay the fact that we and Russia now have a fraction of our previous Nuke arsenal and we have never gone to war with Russia directly. Proxy wars have provided a political pressure relief while MAD has guaranteed neither side could go too far.
Mike Sulzer wayoutwest
Those who try to roll out the Doomsday Clock and nudge it towards 0- Hour because of some saber rattling and economic pressures against Russia have to downplay the fact that we and Russia now have a fraction of our previous Nuke arsenal…
I think you are saying we do not have enough nukes to go to war. That is ridiculous. On the other hand, if not having so many nukes keeps us out of war, so much the better.
24b4Jeff Mike Sulzer
Right you are, Mike! Even if we and the Russians retired half our existing nuclear weapons stocks we would still each have the capacity to annihilate each other many times over.
Consider this: The US Navy has 24 Trident-class SSBNs, of which at least 4 are on patrol at any given moment. Each carries 24 Trident missles, each of which has 8 – 12 MIRVs with W76- or W88 thermonunclear warheads. The W76 is a small weapon with a yield of 100 ktons – just twice that of the weapon that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki, while the W88 has a yield of 475 ktons, quite adequate to level a city the size of New York or Moscow. Think of it: just one element of the US triad, just sixth of it deployed, carrying over 1000 thermonuclear warheads, ready to launch at a moment’s notice.
Russia has 12 cities with a population of 1 million or more, and 200 with a population between 100,000 and 1 million. So one Trident submarine carries enough firepower to deliver to every Russian city with 100,000 or more inhabitants no less than five thermonuclear warheads, each at least twice as powerful as the weapons used against Japan in WW2.
This is the madness our leaders are engaged in!
JB wayoutwest
About your “… neither side could go too far” claim, does that also apply to increased discretionary spending to upgrade our worldwide nuclear arsenals as well? … I bet it doesn’t. As the globe’s theoretical moral leader (ok ok), couldn’t we invest that money much better? Of course we could. Big duh … Forget MAD, which’ll never come. We’ve got MAB “mutually assured boondoggles” to deal with, front and center. This renewed media boner for the Cold War is nothing but theater, and paying for a single new nuke is nothing but corporate welfare.
Northwestwoods JB
MAD could surely occur in any of a number of ways. Don’t count your chickens before they’re vaporized.
JB Northwestwoods
Ugh, good gravy … your “don’t count your chickens before they hatch” Judgment Day fearmongering doesn’t really add-to or challenge my assertion that we should publicly deescalate our nuclear weapons program. “Could surely occur” also isn’t the same as likely or probably, and additionally isn’t convincing enough to have me practicing “jump under my desk drills” everyday, and kissing a framed Trump photo every night before bed so he’ll protect me like a sword-wielding angel from that devil Putin. MAD, the theory, doesn’t affect my behavior, much like knowing that a monster asteroid could probably crater earth at any moment doesn’t keep me up at night either. I don’t think that makes me or anyone else who thinks this way naive, it simply makes us well-informed, and immune to all this well-trod Cold War hysteria shit. “Could surely occur” is simply another way of saying “we should deescalate”, chicken man.
Tim Everton
For any of you who may disagree with Mr. Greenwald’s position, I urge you to read a couple (or even one) of the compilation of essays by Gore Vidal, a TRUE historian of our country (U.S.A., often cited as “America”, the continent). I would say that a good start would be “Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace” and move to “Dreaming War, Blood For Oil”. Those will substantiate the above written essay and much more.
Thank you, Glenn.
Drew Tim Everton
I don’t think Gore Vidal would have wanted us to let Putin reannex Ukraine, but I’m open to being proven wrong.
Glenn’s Twitter TL is hilarious right now. Democrats are hurling abuse at and about Bob Woodward for his calling the “dossier” on Trump/Russia a “garbage document,” at the same time they are lavishing praise on David Frum — the man who put the phrase “Axis of Evil” in the mouth of George W. Bush.
Virginia Ham -Mona-
That old saw: The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Most pols, pundits, and the tribalists who nurture them operate on self-serving partisanship, not principles. It was ever thus.
Erelis
ACHTUNG!!
NATO defense budget in total: $900 billion. Take away the US contribution, and it is $250 billion from European allies.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/15/news/nato-spending-countries/
Russian total defense budget: $45.15 billion.
http://in.rbth.com/economics/defence/2016/11/02/russian-military-spending-cut-significantly_644155
Russian military spending cut significantly
The Russian government has decided to cut defence spending by 1,000 billion rubles ($15.89 billion), or approximately 30 percent, the draft federal budget indicates. The figures became apparent from the draft budget the government submitted to the State Duma at the end of October, the business daily Kommersant reported.
Expenditure on national defence is envisaged at 2,840 billion rubles ($45.15 billion), or 3.3 percent of GDP in the federal budget for 2017.
America dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/09/america-dropped-26171-bombs-2016-obama-legacy
U.S. Dropped 23,144 Bombs on Muslim-Majority Countries in 2015
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/us-dropped-23144-bombs-muslim-majority-countries-2015
30,000 Bombs Over Libya
After some 8,000 bombing raids, with estimates of 4 bombs used per attack NATO has already dropped over 30,000 bombs on Libya. That’s almost 200 bombs per day for 6 months, some tens of thousands of tons of high explosives.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/02/30000-bombs-over-libya/
Afghans live in peril among unexploded Nato bombs that litter countryside
Ordnance left by parting international troops kills or injures about 40 people a month – the vast majority children
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/29/afghans-lives-in-peril-unexploded-bombs
Hundreds of thousands of Nato land troops on ‘high alert’ to meet Russian aggression The force, which is believed to number up to 300,000 military personnel, could be mobilised within a few months
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hundreds-thousands-nato-land-troops-9213772
“When the attack on Russia commences, the world will hold its breath and make no comment.”
Adolph Hitler, February 3, 1941,
Add in the money spent on nuclear weapons which is accounted to the DoE and the intelligence agencies of all NATO countries, the Western alliance spends each and every year, repeat each and every year, over $1 TRILLION dollars on defense.
Eurasia must be defeated.
With all due respect, Glenn: If the Polish, Estonians, non-Russian Ukrainians and others decide that they have seen enough of Russian rule, then that’s not “the West’s relentless, aggressive march eastward,” but their bloody right. If the Chinese threaten to invade Taiwan then that is first and foremost about the Taiwanese people and their right to decide for themselves. Your geo-political interpration lacks even the hint of a reference to the people whose lives and freedom are at stake. Do you think that’s okay?
By the way: The problem with Trump’s “participation” in cross-straight relations is not that he states the obvious, but that he offers to sell support of Taiwan for whatever he hopes to get in a “trade deal” from China. What the fuck?
There is an open hunting season on honest journalists by the EU/US security forces:
http://yournewswire.com/german-newspaper-editor-exposed-cia-dead/
http://mopaw.net/07/12/2016/assassination-of-2-reporters-investigating-pizzagate-in-finland-connections-made-to-the-clintons/
Thank you so much. The footnote citations are extremely informative.
Ayup, the world we live in is in a very dangerous state at the moment.
The old, comfortable, predictable, stable (if greatly flawed) US-centric order — which in many ways prevailed even during the Cold War despite the existence of a powerful competitor, the Soviet Union — is being replaced by something new… and nobody knows what that something will be.
Meanwhile, the old order will not simply give way without a fight. There’s an entrenched establishment within the Western Alliance which firmly believes that for reasons of ‘exceptionalism’ it is entitled to rule the World, just as it has done for the past few hundred years.
Unfortunately, they are mistaken. They fail to see, or choose to ignore, that the willy-nilly advancemente of their interests through the use of force is no longer viable in this emerging new world order and they persist because that is the only way that they have ever known.
The probability of a serious clash between great powers is skyrocketing, and will increase unless the (almost) unmovable object that is the West decides to budge a bit and leave space for others who, naturally and rightfully, have their own interests to pursue.
There are plenty of cooler heads that see the folly of that approach — Corbyn perhaps one of them — but it’s not clear that they will, in the near future, be in a position to turn their point of view into active policy.
Then there’s Trump, a weird melange of half-baked, conflicting and inconsistent ideas regarding how to deal w/ the external world. Some even hopeful, provided he doesnt cave under pressure. In the end, where he’ll go is unclear.
So, the old cliche applies: fasten your seat belts.
This is terrifying. Obama just dropped Marines into Norway, of all places, something not seen EVER during the Cold War. The effort to cow Trump on Russia is obviously meant to make it harder for him to de-escalate. This is madness. I have been a “liberal” my whole life, but I never thought I’d see the American Left sound exactly like Roy Cohn or Joseph McCarthy. I find myself actuallyu supporting Trump, because his foreign policy has more in common with George McGovern, while “liberals” are resembling Barry Goldwater.
Great article. It is good to someone from the left has called out the neoliberal insanity of starting a new cold war. Europe needs to stop returning President Obama’s calls this week. He is just going to ask for new sanctions against Russia or the permission to march even more US soldiers around Poland and Norway.
Clark Jamie
When you say,
“someone from the left”
I have to wonder who else is you think belongs in this “left.”
I am aware of a few writers who appear at “Counterpunch,” but
there is such disdain for real leftists in the faking U$A and its allied
corporate pretenses that I have as much suspicion and doubt as
anything else when I hear the term used by most people.
So, who are some of your “left?”
Thanks, Glenn, once again for the voice of reason. Although I am not currently a fan of Chomsky for various reasons, I used to respect him highly and have read most of his books. This “new McCarthyism” on the part of the Democratic and Labour parties is horrifying.
Ben Whitmore Carolyn Zaremba
Each to their own, but I must say I’m a great fan of Chomsky. I’ve never discovered any inaccuracy in anything he’s said, and I’ve never heard him give bad advice.
I’m always keen to challenge my assumptions, though, and would love to hear why you’re no longer a fan.
JB Ben Whitmore
I remember last year this article got around -> ‘Noam Chomsky’s 8-Point Rationale for Voting for the Lesser Evil Presidential Candidate’ … Critics of “lesser evil voting” should consider that their footing on the high ground may not be as secure as they often take for granted. By John Halle, Noam Chomsky
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/noam-chomskys-8-point-rationale-voting-lesser-evil-presidential-candidate
Maybe this was what bugged Carolyn? If you didn’t catch it last year, then give it a skim. I’m just taking a guess because I remember some negative headlines associated with its publication, blurbs along the lines of “Chomsky upsets Progressives” etc. and other clickbatery tailor made for the high brow.
HippoDave JB
That’s disappointing. Not so much the overall argument, though I disagree with it. But that point 3 only discusses Trump’s faults. Not a single reason someone would view Clinton as a worse evil on various subjects (not just foreign policy). The initial caveat in the intro is not enough to justify only reviewing one of the candidate’s terrible likely policies.
Doug Salzmann Ben Whitmore
I’m a long-time Chomsky fan, but his championship of LOTE voting, in this most recent election, as well as multiple previous ones, is very bad advice, indeed, IMHO.
Corbyn occupies an important political position in the British government subject to criticism like all other politicians. He is not a victim. It’s the history of Corbyn that is behind the “slur”. Calling Corbyn a collaborator with Russian may not be far from the truth. Corbyn has a long history of anti-western affiliations like the (alt-left) Stop the War Coalition. He was National Chair for the organization and still maintains close ties to the group. The main goal of STW is “stop the west”. The Stop the War coalition could not even mount a protest against Russia’s brutal bombing campaign in Aleppo! Corbyn also hosted a paid position on Press TV serving as a propaganda tool for Iran. He is a member of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign referring to Hamas and Hezbollah as “friends” (Wikipedia):
“……….At a meeting hosted by Stop the War Coalition in 2009, Corbyn said he invited “friends” from Hamas and Hezbollah to an event in parliament, referred to Hamas as “an organization dedicated towards the good of the Palestinian people,” and said that the British government’s labelling of Hamas as a terrorist organisation is “a big, big historical mistake”………”
Corbyn – a strong critic of NATO – has suggested that he would pull Britain out of NATO:
“………..Corbyn would like to pull the United Kingdom out of NATO,[218] but has acknowledged that there is not an appetite for it among the public and instead intends to push for NATO to “restrict its role”.[219] In April 2014, Corbyn wrote an article for the Morning Star attributing the crisis in Ukraine to NATO. He said the “root of the crisis” lay in “the US drive to expand eastwards” and described Russia’s actions as “not unprovoked”.[220] He has said it “probably was” a mistake to allow former Warsaw Pact countries to join NATO……….”
For someone who is so strongly antiwar, “not unprovoked” sounds like military actions by Russia in Ukraine were justified – a war in which ten thousand people have been killed. When is an antiwar activist prowar? When it opposes (supposed) western imperialism. It is Russia that illegally annexed Crimea and Russia that is supporting a war by secessionists in eastern Ukraine. It was a Russian-made Buk missile fired by either the Russian military or poorly trained rebels that brought down MH17 killing 300 people.
The ousting of Yanukovych was a democratic rebellion. It’s classic RT/Sputnik propaganda that the Nazis are now running the Ukraine government. Additionally, the states from the former Soviet block willingly joined NATO for the very reasons currently on display in Ukraine – aggressive Russian military actions to maintain their sphere of influence. It’s the likes of Jeremy Corbyn who are more than willing to extend that sphere of influence to Russia in the name of world peace – effectively throwing Ukrainians under the bus. If Corbyn is not a Russian collaborator, he is certainly their useful idiot (as is Trump).
Finally, I would love you to link to an article you wrote criticizing Congressman Ellison of Minnesota when he effectively compared George W. Bush to Hitler. That is at least an order of magnitude worse than being called a Russian-bot. Of course, that isn’t even a remote possibility – even when you write an article about the (supposed) smear campaign against Ellison (“The smear campaign against Keith Ellison is repugnant but reveals much about Washington” https://interc.pt/2g7CEaV by @ggreenwald). Politics is a brutal game – but it reveals much about you, Mr. Greenwald.
The above smears of Corbyn are drafted by one who was and is wholly on board with the failed, bullshit “antisemtism” smear campaign I write of here. I strongly encourage watching the linked, fascinating documentary, chronicling what very strongly appears to be actual espionage by Israelis, conducted in the service of that smear campaign.
R.P McMurphy -Mona-
Both you’re links failed me Mona….I’m sad.
Anna -Mona-
A solid review of Zionists’ crimes: http://www.unz.com/article/terrorism-how-the-israeli-state-was-won/
Far better than a mere book review, that’s the text of the author’s — Thomas Suarez — recent speech to the British House of Lords. In that speech he recounts some of the most shocking and horrifying material he documents in his work.
You are off topic Mona.
It’s a sub-thread, Craig, and it involves the related issue of another smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn.
As I showed above, Mona, Corbyn has earned his smear campaign.
Gert craigsummers
People earn smear campaigns, Craig?
barabbas craigsummers
and you are off your rocker, craig.
barabbas Anna
the bugs have crafted a new con for their yinon plan
http://presstv.ir/Detail/2017/01/16/506417/Syria-Israel-Assad
Does it provide evidence of your claim that the zionists killed Jesus barb?
What “failed bullshit “antisemitism” smear campaign” ? The Labour party has suspended 3 members for making antisemitic comments. Which were indeed antisemitic by any standard.
As for the documentary you reference I suggest you read this well thought out, intelligent criticism.
http://hurryupharry.org/2017/01/14/al-jazeera-%E2%80%98lobby%E2%80%99-voyeurism-for-antisemites/
Hurryupharry is an arch-Zionist blog that systematically bans all dissent on Zionism while allowing deeply racist comments (of several varieties), as I have documented here:
http://developing-your-web-presence.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=hurryupharry
Which doesn’t stop these toerags from finding antisemitism in an empty cookie jar…
The smear campaign against Corbyn, documented:
http://azvsas.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=corbyn
Go watch the documentary, Gil. That whining at the Zionist “Hurry Up Harry” site is hilarious, tho, and I do encourage that people read it to get a sense of how explosive the series is. What was done to Labour Party member, Jean Fitzpatrick, is documented in the investigative series — she did not say the antisemitic things that horrid Joan Ryan woman, and a witness say that shew did — it’s all on film.
Most amusingly, one of the lying “witnesses” states he feels Zionists need “safe spaces,” and that anything that makes them “uncomfortable” is by definition “antisemitic.” To really grasp how much this campaign is based on lies and precious sensitivities one needs to see the actual encounter between Fitzpatrick and Zionist Joan Ryan, and then the text of the latter’s false, formal complaint against the former.
Listen if you have something that counters the criticism on the Harry’s Place site (it’s not called Hurry Up Harry) bring it.
This documentary you are so enthralled with brings to mind what Breibart tried to do with it’s “undercover” video on Acorn.
Did Joan Ryan say that an article made the claim that the Ashkenazi Jews wouldn’t work when the article said nothing of the kind? Did she say that the links in Glenn’s last article provided evidence that the CIA “sought to defeat Donald Trump” when they did no such thing? Is that the kind of lying you are accusing her of? Because I know of some antizionists that lie in the same way.
Gil’s string of non sequiturs, irrelevancies and misdirection should be taken by observers to reflect the potency of the investigative series. Zionists such as Gil are most unhappy with and about it.
And I sincerely do want people to read your link. This is…wonderful:
Jew-baiting again (even though Ryan isn’t Jewish).
Ryan told brazen lies. And those documenting it are “Jew-baiting” the non-Jewish Ryan. That’s sheerly delightful.
How is Ryan’s lie less brazen then the ones you told? Hell I didn’t even bring up, that when you got caught, after posting multiple times, in an attempt to prove racism, that the Ashkenazi Jews were causing misery to the Shepardic Jews that the article you gave as a source had it the other way around, you termed it a mistake. Now you are saying someone who changed “job at a college” to “job at a bank” is a brazen liar? What a hypocrite you are.
As you are well aware, I won’t facilitate your misdirection. This will continue to be my constant reply every time you try to drag me there (may be necessary to scroll to the highlighted comment depending on browser).
Yes Mona I am well aware that every time I ask you to back up a false claim you ultimately respond that you won’t engage me because you can’t back up the claim.
(may be necessary to scroll to the highlighted comment depending on browser).
Let’s say, arguendo, that I lied. Please defend your implication that my doing so in a comment at a web site would be comparable — in either degree or kind — to what Zionist Joan Ryan tried to do to pro-Palestinian activist, Jean Fitzpatrick, when the former filed a false, formal complaint with the Labour Party.
I am pointing out that there are liars on both sides. You constantly promote a theme of zioinists being liars yet you have lied yourself in service to your cause as I have proved.
I also find it interesting that someone who I assumes considers them self a feminist would describe a women as a shrew. You left out the “r” in your typo but I can’t imagine what other word you were going for there.
Jesus on a cracker, now you hallucinate that I called a woman a “shrew.” Because I made a typo in a pronoun for Jean Fitzpatrick, i.e., “shew.” A woman whom I admire. How blatantly desperate can you show yourself to be?
I’ve lied about nothing. Your claim there is as absurd as that I called anyone a shrew, or that Shai Mosat is not a diplomat. But then, what else can you do? Zionists in London have been caught lying about extremely serious matters, plotting to lie, and committing what very much appears to be espionage to destroy politicians they do not like.
Just wait until I begin on the grotesque terror campaign revered Zionists prosecuted in Mandate Palestine. You and Craig are going to be extremely hard-pressed to rant that Jeremy Corbyn’s rhetorical citation of “friends” means jackshit. For, all Zionists are deep friends of extreme terrorists who did and do monstrous things.
Misdirection is truly all you have. But it is not going to work, because I and others won’t cooperate with you. Indeed, your antics are only going to discredit Zionism further.
“Just wait until I begin on the grotesque terror campaign ”
Oh please Mona take pity on me don’t do that. anything but that.
Mona I seriously you have anything new present that you already haven’t cut and pasted on TI and 100 times.
And I didn’t hallucinate that you called a woman a “shrew” , I explained that that’s was the word I thought your typo was meant to be. Now that you explained it I won’t persist in making that claim. You on the other hand have been caught in lies concerning the article on 1880’s Palestine and your claim about Glenn’s links containing evidence that they did not.
The fact is you provided a link to a show. I provided criticism of that show. Rather than discuss in good faith the merits of both you immediately went into discredit by name calling mode which is pretty much all you do. Now make some veiled threats about having me banned and call me some more names.
I love how you threaten me with how you are going to begin a campaign of posting stuff about Zionists in mandate Palestine and accuse me of misdirecting all in the same post.
Never, not once, have I lied to you or another Zionist about anything. No one reasonable, and familiar with me and my record here, is going to believe you.
In due time, you shall see that I have a great deal that is, indeed, new to report about the crimes and evil of Zionism. You will not be able to divert me with bullshit claims about the 19th century article, or anything else. No thread is again going to be consumed with your red herrings, at least not with my cooperation.
The Al Jazeera investigative series is directly relevant here, as it pertains to Corbyn, the UK’s Labour Party, and Zionist smear campaigns that failed. So, now the ploy is “he’s a Kremlin stooge.” When the material in Suarez’s book is relevant — and you or Craig could make it so here — you’ll see me posting a good deal more from and about it.
I don’t care who believe’s me Mona. You and I both know I have caught you in lies on multiple occasions. And I have documented it here:
I never divert you. You always bring up Israel before I do on these threads that are not about Israel. You always tell others not to engage me and then your the one that keeps engaging me. Not only do you lie but you can’t even keep your promise that you won’t engage.
The 19th century article was your citation and you brought it up multiple times before I ever commented on it. The only thing I did was read it and point out how you misrepresented what was stated in the article. You got so flustered that you flat out made up a lie about the article saying the Ashkenazi Jews did not wanting to work.
As for your threats to post something new “in due time” , really? What are you a James Bond villain? Jeez.
just because Adolf swept a floor doesnt mean he was humble.
just because a man says he loves his wife doesn’t mean he is honest.
DECEMBER 1999, pages 28-34, 36 Special Report The Israeli Attack on the USS Liberty, June 8, 1967, And the 32-Year Cover-up That Has Followed By James …
http://www.wrmea.org/1999-december/the-israeli-attack-on-the-uss-liberty-june-8-1967-and-the-32-year-cover-up-that-has-followed.html
and now the MURDER OF SETH RICH is being resurrected.
listen barb I will be happy to discuss your claims about what happened to the Liberty but first I need you to give me the evidence that the Zionists killed Jesus like you claimed. Because if you made the claim that a group of people that didn’t exist at the time of Jesus killed him, it can mean only one of two things. 1) you have information about time travel that the rest of us don’t know about. or 2) you use Zionists and Jews interchangeably in which case you are just a run of the mill anti-Semite who hates Jews and isn’t worth the dirt under my finger nail. So please tell me about the time machine and them we can get to the Liberty.
12: Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
13: And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
28: Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
29: Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man?
30: They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
31: Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
38: Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all.
39: But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews?
40: Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
1: Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
5: Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
6: When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.
7: The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
How many palestinians have you or your friends or comrades murdered this year and stolen their land?
Sorry I didn’t see any reference to Zionists in that post. Or are you saying that Jews and Zionists are the same thing. Why not man up and admit that that is what you mean.
What you say is false, I have never stated I will not engage you, or that others should not. Only that that I will not further engage you on this specific inanity regarding that 19th century article. I have cautioned others to also not allow you to drag them into these diversions. (You are, ironically, lying about my lying, which I have not done. Typical Zionist behavior.) Even this level of further discussion I will keep confined to this low, stale sub-thread.
I don’t care who believe’s me Mona.
Zionists lie, or are otherwise duplicitous. Chronically. You included. CAMERA plots in secret to propagandize web sites. Joan Ryan viciously lied about Jean Fitzpatrick, as did a fellow Zionist “corroborating witness.” Alan Dershowitz lies, sacrificing his professional reputation in service to his putrid ideology of Zionism. Almost all of you Zionists lie, certainly in my extensive experience. Zionism is built on falsehoods, without which it cannot survive.
Mona you have a very short memory and have been caught in yet another falsehood:
-Mona- ? barabbas
Please don’t feed Gil. The above article is important, and about a very dangerous phenomenon. It’s not about Israel — that’s simply what Gil cares about and is why he’s here.
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/11/the-deep-state-goes-to-war-with-president-elect-using-unverified-claims-as-dems-cheer/#comment-334874
follow the thread back and you will see this was in reply to this comment I made :
What exactly is the “Deep State”? If the CIA is responsible for nefarious activities it’s fine to call them out. The people running the CIA are known entities. If you are implying that there are other mysterious forces in control of the CIA then state who they are or at least make the claim outright. Using boogieman terms like Deep State is weak and is more appropriate to Alex Jones and Joe McCarthy.
and no body mentioned Israel in the thread except you and your buddy barb. and we certainly were not discussing the 19th century article.
Uh-huh. I’m as chagrined and horrified as that non sequitur would predictably make me. Hey Gil, did you know that Hamas has something to do with Israel? At least that’s the rumor.
How is my posting comments you made telling someone not to respond to me in response to your post claiming:
“I have never stated I will not engage you, or that others should not.”
a non sequitur? You seem to be using that word a lot lately Mona do you actually know what it means?
anyone on the planet other than zionists or their slaves makes them uncomfortable. Watch FRINGE, the zionists and observers would flock together.
It’s impossible to understand the smear campaign against Corbyn w/o undestanding the background of the power struggle between Thatcherite/Blairite/right factions in ‘New Labour’ and Corbynism.
But smearing opponents with the AS word has lost a lot of traction and didn’t work well in this instance. That potion will lose further potency in time…
That potion will lose further potency in time
A happy eventuality that will be greatly accelerated by this investigative series.
Gert, so you believe it will lose potency in spite of Labour party higher ups making claims like Israel was behind the Sandy Hook murders and Rothschilds controlled Britain.
Do you think the fact that Labour has seen fit to suspended fifty of it’s members for antisemitic and racist comments has added any traction?
Quite a few of these suspensions are highly suspect. Here’s Tony Greenstein on his own suspension:
http://azvsas.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/tony-greenstein-suspended-from-labour.html
Gert Gert
I’m always amused at the concern trolling of Zionists re. anti-Zionist “antisemitism”, yet just how indifferent they often are to other forms of racism.
Higher up you linked to Harry’s Place, a blog that systematically bans any dissent on Zionism, while allowing the vilest forms of racism in their comment threads.
I documented some of these goings on here:
http://developing-your-web-presence.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/harrys-place-racism-watch-part-1.html
https://developing-your-web-presence.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/harrys-place-racism-watch-part-2.html
Calling Corbyn a collaborator with Russian may not be far from the truth.
Oh FFS, Craig. An anti-neoliberal, often described as ‘hard left’ is a friend of Russia’s oligarchy in your rotten mind??? That’s almost as dumb as calling Greenwald a Trumpkin.
As regards Press TV, you do realise it hosts fanatical Zionists frequently, don’t you?
Doug Salzmann Gert
Just for clarity: Press TV is an official/semi-official organ of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Gert Doug Salzmann
Which doesn’t change anything to the fact that it airs a wide variety of opinions, including those of well-known Zionists.
And no, I’m no fan of Press TV or RT.
I was just offering a fact for the purpose (as I said) of providing clarity.
FYI, I read RT and Press TV regularly and I am rather a fan of RT. Its propagandistic tendencies are no more pronounced than those of the Western MSM and it has a more entertaining tone.
Really? Please give me the name of some fanatical Zionists who have frequently appeared on press TV.
David Millett, Geoffrey Alderman and Kenneth Katzman to name but three. Another one actually posted an article somewhere thanking Press TV for the opportunity to speak so freely, in favour of Israel.
There are others. I’ll dig’m up if I can.
I think you must mean Richard Millett not David Millett . There is a big difference between hosting a show and being interviewed on a show. Fox News has fanatical anti-Zionists on frequently, none of them have their own show. When someone does have their own show on Press TV they are an employee of the Iranian gov’t. Ironically the major “incriminating ” piece of evidence that the documentary Mona keeps on about is that a member of the LIF once worked for the Israeli embassy. This is typical of the type of double standards engaged in by antizionists.
Yes, Richard “Mr Hamas” Millett. My bad.
Ironically the major “incriminating ” piece of evidence that the documentary Mona keeps on about is that a member of the LIF once worked for the Israeli embassy.
LOL. You wish. Israeli diplomat caught on camera plotting to ‘take down’ British MPs – the transcript in full
The man resigned in disgrace (not so much disgrace back in Israel, of course). And he’s not the only one as a result of that investigation.
Figures you would quote a headline that is contradicted in the text of the story.
“the comments were made by a junior embassy employee who is not an Israeli diplomat”.
Oh geez, Gil, how entertaining, given your constant carping about my “lie.” Ahem:
The embassy sought to play down the incident as the footage was broadcast on Saturday night, describing Mr Masot as a “junior embassy employee”, who is not a diplomat.
His business card describes him as “a senior political officer”, while his LinkedIn page lists him as having worked for the embassy since November 2014.
Mr Masot says he was Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) major between 2004 and 2011 and describes himself as the chief point of contact between the embassy and MPs, liaising with ministers and officials at the Foreign Office.
No diplomat, he!
In any event, that footage is most certainly the most salient and incriminating evidence in the documentary. Why did Israel have Mr. Masot contriving to “take out” British politicians?
no Diplomat. how does any of what you pointed out change that. You certainly must realize that there is indeed a difference between working for the embassy and being an official diplomat?
Pedinska Gert
That’s almost as dumb as calling Greenwald a Trumpkin.
Or as, ahem *intelligent* as thinking that western critics of war should waste energy trying to affect Russia’s actions as opposed to focusing on the sins of their own governments and allies….“Look! Over there!! The Turduckistanians are violating waterfowl again!1!1!!!”
The Stop the War coalition could not even mount a protest against Russia’s brutal bombing campaign in Aleppo! — craig “Master Analyst” summers
Poor craig. His glasses are so out of whack that he thinks everyone but him has lost proper vision. It is one, if not the most, common fecal pellet that falls in these piles he persistently drops all over Greenwald’s articles.
“………“Look! Over there!! The Turduckistanians are violating waterfowl again!1!1!!!”……”
Look! Over there! 500,000-1,000,000 Tutsis were butchered……
Sometimes it’s not a bad idea to look beyond the west – at least if you are truly interested in justice.
“…….Poor craig. His glasses are so out of whack that he thinks everyone but him has lost proper vision. It is one, if not the most, common fecal pellet that falls in these piles he persistently drops all over Greenwald’s articles……”
You can do better Pedinska.
As is generally known, I usually ignore Craig, but it so happens I’ve just encountered two new, outstanding works that debunk — and expose as rancid — his most dearly held political beliefs: 1. The Al Jazeera undercover investigation of Israeli and British Zionist operations to lie about and destroy uncooperative politicians and activists, and 2. A heavily footnoted, scholarly book documenting — with primary sources — both the obscene levels of terrorism perpetrated by, and ardent support for Nazis among, pre- and post-WWII Zionists.
When it serves the discussion, I’ll reply to him (and other Zionists) drawing on that material. But not too heavily until this thread is older so as not to detract from the main focus of Glenn’s piece.
Gert -Mona-
1. The Al Jazeera undercover investigation of Israeli and British Zionist operations to lie about and destroy uncooperative politicians and activists
Do you have a link or title for it?
Ta, Doug.
Titled: The Lobby
craigsummers Gert
“…….That’s almost as dumb as calling Greenwald a Trumpkin…….”
In the minds of the alt-left, HRC was such a bad choice for President because of her fealty to Israel and hawkishness that Trump clearly was given “backdoor” support by Greenwald, Assange and others mostly on some baseless hope. Of course, Trump could follow policies like detente with Russia etc. which could lessen the war rhetoric. Again, that is the hope.
Benito Mussolini craigsummers
Mr. Trump represents the Audacity of Hope.
craigsummers Benito Mussolini
Trump did yank that Ford plant right out from under the Mexican government. The audacity of hope might come to those who own twitter stock!
Joshua88 craigsummers
I assume that the extent of your knowledge comes from Agent Orange’s tweets, instead of real news sites.
In the minds of the alt-left, HRC was such a bad choice for President because of her fealty to Israel and hawkishness […]
There were many reasons why she was a piss-poor candidate and that’s why she LOST.
Israel didn’t feature very high in this election.
“……..Israel didn’t feature very high in this election……..”
I agree Gert, I was just making a point about the indirect support of Trump for those reasons (by the alt-left). That’s all. She was a very piss poor candidate, indeed. However, in such a close election, Russian hacking and Assange specifically releasing documents to undermine her may have been the difference.
HippoDave craigsummers
“However, in such a close election, Russian hacking and Assange specifically releasing documents to undermine her may have been the difference.”
For that to have made “the” difference, it would have to have pulled more votes from her than any other single issue reason or factor. More than the danger of a no-fly zone. More than her support of Wall Street. More than her frackin’ round the world. More than “super-predators”.
Unless the leaks were the main reason she lost votes, it’s not “the” difference. Unless differences are also on a temporal matrix. In which sure, it was the worst thing very late in the campaign. But if she’d not been such a shit candidate for so many other reasons prior, she would’ve easily won.
“The difference” in my mind is her campaign strategy, if you can even call such an incompetent, hubris-filled debacle a strategy. I think she lost more important votes with that than she lost from any other single issue or factor. Even more than her gender.
-Mona- HippoDave
For that to have made “the” difference, it would have to have pulled more votes from her than any other single issue reason or factor.
I think it entirely plausible that the emails sufficiently turned off Sanders primary supporters that it depressed their turn-out for Hillary in the general. But that is no one’s fault other than the individuals sending and receiving the emails. Assange and Wikileaks performed a great public service. It was well past time to have hard evidence of how corrupt the DNC is.
One benefit of the few benefits to Trump’s wining is how hard it punished Clinton Democrats, who have been long overdue for it. If this doesn’t snap them out of their insistence on neoliberal bullshit, they’ll kill the party and we may well have 8 years of Trump (or other Republican).
craigsummers HippoDave
HippoDave
“……..For that to have made “the” difference, it would have to have pulled more votes from her than any other single issue reason or factor. More than the danger of a no-fly zone. More than her support of Wall Street. More than her frackin’ round the world. More than “super-predators”…….”
No one is arguing that Hillary was a great candidate. She was an “entitled” candidate. The DNC was shown to be a corrupt organization in the tank for HRC. Regardless of who ran against her in the primaries, she was crowned the Democratic nominee. However, given the large amount of electoral votes in the upper Midwest, and the very small percentage of popular votes separating HRC and Trump, the timed release of the emails by the Assange might have made the difference in the election. Again, the electoral college determines the President.
Hillary did win the popular vote so even as flawed of a candidate as she was, more Americans still considered her the best choice. Time will tell.
tiger tiger craigsummers
You are competing with that ‘Wiltdoof’ fellow for verbose nonsense around here. Always selling the neoliberal line with a bunch of high hat BS… and if you think Glenn is such a stooge, why bother? Nice reiteration of talking points, though, quite ‘scholarly’…(chuckle)….
craigsummers tiger tiger
“…….Nice reiteration of talking points, though, quite ‘scholarly’…(chuckle)….”
Nice rebuttal (chuckle).
Erelis craigsummers
The ousting of Yanukovych was a democratic rebellion.
Not true. Yanukovych was the duly elected leader of the Ukrainian state whether you like him or not. Duly elected. As an aside, it produced an interesting propaganda word–aspirations. Obama said the coup represented the aspirations of the Ukrainian people–used a lot now.
But what is interesting about Ukraine and the violent coupe is that that the US still has the possibility, remotely now, of becoming the Ukraine. Partisan democrats wanted to stop the inauguration of Trump, who whether you like him or not, was duly elected. One Harvard prof. offered free advice if electors went with Clinton. I have seen democratic party activists insist that Trump should be arrested and prevented from becoming president.
So what happened in the Ukraine is that after the violent coup, people in the Donbass protested their guy being removed. The regime in Kiev shot them up, and instant civil war.
Same will happen the United States if Trump is not allowed to be sworn in. Trump protesters take to the streets, and you can bet things turn violent almost immediately. Instant civil war.
craigsummers Erelis
You are the only one that answered what I posted – so you get a lot of credit just for that!
“…….But what is interesting about Ukraine and the violent coupe is that that the US still has the possibility, remotely now, of becoming the Ukraine…….”
Comparing Trump and Yanukovych is completely wrong. Ukraine has a long history with Russia/Soviet domination. During and after WWII, Ukrainian separatists fought the German and the Russian armies. There has been a separatist element in Ukrainian society until the present.
Yanukovych is an ethnic Russian who maintained close economic ties with Russia. In 2013, Yanukovych signed an agreement with Putin while rejecting the EU offer. This is what set off the demonstrations. That had nothing to do with the US. This was a rebellion against Soviet/Russian domination. Violence associated with the protests inevitably led to the ousting of Yanukovych who fled to Russia (which explains part of the problem). The US worked behind the scenes to set up a new government which is why this is called a US-backed coup.
Russia invaded Crimea and held an illegal referendum. This was followed by the illegal annexation of Crimea. Eastern Ukraine secessionists were emboldened to occupy government buildings in the Donbass region of Ukraine. This was supported by Russian military equipment, personnel and arms. Putin carries on a low grade insurrection to destabilize the new Ukrainian government. With Trump as President, Putin hopes to reestablish the Russian sphere of influence over Ukraine.
The annexation and the Russian-supported war in Eastern Ukraine are illegal under international law.
the israeli paranoids have now decided that there is a group of persons in syria who are begging them to help dispose of bashar al-assad. And to make it more beneficial, the same pretentious group has also decided that it will help israelis clear the land of Palestinians using a terrorist style genocide that the israelis can disavow and scapegoat.
clever monsters.
Mike Sulzer craigsummers
You out did Mr. Greenwald: you provided a better example than he was able to.
craigsummers Mike Sulzer
Politics as usual, Mike – for everyone!
Ben Whitmore craigsummers
Craig, you don’t seem to have digested any of what Glenn wrote in this article, or indeed anything outside of the desperate right-wing media attempts to pin any dirt on Corbyn. The attacks you recycle here have all been amply refuted outside that echo-chamber — some of them in this very article.
Whatever you call Corbyn, “useful idiot” is nonsense. He has been vindicated by unfolding history far more often than most British politicians — especially his more vociferous critics. Over the decades, he has proven exceptionally shrewd and clear-sighted.
craigsummers Ben Whitmore
I would never argue he is not shrewd or intelligent. How you characterize Corbyn probably depends on your political point of view. I just provided an alternate one.
I just recently re-watched Dr. Strangelove. It’s frightening how much it resembles contemporary politics.
tiger tiger avelna2001
‘gentleman, there’s no fighting in the war room!!!’
nuf said avelna2001
Have you watched Fail-Safe ? It is the non-comic version of Dr. Strangelove.
It was scheduled to be released before Strangelove but the film was so realistic it was determined it would scare the crap out of the nation so Strangelove was released first to soften the impact.
Fail-Safe is an outstanding film with great performances by Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau.
Let’s play the exciting new game, “Name that Subtext.”
Corbyn = Trump
British Tory = American Democrat
Nato = Nazi Germany
Russia = Switzerland
Crimea = Poland
Estonia= Poland
Poland = Poland
It is not hyperbole to say that perhaps nothing is more reckless,more dangerous, than ratcheting up tensions between these two countries.
This subject of one military entity confronting another military entity is always hyperbolic … MUST be hyperbolic. It’s called “politics.”
Or “propaganda” depending upon your favorite subtext.
Eric Blair (George Orwell) “The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”
Hillary Clinton: “We came, we saw, he died.”
Donald Trump: “I love war.”
Vladmir Putin: “It’s alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States.”
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 — March 17, 2017: [The resolution formed the legal basis for military intervention in the Libyan Civil War, demanding “an immediate ceasefire” and authorizing the international community to establish a no-fly zone and to use all means necessary short of foreign occupation to protect civilians.}
Mikhail Gorbachev: “Gentlemen, comrades, do not be concerned about all you hear about
Glasnost and Perestroika and democracy in the coming years. They are
primarily for outward consumption. There will be no significant internal
changes in the Soviet Union, other than for cosmetic purposes.
Our purpose is to disarm the Americans and let them fall asleep.
We want to accomplish three things:
One, we want the Americans to withdraw conventional forces from Europe.
Two, we want them to withdraw nuclear forces from Europe.
Three, we want the Americans to stop proceeding with Strategic Defense Initiative.”
Rex Tillerson: ” I have a very close relationship with [Putin.] I don’t agree with everything he’s doing. I don’t agree with everything a lot of leaders are doing. But he understands that I am a businessman. And I have invested a lot of money, our company has invested a lot of money, in Russia, very successfully.”
China Daily editorial: “If Trump is determined to use this gambit in taking office, a period of fierce, damaging interactions will be unavoidable, as Beijing will have no choice but to take off the gloves,”
General Jack D. Ripper: “Mandrake, have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?”
Leon T. Hadar: “Like the Red Menace of the Cold War era, the Green Peril–green being the color of Islam–is described as a cancer spreading around the globe, undermining the legitimacy of Western values and threatening the national security of the United States.” [Foreign Affairs, Spring 1993]
Executive Order 13660: “I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that the actions and policies of persons — including persons who have asserted governmental authority in the Crimean region without the authorization of the Government of Ukraine — that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order: …”
Prashant Ruia: “We felt all in all, we were getting attractive valuations and we decided to sell.”
Milton Wiltmellow: The problem with ignorance is ignorance. The problem with knowledge is ignorance. Propaganda is an edifice built with the bricks of one and the mortar of the other.
exotish
it!!!!!*****
Well, a lot of this is probably stuff that has been said before, but it’s still sometimes needs to be said and you are just such a nice guy and good egg, Glenn, it’s always nice to get some counter-spin from jah.
Max Blumenthal correctly notes on Twitter, while linking to this article, that the “antisemitism” smear of Corbyn failed, so now they’re turning to the “Kremnlin stooge” ploy. (The machinations of the antisemtism smear merchants now stand utterly exposed and, ironically, actual espionage may have occurred on the part of the smear artists.)
Jessejean
Arth–I never would have voted for the T-rump, no matter what. But I agree with your 2nd paragraph: what we are doing now is EXACTLY what we would have done under Hill. She is the consummate neoliberal war monger, with a streak of neoconservatism that brooks no opposition. Plus she has the might of the Clinton machine behind her which is why this attack on Russian took off with such overwhelming insistence in the media. In a way, I see T-rump as a tool sent by the Angels of our better nature to stuff the Clinton’s policies into the hole in history they deserve. But T-rump is such a greedy bastard, he will step on the toes of the other cabals that infect our country and THEY will take him down. In the meantime, it’s Bernie all the way. That country mouse will build a coalition ready to take the controls when T-rump runs the ship of state aground. Join us.
Mudbone Jessejean
Bernie Sanders could have fought it out on the convention floor . He caved and should that he is basically, a pragmatic politician , just like Hillary ( i.e SHOW ME THE MONEY ! ) .
Jessejean do me a personal favor . Write the Judas Goat , aka Bernie Sanders , that Mudbone wants his $575 back !!
In the above post
should that s/b showed that
BTW: Why is Deborah Wassermann Schultz an Honorary Chairperson of the Democratic Party’s Committee ? Politics ?
When the f–kin aholes in DC have the balls to declare war then the mthrf–krs can talk about collaborating with the enemy .
THE ENEMY OF HUMANITY for the last 70 years has been the government of America and its adoration to the GREAT GOD MONEY !!
Does anyone even buy this whole cold was accusation crap anyway? I think the populace would agree with Corbyn.
Hillary ” The Truth” Clinton. Hmmmm.
Nope, sorry. Too much cognitive dissonance.
patrick mcneal
The Russians are trying to maintain a buffer along their border on their western and southwestern edges of dependent client states. They see this as minimal protection from the west. The US and the NATO members miscalculated by impinging on what the Russian feel that is their most basic strategic necessity.
On the other hand the US is militarily backing it’s economic model of dominating the world to give it a the power to dominate world political order. This is to allows the US to use it’s economic power to control it’s client states to protect it’s strategic interests. The Russian economy is to weak to compete with the US on the world stage and that their influence is going to only be effective closer to home.
One interesting facet of the world competition for influence and political dominance is the world Natural Gas market. Sales and distribution of the vast production of Russian natural gas and it’s sales to Europe are used as a political weapon as much as a necessary financial tool to stabilize the Russian economy. The US is now becoming a big exporter of natural gas to Europe due to the introduction in Fracking technology. There are plans in the US to increase the east coast port facilities to facilitate the sales of natural gas to Europe. This of course will enrich the powerful elites in this country and reduce the leverage the Russians have in Europe. This may effect how legislation to control fracking is or isn’t implemented in the US. It not only enriched the wealthy but it serves a US political strategic goal. This then widens the number of influential people who support a less regulated natural gas extraction business from those who are directing profiting from it to those who see it as a political tool to reduce Russian influence.
Any nuclear exchange is a far greater threat to anyone involved in such an exchange anything short of complete military defeat and the collapse of the government. It is a deterrent of last resort for any country. It is the ultimate protection from the threats larger power. The ruling elites of both countries have no moral hindrance to the slaughter anyone who is not a Russian or an American in pursuit of their goals. But a nuclear exchange is a huge loss for each side so both have strong motivation to prevent it.
I think it is a mistake to harbor the idea that some world leader or the elites are irrational or so blinded by fanatic ideology and that they aren’t working for their county’s self interests. In almost every country the ruling class may see that their personal interests in parallel with their county’s interest or will work very hard to make them that way.
Americans need to never forget especially now, is the words of politicians ( you could throw in business leaders or the just about anyone making a public statement) are either meaningless or camouflage that serves to obscure their actions. Actions are the gold standard for understanding a persons, the ruling class or a countries motivations. An recent example is why do republicans hate the ACA so very much when it is a Republican plan? What was the first thing the Republicans did to roll the ACA back? They cut the taxes on the wealthy that help pay for the subsidies. That is real reason for the hatred everything else was BS to obscure the actual reason.
Doug Salzmann patrick mcneal
Much of what you say is true and important. However, the US currently exports essentially no natural gas to Europe. That is a dream and fantasy of the industry and of politicians on both sides of the Atlantic who would like to reduce European dependence on Russian NG.
See EIA statistics for confirmation and see the following for the reality behind the fracking cornucopia myth:
patrick mcneal Doug Salzmann
The amount of LNG sold by the US into Europe is small. But could jump to 100 BCM by 2020. Asian countries pay more now but the east coast has 4 LNG terminals and the Gulf coast has 6 and Europe is closer without the cost of the extra distance and the cost of traveling through the Panama Canal. Russian exports are about 25 BCM through 3-4 pipelines which makes delivery cheap compared to ship delivery. IN the case of friction or conflict the higher price of US LNG may be worth the extra cost for the sake of security.
A threat doesn’t have to be reliable to force a reaction. The CIA, the intelligence community knew there was no missile or warhead gap between the US and and USSR but the US public was convinced that there was and committed to paying for a huge build up of missile deliverable nuclear warheads in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s.
US is now becoming a big exporter of natural gas to Europe due to the introduction in Fracking technology.
That, as I pointed out, is simply not true. Bobbing and weaving and dodging, rather than simply acknowledging your error or misstatement is just silly.
And I really think you should read Shale Bubble
Hillary, is that you Hillary? Omagod you guys, it’s Hillary!
nastywoman Jessejean
‘Hillary, is that you Hillary?’
Yes it’s me!
How in the world did you find out?
And you know I thought – it’s finally time to stay with the truth!
Joy nastywoman
Umm, Nastywoman, I think your name gave it away.
nastywomen Joy
‘Umm, Nastywoman, I think your name gave it away.’
Unbelievable!
You guys are sooo funny and let’s leave y’all now to this masterpiece of comedy!
-Mona- nastywoman
Would you care for a “piece of cake?”
nastywoman -Mona-
‘Would you care for a “piece of cake?”
No – I never liked ‘cake’.
pretzelattack -Mona-
-Mona- pretzelattack
Based on both style and content, I think it’s possible.
like the reference to living in italy. i think we have at least enough for a dossier.
Kevin Jessejean
No, nastywoman is nubwaxer.
The MAIN reason I voted for Trump this time is, as I noted in a comment at this site months ago, him being the only one capable of stopping Hillary. Now, Trump is likely to exceed my initial expectations as he appears ready to take steps toward reducing tensions between us and Russia and he is calling NATO and the EU for close to what they really are.
And, why NOT Hillary? Well… try to imagine the next 4 years with Hillary and her reckless posse in control of tens of thousands of nukes. The odds of a nuclear exchange with Russia would be orders of magnitude higher compared to what we are going to have with Trump as prez and, Trump’s lewd words notwithstanding, I’d rather see the human species stay on the current course rather than seeing the few survivors forced back into a new Dark Ages period where transgender equality and clean fuels would matter very, very little.
Ron Paul Arth
Yeah, but he said ‘pussy’.
Clark Arth
You are correct about Hillary, but you are delusional about Trump.
Trump is as phony and predatory as Clinton.
His cabinet is shaping up to be a more blatantly arrogant
example of what a liar he is (and it would be a dream come true
for Hillary). That is why the democrats are so pissed off. They
want their Obama-tized corruptions to continue to be under
their nominal control, only with the patina of vaginal tenderness as
the disguise du jour to manipulate their human resources into
more fascist delights while Trump is going to do the same by
just being the dick he is.
Pedinska Clark
the patina of vaginal tenderness
Can I steal that? It’s absolutely perfect.
Clark Pedinska
Ownership of almost anything or everything is a delusion.
We are usually the ones who are owned by what we think we own.
Thank you Mr. Greenwald. I greatly appreciate your clarity and relentless integrity.
What the portrayal of Putin represents is
what the democrats and republicans (and their allies)
BOTH want to be.
When the faking U$A and their allies make anyone a target
it is because those targets are an expression of what the
democrats and republicans think they deserve to be.
They are jealous of any vile attributes and arrogance
which they project upon their enemy du jour.
The same is true of their supposed opposition to each other.
The democrats are republican corporatists who lie
and the republicans want to be able to lie as much as the democrat
corporatists.
Fascism is running rampant and Neo-Hitlerian personalities
have been foolishly endorsed by approximately 98% of the voters
in the faking U$A in the recent elections.
The toxic militarizing corruption keeps spreading while the
support system keeps rotting
and the blinders are becoming tightened in the name of
exceptionalism.
nastywoman Clark
‘What the portrayal of Putin represents is what the democrats and republicans (and their allies) BOTH want to be.’
Who cares about some silly ‘what the democrats and republicans (and their allies) BOTH want to be.’?
‘What the portrayal of Putin represents is what a KGB Boss represents’
And that’s another fact – so lets stick with it?
I, Greenwald and many here care. Inane narratives put forward for venal and absurd reasons must be rejected in favor of facts and reality. Especially when the crazy narratives escalate tensions between nuclear powers.
German chesse -Mona-
“absurd reasons must be rejected in favor of facts and reality.”
FACTS : Every single country that joined NATO after the Cold War has been led by democratically elected governments that joined the alliance on their own will.
FACTS: Russia has a history of military aggressions against those countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Russian troops left the Baltic States in the 90s! )
Facts: After the Cold War there has been a massive reduction of US troops level in Europe. Bush II brought two heavy Army divisions from Germany to the US.
FACTS : Russian troops invaded a sovereign nation called Ukraine and annexed its territory.
FACTS : Those NATO troops that are currently being deployed were not in those countries before Russia invasion of the Ukraine.
These are facts and reality that any rational individual would understand. But you can design your own facts to satisfy your views.
Clark nastywoman
It is good that you can see that what the faking U$A and its allies
really want is to be controlling the whole planet
like another “KGB Boss.”
Certainly G. W. Bush and B. Obama have been exceptional in their
KGB-like scheming for global corporate domination.
Trump and Hillary and their supporters have histories of the same
arrogance and ability to ignore their own criminality
in the love of money and power and predatory scheming.
One question remains,
Who will they blame next????
Michael Geoghegan
Meanwhile an actual Russian collaborator is being sworn in as President of the United States on January 20th.
-Mona- Michael Geoghegan
The only credible evidence about Trump and Russia is deep financial ties to Russian lenders and businesspeople.
‘The only credible evidence about Trump and Russia is deep financial ties to Russian lenders and businesspeople.’
Is there any better reason in the US to be a Russian collaborator?
Collaborating in business interests is as American as apple pie. See IBM vis-a-vis the rise of Nazi Germany. In general it isn’t illegal except in times of open, hot war, as when Prescott Bush did business with Nazi Germany after we went to war with it.
Aggrieved -Mona-
Great riposte. Kudos for Glenn for highlighting the anti-Russian madness in the UK around the attacks on Jeremy Corbyn who is sane in a sea of crazies there.
-Mona- Aggrieved
Thanks. If we are now going to target all Westerners with business associations and interests in Russia as “collaborators,” that net is going to catch a lot of Democrats and other liberals in allied countries.
‘when Prescott Bush did business with Nazi Germany after we went to war with it’
– then he was called a ‘Nazi collaborator’ – Right?
then he was called a ‘Nazi collaborator’ – Right?
Not at the time. But he effectively was one after war was formally declared. IBM directly facilitated the Holocaust, before war was declared. Trump’s Russian business interests, by contrast, are standard and no different than those held by many others in the West.
Mudbone nastywoman
Darling ,, he was a extremely wealthy businessman .
And that , in my opinion , is far worse than a Nazi !!!
Pedinska Michael Geoghegan
Yes, of course, and we swore in an Iranian collaborator as Vice President in 2001 and folks still fortunate enough to have any kind of 401(k) or pension plan likely have money invested in companies who are still collaborating thanks to loopholes Congress put into regulations about such dealings.
“The revenue that is generated from the work that these companies are doing, we believe, helps to underwrite and support terrorism,” says William Thompson, the New York City comptroller who oversees the $80 billion in pension funds for all city workers. […]
He’s actually identified specific companies that have invested in these rogue countries, including Halliburton, Conoco-Phillips and General Electric. And he points out that New York’s pension funds own nearly $1 billion worth of stock in these three Fortune 500 companies, which have operations in Iran and Syria. […]
Halliburton Products and Services, Ltd., is wholly owned by the U.S.-based Halliburton and is registered in a building in the capital of the Cayman Islands – a building owned by the local Calidonian Bank. Halliburton and other companies set up in this Caribbean Island, because of tax and secrecy laws that are corporate friendly.
Halliburton is the company that Vice President Dick Cheney used to run. He was CEO from 1995 to 2000, during which time Halliburton Products and Services set up shop in Iran. Today, it sells about $40 million a year worth of oil field services to the Iranian government.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/doing-business-with-the-enemy-22-01-2004/
Hillfarmer Michael Geoghegan
Give me a break. Have you heard of fake news? You should check it out. Heck, Glenn wrote an article a couple of weeks ago for folks like you. Go read it.
Chimetha
A common counter argument in this area is that the more recent NATO members wanted to join.
While this may be true of those nation’s rulers, it doesn’t necessarily follow that this was the wish of the people living there.
The Croatian president himself stated that if NATO membership was put to a referendum then they would not have joined.
Furthermore it disregards the fact that NATO and their key members actively encouraged these nations to join.
The exact same template used against Muslims is now being used against Russians.
The democratic party’s embrace and protection of Muslims was never based on love, and compassion for the other, instead it was only a cynical amoral attack on republicans.
The Russia “implosion” has revealed the true face of so many.
I’ve been called a Russian shill and a stupid American for the same comments. Such is the polarisation of these debates.
I’ve also tried referencing Mearsheimer and was called an anti semite for supporting the views of a “holocaust denier”.
It doesn’t matter who you are, so long as you stop short of calling the enemy de jour “the new Hitler” you will be smeared or ignored.
diacho
I agree with the sentiment of the article – I despise Putin and Russian expansionism, but more belligerance is not the solution. I would just like to point out that the foreign affair article in question is not new as stated, it’s from 2014. That, however, does not diminish its relevance.
Aggrieved diacho
Russian expansionism, hardly; Nato expansionism in spades!!
“At the very least, one should be free to debate these policies without being smeared as a traitor. ”
Yes, as a theoretic principle, absolutely!
As the Greeks thought out and debated great works of philosophy and science, we all know what the Romans did.
The trouble is that there is Money and Power at stake and those who make Money from selling guns would make more Money by operating on the theory that, “it is far more profitable to just kill’em all, and let God sort out the commies”.
GunZenBomZ
Usa_naziland as usual is coercing the stance anyone aware of how despicable & menacing its troop-movements (its controls Nato by way of 75% funding) must be in league with the russian-devil! Or some other opposing side of the so called freedom loving americans actions. It’s interventionist policy in the eastern regions of europe shows us just how much usa_naziland is too be trusted. Seek info on ukrainian & turkish coup d’état, one been a way of stopping Russia having access too the mediterranean sea. The other been a standard CIA operation to placate responsibility into the hands of ‘actors’ who will see america as a viable future partner for help.
The movement of hundreds of thousands; possibly millions of people into europe from africa & the middle-east resulting from the meddling of those same vile scumbags with their praising death-culture ways. We watch on as the inept U.N. is walked over by these bullying nations. Regan gave the assurance that nato would not go closer to Russia’s boarders. Instead with each new overlord of evil, we see NGO enabling meddling terrorist groups emerge & foster dissent & then so called revolutions take hold. The only nation that needs sanctions applying too it is usa & the total removal of its 1,000+ military bases spread around the world like a virus. As it prints its worthless funny money & bribes foreign people to cause strife on its behalf. You keep wondering why you are the most hated nation yet do not see how like North-Korea you are living inside a closed loop system. Praising soldiers & flag singing at every event whilst the elite-scum pretend your nations actions are for the betterment of humanity. You even have the audacity to want too weaponize space against international laws; fubar comes to mind.
Jeff D GunZenBomZ
Well, here’s one American who totally agrees with you. If I weren’t born here I certainly wouldn’t be here. This country is almost as evil as Nazi Germany, and if it causes a nuclear war, it will be much worse.
shenebraskan
Do not understand why so many cannot appreciate the Russian point of view here. If China and Russia formed a new Warsaw Pact, and invited Canada and Mexico to join, would that clarify the matter? How about stationing troops and having military exercises on our borders??
james cook shenebraskan
Agreed, however the Western Economic Model is based on ever expanding growth and this can only occur by never-ending expansion. Not unlike the Pax Romana, the real problems come when you allow the expansion to run out of steam and your enemies realize your weaknesses.
I would speculate that what we are seeing is bluff and theater to keep the creaking western economic model from regression.
nastywoman james cook
‘however the Western Economic Model is based on ever expanding growth’
However the Eastern Economic Model might be based on exactly the same?
james cook nastywoman
ummm……….Yes, that is a bit of a problem indeed.
Sting…………..”I hope the Russians love their children too!”
The Eastern Economic Model is as rapacious to the (extensive) extent it has turned toward the Western one.
Nete Peedham
A betting pool could be started, I suppose, on where the unearthed remains of Senator Joe McCarthy will be displayed in a glass coffin…and another pool on the shape and colour of the coffin.
“Naturally, the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship.[…] That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.” Hermann Göring, April 46, Nuremberg Diary
nastywoman
How hilarious and absurd:
‘the west’s relentless, aggressive march eastward up to Russian borders’
As – there is this fact – that lately there has been only one relentless, aggressive march westwards from the Russian border’
And anybody who can’t at least recognize that sad fact – might have to live with being accused ‘a “Collaborator” of F…face von Clownstick –
which might be much worst than being called a Russian “Collaborator”.
The Colonel nastywoman
did NATO ever stop posturing and arming at the Russian border?
and if Corbyn can be called a collaborator for pushing against the escalation at the border, what do you call the participants on either side?
nastywoman The Colonel
‘did NATO ever stop posturing and arming at the Russian border?’
No – but what does that have to do with the fact – that lately there has been only one relentless, aggressive march westwards from the Russian border’.
Or should we invent a F…face von Clownstick quote – where we blame ‘the posturing of women’ for his grabbing?
“… lately there has been only one relentless, aggressive march westwards from the Russian border’.”
well you got me there. only one party seems to be marching westward.
Martin nastywoman
“As – there is this fact – that lately…”? That’s not even grammatically coherent. Seriously though, where did you go to school? You ought to sue.
Anyway it’s difficult to understand what you mean given that you’re not really making any sense but I *think* you’re denying that the enlargement of Nato has taken place, is that correct?
Ehrm… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlargement_of_NATO
nastywoman Martin
Seriously though, where did you go to school?
Trump University.
And seriously – you are OT!
The argument from ridicule is a logical fallacy. Hurling stupid insults does not constitute rebuttal of anyone, either above or below the line.
pretzelattack nastywoman
it’s not a fact. russia is acting like the us and china have acted, in what they regard as their sphere of influence. the us is using this as a pretext to build up tensions with russia, on their borders. if you support, in principle, this policy, then you should support russia placing nukes in cuba during the cuban missle crisis. after all, the aggressive us southern expansion was threatening its neighbors.
nastywoman pretzelattack
‘it’s not a fact’
If somebody doesn’t except the fact that there has been one relentless, aggressive march westwards from the Russian border lately – somebody either never has heard the word Ukraine or has the same problem accepting facts as a F…face von Clownstick.
Chimetha nastywoman
They did indeed take Crimea and they did indeed back Donbass separatists but that was two years ago.
If this march was relentless they would not have stopped there. There is a vast border along North/East Ukraine ripe for crossing yet they have not done so.
Given that US officials have called the previous actions an “invasion”, and the only response was sanctions, fear of Western retaliation doesn’t make sense as a reason for them stopping at Debaltseve. The logical conclusion is that they do not intend to conquer Ukraine.
nastywoman Chimetha
‘If this march was relentless they would not have stopped there.’
Is it F…face von Clownstick logic?
I grabbed her but stopped there?
Most ironically, you have been promiscuously evincing Trumpian logic throughout this thread.
WLGR nastywoman
I’m not sure which to consider more depressing: liberal Democratic partisans rediscovering their hatred for the military-industrial complex once the asshole in charge of its worldwide death factory has an R next to his name again, or liberal Democratic partisans continuing to praise the military-industrial complex because they see an opening to tar their opponents as insufficiently enthusiastic toward its most senseless excesses. I mean, sure it would an obscene and noxious for Democrats’ anti-Trump offensive to concentrate around outflanking him from the right on jingoistic military saber-rattling, but at least sycophantic alt-centrists would be abandoning the pretense that they represent any kind of “leftist” alternative.
Besides which, can we all take a second to appreciate the wannabe-edgelord impotence of referring to Trump as “Fuckface von Clownstick” (as if Jon Stewart-style liberal theatrics would be any more effective against Trump than they were against Bush) without even having the guts to spell out the word “fuck”? This is your “Resistance” in a nutshell, people. We’re all doomed.
The US needs to invest trillions in upgrading its nuclear arsenal. This presents a tremendous opportunity for firms to seize some of the most lucrative procurement contracts of all time. Ratcheting up tensions with the Taliban is insufficient to drive a massive nuclear procurement program. So increasing the belligerent rhetoric towards Russia is indeed necessary, even though, as Mr. Greenwald points out, it is potentially dangerous.
However, advances in technology mean that much of the US workforce is now redundant. So the prospect of a nuclear war is less frightening than it might have been in the past, at least from a neoliberal point of view.
nastywoman Benito Mussolini
‘So increasing the belligerent rhetoric towards Russia is indeed necessary, ‘
I only can agree – reading all this funny nonsense about ‘accusations’.
Does the author know that the German Chancellor Angela Merkel was being accused to be Hitler?
And isn’t being ‘Hitler’ much much worst than being some lame Russian “Collaborator”?
i don’t understand what you are saying.
What’s really clear is that nastywoman doesn’t understand what Benito is saying.
‘What’s really clear is that nastywoman doesn’t understand what Benito is saying.’
I just agreed with him when he said:
And you do not understand Benito or what he means when he says such (entertaining) things. Do you even know who Benito Mussolini was?
‘Do you even know who Benito Mussolini was?’
‘Is’! – not ‘was’.
Benito Mussolini was the cat of my butcher in Verona Italy.
Nope, I meant was. You, my dear, have been ensnared by Poe’s Law, made more likely by your own ill-founded beliefs that align with “Benito’s” satire.
‘You, my dear, have been ensnared by Poe’s Law, made more likely by your own ill-founded beliefs that align with “Benito’s” satire.’
That is true as my ill-founded believe was to have my satire more aligned with yours than a Italian butchers cat.
Retreating into intentional silliness isn’t going to obscure what you have shown yourself to be.
DJ nastywoman
‘Belief’, it’s ‘belief’ not ‘believe’, similarly, above it was ‘accept’ not ‘except’. Please, if you’re going to troll, at least check your spelling and grammar.
Pedinska Benito Mussolini
The US needs to invest trillions in upgrading its nuclear arsenal. This presents a tremendous opportunity for firms to seize some of the most lucrative procurement contracts of all time.
Yes. And it was President Obama who, despite campaigning to reduce and eliminate our nuclear arsenal and winning a Nobel Peace Prize as a result – how fucking short-sighted of the Nobel committee to reward a politician for unproven self-serving assertions – announced early last year a 30-year, $1 trillion program to modernize the U.S. nuclear-weapon arsenal.
Since then there have been populist uprisings in a number of countries, people expressing their displeasure with the agendas of their betters in ways that might make the ruling class worry that people are getting fed up with anything that does nothing to help them directly. It is unfortunate that people cannot use expensive war toys for food or shelter. It is doubly unfortunate that those toys ensure the need for more health care, not less.
So, then, how to convince people who are hungry, who have to work multiple jobs to pay their bills, who are losing their homes (or have already lost them), still can’t access health care (in spite of being forced to pay large chunks of money to insurance companies already reneging on their part of the deal), that wasting a trillion dollars on weapons we should be destroying instead is an absolute imperative?
The threat of terrorists is waning in the public mind. The manufactured plots the FBI scrounges up are not enough to force people to feel sufficient fear to enable Congress to freely continue lining the pockets of themselves and the arms manufacturers. People are recognizing that the most existential threats to them and their loved ones come not from foreign powers, but from the powers they themselves have elected. A distraction is needed most urgently. And so they ignore the dangers they provoke,
The Russian defense minister recently announced that in response to Obama’s plan, Russia will “bring five new strategic nuclear missile regiments into service.” China would surely match that escalation. If it does so, India will follow. Then Pakistan will jump into the race. It is a recipe for disaster.
The cruise missiles Obama wants to build could be used to deliver either conventional or nuclear payloads. If an air defense controller in another country sees one incoming on radar, he or she would have no way of knowing whether it was armed to destroy a building or an entire city. The temptation to launch nuclear retaliation could be irresistible.
And they ignore the counselors who remonstrate,
Obama’s project is ruinously expensive. Admiral Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, calls it “spending ourselves into oblivion.” He describes our skyrocketing national debt as “the most significant threat to our national security.”
In order to ensure their own pecuniary plenitude.
[…] So far, enthusiasm for it is confined to the White House and Pentagon. Once it is launched, rich procurement contracts will be portioned out to the districts of influential members of Congress. That will produce a self-interested constituency and give the project unstoppable momentum.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2016/01/24/beware-obama-nuclear-weapons-plan/IJP9E48w3cjLPlTqMhZdFL/story.html
Oppenheimer must have felt terribly alone in that moment when he finally knew without a doubt what he had created.
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” These were the words from the Hindu religious text, the Bhagavad-Gita, that flashed through the mind of the man credited with creating the first atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, as the first nuclear explosion in history lit up the dark desert sky at the Trinity blast site in New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
Joy Benito Mussolini
“This presents a tremendous opportunity for firms to seize some of the most lucrative procurement contracts of all time.”
I say, there Benito, that sounds like an excellent proposal. Let’s start up a consortium and use it to seize our share of those lucrative procurement contracts. We can call it The Immaculate Intercept/ion Consortium.
barabbas Benito Mussolini
yeeeeeeeeees….. this is very true.
The artful facista goblins on wallstreet and their trolls in the USG, not being of sound mind and body nor true wit and wisdom, are genuine trial and error exceptionalists at getting money into the economy. Stuffing their pockets with $100 bills fresh off the press exposes them to unwanted criticism. They learned the hard way that raising prices and credit card indebtability with higher interest rates only works when they can take that freshly printed currency and hand it to military warmonks who run the $1-for-yous-$2-fer-mes scheme. The $2-fer being the brass roles as both generals on the gov dole and board members on the wallstreet corp-o-con.
The $1 is then distributed to the population provide that the poulation also works for the warmonks as employees or soldiers.
Poland is the main invasion route to Russia. Both Napoleon and Hitler went that way.
The invasion commenced on 24 June 1812. Napoleon had sent a final offer of peace to Saint Petersburg shortly before commencing operations. He never received a reply, so he gave the order to proceed into Russian Poland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia
Nete Peedham Si1ver1ock
Thanks…only 95% of those who pos here know that, as they aren’t “educated” by the state of Texas.
Wait, Wut? Nete Peedham
Most educated by Texas wouldn’t be able to place it on a map were it not for the happy coincidence that Texas is the national leader in state-shaped belt buckle fashion.
droug
all that is exactly what a kremlin stooge would say
The Colonel droug
thank you for your vigilance!
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The Lakers Optimist
Not for the Lakerhaters!
What Should We Expect from Each Lakers Player This Season?
The Lakers have made headlines since the middle of the prior season, make some eye-opening moves during the offseason and then proceeded to make Summer League news. With all that in the rearview and training camp on the horizon, Lakers fans are chomping at the bit and looking forward to the new NBA Season. Even before then, fans will be salivating at that first preseason game.
It’s been widely discussed what the expectations of the Lakers as a team are (we’ll leave Charles Barkley’s opinion out of it). The consistent viewpoint is that this team will improve, yet fall short of playoff contention. Vegas odds and CBS Sports have the Lakers finishing with about 36 wins, a 10 game improvement from last season AND two more wins than the temporarily “best in L.A.” Clippers. I just threw that in for the heck of it. Having said all that, what can or should we expect from each Laker on this new-look roster? Let’s take a look at each Laker and discuss what they can and must do to help these Los Angeles Lakers meet and or exceed expectations this season.
Brook Lopez
Brook Lopez averaged about 20 points a game on 47% shooting and shot 34% from beyond the arc last season. He became an official stretch five last season with the Nets. He’s a pretty solid defender and has an array of post moves. The important thing is that the often in times past injury prone Lopez stays healthy. In order to be the first successful big man acquisition since Pau Gasol, he has to be a force offensively. He needs to be a real threat from the three point line and a trustworthy post scorer when called on. He has to be more of a rim protector than Mozgov and Hibbert was. I expect Lopez to be the second or third best distributor on the team by his ability to draw double teams in the post and demanding attention down low. I also expect him to run the floor and be on the receiving end of some great passes by Lonzo Ball. Lopez should easily be the team’s leading shot blocker. Much is riding on Lopez being just as dominant as he was in Brooklyn and not another failed veteran big man experiment.
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is a defensive-minded scorer who can create his own shot. He also has great finishing skills at the basket. After not being able to score a max contract with Detroit, he was convinced by Magic and Rob to join the purple and gold for an 18 million dollar 1 year deal. My expectations for Caldwell-Pope is to be the Lakers leading scorer and to possibly make strides towards all-star status. His game will only be elevated by Luke’s system and Ball’s pass-first mentality. I also expect him to be an on ball defender taking on the opposing team’s star point guard to take pressure off of Lonzo Ball. He will no doubt lead the team in steals.
Loul Deng
Loul Deng is the remaining player with an unpopular inflated contract. The Lakers were successful in unloading Mozgov to the Nets, but they still have Loul Deng. Coming off an extremely disappointing Lakers debut where he averaged a lackluster 7.8 points a game on 38% shooting, he rarely showed up and was really a nonfactor in many of the games. His performance drew criticisms of fans and media alike. His meager contributions made his albatross of a contract even less appealing. Deng has reportedly been working hard in the off-season and most certainly has a lot of prove to himself, the NBA and the fans. With a year under Luke’s system, Luol will be less lost in the system and become more of a contributor. I expect Luol to come off the bench and provide some leadership, offensive punch and defense with that second unit. Although, we can’t deny that he will most certainly be on the trading block for any takers willing to absorb his contract. However, in the meantime, expect a resurgence from the 2x all-star.
JC is truly in a make or break year. Over the Lakers rough years, Clarkson is the one player consistently contributing on a nightly basis. I expect this year to be no different. Clarkson possesses the ability to run the point, but is a true shooting guard who can create his own shot and get to the basket. He still has yet to figure out consistent defense. However, he will most likely be a 6th man, especially with KCP recently added. Expect Clarkson to average 15-20 points a game, providing a spark off the bench. He will most likely improve on the defensive side of the ball. Expect Clarkson to feast off of Lonzo Ball passes. This is probably his last chance to have a breakout year.
I like Corey Brewer’s defensive tenacity and his ability to finish on the break. I don’t expect him to get too many minutes unless someone gets injured. However, when his number is called, he will give the Lakers some toughness. His benefit will be seen in the locker room.
What can we say about Lonzo Ball that hasn’t been said? Considered the face of the franchise by Magic Johnson and a transcendent player by Rob Pelinka, loved by Skip Bayless and already selling out Lakers season tickets, expectations are high. Lonzo gave us all a preview in Summer League, leading the Lakers to the championship and having two triple-doubles. His passing became infectious as fans saw the culture immediately transform for this Lakers team. The bold expectation of winning the whole Summer League was translated to each player and came to fruition. Lonzo comes with high expectations already. He is a star before even playing his first preseason game, much less a regular season opener. So with all that in the backdrop, what are realistic expectations for Ball? Expect Lonzo to be the assist leader for this team and making his players better. He could quite possibly average at least 10 assists a game. He is the catalyst to this Lakers team’s success by the way he stimulates ball movement. Expect Lonzo Ball to vie for rookie of the year because of his ability to create his own shot off the dribble and finish at the rim. We have yet to see him truly get hot from the three point line. I expect that to be a work in progress. In the meantime, players around him will be feasting off of open looks and ally-oop dunks. As a rookie with a target on his back from the rest of the NBA, expect some struggles, but rookie of the year is his to win or lose. No pressure. His ability to transform the offensive fluidity of a team in Summer League must translate to the regular season, which I think will happen.
In spite of all the hoopla surrounding the drafting of Lonzo Ball, this is still Brandon Ingram’s team. Magic Johnson all but flatly stated that Brandon Ingram was the one “untouchable” Lakers player, even for DeMarcus Cousins. Ingram did not really wow anyone with last year’s numbers. His rookie season featured a 9.4 point a game average. What was noticeable was his work ethic, his fearlessness, his ability to take instruction and his mechanics. You just knew that once things started to click, he was going to be special. In the latter part of the season, Brandon Ingram started to show why Magic and Rob would build around such a player. Ingram created highlight reels, dunking on the likes of Pau Gasol and Giannis Antetokounmpo. He showed out in a few minutes of play during his Summer League debut alongside Lonzo Ball and quickly scored 26 points before going down with a cramp. So what can we expect from the humble beast? Expect him to take a leadership role and be either the first or second leading scorer on this team averaging 18-25 points a game. Also expect Ingram to be even more of an attacker with one year under his belt. He’s no longer timid and will be not hard-pressed to create his own shot with Lonzo Ball setting him up. As a pretty skilled passer himself, look for him to rack up about 5-7 assists per game himself. Defensively, I look for an improvement as well. The most exciting one-two punch I’m looking forward to is Lonzo to Ingram on a nightly basis. Let’s hope he still does make good on that promise to work with the Black Mamba.
Randle dropped 32 points on the Houston Rockets in the latter stages of the season and seemed unstoppable. This is the love-hate relationship we have with Randle early in his career. He can be unstoppable and other times he just gets lost in the shuffle. So much is riding on this season for Randle as this is a make or break season for him. I expect him to breakout this season. Randle has made a physical transformation that shows he is taking this offseason very serious. Randle is decimating teams in this summer’s Drew League. He, like many of the other Lakers, are looking forward to playing with Lonzo Ball. Julius is a tenacious rebounder, very adept at getting to the basket and can at times be a defensive force. However, there are some that believe that he may always be on the cusp, but not quite there. I expect Randle to make it over the hump and make one more stride toward being an all-star caliber player. Rumor has it he is on the trading block, but if he does breakout, this will work in his favor whether he is traded or not. I expect Randle to up his average to about 18-20 points a game and 12-17 rebounds per. The knock on Julius is his outside shooting which was spotty last year. I look for that to improve. Again, being on the receiving end of Lonzo’s passes will give him quite a few easy buckets. I’m very excited about Randle’s potential this season, but let’s hope it doesn’t just stop at potential.
Tyler Ennis
Tyler made some small strides last year during the Lakers high draft pick threatening 5 game winning streak. He showed some ability to shoot the three and he seems to create a level of calm when he is running the point position. He has a very clean game, only averaging 1 turnover per game on his career. Although he is the only other true point guard that the Lakers currently have, I can’t say whether or not he will see much floor time. JC, BI and Josh Hart all can potentially play the point guard position as well. I personally can say that the only guaranteed rotation players off the bench are Loul Deng, Larry Nance Jr., Ivica Zubac and Jordan Clarkson. The rest will be fighting for minutes. Expectations are low for Tyler, but he will have to prove himself whenever given the opportunity.
(Sorry, Brook) Our very own human highlight reel Larry Nance Jr. is probably the most exciting player on this Lakers team. I am salivating at the opportunity to see that first ally-oop from Ball to Nance. Larry possesses the ability to play the four or the five. Walton tried that experiment late in the season and I hope that he will consider playing him at center in this season as well when they want to go small. Larry has all but solidified that first power forward off the bench spot to relieve Randle. Nance showed flashes of hitting that open jumper and even a few threes as well. This will be the one factor that can make him a very dangerous player considering how well he finishes and how high he flies! His fundamentals and basketball IQ makes him a team leader of sorts on and off the court. He also is moving up the defensive learning curve very quickly. We love his athleticism and effort. This season I expect him to move further past the “energy guy” phase and more of a dependable scorer and elite defender. His numbers last year were very misleading. Look for Larry Nance to up his scoring average to 10-12 points a game and for his rebounds to increase as well. I see him as becoming a integral part of that second unit as well as this young Lakers core. One last expectation we have for Nance is that he will not be snubbed for the Dunk of the Year!
“Started from the bottom now we here” is Kyle Kuzma’s theme. A product of the Houston trade that sent off Lou Williams, Kyle played his way to Summer League Championship game MVP and a Nike shoe deal! What we got to Kyle was a dead eye three point shooter, tenacious scorer and a very fluid offensive game. He played very well off ball with Lonzo Ball setting him up. Even without Ball in the lineup he was able to create his own shot. He was the leading scorer of all the players in Summer League. He is a position-less big man who can move to the three, four or five if going small. Kuzma enters into a very crowded frontcourt; however, he seems to be the most likely of all the rookies not named Lonzo Ball to actually see floor action. The question becomes how many minutes? I will go out on a limb and say that he will be the one addition off the bench (to include Deng, Zubac, Clarkson and Nance). I expect him to become one of the main three point threats and pure shooters that Ball and the Lakers need in order to get wins this season. Also look for him to compete with Nance for minutes due to his ability to also finish at the rim and create his own shot. Ultimately though, he will be that 8-10 point sparkplug off the bench in his debut season with the Lakers.
Josh Hart
When I saw the way he played in college via Youtube, I was very excited about this young man’s motor and his “hart”. Entering into a crowded backcourt with Caldwell-Pope and Clarkson eating up most of the minutes, he will most likely learn from the pine this year. There is a slim chance that Walton, in his attempt to run and keep his players fresh, will go deep into his bench which will give Hart a chance. If given a chance, you have a player that can get to the rim with ease and provide pesky on-ball defense. His ability to get to the rim can collapse defenses and set up open looks for other players. I can see Hart competing with Ennis for minutes. Expectations are cloudy, but I can see him giving a good 5-7 points at least 1 steal off the bench if given the opportunity.
Ivica Zubac
Zubac wowed and surprised everyone last year the way he immediately contributed. He started with Summer League where he blocked shots and scored with ease. This translated to the regular season where eventually he took minutes from Mozgov. By the end of the season there was chatter of Mozgov taking over as starting center. So Zubac would dominate in Summer League this year right? Wrong! He seemed rusty and confused at times and seemed winded when trying to get up and down the court with the fast-paced Laker offense. Coming off a season-ending ankle injury, one can only conclude that rust was all it was. Zubac, reportedly working with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, still possesses a skill-set that is invaluable. He has a nice stroke from the perimeter, a developing array of post moves and a great defensive IQ. He still is the first center off the bench following Brook Lopez. I expect Zublocka to make great strides in his 2nd year, shake off the Summer League haters and average 10-12 points a game off of the bench, 1-2 blocks a game and continue to develop into an integral piece in the Laker’s bid to return to championship glory.
Thomas Bryant
The Indiana University power forward/ center Thomas Bryant certainly turned heads during his Summer League debut. He possesses a motor similar to Julius Randle, grabbing rebounds and finishing powerfully at the rim on putbacks. He also can shoot the three which was the reason Magic and Rob really wanted him. The Lakers scored him through a trade down with Utah Jazz for two lower first round draft picks. This was the 28th pick they initially earned from the Nets in the D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov trade. Not bad. Thomas Bryant still enters into that crowded frontcourt and with Kyle Kuzma being most likely to crack the rotation first, he may have to wait his turn. Again, if Walton wants to go deep into his bench, Bryant may see perhaps a couple minutes to show what he can do. My expectations for Bryant is to soak up as much knowledge as he can and can provide a defensive and “energy guy” spark when his number is called.
Alex Caruso played his way into the hearts of the Lakers fans and the Lakers brass during Summer League, putting together some solid performances in place of the injured Lonzo Ball. His ability to hit the three and play a relatively clean game positioned as a reliable backup point guard. His height also gives him the ability to see over defenders to make great passes. We won’t go so far as to call him a hidden gem, but he did earn a two-way contract with the Lakers. Having said that, Caruso will most likely be a valuable contributor to the South Bay Lakers with his ear to the phone in case any of the backup point guards ahead of him get injured. Now let’s not rule out the fact that neither Ennis or Hart are guaranteed favorites over Caruso. He is in a similar boat of fighting to crack the rotation, but will probably have less of a chance than the aforementioned guards.
Vander Blue
Being a G-League MVP is a lofty honor but doesn’t guarantee NBA success. However, Vander Blue at times seemed unstoppable in Summer League as he put up big numbers. Blue is a scorer if nothing else. He has the ability to create his own shot, although his finishing ability can improve drastically. Once he does clean that up and plays within the offense with a little more discretion, he can become a “microwave” type player off of the bench. Within this Lakers team, I find it very difficult for him to crack the rotation. Shooting guard is very crowded behind KCP and JC. This will be more of a wait and see situation. Given the minutes, Vander can be an instant offense kind of guy. I’d look for him to make another bid for his second G-League MVP (or first since it was D-League before)
The Lakers’ rotation may look like this for this coming season:
Starters from 1 – 5: Lonzo Ball, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Brandon Ingram, Julius Randle, Brook Lopez
Bench rotation: Jordan Clarkson, Larry Nance Jr., Luol Deng, Ivica Zubac, *Kyle Kuzma, *Tyler Ennis, *Thomas Bryant
*depends on how deep they go into their rotation
So there you have it, folks! If these Lakers individually meet or exceed expectations, this team will surprise the league and make strides towards contention heading into a very exciting 2018 offseason. Stay tuned!
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New Charges Filed Against Former ‘Anonymous’ Spokesman Barrett Brown
Posted on | December 7, 2012 | 13 Comments
Barrett Brown, whose online meltdown led to his September arrest for threatening an FBI agent, has been indicted for last year’s Stratfor hacking.
UPDATE: Brown acted as an unofficial spokesman for the Anonymous hacking conspiracy for more than a year and was raided (but not arrested) in March at the time the feds busted the “Lulzsec” splinter cell of Anonymous. Because Brown was not arrested, there was widespread suspicion from March onward that he was cooperating with authorities as an informant, in a deal similar to the one whereby “Lulzsec” leader Sabu ratted out his comrades.
Six months after the March raid, Brown posted a series of bizarre YouTube video rants in which he threatened by name an FBI special agent, and was charged with three federal counts related to that incident. Brown’s belated indictment for the December 2011 hacking of Stratfor (and distribution of illegally obtained credit card information) may help explain the strange paranoia that led to Brown’s September meltdown.
UPDATE II: Associated Press via Washington Post:
Barrett Brown, 31, was indicted in Dallas this week on a dozen charges that include aggravated identity theft and device fraud. He is accused of making public an Internet link providing access to credit card information stolen from Stratfor, which had emails taken during that same hack released by WikiLeaks. . . .
Brown was a de facto spokesman for Anonymous, willing to speak for a movement that prides itself on anonymity. The Stratfor breach claimed by Anonymous ravaged the company’s servers, leading to the disclosure of thousands of credit card numbers and other information.
You can click here to see the 12-count federal indictment.
UPDATE III: Brown’s egomaniacal arrogance caused him to be regarded as a selfish “famewhore” by some Anonymous members. When he emerged as the media-grabbing face of the hacker movement in 2011, I predicted that Brown would become a focus of law-enforcement scrutiny. Logically, Brown could not speak for the Anonymous hackers without communicating with them, and thus surveillance of Brown could lead the feds to other members of the group. Whether or not that’s what led to the subsequent arrests of Anonymous hackers, it’s now becoming evident that the feds have been watching Brown closely for months:
The new charges stem from a Christmas Day attack against Stratfor, a U.S.-based intelligence gathering firm, in which Anonymous hackers stole some 5.5 million emails, some of which were later published on WikiLeaks. Brown allegedly facilitated the hack by posting a hyperlink in an Internet Relay Chat channel he controlled, thereby providing others access to the credit card information and identities of 5,000 individuals in the Stratfor database.
That’s count one: knowingly trafficking in stolen authentication features. Count two alleges that Brown kept at least some of this credit card information for several months in an attempt to defraud the card holders. He is also charged with 10 counts of aggravated identity theft. All told, Brown could face up to 45 years in prison and a $3 million fine on the new counts alone.
Another Anonymous hacker, Jeremy Hammond, has been accused of orchestrating the Stratfor attack and could face life in prison.
So one of his erstwhile comrades is facing life, and Brown himself could spend 45 years in the pen. Guess that book deal won’t work out, huh?
UPDATE IV: I first became aware of Barrett Brown in October 2009, when he evidently got the idea that it would be cool to dogpile on Charles Johnson’s attacks against me. Rather than argue with him about that — or even mention his name — instead I put up a post mocking his former role as spokesman for an atheist group.
For a while thereafter, Brown would occasionally pop up online harassing me about one thing or another, and every so often I’d heap more scorn and mockery on him. In December 2010, I mocked Brown’s weirdly grandiose scheme for “Project PM”:
Has Barrett Brown slipped a cog? Is he zany, daft, wacko, loony, bonkers, Froot Loops, and cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs?
Brown reacted by threatening to sue me for libel, which I laughed off as ridiculous, the evidence of Brown’s derangement being quite obvious. It was about two months later (February 2011) that somebody sent me an e-mail informing me that this narcissistic nutcase had made himself the public spokesman for Anonymous. Now here we are 22 months later, with Barrett Brown under arrest and threatened with the possibility of decades in federal prison. Perhaps his atheist pals will recommend that Barrett take comfort in praying to infinite eternal nothingness.
UPDATE V: Robert McMillan at Wired points out something I’d forgotten about Barrett’s September video rant:
The self-proclaimed Anonymous spokesman said he was expecting to face fraud charges after his apartment was raided back in March. He mentioned them in a long, rambling video posted to YouTube the day on the same day he was arrested in September. “I bring in no money. I have $25,000 I brought in the last year from this f–king book deal. that’s it.” he said. “A f–king fraud charge for a f–king writer activist who has no fucking money.”
Later in the video, Brown railed against FBI Agent Robert Smith, saying that he was going to “ruin” Smith’s life “and look into his f–king kids.” The Anonymous activist said he was angry that feds were contemplating obstruction of justice charges against his mother.
Brown knew he was being investigated in connection with the Stratfor hacking, which explains a lot about his agitated state in that video. It doesn’t explain, however, why he was ranting about Jennifer Emick, HB Gary and other stuff he had been discussing with “Carlito2000.”
Category: Barrett Brown, Crime
13 Responses to “New Charges Filed Against Former ‘Anonymous’ Spokesman Barrett Brown”
20thCenturyVole
December 7th, 2012 @ 6:00 pm
Moral: criminal hacking and self-aggrandizement are a bad combination.
Stogie Chomper
Excellent! “We are anonymous…we are legion…we are butt candy for Bubba, our new cell mate!”
WJJ Hoge
Public Spokesman for Anonymous Cognitive Disonance
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McGehee
Barrett Brown suffers, as so many do these days, from Didn’t-Think-It-Through disease.
t-dahlgren
December 7th, 2012 @ 10:01 pm
I can’t help but suspect that Barrett might have benefited from a decent
ass kicking in high school, but sadly missed out on the lesson that
willful stupidity is often painful.
Dark Falcon No. 812
December 8th, 2012 @ 12:50 am
“I first became aware of Barrett Brown in October 2009, when he evidently got the idea that it would be cool to dogpile on Charles Johnson’s attacks against me.”
144 Charles Fri, Dec 18, 2009 5:02:27pm
re: #142 albusteve
Well, Barrett has linked to LGF several times in
his other posts — and I’m going to be in his book too. So cut him a break,
Finrod Felagund
December 8th, 2012 @ 4:07 am
He missed a life lesson from John Wayne: “Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you’re stupid.”
Also being a junkie.
He was trolling protein wisdom for a while before that. I seem to remember he was a forerunner of the Kimberlin-Rauhaus school of online tactics; for a while there he was posting provocations in comments then cherry picking the replies for his book and a column on either Daily Kos or Democratic Underground that we were all RAAAAACISTS..
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Jennifer Emick
He was ranting because he’d been sold a line that the only reason he was being investigated in the first place (try not to laugh) was because HBGary was interested in having him prosecuted. He never seemed to realize that he could be culpable, and they might want to see him brought to justice, and that both of these ideas were not contradictory!
Barrett’s issue was, he loved playing outlaw, bragged about anon/lulzsec hacks as “our” and “we,” but then tries to pass himself off as a mere journalist when cornered.
CatherineFitzpatrick
I got back further with this guy, to Second Life. And I think you’ve gotten it mostly right about him here, yet I sense an underlying notion that Anonymous is, well, anonymous, so anybody who becomes an attention whore is somehow out of syn with the group-think. In fact, having some people not be anonymous is a strategy; in fact, setting each other up and knocking each other down is part of their game; and in fact a lot of them aren’t so anonymous because they crave recognition in the end — and that’s why so many are arrested.
http://3dblogger.typepad.com/wired_state/2012/12/barrett-brown-is-going-down.html
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Silicon optical filter with transmission peaks in wide stopband obtained by anti-symmetric photonic crystal with defect in multimode waveguides
Manuel Mendez Astudillo, Hideaki Okayama, Hirochika Nakajima
We experimentally demonstrate and characterize a wide optical stopband filter with transmission peaks constituted by two parallel rows of an anti-symmetric one-dimensional (1D) photonic crystal with defect in a multimode waveguide. The working principle is based on mode coupling for the wavelengths that meet the phase matching condition as the fundamental mode is coupled to a higher-order mode and then filtered out with linear tapers as they are reflected back. The defect in the photonic crystal works as a Fabry-Perot like cavity that allows for localized states in the stopband to quantify the effects of the design parameters and we show a Fabry-Perot filter that extends through the 200 nm stopband. A compact 7 μm2 device is demonstrated with standard fabrication techniques in Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI), and compared to Fabry-Perot filters in single mode waveguides, we obtain a larger bandwidth and lower back reflections. Applications include refractive index sensors, optical communications and on-chip spectroscopy.
https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.001841
10.1364/OE.26.001841
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Mendez Astudillo, M., Okayama, H., & Nakajima, H. (2018). Silicon optical filter with transmission peaks in wide stopband obtained by anti-symmetric photonic crystal with defect in multimode waveguides. Optics Express, 26(2), 1841-1850. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.001841
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Mendez Astudillo M, Okayama H, Nakajima H. Silicon optical filter with transmission peaks in wide stopband obtained by anti-symmetric photonic crystal with defect in multimode waveguides. Optics Express. 2018 Jan 22;26(2):1841-1850. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.001841
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What complications would arise from a world with an internal atmosphere and environment?
For a long, long, long time I have had a concept of a world that exists on the inside of a hallowed-out sphere.
The basic construction of the world is like this: It is a large world, at the center of which is a very small but self-sustained star. Surrounding this star is an array of gasses that comprise an inner-atmosphere protecting the world from extreme radiation. Because the atmosphere needs to be so thick, rainfall is incredibly heavy, and because the 'sun' is so close to the surface, dangerous electromagnetic storms are common.
There are areas of much thicker atmosphere, which result in incredibly harsh cold climates, and due to the strong gravitational pull of the 'sun', there are bodies of water that lift right out of the ground and flow through the air, creating fast channels to other parts of the world.
Mining occurs, and overmining is causing a loss of atmosphere in this insulated inner-world, so this is already a problem that I'd be well aware of for such a world. And of course, there is always daylight, except during periods of high cloud coverage.
What other possible problems would I need to address to create a realistic sci-fi world that is essentially an insulated sphere like this one?
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ZibbobzZibbobz
$\begingroup$ Which dimensions are we talking about here? Is it a Dyson Sphere, or a hollow Earth? In the latter case, please specify what this very small star in the center should be. I am no expert in astrophysics, plasma physics, or solar engineering (lol), but the questions that come in mind are like: How big/heavy is it? How much distance shall be there? What is the energy output? Isn't it actually just a monstrous fusion reactor? $\endgroup$ – MauganRa Nov 22 '17 at 12:08
Let's flesh out your planet some more so I can point out some potential problems. (Which admittedly are exacerbated by my "fleshing"). I hope I didn't fail in my physics but even if I did the first set of problems applies even to a Dyson Sphere or Ringworld.
Alright first the wishes/problems-list:
sun inside hollowed sphere.
variable thickness atmosphere protecting the world from extreme radiation.
floating rivers that return back to the surface
mining, causing a loss of atmosphere
rainfall and clouds
Resulting in:
Without resorting to gravity manipulation (in which case at that scale you could probably tackle any problem facing your world with technology) your hardest one is the rivers. Just a spinning shell wouldn't work in this case as there's no force to drag a floating river back towards the shell. A very fast spinning sun could maybe work by the pressure exerted, this could help stabilize the sphere as well. In order to "launch" a river you'd either need an area with much weaker gravity or a shell that has more inertia than your water. Both require your shell to be higher density than water at the very least and preferably much denser. In order for mining to cause a loss of atmosphere (gradually I'm assuming) it needs to go somewhere. Since digging a deep pit would tend to fill it, that could be the entire cause if the atmosphere was relatively thin. To launch a river your shell would be tidally locked which would force fresh rain up a mountain. The tidal locking would prevent extreme mixing of the atmosphere and could allow some Earth-like layers to develop.
Then the problems:
Earth receives a very small amount of the sun's energy and as your capturing all of it you need a way to capture and store it or a way to radiate it outside the shell quickly otherwise your going to fry. As it gets hotter your clouds don't rain as much and the atmosphere starts mixing more.
Electrical storms would be frequent regardless from the quick build-up of ionization.
Solar flares would be killers at that distance.
Even though the pressure would be providing the counter-force for the sun's gravity you would have its full contribution on the outside and as such would probably never be able to leave even if you had access to the outer surface.
Puncturing the shell would result in rapid loss of the atmosphere.
Existing on the inside of the airtight sphere you would never see the outside and even if you had created the world and moved in from the outside the existence of something beyond the sphere would soon become mythical. Scientific progress in related areas would slow.
It would be extremely bright. Pollution may actually be encouraged.
Conversely pollution would act in a thinner layer and have greater health effects by being closer to the surface.
The horizon and sky would be a flat color (star's) making visual navigation impossible on the ocean.
Mining would slowly unbalance the shell leading to collapse.
You are very vulnerable to apocalyptic attacks both external and internal. Punctures and extreme pushes. Both are more likely as object fall faster towards the sun. A solitary person can become a world-destroyer.
Problems exacerbated by the "fleshing":
A spinning sun would increase mixing in the upper layers and surface heat would increase mixing in the lower layers. You're civilizations ultimate fear would be additional factors or increased heat making the two zones merge. The effects would include runaway heating.
Problems created by the "fleshing":
A spinning sun would constantly be ejecting its atmosphere and would probably die much quicker than normal.
To be realistic you would need to address each of these problems in your depiction.
$\begingroup$ The heating could be reduced by having massive metallic spikes (mountains) going from the surface of the sphere and close to the sun, effectively functioning as a radiator. Coupled with an outside atmosphere, you could get rid of excessive heat and avoid loosing the inner atmosphere from punctures. $\endgroup$ – Clearer Oct 18 '14 at 7:56
You're basically describing a Dyson Sphere.
Spin it fast, and you have gravity from centripetal force at or near the equator. It would have to cancel out the gravity from the star in the middle.
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$\begingroup$ It would have to do more than cancel it out, it would need to overpower it -- if you merely cancel it out, you're weightless. Of course, no matter how fast it's spinning, you get less and less of it as you move toward either pole, to the point that, barring climbing gear, you never would -- you'd eventually reach a point where the centripetal force and the star's gravity cancel each other out, making you weightless, and your next step would send you flying away from the sphere and begin your fall into the star. This point would likely be this world's equivalent of our Arctic/Antarctic Circles. $\endgroup$ – Kromey Oct 7 '14 at 20:35
$\begingroup$ Yes, could have been more clear. Thanks for elaborating. $\endgroup$ – evandentremont Oct 8 '14 at 0:02
$\begingroup$ @Kromey, is that area of weightlessness sustainable? $\endgroup$ – Len Jan 18 '18 at 17:00
$\begingroup$ @Len If you mean will it remain "weightless", then yes -- there's simply nothing there to provide weight. If you mean sustainable in terms of atmosphere etc., I don't know offhand. $\endgroup$ – Kromey Jan 19 '18 at 18:00
First issue (pointed out in other answers) is gravity. I can see a single ring around a sun being feasible (an asteroid belt that became a planet?) but there are quite a few issues in a full sphere.
curious...How thick are you thinking the sphere would be?
Gravity issues:
The gravity has to be strong enough to hold the sphere together and spinning fast enough to give gravity, but not fast enough to send the spinning mass off into space.
Gravity will be strong in the equator where the spin is greatest, but almost non existent as you got to the top or bottom of the sphere
Formation issues:
Our current understanding of how planets for unfortunately makes this setup very very unlikely if not impossible. There is no mass 'above' or 'below' the sun during solar system formation, it's kind of a '2d cloud' that planets form in around a sun. Admittedly this is drawing from an exceedingly narrow scope of knowledge that we currently have on planetary formations.
Heat release:
I really can't see how a system like this releases heat and energy. A sun (even a small one) puts out a lot of energy...in a standard case, a planet like earth radiates it back out to space. However, radiation in this sphere case would simply go back towards the sun. There would have to be a manner in which heat and energy travels through the shell of the sphere and releases out into space...and I have no clue how to do this in a manner that wouldn't melt the sphere.
Magnetism:
Our sun is an incredibly strong magnet when it comes to it...only very recent research has been able to link the sun's magnetic cycles (sunspots in particular) to earth weather (yes, at the distance out sun is from earth, we see very consistent effects of the suns magnetic field from this distance). I'd be concerned that anything metallic that could be magnetized will be. This magnetism could be used to explain how the sphere holds together, but I would think any residents of the sphere wouldn't be compelled to use much for metal.
Reversely...the atmosphere has nothing to do with protecting earth from the majority of nasty space weather coming out of the sun. It's the Earths magnetic field that deflects this (around or through) the Earth. A planet needs a few elements to generate it's own magnetic field, nothing that a sphere could contain.
What happens if a Delta class sunspot throws a CME towards the sphere? At this distance, the atmosphere would actually fall apart at an atomic level and be forced to reform as the CME impact cascades through the atmosphere and into the land of the sphere itself.
I hate to say it...but with only an atmosphere to protect vs solar weather, there would be little chance of anything surviving (including water) on the inner surface of the sphere.
Cataclysm:
Unfortunately, had such a spherical world come into existence, I don't see it as 'stable' for long lengths of time. A single comet that would harmlessly plunge into the sun is now in a position to tear this sphere a completely new hole with all the matter from it either being flung into space or sucked into the center sun. Worse yet, after the hole is formed, there is nothing to hold in the atmosphere from leeching out as the entire system spins...and worse yet, this impact might very well collapse the whole system.
$\begingroup$ Commenting on myself...just to add, I don't think ocean formation would be really feasible except as a giant ring around the equator of the inside of the sphere...Heh, it might even cause a bulk of water at the equator thats higher than the land around it. $\endgroup$ – Twelfth Oct 7 '14 at 23:44
I think the biggest problem would be that everything would fall to the center into the sun. The center of mass for the entire globe is just that in the center, it wouldn't be any different than having a hole that goes to the center of the earth, granted there is likely a bit less mass (well quite a bit less), so the pull would be weaker and the fall slower but everything not nailed down to the sides would slowly fall into the sun, at least without some kind of wings to 'fly' back to the edge of the sphere.
Of course this is really a mini-Dyson sphere.
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There would be no gravity from the inside of the sphere, the pull from all the various parts of it cancels out so you end up in zero gravity. As a result everything either needs to be in orbit or it will fall into the sun.
You should look at Ringworlds if you want to see an alternative or you will need some sort of gravity generator in the sphere that generates an artificial gravity field that falls off faster than a normal one.
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$\begingroup$ What is the planet spins fast enough to simulate gravity? You'd get strong gravity along the equator and less and less as you travel to the poles. Wrong? $\endgroup$ – Sheraff Oct 7 '14 at 20:19
$\begingroup$ That is correct, but the effective gravity would always be towards the direction of the equator... $\endgroup$ – Tim B Oct 7 '14 at 21:34
$\begingroup$ Wait, towards the equator? or towards the outside, stronger at the equator? $\endgroup$ – Sheraff Oct 7 '14 at 21:37
$\begingroup$ Always towards the same direction. If it's a circle : O with vertical axis of rotation | then "gravity" simulated by the spin would always be <-> no matter where you were on the sphere. The strength would change but the direction would always be the same (so not directly "down" except on the equator). Moving away from the equator would start to feel more and more like climbing a hill. $\endgroup$ – Tim B Oct 7 '14 at 22:22
The thing would wobble. There's nothing keeping the sun at the center of the sphere and it would eventually migrate to some other point. Or the sphere would migrate around it.
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$\begingroup$ Welcome to worldbuilding! Would you be able to describe this in more detail? How would the sun migrate if it's at the centre of the sphere? (What do you mean by 'migrate'?) - would the sphere move with the sun? If not, why not? What effects would this have on all the things mentioned in the question? would the wobble/migration be noticeable? $\endgroup$ – Mithrandir24601 Nov 21 '17 at 22:57
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[ Lecture: S-3461: 4th January, 1918 | Dornach | GA0180 | CotterellM ]
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4th January 1918.
In the course of the public lectures lately given in Switzerland I have frequently remarked that knowledge, that way of thinking which prevails among the men of our time and has taken root in human souls, is not adapted to grasp the social-moral life. Present conditions can only be brought to a healthy state if men are able to come again to such a thinking, such a grasp of the universe, as will give what lives in the soul a direct link with reality.
I said that what prevails in the historical, the social, the ethical life is more or less dreamt, slept through by mankind, that in any case abstract ideas are not fitted to take hold of the impulses which must be active in the social life. I stated that in earlier times men were aided through older, what we call atavistic, knowledge, through myths. They brought to expression in the form of a myth what they thought concerning the world, what entered their vision of the world secrets. Myths — the contents of mythology — can be viewed in the most manifold ways, and in fact I pointed in these observations to a positively magnificent materialistic explanation of the myth by Dupuis. In other places we have repeatedly for years examined this or the other myth. However, the myth permits of many points of view and when something has been said about it, its content is far from being exhausted. Again and again from different standpoints different things may be asserted in regard to a myth. It would be very useful for the man of today if he made himself acquainted with the nature of that thinking which underlies the mode of thought found in the concepts of mythology. For the ideas which are formed about the origin of myths, the creation of mythology, belong indeed to the realm of the modern superficial judgment which is so widespread.
Deep truths are embedded in the myths, truths more concerned with reality than those which are expressed through modern natural science about this thing or the other. Physiological, biological truths about man are to be found in the myths, and the origin of what they express rests upon the consciousness of the connection of man as microcosm with the macrocosm. Especially can one realize — and this I shall deal with today and tomorrow — when one has in mind the nature of the thinking employed in the myths, how deeply, or actually how little deeply, one is concerned with reality in ordinary modern concepts. It is therefore useful to recollect sometimes how myths have been formed among neighbouring peoples of the pre-Christian ages. Neighbours to one another and much interconnected in their culture are the ancient Egyptians, the Greeks and the Israelites. Moreover, one can say that a great part of the thinking that still rules in the soul today is connected with the knowledge of the Egyptians, Greeks and Israelites as expressed by them in the form of myth.
The myth which I should first like to discuss — but as already said, from a certain standpoint — is the Osiris-Isis-Myth belonging to the Egyptian culture. I have already called your attention to the fact that the Osiris-Isis-Myth is also conceived by Dupuis as a mere priest lie, that the priests as far as they themselves were concerned, had meant nothing but astronomical, astronomical-astrological events, and had fabricated such a myth for the common people.
One can observe in an interesting way how the Greeks not only have a number of Gods connected with their own life, but how they have whole generations of Gods. The oldest God-generation was linked with Gaia and Uranus, the next generation with Chronos and Rhea, the Titans, and all that is related to them, and the third generation of Gods, the successors of the Titans — Zeus and the whole Zeus circle. We shall see how the construction of such God-myths springs from a special type of soul.
The Greeks, Israelites and Egyptians had different conceptions of their connection with the universe. Nevertheless there prevailed in all, as we shall shortly see, a deep relationship as regards other standpoints, as well as in reference to the one I shall take as a basis today. Of the Egyptians one must say that in the age when the Osiris-Isis-Myth arose as the representative for profounder truths, they developed a knowledge which had a longing to know the deeper foundations of the human soul. The Egyptians desired in this way to turn their gaze to that element in the human soul which lives not only between birth and death, but which passes through birth and death and also leads a life between death and a new birth. Even from external perception one can see how the Egyptians — in their preservation of mummies, in their peculiar death-ceremonies — turned the eye of the soul to that element in the soul which passes through the Gate of Death and in new form experiences new destinies when man treads ways that lie on the other side.
What is it in man that passes through the gate of death and that enters through birth into earthly existence? This question, more or less unconscious and unexpressed, underlay the thought and aspirations of the Egyptians. For it is this eternal-imperishable element — I have often already expressed it in another form — that is united in the Egyptian consciousness with the name of Osiris. Now, in order to have a foundation, let us consider the Osiris-Myth in its most important aspects, let us just consider it, as it has been preserved.
It is related of Osiris that at one time he ruled in Egypt. It is related that above all the Egyptians owed to him the suppression of cannibalism, that they owed to him the plough, agriculture, the preparation of food from the plant kingdom, the building of cities, certain legal ideas, astronomy, rhetoric, even a script and so on. It is then related that Osiris inaugurated not only among the Egyptians such beneficent arts and institutions but that he undertook journeys into other lands and there too spread similar useful arts. And in fact it was expressly stated that Osiris did not spread them by the sword but by persuasion.
Then it is further related that Typhon, the brother of Osiris, wanted to institute new things in opposition to what had proved beneficial for the Egyptians throughout centuries through the influence of Osiris. Typhon wanted to inaugurate all sorts of novelties. We should say today: after the institution of Osiris had existed for hundreds of years, Typhon made a revolution while Osiris was absent extending his institutions among other peoples. This differs a little from the latest example of revolution ... there something happened which newcomers brought about, not while the other was extending beneficent institutions among other nations ... But between Osiris and Typhon there took place what has been stated. Then, however, the myth proceeds:
Isis waited at home in Egypt. Isis, the consort of Osiris, did not permit the innovations to be really sweeping. That, however, had the effect of enraging Typhon, and as Osiris came back from his wanderings Typhon slew him and made away with the dead body. Isis had to search a long time for the corpse. She found the body at last in Phoenicia, and brought it back home to Egypt. Typhon now became angrier and tore the corpse in pieces. Isis collected the pieces and out of each piece, by means of spices and all sorts of other arts she made a being again which had the complete form of Osiris. She then gave to the priests of the land a third of the whole territory of Egypt, so that the tomb of Osiris should be kept a secret, but his service and worship all the more fostered.[See Egyptian Myths and Mysteries.]
The remarkable statement was then added to this myth, that Osiris now came up out of the underworld — when his worship had already been inaugurated in Egypt — and that he then occupied himself with the instruction of Horus, the son whom Isis had borne after the death of Osiris. Then it is related that Isis had the imprudence to release Typhon whom she had succeeded in imprisoning. Thereupon Horus, her son, became angry, tore the crown from her head and set cow-horns there instead and Typhon was defeated in two battles with the assistance of Hermes — that is the Roman Mercury, the Greek Hermes. A kind of Horus-cult, the cult of the son of Osiris and Isis was instituted.
The Greeks in some way or other heard of these Egyptian stories of world-mysteries. It is remarkable how in Greece they often spoke of the same being as was spoken of over in Egypt, or over in Phoenicia or Lydia, etc. These God-conceptions flowed into one another, as it were, and this is very characteristic and significant. When a Greek heard the name Osiris, he could picture something from it, he identified what the Egyptian understood under the name Osiris, with something of which he too had certain concepts. Although the name was different, what the Egyptian conceived of as Osiris was no stranger to the Greek. I ask you to take note of this. It is very significant.
We have the whole thing once more. Read the ‘Germania’ of Tacitus; there Tacitus also describes the Gods that he finds in the North a hundred years after the founding of Christianity, and he describes them with Roman names. He thus gives Roman names to the Gods whom he finds there. In spite of the fact that the Gods whom he found there had of course other names yet he recognized their being and could give them the Roman names. We find in the ‘Germania’ that he knew that in the North men had a God, that was the same God as Hercules and so on. That is very significant and it points to something very deep and of great meaning. It shows that in those ancient times there was a certain common consciousness concerning spiritual things. The Greek knew how to picture something of Osiris, independent of the Osiris-name, because he had something similar. What was concealed behind the name Osiris was not unfamiliar to him.
That is something that one must keep well in mind in order to recognize that in spite of the difference of the separate myths, there existed a certain community of soul! One could sometimes wish that there might be as much common understanding among modern men as, let us say, between the Greeks and the Egyptians, so that the Greeks understood what the Egyptians expressed! A Greek would never have uttered so much nonsense about Egyptian conceptions as Woodrow Wilson is able to think in one week about European conceptions — if one can call it thinking! The Greeks related that Chronos had begotten a son by Rhea in an irregular way. Thus the Greeks speak of Chronos and Rhea — we shall see immediately how they fit into the Greek myth — and this irregular son, who was so begotten, was Osiris. So just think: the Greeks hear that the Egyptians have an Osiris, and the Greeks on their part relate of Osiris that he is the son of Chronos and Rhea, but not begotten in the right way, so incorrectly begotten that Helios, the Sun-God became so angry about the matter that he made Rhea barren.
Thus the Greeks find a certain relationship between their own conception of the Gods and the Egyptian conceptions. But again on the other hand, what the Egyptians in a certain sense formed as their highest concept of a God — the Osiris-concept — is connected among the Greeks with an irregular origin — from the Titan race — from Chronos and Rhea.
One grasps this externally in the first place — we shall have to grasp it much more deeply presently — if we are clear that the Egyptians sought to learn of the eternal part of the human soul. They sought to know about that which goes through births and deaths — but in order to know of this eternal part in life the Egyptians expressly turned the soul's gaze beyond death. To the people of Egypt through whom the Greeks learnt of Osiris, he is no longer the God of the living, but the God of the dead, the God who sits on the Throne of the World and passes judgment when man has gone through the gate of death, that is, the God whom man has to meet after death. At the same time, however, the Egyptian knew: the same God who judges men after death, has at one time ruled over the living.
As soon as one takes these ideas together, one is no longer inclined to agree with the Dupuis verdict that it was only a matter of star-events. These Dupuis judgments have much that is captivating, but on closer inspection they reveal themselves as very superficial. I have said that the Egyptians — in the age when the Greeks received from them the Osiris-concept — directed their mind above all to the human soul after death. This lay far from the Greek mind. To be sure, the Greeks spoke too of the human soul after death, but inasmuch as they spoke of their Gods, they did not really speak of the Osiris-nature of such Gods as primarily give judgment after death. The race to which Zeus belongs is a race of Gods for the living. Man preferably looked up to this world when he turned his mind's eye to the world to which man belongs between birth and death — a race of Gods for the living: Zeus, Hera, Pallas-Athene, Mars, Apollo, etc. But these Gods were, so to say, the last God-race for the Greeks. For the Greeks turned their gaze to three successive generations of Gods.
As you know, the oldest generation of Gods was around Uranus and Gaea or better said: Gaea and Uranus. They were the earliest divine pair with all the brothers and sisters and so on who belonged to them. From this divine pair were descended the Titans, to whom also Chronos and Rhea belonged, but above all Oceanus. As you know, through certain cruel regulations — so says the myth — Uranus had evoked the wrath of his spouse Gaea, so that she prevailed upon Chronos their son, to make his father on the world-throne, impotent, and we then have this rulership of the older Gods succeeded by that of the younger, Chronos and Rhea with all that belongs to it. You know too that in the Greek myth, Chronos had the somewhat unsympathetic, in many respects, characteristic of swallowing all his children as soon as they were born, which was not pleasant for the mother, Rhea. (I am calling attention to various features which we shall particularly need.) And you know too that she saved Zeus and brought him up to overthrow Chronos, just as Chronos overthrew Uranus, only in another way, so that then the new race of Gods arrives. And then we have Hera and Zeus with all that belongs to them with all the brothers and sisters, children and so on.
An important feature in the myth, which I must relate since we shall need it if we wish to regard the myth as foundation for all sorts of world-conceptions, is the following. Zeus, before he overcame the Titans and cast them into Tartarus, had prevailed on the Goddess Metis, the Goddess of cunning, to provide him with an emetic, so that all the children swallowed by Chronos could be brought again to the light of day, and be once more in existence. Thus Zeus could have his brothers and sisters again ... for they had been in the body of Chronos. Zeus himself alone had been rescued by his mother Rhea.
And so we have three successive generations of Gods: Gaea-Uranus; Uranus overthrown through Gaea, because he was cruel, supplanted by the children, Chronos and Rhea; then Chronos overthrown again through Zeus, likewise at the instigation of Rhea. In the Zeus-circle we have the Gods who meet us where actual Greek history makes its appearance.
Now I should like to call special attention to a very significant feature of this. Greek mythology. It is not clearly enough stressed, in spite of being one of the most important features. Three successive races of Gods: these are thus the rulers of the macrocosm. But while Gaea and Uranus, Rhea and Chronos, Hera and Zeus are ruling, the human being, according to the Greek conception is already everywhere in existence. Man is already there without question. When therefore Chronos with Rhea had not yet reigned, when the rulers were still Gaea and Uranus, particularly, however, when Chronos reigned with Rhea and Zeus was not yet in possession of his emetic and so on, there were already men upon the earth, according to the view of the Greeks. And, what is more, as the Greeks related, they lived a happier life than in later times. The later human beings are the descendants of these earlier men. We must say then that the Greeks had this consciousness: up above rules Zeus, but we human beings descend from other forefathers who were not yet ruled over by Zeus. That is an important feature of the Grecian teaching of the Gods: that the Greek venerated his Zeus, his Hera, his Pallas-Athene, but was quite clear that they had not created him, what in general one calls ‘created’, but that men were there much earlier than the reign of these Gods. This is important concerning the Greek Gods.
That this is especially important for the Greek Gods can strike you when you compare the question with the Jewish teaching of the Gods. It is, of course, quite unthinkable that one would find the same feature in the Jewish teaching. You could not possibly imagine that according to the Old Testament men were pointed to ancestors who had not yet come under the rulership of Jahve and the Elohim. This therefore is something which differs radically in the Grecian teaching of the Gods. The Greek looks up to his Gods and knows: they indeed are ruling now, but they have nothing to do with what I call ‘creation’ of the human race.
This was absolutely impossible within the Old Testament conception. In the Old Testament those whom men looked upon as Gods were in the main far more concerned with the creation of man. In observing the course of world events it is very necessary to consider such things. The point is not merely to form concepts, the point is that one is able to form concepts that connect one with reality; the especially characteristic, the especially representative concepts, these are what one must have in mind.
And with this, we have considered an important feature of Greek mythology. Let us just examine it. When the Greek looked up to his Gods, they were not those of whom he had the consciousness: they have created me. For human beings were already there, as we have said, before these Gods had assumed their rulership. What these Gods were able to do was, for the Greeks, quite a respectable amount, but they could not produce for him a human race on a planet. That lay in the Greek consciousness: these Gods could not produce a human race.
Now, what actually were the Gods of the Zeus circle, the Olympian Gods, for the Greek consciousness? To form even an historical concept of what these Gods were — I mean now in the Greek consciousness, we have of course said various things about these Gods, but let us place ourselves into the Greek consciousness — what were they? Well, they were not beings which went about among men under ordinary circumstances. They dwelt in fact on Olympus, they dwelt in the clouds and so on. They paid only at times sympathetic or unsympathetic visits; Zeus in particular, as you know, sometimes paid sympathetic or unsympathetic visits into the human world. They were in a certain respect useful; but they also did things about which the modern man, who is somewhat more narrow-minded than the Greeks, would probably take the law into his own hands and involve such a Zeus in a divorce suit and so on. In any case, these Gods had a half-divine, half-human connection with men, and such beings, so it was thought, are not materialized in the flesh ... When Zeus wanted to conduct his affairs he took on all sorts of forms, did he not — a swan, golden rain, and so on; thus in ordinary life these Gods were not incarnated in the flesh. But on the other hand, if one looks deeper, one finds that the Greeks had the consciousness that these Gods were connected with men who lived in primeval times. Far more than looking up to the connection with the stars, as Dupuis supposed, the Greeks looked up to men of primeval times and brought the concept of the being of Zeus — please note exactly how I form the sentence, for that is the point — into connection with some ancient ruler of a long-past age. Please note that I have not said that the Greeks had the idea that what they meant by Zeus had been an ancient ruler; but I said: that which they pictured as Zeus they brought into connection with an ancient ruler who had once lived in long gone-by ages. For the kind of connection for Zeus and also for the other Gods was a somewhat complicated one.
We will examine the words a little, so that we can form an idea of what really underlies them. Let us suppose that at some time a personality had lived in Thrace, a region in Northern Greece, on whom the Zeus-concept was fastened. Now the Greek, even the quite ordinary Greek was quite clear: I do not, as it were, venerate this ancestor, nor do I venerate the single individuality which has lived in this ancestor, nevertheless I venerate something which had some connection with this ancient forefather, this ancient king in Thrace, or in Epirus. The Greek had in fact this idea: There was once such a king in whose whole being not only his own individuality had lived, but the individuality of a super-sensible being; this had expressed itself, had lived upon the earth, by once descending into a human being. The Zeus-concept was not made earthly in this way, it was brought into connection with an ancient ruler, who at one time had furnished the garment — or let us say — the dwelling place for this Zeus-being. Thus the Greek differentiated essentially that which he conceived of as Zeus from the human individuality which had lived in the body to which the Zeus-concept was referred. But the Zeus-rulership, the rule of Zeus and the Gods, took its starting point, as it were, from the fact that Zeus had descended, had lived in a human being, had found his centre there in order to work in the being of man — but who then went on working no longer as an ordinary man but in fact as an ‘Olympian’. And it was the same in the case of the other Greek Gods.
Why did the Greek form this conception — that there was once a ruler who was possessed, so to say, by Zeus, but that now there is no longer a ruler who can be possessed by Zeus, but that Zeus only rules as a super-sensible being — why did the Greek form this concept? Because the Greek knew that human evolution had progressed, that it had changed. In other words, the Greek knew that there were ancient times when human beings could have Imaginations in a particularly outstanding degree. A certain clairvoyance naturally remained for some few, but the authority of the Imaginations, that disappeared: the beings who can still have real Imaginations, these can only hold sway for the life that man knows between birth and death, in super-sensible worlds.
This is the essence of what the Greeks pictured to themselves concerning their Gods: there were Beings who could imagine. But the time is past when such Beings as can ‘imagine’, can enter into human bodies. For human bodies are no longer adapted to Imaginations. So said the Greeks to themselves: we are governed by a race of Beings who can have Imaginations, while we no longer can have them. The Greek had a quite unsentimental concept of his Gods. It would moreover have been rather difficult to be sentimental over Zeus. Yet the Greek said to himself quietly (I shall again elaborate the matter somewhat, one must add detail when one wants to be quite clear), “We men are going through a definite evolution; we have developed from atavistic clairvoyance in Intuition, Inspiration, Imagination; now we must have ordinary objective thinking. But the Gods have not ventured upon it, they have remained in their imaginative consciousness, otherwise they would have to be men and wander about here in the flesh. It did not suit them (so thought the Greeks in their unsentimental way of regarding the Gods) to pass over to objective thinking, so they have not descended to the earth, but kept to their imaginative consciousness. In this way, however, they rule over us, for they have more power, as it were, since the Imaginative concept, when it is utilized fully, is more powerful than the objective concept.”
From this, however, you see that the Greeks looked back to a time when man's forming of concepts, his observation and perception were different, and that this looking back went hand in hand with the ideas they formed of the Gods. Thus they looked back to Zeus, Hera, and said: These are ruling over us now, at one time we were also as they are, but we have developed further and have become weaker. Therefore they can rule over us, they have remained as it was at that time. A certain Luciferic character, as we should say today, was given to their Gods by the Greeks. And those Beings who had remained at the Imagination stage — this developed in the Greek consciousness — these were themselves successors of these Beings who remained at the Inspiration stage. Hera and Zeus remained behind at Imagination, Rhea and Chronos at Inspiration, Gaea and Uranus at Intuition.
You see, the Greek examined his own soul, and he brought his generations of Gods into connection with the evolution of mankind and the different states of consciousness. This he felt, this he perceived. The eldest Gods, Gaea and Uranus, were Beings whose whole inner relation to the world was ordered by the fact that they had an intuitive consciousness. They wanted to remain at the stage of Intuition; and those at the stage of Inspiration set themselves against them. And again the inspiring Beings wished to remain at Inspiration; and those living in the Imaginative consciousness set themselves against them. The Intuitive were thus overthrown through the Inspiring, the Inspiring through the Imagining. We live as human beings and above us the Imaginings. Now you know that in the Prometheus myth, the Greek already desired to find some kind of instrument against the Imagining.
Gaea-Uranus
Rhea-Chronos
Hera-Zeus
The Greeks graded their Gods in such a way that in this gradation they showed how they looked back to earlier states of consciousness of that being who has at the same time evolved as humanity. The Greeks showed how they connected this with their retrospect of the Gods. Just think how deeply significant this is for the understanding of the Greek consciousness! Thus the Greek in looking back to his generations of the Gods looked back to the past in the mental life. He connected the ancient Intuitional Beings with Gaea, the Earth, and Uranus, the Heavens, and connected the Inspirational Gods with Rhea and Chronos. They still perceived what Gaea and Uranus were. Rhea and Chronos are described as Titans — What are they actually?
Now for some centuries mankind has lost practically all consciousness of what lies at the foundation of all this.
Let me remind you that you know how a few hundred years ago the human being was brought into connection with three fundamental elements. You can still find this knowledge in Jacob Boehme and Paracelsus, even up to the time of Saint Martin. Jacob Boehme still gives: Sal == Salt; Mercur == Quicksilver; Sulphur == Sulphur. In the Middle Ages one said:
Sulphur.
What was understood was not the same but yet had something to do with what the Greek meant when he spoke of Uranus-Gaea, or Gaea-Uranus; Rhea-Chronos; Hera-Zeus. For you see Chronos drove Uranus from World-rulership, Gaea became — shall we say — as good as widow. For what did she become? She became what is ‘Earth’ — not the ordinary earth which we find outside, but the earth that man carries in himself, i.e. — Salt. Could man — this was known to the investigator of nature in the Middle Ages — make use consciously of the salt that existed in him, then he would have Intuition. Thus the process which has sunk down deep into the nature of man was a more living one in the old Gaea-Uranus time.
A younger process which has also entered deep down into human nature is that which can be described as the Rhea-Chronos-process. The Greeks said: the power of Rhea was once widespread, and ‘Chronos’ represented the forces that confronted Rhea. Chronos was overthrown. What has been left? Well, just as from Uranus-Gaea the dead salt has been left, so from Chronos-Rhea, the fluid, Mercury, has been left; the fluid in man that can take a drop formation; that has remained behind. But neither can man make conscious use of this; it has sunk into unconscious depths.
Today, of course, that is long past and in the time of the Greeks it was already gone by, for the Greeks said to themselves: the time of Zeus upon earth was in hoary primeval ages, but at that time man could make use of the Sulphur to be found in him. Were man able to make use consciously of his Salt, he would be able to use Intuition in an atavistic way. If he could consciously make use of his Mercury, his fluid element, he would be able to use Inspiration, and Imagination if he could use his Sulphur — not in that transmitted sense, but in the actual sense as the Alchemists of the Middle Ages still understood it, when they spoke of the ‘philosophical sulphur’. Today there is also a philosophical sulphur: [Schwefel (Sulphur) has also a slang meaning of ‘hot air’. Trans.] Professors of philosophy manufacture it in vast quantities, but this is not what the Alchemists understood by it. They understood an imaginative consciousness, an atavistic Imagining, which was connected with the use of this active sulphur in man. Human beings, so said the Greeks, and their priests of the Mysteries also said so, for the mysteries of Salt, Mercury and Sulphur are ancient; human beings, through their evolution have overcome atavism, making use of sulphur atavistically. But Zeus and his circle have withdrawn into the super-sensible and avail themselves of the Sulphur processes: hence Zeus can hurl his lightning. If man, like Zeus, could hurl lightning, that is, if he could transform the sulphur through Imagination into reality, if he could inwardly and consciously hurl lightning, then he would use Imagination atavistically. That is what the Greeks wished to say when they said of Zeus that he could hurl lightning.
It was known, even by Saint Martin, that with the Sulphur of the Alchemists something different is meant from the ordinary earthly sulphur, of which one could at most say — excuse the plain speaking — it is the excrement of that which was understood by Saint Martin and those before him as the real sulphur, which they also called the ‘philosophical sulphur’. And Saint Martin still speaks of how thunder and lightning are really connected with the processes of the macrocosmic, or one could say the cosmic sulphur. Today, indeed, many a physical-natural scientific explanation creeps into science, which is also a sulphur, [See former note. Trans.] but not exactly a ‘philosophical sulphur’. Yet, remember that the really clever people of today are, of course, far beyond talking of sulphur processes in the cosmos when thunder and lightning arise; for lightning and thunder arise, as you can read in elementary books on physics, through some sort of friction processes in the clouds — don't they? Anything really rational one cannot find in what is said about lightning and thunder; for the wet clouds in their mutual action are supposed to create the electricity which comes about through thunder and lightning! But if an electrical experiment is made in the schoolroom each apparatus is most carefully dried, for the least dampness prevents any electricity from arising. The clouds up there, however, are apparently not wet! The teacher can do nothing with an electric machine which is damp, which indeed is not completely dry, but at the same time he explains that the wet clouds are supposed to be connected with the creation of electricity. Yes, indeed such things get thoroughly mixed up, don't they! I wanted, however, only to say that in Saint Martin there was still a consciousness that this element of which the Greeks dreamt when they spoke of Hera and Zeus, had something to do with lightning and thunder.
You see, even superficial ideas can indicate to us that certain nature processes, the Salt, Mercury, Sulphur-processes, but in their older sense — are connected with what the Greeks possessed in their mythology. Let us hold that fact to begin with. We must have such fundamental concepts in order to pass over in the right way to our own time.
Thus the Greeks looked back to generations of Gods, to conditions that had ceased to exist, but that in earlier ages were also perceptible to man. They connected what lived in their Gods with what we call processes of nature. Mythology was therefore at the same time a sort of natural science. And the more one learns to know mythology, the deeper is the natural science one finds in it, only a different one, which is at the same time a science of the Soul. This is how the Greeks thought, and how the Egyptians too conceived of their Osiris, who once had ruled but who was now in the underworld.
Do you notice how different the things are and yet how they are all to be traced back to a common type? If the Greeks refer to earlier ages when such a being as Zeus, who in their own time could live only supersensibly, could even incorporate in a man, so could the Egyptians also point to an older age when Osiris or Osirises — the number is not the point — ruled, when they had descended into human beings, when they were present. But that time has gone by ... now (in the Egyptian Osiris-culture) one can no longer look to a human being on the physical plane if one wants to find Osiris, one must look to the world which man enters when he goes through the portal of death. Osirises are no more in the world where human beings live, but man meets them after death. Thus the Egyptian too looked back to an ancient time in the sense of the change of human consciousness, when he distinguished between the Osiris who could once wander the Earth, and the Osiris who can now no longer wander the Earth, who only belongs to the Kingdom of death.
If we confine ourselves today to the two mythologies and tomorrow touch briefly upon the Old Testament teachings before we draw any conclusions, we can make the following statement: We observe from the whole way in which Greek and Egyptian stood to their Gods, that at the same time there was expressed in this consciousness a remembrance of the ancient times of atavistic clairvoyance. They have vanished, they are no more there. With the destinies which the human being has gone through together with his Gods — whether with Zeus or Chronos in Greece, or with Osiris in Egypt, man was describing to himself at the same time this knowledge: If I look farther back, I was related as a human being to the macrocosm in a different way from how I am now. This relation has altered.
To look back in this way to earlier ages when the Gods walked among men, had a distinct reality for these ancient peoples, since they knew that the human being stood as microcosm to macrocosm in a different way from in their own time. The old atavistic clairvoyance actually faded away in the fourth post-Atlantean epoch. This was what it was sought to express through the Greek mythology, what it was also sought to express through the Osiris-mythology of the Egyptians.
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"I think common sense would tell us that if the Commonwealth Bank matter was at the level of utmost seriousness, this looks like it's off the charts," Mr Porter told The Australian Financial Review.
He was speaking a day after the financial crimes regulator AUSTRAC accused Westpac of 23 million breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance laws.
Senior executives at both financial regulators, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, met on Thursday to consider launching their own investigations as Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the bank's board needed to reflect on the future of chief executive Brian Hartzer.
Mr Hartzer and chairman Lindsay Maxsted refused requests for interviews on Thursday as Westpac shares slid for a second day, closing down 2 per cent.
Mr Porter said he "will keep a watching brief" on the AUSTRAC prosecution of Westpac and he would be involved in the consideration of any monetary penalty.
"I have to understand it, interrogate it, analyse it, determine whether it's appropriate in all of the circumstances," he said. "But you're obviously looking to ensure that whatever outcome occurs, that the people are held – and the organisation is held – responsible in a big way for the size and scale of its misfeasance.
"And the size and scale of the wrongdoing here looks to be incredible."
The case raised a "a really important question", Mr Porter said.
"The whole point about efforts the government makes to prevent money laundering – and the laws that we pass to make money laundering illegal – is that money laundering is an offence that facilitates other offences," he said.
"It facilitates terrorism. Its facilitates slave trade. It facilitates child paedophilia rings. It's a facilitating offence.
"If there is evidence ultimately that the failures of a bank, or banks, have enabled and facilitated these unbelievably serious offences, then that is something that the government would be enormously concerned about."
ASIC weighs action
The corporate regulator is considering launching a formal investigation into whether Westpac breached company law, while the prudential regulator is considering if the scandal triggered the new accountability regime imposed on bank executives.
The regulators have been given additional funding and powers to take action against banks in the wake of the banking royal commission.
It is understood that while ASIC has not begun an official investigation, there are concerns at the commissioner level that the problems identified by AUSTRAC, especially its accusation of senior management "indifference" to the issues, could point to potential deficiencies in the way in which the bank assesses non-financial risk. This is a core area of focus for ASIC chairman James Shipton.
The accusation of Westpac executive indifference has been rejected by Mr Hartzer.
The prudential regulator is also considering whether the Bank Executive Accountability Regime, which started in July 2018, might be triggered by AUSTRAC's alleged breaches or whether other prudential concerns are raised.
The BEAR regime is not retrospective and its potential application will therefore hinge on the timing of the alleged offences.
Another action that APRA will consider is a prudential inquiry, which could lead to a capital penalty being imposed on Westpac.
“I would be astounded if ASIC didn’t investigate this thoroughly,” said one commercial barrister who declined to be named. Sam Mooy
This is what happened with Commonwealth Bank when it faced anti-money laundering action in 2017, which led to additional capital of $1 billion being imposed. The capital required ensured it acted on recommendations in a report delivered by an APRA-appointed panel chaired by former regulator John Laker.
"If we had another case like the CBA, which was being played out in the public domain, then very clearly the public would expect to know what is the regulatory action being taken," APRA chairman Wayne Byres said in April.
First test of the accountability regime
The BEAR regime allows APRA to target individual senior executives, in an attempt to introduce more personal accountability for banking transgressions.
The apparent oversights at Westpac could fall into the responsibility of senior managers in the bank's financial crime function, the chief risk officer, or senior lawyers, sources familiar with the "accountability maps" provided to APRA said.
Elizabeth Sheedy, a risk management expert from Macquarie University, said the principle underlying the BEAR was "if everyone is responsible, no-one is responsible".
She said early signs from enforcement of the UK version of the law, known as the 'senior managers regime', have been encouraging.
“There will be somebody who is responsible for [anti-money laundering] and if they haven’t been actioning matters over the last 18 months since BEAR came in, there could be a case there," she said.
Two corporate lawyers, who spoke anonymously because they work for major banks, said the material in the AUSTRAC statement of claim could also trigger potential breaches of two sections of the Corporations Act.
They are section 912A, which creates a general duty to act "efficiently, honestly and fairly", and section 180, which contains a duty to take the care and diligence expected of a reasonable person.
Both duties are relatively vague and ASIC would need to gather more information than that contained in the AUSTRAC statement of claim before determining whether there had been any breach.
The government recently bolstered the sanctions for breaching section 912A by attaching a new remedy that allows courts to levy penalties of up to $525 million for some companies and $1.05 million for individuals.
“I would be astounded if ASIC didn’t investigate this thoroughly,” said one commercial barrister, who declined to be named.
Whether any action is taken by either regulator will follow a forensic assessment of what senior executives knew about the issues to determine if their responses were adequate.
Questions of timing
Mr Hartzer, in a media call on Wednesday afternoon, provided some detail about when the AUSTRAC reporting problems were identified, and when senior managements found out about the broader failures to do proper due diligence on customers, which would be core issues for any investigation.
Senior management had found about the under-reporting of the "international fund transfer instructions" in July last year, he said, and reported them to the regulator a month later.
This led to AUSTRAC "asking broader questions about our [anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance] program, they gave us a bunch of notices to dig into different things," he added.
"The issues on customer due diligence is a relatively new issue. The first time I heard personally anything about it was a month ago, and I heard it at a fairly high level that we were being asked some questions about that.”
Mr Hartzer also said on the call that while he accepts that most of the material in the AUSTRAC statement of claim was an accurate reflection of what had gone wrong at the bank, he challenged the accusation that he and other senior management were "indifferent".
"At a senior executive level, for the board, for me personally, in no way have we been indifferent on this," he said.
ASIC could also investigate the role of the Westpac board in managing anti-money laundering compliance.
In a report issued on October 2 on the oversight of non-financial risks by directors and officers, ASIC said the effectiveness of board risk committees could be improved.
Across seven large financial institutions it examined, ASIC found that "all too often, management was operating outside of board-approved risk appetites for non-financial risks, particularly compliance risk".
"Material information about non-financial risk was often buried in dense, voluminous board packs. It was difficult to identify key non-financial risk issues in information presented to the board," ASIC said.
James Eyers writes on banking, fintech and technology. Based in our Sydney newsroom, James is a former Legal Affairs and Capital editor for the Financial Review Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at jeyers@afr.com.au
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Texas Woman Indicted for Transporting Minor for Female Genital Mutilation
A Texas woman has been indicted for transporting a minor from the United States to a foreign country for the purpose of female genital mutilation (FGM).
Zahra Badri, 39, of Houston, who is originally from the United Kingdom, is charged in an indictment with knowingly transporting a minor from the United States in foreign commerce for the purpose of FGM from about July 10, 2016 through Oct. 14, 2016.
“The brutal practice of female genital mutilation not only subjects victims to the immediate trauma of the violent act, but also often condemns them to suffer a lifetime of physical and psychological harms,” said David P. Burns, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “This indictment represents the first time the Department has brought charges against a defendant for transporting a child outside U.S. borders to facilitate this abhorrent form of gender-based violence and demonstrates that we will not rest in pursuing and holding to account those who engage in this cruelty.”
Title 18, United States Code, Section 116(d), defines FGM as circumcision, excision, or infibulation of “the whole or any part of the labia majora or labia minora or clitoris of another person who has not attained the age of 18 years.”
Since 1996, the United States has prohibited the practice of female genital mutilation. In 2013, Congress amended the statute to add section 116(d), which prohibits the transportation of a person from the United States to another country for purposes of having female genital mutilation performed upon them. This is the first such indictment under section 116(d).
“Female genital mutilation is child abuse,” said Ryan K. Patrick, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas. “The long-term damage, both physically and physiologically, is well documented. Unnecessary medical procedures on children will not be tolerated.”
“It is rare this type of crime is brought to the attention of law enforcement,” said Perrye K. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Houston Field Office. “We want the American people to know it is the FBI's responsibility to investigate allegations of Human Rights violations, like female genital mutilation. This is an example of our commitment to protect Human Rights.”
“Female genital mutilation is a human rights violation,” said Andre Watson, Assistant Director of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), National Security Investigations Division, which oversees the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center. “This indictment reflects the gravity of FGM and the on-going commitment of the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center to investigate this heinous crime.”
This case is being investigated by FBI’s Houston Field Office, with the support of the Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC). Established in 2009, the HRVWCC furthers the government’s efforts to identify, locate and prosecute human rights abusers in the United States, including those who are known or suspected to have participated in persecution, war crimes, genocide, torture, extrajudicial killings, female genital mutilation and the use or recruitment of child soldiers.
The HRVWCC leverages the expertise of a select group of agents, lawyers, intelligence and research specialists, historians and analysts who direct the government’s broader enforcement efforts against these offenders. The HRVWCC is comprised of ICE HSI Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Unit, ICE’s Human Rights Law Division, FBI’s International Human Rights Unit and the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP).
The case is being prosecuted by HRSP Trial Attorneys Rami S. Badawy, Susan Masling, and Christian Levesque and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kimberly Leo and Sherri Zack of the Southern District of Texas.
The charges contained in the indictment are merely allegations and the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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Sad. But they do this equivalent to boys so why is this worse? Granted the boy is too young to know...
They used to do this for Hygiene reasons.
Not to suppress men and take away sexual pleasure, the purpose of FGM.
What is circumcision?
Circumcision is a surgical procedure to remove the foreskin, the skin that covers the tip of the penis. In the United States, it is often done before a new baby leaves the hospital. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), there are medical benefits and risks to circumcision.
What are the medical benefits of circumcision?
The possible medical benefits of circumcision include
A lower risk of HIV
A slightly lower risk of other sexually transmitted diseases
A slightly lower risk of urinary tract infections and penile cancer. However, these are both rare in all males.
What are the risks of circumcision?
The risks of circumcision include
A low risk of bleeding or infection
Pain. AAP suggests that providers use pain medicines to reduce pain from circumcision.
What are the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommendations on circumcision?
The AAP does not recommend routine circumcision. However, they said that because of the possible benefits, parents should have the option to circumcise their sons if they want to. They recommend that parents discuss circumcision with their baby's health care provider. Parents should make their decision based on the benefits and risks, as well as their own religious, cultural, and personal preferences.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
The practice has no health benefits for girls and women.
FGM can cause severe bleeding and problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths.
More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where FGM is concentrated (1).
FGM is mostly carried out on young girls between infancy and age 15.
FGM is a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
WHO is opposed to all forms of FGM, and is opposed to health care providers performing FGM (medicalization of FGM).
Treatment of health complications of FGM in 27 high prevalence countries costs 1.4 billion USD per year.
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I ended the first part of Don’s story about to board a plane for a three-week trip to the UK. Because we did not know how the first meeting would go, we decided to have a little holiday first. We did this because we were a little apprehensive about the visit and afraid that, if the meeting didn’t go well, wed spend the last two and a half weeks of our trip feeling somewhat deflated. By this time Donald and Joan had swapped phone numbers so as we travelled through Ireland, Scotland and the north of England catching up with old friends and family they were in constant touch with each other and the excitement was mounting slowly.
We decided to stay with very dear friends in York and visit Donald’s mother from there it would be about an hours drive to a little village just outside Sheffield. We knew that if things did not go well and we needed some moral support, we would get it from Margaret and Jim.
The big day arrived. We had all decided that the first meeting would be for a day only and that if things went well, we would return to England the following year so the plan was that Donald would drive down by himself to meet Joan on his own. I would catch a train down to Barnsley, where Donald would meet me with his mother at about lunchtime.
Donald left early in the morning, at 6.30 am to ensure that if the traffic was bad, he would not be late. It was obvious from the start that this meeting was going to be on Joan’s terms. She was in charge and she was not going to give an inch! The day was going to be run like a top-secret operation, clouded in secrecy and far from prying eyes. Joan was living with her terminally ill sister and was petrified that she would find out about the meeting, fearing that bringing back this difficult past might make things harder at home.
Donald’s first instruction was to wait at a bus stop on the outskirts of the village; he was not allowed to get anywhere close to the house. Joan had arranged for somebody to look after her sister, on the pretext that she was going shopping in Sheffield for the day.
As always, Donald was early and spent an anxious twenty minutes sitting in the car looking at everybody approaching the bus stop through his rearview mirror. He wondered if he wanted any one of the ladies going past to be his mother.
Spot on time, there was a knock on the passenger window and Joan got into the car, no warm hugs or kisses, just a typical Yorkshire hello and a muted how are you and a demand to start driving away as quickly as possible. Joan chose a little village a good couple of miles away to stop for coffee and breakfast. During the drive, Donald wanted to ask questions and really wanted to find out everything about his past as quickly as possible. Joan was more interested in commenting on his driving, pointing out the scenery and talking about the weather.
On arrival at the first stop, Joan said that before getting out of the car she wanted to say a few things. She started by saying that the whole day was going to be her treat and that she would not accept anything from anybody else, tough Yorkshire pride. This was followed by the presentation of an envelope containing four hundred and fifty pounds with an explanation that it was a belated wedding present since she had not been at our wedding.. Donald was also presented with a beautiful cut glass vase, which was a family heirloom, with strict instructions that he “bloody well, better look after it”. As the day progressed it became apparent that Joan was both knowledgeable on and a great collector of antiques.
Finally, they got out of the car and sat down for a coffee and a chat. Donald was very keen to find out what the boundaries on questions were and went straight for the jugular early on and asked Joan what she could tell him about his father. Not a good question as the answer came back, “he never knew about you and you will never know about him, but don’t worry he is dead anyway.” To this day, she still does not know that we found Donald’s father and that he was with him the day he died, but we will get into that chapter sometime in the future.
After coffee, they headed for Barnsley to collect me. Besides more scenery and weather chat Donald did find out that Joan had been engaged and had followed her fiancé to Scotland only to find out that he had another woman. Joan returned to Sheffield, had a one night fling, followed nine months later by Donald’s birth in a home for unmarried mothers in the Lake District where she had been sent in disgrace by her family, not easy for a woman in her late forties.
The rest of the day flew past, but Donald did say afterwards that Joan was a lot more relaxed after they had picked me up and that she could talk about more normal things and not their situation. We went on a tour of Bakewell, antique and book shops and a garden centre, but with Joan always remaining in charge. Then it was time to take Joan home with the same procedure being followed, nowhere near the house same bus stop and no soppy sentimental farewells, only promise from both of them to stay in touch, with an agreement that we would see her again the next year. It was a strange drive back to York with Donald questioning whether he had done the right thing and was it really worth all the stress and worry.
In the next chapter, I will tell you about further visits to the UK and how the relationship slowly broke down, which led to our search for his father and how the British Adoption Department came into play. Part three of the story has been bittersweet to write so its in limbo.
If anybody knows or is related to Joan Roebuck please contact me she died in 2015
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The Office Quest is the kind of absurdity that only an adventure game can offer, but sadly that does come with a few moments where the game can leave you tapping every option until something happens. There’s a lot of effort put into the game to ensure you can keep pressing on though, particularly in the game’s hint system. In a lesser game, the developers would charge you for hints and make their puzzles harder to solve. The Office Quest lets you earn free hints, either a visual clue or a brief indication of what elements to interact with, by watching one to two advertisements. It’s actually very fair, since the ads only tend to be about thirty seconds long. This means you might be watching an ad or two if you’re stumped on what to interact with next, but that’s an exchange most players should be able to live with.
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SHERMAN OAKS, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.,
31 Jan 2002, 12:15 AM CST
In a case that may test limits on Internet free speech in the wake of Sept. 11, armed federal agents last week raided the home of a Los Angeles teenager suspected of hacking into several Web sites to post anarchist messages and using his own site, Raisethefist.com, to publish bomb-making information.
Sherman Martin Austin, 18, is believed to have violated federal computer fraud and abuse laws, as well as statutes prohibiting the distribution of bomb-making information, according to an FBI affidavit.
FBI agents conducted the raid on the afternoon of Jan. 24 at the Sherman Oaks residence owned by Austin's mother after receiving a federal warrant. The agents seized several computers and documents, according to an FBI spokesperson.
In an interview Wednesday, Austin told Newsbytes he was interrogated for more than six hours but has not yet been charged with any crimes.
According to Austin, all of the site's files, which were dedicated to "the anti-corporate globalization movement," were lost as a result of the raid. The site had received approximately 700 unique visitors each day, he said.
"I think they are a bunch of cheap shots, surrounding and raiding my house with machine guns, shotguns, bullet-proof vests. They had more artillery than they use with wanted gang felons or raids on drug operations," said Austin.
Matthew McLaughlin, a representative of the FBI's Los Angeles field office, confirmed that agents who conducted the search were heavily armed.
"This is Los Angeles after all. We always go in to protect ourselves. We don't go in with slingshots," said McLaughlin.
A message at the Raisethefist.com site today described the raid and said the incident was proof that "anyone actively disagreeing with policies of the U.S is now automatically rendered a 'terrorist' in the eyes of national security."
Following the Sept.11 attacks on America, Congress passed the USA Patriot Act, which expand the ability of law enforcement to hunt for terrorists.
"People can rant and rave on the Internet all they want, but when they cross the line of calling people to action to violently overthrow the Constitution of the United States, they have a problem," said McLaughlin.
According to the FBI, Austin allegedly defaced at least five commercial Web sites since 1999 using the nickname "Ucaun." On three of the sites, Austin left behind a hacking program named troop.cgi that was designed to attempt to log in to a computer operated by the U.S. Army, the FBI affidavit stated.
In the interview, Austin acknowledged that he vandalized the Web sites and that he knew it was illegal to do so. But he defended the act by saying it was necessary to get his message out.
Copies of several of the defaced pages are accessible using the cache stored by the Google search engine. The defacements contain white and red text on a black background, with the title "Hacked by the UCA - Underground Confidential Association" and a verbose screed about overthrowing the government and building a "New World Order."
According to the FBI, Austin operated Raisethefist.com as well as a site for his fledgling Web development business, 2CP.com, from computers in his home connected to the Internet by DSL.
Copies of the site's pages cached by Google include instructions on how to make explosives from pipes, fertilizer, and match heads.
In the interview, Austin said he did not write the bomb instructions but instead copied the pages from another site.
Another page, entitled "Hacking," notes that the Department of Defense and other government agencies are dependent upon information technology and are therefore vulnerable to computer attacks.
"But how many of us are really willing to engage in such an intense form of warfare through bauds and wires? Who's got the balls? Who's willing to sacrifice everything?" said the page.
The domain registration record for Raisethefist.com lists Austin as the administrative, technical, and billing contact for the site. Austin said he "made up" the name listed as the site's registrant, Joseph Parker, "for security reasons" and noted that he has received threats because of the site's anti-government message.
According to Austin, he has been targeted by the government simply because he advocates social justice.
"If I go to jail, then I will go to jail not based on my actions, but based on what I think," he said.
Raise The Fist is at http://www.raisethefist.com .
Reported by Newsbytes, http://www.newsbytes.com .
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[shadow]i have a herd of 1337 sheep[/shadow]
Worth should be judged on quality... Not apperance... Anyone can sell you **** inside a pretty box.. The only real gift then is the box..
zepherin
That's pretty week. <looks over his shoulder to make sure that big brother isn't watching>
Alternate realities celebrate reality. If you cant handle the reality your in, then you wont be able to handle the one your attempting to escape to.
rcgreen
AO Curmudgeon
Much has been said about this sort of event.
Doubtless, much more will be said.
You have some free speech issues,
and some maturity issues...
I came in to the world with nothing. I still have most of it.
i must agree, we have to watch what we have on our computers at all time.. or what we let others know we have.. and always use software to do its best to delete files to make sure thier un-recoverable incase we had stuff we shouldnt ...
i basicly got rid of my old hard drive and got a new one and made sure i dont keep anything illegal on it.. even MP3's because theres no point in gettin busted for sumthin as stupid as that
s0nIc
Fastest Thing Alive
I still dont know why they have to use so much artilery just to arrest a hacker... what are they scared of, da kidd might throw them razor sharp floppy disks? or asult them with the keyboard?? lolz
thesecretfire
I know that this is done "to protect people", but the path to hell is paved with good intentions.
da kidd might throw them razor sharp floppy disks? or asult them with the keyboard??
Ha ha! How many hackers have ever been charged with murder? Or even assault!
The hypocrites in government strike again! The bill of rites allows free speech, but the anarchists are silent. They have the same as rights as normal people do right? Apparently not...
Why am I still here?
They probably just want to "scare' him
a little. They don't have much of a case,
just defacing those sites. The rest is BS.
It's his own fault though. He's got no life.
Probably got six computers,running linux,
no girl friend...
delstar
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February 2nd, 2002, 01:35 AM #10
If he didn't want them to access his hard drive, why didn't he just install WinME?
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Authorities in Lattakia seize 2000 kg of narcotics
Lattakia, SANA- Competent authorities in Lattakia seized on Friday nearly 2000 kg of narcotics which were hidden in floated bags near the coast of al- Baseet area.
General Director of ports’ establishment in Lattakia, Maitham Ibrahim al-Yousef told SANA that a patrol for the establishment in al-Baseet area found leather bags floating on the water surface containing two tones of narcotics including 6 million Captagon pills weighing 1200 kg and 800 kg of hashish.
On March 25th, the authorities arrested two drug dealers in Damascus city, confiscating their 5 kg of Hashish.
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League of Legends offers more lore and info on PsyOps event
By:Adnan Kljajic - Nem
Published: 01:59, 04 September 2020
League of Legends - PsyOps Pyke
Riot Games posted an article on the new things coming with the PsyOps event and an explanation on how it loosely fits into League of Legends' lore.
PsyOps skin line is futuristic and that's pretty much all the info you need to figure out that it's not meant to be part of the main canon for League of Legends. With the disclaimer in place, let's get into the juicy bits of the story and the stuff we can look forward to.
According to Riot , Noxus has had it with the Black Rose Group in this particular timeline and the High Command formed up a spec ops team that could take them down along with the other enemies of the state. The requirement for the team was that the team members are "psychically gifted and physically unmatched".
The event has kicked off on live servers on September 3 and will last until September 30, 2020. In case you earn a pile of tokens but don't get to use them by the event's end, you will have time until October 20 to spend them. We assume Halloween event and a new skin line will make their way to League at that point.
If you're interested in the PsyOps pass, you are likely hunting for more Gemstones and Riot provided info on that as well. The event pass will have 20 milestones and the Gemstones will be earned at ranks 15 and 20.
League of Legends - showcase of several champion splash arts
Image: 1 / 10
Keep in mind that you will need to set aside 1,650 RP for the pass, which means you are likely to pay $15 / €15 but there will be some spare change after the purchase.
LoL esports: LEC 2021 Spring start date, time and schedule
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Dr Mundo visual update will have the best tower attack animation
Riot Games shared more details on the design direction for the Dr Mundo visual and gameplay update, which eventually produced what is probably the best tower attack animation in the game.
LCK's new logo is only the tip of the rebranding iceberg for LoL Season 2021
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LEC 2021 start date officially announced
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LoL Esports: LCS format is changing in 2021
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Standard Guide for Measuring Electrical Contact Intermittences
Work Item(s) - proposed revisions of this standard
1.1 The techniques described in this guide apply to electrical circuits that include one or more electrical contacts in devices such as slip rings, separable connectors, electromechanical relays or closed switch contacts. The user should determine applicability for other devices.
1.2 The range of techniques described apply to circuit discontinuities (intermittences) of durations ranging from approximately 10 nanoseconds to several seconds and of sufficient magnitude to cause alteration of the circuit function. Extension of the guide to shorter duration events may be possible with suitable instrumentation. Events of longer duration may be monitored by techniques for dc measurements such as those described in Test Methods B539 or by adaptation of methods described in this guide.
1.3 The techniques described in this guide apply to electrical circuits carrying currents typical of signal circuits. Such currents are generally less than 100 ma. Extension of these techniques to circuits carrying larger currents may be possible, but the user should evaluate applicability first.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
B539 Test Methods for Measuring Resistance of Electrical Connections (Static Contacts)
B542 Terminology Relating to Electrical Contacts and Their Use
B615 Practice for Measuring Electrical Contact Noise in Sliding Electrical Contacts
B878 Test Method for Nanosecond Event Detection for Electrical Contacts and Connectors
EIA-364-46 Continuity Test Procedure for Electrical Connectors Available from Electronic Industries Association, 2001 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington D.C. 20006.
IEC Publication 512 Test 2e Contact Disturbance Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.
ICS Number Code 29.120.20 (Connecting devices)
UNSPSC Code 39121522(Electrical contacts)
ASTM B854-98(2004), Standard Guide for Measuring Electrical Contact Intermittences, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, 2004, www.astm.org
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Michael Mokhberi
Michael Mokhberi is the founder and Chief executive officer of Apptus. Michael is one of Scandinavia’s foremost authorities in the area of search technology.
After completing his masters degree in Computer Science at Lund University, he specialised in designing high-performance and mission-critical big data solutions. Apptus began with the learnings and innovations that came out of Michael’s role as an advisor to some of the largest companies in Europe.
Michael was granted the prestigious SMIL award as the IT-innovator of the year in 2004 and Lund City’s entrepreneur of the year award in 2013.
Alexander Garpeus
Alexander Garpeus joined Apptus in January 2015 and is responsible for the Finance Department including all of the company’s financial and administrative operations.
Alexander brings several years of experience in senior roles within Finance and Administration and holds a Master’s degree in Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at the Lund University.
Prior to joining Apptus Alexander held the position “Business Controlling Manager” with DHL Freight Sweden, a leading logistics provider in the Nordics. Before DHL, Alexander served as “Finance Manager” for several Nordic legal entities of Sorin Group, a fast growing Medtech company within the area of cardiovascular therapies. In the earlier stages of his career he worked, among other, with companies such as Ericsson Mobile Communications and Alfa Laval.
Jimmy Bäckström
Jimmy is the Chief Revenue Officer at Apptus, and is leading the marketing, sales and services departments. Jimmy has more than 20 years of experience within tech companies; focusing on growth and building high velocity marketing & sales organisations. Jimmy has built and led several marketing and sales departments and serves as advisor for several SaaS companies.
Anna Liffner
Chief Culture Officer
Anna is Chief Culture Officer at Apptus and is leading the People & Culture department. Prior her work at Apptus, Anna has more than 15 years of experience from HR and culture, and a broad experience from the tech industry. After her bachelor’s degrees from Lund University and Griffith University in social science, Anna has worked at well-known tech companies such as Anoto and Qlik.
In 2016 she joined inRiver as Vice President People with an overall responsibility for the global organization. Anna has a true passion for culture, leadership & engagement and one of her favourite quote is “culture eats strategy for breakfast”.
Patrik Wåhlin
Patrik Wåhlin received his masters degree in Science and Engineering from Lund Institute of Technology in 1994.
Since then, he has worked with high-performance database systems in critical environments such as the bank and finance sector in the role of consultant and technology mentor.
Markus Gerdien
Markus has studied computer science and economics at the Stockholm University.
He has long experience in developing international companies in the software sector. Markus has held various senior positions in SunGard Front Arena, Nasdaq OMX and Orc Group.
He has devoted his professional career to B2B software and services companies with global potential.
Markus joined the board of Apptus in 2014.
Staffan Ingeborn
Managing Investment Director
Managing Investment Director of InnovationsKapital, which he founded in 1994. He pioneered the venture capital industry in the area when the industry was still in its infancy.
Staffan has been responsible for InnovationsKapital’s investments in a number of companies, including; Altitun (acq. by ADC), Formex (acq. by Tyco), Kreatel (acq. by Motorola), and Spotfire (acq. by TIBCO).
He currently represents InnKap on the boards of Emric, Microdata, Oxeon and Paxport. Staffan is also chairman on the board of Ernström & Co.
Prior to founding InnKap, Staffan was a management consultant and private investor.
His early career also includes positions as Managing Director of Frico AB (leading the IPO of the company), and General Manager of the Hygiene Division of LIC. He has a BSc from Göteborg University.
Advisory board members 2020
Sara Resvik
Advisory board member 2020
Active/Recent engagements:
Head of online business Åhlens, Bus Dev at Blocket Chairman of the board at Welcome, Board member at Fyndiq, Formulate, DpOrganizer, Invesment Manager at Industrifonden
Areas of specialisation: Business strategy, Business development, Market analysis
Areas of interest: Online commerce, Change management
Markets:+10 years of experience from Nordic markets
Verticals: Food, Media, Marketplaces, Venture Cap
Other: a good tennis player and even better horse rider
Mikael Österlund
Active/Recent engagements: H&M
Areas of specialisation: Managing fast growing eCommerce, Online Operations
Areas of interest: Artificial Intelligence, Online Merchandising, Global expansion
Markets: +18 years of experience from Nordic markets
+6 years of experience from Global operations
Verticals: Fashion, Beauty
Other: Tech nerd with a big interest in food and wine. Spends weekends with the family and occasionally goes long distance running.
Sofie Lindahl-Jessen
Active/Recent engagements: CEO Saint Tropez, CEO Sportsmaster Executive Vice President Global Sales and Brand Communication, Fritz Hansen
Areas of specialisation: P/L responsibility for both physical and digital shops
Areas of interest: Marketing, Brand Development, Business strategy
Markets:+15 years of experience from international fashion retailers
Verticals: Fashion, sports, home
Other: board member in Vipp and Imerco
Tony Preedy
Active/Recent engagements: Chief Commercial officer Fruugo Marketing director Lakeland, Otto UK, Director of targeted marketing Shop Direct
Areas of specialisation: Digital commerce, Digital Marketplaces
Areas of interest: Digital targeted marketing
Markets: +25 years of experience from Marketing, Branding, Commerce
Verticals: Fashion & Apparel, market places
Other: Highly respected and appreciated speaker at seminars and conferences
Raine Peake
Active/Recent engagements: Head of Partners at Notonthehighstreet.com, Consultant advisor Dundasworld.com, ex Head of Merchandising and Visual Merchandising at Farferch.com
Areas of specialisation: Fashion Visual Merchandising; Merchandising Strategy; Trading Strategy for rapidly scaling businesses.
Areas of interest: Development of scale in VM; Chance and Serendipity ; Forward facing trends into data.
Markets: 30 years UK on and off line, 10 years International
Verticals: Retail, Luxury Fashion, Trend specialisation
Other: British, eco-conscious, philanthropic and socially active. Family, running and travel,
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ARAG SE Supervisory Board elects Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender as Chairman
The Supervisory Board of ARAG SE has elected Dr. Dr. h. c. Paul-Otto Faßbender (74) as Chairman with immediate effect.
Dr. Dr. h. c. Paul-Otto Faßbender to leave the Board of ARAG SE
Dr. Renko Dirksen appointed Speaker of the Board of ARAG SE effective 4 July 2020
Annual Press Conference 2020
Extraordinary success for the ARAG Group in Business Year 2019 –
Stable premium rates expected in 2020 despite the impact of the COVID-19 crisis
Redistribution of responsibilities following ARAG corporate leadership change
Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, Chairman of the Management Board of ARAG SE, will withdraw from corporate management effective July 4, 2020.
Wide-ranging corona information and assistance programs from ARAG
Legal advice for everyone – and ARAG covers the costs
ARAG in full home-office mode – Continued stable service for customers
In response to the dynamic intensification of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ARAG Group has adopted a work policy based entirely on the home-office system.
ARAG appoints Barbara Haynes as CEO in Canada
Barbara Haynes becomes new Chief Executive Officer for ARAG Services Corporation in Canada.
ARAG completes the acquisition of DAS UK’s Operations in the Republic of Ireland
After obtaining approval from the relevant supervisory authorities, the German family-owned ARAG Group has acquired the Irish business operations of DAS Legal Expenses Insurance Company Limited.
ARAG Canada Appoints Senior Advisor
ARAG Services Corporation, the Toronto-based subsidiary of the ARAG Group, has appointed Barbara Haynes as Senior Advisor.
ARAG in partnership with SK Gaming
ARAG SE has launched a major offensive in the field of e-sports and is now the official insurance partner to the e-sports organization SK Gaming from Cologne.
ARAG launches operations in Australia
The ARAG Group partners with HDI Global Specialty SE – Australia and continues to pursue its international expansion.
Dutch branch of ARAG Group acquires attractive customer portfolio
The Dutch branch of the ARAG Group becomes new cooperation partner of Aegon
ARAG SE sets the stage for the restructuring of the Management Board in 2020
The ARAG Group reports strong growth and earnings for Business Year 2018
Changes on the Management Board of ARAG Allgemeine and Interlloyd
Uwe Grünewald and Dr. Werenfried Wendler are new Board Members
ARAG acquires DAS’ Operations in the Republic of Ireland
The ARAG Group continues to move ahead with the internationalisation of its legal insurance business and is now about to launch operations in the Republic of Ireland.
ARAG Board Member for Finance Werner Nicoll to Retire
ARAG Board Member for Finance Werner Nicoll to Retire Effective 15 April 2019.
Supervisory Board appoints Wolfgang Mathmann to the Management Board of ARAG SE.
Birgit Eder named Branch CEO of ARAG Austria
Birgit Eder (44) has been appointed Branch CEO of "ARAG SE - Direktion für Österreich" based in Vienna by the Management Board of ARAG SE.
Dr. Matthias Effinger appointed to the Board of ARAG Krankenversicherungs-AG
Effective 1 April 2019, Dr. Matthias Effinger will take charge of a newly created department.
ARAG Group repositioned and remains on course for success
Best Risk Management: Award for the ARAG Insurance Group
Düsseldorf-based family-owned enterprise places first in the portfolio institutionell Awards
More Effective Protection for Personal Rights in the Internet
An alternative to the Network Enforcement Act was – initiated by ARAG SE – developed by the Research Center for IT Law and Internet Policy (University of Passau).
Launch of “bildung.digital”, the interstate digital education program
ARAG SE and the Deutsche Kinder- und Jugendstiftung (German Foundation for Children and Youth) are supporting schools in digital education development projects.
“Stop Hate”: ARAG launches Instagram campaign against cyberbullying
The ARAG Group is stepping up its commitment to protecting personal rights and combating violence on the Internet and voicing its opposition to cyber violence on Instagram.
Sale of ARAG Lebensversicherungs-AG: ownership control proceedings
The ownership control proceedings have been successfully completed. Frankfurter Leben can now purchase 92 percent of shares in ARAG Leben from ARAG SE.
ARAG Group reports further strong premium gains and a substantial increase in profits
ARAG Annual Press Conference 2017: ARAG Group posts stable growth once again, with a 4.4 percent increase in premium revenue
Change of Leadership in the Sales Department of the ARAG Group
Dr. Johannes Kathan to retire. Dr. Matthias Maslaton to assume his duties
ARAG Expands its Program of School Sponsorship Projects
The family-owned enterprise is expanding the scope of its social engagement in the field of school mediation to include the state of Bavaria.
ARAG realigns its business under the influence of the persistent low-interest phase
The ARAG Group of Düsseldorf is realigning its corporate structure and focusing on the composite and health insurance segments, which have been growing for many years.
ARAG launches operations in Canada
The ARAG Group continues to pursue its international expansion strategy. The Düsseldorf family-owned enterprise has now launched operations in Canada with the newly founded ARAG Services Corporation.
2016 ARAG School Mediation Conference in Düsseldorf
Conference participants, most of whom are school principals, teachers and school social workers from various types of schools in North Rhine-Westphalia, are invited to take part in one of ten workshops on the subject of “Intercultural Conflict Management & Mediation”.
The ARAG Group: The dynamic positive growth trend continues
Annual Press Conference 2016: The ARAG Group presented itself in excellent shape in 2015.
Experts sound the alarm: “Cyberbullying is the ticking time bomb in the Internet”
An international trend: increasingly young victims, the workplace severely affected as well, schools facing increasing pressure, government challenged to react.
ARAG SE Earns “Best Risk Management” Award
The 2016 portfolio institutionell Awards jury honors ARAG’s holistic approach
ARAG Updates its Logo
ARAG SE enters the spring of 2016 with a revised logo and a new communication campaign.
ARAG supports film competition on the theme ”Cyberbullying-Civil Courage Pays Off“
Award ceremony on the 22nd of february 2016 at the Ministry for Education and Schools
ARAG awarded BaFin approval for its internal risk capital model
The Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin) has approved and certified the internal risk capital model for the ARAG Group under Solvency II.
ARAG Begins Work on the “Digital Risks Survey”
What effects does cyberbullying have in different countries, and how do people in the countries in question deal with them? These are only a few of the questions addressed in the first international comparative study entitled "ARAG Digital Risks Survey – View on Cyberbullying Prevention"
ARAG Group Earns the InnoWard Education Award
The Bildungsnetzwerk Versicherungswirtschaft (Insurance Industry Education Network, BWV) has honored the ARAG INTandem Program with the InnoWard for 2015.
ARAG to Expand its Scandinavian Business
Award for the ARAG Group Annual Report
The Annual Report for 2014 of the ARAG Group of Düsseldorf was honored as “Silver Winner Worldwide” in the insurance industry within the context of this year’s LACP Vision Awards.
ARAG’s continuing success confirmed by growth and earnings gains in 2014
ARAG demonstrated considerable agility and a very healthy constitution in 2014. Fiscal year 2015 has progressed in a promising and dynamic manner.
ARAG SE: Redemption of subordinated bond issue/dividend announcement
ARAG SE, Düsseldorf, gives notice to entirely exercise redemption of the subordinated bearer bond issued in 2005.
ARAG is the Largest Sponsor of the New Sport Safety Foundation “Stiftung Sicherheit im Sport”
Together with highly respected partners as the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), ARAG is seeking to enhance sport accident research and accident prevention in Germany.
Dr. Renko Dirksen joins the Executive Board of ARAG SE
Dr. Renko Dirksen (38) has been appointed by the Supervisory Board of ARAG SE to the Group Executive Board.
Project Sponsored by ARAG: Sucessful Launch of the “Conflict Management at Schools in North Rhine- Westphalia”
ARAG SE continues to demonstrate its commitment to social responsibility and has now stepped up its funding support for CSR activities. ARAG developed the innovative "Conflict Management at Schools" project, which was successfully launched at 21 schools in North Rhine-Westphalia in March 2014.
ARAG SE: Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender to stay on as Chairman of the Board for five more years
The Supervisory Board of ARAG SE has extended the appointment of Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender as Chairman and CEO for five more years effective 4 July 2015.
Promoting Greater Independence for Children and Youth
ARAG SE continues to demonstrate social responsibility. The Düsseldorf-based family enterprise is now providing funding support for the DKJS in the field of digital education.
ARAC plc achieves a hat-trick with three industry awards in two weeks
ARAG's UK subsidiary ARAG plc named "Personal Injury Insurance Provider of the Year", "Legal Expences Team of the Year" and "Underwriting Service Awards Team of the Year".
"The realignment of the ARAG Group has not slowed our growth. In fact, our business has progressed even more favorably than we predicted - especially in terms of earnings," explained Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, CEO of the ARAG Group.
Success Formula for Jogi's Boys
ARAG mathematicians predict the winner of the FIFA World Team Cup 2014 using a special formula developed by themselves: Germany will win - closely followed by Brazil.
ARAG Group Sets Sights on Growth in Spain
ARAG SE is buying the direct, brokered legal insurance business of DEPSA.
Extensive German study on bullying and cyberbullying among adults
Bullying and cyberbullying are not confined to young people and the school environment. Adults are affected as well - at work or in the Internet.
ARAG wins JUVE AWARD
JUVE AWARD for inurance group ARAG: The Legal Department was named "In-house team of the year for regulated industries."
International Graduate Trainee Program
ARAG SE launched an international graduate trainee program on 1 July 2013.
“From the standpoint of our shareholders, Fiscal Year 2012 was the most successful year in the history of ARAG within the Group structure established in 2003”, noted Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, CEO of the ARAG Group, at the Annual Press Conference.
Germany's Largest Study on Cyberlife
ARAG supports the most extensive study of cyberlife ever conducted in Germany, in which more than 10,000 parents, teachers and pupils participated.
ARAG expands business operations in Scandinavia
ARAG increased its interest in HELP Forsikring from the present 44.8 percent to more than 90 percent and aims to become the sole shareholder within yearend.
Largest Study on Cyberlife
The "Bündnis gegen Cybermobbing e.V".and ARAG jointly conduct the largest German study on Cyberlife und Cyberbullying.
ARAG Allgemeine: Board Member Christian Vogée heads Sports Insurance
Christian Vogée has been appointed as head of the unit “Sports Insurance by the Supervisory Board of ARAG Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG.
ARAG with New Branch Structure
The Düsseldorf-based insurance group ARAG has successfully completed a cross-border merger of six of its European units.
ARAG Ranks First in a Study on Comprehensibility
ARAG ranks ahead of its competitors when it comes to the comprehensibility of product and customer information according to a study.
Klaus Heiermann appointed as Chief Representative, ARAG SE
Klaus Heiermann (47) has been appointed as Chief Representative of ARAG SE effective 1 January 2013.
New Board Member for
ARAG Allgemeine / Interlloyd
The Supervisory Boards of ARAG Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG and Interlloyd AG have appointed Wolfgang Mathmann (45) to the Executive Board effective 1 January 2013.
Award for excellence: ARAG named “Insurance Provider of the Year” in UK
Press release: The industry journal Claims Magazine has named ARAG’s UK subsidiary ARAG plc. “Insurance Provider of the Year.”
“The ARAG Group is growing, earning good money while the financial markets remain in a crisis mode and still has solid capital backing,” noted Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, Chairman of the ARAG Board of Management, with respect to the Group’s business development at the Annual Press Conference.
ARAG Life und ARAG Health appoint new Management Board members
The Supervisory Boards of ARAG Lebensversicherungs-AG and ARAG Krankenversicherungs-AG have appointed two new members to the Management Board: Dr. Roland Schäfer and Renko Dirksen.
ARAG expands business operations in Scandinavia: New legal insurance market opened in Sweden
The Norwegian legal insurer HELP Forsikring AS, an associate company of the ARAG Group of Düsseldorf, commences business operations in Sweden in May.
ARAG SE: Redistribution of responsibilities within the Management Board
The Supervisory Board of ARAG SE has approved a new management structure and a redistribution of responsibilities within the Group Management Board. The current...
ARAG Rechtsschutz now ARAG SE
ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG has now completed the process of transformation into a “Societas Europaea” (SE).
ARAG North America rated among the Best Places to Work in the insurance sector
ARAG North America has been selected for the third consecutive time as one of the „Best Places to Work in Insurance“
ARAG Rechtsschutz to adopt a branch structure
“A phase of intense implementation work has now begun for the ARAG Group. We are adapting our national and international corporate structure to meet the challenges of the future,” explains Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender.
ARAG Austria: Supervisory Board Appoints New CEO
Dr. Matthias Effinger (40), presently CEO of the ARAG Group’s Belgian subsidiary, has been appointed by the supervisory board of ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG Austria to the management board of the company.
ARAG's New Brand Strategy
Over the course of the past decade, the Düsseldorf insurance group has undergone an extensive change process and is now redefining its brand position accordingly.
“In recent years, the ARAG Group has shed its role as a niche provider”, said Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender.
David Murray appointed President and CEO of ARAG North America
Effective 17 February 2011, David Murray (43) has been appointed
President and CEO of ARAG North America, based in Des Moines, Iowa.
He succeeds Cameron Sutton, who recently retired.
ARAG Rechtsschutz Plans Conversion
ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG has initiated the process of converting to a “Societas Europeae (SE). The Management Board has approved the corresponding conversion plan. The operational holding company of the ARAG Group is to be reincorporated as an SE in the course of 2011.
Annual Report Press Conference
Annual Report Press Conference 2010 - Income from normal business activity doubles - Group shows moderate but solid growth - International business and health insurance continue to grow
ARAG trims its portfolio with the sale of INTERIURA International AG
The ARAG Group has decided to sell INTERIURA International AG, its subsidiary specialising in international claims settlement and services, to the Dutch firm CED International B.V.
Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender reappointed Chairman of the Board Management for another five-year term
The Supervisory Board of ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG has reappointed Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender (63) to another five-year term as Chairman of the Board of Management effective 4 July 2010.
ARAG ranked among the Best Employers in the US Insurance Sector
The American subsidiary of the ARAG Group ranks among the most attractive employers in the US insurance market: ARAG North America is one of 33 companies that have been selected in a nationwide study as “Best places to Work in Insurance”.
On Track for Success: First Legal Insurance Group Contract in Norway
HELP Forsikring AS of Norway, a partly owned subsidiary of the Düsseldorf-based ARAG Group, has concluded a group legal insurance contract with Industri Energi.
Annual Report Press Conference 2009
“Although the collapse of global financial markets has affected us as well, the ARAG Group has demonstrated its strength over the course of the crisis,” noted Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, Chairman of the ARAG Board of Management, with regard to developments during business year 2008 at the presentation of the Group’s annual financial statements.
ARAG Slovenia celebrates its 5th anniversary
ARAG Slovenia launched business operations at its headquarters in Ljubljana in May 2004. During the past five years, the fully-owned subsidiary of ARAG Austria has established itself as a legal insurance specialist in the Slovenian insurance market and now maintains a portfolio of over 57,000 policies.
Hanno Petersen named head of Underwriting/Services
At a meeting held today, the Supervisory Board of ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG named Hanno Petersen (41) to the position of Director, Underwriting/Services.
Rapid Rise in the Incidence of Labor-Related Legal Disputes in Europe
The progressively worsening economic situation has triggered a rapid rise in the incidence of legal disputes between enterprises and their employees.
ARAG continues to expand in the UK
The British subsidiary of the ARAG Group acquires the family and commercial legal expenses portfolio from Capita Assistance, a division of Capita Insurance Services of London.
ARAG Group on course for growth in Great Britain
ARAG plc., the British branch subsidiary of the ARAG Group, acquired ATE Limited effective 12 March 2009.
Chief Risk Officer appointed to the ARAG Board of Management
Dr. Joerg Schwarze (43) has been appointed to the Board of Management by the Board of Supervisors of ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG.
Vienna Insurance Group and ARAG Group
Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) and ARAG Allgemeine Rechtsschutz-Versicherungs-AG have signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation in the legal protection business.
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Israel's Netanyahu condemns the attack on Congress
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President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) at the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack on Congress, which came as it was certifying the Electoral College vote for Joe Biden, and stressed that American democracy will prevail.
Why it matters: Netanyahu, who has been President Trump’s most loyal ally among world leaders, delivered the statement at the top of his meeting in Jerusalem with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. The prime minister neither criticized Trump nor referred to him directly.
Between the lines: Netanyahu usually responds quickly to world events but waited for more than 12 hours before commenting on events at the U.S. Capitol.
He also waited hours to congratulate Biden after U.S. television networks had called the election.
Israel defense minister Benny Gantz condemned the attack on the Capitol shortly after it took place and foreign minister Gabi Ashkenazi condemned it within a few hours.
What they are saying: Netanyahu said that he was always inspired by American democracy and stressed that violence is the opposite of American and Israeli values.
“The rampage of the Capitol building in Washington was a disgraceful act, and it must be condemned. I have no doubt that the American democracy will prevail”, Netanyahu said.
Mnuchin also condemned the attack on the Capitol as “unacceptable,” adding: “Now is the time to respect the democratic process”.
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Netanyahu attempts Hail Mary on settlements before Biden inauguration
Netanyahu will be disappointed to see Trump wave goodbye. Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to execute a “Hail Mary” decision to legalize dozens of illegal settler outposts deep in the West Bank one day before Biden’s inauguration. He failed.
Why it matters: The mass legalization of outposts would have been a highly provocative step, broadening Israeli control over land in the West Bank and further reducing the chances of a future peace deal with the Palestinians.
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World leaders react to "new dawn in America" under Biden administration
President Biden reacts delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
World leaders have pledged to work with President Biden on issues including the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, with many praising his move to begin the formal process for the U.S. to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement.
The big picture: Several leaders noted the swift shift from former President Trump's "America First" policy to Biden's action to re-engage with the world and rebuild alliances.
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Pelosi: Trump could be "accessory" to murder over deadly insurrection
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President Trump could be an "accessory" to murder in regards to the deadly Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told MSNBC Tuesday night.
Why it matters: Trump faced intense criticism after a crowd of his supporters breached the Capitol and broke into chambers, including Pelosi’s office. Five people died as a result of the insurrection.
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Review: LIES, The London Theatre
Lara Domke June 28, 2018 Off West EndReviewsTheatre100 views
A performance about the performance of a performance.
In LIES a murder case is interwoven in a theatrical event: a merge of a staged story and a real event. The versions of the witnesses’ involved are juxtaposed with the performed, mediated narration represented in front of the audience.
The frame of a staged show before and after and in the middle of the action is thematised in LIES. The two performers, Peter Stevens and Samantha Lock, play themselves debating about the authenticity of being in front of an audience and delivering a dramatic show by following the director’s instruction. Throughout the show they embody various roles in a murder case by stepping outside and inside of the staged event, the interrogation in front of the police, in front of the self and in front of the momentary audience. The concept of lying is thus challenged as a retelling of an event perceived through different eyes and approached within the staged story in front of an audience. Where is the line between authenticity and truth and pretence, representation and lie? LIES is an exploration about that grey area.
Written and directed by Yuqun Fan, LIES is the first production of the emerging theatre company Lost Chapters Theatre and performed at The London Theatre in New Cross. Lost Chapters Theatre was founded by RADA’s MA Text and Performance graduates Fan and Jane Ryan, who took on the role of the dramaturg in this production.
The most intriguing idea that LIES has to offer is the deconstruction of the promise of resolution in the stories we encounter: beginning, middle and end. The idea that there is no such thing as exposition, climax and closure is irritating, unsettling and surprising. Even though it is not a subversive approach to theatre considering the performative turn in the 1960s, it still is effective and triggers discussions. The wondering if an interval only delays the desired yet needed end of the performed story or if the performance may continue in the bar of The London Theatre, motivates the audience to stay and think a little longer. It is a strong ending even when it eludes this term.
However, the unravelling of various layers of the show LIES, cannot cover the fact that the ambitious attempt of the show lacks in its telling and staging. The absence of a clear focus confuses the audience instead of inspiring them to pick up the pieces: is it an unmasking of the theatrical event? An exploration within the area of possible versions of a truth? The dismantling of the judgmental term lies? Or perhaps a criticism of the staging of events in society?
LIES is not about solving a murder case but about staging the story of the event while unmasking the frame of its delivery as a performance. The openness of its reading is promising and turns the audience in active participator. Nevertheless, they need to be guided through the creative journey of its makers to no not get lost in the mixture of various aspects, layers and thoughts. A precise communication of the shared story is needed to turn LIES into the clear, but open image of the thought-provoking and inspiring show it can become.
The details and various layers of LIES present a kaleidoscope of different stories yet to be explored. The storyline did not achieve its purpose of a deep investigation of performing, bending facts and perceiving differently. The use of the polygraph was unnecessary for the debate about questioning the one and single truth and/or the physical and psychological state of the interviewee influencing the black/white picture of performing a version aka truth or lie. In the case of its importance for that dichotomy, it needs to play a bigger role in the process otherwise it seems distracting within. Furthermore, the rapid light changes represent shifts of narrational viewpoints and the merge of event and re-telling, but its execution irritates and blocks the audience from the immersion in the staged scenes. If the constant wake up call of seeing a performance is desired, then this needs to be presented more direct, braver and clearer. For now, the recapturing of the three versions appears to be between a self-conscious attempt of the performer to be immersed within the staged scene, and the unmasking of staging representations. Additionally, it has to be considered that staged self-consciousness is still a performance and endangers to turn the show into a lecture about the concept of theatricality.
LIES shows great potential and a passionate urge to dismantle the very essence of theatricality on and offstage , media and daily life. It is a work-in-progress show that needs to specify its subject matter and tune its delivery in order to communicate its artistic and academic ambition precisely. LIES offers the opportunity to explore momentariness and self-consciousness within a staged show. Nevertheless, LIES reaches the audience to think, debate and question the theatrical event by challenging the expectations of the Londoner theatre-goer.
LIES played at The London Theatre until 27 June
Photo: Lost Chapters Theatre
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I recently had the opportunity to talk to Dr. John Basarab who’s doing some interesting work in genomic testing of livestock herds at the University of Alberta. The idea is to improve on the quality of breeding stock by using science to ensure that the best qualities of a sire and a female are brought together to strengthen the breed. A lot of this work is still at an early stage, but I asked John if the work he’s doing could be applied to the horse racing industry.
“Oh, absolutely,” he told me. “Horse racing breeders study pedigrees to determine which stallion to breed to which mare to produce horses that are bred for such things as speed, distance, and size. What we’re doing is identifying bits of DNA that are passed on to the next generation that result in failure to conceive. Maybe it’s failure to conceive, maybe it’s early embryonic death loss. Can you imagine if we could identify those regions of the genome that are associated with that infertility and we could identify that in young females before any mating occurs. It would save a lot of time and money. That’s a future area of research but we’ll find the answers.”
Breeding, of course, involves a number of costs that are incurred long before a foal is born. Last year in Alberta, of 311 mares that were bred, only 181 foals were registered. That’s about 57%. The industry average over the past five years isn’t much better. And the challenge isn’t only in Alberta. The horse supply problem is industry-wide across North America. More mares in foal is only one part of the solution. More productivity of the mares that are here now is also a part of the solution. Perhaps, as it matures and develops, genomic testing will be an important part of the future.
Which is a bit of a roundabout way of getting to this year’s annual ASHA Yearling Sale set for Sunday, September 10th at the Olds Regional Exhibition Megadome. A total of 71 yearlings are to be auctioned. There are 25 stallions registered this year in the Alberta Sire Stakes program which means that their foals that are paid into the program have additional value because they can compete in the added money events that are only available to Alberta bred foals. There are 18 consignors to the sale. Meridian Farms has the largest consignment with 16 yearlings. Al Neurauter has nine and Surdale Farms of Kelowna has eight.
Custard The Dragon is the most prominent sire with eight colts, two geldings and eleven fillies in the sale. Vertical Horizon is well represented with six colts and seven fillies. Mystery Chase has five colts and five fillies. Riverboat King has four colts and five fillies. Given the opportunities presented by artificial insemination, there are also individual foals from such out of province sires as Sportswriter and Sunfire Blue Chip. There’s also a Sunshine Beach filly in the sale. Sunshine Beach is owned by a syndicate which includes Edmonton’s Diane Bertrand. He is standing this year at Seelster Farm in Lucan, Ontario.
“I’m hoping we have a good sale,” breeders committee chair, Connie Kolthammer, told me. “It’s a tough business. I’m hoping that with Century Mile coming on stream next year that we can get to the point of a healthy and sustainable industry here in the province. It’s really important that we continue to try and attract new owners and breeders to our sport so that we can continue to grow the racing business. That’s another part of the process of improving horse supply in our industry.”
Among first time consignors to the ASHA Yearling Sale is Lynda Atkinson, who runs a 600-acre operation near Quesnel, BC. A long time breeder of Morgan horses, Atkinson has expanded into the Standardbred ranks and has acquired the sire, Test Flight, from Bill Andrew of Meridian Farms.
“I really like the Alberta system,” she told me. “It’s well organized, ASHA staff communicate well with us and it’s a little easier to get to Olds in September than to the BC yearling sale in Langley in November, from where I live. The fact that I have a couple of yearlings which are Alberta foaled and BC bred means they are eligible for Sire Stakes in both provinces. I think that gives them added value, given the complementary scheduling of racing dates in Alberta and BC.”
Also consigning to the sale for the first time is Angelique Currie from Langley BC, and Jane Grainger from Regina. Dr. Larry Hanson of Regina, who’s been a long time seller at the Alberta Sale, is back again this year with four yearlings. It speaks to the notion that growing the number of breeders is not restricted to Alberta. If the financial strength of the industry improves in this province, buyers are going to have more money and more incentive to make an investment. Alberta has a strong Sire Stakes program and a solid administration structure in place. It stands to reason that breeders from across western Canada are going to want to be a part of that.
“Those breed bonuses and foal incentives are really important to breeders,” says Atkinson. “In this business, we’re price takers, not price setters. We basically have to accept the buyer’s price for our yearlings, unless we want to start setting reserve prices for them. We think we know what a yearling is worth but the clearest valuation comes from the market.”
Of special note are three yearlings which have been raised by 4-H club members as part of their learning experience. Madisen Groves has Hip #26, Queenoftheriver, Sierra MacDonald has Hip #38, HF White Lightning and Dayton Rickard has Hip #33, Ceia Lata Alagata. This is Sierra’s second year in the program. She’s raised her filly for Colleen Haining of Clive, AB. Dayton has acted for long time owners and breeders, Bryan and Cheryl Brook of Leduc. Madisen has worked hard with her filly on behalf of Amanda Barron of Trochu, AB. It is the first year that Madisen and Dayton have been involved. The 4-H members spend several months with the yearlings, learning to care for them and preparing them for the sale. They share in the proceeds from the auction.
As well, Hip #54, June Morning, is offered for sale under the auspices of the Let The Sun Shine program, organized by Bill Andrew at Meridian Farms. Proceeds from the sale of this yearling will be divided among five charities. The initiative has raised about $34,000 to non profit/charity groups in its first two years of operation.
Sale catalogues have been distributed to ASHA members. They’re also available from the ASHA office in Airdrie, AB. The sale is set for 2:30 pm Sunday, Sept. 10th, at the Olds Regional Exhibition Megadome. Previews go Saturday evening, 6-9 PM and doors open Sunday morning at 10 AM.
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Examining Ibrutinib as Secondline Therapy for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease
On August 2, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor ibrutinib as a secondline treatment for adult patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD), making it the first FDA-approved therapy for this indication.
The FDA’s decision was based on data from an open-label, multicenter, phase Ib/II trial of patients with cGVHD whose disease had not responded to at least one systemic corticosteroid-based therapy. In a study published in Blood, David Miklos, MD, PhD, from Stanford Cancer Institute at Stanford University in California, and colleagues reported the safety and efficacy results of this single-arm trial, in which nearly three-quarters of patients with active cGVHD had a sustained response to ibrutinib.
The high frequency of sustained responses was accompanied by “meaningful reductions” or discontinuation in corticosteroid use, the authors reported.
The investigators enrolled 42 patients (median age = 56 years; range = 19-74 years) who had cGVHD after undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation for a variety of underlying malignancies. Patients had received a median of two prior regimens (range = 1-3 regimens). Mouth and skin were the most frequently involved organs, and 36 patients (85%) had evidence of cGVHD in two or more organs.
Based on results from the phase I, dose-finding portion of the study, patients received ibrutinib 420 mg daily until cGVHD progression. At last follow-up, 12 patients (29%) were still receiving ibrutinib, and 30 (71%) had discontinued treatment (most commonly due to adverse events [AEs; n=14], cGVHD progression [n=5], or patient decision [n=6]). Treatment duration ranged from 5.6 to 24.9 months for the 12 patients who continued treatment.
Response was assessed according to the National Institutes of Health’s cGVHD criteria every 12 weeks.
At a median follow-up of 13.9 months (range = 0.5-24.9 months), 28 patients responded to treatment, for an overall response rate (ORR) of 67 percent, including:
9 patients with a complete response (21%)
19 patients with a partial response (45%)
7 patients with stable disease (17%)
2 patients with progressive disease (5%)
Five patients discontinued treatment and left the study before a 12-week response assessment. When these patients were excluded from the analysis, the ORR increased to 76 percent.
The investigators observed similar response rates among all patients, regardless of organ involvement.
Of the 28 responders, 20 (71%) had a sustained response for ≥20 weeks (the study’s primary endpoint). “This cGVHD study is the first to report sustained response as an efficacy endpoint,” the authors noted. “This endpoint is clinically relevant because [patients with] cGVHD generally require therapy for an extended period and short-term responses do not allow for resolution of disabling symptoms or tapering of corticosteroids.”
Median corticosteroid dose in responders decreased from 0.29 mg/kg/day (range = 0.06-1.30 mg/kg/day) at baseline to 0.12 mg/kg/day (range = 0.0-0.18 mg/kg/day) at week 49. Additionally, five responders could completely discontinue corticosteroids during response to ibrutinib treatment, and 26 patients (62%) tapered down to a corticosteroid dose of <0.15 mg/kg/day. “Our results suggest that ibrutinib may have a steroid-sparing effect, which could reduce the morbidity associated with long-term corticosteroid use,” the authors explained.
The most common treatment-emergent AEs (reported in ≥10% of patients) included fatigue (n=24), diarrhea (n=15), muscle spasms (n=12), nausea (n=11), and bruising (n=10), most of which were grade 1 or 2. The most common grade ≥3 AEs were pneumonia (n=6), fatigue (n=5), and diarrhea (n=4).
Any-grade infectious complications were reported in 29 patients (69%), including 15 (36%) grade ≥3 events.
Two patients had a relapse of their underlying malignancy (one with acute lymphocytic leukemia and one with prolymphocytic leukemia). AEs led to dose reductions in 13 patients (31%) and treatment discontinuation in 14 patients (33%).
Seven patients died during the study. Two deaths were related to AEs (multilobular pneumonia and bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) while the patients were on ibrutinib; the other five deaths occurred after the patients discontinued ibrutinib.
In an accompanying exploratory biomarker analysis, the researchers found that pro-inflammatory, chemotactic, and fibrotic factors (including the cGVHD-associated biomarkers IFNγ, TNFα, IP-10, and CXCL9) decreased following ibrutinib therapy, “suggesting that ibrutinib could be impacting resolution of allogeneic inflammation at the cellular level,” the authors explained.
The study was limited by its single-arm design and small patient population. The authors added that a randomized, controlled trial comparing upfront treatment with ibrutinib or high-dose steroids in patients with cGVHD is underway.
The study was supported by Pharmacyclics LLC, a subsidiary of AbbVie (the manufacturers of ibrutinib).
The authors report financial support from Pharmacyclics LLC.
Miklos D, Cutler CS, Arora M, et al. Ibrutinib for chronic graft-versus-host disease after failure of prior therapy. Blood. 2017 September 18. [Epub ahead of print]
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Letter: Stop the suffering
Joe Farrell wrote that Krabloonik gets a bad rap and claimed that Krabloonik is “a source of education for a noble piece of history” (“Krabloonik gets a bad rap,” Jan. 1, The Aspen Times). The actual history of sled dogs is brutal, bloody and not noble for the animals or the humans who abused them.
Arctic people needed dogs to survive the harsh environment, but they did not consider them to be animals — they were treated as equipment. They were not fed or sheltered, and if they did not obey they were brutally punished. When the European fur traders arrived, they used dogs to pull sleds, and they were even more violent toward the dogs (see http://www.tworiversak.com). I couldn’t even read the whole article — dogs beaten that badly probably couldn’t survive, so maybe the beating was to give an example to the other dogs to terrify them. The Europeans seemed to think that dogs who wouldn’t pull were being stubborn, but maybe they were too tired, starved or injured to get up.
Sled dogs were essential to polar expeditions. Roald Amundsen started his trek to the South Pole with 86 dogs who were run to death or shot and eaten along the way. In an article in National Geographic, Amundsen admitted to how badly he treated the dogs (nationalgeographic.com).
The serum run to save Nome was the inspiration for the Iditarod race. The original run was a relay, so no dog ran the thousand miles that they must run in the Iditarod. Dogs died in the relay, but they delivered life-saving medicine. In the early days of the Iditarod, hundreds of dogs died, and many more suffered serious injury. So in honor of the hero dogs who saved Nome, modern sled dogs are killed or injured in a sporting event .
There are models of dog breeding and training such as the Monks of New Skete that use trust and mutual respect to raise and train working dogs. The monks breed German shepherds for many demanding jobs, and yet they do not need to use fear or beating. The Krabloonik dogs are pulling sleds, not working in military or law enforcement, not pulling a wheelchair or leading the blind. How can the mushers believe that sled dogs must be trained by being beaten?
The pictures of Krabloonik dogs look more like the fundraising ads for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or the yards where fighting pit bulls are chained to huts. When those dogs are found, they are immediately rescued, but Krabloonik dogs are still suffering while the legal process crawls along. How long will the Aspen and Snowmass community look away instead of coming to the rescue? Is help on the way?
Joyce Meredith
City of Aspen
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===Three Days Before=== This morning is different from the others. Today dawned with a gloomy, discontinuous rain. It is as if the sky is crying because it is going to part with the sun; the lonely rain makes people depressed as well. I awaken Professor and prepare her breakfast after that. But today, for some reason, I accidentally charred part of the egg, I wonder why. On this unusual morning, Professor said some unusual things as well. “Iris, erm……” While walking out of the arc entrance, Professor looks back at me from the place where the courtyard connects to the streets outside. “What is it, Professor?” “After I come home today, I have something important to tell you.” “Something…… important?” Professor nods while holding her umbrella. Her expression looks very calm, but also lonely at the same time. I ask “What is the matter?” and raise the umbrella slightly higher, looking at Professor’s face. “I’ll tell you after I come home. Yeah, after dinner.” “I really don't like it when you act mysterious like this!” “Heh heh heh. Mnn, it isn’t anything bad. How should I put it…… Ah, you could say that it’s a present?” I cry out loud “That’s great!” and raise the umbrella even higher. “Wha- what are you giving me!? I want a marriage application with Professor!” “Don’t talk nonsense. Ah, but, marriage application huh……. It does have the meaning of ‘eternal happiness’.” “Huh? Eternal!? Wha- what is with this!?” “I’ll tell you when I get back. Be a good girl 'til then” “Understood! Professor’s Iris will be a very very good girl today too!” “Then I'm off.” Professor starts to walk. “Take care on the road! Come home earlier!” Without turning her head back, Professor waves her right hand lightly. The blue umbrella is just like a lightly painted water color drawing, losing its focus in the raindrops and becoming foggy. Professor vanishes just like that after going around the corner. The rain starts to get heavier. I run back to the doorstep. For some reason, I suddenly have a feeling of someone pulling my hair, so I turn around to have a look before entering the house. There isn’t anyone at the arc door. <span style="font-size: 300%;"><center>♠</center></span> This afternoon, I complete the housework and my task of recharging myself. After that, I start to study hard on the sofa. This book is called ‘New: Basic Theory of Robot Engineering’, and I borrowed this from Professor’s collection of books. Professor is a young beauty with an exceptional figure, but her bookshelves are full of academic books, without even a trace of books related to fashion. By the way, I’m reading the chapter ‘Emotions and Expression of Robots’ in the book. The theme of the chapter tells of how the ‘emotions’ borne from the mental circuit of a robot would affect the ‘expression’ that is expressed by the artificial skin on their faces. Humans usually laugh when they’re happy and cry when they’re sad. However, it is different with robots. If a special mental circuit is not built in, robots would not have ‘emotions;’ if their artificial skins and muscles are not modified by a technician with considerable skill, the robots would not be able to convey their ‘expressions’ either. In addition, human expressions are very complicated. Just the action of ‘laughing,’ there’s the heh heh laugh, the ho ho laugh, a gentle smile, a sweet smile, a silly laugh and so on, and there are a lot of differences between the expressions. Human expressions can be categorized into about a few hundred; only by making subtle changes to the mental circuit, robots can convey expressions that are lifelike. Hence, the facial expression and language recognition software are the best and the most expensive ones in the robot market. The price of expression software would sometimes be even higher than the price of the robot itself. I have the latest version of the expression software installed on me. I am thankful to Professor for letting me laugh and cry, fly into a temper, throw a tantrum and so on. I close the book that I was reading. It is now five forty five in the evening. Professor will be back soon. I should prepare dinner now. However. Over an hour passed, and it is now seven thirteen at night. — Professor is so slow…… Professor isn’t back yet. She’s late for about one hour, thirteen minutes and twenty one seconds. The pot in the kitchen is filled with today’s dinner— Laulyl styled butter stew, and it’ll just need a slight heating up. — it’s so strange. Professor would contact me every time she comes home. Even so, I haven’t received any messages from her today. I feel like calling Professor’s phone, but she reminded me before not to call her when she’s at work. I impatiently stared at the hands of the clock on the wall. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Professor isn’t back yet. Tick-tock, Tick-tock. I finished all the housework. Tick-tock, tick-tock. Not back yet, not back yet? The second hand turned in a circle, two circles, three circles— At the instant when the seventh circle arrives. Trriiiiiing, triiiiiing…… The phone in the corridor starts to ring. — it’s Professor! I run to the corridor like a spring, jumping onto the receiver of the phone. “Hello, sorry for the wait! This is the Umbrella residence!” I wait for the answer of the opposing party with a pounding heart. “Sorry for calling so late. This is the First Robotics Laboratory of Oval University.” A male voice is coming from the other side of the phone. The First Robotics Laboratory would be where Professor works. Learning that he isn’t Professor, I couldn’t help but feel disappointed, but I still answer calmly. “I am Wendy von Umbrella’s robot. My master is not here at the moment, so please leave a message if you wish to contact her.”<!-- This is tricky - in JP, she would be speaking of her uchi to the caller so would use just the surname. In EN, she would likely refer to the Prof. the same way all the time. But I don't want to lose the butlerish formality, so will go with 'my master' which is technically incorrect, but 'my mistress' has too many unsavory alternate meanings in current EN to be used here. -s_s--> I answer in the tone of a machine. After a moment’s silence, the man says in a low voice: “I am Professor Umbrella’s assistant, Ralph Ciel.” The sensitivity of my auditory function increased sharply. “Is that so. Thanks for taking care of my master all this time.” “…… about Professor Umbrella.” “Yes.” — it’s strange. Goosebumps appear on my skin at that moment. Why has this person called here specially? If he wanted to look for Professor, he could just call her own phone. Uneasiness and fear crawl on my back like bugs. “E- erm!” Therefore, I can’t help but ask, “Did something happen to Professor!?” He hesitated for a moment, then says in a determined voice. The sharp weapon of truth pierces into my ears. “Professor Umbrella has died in an accident.” —? What. Happened— What? Think, World, Everything is— “— hello, hello hello!?” The sound of someone talking is coming from the receiver. — guest. I wonder how much time passed. — a guest. The electronic voice called me again and again. — there’s a guest at the door. That moment, I finally came to my senses. “…… Ah?” There is something touching my leg. I look down, only to see the swaying receiver knocking lightly on my leg. — ahhh. My fingers start to move. —that’s right. —Professor……. The lost memories surface from the depths of my consciousness. —because of an accident…… —there was a phone call. A terrible phone call. —died. —there’s a guest. Please greet them immediately. Because of the electronic voice urging me, I start to walk. Almost like I am running away from here, I walk step by step down the stairs, opening the door. Reached the outside. <span style="font-size: 300%;"><center>♠</center></span> Outside, it already sank into the total darkness of night time. I walk to the arch door, seeing a black car parked on the road in front of the door. Outside the driver’s seat, a man wearing a suit and a pained expression on his face is standing there. The man is still young, but his face is a sickly white, and his cheeks are sunken like an old man. I call to him, then he leaves the body of the car that he was leaning against just now in surprise, proclaiming that he is the assistant, Ralph Ciel. He’s the person who gave me the terrible phone call. “You’re Miss Iris Rain Umbrella…… huh?” Ralph says in a low voice. I nod silently. After that, the door of the car opens silently. Because of Ralph’s urgings, I sit down on the seat beside the driver’s seat.<!-- Does she call him 'Ralph' here? - that's pretty odd for a servant robot to somebody she just met --> I did not ask where we are going. <span style="font-size: 300%;"><center>♠</center></span> While sitting in the car, I look out the windows with unfocused eyes. The neon lights in the Commercial Street are casting thin rays of lights like fallen meteorites, falling away from me gradually. Ralph says nothing. If you say that he’s not talking because he’s worried about me, it’s more like he doesn’t have the energy to speak. The more pressing problem is that the only common topic between us is Professor, but if we were to speak of her, we could not avoid coming up against the terrible news again. After about ten minutes, the car reaches the hospital. I step down from the car, staring at the white building greeting us in the night skies. Ralph brought me to the basement entrance of the hospital. We underwent quite a few security checks on our way, in the hall and the elevator, and our IDs and other items were inspected. After knowing that I’m Professor’s robot, some people stared at me with a curious expression. The room is at the end of a corridor at B4 level. Pushing open the door that has a sign of ‘cold storage’ on it, I can see a round capsule-like box that is about two meters long at the center of the room. According to Ralph, Professor’s body is kept in the white box. Before opening the box, Ralph explains the ‘incident’ simply. This morning, Professor was in the seventh dissection analysis lab on twelfth floor, performing a ‘judicial dissection.’ Quite a lot of rampage incidents like this have happened recently, and these robots are repeatedly sent to the lab. At this time, I recall the robot that went on a rampage at the Venus Fountain Plaza. “The incident happened about thirty minutes after dissection started.” Ralph licks his dry lips and continues. After the robot was brought to the dissection analysis room, Professor and Ralph’s group started to dissect him. The dissection proceeded well for half an hour, and at that moment that the accident occurred. The robot suddenly rebooted, stood up and started to go on a rampage. Though his battery level was rather low, he still rebooted for unknown reasons. Before they managed to use the emergency laser gun, the robot broke down the massive walls of the dissection analysis room with a power unimaginable to humans in normal conditions. “Professor Umbrella was the nearest person at that moment. …… Since all of that happened all of a sudden, Professor didn’t have the time to run away, so the robot—“ Professor’s abdomen was pierced through. Professor is dead. After that, the robot was overwhelmed with laser gun. And here we are. The white lid of the capsule opens like a flower blooming, then her body appears before me. “Pro- fessor……” I stagger towards Professor, who is lying inside, like a sleepwalker. Professor’s face has lost its usual color, but looks very peaceful, as if she is sleeping. Even so, a stain of blood can still be seen at the corner of her mouth. The red blood stuck to her chest and her belly looks very strange in stark contrast with her white face, so I cannot help but stare for some time. As though she is a red rose sealed in white ice, Professor radiates a certain frozen beauty. I extend my hand to Professor, touching her white face. So cold. Professor’s body is so cold that I suspect my temperature sensing function has malfunctioned. Her body temperature is much lower than that of a living person. I start to plead soundlessly. Professor. It’s me, your Iris. Professor. Is it painful? You lost so much blood, so it’s probably painful. Professor. Why did you do such dangerous thing? Why didn’t you just let the others handle the robot in a rampage? Professor. Professor, who helped robots all this time, why must you be killed by a robot? This just doesn’t make sense. Professor. I’m here. Your Iris is here. So Professor. Please open your eyes. Give me an order. Tease me. Touch my hair— Just at this moment. ‘That’ gave out a dim light at the corner of my vision. After looking closely, I spy a familiar silver cigarette box on the small table that has the capsule containing Professor’s body. Professor loves this locked up box that is like a necklace. I stretch out my hand to it. My fingers are still trembling comically. The cigarette case in my palm is stained with blood, and only a circlet cigarette can be seen after opening the oval lid. “Ahhh……” And I noticed at that moment. A tiny photo is stuck to the inside of the lid. The photo's background is a movie signboard, and there’s a young girl with a forced smile and a woman smiling devilishly placing her hand on the girl’s shoulders. This is the group photo that Professor and I took before this. “When Professor Umbrella died, she was still clutching that cigarette case.” Ralph says in a low voice. <noinclude> {| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; padding: 0.2em; border-collapse: collapse;" |- | Back to [[Iris on Rainy Days: Dismantling- 4 Days Before|Dismantling- 4 Days Before]] | Return to [[Iris on Rainy Days|Main Page]] | Forward to [[Iris on Rainy Days: Dismantling- 2 Days Before|Dismantling- 2 Days Before]] |- |} </noinclude>
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https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/goldman-sachs-hands-staff-10-days-of-family-leave-to-cope-with-covid-19-20200401
Goldman Sachs Gives Staff 10 Days of ‘Family Leave’ to Cope With Covid-19
Paul Clarke and Bérengère Sim
April 1, 2020 11:46 am ET
This story originally appeared on Financial News, a sister publication of Barron’s.
Goldman Sachs has offered its employees worldwide an extra 10 days of leave to help them care for children or elderly relatives affected by the coronavirus.
The US bank told employees last night that they were entitled to the extra time off to handle the “unique personal circumstances related to the profound impact of Covid-19”.
Bentley de Beyer, who took over as head of human capital management at Goldman in January, sent a memo to staff telling them about the additional leave. Schools have been closed as a result of the pandemic, placing additional strain on parents, and older people are more susceptible to severe cases of the respiratory disease.
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“To support employees, we will now offer 10 days of family leave to our people globally to care for family members, as needed, due to Covid-19-related illness or childcare needs, including homeschooling,” de Beyer wrote in the memo.
The move may put pressure on other firms to follow suit, starting with Goldman’s Wall Street peers and rivals. Last year, Goldman was one of a number of financial firms to start offering generous parental leave and fertility benefits, as a trend toward new family-friendly policies took hold in the industry.
Also during 2019, improved parental leave policies were introduced at US insurer MassMutual and UK asset manager Standard Life Aberdeen (ticker: SLA.LN). However, most of Goldman’s Wall Street rivals have not yet met its bar on time off for childcare, according to statistics compiled by Bloomberg.
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Rachel Suff, senior employment relations adviser at the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, said: “It’s very encouraging to see a large company like Goldman Sachs offering additional paid family leave to its staff where they have caring responsibilities during this pandemic. Many people’s domestic lives are deeply affected by the virus, making it much harder for them to juggle work and family obligations.
“A lot of people will have financial worries if they are forced to take unpaid leave to care for dependents, although it’s true that many businsses don’t have limitless funds to provide extra paid leave. Where it is possible to be flexible and grant extra paid leave, however, employers will reap considerable benefits in terms of staff loyalty and engagement.”
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In Goldman’s memo, de Beyer wrote: “We recognise our people are dealing with unique personal circumstances related to the profound impact of Covid-19, whether it be protecting their health, caring for a child whose school or daycare services are unavailable, adjusting to a new routine, tending to an ill or elderly family member, or managing feelings of isolation that can come from physical distancing.”
The extra 10 days of leave apply “for 2020”, she added, and come “in addition to the firm’s many other benefits and wellness offerings, including other leave programs, that can add relief to employees during this period.”
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Home entertainment Ireland Baldwin was corrected after using the term “Latinex” amidst Hilaria’s stepmother’s legacy controversy
Ireland Baldwin was corrected after using the term “Latinex” amidst Hilaria’s stepmother’s legacy controversy
Drina Lombardi Dic 30, 2020 0 Comments
Ireland Baldwin Grateful to her fans.
The star recently stepped in to support her stepmother, Hilaria BaldwinAs fans Discussing the authenticity of her Spanish heritageAfter accusing her of faking accent for years.
On Monday, the 23-year-old model took to social media to address the controversy.
“I simply want to say this and then nothing more. I totally support any member of the Latino community. I will continue to listen and learn,” she said, according to the footage obtained The Daily Mail. “But I also feel defensive when misinformation spreads about my family. I’ll do a better job … At the same time, I hope people start getting information from reliable sources.”
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However, it quickly sparked backlashes for the use of the term “Latinx”, as it describes people with a legacy rooted in Latin America, unlike Hilaria, 36, who claimed to be born in Mallorca, Spain.
A fan even contacted the star to inform her of the error.
Ireland Baldwin expressed gratitude after an Instagram follower made it clear that her mother, Hilaria Baldwin, is not Latina, because she does not come from Latin America.
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The fan, who identified herself as “Latin,” thanked the star for her “sympathy and openness.”
And they said, “Friendly information – Spain is not a geography located in Latin America.” “So only people from Spain are categorized as Spanish, Hispanic, or Hispanic.”
The observer also explained that the term “Spanish” refers to “a person from a country that speaks mostly Spanish”, while “Latinx” is used to refer to a person from Latin America.
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“This is why people are from Spain It is not classified as Latinx because Spain has it EuropeNot Latin America. “
Baldwin shared a screenshot of the conversation on Instagram Story, as captured by daily MailThe clarification was appreciated.
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“We really appreciate the Instagram friends who reach out to me, correct me, and give me learning opportunities,” she wrote. “I’m here to listen!”
On Tuesday, Ireland supported her stepmother again in a statement shared on Instagram.
“As I mentioned yesterday, I love my wife very much. I think she is a strong, kind and caring person,” she said, in part. “Without saying anything else about all of this, I think it is her prerogative and it is not my business to discuss her family’s background and answer your questions.”
Ireland Baldwin is the daughter of actors Alec Baldwin – now married to Hilaria Baldwin – and Kim Basinger.
The drama began when Hilaria, the yoga / wellness expert, responded to a tweet saying, “You have to admire Hilaria Baldwin’s commitment to ten years of time impersonating a Spanish.” Now the virus tweet It has since been deleted.
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Hilaria claimed to have been born in Mallorca, Spain, and raised in Boston. I explained to prof Podcast In April 2020, she moved here [to America] When I was 19 years old to go to New York University from … my family lives in Spain, they used to live in Mallorca. “The bilingual mother noticed the accent of the Five Babies Fluctuated Over the years when she appeared on TV.
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Mother of five children since then Take criticism Online in a video. “There were some questions about where I was born, I was born in Boston. … I spent some of my childhood in Boston, some of my childhood in Spain, my family, my brother, my parents, my nephew, everyone is there in Spain now, I am here.”
Fox News Channel’s Melissa Roberto contributed to this report
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On average, we represent approximately 10 clients who are having disputes related to their signed residential construction contracts for every one who contacts us to review such contracts before they are signed. Many such disputes are unnecessarily complicated by poorly drafted or unbalanced contracts which could have easily been prevented at a fraction of the cost necessary to decipher their intended meaning after the fact. Anyone contemplating entering into a residential construction contract should have it reviewed by an experienced construction lawyer before signing it.
We have seen examples of builders employing the full gamut, from very well-drafted residential construction contracts that obviously were obsessed over by experienced attorneys before their first use, to forms that builders apparently downloaded from the Internet and hardly modified at all. As an example of the latter, we once were asked to advise parties in southeastern North Carolina who were locked in a dispute with a local builder over a home constructed in this region, but the signed contract between the two inexplicably required any disputes to be governed by California law and to be decided by an alternative dispute resolution company we had never heard of and which appeared to have ceased conducting business long before the contract was signed! Obviously, that was a bad situation for both parties, and could have been avoided by proper contract drafting, review and negotiation.
There are forms easily available that at least provide a useful starting point for residential construction contracts. As a service to residential construction participants, the North Carolina Bar Association’s Construction Law Section (in which two of our firm’s attorneys are members) published a residential construction contract form in 2005. This form can be used on both “lump sum” and “cost plus” construction projects. These forms were designed to be easy for both homebuilders and their customers to use when contracting for a construction project. In many cases, the parties can simply fill in the details such as insurance, payments and warranties for a specific project, and make any other agreed-upon changes.
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FBI Pizza might just be the answer to the prayers of the west ender who believes that Toronto is sorely lacking in quality delivery pizza options. Counting myself amongst this group, I was nearly ecstatic to learn that the folks behind Leslieville's Queen Margherita Pizza were set to open a delivery-focused sister restaurant in Mimico. Despite the rise of quality Neapolitan pizza joints in Toronto over the last few years, places like Pizzeria Libretto and Pizza e Pazzi don't deliver. Even if they did, the thin, flashed-cooked crusts that make these pizzas so good probably wouldn't fare so well soaking up steam for 20 minutes on route to your door.
Not everyone will share my disillusionment with the city's delivery options. Even I'll admit that places like Vesuvio's , Buddha Pie and King Slice can turn out decent pies, but they all have their faults. Vesuvio's tends to be light on sauce, Buddha Pie's crust can be bland and King Slice pushes the envelope on cheese levels. The latter isn't always a bad thing, but it underscores the lack of a solid all-around option — at least for folks like me who've sworn off places like Magic Oven and the commercial chains.
That's where FBI Pizza comes in. Despite its ties to Queen Margherita Pizza, FBI (which stands for full-blooded Italian) serves a more hefty pizza that's better built to handle home delivery. Don't get me wrong, compared to many of Toronto's other delivery options FBI pizzas still have a relatively thin crust, but you can at least bring a piece from plate to mouth by gripping only the end crust. Available in two sizes — big ($9.95) and bigger ($13.95) — if one doesn't go bananas on toppings, the pizzas aren't particularly expensive either.
What sets FBI's product apart from its competitors for me is the quality of the ingredients, specifically the San Marzano based tomato sauce and the fior di latte mozzarella. I tend to keep things fairly basic as far as toppings go, which makes these base components even more noticeable. Those who are interested in what I might call fancier toppings will, however, be happy to see items like Prosciutto Di Parma DOP, Porchetta, Pancetta and Gorgonzola on offer.
Each occasion that I've ordered from FBI (I'm up to three now), I've been thoroughly impressed by the balance the restaurant has achieved between a traditional Neapolitan pizza and the more doughy options that used to arrive at my door when ordering from elsewhere. The sauce has that ideal balance of sweetness and acidity, the cheese is creamier than standard mozzarella, and toppings like caramelized onions offer a subtle bit of sophistication that has me reaching for a wine glass shortly after opening the box. In other words, this is furtherest thing from Pizza Pizza that you could imagine.
In addition to pizza, FBI offers Porchetta ($8.00) and Prosciutto & Provolone ($7.00) sandwiches. The former survives the the delivery process mostly intact, though slightly soggy. While not a standout to the same degree as FBI's speciality, the generous portion of pork is as moist as it should be and marked by a garlicky undertone that goes wonderfully with the Caesar salad.
On the subject of salads, both options on the menu are solid accompaniments to the main fare — the real bacon in the Caesar is a welcome touch — but it would probably make sense to provide the dressing on the side rather than letting the greenery marinate during the trip to customers' homes.
I suppose there is one big catch to all this, and that's the geographic limitations of FBI's reach. Located near Lake Shore and Park Lawn, the delivery range extends to an area in which the restaurant believes it can get an order out in about 45 minutes. Having recently opened, the exact coordinates are still TBA, but if you're east of Spadina and north of Bloor, then you're probably out of luck. Still, it's best to call and confirm just in case they're able to accomodate more easterly requests. Given how good the food is, it might even be worth the trip to Mimico for east enders keen on trying out what is surely one Toronto's best new pizza options.
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The Best New Cheap Eats in Toronto, 2012
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2011 #Nifty50 Top Twitter Women
Few phenomena have ever spread as far and grown as rapidly as social media; obviously, this has tapped into something essential to our nature. What is it? The answer may come from the email marketing field. According to a recent study by email service provider Aweber, four simple words virtually guaranteed to get an email opened are: “You are not alone.”
That is what has driven social media adoption. From freedom seekers living under oppressive regimes connecting with each other and with people around the world who support them, to individuals with uncommon viewpoints or highly specialized professional interests connected with the like-minded anywhere on the globe, social media is about not being alone. It’s a way to find and form relationships with others who share our particular interests and passions, whether down the street or on other continents; interesting people with whom there has been no practical way to engage before.
Talking recently with Cheryl Burgess (@ckburgess) – partner and CMO at Blue Focus Marketing, a B2B social branding consultancy firm in Bridgewater, New Jersey; 2011 & 2010 winner of the Twitter Shorty Awards in Marketing; and author of the Blue Focus Marketing Blog – we were both struck by how many of the same people we know through social media (and we both learned about some interesting new people to follow as well). Many of these were other B2B marketers, but others were social media experts, journalists, PR professionals, or just plain fascinating personalities.
Cheryl and I thought it would be a great idea to collaborate on this special social media project – and so the process began for creating the 2011 #Nifty50 List of Top Twitter Women. We decided to recognize and share the names of some of these noteworthy individuals with our respective readers and followers, starting today with 50 remarkable women (just in time for Mother’s Day, as we’re pretty certain that every woman on this list either is a mom, has a mom, knows someone who’s a mom, or some combination thereof).
One source of inspiration was Twitter’s Top 75 Badass Women by Diana Adams (@adamsconsulting) and Amy D. Howell (@HowellMarketing), a list on which Cheryl was honored. Though it’s a remarkable list, to keep ours distinct we haven’t duplicated any of Diana and Amy’s picks.
Next month, we are following up with our list of 50 men, just in time for Father’s Day. This list will be posted on Cheryl Burgess’ Blue Focus Marketing Blog. Whatever your role in social media, we hope you find this list valuable in expanding your knowledge and your network.
Jennifer Aaker – @aaker
Jennifer is the General Atlantic Professor of Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School or Business, and author of The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways To Use Social Media to Drive Social Change.
Diana Adams – @adamsconsulting
Diana is a USC grad now based in Atlanta. She heads up Adams Consulting Group, a technical services firm specializing in Apple Macintosh desktops, servers and laptops. Diana writes for BitRebels.com and InkRebels.com, and as noted above, her post on Twitter’s Top 75 Badass Women was one source of inspiration for this #Nifty50 list. She’s smart, personable, sometimes controversial and never dull.
Alicia Arenas – @AliciaSanera
Hailing from San Antonio, Alicia is founder and CEO of Sanera, a professional development and training firm for sales and business leaders. She describes herself as a “small business coach, speaker, corporate trainer, blogger, singer, lover of life, dreams, family and God.” Alicia is a warm and outgoing social media pro and creator of March Marketing Madness.
Allison Mooney – @allimooney
Allison lives in the New York City area and works with the Marketing team at Google to explore the changing face of media, mobile and consumer behavior, drive new thinking internally, and communicate Google’s visionary concepts to wider audiences.
Ambal Balakrishnan – @Ambal
Ambal is co-founder of ClickDocuments, based in Silicon Valley. She’s an entrepreneur, marketer, blogger, and alum of Wharton and Purdue. Her Connect the Docs blog – frequently featured on the B2B Marketing Zone – is a platform for her own thought leadership content as well as frequently solicited insights from other B2B bloggers.
Amber Buhl
@amberbuhl
Director of Sales for @klout. Though fairly new to Twitter, Amber is active and highly engaging, and her following is likely to grow quickly. A USC grad, Amber’s past includes stints at Hulu, Yahoo!, and the E! Entertainment Network.
Amy Nelson – @AmyPioneerPress
Amy serves as social media editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press as well as the Features/Travel editor for the newspaper. She’s an informative and prolific Twitterer, and active in Twin Cities social media.
Ardath Albee – @ardath421
A B2B marketer, strategist, writer and Author of eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale. Friend, mentor, and source of inspiration. Also an expatriate Minnesotan now living in southern California (we miss her, but can’t blame her).
Angie Schottmuller – @aschottmuller
Interactive Minnesotan skilled in web strategy, conversion rate optimization (CRO), e-commerce, SEO, social media, QR codes (she knows a lot about QR codes), design, UX, analytics and inbound marketing.
Becky Denniston – @Becalynd
Expert Community Manager with the Focus Expert Network, a network of thousands of leading business and technology experts who answer questions and post thought leadership content. Becky is also an MBA Candidate at San Francisco State University with a strong appetite for Social Media and Marketing.
Jenara Nerenberg – @bopsource
Jenara is an Asia-based filmmaker, organic farmer, and freelance journalist for Fast Company magazine and CNNGo, as well as a Harvard and Berkeley grad. She’s interviewed the famous and not-so-famous from high fashion superstars to up-and-coming designers to UN leaders, literary giants, cashmere producers, and royal mistresses, and her work has also appeared in TIME, BlackBook Magazine, and NextBillion.
Maria Popova – @brainpicker
Brooklyn-based Maria calls herself an “interestingness curator and semi-secret geek obsessed with design, storytelling and TED.” She’s also the editor of Brain Pickings and writes regularly for Wired UK magazine, The Atlantic and Design Observer.
Connie Bensen – @cbensen
Connie is the Community Strategist for the Alterian (formerly Techrigy) SM2 social media monitoring platform. She’s been named by Forbes.com as one of 20 top Women Social Media & Marketing Bloggers. Connie recently migrated from the frozen tundra of northern Minnesota to much balmier climate of Minneapolis.
Deirdre Breakenridge – @dbreakenridge
Diedre is the president of Mango! Marketing, author of PR 2.0: New Media, New Tools, New Audiences and Putting the Public Back in Public Relations: How Social Media Is Reinventing the Aging Business of PR , an adjunct professor in the New York city area, and co-founder of #PRStudChat.
Deborah Weinstein – @DebWeinstein
Deb is a journalist-turned-PR pro. She’s president of Strategic Objectives, an award-winning PR agency in Toronto. And she’s energetic and inspirational on Twitter.
Eileen O’Brien – @EileenOBrien
Eileen has more than 14 years of digital healthcare marketing experience. She is an opinion leader on social media, and has been invited to speak at industry conferences and quoted in publications. As @eileenobrien she moderates the #SocPharm tweetchat on Wednesdays at 8 pm EST which discusses pharma marketing and social media.
Ekaterina Walter – @Ekaterina
Oregon-based Ekaterina is a corporate social media strategist as well as a “speaker, connector (and) passionate marketer.” She’s also a frequent guest-poster who’s written bookmarkable pieces like 9 Ways to Sell Social Media to the Boss.
Ellen Hoenig Carlson – @Ellenhoenig
Based in New Jersey, Ellen is focused on simplifying consumer and healthcare marketing for “elegant solutions in a complex world.” Though she writes mainly on pharma-related subjects, her blog topics also include branding, family, fundraising, innovation, leadership, and Twitter.
Ellen McGirt – @ellmcgirt
Ellen writes for Fast Company magazine and helps run the 30 Second MBA site.
Elise Segar – @Esegar
Connecticut-based Elise is active in social media, an enterprise technology sales and business development pro who is passionate about inside sales and sales strategy. She’s a fellow member of the #Lebronians team “drafted” by Robert Rose in FollowFriday & Who’s The Lebron In Your Strategy ñ Maybe It’s You.
Gail Nelson – @gail_nelson
CMO with Siegel + Gale, a brand strategy, customer experience and design consulting agency in New York.
Gini Dietrich – @ginidietrich
CEO of Chicago PR agency Arment Dietrich, author of spinsucks.com, Vistage member, author, speaker, communicator and writer of amazingly entertaining and insightful rants like Get Rich Quick! Lose Weight Tomorrow!.
Gretchen Rubin – @gretchenrubin
Based in New York City, Gretchen is the best-selling author of The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun , the account of the year she spent test-driving studies and theories about how to be happier. On her blog, she shares her insights to help readers create their own happiness projects.
Heidi Cohen – @heidicohen
Heidi is a fascinating marketer who shares practical advice about marketing and life from New York, NY.
Jill Konrath – @jillkonrath
Minnesota-based keynote speaker, sales trainer, motivator, creator of fresh strategies for selling to crazy-busy people; author of SNAP Selling (#1 Amazon sales book) and Selling to Big Companies .
Judy Grundstrom – @justjudycreate
Minnesota social media rock star, Business Development Director at Pixel Farm Digital, founder of the annual Twin Cities Top 10 Titans in Social Media awards, talk show regular on myTalk 107.1, and never boring.
Karen Emanuelson – @KarenEman
Karen heads Reciprocate LLC, a small business marketing consultancy in Minneapolis. She’s an expert in social media marketing (particularly LinkedIn optimization), a small business advocate, trainer, speaker and coach. She’s active in local community and business organizations as well as social media.
Katie Rosman
@katierosman
Katie reports on technology and pop-culture for one of the world’s greatest newspapers – the Wall Street Journal – and is the author of If You Knew Suzy: A Mother, a Daughter, a Reporter’s Notebook .
Eve Mayer Orsburn – @LinkedInQueen
Eve is the author of Social Media for the CEO: The Why and ROI of Social Media for the CEO of Today and Tomorrow and CEO of Social Media Delivered, a firm that helps companies leverage LinkedIn, Twitter & Facebook & blogs. And yes, she really knows LinkedIn.
Lisa Petrilli – @LisaPetrilli
Based in Chicago, Lisa is CEO of C-Level Strategies Inc, CEO Connection Co-Chair, Leadership & Executive Marketing Consultant, and #LeadershipChat co-Founder. Like Elise Segar and Cheryl Burgess, Lisa is a star of the #Lebronians team.
Liz Strauss – @LizStrauss
Liz is the founder of SOBCon, a brand strategist and leadership trainer based in Chicago. She’s also an insightful, prolific and generous social media presence.
Lorna Li – @lornali
Officially, an expert in inbound marketing, online visibility and personal branding, via social media, SEO and SEM. Also big on green business marketing. Unofficially ñ friendly, smart, and writer of many highly bookmarkable blog posts.
Lucretia M. Pruitt – @LucretiaPruitt
Living in and tweeting from beautiful Denver, Lucretia refers to herself as a “random muse, speaker, ex-CIS Professor, social media devotee, geek, mom, wife, & insomniac.” Lucretia is a highly engaging and sophisticated observer of technology developments.
Lisa Grimm – @lulugrimm
Digital PR Specialist for the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, Lisa describes herself as “a gal constantly awed by the intricacies of human behavior. Love my family, peeps, dogs, film, food and learning.”
Mari Smith – @MariSmith
Mari (like Ferrari) describes herself as a “passionate leader of social media, relationship marketing and Facebook mastery,” but most of us know her as the ultimate guru-ess of Facebook marketing and co-author of Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day . Formerly Canadian, now living in San Diego (nicer weather, but even worse taxes).
Missy Berggren – @MissyBerggren
A phenomenally busy yet amazingly prolific blogger, Missy is a marketing pro at healthcare network Allina, co-founder of the Minnesota Blogger Conference, and is also active social media as the MarketingMama.
Martine Hunter – @martinehunter
Idea generator, b2b marketing professional, creative director, process engineer and writer at MLT Creative in Atlanta, as well as a mother, friend, sister, daughter, diabetic, crocheter and jazz fan. She’s also really nice.
Sally Church – @MaverickNY
Sally is a scientist with Icarus Consultants in New Jersey, a pharmaceutical / biotechnology-focused marketing strategy firm. She blogs about marketing strategy, market research, science, oncology, hematology and immunology.
Michelle Tripp – @michelletripp
Working and tweeting from New York, Michelle is a creative director, brand strategist, and author of The BrandForward Blog. She spends her time exploring the future of advertising, social media, and emerging technologies and just being pretty cool.
Jennifer Preston – @NYT_JenPreston
A staff writer for the New York Times, Jennifer writes about the use of technology and social media in politics, government, and real life.
Susan Kang Nam – @PinkOliveFamily
Splitting her time between New York, Andover (MA) and elsewhere, the dynamic Susan Kang Nam is founder of Cebisu Research Inc., a member of Andover’s Harvard Club, founder of Boston-based career club Salty Legs, “an entrepreneur, former recruiter and non-profit advocate who grew up in Asia (Korea, Japan) and US (Hawaii, California, New Jersey, NYC) and since 1994…using the world wide web exploring different platforms to engage in various of conversations” – and a classical pianist.
Laura Fitton – @Pistachio
Prolific Twitterer, Bostonite, CEO and founder of the oneforty social business software hub, as well as co-author of Twitter For Dummies .
Rebel Brown – @rebelbrown
Rebel has been a marketing and business consulting for more than 20 years, is a popular speaker and author of Defy Gravity. She’s also a self-described “spiritual seeker, horse crazy, ski freak, and animal lovin’ nature gal.”
– Rebecca Corliss – @repcor
Based in Boston, Rebecca is a singing Inbound Marketer with all-in-one marketing software platform developer HubSpot. She’s also a founder of a cappella group Common Sound. And yes, she is a rock star.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter – @RosabethKanter
Harvard Business School Professor, author of SuperCorp: How Vanguard Companies Create Innovation, Profits, Growth, and Social Good – a look at how a new generation of values-driven businesses do well by doing good, and a living legend in the world of business strategy.
Stacey Acevero – @sacevero
A social media communications manager for PR/social media monitoring provider Vocus in Washington DC, Stacey runs the popular monthly #prwebchat on Twitter. She is a former model, auxiliary member in the U.S. Air Force, and a self-proclaimed “SEO nerd” who loves NASCAR, steak and rock n’ roll. Definitely one of the most awesome and unique bios in social media.
Anita Campbell – @smallbiztrends
CEO of Small Business Trends, an online small biz community reaching over 250,000 each month. Anita tweets from Cleveland, Ohio, the hometown of rock n’ roll.
Liana ‘Li’ Evans – @storyspinner
Liana describes herself as “an online marketing geek girl who loves all things social media.” She’s a top expert in social media and SEO, and the author of Social Media Marketing.
Wendy Blackburn – @WendyBlackburn
Wendy is a blogger and digital marketer focused on the pharmaceutical industry. She’s an executive vice president at at Intouch Solutions, a marketing agency serving the pharmaceutical, animal health, medical device, and similarly regulated industries.
Wendy Marx – @wendymarx
Based in Trumbull, CT, Wendy is an award-winning PR and marketing communications executive who helps B2B companies become well-known brands, and a truly engaging social media personality.
There you have it, the Nifty 50 Women of Twitter for this year. To keep it to 50, we had to leave off some deserving names – it was a tough call. Maybe next year…
Watch next month (close to Father’s Day) for the #Nifty50 Men of Twitter for 2011.
Award recipients who wish to display the #Nifty50 badge on their own site may do so by clicking here. If you need a different size, contact @TomPick
Ileane on May 17, 2011 at 3:48 am
Thanks for this fantastic list of resources! Women are really empowered on the web.
Gail Gardener @GrowMap and Melinda Emerson @SmallBizLady have very valuable advice for small businesses and they are great to follow on Twitter also 🙂
TomPick on May 17, 2011 at 7:54 am
So noted Ileane, thanks! Gail is fantastic, and I’ll check out Melinda.
Catarina Alexon on May 23, 2011 at 12:10 pm
Great idea and list Tom! Just can’t help wondering why there were only US women on the list? Don’t get me wrong, am just taking it easy at the moment, so I should not be included.
But we are irrevocably one global market and there are many super successful businesswomen all over the world. And they are on Twitter. Maybe such a list should be your next project?
Tom Pick on May 23, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Catarina – we did have one Canadian on the list, but still…North America-centric, no doubt. We’ve heard this from others as well, and if we decide to do this again next year, we will definitely make the list more global. You are absolutely spot on that talent, and social media, are worldwide phenomena! 🙂
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KJV 1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. NIV 1 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. KJV 2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. NIV 2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. KJV 3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. NIV 3 It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. KJV 4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. NIV 4 Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. KJV 5 And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. NIV 5 All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other. KJV 6 And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. NIV 6 He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof. KJV 7 Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. NIV 7 He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling. KJV 8 And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. NIV 8 And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. KJV 9 All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. NIV 9 All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces. KJV 10 And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. NIV 10 The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight. KJV 11 And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. NIV 11 Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. KJV 12 And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. NIV 12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico. KJV 13 And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. NIV 13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram, KJV 14 He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. NIV 14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him. KJV 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. NIV 15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. KJV 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: NIV 16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits high. KJV 17 And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. NIV 17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. KJV 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. NIV 18 He made pomegranates in two rows encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars. He did the same for each capital. KJV 19 And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. NIV 19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high. KJV 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. NIV 20 On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around. KJV 21 And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. NIV 21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz. KJV 22 And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. NIV 22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed. KJV 23 And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. NIV 23 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. KJV 24 And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. NIV 24 Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea. KJV 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. NIV 25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. KJV 26 And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. NIV 26 It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths. KJV 27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. NIV 27 He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high. KJV 28 And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: NIV 28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. KJV 29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. NIV 29 On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. KJV 30 And every base had four brasen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. NIV 30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. KJV 31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. NIV 31 On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half. Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. KJV 32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. NIV 32 The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. KJV 33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. NIV 33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal. KJV 34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. NIV 34 Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. KJV 35 And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. NIV 35 At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. KJV 36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. NIV 36 He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. KJV 37 After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. NIV 37 This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape. KJV 38 Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. NIV 38 He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. KJV 39 And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. NIV 39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. KJV 40 And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: NIV 40 He also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the LORD: KJV 41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; NIV 41 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; KJV 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; NIV 42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars); KJV 43 And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; NIV 43 the ten stands with their ten basins; KJV 44 And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; NIV 44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it; KJV 45 And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. NIV 45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls. All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the LORD were of burnished bronze. KJV 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. NIV 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan. KJV 47 And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. NIV 47 Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined. KJV 48 And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was, NIV 48 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the LORD’s temple: the golden altar; the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; KJV 49 And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, NIV 49 the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary); the gold floral work and lamps and tongs; KJV 50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. NIV 50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple. KJV 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. NIV 51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple.
NIV 1 It took Solomon thirteen years, however, to complete the construction of his palace. NIV 2 He built the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty wide and thirty high, with four rows of cedar columns supporting trimmed cedar beams. NIV 3 It was roofed with cedar above the beams that rested on the columns—forty-five beams, fifteen to a row. NIV 4 Its windows were placed high in sets of three, facing each other. NIV 5 All the doorways had rectangular frames; they were in the front part in sets of three, facing each other. NIV 6 He made a colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty wide. In front of it was a portico, and in front of that were pillars and an overhanging roof. NIV 7 He built the throne hall, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge, and he covered it with cedar from floor to ceiling. NIV 8 And the palace in which he was to live, set farther back, was similar in design. Solomon also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married. NIV 9 All these structures, from the outside to the great courtyard and from foundation to eaves, were made of blocks of high-grade stone cut to size and smoothed on their inner and outer faces. NIV 10 The foundations were laid with large stones of good quality, some measuring ten cubits and some eight. NIV 11 Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams. NIV 12 The great courtyard was surrounded by a wall of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams, as was the inner courtyard of the temple of the LORD with its portico. NIV 13 King Solomon sent to Tyre and brought Huram, NIV 14 whose mother was a widow from the tribe of Naphtali and whose father was from Tyre and a skilled craftsman in bronze. Huram was filled with wisdom, with understanding and with knowledge to do all kinds of bronze work. He came to King Solomon and did all the work assigned to him. NIV 15 He cast two bronze pillars, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference. NIV 16 He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; each capital was five cubits high. NIV 17 A network of interwoven chains adorned the capitals on top of the pillars, seven for each capital. NIV 18 He made pomegranates in two rows encircling each network to decorate the capitals on top of the pillars. He did the same for each capital. NIV 19 The capitals on top of the pillars in the portico were in the shape of lilies, four cubits high. NIV 20 On the capitals of both pillars, above the bowl-shaped part next to the network, were the two hundred pomegranates in rows all around. NIV 21 He erected the pillars at the portico of the temple. The pillar to the south he named Jakin and the one to the north Boaz. NIV 22 The capitals on top were in the shape of lilies. And so the work on the pillars was completed. NIV 23 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. NIV 24 Below the rim, gourds encircled it—ten to a cubit. The gourds were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea. NIV 25 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. NIV 26 It was a handbreadth in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held two thousand baths. NIV 27 He also made ten movable stands of bronze; each was four cubits long, four wide and three high. NIV 28 This is how the stands were made: They had side panels attached to uprights. NIV 29 On the panels between the uprights were lions, bulls and cherubim—and on the uprights as well. Above and below the lions and bulls were wreaths of hammered work. NIV 30 Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and each had a basin resting on four supports, cast with wreaths on each side. NIV 31 On the inside of the stand there was an opening that had a circular frame one cubit deep. This opening was round, and with its basework it measured a cubit and a half. Around its opening there was engraving. The panels of the stands were square, not round. NIV 32 The four wheels were under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand. The diameter of each wheel was a cubit and a half. NIV 33 The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal. NIV 34 Each stand had four handles, one on each corner, projecting from the stand. NIV 35 At the top of the stand there was a circular band half a cubit deep. The supports and panels were attached to the top of the stand. NIV 36 He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around. NIV 37 This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape. NIV 38 He then made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin to go on each of the ten stands. NIV 39 He placed five of the stands on the south side of the temple and five on the north. He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner of the temple. NIV 40 He also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished all the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of the LORD: NIV 41 the two pillars; the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars; NIV 42 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars); NIV 43 the ten stands with their ten basins; NIV 44 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it; NIV 45 the pots, shovels and sprinkling bowls. All these objects that Huram made for King Solomon for the temple of the LORD were of burnished bronze. NIV 46 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan. NIV 47 Solomon left all these things unweighed, because there were so many; the weight of the bronze was not determined. NIV 48 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in the LORD’s temple: the golden altar; the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; NIV 49 the lampstands of pure gold (five on the right and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary); the gold floral work and lamps and tongs; NIV 50 the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold sockets for the doors of the innermost room, the Most Holy Place, and also for the doors of the main hall of the temple. NIV 51 When all the work King Solomon had done for the temple of the LORD was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated—the silver and gold and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the LORD’s temple.
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Califf Appoints Acting Director of Oncology Center of Excellence
Califf appointed Richard Pazdur as acting director of the Oncology Center of Excellence under the Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
On June 29, 2016 FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, released a statement appointing Richard Pazdur as acting director of the Oncology Center of Excellence under Vice-President Joseph Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative. Pazdur previously served as the director of Hematology and Oncology Products in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. According to Califf, Pazdur will play a critical role serving as the central point of engagement for oncology stakeholders, including patient-focused advocacy groups, professional associations, industry, academia, and sister agencies such as the National Institutes of Health.
The initiative, Califf says, calls on the agency to leverage the combined skills of regulatory scientists and reviewers with expertise in drugs, biologics, and devices to create the Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE). The OCE will expedite the development of novel combination products and support an integrated approach to treat cancer, Califf says. Biden’s Cancer Moonshot initiative is “aimed at speeding development of treatments by cutting bureaucracy and easing collaboration between scientists, industry, patients and government,” Reuters reports. The focus of the initiative is to double the rate of progress towards a cure for the disease in the next five years.
Source: FDA
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Racism has no place at Brandon University
Brandon University stands for tolerance, for inclusion, and for diversity in all forms. There is never an excuse for racism or bigotry and we strongly condemn all instances of hate and discrimination.
These are global struggles, and we recognize the protestors who are showing us their commitment and honour in the streets, particularly in the United States but also in cities here in Canada. We stand with them, both for racial justice, and against police brutality.
These are also local struggles. Yesterday, we were made aware of social media posts showing heinous and hateful acts of racism attributed to a person identifying themselves as a BU student. These posts showed disgusting and demeaning behaviour. We utterly condemn these horrible posts and are investigating through our Diversity and Human Rights Office. We have also reported them to the police.
We must also acknowledge our own complicity. Brandon University is an institution founded on colonialism, which had racism at its core. Education can be a force to repair the damage that we have caused, and the unique qualities of a university campus can ensure that minds are broadened and changed through exposure to new ideas and diverse cultures. It is our responsibility to confront and overcome ignorance. While we have made strides in recent years, and in recent decades, too often our progress is in fits and starts. Here, we reaffirm once more that we stand for equity and justice.
We pledge the following actions:
We will recommit to implementing the Manitoba Indigenous Education Blueprint
We will accelerate our work through the BU Senate towards Indigenous Reconciliation
We will enhance the racial awareness and sensitivity training offered to all students, both as part of pre-Orientation and Orientation and year-round
We will continue to employ a harm-reduction approach for individuals involved in incidents of racial injustice
We will continue to have campus-wide discussions on how education can help produce a more just society
Racism can be insidious. Those of Asian descent have faced racism over origins of the coronavirus, for example. Racism can also be overt, as in this case, which directly targets Black people. And racism can be systemic, like that faced in Canada by Indigenous people. Unfortunately, many people experience all these forms of racism. We condemn racism in all its forms, along with discrimination and intolerance of all types.
These distasteful beliefs are to be found everywhere, and the Brandon University campus is no exception. However, there are ways for the BU community to come together in response:
Reaffirm your own support for diversity and inclusion. Be proud to be one of the people who keeps our campus so welcoming and safe.
Go out of your way to make positive connections with people and groups who are dissimilar from you.
Call out intolerance when you are able. If you can, use your privilege to advocate for and ally with others.
Brandon University staff, faculty and students come from many backgrounds, from around the world. That diversity strengthens our community, and provides us all with enormous benefits. We are committed to providing an environment that welcomes all, where everyone can feel safe, supported and respected for who they are as individuals with dignity and as full members of humanity.
The hurtful or hateful actions of a small number of individuals can have an outsize effect on marginalized groups and we know that disturbing expressions can have emotional impacts that require care and attention. We remind our entire BU community that we have services here to support you.
Our counselling services are currently provided remotely. Please call 204-727-9737 to set up an appointment. More information is available online: https://www.brandonu.ca/student-services/personal-counselling/
Faculty & Staff:
Please take advantage of the many resources available to you through Homewood Health. Information is posted on the HR website: https://www.brandonu.ca/hr/benefits/employee-assistance-program/
Our Diversity and Human Rights Advisor, Cheryl Fleming, is available as a resource at 204-727-9785 or flemingc@brandonu.ca
Inappropriate postings on campus should be reported to Physical Plant at 204-727-9620
Inappropriate postings or comments on BU social media accounts should be reported to BU Communications at Communications@BrandonU.ca
In an unsafe situation, call our 24-hour security line at 204-727-9700, use an Emergency Blue Light Phone, or call 911.
Please download our BSAFE safety app from the BrandonU.ca/Safety webpage
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What are some current initiatives to address train accidents?
On behalf of Bremseth Law Firm PC | Dec 11, 2014 | Firm News
Train accidents and train safety have become a hot topic ever since the movie Unstoppable came out in 2010, which depicted a train out of control pulling rail car after rail car carrying dangerous chemicals at break neck speeds through densely populated human communities.
In the movie, a series of human errors caused by an operator who was completely distracted, trigger a chain of events that put the train on a track of destruction and potential human annihilation. To ease the public’s mind, a year after the movie was launched, the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) launched an initiative with the main objective of preventing railroad employee distractions chiefly caused by electronic devices.
Since smart phones have become an almost integral part of modern life, their ubiquity has been the cause of some warranted concern, since their use in the workplace can distract their users from performing their jobs with full attention and without distraction. In the train yard, a distracted worker performing critical safety checks prior to boarding and launching a train can mean the difference between life and death not just for the people on the train, but for the communities that host the train tracks.
Another train safety initiative currently under review is called Positive Train Control (PTC) system. In a nutshell, the PTC system when fully operational, will process data from the field such as train speeds and their locations and trajectories, and by utilizing integrated command and control technologies will then analyze the data in real time to help significantly improve railroad safety.
The system will be able to greatly reduce the chance for railway collisions between trains by monitoring and detecting usage of train lines by multiple trains at the same time. This will also, in turn, reduce, if not eliminate, casualties to road and railway workers, as well as mitigate equipment damage from speed accidents.
The PTC system is currently one of the most anticipated initiatives by The National Transportation Safety Board. Small scale versions of the PTC System have been pilot tested, but the system is yet to be deployed on a wide scale.
Source: Federal Railroad Administration, “Current Initiatives,” Accessed December 8, 2014
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Postcards of William Kelly
Postcards of William Kelly to Mr John Cox of Guernsey
Postcard to Mr John Cox
by William Kelly
"If he still brings a musical instrument into a meeting, I shall be ashamed of his obstinacy. It is opposed to the whole spirit of the New Testament, and an offence to every spiritual mind"
Mainly about a local problem in Guernsey and Jersey with a brother in the meetings also preaching elsewhere
" .. I was more sorry than surprised at the letter enclosed. ... "
"J. N. D’s library fetched 900, I hear. I bought nothing, but I have enquired about an interleaved Greek Testament in fourteen volumes which was not sold."
"The new doctrine of Raven (Stoney, and Turpin, and Oliphant. abetting) disturbs our old friends. Some avoid certain meetings and go to others. Some (as Framlingham, Hounslow, &c.) have left and seek our fellowship. Let us pray that grace may use it widely for good."
"You need not doubt the seriousness of the Park Street shake. At Ealing L., and some 50 have left with the strongest rejection of the Raven doctrine. Others have, I hear, at Park Street itself. Mr. H. will act decidedly."
2nd Oct 1890
"Heyman Wreford is dropping “Message” at December, and meditates a new penny Magazine for young Christians and Gospel from January at C’s. I hope our best men may contribute and thus make a good journal."
"Things travel rapidly now. Heyman Wreford is urgent that I risk the B. T. at a penny!!! believing that it is deeply needed by Christians within and without, and that a large circulation will result."
"I do not wonder that you should have taken alarm at dear Heyman Wreford's efforts to gain a larger audience for the Bible Treasury But you knew me well enough to be nowise disposed to emasculate it. "
2nd Sep 1891
Advice regarding ecclesiastical matters.
23rd Nov 1891
"I have no reason to believe that there is any wrong at Swindon. Mr. C. is an old gossip and could easily fill a bushel of such reports equally empty. You can judge by his account of Ramsgate. We were most severe on their failures, and did not recognise them as an assembly for about two years after the Division."
"If half a dozen discreet brothers knew, she could not escape the detection of all."
"No doubt he took in Heyman Wreford who was married last Saturday at Woking. He is gone on a tour of six months round the world."
Incidental matters about various travelling brothers and touching comment about his eldest son dying in Aukland.
About someone who appears to have been causing trouble.
"The Doctor has lately debarred me from my favourite apples."
"G. M. now avows himself a reader and admirer of B. W. N.!!!"
"Just returned from a flying visit to Plympton for the funeral of Mr. R. S., the last of the first eight who broke bread at Plymouth."
Letter touching on various matters, including talk of reunion between the 'Kelly' and 'Lowe' groups
"But the Lord looks for more than this that out ways be with our convictions, and that we go forth to Him without the camp, bearing His reproach. Happy too if we abide thus waiting for Him."
"The hymn book goes forward satisfactorily, some that objected helping now. I hope to send you the first sheet as a sample, which you can show to others. There will be a fair proportion of fresh ones; and others not in our book but good; not a few to the Father, which is now a lack."
Letter mainly discussing the wording of a few hymns
Encouraging his friend, and interesting reference to China Inland Mission
"Roses have their thorns in this world, but we lean on One Who is above it."
Short note regarding book on Issaiah, encouragement to gospel work in Jersey and Guernsey, and a planned visit in September
About an upcoming trip to Guernsey as well as a meeting in Blackheath to commend Miss Von Poseck
"Nobody that I know has an idea of the assailant of the Hymn Book. Nor does this matter. It is one apparently so ignorant as not to be aware of many hymns by sisters in all hymn books; so that the advocate of no change would here make a great change. It is otherwise beneath notice. Anybody can find fault. The last hymn book introduced great change and made large omissions."
Thank-you for a parcel, remonstrance against "The Clapham Sect", and exhortation to the islands
The “All-day-ministry” as they call it, took place in defiance of protests. It is a struggle for retrogradism in the shape of loose ministerialism, and W. W. F. puts himself forward ...
"I fear too that he may have been influenced by a shameless meeting at Clapham where G. K. of Birmingham poured out his vials on my head. "
Short note about a meeting to happen with a brother S.F.R. (regarding the 'Clapham' problem)
Mostly about a dispute between two brothers
Mr K unwilling to put W.W.F's contributions in the B.T.
Many small points ... including request for a few old numbers from the Bible Treasury, a note on the 'Clapham Independents' and ohers
"You need not scruple, if F. were to propose a visit now, to decline till he gives up his O. B. ministerialism. He persists, and thus corrupts brethren and makes division. Such we are to avoid though not outside; but the end will be their getting outside somehow."
Written from Southampton mainly about the 'Clapham', 'All Day Ministry' problem.
Exposition of John, upcoming Whitsuntide conference to be held in Blackheath, and sundry matters
Mainly related to the 'Fereday' trouble
"Outwardly the Concert Hall admits of a larger space than we are likely to need, and the joint meals of the day, under the same roof with other conveniences for both sexes we could never before command"
Short item about a few personal matters - visiting an ill brother
"D. confronted F. with going to W(alter). S(cott). (one of the worst of the Stuartites) along with K. and M. He boldly justified, though obliged to own that we regard him as heterodox. “He would look into it when he got home”!!!"
Relating to matters with W.W. Fereday
Note about a meeting coming with WW Fereday at Bennett Park Hall, as well as other matters, and a comment on the Boer War!
"We have still to wait for a scriptural judgment to be carried out, though the guilty one is declared so. This is sadly weak; but so it is."
"It is my hope to cross the Channel on Friday at midnight from Southampton, due on Saturday morning in your Island", and other matters including a young man from West Green who is described as a "violent opposer of order"
3rd Aug 1900
"I confess that it is with trembling that I rejoice at Altofts, because their first thought is not shame and self judgment at their own wrong, ... "
"Last Monday morning W. W. F. came into my compartment of the train at Lewisham for London Bridge! He is staying with F. (at Charlton) who gave out six weeks ago that he had nothing to do with him!! He is going about preying on silly sheep."
Written from Manchester, " .. Hocking. drops Believer’s Monthly Magazine and begins on the 1st January, “Gospel Gleanings” as a penny monthly. We want a good and sound journal of this kind; "
Letter about a number of personal circumstances
Letter on various things, including the matter of the ownership of the book depot at 53 Paternoster Square, London
Very interesting remarks on the book depot and the rarity of early volumes of the Bible Treasury
"I have written lovingly but with decision to Whitstable for their evil effort by vague words to fuse together those “without” with those “within” in a hugger-mugger love in a tub. They are far gone. Four will not agree there, and refuse to break bread, as they have been receiving young C. more than once, and a sister from Clapham. How much corruption the young man has spread!"
Written from Exeter on many matters, including the passing of Mr Weston
Personal matters, a visit to Exeter and a planned visit to Guernsey
Upcoming visit to North West, note of review of Raven's "Life Eternal", some poetry?, and note on Newport meeting that "has not yet cleared itself of sheer independency"
"You may look for a calm summary of the Scriptural teaching on “Life Eternal” in the November B. T. as I trust; then in December the Raven denial fully proved; and perhaps in January its entire contradiction by J. N. D. This by grace should awaken some consciences."
"I trust you find “Life Eternal” a satisfactory paper on an important theme where even J.N.D. left much to be desired. It is expressly uncontroversial as for general edification where most are vague, and to be a basis for the exposure of Raven on this subject in the B. T. for months, and a separate large pamphlet, beside this separate tract. Nobody will say that I spare the fatal error, though they may falsely impute acrimony. This I disclaim."
"You will see that I do not spare R's "Fatal Error" as even J. N. D. called it when only germ."
"This morning I had a letter from one of Mr. Raven's relatives, complaining of my bad spirit, but not a word as to the evil and dangerous heterodoxy, which I presume he does not hold. Well, if they are only saved from “Fatal error” as J. N. D. called it when only in the germ, or from making light of it, I do not mind what he said of me. But I have a good deal more to say before having done; and all will reappear in a pamphlet, I hope."
"We must be content, like our Lord, and thankful for one cast of the seed, out of four, ..."
"I trust you may find “Life Eternal Denied” good in January B. T., and I continue. I have just heard of an excellent person among the Ravens decided by it already. Let us be zealous in using it to help souls."
Long card, many items touched .. Ends: "I am glad of the purchase of the J.N.D. volumes. May they be used to deliver from Sabellianism. “One Body and One Spirit” revised and re-issued. Is it not deeply needed? So is the final paper on Christ’s Person in next B. T. And F. E. R.’s apollinarianism. He is utterly heterodox."
"It is my hope, D. V., to see you on the morning of 28th June by the early packet from Southampton. This, I trust, may not clash with our brother R. K. who is said to be now in Guernsey after a visit to Jersey."
"All is excitement here. The apparent loyalty of the Boer surrender adds much to it; as nobody seems to have expected it so soon and so warm"
Report of a journey across the channel, a meeting at Southampton and a proposed conference at Exeter
Written from Southsea while giving a course of lectures on Mat 24,25. .. "I gave F. E. Race your nice copy of the nasty book; as I already had one, which was enough. Was not this agreeable to you? I return on Tuesday for a discourse that evening, D. V. at Pembroke Hall. (A. M.’s old Chapel)." ..
"As you know, I have been baptised and baptise confessors now and then, never their children, though believing them special objects of the Lord’s care, because I have not seen real evidence for dipping them. But the Baptist theory and practice I reject as unintelligent;"
A few matters touched on including a hint of financial difficulties for the Bible Treasury
"Here I came yesterday (Bournemouth) from Plymouth, after a nice little while. You will be interested to hear that through Exchange and Mart, J. A. T. got a set of The Christian Witness moderately" !!
About the printing of a tract, a series speaking on Job, and comments on a few periodicals (including Mr Hocking's) and the lack of gospel material
Short note mainly to do with printing matters.
Mainly concerned with the price of printing a tract and a few other matters
"Think of letting in brothers, who are withdrawn to break bread and preach! "
Interesting about the Gospel Gleamings periodical, and an 'open' meeting in Hastings that desired to come into fellowship with the 'Kelly' brethren
About quite a few personal matters, and the inclusion of certain pieces in a periodical
Interesting covering many things; an article for the Bible Treasury, a brother connected with the Stuart fellowship who 'mixes himself with a man so loose as W. S.' (Walter Scott), details of upcoming meetings n Kent, books to be published, and more
Postcard to Mr Charles Cox
Short item
Personal matters, upcoming books, conferences and travelling. "And it is a pleasure to me that you found the paper none the worse for my editing; for many are ungrateful and prefer their own uncorrected work."
An article Mr Cox had written for Gospel Gleamings on 'Sin & Sins' and briefly mentioned the interest of the 'Jewish Chronicle' in some of Mr Kelly's writings
"They say that a great book is a great evil; and certainly a little one if good, well packed, and to the point, is not bad for most in this day of hurry, and neither time nor taste for study."
Written from Middlesbrough; a few interesting remarks on 2 Cor V and a few other things
Mr K in Exter and details various lectures he is giving, as well as upcoming books
Mainly about providing books for contacts in Japan
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Attention, all cosplay enthusiasts, gamers, comic-book junkies, and anime geeks: Your annual South Florida parties have moved to Broward County. Nobody likes to show up dressed like Wonder Woman at the wrong place, so please schedule accordingly.
Super Conventions, the company behind the festivals, has moved its Animate Miami and Magic City Comic conferences to the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center (1950 Eisenhower Blvd., Fort Lauderdale) this year. The renamed three-day gatherings that feature celebrations of anime, animation, cosplay, videogames, and comic books will take place this summer and fall, with Animate Florida running September 16 through 18 and Paradise City Comic Con happening December 9 through 11.
The company's flagship convention, Florida Supercon, will continue to take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center (1901 Convention Center Dr., Miami Beach) when it returns in July 2017.
According to Supercon staff, the changes were necessary to accommodate the tremendous growth the celebrations have seen over the past few years.
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"The move to Fort Lauderdale will allow for advancements towards modernity, centrality, and an overall increase in size," says Supercon communications coordinator Sarah Mineo. "These two events will get a face-lift and take on names more fitting of a centralized location in South Florida. Animate Miami levels up to become Animate Florida. Magic City Comic Con, sharing a nickname that Miami acquired in the 1940s, becomes Paradise City Comic Con, which alludes to Fort Lauderdale's fun-in-the sun culture."
"The move will provide more space to host more exhibitors, programming, and celebrities."
A victim of their own success, the annual conferences in Miami have enjoyed enormous audience response. To ensure there is enough space for vendors, exhibits, shows, meet-and-greets, and fans, a move was vital for the celebrations' growth.
"The last Animate event had 12,000 attendees, and the move to Fort Lauderdale will provide more space to host more exhibitors, programming, and celebrities. This Fort Lauderdale location also delivers more natural beauty for showcasing cosplay, a long-held request of cosplayers in South Florida," Mineo says.
"Paradise City Comic Con hosted 19,000 people last year, far too large for any Miami locations to accommodate while the Miami Beach Convention Center scales back on new events to accommodate the construction."
Fans of the South Florida cons need not worry about the changes. Aside from the spacious new digs and more scenic locale, everything attendees have come to know and love at the Miami-Dade events has also made the move north of the county line, along with a few surprises on tap for this year's Fort Lauderdale shows. Guests can expect to see hundreds of events, including celebrity Q&As, costume contests, videogames, comedy shows, exhibitors, and special artists.
"As always, we will have a wide variety of voice actors from shows such as Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, Attack On Titan, Jimmy Neutron, Mattel's Monster High, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and much, much more," Mineo says. "We still have a bunch of guests to announce, so keep tabs on our website and social media."
There are actually three sites — animateflorida.com, paradisecitycomiccon.com, and the umbrella floridasupercon.com — that will keep you updated on the trio of events.
"Animate Florida's number one goal is to give people who have a passion for anime and animation a place to interact with like-minded people. The show has grown into a community of individuals who all support and express similar interests."
Now they'll simply have more room to play in Fort Lauderdale.
Ryan Yousefi is a freelance writer for Miami New Times, a lover of sports, and an expert consumer of craft beer and pho. Hanley Ramirez once stole a baseball from him and to this day still owes him $10.
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Bipasha doesn’t like sitting on my bike: John Abraham
By Prafful Naithani on September 15, 2016 Bollywood news
Actor John Abraham is famous for his affection and passion on bikes collection. The Dhoom fame actor is quietly noticed riding on the new bikes, but for his lady love Bipasha Basu it’s slightly disinclination to accompany him in his bike.
The actor had revealed that whenever she and he get a chance to ride a bike he warned her by saying “I hope you don’t leave a scratch on the bike. The actor keeps doing pranks by unfolding a secret that he is married to his bikes.
John and Bipasha had started their careers with Mahesh Bhatt’s movie Jism in 2003. Till by, they are one of the most inspiring and lovable couples on screen. In real life, also they are planning to go for a relationship. While John is quietly famous for having a huge collection of Bikes like Yamaha VMAX and R1, Bipasha prefers a car ride rather than a bike, which makes her relation with John quite fun and frolic.
John while interacting with the media on a promotional event set for his upcoming film Hook Ya Cook, revealed some cosy moments between him and Bipasha.
Asking about the marriage the hunk star skips the conversation saying he will be adding four more bikes in his personal collection, after which he will be thinking of marriage
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