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Vol. 13, Issue 255 - Thursday, September 11, 2008
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Hawaii senior running back Daniel Libre, who missed last week's game, was back in action yesterday for the Warriors.
Resilient Libre performs at full speed as UH’s trip to Oregon State looms
By Jason Kaneshiro
jkaneshiro@starbulletin.com
In what amounted to a two-day audition for a plane ticket to Oregon, Daniel Libre -- and his recovering ankle -- delivered.
The senior running back had been working his way back from a high ankle sprain that kept him out of last week's game, and he had to convince the coaches and training staff he was ready to return to practice.
He did so by completing a mile run on Tuesday, then testing the ankle in individual agility drills yesterday morning.
By the middle of the Warriors' practice, he had his gear back on and was taking handoffs in the backfield. He is anticipating a return to action Saturday against Oregon State.
"They were basically testing me to see if I was still favoring my foot," Libre said of the agility drills. "I wasn't and it felt really good today. I'm pretty excited now that I can run again.
"I didn't think I was going to be wearing pads today, but when they said to go get my pads I was ecstatic."
Fellow running back Leon Wright-Jackson didn't practice yesterday as he continued to rest a foot injury, but he is also expected to play Saturday when the Warriors (1-1) face the Pac-10 Beavers (0-2) at Reser Stadium in Corvallis. Kickoff is set for 10 a.m. Hawaii time.
"Daniel Libre is going to be ready to play, he's back practicing, and Leon's going to be ready to go," Hawaii coach Greg McMackin said.
"We worked (Libre) out and he looked like his old self. He has fresh legs. He's ready to go. I'm excited about that because he's a good football player."
Libre was effective early in the Warriors' opener against Florida, averaging 8.8 yards on four carries before suffering the injury.
He sat out last week's win over Weber State and said the ankle improved significantly this week.
"A couple days ago was a big improvement from last week," he said. "I was walking at a normal pace, no crutches or anything, but as far as running or putting pressure on it, I couldn't really do it. I've been getting a lot of treatment and rehab and it paid off."
Having to miss the Weber State game gnawed at the Konawaena graduate, who made stops at Menlo College and Kapiolani Community College before joining the Warriors.
The journey, which leaves him with one season left to play, amplifies the meaning of each contest for Libre.
"I was real down about missing last week's game," Libre said. "I had a lot of meetings with the coaches and they convinced me not to push it. I just had to bite my tongue and watch the game."
While Libre was out, Kealoha Pilares moved from slotback to running back and had a team-high 10 carries for 35 yards and a touchdown against Weber State. He could still contribute at both spots if needed.
"We'll see. He can move back to slot, but he's doing a good job at running back, too," offensive coordinator Ron Lee said. "(Today's) practice will be the key."
Jayson Rego also produced in the backfield when given a shot last week, rushing for 54 yards in the fourth quarter against Weber State. Jake Heun returned to practice this week, but the staff is considering redshirting the junior, who missed close to a month of practice with a back injury.
Tackle update
Aaron Kia practiced with the first team at left tackle, while Laupepa Letuli saw limited action as he continues his comeback from a shoulder injury. Kia has been dealing with tendinitis in his knees and didn't play last week.
"I'm going to do whatever I legally can to get on that field on Saturday -- that is my goal," Kia said. "It's up to the coaches to put me in, but I'm going to do whatever I can to get myself ready."
Short yardage
The Warriors leave for Oregon after this morning's practice and will be based in Eugene, about 50 miles from Corvallis. They will have their walk-through at Oregon's Autzen Stadium tomorrow and get their first look at Reser Stadium (capacity 45,674) on Saturday. ... The Warriors will take 66 players on their second road trip of the season.
Inside | September 11
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» Libre at full speed before Oregon trip
» Kapolei takes aim at No. 2 Leilehua
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» Mayor tops in campaign spending
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» City sues EPA over waste-water records
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BEARWATCH: Monitoring Impacts of Arctic Climate Change using Polar Bears, Genomics and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: climate change, traditional knowledge, polar bear
Principal Investigator: Lougheed, Stephen C. (2)
Organization: Queen's University
Licenced Year(s): 2019 2018
Issued: Feb 10, 2018
Project Team: Peter van Coeverden de Groot (Co-Project Leader, Queen’s University), Graham Whitelaw (Co-Project Leader, Queen’s University), Markus Dyck (Co-Project Leader, Government of Nunavut), Marsha Branigan (End User and Collaborator, Government of NWT), Douglas Clark (Co-Applicant, University of Saskatchewan), Daniel McCarthy (Co-Applicant, University of Waterloo), TBD (Graduate Students (3 - 5), Queen's University/University of Saskatchewan)
Objective(s): To integrate and map polar bear knowledge systems and translate findings into a community-based monitoring protocol that will track polar bear population responses to environmental change.
Project Description: This research will integrate and map polar bear knowledge systems and translate findings into a community-based monitoring protocol that will track polar bear population responses to environmental change. Research questions include: 1) Are polar bear science data, existing Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), and historical records from the fur trade, explorer’s personal accounts and government wildlife archives/records comparable? 2) What do the three polar bear knowledge sets tell about demographic changes in polar bears over time and space? 3) How can the deliverables add to existing governance through knowledge translation for use in decision-making?; and, 4) Can polar bear community-based monitoring contribute to understanding bear population trends and climate change?
The research team propose to apply multiple research methods (workshops, community mapping, case studies, observation) but leave sufficient scope and direction to participating communities so that they can equally direct the project from its early stages through completion. The research team will build a knowledge management system (Nanuq-KMS) with scientific and TEK information (obtained through extensive database searches) as well as historical records (accessed through archives) regarding polar bears. The various knowledge sources will be evaluated using document analysis, including assessing the information collected to determine who collected it, how it was collected, how it was analyzed, and whether ethical considerations were taken into account. The database will also be linked to a collaborative geomatics map. The information will be shared with and assessed through various methods including community workshops. The research strategy will involve multiple visits to communities that responded affirmatively to the invitation and currently include Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok. Multiple workshops will be conducted in each focal community involving research design consultation, community mapping and consultation to identify sample sites for faecal collection and provide community insights for the broader polar bear community-based monitoring program, results sharing of faecal sampling and data analysis, synthesis and translation of TEK, historical records and genomics science for use in governance and sharing all research findings. The research team will map existing and acquired TEK, science and historical records of polar bears in Canada. Workshops will be designed to enable community members to transfer their knowledge using maps. Data security is a central concern - differential access to data must be enabled through any searchable archive, and community control of their proprietary data is critical. Community mapping will contribute to the identification of the best locations and seasons to find polar bear faeces to guide the sampling efforts for the biological portion of this project (Wildlife Research Permit). The research team will design and evaluate a repeatable, locally executed community-based monitoring program that will initially involve the two communities identified, as well as one community in Nunavut, and expand to encompass 28 communities in Nunavut and NWT. Lessons from the community work will be utilized during four regional workshops that will involve community members from all 28 communities to finalize the sampling strategy and logistics for the monitoring program. Additional issues that will be addressed through the workshops include ensuring data quality control, minimizing data loss, fragmentation and errors, and ensuring proper training.
Promoting the adoption and integration of polar bear knowledge management, assessment, permitting, licensing, and monitoring processes will also be addressed through the focus and regional workshops. The final symposium planned for Year 4 will address translating the vision of new genomics tools and monitoring program to actions, specifically in polar bear management (quotas, environmental assessments, permitting and monitoring through private-sector actors. The final product of the symposium will work toward a suite of policy, program and plan recommendations addressing polar bear planning and management directed to government and community organizations.
The research team will hold workshops to share and discuss results of fecal sampling and data analysis. Results will also be shared through a searchable online database (Nanuq-KMS) with community control. The research team will hold a final symposium to share results and discuss long term monitoring plan. All published journal articles will be made available. The research team are open to suggestions by community regarding other methods of communications.
The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from February 7, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
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Walk #973: A circular walk between Matlock and Rowsley, taking in Stanton Moor
P2013DSC04916 A train at Matlock station. P2013DSC04919 The path alongside the Derwent out of Matlock.
County Derbyshire
Start Location Matlock station
End Location Matlock station
Description This pleasant walk follows the Derwent Valley Heritage Trail alongside the river to Rowsley, before returning via Stanton Moor and Peak Rail.
Pack Today I carried my 30-litre Karrimor rucksack, filled with water, my waterproofs, a book and other odds and ends.
Condition I feel absolutely fine after this walk.
Weather Today was mostly cloudy, with some occasional suny periods. It was not too cold, and there was a bit of a breeze to help me cool off during the ascent onto the moor.
OS map Outdoor Leisure number 24 (The Peak District - White Peak Area)
P2013DSC04924 A tamper. P2013DSC04925 Matlock Riverside, inclusing new signalbox.
P2013DSC04931 Bridge 35. P2013DSC04934 Looking south towards Matlock Riverside.
I had a few days spare and what looked like good weather, so I decided to do a short trip. I also had a new tent that I wanted to try out, so rather than risk a backpacking trip, it seemed sensible to do a car-camp. The Pennine Bridleway was on my to-do list, so early this morning I started the drive up to Derbyshire. As I would not be able to start walking until after nine, and a long first day on the trail, I decided to do a different stroll. Another trail on my list was the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, and so after parking at Matlock and grabbing some food I shouldered my rucksack and headed off.
Matlock has changed over the last decade, with a relief road for the crowded A6 squeezing over the railway and River Derwent through the old Cawdor Quarry site. I had walked the initial stretch of the trail many times before; it squeezes between the river and a large retaining wall that once held a large railway yard. The path has not changed much except for the place where the large bridge carrying the bypass passes overhead.
Shortly after this a path led up to the left, to the site of the Matlock Riverside station on the preserved Peak Rail line. Noise which i assumed had been from the old quarry site turned out to be a tamper machine on the railway, and there was also a classic Midland Railway-style signal box sitting on a rather brutal and no-typical base of concrete blocks. The box used to be at Luffenham Junction, and has only just been installed.
Soon afterwards the path passed under Bridge 35, which carries the preserved railway over the Derwent. I worked on helping restore this bridge in a minor way, and have happy memories of a sunny summer over the water. Despite having spent months in this area over the years, I had never actually walked the next stretch of path which continues along the western side of the Derwent. Initially it passed the site of the old Cawdor Quarry. A ramshackle concrete hut jutted out over the water, and nearby a few railway sleepers remained from the old quarry sidings, surviving after decades of disuse.
The stench of tar filled the air a little further on, and shrinkwrapped pallets were stacked against the other side of the fence. These turned out to be tar blocks, presumably for use in roofing or in waterlogged areas. Eventually the fence ended, and a notice by a stile stated that the footpath might soon become a cycle path. The path flirted with the river bank, which soon looped out of view before returning. It was a pleasant enough stroll on a side of the river I did not know too well, my previous walks all having followed the railway line.
A road headed northwestwards once the footpath ended, with the old volcanic plug of Oker Hill, topped by a lone sycamore tree that Wordsworth once wrote about . I have always had a hankering to climb Oker Hill as the views are meant to be superb, but lack of public access to the top has always put me off. The road passed a transport company on the left, before reaching Darley Bridge, an ancient crossing point of the river.
The Square and Compass pub on the other side of the river was an old watering hole of mine, and seemed not to have changed externally over the years. I followed the road as it twisted and turned, before taking a footpath that led across fields to the small hamlet of Churchtown.
I diverted off to visit the yew tree in the church yard, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old. Whilst this is probably an overestimate, its vast girth indicates it might have watched the original Saxon church being built. Stone tablets arranged around the base of the tree are engraved with the names of famous battles. Ancient yew trees have an almost mystical air, and the Churchtown sample is no different. Fortunately it seems in rude health and is vibrantly green despite its age.
A track and then path led north, with the river some way away to the left. A four-mile long drain called Hill Carr Sough trickles into the other side of the river, carrying mineralised water from deep underground. Soon industrial works could be seen off to the right - the Rowsley depot of Peak Rail, where I spent many happy days. Even from a distance it was possible to see that it had changed over the years, with a new building over part of the site of the old Rowsley Depot, closed with the rest of the line in 1968.
Soon the path became trapped between the river and the old depot, now neatened up by the preserved railway, and joined the current end of the line at Northwood. Some men in high-visibility jackets were working nearby, and I ended up chatting to one for a quarter of an hour - he started volunteering a few years after I left, but we knew many mutual names. It was a pleasant chat, but left me with a sadness for all the people who have moved on - some to other preserved railways or hobbies, and a few out of this life.
Heading north, the path headed through the massive area of the old marshalling yards, where trains were organised before attempting the climb over the Peak District's hills. A few remains were visible in places: slabs of brickwork lying in the ground, recumbrant lampposts covered in moss; even half an old fishplate. Whilst there is a good chance that the railway will be rebuilt through here, the noise and bustle of the marshalling yard will never return.
I walked in a reverie until the path erupted out through an industrial estate towards the site of the old Rowsley station. The station building was demolished by Peak Rail for stone, and the site is now a car park. It will be difficult to rebuild the railway past the buildings and have enough gradient to cross the A6 a short distance away, but apparently it is doable.
I crossed the bridge over the Derwent. And then took a road past Caudwell's Mill, and then a long, surfaced driveway that crossed the floodplain. This started to rise past an area of newly-planted trees, replacing some mature woodland that had once stood there. The plastic tubes protecting the saplings looked incongruous amongst the stumps.
Eventually the trail reached Stanton Woodhouse Farm, which had some wonderfully worn stone flags outside the farm. Another climb along a path led past Hillcar Wood and Endcliffe Quarry; last time I walked along here I passed a protestor's camp, housing men and women who wanted to prevent the camp from reopening. They won their battle and moved on in 2009. They did a good job at tidying up, and there was no obvious sign of their presence.
Another road led below the eastern flank of Stanton moor, past a series of disused quarries. A new footpath has been built up along a tree-lined access track, but I continued along the road past a massive dry-stone wall that soared over my head. There was no sign of any mortar, the vast weight of the blocks holding them in place. Machines were driving around a quarry to the north of the road; I could not remember this quarry, making me wonder when it opened.
A path led up onto Stanton Moor, and as there was still time I decided to do a lap around the moor. I soon joined the path that runs along the eastern edge of the moor; trees blocked most of the views, but the sandy path made for an enjoyable stroll. Soon the Reform Tower (also called Earl Grey Tower) came into view; this was built to celebrate the Great Reform Act 1832. When I first came onto the moor I knew this as the 'shooting tower', and was told someone would stand at the top and tell people where the grouse could be found. Whether that is true or not I do not know, and the tree cover would prevent it nowadays.
A massive boulder, carved with footholds, was situated at the cliff edge a little further on. Engraved graffiti on the stone dated back nearly 200 years, showing that it is hardly a modern phenomena. The trees soon ended, and the path continued on along the edge of the moor; eventually I crossed a stile over a fence to enter the moor proper. Jumping off the stile, I put my foot on a black plastic bag that split open, revealing the contents to be dog poo.
An old quarry on the moor was being reclaimed by nature, shrubs and small trees springing up around blocks that had been quarried but not removed. Then one of my two main targets on the moor came into view - the Cork Stone. This is similar to the boulder I passed earlier, except for the fact it is in a more exposed location. Steps cut into the rock also lead to the top, along with metal hoops for footholds. I decided not to attempt a climb, and instead started across the moor in company of a couple who were on a pub walk.
We chatted as we strolled across the moorland, passing a couple of old quarries that had nibbled away at the western edge of the moor. Soon we came across a small solitary stone, and continued on to reach the Nine Ladies Stone Circle. This is my favourite prehistoric site, the small stones standing in a clearing amongst the trees. It is a magical site and it is clear others feel so as well - ornaments were hanging off the trees, and a memorial to a woman had been placed in the centre of the circle.
We walked on back towards the Reform Tower, after which I said goodbye to the couple and headed back across the moor. I like moorland walking, and this was a superb stroll in the sunshine. It was a shame when I crossed the stile once more and joined a path that led down to a road that leads into Birchover. Another path took me south; I went slightly wrong after passing a farm and walked the wrong way across a field; fortunately I realised my mistake and continued my descent towards Clough Lane.
This track took me east; there were some pleasant views through the trees on the left back towards Stanton Moor. A JCB was blocking the track at one point, the driver sitting in the cab as he admired the views whilst a chainsaw sat on the ground beside some fallen trees. The descent steepened as the track passed Cowley Knowl, the ground being slightly hard on my tired feet.
Soon it joined a road that passed the massive works belonging to H.J. Enthoven and Sons. This plant started off processing the lead mined from the moors in the area, including its own Mill Close Mine. Once the mining stopped, it remained open to process second-hand lead, for instance from batteries. The factory's massive chimney rather dominates the area and seems out of place in the Peak District scenery; however it is an indication of the fact that the hills of the Peak District have been the site of industry since Roman times.
I descended down to recross the Derwent at Darley Bridge, then walked up to the Peak Rail station at Darley Dale. A path led alongside the South Yard, where many of the sidings I had helped lay in the late 1980s and early 1990s had been taken up and moved elsewhere. There were a few items of stock, but soon I was climbing up some steps onto a stone overbridge, before another path led back to the railway line at the end of a cutting.
I had walked along the railway line many times in the past; indeed, I had helped build this stretch of line many moons ago. It was a pleasant stroll that caused me to once more dive back into my memories of the people I used to know. As I approached the bridge over the Derwent once more, I saw the taper machine that had been at Matlock Riverside earlier in the day coming towards me, tamping the line. Tamping machines have prongs that descend into the ballast, vibrating it to settle it and make the foundations of the railway line firmer. I have done many hours of this by hands, and it is amazing to see how quickly a machine can do the hard, physical work of many men.
Soon I was recrossing the Derwent once more using a narrow walkway across the railway bridge, the path being formed by a series of riveted plates, the rivets making for slightly uncomfortable going on my feet. After this I dropped down to follow the riverside path I had walked earlier, and soon reached the centre of Matlock and my car at the station.
There was still a good amount of daylight left, so I took my time driving up to the campsite at Blackwell, near Taddington in the heart of the Peak District. The owner was not in, but some men told me to put up my tent anywhere in the field - I was only the second camper they had had so far this year! It was going to be my first night in my new Akto tent, and I took my time erecting it. It had been a good day's walk that held many memories for me.
P2013DSC04937 Old railway sleepers in the quarry. P2013DSC04944 The Derwent beside the path to Oker.
This walk starts at Matlock railway station at SK296601. Leave the station and walk down the approach road, with a large footbridge to the right. The path squeezes past the bus station buildings on the left, and then curves to the right to parallel the A6 Derwent Way. Cross to the northern side of the road at a pedestrian crossing just before the bridge, and immediately turn left to join a footpath that passes between the road on the left and the River Derwent on the right.
Continue along the footpath as it follows the river; it passes under a large bridge that carries the A6 overhead, and after 0.7 miles passes under an old metal bridge that carries a railway line over the river. On the other side of the bridge the path rises up to run alongside a fence at the top of the raised riverbank, with the water far below. Quarry buildings are passed on the other side of the fence to the left after a third of a mile, and eventually a stile is reached at SK281608. (It should be noted that the next stretch to Oker may be converted into a cycle path, in which case the following notes will change).
Cross the stile, and join the riverbank on the right. At the end of this field go through a stone squeeze-stile and then angle slightly left across a second field. Go through a pedestrian gate at the endof this field and aim slightly right across a third field, with houses away to the left. A third pedestrian gate leads out to a path that runs between hedges up a slight slope. At the top go through a stone squeeze-stile to reach a road in Oker at SK279611.
Turn right and follow the road as it heads back downhill. When the road forks after 300 yards take the left-hand branch that leads to a stile beside a field gate. Continue along the road on the other side as it curves along a good field, with the river away to the right. When the field ends at SK274618 negotiate a complex of stiles beside a field gate and continue along the road, passing houses on the right. After a quarter of a mile the road ends at a T-junction with the B5057 in Darley Bridge.
Carefully cross the road to the other side, then turn right to cross the bridge over the river. It immediately curves to the left and then gently to the right; just before Darley Bridge car park is reached on the left, turn left through a squeeze-stile beside a field gate to join a track, with some playing fields off to the left. When the track curves sharply to the left, continue straight on through a squeeze-stile beside a field gate to enter a field.
Follow a ditch on the right past the field. Just before the corner of the field is reached, turn right through a squeeze-stile, then cross the ditch on a stone-plank bridge and go through a pedestrian gate to enter another field. Head diagonally across this, skirting a corner of a fence on the right to reach the corner of the field beside the churchyard. Go through a clapper gate beside a field gate to reach a road in Churchtown at SK267628.
Turn left to follow the road as it passes St Helen's church on the left; as the road curves t the rght, turn left down another road. Pass a school on the left and go through a gateway to join a track that runs past the main farm on the left. Cross a stile beside a field gate; as this track curves to the right towards a barn, cross a second stile/field gate combination that leads to a short section enclosed between hedges. After about fifty yards, cross a stone step-stile beside a field gate to enter a field.
Follow a wall on the right; in the corner of the field go through a stone squeeze stile beside a barn. Angle slightly to the right across a field, aiming for a gateway ahead. Go through a squeeze-stile beside the gate to enter a third field. Head across this to reach a wooden stile beside a field gate and head on across a field, as a railway depot becomes visible off to the right. Cross a stile beside a field gate and then start following a hedge on the right, with the depot. The field narrows as it squeezes between the river on the left and track on the right; go through a stile beside a field gate and continue along the path alongside the river. It goes past a final squeeze-stile gate combination to reach a large open area at Northwood at SK261645, with the railway depot off to the right.
Turn left to follow the access road northwards, with the Derwent a short distance away to the left. Immediately after it crosses a bridge over a stream, turn left along a path that soon swings to the right to follow the riverbank on the left through the trees. Stay on this path as it roughly follows the river through what was once a railway marshalling yard. After 0.7 miles the trees narrow between the river and the A6 embankment; a fence and industrial units start on the right and the path joins a road. Follow this road as it passes through an industrial park and swings to the right to join the A6 road in Rowsley at SK258659.
Turn left and follow the A6 as it crosses the Derwent on a bridge. When a triangular junction is reached on the left, with The Peacock on the other side of the road, turn left down Woodhouse Road. This road passes the village school on the left and crosses the River Wye on a bridge. On the southern side of the bridge the road turns sharply to the right; here continue straight on down a surfaced track that heads south along the floodplain of the River Derwent, before slowly climbing uphill through Holly Wood.
Shortly before Stanton Woodhouse Farm is reached at SK256644, turn right up some stones to join a footpath that immediately goes through a clapper gate. The path skirts the edge of some woodland on the left for a short distance before going through a gate and rejoining the track; follow this to the farm. Head through the farm; when the track ends at a farm gate, go through this to join a footpath. This continues climbing; when it forks take the right-hand branch and go through a gateway at SK254632. The path climbs to a little pedestrian gate beside a field gate; go through this and follow a fence on the left as it passes the edge of the (hopefully still) disused Endcliffe Quarry. The path crests a little hill before descending a short distance to reach a road.
Turn right and follow the road north. When the road forks after a couple of hundred yards, turn left along another road that climbs uphill. This road soon curves to the left to head westwards, and just before a right-hand bend at SK250639 turn left to cross some steps over a stone wall to enter a field. A path heads south uphill, across the field; go through a stile in a gap in a broken-down stone wall to enter an area of scrub woodland. Continue straight uphill, ignoring any tracks off in either direction. Soon a stone wall is reached on the right; follow this along.
The wall becomes a fence that guards the main bulk of the moor on the right. At SK251633 the Earl Grey Tower is reached; pass to the left of this and continue along the main path. 150 yards further on the path curves to the right to continue following the fence; after another half a mile a stile is reached in the fence on the right at SK248627. Cross the stile to enter the moorland, and then turn left along a vague track that angles away from the fence. When a rough track is reached, turn half right to continue along the path as it passes an old quarry on the right. The path soon joins a better track; turn left along this until the Cork Stone is reached at SK243627.
Immediately before the Cork Stone, turn right along another footpath that heads north-northeastwards across the moor, passing a series of disused quarries on the left. Nearly half a mile after the Cork Stone at SK246633, look for a path leading off half-right across the moor. This leads to the Nine Ladies Stone Circle at SK249634. Continue through the stone circle and cross a track on the other side; turn slightly to the right to head southeastwards across the moor to approach the Earl Grey Tower once more. Do not cross the stile leading to the tower, and instead follow a path that heads south-southwestwards across the moors. When the path forks after 0.4 miles, take the left-hand branch that heads towards the stile crossed earlier at SK248627. Cross the stile, and then turn half-right to join a rough path that heads southwestwards down the hillside following a fence on the right, soon ending at a road at SK246625.
Turn right to follow the road uphill; after a couple of hundred yards turn left down a footpath that follows a rough track. This soon curves to the left to descend towards Barn Farm. A fence starts on the right and continues towards a track at the farm. Pass a vehicle barrier and keep the main farm buildings on the right; at the end of the buildings turn right to follow a fence on the left. Go through a farm gate ahead to enter a footpath crossings. Head straight on south across the field, following a fence on the right.
Go through a gap in a stone wall at the corner of the field, and follow a hedge on the right downhill along a second field. At the end of this second field go through a stone squeeze-stile beside a field gate to reach a rough track called Clough Lane at SK243617. Turn left and follow the lane as it heads downhill to the east. The descent steeps as it passes Cowley Knowl on the left, and after a mile it reaches a firmer track at SK258619. Turn right along this track and follow it as it immediately curves to the left to continue east. After another half-mile this ends at a junction with a road at SK265620.
Turn right to continue straight on eastwards down this road as it drops downhill. After a quarter of a mile it ends at a T-junction with the B5057 road in Darley Bridge. Turn left and follow the road as it curves around to reach the bridge over the Wye that was crossed earlier. Continue along the road as it winds around in a rough northerly direction across the floodplain using the pavement on the left-hand side of the road. After half a mile a level crossing is reached at Darley Dale station. Pass the station, and after twenty yards turn right to cross the road and join a footpath that runs with a wall on the right and fence on the left. The wall soon becomes a fence; continue along the path as it passes a railway yard on the right for a fifth of a mile, when the path climbs up some steps to reach a bridge over the railway.
Turn left to follow the road east. After a fifth of a mile turn right down a short track that leads to a footpath that squeezes between a hedge on the left and a house on the right. The path soon reaches the top of some steps that leads to a pedestrian crossing over the railway line. Turn left to follow the lineside footpath southeastwards for 1.2 miles, goingthrough any gates you meet on the way, until a bridge over the Derwent is reached at SK289605.
The footpath narrows as it crosses the bridge, climbing up onto the top of one of the bridge's side. Once at the northern side of the bridge, turn right and then drop down some steps to meet the path that was walked along earlier. Turn right and follow the path as it heads under the railway bridge. Continue along the path as it follows the river downstream; after 0.7 miles it joins the A6 on the right. Just before a road bridge over the river, turn right across a pedestrian crossing over the road. On the other side turn right to follow the pavement as it curves to the left, passing a large footbridge on the left to reach Matlock railway station at SK296601
P2013DSC04947 A barn near Oker Farm. P2013DSC04949 Following the road north to Darley Bridge.
Matlock station Darley Bridge 2.5 74 76
Darley Bridge Rowsley 3.1 38 25
Rowsley Nine Ladies stone circle 4.0 890 209
Nine Ladies stone circle Darley Dale 3.8 175 879
Darley Bridge Matlock station 2.6 85 73
P2013DSC04951 The Derwent near Darley Bridge. P2013DSC04952 Darley Bridge.
I spent the night at Beech Croft Farm Caravan Park & Camp Site, a lovely caravan and camping site near Taddington. This is a lovely little campsite that is situated just off the A6 between Bakewell and Buxton. They can be contacted on 01298 85330.
P2013DSC04955 The Derwent at Darley Bridge. P2013DSC04960 St Helen's church, Churchtown.
P2013DSC04964 The ancient yew at Churchtown. P2013DSC04966 Memorials under the ancient yew at Churchtown.
P2013DSC04969 An elegant gateway at Abbey Farm. P2013DSC04971 A strange device near Abbey Farm.
P2013DSC04973 A barn beside the path. P2013DSC04977 The Derwent approaching Northwood.
P2013DSC04980 Peak Rail. P2013DSC04985 The Derwent at the old Rowsley Marshalling Yards.
P2013DSC04988 A path through the old Rowsley Marshalling Yards. P2013DSC04990 The Derwent at the old Rowsley Marshalling Yards.
P2013DSC04993 Remains of the old Rowsley Marshalling Yards. P2013DSC05000 The Derwent at Rowsley.
P2013DSC05001 Following the road south to Stanton Woodhouses. P2013DSC05003 A view over the Derwent Valley from near Stanton Woodhouses.
P2013DSC05005 Stanton Woodhouses. P2013DSC05006 A view over the Derwent Valley from near Stanton Woodhouses.
P2013DSC05009 An engraved path marker. P2013DSC05010 The ascent up to Endcliffe Quarry.
P2013DSC05011 Looking back from near Endcliffe Quarry. P2013DSC05013 A massive stone wall beside the road.
P2013DSC05015 The climb up onto Stanton Moor. P2013DSC05017 A stone on the edge of Stanton Moor.
P2013DSC05018 An engraving on a stone on the edge of Stanton Moor. P2013DSC05019 Heading south along the edge of Stanton Moor.
P2013DSC05022 The Earl Grey Tower. P2013DSC05025 Engraving on a boulder near the Earl Grey Tower.
P2013DSC05026 A boulder near the Earl Grey Tower. P2013DSC05032 Heading south along the edge of Stanton Moor.
P2013DSC05034 Heading south along the edge of Stanton Moor. P2013DSC05038 A stone on the moor.
P2013DSC05042 A disused quarry. P2013DSC05043 Crossing the moor towards the Cork Stone.
P2013DSC05044 Approaching the Cork Stone. P2013DSC05048 The Cork Stone.
P2013DSC05049 The Cork Stone. P2013DSC05051 Heading northeast along the western edge of the moor.
P2013DSC05052 A distant view of Stanton Moor trig pillar. P2013DSC05053 An old quarry on the moor.
P2013DSC05054 Heading northeast along the western edge of the moor. P2013DSC05058 Heading northeast along the western edge of the moor.
P2013DSC05063 Nine Ladies Stone Circle. P2013DSC05068 Nine Ladies Stone Circle.
P2013DSC05073 Approaching the Earl Grey Tower. P2013DSC05078 Heading back southwestwards across Stanton Moor.
P2013DSC05082 The descent off Stanton Moor. P2013DSC05083 Heading south towards Clough Lane.
P2013DSC05085 Clough Lane. P2013DSC05087 A JCB on Clough Lane.
P2013DSC05091 Descending Clough Lane. P2013DSC05093 Darley Bridge.
P2013DSC05094 The Derwent at Darley Bridge. P2013DSC05096 The ex-Bamford signal box at Darley Dale.
P2013DSC05097 Darley Dale south station building. P2013DSC05098 Darley Dale level crossing.
P2013DSC05100 A brake van in Darley Dale south yard. P2013DSC05105 Red House Cutting.
P2013DSC05107 A milepost. P2013DSC05108 An old platelayers' hut.
P2013DSC05109 Following the railway path south towards Matlock. P2013DSC05113 A tamper machine.
P2013DSC05114 A tamper machine. P2013DSC05117 A tamper machine.
P2013DSC05118 A tamper machine. P2013DSC05121 The path across bridge 35.
P2013DSC05123 Looking south from bridge 35 towards Matlock Riverside. P2013DSC05127 The Derwent in Matlock.
P2013DSC05130 A tree growing out of a retaining wall in Matlock. P2013DSC05131 My Akto tent at the campsite in Blackwell.
11 Stanton Moor 2.9
12 Darley Dale, Stanton Moor and Rowsley 8.7
14 Friden, Long Dale and Gratton Dale 7.8
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Comrie Development Trust
Community Environment Economy Resilience
Cultybraggan
The Repair & Lease Scheme
Self-Catering & Bunkhouse Project
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Community Shares Opportunity at Cultybraggan – Press Release
The Comrie Development Trust (CDT) has embarked on a significant Heritage Self-Catering project to refurbish and protect 10 category B listed building nissen huts at Cultybraggan Camp, the best preserved P.O.W camp in Scotland. These huts are listed for their importance to the nation’s heritage and plans are in place to create self-catering and bunkhouse accommodation. A complex funding package has been drawn together and the final part provides an opportunity for individuals to invest in Community Shares to benefit the local economy by raising an additional £35,000.
CDT Chair Emma Margrett explained, “The community shares scheme has been launched to attract expressions of interest from individuals for the remaining £35,000. It is understood that those involved may also benefit from receiving interest payments on investment once the enterprise proves sustainable and in certain cases, may receive tax relief on their investment. The total building work for the Heritage Self-Catering project is estimated at £578,500 and a funding package has been put together with funds sought from Historic Scotland, Scottish & Southern Energy and the Heritage Enterprise fund. Heritage Hutting, taken together with the other projects, is estimated to potentially increase visitor levels to over 15,000 after 5 years creating the equivalent of 20 full time jobs and boosting the local economy by up to £2 million.”
Emma continued, “This is a really promising project and has only been possible due to the foresight of the community when they bought the Camp. The buildings will be restored to a condition as stipulated by Historic Scotland who has given their backing to the project offering a grant of up to £257,500. Historic Scotland’s grant offer is conditional upon proposals being approved and match funding being obtained. As part of this matched funding, the CDT secured a fund offer of £36,300 from Scottish & Southern Energy and we are looking to try to raise the remaining £35k through our new community shares offer, and an application to the Heritage Enterprise Fund.”
Dr Ann Petrie, Chair of Comrie Heritage Group stated, “This project is just one of a number of projects that CDT is working on to further progress at Cultybraggan and by investing in community shares, individuals will be helping to preserve part of the nation’s heritage and will contribute towards benefitting the community. Any surplus generated by the business will be invested in restoring the rest of Cultybraggan Camp and in helping community projects in Comrie.”
Dr Petrie added “The self-catering business will be managed by the Community Benefit Society. Part of the funding issued through the community shares offer will engage both the local community and those, particularly with a previous connection to the camp, looking to play a part in its preservation. The Trust will benefit from a long term rental revenue stream from this project which can be re-invested by the Trust in projects at the camp and in the wider community.”
To register your interest in the Heritage Self-Catering Community Shares email cdt@comriedevelopmenttrust.org.uk or telephone 01764 670769.
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2020 College Football Preview Hub
#14 Illinois
12:00 pm, January 16
#7 Michigan
#23 Minnesota
2:00 pm, January 16
#2 Baylor
#15 Texas Tech
#18 Virginia
#12 Clemson
#9 Wisconsin 54
#7 Michigan 77
#19 Duke 67
#20 Virginia Tech 74
#6 Kansas 70
Oklahoma State 75
#15 Texas Tech 79
#4 Texas 77
ATS Picks for the Elite 8
By Crazy Sportsdude
Sweet 16 picks went 5-3 against the spread (+200, meaning a 100 dollar bet on each would net +200 dollars)
(11) Loyola-Chicago vs (9) Kansas State – 6:09PM ET, TBS
I picked both of these teams to pull the upset in round one, but it was unfathomable to think they would be meeting in the regional finals of the South, which had four of the power seven conference champions. This game was set at a pick’em for the longest time, but at the last minute, Kansas State was pushed up to the slightest of favorites, which is good news for me. Loyola also happened to be a one-point underdog on Thursday against Nevada, and after Loyola won in yet another single-possession game, I’m not jumping off the bandwagon quite yet. The Ramblers have won 20 of their last 21, the only loss being on the road against their MVC Rivals Bradley. I’m riding the hot hand in this one, and going with Loyola. The Ramblers should be able to beat a Kansas State team that struggles with rebounding the ball. The Wildcats rank 310th in defensive rebounding percentage (Loyola ranks 55th for what its worth).
The Pick: Loyola-Chicago +1
(9) Florida State vs (3) Michigan – 8:49PM ET, TBS
I had Loyola vs Kansas State as a pick’em back on Thursday night, but in my tweet, I mentioned that I thought the spread for this would be around Michigan -6. Much to my surprise, the opening line was set at Michigan -4. You probably already know which side I will be taking. It has been quite a run for Florida State, the ‘Noles did not even make the final eight of the ACC Tournament but are now playing for a final four berth, however, all good things must come to an end. Michigan was my pick to go to the final four from the West since the beginning, and I’m not going back now. The Wolverines looked fantastic in their game against Texas A&M on Thursday, and I’m not picking against the team with the longest win streak in basketball.
The Pick: Michigan -4
(3) Texas Tech vs (1) Villanova – 2:20PM ET, CBS
Texas Tech proved me wrong on Friday in a 78-65 win over KenPom #5 Purdue, and they did that shooting in the 20’s from behind the arc. Most of the time when you see an upset, it is because the underdogs shot better than expected, but on Friday, Chris Beard’s team shot seven percent below their season average from three and still won by double digits. Villanova is better than Purdue though/ Jay Wright’s team is a clear number one in KenPom, they have the best offense in the country, and the highest effective FG% in the country, but they have a tendency to let teams hang around. Three of Villanova’s final six games before the tournament went to overtime. I’m not going to pick against Villanova, who ismy national title pick, but I think Keenan Evans and the Red Raiders hang around long enough to keep it within six.
The Pick: Texas Tech +6.5
(2) Duke vs (1) Kansas – 5:05PM ET, CBS
I picked Kansas to go to the final four. I am no longer picking Kansas to go to the final four. You can get me on the record for my other two final four picks that are still alive (Villanova and Michigan), but my trust in this Kansas team was gone after the Seton Hall game. They only confirmed my suspicions against Clemson on Friday, in a game that the Jayhawks won by only four despite shooting five points above their season average. Imagine what might happen if the Jayhawks run into a defense that they can’t handle and they have a bad shooting night. That is, in essence, what happened to Duke on Friday. The Blue Devils shot 5/26 from three-point land and still won. I’ll take the team with the better defense in Duke, along with the team that can survive a bad shooting night, because I’m not quite sure that Kansas can do that.
The Pick: Duke -3
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Five killed, 12 injured in traffic accident in Egypt's Aswan
MENA , Ahram Online , Monday 19 Nov 2018
The accident scene on Abu-Simbel-Aswan road (Photo: ERTU)
Four killed, 19 injured in road accident on Egypt's Matrouh-Siwa Road
Eight killed in road accident in Egypt's Red Sea governorate
10 dead, 17 injured in bus accident on Cairo-Port Said road
Egypt's Transport Minister sacks Egyptian Railway Authority head after Cairo-Aswan train accident
Five people were killed and 12 others injured when a bus and a microbus collided on the Abu-Simbel-Aswan Highway on Monday morning, approximately 850km south of Cairo.
The dead include four Egyptians and a Sudanese national.
The injured were transferred to nearby hospitals.
Deadly road accidents take place on a near daily basis in Egypt, largely due to poor road safety, badly maintained infrastructure, and loosely enforced traffic regulations.
However, Egypt has allocated millions of pounds on developing and expanding road networks in recent years.
The country's official statistics agency said in April that more than 11,000 road accidents took place in Egypt in 2017, down from around 15,000 accidents the previous year.
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Tasting Notes and Photos
Burgundy Dinner with the Chevaliers du Tastevin
Salt & Char Restaurant, Saratoga Springs, NY, 11/13/2016
The Albany-Capital Region chapter of La Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin held a dinner at Salt & Char Restaurant, 353 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY. I was an invited guest.
I sat next to Terry Robards. His wife Julie Pelletier Robards, my friend Larry Snavley, and another couple from Lake Placid, Duncan & Delphine Winter, were at our table. We all had a grand time. One particular highlight for me was when Terry told me about his visits with Bruno Giacosa in the 1970s.
The restaurant is located in the former Rip Van Dam Hotel. It is part of a major renovation of the old hotel along with adjacent properties. Renowned chef Gray Kunz is one of the partners in Salt & Char. The General Manager is Christophe Chatron-Michaud and the Executive Chef is Braden Reardon. We were not in the main restaurant, but in a private room on the 2nd floor. More information about Salt & Char can be found in this article in Eater.
Click on any image with a border for a larger view of that image.
Front view of the Rip Van Dam Hotel (center) and the Adelphi Hotel (right).
While the main restaurant of Salt & Char is in the old Rip Van Dam Hotel (center), I believe we were in the room that takes up most of the second floor above the Starbucks on the left. All three buildings are connected in the back and part of a major renovation of both hotels by the Adelphi Hospitality Group.
An old photo of the same two hotels. (Saratoga Springs History Museum)
These two are the only hotels remaining from the golden age of Saratoga.
These were actually two of the smallest from that period.
The Grand Union Hotel just on the other side of Washington Street
was at one time, the largest hotel in the world.
With Les Hors d’Oeuvres Variés .
NV Charles de Cazanove Champagne Tête de Cuvée - France, Champagne
[Pop & pour after being out of refrigeration for about a half hour.] Light, pleasant. Otherwise not notable. (86 points)
2015 Mallory and Benjamin Talmard Mâcon-Uchizy - France, Burgundy, Mâconnais, Mâcon-Uchizy
[Pop & pour after being out of refrigeration for about a half hour.] Soft, pleasantly floral nose. Oddly sweet and sour in the mouth. Not bad, just unusual, esp. for a Chardonnay-based wine. Kind of intriguing. Goes well with assorted apps. (88 points)
Grand Sénéchal Joel Hodes encourages everyone to sit down to dinner.
The dinner wines are ready to go:
Delphine & Duncan Winter, and Julie Pelletier Robards:
Terry Robards & Delphine Winter. Larry Snavley.
Crab Cake, Dijonnaise, Mustard Greens and Locally-Grown Radishes.
2009 Louis Latour Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Sous le Puits - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru
[Removed from refrigeration at 4pm. Opened at 4:20pm. Tasted from 5 to 5:30.] Nose of butter and slate. Thick, rich, long and complex. Quite young, but the finish is long and buttery. Could improve for several more years. (93 points)
The name "Sous le Puits" means "Under the Well" and comes from the fact that Sous les Puits is situated near a mineral spring at the top of the hill of Blagny, just above La Garenne. Sous les Puits faces south-east. The wine is aged 8 to 10 months in oak barrels, 50% new.
Duncan Winter takes a photo of Julie Pelletier Robards with Salt & Char Wine Director Daniel Combs:
Red Burgundy 1
Braised Pork Belly, Maitake mushrooms, Sherry Jus. Delicious, but overpowered the wine.
2007 Domaine Georges Mugneret/Mugneret-Gibourg Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Les Chaignots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru
[Opened at 4pm. Tasted at 5:45.] Big, smoky, black fruit nose. Gorgeous black cherries in the mouth. Really enjoyable now, but in no danger of fading. Dried black cherries and chocolate on a long finish. A little overpowered by the Braised Pork Belly, but really shines with the Coq au Vin. A vibrant, appealing wine. (95 points)
Since the early death of Dr. Georges Mugneret in 1988, this domaine has been run by his widow, Jacqueline, and their two daughters, Marie-Christine and Marie-Andrée. Premier crus like Chaignots are racked after malolactic fermentation and again about six months later, but there is with no pre-bottling filtration. Aged in 40% new oak.
Coq au Vin, Roasted Root Vegetables. This was so delicious and perfect with the red wines.
2006 Camille Giroud Pommard 1er Cru Les Épenots - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Pommard 1er Cru
[Opened at 4pm. Tasted at 6:15.] Floral nose of cherries and raspberries. Bright red fruit. Plenty of acid. Could use a bit more time, but quite tasty now, esp. with the Coq au Vin. (94-95 points)
This was a very traditional winery until 2002 when it was purchased by a group of Americans led by banker Joe Wender and winery owner Ann Colgin, the husband and wife team that run Colgin Cellars in California. It is managed on a day to day basis by winemaker David Croix (of Domaine des Croix) in a much more modern style. This 2006 Les Épenots was made from purchased grapes.
Margie & Larry Kirsch, Amanda & Jared Shulman:
Kira & Joel Spiro, Joel Hodes, Ilona Weisman.
Prime Ribeye Steak, Duck Fat Fingerling Potatoes, Sauce Bordelaise.
2005 Domaine Taupenot-Merme Mazoyères-Chambertin - France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Mazoyères-Chambertin Grand Cru
[Opened at 4pm. Tasted at 6:45.] Wow! A powerhouse of black and red fruits. Quite extracted, rich and jammy. The nose is quite muted at this point. Very young. Even the beef doesn't help. Could be great in another 5 years. Right now, it is almost Syrah-like. (93-96 points)
This domaine is one of only four that bottle both a Charmes-Chambertin and a Mazoyères-Chambertin separately. The rules allow Mazoyères-Chambertin to be bottled under the name Charmes-Chambertin.
Joel Hodes leads the silly dance:
Mini Apple Tatin, Local Milk Ice Cream.
1977 D'Oliveiras Madeira Boal - Portugal, Madeira
[Pop & pour.] Smoky caramelized nose. Stunningly complex, but there's enough oxidation there that it is hard not to be reminded of good wines gone bad. Oxidized prune juice. Oddly appealing, but hard for me to love. (93 points)
The restaurant staff comes out to receive our thanks and applause:
Joel Hodes presents a memento to Special Events Director Patrick Kelly (left) and Chef Braden Reardon (right):
This dinner was organized by John Fritze and Jared Shulman. They graciously provided the Madeira.
Unfortunately, John was unable to join us for the dinner, so it was left to Jared to give a toast:
Jared chats with Chef Braden Reardon and Toby Milde (one of the owners) after the dinner:
A lovely evening all around. The food, the wines, and the company were very, very good.
Notes posted from CellarTracker.
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In the Woody Allen film “Whatever Works” a tone-deaf Larry David plays a Woody Allen manque and falls flat. It doesn’t help that he’s plugged into a poorly-written formula comedy. I love Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm” but he appears to be one of those supremely successful orchestrators who, like Madonna, cannot get outside themselves, or rather, can’t get inside themselves.
The character he plays “Boris Yellnikoff” is crueler and more astringent than Alvy Singer or any of Allen’s previous protagonists. When the adoring Evan Rachel Wood appears with snowflakes in her eylashes, I literally cringed. I did the same when Mariel Hemingway’s character appeared in “Manhattan”. I can’t suspend my disbelief that these attractive young women are attracted to self-congratulary old farts.
A far more realistic scenario played out with the relationship between Max Von Sydow and Barbara Hershey in “Hannah and Her Sisters”. Hershey, although younger, doesn’t play a noble innocent, and Von Sydow, although bitter, is gritty and truly wounded.
In order to be successful, “Whatever Works” should have been written as a broad, character-driven comedy. In that case the lack of realism wouldn’t have mattered. They key is “broad” though, think early Woody Allen. An alternative would have been to go for realism – to make Boris Yellnikov a serious person, someone more like Sherwin Nuland’s old-world father in “Lost in America” (the book, not the Albert Brooks movie), someone who has seen their beliefs fail. This would raise the stakes tremendously when the character finally goes against all his fears and falls in love, only to be abandoned. Von Sydow and Hershey approached this in “Hannah”:
“Lee, you’re my whole world….Good God. Have you been kissed tonight? Yes, you have. You’ve been with someone!
Stop accusing me!
I’m too smart. You can’t fool me! You’re turning red! Leave Me! Oh, Christ! What’s wrong with you?
Couldn’t you say something? You slither…”
Tough stuff and I liked it a lot better. “Hannah and her Sisters” stopped there though, it tacked on a sentimental ending with a pregnant Hannah and all the main characters neatly paired up. I wonder if Woody Allen subconsciously put Larry David, in some ways his spiritual heir, into a movie he can’t have helped knowing was a weak imitation of earlier work. On the other hand he has put out a lot of weak imitations.
Most of the reviews I’ve read for “Whatever Works” have praised the “sunny” performance by Evan Rachel Wood is the best thing about the movie. To me this is an intellectual shortcut because Wood was in fact playing a “sunny” character, it’s like saying someone gave a “tired” performance when they were playing a fatigued character. Argh, like Boris Yellnikoff sometimes I hate everyone.
If there is a positive aspect to this film, it’s to put in sharp relief what an original, strong and interesting character Allen Stewart Konigberg created in “Woody Allen”. Woody Allen, more than any other public figure of the time, broke through the dominant American “Gunsmoke” culture of anti-intellectualism and anti-semitism. He snuck in through the back door of comedy and soon could not be ignored.
It’s no suprise then that growing up, Allen Konigsberg was an capable athlete, musician, magician and all-around non-schlemiel. These days I can’t keep up with the churn of his mediocre movies. It was only because of Larry David that I watched “Whatever Works”and I was disappointed on all counts.
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Like many festivals in Hoi An, the Long Chu Festival is steeped as much in cultural belief as it in religion. Long Chu festival is celebrated on the 15th of the seventh and eighth lunar month, when the new season is coming and the old one is leaving, and the entire climat is uncertain. It is held in the summer months, when plagues and other types of epidemics are most likely to break out in the fishing villages. As a result, religious ceremonies are carried out to fight the diseases.
The name of the festival, “Long Chu”, translates as ‘Royal Barge’. It is a festival that concentrates on the warding off of ghosts and evil f-rom the villages. Long Chu is a boat in the shape of a dragon (once one of the four religious animals - dragon unicorn, turtle, and phoenix - worshipped by the elders). This was traditionally a luxurious transport mean for the kings in the old times, used on their sight-seeing or patrolling tours.
The Long Chu Festival in Hoi An is considered a religious firewall meant to keep away epidemics f-rom afflicting the members of the village. In this respect, the festival can almost be seen as as a precaution with a religious flavor against all these ailments. Keeping this in mind, the rituals are performed mostly by Priest Doctors or ‘Shamans’, and they involve burning of incense and putting of amulets and talismans in the ‘ghost’s’ abode, with the accompaniment of an entire community chanting prayer songs. An important part of the rituals is the casting of magic spells on the ‘ghosts’ that carry these ailments. These ghosts are then cast into the river, to be later discarded into the sea. One day before the festival, the sorcerers go around the village ticking superstitious c-harms on those places whe-re bad sprites are suspected to hide and threaten people’ s lives.
After these rituals are over, the parades and processions begin. Amidst plenty of songs, drama and dance, the community finally gets together to share a common meal, enjoying themselves after hard days of work. After the ritual festivities, the participants in the festival enjoy a variety of games and other attractions, out of which the highlight is the ‘Procession of Long Chu’. In this procession, the ‘King Boat’ (in the form of a dragon) is carried f-rom the house of the people to the sea, and then set afloat to be carried away by the waves.
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Zenobia and the Marxist Gramscians (Updated)
Here we are again at the Amsterdam All-Zenobia Day -- and it's now Robbert Woltering's turn to strut the blogging stage. Robbert (that's Dutch, with two b's) teaches Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Amsterdam. He is also editor of ZemZem, a journal about the Middle-East, North Africa, and Islam.
And what, I asked myself, is a ZemZem? Undoubtedly you, too, would like to know.
ZemZem, as some clever readers of my previous post were quick to spot, is the name of the sacred well at Mecca. It surges close to the Ka'ba, which houses the renowned Black Stone -- the holiest site of Islam. ZemZem may be an onomatopoeic word mimicking the bubbling sound of the waters, or perhaps it comes from the root z-m-z-m, which, I'm told, means 'swallowing in small drops' or, I suppose, sipping.
Naturally, an abundant source of water in the middle of the semi-arid Saudi desert is a miracle waiting for a legend to attach. Wait no more. Hagar and her son (by Abraham), Ishmael, were wandering thereabouts:
[ZemZem] sprung when Hagar left her infant Ishmael crying for water and shuttled between Safa and Marwa trying to see if people are coming up to provide water for the thirsty infant. Ishmael was kicking the ground when this well sprung out and she came on telling the water "zimi zimi "meaning 'come close together'. She was trying to get the water in one place to be able to give her son a drink.
Long before Islam, Arab storytellers were telling tales such as this about how things began. Poets streamlined the many contradictory traditions as tribes moved about, and created heroic origins for peripheral places and local events. Just so, Arab and Persian chroniclers, as preserved by Tabari, blended elements of folklore and fiction into a barely remembered history of Zenobia and Palmyra. Many of Tabari's tales rely on pre-Islamic sources and, together, they tell a story entirely different from that familiar to us from the late 4th C Latin Historiae Augustae (we've written about Tabari twice, so go first, if you will, to The Zenobia Romance I and II).
In Tabari's tale, there are no Romans at all. There is no Roman empire, no legions and no Emperor Aurelian. Even the Persians and the King of Kings are hardly mentioned. It is rather an almost timeless world with Arab tribes battling each other -- a pot-boiler of war and intrigue -- in the desert.
Zenobia Lives: the modern Arab reception of al-Zabba
By the time that Arab intellectuals began to revive interest in the Palmryan queen, a millennium or so after Tabari, it came about as part of the cult of Westernization that swept the Arab world in the late 19th/early 20th century.
Alexandria 1927
A good example is the Egyptian romantic poet Ahmad Zaky Abû Shâdy. Abû Shâdy composed an historical opera in 4 acts, Al-Zabbâ or Zenobia, Queen of Tadmor. It was published (in Alexandria?) by the Free Masons.
The Free Masons, I think, says it all.
Abû Shâdy, a Coptic Christian,* was a member of the liberal Egyptian bourgeoisie, that small elite in the process of Westernization in the early 20th century. Egypt was in the vanguard of this movement, which was often expressed by the transformation of Arabic literature through the Western forms of the novel and drama. Abû Shâdy was the founder of the Apollo Society, which aimed to introduce a fresh atmosphere in poetry especially romanticism, and establish modern aesthetics. It must have been quite difficult to produce modernized fictional work which would not enrage the Muslim conservative element but would, at the same time, not dissatisfy the modernists. Although non-political, he was constantly under attack and finally emigrated to America where he died in 1955.
Given Abû Shâdy's background, his time and place, you will not be surprised to learn that his opera follows the Historiae Augustae version of events -- a conflict between Rome and Palmyra and between Aurelian and Zenobia -- and not at all Tabari's Arab story of war between desert tribes. His Zenobia opera, as far as I know, was never performed.
Beirut 1969
Adnan Mardam Bey's Queen Zenobia (left), a play in 4 acts, also depends on the Historiae Augustae; and there is no trace of Tabari's folkloric tales nor of the Arab heroes, Jadhima or Amr ibn Adi.
While searching on-line for information on Mardan Bey (a hopeless task: I think he may be a son of the famous poet Khalil Mardam Bey , an assumption based on the fact that he edited that poet's diplomatic papers), I stumbled across a most serendipitous discovery.
I'm sure Robbert knows about it, but quite unknown to me was Zanûbyâ Malikat Tadmur (1871) by Salim al-Bustani (1846-1884) of Beirut.
Zenobia, Queen of Tadmur is the first-ever Arabic historical novel -- and the second novel written by this almost forgotten 'father of the modern Arabic novel'.** Before al-Bustani (and, in truth, until the 1950's), poetry remained the leading Arabic literary genre; the novel was perceived as a lower form.
Even the new Beiruti bourgeois reading public was still used to the oral techniques of the hakawati (storyteller) and the sira sha'biyya (popular tales). Al-Bustani had to adopt a style suitable for this readership.
He wrote three historical novels, all with fiery, patriotic Syrian heroines at the centre of the action. While his Zanûbyâ also follows the outline of the Historiae Augustae (and not Tabari), he is not so much interested in historical facts as in inculcating moral virtues. He admits to leaving out the depressing bits of her story in order not to sadden his readers.
Zenobia and her (non-existent) daughter Julia are captured by Aurelian and taken to Rome. That's sad, so the story concentrates instead on the Palmyran conquest of Egypt, a love affair between Julia and Pisa, a Roman prince, and Zenobia's war with the Romans. Al-Bustani often interrupts the narrative to criticize indirectly the customs, morals, and actions of the Ottoman rulers of Egypt. To avoid the Ottoman censors, criticism is implicit: contrast, he seems to say, today's governors with Zenobia, a model of beauty, courage, and political wisdom. Most of his characters are rather flat and pale, mere mouthpieces for the author's opinions and values. In fact, he emphasizes the fictitiousness of the novel to show that fiction is a vehicle for a worthy purpose. So, the only nail-biting part of the story is what will happen between Julia and Pisa, the classic story of lovers belonging to two hostile camps.
This Zenûbyâ emerges from a series of books on Arab heroes (Vol. 14: cover at the top of this post) as an Arab freedom fighter. Her hair is modestly covered to the very last curl. Hadn't the anonymous author ever seen Palmyran statues of women? They wore loose veils over the hair, rather like Benazir Bhutto. No matter.
The purpose of the book is educational and it is going to update Zenobia entirely. At one point in the story, Zenobia turns to her Greek philosopher friend, Longinus ( who may, or may not, be the author of On The Sublime), and says,
We have forty gods and they all do nothing. Find me one god, Longinus, in your wisdom.
Well, yes. Just a trifle anachronistic. But not nearly as anachronistic as her devotion to Marxist Gramscianism:
(Above, left) With her army mustered behind her, she is telling her broken-nosed commanding general, Zabda,
Yes, the empire needs to have a strong army, but we also need knowledge ... provided this knowledge is related to work (or labour).
In other words, as Robbert put it, the book is meant to project the Gramscian concept of the organic intellectual, a quite common ingredient in the Arab leftist ideologies of the time. "Leftist" in this context, designates both the Marxist and Arab Socialist/Nationalist trends in Arab political thought. Gramsci's political theory, and in particular his version of civil society, would, it was hoped, provide a vision to bridge the gap between leftist intellectuals and the people they claimed to represent.
Gramsci is a Marxist: that's why the bad guys in this book are not so much the Romans as the Palmyran sheikhs and merchants who refused to give Zenobia horses, and thus are to blame for making her rebellion a hopeless endeavour; but he is an alternative kind of Marxist -- who adapts the ideas of Marx to his own situation. For Gramsci, that was southern Italy, but, surely, it might equally apply to the backwardness of the Arab masses.
At the end of the book, the Roman Senators insist that Aurelian put Zenobia to death so that Roman women will not be corrupted by her uppity example. Aurelian is cleverer: "No," he says, "it's better to make her marry and be a proper woman -- wife, mother, and cook!"
So much for Marxist equality of the sexes ....
As far back as 1847, in Lebanon, Butrus al-Bustani (the father of Salim) had called for the education of women. He launched a fierce diatribe against the prevailing notion that education of women was dangerous and would lead to atheism and to madness. He stressed women's inalienable right to become men's equals in feeling, opinions, and work.
Hoorah! But let's not get carried away. Here's how he ended his famous speech:
Before concluding this discussion, I would like to say a word to the cultured woman: being such a useful and important member in the world and society does not need to let woman fall into the plight of vanity and pride or lead her to feel superior to her huband even if she is more knowledgeable than he, since nonessentials do not nullify the intrinsic.***
Quite So.
For a perfect finish, don't miss The Best Yet Mansour Rabani Zenobia Video (with English subtitles) shown by Robbert at the Amsterdam All-Zenobia Day; and my comments on that epic production, Zenobia Receives Royal Patronage and Zenobia's Terrible Curved Sword.
And still not a hint of Tabari and his Arabic tales!
Has the whole world outgrown the hakawati and the sira sha'biyya?
Save this date:
On September 11th, Johan Weststeijn and Robbert Woltering will give their lectures once again, in an expanded version at the Klein Zenobia Congres voor Arabisten (Little Zenobia Congress for Arabists).
I trust the 'Little' refers to the size of the congress and not to our dear Queen.
* His granddaughter, Joy Garnett, wrote in (see comment below) to correct this information. Abû Shâdy was Muslim. My apologies.
** His first novel and the very first Arabic novel was al-Huyam fi jinan al-Sham (Love in a Damascene Garden, 1870). Massi Moosa, The Origins of Modern Arabic Fiction, Ch. 7, stresses al-Bustani's belief that the goal of fiction is to reform and regenerate society. While his themes pertain to the Arab world, he often uses a European setting to speak of Western ideology (socialism), "or to convey to his readers that the West can and must be learned from." (183); a summary of Zanûbyâ and al-Bustani's other historical novel appears in Ch. 8.
*** Quoted from Joseph T. Zeidan, Juzif Zaydan, Arab Women Novelists: The Formative Years and Beyond (24).
Update: 29 July 2008:
Kung Fu at Palmyra
In his comment on this post, Robbert Woltering points out that both of my images of Zenobia from the Beiruti Arab Hero series (1975) show the queen dressed "in her fighting gear. (In the book, Zenobia constantly engages in physical combat herself.)".
I hadn't realized that the anonymous author had put Zenobia so literally into battle.
Like this Kung Fu lady of modern imagination (below, right).*
So I was wrong to give the impression that Zenobia with her hair tucked away was a model of Muslim modesty. Not at all!
Robbert kindly sent me another picture from this book (left) of Zenobia wearing her crown, and with flowing locks of hair. While this hairstyle, too, is non-canonical for a Palmyran woman, it's AOK for late 20th C Beirut. In fact, she looks a little like the 2007 beauty queen, Miss Lebanon (below, left), with a similar sort of tinsel crown.
And the Arabic text on the same page could not be more politically correct (translation, needless to say, due to Robbert, too):
Zenobia, the warrior who battled against the enemies of the Arabs before the coming of Islam, and who demonstrated that a woman is capable of nobly engaging in combat, and of taking up position in the centre of power with firmness and the strength of her resolve and self-discipline.
I have just one quibble (I'm a great quibbler).
No, not about her battling "the enemies of the Arabs", though she didn't do any such thing.
But rather that she looks about 17 years old -- even Miss Lebanon 2007 looks older; and she was nineteen at the time.
We don't know when Zenobia was born, or how old she was when she died; but she certainly wasn't an adolescent when she became Empress of the East. In Zenobia: The Rebel Queen, she was in her late thirties; but I could be wrong.
It would not be the first time.
* Kung Fu Female Fighter © James E. Porter at Elfwood.com
I've been tagged by a delicious blog, foodvox, just when I was in the middle of writing about Marxist Gramscians and ZemZem.
Puzzled? So was I. I've never been tagged before.
Now you'll have to wait to find out what a zemzem is, as I postpone my serious stuff and play tag instead. (There's an impatient editor, too, thrumming his fingers on the desk, waiting for a chapter from me, but I'm used to that ... and can tough it out.) It's summer, after all.
The tag descended in a purely foodie line until it reached me. How does foodvox know that I'm a foodie at heart? Vibrations through the ether, perhaps. But tagged is tagged, and I'm a game old girl.
1. Link to the person who tagged you. Done.
2. Post the rules on the blog. Doing.
3. Write six random things about yourself. Attempting.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post. Dare I tag a total stranger?
5. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. They'll hate me.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up. Risky. What if they retaliate with a meme?
Six Random Things About Me
1. I'm a terrible procrastinator and a time-waster (but you already knew that).
2. In a previous existence, I was one-half of Weingarten & Chaplin b.v., an international direct marketing agency.
3. I had an unexpected encounter in a helicopter once and was fool enough to talk about it.
4. French provincial and Tuscan cooking mix very well and I bastardize frequently. As Sopater, the writer of a play called Lentil Soup, said, "I can carve meat for myself, and I know how to take Tuscan wines with any party of eight."
5. Speaking of wines, I am not named Weingarten for nothing. Old wine, but the flowers of new songs, as Pindar says.
6. I have never won anything in any lottery. I'm sure that tells something about me; but what?
These random remarks are not (to quote Plato) the light jests of a young and noble Socrates, but the serious thoughts of a tagger.
Now the moving finger moves on, as I tag another six unfortunates.
David Derrick at The Toynbee convector, who often provokes me into saying something sensible.
Gabriele C at The Lost Fort, whose blog is an engaging mix of history, fiction, and ruins I've never seen before.
Ridger at The Greenbelt, whose Monday Science Links keeps me on my toes.
David Powell at Studenda Mira, who should blog more, much more.
Debra Hamel at Blogographos, not so much a blog as an open posting place.
Carla Nayland at Historical Fiction, who just reviewed my Zenobia: the rebel queen, and doesn't deserve this in return.
Well, that's another day's work. Not.
* The wonderful photo of a cat burglar (at the top of this post) is shamelessly stolen from I-know-not-who: sent to me by a friend, without any credits, I've not been able to find out who photographed (and photoshopped) it. If anyone knows the creator, please send me the name so credit may be given.
Cleopatra: Kill Or Be Killed
Crystal Theatre Presents CLEOPATRA - A LIFE UNPARALLELED
An Untold Musical Story of the Most Bewitching and Powerful Woman of All Time: Part Epic, Part Soap Opera, Part Tragedy, Part Historical Fact and Part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival.
Cleopatra as a rock opera star
Belting out sensual romantic melodies, blues-rock rhythms, Latin and reggae, CLEOPATRA transports the audience to a time where the major form of news was gossip and innuendo; where centers of power were hotbeds of jealousy and death; where marriages were often mere things of convenience; and where nations made war against their neighbor simply because they could.
What else is new?
Whether thought of as a beloved Queen or disparagingly referred to as "that woman", Cleopatra wanted only one thing - a strong Egypt. But while she made great strides to that end, she could never win over her detractors, always having to deal with gossip, second-guessing (as portrayed here in the classic Greek chorus manner), and predictions of doom which foreshadowed her final downfall.
It sounds like Hillary Clinton.
Crystal Theatre presents the sensual and wondrous story of Cleopatra, who loved and owned the hearts of two of the most powerful men in the world and ruled Egypt with the strength and passion that only the true "Queen of the Nile" could possess.
Crystal Theatre is an independent, non-profit performing arts school. Cheryl E. Kemeny (book music and lyrics, musical director & co-director of CLEOPATRA) is author and composer of over 30 musicals. Founder of the Crystal Opera in 1993, she is also the co-founder and artistic director of Crystal Theatre. I think that is Cheryl on the right, doing a nip and tuck on a very Hollywood-looking Egyptian.
The show will begin performances on July 16th at the June Havoc Theatre at the Abington Arts Complex, located at 312 West 36th Street in New York City -- and runs until August 3rd.
Every year, the Midtown International Theatre Festival likes to introduce something new for audiences and participants. I wouldn't have thought Cleopatra very new, but I see what they mean and it rocks. And it's all there for you to enjoy, so come out and enjoy the festival!
[My thanks to Kat Newkirk via EEF News]
* Press report: "'A Life Unparalleled',
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A Short Tribute to Giovanni Battista Borra
An Artist and Architect at Palmyra
I was somewhat saddened at the treatment received by Giovanni Battista Borra at the elitist hands of Dawkins and Wood after their travels to Palmyra (where Borra did all the measuring and the exquisite drawings, as noted in the the previous post, Lure of the East). While, even today, archaeological architects play second fiddle to the dig director, they do at least get pictured in the inevitable team photograph; not so Borra who is nowhere to be seen in Hamilton's giant painting, James Dawkins and Robert Wood Discovering the Ruins of Palmyra.
So, I was especially delighted to find a webpage filled with Borra's engravings from The Ruins of Palmyra.*
I'll make it up to him, I thought.
Left: View of the Triumphal Triple Arch from the West, with the Great Colonnade, rubble, and columns.
The Colonnnade -- c. 1000 m (3,000') in length -- bisects the centre of Palmyra from the north-west to south-east. Shops and trading stations lined both sides of the street -- an early souk, really. Built during the course of the second century AD, it got its finishing touch with the addition of the lavishly decorated arch in c. 220 AD.
The arch may have commemorated the victory of Septimius Severus over the Parthians when the Emperor established the Roman province of Mesopotamia (taking the title Parthicus Maximus in January 198) .
One expects that Palmyran troops would have fought in this war -- and been rewarded with a share in the rich booty. For Severus had sacked and plundered the Parthian capital, Cteisiphon. As Cassius Dio tells us, vast numbers were killed and 100,000 prisoners taken. That's 100,000 slaves to be sold and turned into cash. Plus, as Herodian adds, the royal treasury was captured and all the king's jewels and valuables.
Quite when the Roman army reached Cteisiphon is unclear, but I like to think that this is the Severan triumph still celebrated over thirty years later by the Palmyran garrison at Dura Europos each year on 21st May.
So I propose that a victory toast was first drunk on 21 May 197, while Parthian blood was still wet on Palmyran swords. And then the rich merchants raised the money to build this elaborate triumphal arch.
(Left): View of the Triple Arch and the beginning of the Great Colonnade, with the North-West Wall of the Temple of Bel in the distance.
Wood called Bel's temple 'the Temple of the Sun', a reasonable error: Bel and the Sun were already confounded by the 5th C Byzantine historian, Zosimus, who tells that Aurelian placed the statues of Helios and 'Belos', patron god of Palmyra, in the Temple of the Sun which he founded at Rome. This would have looked right to Wood (who knew his ancient sources), while the carved bas-reliefs of Bel they might have seen were certain to have muddled the issue further.
For Bel was worshipped here as one of a trinity of gods, and is usually pictured along with Yarhibol, the Sun god, and Aglibol, Moon god. Both Yarhibol and Aglibol wear a radiate nimbus about the head (as on the relief below**), like a halo with sun rays. Confusion is easy, to say the least.
Although Bel is the supreme cosmic deity -- the one, sole, and merciful god -- nothing in the many inscriptions ascribes a subordinate rank to Yarhibol (who is also the patron of the life-giving waters of the spring of Efqa, as well as the divine judge) -- and perhaps not even to Aglibol, whose own sanctuary at Palmyra was called 'the Holy Garden', and which must have been one of the earliest temples in the city.
We know that these three gods were already being worshipped as a group in this temple in the very year 32 AD, when the sanctuary was dedicated. An inscription on the pedestal of a statue found in the temple grounds reads:
This is the statue of Lishamsh son of Taibbol son of Shokaibel ... who dedicated the temple of Bel, Yarhibol, and Aglibol, the gods, on the day of their feast, the sixth day of Nisan, in the year 342 (= 6 April 32 AD).
Right: Exterior View of Temple Cella from NW.
When Dawkins & Wood & Borra arrived at Palmyra, the entire courtyard and the temple of Bel itself were built over with the little houses of the Arab village (click here for a larger image).
Borra scrupulously drew all the one- and two-story Arab dwellings that then filled the god's precinct. So, to return for a moment to the theme of the Lure of the East (and charges of Orientalism flung about in recent times), these Occidentals -- at least as a general rule -- faithfully respected the landscape as they found it and did not try to erase signs of later accretions. It was the French who demolished the Arab habitations in the 1930's when they began excavating the +2 m (6') of dirt and rubble that had accumulated over the centuries within the temple grounds.
You Win Some, You Lose Some...
On the other hand, the plans Borra drew of the temple interior did not show the small mosque which was inside the building and only removed (by the dastardly colonialist archaeologists) in 1929.
When in London, Do As The Romans Do
After their travels in the Middle East, Borra went with Wood to London to prepare the engraving for The Ruins of Palmyra.
He stayed in England for eight years, busy with commissions for noble patrons. First came the Music Room (left) in the London house of the 9th Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, unveiled to rapturous acclaim in 1756.
There is no evidence that the room was used as a setting for music, but the Duchess of Norfolk certainly received her guests here during the reception in February 1756, when Horace Walpole remarked on the 'scene of magnificence and taste. The tapestry, the embroidered bed, the illumination, the glasses, the lightness and novelty, of the ornaments and the ceilings are delightful'.
On Borra's recommendation, Jean Antoine Cuenot was hired to make the extreme fine Carvings, the Arts and Sciences all Gilt , being paid 2643 pounds sterling 3s 8 1/2 d -- quite a lot of money -- for work undertaken at Norfolk House between 5 March 1753 and 24 February 1756. His carved woodwork caused a sensation when the interiors were first shown in 1756 (and again when the refurbished music room was installed in the British Galleries at the V&A in 2001). Bills indicate that he worked from preparatory drawings by Borra. It is not known how much Borra was paid but one cannot help but feel that Borra was again short-changed, at least in matters of fame.
To be fair, the white and gold interiors had a Parisian ambience, reflecting the latest French fashions -- which might well be due to Cuenot. It is certainly impossible to spot any trace of Palmyran ideas in these designs.
That is not the case with his second great commission.
Stowe House, 'the largest and most completely realised private neoclassical building in the world'.
Sir Richard Temple’s original seventeenth-century house was enlarged significantly by his son Viscount Cobham in the early eighteenth century -- with input from architects such as John Vanbrugh, James Gibbs, Robert Adam, and Sir John Soane. One of the finest neoclassical buildings in Europe, Stowe is set within an Arcadian classical landscape designed by Capability Brown and William Kent.
Roman Grandeur
But it was our hero Giovanni Battista Borra who designed the awesome Marble Saloon at the heart of the building, and for this commission he pulled out all the stops. The room takes its name from the marble floor, made of over 72 squares of veined white Carrara marble
Recalling the Pantheon of Rome, it contains 16 great imitation stone (scagliola) columns, supporting an entablature surmounted by a spectacular plaster frieze showing a procession of triumphant soldiers in high relief.
It's jaw-dropping stuff.
Containing 280 human figures as well as horses and lions, the frieze supports a huge elliptical coffered dome which reaches a height of over seventeen metres (50') at its (also elliptical) central skylight.
The plasterwork of the dome is spectacular, and nearly every single one of the 160 coffers is different in shape and size due to the elliptical design.
Am I the only one reminded of the ceilings of the South and North Shrines in the Temple of Bel (below left)?
Although these ceilings are made from monolithic sandstone slabs, one could easily imagine the designs transferred to a Roman dome
Networks of descending lozenges had again decorated ceiling vaults in Italy from the 16th C (in erudite reference to the apse of the classical Temple of Venus and Roma), but High Renaissance artists filled the panels with elaborate figures of man, animals, and emblems, rather than repetitive -- if highly decorated -- rosettes as in Borra's design.
In fact, his rosettes (below right) are rather sun-like, a conceit conceivably borrowed from the mis-named 'Temple of the Sun'.
But I don't insist on it.
* The properly eclectic Cabinet of Wonders alerted me to the Borra engravings at the website of the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collection (with thanks again to David Derrick of The Toynbee convector for the tip). Not to look a gift-horse in the mouth, but I do wonder why the University puts a copyright sign on the images! Surely, copying engravings from an 18th-century book to the web does not give you rights of copyright; or so I think.
** Monument aux dieux Bêl, Ba’alsâmin, Yarhibôl et ’Aglibôl, now in the MBA Lyon, dated January 121 AD
The Lure of the East
James Dawkins and Robert Wood Discovering the Ruins of Palmyra
by Gavin Hamilton, 1758 (Oil on canvas, 3.1 x 3.9 m [12'x 16'])
I had not intended to write about the exhibition, The Lure of the East now on at Tate Britain. I confess to having no special insight into how British painters represented the people and places of the disintegrating Ottoman empire in the late 18th and 19th centuries. But David Derrick of The Toynbee convector directly challenged me to say something about this extraordinary huge painting (left)* and I'll try to rise to the occasion.
I shall be frank. I have not seen The Lure of the East nor have I ever seen this painting by Gavin Hamilton in the flesh.* To comment on art you haven't seen is rather like reviewing a book you haven't read.
Although -- come to think of it -- Oscar Wilde (the patron saint of non-readers) recommended six minutes as the proper time to spend reading a book for review. Having examined this reproduction for rather more than six minutes, I expect that I'm now well qualified to comment on it.
Lurid Orientalism
The burning question in 'Lure of the East' is whether the painters who were lured east faithfully represented the people, cities and landscapes they encountered -- or reflected, as Edward Said argued in his influential work Orientalism, a quest for Western superiority and control over them:
Orientalism is a political vision of reality whose structure promoted the difference between the familiar (Europe, West, "us") and the strange (the Orient, the East, "them").
A colonialist mind views the East as 'mysterious'. Presumably, despite new railroads and steamships, artists should have stayed at home, portraying the 'unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible' at English fox hunts. Or, if they did travel east, painted the people with sympathy, as if they were British under the skin. Fascination = phooey! On the other hand, it does not do to be too faithful to the subject: an essay in the catalogue roundly condemns the Brits as "content to paint a static world of exquisite surface" (Rana Kabbani). I suspect it's the word static that convicts them of Orientalism.
Yet I find it hard to find much in the way of imperial disdain in these detailed, dreamy, lazy, hazy,and colourful portrayals of mosques, markets, domestic life, and bustling coffee houses.
Certainly, even the most offensive British Orientalists were never as base as their French counterparts. Some of the French painters really did turn the East into 'the Other'. The first and greatest age of Orientalism in art began around the time of Napoleon's invasion of Egypt and peaked as the Romantic Movement swept through Europe. Full-blooded French painters, needless to say, often depicted the East as a place given to sexual excess, wanton cruelty, mass murder and unbridled sensuality.
Tut tut. British Orientalist Painting was very different.
You won't find a single British painting at Tate Britain showing a massacre, a beheading or a naked slave girl.
There are many reviews of the Lure of the East on the web.** Almost none, however, noticed the oddity of placing the Neoclassical artist Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798) -- and his painting of the 'discovery' of Palmyra -- within a show essentially dedicated to Orientalism. Decidedly earlier in date, he was entirely uninterested in the Ottoman Empire, the Bible lands or Egypt.
He spent most of his life in Rome and never seemed tempted to venture eastwards. He visited the main sites of Italy, especially Pompeii and Herculaneum, and did a lot of deplorable digging up of antiquities in and around Rome, the results of which inspired the Neoclassical movement.
As an art dealer and archaeologist he undertook excavations at Hadrian's Villa in 1771, at first occasioned by the need of marble for his sculptor to restore sculptures. His excavators reopened the outlet of a low-lying swampy area and "after some weeks' work by lamp-light and up to the knees in muddy water" retrieved sculptures from the where they had been thrown with timber when the sacred grove was levelled.
Hamilton was permitted to excavate (or loot, if you prefer) by the Vatican -- which claimed one-third of the excavated works -- and lived well by selling many of his discovered statues, busts, and bas reliefs to British collectors.
Whether his own art brought the ancient world to life, or killed it dead, is a matter of taste. But there's no doubt about how he painted:
being perfectly familiar with the works of the great masters of Grecian and Roman literature, he displayed a highly classic taste in the choice of his subjects; and the style at which he always and successfully aimed, made him at least equal to his most celebrated contemporaries.
Hamilton's paintings provided patrons with illustrations of Homeric subjects treated in a stern and moral manner. For example, his Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector (click for a better image),the first of his large Homeric canvases (1761) of scenes taken from the Illiad, is built up of ranks of figures strictly parallel to the picture plane. The figures, overly eloquent in their restraint and absurdly noble in their form (in some cases derived directly from antique statues), gather round the bed of the dead hero rather as you would expect on a Roman sarcophagus. The subject is Greek, but the source of its style is seventeenth-century classicism. It is an interesting sidelight on Neoclassicism that an artist who had so much opportunity for examining newly found Greek and Roman antiquities tried in no way to break away from it.
His portraits, however, were a good deal fresher. And they certainly made a change from the oppressively hieratic, classical frieze composition of his history paintings. He painted the notorious, delicious Emma Hamilton (her husband, the English consul in Naples, perhaps a distant relative)^ as the goddess Hebe in a new 3/4 pose. This caused a craze in England where the goddess of youth and beauty and cup-bearer to the gods became the ultimate disguise for fashionable society portraits. Although Hebe is the personification of domesticity, there are erotic possibilities in the menacing eagle (Jupiter). That may explain why he painted her scandalously bare-breasted.
So we may add a grain of salt to the life of Hamilton, as told by Significant Scots , the paragon painter who
studied the chaste models of antiquity with more attention than the living figures around him; which has given his paintings of ancient histories that propriety with regard to costume, which distinguished them, at the time from most modern compositions.
Palmyra Ho!
In 1750-1753, Robert Wood and his friends James Dawkins and John Bouverie travelled to Syria:
A ship had been commissioned from London and met them at Naples. It was well stocked with a library of classical authors and historians, the relevant travel books, treatises of antiquities, and mathematical instruments; and they were accompanied by their own draughtsman.
The 'draughtsman' was the Italian artist and architect Giovanni Battista Borra, whose task was to measure and draw the ancient ruins. Gentlemen did not draw columns but copied inscriptions instead.
They arrived at Palmyra in 1751. Though not the first Europeans to reach the city, their timing was perfect: artistic style and refined taste was increasingly influenced by the classical ideal. The publication of their magnificent folio volume in 1753, The Ruins of Palmyra, contained templates for a new classicism in architecture that resulted in buildings in many parts of Europe being adorned with antique decorative motifs copied from Palmyra. The engravings became valuable sources for the emerging neoclassicism of the late 18th century and cemented the notion of ‘Palmyra' in Western minds.
From Wood's Preface:
THE RUINS OF PALMYRA, OTHERWISE TEDMOR, IN THE DESART
We visited most of the island of the Archipelago, part of the Asiatick and European coasts of the Hellespont, Propontis, and Bosphorus, as far as the Black-sea, most of the inland parts of Asia Minor, Syria, Phoenecia, Palestine and Egypt.
The various countries we went through, furnish, no doubt, much entertainment of different sorts. But however we might each of us have some favourite curiosity to indulge, what engaged our greatest attention was rather their antient than present state. It is impossible to consider with indifference those countries which gave birth to letters and arts, where soldiers, orators, philosophers, poets, and artists have shewn the boldest and happiest flights of genius, and done the greatest honour to human nature.
Circumstances of climate and situation, otherwise trivial, become interesting from that connection with great men, and great actions, which history and poetry have given them: The life of Miltiades or Leonidas could never be read with so much pleasure, as on the banks of Marathon or at the streights of Thermopylae; the Iliad has new beauties on the banks of the Scamander, and the Odyssey is the most pleasing in the countries where Ulysses travelled and Homer sung.
John Bouverie, who had funded the trip, died on the voyage. Dawkins, who was also very wealthy, paid for the folio volume but was too much the gentleman to put his name on it. So Robert Wood alone published Palmyra , becoming famous as 'Palmyra Wood': at about 36 years of age, his reputation was
high and praise was unanimous.
Much less fuss was made about Giovanni Battista Borra (1712-1786) who actually drew the monuments and prepared the engravings for publication, So, rather than condemn Wood & Dawkins as proto-Orientalists, I see them as snobby elitists who didn't give proper credit to the hired help. Nor did Hamilton: Borra is left out of his painting entirely.
What did Wood think of Palmyra?
Although it's all the rage today to view people of earlier times according to our own modern, enlightened constructs, I cannot help but wonder what Robert 'Palmyra' Wood thought he was doing. Why did he go to Palmyra? What did he learn from it?
Wood, though not a professional scholar, was a student of ancient history, sharing with his more famous contemporary Edward Gibbon an interest in the rise and fall of great nations. For Wood, it was the traveller's duty to analyse the forces which led to the rise and fall of past civilizations, rather than simply describe the splendour of their monuments. Despite its splendid engravings, therefore, Wood's book is less significant for its description of Palmyra's ruins than for its prophecies with regard to Great Britain.^^
Palmyra as a portent of the future of Britain.
According to Wood, Palmyra achieved a high level of civilization as a result of its own unaided efforts -- as did England--- rather than through contact with supposedly superior cultures. There were many parallels, he wrote. Just as the sea contributed to Britain's "riches and defence," so the desert had contributed to Palmyra's: both states profited from their strategic position in terms of commerce and their ability to ward off potential invaders.
Palmyra had prospered as a result of its independence from surrounding nations and only declined after it had become a tributary of Rome. This dependence sapped their morale and weakened their resolve. There was a lesson here for his own country.
Like Palmyra, too, during the time of its greatness, Britain was blessed with a form of government that was essentially sound [Wood later became a politician, serving as under-secretary to Prime Minister William Pitt from 1756 until 1763 and was secretary to the Treasury during the administration of Lord Bute, 1762-1763]. Nevertheless, Wood argued, if Britain fell victim to the dissensions of the age, it might suffer the fate of Palmyra, and he warned his fellow countrymen that they should not allow the pressure of the moment to pervert the noble simplicity of their constitution.
Wood believed that once a great civilization had established itself, it was unlikely to die. Palmyra, he imagined, could still regain its past glory, since the basic conditions that had promoted its rise to power were still present: the caravan trade and the desert.
That was a little too optimistic: today most of the traffic flowing toward Palmyra is composed of bus loads of tourists who come to view its ruins. Wood would not have been amused. He took his ancient ruins seriously.
Modern historians wouldn't judge his analysis an alpha effort, but Wood was an 18th-century gentleman of modest birth and varied talents, whose Palmyra nonetheless made a profound impression on his contemporaries.
He does not appear to have had a hidden imperial agenda.
No more did Gavin Hamilton.
In 1758, Henry Dawkins (James' father?) of Standlynch, Wiltshire and Overnoxton Park, Oxon, commissioned a painting from Hamilton to commemorate the discovery of Palmyra. The work remained in the Dawkins family until 1954, when it was given to the National Gallery of Scotland partially in lieu of taxes.
The line between moralizing and sentimentality is always a thin one in Neoclassicism and seldom thinner than in Dawkins and Wood Discovering the Ruins of Palmyra. However striking the rosy background ruins, the overall effect is decidedly silly.
I'll give the last word to Brian Sewell, the trenchant art critic of the Evening Standard, from his headline review, Lost in the East at the Tate Britain:
The biggest picture in the exhibition is Gavin Hamilton's James Dawkins and Robert Wood discovering the Ruins of Palmyra, of 1758 — 12 square metres of inflated nonsense, the discoverers dressed in togas of a kind that no ancient Roman ever wore, flanked by sub-Van Dyckian servants in a far from Dyckian disorder, clad in costumes borrowed from an Adoration of the Magi, the classical and baroque references confused, the ancestral composition fractured, the whole monstrosity irrelevant to the history of Orientalism.
* I am most grateful to Tate Britain for providing me with this excellent reproduction.
** An excellent review by Rachel Aspden in the New Statesman and another by Brian Sewell [cited above].
^ The story of Lady Hamilton, her antiquity-loving husband, and her passionate affair with Admiral Lord Nelson, is superbly told in Susan Sontag's historical novel, The Volcano Lover: a romance. Another portrait of Emma Hamilton by Gavin Hamilton, can be found here.
^^I am indebted to John Munro (American University of Beirut) for this discussion of the moral lessons that Wood sought at Palmyra.
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After a while, Kaufmann has discovered, people who use on-line dating sites become disillusioned. "The game could be entertaining for a short time. But all-pervading cynicism and utilitarianism eventually sicken anyone who has any sense of human decency. When the players become too cold and detached, nothing good can come of it." Everywhere on dating sites, Kaufmann finds folks upset by the unsatisfactorily cold sex dates they have brokered. He also comes across online junkies who can not move from digital flirting to real dates and others shocked that websites, which they had sought out as refuges from the judgmental cows-market of real life interactions, are just as cruel and unforgiving - possibly more so.
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In his 2003 book Liquid Love, Bauman wrote that we "liquid moderns" cannot give to relationships and have few kinship ties. We incessantly need to utilize our abilities, wits and dedication to produce provisional bonds which are loose enough to halt suffocation, but tight enough to give a needed sense of security now that the traditional sources of consolation (family, career, loving relationships) are less reliable than ever. And online dating offers only such opportunities for us to possess fast and furious sexual relationships in which dedication is a no-no and yet amount and quality could be positively rather than inversely related.
Take sex first. Kaufmann claims that in the new universe of speed dating, online dating and social networking, the overwhelming idea is to get brief, sharp engagements that demand minimal devotion and maximal satisfaction. In this, he follows the Leeds-based sociologist Zygmunt Bauman , who proposed the metaphor of "liquid love" to characterise how we form links in the digital age. It is easier to break with a Facebook friend when compared to a real buddy; the work of a split second to delete a mobile phone contact.
Across Paris, Kaufmann is of a similar mind. He considers that in the new millennium a new leisure activity emerged. It was called sex and we'd never had it so great. He writes: "As the next millennium got underway the mixture of two very distinct phenomena (the growth of the net and women's declaration of their right to have a good time), suddenly quickened this tendency.. Basically, sex had become a very average action that had nothing related to the horrible fears and thrilling transgressions of days gone by." Best of all, maybe, it had nothing to do with marriage, monogamy or motherhood but was given to enjoyment, to that barely translatable (but fun-sounding) French word jouissance.
Badiou found the opposite issue with internet websites: not that they're disappointing, however they make the wild promise that love on the internet can be hermetically sealed from disappointment. Free sex dating near me Alert Bay British Columbia. The septuagenarian Hegelian philosopher writes in his book of being in the entire world capital of love story (Paris) and everywhere coming across posters for Meetic , which styles itself as Europe's leading online dating agency. Their slogans read: "Have love without danger", "One can be in love without falling in love" and "You can be totally in love without needing to suffer".
Internet dating is, Ariely claims, unremittingly miserable. The main difficulty, he suggests, is that on-line dating websites presume that should you've seen a photograph, got a guy's inside-leg measurement and star sign, BMI index and electoral preferences, you're all set to get it on la Marvin Gaye, right? Wrong. "They think that we're like digital cameras, you could describe somebody by their stature and weight and political affiliation and so on. But it turns out people are much more like wine. When you taste the wine, you can describe it, but it is not a very helpful description. However, you know should you like it or do not. And it's the intricacy as well as the completeness of the experience that lets you know in the event you enjoy someone or not. And this breaking into attributes turns out not to be somewhat educational."
Ariely began thinking about online dating because one of his co-workers down the corridor, a lonely assistant professor in a new town with no friends who worked long hours, failed miserably at online dating. Ariely wondered what had gone wrong. Certainly, he thought, online dating websites had global reach, economies of scale and algorithms ensuring utility maximisation (this way of talking about dating, incidentally, explains why so many behavioural economists spend Saturday nights getting intimate with single-piece lasagnes).
Kaufmann is not the only intellectual analysing the new landscape of love. Free Sex Dating in Alert Bay British Columbia Canada. Behavioural economist Dan Ariely is studying online dating because it changes to offer a solution for a marketplace which was not working very well. Oxford evolutionary anthropologist Robin Dunbar will shortly publish a book called The Science of Love and Betrayal , in which he wonders whether science can helps us with our intimate relationships. And one of France's greatest living philosophers, Alain Badiou, is poised to publish In Praise of Love , in which he contends that on-line dating websites ruin our most cherished romantic ideal, namely love.
The foregoing sex bloggers are quoted by Sorbonne sociologist Jean-Claude Kaufmann in his new book Love Online , in which he reflects on what's happened to romantic relationships since the millennium. The landscape of dating has changed entirely, he argues. We used to have yentas or parents to help us get married; now we have to fend for ourselves. We've got more independence and autonomy in our intimate lives than ever and some of us have used that independence to modify the targets: monogamy and marriage are no longer the intentions for many of us; sex, reconfigured as a harmless leisure action entailing the maximising of enjoyment as well as the minimising of the hassle of devotion, often is. Online dating sites have accelerated these changes, heightening the hopes for and deepening the pitfalls of sex and love.
But she is also wrong: it often neglects to operate - not least because elsewhere in cyberspace there are people like Nick, who aren't looking for love from on-line dating sites, but for sexual meetings as perishable and substitutable as yoghurt. Free sex dating near Alert Bay, British Columbia. In his sex site, Nick works out that he got 77.7% of the women he's met through on-line dating sites into bed on the first night, and that 55% of his dates were "one-offs", three were "cold", two were "not too great", eight "hot" and two "atomic". I understand, I understand: who'd have thought atomic sex was desired rather than a trip to A&E waiting to occur? Due to the web, such spreadsheets of love have replaced notches on the bedpost and could be exhibited hubristically online.
According to a new survey by psychologists at the University of Rochester in the US , online dating is the next most common way of starting a relationship - after assembly through friends. It is now popular in part, says one of the report's authors, Professor Harry Reis, because other processes are broadly considered as grossly inefficient. "The web holds great promise for helping adults form healthy and supporting romantic partnerships, and those relationships are one of the top predictors of mental as well as physical well-being," he says.
People meet online and also fall in love all year long. I understand a couple that met online on Christmas Eve on Facebook who are now engaged. I know of another couple that met online on eHarmony on Valentine's Day who are now happily married. Just yesterday I learned of a couple fell in love at first sight that met on Match. She hadn't had a serious relationship in over 10 years and now they're smitten. Yes online dating is a numbers game. You'll be juggling dates, canceling dates, rescheduling dates, it's exhausting, but nevertheless, it could be so quite rewarding as it's been for millions of others.
It is peak season in the internet dating business, which normally coincides with vacation separation season. It is the best time to start filling your date card, but how do you organize vacation dating without feeling overwhelmed and a bit nervous? My biggest recommendation is to look at online dating and flirting on Facebook as methods to expand your social group. Think of it as meeting new friends at the holidays and enjoying the company of someone you like, not necessarily someone you are going to fall in love with.
Free sex dating near Alert Bay British Columbia. Digital snooping is also increasing. It brings out the worst in us. Alert Bay British Columbia Free Sex Dating. At Plenty of Fish, they studied over 9,000 of their users between the ages of 20-40 to find out what their vacation dating habits were. POF found that 82 percent of the women were actually checking the Facebook standings of guys they were dating to see what they were doing when they were not around. Their survey also found that 26 percent of singles slept with an ex-husband over the holidays, since they merely did not need to be alone and single.
I'm here to let you know that relationship anxiety over the holidays is common. Alert Bay, British Columbia Free Sex Dating. Add an electronic element to it of being connected via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter and it is magnified big time. Online Dating Anxiety Disorder (ODAD) is overwhelming. While it isn't a clinical state, most singles are now members of more than one dating site. People who suffer from ODAD understand that horrible feeling they get when they push the send button too fast to reply to his or her email, and wait by their computer or mobile phone for the response to come in. Free Sex Dating near Alert Bay. Alert Bay British Columbia Canada Free Sex Dating. When you've ODAD, you're a member of so many sites, you can not recall where you fulfilled the date you're about to have dinner with. Text messages become a part of your dating regime and if the time between the texts is over four hours, it is possible to feel restless and catastrophize.
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Life of the Virgin: 19. The Virgin Worshipped by Angels and Saints
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In Archive Fever, Jacques Derrida moves readers through an impressive lexicon to deconstruct the trouble with and attraction of archiving. The image which seems to best capture, or at least repeats in my mind as I struggle through the Freudian Impression, is that of the prodigal son. The intimacy afforded by the psychoanalytic interpretation of the impulse to archive seems to lend itself to this interpretation.
For a well-regarded visual version of the essential biblical allegory, consider Rembrandt’s:
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The muse of memory seems, as Derrida explains, to impel one toward an inescapable nostalgia for what came “before, before,” a returning to origins and a paternal guidance and covering, in spite of an intervening impulse to live father-free in the compartmentalization of archive categorization, an act which results in a severing of fruit from its tree (that destructive force referred to in Fever’s first pages), a child from his or her parent. Perhaps this is the “mal d’archive” (Derrida 91) to which Derrida refers, with its requisite driven passion and direction. Its phenomenal qualities, however, resist easy definition as to what makes “outside,” suspending disbelief to a rigorous level. Nevertheless, Derrida’s conclusion to the book offers a somewhat recuperated reverence in careful consideration of what we might continue to preserve as “secret,” in spite of the captured history, chronicled history of deaths, lives.
While strict limits are resisted, they do seem to aid a this-side-of-chaos reading of a body of works. For example, to use the prodigal son as an example, how many “versions” of that story exist? Why is it so popular to return to, even by now established masters of painting? Moving beyond the Freudian principles at work, the archivist can study the yearning of the son to be taken in by the father in myriad ways, in spite of the youth’s desire to deny paternity, responsibility, etc. One might say that muse has its own Harpie-like qualities, but also ones of re-genesis.
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Raising a Solidarity City
Status for All march takes to the streets this Saturday
by Tim McSorley
This Saturday, Montrealers are taking to the pavement to strengthen the foundations of their own Solidarity City.
At noon, the third annual Status for All march in support of undocumented migrants and immigrants to Canada facing precarious living conditions will kick off at the corner of Jean Talon and Boyer.
This year, original organizers Solidarity Across Borders is being joined by other Montreal groups including No One Is Illegal-Montréal, Dignidad Migrante, the Immigrant Workers Centre and JOC-Montreal, as part of the country-wide Solidarity City campaign.
“There are hundreds of undocumented people across this country in cities, who work in the most precarious jobs,” said Nakita Sunar, a spokesperson for the march. “We're building a movement that rejects that precarity.”
Solidarity City hopes to broaden the movement of support for new and undocumented migrants, by involving individuals and organizations from all sectors of society, says Sunar. This ranges from medical practitioners, to employers, to educators, to neighbors and co-workers.
The campaign is calling for access to free health care in clinics, access to free education, that immigration officials should not have access enter or arrest people in hospitals, clinics, shelters, schools, or any space providing essential services, and that access to social welfare services – from food banks to social housing – regardless of immigration status.
More broadly, says Sunar, the hope for the march is to help in “breaking isolation and fear, and striking common ground” with other residents of Montreal.
To that end, the march will be going through the neighborhoods of Park Extension, Villeray and Petite-Patrie, neighborhoods with large recent immigrant populations. While many undocumented people are unable to participate in this kind of event, says, Sanur, the hope is that by walking through their neighborhoods will allow them to see the level of support and solidarity and help break through some of the isolation that having precarious status can bring about.
Just as much, she says, it's about bringing out people who have status and citizenship, and who are in a position to provide services and help in order, over the long term, to make living conditions for all residents of Montreal, that much better.
There are also three very specific demands for this years march, focusing on recent issues of: a stop to all deportations, an end to detentions (upwards of 100 people are currently being held at the Centre de prevention de l’immigration de Laval), and an end to "double punishment." Double punishment, say organizers, is the fact that migrants face not only threats of immigration reprisals but also often face criminalization and racial profiling from police officers and other legal authorities.
While there's optimism about building this movement in Montreal, Sunar says organizers aren't naïve of the challenges they face now that the Conservatives have a majority government. Pointing to the imminent re-introduction of the Conservative's immigration reforms that would more easily place new immigrants in detention, and the rise of deportations throughout the previous years of Conservative rule, Sunar says community organizers are gearing up for a tough battle.
But there are plans for an explicitly anti-Harper contingent in the march, and organizers are holding out hope that by building stronger networks of support that they will be able to make a tangible difference in the lives of migrants in Montreal, and across Canada (Solidarity City & Status for All movements are also active in other cities like Vancouver and Toronto).
The campaign won't end with a march either. There are plans for two upcoming support sessions for undocumented or precarious migrants at the Immigrant Workers Centre in Park Extension.
“The biggest thing is that we don't want this campaign to just be one thing,” says Sunar. “We want this struggle to continue and involved people in building mutual aid and support.”
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Movie Review: The Muppets
If you are of a certain age… specifically mine (around 40-ish)… the words “it’s time to play the music… it’s time to light the lights…” will inevitably bring a smile to your face… your mind will instantaneously fill in the rest of the song “… it’s time to meet the Muppets, on the Muppet Show tonight!”… and your memories will dart back to watching the original Muppet Show and their original film The Muppet Movie in the late 70’s. As Jim Henson’s adult puppet outreach project, The Muppets were his offshoots from Sesame Street and the prime time answer for parents and their children. Today, after Henson’s death and The Muppets acquisition by Disney, their fate looked consigned to the dust bin of childhood laughter and quaint artifacts of our “wonder years”.
When I first heard of Jason Segel’s plan to revive the franchise with a new movie, I was terrified. Yes, I allowed myself to utter the phrase, “please don’t ruin my childhood memories” when my memories are perfectly fine and not in any danger of being erased due to a crappy movie. Lord knows, the Muppets put out quite a bit of crap throughout the 80’s and 90’s, but this felt different… knowing Disney could really tamper with something as wonderful as the Muppets without Jim Henson’s direction and guidance seemed dirty in some way… wrong. Jason Segel? The dude who bared his wang in Forgetting Sarah Marshall? The Muppets? Really?
Then, I heard Amy Adams was attached. I felt better immediately.
Then, I heard they were introducing a new Muppet… Walter. Terrified again.
Then, I saw the teaser trailer. I was happy again.
Then, there was a flood of funny cross-over posters and trailers for films like Twilight and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo… and although hilarious… made me nervous. See, I have this little theory about how much pre-release promotional material (featurettes, making of’s, interviews with cast, mulitple appearances on multiple shows, and most telling… any new material filmed for the trailer specifically) comes out and the ratio between that amount and the crapitude of said movie. For instance, how many featurettes and interviews did you see for Super 8? None. How many for The Last Airbender? A constant stream. Case closed.
It was this flood, coupled with the idea of a new Muppet that had me concerned… it was finally watching The Muppets that put my mind at ease. From the moment it begins to its final frame, I was wrapped in a warm Snuggieof unadulterated joy and emotion. It wasn’t quite the Muppets of my childhood… but it was the Muppets of now, and the Muppets for my kids. Fortunately, I had already steeped their impressionable little minds in countless episodes of the TV show on DVD and of course the original Muppet Movie, so the number of 70’s and early 80’s cultural references weren’t completely wasted on them. They may not know Dom DeLuise by name, but they certainly know him appearance, thanks to a fateful encounter with a particular little banjo playing frog.
Walter, the newest Muppet, is Gary’s (Jason Segel) brother. An opening montage shows us their lives together; bonding over the Muppets, going to see the movie, and ultimately, Gary getting bigger and Walter always staying the same size. Fortunately, we never have to deal with any quibbles regarding fraternal possibilities with one human brother and the other felt… but sadly, Walter isn’t really moving on. He and Gary are inseparable… which may be a problem for Gary’s love interest, Mary (the always lovely and beautiful Amy Adams), the high school shop teacher with a knack for the mechanical. When it comes time for Gary and Mary to go to L.A. for their 10th anniversary, Gary can’t leave Walter behind, and they head from Smalltown to the big city with plans to visit the Muppet Studios and take the tour.
It’s at this point when we are treated to the first of many new songs created for the movie, as well as a number of cameos that are either blink or you miss them type of cameos (Leslie Feist and Mickey Rooney early on) or stretched out in key scenes as is the Muppet way. Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords supervised the music for the film and if you are a fan, you can recognize all sorts of musical beats and cues that are pure Conchords, especially a brief rap later in the film that almost made me bust out my best Hiphopopotomus. All of the music feels perfectly placed and never forced. There may not be any certifiable hits such as The Rainbow Connection (which makes an appearance) or Moving Right Along, but each new song adds something to the forward momentum of the story and brings on that stupid grin I get when tapping into my joy gland (it’s a real thing… seriously… located inside your pituitary gland… really*). My only complaint would be that I would have enjoyed seeing more from the cameos than most got, but hey… can’t please everyone.
Upon arrival at the Muppet Studios, Walter discovers the plot… errr… plan by Mr. Richman of Richman Oil (subtle) to take over the Studios and drill for newfound oil!!! Cue maniacal laughter (as stated by Mr. Richman himself for an ongoing gag)! Walter fills Gary and Mary in on what he has discovered and the hunt is on for the hermit-like Kermit the Frog.
This is where things get interesting. The reality of now is imbedded in every frame of this movie. The fact that the Muppets are artifacts is essential to the story… the Show hasn’t happened in thirty years… Kermit and the gang haven’t seen each other in all that time… and something sad has happened to the Frog… where is Miss Piggy? But the Studios will be lost forever unless Kermit can get the Muppets back together for one last telethon to raise ten million dollars… and after some soul searching and ridiculously touching musical numbers, Kermit gets his mojo back and together with 80’s Robot (another fantastic running gag), they head out to put on the Show!
Going any further into the plot would be criminal of me (although I am craving one of those ‘and do you remember this… and that… and what about that’ session with someone who has seen it)… needless to say at this point, the film is a resounding success. Full of happiness, great wit and humor, a nod to the more adult nature of the original program and an embrace of the youngest… The Muppets pulls off on of the greatest comebacks imaginable. Not only was I laughing at so many points (a family behind ours felt the need to laugh at every 42nd frame or so… laughing at undeserved moments lessens the great ones), I found myself welling up and allowing a tear or two to roll down my face in at least two scenes. Hits the funny bone and the soft tender emotional spots and leaves you whistling out the theater.
If there is any part of you that is still nine years old, treat yourself to The Muppets. You know you want to…
It’s time to put on make-up…
Cornelius J. Blahg
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Tusla – Child and Family Agency has a statutory mandate around care and protection to victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence. In fulfilling this mandate and in line with the Tusla Corporate Plan which sets out to design and deliver supportive, coordinated and evidence-informed services that strive to ensure positive outcomes for children, families and communities’, we need to ensure that the Agency and its partners, have a shared and well-developed understanding of service user needs. This Working Report is the first output from Tusla presenting data from Tusla-funded specialist services for victims of domestic, sexual and gender based violence in Ireland. The report sets this data in the context of some of the messages emerging from other sources of information. Although the data here does not tell the full story of the adults, children and families who have experienced the trauma of violence in the home and sexual violence, the figures indicate the large number of victims and survivors who sought and received support in 2015 from specialist domestic, sexual and gender based violence services across the country. The figures indicate the large number of victims and survivors who sought and received support in 2015 from specialist domestic, sexual and gender based violence services across the country. Although the data here does not tell the full story of the adults, children and families who have experienced the trauma of violence in the home and sexual violence. Forthcoming international policy requirements such as the ‘EU Victims Directive’ and ‘Istanbul Convention’ (Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence) will place obligations for Tusla to be in a position to report on the quantum and quality of service provision. We are mindful that information gathering developments in Tusla, and those supported by Tusla in collaboration with others, are only part of the jigsaw of evidence required nationally to enable fuller understanding and better insights into statutory and other responses that will have the greatest positive impact for victims and preventing these forms of violence. Engagement with service users and information about those who do not use funded specialist services are important additional sources of information not reflected in the current report. Some of the data emerging prompt more questions about the stories that are of victims, and require further consideration – such as why certain groups are under or over-represented amongst service users and how we interpret different patterns of service use. We hope that the valuable commentary and feedback arising from this report and the underlying data, will enable Tusla to work with service provider organisations to improve data quality and will help to translate this data into evidence that can underpin responses to adults, children and families affected by domestic, sexual and gender based violence.
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1st National Lao American Symposium and Writers Summit Starts Tomorrow!
Dr. Phitsamay Sychitkokhong Uy, keynote speaker of the first national Lao American Symposium and Writers Summit.
The national Lao American Symposium and Writers Summit — titled “Our Shared Journey” — is being held this year, marking the first-ever national Lao American symposium, and the second meeting of the national Lao American Writers Summit five years after it took place in 2010.
Asian American Press reports that over a hundred Lao American artists, writers and community leaders will gather tomorrow in Minneapolis, Minnesota to explore Lao American history and identity, on the 40th anniversary of the first arrival of Lao Americans to the United States in 1975. Lao Americans arrived as refugees from Laos and other wartorn parts of Southeast Asia heavily disrupted by the violence of the Vietnam War, a civil war strongly influenced by US military intervention. Heavily bombed by US military forces between 1964 and 1974, Laos remains the most bombed country per capita in the history of the world. This violence led to the displacement of over 700,000 Lao refugees, including 400,000 who relocated to the United States. Today, Minnesota is home to the third largest community of Lao Americans in the country.
The conference is the first time many prominent Lao American writers, scholars, artists and advocates will be able to congregate in a single place to discuss the Lao American experience and Lao Diaspora. It also falls upon the 20th anniversary of the creation of the SatJaDham Lao Literary Project, which the organizers say was responsible for “creating some of the very first collections of Lao literature since the end of the war in [their] own words”.
Poster for “Our Shared Journey: A Symposium on 40 Years of Lao in the United States”.
This year’s conference is the product of a collaboration between the University of Minnesota’s Immigration History Research Center and the Lao American Writer’s Summit. It also includes sponsorship by the University of Minnesota’s Asian American Studies Program, Lao Student Association, and Urban Research, Outreach and Engagement Center, as well as the Center for Lao Studies, the Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota, the Mines Advisory Group, and Legacies of War.
The two-day event includes a keynote speech by Dr. Phitsamay Sychitkokhong Uy, assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell whose work focuses on education and Southeast Asian American immigrant students. Dr. Uy is the first Lao American to receive a Doctorate in Education from Harvard University, and her keynote talk is titled “State of Lao(tian) Americans: A reflection on 40 Years of Resettlement and Community Development in the United States”.
The conference — which is broken into a symposium day and a summit day — includes panels and workshops focusing on documenting Lao American history, creating Lao American literature, and exploring Lao American representation in the arts and blogging. Asian American Press reports:
“Many of the participants are emerging writers,” said [Catsie] Vilayphonh [member of spoken word group Yellow Rage who chaired the first National Lao American Writers Summit in 2010]. “This is important to us as organizers because we want all of our community members to treasure their stories and to share them again. You don’t become an expert at it overnight, but to get closer to it, you have to be committed to telling what you can as well as you can. But as our recent experiences have shown, there are many ways to tell a story.”
Attendees will include Vilayphonh, who after her time with Yellow Rage went on to found Laos In the House, Lao Canadian poet Souvankham Thammavongsa who was recently awarded the CBC Book of the Year Award and the Trillium Award, writer Krysada Panusith Phounsiri, filmmaker Xaisongkham Induangchanthy, artist Sayon Syprasoueth, scholar Dr. Ketmani Kouanchao, actress Kulap Vilaysack, blogger Chanida Phaengdara Potter who founded Little Laos On The Prarie and more. The conference is co-organized by one of my favourite Asian American bloggers in the world, Bryan Thao Worra (@thaoworra), writer and founder of On The Other Side of the Eye.
I gotta say, y’all, this event looks super cool, and a necessary opportunity to spotlight an important, thriving and dynamic — yet too often also frustratingly overlooked — ethnic community within the larger AAPI identity. Moreover, this conference is free and open to the public. You have no idea how badly I wish I could attend just so I might be able to listen and learn.
Registration is currently closed due to the conference being at capacity for attendance, however, people in the Minneapolis area who really want to attend are encouraged to email Saengmany Ratsabout of the Immigration History and Research Center immediately at ratsa001 [at] umn.edu to see if last-minute registration is possible.
For more information on the conference, check out its website here! If you are not available to attend the conference physically, several of the events will also be available as live streaming events online.
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Author: Jodie Utter
The London Gels in Conservation Conference: Michelle Sullivan, “Rigid polysaccharide gels for paper conservation: a residue study”
Gels in Conservation Conference, October 16-18, 2017
This blog post is part of a series of observations about the London “Gels in Conservation” conference co-hosted by the Tate and IAP (International Academic Projects, Ltd). In mid-October, over the course of three days, some 41 authors presented research, techniques and ideas on gels in conservation. The talks were excellent, and I’ve focused on four that were notable for the wide range of materials treated and challenges faced. They ranged from coating/grime removal from a giant sequoia tree cross section, to dirt and varnish removal from Delacroix wall paintings, to removal of repairs from a fragile felt hat from a 18th century ship wreck, and an experiment comparing residues left behind by various gels on paper.
Sullivan’s research questions
The fourth talk I wanted to highlight is Michelle Sullivan’s “Rigid polysaccharide gels for paper conservation: a residue study” — of particular interest to me as a paper conservator. It was one of the few studies exploring quantitatively if residue is left behind by gels used in the treatment of works on paper. If so, did how does that residue impact the paper? To easily track residue on the paper samples, fluorescein dyes visible in UV light were added to the gels tested. The experiment used agarose, gellan gum and methyl cellulose gels in three different concentrations applied to three different papers for three different time periods. In addition, a few variables were added to mimic treatment, such as applying the gels through Japanese paper and clearing the gels using a damp swab. Besides surface examination, cross sections of the samples were also taken to see if the gels were penetrating the paper surface. The cross sections seemed to suggest that gellan gum was being absorbed into the paper. Sullivan found that all the gels tested left a residue, with gellan gum apparently leaving behind the most. She found that applying the gels through a Japanese paper barrier was the most effective method in minimizing residue. After oven aging for 21 days, the rag sample treated with gellan gum darkened slightly, while all the other samples did not. Sullivan proposed that the darkening might be related to the gelatin content of the rag test paper. She plans to expand her test variables and continue to build on this research. This feels like very important research and I eagerly await to results of the next phase of her work.
Gel residue experiment set-up.
This blog series is a result of receiving the FAIC Carolyn Horton grant to help me attend the conference. I would like to gratefully acknowledge the FAIC for helping make it possible for me to attend this important conference.
Author Jodie UtterPosted on May 9, 2018 Categories Allied Organizations, Grants & Scholarships, Research and Technical StudiesTags Carolyn Horton grant, FAIC Grants, Gel residue study, Gels in Conservation, IAP, Michelle Sullivan
The London Gels in Conservation Conference: Jonathan Clark, “Revisiting a shipwrecked felt hat for Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust: a multidisciplinary approach”
2. Image of felt hat during treatment using gel and spider tissue to remove old repair.
Jonathan Clark’s presentation, “Revisiting a shipwrecked felt hat for Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust: a multidisciplinary approach” featured a really cool felt hat from a 1758 shipwreck. The project resulted in an unusual opportunity for collaboration between a textile and an objects conservator–both bringing needed experience to successfully treat the hat. In the past, the object had been treated aggressively with layers of synthetic materials and heavy cardboard fills. The hat was misshapen as a result of the thick repairs, making it difficult to fully see the original object. The treatment objective was to release the fragile felt hat from its past repairs and reshape it to its intended form without harming the object. Acetone softened the thick unknown adhesive, so both acetone vapor and solvent gels were used to release and reduce the adhesive. The acetone solvent gel was applied through spider tissue, a very soft and strong paper (100% manila fibers). Once in place, the spider tissue was pre-wetted with methylated spirits, then the gel was applied via spatula, which was then covered with plastic wrap to slow evaporation. Once the old repairs were removed the hat remained misshapen, to further soften the remaining adhesive holding the felt hat out of shape, it was placed in an acetone vapor environment. The softened pliable hat was then weighted and pinned to a Fosshape form, a shrinkable polyester felt, used by textile conservators to create mounts. The end result was an object that was stable and could safely be stored showing only its original materials.
Felt hat after treatment pinned to Fosshape form.
Author Jodie UtterPosted on May 9, 2018 Categories Allied Organizations, Conferences, Courses, Workshops & Seminars, Grants & ScholarshipsTags Carolyn Horton grant, FAIC, IAP, Jonathan Clark, London Gel Conference
The London Gels in Conservation Conference: Alina Moskalik-Detalle, “Conservation of murals by Eugene Delacroix at Saint Sulpice, Paris”
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2. Alina Moskalik-Detalle talking describing coating removal
In the second of four talks, Alina Moskalik-Detalle presented “Conservation of murals by Eugene Delacroix at Saint Sulpice, Paris.” The talk was interesting for its scale and challenges. Because I’ve gone to see these murals many times over the years, the talk was also personally interesting. Each time I visited, I left somewhat disappointed by the darkened, flat, dull murals. As luck would have it, I was scheduled to travel to Paris a week after attending the gels conference. What I saw when I visited Ste. Sulpice was truly remarkable—color, depth, and drama. The cleaning had totally transformed these murals. Naturally, I couldn’t help myself, I actively looked for shiny patches—the results from this treatment were remarkable. This multi-year project involved numerous conservators including collaboration with Richard Wolbers. Some of the treatment challenges included flaking paint, complex paint layers, multiple restorations, rising damp in the walls, carbon based grime, and, if that wasn’t enough, the paint was very sensitive to organic solvents. The conservators wanted to limit penetration of their solvent gels without leaving a residue or tide line behind. They wanted good contact between the gels and the substrate, control of the action of water, and to create mixtures of solvents that would clean effectively without damaging the paint layers. After cleaning tests were performed, a treatment protocol emerged: by pre-saturation of the areas being treated with cyclomethicone followed by the application of silicone solvents gels to the mural’s surfaces, tide lines were avoided, grime could be removed, the gels could be cleared, and residue was limited. The D4 was a slow evaporator which allowed about a 30 minute working time for the application of the gel and subsequent grime removal without harming the paint layer.
3. Delacroix mural detail, during treatment
The gels were made and applied in a paste-like consistency for maximum control of where the material was placed. It clung to the vertical walls and horizontal ceiling long enough to be effective. Using D4 based emulsions to clean the mural’s paint surfaces allowed the removal of surface soil without stripping wax or oily components from the paint films themselves. Because the emulsions were surfactant free, it was easier to clear them from the treated surfaces. Analysis of samples didn’t show residue left behind on the surface, but when the conservators tried to consolidate flaking areas of paint, they had trouble with adhesion, it is unclear why. It will be interesting to see how these murals age over time and if further treatment is needed in future, how re-treatable it is.
4. Author pictured in Delacroix chapel after treatment was completed.
Author Jodie UtterPosted on March 21, 2018 Categories Conferences, Courses, Workshops & Seminars, Paintings Conservation, UncategorizedTags Alina Moskalik-Detalle, Carolyn Horton grant, FAIC Grants, IAP, London Gel Conference, Richard Wolbers
The London Gels in Conservation Conference: Lu Allington-Jones, “Giant sequoia: an extraordinary case study involving Carbopol gel”
Giant sequoia section displayed in the central hall of the Natural History Museum
The first session of four, “Giant sequoia: an extraordinary case study involving Carbopol gel”, was presented by Lu Allington-Jones and was intriguing for several reasons: the object was enormous–5 meters (over 16 feet) in diameter. The size alone produced significant challenges, for which solvent gel was particularly suited. The scale meant that it would be treated in situ in full view of the public, thus potentially exposing patrons to chemical fumes; it would require large amounts of materials to treat; and it was at the top of an open staircase, meaning significant height came into play, as well. The giant sequoia cross-section had been on continual display since 1894, so it was incredibly dusty, had a darkened and cracking lacquer coating, and had a very friable bark around its perimeter. A material was needed that could safely remove the failed coatings and accumulated dust without penetrating the surface, harming the friable bark, or creating an unsafe environment for the conservators and patrons during treatment. Using a solvent gel had the advantage of keeping the solvents contained, reducing solvent vapor, and could act as a poultice to reduce grime and solubilize the failed coating. In addition, because gel ensures contact with the treated surface, it means that a lower concentration of solvent could be used as compared to a free liquid solvent. The gel was made 24 hours ahead in Ziploc baggies, the time allowed the gel to reach the needed smoothness and viscosity.
Applying solvent gel from plastic baggie (left). Removing solvent gel after treatment (right).
For application, the Ziploc bags were cut open at one end, the gel squeezed out and spread to 20 mm thick (about ¾”), then covered with plastic wrap to slow evaporation, giving the conservator about an hour of working time before the gel became too sticky and unworkable. Once the gel softened the coating, it was then removed trowel-like with a piece of cardboard, repeated, then cleared with industrial methylated spirits and wipes. A significant lesson learned about the gel was once it reached 73F or more, it became runny, causing the gel to slip off the vertical surfaces being treated, which didn’t allow enough working time to reduce the surface coating adequately. Once treated, the cross section was varnished with a protective layer of Laropal A81. The cross section looked amazing in the after images. I would encourage everyone to read the article in the post prints as it describes the details of challenges, decision making, and final outcomes.
Author Jodie UtterPosted on March 14, 2018 Categories Allied Organizations, Conferences, Courses, Workshops & SeminarsTags Carbopol gel, Carolyn Horton grant, FAIC Grants, Gels in Conservation, IAP, Lu Allington-Jones
“Blog 2: The London Gels in Conservation Conference, October 16-18, 2017, Richard Wolbers and Paolo Cremonesi” by Jodie Utter
This blog post is the 2nd in a collection of observations about the London “Gels in Conservation” conference co-hosted by the Tate and IAP (International Academic Projects, Ltd). In mid-October, over the course of three days, some 41 authors presented research, techniques and ideas on gels in conservation. The first presentations of the first day kicked off the conference, setting the tone with intriguing philosophical, as well as practical hands-on examples of gels in conservation. The two leading conservation scientists in the field of gels, Richard Wolbers and Paolo Cremonesi, each provided an introduction to gels in conservation, what has been done historically, what is currently practiced, and thoughts for the future. Wolbers not only delivered the key note presentation, but spoke several times as collaborator for many of the talks and as a moderator. In his keynote address, Wolbers emphasized minimizing toxicity through substitution of less toxic materials and Cremonesi discussed the characteristics of agar gels and the current work being done with thermo-reversible rigid agar hydrogels.
Bottom line, it seems that the basic goal for many of the case studies that were presented is to find a way to safely use aqueous cleaning systems on water-sensitive materials without damaging the object. A tall order.
Richard Wolbers, keynote presentation, “Gels, Green Chemistry, Gurus and Guides”
Wolbers’ talk, “Gels, Green Chemistry, Gurus and Guides”, it provided an overview of gels in conservation, as well as a look towards the future, emphasized the goal of using Green chemistry, which involves less waste and is less toxic – something he has been advocating for years (here is the link to his talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGpOYaU6owE).
Wolbers said, when confronted with a treatment problem, first determine if a gel is appropriate. Gels keep the gel and its contents in contact longer with the surface; gels make local application controllable or they can serve as a poultice. Naturally, the gel used shouldn’t impact the surface medium, and it should be non-toxic and clean the object. Wolbers listed some of the advantages of solid rigid agar gels: they dissolve in water, improve surface wettability, and have surfactant properties.
Ultimately, to do the best by our objects, we as a field need to continually look to other industries for ideas. For example, the cosmetic industry utilizes green chemistry to reduce exposure to potentially harmful solvents. We need to truly understand what we want to achieve in a particular circumstance and tailor it to our object, rather than relying on a few stock recipes and applying them to all situations. As conservators we must remain agile and stay creative. To do this we must understand the underlying principles of the materials we want to use and the objects we are treating. Conservation needs to be able to gain ideas and experience from other fields, and also be able to create and engineer our own materials to give us the type of control we need.
Paolo Cremonesi, “Thermo-reversible rigid agar hydrogels: their properties and action in cleaning”
In Cremonesi’s talk, “Thermo-reversible rigid agar hydrogels: their properties and action in cleaning”, (here is the link to Cremonesi’s talk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=UbbxCQR4El8) he listed the advantages of agar gels: how they dissolve in water, and improve surface wettability. They have limited adhesion to the surface and, most importantly, leave behind minimal residue (as compared to gellan gum. (See M. Sullivan’s paper “Rigid polysaccharide gels for paper conservation: a residue study”). Past drawbacks of agar gels had been that they could only be applied to relatively flat surfaces. However, if the liquid gel is applied (brushed or poured on) just at the moment it starts to thicken, it can be used on a variety of surfaces, planar or not.
(here is the link to his talk: http://academicprojects.co.uk/gels-conference/gels-conference-presentations/)
Thermo-reversible gels are often prepared in the microwave to prepare a homogeneous gel. When heated above 80F (Cremonesi recommended type E for its low gelling temperature) the gel is liquid and when cooled below 80F it is a solid. With increased concentration, the gel becomes stiffer which will slow the release of water from the gel. While in the liquid form it can be poured into receptacles such as a syringe body. Allowed to cool, once solid it can be kept in a “pencil” shape (this slide caused many audience members to swoon) or be cut into small plugs.
slide from Cremonesi’s presentation, grating agar plugs
At room temperature it can also be grated, with the shaving manipulated for surface cleaning. Enzymes mixed with Agar in a semi-solid state are the most effective form of the material. That said, Cremonesi said gellan gum is more appropriate for works on paper because it’s more flexible and transparent than agar.
One thing I’ve found with using gels (in my case gellan gum) is the formation of tide lines, which made me assume we were doing something wrong. According to both Wolbers and Cremonesi, I was missing a step. They talked about the importance of pre-wetting the surface to be treated with a non-polar solvent (they specifically mentioned D5, aka decamethylcyclopentasiloxane aka cyclomethicone). At first this might seem counter-intuitive: how does water work if there’s non-polar solvent in the way? Actually it’s about displacement – oil floats on water – so the water in the gel displaces the non-polar solvent to get to the surface. The non-polar solvent prevents tidelines principally by blocking capillarity. Now it’s all starting to make sense. The same principle was used by Burgio, Rivers et al (2008, Studies in Conservation) when consolidating matte paint. On this basis, any non-polar solvent (first spot tested) should work to prevent tidelines. D5 has the advantage of being a ‘green’ solvent, comes without the H&S hazards associated with hydrocarbon non-polar solvents, and is exceptionally non-polar.
Author Jodie UtterPosted on March 5, 2018 Categories Conferences, Courses, Workshops & Seminars, Grants & ScholarshipsTags FAIC, Gels in Conservation, IAP, Paolo Cremonesi, Richard Wolbers
The London Gels in Conservation Conference October 16-18, 2017, “An Introduction” by Jodie Utter
A couple of months have passed since I attended the London three-day conference “Gels in Conservation” co-hosted by the Tate and IAP (International Academic Projects, Ltd), better known as James (Jim) Black. You will know him from Archetype Publications; he’s the one who always remembers you.
Gels conference audience
The conference was the brainchild of Jim Black and Richard Wolbers, hatched over drinks and Indian food a few years back. They posed the idea, “wouldn’t it be great if we got all the people together working in gels? Scientists, conservators, students, etc., and shared what we know, or were working on in gels?” Apparently they were right, they weren’t they only ones who thought it was a great idea. More than 550 attendees from 39 countries attended the three-day conference. For me, and judging from fellow attendee’s responses, I can tell you it sure felt like a roaring success.
It was one of the most thoughtfully arranged symposiums I’ve ever attended. I suspect Jim Black may well be a genius and I hope other program organizers take note. There were three sessions each day, and each session started off with two or three talks about 25 or 30 minutes in length followed by several 10-minute talks. It kept things fresh and helped avoid listening fatigue. For the most part the 10-minute talks were just as informative as the longer format. At the end of each session the presenters had a panel Q&A with the audience. This gave people a chance to clarify and presenters an opportunity to add detail.
The conference was filmed/recorded, so take heart even if you didn’t get one of the sought-after tickets: you can still virtually attend, albeit slightly after the fact. Having the publication at the conference was brilliant. I can’t emphasize enough how excellent the publication is. It includes the papers from the presentations and the posters with great images. It was very helpful to listen to a talk then be able to refer to the paper immediately. Over the course of three days, some 41 authors presented research, techniques and ideas. Each day the talks were grouped together loosely by theme such as polysaccharide gel systems, which included agars, gellan gum and methyl cellulose, often compared or alone, sometimes with additives like enzymes or chelators. Day two, polysaccharide and polyacrylic gel systems, which included solvent gels, such as pemulen, and the new wave of solvents, silicone solvents. And finally, day three was entitled Novel and Multi gel treatment. Many speakers talked about trying to utilize less toxic materials as an alternative to “traditional” organic and aromatic solvents, moving toward greener alternatives. Authors shared their successes and failures, both being very informative. Many attendees, me included remarked that they really enjoyed the multi-discipline approach, learning what textile conservators and easel painting conservators are doing with the same sort of materials. It was very inspiring and informative.
The overall tone of the conference was one of hopeful optimism and desire for more research and development. Richard Wolbers spoke several times, first as the key note speaker and later as collaborator for many of the authors. He emphasized the need for conservators to look to other industries for potential products, greener or less toxic than what we use now, and to know the materials well enough to tailor them to our own specific needs for each specific treatment challenge. I came away inspired and intrigued. I have written companion blogs to this one and they will be posted in rapid succession. I hope I can convey some of what I learned and inspire you to obtain the publication and start reading. I will end with my favorite slide of the conference.
Your Plan vs. Reality.
Author Jodie UtterPosted on March 5, 2018 Categories Conferences, Courses, Workshops & Seminars, Grants & ScholarshipsTags conference reviews, Gels in Conservation, IAP
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Malachi Fyerstar Is All Set To Be Cleveland’s Finest Rising Dance and Hip Hop Sensation
Malachi Fyrestar is an up-and-coming talent powerhouse who is set to surprise and inspire people with his stunning and hip Dance and Hip Hop fused tracks which offer a powerful message to all those looking for some life-changing experience.
Rising Hip Hop and Dance music maestro Malachi Fyrestar is an entertainer through and through. With his stunning and powerful musical compositions, he is now all set to release albums which not only offer listeners a means to groove and get themselves moving and grooving to hip and fresh tracks and beats, but also produce music which carries with itself a strong message of hope, strength and being your own powerful self every day.
Malachi Fyrestar has undergone several challenges and trials and tribulations as he has waded through life’s many struggles, coming out victorious and triumphant. This message of working hard and ensuring that your powerful self is one that always stays undefeated is one that is resonant and echoes throughout his music. Malachi Fyrestar has always been inspired by the thirst for being an entertainer and be his wildest, rawest, and most free self as he explores diverse genres and his own unique talents and his own musical spirit and calling. Malachi Fyrestar is now all set to motivate and get listeners grooving by his new album titled “Grindmode” which is quickly becoming a sensational hit. The singles titled “Blastoff” “get that money” and “wet the bed”, this raw and authentic hip hop composition has a little bit for everyone. Dance music is very rarely coupled with the sheer brilliance of authentic narrative R&B and Hip Hop- something this sensational newcomer is set to change.
Driven from his childhood to be a musician and entertainer, Malachi Fyrestar started off by dancing for his family members at events and reunions when he was just a young child. His biggest inspiration was Michael Jackson and MJ’s music has always inspired and motivated him to produce great individual wonders and tracks that get one moving and grooving. Malachi Fyrestar started writing poetry at age 7, which helped inspire his song writing. In 1997 his music career started on a quest for God inspired by 2pac aka Makaveli,
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KCA Officials to Meet Sreesanth
Published on: 04 Jun, 2013
3 June 2013 Thiruvananthapuram Two officials from the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) will meet jailed cricketer S Sreesanth in Delhi on Monday. The officials are on a fact-finding mission, as Sreesanth has claimed that he has been trapped and is innocent. “One of the officials, Sreejith Nair, is…
BCCI Emergency Meet Tomorrow :IPL Betting Case
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16 Ex- Ranji Players Honored by Kerala Cricket Association
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Sreesanth Resisted the arrest asked to call CM’s of Kerala and Maharashtra
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SreeSanth Still Innocent in Kerala
16 May 2013 Thiruvananthapuram In Kerala many majority of people asked by news reporter said that Kerala hero Sreesanth was innocent and they don’t believe that him as guilty . Shashi Tharoor or the Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) also said that the pacer should be considered innocent until…
Sreesanth’s in Spot Fixing Parents blamed Dhoni and Harbhajan
16 May 2013 Kerala Sreesanth the Cricket sensation from Kerala along with Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan by Delhi police in Mumbai on Wednesday night on charges of spot-fixing in the ongoing Twenty 20 League. Cricketer S Sreesanth’s father Shanthakumaran Nair has blamed India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni…
Kerala All set for Eighth National Blind Football Tournament
Published on: 30 Apr, 2013
30 April 2013 Kochi Kerala is all set for eighth national football tournament being organised by the Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA) in New Delhi from May 13-18. The team, undergoing coaching at regional sports centre here now, has five members – four blind and one partially blind….
Sanju Samson On the Rise
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GCDA and UK Football Club to have Agreement for Ambedkar Stadium
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26 April 2013 Kochi The Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) has expressed its willingness to offer Ambedkar Stadium to English football club Reading to start a football coaching facility in the city. While GCDA would provide the land, the football club or the All India Football Federation (AIFF)…
Sports Federation to have CEO ‘s From Now
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Kerala’s Sudden Death at Penalty Shoot Out Service takes away the cup
March 4 2013 Kochi Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, filled almost to capacity, fell silent when the Services team beat Kerala four goals to three after drawing three each at the penalty shootout of Santosh Trophy finals.All this while, Kerala goalkeeper Jean Christian sent hopes soaring for the home…
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28 Feb 2013 Thiruvananthapuram Riding on Shimin Lal’s second-half extra-time winner, Kerala defeated Maharashtra 2-1 to enter the summit clash of the 67th Santosh Trophy in Kochi on Thursday. Kerala will now face either defending champions Services or Punjab in the final on March 3 at the Jawaharlal…
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Home Home Slider Sonia, Rahul condole Ahmed Patel’s death, Cong flag to fly half-mast at...
Sonia, Rahul condole Ahmed Patel’s death, Cong flag to fly half-mast at party offices
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condoled the demise of veteran party leader Ahmed Patel and commended his faithfulness, dedication and commitment to his duty which distinguished him from others. The Congress party flag will fly half-mast at all state Congress offices across the country as a mark of respect to Patel.
“In Shree Ahmed Patel, I have lost a colleague, whose entire life was dedicated to the Congress party. His faithfulness and dedication, his commitment to his duty, his always being there to help, his generosity were rare qualities that distinguished him from others,” the Congress interim chief said in a condolence message.
“I have lost an irreplaceable comrade, a faithful colleague and a friend. I mourn his passing and I feel deeply for his bereaved family to whom I offer my sincere feelings of empathy and support,” she added.
Congress President Smt Sonia Gandhi’s condolence message on the demise of Shri Ahmed Patel. pic.twitter.com/JiOwjr3j1n
— Congress (@INCIndia) November 25, 2020
Rahul Gandhi wrote a condolence message to deceased senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel’s son Faisal on Wednesday saying, the party has lost the leader who dedicated his life to the Congress.
“Dear Faisal, I am saddened by the passing of your father, Shri Ahmed Patel Ji. We have lost a leader who dedicated his life to the Congress party,” said Gandhi. Ahmed Patel epitomised courage and loyalty in public life, he added.
It is a sad day. Shri Ahmed Patel was a pillar of the Congress party. He lived and breathed Congress and stood with the party through its most difficult times. He was a tremendous asset.
We will miss him. My love and condolences to Faisal, Mumtaz & the family. pic.twitter.com/sZaOXOIMEX
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) November 25, 2020
“He stood by the Congress party through its most difficult times. I will miss his wisdom, his intellect and his unwavering commitment to the Congress party. He will continue to guide us and inspire every Congress worker to carry forward our mission. My thoughts, prayers and love are with you and your family in this difficult time,” he added.
Patel, who was undergoing treatment at a Gurugram hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, breathed his last after multi-organ failure in the wee hours of Wednesday, his son Faisal confirmed.
Patel, also the Treasurer of the Indian National Congress, had tested positive for the COVID-19 on October 1 and was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta Hospital in Gurugram on November 15.
Born on August 21, 1949, Patel pursued BSc at Shree Jayendra Puri Arts and Science College, Bharuch, South Gujarat University.
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Obama says discrimination exists
Here's a column I read on Racialicious that's worth repeating in full:
Obama, and the Birth of the (Above-)Racist
By Guest Contributor Catherine, originally posted at Hyphen BlogThe New York Times commemorated President Obama’s 100th day in office last week with some optimistic reportage of race relations in the United States. Citing a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, the article asserted that Obama is positively influencing public perception of race relations, stating that
Two-thirds of Americans now say race relations are generally good, and the percentage of blacks who say so has doubled since last July….
If only the public’s perception of “progress” were motivated by actual progress. Even a cursory examination of the state of race relations in the US will reveal that we are still a very racially divided nation, in some ways even more so than before Obama’s election. The Southern Poverty Law Center, for example, just released a report which found that the number of hate groups in the US has increased by more than 50 percent since 2000, and by 5 percent since last year. SPLC attributes the increase, in part, to growing anti-immigrant sentiment—a key point to remember, as Obama’s rise seems to have us thinking about race relations exclusively in black and white.
It wasn’t so very long ago that we were all too aware of the racism-infused anti-immigration sentiment that surrounded last year’s elections and talks of immigration reform. Back in those days, the Pew Hispanic Center found that half of Latinos believed their situations were worse than they had been a year before—and this year, the situation only seems to have worsened. Polls commissioned by New American Media now find that 82 percent of Latinas report that discrimination is a major problem for their families. And let’s not forget Committee of 100’s recent national survey, which found that Asian Americans still experience considerable discrimination.
And, contrary to apparent popular opinion and the cheery anecdotes featured by the New York Times, the situations of blacks haven’t improved markedly either, as Matthew Yglesias of ThinkProgress points out in his own analysis of the New York Times/CBS news poll results:
I’m surprised that as many as forty-four percent of blacks say that both races have equal opportunity. I think the evidence is unambiguously clear that they do not. African-American children have parents with lower levels of income and education. Their families, even when they have above-average incomes, tend to have less wealth than white families. And even controlling for parental income and educational attainment, black kids do worse in schools than white kids. Then beyond all that, there’s clear evidence of discrimination against job applicants with “black” names that tends to suggest a broader pattern of employment discrimination. There are inequities in the criminal justice system both in terms of more punishment being meted out to black offenders, and the police and the courts doing less to protect black victims.
Evidently, race relations haven’t improved quite as much as people want to believe. Clearly, in some situations, race relations have even deteriorated further. So what gives? Perhaps the (apparently unfounded) optimism uncovered by the poll has less to do with respondents’ personal observations of progress than it does with the overwhelming significance they placed on Obama’s election. Certainly the election of the first black/bi-racial US president is groundbreaking—and many, I’m sure, hoped that the very possibility of his election signified a momentous shift in the way Americans think about race. But the misguided belief that everything is automatically better now has unfortunate repercussions.
What begins as a benign belief that things have changed for the better can quickly turn into the obstinate conviction that racism is behind us and need not be addressed any longer. I can’t count how many times, since Obama’s election, I’ve been advised to take my race relations commentary down a notch because, in post-race America, we are too “above race” to necessitate continued critical discourse on the matter. My own sister called me a racist recently for addressing race issues on the Hyphen blog because, according to her, doing so is an affront to everything that Obama has built for us. Such sentiments are shockingly pervasive, I’ve found—so much so, that I’ve taken to calling people who harbor them “(above-)racists”—people who think that race is so far beneath them that they can’t help but actually be racist. They are best known for their belief that Obama’s election means either 1) racism no longer exists or 2) white racism no longer exists and/or 3) pointing out racial differences (whether casually or critically) is, itself racist. Not exactly what Obama had in mind, I think, when he said this:
…the path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination—and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past—are real and must be addressed, not just with words, but with deeds….
Clearly even Obama doesn’t think racism is behind us, and the rest of us would do well to get that straight too. We need to recognize that one man’s rise—however monumental—doesn’t in and of itself change the structural inequalities that have long defined and limited the experiences of people of color. Believing otherwise reduces Obama to a token—a misleading indicator of illusory social change—rather than correctly recognizing him as an important step forward on a (still) long journey towards racial equality.Comment: In Educating Stephen About White Privilege, I said don't bother talking about music and sports as evidence that whites aren't privileged. I should've also said don't bother talking about the exceptions that prove the rule: Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods, Colin Powell, et al.
Why not? To reiterate, because:We need to recognize that one man’s rise—however monumental—doesn’t in and of itself change the structural inequalities that have long defined and limited the experiences of people of color.And:[T]he path to a more perfect union means acknowledging that what ails the African American community does not just exist in the minds of black people; that the legacy of discrimination—and current incidents of discrimination, while less overt than in the past—are real and must be addressed, not just with words, but with deeds.When the US percentage of top positions government and business held by minorities equals the US percentage of minorities (about 30% at present), then you can hypothesize that racism and white privilege are no longer issues. Until then, don't bother talking about structural inequalities unless you actually address the issue of structural inequalities.
For more on white privilege, see Systemic, Not Aberrant.
Examples of ongoing racism
Incidentally, it's hysterical that the same people who claim racism is over and done are the one who have attacked Sonia Sotomayor for being Hispanic. Can you say "hypocritical," conservatives? Presumably the "post-racial" era will begun right after you stop criticizing how she pronounces her name, what she eats, her temperament, etc.
For examples of racism against Indians, you can reread Melvin Martin's series of essays:
Indians on the chain gang
Samoans riot over "Sambo" poster
Denial ain't just a river in Africa
Racists lack self-esteem
"Gooks" assaulted with BBs, urine
Martin on racial cowardice
Most racist place in America?
For more on the so-called post-racial era, see Hate Abounds in "Post-Racial" America, Racism Lives in ObamAmerica, and The Post-Racial, Post-Indian Era?
P.S. Be sure to check out the excellent comments in the Racialicious thread on the same subject.
Below: One of the few media moguls who isn't white.
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Labels: Barack Obama, racism
" In Educating Stephen About White Privilege, I said don't bother talking about music and sports as evidence that whites aren't privileged. I should've also said don't bother talking about the exceptions that prove the rule: Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods, Colin Powell, et al."
And I didn't, instead a posted a lists of quite a few non-White politicians and you still haven't replied to the points I made.
"When the US percentage of top positions government and business held by minorities equals the US percentage of minorities (about 30% at present), then you can hypothesize that racism and white privilege are no longer issues."
I don't deny that racism is not an issue; only a deluded simpleton would spout nonsense like that, however the election of NWObama proves that America is not a racist nation (unlike Cuba which you seem unwillingly to criticize). (And for the reasons I posted I deny the myth of white privilege.) Admit it you wanted 'bama to lose so you could get on here and hoot and howl about racism ;) of course your rants about the subject are hypocritical due to your use of sexist language.
"Incidentally, it's hysterical that the same people who claim racism is over and done are the one who have attacked Sonia Sotomayor for being Hispanic."
No one attacked her for being Hispanic rather she was attacked because it was thought that she was a Hispanic supremacist. Was it stupid? Yep. Was it racism? Nope.
dmarks said...
I did not include Oprah because she was just an exception. I included her because she was the richest and is considered to be the most powerful in her field. Someone who is on top, and is not a token exception in the field. That is, she runs things, and is not a mere "player".
Stephen said: "unlike Cuba which you seem unwillingly to criticize"
All indications are that Cuba is majority Black, and yet the white Castro hereditary dictatorship has consistently shut them out of power.
Rob, your email address is now invalid. I got a whole bunch of bounces.
Also, back to the subject:
So, it has to do with a percent of tokens, as opposed to having real qualified people in those positions due to their own merit?
Thanks to Obama's policies, we will have fewer educated and qualified minority school children. He wants "about 1,700 mostly low-income and minority students" in DC to get an inferior education.
aw said...
No one attacked her for being Hispanic rather she was attacked because it was thought that she was a Hispanic supremacist. Was it stupid? Yep. Was it racism? Nope.Funny how the stupidity just happened to revolve around her ethnicity.
It was obviously racist. Sorry.
By the way, I am fascinated by your use of the word "NWObama". What does that mean? Please expand. :-)
"Funny how the stupidity just happened to revolve around her ethnicity."
No it happened to revolve around the mistaken idea that she was somehow connected to Hispanic supremacism.
"It was obviously racist. Sorry."
Oh please if she attacked a White politico thinking he was a klansman would you consider that to racist also?
"By the way, I am fascinated by your use of the word "NWObama". What does that mean? Please expand."
It's a joke about our latest scammer in chief.
Also here's a pic of Aw:
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Shi-Shi-Etko trailer
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The numbers don’t jibe EDITORIAL 03/23/2011
The numbers don’t jibe
One of the reasons survey outfits’ results are not quite taken seriously, and are many times disbelieved, is that certain claimed perceptions just don’t jibe.
Pulse Asia’s recent poll findings show that the trust and approval rating of Noynoy Aquino on a nationwide basis slid by a substantial five points, and by 12 percent in the National Capital Region (NCR). Overall, however, Noynoy still obtained a high 75 percent from 80 percent in October by way of trust ratings, while he fell from 79 percent in October to 74 percent in performance or approval rating.
The biggest Noynoy suffered was a 12 percent drop coming from the NCR, from 78 percent last October to 66 percent in March.
The Pulse Asia poll noted that public perception on six issues confronting the Aquino administration was not favorable as reflected in the latest survey. Public confidence fell on his administration’s performance on six key issues, including the equal enforcement of the law, creating more jobs and controlling the population growth, which showed huge declines from October last year..... MORE
Tarnishing the presidency FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 03/23/2011
Tarnishing the presidency
Incredible but true. We have a president who not only blatantly dips his entire hand into congressional moves, specifically the impeachment of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, but even goes public by lauding the congressmen who early yesterday morning, voted resoundingly to impeach her as “our heroes of today.”
His statement was followed up his mouthpiece, Edwin Lacierda, who said: “By doing so, the House has put an end to the long era of impunity that tarnished our institutions and made a mockery of the bedrock principle of accountability enshrined in our Constitution. This is the glory of democracy: where the law applies to all, where scrutiny exempts no one, and where accountability is for our institutions to exact.”
The problem with these pharisees in Malacañang is that even as they mouth all these “noble” statements of the principle of accountability, of the glory of democracy, of the law being applied to all, of transparency, of scrutiny exempting no one, is that they exempt themselves from all these..... MORE
Tsunami disruption spreads deep into Japan focus 03/23/2011
Tsunami disruption spreads deep into Japan
MORIOKA — Ten days after Japan’s tsunami disaster, towns far from the impact zone are still experiencing shortages that have thrown the neat, ordered lives of local residents completely out of gear.
Gas station queues stretching for several kilometers, long waits at supermarkets, empty store shelves and shuttered businesses have become a part of the landscape in post-tsunami Japan.
At the foot of the Mount Iwate volcano, the people of Morioka city — almost 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the devastated coast — are still trying to adjust to the sudden absence of many things they had simply taken for granted.
At a gas station on the outskirts of the city, motorists waited hours on end before finally reaching the gas pump, clutching a 2,000 yen ($25, 17 euros) daily rationing coupon in their hands. The coupon is barely enough to buy a third of a tank on an average-sized city car..... MORE
That Pulse Asia survey C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S Jonathan De la Cruz 03/23/2011
That Pulse Asia survey
If you believe in surveys, the latest Pulse Asia “Ulat ng Bayan” survey issued for the quarter ending March 2011 says that despite the many challenges coming his way, a solid majority of respondents continue to have trust in P-Noy (75 percent) and appreciate what he has been doing thus far (74 percent). With 1,200 adult respondents polled from Feb. 24 to March 6, the survey showed that P-Noy’s approval rating was positive across geographical areas ranging from 66 percent in Metro Manila to 83 percent in the Visayas with only a 4 to 9 percent disapproval. On the other hand, his approval rating for socio-economic classes ranged from 69 percent in Classes ABC to 80 percent in Class E while his disapproval rating was between 5 to 8 percent. Pulse Asia also noted that almost one in five respondents (18 percent) remained undecided about P-Noy’s performance with the indecision most notable in Metro Manila (26 percent) and least in the Visayas (13 percent) with Mindanao registering 15 percent. Across income classes, the level of public ambivalence about his performance ranged from 26 percent in Classes ABC to 14 percent in Class E..... MORE
US says goal is to get Kadhafi to step down focus 03/23/2011
US says goal is to get Kadhafi to step down
SANTIAGO — The United States Monday sent mixed messages about its objectives in Libya, as President Barack Obama said Moamer Kadhafi must go, but vowed US forces would stick to a narrower UN mandate.
“Our military action is in support of an international mandate from the Security Council that specifically focuses on the humanitarian threat posed by Colonel Kadhafi to his people,” Obama told a press conference in Chile.
The missile and air strikes launched at the weekend were “in support of UN Security Resolution 1973, that specifically talks about humanitarian efforts, and we are going to make sure that we stick to that mandate,” he added.
But Obama stressed it was “US policy that Kadhafi needs to go” accusing the veteran leader who has ruled the north African country for more than four decades of murdering civilians as he tries to quell an opposition uprising..... MORE
Dazed and confused HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 03/23/2011
And just about anything else. Except to tell the truth.
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada must have known all along there ain’t anything substantial he could get from Erlinda Ligot and his brother Edgardo Yambao. And much less, or none at all, from Jacinto Ligot, the former military comptroller who probably would know than what Angelo Reyes had brought to his grave.
But while Estrada could not be forgiving, although he seemed passive at times for the duration of the Senate inquiry on the anomalous AFP transactions, his hands are shackled by a system that governs us all, including those who have done the country wrong.
Yet they could be forgetful, especially when pressed about the missing AFP millions, or the ownership of several properties a soldier’s salary could not afford.
The Ligots are not even quibbling. Less talk, less mistakes..... MORE
Contemptible SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 03/23/2011
First it was Jose Pidal (who, in the course of investigation, was finally revealed to be then-President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s brother-in-law, Rep. Ignacio Arroyo, brother of then first gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo).
Then it was former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante, who went through the same Q&A portion for the Fertilizer Fund Scam. One after the other, they popularized the now-infamous line, “I invoke my right to privacy.”
It appears that they had the same lawyer, Antonio Zulueta, who is now counseling another controversial couple.
The “Ligots” — who, for purposes of this column, shall be comprised of retired former military comptroller Jacinto Ligot, his wife Erlinda and brother-in-law Edgardo Yambao — are also invoking their right to privacy and against self-incrimination, faced as they are now with a barrage of questions at the Senate inquiry for alleged military corruption. Listening to them can make you want to throw things..... MORE
Noy offered extra P20-M pork for yes vote—solons By Charlie V. Manalo 03/23/2011
DOUBTS RAISED OVER NUMBER OF YES VOTES ON MERCI IMPEACH
Noy offered extra P20-M pork for yes vote—solons
Personal calls from President Aquino to congressmen, allegedly offering the sweetener of an additional P20 million in congressional pork barrel in exchange for a yes vote, were all part of the presidential push to impeach Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez “resoundingly.”
These measures appeared to have done the trick, with an almost full House attendance, said to be comparable only to the congressional attendance during a President’s State of the Nation Address (Sona).
The additonal P20-million pork pledged is said to be taken from the budget savings which form part of the pork barrel funds of Aquino, congressional sources told the Tribune yesterday.
But the numbers in the plenary impeachment votes also didn’t add up, with some congressmen now questioning the accuracy of the vote count..... MORE
Senate ready for trial, debates on rules By Angie M. Rosales 03/23/2011
Senate ready for trial, debates on rules
As senators await the formal transmittal of the articles of impeachment against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, debates on the rules that will government their trial proceedings kicked off yesterday.
Its adoption is seen to take place today, before Congress goes on a Lenten break or just in time when they resume sessions on May 9, simultaneous with its convening as an impeachment trial body to take up the Gutierrez case.
Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III yesterday proposed that a “gag order” of sorts be observed by his colleagues while trial proceedings are ongoing, which means that no interview with any member of the media or entity will be granted by any of the senator-judges.
Sotto’s proposal does not spare even the members of the prosecution panel, the person impeached as well as their respective counsels and witnesses..... MORE
DFA asks Libya to allow return of 4 Kadhafi maids 03/23/2011
DFA asks Libya to allow return of 4 Kadhafi maids
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) had asked Libya to let four Filipino women working as maids for a relative of leader Moamer Kadhafi to leave for home amid Western-led air strikes.
The four last week rang their relatives back home to help get the government to negotiate their release from work contracts, DFA director for migrant workers affairs Enrico Fos said.
The DFA has sought assistance from Libya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to let the four maids identified as Diana Rivera, Racquel Dadang, Mary Ann Ducus and Zenaida Labugen to be evacuated along with other Filipinos. They work for Al Sahal Shariff, who is said to be Kadhafi’s nephew.
“The relatives called the DFA to alert it of their wish to leave, but their employer told them their help was needed at this time,” Fos told a news conference..... MORE
RP named laundering center for drug money By Michaela P. del Callar 03/23/2011
RP named laundering center for drug money
The Philippines was among countries that the United States cited as the global centers for the laundering of money coming from international narcotics trafficking in a recent report.
In its 2011 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, the US State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs placed the Philippines in the “Jurisdictions of Primary Concern,” a roll of coun-tries said to be engaged in heavy narco-money laundering activities.
“The complex nature of money laundering transactions today makes it difficult in many cases to distinguish the proceeds of narcotics trafficking from the proceeds of other serious crime,” the State Department said.
However, it noted that financial institutions engaged in transactions that involve significant amounts of proceeds from other serious crimes, like the Philippines, “are vulnerable to narcotics-related money laundering.”.... MORE
Pinay, daughter among tsunami dead 03/23/2011
Pinay, daughter among tsunami dead
A Filipina and her 12-year-old daughter were among the thousands of people who perished in the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunamis that devastated Northeastern Japan on March 11, Depart-ment of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said yesterday.
The Fukushima Iwaki Central Police Headquarters informed the Philippine Honorary Consulate in Morioka that the remains of Grace Agnes Oprecio-Hiruta, 45, and daughter Maria were identified by her husband, Masahiro Hiruta.
Police said the cause of their death is tsunami-related.
According to the DFA, the search and rescue team discovered the body of Mrs. Hiruta inside the vicinity of the house of a certain Mr. Suzuki on March 19 in Iwaki City, Fukushima..... MORE
Brother of Maguindanao governor implicated in prosecutor’s ambush By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/23/2011
Brother of Maguindanao governor implicated in prosecutor’s ambush
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has ordered preliminary investigations into charges against a brother of Maguindanao Gov. Esmail “Toto” Mangudadatu who was implicated in the ambush of Maguindanao Provincial Prosecutor Akilali Balt last week.
A panel of investigating fiscals was formed by De Lima, composed of Assistant State Prosecutor Vimar Barcellano and Prosecution lawyers Gerard Gaerlan and Mark Roland Estepa to determine probable cause in the complaint filed by Balt’s daughter Aminah.
The complaint alleged that Mayor Ibrahim Mangudadatu of Buluan was behind the attack.
Balt was on his way home aboard service vehicle with his driver Dandan Balt Datu Dakula when two men riding a motorcycle appeared on their side in a red light and suddenly opened fire at them. He sustained gunshot wounds in his lower right ear, lower right neck and right forearm and was still in comatose as of yesterday afternoon..... MORE
Binay tells Makati building owners to follow strictly building code By Pat C. Santos 03/23/2011
Binay tells Makati building owners to follow strictly building code
By Pat C. Santos 03/23/2011
As part of the preparation for earthquakes and other eventualities, Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay Jr. has asked building owners, particularly at the Central Business District, to follow strictly the building code and have occupants ready and familiarized themselves with all the emergency instructions in any eventuality.
This was the call made by young Binay when interviewed yesterday during the awarding of some 50 building owners in Makati who had complied with the 2011 fire safety compliance.
The mayor said they are making the necessary arrangements for preparedness and they are canceling a day to conduct earthquake drills and lectures but they were burdened by the preparation in the aftermath of the Japan experience.
But late last night Binay said they were working and making their own assessment to determine what would be the effect of an earthquake in Makati City..... MORE
DoJ summons Ligots for P428-M tax evasion By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/23/2011
DoJ summons Ligots for P428-M tax evasion
Embattled former military comptroller Lt. Gen. Jacinto Ligot and his wife Erlinda who are facing a Senate inquiry into their alleged illegal wealth have been summoned to appear before the Department of Justice for the preliminary investigation into the P428-million tax evasion charges against them.
The Ligots were directed to appear before prosecutors on April 6 and April 13 by Assistant State Prosecutor Stewart Mariano who sent separate summonses to Ligot and his wife.
The case stemmed from the tax evasion charges filed by the Bureau of Internal Revenue for eight counts of non-payment of tax and five counts of non-filing of income tax returns (ITRs) for taxable years 2001 to 2004. According to the BIR, Ligot failed to file his ITR in 2001 while his wife likewise ignored filing her ITRs in 2001 to 2004.
They also failed to declare their income in 2001 worth P41,854,181.57; P103,601,281.22 in 2002; P165,367,784.39 in 2003, and P184,995,700.14 in 2004..... MORE
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Where is transparency here? EDITORIAL 06/19/2011
Where is transparency here?
Transparency was Noynoy’s litany when he was seeking the public’s vote for the presidency; a promise which now appears to be an ordeal as he, through his Palace mouthpieces, have rejected proposals in the House to probe those who are classified within the so-called KKKs (Kaibigan, Kaklase and Kabarilan), or presidential cronies, classmates and shooting range buddies.
The Palace’s rejection of course reverberated among the House of Representatives’ allies of Noynoy and the proposed probe, by all indications, will not likely prosper.
But why is his ally, Deputy Speaker Erin Tañada, already concluding that the President is the focus of the probe, when the probe has not even started. And why, if there is nothing to fear about their claimed “honest” and “transparent” President who they claim rules without fear and favor, are these Noynoy allies fearing such a probe, to the point of already covering up for him and his aides?
Noynoy, however, is making the same mistake that made the past administration one of the most unpopular ever..... MORE
Vindictiveness FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 06/19/2011
It certainly looks like the spirit of vindictiveness in Noynoy lives on and strongly.
The latest word on the Marcos burial issue is that Noynoy is not even bent on giving Marcos military honors, as Vice President Jojo Binay had recommended, after conducting an exhaustive survey among various sectors of society and coming up with what can be called a “win-win” solution: Burial in Ilocos, and military honors of Ferdinand Marcos.
But even the military honors will be denied Marcos, although instead of owning to the fact that it is Noynoy himself who does not want it at all, he is using as his excuse the so-called victims of martial law who oppose it. He also uses another excuse, which is that Marcos may have already been given military honors when his remains were brought home for his burial in a refrigirated crypt in Ilocos.
But definitely, it is still his and his family’s vindictiveness that has kept him from giving Marcos the military honors..... MORE
Franco’s remains stir debate in Spain, 35 years after death focus 06/19/2011
Franco’s remains stir debate in Spain, 35 years after death
MADRID — More than 35 years after the death of Francisco Franco, Spain’s government is mulling whether to move the dictator’s remains from the vast mausoleum he had built with forced labor.
The Valley of the Fallen, an underground tomb complex outside Madrid where he is buried, was constructed on Franco’s orders between 1940 and 1958.
As well as Franco’s own remains, historians estimate the mass graves contain those of between 40,000 and 60,000 of his supporters and the Republicans who opposed them in Spain’s 1936-39 Civil War, which ended with Franco in power.
But for many Spaniards, the memorial site — carved into the side of a mountain in part through the forced labor of thousands of political prisoners — is their country’s most divisive and potent reminder of the Franco era..... MORE
DILG — wake up! VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 06/19/2011
DILG — wake up!
Any person who participates in any illegal numbers game shall suffer the following penalties:
a) The penalty of imprisonment from 30 days to 90 days, if such a person acts as a bettor.
b) The penalty of imprisonment from six years and one day to eight years, if such a person acts as a personnel or staff of an illegal numbers game operation. The same penalty shall likewise be imposed to any person who allows his vehicle, house, building or land to be used in the operation of illegal numbers game.
c) The penalty of imprisonment for eight years and one day to 10 years, if such a person acts as a collector or agent.
d) The penalty of imprisonment from 10 years and one day to 12 years, if such a person acts as coordinator, controller or supervisor..... MORE
Syria opposition abroad seeks to form united front 06/19/2011
Syria opposition abroad seeks to form united front
LONDON — Syrian opposition figures living abroad are seeking to form a common front with activists inside the country to help put pressure on President Bashar al-Assad’s crisis-hit regime.
As Syrian security forces crack down with deadly force on anti-regime protests, opposition activists have met in Turkey and Brussels, shared a platform in London, will visit Moscow and plan a major conference in the US.
But the regime opponents abroad have a tough job ahead of them, both in linking up with anti-regime activists in Syria and in building their own unified resistance.
“It is unfair to expect us to have a unified opposition” following years of oppressive rule, says Najib Ghadbian, a Middle East expert at Arkansas University in the United States.... MORE
In China, professional mourners spice up funerals FEATURE 06/19/2011
In China, professional mourners spice up funerals
CHONGQING — Hu Xinglian kneels before the corpse of Liang Zhicai and, with one hand on his metal coffin, lets out a piercing wail. But Hu is not at all grief-stricken — she is a professional mourner.
In parts of China, where rural pre-burial rituals are still observed, mourners known as “kusangren” are hired to guarantee that a funeral is a spectacle in grief. And the 53-year-old Hu is up to the task.
She comes to work with a full sound-system, multi-colour spotlights and the six members of her band, “The Orchestra of the Star and River of Chongqing.”
Her job offers a study in contrasts between modern living and tradition in the southwestern province-sized municipality, home to more than 30 million people and a symbol of the rapid urbanization seen across China..... MORE
Being trusted and trustworthy TABLETS OF STONE Larry Faraon, OP 06/19/2011
Being trusted and trustworthy
Every administration has its own versions of “K.” Even the sainted Tita Cory had her “Kamag-anak Inc.” Anybody who gets nailed in Malacañang, especially to the highest post of the land would be the most insecure person in the world even if hundreds of PSG’s and the top intellectuals from UP, Harvard and corporate halls, all at a whispering distance would cordon him closely. He needs a coterie of trusted and loyal friends who would shoo away possible darts that may pinch deeply on himself in order to feign stability and complacency in his incumbency.
Sadly, the first presumption of these rah-rah cheerers is really similar to what they usually teach the applicant secretaries, namely, that their boss is so stupid and clueless that he depends entirely on his secretary for everything from documents, appointments, files to wardrobes, medication, toiletries, but most importantly their loyalty and confidentiality. Utmost fidelity to the person or being a “K” is the absolute qualification therefore..... MORE
Palace calls ‘troublemaker’ source of Ping-Noy rift story By Aytch S. de la Cruz 06/19/2011
CLAIMS DE JESUS MEMO TO TORRES DOES NOT EXIST
Palace calls ‘troublemaker’ source of Ping-Noy rift story
The Palace branded as a troublemaker the source of the recent expose of The Tribune who divulged that the resignation of former Transportation and Communications Secretary Jose “Ping” de Jesus was the result of a bitter argument between him and President Aquino over the fate of Land Transportation Office (LTO) chief and Aquino shooting buddy Virginia Torres who Aquino insisted on retaining.
Unnamed sources at the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) speaking to media with respect to the lingering issues confronting the agency are just trying to cause some trouble for the government, deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte said.
Malacañang issued the statement yesterday as it said it remained clueless on a supposed memorandum written by De Jesus on April 6, asking Aquino to impose disciplinary actions on Torres..... MORE
Bongbong wants Rizal Day moved to June 19 06/19/2011
Bongbong wants Rizal Day moved to June 19
Sen. Ferdinand “Bong-bong” Marcos Jr. has renewed his proposal to change the date of the national holiday commemorating the life and works of Jose Rizal from Dec. 30 to June 19, his birth anniversary.
“It is fitting then that Filipinos commemorate Rizal Day on June 19 as a day of triumph of his nationalism and patriotic ideals,” he said, mindful that Dec. 30 is an official national holiday that commemorates a hero’s death.
“The birthday of our national hero should always be a day of celebration of his life and of his great contribution to the country’s independence from foreign domination,” he added..... MORE
NDRRMC alerts regional units for ‘Egay’ By Mario J. Mallari 06/19/2011
NDRRMC alerts regional units for ‘Egay’
By Mario J. Mallari 06/19/2011
The National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) has alerted all its regional units throughout the country as part of the preparations for tropical depression “Egay” as it continues to aim for the ambitious “zero casualty” during such calamity.
NDRRMC executive director Undersecretary Benito Ramos’ directive to all regional DRRMCs from Regions I to XII, the National Capital Region (NCR), the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Caraga is to closely monitor situation in their respective jurisdiction.
“You are hereby directed to monitor the situation and undertake precautionary measures in your area of responsibility. Likewise, the public and the DRRMCs are advised to take appropriate actions,” Ramos said.
“Let us untiringly aim for zero casualty,” Ramos added..... MORE
EcoWaste lauds Rizal as ‘hero for environment’ 06/19/2011
EcoWaste lauds Rizal as ‘hero for environment’
An environmental network has lauded Dr. Jose Rizal as ‘hero for the environment” as the nation celebrates the 150th year of his birthday today.
In a statement, the EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental network of over 125 public interest groups, honored Rizal for his deep concern and love for Mother Earth and her people.
“We pay homage to our national hero Jose Rizal for his keen devotion to improving community health and environment long before the Constitution formally committed to promoting and protecting the health and environmental rights of the people,” said Roy Alvarez, EcoWaste Coalition president..... MORE
Caloocan City steps up campaign against drinking liquor in streets By Arlie O. Calalo 06/19/2011
Caloocan City steps up campaign against drinking liquor in streets
By Arlie O. Calalo 06/19/2011
Local authorities in Caloocan City have intensified the campaign against vices that come along with smoking following the arrest of 20 persons who were caught drinking liquor either outside their houses or right in the streets.
On orders of the local government, city police chief Senior Supt. Jude Wilson Santos directed all police sub-stations and police community precincts (PCPs) to carry out Ordinance 0937, which was passed in 2005, by apprehending those who violate it.
During the initial salvo, police operations yielded more than 20 persons who were caught drinking either outside their residences or in the streets and sidewalks, Santos said..... MORE
‘Fish kill’ causes big loss to Navotas traders’ profits 06/19/2011
‘Fish kill’ causes big loss to Navotas traders’ profits
A large group of “fish brokers” in the coastal city of Navotas have sought the help of Camanava Press over their collapsing business in spite of the latest announcement of the Department of Agriculture that fish kill is over.
The members of the Navotas Fish Traders Association led by their vice president, Boy Charing, went to the office of the local media and sought their assistance to inform the public, including those fish traders who buy fish in large volume at the consignacion markets in the city which they sell in most markets in Metro Manila and nearby provinces like Bulacan..... MORE
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A Mexican Contemporary of Tolomato
I was sorting through some photos I had taken on a recent visit to Oaxaca, Mexico and some of the more remote surrounding towns. This was glimpsed from the window on the way up to one of these remote towns…I don’t recall which one, at this point. But the area has been settled and Christianized since the 16th century, so there’s no telling the age of this cemetery.
Burials in the early days weren’t marked, or at any rate, not with anything that was going to endure for very long. In recent times, Mexicans have tended to build little shrines over or near the graves.
Below are a few lines from a poem by Miguel de Unamuno, the Spanish poet and philosopher, entitled En un Cementerio de Lugar Castellano (In a Country Cemetery in Castilla). It describes a typical cemetery on the plains of Castilla, windswept, abandoned looking, behind adobe walls – very similar to our Mexican cemetery above.
Corral de muertos, entre pobres tapias,
hechas también de barro,
pobre corral donde la hoz no siega,
sólo una cruz, en el desierto campo
señala tu destino….
Corral of the dead, between humble walls,
made like them of clay,
poor yard where the sickle no longer reaps,
only a cross, in the barren field,
points to your destiny…
Below is a very beautiful video/musical arrangement of the poem.
The Fossil Club
Spring has sprung and it’s time for school visits. We recently had a great visit with some highschoolers from Newsome High School in Lithia and Alonso High in Tampa. They are members of the Archaeology, Anthropology and Fossil Clubs of their schools. Teacher Valerie Walker, who is the coordinator of these clubs, arranged the trip.
About 100 students came over to visit Tolomato Cemetery, the Huguenot Cemetery and other sites in St Augustine. Here they are at Tolomato, standing around the vault of Elizabeth Forrester and listening to Sarah Miller give her great presentation on Ground Penetrating Radar. I think we might have some future archaeologists in this group…
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Following two critically acclaimed EPs Tension (2013) and Circles (2015), Icelandic alternative electro band Vök will release their highly anticipated debut album Figure on April 28 via Nettwerk Records. Mostly written in their home studio and recorded with producer and Jack Garratt collaborator Brett Cox, the album sees the Reykjavík-based band taking their sound to new heights.
With influences ranging from from The Weeknd’s intimist RnB to Little Dragon‘s quirky electronica, Figure spans a whole spectrum of emotions and sounds, full of distorted pulses, near-whispered melodies, echoing guitars and dreamy hooks.
Vök took their time to deliver this first album but they are now ready to share it with their fans and the four-piece will be touring extensively throughout 2017 to bring it clubs and concert halls across Europe (Netherlands, Germany, Poland, France, UK and more).
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Dave Stotts: At the end of our last episode, we were introduced
to the seven churches of Revelation.
Since these were actual cities in ancient Asia Minor,
our next mission is to visit the archeological ruins
related to all seven sites.
Dave: We're now back in Turkey where we'll begin our
whirlwind journey through the seven churches of Revelation.
Our first stop will be Ephesus which is just a few miles
from here and we'll trace a semicircular highway route
through Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira,
Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
Since we spent an entire episode here at Ephesus
during Paul's journeys, we already understand
the size and importance of this ancient city.
By the time John was writing Revelation,
the church at Ephesus was already well established.
According to early church history, the first bishop
of Ephesus was Timothy, a student of Paul
we met earlier in the series.
Timothy died here in about 97 AD when he tried to preach
the gospel during the annual festival of Artemis.
It seems that he so angered the Artemis followers that they beat
him, dragged him through the streets, and killed him.
Here at Ephesus, Timothy, whom Paul called a dear son, became
another in the long line of martyrs for the Christian faith.
Dave: The apostle, John, spent many years here in Ephesus
and it was here that John wrote the Gospel of John
and, most likely, his three Epistles as well.
Now the cult of Artemis and the worship of the Roman emperor
thrived here in Ephesus so it's not surprising that opposition
to paganism and idolatry were prominent themes
in John's seven letters to the churches of Asia province.
The apostle, John, returned to Ephesus after Emperor Nerva
pardoned him from exile on Patmos.
He died here sometime after 98 AD
during the reign of Emperor Trajan.
There was some question regarding the circumstances of
John's death, some believing he was martyred and others
believing he died of natural causes.
According to church historians, John was buried here at Ephesus.
Dave: I'm about 2 miles from the main city of Ephesus,
on the ruins of the Basilica of Saint John.
In the 6th century AD, a Byzantine emperor,
Justinian, built this church over the ruins marking
the tomb of Saint John, the apostle.
Evidence here suggests that a church was built over
the ruins of the tomb in the 3rd century AD or earlier.
Now throughout this episode, I'm going to share portions of the
seven letters to the seven churches that John wrote.
I don't have time to cover everything but I highly
recommend you read these letters for yourself.
Many people throughout history have discovered that these
2000-year-old writings have special significance
for their own lives in their own churches.
Here's a portion of the first letter: "To the angel
of the church in Ephesus write: I know your deeds,
your hard work and your perseverance.
I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people,
that you have tested those who claim to be apostles
but are not, and have found them false.
You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,
and have not grown weary.
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love
you had at first.
Consider how far you have fallen!
Repent and do the things you did at first,"
Revelation 2:1 through 5.
Dave: In this first letter, the church at Ephesus was
praised for their perseverance, opposition to evil, and
their rejection of false apostles and pagan practices.
But they were also criticized for leaving their first love and
warned to return to the love they had as early Christians.
Dave: Next stop on our list: Smyrna.
Dave: Smyrna, an ancient city now surrounded
by the modern Turkish city of Izmir, was originally
established around 1000 BC.
Greek settlers established old Smyrna on this small
peninsula jutting out into the Aegean Sea.
Now it was in old Smyrna that the famous Greek poet Homer,
author of "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey,"
was born around 850 BC.
History tells us that a shrine to Homer stood in the city
during the Roman period.
After the time of Alexander the Great in the late 4th century
BC, new Smyrna was built by the Seleucids along the
coasts and up these slopes of Mount Pagos.
Now this region eventually developed into Asia Province
during the Roman period, and Smyrna, strategically located
between Ephesus to the south and Pergamum to the north,
developed into a wealthy port city.
In fact, it was one of the most important cities of the entire
province with a population of nearly 100.000 residents.
During the Roman period, ancient historians said that Smyrna
was a city of great beauty and impressive architecture
that circled Mount Pagos like a crown.
There was a great harbor, a massive agora, and a theater
on the northwest mountain slope that could hold 20.000 people.
This wealthy city was also known for its exceptionally good wine.
Smyrna was severely damaged by an earthquake
in 178 AD but was quickly rebuilt.
Now the layout of the city we see here today and most of these
structures are pretty much the same as they were in
the late 1st century when John was writing.
Here's a portion of John's second letter in the book of
Revelation: "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write:
I know your afflictions and your poverty--yet you are rich!
I know about the slander of those who say they are Jews
and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer.
I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test
you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days.
Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you
life as your victor's crown," Revelation 2:8 through 10.
In this letter, John pointed out that the Christians in Smyrna
had experienced major oppression.
They were poor but also rich, alluding to the city's
reputation as being pagan and also wealthy.
John's letter went on to mention blasphemy by the Jews here in
Smyrna who he called part of a "synagogue of Satan."
The letter went on to indicate that some of the Christians here
in Smyrna would be thrown into prison but John called them
to be faithful, even unto death.
This letter was written during the time of Roman persecution
of Christians under Emperor Domitian.
In fact, the church here at Smyrna was under
more opposition than most due to the strong influence
of emperor worship here in the city.
Now, people were compelled to offer sacrifices
of worship to the Roman Caesar.
Oh, hey, little buddy.
I oftentimes have this effect on animals.
And people.
Now during the time of John, emperor worship
was required by Roman law.
Failure to participate was punishable
by imprisonment or even death.
Now scholars differ as to the reference "synagogue of Satan"
but it probably referred to the Jews who not only opposed
Christianity but were participating
in the Roman imperial cult.
As for later church history, Polycarp, a famous historian
and student of the Apostle John, was martyred here
in Smyrna in about 156 AD.
According to tradition, Polycarp was pierced
with a spear and burned at the stake for refusing to burn
incense to the Roman emperor.
His final words: "I bless you, Father, for judging me worthy
of this hour so that in the company of the martyrs
I may share the cup of Christ."
As I leave Smyrna, I can't help but think of the many people
throughout history, and even today in many places, whose
decision to follow Christ came at a great personal cost,
even in many cases, the ultimate cost.
Reading about the lives and deaths of early Christians
serves as a sober reminder that the choice to follow Christ
even in our day sometimes comes at a very high price.
Our next stop is Pergamum about 50 miles north.
Dave: This is the ancient city of Pergamum.
Now the recorded history of this amazing place starts in 400 BC
when it was a military town for 10.000 mercenaries
for Cyrus the Younger.
Centuries later, it grew into the capital of the kingdom of
Pergamum before it was granted to Rome in 133 BC.
It then became the Roman capital of Asia Province.
Now by the time John wrote his seven letters, Pergamum was
no longer the capital but it was the second most
important city in Asia Minor behind Ephesus.
This metropolis probably had a population
of over 100.000 people.
Pergamum is known for this unusual two-tier acropolis
where most of the temples were located.
It's also home to an 80-row theater
with a seating capacity of 10.000.
It's known as the steepest theater in the ancient world
and if you tripped on your way out, you might just find
yourself in a busted-up heap at the bottom.
Dave: This place is incredible, one of the most dramatic
archeological sites I have ever explored.
Dave: Here's what it probably looked like at the time of John.
Dave: In the 2nd century BC, King Eumenes II had the famous
Pergamum Altar constructed here.
It was one of the largest altars in the ancient world.
Incredibly, German archeologists in the late 19th century removed
the entire altar structure from its location at ancient Pergamum
and transported it, piece by piece, to Berlin, Germany.
It was rebuilt in a massive museum which was appropriately
named the Pergamum Museum.
The museum was fortified throughout the two World Wars
and the Pergamum Altar survived a number of aerial bombings.
It is said that Adolf Hitler saw great power,
even supernatural power, in pagan artifacts like this.
So with that as our set-up, here is the letter to Pergamum
from the book of Revelation: "To the angel of the church
in Pergamum write: I know where you
live--where Satan has his throne.
Yet you remain true to my name.
You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days
of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death
in your city--where Satan lives.
Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are
some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam,
who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin
so that they ate food sacrificed to idols
and committed sexual immorality.
Repent therefore!"
Revelation 2:12 through 16.
The throne of Satan and where Satan lives are phrases that
have been interpreted in various ways but all linked to pagan
worship here at Pergamum.
Usually, the throne of Satan is connected directly to the
Pergamum Altar which was shaped somewhat like a gigantic throne
and often associated with Zeus.
Now, later in the letter, the Christians at the church
in Pergamum were reprimanded for the teaching of Balaam,
the sacrificing to idols, and immorality,
all of which are related to paganism.
It seems some Christians here were participating
in rituals to pagan gods.
At the end of the letter, these Christians are called
to repent and turn from their evil ways.
Dave: Our next stop, Thyatira, is about 40 miles
southeast of here.
Dave: The ancient city of Thyatira became part of the
Roman republic in 133 BC and was later considered
one of the major cities in Asia Province.
Today, most of ancient Thyatira is located beneath
the modern city of Akhisar.
Dave: Thyatira is mentioned in both Acts and Revelation
as being the home town of Lydia and later one
of the main churches of Asia Minor.
Paul may have visited Thyatira and brought the gospel here
during his final journey through Asia Province.
Archeology hasn't revealed much about Thyatira
from New Testament times.
Brief excavations here have uncovered this Roman road
and part of a public building.
Investigations at the site have also revealed several
inscriptions and coins.
Apparently, many people here worshiped the Greek gods
of Zeus, Artemis, and Apollo.
Inscriptions found here also indicate that Thyatira
was known for many trade deals including leather,
bronze, pottery, wool, linen, and dyes.
Dave: First century Thyatira was primarily a pagan city,
like so many others in the Roman empire.
But the letter to the church here does contain a specific
warning about a false self-proclaimed prophetess
that John calls Jezebel.
"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: I know your
deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance,
and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate
that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet.
By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality
and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.
I have given her time to repent of her immorality,
but she is unwilling," Revelation 2:18 through 25.
It's likely that Jezebel was an allusion to the evil Phoenician
queen of ancient Israel who was associated with harlotry
and witchcraft and served as a warning against the pagan
practices that this prophetess was trying to teach
some of the members of the church here.
Dave: So that was Thyatira.
Next stop is Sardis, about 30 miles southeast of here.
Dave: Located on a major highway connecting the
Aegean coast to the East,
Sardis was a stronghold city in ancient times.
The citadel of Sardis was known for its military strength and
described by some ancient historians as being, quote,
"The strongest place on earth."
Now, Sardis became the capital of the Lydian empire
in the 7th century BC.
The wealth of the city came from the fertile farmland outside the
city, the Pactolus River which contained gold dust
and, more specifically, an alloy called electrum.
Now, the Lydian empire is said to have invented coinage
and the Lydian stater is famous for having been
the earliest type of coin ever minted.
Dave: During the Roman period, one of the things Sardis was
known for was this incredible gymnasium and bath complex.
Yeah, I was here about 15 or so years ago
when I rocked the push-ups.
I wonder if anybody here remembers me.
Dave: Seventy-one, seventy-two, feel the burn.
Keep that camera up here please, thanks.
Seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-five.
Dave: Yeah, it's probably better that they didn't.
Dave: During the 1st century, Sardis also had a theater
that fit about 20.000 people, a stadium for about 12.000,
an aqueduct, and temples to Roman emperors
such as Augustus and Tiberius.
However, as impressive as this ancient city was, John had some
stern warnings for the Christians who lived here:
"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: I know your deeds;
you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead.
Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have
found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.
Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard;
hold it fast, and repent.
But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief,
and you will not know at what time I will come to you,"
In this letter, the Christians have a reputation for being
alive yet dead and were then commanded to wake up
and strengthen the things that remain.
Some scholars have suggested that this language
pointed to the destructive earthquake of 17 AD
which totally destroyed the city.
Sardis's name and reputation survived
but the city was destroyed.
Furthermore, the earthquake happened in the middle of the
night when the people were asleep and the residents
apparently had not paid attention to the tremors
leading up to this massive earthquake.
Dave: Our next stop on this whirlwind road trip through the
churches of Revelation is the ancient site of Philadelphia.
Dave: Philadelphia, meaning brotherly love, was the sixth
city addressed in the letters of Revelation.
It's also the city we know least about because we haven't found
many archeological ruins here.
Today, ancient Philadelphia is buried underneath
this modern city of Alasehir.
An inscription discovered here suggests that Philadelphia was
founded back as early as the 2nd century BC under
the reign of King Eumenes II of Pergamum.
He named Philadelphia after his younger brother, Attalus II,
whose nickname was Philadelphus in honor
and loyalty to his older brother, the king.
During the 1st century, Philadelphia was situated on the
imperial military route west to Rome, meaning the city would see
regular visits from soldiers, travelers, and merchants.
The soil around Philadelphia was renowned, leading
to the production of exceptional grapes and wine.
However, in 92 AD Emperor Domitian issued an edict for
Asia Province which required many vineyards to be cut down
and replaced with corn.
This action damaged the reputation
and economy of Philadelphia.
Dave: Very little is known about the buildings and the lay-outs
of the Philadelphia of the Roman period.
As you can see, some remains of a theater have been discovered
and coins indicate that at the end of the 2nd century
an imperial temple was erected here.
Otherwise, we just don't know much yet about
the Philadelphia of John's time.
However, we do know this: the church here
at Philadelphia was solid.
It's the only church of the seven that wasn't criticized for
anything: "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:
I know your deeds.
See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut.
I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept
my word and have not denied my name.
Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also
keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come
on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth.
I am coming soon.
Hold on to what you have, so that no one
will take your crown," Revelation 3:7 through 11.
Dave: And with that, we're off to our final destination on
our tour of the seven churches of Revelation: Laodicea.
Dave: I'm here at the final church from
the Revelation account: Laodicea.
What an incredible place.
Much of Laodicea has only been excavated and reconstructed
in the last decade or so.
Dave: "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot.
I wish you were either one or the other!
So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor
cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth
and do not need a thing.'
But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful,
poor, blind and naked.
Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline.
So be earnest and repent. Here I am!
I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in
and eat with that person, and they with me,"
Laodicea has a tremendous story to tell.
It's a story that'll help us connect the dots
of Christian history from the 1st century to today.
We'll explore that story in our next episode.
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Do we have time to go back to the songwriters before the meaningful show?
1 A Song For Europe
1.1 BBC Studios for BBC Music, shown on BBC2, 8 February
1.2 What's a Songov, Mel?
1.3 "Sweet lies", written by Lisa Cabbie, Maria Broberg, Esben Svane
1.4 "Freaks", written by Jon Maguire, Corey Parkhouse, Corey Sander, George Tizzard
1.5 "Bigger than us", written by Laurell Barker, John Lundvik, Jonas Thander, Anna-Klara Folin
1.6 The Stupor Final
1.7 Interval act
1.8 Back at the show
2 Only Connect (2) Update
2.1 Winners' octofinals
A Song For Europe
BBC Studios for BBC Music, shown on BBC2, 8 February
"I'm back, you know what that means! Graham Norton said no again." Måns Zelmerlöw returns. So does Mel Giedroyc, still unable to find the right camera on network television. In another universe, Måns co-hosts with regular BBC commentator Christopher Price; in our universe, the Liquid News host died in 2002, just as he was about to become the next big thing. We miss him.
Same procedure as every year.
What's a Songov, Mel?
This year's contest has a new format, the Songov. It's a relic from the 1977 Intervision Song Contest. As we all remember, this took place after the Five Year Plan failed to produce the requisite number of patriotic and toe-tapping ditties, a dark time known as the Soviet Song Shortage. The Five Year Plan to produce Mediocre Talent had reached quota, so there were more performers than songs. To fill the gap, each combination of tune-and-lyric was arranged in many different ways, with the best arrangement advancing to the finals. It helped that the Politburo were tone-deaf, and in many cases stone-deaf.
Tonight, we'll hear three songs performed in two very different arrangements. It's a bit like the final from Chwilio am Seren, the same lyric with a different tune. The BBC's hand-picked judges choose their preferred arrangement of each song. The 100% public vote will determine the winning song (and hence performer). The judges represent three corners of the radio market: Marvin Humes (from Capital FM for the tweenies), Mollie King (from the thinking young people's station Radio 1), and Rylan Clark-Neal (from old people's Radio 2).
The Politburo: Marvin, Mollie, and Rylan.
"Sweet lies", written by Lisa Cabbie, Maria Broberg, Esben Svane
Before each performance, the vocalist speaks about their favourite Eurovision Song Contest moment. Kerri-Anne nudges "Fuego", the ESC bubble hit from last year. She brings lots of energy on stage, something the BBC entry has lacked for many years. The performance is with four backing dancers, Kerri-Anne and two ladies are in short dresses, two gents have full trousers.
Vocal capacity? Check. Kerri-Anne belts out the song, hits some high notes. Not very many, this isn't a complicated performance, it's going for the televote from people drunkenly tapping the Eurovision app (available from all good app stores right now!) Energy is there, but the song there is nothing: it'll get completely lost amongst 25 other performances.
A high-energy arms aloft performance.
A burning grand piano is the abiding memory for Anisa ("Playing with fire" from TVR "Romania" in 2010). She's sat behind a grand piano (non-flammable), it's classy, it's static – at least until Anisa rises from her stool after the first chorus. Didn't connect with the camera, but that can be learned – see Softengine a few years ago. We still don't get anything from the song.
A calm setting for the alternative version.
"I've got to go for the most memorable, and that'll be Kerri-Anne," says Molly. A contradiction in terms, there. The uptempo version goes through, decided 3-0 by the judges.
"Freaks", written by Jon Maguire, Corey Parkhouse, Corey Sander, George Tizzard
Jordan Clarke is a lad from Essex, and he remembers "Lie to me" from last year, not for the ambitious pop video performed on stage but for the muted trumpet. Which might fit in the BBC budget?
Surprise! It's the video on stage. After a fashion: Jordan turns up in an elaborate velvet jacket, leading a small army of dancers who "Throw" "Shapes". It's all a bit Peter Brame Does The Greatest Showman, which is no bad thing. Jordan finds the camera, has something for the juries, and there's a really good hook in this arrangement.
All the good comrades are wearing frock coats.
Remember the Russian grannies? Jade Ewen? Both are namechecked in the video for Maid, a three-piece girl band. They're colour-coded for our convenience, and perform the song with minor key arrangements, something we don't get much from the BBC. Sadly, "minor key" turns into "off key" too often. They're static until the second chorus, that's just too long. The whole performance feels like something at Junior Eurovision from a broadcaster that doesn't *really* want to host the contest next year and reckons ninth place would be just fine.
Hands up if you're having trouble with the keys.
"It's twenty years since we had a girl band through," said Mollie, voting for Maid. That isn't a judgement on the song, but on the BBC's selection process. The other jurists vote on what they've heard tonight, and plump for Jordan.
"Bigger than us", written by Laurell Barker, John Lundvik, Jonas Thander, Anna-Klara Folin
The X Factor quarter-finalist Holly Tandy talks about Kristian Kosov, a 17-year-old contender. Being 17 is a big thing for this performance, apparently; two years old enough for the Senior Contest, but positively ancient compared to Manw and twenty-one others last November. Holly's performance starts on a Medium Chair they've borrowed from Strictly Come Dancing, and features two cowboys bucking their hips for no obvious reason. Is this meant to be slightly country 'n' western? Apparently so.
Sitting down on the job, like Westlife did.
Holly delivers the best vocal of the night so far, perhaps a little shrill at the end. The BBC's camera angles are as useless as ever and there are flags blocking the performance. This is why the BBC needs to do Top of the Pops weekly – get practice in how to put disposable pop music across on television. And not hand out any flags to the audience; it's a celebration of songs, not nationalism.
Some suggest lowering the lighting rig on people who wave flags like this. That's unfair on the lighting technicians.
Michael Rice is the reigning champion of All Together Now, and has taken inspiration from "Amar pelois dois". A starfield backdrop, finger-clicks, four backing vocalists in the background, stage lights going right up for the chorus. The verse is a little too low for him, could raise a notch. There's a gospel effect to wow the juries – a lot of echo on five vocals – and there's a massive note towards the end. And he connects with the viewers, leaves nothing on the table.
Not a huge surprise that Michael progresses 3-0: we sense that had Holly been up against anyone else, she'd have gone through.
Michael emotes for all he's worth.
The Stupor Final
"Build up the tension, gang." While we prepare for the final performances, Netta offers an insider's holiday guide to Tel Aviv, and some of the songs already selected. Interesting that they've not cleared any footage from Destination Eurovision, an ITV Studios France production.
"The next time you sing that song could be at Eurovision," suggests Måns. Hope not, that would be a shockingly under-rehearsed song, like the time that couple met their staging for the first time when they got into the Vienna arena. Which broadcaster was responsible for that, again?
The choice. Identikit 90s dance from "Sweet lies"; the producers will use it as sorbet between better songs.
"Freaks" is ear candy, it could smash the televote, and that's a memorable staging; it's spiky and could go places. Good, but we can see how producers might use it on a sawtooth before a killer ballad.
"Bigger than us" feels like "Nobody but you" from last year, the light gospel we never expect to hear and enjoy when we do. Here's what we said about the 2018 bronze medallist:
The performance only works because Cesár Sampson is such a good performer. He sounds as though he believes what he's singing, he is convincing, he is authentic to the song. His gospel training – and gospel-inspired backing vocalists – turn a creepy lyric into an optimistic song, full of longing and passion.
"Bigger than us" is not creepy, it goes straight into the optimism. There are rumours that the BBC turned down "Nobody but you"; they've certainly not let a carbon copy slip between their fingers.
Here's the Single Transferable Vote from this column
"Bigger than us" – Michael Rice
"Freaks" – Jordan Clarke
Re-open nominations. Look, you could have asked someone to perform "Perta" in other arrangements.
"Freaks" – Maid
"Bigger than us" – Holly Tandy
Sinan doet niks. Just don't bother sending anything.
"Sweet lies" – Anisa
"Sweet lies" – Kerri-Anne
For the voting, it's good to see the song title given more prominence than the performer.
Netta performs "Toy" from the Salford Broom Cupboard.
Interval act
While Mel and Måns read the voting disclaimers in English and Welsh (except they don't bother with the Welsh translation, slackers!) we'll turn to the correspondence pile.
On the interwebs, someone asked, "Can anyone remember whether Maxine Peake, Mike Leigh, Peter Gabriel, Julie Christie, Vivienne Westwood, AL Kennedy, or Roger Waters urged the BBC to boycott Eurovision when it was held in famously human rights friendly Russia?"
We did the research. No, there were no significant calls to boycott the 2009 Senior Song Contest in Moscow. Not from these luminaries, not from anyone. The entry from GBP ("Georgia") was knocked back, on the flimsy pretext that "We don't want to put in" could possibly perhaps be interpreted as a reference to the Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who had ordered troops into GBP's broadcasting area the year before. Gordon from De Toppers said he wouldn't take part in the final if local police used violence against a pride parade, but he didn't take part in the final because AVROTROS ("Netherlands") lost earlier in the week.
Land of... boycotts?
There were calls to boycott the 2012 event in Baku. AMPTV ("Armenia") stayed away, citing fears for the delegation's safety. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued sharply-worded statements in March, and the president of fan group OGAE Denmark muttered about concerns over homes being demolished to make way for the new arena. The EBU harrumphed, and a statement said "There was some talk of boycotting England [sic] in the 1970s over what was happening in Northern Ireland. But Eurovision can act as an agent of change."
Since then, nothing beyond a spat between C1R's singer and the Ukraine government in 2017. We're not aware of any calls to boycott the 2018 event for young performers. Lest we forget, it was held in a city under a distant, autocratic, remote, and generally despised regime. The unelected masters give bribes to secure favourable votes, dish out baubles to political friends, follow damaging policies without a clear mandate from the inhabitants, and where the regime rescinds citizenship on a whim. Nor were there calls, a few months later, to boycott Junior Eurovision in Minsk.
Back at the show
Right, that's quite enough meaningful votes with a vague European connection for one week. While we were away, the BBC showed Netta performing "Toy" (incorrectly billed as 'reigning Eurovision queen': what a dum-da-dum-da-dum statement). Graham Norton looks back on the more outlandish performances (and insults Eldrine), praising Conchita and RTÉ last year.
Surie performs "Storm" at a piano with a string quartet playing, and Måns does a medley of some of the BBC's winning entries and other big hits. No mention of the "United Kingdom" victory in 2013, co-writing for DR; nor of Lulu, it's as if the BBC has already accepted independence for Scotland.
The BBC doesn't give first-second-third, we just find out the song chosen by 100% public vote. "Bigger than us" has the vote. If it's performed well, if it's staged well, this could – perhaps, possibly – end on the left-hand side of the scoreboard.
Congrats for the winner.
Michael now has a pension for life, on the Eurovision party circuit. We'll be surprised if the song wins in this form, but taking part is the important thing for all European endeavours. To shine together, to discover, to light up our worlds. We all gain when we do things together.
Only Connect (2) Update
Winners' octofinals
In this second round proper, the heat winners come back for direct passage to the quarter-finals. Losers of this round are not out, they will meet the winners from the First-and-a-Halfth round, which we covered four weeks ago.
Poptimists and LARPers met in the first match, and the Poptimists got the better of a tricky opening round. Original names for internet companies proved decisive, three to their cause. The margin wasn't altered much by the Sequences round, in which motorway cats eyes were illustrated by the eyes of a cat; both sides solved their Wall without problem. Both sides are good at Missing Vowels, and that concluded a 27-20 win for the Poptimists. LARPers face the Motorheads next, and should progress.
Pyromaniacs and Time Ladies clashed, and the Time Ladies won it on their Sequences. The wives of Rupert Murdoch and events on 1/4, 2/5, 3/6, 4/7 yielded five points, as the Pyros were fizzling out. The Time Ladies failed to recognise a rock full of Fraggles on their Wall, but aced Missing Vowels to win 19-11. Durhamites might give the Pyromaniacs a tricky tie.
A surprise return; the Forrests were unable to continue in the tournament, so were replaced by the top-scoring losers from the First-and-a-Halfth Round, the Brews. The Dicers did return in the normal fashion, and won 26-23. The Bristol stool scale attracted much comment, Scrabble tile values in groups of four proved surprisingly fun, and this column beat the teams on Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice. Brews were never in front, but never out of it. We think they have the Dragons in the next round, that will be fun.
Finally, Ancient Alumni and Westenders met this week. Alumni aced the early rounds, hitting deaths in Reservoir Dogs and Tombs of Unknown Soldiers for three, and picking up a bonus on Radio 2 breakfast hosts. Cor, remember when Cliff Evans was on the radio? The Westenders cut the gap in Missing Vowels, but were too far behind to win; 21-18 the Alumni's margin. Westenders face Birdwatchers next.
We'll cover the Last Chance Matches in four weeks.
Last week, we promised an update on mole activity later in the series. We didn't mention mole inactivity.
TV Hashtag of the Week comes from Wie is de Mol. Our feed exploded last Sunday morning with #watgaatsinandoen What will Sinan do? Absolutely nothing: if there's a way to put his feet up and duck out of a challenge, Sinan will take it.
Meme-makers ran with this idea. If there's a park bench to test, Sinan's your man. A balcony that needs standing on, call Sinan. Living statues for your event, Sinan will just stay there. Try to wake him on the coach?
Let sleeping Sinans lie...
Black Chair Removals Inc Mastermind is moving to Belfast. The long-running show was put out to tender last year, and the winners are Hat Trick Productions and local company Hindsight. Two series will come from the new studios, beginning late this year, and they'll try to attract 80 famous faces for the celebrity editions.
Pilot season appears to be amongst us. There's Something About Movies is being made for The Satellite Channel by CPL Productions. Alan Carr hosts a panel show about movies.
Gagging Order will be hosted by Ellie Taylor, where the challenge is to make jokes about the week's most controversial news stories. We'll be told more about the show if it's picked up for broadcast, apparently.
Success on Friday's edition of The Chase, where Judith set a single player record of £70,000. Twenty is the fun zone against Jenny Ryan, and the Vixen chased her tail – nine incorrect answers, eight pushed back, and Judith ended the winner by ten clear questions.
BARB ratings in the week to 27 January.
Call the Midwife remains television's most popular show (BBC1, Sun, 8.85m). Dancing on Ice the top game (ITV, Sun, 6.9m).
ITV games hold the next three positions: BBC The Voice (Sat, 6.1m), Catchphrase (Sat, 4.85m), and The Chase (Tue, 4.45m). BBC1's top game is The Greatest Dancer (Sat, 4.2m).
A little lower down, Pointless (BBC1, Fri, 3.07m) barely beats off the challenge from Tipping Point (ITV, Wed, 3.06m). Some lateral movement would be useful.
University Challenge is still ahead of Only Connect (BBC2, 2.7m to 2.6m); both beat Dragons' Den (Sun, 2.58m). On Channel 4, SAS Who Dares Wins (Sun, 3.2m) and Hunted (Thu, 2.55m) lead all comers. The Countdown Championship of Champions finished with 530,000 (Tue).
Digital leaders: A League of Their Own (Satellite Channel, Thu, 1.04m), Celebrity Coach Trip (E4, Thu, 780,000), and Hell's Kitchen (ITV2, Tue, 560,000).
New creative shows are the order of the week. Masterchef goes large once more (BBC1, Mon), and Joe Lycett takes time for Sewing Bee (BBC2, Tue). Even more sedate, there's a new run of Portrait Artist of the Year (Artsworld, Tue).
Next week's Week expects to look at Dermot O'Leary's Small Fortune. That's if we can find our magnifying glass...
Photo credits: BBC Studios, EBU/Íctimai, AVROTROS.
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Daily News Article
World Press Roundup
Illegitimate Use Of Mourning
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
(Editorial) March 10, 2008 - 5:49pm
We can assume that the young people who harassed Education Minister Yuli Tamir outside the Mercaz Harav yeshiva as she emerged from there yesterday after consoling the mourners, were not sent to do so by the rabbis who head the yeshiva. And nevertheless, the unbridled incitement shouted by the youths found an echo among the national-religious leadership, its rabbis and its educators.
Gaza - What's Their Problem?
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Middle East Times
If you want a clear understanding of the explosive situation in Gaza take a look at a most informative report by the American Task Force on Palestine published last week. The report titled, "What Lies Ahead for Gaza?" is a must read.
Israeli Intel Report Paints Grim Picture
Israel's intelligence community painted a bleak picture of threats facing the Jewish state. The report – an annual assessment somewhat similar to Washington's National Intelligence Estimate, or NIE, was delivered to the Israeli cabinet on Sunday. The report singles out Iran and Hamas as the two most pertinent threats to the Jewish State. It comes on the heels of an attack against Jewish religious students in Jerusalem last week, the worst such attack in four years.
Fatah Must Reinvent Itself, Or Risk Irrelevance
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Daily Star
by Mouin Rabbani - (Opinion) March 10, 2008 - 5:43pm
With preparations accelerating, it seems increasingly likely that Fatah, the Palestinian National Liberation Movement, will hold its Sixth General Conference during 2008. Yet given the advanced state of disintegration in which the movement finds itself, it may well be a case of too little too late. Simply put, Fatah's very survival now hangs in the balance.
In The Name Of The Palestinian Cause
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Asharq Alawsat
by Mshari Al-zaydi - (Opinion) March 10, 2008 - 5:42pm
Question: Who is currently in control of Gaza, or rather who has been in control of Gaza until the recent Israeli raids took place? The answer: Hamas. Next question: Who is in charge of the decision making process within Hamas, its funding and its foreign affairs? The answer: Khalid Mishal, head of the Hamas politburo and he is located in Damascus. One last question: What or who is the major influence upon Mishal?
Israel Approves Settlement Growth
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bbc News
The project was first signed off in 1999, but stopped two years later after Palestinian labourers refused to go on. Israel's housing minister said the construction at Givat Zeev would address "the demographic needs of Jerusalem". But the decision provoked an angry reaction from Palestinian leaders. For the Palestinians there are few issues as contentious as the building of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, says the BBC's Crispin Thorold in Jerusalem. Under the terms of the peace process settlement expansion is supposed to be frozen.
Leading Article: Stop Talking, And The Militants Have Won
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Independent
It will be no consolation to Israelis to observe that atrocities such as that which killed eight young people at a religious college in Jerusalem have become rarer since the spate of suicide attacks in 2005. They will cite the controversial barrier as one reason for the improvement and note that this attack, like the last two – at Dimona last month and in Eilat almost a year ago – occurred in places that were vulnerable. The divided city of Jerusalem remains one such place, despite much overt security.
Hamas Wages Iran’s Proxy War On Israel
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Times
by Marie Colvin - March 10, 2008 - 5:37pm
The Hamas commander was in a hurry. Hunched forward in a navy-blue parka, with the wind-chapped skin and drawn eyes of someone who had been outdoors all night, he had just returned from the front line with Israel. The whine of drones overhead signalled that his enemy was hunting for blood. For someone who had survived the fiercest fighting between Israelis and Palestinians since 2000 and the deaths of scores of his fellow fighters, the commander, already a senior figure in his late twenties, appeared remarkably composed.
Jerusalem Struggles To Maintain Its Balance
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press
When an Arab from East Jerusalem killed eight people at a Jewish seminary, it endangered the fragile fabric of life in a city where people divided by distrust have nonetheless managed to get along. The shooting was a shock to many Jerusalemites, not only because it followed a long period of relative quiet, but also because even in the peak years of Palestinian suicide bombings, the Arabs of East Jerusalem were largely bystanders. In the aftermath, the city's Jews fear for their safety, while Arabs are wary of a backlash.
Abbas Says Peace Efforts With Israel Must Go On
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday peace efforts with Israel must move forward, despite an especially bloody spate of violence capped by a deadly attack on a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem. Abbas also reiterated his support for Egypt's efforts to mediate a truce between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. In a speech marking International Women's Day, Abbas said, "Despite all the circumstances we're living through and all the attacks we're experiencing, we insist on peace. There is no other path."
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The O Horizon
A Film Produced for bauhaus imaginista
The Otolith Group
The Otolith Group, Film Still from The O Horizon.
The Otolith Group have been commissioned to produce a new film The O Horizon for bauhaus imaginista, containing studies of Kala Bhavana as well as the wider environments of Santiniketan and Sriniketan. Through rare footage of art, craft, music and dance, it explores the material production of the school and its community as well as the metaphysical inclinations that guided Tagore’s approach to institution building.
Filmed, recorded and researched in Visva-Bharati campus at Santiniketan, Sriniketan and surrounding areas of Birbhum, West Bengal, O Horizon stages moments from Rabindranath Tagore’s extensive environmental pedagogy as a series of portraits, moods, studies and sketches that allude to what might be described as a Tagorean cosmopolitics. Drawing on the theories and practices of dance and song developed by Tagore as well as the murals, sculpture, painting and drawing created by artists such as K.G. Subramanyan, Benode Behari Mukherjee, Nandalal Bose and Ramkinkar Baij, whose work shaped the ethos of generations of Indian modernists - The O Horizon draws together dance, song, music and recital to assemble a structure of feeling, of the Tagorean imagination for the 21st Century.
Marion von Osten & Grant Watson: bauhaus imaginista: Corresponding With. Exhibition at MoMAK in Kyoto
Marion von Osten & Grant Watson: Interdisciplinary Symposium 'bauhaus imaginista: Corresponding With' in Tokyo
Photo documentation of the exhibition in Kyoto
Luca Frei: The legacies of the Bauhaus. For the Present and the Future
Eric Gjerde: In a new light. Bauhaus paper studies by Eric Gjerde
Cosima M. Grohmann, Yuko Ikeda & Helena Čapková: Focus on the Bauhaus educational principles. An Interview with Yuko Ikeda and Helena Čapková
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The Bauhaus Manifesto — Conversation with Magdalena Droste
Magdalena Droste, Marion von Osten
Gropius wrote his Bauhaus manifesto shortly after the end of World War I. The German empire had collapsed, Russia had undergone a revolution and a second revolution in Germany was in the process of being suppressed. Throughout Germany people felt the necessity for a social and intellectual change. → more
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Walter Gropius’ Bauhaus-Manifest
Magdalena Droste
Das Bauhaus wandte sich von Anfang an vom Nationalismus ab und dem Kosmopolitismus und Internationalismus zu, eine Orientierung, die es schließlich mit dem emporkommenden Nationalsozialismus in Widerspruch brachte. Die Schule korrespondierte auch mit zeitgenössischen Bildungsinitiativen in anderen Teilen der Welt, darunter die Kala Bhavan (Kunstschule) in Santiniketan, Indien. Das Bauhaus wirkte durch seine Schriften und Studierenden auch auf andere Schulen in Japan. → more
Apr. 3 2019
“The Art!—That’s one Thing! When it’s there” — On the History of the Arbeitsrat für Kunst in the Early Weimar Republic
Marcel Bois
Even though the progressive artists of the interwar period ultimately failed in their plan to realize the new, egalitarian society they had envisioned, their influence was lasting. The international avant-garde produced some of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Meanwhile, some members of the Arbeitsrat für Kunst (Workers council for art) occupied important positions at the Bauhaus—above all, its founding director Walter Gropius. → more
Towards a Tangible Pedagogy — Dimensions of Tactility at the Bauhaus
Regina Bittner
In the epistemic context of a fundamental skepticism towards the existing knowledge system, the Bauhaus school was in pursuit of “unlearning”: dismissing conventional learning and promoting pre- linguistic, intuitive approaches- which also led to adoptions of non-academic modes of perception and included an interest in pre-modern knowledge systems. → more
Shifting, Rotating, Mirroring — Lena Bergner’s Minutes of Paul Klee’s Classes
Fabienne Eggelhöfer
Lena Bergner developed carpet patterns applying specific methods learned from Paul Klee discernible in her finished work. The results, however, are quite unique. This is precisely what Klee sought to achieve with his classes at the Bauhaus: to point to paths of design so that the formal language is not arbitrary, without, however, prescribing predetermined outcomes. → more
Bauhaus Weimar International — Visions and Projects 1919–1925
Michael Siebenbrodt
Although the Bauhaus opened its door in 1919, it took more than three years for Gropius to fully organize the school’s faculty, since with the departure of several of the old art school’s professors, such as Max Thedy, Richard Engelmann and Walther Klemm, open positions had to be regularly filled. But Gropius’s first appointments indicated the course set toward an international avant-garde school, a school of invention. → more
Gertrud Grunow’s Theory of Harmonization — A Connection between European Reform Pedagogy and Asian Meditation?
Linn Burchert
In this essay Linn Burchert sheds some light on the darkness obscuring Grunow’s practice by presenting the background and details of Grunow’s teaching, concluding by examining the striking parallels between her harmonization teaching and meditative and yogic practices, which had already been introduced at the Bauhaus in Johannes Itten’s preliminary course. → more
Three Preliminary Courses: Itten, Moholy-Nagy, Albers
Rainer K. Wick
It was the special qualities of the Swiss artist Johannes Itten, whose career as a primary and secondary school teacher was characterized by adherence to the principles of reform pedagogy, to have introduced a stabilizing structural element into the still unstable early years of the Bauhaus: the preliminary course which—in addition to the dual concept of teaching artistic and manual skills and thinking—was to remain a core part of Bauhaus pedagogy, despite considerable historical changes and some critical objections, until the closure of the school in 1933. → more
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Open Your Eyes — Breathing New Life Into Bauhaus Papercuts
Eric Gjerde
My artistic practice working primarily with abstract folded paper objects led me to Josef Albers and his similar obsession with paper as an instructional medium. Initially looking for pleated paper forms and to learn more about the history of these techniques, I have since been swept up in the maelstrom of Albers' pedagogical mindset. It’s difficult to look at one area of his thinking and not get pulled into many other directions, finding yourself challenged at every turn. → more
A Mystic Milieu — Johannes Itten and Mazdaznan at Bauhaus Weimar
Pádraic E. Moore
Mazdaznan had a significant although often misunderstood impact on the life and work of Johannes Itten, a key figure in the development of the Weimar Bauhaus. A devout practitioner of Mazdaznan, he was responsible for introducing it to students of the Bauhaus in the early 1920s. This essay explores the intimate relationship between Itten, Mazdaznan and the Bauhaus and, in so doing, also underscores how in its infancy the Bauhaus was very different from its later incarnation as a school associated primarily with technical innovation. → more
Johannes Itten and Mazdaznan at the Bauhaus
Ulrich Linse
Having experimented with Mazdaznan’s teachings on nutrition, breathing and character while studying at the Stuttgart Academy of Art (1913–16), Johannes Itten used these findings for the first time as a “teaching and educational system” while directing his Viennese painting school (1916–19). By 1918/19 at the latest (still before his move to the Bauhaus), Itten had also learned about Mazdaznan’s racial model. But how did the racialist worldview of the Swiss Bauhaus “master” affect Bauhaus practice? → more
The Egyptian Postures
Ian Whittlesea
In the late nineteenth century the self-styled Dr. Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish founded Mazdaznan, a quasi-religious movement of vegetarian diet and body consciousness, which flourished across the USA and Europe until the 1940's. The Egyptian Postures is a guide to the most advanced Mazdaznan exercises that Johannes Itten taught his students at the Bauhaus. This edition of Dr. Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish’s original instructions has been newly edited and illustrated by Ian Whittlesea with images of actor Ery Nzaramba demonstrating the postures. → more
The Bauhaus, the Nazis and German Post War Nation Building Processes
Iris Dressler
On 4 May 1968 the exhibition 50 Years of the Bauhaus was opened at the Württembergischer Kunstverein in Stuttgart. Designed by Herbert Bayer and conceived amongst others by Hans Maria Wingler and Ludwig Grote, the exhibition was shown in eight museums worldwide until 1971. To this day, it is considered one of the most influential post-war exhibitions on the Bauhaus and was of great significance in the course of the nation building process for the still-young Federal Republic. Fifty years later the Württembergischer Kunstverein undertook a critical rereading of the historical exhibition, which created a long-term image and brand of Bauhaus that has been and still needs to be called in question: not least in such a year of jubilation. → more
The Legacies of the Bauhaus — For the Present and the Future
Luca Frei
“My method of bringing new life to archival images is to look at what happens at the margins rather than the center of a picture. I am also obsessed with making links, based on the belief that everything is connected. And also with what I call ‘narrative environments,’ mediating spaces facilitating new forms of engagement.” Luca Frei is a commissioned artist for bauhaus imaginista: Corresponding With. He talks about his approach to his installation for the exhibition at MoMAK in Kyoto. → more
Naked Functionalism and the Anti-Aesthetic — The Activities of Renshichirō Kawakita in the 1930s
Hiromitsu Umemiya
Kawakita called the educational activities that developed around the central axis of the School of New Architecture and Design “kōsei education.” The term “compositional/structural education” is often taken nowadays to refer to a preparatory course in composition derived from the Bauhaus—plastic arts training in which plastic elements such as color, form and materials are treated abstractly. → more
The Bauhaus and the Tea Ceremony
Helena Čapková
The impact of the Bauhaus teaching methods reached far beyond Germany. Conversely, throughout its existence, a Japanese sensibility permeated the Bauhaus, springing from the Japonisme of individual professors, until its closure in 1933. This article analyzes the reciprocal impact of German and Japanese design education in the interbellum period in order to shed new light on the tightly knit network of associations then connecting Japan and Europe. → more
Aug. 23 2018
Johannes Itten’s Interest in Japanese Ink Painting — Shounan Mizukoshi and Yumeji Takehisa’s Japanese ink painting classes at the Itten-Schule
Yoshimasa Kaneko
It’s widely known that Johannes Itten had an interest in Asian philosophy and art. He had a series of fruitful encounters with Japanese artists while leading his Itten-Schule art institute in Berlin (1926–34). In this article Yoshimasa Kaneko presents his research of these exchanges: In 1931 Nanga painter Shounan Mizukoshi taught Japanese ink painting in Nanga style at the Itten-Schule; in 1932 Jiyu Gakuen students Mitsuko Yamamuro and Kazuko Imai (Married name: Sasagawa) studied there; and finally, in 1933 the painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa also taught Japanese ink painting (including Nanga style) at Itten’s invitation. → more
“The Attack on the Bauhaus” — A Collage that Became a Symbol of the Closure of the Bauhaus
Mariko Takagi
For the Yamawaki couple, their studies at the Dessau Bauhaus ended with the closure of the Dessau site. Iwao’s luggage for his return home also included his collage Der Schlag gegen das Bauhaus. It was first published in the architecture magazine Kokusai kenchiku in December 1932. Iwao let the collage speak for itself, publishing it without comment. → more
A Virtual Cosmopolis — Bauhaus and Kala Bhavan
Partha Mitter
The Bauhaus is renowned for its contribution to modernist architecture and design. Less known but equally significant is its pioneering role in opening up a transcultural network that created the conditions for global conversations on art and design as early as the 1920s. → more
Reclaiming the National — Against Nationalism
The question of how one resists populist nationalism is both obvious and fiendishly difficult. This sounds like a paradoxical proposition, and, indeed, it is. I am inspired by an early critique of nationalism which bears an uncanny resonance in today’s world: a critique that was made in 1916 by the Bengal poet and visionary, Rabindranath Tagore, during a lecture tour in Japan, in the midst of the First World War. → more
Sriniketan and Beyond — Arts and Design Pedagogy in the Rural Sphere
In this article Natasha Ginwala examines how certain Bauhaus ideas flowed into Tagore’s pedagogic experiment and rural reconstruction program at Sriniketan (created in 1921–22), as well as the engagement with design Dashrath Patel, the founding secretary of the National Institute of Design (NID) and its leading pedagogue, pursued in the rural sphere. → more
Santiniketan — Rules of Metaphor and Other Pedagogic Tools
Anshuman Dasgupta
This essay was occasioned by the Delhi exhibition of the Hangzhou chapter of bauhaus imaginista and the accompanying seminar in December 2018. The overarching brief of the seminar was to discuss the pedagogic aspects of schools in various parts of the world that are relatable to the practices of Bauhaus. Specifically, the essay attempts to capture the foundational moments of Kala Bhavana, the art school in Santiniketan that, incidentally, also steps into its centenary year in 2019. → more
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News from Santiniketan — A Text Compilation of Educational Texts from Santiniketan
Unlike the Bauhaus, Kala Bhavana had no written manifesto or curriculum. However, a corpus of writing developed around the school, largely produced by the school’s artists and teachers. The academic Partha Mitter, whose own writing has explored the interplay between the struggle against colonialism, modernism, and the cultural avant-garde in India, has selected a group of texts on education in Santiniketan. → more
Bauhaus Calcutta
Anshuman Dasgupta, Grant Watson
ln December 1922, ‘The Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of the lndian Society of Oriental Art’ was held at Samavaya Bhavan, number seventeen Park Street. Paintings by artists from the ‘Bengal school’—all of them members of the lndian Society of Oriental Arts—were exhibited. Most of these artists painted in a manner, which would have been recognisable as that school’s invention, a particularly lndian signature style, with mythology as preferred subject. Hung on the other side of the hall was a large selection of works from the Bauhaus. → more
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Ritwik’s Ramkinker — A Film in the Process
Anshuman Dasgupta, Ritwik Ghatak
Ritwik Ghatak’s film Ramkinker Baij: A Personality Study on the sculptor from Santiniketan is like a spurt, a sudden expression of ebullient enthusiasm from a friend, who is said to have shared artistic affinities with him. Incidentally, it also registers, through a conversational method, the process of discovering the artist, who was embedded, organic, yet global and most advanced for his time. → more
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Anna Boghiguian — A Play to Play
Grant Watson
The works from Anna Boghiguian shown here are from an installation commissioned by the Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva) titled A Play to Play as part of the exhibition Tagore’s Universal Allegories in 2013. These works incorporate elements associated with Tagore, from the artist’s frequent visits to Santiniketan. → more
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George and me
November 30, 2009 climate crisisclimate change, cop15, george monbiot, jim prentice, stephen harperChris Tindal
Chris Tindal and Mardi Tindal with George Monbiot in Toronto. To the left of the frame, John Ralston Saul and R.H. Thompson may have gotten a bit shoved out of the way.
I went to hear George Monbiot speak on Saturday in Toronto, and was excited to see that he was there in person. Monbiot is one of the best (and best-known) climate change journalists in the world. A few years ago he swore off flying because of its impact on our planet, and since then has made most of his appearances via video conference. He is physically in Canada this week, however, because our “government’s behaviour in the (UN climate) talks is so destructive and the development of the oil sands is so damaging to global efforts to prevent climate breakdown” that he felt compelled to pay us a visit.
Monbiot’s message for us is blunt. He emphasizes that he really likes the Canadians he’s met and that he finds us to be very sensible, but that “the distance between ordinary Canadians and those who define your reputation on an international stage is an enormous gulf.” Our government’s actions are causing so much “shock and revulsion” internationally that “Stephen Harper and Jim Prentice threaten to do as much damage to your international standing as George W. Bush and Dick Cheney did to that of the United States.”
His concern is both regarding our behaviour at UN climate talks and our increasing production of dirty oil. The “oil curse” is not only bad for our ecology, he says, but our democracy. International examples show that dependence on oil “brutalizes a nation…it creates a political class that owes its existence to a primitive and destructive industry.” The process has already started, Monbiot says. “No one can quite believe that this prosperous country is treating its aboriginal peoples like Nigeria treats the Ogoni of the Niger Delta.”
Read his plea to Canadians in today’s Globe and Mail: Please, Canada, clean up your act
ps. I will add that all of this has a flip side. If we do clean up our act and provide leadership, we can, as Stephen Lewis says, quickly restore our reputation on the international stage while simultaneously strengthening our domestic economy by becoming more efficient and competitive. That’s our choice: lead of follow, help or hurt, become renowned or repudiated.
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Daryl Vernon says:
[minor typo in last line, feel free to remove this parenthetical remark after correction]
But how did he get here, by boat? When one of our sons went off to England to study, a boat he did take. We have not been in a plane since the 70s, since cluing in. Upper atmospheric emissions are far graver than down here below the clouds. There was even some US study about continental temperatures the short period after Sept. 11/01 that suggested the drastic underestimation of the effect of such emissions. Although the historical record is hazy or only by traditional tellings (but never to be discounted as such!), history-changing effects flowed from other upper atmospheric disturbances in the past. In any case, just where is all that carbon to be absorbed up there? In other words, particularly for most air travel is the notion of offsets preposterous.
I credit Monbiot, too, for a lot of his topical work. But on one closely related matter he fell down terribly: Did anyone notice the barely passable but still notable recent CBC teevee piece on Sept. 11? The evil and shame associated with those events — including as it is connected with what Monbiot et al would like to see curtailed by the unlikely Harper and Prentice –; the evil and shame were it properly dealt with by journalists such as he and politicians Green, would do more to dislodge the recalcitrant nexus around the petroleum industry than flying around to meetings and writing columns. I see from the column that he felt it appropriate to fly — fine. He writes of ugly political repercussion — just so. But what keeps him from joining the dots all the way, by adding the deepest politically manipulative dimension of all, as it ties in $ & oil & hegemony and, as exemplary Christian David Ray Griffin would have it, satanic forces (Jewish tradition has more subtle names for it, but that’ll do; the UCC Moderator must know of Griffin as major process theologian, no?), such as were all wrapped up in the Sept. 11 story Monbiot failed terribly on?
For some serious stuff in a Green Party venue, see my contributions throughout webpages http://www.greenparty.ca/blogs/103/2009-09-11/sept-11-remembrance-gpus and http://www.greenparty.ca/blogs/930/2009-07-24/hutterites-photographs (esp. later comments there). The CBC thing was youtubed and can be seen probably from The Fifth Estate site itself but I saw it here, http://www.911blogger.com/node/21984 . As usual, partly why I almost never watch teevee, the video added next to nothing to the audio, other than possibly useful glances at participants’ faces. And it isn’t bad to see Tindals smiling with Monbiot.
Dot says:
Oh, isn’t that cute!
(I could say more re: Wesley-Knox United Church, London, Ont. – Elizabeth May- Nazis-George Monbiot)…
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Oriental Bittersweet
September 27, 2011 clifftop Invasive Plants
Leslie J. Mehrhoff, Univ. of Connecticut
Native Origin: Also called, Asiatic/Asian bittersweet, this species is native to Korea, China and Japan. This deciduous, woody perennial vine was introduced from Asia as an ornamental, prized for its showy red-orange mature seeds. It unfortunately bears very close resemblance to, and can even hybridize with, our native American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens. Also producing showy fruits, native American bittersweet populations have been greatly reduced due to over-collection of vines for use in dried flower and wreath arrangements.
James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service
Description: Oriental bittersweet vines are light brown in color, two to four inches in diameter and up to 60 feet in length. Leaves are two to five inches long and are nearly as wide as long, making them nearly round. The glossy, finely toothed leaves alternate along the stem. Small, green-white flowers in clusters appear from May through June all along the vine near the leaf stems. Mature fruits open to show three seeds each covered in red-orange papery seed coats. While the two species are very similar in both appearance and habitat, American bittersweet has leaves that are oval and much less rounded. American bittersweet flowers and fruits only at the ends of the vines, rather than all along the vine. Before beginning control measures, great care should be taken to correctly identify and distinguish between the two species.
Ecological Effects: Oriental bittersweet aggressively invades forests, open woodlands, and forest edges. It grows through and over other vegetation, shading out and smothering herbaceous plants and kills trees and shrubs by blanketing them with foliage and girdling trunks, even uprooting trees by its massive weight. Because Asiatic bittersweet produces an abundance of fruits along the vine lengths, it is a prolific seeder; the plants also reproduce vegetatively through root suckering. Because it hybridizes with American Bittersweet, it is replacing an increasingly rare native plant.
Manual Control: Plants can be pulled, taking care to remove as much root as possible. If fruits are on the vines, all parts should be removed from the area and destroyed to prevent new growth.
Chemical: Systemic herbicides, such as glyphosate (Roundup) or triclopyr (Garlon) are effective controls. Herbicide take-up can be maximized by application onto cut stems.
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Obama, McCain accuse each other of shifting on Iraq
John McCain says Barack Obama is moving toward conditions-based withdrawal
Obama says McCain now considering timetable for troop withdrawal
McCain blasts Obama for canceling visit with wounded U.S. troops in Landstuhl
Obama campaigns says they didn't want to pull troops into the political campaign
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(CNN) -- With just 100 days until the election, Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are accusing each other of shifting their positions when it comes to Iraq.
Sen. John McCain says Sen. Barack Obama lacks judgment on Iraq.
Obama accused McCain of altering his stance after the senator from Arizona said 16 months would be a "pretty good timetable" for troop withdrawal, and McCain said Obama was becoming more inline with his position -- a "conditions-based" plan for withdrawal.
In an interview with Newsweek, Obama was asked about what sort of U.S. troop presence he would keep in Iraq, now that he has talked with diplomatic and military leaders there.
Obama returned to the United States on Saturday after spending more than a week in the Middle East and Europe. Watch Obama talk about his trip abroad »
"I do think that's entirely conditions-based. It's hard to anticipate where we may be six months from now, or a year from now, or a year and a half from now," he said in the interview, which was published on Saturday.
Obama has been a strong advocate of a 16-month timetable for withdrawal, while McCain has maintained that conditions on the ground must dictate plans for withdrawal. Watch McCain criticize Obama on Iraq »
In a statement issued Saturday, McCain's campaign said they welcomed Obama's shift to an "entirely conditions-based" withdrawal from Iraq.
"Today Barack Obama finally abandoned his dangerous insistence on an unconditional withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by making clear that for the foreseeable future, troop levels in Iraq will be 'entirely conditions based.' We welcome this latest shift in Senator Obama's position, but it is obvious that it was only a lack of experience and judgment that kept him from arriving at this position sooner," the campaign said.
"Now that Obama has finally met with General Petraeus, it appears that he has also come to the conclusion that troop levels in Iraq must be based on the conditions on the ground."
McCain criticizes Obama for canceling troop visit
Obama's canceled visit sparks controversy
Obama: Help from allies will improve things at home
In an interview that aired Sunday, McCain accused Obama of basing his Iraq policy on the "political path that would have helped him get the nomination of his party."
"Now, look, Senator Obama doesn't understand. He doesn't understand what's at stake here, and he chose to take a political path that would have helped him get the nomination of his party," McCain said on ABC's "This Week."
"I took a path that I knew was unpopular because I knew we had to win in Iraq. And we are winning in Iraq."
McCain comments were a continuation of remarks he made in an interview taped Friday for CNN's "Late Edition."
"I question his judgment because he lacks experience and knowledge, and I questioned his judgment. ... Senator Obama just views this war as another political issue, [on] which he can change positions," he said.
Asked Friday what he would do if Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki insisted a withdrawal was needed, McCain said, "He won't ... I know him well."
"He said it's a pretty good timetable based on conditions on the ground. I think it's a pretty good timetable, as we should have our horizons on withdrawal," he said.
Obama and al-Maliki last week discussed a "general time horizon" for any American troop withdrawals from Iraq.
Obama said Saturday, "we are pleased to see that there has been some convergence around proposals that we've been making for a year and a half."
"The fact that John McCain now thinks that it's possible for us to execute a phased withdrawal -- I think that's a positive thing and if the administration believes that as well, then I will, I will be fully supportive," he said while in London, England.
Also this weekend, McCain blasted Obama for canceling a visit to an American military base in Germany on Thursday. Read more
A McCain ad that began airing Saturday chides Obama for making "time to go to the gym" instead of visiting with wounded troops.
A top aide to Obama said Friday that the campaign canceled a visit to an American military base in Germany the day before because the Pentagon expressed concerns that it would be viewed as a campaign trip.
The presumptive Democratic nominee had planned on visiting a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, housing American troops injured in Iraq.
In his interview with "This Week," McCain implied Obama skipped out on the visit because no cameras would be there.
"I know this, that those troops would have loved to have seen him," McCain said. "And I know of no Pentagon regulation that would have prevented him from going there -- without the media, and the press, and all of the associated people -- nothing that I know of would have kept him from visiting those wounded troops."
The Obama campaign responded Saturday by saying that the last thing Obama wanted "was to have injured soldiers get pulled into the back-and-forth of a political campaign."
"That's why we imagine Sen. McCain would be surprised that his campaign released this wildly inappropriate accusation that politicizes the issue," Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said in a statement.
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Normandy, France
Location: Normandy, France
Duration: one week
Distance: 500 kilometers
A week along the coast of Normandy, from Mont Saint-Michel, up to Cap de La Hague at the northwestern tip of the Cotentin peninsula, down to Sainte-M�re-�glise and the beaches of the D-Day invasion where ongoing events celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Normandy. Then eastward towards Cabourg, Deauville, Honfleur, Pont de Normandie, and Etretat.
Rising tide around the Mont Saint-Michel
The distant sandy island was drowned by the rising water in no time
Below the abbey
Entrance of the abbey
Gothic choir of the abbey connected to the older roman structure
A true masterpiece of Gothic art
The nave in Romanesque style
Gothic and Romanesque styles combined
A true architectural marvel
The Mont Saint-Michel cloister
The Saint Aubert Chapel
Lots of American flags to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy
View from the parking area
At long last, cars were moved away from the bottom of the island in order to restore Mont Saint Michel�s maritime character
Agneau de pr�-sal� is a lamb raised in these salt marsh meadows
The unique taste of their meat comes from the high salinity of the grass
Despite what one might think, the meat does not taste salty
View from near Champeaux
The flat land explains why the tide's speed is so visually impressive
The Cotentin peninsula
Saint-R�my-des-Landes
and its endless sandy and deserted beaches
Entrance of the harbor of Portbail
The harbor of Portbail at low tide
Wreck of wooden trawler in the harbor of Portbail
Goury lighthouse at Cap de La Hague
built in 1837 at the northwestern tip of the Cotentin peninsula
Village of Goury near Auderville
This looks like a soft sand dune from afar
It's actually made of large and perfectly smooth granite pebbles
some as big as a melon
This accumulation of large pebbles gives an idea about what the sheer power of the winter storms must be like
Semaphore of Auderville
The D-Day beaches and the Battle of Normandy
Sainte-M�re-�glise
The church and its parachute memorial portrayed in the movie The Longest Day
Inside the church of Sainte-M�re-�glise
The parachute of paratrooper John Steele was caught on the church's roof
American Sherman tank on Utah Beach
U.S. Navy Memorial at Utah Beach
Milestone 00 of the Liberty Road at Utah Beach
Erected in 1947, it was the first monument to honor the Liberation of France
Martin B-26 Marauder at the Utah Beach Museum
One of the original Marauders, also known as the Widowmaker because of its poor performances at low speed, which lead to many accidents during takeoff and landing.
293 of these B-26 planes accurately dropped their bombs on enemy targets a few hours before the invasion.
German mine discovered off the shore of Utah Beach in 2013
Pointe du Hoc American Monument
Pointe du Hoc cliffs
Pointe du Hoc is the highest point between Utah and Omaha beach. It was a German heavily fortified stronghold and was a major concern for the Allied Forces regarding the success of Operation Overlord.
On D-Day, a small group of american soldiers, the Ranger Assault Group, landed by sea at the foot of the cliffs, climbed the cliffs with ropes while under enemy fire, and managed to capture Pointe du Hoc and destroy the german guns.
A few hours earlier, the site had been heavily bombarded by the Allied Airforce. 70 years later, one can witness how seriously cratered Pointe du Hoc still is and how intense and violent the operation must have been.
It's viewed from the sky that it is particularly impressive. Below is the Google Maps image of Pointe du Hoc .
Bomb craters at Point du Hoc, 70 years after the facts
The landings beaches of Operation Overlord
American Cemetery at Omaha Beach
9,387 American military rest here in peace at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Covering an area of 70 Ha (172 acres), white crosses and graves bearing the Star of David, spread out as far as the eye can see
Omaha Beach viewed from the cemetery
Remains of the Mulberry harbor in Arromanches, built only 3 days after D-Day
Remains of the Mulberry B harbor, also known as Port Winston
A few remaining Phoenix breakwaters off the shore of Arromanches
An artificial harbor was built in Arromanches with 600 000 tons of reinforced concrete caissons known as Phoenix breakwaters. They were towed accross the channel from England, and then sunk near the shore to build the structure of the artificial harbor made of 33 jetties and 15 kilometers of roadway.
Two and a half million men and 500 000 vehicles landed on this artificial military harbor during the ten months following the D-Day invasion, delivering 4 million tons of supply to the forces on the ground.
Cabourg, Deauville, Honfleur
Houses near Cabourg
Cabourg is an artificial town invented in the mid nineteen century. It's pretty quiet and easy to visit on foot or on a bike thanks to its many bike lanes.
As someone said over there, 'Cabourg is about traditions. Deauville is more about People Magazine. Then, further away, Honfleur is also about traditions.'
In the streets of Deauville
A quite huge city by the sea with a crowded beach
Quite an interesting performance considering the huge dimensions of that beach
Lots of casinos like this one in Deauville
The townhouse of Deauville
The old port of Honfleur
Honfleur provides a sudden contrast with the artificial towns of Cabourg and Deauville.
Being a thousand years old, a long history has shaped its culture, its port, its houses and streets.
Many artists and painters have come or lived here.
The town is famous for its wooden church, the Church Saint-Catherine built right after the Hundred Years War. The original stone church had been destroyed, and with the limited resources left on site, the town inhabitants rebuilt it with the wood from the local forests.
Used to build boats, the builders were also only familiar with naval construction, hence the upside-down ship's hull structure of the nave.
Bell tower of the Church Saint-Catherine
The bell tower was built away from the church to protect it in case of fire caused by a lightning strike
The upside-down ship's hull structure of the nave
The Absinthe Hotel
The Absinthe Hotel is perfectly located, right onto the old port of Honfleur, a short walk away from the restaurants and shops.
It's a 3-star hotel and feels like it's underrated considering the quality and comfort of it all.
There are double doors to all rooms. The beds are excellent. It's perfectly insulated, cozy and very quiet.
The rooms are all very spacious, especially of course the top floor suite, room 12. Free wifi and bottled water are also good to mention.
At the reception the team is welcoming and very accommodating. Breakfasts are also excellent and generous.
Room 11 at the Absinthe Hotel
View from the room onto the port and the Pont de Normandy in the distance
It's actually a suite, the only room on the top floor of the hotel
The shower in room 12
It also has a separate bathroom with a whirlpool
Also a sauna next to the shower
The living room area has a sofa, which can be unfolded to accomodate 2 extra guests
Top-floor view on the port of Honfleur
Pont de Normandie
The white cliffs of Upper Normandy
Natural arche of Etretat
100-meter high cliffs of Etretat
Cliffs near Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Except for the area near Sainte-Mere-Eglise where some D-Day event at Utah Beach had all the hotels fully booked, it was fairly easy to follow the map of the trip below without making any hotel reservation ahead of time.
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Ethiopia: Mass Transportation Mess - the Poor Traffic Management in Addis Abeba
Traffic jam in Addis Ababa
Mass Transportation Mess - the Poor Traffic Management in Addis Abeba
By Brook Abdu
The road from Megenagna to Stadium, especially on weekdays, makes commuting difficult for people like Shemisa Nuru, who use the public mass transportation system. She has to take one taxi to Kazanchis, a mid-way point, and another from there to Stadium.
"I was at the bridge, where I saw a lot of idle taxis," she said in frustration. "I have been here for almost half an hour and not a single taxi has appeared to go to Stadium."
This is a common experience for many commuters in the city with an estimated population of three million. Inadequate supply, infrastructure and poor management of the service, are to blame.
"The public transport service vehicles do not make the required number of trips, especially during peak hours," Yabibal Addis, head of the Addis Abeba Transport Bureau (AATB), lamented.
In Addis Abeba, there are 7,500 blue and white painted minibus taxis, 800 operational buses managed by the state-owned Anbessa City Bus Service Enterprise, 500 Higer midi buses, 25 privately owned Alliance Transport S.C. buses, supported by 4,000 white minibuses and 400 cross-country buses.
The Anbessa buses transport 1.2 million people a day while Alliance buses transport 25,000 commuters. The Higer midi buses transport 700,000 commuters while the blue and white minibuses carry 1.1 million travellers every day as data from the AATB in 2014 indicate.
In addition, 199 of the planned 410 buses, that transport civil servants to and from work, provide a paid service for the general public during the rest of the day.
But all these means of transportation are not quite enough to fulfill the ever growing demand that is seen in the city.
During peak hours, such as at mornings when commuters go to work, many taxis remain idle to avoid the traffic congestion, Yabibal pointed out.
But taxi owners are seeking an increase in passenger fares in order to operate full-time, according to Yibeltal Abate, chair of Nisir Taxi Owners' Association
The higher fare would even make them go longer distances with fewer or no passengers.
They are likely to have their way, Yabibal opined, saying it is a legitimate question which is being considered by the Transport Bureau.
Taxi driver Gashu Ayew, shared the idea as he argued with line managers, known as Tera Askebariwoch, at Stadium, not to take travellers to Kazanchis. He had been sitting on a stone by the roadside playing with his vehicle keys on his fingers and chatting with other drivers who were waiting their turn to start loading passengers to Megenagna and Haya Hulet.
"I will not go this short distance as I will not find passengers midway," he reasoned. "I pay more for fuel than I get from fares I charge."
The distribution of taxis to the city's terminals was done in 2011 and has not yet been revised, but it will be subject to revision because of the coming light rail transit (LRT). Taxis that were working on routes in the lines of the LRT will be minimised and distributed to other places where the need for them is high.
Though none of the experts with whom Fortune spoke mentioned this, it is worthy of note that except for the LRT, the transportation infrastructure in the city does not have provision for people with disabilities. The LRT has escalators installed at some stations with elderly persons and those with disabilities in mind.
But for Manaye Ewnetu (PhD), managing director of ME Consulting Engineers, a firm that mainly engages in transportation system consultancies, most recently the LRT, the reason goes far beyond the factors stated both by the office and the associations.
"It is lack of proper system management and poor planning that does not include traffic flow," he argues. "But taxis that are not working during peak hours are like restaurants that refuse to serve meals at lunch time."
For him what has been hindering the improvement of the transportation system in the city is the insufficient number of public transport service vehicles and their mismanagement. He sees the need for an integrated plan that takes into consideration, the development of industries and existing villages.
"The planning should consider bringing schools, hospitals or other services close to the people so that they can access their needs from their localities," he argued.
Other problems that the Transport Bureau has identified as contributing to poor traffic flow management are challenges posed by road infrastructure and poor maintenance.
During the 2013/14 fiscal year, the Addis Abeba City Roads Authority announced the road coverage of the city reached to 17.5pc, which was 15.64pc in the preceding fiscal year. The Authority planned to push the road coverage of the City to 25pc by the end of 2020.
"The renewal of roads that took longer time and the unpainted roads are current challenges of the transport system in the city," Yabibal stated.
But this is a simple issue for Manaye if the existing road network is properly used, if the country develops regulations to govern roadside parking, and if roadside businesses are not established so close to the road.
"Such businesses need to go out of town to make the transportation effective," he suggested, further identifying "water, electricity, and road construction [which] are all made by separate bodies that do not work together to solve common problems."
As a short-term solution, the Transport Bureau has distributed supportive buses in 96 major problematic areas and made Anbessa buses work in an additional 34 directions, tallying up to 157 lines, according to Yabibal.
But, although the bureau tries to increase the number of the transporters in the city, there are no new entrants in the taxi business and even the existing ones are withdrawing from their jobs, according to Yibeltal.
For Manaye, who looks forward to the completion of the 34Km LRT in the city to help ease the transportation burden, the engagement of public-private partnership (PPP) in the transportation investment is vital in the long run.
"There needs to be private sector investment in the transportation business, which will make it more competitive and effective," he said, adding that the involvement of private investors can also offer transport services to people with different economic status.
The Bureau, together with the Federal Transport Authority (FTA) has embarked on a new system that allows private sector involvement in the duty free importation of buses through a 70pc loan arrangement from the government. The first round will see 500 buses imported.
"As a government, we do not believe that small-scale transportation can solve the problems of the city; we are focusing on mass transportation," says Yabibal.
In addition to the government owned Anbessa and Public Service buses, the Bureau is also establishing a new city transportation enterprise that has ordered 300 buses from the Metals & Engineering Corporation (MetEC). They are expected to start operation by October, 2015.
"By the end of the second Growth & Transformation Plan (GTP II), the city will need nearly 3,000 buses as our household survey indicates," Yabibal emphasised.
This estimate is made considering that the number of commuters is expected to grow to four million in the next five years and considering that one bus will transport 100 people per trip, making eight to 10 trips per day.
But, the coming of this additional transportation is not a magical solution that will transform the city's transportation system to elevated levels as the expert sees. There needs to be better management of infrastructure development.
The Addis Abeba City Administration has also planned to construct fast bus lanes, which will extend in eight corridors. Construction of the first one is expected to start by the end of the 2015/16 fiscal year.
A new government directive has also been issued by the FTA, "for the Provision of License, Control and Vehicles Specification for Vehicles to be bought by Private Investors in Loan and Duty Free", which encourages Addis Abeba public transport associations to form share companies to improve city transport in the city. As the name suggests, this comes with incentives, which include duty free import and loan facilities.
For improved management, three bodies have been established that will be accountable to the Bureau. These are the Public & Freight Transport Authority, Drivers and Vehicles Inspection & Control Authority and the Traffic Management Agency which will be responsible for the traffic flow of the city.
"The deficiency of efficient and trained human resource is another hindrance that drags the effective implementation of plans," Manaye argued.
With all the initiatives that have been taken by the Bureau the lines of people waiting for transportation have never decreased.
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Eye of the Needle
Location of Event : Delta Quadrant1
Stardate of Event : 48579.41
Nature of Event : Past / Future incursion via wormhole1
In 2371 the Federation Intrepid class Starship Voyager was abducted by an alien being known as the Caretaker and deposited in the Delta Quadrant. The ship has been attempting to return home ever since via normal travel methods, but in addition they crew have been investigating various forms of spatial anomaly and unique technologies.
Some weeks after arriving in the quadrant, the ship encountered a wormhole which could possibly have offered them a way home. Initial investigation proved disappointing - the wormhole was in its final stages of collapse, only centimetres across. However, a small probe was able to penetrate deeply enough to broadcast a message through to the other side. The far endpoint was in Sector 1385 of the Alpha Quadrant, in Romulan space. A Romulan vessel picked up Voyagers transmissions and two way communication was soon established. Voyager was eventually successful in modifying the transporters to allow beaming through the wormhole, and a Romulan officer was brought on board. Unfortunately, it was discovered that the wormhole also had a temporal displacement - the Romulan end was located in 2351. The Romulan crewman was returned with messages from Voyagers crew, to be delivered to Starfleet shortly after the ships disappearance. Unfortunately, Voyagers records indicated that the officer died in 2367 and was unable to send the messages.1
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Firefly: Kaylee
Kaylee Frye - the Mechanic (played by Jewel Staite)
Cheerful, energetic Kaylee (full name, Kaywinnit Lee Frye) is Serenity's ace mechanic, a tomboy who accepts anything the universe throws at her with a smile and a bounce. Trained by her father, she's a natural mechanic, which got her the job on the Firefly Transport ship Serenity(after "going out" with the previous mechanic) despite her total lack of experience with either that model of ship or a Trace Compression Block engine. At the same time, she can be flummoxed by particularly difficult problems ("Sometimes, a thing gets broke, it can't *be* fixed.") or by someone who sets out to break a machine instead of fix it, which seems a fundamentally foreign concept to her. (As when Saffron sabotages Serenity... twice.)
The crew's occasional forays into crime don't bother her, though she's not much good in a gunfight. Kaylee is a 'glass is half full' kinda gal. No matter what is going on around her, she's usually able to see the positive side of the situation. When describing the more questionable behavior among her fellow crewmates, she makes even the most illegal behavior sound adorable.
Whereas other science fiction shows involve an engineer for the ship who often talks in complicated technobabble, Kaylee tends to describe her activity in the engine room in very simple, organic terms: there's still a sort of complicated code-like semantics to her wording at times, but it's more like listening to people talk about 20th century cars or a sick friend than futuristic machinery.
Kaylee has her own quarters on ship (decorated with Christmas lights and the like; her name is painted on the doorway with flowers), but she also has a hammock set up in the engine room (probably because her room is located as far from the engine room as physically possible -- Doyce) and often can be found there working or communing with Serenity, which she treats like another member of the crew.
Kaylee had at least a minor role in the decor of the dining area. Amidst the yellows and browns are flowers painted on the walls in the same style that Kaylee painted on her door.
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Polikarpov I-16 "Ishak" Red Star
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The big news on the German Warbird scene in 2009 was the arrival on one of the rare airworthy Polikarpov I-16 "Ishak". It reflects the pleasant trend to operate an ever growing number of historic aircraft in Germany and for sure this special example adds an additional flavour to the already existing fleet.
Where? Palatinate Forest
When? June 2010
The aircraft previously owned by the Alpin Fighter Collection (AFC) was shipped to Germany in February 2009 and the long-awaited first flight on German ground took place on May, 22nd at Lachen-Speyerdorf with the well-experienced Jurgis Kairys on the controls.
Before that of course the lengthy process of obtaining the permit-to-fly had to be passed. This could not least be realized because of the common effort by its new owner Thomas Jülch, Michael Düsing from the German Luftfahrtbundesamt and consultant Dieter Thomas, but also thanks to the assiduous documentation by the manufacturer SibNIA (Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute) in Novosibirsk, who ha been responsible for the restoration work. As an outcome of this the I-16 now proudly carries it "D-EPRN", which is easy to remember as it stand for "Polikarpov Red Nine".
Modifications in Germany included flight instruments directly behind the windscreen as looking up and down to check the instruments can become very cumbersome to the pilot, especially during landing or back light situations. Additionally also a G-meter has been installed to observe the flight testing phase and for security reasons as well as the cowling has been strengthened by aeronautical plastics.
After Thomas' got used to his new 'little toy' and did fly its first airshows I had the chance to fly an air-air mission with him over the Pfälzerwald / Palatinate Forest to the West of Mannheim on a glorious summer day in June 2010.
History of D-EPNR
Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 (c/n 2421319) was the first I-16 to be re-build by the SibNIA (Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute) as a purchase order by the Alpin Fighter Collection (AFC). The remains that were used during this reconstruction were discovered in Kerelia, 38km south west of the city of Kostomuksha.
The aircraft belonged to the 155th Fighter Squadron when it crashed in 1941/42 and was originally produced in the Gorky aircraft plant No. 21 around 1939/40. The wreckage indicated that some parts (engine and armament) were of the I-16 Type 18, whereas landing gear and the right cockpit door showed a Type 24.
Today's colour scheme represents the original aircraft, as fabric samples still showed the then typical standard VVS camouflage in dark green with a light blue underside finish, as well as the "White 9" on the rudder. After reconstruction as a Type 24, as this one offers a superior wing construction, it first flew again in 1996 and was transferred to New Zealand, where it was then fitted with a radio and an ELT (emergency location transmitter). It was registered in New Zealand on October 9th, 1997 as ZK-JIN and until August 2008 around only 44hrs were flown on the airframe.
After being sold to Thomas Jülch in Germany the aircraft arrived there on February, 9th 2009 and undertook its first flight in Europe on May, 22nd of the same year, carrying the German registration D-EPNR. It is now based at the City Airport Mannheim, where it joined the growing collection of the "Flugwerk Mannheim e.V." association.
Onomastics of the I-16
A rat, a fly, an eagle and a little donkey, the Polikarpov I-16 unites the most different characteristics of many different animals under its skin, but where do they originate from?
"Ishak" (donkey) is the most common name when referred to the I-16 in Russia as a reflection of its hard working role, which is especially valid for the first years of WW II, but sometimes also "Yastrebok" (hawk) has been used in the VVS, a name also adopted by the Finish Air Force (though this is not completely confirmed). During the Spanish Civil War the I-16 was called Mosca ("Little Fly") by the Republicans, whereas its Nationalist enemies called out "Rata" (rat) when they saw them. Finally "Abu" (gadfly) was its no-so-kind nickname in Japan, who fought against it and its Chinese pilots.
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If you want to know more about the history of the Polikarpov I-16 I can recommend the "Red Star" series book by Yefim Gordon about this type.
Extensive reports and photos from this flight were also published in
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Clinical High School make Anville rue missed chances
High School had the cutting edge to make it through to the Leinster schoolgirls Senior Premier League final, seeing off Mount Anville 3-1 at Grange Road in the first of the semi-finals to set up a date with St Gerard's
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Leinster Schoolgirls Premier League semi-final – words by Jack McCann
High School 3 (S O’Donoghue, R Keating, A Long) Mount Anville 1 (R Moore)
On a cold but dry Friday afternoon High School and Mount Anville played out an entertaining, but frantic game at times, in the Leinster Senior Girls Premier League Semi-Final. High School, led by their captain Saoirse O’Donoghue, tipped off the first half and it took them a few minutes to get settled with Anville starting the better.
Anville’s main threat throughout came down either flank with Katie Ronan nicked the ball off the High School defence, hitting the baseline and then sending the ball across the D and the first good chance of the game came and went.
However, once High School had settled down, they started to knock the ball around with confidence through the likes of Mia Jennings and Emma Canning. Their first chance that came was put away by O’Donoghue after the ball had been brought out the left side of defence and then shifted to the right hand side and sent into the D.
Mount Anville keep High School at bay
Anville were unable to clear successfully as the ball pinged around the D before O’Donoghue dived in and sent it beyond the keeper from close range.
It set the game up nicely as Mount Anville continued to show lots of threat when they were able to get beyond a very good three-quarter press. In between the first and second goal of the contest, both sides were full of attacking intent, with the likes of Amy Byrne, for High School and Ronan for Mount Anville supplying plenty of pace and energy down the flanks.
The second goal came after a great run by Ruby Keating. She picked the ball up on the left of her own 25-yard line, beating a couple of Anville players in midfield. From there, space opened up in front of her and she continued forward at pace, ending up at the top of the D. There, she struck a good shot into the bottom left corner of the goal to make it 2-0.
Rather than let their heads drop, Anville appeared to get a surge of energy and had their best spell of the first half heading into the last five minutes. Led by the likes of Georgina Spillane, Anville put a large amount of pressure on High School in and around the opposition D. They won a couple of penalty corners in the space of two minutes and were able to score a goal off the first of them.
The ball was transferred to the right and while the first shot was weak, High School were unable to clear beyond the D, and it was returned to the left post where the ball was stuck into the goal by Rachel Moore to make it 2-1.
Anville got another corner, and another chance, quite quickly after, however the corner, which was shifted right again, was well saved by Catherine Harris between the sticks, low to her left.
Right before the end of the first half Haneefa Carrim cleared the ball off the line after Mount Anville had gone forward with extra confidence looking for an equaliser.
The second half, which Anville tipped off, was a reverse of the first. High School in the second half were unable to get out of their defensive 25 for more than a minute at a time as they tasted their own medicine as Anville stepped up their press, looking to pen High School in their defensive quarter as they searched for an equaliser.
High School on the attack
Spillane for Mount Anville down the left was having a bigger say as the game went on, being the focal point for many of their attacks. High School started to utilise the pace that they had through the likes of Byrne, Keating, Jennings and Canning and attempted to catch Anville on the break on the occasions that they got around the Anville press.
Even though Anville were dominating, by the mid-stage of the second half, they were unable to take any of the chances that did come their way as High School defended resolutely through the likes of Rachel Delaney and Ailish Long, who did not stop running throughout. Anville were reduced to sending crash balls from every angle due to this defending, many of which were quite harmless.
However, when they did they did cause problems it was due to High School panicking at the back, trying to clear first time due to being under a lot of pressure from the Anville forwards. Anville did win some more penalty corners but were unable to convert with either Harris or one of the runners blocking the effort.
Any hope that Anville had of salvaging something from the game was extinguished by High School getting a goal with five minutes left. High School won a free inside the Anville 25, Ailish Long took it quickly, entered the D and sent the ball beyond the keeper into the bottom left hand corner from the right hand side to make it 3-1.
The final act of the game was another Anville corner being saved by Harris getting down well to her left and clearing the ball away, as well as one of her defenders.
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BTS Suga’s new mixtape ‘D-2′ tops global iTunes charts
A new mixtape released by Suga of Korean pop sensation BTS dominated the iTunes album charts in 80 regions across the world, his management agency said Saturday.
“D-2,” Suga’s second mixtape released Friday, was No. 1 on the iTunes “top album” charts in 80 countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, France, Sweden, Japan and Peru as of 8 a.m. Saturday, according to Big Hit Entertainment.
Its main track, “Daechwita,” also dominated the iTunes’ list of “top songs” in 50 nations and regions across the world, it added.
The new album has 10 tracks covering various genres. The video for “Daechwita” shows Suga rapping against the background of palaces, traditional markets and temples, alternating between black and blonde hairdos.
Seen in this image provided by Big Hit Entertainment on May 23, 2020, is a cover photo of BTS Suga’s mixtape of “D-2. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)
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#BlogTour - The Lightning Progeny by @EmilyCyrAuthor
Title: The Lightning Progeny
Author: Emily Cyr
Genre: Adult Urban Fantasy
Cover Designer: Najila Qamber
Publisher: CHBB
Model: Amee Gaddy
Photographer: Mandy Hollis
Delaney Hagen’s life has spiraled into complete pandemonium. After killing the monster who turned her, she thought she’d finally escaped … only to find herself trapped with new enemies. Worse, these enemies are among the Coven – one of whom she thought she could trust.
Reid Jamison refuses to rest until his beloved mate is back in his arms. If that means organizing wolf packs around the globe and taking on the Coven, so be it. But doing so means achieving the impossible task of finding the oldest living wolf – and Reid is running out of time.
The fight to find one another reveals even greater dangers, ones that threaten the future of werewolves and witches alike. The stake of her people rests solely on Delaney’s shoulders. Reid must convince his kind to forgive a centuries-old grudge. Or there will never be peace among the chaos.
War has come to their world. Will Delaney and Reid reunite amidst the bloodshed, or will the fight for freedom send them into ruins?
Emily Cyr is a stay-at-home mom turned writer. She holds a degree in middle grades education with certification in English and social science. She has always had a love of all things paranormal and fantasy, but it wasn’t until Emily’s husband said the words, “Why not?” that she considered putting her thoughts and ideas into the book, The Lightning Prophecy. This trilogy was just the start for Emily. It seemed to open a creative door that had been locked.
Emily has always been an avid reader. Through reading came her love of writing. The more she read, the more she knew she wanted to create her own world. Many of her first works were fan fiction.
Emily and her family currently reside in Cibolo, Texas. She has an incredibly supportive husband who is also an officer in the United States Air Force. They have three sons, ages 6, 4, and 1. Somehow, even with the demands of being a parent to two little boys, she finds time to escape to her fantasies and write them down.
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Section : Echoes of the Communist Left
Appeal to the Pro-Revolutionary Milieu (Internationalist Perspective) and our Reply
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Quand, en Chine, un papillon bat des ailes… (fr)
A book presentation
From the back-cover:
China has long been a model for economic success. The neo-liberal myth wants the world economy to be stimulated by cheap labour. After having transferred labour to Asia only few workers have remained in the labour process in the Western countries. Competition in the labour market by migration and precarious labour contracts have reduced the number of strikes and their extent there. In China both developments do not stand in the way of fierce workers’ struggles, but even foster them. What are the consequences for China and the world when the economic negotiating space shrinks under pressure of the crisis ?
© Left-dis, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, August 2016
Hard-cover, ISBN: 9789402153767 (112 pages)
E-book, ISBN: 9789402153842.
The Dutch language web edition Arbeidersstemmen (“Workers’ Voices”) has recently published a book with the title When in China a Butterfly Claps its Wings... Stagnating Growth, Increase of Riots and Strikes, presenting translations of articles by the Chinese group Chuǎng, of poems by the late Foxconn worker Xu Lizhi, and of some shorter articles from other groups. An extensive and annotated paper by the editor concludes this collection, advancing a critical appraisal of certain theses defended by Chuǎng.
The table of contents with web links to the English versions of the texts:
1. “Scenarios of the Coming Crisis: A Response to Aufheben” by Chuǎng
2. “No Way Forward, No Way Back: China in the Era of Riots” by Chuǎng
3. “Wildcat Strikes at Walmart China” by Working Class Self Organisation
4. Nine poems by a Foxconn Worker Xu Lizhi (1990-2014), from the English translation by Friends of the Nao Project
5. “Guiyang’s Casualized Train Attendants Fight Back” from Railroad Workers Bulletin, based on Chuǎng’s English translation
6. “Instead of a Foreword”, A paper by Fredo Corvo.
Chuǎng has announced this publication on its blog. In the following we publish the summary of the aforementioned paper by its author, and a brief presentation of Chuǎng and of Arbeidersstemmen respectively. Controversies, October 19, 2016.
The full version of the paper can be viewed and downloaded at the end of the summary.
Controversies, November 16, 2016.
“Instead of a Foreword” - Summary
As an explanation of the present chaotic markets the article presents the theory of crisis and imperialism by the Dutch council communist Anton Pannekoek. In this theory the concept of the industrial reserve army is essential to the imperialist need for the conquest of extra-capitalist areas in order to integrate more people into capitalism as wage slaves. Within this theoretical framework Pannekoek considered the Russian Revolution as a catalyst for movements of national ‘liberation’ overcoming Asian Despotism. In 1920 he was rather optimistic that the latter’s nationalist tendencies and its hostility towards the proletarian liberation movements could be overcome under influence of Bolshevism. After World War 2 Pannekoek predicted that capitalism’s main historical task would be ended when the masses of India and China would have been transformed into wage labourers.
A rather unknown council communist critic of Lenin’s ‘The State and the revolution’ is brought forward against Chuǎng’s idea of a ‘socialist’ period in the history of the Chinese People’s Republic, declaring it should be considered as State Capitalist. Lenin actually adopted a reformist position, which falsely equals nationalisation of the means of production to socialism, a position already criticised by Engels and still refuted by Social-Democracy at the end of the 19th Century.
Lenin’s identification of state capitalism with socialism fits into his distinction of two stages in the period of transition from capitalism to communism – a first, socialist, stage followed by a second, communist one. Lenin and Trotsky — in an analogy to the strategy of Marx and Engels in the European revolutions of 1848 — considered the Russian Revolution as a bourgeois revolution executed by the Russian proletariat that, with the help of proletarian revolutions in the rest of Europe, could be transformed into a communist revolution as part of the world revolution. While this analogy overlooked that capitalism already left behind its progressive phase, as shown by World War 1 and that, by consequence, bourgeois revolutions were no longer on the agenda of history, it may explain why the Bolsheviks adopted a reformist vision, identifying state capitalism with socialism.
“The irony of history is that, as the Bolsheviks attempted to make the working class execute a bourgeois revolution along the lines of 1848, they in reality became the executors of the global trend towards state capitalism. Thus they changed from the internationalist vanguard that they had been in the struggle of the working class against World War I into the gravediggers of the world proletarian movement that began in Russia in 1917 and ended with the defeat of the Chinese workers in 1927. Yes, the workers in Central and Western Europe could have saved the Russian Revolution, but not with the Bolshevik tactics the Comintern imposed on them — tactics based on a supposed bourgeois revolution, accomplished by a barely conscious working class under the leadership of a party that substituted itself for this class. This also raises the question whether the character of the Russian Revolution could have been saved by the workers of Europe, given the fact that the power of the workers’ councils soon after October eclipsed behind the increasing power of the state.” [6. Instead of a Foreword; Communism, Crisis and Consciousness]
Lenin’s identification of state capitalism with socialism as the first phase of communism, was changed by Stalin into the idea of “socialism in one country”, thereby denying the necessity of world revolution. In World War 2 the idea of the proletariat executing this transition to ‘socialism’ was replaced by military conquest.
China only escaped from the bankruptcies of other ‘socialist’ countries by an overt integration in the neo-liberal world order as ‘factory of the world’. With the stagnation of economic growth and increasing strikes and riots, after 100 years world capitalism starts tumbling for a second time by war and threatening workers’ struggles.
While agreeing with Chuǎng’s self confident analyses of the struggles in China — the impact for the world proletariat of an eventual uprising of the proletariat in China is equalled with that of the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 — the paper brings forward some criticism of what it regards as modernist and academic tendencies in Chuǎng’s article “No Way Forward, No Way Back”. [1] Starting from Marx and Engels’ 1845 historical analyses of the character of the proletariat, the paper opposes the limitation to an aspect of the proletariat’s ‘identity’, like that of ‘real subordination’, of ‘precariousness’, to just a fraction of the proletariat like its ‘new’ or ‘migrant’ part, or its unemployed or working part, and contradicts a conception that reduces proletarian consciousness as expressing ‘heterodox people’s traditions’.
The conclusion warns against supposing a mechanical relationship between crisis and consciousness and puts forward the present need for groups of revolutionaries in the process of growing self consciousness of the working class.
Summary by: Fredo Corvo,
Proofreading and Editing by: Jac. Johanson
View or download the full version of the paper:
Postscript of: "When in China a Butterfly Claps its Wings..."
About Chuǎng
闯 Chuǎng: The image of a horse breaking through a gate. Meaning: To break free; To attack, charge; To break through, force one’s way in or out; To act impetuously. 闯关 (chuǎngguān): to run a blockade. 闯座 (chuǎngzuò): to attend a feast without being invited. Over the past three decades, China has transformed from an isolated state-planned economy into an integrated hub of capitalist production. Waves of new investment are reshaping and deepening China’s contradictions, creating billionaires like Ma Yun while the millions below — those who farm, cook, clean, and assemble his electronic infrastructure — struggle to escape fates of endless gruelling work. But as China’s wealthy feast ever more lavishly, the poor have begun to batter down the gates to the banquet hall. 闯 is the sudden movement when the gate is broken and the possibilities for a new world emerge beyond it. 闯 Chuǎng publishes a journal analysing the ongoing development of capitalism in China, its historical roots, and the revolts of those crushed beneath it. Chuǎng is also a blog chronicling these developments in shorter and more immediate form, and will publish translations, reports, and comments on Chinese news of interest to those who want to break beyond the bounds of the slaughterhouse called capitalism.
To contact Chuǎng, send your e-mail to: chuangcn@riseup.net or visit its website: http://chuangcn.org/.
More materials on China, as well as similar projects to Chuǎng’s, can be found on its resources page.
About Arbeidersstemmen
‘Arbeidersstemmen’ consists of a website and a blog with the aim of advancing the autonomous workers’ struggle, led by the following three basic positions: * for a humans world, void of war, terror, capital or state; * the workers don’t have a fatherland * all power to the workers’ councils More elaborate positions can be found in the ten theses on the coming revolution. In its web blog ‘Arbeidersstemmen’ informs about: * current workers’ struggles; * the social, economic and political context of the class struggle. The adoption of texts on the blog does not imply they fully agree with the points of departure of ‘Arbeidersstemmen’. If necessary this will be indicated in an introduction or a postscript. On the website theoretical and historical texts are published in order to advance the comprehension of current events. In its struggle to defend its living conditions, the working class changes itself from an exploited class in a revolutionary class that is capable of revolutionizing society. The corresponding development of proletarian consciousness manifests itself by a process of individual reflection and collective discussion, in which diverging and changing positions emerge. ‘Arbeidersstemmen’ has a role to play in departing from the historical positions of the proletarian internationalist current in the workers’ movement known in the Netherlands and Belgium as council communism. ‘Arbeidersstemmen’ is open for discussion with interested individuals with different points of view and who are looking for clarification with an open attitude. A partial cooperation with organisations sharing the three basic positions is possible as well.
To contact ‘Arbeidersstemmen’, send your e-mail to: FredoCorvo@gmail.com or visit its website: http://arbeidersstemmen.nl.
[1] See Chuǎng Journal No. 1: http://chuangcn.org/journal/one/no-way-forward-no-way-back/
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Review: Full Cricle by Creed
posted by Fuzunga
Creed has finally returned! But are they any good these days? Can they at least be as good as they once were, or are they even better? The answers lie within.
Alter Bridge takes a break as Creed steps back to the plate, and what we get is an album that absolutely delivers. Here's the song by song breakdown.
Overcome- The album starts of very strong with this track. Right away you get the message that Creed ain't screwing around here. This song is much heavier than their old stuff. It's kinda like Alter Creed. Or Creed Bridge. Something like that. It was the album's first single released a while back and I can see why. Right from the get go, you know Creed's got a new sound but they're still Creed. Awesome solo at the end. The only thing that seems "off" is that Scott almost raps some of the lyrics in the last verse. Strange, but I got used to it. It takes nothing away from this very awesome song.
Bread of Shame- Definitely the hardest song on the CD. The riff in the background and the chorus verge on metal. Not a bad song at all, though. I think the heaviness makes it memorable.
A Thousand Faces- My favorite song on this initial play-through. Mark Tremonti provides beautiful backing vocals on this song and you wonder why they don't do that sort of thing more. It's a lot more tame than the last two, but probably still a bit more than Creed used to do. Another Alter Bride-y guitar solo. Guitar intro reminds me of old Creed. Actually, there's quite a few tracks like that. And here I was worried we'd lose those awesome guitar intros forever.
Suddenly- Another quite hard track from the start. But when the chorus hits, you know it's Creed. It's not bad, but not particularly memorable either.
Rain- The album takes a break from heavy for this track. The acoustical sound makes it light and airy, but it's not quite what Creed used to do. I suppose it's in part due to it not being extraordinarily slow. It somehow reminds me of "Rise Today."
Away in Silence- Another nice guitar intro to start off. It's odd because it's a love song. Creed doesn't do love songs. But, somehow, they pull it off and they make it good. It almost reminds me of their older stuff more than the previous tracks.
Fear- Just when you thought the album was getting soft, this song comes along to wake you back up. It's like light metal. Pretty good song.
On My Sleeve- And to sharply contrast that last song is this one. It's got strings! This track is a mix of heavy and light, but comes away surprisingly powerful.
Full Circle- The album's title track has an odd Southern twang to it. That all goes away in the chorus, though. It's a pretty good song, and I understand why the album was called Full Circle, but I almost wish they had picked a better title track.
Time- Starts off with yet another nice guitar intro. This song, like Suddenly, is not bad but also not very memorable. Actually, it almost reminds me of Daughtry. Almost. It also happens to be the longest song on the disk.
Good Fight- Nice intro. This song also has a nice solo in it. The music is good, but the lyrics are kind of meh. The ending is just silly, but overall it's not a bad song.
The Song You Sing- It starts off and sounds somewhat cheesy. Like a loop pre-packaged with Garage Band. It's also got a bit of twang to it, which kind of bothers me because I absolutely cannot stand country music. The song has a nice message and, while it's not bad, it's probably the weakest on the CD. Not the way I would have ended the disk, but by the time you get to the end of the song the cheesiness fades away and you can see why they would have chosen it.
Overall, Full Circle is a very strong album. While some of the songs are meh, none of them are downright bad. I am extremely pleased that Creed is back and even more pleased that they don't suck. Their new sound is similar, but different enough to set them apart from their old self. It's an obvious evolution of the band taking into account all that the members have learned in their time apart. The Alter Bridge influence is there, but this is most certainly still Creed. Creed fans, pick it up. Alter Bridge fans, give it a try. Everyone else, check it out and judge for yourself. For me, this CD was money well spent.
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Updated: January 17 2021 12:12PM (MSK)
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Patriarch Kirill says there is not a drop of truth in rumors about his wealth
Moscow, August 3, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia urged his flock not to believe rumors about him and other Orthodox hierarchs.
"When you read the most terrible things about the patriarch, about hierarchs, about priests, please remember that there is usually not even a drop of truth in them, but all these things are aimed at compromising those who proclaim the truth of God so that the people stop listening to them and trust them. Well, what are you telling us, look what they write about you!" the patriarch said during his Sunday sermon at the Church of Prophet Elijah in Moscow.
He noted that"not only lay people are subjected to this temptation", and told how once an hierarch asked to help him financially from personal funds, referring to the fact that the primate's capital allegedly totaled to six billion dollars. "This nonsense reached the hierarch's mind, and he believed in it," the patriarch complained.
"All these things are said and written to prevent us from telling God's truth. If we start saying the things pleasant to the powerful, any criticism addressed to the Church will immediately disappear, they will carry us in their arms," the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said.
According to him, "the fact that the Church is not carried in the arms today (...) witness to the fact that the Church in a quiet voice, but supported by the divine power, seeks to address people the words filled with Divine truth." "God grant that it will be so until the end of times," Patriarch Kirill said.
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Polyconsult, The Polytechnic Ibadan was established in 1976 making it the first consultancy firm to be established in any Nigerian Tertiary Institution but was formally registered in 1997 with Corporate Affairs Commission as a limited Company established by shares. It was originally established as a school of remedial studies to prepare candidates for WASC examination as well as Advanced Level examinations and it was the most popular in the South Western part of the Country with its products admitted to tertiary Institutions all over the world.
In 1983, professional programmes of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigerian (ICAN) and Associate Institute of Bankers (AIB) were added to the established programmes. Polyconsult can boast that all accounting graduates of the Polytechnic Ibadan who are Chartered Accountants today and qualified Members of Associate Institute Bankers in banking are candidates previously prepared for examinations by Polyconsult. By 1990, School of Part-Time Studies was added to handle part time programmes until 1999 when that unit metamorphosed into Continuing Education Centre (CEC). By 1999 also diploma programme of Certified Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (CIMN) which transformed into National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN)was introduced. Professional Diploma of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transports(UK) in Nigeria was added in 2003. Certificates obtained from the two programmes are acceptable all over the World. In 2019, the affiliation campus of the Polyconsult was resuscitated and various centres of the unit spread all over the South Western part of the Country.
In 1985, full consultancy services started at Polyconsult with the appointment of Chief J. Asaolu a renowned Accountant and Dr. O.A Lawal a popular Economist as Director and Deputy Director respectively. Thereafter, training and development services were fully introduced. The two biggest clients were Labour Department of Federal Ministry of Works that engaged the services of Polyconsult for Open Grade Test for its Secretaries, Stenographers and Typists. The list was swelled in 1987 when Oyo State Civil Service Commission employed Polyconsult to train its workforce in all categories and the exercise continued till 1992. At a point Polyconsult conducted a lot of trainings for Abia State Government till 2004.
At the moment, Polyconsult is a leading Consultancy in the area of training, development, human resources service, small scale businesses consultancy, poverty alleviation service provider, restructuring, re-engineering, as well as Vocational Services Consultancy which it does in conjunction with VSEC (Vocational Skills and Entrepreneurship Centre), located within the Campus of The Polytechnic Ibadan. Above all, The Polyconsult has successfully organized retirement seminars for retirees (both retired and prospective) in Oyo State, a programme that was combined with vocational skills options like bee-keeping, snail rearing, chalk production, paint production etc for the participants.
In 2009, two major jobs were handled by the Polyconsult for some esteemed clients. The first was poverty alleviation programme for 700 participants from all over Oyo state and the second was a Microfinance Certification Programmes, (MCP) for operators of Microfinance Banks in Nigeria- a job awarded by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Out of about 76 consulting outfits invited by CBN for a capacity building programme aimed at selecting 25 outfits in Nigeria for training and capacity building scheme for practitioners of microfinance banking in Nigeria, Polyconsult was selected as its ratings were high after the release of the results by resource person invited from Bangladesh and Philippines.
Out of the candidates presented by the 25 consulting firm in Nigeria for the first diet of microfinance examinations conducted by Chartered Institute of Bankers of
Nigeria in October, 2010. 2 candidates that emerged as overall best with distinctions in 2 out of the 3 papers examined came from Polyconsult and while the national average of pass recorded was 56.5%, the same rate at Polyconsult was 75.3%
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Microsoft Home Use Agreement
SeanBaker
For all currently serving in one capacity or another (AKO login required)...
On 19 January 2007, LTG Steven Boutelle, the Army CIO-G6, signed the Army Microsoft Home Use Program (HUP) memorandum, which detailed the Army Home Use Program guidelines. This program is now available for use by Army personnel (Active, Reserve, Guard, and Civilians). The Microsoft (MS) Home Use Program allows individuals to get a licensed copy of Microsoft Office desktop applications to install and use on a home computer. Please refer to the Microsoft Home Use Program page on the ASCP Web site: https://ascp.monmouth.army.mil/scp/software/hup.jsp for details and procedures.
Allows access to most business-related software (Office included) for the cost of media + shipping. Office '07 will be available around the beginning of March. Vista is not available through this program.
Update (1 Mar 07): MS Office 2007 Enterprise Edition is now available through the site. Shipped price is $21.35. Enjoy
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The Microsoft Home Use Program, which allowed Army military and civilian employees to purchase select software for $19.99, is no longer available. The offer expired along with the Army Microsoft Enterprise License Agreement (MS ELA), and it has not been determined if or when this program may be reinstated.
However, for anyone with a school/university email address (ending in .edu), you may be eligible to purchase Microsoft Office Professional Academic 2010 for $79.99.
http://www.microsoft.com/student/off...s/default.aspx
You can also purchase Microsoft Windows 7 Professional for $64.95.
http://www.microsoft.com/student/en/...w/default.aspx
Доверяй, но проверяй (trust, but verify)
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And for those without a .edu email address, Microsoft has the Office Home and Student 2010 - Military Appreciation Edition. Allegedly this is the version sold at BX/PXs.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/offers/military/
Unlike the educational version listed above, this version only includes the following programs:
PowerPoint® 2010
Excel® 2010
OneNote® 2010
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Microsoft Office Home 2013 for 10 dollars for military
Just passing this along. I ordered mine for 9.95.
The $10 Microsoft Office deal is back for the military.
You can get Office 2013 for just $9.95.
You can install it on two computers, must be Windows 7 or newer.
Office:mac also available for hippies.
You must be able to access your military outlook web access to do this:
(OWA: https://web.mail.mil/ or https://web-ogdn.mail.mil/ )
Go to this link and enter your mil address:
http://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/ho...&country_id=US
then follow the instructions in the email sent to your mil account.
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HTC Vive/ Oculus
Hello SF and SF selected ones please pardon my barging.
I'm a computer enthusiast and everyone knows that every year a new technology comes out and the last year one is outdated.
HTC VIVE and Oculus was a big hit and still going. I'm saving money to get my HTC Vive so I can play video games and modded games that are R-Rated (explicitly, not NR) so I can play my favorite video games like Fallout 4.
Oculus Rift is on hold for some reason and I don't know why but the HTC Vive is very awesome. From what I've seen so far.
I've seen some training with the 360 degree with the e-6's and get shocked when shot at. I've also seen a SF soldier go through the Battlefield game. Very, meticulous.
The VR training seems surreal to me as I am a avid Metal Gear Solid player after Nintendo so it seems real. Just passing my experience on and talking along as well.
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Memo to: All OPSEU Members
Copy to: Executive Board Members, OPSEU Staff
Subject: Nominations for the 2017 Convention Awards
Every year at Convention, OPSEU honours locals and individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the union.
The following is a list of awards and the criteria to be considered when nominating individuals and Locals.
Human Rights Award
This award is presented to one local and one individual having made the most significant contribution to the advancement of human right issues and the principles of equity.
Health and Safety Award
This award is presented to one local and one individual having made the most outstanding contribution to the advancement of our members' interests in the area of occupational health and safety.
Leah Casselman Award
This award is presented to one local and one individual for mobilizing activities and who best exemplifies the spirit and intent of "mobilizing to win."
Live and Let Live Award
This award is presented to the one local that promotes, advances, and advocates on behalf of Live and Let Live fund to combat HIV/AIDS.
Tim Brown Award
This award is presented to a person of First Nation status and non-status, Métis, or Inuit background for outstanding contributions to advancing the voice of Indigenous people in OPSEU and the labour movement.
Honorary Lifetime Membership (retired members)
This award is presented to the retired members who have made significant contributions to their local or to the union as a whole.
Stanley H. Knowles Humanitarian Award
This award is to be bestowed on individuals, or groups who exemplify the spirit, dedication and ideals of its first recipient, Canadian parliamentarian Stanley H. Knowles.
Rainford Jackson Education and Development Fund Award
This fund is awarded annually to support organizations or projects which aim to reduce racism and improve the condition of minorities in our society through education and organization.
The award recipients will be decided by the Executive Board.
Nominations for consideration for the award must be received in the Corporate Secretary's Office no later than Friday, January 6, 2017.
Nominations may be made by any local member, Executive Board Member, staff member, and committee member.
Nominations must include a brief statement indicating the nature of the significant contribution for which the award is warranted.
No Executive Board Member whose local is under consideration, or who has nominated a candidate, or who has been nominated may vote on the award.
Please complete and submit the online nominations form. Or you may print and fill out the attached nominations form, and return it to the Corporate Secretary by fax at 416-443-0017, or email it to nglass@opseu.org, copying your Executive Board Member.
All submissions must be received no later than January 6, 2017.
In solidarity,
Warren (Smokey) Thomas
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2010 World Masters Orienteering Championships
Because athletes register directly for the World Masters Orienteering Championships, the Canadian Orienteering Federation doesn’t know which Canadians are competing there. Please let us know if you are competing in Switzerland or if you know of club-mates who are at the WMOC this year so we can follow along (leave a note in the comments section below)…
Here’s news from the IOF web site:
More than 4100 World Masters compete in Switzerland
The World Masters Orienteering Championships kick off in Pays de Neuchâtel, Switzerland on Saturday. The event will be huge: more than 4100 participants run in the championships classes, and some 400 in open classes. For example, anyone aiming to win M60 will first have to beat 445 competitors! But the competitions are not only attracting a big number of participants, they are also introducing a new class: M95. Erkki Luntamo, Finland, will turn 96 in November and is looking forward to winning his 13th gold medal at the World Masters Orienteering Championships before that.
Stair running and Swiss Jura
World Masters Championships Sprint distance will take place in an urban environment with small parks and narrow streets in the old town of Neuchâtel. To be able to master the old town terrain, the participants were encouraged to train running stairs before the sprint final. Long distance final takes place in a terrain used for the 1981 World Orienteering Championships. The terrain, called ”the best of Swiss Jura”, contains many contour details and requires good concentration throughout the course.
For more information on the events, please visit the organisers’ website.
Results from the World Masters Orienteering Championships will be published on the IOF homepage .
World University Orienteering Championships underway
The World University Orienteering Championships are underway in Borlange, Sweden. Representing Canada are:
Carol Ross
Jeff Teutsch
Will Critchley
Eric Kemp
Robbie Anderson
Magnus Johansson – coach and team leader
The competition schedule is:
Tuesday – long distance (results)
Wednesday – sprint distance (results)
Thursday – middle distance (results)
Friday – relay (results)
Find out the latest at the event website. And be sure to check out the Team Canada blog for news from the team.
Looking for donations for the silent auction at the COCs
One of the main fundraisers for the COF’s High Performance Program is the silent auction that is held in conjunction with the banquet at the Canadian Orienteering Championships. Members of the high performance program will be donating items, but we also appreciate donations from the canadian orienteering community. Here are a few ideas:
Are you a crafter – can you donate something like a pair of home-made mittens or a hat?
Are you a foodie – can you donate a jar of home-made jam or a batch of cookies?
Do you have a cabin that you could donate a gift certificate for a weekend or a week’s stay at?
Are you an artist – do you have a sketch of an orienteering scene, or a great photograph that you could put in a frame?
Could your club donate an entry to an upcoming event?
Could you ask your local running/sport store to donate an item?
If you have an item to donate, you can bring it with you to Ottawa or send it along with someone who is attending. Or contact Carol Ross at carol.ross AT gmail DOT com to make other arrangements. Or if you have any questions.
Your support is much appreciated… And if you are coming to the COCs, please bid generously!
Junior World Orienteering Championships relay results
Team Canada wrapped up their week at the Junior World Orienteering Championships. The relay teams include 3 athletes and the JWOC organizers are always good about putting together teams from various countries when there aren’t enough athletes from one country to make up a team. So, Damian Konotopetz, Colin Abbott and Graeme Rennie made up a CANADA team. Lee Hawkings was on a team with two German athletes and Emily Ross and Emily Kemp were on a team with an athlete from Hong Kong. Damian, Colin and Graeme finished 22nd out of the 28 countries taking part. Emily Kemp ran the first leg for her team and finished her leg in 7th place.
Congratulations to Damian, Colin, Graeme, Lee, Emily and Emily for representing Canada so well at the 2010 Junior World Orienteering Championships. And also a very special thanks to Jeff Teutsch as assistant team leader and Randy Kemp as team leader.
Athlete Profile: Wil Smith
Hometown Waterside, NB
Currently living Nobel, ON
Club Falcons
Occupation Physician
How long ago did you start orienteering? 20 years ago
How many WOC’s have you been to? Germany 1995, Norway 1997, Scotland 1999, Finland 2001, Switzerland 2003, Sweden 2004, Japan 2005, Denmark 2006, Ukraine 2007, Czech 2008, Norway 2010
What are your goals this season? It’s a building (house, family) and rebuilding (orienteering) year so I’ll be happy to make a reasonable showing at North American and Canadian Championships, and to start feeling strong and confident in the forest again.
What keeps you motivated to train for the sport? I enjoy the feeling I get when I can stand on the starting line and honestly feel like I can do a top performance on that day.
What is your favourite event? Favorite discipline is middle distance (love the technical aspects), and favorite events are World Championships (often the only times when the maps are so nearly perfect that you can trust them fully and implicitly).
Do you have a pre-race ritual? Not really. If I can manage to get to the start on time and will all the necessary gear, that’s enough.
What’s your best orienteering memory? Cheering my head off in Japan when my sister Sandy raced to an amazing top-10 result at the World Championships.
JWOC 2010 middle final results
Here’s the round-up of the Canadian results of the middle final in Denmark – which includes a STELLAR result for Ottawa’s Emily Kemp.
In the women’s A final, Emily Kemp finished in 13th place, just 2 minutes out of the bronze medal position. Emily Ross was 51st in the B final.
Damian Konotopetz who just missed qualifying for the A final, finished 14th in the B final. Colin Abbott finished 20th and Graeme Rennie finished 34th, all in the B final.Lee Hawkings was 12th in the C final.
Next up – the relay on Saturday
Our best guess is that Emily’s 13th place is a best ever result for a Canadian athlete at JWOC. Any JWOC history buffs out there can let us know if this is the case.
Full details are on the JWOC web site.
Junior World Orienteering Championships – middle distance qualification results
The middle distance qualification race at the Junior World Orienteering Championships was held on Thursday July 8. This race determines which final (A, B or C) the athletes will start on Friday for the middle distance final. A special shout out to Damian Konotopetz who finished 21 in his heat and to Emily Kemp who finished 8th. GO Canada GO!
Heat one: Graeme Rennie 40 of 53 in heat
Heat two: Lee Hawkings 44 of 53 in heat
Heat three; Damian Konotopetz 21 of 52 in heat and Colin Abbott 40 of 52 in heat
Heat one: Emily Kemp 8 of 42 in heat
Heat three: Emily Ross 35 of 41 on heat
Full details and results at www.jwoc2010.dk
2010 senior national orienteering team
top row from left: Wil Smith, Jon Torrance, Mike Smith, Nick Duca
middle row from left: Louise Oram, Patrick Goeres, Carol Ross
bottom row: Magnus Johansson (national team coach and team leader)
missing: Sandy Hott, Will Critchley
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2010 national senior orienteering team announced
The final composition of the 2010 senior orienteering team has been announced by national team coach, Magnus Johansson. These athletes will be competing at the World Orienteering Championships in Norway in August.
Congratulations to the team!
Sprint: Will Critchley, Patrick Goeres, Jon Torrance
Middle: Patrick Goeres, Mike Smith, Wil Smith
Long: Nick Duca, Patrick Goeres, Mike Smith
Relay: Team to be decided at WOC
Sprint: Louise Oram, Carol Ross
Middle: Louise Oram, Carol Ross, Sandy Hott
Long: Louise Oram, Carol Ross, Sandy Hott
Relay: Running order to be decided at WOC
Team Leader: Magnus Johansson
Junior World Championships – long results
The long distance race was Tuesday July 6th at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in Denmark. Here are the Canadian results:
Damian Konotopetz 90th
Colin Abbott 97th
Graeme Rennie 98th
Lee Hawkings 117th
156 men competed in the race
Emily Kemp 42nd
Emily Ross 104th
122 women competed in the race
Thursday is the middle qualification race with the middle distance final on Friday. The team has posted pictures on the Team Canada blog. Be sure to check out the photos and leave a good luck message for the team.
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Flotilla Review
Flotilla, developed and published by Blendo Games.
The Good: Engaging simultaneous turn-based tactical battles with varied strategies to implement, randomized adventure mode and skirmish maps add replay value, upgrades provide ship roles, stylish presentation, nice interface makes 3-D movement easy to execute, $10
The Not So Good: Lacks remote (PBEM, Internet) multiplayer, inconsistent AI
What say you? Quick random campaigns and satisfying tactical combat highlight this turn-based space adventure: 6/8
MY POORLY WRITTEN INTRODUCTION
Some of us, frankly, don't have the time to spend on a marathon session of Sins of a Solar Empire; we need to blow space stuff up now! The hallmark of quick-and-dirty space exploration has been Weird Worlds, offering up bite-sized samples of extraterrestrial combat. In Flotilla, you visit exotic, distant lands, meet strange, interesting people, and shoot them with big freakin’ laser beams. The combat is not automated, rather relying on simultaneous turn-based executing of orders issued every thirty seconds, similar to the approach used in games such as Combat Mission. Is Flotilla a supernova of excellence, or just a black hole near Uranus?
GRAPHICS AND SOUND
I like the style that Flotilla brings to the table. Independent developers know that they are working with limited resources, and Flotilla puts constrained funds to good use to produce a distinctive package. The universe is a simple map of planets and stars that looks slightly better than a typical 2-D space game as it incorporates some three dimensional effects. As for the battles, there are no textures for the ships or other objects in the game, just simple monochromatic colors. This cell-shaded effect is successful, in a futuristic minimalist way. The ship models are characteristic enough to identify classes based on looks alone. The special effects can be impressive (a slew of missiles, especially), and the explosions are decent enough. The orange backgrounds become repetitive: while they contrast well with the colors used for the ships, some more variety would be nice to promote the cheap showiness of outer space. Flotilla behaves better when windowed (running full-screen resulted in a blank display about half of the time) and the minimum resolution is high (1280 by 720), so low-res gamers beware. The sound design is also pleasing: I like the classical music that fits the deliberate pace of the game, along with a “ding” when you earn a critical hit and enthusiastic applause when you win. Overall, Flotilla delivers a great presentation, especially for the price.
The main method to enjoy Flotilla is through the adventure mode. A pilot with only seven months to live leaves on the promise of adventure and meeting rogue cats on the run. The adventure mode features randomized maps so each game is slightly different. The events and encounters are also randomized, although after about four or five run-throughs you’ll start repeating things. You’ll run into a lot of deliberately strange characters out in space, from chicken pirates (obviously) to a reference to Ren’s space madness. Encounters can grant upgrades if you are successful in combat or produce other side effects, like extra ships or battles down the road. Upgrades can be used to customize your ships’ roles, providing positive enhancements in armor, firing rate, and ship speed. The adventure mode is meant to be quite short (in the same vein as Weird Worlds): most games won’t last more than a half-hour, and most take around ten minutes to complete (and by “complete” I mean “die”). You cannot save your progress during the middle of an adventure, but because of the short mission length, it’s not really an issue. You won’t lose progress by dying (which happens frequently), and the game suggests starting anew with another adventure using a sequential numbering system. The downside to these short game lengths is that you never really survive long enough to control the big ships. There is also a lot of luck involved in determining which (and how many) enemies you encounter. Some battles are simply too imbalanced against you to survive, so it’s time to exit out and start another round. You can focus on avoiding the red, combat-guaranteed planets early on as you build up your fleet, but if you get unlucky with events, you can be dead after the first turn. Again, it’s not a big deal since a game is supposed to be quick anyway. The game keeps a record of your high scores (seemingly based on how many turns you survive), although it would be nice to save your journal entries along with the score for some historical flavor.
Apart from the adventure mode, you can take part in two-on-two skirmish matches against the computer or a friend on the same machine. You can customize the ship types involved, from missile destroyers to torpedo gunships to battleships (six in all), and have up to six ships for each side slugging it out. The skirmish mode features randomized tactical maps, extending the replay value of Flotilla. Unfortunately, Flotilla lacks multiplayer over the Internet or play by e-mail. The turn-based nature of the game would have been seemingly perfect for e-mail contests, where you can take your time overanalyzing the next move. While the population of the game might not support it, real-time online action through a server browser would work well too. Flotilla would be so great as a multiplayer game, and its lack of robust support in this area is deflating.
Flotilla is a simultaneous turn-based game, meaning that each person executes his or her (well, his) orders while the game is paused followed by thirty seconds of non-involvement. Orders are given in a stepped process that streamlines the process and highlights the well-designed interface of Flotilla. First, you choose a movement mode: a balanced attack, flank movement that trades fire power for speed, and a focus fire mode that offers the opposite. Next you plot your destination, starting with horizontal movement; the game shows the end as a circle on a flat grid, along with the positions of other ships. This makes moving in 3-D space very straightforward and eliminates the confusion inherent with complex movement. Afterwards, you can choose movement along the vertical axis. While it would be nice to have multiple waypoints in a 30-second interval (for circular or more intricate movement), the time interval is short enough where it never really becomes a significant issue. After you plot your movement, you can choose the orientation of your ship. The game automatically points your ship towards a designated enemy, but this actually isn’t the most optimal placement. More damage is suffered on the bottom and rear of your ships, so you’ll actually want to manually adjust your ship to keep the top towards the enemy.
The key to Flotilla is getting behind and below the enemy. It would seem that the best option would be to dive, dive, dive, but since ships can roll over, an opposing unit can quickly (during one thirty-second turn) put you “on top” (there is no “up” in space) and negate your strategy. You can also use obstacles as cover: asteroids and space junk is randomly placed around the map, and you can use this “terrain” for strategic purposes. It’s easy to win with the default ships you are given if you are up against beam destroyers: while a beam will kill you in one or two shots, you can stay out of range and pick them off with missiles. Once you discover this basic strategy, Flotilla becomes almost trivially easy. Battleships provide a tougher opponent with their mixture of short- and long-range weaponry, but as long as you don’t run your ships into each other (as I found out during one adventure), you’re good to go. The AI opponents are average at best: they will almost always attack your ships instead of using flanking maneuvers, and they will rotate on occasion, but it’s still too easy to get below and behind them for an easy kill. Although the AI rotates to shield vulnerable areas from incoming fire, it doesn't flank often enough, especially when it has superior numbers. Flotilla really only becomes difficult when they severely outnumber you, and even then you can escape with a victory more often than not. It took me about eight adventures before I fully learned the game and started dominating the AI, no matter how many ships they (or I) had. Online or play by e-mail features would obviously counter the AI shortcomings, so we are only left to wonder what could have been.
Flotilla is one of those games you fire up for twenty minutes for a quick lunchtime play session. It reminds me strongly of Weird Worlds, replacing robust space items with tactical battles. The adventure mode incorporates random maps and events to keep each game slightly different, although you will encounter the same characters once you’ve played a couple of times. The adventures are meant to be short (which negates the inability to save), lasting under half an hour and ending when you unluckily encounter a superior force. Upgrades and additional ships gathered along the way can ease the difficulty associated with bigger numbers of enemies. Skirmish games can involve up to six ships in hot two-on-two action; the lack of multiplayer is distressing here, as the tactical battles would be perfect for play by e-mail or online action. Sure, you can have two players on the same computer, but what PC gamers have friends? The tactical battles are interesting, turn-based affairs where you can plan your movement and orientation every thirty seconds. The time intervals are short enough where issuing only one waypoint per turn isn’t an issue. With randomized maps populated with space debris and the overall strategy of getting behind and below your enemies, the tactical battles involve a lot of maneuvering that play out like dramatic naval battles, except in three dimensions instead of two. What seems like really superficial gameplay actually turns out to be quite deep. The AI is OK, doing some smart moves like rotating their ships on occasion, but the computer rarely flanks your ships and they can be easily bested regularly with practice. Battles are tense affairs where your plans may or may not work out, and the turn-based nature gives you time to plan and places emphasis on strategy instead of quick reflexes and button mashing. The random elements really increase the replay value of Flotilla, and the graphics and sound are excellent for the $10 price tag. The AI provides acceptable competition for short bursts of enjoyment without online competition, but the thirst for human opponents remains unquenched. The game is fun, but I’m left wondering how much better the battles would be with humans scripting the on-screen action. The addition of play by e-mail and online battles would create a complete gaming experience and provide challenge that the AI simply cannot provide.
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BloodRayne: Betrayal: Taking the series WayForward
PS3 / Reviews / by Andrew Passafiume 2 /
BloodRayne: Betrayal is Majesco’s attempt to bring back the forgotten BloodRayne franchise is an unexpected way. The series was never exactly beloved, so giving well-respected developer WayForward a chance to bring it back was a smart move. While some people may not be interested due to the series’ checkered past, don’t let this one slip past your radar.
Right away you’ll notice the gorgeous art design at work here. The game features lush and colorful 2D character models, backgrounds, and has a real retro feel going for it. The characters all are distinct, with a nice variety of level and enemy designs to keep the game’s look from losing its luster. The animations are fluid and everything just blends together so seamlessly. Combine that with the game’s majestic soundtrack and you’re left with one of WayForward’s best looking (and sounding) games yet.
The combat is the main draw of this sidescroller, and it flows wonderfully. Your basic moves are all done with a single button, but depending on what direction you’re holding when you press it and if you’re airborne or not, you will perform a different move. It’s nothing new, but you’re actually supplied with a nice variety of moves (and even a gun to spice things up) making the combat never feel stale at any point. New enemies are thrown at you at a regular pace to keep things interesting, and new abilities you’ll gain throughout the game, such as the ability to transform into a raven, mixes things up even more.
There are also many platforming sections. When they work, they really work, offering a nice balance between fluidity and challenge. Most of these sections require you keep moving, especially those that rely heavily on the “jump on the enemy’s head” mechanic. This is actually an attack that can be utilized in combat but is often called upon during platforming sections, especially near the end of the game. These segments move fast and if you slip up even once, you probably won’t be able to recover. Thankfully the checkpoints are frequent and you respawn quickly, so you will never feel too frustrated by these sections.
There are certain sections of platforming, however, that can be downright brutal, even with the generous checkpointing in place. The sections that require precise jumps can be finicky as you will often fall just from missing the platform (or, in a lot of cases, the enemy) by a mere inch or less. The hit detection during these faster segments doesn’t seem as solid as it should be, requiring more precision than a game like this might even allow for at times. It’s the one major flaw this game suffers for, especially in some of the later levels.
BloodRayne: Betrayal is easily the best game in the series; it’s not saying much considering the previous entries, but don’t let the name fool you. What you’ll find here is a very fun and challenging little game with plenty of callbacks to classic sidescrollers we all know and love. The challenge may initially throw some players off, but stick with it a while longer and you’ll find a very satisfying game with plenty of incentive to continue playing.
Pros: Brutal combat with plenty of enemies to fight, gorgeous art and character design
Cons: Some finicky platforming
Score: 4/5
Questions? Check out our review guide.
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Having a Seat Over There: Mike Chiasson
The Omaha Lancers announced that Mike Chiasson has committed to Michigan for next season. Chiasson, the son of former Red Wings defenseman Steve Chiasson (who was killed in a car wreck back in 1999), is a 5'11" 195 defenseman.
Chiasson put up 4-11--15 in 50 games this season. He was fourth on the team with a +10 rating and had 41 PIMs. He was named the most-improved player on the team last season and won the a leadership award this year. He was unanimously voted team captain this past season and Lancers coach Bliss Littler wasn't surprised:
“The kid reeks with character on and off the ice,” Littler said. “For a player to be selected that way (unanimously) really tells you a lot. That doesn't happen very often.”
This also means that Brandon Burlon will not be back. Mike Spath mentioned that he spoke with the Michigan coaches, and it sounds like both sides decided it was time to move on.
Chiasson will be an older freshman (he's 20 right now) that brings 122 games of USHL experience. It's reasonable to expect that he'd be able to come in and play right away. In addition to Burlon, the Wolverines lost Langlais and kind-of Llewellyn. In addition to Chiasson, the Wolverines bring in the highly-regarded Brennan Serville and preferred-walk-on Michael Szuma, giving them 8 D. Once again, I fully expect some nice competition for the final spots on the blueline.
He another kid who is interested in education. The linked article is a nice story about how he got to this point. Here is a Q&A with him from two seasons ago.
He wears #3 just like his father. With Scooter Vaughan graduating, I'd imagine that Chiasson will have dibs on that number.
Having a Seat Over There: Spencer Hyman
Princeton's coach leaving for Penn State appears to be the gift that keeps on giving. Yesterday Zach Hyman committed to the Wolverines for next season, after decommitting from Princeton due to Guy Gadowsky moving on to the BTHC. Today, Mike Spath chatted with Zach and was told that his brother Spencer has also committed to the Wolverines for either 2012 or 2013.
He's a forward that was converted to defense a couple of years ago. Pointstreak lists him at 6'0", 210. DCNole mentioned that he is nicknamed "The Bus" and that he once one-punched Lucas Lessio (remember him?) in a fight. The Scouting News says that he "works like a beserker", which I didn't realize was a word, but it totally is and it's awesome.
Last season he had 4-16--20 in 49 games with 62 PIMs. So based on the limited info out there about it, it seems like this upshot is this: Big kid, maybe not as gifted as his brother but works his butt off every shift, can play a physical game.
A Little More on Hyman
For the season, Zach had 42-60--102 in 43 games played. He had just 24 PIMs, ten of which came in the last game of the season for "inciting an opponent", whatever that means. He had 27 points on the power play and five short-handed goals, along with three game-winners. In the playoffs, he had 3-5--8 in 7 games.
In the 43 games he played, he was held off the scoresheet on just four occasions. His season included a 27-game point streak, which contained five 5+ point games and four hat tricks. He had three 7-point games during the season.
He finished the year third in goals and second in points in the CJHL.
There are several clips of him on Youtube, and for that, we thank you.
Highlight video from Feb. 2010:
From the 3 Nations Tournament:
And an OT Game-Winner in the playoffs:
In other news, Mike Spath is hearing that there are three finalists for the vacant Assistant Coach position and that a decision could be made as soon as next week. The finalists are Matt Herr, Bill Muckalt, and Brian Wiseman. Muckalt is a head coach in the NAHL, Herr has been Kent's head coach in the prep ranks for quite some time, and Wiseman is an assistant in the AHL.
Having a Seat Over There: Zach Hyman
A week ago, I mentioned that the Canadian Junior A Player of the Year, Zach Hyman, was considering Michigan. Today, he decided to become a Wolverine.
As, I believe, first reported by Andy Strickland, then confirmed by Bob Miller, Hyman will play at Michigan next season. Bob says that he's signing on Friday.
It's hard to understate how large of a development this is. We just picked up the college-eligible player in all of Canada. And he's coming to Michigan for THIS COMING SEASON. This isn't getting all excited about the prospect of Max Domi. This isn't looking ahead to what could be a ridiculous class in 2013. This isn't Tristin Llewellyn being a top prospect as a 14 year-old. This is a five-star prospect for next season. Immediate impact. You could make the case that he's the top recruit in this class. (Edit: To clarify, that's based on him being the top junior player in Canada more than any awareness of the rest of the players out there.) This is potentially the offense that we could be lacking next season.
Let's take a look at some of the other players that have won the CJHL Player of the Year award, decided to play college, and how they did freshman year:
Player Year Team GP Line
Cody Kunyk 2010 Alaska 38 12-18--30
Eric Delong 2009 Sacred Heart 35 15-20--35
Joe Colborne 2008 Denver 40 10-21--31
Kyle Turris 2007 Wisconsin 36 11-24--35
Nick Johnson 2004 Darmouth 35 18-17--35
Mark Bomersback 2003 Ferris State 37 8-10--18
Jeff Tambellini 2002 Michigan 43 26-19--45
Tyler Brosz 2001 Minnesota-Duluth 40 5-6--11
Junior Lessard 2000 Minnesota-Duluth 36 4-8--12
Dany Heatley 1999 Wisconsin 38 28-28--56
Mike Comrie 1998 Michigan 42 19-25--44
So out of the last 11 guys that won CJHL Player of the Year and went on to play college hockey, 8 scored double-digit goals and 30+ points as a freshman. One of the three that didn't hit either of those plateaus (Lessard) ended up scoring 32-31--63 as a senior and won the Hobey. Brosz and Bomersback ended up with a 30/40 point season as well.
At the low-end, these guys ended up being fairly-productive college players with at least one great season. At the high-end, they put up really good numbers right out of the gate and ultimately became Hobey Baker-caliber players. Lessard and Kariya won the award. Comrie, Heatley, and Tambellini would have arguably been the favorite to win the award the next season had they not turned pro.
History says that you can pencil in Hyman for 10-15 goals and 30-35 points next season. This late in the game, to pull in someone who could potentially approach a point per game as a freshman is a huge, huge pickup.
Bob Miller linked out to a couple of GREAT articles. The first talks about how it seems like he's got his head on straight, actually backs it up when he talks about caring about academics, and is just a great kid. The second is a Q&A with him after he won the Player of the Year award.
There are many more links in the first article. Mark Seidel, the chief North American scout for CSS, wrote the following:
...along with being an impressive physical specimen, he showed that he could really play this year as well by putting up 75 points on a decent Tier 2 team while showing he understands the game as well as any in the draft. His dad owns my chief competitor, ISS, so it pains me to say, but this kid may become the steal of the draft
Hockey's Future (yeah, I know) mentioned that prior to juniors (when he played at a lower-level to maintain his college eligibility), Hyman was thought to be on the same level as Jeff Skinner and Tyler Seguin. If that's true, yikes.
Here's a really interesting article about his father's dealings in hockey. Baller.
Hyman was the captain of his team last season and put up 42-60--102.
Gotta love that Red Berenson snake-oil!
CJHL Player of the Year Considering Michigan for Next Year
The busy news day for Michigan hockey continues.
With Caporusso, Hagelin, Rust, and Scooter leaving, offense is a concern for the Wolverines heading into next season. While the incoming recruiting class has some solid players, more help may be on the way.
The Hamilton Morning News (HT: Chris Dilks) reports that Princeton recruit and Canadian Junior Hockey League Player of the Year Zach Hyman has reopened his recruitment after Princeton Coach Guy Gadowsky took the Penn State job. Hyman mentioned that he'll be touring Boston University, Boston College, Minnesota-Duluth, and, yes, Michigan in the coming weeks.
Hyman had 42-60--102 this season for the Hamilton Red Wings team that he captained. For his career, he had 90-124--214.
He cited a desire to go to a school that combined a strong hockey program with a strong academic program.
Hyman was a 5th round draft pick of the Florida Panthers last season. It's a big deal to win CJHL Player of the Year. Past winners include Dany Heatley, Mike Comrie, and Paul Kariya.
Having a Seat Over There: Bryson Cianfrone
Question mark removed from subject line. Bob Miller confirms that he is a commit! The cynical part of me wants to follow that sentence with "...until he gets traded to an OHL team of his choosing." I'm listing him as a 2013 commit, but as MGoBlog pointed out, there's a site saying that he'll graduate in 2012, so I suppose he could end up at Michigan for the 2012-13 season as well.
It appears that may be what's on the table for Max Domi. The Pipeline Show is reporting that Domi will be dealt to London (of course) and speculates that unlikely the deal would happen if they didn't think Domi would come to play for them. That said, Norman James, one of the sports reporter from London is saying that one source has told him no, another has said yes.
Tyler King, Kingston's play-by-play man, just spoke with Doug Gilmour and said that the Domi rumors are "garbage". Time will tell.
Labels: Bryson Cianfrone, Having a Seat Over There, Max Domi
Mel Pearson Leaves Michigan, Takes Michigan Tech Job
With Brandon Burlon (apparently) opting for the pros, Michigan fans hoped to make it through the offseason with any additional attrition. That didn't happen, and this time it was from an off-ice team member. Mel Pearson, longtime assistant coach, had a change of heart and has decided to take the Michigan Tech head coaching job after all.
Pearson initially said no to the Huskies, but ran into their AD a few weeks later and decided to take the still-open job. He told AnnArbor.com that the offer coming so soon after the loss to Minnesota-Duluth played a role in him not accepting the job initially.
Pearson coached at Michigan for 23 years. Andy Reid from TheWolverine ($) put together a list of potential replacements. Some interesting names on that list.
He's definitely got some work ahead of him (Tech won 4 games last year) but he's played a big role in Michigan's success. Hopefully he can bring some of that back to Houghton. Good luck, Coach Pearson! We'll see you in the GLI!
Labels: Michigan Hockey
Having a Seat Over There?: Bryson Cianfrone
Bryson Cianfrone of the Toronto Marlboros Minor Midget team was generally thought of as a first-round draft pick in the OHL Draft. He fell to Brampton in the third round. Bob Miller says that a "very valued source" told him the drop may have been due to a Michigan commitment.
The Marlies came from behind to win the OHL Cup against Max Domi's Don Mills Flyers. Cianfrone had 5-5--10 in 7 games, including a goal in the championship game. Domi had 1-1--2 in the finals, and 5-6--11 in the tournament.
They finished the season an incredible 69-3-4 and outscored their opponents by a 338-79 clip. Cianfrone had 45-51--96 in 69 games according to a scouting report. Here's what they said about him:
Cianfrone is a smart, smaller and skilled center who
plays a pretty effective two way game while producing offensively at a consistent
level. He is an excellent skater, displaying speed and quickness. Most
importantly, he tends to keep his feet moving at all times, preferring to and
showing the ability to play the game at a high speed. He plays a pretty intelligent
game, using his speed and quickness to support the play, getting
himself around the puck all times. He also has very good hands, showing
the ability to handle the puck and makes plays.
Pretty much everyone at Hockey's Future has raved about him. I saw lots of people complimenting his hockey IQ. He's also the captain of the team. One scout told THN there are concerns about his size (5'10", 167), but "all he does is score".
Here's one of those goals, in a game against JT Compher's team:
In the draft thread at Hockeys Future, people were commenting that Cianfrone must be US-bound to fall so far. Someone mentioned he was looking at Shattuck for next year, but who knows how accurate that is.
I'm sure we'll hear shortly if the commitment is confirmed or not.
In other OHL Draft news, Max Domi went 8th to Kingston. Kingston is managed by Doug Gilmour and coached by Todd Gill, both former Tie Domi teammates. Gilmour says he spoke with Max's parents recently and their "decision is to go elsewhere right now". Of course we've seen that before with Lessio, Marcantuoni, Campbell, etc. Gilmour also called Domi an "unbelievable player". He also told a reporter that he doesn't believe Domi will come in and play for Kingston this year. Definitely a situation worth watching. I'm still not getting my hopes up.
Other than that, it seems like it was a pretty good day if you're a Michigan fan. JT Compher went in the 11th round to Saginaw, Tyler Motte (10th) and Alex Talcott (13th) both went to Sarnia, and Evan Allen went to Windsor in the 15th round. Target Gabe Guertler went to the Soo in the 6th round.
In addition to Andrew Sinelli's commitment, there have been several bits of news related to personnel that have come up in the past few weeks.
The first is that, after a seemingly-serious flirtation with alma-mater Michigan Tech about their head coaching job, Mel Pearson has opted to return to Michigan. It was serious enough that all indications were that he was going to be taking the job. Tech fans were convinced and it had been reported as a done deal on a variety of sites, and the word was that Tech had an announcement scheduled. In the end, Pearson opted to remain with the Wolverines as an assistant. The Tech job remains open.
One who won't be back with the Wolverines next year is forward Jacob Fallon. Both The Wolverine and Go Blue Wolverine have confirmed he won't return. Not a whole lot of information has come out about that one other than at some point it was in play for him to be back next year. Spath had mentioned that it's an extremely sad situation and that we should be rooting for him. Best wishes to Jacob for him to sort out whatever issues he has going on in his life. I had hoped that he could become a poor man's Dwight Helminen of sorts.
Next up, our trio of Devils prospects: David Wohlberg, Brandon Burlon, and Jon Merrill. There have been way too many rumors that Burlon is gone, and Mark Burns from The Daily has talked to several people that say he's out of here. Several commenters have echoed the same thought.
There were rumors swirling that Wohlberg was outta here too, but things have been extremely quite on the Wohlberg front as more people seem to be hearing about Burlon being gone. You'd think Wohlberg would have come up as well if it was a sure thing. For what it's worth, a Devils blogger mentioned that he expects Wohlberg back at Michigan next season. He also ranked the NJD prospects and had Merrill #1, Burlon #5, and Wohlberg #11.
It's been all quiet as far as Merrill and Phoenix prospect Chris Brown are concerned.
Next up, some other interesting Tweets from Mark Burns, who was absolutely killing it on Friday. One name to watch for the future as a recruit, and one name to watch as a potential future coach? Both are named Mike Babcock. I feel like a Notre Dame fan for even bringing it up. Burns even acknowledged that he'd be shocked if it happened. But as the story goes, Babcock and Red each have two years left on their deals, Babcock's daughter is starting at Michigan in the Fall, and his son was just drafted in the 5th round of the USHL Draft and Michigan could have some interest. A source told Burns that the possibility of Babcock to Michigan is out there, and that neither Powers nor Pearson want the head coaching job. Again, I'm not going all Notre Dame fan here, because I acknowledge that it's highly, highly, highly (is that enough highlys?) unlikely that would play out. But I did think it was interesting--and it's awesome to think about the possibility even if I feel like Lloyd Christmas ("So you're telling me there's a chance......."). I guess crazier things have happened, especially if the Wings win another title in the next couple of seasons. I don't want to read any LOLZ! THE WOLVERINES THINK THAT BABCOCK IS GOING TO LEAVE THE WINGS TO COACH THEM!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! comments. Pretty sure no one thinks that it's actually going to happen.
Other stuff:
Max Domi was dominant at the NCAA Showcase and mentioned that he's "pretty confident that most OHL teams know I'm leaning toward Michigan". The cynics will take hold of that word "most" to mean "All but the team I actually want to play for." We should know before too much longer as the OHL Draft is May 7. The OHL site has a brief writeup on Domi.
The USA won their third-straight World Under 18 Championship with an overtime win over Sweden. They ended the tournament 6-0. John Gibson picked up all six victories and had a 2.34 goals against and a .926 save percentage. He clearly won the award as the top goaltender in the tournament. He was also named one of the three best USA players, along with JT Miller and Robbie Russo. The Americans are the first squad in history to win three straight golds at that tournament.
More from international play: The IIHF World Championships are ongoing and there's a definite Michigan theme to Team USA. Al Montoya, Mike Brown, Jack Johnson, and Mike Komisarek all made the team. Former commit Jack Campbell is also on the roster. The Americans won their opening game 5-1 against Austria. Montoya made 12 stops in the victory and Johnson had an assist.
Labels: Michigan Hockey, recruiting, update on old player
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The Other Face of Privilege: An Ethiopian American Perspective by Amen Gashaw
Published by Tadias Magazine July 16th, 2020 in Opinion. Closed
Ethiopian Americans. (Photograph: Tadias archive)
Harvard Politics
By Amen Gashaw
The Other Face of Privilege
As a first-generation Ethiopian American who, while not overtly wealthy, has never worried about the status of her family’s financial stability, and as a resident of one of the most diverse regions in the country, racism had always felt like a distant concept. To my erroneously superficial understanding, while it did not seem as archaic as a mere relic of a bigoted history, I didn’t perceive racism to be of significant pertinence to our world. My neighbors thought I was Indian; waiters spoke to my mother in Spanish at restaurants, and more than half of my high school identified as a person of color, so for years, I’d unassumingly bubbled “Black” into standardized tests without truly internalizing the struggles that came with that label. Having never experienced or personalized the notion of racism and infrequently having been considered “Black” by my community upon first glance, I found myself in desperate need of the very re-education catered to many as “Dear White People.”
The inner dissonance I felt was not an individual occurrence. For a number of my close friends — many Black, all “minorities” — we collectively found that each of us felt relatively divorced from the intrinsic fear and dissatisfaction almost universal in the movement for racial justice. That is not to say that we were not angry — we were, but as objectively privileged spectators and critics of a blatantly unjust institution, rather than as victims of racially motivated prejudice.
To look at racism as an outsider, though, is to exclude oneself from a narrative that cares very little about personal experiences or perceptions. In truth, although relatively affluent people of color and children of immigrants may be brought up in environments starkly juxtaposing the African American canon, it is only a matter of time before one comes face to face with the experiential component of racial injustice. By then, every facet of the “privilege” found in such immigrant communities — exclusive cultural distinctions, communal disassociation, and microaggressive ignorance — will have been undermined by the harsh realities of a society that not only sees color but vilifies it.
Growing up, race was an almost nonexistent part of my socialization; after all, how could my parents teach me about a construct with which they, at least at the time, could not identify and were unfamiliar? As a second-generation immigrant, I had been conditioned to view myself as an exception to the racial “rules” that governed America. At home, I spoke Amharic with my parents, often ate traditional Ethiopian cuisine, wore uniquely “habesha” clothes on special occasions, and endured years of Amharic music blaring through our living room stereo. When out in public, there was an unmistakable camaraderie between my family and the odd Ethiopian passerby to whom we called “Selam” in unison. It would not be an understatement, then, to say that Black culture — vernacular English, hip hop, soul food — had no presence in my house, not out of intentional avoidance but because, truly, “Ethiopian American” and “African American” mean very different things.
This same cultural disconnect extends itself to the millions of other Black immigrants in the United States, a divide that continues to widen as the non-American-born Black population grows exponentially. As a result, key statistical differences arise between immigrant communities and their African American counterparts. The Pew Research Center found that Black immigrants are 37% more likely to have earned a college degree than African Americans. They are also 29% less likely to live in poverty, with incomes exceeding those of African Americans by an average of $10,000. These disparities are certainly not due to intrinsic racial inefficacy in the African American community, as has been falsely and maliciously suggested by proponents of “race science” for centuries. Instead, they can be extrapolated to indicate discrepancies in socioeconomic status, societal respect, and even deliberate moves by immigrants themselves to distinguish their communities from what Americans might view as conventionally “Black.”
Many immigrants and their children naturally segregate themselves in what are known as “ethnic enclaves” — a phenomenon that contributes to the perpetuation of both intentional divisions from mainstream America and subliminally developed prejudices against American-born Black people. On several occasions, I’ve heard immigrant-born adults in my own life simultaneously delineate themselves from and speak pejoratively against African Americans, resorting to the stereotypical and substanceless derogations pinned on the Black community by centuries of de facto American culture: lack of education, cyclical poverty, unkempt hair and dress, salacious and libertine lifestyles.
Due to their disparate cultural environments and tendency to self-isolate, many immigrants are often wealthier, unaccustomed to racial friction in their home countries, and unable to own the history of Black America, from slavery to segregation. Such differences, however, become problematic when used as justification for actively pandering to and perpetuating negative societal perceptions of the African American community. In doing so, immigrants, especially African immigrants, become free riders on the wave of progress towards equality, failing to recognize the grave threat racism poses to their livelihoods as people of color. Unfortunately, whether it manifests itself as higher socioeconomic status, elevated expectations of achievement, or subconscious biases developed against those also considered “Black,” privilege blinds many to the inescapable truth that racism and society’s resultant discrimination of BIPOC, ironically, does not discriminate.
Photos: Ethiopians Show Solidarity with Black Lives Matter in D.C.
Watch: Mahdere Yared on The Long-Term Effects of Racism (TEDx Pine Crest School class of 2021)
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Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie
The powerful and seasoned vocalist Raquel Cion is supported by a smashing band during her wrenching autobiographical tribute concert to the cultural icon.
Posted on January 20, 2020 by Darryl Reilly in Cabaret, Music
Raquel Cion in Me and Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie” at Pangea (Photo credit: Steven Menendez)
A soaring rendition of “Days” from David Bowie’s 2003 album, Reality is a grand highlight of powerful and seasoned vocalist Raquel Cion’s self-written autobiographical tribute concert Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie. It’s a passionate, superbly performed and musically accomplished exploration.
That number takes place near the end of the show’s often wrenching 100 minutes. Having the novelty of leaning toward lesser known compositions, the program is still peppered with standards. Following “Days” there’s a blazing “Jean Genie.” In between songs, there is Ms. Cion’s haunting confessional performance art-style commentary with its comic flourishes.
Making her way through the audience dressed in costume designer David Quinn’s shimmering Aladdin Sane-style outfit, Cion’s makeup and hair also echoes that Bowie character as she begins. Later on, Mr. Quinn’s sensational creations for Cion include a witty take on Kansai Yamamoto’s iconic 1973 Ziggy Stardust black and white jumpsuit and a funereal black dress adorned with gold spots for the elegiac Blackstar era. The joyous opener of “Moonage Daydream” is a welcome deception as this is not simply a greatest hits affair with jaunty patter.
“The world shifted, I shifted… ,” says Cion about learning of Bowie’s death on January 10, 2016 at the age of 69 of liver cancer. His final recording Blackstar was released on January 8, his birthday. Through her “Bowie network” she had gotten a copy of it a week earlier. Constant listening led her to believe that this was his final message to his fans. “It was notes passed directly to us. He’s telling us how to cope.” In September 2016, the now cancer-free Cion was diagnosed with breast cancer. Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie has the moving dimension of an artist paying homage to a deceased idol while informed of her own mortality.
It was as a 12-year-old growing up in Connecticut watching 1970’s television variety shows that Cion became fascinated by Bowie. Interspersed throughout the presentation are a well-crafted collage of romantic, professional and personal memories. There’s comical and poignant reminiscences of being in the Bowie fan community and encountering a special eccentric who owned the greatest collection of Bowie memorabilia and ephemera. We also learn that Cion has advanced degrees in Library Science and works as a librarian.
Most Bowie devotees could launch into an eloquent reverie detailing their admiration which invariably begins in adolescence and would involve witnessing their first concert, seeing more of his shows as an adult and perhaps sightings of him. Very few would likely possess Cion’s vocal abilities and stage presence that enables her to transform those reflections into such a compelling and universal event as Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie.
With her richly expressive character voice, alternating between appealing deepness and wonderfully hitting high notes, she beautifully does justice to each song. We see every hallowed surrealistic image contained in “Life On Mars” due to her precise phrasing and crisp enunciation. Written in 1995, with its incendiary title, harsh lyrics and considering the state of the nation today, “I’m Afraid of Americans” becomes a prophetic terrifying showstopper as performed by the dynamic Cion.
Supporting and subtly interacting with Cion is the smashing band consisting of music director Karl Saint Lucy on piano, Jeremy Bass on guitar, Michael Ryan Morales, drums, and Daniel Shuman on bass. Integral to the production’s success is director Cynthia Cahill’s presentational expertise. Working in the confines of a cabaret environment, Ms. Cahill still manages to inject small-scale theatricality with varying placement of Cion, lighting effects and a sense of momentum as the musical numbers and spoken word portions seamlessly blend together.
“Tiresias, a one-eyed seer” is how Cion refers to Bowie in a stream of consciousness portion and she describes vivid dreams of him. It’s all more facets of Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie’s enchanting sensibility.
Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie (various dates from January 16 – March 14, 2020)
Pangea, 178 2nd Avenue, in Manhattan
For tickets, call 212-995-0900 or visit http://www.pangeanyc.com
Running time: 100 minutes without an intermission
Cynthia Cahill
Daniel Shuman
David Quinn
Jeremy Bass
Karl Saint Lucy
Michael Ryan Morales
Raquel Cion
Steven Menendez
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Cops who confronted LSU football player return to regular duty, appear to be cleared; Video may be released soon
1 month 1 day 15 hours ago Wednesday, December 16 2020 Dec 16, 2020 December 16, 2020 5:30 AM December 16, 2020 in News
Source: WBRZ TV
By: Chris Nakamoto
BATON ROUGE- Baton Rouge Police recently completed an investigation into allegations made by LSU Football Player Koy Moore and have cleared the officers to return to patrolling the streets of Baton Rouge, WBRZ learned Tuesday.
The Baton Rouge Police Department said the case technically remains open and still hasn't released body camera footage related to the incident.
"If the public was at risk, the officers would not have been put back on the road," L'Jean McKneely, Baton Rouge Police spokesman said.
Last week, those officers returned back to work full time when the investigation wrapped up but were on a light-duty assignment which kept them off the streets while the investigation continued, which recently occurred.
The officers were placed on administrative leave immediately after the incident with Moore.
Baton Rouge Police said the case is still considered open because the officers are awaiting a disciplinary hearing. A department spokesperson said its customary in certain cases to allow officers to return to regular duty after being cleared through an internal investigation but while awaiting a formal hearing.
"That doesn't mean you're going to be disciplined," McKneely said. "It's a disciplinary hearing where you can come in and share info that he got from his investigation and gives the officers a chance to explain their actions with their attorney."
Last month, the Baton Rouge Police Union said it was confident body camera video would exonerate the officers.
"The video has been viewed by multiple attorneys, including our own. We believe it will vindicate the officers who are currently on leave," the union said.
A previous statement from the union said, "The union urges patience to everyone waiting for the video to be released. Regrettably, the only rights that have been violated at this point is the officers due process. The union stands firmly behind our officers and trust the video will prove that their actions were just."
Moore alleged police confronted him with guns drawn as he and a friend were leaving his apartment in November. He added that police also searched him for a gun which he didn't have.
An attorney representing Moore has said he believes video will back up the student-athlete's account.
The disciplinary hearing that Baton Rouge Police said the officers are facing has not been scheduled yet. Body camera footage would be released after the hearing, police said.
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Robert is a refugee from congo living in uganda since 2008. He holds a degree in agriculture from the catholic university of bukavu (drc). He interned with the united nations food and agriculture organization (unfao) in goma and kisangani (drc) as assistant field officer.
In 2013 he worked as an assistant researcher with oxford's humanitarian innovation project. He is also one of the co-founders of yarid.
Elvis Wanume - Education Coordinator
Elvis first joined Yarid as a volunteer in July 2012 and is now the education coordinator. He has been working with the refugee community since 2007.
Elvis worked with the refugee law project as an English instructor and as a social worker with the Mengo youth development link. He holds a degree in development studies from Makerere University.
Uwase Claire Kipenda - Protection Officer
Uwase Claire Kipenda in July 2016. She is a Congolese refugee arrived in Uganda in 2008. Claire has gotten several experience from working with Refugee United as a family tracing from 2013 - 2015, working with Toronto University under Tushirikiyane project from 2018- 2020 and currently heading YARID protection team.
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NAMUKHULA JOSELYNE is the Program Manager also Head Gender and Development.
Joselyne has been a key staff member of YARID since it's initiation in 2007. She holds a BA in Gender and Development from Makerere University, BA in Gender and Transformation from University of Cape Town South Africa and MA in Peace and Reconciliation Studies from Coventry University UK. Joselyne also coordinates other women's programming such as Trainings on reproductive health, small business development, and sexual gender based violence. Currently managing the 3 year Urban Reselience Program supporting Vulnerable communities in partnership with IRC, Mercycorps and Urban Refugee, funded by Bureau of population Refugees and Migration BPRM. She has worked with School for International Training(SIT) Study Abroad program Uganda. World Learning,
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Pan African Education and Advocacy Program and Makerere University Rotary Peace Center. Joselyne is passionate about education and empowering vulnerable communities especially women and girls.
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Circus of Absence / Chicago
Posted by ynohabialuz on Jul 12, 2018 in Destacado, Eventos, Noticias | 0 comments
CIRCUS OF ABSENCE
July 2018 – Feb. 2019
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture / Humboldt Park / 3015 W Division St / Chicago IL
The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is honored to present Circus of Absence, an exhibit by Y no había Luz in partnership with Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center. Their magical theatrical displays makes us think about Puerto Rico and the different struggles of our island through true beauty. The hard work of Y no había Luz is visible in the every detail, the construction of their teatrinos (tiny theaters) and the different characters you will find in the Circus of Absence.
Under the tent of the “Circus of Absence”, extroverted characters manifest social-political situations through their enticing circus spectacle. Through these acts, the realities of Puerto Rican identity are revealed: life as a colony, shortages of political leadership, migrant movement in the 21st century, food scarcity, mental health, deflowered capitalism, Jones Act, voices against diversity and gender equality, among others. These topics are depicted by the internal narrative of each character, reflecting their daily struggle and suffering. The colors, games, transformations, humor, fantasy, skills and surprise are essential to this universe, which invites the onlooker to wear the shoes of our protagonists and reflect on their actions and experience.
The concept of this project was finalized in August 2017, as an act of unknowing clairvoyance given the recent events in Puerto Rico. With the destruction and devastation of Hurricane Maria on September 20, 2017, the content of the project has taken an important and urgent turn given the relevance of the material and subject matter. The word “ausencia (absence)” in particular has become a popular theme and has incited the creation of art that aids us in resolving our community’s real life setbacks.
In this exhibition, the artistic collective Y no había luz establishes a radiant world through their interdisciplinary work—combining sculpture, installation, masks, puppets, theater and paint—to capture the imagination. The socio-cultural work they have developed for the last 12 years allows the group to tackle difficult and important topics that build bridges of dialogue between spectator and performance. The purpose is to create spaces where the public connects through art to identify with the realities of being Puerto Rican.
The history of Y no había luz includes collaborations with The Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, and Universidad de Puerto Rico. They have also participated in international events, including the International Festival of Matanzas (CUBA), and the International Connections Grant of the MacArthur Foundation with Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (Chicago). In 2015 Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico created a retrospective exposition celebrating the group’s work over a decade.
With “Circo de la Ausencia” Y no había luz look to expose the precarious situation in which Puerto Ricans live and to establish international support to help continue constructing a better tomorrow.
Interview in WBEZ 91.5 Chicago
https://interactive.wbez.org/prtroupe/
Interview in the Chicago Reader
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A Grand Civic Banquet (Australia, 1867)
Next Saturday, the 31st of October, is, as you are well-aware, Hallowe’en, and therefore a day of celebratory fun. The day also happens to be the tenth birthday of this blog. I am inordinately proud of this fact. I am especially proud that I have not missed a single weekday post during the ten years – public holiday or not. No-one can be more surprised than myself at the longevity of this whole thing, and the friends and fun it has given me. Thank-you, one and all, for your interest and enthusiasm.
Now, to cease boasting and get on with the business of story-telling (which is how I think of this weekday event.) This week’s posts (numbers 2,700-04) are on the theme of birthdays.
The ninth of November, 1867 was the twenty-sixth birthday of the eldest son of Queen Victoria, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII.) I have no idea what was sort of celebration was planned for the heir himself, but the anniversary was acknowledged at a banquet held in honour of his brother, Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh, who was in Australia at the time.
The South Australian Weekly Chronicle of 16 November 1867 reported on the occasion:
VISIT OF H.R.H. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9.
GRAND CIVIC BANQUET.
It was a happy circumstances which brought His Royal Highness to our shores at a time including the anniversary of the birthday of his Royal brother, the Prince of Wales, and His Worship the Mayor, taking advantage of this auspicious event, gave a grand banquet in the Town Hall. The entertainment was arranged on a scale or magnificence never before reached in the colony, and His Worship was lavish in his hospitality.
… The front of the Town Hall was brilliantly illuminated during the whole of the evening, and from the upper chamber of the tower Mr. Knight displayed a number of crimson and other colored lights, and also let off fireworks, consisting of rockets, wheels, &c, which bad a beautiful effect. The guard of honor wan composed of the Scotch Company and No. 6 North Adelaide Company, under the command of Major Clark, assisted by Captains Buik and Babbage. It was drawn up inside the entrance to the Town Hall, and on the arrival of His Royal Highness the volunteers presented arms, the Regimental Band struck up 'God Save the Queen,' and cheers rose from the crowd which had assembled to witness the Prince's arrival. The bells also sent forth a joyous peal.
The company began to arrive at half-past 6 o'clock in order that the guests might be in readiness to receive His royal Highness at half-past 7 o'clock, before which time all were seated.
On entering the room the sight was one of great beauty. A table on a dais ran across the top of the room near the platform, and two tables stretched the whole length down the centre of the Hall. There were eight other parallel tables divided by an aisle in the middle. On the platform was a long row of mirrors running along the front, the whole stage being decorated with foliage, flowers, and flags, and turned into a very pretty bower, behind which the band were placed. Amongst the flags on the platform were to be seen the new colors presented to the Prince Alfred Rifle Volunteers by the Mayoress, there was a recess in the centre where the vocalists who were to take part in the programme were to stand. This recess was arched over, and through the
recess was to be seen a very beautiful star of lustres splendidly illuminated. In addition to the brilliant light shed by the gasaliers, massive branching candelabra were placed at intervals down the tables in which wax candles were burned. The richness and gorgeousness of the table equipage, and the admirable arrangements generally, all contributed to make this a scene long to be remembered. His Worship the Mayor had evidently spared no expense, and Messrs. Hines and Son had, under his instructions, prepared a princely entertainment.
In addition to the invited guests whom we have named, there were about 170 ladies admitted to the gallery by invitation of the Mayoress, Mm. Fuller, for whom refreshments were alto provided. The ladies were all in full dress, so that the gallery presented a brilliant and fascinating appearance.
… following is the bill of fare :—
Mock Turtle Soup Oyster Soup
Kangaroo-tail Soup
Murray Cod Whiting a la Creme au Gratin
Oyster Patties
Supreme of Fowl Foies Gras a la Gelie
Epigrammes of Lamb Fricandeau of Veal
Stewed Rump of Beef Flammande Compote of Pigeons
Saddles of Mutton
Roast Turkeys Turkey Braised, a la Toulouse
Westphalia Ham
Spring Chicken a la Regence Roast Duckling
Haunch of Kangaroo
Guinea Fowl Pea Fowl
Mayonnaise of Chicken Mayonnaise of Lobster
Pudding a la Prince Royal Baba and Apricots
Apples and Apricots Meringued Savoy Cake
Dantzic Jelly Macedoine Jelly
Neapolitan Cake
Vanilla Creams Blanc Manger
Pears and Rice Transparente Meringues a la Crème Trifle
French Pastry Iced Cream
Charlotte Parisienne Fruits, &c.
Brioche au Fromage
Instead of finding a recipe for one of the dishes on the menu, I decided to confirm the theme of the week and give you a birthday cake recipe from the era.
From the Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW ) of Saturday, 22 October 1881:
Birthday Cake.
4 oz. of currants, 4oz. of sultanas, 2 oz. of citron, 6 oz. pf butter, 6 oz. of sugar, 1 lb. of flour, five eggs, a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda; mix the soda with the flour first, then rub in all the other ingredients; beat the eggs for a quarter of an hour, yolks and whites together, then add them to the mixture; if not quite moist enough, add a little milk. Bake for an hour and a half. Ice as directed below.
Almond Icing for the Above.
Blanch the almonds the day before required, that they may have time to dry, as they pound better when dry. When required for use, chop them finely, then pound in a mortar; mix with them a pound of finely-sifted sugar, one teaspoonful of rose water, and the whites of three eggs which have been beaten to a strong froth. When the cake is baked, draw it and spread the icing evenly over its surface, then put it in the oven again for ten minutes, or until the icing is a delicate brown.
"about 170 ladies admitted to the gallery ... for whom refreshments were alto provided" It sounds like they weren't invited to the "grand banquet," doesn't it?
Congratulations! I've received a wonderful amount of edification, education, and entertainment from this blog over the last few years (as well as not a few good ideas for my own kitchen). Keep up the good work!
Hi Sandra. Ladies were definitely not allowed at public banquets at the time: it was not considered to appropriate. They were, however, allowed in the gallery to watch the proceedings, and listen to the speeches - but were expected to be in their best finery so as to add to the decor, (and presumably were expected to be grateful for the opportunity to admire and applaud the wonderfully clever men in their lives.)
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Ep. 85: The Impact of the Piece
With a lot of modern tunes packing this week's setlist, Josh and Emily turn their thoughts to musical composition and earfeel. Where exactly is the line between a tune that's "video-gamey" and one that is not? Is it in the structure, the tonality, or is it always something in between? Ponder this -- and also reminisce a lot about snow -- at our poorly-lit campsite while we search for the melodies that truly capture the pivotal moments of our lives.
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Game Track Title Composer(s)
Abzu Seriola Lalandi Austin Wintory
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana Sunshine Coastline Hayato Sonoda, Takahiro Unisuga, Yukihiro Jindo (arr.), Mitsuo Singa (arr.)
Might Switch Force! Love You Love You Love Jake Kaufman
Dynasty Warriors 4 The Wall of Fate Yasuhiro Misawa
Alien Soldier From Objector Kazuo Hanzawa
Mouryou Senki Madara 2 Homesick ~ Her Beloved Flowers Tappi Iwase, Miki Higashino, Hirofumi Taniguchi, Aki Hata
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Nathan Daniels October 13, 2017 at 12:37 PM
Austin Wintory is a wonderful composer. Some of the most powerful gaming moments I’ve had have come from playing Journey, and a fair amount of that is due to his score. He’s also incredibly versatile; he composed the music to Banner Saga (which to my ear sounds like folk music from the Caucasus region), as well as Soul Fjord, which could be described as Nordic Funk. Give each a listen!
The Diad’s taste in music is as impeccable as his wit is dry. Which is to say he picks tracks I would pick myself. I still find a lot of Jake Kaufman’s music to be relentlessly boisterous, but it’s also undeniably well composed. And my own dead grandma, while not the dancing type, was undoubtedly tapping her toe to this one.
That Dynasty Warriors IV track is as awesome as Animite’s audio testimonial. I wasn’t feeling the rock so much until the strange sounds started creeping in. First it was what I’m guessing was a brass gong (but sounded like a guttural groan). Then that tremolo-filled Theremin sound came in, and it was all over. What a great track.
I wouldn’t say VGM-ness can be attributed to the lack of emphasis on individual instruments, or variations within single voices that mimic the accidental qualities of a live instrument. The early 8-bit stuff totally fits that description, but good Japanese and Western composers were constantly searching for ways to make VGM sound more “real”. By the time the NES was midway through its lifecycle, composers were already implementing solos, drum samples, ways to make psg sound more like actual instruments.
I've been listening to a lot of FM lately(can you tell?), and I've been surprised by how many composers add things like a breathed sound at the beginning of a flute or horn patch. Drum fills travel from left-to-right like 70's prog rock albums. It's impossible to quantify what makes a song "video gamey", but the compact nature of its composition is part of it....especially with the Japanese composers.
JT October 14, 2017 at 1:52 PM
I had a funny experience listening to this episode. As soon as you guys said you were going to play something from Alien Soldier I thought "Yes! I'm so glad somebody recommended that. I love Alien Soldier!" Then you explained that I was that somebody. haha. I had forgotten.
After that, I heard my testimonial and was thinking "Oops. I should have proof-read that because I just called an OST an album." Apparently, that was noticeable. I do listen to OSTs like albums though. I want to hear every song to get a broader sense of the artist's vision. I've never been the type of person who can just buy the single, or a few MP3s. It's a package deal for me. And when I listen to the album, I don't skip songs.
There were a lot of great audio testimonials this week. Also, I've been wondering for awhile, is the Dyad two people, or is it something like Aphex Twin where one person uses a plural sounding name? Or maybe it is spelled the Diad and is part of heart muscle cells?
I would also like to second the motion that animite become a voice actor.
The Diad October 17, 2017 at 8:46 PM
Since the beginning of time, mothers have cautioned their children “don’t go out into the woods at night, for the Diad lurks in the unseen shadows. He may bide his time until you make a single misstep, but that is all it will take. He will pounce with only a moment’s notice.” And the children listened because everyone had a friend-of-a-friend, or a distant cousin who had been taken by the Diad.
You see the Diad was born with only a single sound channel, but was never satisfied with such. Little by little he trapped unwary passersby, snatching from them their square waves, stripping them of their noise channels. And little by little the Diad could speak in chords. He grew square waves upon square waves, stacked triangle waves over sine waves. A menacing wall of sound built brick by 8-bit brick.
In fact, in some of the earliest texts, it is said that the people could hardly sleep because of the VRC6 sound emanating from the forest. “O woe onto me, for the bongo sample has me undone,” they cried. But there was nothing they could do. None dared challenge the Diad, lest their sound channel be muted.
And so it has been for centuries. Perhaps no more than an old wives’ tale intended to scare children. But then again, some say you can still hear him on Wednesday nights… A dull monotone lulls you into a false sense of security until suddenly, you are enveloped in Japanese PC synth. By the time the golf tracks hit… it’s too late.
Spritz October 17, 2017 at 8:28 AM
It was like another crossover there for a minute with The Diad, which would make two from among my three favorite podcasts in two weeks.
I really relate to Josh saying that while listening to a podcast he just has to be doing something, I too get antsy. And this relates to my reaction to Seriola Lalandi. It kind of bounced off me at first and, thinking about how I often find classical music requires a lot of attention, I paused the podcast and the housework I was doing to just listen to that track. Which I did, twice, giving it my full attention, and it was palpably more evocative.
I should say something about how great (The) Animite’s testimony was, so here it is. I also really appreciated learning about the homage-homage.
And I’m glad to see Haju still has the knack for making incredibly good picks. Mouryou Senki Madara 2 has some pretty wild track names, they come from an official OST release:
Tubular Bells~For Whom the Bell Tolls
fiction of metafiction (sic)
On the Other Side of the Whispering Wall
Karamazov’s Mythology
Enfant Terrible Rabbit
The line of the episode was: “I’m staring at the numeral ‘4’ right now”
Nathan Daniels February 8, 2019 at 4:19 PM
Abzu: oh. My. Gosh. Hey, have you guys played Alien Soldier? The game is pretty much all boss rush. There are definitely some tracks that would be right at home on a KBOS episode....
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Lacuna FAQ
#SkepticalTuesday: “Pool Urine Isn’t Turning Your Eyes Red” Edition | Vol. 2 / No. 35.1
June 30, 2015 July 14, 2015 RFB
No, it’s not pee that’s making your eyes red. At least, not just pee. Photo: Flickr user oatsy40 CC BY 2.0
If you’ve been on the internet at all in the past week, you’ve probably seen a headline like this: “Urine (Not Chlorine) Causes Red Eyes in Pools.” And that’s simply not true.
When I was in high school, I worked for a swimming pool company. It’s not really a germane fact, it’s just an explanation of why I started getting twitchy when I saw this bit of wrong news getting repeated all over the place. It all started when someone from the CDC put together this “healthy swimming” pamphlet. On the last page you can see the following:
“Smell that “chlorine”? It’s not what you think. What you smell are actually chemicals that form when chlorine mixes with pee, poop, sweat, and dirt from swimmers’ bodies. Yuck! These chemicals—not chlorine—can cause your eyes to get red and sting, make your nose run, and make you cough.”
Then someone went on “Today” and said that “when we go swimming and we complain that our eyes are red, it’s because swimmers have peed in the water.”
But no, that’s not quite right. It’s probably pretty likely at an indoor public swimming pool, but it’s not the direct cause and it’s certainly not the only possible cause. As usual, there’s way more to it. I’ll explain.
What you’re smelling, that “chlorine” smell, isn’t chlorine. Well, most of it isn’t, anyway. It’s the smell of related molecules called “chloramines.” Chloramines form when free chlorine comes into contact with (and combines with) ammonia and nitrogen. Chloramines aren’t particularly good at cleaning your pool, and they irritate your eyes and skin, and they smell, well, like a public swimming pool.
Now, some of the sources of ammonia and nitrogen are human bodily fluids. Yes, urine, but also sweat — remember, you’re exercising when you’re in the pool, so you’re going to sweat a lot, in the pints per hour range for athletes — plus saliva, mucous, and so on.
But one of the biggest contributors to chloramine formation, at least in outdoor pools, is rain. Rain isn’t just pure water — it’s mixed with whatever’s in the atmosphere, and whatever’s on the ground before it runs into your pool. Rain introduces all sorts of nitrogen, as well as ammonia and phosphates from runoff, into the pool, and drives the formation of chloramines.
What I think the CDC was trying to get at is that a very chloramine-heavy pool is less likely to have much free chlorine in it — since much of the chlorine will have been converted to less-effective chloramines — and is therefore less likely to be sanitary. But that’s definitely not the same thing as saying that it’s pee in the pool that’s making your eyes red.
But I guess that’s not as catchy a headline.
Richard Ford Burley is a doctoral candidate in English at Boston College, where he’s writing about remix culture and the processes that generate texts in the Middle Ages and on the internet. In his spare time he writes about science and skepticism (and swimming pool chemistry) here at This Week In Tomorrow.
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Weatherman, fiction by Greg Barth
Blaine fidgeted with the zipper pull on the cuff of his leather jacket, flicking it back and forth with his finger. "Thing is, man, Jessie's gonna have another baby."
There was a long pause before Vinton spoke. “You mean, you and Jessie are gonna have another baby,” he said. “That’s what you mean.”
They were in the dry-goods storage room in back of Vinton’s convenience store. The gas station had been built in the late ‘60s. Now days, most goods were shipped in weekly from a warehouse, so there wasn’t much to keep on site.
Vinton had put a couple of desks and tables back there and used the room to manage his various businesses. It was dark and smelled like cardboard, dust, and rat poison; but it served well as a private meeting room.
Vinton was on one side of the desk, sitting on a tattered office chair, leaned back, playing with a red rubber band with his fingers.
Blaine sat on a metal folding chair on the other side, facing him.
“Yeah, of course. We’re both having the baby. But she’s the one that up and got pregnant. That shit’s on the girl, you know? She’s the one responsible for the—” he raised his hands on either side of his head, making quotation marks with his fingers “—narrow waterway and the lily-pad at the end. Just ‘cause I pitch one upstream don’t mean she’s gotta catch it. Fucking dodge-ball on her part’s all it is. Barrier shit, man.”
Vinton closed his eyes. Shook his head. He didn’t bother countering the error of Blaine’s logic. He took a deep breath. “So how can I help you?”
While not tall, Vinton was a large man. He stood just over five foot, but he was big around the middle. He walked with an exaggerated lurch due to a bad hip joint and a worse knee. His gray hair was receding and slicked back. A double-chin spread out over his neck under his pale, frog-like face. He wore an oversized Hawaiian shirt with the top buttons loose, his grey chest hair pushing through the top.
“Shit, man, I just need more work,” Blaine said. “Something that pays more. I got a bunch of
debts. Jessie keeps wanting to get furniture and shit. And she’s always buying these clothes. I don’t know what she does with them all. Then she’s got the credit card. And they’re cutting our hours back at the plant too. I just can’t get ahead, man. You know how them fuckin’ credit cards work? You gotta pay that shit, man.”
Blaine was a young man, mid-twenties at best. He was tall and skinny. His dark hair waved over his collar and the tops of his ears like he had been putting off a haircut. He had a thin black soul patch affixed to his lower lip.
“Jessie still hooking on the corners?” Vinton said.
“Fuck, man. What the fuck? Why you gotta ask that shit for? Jesus, man.”
“Cause I gotta know,” Vinton said. “I bring you on. She gets picked up. I gotta know what we’re dealing with. Risk management is what it is.”
“No, man. No. Fuck no. She ain’t doing that shit no more. Goddamn.”
Vinton closed his eyes. Frowned. “What did you have in mind, Blaine? More collection work? ‘Cause if it’s that, I gotta tell you, I don’t have a lotta cash out on the streets these days. Nobody can pay no matter how hard you hit ‘em, so I’ve been putting money in other stuff. Stuff that pays.”
“It’s that fuckin’ Reagan,” Blaine said.
“I know it. ‘Course Carter wasn’t shit either. But that Reagan son of a bitch, worst president ever.”
“What’s makin’ money these days?”
“Drugs. You know drugs are always good. Drugs and pussy. People always want those no matter what the economy looks like. In fact, the economy goes down, those go up. Those are sound investments.”
“Yeah, I don’t know nothin’ about making anything with those.”
Vinton frowned again. “I don’t know that I’ve got anything for you then.”
Blaine’s face fell. “Come on, man. I can do anything. Anything. Just give me a chance.”
Vinton’s forehead scrunched. Creases formed above his nose. He leaned forward. “Okay. There is one thing I been thinking about having done. I’m not even sure I want to do it. You know? Just something I’ve had on my mind.” He paused and thought for a second. Nodded.
“Yeah, I mean, I might want to do it, if I could find the right guy and all. Thing is, I hesitate to even put it out there. It might be up your alley, I think, but I don’t know. You’ve never done a job like this before.”
Blaine sat up. “What is it? I could do it. I’m good at learnin’ shit.”
“Hang on, I’m thinkin’ about it.” Vinton put a finger out and bounced it up and down in the air as he thought out loud, flicking the rubber band. “It pays good. But it’s a real shitty job.
And it’s a one-time thing, I think. I mean, you do good, it could turn into more, but that’s uncertain. It’s not steady work.”
“I’d like to have something regular, you know? But this thing sounds kinda good to start with.”
“It’d be the biggest job I’ve ever given you. You couldn’t fuck it up. You couldn’t.”
“You know I can do it, man.”
“I’d be putting a lot of faith in you just telling you this. Once I say it, I can’t take the words back.”
“Come on Mister Vinton, sir. You know you can trust me. Whatever it is, I want to do it.”
Vinton took a deep breath. He bit the inside of his jaw as he studied the man in front of him.
He nodded. Blaine was clearly eager. “All right. You know Jake Carbone?”
“Man that owns the pool hall,” Blaine said. “Yeah, I know him.”
Vinton leaned over his desk toward Blaine. “I want him gone,” he said in a low voice.
“Gone where? I’ll get him there for you.”
Vinton smiled. “Gone to the place nobody comes back from.”
“Where’s…?” Blaine’s eyes widened. “Oh, you mean…?”
“Gone, Blaine. Gone for good. And you gotta be careful. It don’t have to happen today or tomorrow. You pick the time. No witnesses, you understand? You do this. I’ll pay you when the job’s done.”
Blaine’s jaw went slack. He sat there stunned by the weight of the job. “How…how much does something like that pay?
Vinton quoted a figure. “You do this one right, who knows. This shit’s not steady, but I’ve got people who ask for help now and again. This kinda help.”
“Why do you want Jake...um…gone?”
“You don’t need to know the details. In fact, the less you know the better. Just know there’s a damned good reason for it. This is a guilt-free job, you ask me. Much worse hassling some poor shlub to repay his loan.”
“Yeah…yeah,” Blaine said. Then once more with confidence, “Yeah. I can do this. I can.”
“Good,” Vinton said. He opened a file cabinet drawer next to his desk. He pulled out a box of Brown Mule gloves and handed them over to Blaine. “Here. Get a couple and put them on.”
Blaine pulled two gloves from the box and put them on his hands.
“Now come with me,” Vinton said. He got up. One hand on his hip, he half limped, half hobbled to the other end of the storage room.
Blaine got up and followed.
Vinton fished a key ring from his pocket and selected a key. He unlocked a set of file drawers and opened the top drawer. “Now, get that pistol there.”
Blaine reached a hand inside the drawer. He saw an old army Colt automatic and reached for it.
“Not that one. The .38. The Smith.”
“This?”
“Yeah. That one.”
Blaine took out the pistol. It was a revolver with a short barrel. The walnut grip was busted and black, electrical tape was wrapped around it.
“Where’d you get this?”
“Don’t matter,” Vinton said. “Thing is, it can’t be tied back to you or me. That’s the important part.”
“I see prints on it. Like on the sides.”
“Yeah, they can corrode onto a pistol. But they ain’t mine and they ain’t yours. So don’t worry about ‘em. Now, once you do it. You throw that away. Like immediately throw it away. If they catch it on you, then fingerprints and tracing serial numbers and that kind of police shit don’t matter. It’s yours if they catch you with it. And you’re guilty.”
“Got it. Throw it away. Yeah.”
“Once you know he’s gone. Drop it.”
“Bullets?”
“Yeah, right here.” Vinton fished out a clear sandwich bag containing .38 caliber bullets and handed them to Blaine.
“Shit man. Now I’m a fucking hitman. Ain’t that some shit?”
“Yeah, you’re gonna be, anyway.” Vinton patted the young man on the back. “Get it done. You make me proud of my decision, got it? Get it done fast, and maybe I’ll throw in a few extra bills. Get Jessie something nice. And something for the baby.”
When Jake Carbone locked up the pool hall and got in his Charger, Blaine was watching from his own car on the other side of the street.
It was late December and damned cold, but Blaine didn’t have enough gas to keep the engine running while waiting on Jake. He started the car and turned up the heat.
He let Jake get halfway down the block before he turned on his headlights and followed. It was late and the streets were nearly empty. It was hard not to be conspicuous while following; but with the lack of traffic, Blaine was comfortable staying well behind the Charger. The Charger had distinct taillights also, which made it easy to follow on the dark streets.
Carbone parallel park outside a massage joint. Blaine made a right turn at the corner before he got up to that block. He made a two-point turnaround on the street and drove back up to the corner. He turned his headlights off. He looked down the street and saw Jake opening the door for a small woman with a faux fur coat. She got in the car and Jake shut the door.
He walked around the front of the car and got in on the driver’s side. The car pulled away from the curb.
Blaine put the car in gear and followed at a distance.
It was not a long drive. The Charger pulled in at a self-service carwash and parked in one of the wash bays.
Blaine parked at a VHS rental store next to the carwash. He read the movie posters on the dusty front glass. Three on a Meathook. Ghost Town. The Model Killer. He turned his lights off and left the engine running. He checked his gas gauge. An eighth of a tank. This was his chance.
He got out of the car and looked around. This was a shitty part of town. The only thing open was a liquor store two blocks up that was bathed in red neon. Further up was a strip club with its own shade of neon—a blend of pink and purple, a color that you’d need the big box of crayons to figure out the name of.
Blaine zipped his leather jacket up as high as it would go. He turned his collar up. He started across the lot to the carwash. He remembered the gloves and fished them out of his jeans pocket. He put them on his hands. The thin brown cloth helped hold in some heat, and his fingers warmed inside them. He wore a knit cap that was rolled up on the sides and front.
Blaine put his right hand in his jacket pocket and put his fingers around the pistol grip. His cheeks stung from the cold wind; his breath made white puffs of steam in the dry air. He crept up to the car wash bay and stopped at the corner. He pulled his knit cap down over his face. It had holes cut for his eyes and mouth like a balaclava mask.
He peered around the corner. He could see Jake in the driver’s seat from behind. He looked relaxed. Blaine could not see the woman. Getting’ a knobjob, looks like, he thought to himself.
He crept up to the back of the car. The car was moving slightly in a rhythmic manner. Blaine walked up along the driver’s side until he was next to the window. There was a thick coat of ice on the pavement inside the carwash. He had to step carefully to keep from slipping. His feet crunched in the ice, but music playing inside the car, something by Billy Joel, masked the sound.
Jake was inside. The back of his chair was reclined. Jake’s eyes were closed, his mouth open.
Blaine could see the back of the woman’s head bobbing up and down. Her dirty blonde hair pooled across Jake’s lap, all teased up on top. His hands were pressed against the back of her head.
Blaine leveled the pistol at Jake’s head. The muzzle bumped the window glass, and Jake opened his eyes.
Blaine squeezed the trigger. The sound of the shot was deafening inside the carwash bay. Blaine’s ears rang from the shock. The window glass shattered and rained down the inside of the car.
There was a leaking red spot on the side of Jake’s cheek. His eyes were open wide. His
mouth was open as though gasping for air.
Blaine leveled the pistol and fired another shot into the side of Jake’s head.
The woman inside the car jerked away. She pressed herself against the passenger door. She drew in a long breath and screamed at the top of her lungs. One of her hands was clawing for the door handle. Her shirt was open and her breasts were exposed.
Blaine leaned through the busted window. He pushed the pistol forward. He felt something warm and wet on his hand. He looked down. Jake’s cock was still standing straight up, but a stream of warm piss was flowing from the tip.
Blaine moved his hand out of the stream.
The woman continued to scream and pressed herself as far away as she could.
Blaine shot her just above the waistline. A thought flashed through his mind, She’s the one responsible for the ovaries.
The woman screamed louder. She pressed her hands tight against her belly.
Blaine raised the pistol higher and shot her in the sternum. Her screaming stopped, but she still made a high-pitched mewling sound. She looked at Blaine. He saw the look of squinted anguish in her eyes.
He put a bullet through her chest, and she stopped making any sound at all.
Blaine stepped back. He pushed the mask up over his face.
He looked down at the pistol in his trembling hand. He put the pistol back in his jacket pocket.
He took another step back and slipped in the ice. He caught himself with one hand against the block wall.
“Oh god,” he said. “Oh god, oh god. Mm. Oh sweet heaven.”
“You did good, son,” Vinton said. He handed Blaine and envelope full of bills. “There’s a few extra in there for you.”
“It wasn’t so bad,” Blaine said. “Think I’ve got a knack for it.”
“It’s not pleasant work. But sometimes it’s gotta be done, you know?”
“So when do I go again?”
“I’m ready for the next.”
Vinton shook his head. “You mean the next job like Jake?”
“Yeah. Let’s do it.”
“Now hold on. This kind of work, I mean, it’s steady for somebody that’s got the stomach for it, but this ain’t an everyday thing. These jobs are few and far between. You’ve got good money now. This on top of what you get from the plant, you should be flush for a while. Just enjoy.”
“But you mentioned you might be able to hire me out to some others that need help.”
“And I will. You seem to take to it. But I don’t have anything lined up for you today. Just relax. Go buy something nice for Jessie. They got pink cassette players down at Jays. She might like one of those.”
“She’s got a stereo already.”
“Get her a Monchichi doll, or one of them Pound Puppies. You know. For the baby.”
Blaine nodded. “All right. Got it. But I done good, yeah?”
“You did great. First time out or not, you did great.”
“Where you going, hon?” Jessie said. She was lying on the couch with an ashtray on top of her chest. She tapped her cigarette on the rim.
Blaine was zipping up his jacket. He had his black knit hat on. “I gotta get out for a bit. Something I got to do.”
“Can you afford to pick up some Pizza Hut on your way back?”
“Yeah. No problem.”
“Grab some Chardonnay too. No wait. Sauv Blanc.”
“That kind tastes like cat piss,” he said.
“So Chardonnay, then.”
“Might not be good for the baby, you drinking so much.”
Jessie took a long draw on her Virginia Slim. “First trimester. She don’t even have a stomach yet.”
“Yeah. Good point. I’ll pick it up. Still, that don’t mean you gotta knock back the whole bottle.”
“Some chocolate too.”
“Okay. That’s it. The damned pizza alone will be a hassle. Now I gotta make two stops.”
“Get two bottles. Love you, babe,” Jessie said.
It was so damned cold out. Blaine lowered his head to the wind, his arms shivering. He was in a sketchy part of town. The kind of place where people would be out alone and in the shadows.
He walked the sidewalk. Few people were out this time of night. There were a handful of streetwalkers on a corner. He saw one off to herself. She was wearing shorts, stockings, and a heavy winter coat. She had short dark hair that stuck out in every direction. She wore thick makeup and dark eyeliner. Blaine could see that her face was weathered and lined under the makeup. Her belly was rolled and round under her tight shirt.
He approached her.
“Fucking cold,” Blaine said. “Your legs. Gotta be cold.”
She smiled at him. “Hey there,” she said.
“Hi,” he said back. “Wanna go someplace warm with me?”
“Hell yeah. I can get us a good deal on a room at the motel across the street.”
“You know what? Nah, let’s go back to my car. It’s warm.”
“Works for me.” She locked her elbow around his and leaned into him. “Lead the way.”
They walked a block down the street, making small talk. They came to the mouth of an alley, and Blaine said, “Right here.”
They turned down the alley. It was dark, but the lot on the other end was well lit.
Blaine pointed down the length of the alley to a car parked on the other side. “That’s me right there.”
Halfway down the alley he stopped walking and pulled her up short.
“What is it?” she said.
Blaine was breathing heavy. The air felt thick in his lungs. His heart pounded inside his chest.
“You okay, sweetie,” the woman said.
“Yeah. Mm. Just a second,” Blaine said. He pushed her away from him and turned his back to her.
He turned back to face her. He had the pistol in his hand.
She gasped. “No,” she said.
He pointed the pistol at her belly and fired. She fell to the ground, her hands clasping her stomach. “Oh,” she said. “Why did you do that?”
Blaine stood over the woman and shot her in the face.
Sonya was getting all worked up. The way Brad was kissing her and his hands on her breasts under her shirt—she hated to put out on first date, but she was losing control fast.
He had the best hands. His kisses were soft. She loved the feel of his hot breath on her neck.
They were in the back seat of his car. He drove old Ford with a bench seat in back. They were parked out behind the abandoned bleach plant. A light snow was falling outside the car.
Sonya couldn’t fight it, so she decided to give in, to relax and enjoy. The next thing she knew, Brad’s hand was inside her pants, tracing the warm slickness between her curls with his fingertip.
“Bra-ad,” she said.
He pulled away. “Yeah?”
“I’m not that kind of girl.”
“I know you’re not,” he said. “But tonight is special.”
“But…you won’t want to…you know, see me again…if I…”
He leaned back in and kissed her. He worked his fingers in her pants. “I never want to see anybody else ever again.”
She relaxed. Might as well enjoy.
A crunching sound outside.
She leaned up. “What was that?”
“Nothing. A raccoon or something.”
“No, Brad. I hear something.” She looked out the window. It was too dark out to see anything.
That sound again. Crunch, crunch, crunch…like footsteps.
“Somebody’s walking out there.”
“It don’t matter,” he said. “Just some hobo.”
“We should go, Brad. Please. I’m scared.”
“Oh, baby. Just a few more minutes, okay? I’ll protect you.”
Crunch, crunch, crunch…
A tall shadow took form by the window.
“Oh my god, Brad. Somebody’s out there!”
He looked over his shoulder. “Where?”
“Right there. Right there!” She pointed at the window behind him.
There was a white flash of light. The window exploded. Something splashed on her face.
There was a deafening roar. Her eyes adjusted to the flash. Brad was slumped in the seat, his head on her chest. There was blood in his hair.
“Brad…what…?”
She looked out the window. She saw a pistol pointed at her. She screamed.
The bright flash of light again, and then everything went black.
“How’s Jessie doing?” Vinton asked. He had his reading glasses on, a newspaper spread open on the desk in front of him.
“Being a bitch. She thinks I’m cheating on her,” Blaine said. He shook his head and chuckled.
“Hey, now. That’s the mother of your child you’re talking about there.”
“We’ll get through it. Just I’ve got some other stuff going on. Keeps me away sometimes. I go out at night. She don’t like it.”
“Might explain why you look so much different.”
“You look tired. Kind of haggard. Like you ain’t been sleeping good.”
“Oh, yeah. No, it’s just this other shit.”
“Well I hope you’re up for what I want to talk to you about.”
“I’m good, man. Never better. And Jessie, Jessie’s gonna be good too.”
“You ready for another job then? Nothing local, but I got a friend who could use some help up the road a piece. You know. A job like Carbone.”
“Yeah, man. I’m good to go. Plant’s still cutting hours. I could get a few days.”
“Good. Hey, you know, funniest thing. That job you did for me? Old Jake? Yeah, well that’ll never come back on us. That gun you tossed? Somebody grabbed it, see. They grabbed it, and they are using it all over the place. Our thing looks like part of some sick psycho killing spree. Like that Zodiac guy. Pretty cool, huh? Fucking bastard’s out there shooting up people at night going all crazy, and it’s covering up our thing.” Vinton laughed.
“Huh. Yeah,” Blaine said. “Some bad crazies out there, man.” He grinned.
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Britney Spears Debuts Short New Hair (PHOTO)
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Britney Spears revealed her new short haircut—and it looks so cute!
On Wednesday (December 16), the "Matches" singer debuted her new hair via Instagram. She shared a close-up selfie that shows off her layered shoulder-length do.
"Cut my hair," she wrote in the caption. "You know what they say .... out with the old .... in with the new !!!!! Now let us pray!!!!"
Britney's boyfriend, Sam Asghari, approved of her new look. "I love it," he commented along with a string of heart emojis.
See the photo, below.
Her new hair reveal comes amid her ongoing legal battle to exclude her father, Jamie, from her conservatorship. Jamie recently claimed that he has not spoken to his daughter since August.
He said in an interview with CNN that he purports to "protect" the pop superstar from people with "self-serving interests" and "those who seek harm to her."
Britney is attempting to have Jamie removed from his financial and decision making roles in her conservatorship.
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Local Animal Abuse Video Makes National Headlines [Graphic]
Credit: Twitter
Editors Note: The following story originated locally and has since taken off on a national scale. We felt it was important to bring an accurate explanation of what is known at this time. Before watching, please be aware that some viewers may find this video is graphic and/or violent.
A video that surfaced this morning is now garnering attention from all over the United States and unfortunately, it originated right here in the Treasure Valley.
The video, which appears to have been posted to a Snapchat story via a user named 'London' (as seen in the lop left corner) shows a woman punching a dog with boxing gloves on. While according to many, the original video is no longer available, several copies are spreading across Reddit, Twitter, and beyond-- nationwide.
The video shows a female, who many on social media have identified, punching a German Shepherd in the face and head. She even speaks in the video about how hard she was hitting the dog.
According to Idaho's News Channel 7,
The Idaho Humane Society has an Animal Care and Control department, and they told KTVB that the charges being considered would fall under Idaho's misdemeanor animal abuse statute which covers: "every person who cruelly whips, beats, or otherwise maliciously treats any animal"
You can read more of that statute, HERE.
On a personal note, I have seen many posts attacking the female in the video as well as her father. No claims have been confirmed and I think in a time when we're all feeling very frustrated because of the times we're living in, it's important to take the high road. No matter what. Animal abuse is unacceptable and I trust that authorities will take the right action and justice will be served as deemed fit.
The video below is graphic. Viewer discretion is advised.
The mission of the Idaho Humane Society is to advocate for the welfare and responsible care of animals, protect them from neglect and cruelty, and promote humane education, awareness, and compassion. We believe that because domestic animals are a product of human intervention, we have a special obligation to them in regard to humane treatment and responsible stewardship. - Idaho Humane Society
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The Irish Dance Experience
Try your hand at traditional Irish dance, with a former Riverdancer leading the way! In this afternoon dance experience, learn how to perform dances like the ceili group dance and sean nós, the ‘old style’ of Irish dancing, as well as the internationally popular moves of the Riverdance. Learn about the history behind all these dances and their place in Irish culture from your teacher, an expert in the history and performance of Irish dance.
Creative fabric workshops, Toreen, Connemara. Half day & Full day options.
Whether you’re a “never-done-this-kind-of-thing-before” novice or an accomplished artist, an oldster or a youngster, there’s a Creative Workshop just for you. Our craft and design workshops cover lots of areas such as batik, felt making, tapestry weaving, printmaking and painting for kids. Imagine creating your own unique piece of art in what is truly one of the world’s most inspirational settings, complete with brooding bogs, ever-changing seascapes, majestic mountains and ancient silent lakes .The workshops are run by an established artist who has specialized in textile art for the past number of years. She holds a degree in design from Dublin Institute of Technology and is a qualified art teacher with several years of experience. She teaches a range of crafts with an emphasis on developing your design and creative skills. Pax - Min 4, Max 12. Available on request.
Photography Lesson Galway
Learn about photography from a professional photographer who is local to the area and knows lots of places you would be unlikely to discover on your own.
Traditional Irish sean-nos dancing experience. Galway City. Guided. 1.5 hours.
Emma hosts the popular “Irish Dance Experience” for visitors to Galway City. An introduction to the basics of Irish dance is followed by a visit to the Irish Music Session where tourists can mingle with Galway dancers and musicians and experience the city as a local.
Virtual Introduction to Irish Whiskey
Take your next virtual happy hour to a whole new level with this live online introduction to Irish whiskey. Join your guide to get a virtual taste of the country's famed pub culture as you encounter a few choice spirits. Learn about the different styles of whiskey, the role of this spirit in the Irish culture, and how it relates to a famous regional term: craic.
Irish traditional drum (Bodhran) making & music demo. Galway. Private. 1½ hours
Meet a master Irish drum maker in his music shop. Learn the history of the unique Irish drum/Bodhran. See how the Irish drum/Bodhran is made. See and hear how the Irish drum/Bodhran is played. Enjoy a cup of tea / coffee and a scone with cream and jam.
Irish Stew Traditional Recipe
While exploring the Emerald Isle, you’ll see many pubs and restaurants serving Irish stew, but this Irish stew cooking class allows you to actually learn from a County Galway local just what goes into making this delicacy. All stew ingredients and use of cooking utensils are included in your class price, and you’ll even get to eat some of the stew you help make afterward.
Oyster Tour and Tasting at Ballinakill Bay with David
Enjoy an oyster tour and tasting with your host David on his oyster farm. This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food. In 2014, David acquired and started restoring the oyster farm at Ballinakill Bay. With the help of his hard working staff, they have successfully reignited the magical taste of Connemara oysters which have been grown in the area since 1893. Ireland and the Wild Atlantic Way are renowned for its delicious seafood delights and the oysters from David’s farm lives up to this reputation! Their oysters are a pacific oyster (Crassostrea Gigas) and are available all year round. Smell the fresh wild Atlantic air and hear the soothing sounds of the sea. See the farm crew working hard in the water to grow the most perfect, meaty oysters. Touch the oysters when you shuck your own and finish your tour with the taste of a beautiful fresh oyster.
Traditional Irish Homemade Baking Scones and Bread
While visiting Galway, opt to spend some time away from sightseeing on the city’s popular coast with this Irish homemade baking scones and bread class. You’ll meet in a local’s home to learn how to bake Irish favorites from scratch. Your guide takes the time to teach you how to bake from a provided recipe, as you learn about Ireland’s baking practices of the past and present.
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If you've paid attention, you know that there is a maddening patchwork quilt of fiduciary and related standards developing nationally. Our friends at Eversheds Sutherland compiled a fantastic quick reference chart of the current federal and state fiduciary and best interest regulations. Click the headline to this blurb to access the chart.
SEC Revamps Investment Adviser Advertisement Rules
The SEC adopted amendments to rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors. The new rules create a single rule that replaces the current advertising and cash solicitation rules. The amended rules: • Re-defines “advertisement”; • Adds and/or modifies certain general prohibitions; • Modifies the regulation of testimonials, endorsements and third-party ratings; • Modifies the regulation of the presentation of adviser performance; • Amends and modifies certain advertising books and records rule; and • Amends and modifies Form ADV. These amendments will be effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register and such publication likely will occur in January, 2021.
SEC Finds Adviser to Have Faulty Compliance Procedures Addressing Loans and Financial Condition
The SEC brought an enforcement action against Robert Lindner, the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and majority shareholder of Lindner Capital Advisers, Inc. (LCA), an SEC registered investment adviser. The SEC found that during 2018 and 2019, LCA and Lindner made materially false statements in a report filed with the SEC and given to its clients, and failed to implement compliance procedures reasonably designed to prevent violations of the Advisers Act. the SEC found that LCA and Lindner disclosed that LCA had no financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair its ability to meet contractual obligations to clients. The SEC stated that this statement was false because, at the time and throughout the remainder of 2019, LCA was heavily leveraged and increasingly unable to meet its basic operating expenses.
Pricing Services Fails to Implement Adequate Compliance Procedures
The SEC brought an enforcement action against ICE Data Pricing & Reference Data, LLC, a registered investment adviser, provides global securities pricing, evaluations, and other information to its advisory clients through various subscription options. The SEC stated that the valuation of fixed-income securities can affect both retail and institutional investors. It noted that independent valuations play a critical role in complex fixed-income investments because these securities are largely traded in over-the-counter markets. It added that inaccurate valuations can affect investment decisions, advisory fees, the accuracy of financial statements and investor account statements, and reported investment returns and portfolio performance.
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XBox 360 – Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
TITLE Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
PLATFORM XBOX360
DEVELOPER Nerve Software
US PUBLISHER Activision
UK PUBLISHER Activision
NORDIC PUBLISHER Activision
ONLINE PLAY Yes
SCREENS ADDED: 23 Apr-2008
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Serving as the prequel to id Software?s legendary QUAKE II, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is the ultimate online team and objective-based experience, delivering a new depth of multiplayer action to next generation consoles. Set within the epic QUAKE universe in the year 2065, the game pits the Allied troops of the Global Defense Force (GDF) against a sinister new Axis ? the marauding, technologically advanced Strogg – during their initial invasion of Earth.
Brand new to the console environment, gamers choose to play offline or online modes as Human or Strogg in one of five unique character classes. Employing an arsenal of weapons, vehicles and deployable armaments, players engage in an action-packed test of skill and coordinated teamwork through a series of combat objectives. Persistent character growth and achievements reward players for teamwork, while clearly defined mission and class objectives guide new players to meaningful contributions on the battlefield.
Based on the critically-acclaimed PC game developed by Splash Damage, Nerve Software and Underground have collaborated with id Software to optimize Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars for the console environment (Xbox 360 and PS3), creating an intuitive experience that allows console players of every skill level to jump into a match and make a valuable contribution to the overall mission. Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars brings id Software?s new MegaTexture graphics technology to consoles for the first time, delivering large outdoor battlefields of unrivaled detail.
Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars is all about conquering and securing enemy territory, either advancing or holding your team?s front line. Players must work together using their vehicles, deployables, and character class abilities to complete objectives, defend valuable installations or execute massive assaults. Whether playing online or in the game?s single-player mode, every player?s choice of character class and tactical action plays a critical role throughout as they gain rank, upgrade skills and provide specialist skills necessary for victory. Campaign proficiencies, persistent achievements and nearly a thousand stats are tracked to enable players to improve their class abilities, earn ranks and medals and track their progress.
Weapons, Vehicles, Deployables ? The weapons, vehicles and deployables in Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars are much more than standard issue equipment. Each selection truly affects gameplay and is integral to a team?s success or failure. Set in the relative near future, the Human arsenal is based on ultramodern updates to today?s conventional Earth armory (i.e. machine guns, rocket launchers, armored personnel carriers, hover-copters, etc.), while the Strogg utilize a more advanced energy and gravity-manipulation technology suitable for conquering vastly different alien worlds (i.e. the HyperBlaster and Lightning Pistol, the giant Cyclops mech-walker, Desecrator hover-tank, the insectoid Tormentor aerial attack craft, etc.). The game?s intuitive controls will also allow players to easily utilize unique strategic assets like radar, auto targeting anti-personnel or anti-vehicle turrets, artillery or strategic strike missiles ? all of which are realistically deployed onto the battlefield when and where you choose.
Unique Teams and Character Classes ? With ?asymmetric gameplay,? the characters of both the GDF and the Strogg look, move, and behave uniquely, while advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology provides formidable friends and foes in online and offline play, allowing new players to ease into the game, while intuitively challenging more advanced ones. Bases, characters, vehicles and weapons demonstrate the different technologies and behavior of each side and require distinctive approaches to combat from each player.
Ground-Breaking Technology ? Using id Software?s new MegaTexture rendering technology, Enemy Territory: QUAKE Wars renders large, highly-detailed and un-tiled outdoor environments all the way to the horizon, providing a seamless experience that accurately simulates shadows, atmosphere, vegetation and weather for a graphically immersive gaming experience. Advanced real-time physics and all-new network code support large-scale military combat for up to 16 players through real-world locations, including deserts, glaciers, mountains and countryside.
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Feature: Turkey promotes sports tourism to help industry's post-pandemic revival
by Burak Akinci
ANKARA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Turkey is promoting the natural appeal of its Mediterranean resorts and athletes-friendly facilities in a campaign for sports tourism, a branch of the vital industry which is expected to rebound in post-pandemic period.
Tourism revenues are crucial for Turkey's economy but the industry has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, shrinking by more than 70 percent in 2020, according to official data.
Tourist operators expressed hopes that with the launch of vaccination efforts across the world, and in Turkey with China's Sinovac vaccine, the sector will rebound in the second half of 2021.
The southern province of Antalya, hailed as Turkey's tourism capital, has become a magnet for international sports clubs in the past few years thanks to the investment made in new facilities, Recep Samil Yasacan, chairman of Sports Tourism Association (STB), told Xinhua.
"Reservations are already increasing for January, February and March from football clubs which want to practise in Antalya," he said during a phone interview.
The favorable climatic conditions, infrastructure and location has made Antalya one of the most preferred destinations among sports clubs. The Turkish province, which has dozens of resorts, attracts large quantities of football clubs especially during the clubs' winter training sessions.
Chinese football clubs have also chosen the namesake capital city Antalya and its surroundings in the past, Yasacan told Xinhua.
"We have reservations for this year from Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Serbia, Croatia and Romania," said Yasacan, noting other European nations will also be on the list once their flight bans on Turkey are lifted.
But everything depends on how the global health situation will evolve, he cautioned.
Turkey has seen a significant drop in daily COVID-19 cases in the past days thanks to weekend curfews and strict restrictions. Its national vaccination program is due to start later this month with medical professionals given priority.
Turkey ended a four-day nationwide curfew early Monday that already had New Year celebrations banned. More curfew measures are expected to continue at weekends until further notice.
"We are pinning a lot of hope on vaccines, and believe they will successfully work on people who will return to our well-equipped and hygienic facilities which are ready and willing to host our guests," Yasacan said.
Ozgur Cetin, a sales operator of a tourist agency specializing in sports and health tourism in the capital Ankara, said calls from European countries have increased, especially in recent weeks, to inquire about tennis camps and facilities in Antalya.
"Antalya city has one of the highest number of courts in the world as far as I know. There are nearly 2,000 tennis courts in the city and several big tournaments have been organized there in the past," he told Xinhua.
Golfing is another asset to the region boasting premium golf courses and related services, Cetin said, adding a golf player spends 10 times more than an ordinary foreign tourist. Enditem
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[January 16, 2021 6:26 am ET] LATAM Strengthens Domestic Connectivity Within South America
An Emirates A380 in Dubai (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Hisham Qadri)
[ News ]September 24, 2020 11:43 am ET
By John McDermott
Final A380 Completes Production
The final Airbus A380 aircraft rolled off the production line Wednesday, marking the end of close to two decades of development and production of the aircraft type. Airbus announced the program would be brought to a close in 2019 as orders for the aircraft dwindled.
The aircraft isn’t completely done with production; a number of parts still need to be added to the aircraft. But Airbus has completed construction on the plane’s major parts and has completely assembled the main structure of the aircraft. The aircraft carries manufacturer serial number 272.
The station 40 is now empty forever, no more A380 to assemble… 🥺 pic.twitter.com/ny6HZ8ZEph
— Aviation Toulouse (@Frenchpainter) September 23, 2020
It can also be difficult to fill a huge A380 enough to make a profit on a flight. Only certain ultra-high-demand routes regularly have enough demand to afford an A380 service. Airlines’ trends toward flying smaller, more fuel-efficient twin-engine aircraft on many routes to fill planes completely and reduce costs have only been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused major travel decline, especially on the high-demand transoceanic flights that tend to have high enough demand to allow for the operation of the superjumbo jet.
A number of Emirates A380s have resumed flying on select routes, and some A380s in China are flying as well. But many other carriers, most recently German carrier Lufthansa, have announced they will completely retire some or all of the A380 aircraft sooner than previously planned.
Still, there will undoubtedly be a place for the A380 after the coronavirus pandemic subsides. Airlines won’t rush to retire brand-new aircraft, especially long-haul aircraft whose lives typically span decades, and airlines will continue to operate the A380 for years to come.
John McDermott
John McDermott is a student at Northwestern University. He is also a student pilot with hopes of flying for the airlines. A self-proclaimed "avgeek," John will rave about aviation at length to whoever will listen, and he is keen to call out any airplane he sees, whether or not anyone around him cares about flying at all. John previously worked as a Journalist and Editor-In-Chief at Aeronautics Online Aviation News and Media. In his spare time, John enjoys running, photography, and watching planes approach Chicago O'Hare from over Lake Michigan.
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kosefoorum » Rock » Wayne Handy - Betcha Didn't Know / Don't Be Unfair
Wayne Handy - Betcha Didn't Know / Don't Be Unfair mp3 download
Performer: Wayne Handy
Album: Betcha Didn't Know / Don't Be Unfair
Style: Rockabilly
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Wayne Handy Rockabilly 1958
Wayne revealed that his longtime friend and label president Mack Maine was responsible for including X's verse on the album, and that Maine also took charge in putting together the album's tracklist and sequencing. Wayne also told host Elliott Wilson that he hasn't listened to the project since its release, saying that after he heard the intro - a painfully emotional skit of Wayne's mother Jacida Carter crying - he couldn't listen again. Elsewhere in the interview, Wayne touched on other features on the album, or lack thereof, saying that sample clearance issues were the reason he and Drake did not collab on Carter V. Watch Wayne's interview with Elliott Wilson here.
We don‘t have an album for this track yet. View all albums by this artist. They took their name from Wayne Casey's last name ("KC") and the "Sunshine Band" from KC's home state of Florida ('The Sunshine State'). KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group.
You Betcha 2- "This weather could be worst therefore those chemicals cannot be mixed. You Betcha 4- "Our neighbor is one of them gay guys, I think, don't cha know. You Betcha 5- "We got at least three feet of snow. You Betcha 6- "Eloo der, I'm frum Wiscaaansin. You Betcha 7- "Oh my god, I was like, no way, and he was like, wa. You Betcha. by Aaron Bartholomew Poxleitner July 17, 2005.
Album: 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks, 2010. TREND T-30-015X Wayne Handy and the Melody Masters flip Seminole rock 'n' roll. You can leave your e-mail and we will let you know when the broadcast of the station will be online again: Or listen to the other country dec name stations.
Didn’t Know Better Lyrics. Yeah I wonder if you think about the things that I could've been Barely knew each other all the things we said and did I settle in these thoughts I probably shouldn't meddle in But you gave me a call and said I shouldn't let you in Man it's funny, you ain't the only
Even the most ardent lover of curiosities doesn’t know everything about our world, simply because it’s impossible. Even the most ardent lover of curiosities doesn’t know everything about our world, simply because it’s impossible. Today Bright Side brings you 24 of the most astonishing facts about our planet from the book 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off by J. Lloyd, J. Mitchinson, and J. Harkin to show you once more how amazing the world is.
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A Betcha Didn't Know 1:35
B Don't Be Unfair 1:56
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Record Mexican-American mobilization delivered Arizona to Biden, not just Cindy McCain
Latinx voter-advocacy groups like Mi Familia Vota, Chicanos por la Causa, and the nationwide organization Voto Latino are the power behind Biden's Arizona victory. Photo: Getty Images.
Seventy-five percent of Latinx voters in AZ favored Joe Biden, following record turnout and a decade of grassroots mobilization.
by erickac
Record Mexican-American mobilization delivered...
By Ericka Conant
On night two of the 2020 presidential election, major news outlets lauded Cindy McCain’s recent speaking out against President Trump, crediting the wife of the late GOP Senator, John McCain, with delivering a decisive Arizona win to Joe Biden.
Some called it the late senator’s ‘revenge’, or his ‘last laugh,’ but they’re missing the bigger, more influential picture. While the influence of the McCain family should not be discounted, Biden’s victory in the Grand Canyon State should not be attributed to this alone.
That’s especially when history is being made in regards to the Latinx voting bloc in Arizona. To do this illustrates a clear disservice to Latinx voters in Arizona, largely Mexican-American, and mobilizing leaders in the state.
This sort of misreporting does a huge disservice to voter-advocacy groups like Mi Familia Vota, Chicanos por la Causa, and the nationwide organization Voto Latino. These are the groups that contributed to the deciding electoral and popular votes in Biden’s favor.
The nation saw the early call by the Associated Press to be a shocking twist, but it was really a flip to blue 10 years in the making.
It was not sparked by the Trump administration.
Ten years ago, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s SB1070 — perhaps the most restrictive anti-immigration bill in the nation — enabled police to stop anyone they thought ‘looked’ undocumented and request papers. It often ended in deportation.
Since then, a surge in activism has swept over the state in the wake of the “show me your papers” bill, driven by a decade of young, Latinx, and Mexican-American grassroots organizers.
It takes a village, calling in our co-conspirators for change @OVOV_AZ, @MiFamiliaVota, @ChispaAZ and @CASEActionAZ @UNITEHERE11, together we built a robust eco-system and long term vision! This is just the beginning. Let’s keep organizing! @LUCHA_AZ @TomasRobles14 https://t.co/liFVd3yKgT
— Alejandra Gomez (@Gomez_Alex07) November 5, 2020The implications of the activism have resulted in the state’s flip to blue this election.
Over the past decade, Arpaio lost his 2016 reelection campaign, and in 2018, Arizonans elected the state’s first woman to the US Senate — Kyrsten Sinema — and Regina Romero, the first Latina mayor of Tucson. Both are Democrats.
The shift has been coming for years, but as eyes were fixed on the bigger electoral prizes of Pennsylvania, Florida, and Texas, it manifested itself quietly and decisively, no matter the aforementioned signs that presented themselves in the State.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a progressive Congressman representing parts of Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Yuma, Santa Cruz counties, has been representing Arizona’s 3rd District since 2013. The Justice Dems-backed congressman had previously represented Arizona’s 7th district since 2003, but the region underwent redistricting.
That district, the 7th, is currently represented by Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego, a liberal Candidate who has served since 2015.
“This was a 10 year project. You tried to bury us with SB1070 you didn’t realize we were seeds and ten years later we would grow to fight back. #AZBlue,” Gallego wrote on Twitter.
Az Latino vote delivered! This was a 10 year project. You tried to bury us with SB1070 you didn’t realize we were seeds and ten years later we would grow to fight back. #AZBlue
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) November 4, 2020
The Arizona blue wave has been slow, but it’s been on a steady rise.
Most recently, the repercussions of COVID-19 may have further tipped the scale, if not among the disproportionately affected Latinx demographic, but also among Native Americans.
Particularly the Navajo Nation, which shares territory within Arizona’s borders was at one point the epicenter of COVID-19 in the country and saw little help from AZ Gov. Doug Ducey (R). In 2016, the Navajo nation cast an estimated 40,731 votes, which in could be a game-changer depending on the outcome of the vote.
Nationwide, Latinx voter turnout has already doubled voter totals since 2016, in early votes alone, according to Voto Latino, up at least 124%.
“In Arizona, a state that has suppressed Latinx communities for decades and has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1996, Voto Latino registered 54,610 voters,” Voto Latino wrote in a statement.
Now comes the fracture within the state Republican Party. Cindy McCain, the widow of longtime Republican Sen. John McCain, endorsed Biden in September. She didn’t just endorse Biden — she worked with the campaign and was featured in an ad.
But with this in mind, it’s important to note Biden’s dismal attempts to mobilize voters in Arizona, not to mention the large Mexican-American demographic in the state.
He and Sen. Kamala Harris made their first physical campaign trip to Arizona on Oct. 8, and Harris made a subsequent trip on Oct. 28 — a mere six days before election day.
They, too, thought Trump had Arizona and would continue its status as a GOP stronghold. Trump thought this too, but in the end, it was Mexican American organizers and mobilization that delivered the Grand Canyon State to Biden.
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100+ Days After the Storm
01/19/2018 /in POP2 /by Bhakti Devii
On the first day of our PR trip with Nancy Wilson-Rhoades, I realized that it has been just about 100 days since Hurricane Maria ripped across the island, on September 20. While the government/media say power is restored to 60% of the island, we’ve been told that it is closed to 40-50%, and often that power is unreliable.
Nancy and I arrived to a sea of blue tarps on the phantom rooftops in San Juan. Yikes. Quite different from the island paradise I knew 8 months ago.
On the flight I met Jose, a doctor from PR who joined an adhoc group called Ayudando a Los Nuestros that goes whenever possible to distribute to the still-affected communities. Food, water, Christmas gifts, medical care– it was inspiring to see that people are taking it upon themselves to help however and as much as they can.
We rented a car for the week. The area around the airport had some blown out windows and buildings but it didn’t seem too bad until we realized: none of the traffic lights work! Disconcerting it was to enter an intersection where the former barely manageable PR driving protocol is now pure chaos.
We considered staying with Mukti but she described that her apartment building still has no power, generators are not possible in her location, so she goes to work, comes home and does the bare minimum to feed herself and her pets and then goes to sleep. She has batteries of various types to keep herself going but she downplays it by describing it as merely depressing. She goes on the weekends to her sister’s house to do laundry and recharge (on all levels).We stayed at the immaculate and powered-up condo of Rebecca and Alexis, in Carolina near the lagoon. They are a young professional couple and we were their first airb&b guests. Rebecca worked for non-profits in LA and Guatamala, and is currently looking for a job in PR. Alexis is a local PR man working on a masters degree in Industrial Engineering and is also looking for a job. They spoke about the difficulty of finding work on the island but were full of good spirits. They prepared a lovely vegetarian meal with okra, eggplant, zukes, tomatoes, jasmine rice and we had a lively conversation about Puerto Rico and the US: “Just think: colony!” was best explained by Alexis. They had some picture windows still cracked and now have a view of the lagoon through the ravaged jungle vegetation. They have a couple parrots living in the palm tree above their rooftop terrace and made our first night wonderful, like visiting old friends. They spoke about the days after the storm. Alexis’ father is a doctor and his hospital was prepared enough to get the live-saving generators going while other medical facilities struggled. The talked about the lines: 8 hours to gas up; 12 hours to get the $50 limit on cash at the bank; people going into stores and buying whatever was on the shelf, even if they didn’t need it, with their old habit of consumerism intact. Alexis’ 14-year-old brother seemed unfazed about not having his phone for incessant movie watching and helped out but reverted right back to staring at the screen the minute power was restored. Rebecca offered to act as translator and both were appreciative of the POP project.
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Posts Tagged ‘Uruguay’
Posted by: adonis49 on: March 25, 2018
In: Diaries | Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts | social articles
Note: I take notes of books I read and comment on events and edit sentences that fit my style. I pa attention to researched documentaries and serious links I receive. The page is long and growing like crazy, and the sections I post contains a month-old events that are worth refreshing your memory.
At a packed dinner held by the Global Business Blockchain Council, few hands went up when the moderator asked how many people worked in crypto, 5 years ago. That could make it the richest room at Davos this week; bitcoin is up more than 200,000% since then. (Since then, bitcoin is down in value)
Tammy Duckworth, A US senator, will become the first sitting senator in history to give birth later this year. The Illinois Democrat, a double amputee, was a helicopter pilot in the Iraq War and has slammed Trump for being a “5-deferment draft dodger.”
“I loved justice and hated iniquity. Therefore I die in exile”
Uruguay was best country to live in recently, until the Israelis took over the illegal activities in a society soft on diversity.
Never mind the earthquakes: New Zealand is still best country for social progress
“After climbing a great hill, you only finds that there are many more hills to climb – Nelson Mandela.”
WordPress.com yearly review: Comments closed? What of individual yearly Monkey Stats? Too big to care for the early users?
Will the issue of Palestine/Palestinians be brought up in Davos? Especially the economical hardship that Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza are suffering from? In the refugee camps of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan?
About time to consider the Palestinians as people on this map of rich people abusing of the humiliation and indignities of apartheid systems
We are finally engaged in a slow cruising speed in our daily life (elder mother and eldest son): I’m adapting to her doing whatever she want to do and taking care of her suffering at the end. And her is trying to admit that I should be doing whatever I want to do. In moderation.
The door is constantly open. Yet, no one come in to tell her hello. Mostly, they come and leave without us noticing. All she is asking is a couple of minutes a day is for the visitors to listen to her babbling.
Turkey of Erdogan incursion into Syria Kurdish territory of Afrin is claimed to secure a “buffer zone” from terrorist activities. Fact is, unintentionally, Syria is currently enjoying a buffer zone from Turkish aggression and infiltration of terrorist factions from Turkey.
The Syrian army has two main tasks up north its frontier with Turkey in the coming year: 1) controlling the province of Edleb and 2) closing the gap between the Kurdish provinces of Afrin and Kameshly to terrorist factions infiltrated by Turkey.
Turkey is controlling and supporting 8,000 terrorists that came from Chechnya, Dagestan, Turkmenistan and China Ouigour.
Russia knows that the current military incursion of Turkey into Afrin province will be short lived, even if it enters and occupies this Kurdish/Syrian canton. This incursion is to give Turkey more time to find a pragmatic alternative to her failed policy toward the political settlement in Syria.
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Small nations are renewable energy giants: And Uruguay giant leap
Posted by: adonis49 on: December 10, 2015
In: cities/geography | economy/finance | engineering/research/experiments | Essays | Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts | social articles
Small nations, renewable giants
‘What we’ve learned is that renewables is just a financial business
Uruguay gets 94.5% of its electricity from renewables. In addition to old hydropower plants, a hefty investment in wind, biomass and solar in recent years has raised the share of these sources in the total energy mix to 55%, compared with a global average of 12%, and about 20% in Europe.
Costa Rica went a record 94 consecutive days earlier this year without using fossil fuel for electricity, thanks to a mix of about 78% hydropower, 12% geothermal and 10% wind. The government has set a target of 100% renewable energy by 2021. But transport remains dirty.
Iceland has the advantage of being a nation of volcanoes, which has allowed it to tap geothermal sources of 85% of its heating and – with the assistance of hydropower – 100% of its electricity. This has made it the world’s largest green energy producer per capita.
Paraguay has one huge hydropower dam at Itaipu, which supplies 90% of the country’s electricity.
Lesotho gets 100% of its electricity from a cascade of dams that have enough spare capacity to export power to South Africa.
Bhutan’s abundant hydropower resources generate a surplus of electricity that accounts for more than 40% of the country’s export earnings. But over-reliance on one source can be a problem. In the dry season, it has to import power from India.
As the world gathers in Paris for the daunting task of switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy, one small country on the other side of the Atlantic is making that transition look childishly simple and affordable.
In less than 10 years, Uruguay has slashed its carbon footprint without government subsidies or higher consumer costs, according to the national director of energy, Ramón Méndez .
In fact, he says that now that renewables provide 94.5% of the country’s electricity, prices are lower than in the past relative to inflation. There are also fewer power cuts because a diverse energy mix means greater resilience to droughts.
It was a very different story just 15 years ago.
Back at the turn of the century oil accounted for 27% of Uruguay’s imports and a new pipeline was just about to begin supplying gas from Argentina.
Now the biggest item on import balance sheet is wind turbines, which fill the country’s ports on their way to installation.
Biomass and solar power have also been ramped up. Adding to existing hydropower, this means that renewables now account for 55% of the country’s overall energy mix (including transport fuel) compared with a global average share of 12%.
Despite its relatively small population of just 3.4 million, Uruguay has earned a remarkable amount of global kudos in recent years.
1. It enacted groundbreaking marijuana legalisation,
2. pioneered stringent tobacco control, and
3. introduced some of the most liberal policies in Latin America on abortion and same-sex marriage.
Now, it is being recognised for progress on decarbonising its economy. It has been praised by the World Bank and the Economic commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the WWF last year named Uruguay among its “Green Energy Leaders”, proclaiming: “The country is defining global trends in renewable energy investment.”
Cementing that reputation, Méndez – who also heads climate policy – has gone to this week’s UN talks with one of the world’s most ambitious national pledges: an 88% cut in carbon emissions by 2017 compared with the average for 2009-13.
There are no technological miracles involved, nuclear power is entirely absent from the mix, and no new hydroelectric power has been added for more than two decades.
Instead, he says, the key to success is rather dull but encouragingly replicable: clear decision-making, a supportive regulatory environment and a strong partnership between the public and private sector.
As a result, energy investment – mostly for renewables, but also liquid gas – in Uruguay over the past five years has surged to $7bn, or 15% of the country’s annual GDP.
That is 5 times the average in Latin America and three times the global share recommended by climate economist Nicholas Stern.
“What we’ve learned is that renewables is just a financial business,” Méndez says. “The construction and maintenance costs are low, so as long as you give investors a secure environment, it is a very attractive.”
The effects are apparent on Route 5 from Montevideo to the north.
In less than 200 miles, you pass three agro-industrial plants running on biofuel and three windfarms . The biggest of them is the 115MW Peralta plant built and run by the German company, Enercon.
Its huge turbines – each 108 metres tall – tower over grasslands full of cattle and rhea birds .
Along with reliable wind – at an average of about 8mph – the main attraction for foreign investors like Enercon is a fixed price for 20 years that is guaranteed by the state utility.
Because maintenance costs are low (just 10 staff) and stable, this guarantees a profit.
As a result, foreign firms are lining up to secure windfarm contracts. The competition is pushing down bids, cutting electricity generating costs by more than 30% over the past three years.
Christian Schaefer, supervising technician at Enercon said his company was hoping to expand and another German company Nordex is already building an even bigger plant further north along route five.
Trucks carrying turbines, towers and blades are now a common sight on the country’s roads.
Compared to most other small countries with high proportions of renewables, the mix is diverse.
While Paraguay, Bhutan and Lesotho rely almost solely on hydro and Iceland on geothermal, Uruguay has a spread that makes it more resilient to changes in the climate.
Wind-farms such as Peralta now feed into hydro power plants so that dams can maintain their reservoirs longer after rainy seasons.
According to Méndez, this has reduced vulnerability to drought by 70% – no small benefit considering a dry year used to cost the country nearly 2% of GDP.
This is not the only benefit for the economy. “For three years we haven’t imported a single kilowatt hour,” Méndez says. “We used to be reliant on electricity imports from Argentina, but now we export to them. Last summer, we sold a third of our power generation to them.”
There is still a lot to do. The transport sector still depends on oil (which accounts for 45% of the total energy mix). But industry – mostly agricultural processing – is now powered predominantly by biomass cogeneration plants.
Méndez attributed Uruguay’s success to three key factors:
1. credibility (a stable democracy that has never defaulted on its debts so it is attractive for long-term investments);
2. helpful natural conditions (good wind, decent solar radiation and lots of biomass from agriculture); and
3. strong public companies (which are a reliable partner for private firms and can work with the state to create an attractive operating environment).
While not every country in the world can replicate this model, he said Uruguay had proved that renewables can reduce generation costs, can meet well over 90% of electricity demand without the back-up of coal or nuclear power plants, and the public and private sectors can work together effectively in this field.
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Anti-smoking laws challenged by Philip Morris? How wrong can it go?
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The tobacco giant Philip Morris is suing Uruguay for having some of the best anti-smoking laws in the world, and there’s a good chance it could win, unless we step in.
It’s a scary reality: a single company, with a product that kills, could overturn laws that protect our health. This court has already come under fire for not listening to the public in similar lawsuits.
Let’s ensure they listen now: if we launch a giant call and work with a world class legal team to carry our voices into the courtroom, the judges won’t be able to turn a blind eye.
Let’s tell the court that this doesn’t just affect Uruguay — if Big Tobacco gets their way, it opens the door for challenges everywhere — at least 4 other countries are in the legal crosshairs, and many more have anti-smoking laws at risk.
We have to move fast — the court is already hearing arguments. Click to protect our public health and our democracies from corporate greed — each of our names will be submitted to the court:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/uruguay_vs_big_tobacco_rb/?bFAfecb&v=56987
Uruguay requires 80% of the cigarette package to be covered with medical warnings and graphic images. Smoking had reached crisis levels, killing around 7 Uruguayans each day, but since this law was put in place smoking has decreased every year! Now tobacco giant Philip Morris is arguing that the warning labels leave no space for its trademarks.
It’s all part of a global Philip Morris strategy to sue and intimidate countries. The company already slapped an expensive lawsuit on Australia — and if it wins against Uruguay, it could run cases against more than a hundred other countries including France, Norway, New Zealand, and Finland who are all considering new life-saving legislation.
Experts say Philip Morris has a good chance of winning because it’s using a closed door international tribunal that ruled for corporations two-thirds of the time last year. And their rulings are binding, even though many of the judges are private citizens with corporate ties instead of impartial legal experts. It’s up to us to force them to consider the devastating effect their ruling could have on health across the world.
Uruguay has its own legal team, but they’re rightly focused on arguing their individual defence. We can submit a unique legal argument about how this ruling would set a precedent for every country with smoking laws and a similar trade agreement. And we can show the court that public opinion is behind them if they rule in favour of Uruguay and health protection everywhere.
When big corporations launch deadly attacks on our public good, our community has jumped into action — from Monsanto to H&M, we’ve made sure that profits don’t come before people. This is our chance to do it again, for all of us.
Emma, Maria Paz, Katie, Mais, Alice, Ricken, Risalat and the whole Avaaz team
Uruguay sued by cigarette makers over anti-smoking laws (BBC)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-30708063
Philip Morris Sues Uruguay Over Graphic Cigarette Packaging (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/09/15/345540221/philip-morris-sues-uruguay-over-graphic-cigarette-packaging
Big Tobacco puts countries on trial as concerns over TTIP deals mount (The Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/big-tobacco-puts-countries-on-trial-as-concerns-over-ttip-deals-mount-9807478.html
The Secret Trade Courts (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/opinion/27mon3.html?_r=1&
Recent Trends in IIAs and ISDS (UN Conference on Trade and Development)
http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/webdiaepcb2015d1_en.pdf
The arbitration game (The Economist)
http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21623756-governments-are-souring-treaties-protect-foreign-investors-arbitration
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They passed away: Uruguay writer Eduardo Galeano and Gunter Grass (Nobel prize for literature in 2009
In: biographies/books | Essays | social articles
Uruguayan writer and journalist Eduardo Galeano, author of “Las venas abiertas de América Latina”, among other masterpieces, died today, aged 74, in Montevideo, where he lived.
His best-known works are “Las venas abiertas de América Latina” (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) and “Memoria del fuego” (Memory of Fire Trilogy, 1982–86), which have both been translated into 20 languages and transcend orthodox genres, combining journalism, political analysis, and history.
The author himself has proclaimed his obsession as a writer saying, “I’m a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of America and above all that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to amnesia.”
Gary Younge posted in July 23, 2013:
Most mornings it’s the same. At the breakfast table Uruguayan-born author, Eduardo Galeano, 72, and his wife, Helena Villagra, discuss their dreams from the night before.
“Mine are always stupid,” says Galeano. “Usually I don’t remember them and when I do, they are about silly things like missing planes and bureaucratic troubles. But my wife has these beautiful dreams.”
“There is a tradition that sees journalism as the dark side of literature, with book writing at its zenith,” he told the Spanish newspaper El Pais recently.
“I don’t agree. I think that all written work constitutes literature, even graffiti. I have been writing books for many years now, but I trained as a journalist, and the stamp is still on me. I am grateful to journalism for waking me up to the realities of the world.”
Those realities appear bleak.
“This world is not democratic at all,” he says. “The most powerful institutions, the IMF [International Monetary Fund] and the World Bank, belong to three or four countries. The others are watching. The world is organised by the war economy and the war culture.”
And yet there is nothing in either Galeano’s work or his demeanour that smacks of despair or even melancholy.
While in Spain during the youth uprisings of the indignados two years ago, he met some young protesters at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol. Galeano took heart from the demonstrations.
“These were young people who believed in what they were doing,” he said. “It’s not easy to find that in political fields. I’m really grateful for them.”
One of them asked him how long he thought their struggle could continue. “Don’t worry,” Galeano replied. “It’s like making love. It’s infinite while it’s alive. It doesn’t matter if it lasts for one minute. Because in the moment it is happening, one minute can feel like more than one year.”
Galeano talks like this a lot – not in riddles but enigmatically and playfully, using time as his foil.
When I ask him whether he is optimistic about the state of the world, he says: “It depends on when you ask me during the day. From 8am until noon I am pessimistic. Then from 1pm until 4 I feel optimistic.” I met him in a hotel lobby in downtown Chicago at 5pm, sitting with a large glass of wine, looking quite happy.
His world view is not complicated – military and economic interests are destroying the world, amassing increasing power in the hands of the wealthy and crushing the poor.
Given the broad historical sweep of his work, examples from the 15th century and beyond are not uncommon.
He understands the present situation not as a new development, but a continuum on a planet permanently plagued by conquest and resistance. “History never really says goodbye,” he says. “History says, see you later.”
He is anything but simplistic.
A strident critic of Obama’s foreign policy who lived in exile from Uruguay for over a decade during the 70s and 80s, he nonetheless enjoyed the symbolic resonance of Obama’s election with few illusions.
“I was very happy when he was elected, because this is a country with a fresh tradition of racism.”
He tells the story of how the Pentagon in 1942 ordered that no black people’s blood be used for transfusions for whites. “In history that is nothing. 70 years is like a minute. So in such a country Obama’s victory was worth celebrating.”
All of these qualities – the enigmatic, the playful, the historical and the realist – blend in his latest book, Children of the Days, in which he crafts a historical vignette for each day of the year. (That’s exactly what Grass did for each year in the 20thcentury)
The aim is to reveal moments from the past while contextualising them in the present, weaving in and out of centuries to illustrate the continuities.
What he achieves is a kind of epigrammatic excavation, uprooting stories that have been mislaid or misappropriated, and presenting them in their full glory, horror or absurdity.
His entry for 1 July, for example, is entitled: One Terrorist Fewer. It reads simply.
“In the year 2008, the government of the United States decided to erase Nelson Mandela’s name from its list of dangerous terrorists. The most revered African in the world had featured on that sinister roll for 60 years.” He named 12 October Discovery, and starts with the line: “In 1492 the natives discovered they were Indians, they discovered they lived in America.”
Meanwhile 10 December is called Blessed War and is dedicated to Obama’s receipt of the Nobel prize, when Obama said there are “times when nations will find the use of force not only necessary, but morally justified.”
Galeano writes: “Four and a half centuries before, when the Nobel prize did not exist and evil resided in countries not with oil but with gold and silver, Spanish jurist Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda also defended war as ‘not only necessary but morally justified’.”
And so he flits from past to present and back again, making connections with a wry and scathing wit.
His desire is to refurbish what he calls the “human rainbow. It is much more beautiful than the rainbow in the sky,” he insists. “But our militarism, machismo, racism all blinds us to it. There are so many ways of becoming blind. We are blind to small things and small people.”
And the most likely route to becoming blind, he believes, is not losing our sight but our memory.
“My great fear is that we are all suffering from amnesia. I wrote to recover the memory of the human rainbow, which is in danger of being mutilated.”
By way of example he cites Robert Carter III – of whom I had not heard – who was the only one of the US’s founding fathers to free his slaves. “For having committed this unforgivable sin he was condemned to historical oblivion.”
Who, I ask, is responsible for this forgetfulness? “It’s not a person,” he explains. “It’s a system of power that is always deciding in the name of humanity who deserves to be remembered and who deserves to be forgotten … We are much more than we are told. We are much more beautiful.”
Note 1: A post I published on Galeano.
https://adonis49.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/voices-of-the-time-in-very-short-stories-by-eduardo-galeano/
Andrew Bossone shared this link on FB
To quote Oscar Guardiola-Rivera: veins are still open
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What’s your position on legalizing smoking and planting marijuana?
Posted by: adonis49 on: November 8, 2014
In: Book Review | economy/finance | Essays | Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts | health/medicine | political Artical | professional articles | social articles
Is there a referendum to take place in your state for legalizing marijuana consumption?
Most probably, the opposing group will show ads of a 12 year-old smoking a joint. The TV programs will portray potheads, clandestine growers and dealers.
The medical aspects will be highlighted with discussions and debates.
Does marijuana affect driving? Like using smart phone while driving? Or being under the influence of alcohol?
Suppose a car accident takes place and the police discover some marijuana in your glove compartment? Even if the accident is none of your fault, this salient issue at this particular period becomes the focus of attention.
“Marijuana kills yet another motorist” could be the caption on a few dailies.
Though the statistical relationship between smoking marijuana and car accidents is almost nil, possessing illegal marijuana becomes the prominent feature, a stand-out attribute.
The same salient effect is attached to the rare women who become CEO in major corporations.
Although no ethnic group is responsible for a disproportionate number of bank robbery, if the police catch Nigerians, Somalians, Porto Ricans… red handed, then the right wing propaganda will have a field day and they want to stop immigration of colored people or Africans or Moslem people…
The same salient effect with rape cases.
Mostly, salient effect is predominant in forecasting: sensational news get the upper hand over the long-term effect or growth, and supersede rational thinking processes.
Slow-to-develop and hidden factors are neglected.
No need to be blinded by irregularities each time.
Focus on the trend and statistical significant facts.
So far, in all Sates and nations were consumption of marijuana was legalized smoking dropped, crimes generated from both gangs and police officers reprisals have dropped… Cost dropped and rendered less attractive to traffic of this drug.
Uruguay legalized planting of marijuana and the crops dropped in quantity. And legalized gay marriages: Have no statistics yet if gay relationship dropped.
Bolivia legalized planting coca leaves and the production dropped. It is in the culture of the indigenous Bolivians to chew on the leaves for endurance sake. Like the qat in Yemen?
The less expensive the product and the lesser its emotional value.
This is the case of current drop of oil prices. It has nothing to do with this crappy equation of demand and supply.
Supply in crude oil is huge and demand is huge: The superpowers have exercised undue influence on Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Emirates to continue high output of oil in order for the western superpowers, which accumulated most of the capital, to replenish their depleted reserves under the illusion of potential world conflagration.
The decrease in oil prices is excellent news for the developing countries who have refineries: The deficit will shrink a bit. No refineries? the cost of gas and oil will never drop for the developing countries.
If the price of oil stays low for an extended period, the strategic psychological effect will kick in: Since oil is cheap then its effective value has been lowered emotionally to the common people.
The oil producing countries are shooting themselves in the foot by giving the impression that oil has lost in importance and value.
At least, if the oil producing lower their output for the sake of future generation: Oil is the most important raw material for chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
The same process is underway after Obama’s “blood mineral” import prohibition. All rebel movements in the Congo and in Africa rely on exporting raw minerals to sustain their movements.
You might think that this move is to make it harder on the Chinese companies to import from Africa. Wrong. The Chinese use fictitious companies (license produced within 2 days in due forms in Hong Kong) to import blood mineral products.
As it dawn on the rebels that it make sense to lower the prices because of the difficulty for them to export, very soon most raw materials in Africa will drop in prices and the capitalist nations will replenish their depleting reserves.
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Uruguay in Latin America: Voted the Best country to live in this year…
Posted by: adonis49 on: January 2, 2014
In: biographies/books | cities/geography | economy/finance | Essays | Events/Cultural/Educational/Arts | political Artical | social articles
Uruguay in Latin America: Voted the Best country this year
How many Reasons do you You Need To Move To Uruguay?
Looking for a new adventure? Maybe you should head down south.
Conz Preti, BuzzFeed Staff, posted this December 10, 2013
1. They have the BEST President ever.
Andres Stapff / Reuters
This is Jose Mujica, better known as Pepe.
He’s considered the ‘poorest President’ because he donates 90 percent of his salary to those in need.
Here’s Uruguay, right next to Argentina and Brazil.
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Home to 3.3 million awesome Uruguayans.
Handout / Reuters
He even drives his own car, an old light blue Volkswagen Beetle.
He and his wife are super chill.
Oscar Cassini / Via fusion.net
And even pose to passersby during their vacations.
His speeches are always pure perfection. youtube.com
“To live you need freedom, and to have freedom you need time.”
No, really, he’s the coolest President.
Here he is being all happy with a guitar signed by Aerosmith.
2. It was once dubbed “the Switzerland of America,” mainly for its banking stability.
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So your savings will be safe!
3. Education is free and secular.
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4. Same sex marriage is legal – and celebrated.
5. So is marijuana legal
JeremyNathan/JeremyNathan
6. It is one of the VERY few countries in Latin America where abortion is legal.
AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico
7. The opposition to the abortion law wanted a referendum but less than 10% of the population supported it so the law was maintained.
8. Its beaches are one of the best kept secrets in South America.
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Very very very nice beaches.
9. But there’s more to see than just sand…
Uruguay is one of the leading meat producers in the world, as that is its main industry.
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10. It’s estimated that there are 3.5 cows per every person in the country.
Tobias Schwarz / Reuters / Reuters
Which means you can either have a bunch as pets or eat a lot of meat.
11. You will hardly ever be stuck in a traffic jam.
Flickr: mariano-mantel
12. They have a replacement for coffee: It’s called mate and it will amp you up when you drink it.
Flickr: juanpol
13. There’s a little town called Cabo Polonio where there’s no electricity ON PURPOSE. Perfect place to get over your Instagram addiction, huh?
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14. But if you’re looking for less silence, Punta del Este is considered one of the best party cities in the world.
Flickr: gonzak
15. Their music will get you out of any chair. youtube.com
Hit play and test yourself.
16. And they definitely know how to party…
Flickr: aforum
17. They not only hosted the first World Cup but also won it. And they’re hoping to win again next year.
Pablo La Rosa / Reuters
They have so much confidence they’ll win that when they qualified they made fun of Brazil. youtube.com
Because why not?
18. It’s a fantastic place to buy cheap and beautiful antiques.
Flickr: emiliagarassino
19. Uruguayan men are a very well kept secret. Just look at Forlan’s abs…
Kevin Granja / Reuters
20. And so are Uruguayan women, like Natalia Oreiro.
Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images
21. But above all, they’re considered the nicest and warmest people in South America.
Flickr: jikatu
The Economist published this Dec. 21, 2013:
Country of the year: Uruguay in Latin America
HUMAN life isn’t all bad, but it sometimes feels that way.
Good news is no news: the headlines mostly tell of strife and bail-outs, failure and folly.
2013 has witnessed glory as well as calamity. When the time comes for year-end accounting, both the accomplishments and the cock-ups tend to be judged the offspring of lone egomaniacs or saints, rather than the joint efforts that characterise most human endeavour.
To redress the balance from the individual to the collective, and from gloom to cheer, The Economist has decided, for the first time, to nominate a country of the year.
But how to choose it?
Readers might expect our materialistic outlook to point us to simple measures of economic performance, but they can be misleading.
Focusing on GDP growth would lead us to opt for South Sudan, which will probably notch up a stonking 30% increase in 2013—more the consequence of a 55% drop the previous year, caused by the closure of its only oil pipeline as a result of its divorce from Sudan, than a reason for optimism about a troubled land.
Or we might choose a nation that has endured economic trials and lived to tell the tale. Ireland has come through its bail-out and cuts with exemplary fortitude and calm; Estonia has the lowest level of debt in the European Union. But we worry that this econometric method would confirm the worst caricatures of us as flint-hearted number-crunchers; and not every triumph shows up in a country’s balance of payments.
Another problem is whether to evaluate governments or their people.
In some cases their merits are inversely proportional: consider Ukraine, with its thuggish president, Viktor Yanukovych, and its plucky citizens, freezing for democracy in the streets of Kiev, even though 9 years ago they went to the trouble of having a revolution to keep the same man out of office.
Or remember Turkey, where tens of thousands protested against the creeping autocracy and Islamism of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister-cum-sultan. Alas, neither movement has yet been all that successful.
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Definitional questions creep in, too. One possible candidate, Somaliland, has kept both piracy and Islamic extremism at bay, yet on most reckonings it is not a country at all, rather a renegade province of Somalia—which has struggled to contain either.
As well as countries yet to be, we might celebrate one that could soon disintegrate: the United Kingdom, which hasn’t fared too badly, all things considered, since coming into being in 1707, but could fracture in 2014 should the Scots be foolhardy enough to vote for secession.
And the winner is?
When other publications conduct this sort of exercise, but for individuals, they generally reward impact rather than virtue. Thus they end up nominating the likes of Vladimir Putin, Ayatollah Khomeini or, in 1938, Adolf Hitler.
Adapting that realpolitic rationale, we might choose Bashar Assad’s Syria, from which millions of benighted refugees have now been scattered to freezing camps across the Levant.
If we were swayed by influence per head of population, we might plump for the Senkaku (or Diaoyu) islands, the clutch of barren rocks in the East China Sea that have periodically threatened to incite a third world war—though that might imply their independence, leading both China and Japan to invade us.
Alternatively, applying the Hippocratic principle to statecraft, we might suggest a country from which no reports of harm or excitement have emanated. Kiribati seems to have had a quiet year.
But the accomplishments that most deserve commendation, we think, are path-breaking reforms that do not merely improve a single nation but, if emulated, might benefit the world. Gay marriage is one such border-crossing policy, which has increased the global sum of human happiness at no financial cost.
Several countries have implemented it in 2013—including Uruguay, which also, uniquely, passed a law to legalise and regulate the production, sale and consumption of cannabis. This is a change so obviously sensible, squeezing out the crooks and allowing the authorities to concentrate on graver crimes, that no other country has made it.
If others followed suit, and other narcotics were included, the damage such drugs wreak on the world would be drastically reduced.
Better yet, the man at the top, President José Mujica, is admirably self-effacing.
With unusual frankness for a politician, he referred to the new law as an experiment. He lives in a humble cottage, drives himself to work in a Volkswagen Beetle and flies economy class.
Modest yet bold, liberal and fun-loving, Uruguay is our country of the year. ¡Felicitaciones!
From the print edition: Leaders
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On a mission to elevate the African voice on China
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An Independent Report Detects China’s Tecno Sells Malware Smartphone To African Countries
Credit: Techpoint Africa
Amid America’s crackdown on China’s Huawei technology for national security threats, a software that eats up mobile data and registers people for unwanted subscriptions has been detected on techno devices in African countries. The built-in malware was found on 53,000 Tecno W2 devices shipped to 5 African countries (Ethiopia, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, and South Africa). It has been found preinstalled on these smartphones more than two years after it was first detected.
The malware prompts “suspicious subscription requests” which sign up users to digital services without their knowledge. The subscription services, if successful, would consume users’ prepaid airtime as well as generate fake clicks on banner ads in the background. The xHelper trojan persists across reboots, app removals, and even factory reset, making it extremely difficult to deal with even for experienced professionals, let alone the average mobile user, said Secure-D, which is owned by mobile technology company Upstream.
CNN reported that Secure-D, the anti-fraud platform that conducted the research, recorded 19.2 million suspicious transactions since March 2019 from over 200,000 unique devices. “The fact that the malware arrives pre-installed on handsets that are bought in the millions by typically low-income households tells you everything you need to know about what the industry is currently up against,” managing director of Secure-D, Geoffrey Cleaves, said.
However in a statement to CNN Business, Tecno Mobile responded the problem “was an old and solved mobile security issue globally” for which it issued a fix in March 2018. The statement also added that consumers currently experiencing difficulties should download the fix through their phones or contact after-sales support.
This development has come at a time when China is already under intense accusations of using its state-owned companies like Huawei and Tick Tok to threaten national security. Will this revelation make African citizens apprehensive of the security assurance of Chinese technology? Are there any more malware in affordable ‘Made in China’ technological products in Africa?
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Quantum control and measurement of atomic spins in polarization spectroscopy
Ivan H. Deutsch, Poul S. Jessen
Optical Sciences, College of
Quantum control and measurement are two sides of the same coin. To affect a dynamical map, well-designed time-dependent control fields must be applied to the system of interest. To read out the quantum state, information about the system must be transferred to a probe field. We study a particular example of this dual action in the context of quantum control and measurement of atomic spins through the light-shift interaction with an off-resonant optical probe. By introducing an irreducible tensor decomposition, we identify the coupling of the Stokes vector of the light field with moments of the atomic spin state. This shows how polarization spectroscopy can be used for continuous weak measurement of atomic observables that evolve as a function of time. Simultaneously, the state-dependent light shift induced by the probe field can drive nonlinear dynamics of the spin, and can be used to generate arbitrary unitary transformations on the atoms. We revisit the derivation of the master equation in order to give a unified description of spin dynamics in the presence of both nonlinear dynamics and photon scattering. Based on this formalism, we review applications to quantum control, including the design of state-to-state mappings, and quantum-state reconstruction via continuous weak measurement on a dynamically controlled ensemble.
Optics Communications
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☛ Britain has voted to leave the European Union
Thu 23 June 2016 politics | Europe | Britain
Britain has voted to leave the European Union, a historic decision sure to reshape the nation’s place in the world, rattle the Continent and rock political establishments throughout the West.
With 309 of 382 of the country’s cities and towns reporting early on Friday, the Leave campaign held a 52 percent to 48 percent lead. The BBC called the race for the Leave campaign shortly before 4:45 a.m., with 13.1 million votes having been counted in favor of leaving and 12.2 million in favor of remaining.
The value of the British pound plummeted as financial markets absorbed the news.
This is historic. Only time will tell whether the net effects will be good or bad — for Britain and for the European Union. (I haven’t followed the intricate details of the pros and cons, but I understand that the full effects and implications are hard to predict if only because the interactions and agreements between countries are so intertwined.)
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New Zealand's Fonterra sells money-losing Chinese farms for $370m
Group entered the country in 2008, but cost of purchasing feed was a burden
Cows feed at a farm managed by New Zealand dairy exporter Fonterra near the Chinese city of Tangshan, east of Beijing. © Reuters
FUMI MATSUMOTO, Nikkei staff writer October 5, 2020 23:44 JST | New Zealand
SYDNEY -- New Zealand's top dairy producer, Fonterra Co-operative Group, said Monday it agreed to sell off farms in China for a total of 555 million New Zealand dollars ($368 million).
In two separate deals, Fonterra will transfer seven farms altogether to an affiliate of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group and to Beijing Sanyuan Venture Capital. The transactions are expected to close by the end of July, pending approval by Chinese authorities.
For months, Fonterra has considered a sale of its Chinese farms, which have been losing money. The company looks to divest its two remaining Chinese farms, operated jointly with a U.S. partner.
Fonterra has operated dairy farms in China's Hebei Province since 2008, and in Shanxi Province since 2015. But unlike in New Zealand where grazing is the norm, dairy farmers in China must purchase feed.
The extra costs contributed to the persistent red ink. During the fiscal year ended in July 2019, the Chinese farms recorded over NZ$200 million in impairment losses.
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Autumn usually sees the publication of novels by popular authors in the run-up to Christmas and there are some excellent ones appearing on the shelves this year. ‘Akin’ by Emma Donoghue tells the story of Noah Selvaggio is a widower and retired chemistry professor born in France and based in New York. He is planning his first visit back to Nice since he was a child in time for his 80th birthday. However, he discovers he has an 11-year-old great-nephew called Michael whose father died from a drug overdose and whose mother is in prison. Noah is the only relative available to take care of Michael and he decides to take him along on his trip of a lifetime.
Donoghue remains best known for her last contemporary novel ‘Room’ which also explored the bonds between an adult and child relationship. The setting of ‘Akin’ is less claustrophobic and the stakes are not quite as high but the bigger generational divide poses interesting challenges for the characters. Michael is often obnoxious, prone to wild exaggeration and bravado but also has bouts of vulnerability as a result of his unstable upbringing. Noah is set in his ways and frequently exasperated by Michael’s behaviour. However, there is also charm in the way they slowly get to know each other and navigate a foreign culture together. In many ways, Noah and Michael’s growing bond is reminiscent of the way Carl and Russell are depicted in the Pixar film ‘Up’.
The book is fairly light on plot which centres on the mystery of some Occupation-era photographs taken by Noah’s mother as he seeks to understand more about his family’s past. The circumstances of Michael’s childhood are also explored sensitively and Donoghue thankfully avoids oversentimentality in this well observed and moving “odd couple” story.
Donoghue is one of the most versatile authors writing today, equally adept at historical and contemporary fiction. Another author whose career looks like it could be heading in this direction is Jessie Burton. One of the small reservations I had about her first two novels ‘The Miniaturist’ and ‘The Muse’ was that the historical context was often explained through slightly unnatural dialogue between characters. Thankfully, this is not an issue at all in her third novel ‘The Confession’ which is set in present-day London and 1980s California.
Young and naive Elise Morceau meets older, charismatic Constance “Connie” Holden on Hampstead Heath in 1980. They fall in love, moving to Los Angeles where Connie’s book is being adapted into a film, but their relationship becomes acrimonious. Some three decades later, Rose Simmons approaches Connie, now back in London living semi-reclusively, with questions about her mother who abandoned her when she was a baby.
I particularly enjoyed the scenes where Rose was living with Connie, having secured a job as her assistant under an assumed name and keeping up the pretence of a false identity while seeking information about her mother. The depiction of Rose’s troubled relationship with her boyfriend Joe at the time of her life in her mid-thirties when breaking up with him means she may not have the chance to become a mother is also sensitively portrayed. A complex and thoughtful analysis of how women can struggle with confidence and taking control of their lives, ‘The Confession’ is Burton’s strongest novel to date and I hope to see her writing more contemporary fiction in the future.
Many thanks to Pan Macmillan for sending copies of both books via NetGalley.
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6 responses to “Akin by Emma Donoghue and The Confession by Jessie Burton”
That *almost* tips me over into trying Jessie Burton again. I did find some of the Miniaturist a bit jarring
Sorry for the late reply. I definitely preferred it to her previous two – hope she writes more contemporary fiction.
Ethan S.
I absolutely adored Akin. I’ve never heard of Burton’s works, but I’m eager to read them now!
Emma Donoghue never disappoints – glad you enjoyed Akin too 🙂
DoingDewey
Room sounded a bit too dark for me, but I’d love to try reading something more like Akin from Donoghue. I really enjoy stories about very different people getting to know each other. They can be quite heartwarming 🙂
In that case, I think you would definitely prefer Akin!
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More Details About Trader Joe’s in Huntsville, Alabama
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The North Alabama area has been pining for a Trader Joe’s for over a decade, with many Madison residents crossing every finger and toe that it would someday be announced as “coming soon” to our community.
On Wednesday afternoon, Mayor of Huntsville Tommy Battle announced during his virtual “State of the City” address that a Trader Joe’s location is officially coming to Huntsville and will be located in the MidCity District.
Though this means that Madison likely won’t see its owner Trader Joe’s location for a few more years (don’t quote me on that!), this does mean that a location is now within just three miles from the eastern border of our city limits. Three cheers!
Do you remember this article below from a few months ago with a wish list of businesses that our community wants in Madison? Trader Joe’s was at the top of the list!
Trader Joe’s in Huntsville, Alabama
Trader Joe’s PR Director Kenya Friend-Daniel shared with All Things Madison that this location is in its earliest stages of development but has high hopes of opening sometime next fall 2021.
She also shared that the store is expected to be 12,500 sq. ft, which is on the larger side of other Trader Joe’s facilities. Locations around the country typically fall between 8,000-15,000 sq. ft.
To put this store size into perspective, it’s about 2,000 sq. ft. larger than the average Walgreen’s.
It’s not surprising that Trader Joe’s finally decided to bring a location to Huntsville considering the city is predicted to be the largest in the state by 2025. Huntsville alone boasts a population of roughly 180,000 residents. In comparison, Madison is sitting around 53,000 residents and is currently the 10th largest city population-wise in the state.
The City of Madison’s official website has a section called “Bring it to Madison”, which lists businesses that residents really want to see come to our area. It also has a section where residents can request businesses. For years, Trader Joe’s has been the most requested business.
Rocket City Mom wrote a great article yesterday called “What’s So Great About Trader Joe’s? Things Families Will Love“, and I would suggest giving it a quick read if you’re confused about why everyone is so stinkin’ excited.
I’ve personally shopped in these stores around the country during our military moves and travels, and I join the masses when I say that this announcement is worthy of our excitement, Madison.
Though Trader Joe’s won’t ultimately contribute to Madison’s tax dollars and grow our city economically in a direct way, it will continue to boost our interest value. Madison is right around the corner from Mid City.
Those who are considering moving here from larger cities will see that our area has many of the perks they are used to, and those who are moving here from smaller cities will see that Madison possesses a small-town feel with bigger city perks just around the corner. The greater number of people that want to move here and call Madison home means that our property values will continue to stay high, even steadily rise. This is a win/win for all, or at least that’s the way I see it.
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Jennifer Merin reviews “Princesas”
December 9, 2006 Jennifer Merin
THE SISTERHOOD OF HOOKERS
“Princesas is a truthfully told and profoundly powerful character-driven drama about two putas who find in friendship their survival of hope.
In Madrids sisterhood of whores, Cayetana (nicknamed Caye, pronounced calle, which is the Spanish word for street) is an upper class call girl who hangs out with her peers in a beauty salon fronting a seedy square where Zulema and other immigrant street hookers congregate.
Tensions rage between these two competing groups– neither of which, needless-to-say, have even minimally satisfactory working conditions. In fact, all their lives are pretty shitty.
Out of this fecal soil blooms a beautiful friendship between Caye (Candela Pena), alienated from her middle class family who dont know what she does for a living, and Zulema (NY-based Micaela Nevarez), a Latin American beauty, whose son– the light of her life– is at home in the Dominican Republic, being cared for by her mother, who thinks shes working as a cashier in a supermarket.
Zulema is perpetually beaten by Johns, but cant report their violence to the police because shes doesnt have her immigration papers– in fact, one of the men whos beating her is a police officer who dangles the promise of papers in exchange for free fucks.
Caye discovers Zulema after shes been badly beaten and takes her to the hospital. The women bond, exchanging confidences, sharing details of their personal histories and talking about tricks of their trade. Together, they begin to steal secret moments of normalcy, having fun going shopping and dancing, dining out and discussing their dreams.
Cayes dream is to be truly loved by one man– the ultimate sign of which would be having him pick her up from work. She imagines herself looking out her office window and seeing him waiting for her in the street below. Just that would be enough. But, its not likely to happen because when she meets a prospective mate, her dates with him are always interrupted by calls from her Johns. The expression on her face at these moments is heartbreaking.
Writer/Director Fernando Leon de Aranoas script is beautifully crafted. Caye and Zulema express their basic truths in such simple and pure language that everyone can understand them, yet their words are often transformational. The plot reveals the disgraces of prostitution, but is remarkably non-judgmental and refreshingly free of anything salacious or scandalous. The only sordid behavior in the film is the Johns violence– and even that is presented matter-of-factly, as men doing what men have been conditioned to think of as their right. Youre spared watching their violence– the beatings never occur on camera. You just see the prelude and the harrowing results.
Cinematically, de Aranoas filmmaking is pure poetry and passionate compassion. Princesas is a profoundly humane portrayal of an in-human condition that demands consideration. This film grabs you in the gut in a way that compels you to examine your own beliefs and, hopefully, come to understand that the worlds oldest profession is, for some, something that should be called survival.
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IDS and Armed Bodyguards: No-One Trusts the Man who Trusts No-One
Mike and several of the commenters over at Vox Political have commented on IDS’ evident paranoia and fear of the public as he appeared before the parliamentary Work and Pension’s Committee. Not only did he have a bodyguard, but was also surrounded by several armed policemen. Martha, one of the people in the public gallery, describes the scene:
‘ Hi Mike, I attended the DWP hearing on Monday, IDS didn’t just have a body guard he had several ‘policemen’ with machine guns, maybe 3 or 4 at least. I didn’t dare to count them as it was frightening and it seemed best to ignore them for obvious reasons. The machine guns were raised and pointed at our group which included 3 people in wheelchairs and about 8 disabled and mentally ill people with their carers. We had all been security checked, bags searched and x-rayed, frisked and had walked through an airport style metal detector. We posed no risk or threat and it is quite normal for the general public to attend debates and hearings in the House of Commons, in fact MPs generally like our presence and encourage us, often coming over to meet us and shake our hands. Is it now acceptable to point guns at the general public when they attend the House of Commons? Who do we complain to?’
As several of the other commenters, including myself, have remarked, such paranoia clearly shows that IDS knows the immense suffering his policies are causing, and fears the rage and possible reprisals from the general public. Even so, such behaviour is still bizarre coming from an MP. I can quite believe Martha when she says that most MPs generally welcome the public to the Houses of Parliament. Politicians across the political divide are worried about increasing electoral apathy and the falling turn-out at elections. Hence the many campaigns by politicos to appeal to the ‘Yoof’ vote. They are also, by and large, conscious that for democracy to work, it has to be seen to work and have the active interest of the people on whose behalf they govern. And finally, like any enthusiastic follower of a particular career or vocation, they, or at least the good ones, try to communicate their enthusiasm for politics to the general public. hence the appearance of politicians and political writers and journalists at the various literary festivals up and down the country. It also has to be said that even politicians, who have advocated some terrible policies towards the poor, could actually be very kind and courteous in person.
IDS, by contrast, seems deeply suspicious and mean-spirited. And you have to wonder what he thought he had to fear from people, who’d gone through the usual security searches. Did he get some kind of craven, bullying pleasure by having armed goons point guns at the mentally and physically disabled and vulnerable? And what on Earth were the police doing, if they were pointing their guns at people? There has been considerable criticism of our armed officers before, most notably after the horrific shooting of Charles Menezes. I can remember reading comments from officers in the British army, who had served in Northern Ireland. They were very definitely not impressed by the coppers’ trigger-happy attitude and the way they carried their weapons. In Ulster it was standard practice to carry guns sloping down, with the squaddies’ hands in a posture so they could be immediately ready to bring the gun up if attacked. This was intended to prevent provoking confrontation through the public reacting to a raised weapon as a deadly threat. If the British army, which really did face deadly attacks from terrorist groups in Northern Ireland, is capable of carrying its arms in order to reassure the public and avoid conflict, then the question must be asked why IDS thought he was so important and so threatened that he had guns raised? It gives another clue as to why the man probably failed his officers’ exams. Clearly his judgement when it was appropriate to use deadly force, and when not, was lacking, with the result that he would place himself and the men under his command in serious danger.
Someone once said that ‘No-one trusts the man, who trusts no-one’. Smith has shown himself deeply untrustworthy through this show of excessive force. The attitude behind it is one of suspicion and contempt for the general public and especially the poor, unemployed and disabled he has penalised and victimised with his policies. Going into the Committee chamber surrounded by armed guards like the Fascist generalissimo of a banana republic, he is a contemptible petty tyrant, who has therefore shown himself totally unsuited for public office.
Tags: British Army, Disability, Fascism, Guns, Ian Duncan Smith, Mental Illness, Northern Ireland, Parliament, Police, Unemployment, Welfare Benefits, Work and Pensions Committee
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75 Responses to “IDS and Armed Bodyguards: No-One Trusts the Man who Trusts No-One”
stilloaks Says:
Reblogged this on Still Oaks and commented:
Now we know why he claims for underwear in his expenses allowance.
Mike Sivier Says:
Reblogged this on Vox Political.
Deaep Leicester Says:
I was there also with Jayne Linney and found it really strange how scared IDS and his group were of a group of disabled people and their carers. Maybe it was because the press were there that IDS needed to make a point of how inaccessible he and his department really are.
joshuachristian19691 Says:
Reblogged this on THE SIEGE OF BRITAIN and commented:
This is the sign of things to come, as in the film “V for Vendetta” when the Prime Minister becomes High Chancellor and the Police become armed. As in one of my previous posts WELCOME TO THE FASCIST STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN!
If truth be known they are all running scared, this was but an open display of one MP that showed his fear. I am sure that cabinet ministers do not shake the publics hand, but would rather cut it off. Democrasy does not exist, on autocrasy, the latter masking itself as the former. Unless something favours government it is not adopted, even by protests by members of the public. What government is worried about is personal interest, that one party may not be voted into power, so letting the side down, breaking the system of first nag past the post. The establishment are running scared because it fears that people will continue to vote with their feet, sending out the loudest of all votes, one of no confidence in the establisment, which puts the establishments nose out of joint.
samedifference1 Says:
Reblogged this on Same Difference.
Fauziah Petra Court aka Aelfy Petra Nightentity on FB Says:
An overt threat perhaps? IE ‘ See what an important man I am,and how worthless you benefits scroungers are’. Or am I just being paranoid?
leonc1963 Says:
Reblogged this on Diary of an SAH Stroke Survivor.
beastrabban Says:
You’ve certainly got a point there, Joshua. Deaep, IDS appearance with his armed goons is even more bizarre given the presence of the gentlemen of the fourth estate. And I really wonder what there reaction to Smith’s display of force was. I can remember years ago when Major and Blair blocked demonstrations from Downing Street, and started to impose increasing restrictions on demonstrations in general. There was an outcry in at least some parts of the press, like the Independent, at the attempt to limit one of the fundamental rights of democratic society. The same commenters in the press were also worried that it also signalled a widening gulf between MPs and the people they governed. They resided in splendid isolation in Westminster, deliberately cut off from any opposing viewpoints.
IDS and his armed guards also mark a profound change in British attitudes to the presence of military force in government. One of the reasons why Fascism never became a mass movement in this country is because traditionally the British people have had little respect for military dictators. One writer, whom Orwell had criticised for his portrayal of continental Fascists as buffoons, defended his views by saying that he did so because the Fascists were ridiculous, with their silly uniforms and mass parades and rallies. It was all something so profoundly against British tradition and the national character that we were entirely right to laugh at them. And so we are, although we always have to recognise that there is real horror and brutality underneath their ridiculous exterior. One of the things that drove Mussolini absolutely crazy was when the British press compared him to the Latin American dictators.
Furthermore, historically the British have regarded displays of armed force by politicians as dangerous to traditional British constitutional liberty. There was considerable opposition to standing armies in the 18th century, as these were seen as the marks of continental, absolutists tyrants incompatible with British constitutional monarchy, limited government and the rule of law. Many of our institutions are specifically designed so that, in theory, they cannot be used to establish a militaristic tyranny, whether by an absolutist crown or a dictator like Cromwell. The reason why the country’s police are split into so many different, regional forces is so that they cannot combine together to form a threat to civil government. Yet IDS clearly believes that there is nothing potentially dangerous to the British constitution in him parading around parliament with an armed guard.
Let’s be clear about this. This shows a fundamental change in the attitude of the authorities to the public and displays of force. Before the IRA began its mainland bombing campaign in the 1970s, politicians walked around with a lack of security precautions and personnel that can appear quite astonishing today; With the assassination of leading politicians like Airey Neave and the Brighton bomb, politicos were absolutely correct in fearing for their lives and increasing their security. However, IDS was not in Northern Ireland. Nor were they members of any extremist Islamist organisation. The people in the audience were ordinary members of the general public and had passed through the security checks. IDS therefore had absolutely no reason to fear for his personal safety. That he apparently does indicates not only that he knows the rage and despair his policies are causing, but also the profound contempt for the civil foundations of the British constitution. He clearly believes that military force and its display is entirely compatible with the process of government.
And that presents a grave and present threat to our liberties. We need a government that respects us as the people from whom all political authority is derived, as laid out in the 17th century by John Locke. We don’t need another politician like Moseley and his Blackshirts, who wish to pose with weapons and rule by force.
goggzilla Says:
Not just Tories. In 1999 I attended a meeting with Clare Short and asked politely about Tibet and Peking’s genocide. A special branch goon came up and photographed me. My pal (from Belarus) said even in her country that does not happen.
That’s extremely disturbing, Goggzilla. Lukashenko’s Belarus is one of the very worst places in Europe for human rights’ abuses. It’s been described as the last Soviet dictatorship, and as I’m sure you know, there’s more than a little truth in it. Lukashenko has retained all the institutions of Soviet rule, including Russian, rather than Belorussian, as the country’s official language. Several of his critics in the press have vanished or been murdered. The fact that special branch openly photograph members of the public asking perfectly legitimate questions of their democratically elected representatives in a way that Lukashenko’s thugs wouldn’t, does seem to show that the British state has a pernicious suspicion of its own citizens. From what I’ve read about the KGB, they weren’t anxious to hide their identity. Colin Thubron in his travel book, Among the Russians, says that the KGB, or at least their civilian volunteers, really could be easily spotted because of their clothes: fedora hats and white trenchcoats. I’m sure their modern counterparts are just as conspicuous in modern Belorus. The KGB never took great pains to hide their presence among the crowds in Russian demonstrations as they wanted to show they were present, and independent the protestors and demonstrators. So I’m sure you’re friends right when he said that incidents like that you’ve described wouldn’t occur in Belorus is very likely right. If they were doing something similar, then they certainly would have been seen. We really do need to start watching the security forces very closely.
Vitayu! Belarussian is close to Russian and only spoken in rural areas now. I saw no aggro from KBD when I was in Minsk 2005. Admittedly I was not doing anything against Lukashenko. UK (in) security forces;)
The Law Says:
What’s Tibet got to do with you or anybody else from a nation that repeatedly invaded, raped and pillaged China? When it comes to sanctimonious self righteous hypocrisy, you can’t beat the Brits. For Tibet read Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Kenya (Mau Mau)……the list is endless and continues to be added too.
IDS is a very sick man. He is getting more dangerous, as his apparent paranoia leads to being seen with armed police with their guns raised, pointing a pre-searched waiting public. I will be writing to my MP about this. We cannot allow a single politician to spearhead this type of fascistic show of guns to people, those going about an office block to do entirely lawful business.
Raising the spectre of the parallels with the Nazis in the 20’s and 30’s has become almost tired, hackneyed, but in this case most valid. In any dictatorship or tyranny, there is always one – such as Himmler – who are more feared, even by their peers. They are the ones with the goon squads, loyal followers in the police & military. I hope the British tommy has more sense than apparently whoever is on control of the armed teams in Westminster. He’s just got to go.
I just found the entry ‘Leibwache’, ‘Bodyguard’, in A Dictionary of the Third Reich, by James Taylor and Warren Shaw (London: Grafton 1988):
‘In the violent politics of the Weimar Republic, many (perhaps most) political leaders employed bodyguards (Leibwache). Hitler’s Leibwache developed into the SS Stabwache and later still into the Stosstruppe, before its final manifestation as the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, a full-sized bodyguard regiment’. This certainly seems to describe IDS’ descent into adopting displays of armed force as part of politics. Since the 1930s it’s been illegal for British political parties to wear uniforms. This was done to outlaw the type of paramilitary organisations that formed the heart of the Fascist parties on the Continent. IDS isn’t wearing a black or brown shirt just yet, but he certainly seems to share the Fascists’ paramilitary mentality and approach to politics.
nearlydead Says:
Guy Ropes Says:
Seriously, one wonders what would have happened if IDS had been “Murdoched” with a flan. Once upon a time there was many a man with a flan plan – I think the guns may have scared them away. We must rely on our words.
Given the serious incidents in which armed police officers have opened fire and killed innocent people, whom they’ve suspected of carrying guns, I’d imagine that they’d automatically open fire. They’d then claim at the enquiry that they were merely responding to what they thought was the suspect going for a gun. Of course if something like that had occurred, then there would probably be a massive outcry and demands for IDS to be dismissed, the officers responsible to be tried for murder and the methods governing armed policemen guarding MPs to be revised. But not before legislation was passed banning the public from attending further committee meetings, on the pretext that it was to protect them and MPs by making sure that such events could never occur again.
Or maybe re-introduce the trebuchet for flan delivery? I understand they can fling a distance of 200ft with weights of up to 250 lb. One big flan, might even take out the goons if enough goo is used.
There were a couple of blokes, who made one. They used to show it off at various fairs and festivals. Among the objects they’ve thrown with it are pianos and dead pigs, which, according to them, are very aerodynamic. Though God alone knows what Tory Central Office would make of incoming flying pigs coming at them!
beastrabban – I would expect Tory Central to react to flying pigs as usual – that’ll be the delivery of their next election manifesto showing how they care for us all. Plus perhaps the Vatican news the IDS has been beatified for his work with the poor and destitute?
Well, he has done his level best to make sure there are even more of the poor and wretched. So, he has done a lot for them, in pretty much the same way Jack the Ripper did much for the prostitutes of the East End of the London.
As for the Tory manifesto, I found something very like it going through the politics section of Waterstones this week. It was entitled, After the Coalition. I picked it up, and then noticed the subtitle: ‘A Conservative Vision of Britain’. It did cross my mind that I should buy it just to critique it, but decided against it. The aggro it would cause me would just be too much.
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Shaun Thomas Says:
I’m not religious, but I gather IDS is a committed Catholic. If so you would he’d be even more worried about what awaits him when has passed away. Or, may be that’s why he so paranoid about meeting, as he sees it, his maker so soon.
He is indeed a committed Roman Catholic, but I wonder how far his faith goes on poverty and its alleviation. A lot of Roman Catholic clergy are, like their Anglican counterparts, quite left-wing in their political views. Back in the summer I was at one of our local Roman Catholic churches for my aunt’s funeral. She was very definitely a Socialist with very strong Left-wing views. Looking around at their bookshelf I found not only leaflets for the ST. Vincent de Paul Society, a Catholic charity founded in the 19th century to combat poverty in the new, industrial society, but also other leaflets for the campaign against the bedroom tax. There’s a lot of ‘Social Catholic’ thought, which is explicitly left-wing, although it rejects Socialism because of its basis in materialism. The first ‘Social Catholic’ doctrine was the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum, which demands that workers should be paid enough to support themselves and their families. Using this as a standard, it’s clear that workfare, at least in the form Osborne is threatening to implement, in which the job-seeker has been sanctioned and paid nothing, is very firmly against Roman Catholic doctrine. Other papal encyclicals have supported the worker’s right to join trade unions, form co-operatives and for the state to administer property.
Back to IDS, I wondered how much of his supposedly passionate Roman Catholicism is a pose. I don’t doubt that he’s a believing Roman Catholic. It’s very clear, however, that he has no interest in alleviating poverty. Rather, he just seems to want to make it worse. During the election campaign and before, when he was running for the leadership of the Tory party, he made several appearance wandering through some of the run-down council estates in Glasgow. This seems to have been part of a strategy in which the Tories attempted to show that they were more Left-wing than Blair’s New Labour. At the time there was a lot of scepticism about how genuine IDS and this strategy really was. A lot of people simply thought it was a publicity stunt. Looking at how quickly the Tory party jettisoned their Left-wing postures when they finally gained power, it’s clear that absolutely none of it was genuine. It was all a ruse to gain the support of the public, nothing more.
As for IDS, as I said, I think he really is a genuine Roman Catholic. However, I think his statements that his religious faith have led him into political activism and combatting poverty are simply another piece of Tory propaganda. It strikes me as an attempt for IDS and the Tories to try to gain the support of Christian charities, that may otherwise be sceptical or openly critical of the Tories’ social policies. Some of us can still remember the roasting Maggie got from Archbishop Runcie, and the very muted reception she got from the Scots kirk when she made a speech to their general assembly/ convocation quoting St. Paul: ‘If a man does not work, he shall not eat’. There were a lot of guid Scots churchmen that day who were strongly unimpressed with her theology.
Michael Woods Says:
Police pointing guns at the general public, especially a selected group of disabled people who had gone through security checks, is totally unacceptable, if not illegal. I shall also make a strong complaint to my MP, Sir Malcome Rifkind. If there had been a direct threat to IDS, it should have been handled with due procedure and protocol.
Joseph Jesus Says:
The best of luck with Rifkind the policing model seems to be based upon the IDF / Palestinian methodology.
Glynne Says:
I have entered a couple of FoI requests about machine guns being pointed at the public.
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http://alturl.com/o362r
However there are a number of people who have posted to a separate page claiming there was no such thing. I’m sure everyone would agree it’s only the facts we want.
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ladycrookback Says:
Love it, Florence! 🙂 Moooo!
Thanks, Rebecca Evans AM | UnderOccupied Says:
[…] Unfortunately, due to certain ongoing legal matters, it would be inadvisable for me to go and say ‘Hello’, to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Unless I got a personal invitation of course, without which, there is now the serious possibility that one may get shot by Mr Smith’s armed guards. […]
paulrutherford8 Says:
Have linked to this on http://underoccupied.net/2013/12/12/thanks-rebecca-evans-am/
I was thinking of visiting the place that the hon gent will be attending later, but after some legal advice and reading this, well…
Discretion is the better part of valour I suppose.
The man is definitely dangerous. I will be asking questions about policing costs/security for his trip to Pembrokeshire today.
lallygag26 Says:
Reblogged this on tantalusredux and commented:
If anyone still had any doubt about whether we still live in a democracy, surely the image of IDS surrounded by armed guards ‘protecting’ him from a group of disability campaigners will finally dispel that doubt. We live in a plutocracy. By the rich, for the rich. And they will protect themselves at all costs. Don’t doubt that.
seachranaidhe1 Says:
PendanticGeek Says:
Isn’t it illegal for anybody to bear arms in parliament?
I honestly don’t know. You would think it was, but clearly that laws either been waived or amended if there are now armed police patrolling the palace of Westminster.
As far as I’m aware normal police have no juristiction within the confines of the commons (the chamber and committes), it is the Sergent at Arms that controls security in the Commons.
juliette gazzard Says:
I completely agree with all of the above but why single out that pathetic little man, surely he can’t behave like this without sanction from above. The objective is surely to instil a degree of fear that paralyses democratic protest and divides and conquers disparate groups into inaction. When the first signs appeared years ago people thought I was a mad woman for likening them to the actions of both communist and facist governance, but I wonder now whether my comments would evoke such disbelief.
No, you’re right. He clearly does have the approval and consent of his superiors, like Cameron, to behave in this way. And pretty much the rest of the Tory party, or at least their front bench, is as bad. My brother over at Vox Political, Johnny Void, Another Angry Voice and a plethora of other left-wing bloggers have published comments from other Tory politicians which clearly show their contempt for the poor, the disabled and the unemployed. Esther McVey, the minister for the disabled, has certainly said a number of things that clearly show that she has absolutely no understanding or sympathy for the people she claims to represent and govern. It’s struck me several times that if you removed IDS, someone as nasty, or perhaps even more so, would simply be moved to replace him. Like Matthew Freud, for example, who believed that the poor were more flexible than the rich, as they had less to lose.
On the other hand, IDS is the present threat and face of the Tories’ war on the poor, so it makes sense to concentrate on attacking him, while, of course, keeping the rest of the Tory party and their vile policies very securely in our sights.
Your comment about the similarity between the Tories and Fascist and Communist regimes is very interesting, and I entirely agree with you. I did wonder about posting a piece showing that the Tory part was actually quite close in its attitudes and thinking to Soviet Communism. This would probably surprise many people, considering that they come from the opposite side of the political spectrum, but it’s true and the parallels are very clear. The Soviet Communists saw themselves as forming a new elite, and the nomenklatura – the Communist Party members and functionaries – had access to a range of goods and services that were denied ordinary Soviet citizens. And of course, under democratic centralism, which was very centralised and not at all democratic, no opposing point of view was tolerated. This was quite different from British Socialism, which in the 1950s was very noisily democratic. When Khruschev visited Britain during the Thaw, he got on very well with the Tories, but much less so with the Labour Party. He really didn’t like it when Labour Party members started asking awkward questions about imprisoned Socialist dissidents. His response was the famous statement ‘If I was British, I would be a Conservative!’
You mention the similarity between Fascist and Communist regimes I believe the idological basis for this is in the modern context is Communitarianism as espoused by AMITAI ETZIONI. You will find the EU and UN are Communitarian as is Camerons “Big Society” the re-branded Blairs Fabian Third way. The subversive Community organisers now deployed nationwide to bring about “change” are pure Saul Alinsky, this also explains why our institutioins such as the NHS are being made to fail by insiders ( change agents ). All three parties are complicit. Interestingly Etzioni yet another German who changed his name was tutored in Jerusalem by a chap who worked at Frankfurt University in the 1930s. Also Philip Blonde Camerons early guide in things Big Society studied in New York at the final resting place of the Frankfurt School Marxists.
With regard to Communism and Fascism both are systems whereby a priveliged minority closed group secure by force the monopoly on power,media the supply of goods services and the law to the detriment of the majority. Both ideologies were foisted upon populations by their financial overlords and both were and are funded by the same.
The great success of this centrally planned patriarchal collectivist imposition can be observed in the well recognised efficiency and integrity of the EU and the solid EU economic foundations provided by the EURO ( LOL ).
Slugabed Says:
If this happened within the Palace of Westminster,a complaint should be made to the Serjeant-at-Arms,Lawrence Ward.
Thanks, Slugabed. There were a number of people on here wondering who they should complain to about this.
mg Says:
it’s beyond wrong. The new POntiff needs to have a long talk with this man who is clearly a psychopath. Prayers for the people of the UK
Thanks, MG.
kathythesane Says:
Reblogged this on musings from outside the asylum and commented:
Breno the Great Says:
I think in IDS’s own mind he knows he deserves to die for what he has done to the sick and disabled, he has good reason to fear for his life.
If I was IDS Id be shitting myself as well the mans made a lot of people very pissed
activistposter Says:
Reblogged this on ActivistPoster.
Police officers broke regulations if they pointed the guns at you and their fire-arms licenses should be revoked. They are trained to never aim a weapon at anyone, even one that is not loaded, unless those people pose an imminent threat and are being arrested. You should never aim a weapon at anyone unless you are willing to shoot them; this is basic firearms practice. Such a weapon may fire accidentally, even with the safety pin in place. Unless you threatened violence, then the police officers should not have raised their weapons. The police complaints commission must be informed as this is a very serious breach and a clear case of misconduct.
Not long ago I happened to be in the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers’ Proof House in Commercial Road.The cage there was filled with hundreds of semi-automatic rifles in their crates waiting to be proofed. “Police job.Never had so many to be done” said the man working there,”We’ve had to take on extra staff”
I think you will find that the police are tooling up they have also purchased vast numbers of Tasers.
According to gunpolicydotorg
Police in the United Kingdom are reported to have 272,88417 firearms
BBC – Full-time equivalent (FTE) officers in the 43 forces stood at 134,101
So thats a semi-automatic carbine plus a side arm for each officer.
The question is come the crunch whether the rank & file coppers will turn their weapons upon us or their treasonous corrupt political masters, equally the military.
Our best defence it would seem is to inform every member of the above as to the crimes currently being committed by those that rule over us.
This tooling up scenario is echoed in the USA and no doubt the rest of the OECD and EU nations.
Eileen Murray Thompson Campbell. Says:
Maybe they realise that we can only take so much. giving them self’s a pay rise when people are eating from food banks maybe the last straw. They are giving them self’s as much as they can because they know they won’t get back in for a very long time if ever. I can feel the tension in the people when talking about Cameron and his lot. This mention of guns won’t go down well at all. Running scared??They should be. X
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Bill downey Says:
I would pay to see that man shot,And pay very well.
it was the nazis in the war who hated even disabled people and here we have a repeat of history with the sick and those in povety singled out,its strange that many of the nazis were of roman catholic religion and had no fear of God committing the crimes against humanity which they did without any conscience,but all i know is that what go’s around comes around and any politicians that commit deliberate sin against the disabled or those in poverty will answer to God one day,cause there is one golden rule in life which states “that we reap what we sow” life is very short and these people will stand before almighty God one day !!!! and face a lost eternity !!! Jesus Christ had compassion for the sick and disabled and we are told to love one another !!!! so any politician who refuses to show love and compassion to the sick and disabled is in deliberate defiance against God and cannot call themselves Christians from whatever religion they claim to be !!!! they are in fact anti Christ cause they refuse to obey the bible and its teachings of love and compassion !!!
stevencharlesrae Says:
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fanboi3 Says:
Those cops protecting him – the Neuremberg Defence won’t work.
Smiling Carcass Says:
As regards Iain Duncan Smith’s Catholicism, the Christian faith in general and Catholicism in particular has a brutal history in dealing with non-believers, amounting to a believe or die agenda, often burning converts anyway on the basis that now we’ve saved your soul, we must purge your body. They did genuinely believe that they were doing god’s work and therefore were right.
This does not conflict with Iain Duncan Smith’s behaviour or religious beliefs. He’s a sadistic ponce who believes he is right, will tolerate no disagreement and thinks he has a right to govern us in his best interests, which by extension are our best interests.
Puts me in mind of an old joke; up to heaven goes a chap, and on arriving asks St. Peter who all the groups of people are.
“Over there are the Jews”
“The Jews? But they crucified Christ!”
“Yes, but they did believe in the Father and so earned a place in heaven. Over here are the Muslims”
“Muslims? But they surely were not Christian or Jewish. Why are they here?”
“Because they had great Faith and believed in many of the prophets of our own bible. Over there are the Buddhists.”
“Why, please Buddhists? They didn’t even believe in a god, much less ours.”
“But they were good, kind people who kept their faith and were charitable and humble.”
“I see- and what’s behind that wall?”
“Ssshh! That’s where we keep the Catholics; they like to think they’re the only ones who got here”
ghost whistler Says:
This is disgusting. Did noone in the committee say anything about this?
Perhaps the intention was to intimidate the committee.
People can complain about this by writing to the chairman of the Work and Pensions Select Committee (Anne Begg), the Commons Speaker (John Bercow), or both.
You do not need to have been a victim of it on the day. Anybody can complain about it.
Their contact details are:
Anne Begg: email begga (at) parliament.uk, tel: 020 7219 2140, fax: 020 7219 1264
John Bercow: email bercowj (at) parliament.uk tel 020 7219 4111 or 020 7219 5300, fax: 020 7219 6901,
the Clerk of the Work and Pensions Select Committee (Carol Oxborough):
tel: 020 7219 5831; fax: 020 7219 0580, email: workpencom (at) parliament.uk
the Commons Speaker’s Secretary (Peter Barratt):
email barrattpf (at) parliament.uk
If writing to Anne Begg, make it clear that you are writing to her in her capacity as chairman of the Select Committee, and that you wish to raise the matter with the Committee and get a response from the Committee.
Similarly with John Bercow: write to him in his capacity as House of Commons Speaker. Let him know what is going on and see what he has to say about it.
The police in the Palace of Westminster are contracted to the House Authorities. People could contact the Parliamentary Security Director and indeed the Joint Committee on Security, but I would suggest contacting the Work and Pensions Select Committee and the Commons Speaker in the first instance.
If police officers bring submachineguns into a committee room, let alone point them at anybody, then if the police do not take authority over the room away from the committee and its chairman, we can assume their actions are taken with the authority of the committee, unless the committee tell us otherwise.
John Mangan Says:
Iain Duncan Smith – poster boy for the Nazty Party.
Sandra Martin Says:
IDS shows strong psychopathic traits : remorseless, narcissistic, lack of empathy, fearless dominance, superficial charm, untruthfulness and insincerity, poor judgement and failure to learn from experience, specific loss of insight…shall I go on? Yes, sadism, thrill seeking, hence the armed bodyguards and enticement of others.
Stephen West Says:
IDS will need police protection for the rest of his life as his intentions are to do with the Welfare State what Beecham did to the railways and that is to slash and burn and run away.
Ian D Denyer Says:
OK – the use of armed police in this context needs to be challenged – and there is a mechanism for that. Use it. but for all the talk of fascism you can still vote the present government out… And if you don’t like what’s on the menu you can organise and put in some effort and do what UKIP (for all that I disagree with their policies) did and put something new on it.. The problem with this country is that people would rather moan and winge about “fascism”, than force change by using the democratic process they are lucky to have… Unfortunately, change takes commitment, a sense of responsibility and hard work… Tapping a keyboard or waving a placard is sooo much easier…
BryanWhite Says:
UKIP are the same Establishment puppets as the rest, witness their being pushed as an “alternative” by the Establishment media.
The foodbank debate in Parliament says it all… | The Heckler Says:
[…] by several armed policeman. See here for an account on Beastrabben’s Weblog – https://beastrabban.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/ids-and-armed-bodyguards-no-one-trusts-the-man-who-trust… Just think about it for a minute, Duncan Smith was not out on the streets or at a public meeting, […]
alan.bertram Says:
man (ids) is a pure and utter bastard! come uppence i say!!
May I pass on an observation which is in similar vein. Cameron commented on his support for “Team Nigella” (in respect of the recent trial at Isleworth Crown Court) and was roundly rebuked for his comments by the trial Judge. I noticed in media photographs that there were a minimum of 5 (possibly 6) uniformed Police Officers escorting her as she made the hazardous walk from her limousine to the door of the Court – from personal knowledge a trip of no more than 75 yards. I notice that Charlie and Rebekkah Brooks are not afforded this level of attention when they daily attend the Old Bailey and it’s a fair bet that there are more people who would like to attack them rather than Nigella – if such a threat exists at either location. If Ms Lawson thought that a threat to her safety was posed by her onerous journey, then maybe she should have paid for Security Officers from her own credit card. Or maybe she did and the Police were paid personally by her to protect her. If not, was this abject waste of taxpayer’s money initiated by Cameron? If not, then by whom?
Landless Peasant Says:
IDS needs bodyguards to prevent people like me from lopping the evil c*nt’s head off.
So just what are the cops expecting this summer? | Revolting Pleb Says:
[…] Granted, the powers that be seem to be getting jumpy at any sign of dissent. Towards the end of last year when Iain Duncan Smith had to attend the Parliamentary Work & Pensions Committee, not only was he flanked by his bodyguards, there were armed police in attendance – all to face off any potential ‘threat’ from three people in wheelchairs and about eight disabled and mentally ill people with their carers. See here for a fuller report on the level of Duncan Smith’s paranoia: https://beastrabban.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/ids-and-armed-bodyguards-no-one-trusts-the-man-who-trust… […]
Feeling the heat et al | Gabriel Vents Says:
[…] pensions committee at the house of common fuck, with a body guard and a number of armed policemen: https://beastrabban.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/ids-and-armed-bodyguards-no-one-trusts-the-man-who-trust… People don’t do that because they think everyone loves them. The sanctimonious bastard knows […]
stewilko Says:
Reblogged this on stewilko's Blog and commented:
So he should be, his along with Freud, MCvey and their policies have not only torn away the welfare system. They have caused deaths, created emense poverty and targeted many poor families with children into an hopeless situation. I was going to say shame on them, but they have none.
Sooz Says:
What an interesting article and excellent comments. What was the outcome of complaints about IDS’s goons pointing guns? Did anything come of it? Or did the HoC sweep it under the carpet as usual?
IDS’s complete disregard for the effects of these vicious policies and his refusal to accept that it is those policies leading to people dying seems to be quite deliberate. Does he actually not feel any compassion or is it a conscious decision on his part to cause damage to the most vulnerable people in the British Isles?
And why was Cameron so weak as to let IDS stay in post during the last reshuffle despite the appalling mess he was making of the benefits system, and why is he still there after revelations about the massive waste of money we’ve been hearing about in the last week or so. IDS blames other people for the mess but the buck stops with him, yet he refuses to step aside and let someone more competent run things. What’s he got over Cameron, I wonder. You have to wonder.
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A Short History of Hoods & Hoes in the Ozarks
A Harmless Eastern Hognose Snake along the Katy Trail Near Jefferson City, Mo.
I was on my way to breakfast at Hyvee the other morning when I ran into a friend selling peanuts to benefit the Lion’s Club. She made a request of me. It had nothing to do with peanut sales.
“Quit posting pictures of snakes on Facebook!” she said emphatically.
Actually, the picture that raised her ire was posted 4 years ago and then recently reposted as a “memory” at Facebook’s suggestion.
Snakes fall into that category of things that I was scared of or disliked when I was younger, but that I now like or at least appreciate the benefit they provide. Spinach and asparagus and Donald Trump also fall into that group.
The picture to which she referred was of an Eastern Hognose snake I encountered along the Katy Trail. It looks like a cobra but is actually the Barney Fife of the snake world. When it feels threatened, it rears its head and does its best impression of a cobra. If the threat continues, it will fake a seizure, throw up, poop or play dead. Coincidentally, that’s exactly what I would have done if it had struck at my leg while I was taking its picture.
While the Eastern Hognose (aka “Spreadhead”) snake is harmless, in 1953 my hometown of Springfield, Mo. made snake headlines nationwide when a more lethal snake suddenly started showing up on lawns and in vacant lots. It started when a resident used a garden hoe to kill a hooded Indian cobra they discovered in their front yard. Then five more hooded cobras were dispatched with garden hoes the weapon of choice. One was shot 5 times but had to be finished off with a hoe.
Nervous residents watched their step. Snake posse’s were formed to search for more cobras.
Picture of a “Springfield Snake Posse” that appeared in LIFE magazine on Sept. 28, 1953. How would you like to be the guys assigned to inspect the drain pipe?
Eleven cobras were eventually killed or captured in Springfield. One still resides in Springfield. It is preserved in a jar at the Drury University Science Center.
Suspicion on how cobra’s ended up slithering around Springfield centered on a pet store owned by Reo Mowrer near where the cobra’s began turning up. Mowrer went to his grave in 1970 denying involvement in the appearance of the cobra’s.
In 1988, another suspect came to public attention. Springfield resident Carl Barnett confessed to columnist Mike O”Brien of the Springfield News-Leader “I’m the one that done it.”
At age 14, Carl explained, he had bought an exotic fish from Mr. Mowrer’s pet shop. When the fish died within 24 hours, Carl received an unsatisfactory customer service experience when he complained to Mr. Mowrer about the lack of longevity of the fish he purchased..
Per Carl, Mr. Mowrer responded “That’s tough, kid! Get lost!”
Since complaining on social media was still decades in the future, Mr. Barnett did the next best thing. He secretly opened a crate of what he said he thought were harmless snakes he found behind Mr. Mowrer’s pet shop and set them free. When he realized what he had done after cobras started showing up in the area, he said he lived in fear that someone would find out he was responsible for the next 35 years. He finally confessed when he was sure the statute of limitations had expired for his foolish act.
I tried unsuccessfully to find out if Mr. Barnett is still alive. If he was 14 in 1953, he would be around 80 today. If you know Carl Barnett, let me know. 35 years of living in fear is a high price to pay for a dead fish.
The lessons to be learned from this story?
Don’t leave your box of venomous hooded Indian cobras where others can get to them.
JUST REPLACE THE DANG FISH!
In a skirmish between a dangerous snake and an Ozarker with a hoe, bet on the hoe.
It is not possible to eliminate selfies, fake friend requests or snake pics from Facebook. You may not like it, but as Reo would advise, “That’s tough. kid! Get lost!”
Hooded Indian Cobra – NOT harmless, and not typically found in the Ozarks
Reo Mowrer as pictured in the September 28, 1953 issue of LIFE magazine
The front & back cover of the September 28, 1953 Life magazine featuring the article “An Ozark Town Hunts Cobras”. Life and Luckies had a good run, but are both now pretty much history in the United States.
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This situation has opened the door for timeshare resale fraud. Those interested in selling their timeshares often list them online. The frauds can thus easily locate a ready pool of potential victims to call. Telemarketers claim to have a buyer for the timeshare, and that they just need some money upfront to handle title checks or other expenses. But this is nothing more than the most basic sort of theft – there are no actual buyers (or renters) and victims are simply robbed of their money.
A case brought by the FTC’s Atlanta office in December 2016 nicely illustrates this fraud. Pro Timeshares operated out of two sales rooms in Florida for at least five years. They called victims and told them that they had a buyer for the victim’s timeshare (or someone who would rent it for a great price). Victims were told that they simply needed to pay some money for costs needed for title purposes — but that those would be refunded at the closing. Victims paid between $500 and $2500 each to the company through their credit cards.
Victims were also sent a form contract to sign and return. They were urged to sign quickly, because the closing was supposedly going to happen in a week or two. Victims who read the contract found that it was simply a contract to advertise the timeshare. When they asked Pro Timeshares about this they were assured that this was simply legal boilerplate and that there really was a sale (or rental) that would happen very quickly. Sometimes victims were called again, and told more money was needed to make the sale happen.
Needless to say, there were no buyers or renters and victims did not get refunds from the company. This enterprise took in more than $17 million while it was operating. The FTC sued, and a federal judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order ending deceptive claims, freezing the company assets, and appointing a Receiver to take over the business. The Defendants later stipulated to a preliminary injunction continuing this relief until a trial can be held or the case settles.
How many victims are there of timeshare resale fraud?
Two or three years ago this area was the single largest subject of complaints to the Florida Attorney General’s office. Although complaints have been reduced after some vigorous law enforcement action, the recent Pro Timeshares case demonstrates that this fraud is still very much alive.
Why do victims fall for this fraud?
Like many frauds, the callers are professionals, and thus very good at that they do. And they tell people something that they want to hear – that they can get rid of a timeshare and make some money in the process.
Timeshare resale fraud also operates on the old “Big Lie” propaganda technique, where it is at times easier to fool people with a true whopper than it is to convince them on a minor point. In our daily lives most of us are accustomed to listening for small inconsistencies or shadings of the facts. It is difficult for many of us to believe that anyone would just flat lie about something to just steal money.
How has law enforcement dealt with this issue?
The FTC has brought at least ten cases against these types of operations over the last few years, and the State of Florida has also brought a variety of cases. In addition, there have been a number of criminal prosecutions. The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of Illinois has been particularly active, targeting timeshare resale frauds operating out of both Florida and Arizona. They have not just concentrated on going after the owners of these boiler rooms, but have convicted large number of those who actually made fraudulent claims on the phone. To date they have successfully prosecuted 73 people.
In response, the timeshare resale operations have gone to great lengths to hide their actual locations, and some have begun operating from Mexico or Panama, making it difficult for law enforcement to find these operations or to take effective legal action.
Newer variations on this fraud
Some timeshare frauds have more recently been claiming that a corporation or other business wants to rent the timeshare for an extended period – at a great price. Again, they request money up front in order to make this happen, and it is a total fraud – there are no renters.
In addition, many people have bought timeshares at resorts while vacationing in Mexico. Over the last couple of years we have seen callers pretending to be in the US and claiming to have a buyer for the timeshare. But they are really calling from Mexico, perhaps spoofing the Caller ID so that it looks like it is a domestic call. The Mexican operations often claim money is needed because of Mexican law, and frequently impersonate actual Mexican government agencies.
Finally, victims are getting calls claiming to be from a government agency and that they can return the victim’s lost money. They need a fee to process this. These are frauds, known as recovery rooms. No one from any kind of government agency will ever make you pay to get money back.
What to do if someone claims they can sell (or rent) your timeshare?
Do an internet search of the company name before doing business with any company claiming they can sell a timeshare.
The Better Business Bureau has online reports for all businesses, whether they are BBB members or not. Check out a business at org.
Read the contracts carefully. If it only discusses advertising a timeshare walk away.
If you must pay, do so by credit card. You may be able to charge back on the card if you are defrauded.
It is illegal for telemarketers to receive payment through Western Union, stored value cards such as GreenDot, or by getting checking account information over the phone.
If you’ve been ripped off complain to law enforcement. Even if they can’t get your money back the complaint may help keep others from being defrauded. Click here for where and how to file a complaint.
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By Kevin Reichard on August 25, 2017 in Minor-League Baseball, News
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