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Published on Jamaica Gleaner (http://cmslocal.gleanerjm.com)
Home > RJRGLEANER shareholders approve company changes
Published:Thursday | October 29, 2020 | 12:19 AMNeville Graham/Business Reporter [1]
Shareholders have given the nod to three special resolutions aimed at shoring up the RJRGLEANER Group’s future prospects, according to CEO Gary Allen.
“We know that it may be a challenging environment, but we are digitally driven. We’re going to have credible content that we will continue to produce and make that available on multiple platforms everywhere ... . That’s the future that we have for what it is that we are doing with the business,” Allen told shareholders as he made the case for the adoption of the special resolutions yesterday.
Shareholders were asked to agree to an increase in the authorised shares.
Allen said that having extra capital during tough times is important to help to manage the business in responding to or anticipating opportunities in the environment.
“You want to have the most agility. You want to have the greatest level of freedom to take advantage of the opportunities as they arise,” Allen argued, noting that the company has no unissued float of shares nor can it issue bonus shares or use other means to make strategic moves.
Allen, along with Chief Operating Officer Christopher Barnes, spoke of future projects, emphasising that much of the group’s operations will have to be focused on competing in the digital space. This, they say, will require a reorientation of thinking and group transformation.
Shareholders were also asked to approve a rule change that will enable a shareholder or connected parties to own up to 21 per cent of the company, up from the present allowable limit of 10 per cent. Allen says the rule had served the structure, governance, and editorial independence of the company well but has put a damper on the ability to raise capital, especially at a time when organisational change and strategic development are key drivers of the company’s future.
During the question and answer session and before the vote, concerns came from some shareholders that raising the limit on shareholding may open the entity to foreign or big-interest ownership.
In addition, there was concern that the ability to own shares would not be restricted to Jamaicans and persons in the diaspora.
RJRGLEANER Chairman Joseph M. Matalon sought to allay those fears, saying there were adequate protection provisions in the company’s articles of association.
The third special resolution will allow the RJRGLEANER Group to hold hybrid meetings using a mix of virtual and in-person attendance.
When the matters were put to a vote, the resolutions were passed with a nearly 100 per cent in favour 0f all three. The company will have to await regulatory approval for the change to share ownership limits before it proceeds.
Chief Financial Officer Andrea Messam told shareholders that after increased revenue and rigorous cost-containment efforts, the RJRGLEANER Group ended its financial year in March with net profit $37.559 million. After adjustments and reclassifications, the company ended the year in negative territory with a comprehensive loss of $7.169 million. Earnings per share stood at two cents.
Messam also gave an account of a tough first quarter, saying that the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought massive cancellations in advertising placement and a loss of revenue. In light of that, a number of cost-cutting measures were implemented, leaving the group with a first-quarter profit of just under $2 million.
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An album launch for a four-piece band living on three different continents plus Tasmania.
You can support the production of the album here : https://pozible.com/project/a-moment-in-time-jazz-album
Spike Mason
Spike Mason will be once again visiting the North Island to play the saxophone.
At this Colbourne Ave gig you will have the chance to hear him create new melodies with the amazing New York based double bass legend - Mark Lau, who will be visiting Aus for a few brief weeks. Spike and Mark have been musical compadres for over 20 yrs so there will be great music and many stories too. Joining them both will be the always inventive and rhythmically satisfying James Waples on Drums. This will prove to be an exciting nite of new music, old music, and never heard of before or since music...
*actual band may not match photo.
Mark has an extremely minimalist website, even for a jazz musician : marklau.org
Spike Mason and Henri Peipman
Henri and Spike have been playing music together for almost 20 years. They play in each other's bands, record on each other's albums, and both really like Arvo Part (but Henri is Estonian so that's a no brainer). This musical meeting will give these two friends the opportunity to play some of their own original music in an intimate and personal setting.
And their other friend Jeremy Sawkins has just agreed to play. so it will be a trio. probably in the round. with the new lounges. certainly great sydney jazz.
it might be a tiny bit like this : youtube.com/watch?v=mqYicL-Miw0 or this youtube.com/watch?v=F_TlvE-ouLw
A conversation without words...
Henri Peipman album launch
Henri has a new album. This is the launch. He's bringing Spike Mason up from Tasmania especially for the occasion. Don't miss it.
henri peipman :piano
spike mason :saxophones
matt gruebner :double bass
tim firth :drums
www.henripeipman.com
3+2=5 quintet : Spike Mason
"I only get to visit the mainland every so often, and I really wanted to play some new music with some old friends in my favourite venue. So I called some musos that I like playing with and asked them to come and play. Each person in the group will be writing and arranging new music just for this night so they'll be many beautiful new melodies and harmonies. It'll be a unique and special gig, and I hope you'll enjoy all the sounds as much as I will... Spike"
Mike Kenny - trumpet, flugalhorn
Matt Greubner - double bass
Richard Maegraith - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Barney Wakeford - piano,rhodes
Spike Mason - alto and soprano saxophones
Spike's Farewell Gig
This will be Spike's last Sydney gig before he moves with his family to Tasmania.
Spike will be joined by long time musical friends Barney Wakeford on piano, Aris Kartsonas on guitar, and Gabe Hons on percussion.
They will be playing their favourite jazz standards, a few original tunes, and completely improvised pieces.
Come along and hang with Spike as he does what he does best, and listen to some great music and a few stories too.
If you're a muso, bring an instrument and sit in with the band. If you're not a muso, I'm sure we'll be able to find a tambourine for you if you like...
Spike Mason + Henri Peipman
This new quartet will be playing a collection of original music, jazz standards, and reworked classical tunes arranged especially for this ensemble - featuring henri peipman on piano, spike mason on saxophones, matt gruebner on double bass and tim firth on drums
nadje noordhuis: tpt + mark lau: c.bass
Nadje Noordhuis, 2007 Thelonius Monk International Jazz trumpet competition finalist, New York adoptee since 2003, will playing with local lads Henri Peipman (piano) and Tim Firth (drums) along with Mark Lau (double bass). Nadje's music has grace strength and beauty not disimilar to the lyrical work of Dave Douglas, whom she recently had the pleasure of working with as part of the exclusive Carnegie Hall young artists in residence programme. And as for the band you couldn't ask for a more sympathetic and tasteful accompaniment...
Clea Crimson "Home Is Where The Art Is" ALBUM LAUNCH
The long-awaited launch of Clea Crimson’s debut album “Home Is Where The Art Is”.
The album is a collection of jazz/folk infused songs written by Clea and recorded live over two days at Aphek Studio with some of Sydney’s best jazz musicians (Bill Risby, Ben Ackland, Steve Elphick, Toby Hall and Spike Mason).
“I enjoy the process of recording live songs with the band – rather than tracking everything separately and then putting it all together.” says Clea. “It is an intense focus, to sing every time knowing it might be the one that goes on the album. We were exhausted at the end of the two days but I think we came away with a great result.”
Luke Pittman will open the night. Growing up on a steady musical diet of Metal, Punk Rock and eventually Neil Young, one might be expecting a musical outcome sounding something like a very cranky bloke singing folk music. The result is in fact laid back tunes ruminating on Love, God, Love, Satisfaction, Love, Dissatisfaction and the ocean, all presented in a voice sounding some what more like Tim Buckley than Jeff Buckley. After a few years off, he returns to the stage in 2011 with a newfound relaxed stage presence that only comes from re-assessing life's bigger questions and coming up with very few answers.
The Book of Hours - love poems to God
The first performance of Spike Mason’s long-awaited new work - a significant new Australian composition for jazz sextet: Spike Mason (saxophones, composer), Henri Peipman (piano) Kristin Berardi (vocals), gareth lewis (trombone), gillian smith (violin), steve elphick (double bass)
cnr Colbourne Ave and St Johns Road, Glebe ( google map )
Thursdays from 8pm
anything you like - dinner, snacks, beverages, friends (glasses provided).
$20 / $10 concession for all concerts
Comfortable lounges, candlelight, all ages welcome.
Please join our mailing list.
live@colbourneave.com
Barney Wakeford
Brendan Clarke
Cameron Reid
Gavin Ahearn
James Waples
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Home » Tour » Summer ’17 Sees Ms. Jill Scott Back On Tour
Summer ’17 Sees Ms. Jill Scott Back On Tour
April 3, 2017 NastyBreakdown 0 Tour,
Who DOESN’T love Jill Scott?! I don’t think I’ve met one soul yet who hasn’t enjoyed this woman’s music, and what’s not to like from an individual who literally does it all.
One of the things that she does best, is put on a great show. It was recently announced that she will be back on the road starting in June with her Summer 2017. Things get kicked into gear on June 23rd for a date in Hampton, VA at the Hampton Coliseum before her soul train pulls out of the station for what’s currently a 25-city trek, pulling into Baltimore, Brooklyn, Newark and Los Angeles.
Find out all the tour dates below to see when she comes to your town, as it will be a soulfully good time.
Jill Scott’s 2017 Summer Tour Dates:
Jun. 23 Hampton, VA., The Hampton Coliseum
Jun. 24 Oxon, Hill, MD., MGM National Harbor
Jun. 27 Baltimore, MD., Modell Performing Arts Center
Jul. 01 New Orleans, LA., Essence Festival
Jul. 06 Kansas City, MO., Midland Theatre
Jul. 08 St. Louis, MO., Fox Theatre
Jul. 09 Nashville, TN., Ryman Auditorium
Jul. 12 Brooklyn, NY., Kings Theatre
Jul. 13 Manshantucket, CT., Foxwood Casino
Jul. 15 Newark, NJ., Prudential Center
Jul. 16 Atlantic City, NJ., Borgota Resort & Spa Casino
Jul. 20 Bethlehem, PA Sands., Bethlehem Event Center
Aug. 12 Oakland, CA., Fox Theatre
Aug. 15 San Diego, CA., Copley Symphony Hall
Aug. 16 Los Angeles, CA., Hollywood Bowl
Aug. 18 Temecula, CA., Perchanga Theatre Resort & Casino
Tags: Jill Scott, summer, Tour
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Camille A. Brown and Dancers // Mr. TOL E. RAncE
Added by Raul Zbengheci
Time: April 4, 2013 at 8pm to April 6, 2013 at 9:30pm
Location: The Kitchen
Street: 512 W 19th Street
City/Town: Chelsea
Website or Map: http://www.thekitchen.org/eve…
Event Type: performance inspired by film, the black performer
Latest Activity: Apr 2, 2013
April 2, 4–6, 8pm
A performance specifically for students will take place on April 3rd. For more information on this show contact tickets@camilleabrown.org
Inspired by Spike Lee's controversial movie Bamboozled, and Mel Watkins's bookOn The Real Side: From Slavery to Chris Rock, Camille Brown's Mr. TOL E. RAncE celebrates the humor and perseverance of the black performer while examining stereotypes that still dominate popular Black culture. Through comedy, live original music, animation, theater, and poignantly retrospective dance vocabulary, Mr. TOL E. RAncE speaks as well to the issue of tolerance—addressing both what Black performers have tolerated in the past and the forms of modern-day minstrelsy we tolerate today. It is not a history lesson. Blending and contrasting the historical with the contemporary, this is a personal new work that strives to engage the community in a timely dialogue about where we have been, where we are, and where we might want to be. This show contains strong language and is not suitable for children.
Each night will feature a post-performance discussion led by the following moderators:
April 2- Michael Eric Dyson (Author)
April 3- Stacey Muhammed (Filmmaker)
April 4- Baraka Sele (Consultant/Producer)
April 5- Dr. James Peterson (Scholar)
April 6- Kamilah Forbes (Director)
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Consume and Review
The Way of Kings
by Brandon Sanderson
I elected to listen to this, in part, due to the length. The 1,000+ pages turn into around 45 hours of audio to work through. And this is just the first book of the trilogy, so it’s somewhat immense.
As with a story that runs to this length, we end up with not only a cast of characters, but multiple threads to follow (and which will no doubt all twine together at some stage).
The books also introduce a new magic system, which uses “stormlight” that is stored in gemstones and is recharged by the constant storms.
I really enjoyed this one, with each of the main characters proving interesting to follow and bringing their own unique voice as they take on their various trials. There was also enough that was new to make it stand out from the crowd.
While each of the cast face their own setbacks, and Sanderson times the breakouts masterfully for just when the audience wants them, they do seem a little convenient — with skills, direction changes and interventions that don’t always feel organic.
Michael Kramer, who reads all the male sections, and Kate Reading, who reads the female ones, do a good job generally, although they pronounce one character’s name so differently I didn’t know they were talking about the same person for a while.
I’ll definitely be picking up some more from the series though.
Browse books related by genre: Fantasy
See other books in the The Stormlight Archive series
This was an Audiobook copy of the book
Reviewed: 3rd January 2021
The Lies of Locke Lamora
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National Geographic Unveils the First Field Ready Class
Training Curriculum Designed to Promote Diversity and Inclusion Behind the Camera for Unscripted Projects, Specifically for Natural History Productions
Nat Geo Taps Premiere Natural History Producers to Serve as Year 1 Mentors Including Nutopia, ICON Films, Plimsoll, and Others
Field Ready Program Goes Virtual
WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–National Geographic unveiled the Field Ready Program earlier this year to promote diversity and inclusion in global television production, providing a clear path for a new generation of people interested in working behind the camera. National Geographic today presented the first class of this program from around the globe. The announcement was made by National Geographic Global Television Networks President Courteney Monroe at the network’s session at the Summer TCA press tour, held virtually.
“I am very proud to welcome the first class of National Geographic’s Field Ready Program,” said Monroe. “This program is designed to help foster the next generation of world-class natural history storytellers, a genre that has long and notably lacked diverse talent behind the camera.”
“As the global leader in natural history programming, we are profoundly aware that there is a lack of diversity and inclusion in natural history filmmaking teams,” added Janet Han Vissering, senior vice president, development & production, Nat Geo WILD, who is spearheading the program. “To stay on the cutting edge in this highly competitive field, cultivating fresh voices and diverse talent is key. We want to make sure that we are leading in this game-changing endeavor, and are now full steam ahead and embracing the extended program, which is already leading to meaningful mentor and mentee partnerships.”
In its first year, the Field Ready Program made a pivot to a digital mentorship, given current circumstances, that elevates early career National Geographic Explorers as members of production teams. In partnership with the National Geographic Society, the nonprofit arm of National Geographic, the Field Ready Program will elevate early-career National Geographic Explorers to become impactful members of production teams. The inaugural class of the Field Ready Program is comprised of 10 filmmakers from around the world who have been paired in mentor-mentee relationships with the natural history genre’s preeminent producers, directors and storytellers. The six-month program will consist of a series of monthly master classes and digital one-on-one mentorship from leading industry professionals.
“The National Geographic Society remains committed to ensuring that historically underserved and underrepresented groups are equipped to share their voices, stories and ideas,” said Kaitlin Yarnall, senior vice president and chief storytelling officer at the National Geographic Society. “We launched Field Ready in recognition that our work is made stronger when the people who tell stories on a global stage represent the world in which we live.”
The inaugural class of the Field Ready Program includes:
Kiki Cheptoo Ng’ok — Kenya — a filmmaker who is passionate about telling untold stories in African communities of conservation and of the continent’s spectacular nature and wildlife, including those that elevate indigenous voices.
Mauro Sergio Francisco — Angola — a photographer who is entering into filmmaking to document Angola’s natural history and resources from the local perspective, specifically to explore the parallels and interconnectedness of the survival of humans with the survival of other animals.
Tamana Ayazi — Afghanistan — a documentary filmmaker whose short films for Afghani and international audiences inspire awareness and activism, and who is aiming to bring the unique perspective of being a female natural history storyteller from Afghanistan to conservation and environmental issues.
Gab Mejia — Philippines — an international award-winning photographer and filmmaker, conservationist and mountaineer from the Philippines who is aiming to create discussions and highlight issues in the conservation of Southeast Asia’s wildlife to inspire impactful changes and actions in favor of wildlife conservation.
Gena Steffens — United States — a photographer, filmmaker and writer based in Colombia who is exploring the intersection of the human experience, conflict and environmental issues through photography, writing and visual arts.
Tessa “Ellie” Eleonore Schmidt — United States — an underwater photographer and filmmaker, fine artist, sailor and fisherwoman who is telling documentary-style stories of the wildlife management, salmon forests and fish nurseries of southeast Alaska to advocate for their conservation.
Daniel Gustavo von Sperling de Vasconcellos Venturini — Brazil — a science communicator and founder of ECO360. His films, including 360º VR immersions, are introducing the general public to ocean conservancy, empowering local communities to act in favor of ocean conservation and producing effective science communications for research groups and protected areas.
Ifeatu Nnaobi — Nigeria — a photographer and filmmaker whose work aims to mobilize positive change around the themes of identity, migration, conflict, human rights and natural history. Through film, she is exploring the underserved and under-discussed, yet highly important, topic of Nigeria’s environmental health.
Juan Arias — Colombia — a photographer and filmmaker investigating human relationships with “the other,” parallels between human and animal natures, and local environmental stories in Colombia, including how indigenous people can share their ancient knowledge about living in balance with our world.
Maurice Oniang’o — Kenya — an award-winning multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker from Kenya exploring how traditional beliefs, cultures, perceptions and attitudes affect Kenya’s natural resources and conservation, as well as how the country’s natural history is shared with the world.
The mentors are:
Vanessa Berlowitz — Wildstar, U.K.
Ruth Roberts — Talesmith, U.K.
Luke Wiles — Nutopia, U.K.
Dominic Weston — Wall to Wall Television, U.K.
Jeff Garcia — The Best Productions, U.S.
Laura Marshall — ICON Films, U.K.
Brian Armstrong — Red Rock Films, U.S.
Martha Holmes — Plimsoll, U.K.
Sarah Cunliffe — Big Wave, U.K.
Brian and Mandy Leith — Brian Leith Productions, U.K.
Each one-hour “master class” is taught by a leader in the industry. The hour includes 30 minutes of storytelling and teaching followed by 30 minutes of Q&A with the mentee cohort. The courses represent a combined 242 years of expertise — knowledge that takes a lifetime to accumulate. This invaluable industry knowledge will be shared to help accelerate each of the mentee’s careers in the area of interest that most intrigues them. Topics include:
The Big Picture with Geoff Daniels (National Geographic Channels)
Dreaming Up Ideas with Ruth Roberts (Talesmith)
Being Unstoppable in the Field with Brian Armstrong (Red Rock Films)
Finding Your Voice with Vanessa Berlowitz (Wildstar Films)
Narrative Style & Post Production with Dominic Weston (Wall to Wall Television)
Running a Production Company & Building Strong Teams with Laura Marshall (ICON Films)
Environmentalism and Humanity’s Relationship with Nature with Brian and Mandy Leith (Brian Leith Productions)
Upon graduating from the program, the Field Ready class of mentees will be announced to the wider production community as qualified candidates to be placed on National Geographic productions around the world. The program will become a reliable resource to our production partners as they look to hire and mentor the next generation of talent. By creating a pipeline of qualified candidates and endorsing them as Field Ready, the goal is not only to make an impact on the future of this business, but to be the leaders in ensuring we stand by our commitment to diversity and inclusion. As the first class launches, we are now focused on how to expand the program to include more diverse voices in additional fields representing channel content, including science, adventure and exploration.
For inquires into Field Ready Year 2, please email NGPFieldReady@natgeo.com. For more information, visit www.natgeotv.com or our press site www.natgeotvpressroom.com, or follow us on Twitter using @NatGeoPR.
National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between Disney and the National Geographic Society, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic’s media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children’s media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 132 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers … and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27% of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education. For more information visit http://natgeotv.com/ or nationalgeographic.com, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
About the National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society is a global nonprofit organization that uses the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world. Since 1888, National Geographic has pushed the boundaries of exploration, investing in bold people and transformative ideas, providing more than 14,000 grants for work across all seven continents, reaching 3 million students each year through education offerings, and engaging audiences around the globe through signature experiences, stories and content. To learn more, visit www.nationalgeographic.org or follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.
Chris Albert, 202-912-6526, chris.albert@natgeo.com
Jennifer DeGuzman, 212-656-0713, jennifer.deguzman@natgeo.com
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Phil Collins: Safe Pop Vocalist or Prescient Funeral Doom Innovator?
by: Dan Lake
"It sounds like lonely, dreary music of the dead", says my six-year-old son. "Like with skeletons."
We're driving to his midsummer, midmorning swimming lesson with his four-year-old sister in tow when this uncharacteristically terse and well articulated nugget pops up from the back seat of the car. And I know what you're thinking: whatever grotesque horrors you pour through your own much maligned ears during your spare time, Mr. Lake, you have no business forcing it on your children! Children crave safety, security, and assurances of love from their adult caregivers. Metal's bleak nihilism can't possibly nurture healthy parent-child attachment or social adjustment. Those kids deserve an affectionate father who can at least provide music that is simple, melodic, and age fucking appropriate!
Thing is, he wasn't listening to my psychotic choice of music when he said it. He formed this rather erudite description (my boy used "dreary" in a sentence... correctly!) to express his thoughts about Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight". On the former prog drummer's live recording, _Serious Hits_, the song opens with a low, spare drum beat followed by a drawn-out, feedback-drenched, distorted guitar chord and a flight of spirit-conjuring synth tones. These elements repeat under the paranoid lyrics while a series of erratic guitar noises haunts the edges of the performance. Jaded adult ears, having experienced the popular song dozens of times, hear not the individual components but the well-worn whole, anticipating with no great amazement the now obvious/iconic percussive catharsis that splits the track about two-thirds of the way through. But a young, attentive mind, navigating the eerie details of the song's gradual crescendo for the first time, tunes in with keen awareness and sudden thrilling insight.
At first I laughed. Then I wondered. A large segment of the middle class mainstream would identify Phil Collins as the musical voice of Disney's _Tarzan_ and purveyor of crowd-pleasing Motown covers. I myself had dismissed him as a recurring character on my town's beloved adult contemporary radio station (boasting programming "from the '70s, '80s, and today!" when "today" meant the early 1990s), a beloved singer from my past and no more. But what if I was ignoring a looming but long obscured truth? What if Phil Collins secretly, insidiously ushered me toward the dark wasteland of funeral doom, all the while masking my choice as an apparently natural affinity? The possibilities were perplexing, the implications frightening.
I began to notice the similarly dismal intro to "Another Day in Paradise". A subaudible grumbling opens the song before being overtaken by an organ drone and an aggressive bass drum beat. Sure, the mood suits the socially conscious depression woven through the lyric, but isn't that precisely the point? Exploring wrenching sorrow through a commonplace story of neglect and abject misery is a rare path for pop music. Doesn't the whole image fit more comfortably into the doom milieu? I became unsettled, uncertain of everything. The firm order and calm that I had imposed upon the memories of my youth began to crumble beneath me.
The final cold nail slammed home when, for the first time in years, I again encountered "I Wish It Would Rain Down". What well-bred American families believe to be a clear-cut sad love song, now any funeral doom fanatic can hear as a high-sheen, jangle-injected burrow through the darkness of the human psyche. Witness the atmospheric keys, mournful guitar runs, and the refrain's crushing chords held for measure after disheartening measure. And in an age when towering doom monoliths are occasionally supported by haunting death choirs (thanks, Virgin Black and Mournful Congregation), even the "ooh"-ing back-up vocalists can't be ignored as pure pop confection. Lined up like this, the evidence is staggering. A trusted singer, long considered harmless and precious, had lured millions all unknowing to stare into the swirling abyss, where the formless fingers of funeral doom may pluck from the masses at will.
"If you told me you were drowning I would not lend a hand." "You can wipe off that grin, I know where you've been, it's all been a pack of lies." "I know the reason why you keep your silence up -- no you don't fool me -- the hurt doesn't show, but the pain still grows, it's no stranger to you and me..."
Turn a blind eye if you dare. But don't be surprised if something happens to -you- on the way to heaven.
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1924-28, president 1928-48; chief counsel
Amsinck, Sonne & Company, merchant
bankers, New York City, 1927-48, secretary
American Trading Company, Inc., Gillespie
& Company, and Heyman Mercantile Company, Inc, at time of death; member Danish Commercial Commission (awarded
King Christian X medal and citation for
service rendered Danish cause in World
War II)
Married January 8,1907, Ethel Scott Gay.
Daughters. Sarah Ewell (B A. Mount Holyoke 1930), the wife of A. Baisley Sheridan,
'24; Ethel Gay (Mrs. H. Byron Gervm);
Phyllis.
Death due to uremia Buried in Kensico
Cemetery, Valhalla, N Y Survived by wife,
daughters, two grandchildren, and mother
(Mrs. Louis G. Bauer).
JOHN NILS SWENSON, ll.b. 1902.
Born May 31,1879, Lindsborg, Kans.; died
December 30, 1948, Allaben, N.Y.
Father, John August Swenson, banker in
Lindsborg; son of Nils Peter Swenson.
Mother, Christina (Johnson) Swenson.
Yale relatives include a brother-in-law,
Edward Thorstenberg (M.A. 1902).
B.A. Bethany College (Kans) 1899;
LL.B. Yale 1902; lawyer in Kansas City,
Mo., 1902 until retirement 1937; city attorney Kansas City 1904-8; member Kansas
City Bar Association and St Mark's Lutheran Church, Kansas City
Married July 25,1904, in St. Louis, Adele
Himburg, daughter of Louis Henry and
Mane Anna (Eitzmann) Himburg. Children: John Nils, Jr., (Univ. Kansas 1929-
31), and Valerie Kristina (B.F.A. Univ.
Kansas 1932).
Death due to coronary occlusion. Buried
in Shandaken (N.Y.) Rural Cemetery. Survived by wife, children, three sisters, Mrs.
Anna Thorstenberg and Mrs. Helena Anderson, both of Los Angeles, and Mrs Is-
real Nelson of Seattle, and a brother, Engle
Brecht Swenson of Los Angeles.
shop Hooker Carriage Manufacturing Company, New Haven Mother, Mary (Faugh-
nan) Carhn, daughter of Patrick Faugh-
Booth Preparatory School, New Haven,
LLB Yale 1904 (Kent and Wayland
clubs); practiced law in New York City,
member Church of St Paul the Apostle
(Roman Catholic), New York City
Buried in St Bernard Cemetery, New
Haven Survived by no immediate relatives
WILLIAM STEWART HYDE, llb.
1904 Born February 16, 1881, Manchester,
Conn., died October 2, 1948, Manchester,
Father, John Hyde, son of Stewart and
Ehza (Watts) Hyde. Mother, Margaret
(Hunmford) Hyde
B A. Trinity College (Conn) 1902;
LL.B. Yale 1904 (Junior honors); lawyer m
Manchester 1904-48, prosecuting attorney
City of Manchester 1911-13; judge of probate District of Manchester 1918-48, in
Connecticut legislature 1911-18 (house
leader 1915); Commissioner of Labor and
Factory Inspection, Connecticut, 1915-25,
member Hartford County and American
Bar associations, and State Bar Association
of Connecticut, Phi Gamma Delta, Masonic
order, and St. Mary's Church (Episcopal),
Married August 26, 1911, in Manchester,
May, daughter of Theodore Dean and Emma Mana (Hollister) Chaffee. Children
Stewart Chaffee and Frances (B A. Connecticut Coll. 1942)
Death due to carcinoma. Buried in East
Cemetery, Manchester Survived by wife,
children, and six sisters, Mrs Ellen Cros-
sen, Mrs Mary H. Harrison, Miss Margaret
Hyde, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Smith, Mrs Anna
H Crocker, Mrs. Carrie H Goslee, all of
Manchester, and a brother, John Hunmford Hyde of Manchester.
EDWARD ALOYSIUS CARLIN, ll.b.
1904. Born August 12, 1881, New Haven,
Conn ; died April 3, 1949, New York City
Father, Francis J Carhn, foreman pamt-
IRA WESTON JONES, ll b 1905 Born
February 28, 1877, Boston, N Y ; died June
7, 1949, Clear Lake, Iowa
Father, Murray Perry Jones, farmer, Al-
Transcript Law School 167 1924-28, president 1928-48; chief counsel Amsinck, Sonne & Company, merchant bankers, New York City, 1927-48, secretary American Trading Company, Inc., Gillespie & Company, and Heyman Mercantile Company, Inc, at time of death; member Danish Commercial Commission (awarded King Christian X medal and citation for service rendered Danish cause in World War II) Married January 8,1907, Ethel Scott Gay. Daughters. Sarah Ewell (B A. Mount Holyoke 1930), the wife of A. Baisley Sheridan, '24; Ethel Gay (Mrs. H. Byron Gervm); Phyllis. Death due to uremia Buried in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, N Y Survived by wife, daughters, two grandchildren, and mother (Mrs. Louis G. Bauer). JOHN NILS SWENSON, ll.b. 1902. Born May 31,1879, Lindsborg, Kans.; died December 30, 1948, Allaben, N.Y. Father, John August Swenson, banker in Lindsborg; son of Nils Peter Swenson. Mother, Christina (Johnson) Swenson. Yale relatives include a brother-in-law, Edward Thorstenberg (M.A. 1902). B.A. Bethany College (Kans) 1899; LL.B. Yale 1902; lawyer in Kansas City, Mo., 1902 until retirement 1937; city attorney Kansas City 1904-8; member Kansas City Bar Association and St Mark's Lutheran Church, Kansas City Married July 25,1904, in St. Louis, Adele Himburg, daughter of Louis Henry and Mane Anna (Eitzmann) Himburg. Children: John Nils, Jr., (Univ. Kansas 1929- 31), and Valerie Kristina (B.F.A. Univ. Kansas 1932). Death due to coronary occlusion. Buried in Shandaken (N.Y.) Rural Cemetery. Survived by wife, children, three sisters, Mrs. Anna Thorstenberg and Mrs. Helena Anderson, both of Los Angeles, and Mrs Is- real Nelson of Seattle, and a brother, Engle Brecht Swenson of Los Angeles. shop Hooker Carriage Manufacturing Company, New Haven Mother, Mary (Faugh- nan) Carhn, daughter of Patrick Faugh- nan Booth Preparatory School, New Haven, LLB Yale 1904 (Kent and Wayland clubs); practiced law in New York City, member Church of St Paul the Apostle (Roman Catholic), New York City Unmarried Buried in St Bernard Cemetery, New Haven Survived by no immediate relatives WILLIAM STEWART HYDE, llb. 1904 Born February 16, 1881, Manchester, Conn., died October 2, 1948, Manchester, Conn Father, John Hyde, son of Stewart and Ehza (Watts) Hyde. Mother, Margaret (Hunmford) Hyde B A. Trinity College (Conn) 1902; LL.B. Yale 1904 (Junior honors); lawyer m Manchester 1904-48, prosecuting attorney City of Manchester 1911-13; judge of probate District of Manchester 1918-48, in Connecticut legislature 1911-18 (house leader 1915); Commissioner of Labor and Factory Inspection, Connecticut, 1915-25, member Hartford County and American Bar associations, and State Bar Association of Connecticut, Phi Gamma Delta, Masonic order, and St. Mary's Church (Episcopal), Manchester. Married August 26, 1911, in Manchester, May, daughter of Theodore Dean and Emma Mana (Hollister) Chaffee. Children Stewart Chaffee and Frances (B A. Connecticut Coll. 1942) Death due to carcinoma. Buried in East Cemetery, Manchester Survived by wife, children, and six sisters, Mrs Ellen Cros- sen, Mrs Mary H. Harrison, Miss Margaret Hyde, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Smith, Mrs Anna H Crocker, Mrs. Carrie H Goslee, all of Manchester, and a brother, John Hunmford Hyde of Manchester. EDWARD ALOYSIUS CARLIN, ll.b. 1904. Born August 12, 1881, New Haven, Conn ; died April 3, 1949, New York City Father, Francis J Carhn, foreman pamt- IRA WESTON JONES, ll b 1905 Born February 28, 1877, Boston, N Y ; died June 7, 1949, Clear Lake, Iowa Father, Murray Perry Jones, farmer, Al-
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The comprehensive church
116 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH.
consecutive sessions as the United States Senators are ;
so that they are, in fact (although elected by the Diocesan Conventions, which, it must be remembered, are
themselves new every year), more popular and representative of the peculiar and changing views and interests of the passing and present day than are the United
States Senators, and actually correspond in this respect
(as holding their seats for a single session, and being
elected under the peculiar circumstances and changing
interests of the passing day) to the United States Representatives. Then the bishops, although members of
the upper House for life, are not hereditary (like most
members of the upper House in the British Parliament),
but elective, like our United States Senators, being
elected each one by the convention of the diocese to
which he belongs, subject to the consent of the majority of all the standing committees or dioceses, and of all
the bishops. The bishops, too, are generally elected
when in mature and experienced and somewhat advanced life; so that, actually, the bishop, as a member of
the upper House in the General Convention, will not
occupy his seat through many sessions more than the
three several Congresses to which each United States
Senator is elected. Hence members of the House of
Bishops as elected by the Diocesan Conventions, and
holding their seats for a few consecutive sessions, do
actually, and almost exactly, correspond to the members
of the Senate in the American Congress.
Furthermore, there is an analogy in the mode of conducting business between the legislative bodies of the
Protestant Episcopal Church and those of the United
States, especially in the necessity of a concurrence of
Title The comprehensive church
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Transcript 116 THE COMPREHENSIVE CHURCH. consecutive sessions as the United States Senators are ; so that they are, in fact (although elected by the Diocesan Conventions, which, it must be remembered, are themselves new every year), more popular and representative of the peculiar and changing views and interests of the passing and present day than are the United States Senators, and actually correspond in this respect (as holding their seats for a single session, and being elected under the peculiar circumstances and changing interests of the passing day) to the United States Representatives. Then the bishops, although members of the upper House for life, are not hereditary (like most members of the upper House in the British Parliament), but elective, like our United States Senators, being elected each one by the convention of the diocese to which he belongs, subject to the consent of the majority of all the standing committees or dioceses, and of all the bishops. The bishops, too, are generally elected when in mature and experienced and somewhat advanced life; so that, actually, the bishop, as a member of the upper House in the General Convention, will not occupy his seat through many sessions more than the three several Congresses to which each United States Senator is elected. Hence members of the House of Bishops as elected by the Diocesan Conventions, and holding their seats for a few consecutive sessions, do actually, and almost exactly, correspond to the members of the Senate in the American Congress. Furthermore, there is an analogy in the mode of conducting business between the legislative bodies of the Protestant Episcopal Church and those of the United States, especially in the necessity of a concurrence of
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As districts across the region brace for less state aid, some schools could be inline to receive millions of dollars as part of a federal economic recovery plan.
If the plan makes it through die Senate this week, Quaker Valley School District could receive $809,000 over the course of two years. Funds would be used for construction projects and programs for low-income and special needs students. The House of Representatives approved the plan last week..
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Fat Man, Ovalhouse – Review
Author: Paul Testar in Alternative, Off West End, Reviews 17 July 2014 1 Comment 890 Views
Pros: Takes the well-known Orpheus myth and brings it into the present day within a clever framework.
Cons: I know Orpheus went to the Underworld but the heat in the theatre was too much . . .
Pros: Takes the well-known Orpheus myth and brings it into the present day within a clever framework. Cons: I know Orpheus went to the Underworld but the heat in the theatre was too much . . . Orpheus is a fat man who tells jokes, or specifically, one routine about how he lost the love of his life, Eurydice. That, quite simply, is the premise of Fat Man, an entertaining and at times exceptional one-man show playing at the Ovalhouse this week. The idea behind Martin Bonger’s show is as simple as it is bizarre. Orpheus, having lost Eurydice…
A touching version of Orhpeus and Eurydice that is at times exceptional. The show adds something to the original story by bringing it up to date, which was quite unexpected.
Orpheus is a fat man who tells jokes, or specifically, one routine about how he lost the love of his life, Eurydice. That, quite simply, is the premise of Fat Man, an entertaining and at times exceptional one-man show playing at the Ovalhouse this week.
The idea behind Martin Bonger’s show is as simple as it is bizarre. Orpheus, having lost Eurydice to the fires of the Underworld, now tells his story as a stand-up routine to the assembled gods of Olympus in the audience (the audience sits with the gods rather than up in them – terrible joke, I’m sorry). He has abandoned the music that made him so exceptional and is trying his hand instead at comedy.
But of course it’s not funny at all because Orpheus is, and forever will be, distraught. When he is not visibly breaking down in front of our eyes or refilling a drink from a never ending trick receptacle there are a few hollow one liners – ‘Zeus, if you’re going to throw lightning bolts at least throw them at the technician, he knows what to do with them.’ Ba-Doom . . . As Orpheus works through his painful gags, we see a man failing to cope with the loss of the thing he held so dear.
What is perhaps most likeable about the whole idea is that it keeps its tongue firmly in cheek, and with something as obviously contrived as this, it really needs to. Orpheus follows Eurydice onto the 67 bus on Oxford Street and tells her what great a musician he is. So good in fact that he can charge £30 into a gig (‘when I sing, the psycho who eats his children just stops – ahem Cronos). But what makes this more than just a witty retelling is the surprising addition of humanity that is not in the story you know. It is extremely moving to hear Eurydice’s voice as she and Orpheus attempt to leave the Underworld, and Bonger plays this moment extremely well. Oh, and if you’re wondering why Orpheus is such a fatty, the doughnut analogy, when it hits, is superb.
Bonger is desperately dishevelled and believable in a fat suit, so much so that it catches you off guard to see him from time to time nimbly dance around the stage to Phillippe Nash’s subtle and gorgeous score. He is convincing as the emotional wretch but still retains the comic’s glint in his eye. This being technically a comedy routine, there is some great physical comedy that feels somewhat necessary with the weight of the rest of the piece. Alex Swift’s direction is also very strong. There are some lovely tonal shifts where Orpheus drops all attempts at cheerfulness and the misery inside him comes through.
You feel that Bonger has chosen the medium of the stand-up comic to tread that thin line between comedy and tragedy. At times it would be nice to see more of Orpheus as the hilarious comedian to then more clearly see into the misery of Orpheus the grieving lover. It’s never explained why Orpheus turned to stand up after losing Eurydice and this is a bit of a gap. Most comics at some point have a genuine desire to make people laugh, Orpheus does not.
But that doesn’t stop this being a thoughtful and well performed show. As Orpheus himself says, ‘This is a myth, right. Work with me.’
Writer and Performer: Martin Bonger
Director: Alex Swift
Producer: Move to Stand
Booking Link: http://www.ovalhouse.com/whatson/booktickets/fatman
Booking Until: 19 July 2014
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Paul Testar
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About Paul Testar
Paul’s interest in theatre stems exclusively from an ambition that one day in the future he will open the 40,000 seater Paul Testar Theatre, the world’s first completely aerial theatre, in the skies above West London. While not completely focused on fulfilling this entirely realistic aim he loves watching pieces of theatre that defeat expectation and can turn the banal into the extraordinary. He works in TV, has a degree in English Literature (it's a blessing and a curse) and also writes, directs and produces for the theatre.
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Board index ‹ General ‹ Behind the Scenes
Game for Next Contest
Place where the Contest Admins can talk about the running of the contest.
by Zannick » Sun Dec 12, 2010 1:30 am
In preparing for the next contest (which may be starting in February 2011, so I've heard), we have to settle on a game. The earlier this is done, the better, so we can nail down rules specifics (and map generators, if necessary). There are already some new ideas being discussed and drawn out in the Suggestions forum, and the google repo contains a couple of wiki pages that are good to read: http://code.google.com/p/ai-contest/wiki/GameCriteria and http://code.google.com/p/ai-contest/wiki/GameIdeas. I won't copy them completely here, but I will summarize.
Game Criteria: We want to pick a game that is Easy (to write a bot for), Familiar (people have seen it before), Interesting (fun to think about/read about/watch), Technically Feasible (with our finite time and machine resources), and Non-trivial (there shouldn't be an obvious best strategy). Obviously "Familiar" is the weakest requirement. I would venture a guess that many people didn't know what Galcon was before the Planet Wars contest.
Going through the types of games, I find there are three main choices that differentiate them partway: 1v1 or multiplayer, turn-based or simultaneous turns, and fixed layout (like Chess) or randomized starting positions (such as maps or starting pieces). We have to consider each decision carefully against our game criteria to narrow down what would be an acceptable game to choose. The last two games were Tron and Planet Wars, both 1v1 games with simultaneous turns and randomized maps.
Multiplayer games can be more Interesting and Non-trivial than 1v1 games, but our current rating system (ELO) isn't a good metric for multiplayer game rankings, though some people have tried to do so (eg, considering the game as a set of 1v1 games between each player, so a four-player game is three "games" per player). Second, running more bots for a multiplayer game will reduce the number of games per minute we can support.
Simultaneous turns make the game more interesting due to a "real-time" feel it gives. Alternating turns means one player goes first.
Randomized setups are more interesting due to the randomization factor, but sometimes using two different sets of maps can change the order of player rankings.
The following are my personal opinions and not set in stone.
I would recommend a 1v1 simultaneous turn game with randomized setups. My reasoning is that a multiplayer game will have a higher a barrier to create an AI for, will take longer to set up a contest for, and will require much more resources to have a similar rate of games. The second reason is my primary objection to doing a multiplayer game for the next contest; I am not ruling it out for a future contest where we have more preparation time. The simultaneous turn and randomized setups are mostly cosmetic preferences, for more interesting games.
I want to eliminate Chess and Go for being done to death, Arimaa for already going on elsewhere, Least Unique Positive Integer and Maze Escape for being dull. (Mazes are also a popular AI puzzle.) RPS, Tron, and Galcon have been done before. Eliminating all the other fixed layout and multiplayer games from the Game Ideas list leaves Blokus, Scrabble, Multi-Agent Battle, and Billiards, none of which I am particularly enthused about.
Any ideas or opinions?
Zannick
Contest Organizer
Re: Game for Next Contest
Oh, I also recall another type of game Jeff suggested: a massively multiplayer game wherein there aren't strict "games" between players but a global scoreboard based on what a bot "does" during the competition.
This is also something I'd be hesitant about doing due to technical and time constraints.
by antimatroid » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:57 am
Here are my thoughts on important game criteria, in order of importance:
1. A game that is technically feasible (without that we don't really have a contest). This includes factors like how long a practical game will go for, eg. if a game can go for longer than 5 minutes in the worst case, it may not be feasible to get a half decent ordering of the bots at the end.
2. A game that is easy in concept (easy to pick up the rules and get going with the starter packages) but rich in strategy and actual difficulty, leading to interesting game play and lots of room for strategy variation near the top of the leaderboard (also meaning the game should preferably not be solvable within the time constraints). I think tron maybe lacked on that second part whereas planet wars got it about right.
3. The game should be addictive and fun to watch.
Beyond that, I don't think it really matters what type of game is chosen. I don't see why game familiarity is important at all, using games that have already been studied for ai extensively is a particularly bad idea (people will just go and look up what people did previously).
Below are my personal thoughts on what types of games should be used for these contests, I realise they don't align with everybody else.
There are already at least a couple of sequential game ai contests run each year (Arimaa, and I forget the other one), not to mention all the work that has been done on checkers, chess, hex, go, etc. I don't really see the point of adding yet another one of these types of contests, people can already self select from a few different options there. Some people have also suggested decision based *games* (like infinite mario brothers), where you are trying to solve a particular decision problem rather than actually outdo your adversary, there are already contests that go along these lines, and personally I don't think it's anywhere near as interesting strategy wise.
Some people have expressed interest in a prediction based game, if this were to be based on predicting something independent of the competition, then again I'm not sure I'd really call it a game, and there are already quite a few choices for people interested in these kind of things, cough kaggle cough. What could possibly be interesting here is if the bots are predicting something that is determined by the other bots predictions/actions, the obvious example being guess the average of guesses, but that's got a very trivial optimal strategy. Something like a small economy where bots could interact and make predictions etc. could work well, but not entirely sure how it would be set up.
Other than that, I think this contest has made a bit of a name for itself with simultaneous games, I don't see any particular reason to deviate from that at this point. I also personally feel they lead to faster paced games that are more interesting to watch and lead to cooler strategies.
Fixed layout is less interesting, I'm pretty keen to move to every game is on a new map from the specified generator (although I would be reserved about doing that for a game like tron).
Moving away from 1v1 presents a huge difficulty in ranking bots (would need to move to something like true skill) while also making any game a few orders of magnitude harder as people need to start forming coalitions and working out when to break them etc. While I agree that sounds like a lot of fun, I don't see us running out of interesting 1v1 game ideas any time soon, so I'm reluctant about moving to an actual multiplayer game for the final contest.
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So I haven't actually posted about this on SSLF proper yet, but there's a new Wulfgard book releasing very soon! Here are some details and previews--
More promised previews - as well as a preview of an interior illustration of Caiden wrestling with a werebear! You can find a lot more werebear action (and berserker lore for my setting) in the previews below, please be sure to check them out!
For more info on the book itself, you can also check out this post. Also be sure to check out the Hunt Never Ends tag for a whole lot more book previews!
And now in very important news... Wulfgard: The Hunt Never Ends is available for preorder on Amazon.com!
Please note that, while the ebook is now available for preorder, Wulfgard: The Hunt Never Ends will also be available in paperback on October 30 from the same Amazon listing! Paperbacks cannot be preordered using Amazon’s system, however.
Be sure to check back October 30 for the physical (paperback) edition!
In the third section of the book, Caiden and Gwen hunt for a mysterious berserker whom the locals claim is causing trouble... and, for the first time, Caiden truly sees how hard it is to draw the line between man and monster.
If you’re interested in purchasing the book digitally, you can now pre-order it right here and have it immediately on October 30!
(Paperback edition will be available on Amazon on October 30)
“Thoughts?” she asked.
Caiden threw her a quick look. “We check the forest north of here, the direction he was heading. By now, maybe he’s calmed down some, even if he hasn’t turned back.”
‘Turned back.’ It was insane. Humans weren’t meant to turn into anything else, and neither was any other creature. The curses and magic he’d learned about since joining the Venatori, even not being able to read… He still couldn’t imagine a man turning into something he wasn’t.
No way he could imagine what that actually sounded like, what that drunk had to have heard – or what it looked like, for that matter. What it actually involved. It defied all nature, all sense, or at least any he’d known for his entire life.
They left their horses in town, setting off on foot to track the monster. As Caiden pulled his crossbow from his back and loaded it, Gwen nocked an arrow to her bow and spoke.
“So what do we know about berserkers – we know they bond their souls somehow to some kind of magical skins they wear, and this gives them special powers. Usually they bond with wolves, but they say that’s also the most dangerous, so some of them bond with other animals like bears instead. Because if they take it too far, they can lose control and lose themselves, turning into monsters.”
Caiden nodded. “Do we know for sure if they ever turn back?”
“There were at least two cases where they did that I read in some old accounts, but I don’t know how accurate they were.”
Tracking the berserker was easy, like Caiden figured. The monster had carved a swath of maddened destruction leading away from the city, toward the forest. He’d barreled over saplings, charged through streams, knocking aside underbrush and stones as he drove ever deeper into the wilderness.
Then, the tracks stopped.
There, sitting with his back against a tree trunk, was a man clad in little more than a few tattered clothes and furs that barely kept him decent. Every inch of him was made of tattooed muscle, scars, and some fresh bloodstains. A ragged grey beard covered half his face and reached down to his chest, full of unkempt remains of braids…
But he wore no animal skin.
What he did wear was not physical: a palpable cloak of regret. A pain so deep Caiden almost felt inclined to regret along with him as he drew near, the berserker’s emotions filling the air like a cloud of dreary, remorseful rain.
“I won’t fight,” the berserker said at once, showing empty hands and fingers stained with blood. “Show me mercy – I won’t fight.”
Gwen stood a few feet away, bow at the ready again, watching them. Caiden narrowed his eyes at him.
Slowly, the berserker stood, keeping his hands in plain view. Gwen swore under her breath, just loud enough for Caiden to hear. Even if he couldn’t match up to Caiden’s height, that didn’t make him small.
“I never meant to do what I did,” the berserker said slowly, his deep green eyes flicking between the two of them. “Whatever it was that I did.”
“You don’t remember?” Gwen asked.
“I remember some Imperials gathering around me and throwing insults…”
Caiden could hardly focus on the berserker’s words for the emotions churning in the air. Worry, even fear, and some strange anger that seemed to lurk like a monster waiting to spring. But there was a weariness, too. Something old and tired that yearned for only one thing: peace.
And always that remorse. Like someone who’d taken a life out of necessity, not desire – like a soldier in his legion who’d killed a man in self-defense. He’d felt this regret before, this guilt.
But monsters, supposedly, didn’t have remorse.
Caiden blinked, scowled harder against the sensations, and locked his eyes firmer onto the berserker before him.
“I fought for control, but… I am old. My skin took me years ago. I can fight it, but when pressed, it will always win in the end.”
“Yet,” said Gwen, “you came into an Imperial settlement knowing perfectly well you might lose control and kill innocent people there.”
Caiden glanced at her. Gwen kept her bow trained, ready to loose, a fire and distrust in her tone not quite like any he’d heard from her before. Still the berserker didn’t move, maintaining his calm, despite a sorrow in him that deepened to the point of leaving a lead weight setting heavy in Caiden’s stomach.
“Yes,” the berserker said, quieter now. “I was traveling – tired and hungry, in need of only shelter and nourishment.”
“None of that,” Gwen answered firmly, “excuses what you did.”
The berserker’s voice lifted, defensive, and pride came to grapple with his fear. “I am Gundahar of the Frost Raven clan, once a respected warrior. This is the first time I’ve ever harmed another with this curse – do not accuse me of not being careful. I know what I am and what the beast will do.” Wearing a scowl, he let his hands drop at last. “I only wanted a drink.”
Gwen glanced at him. Caiden glanced back.
And he lowered his crossbow.
“Caiden?” she said, perhaps a little stunned, the grip on her bow tightening in a way Caiden didn’t much like.
“Easy, Gwen,” he said, extending a hand toward her, lowering it, motioning for her to back off. “He doesn’t deserve this.”
She wasn’t having it, and she didn’t lower her bow. “Monsters hide in good men. The Venatori have taught it for eons – once someone is cursed, they can’t be trusted.”
Cursed. There was that word again, one he’d heard so often in this order of monster hunters. It meant so many different things, and every time he heard it, he wondered if there was some dark corner of that word reserved for him.
“Maybe not,” he said, stepping nearer to her and looking her in the eye. “If that turns out to be the case, I’ll shoulder the blame. But I’m asking you to lower your weapon.”
Gundahar neither moved nor spoke. He stood there watching with a dark look of jaded weariness etched across his features. Caiden couldn’t help but feel he’d seen a look disturbingly similar in one of the mirrors in Castle Greywatch.
At length, Gwen nodded. She lowered her bow, straightening herself and taking a deep breath, saying only, “I hope you’re right.”
Caiden nodded back. He returned his attention to Gundahar, but the berserker to speak first.
“I am sorry, truly, for what happened… Though perhaps your Imperial youths could use more lessons in how to stay their tongues. I came here peacefully, did nothing wrong, and they ridiculed me. Insulted me. Accused me of witchcraft and devilry – they didn’t know the holy powers of Odin they slandered with their words…”
His voice drifted. The pride faded away again, dissipating, pushed aside by the resurgence of guilt. Caiden’s near-eternal scowl almost softened around the edges. Almost.
“Tell us what happened,” he prompted.
Down in the lamplit streets, a mob surged furiously around their quarry, torches aloft and voices raised. From here, Caiden couldn’t make out much, but he didn’t have to make any guesses to know what was happening.
Turning, he threw his crossbow over his shoulder, grabbed his harness covered in weapons and potions, and pulled it on over only his shirt while he burst through the door to his room and stormed down the stairs. No time for his armor or the rest of his gear.
Not far from the inn doors, where the innkeeper and his daughter stood watching in horror, Caiden found exactly what he’d feared.
In the center of that mob they dragged Gundahar along by a rope around his neck. He struggled, clawing at it, getting to his feet to stand tall around most of the civilians around him. The instant he did, several rushed forward, brandishing cudgels to beat over his arms and legs, trying to force him back down.
Gwen, groggy and confused, appeared at his side with her weapons in hand.
“Dammit,” Caiden growled.
Charging forward, he shouldered his way straight into the mob with Gwen following in the wake he cleared. They parted around him like water against a stone.
He glanced at her and said, “Talk them down or distract them. I’m going after the berserker.”
Each step he took toward Gundahar, the air seemed to grow thicker. Stuffier. Harder to breathe, full of a desperate fear, a wild need to escape. He felt like he walked toward a cornered animal, one tired and scared – but not wanting to hurt anyone.
They reached the center, where Caiden grabbed one shoulder of a man with his club raised over the fallen Gundahar and shoved him aside hard enough to send him staggering away, teetering awkwardly like a drunk. Judging by the smell, he probably was. As was half the mob.
Somewhere behind him, Gwen tried to raise her voice over the din of confusion, anger, and accusations. Telling them to calm down, that this was their job, to go back home…
Caiden barely listened. He’d trust her with that. With the talking. She liked doing it, after all, and he’d be damned if he had words for these idiots. Not with how he felt something in Gundahar that wanted to snap. He couldn’t let that happen.
Kneeling, he put a heavy hand on Gundahar’s shoulder as he half lay in the street, bruised and bleeding. He’d fallen silent. Gone were all the hoarse yells and pleas and him trying to explain. Spent. There weren’t any words left in him, only ragged, sharp breaths and a hard twitch of the muscles in his neck. The instant Caiden touched him, something almost seemed to lash out – something with claws, and something very intent to kill.
Caiden gripped his shoulder anyway, prompting Gundahar to look up at him. He blinked, locking gazes, sending Caiden almost more pain and remorse than he knew what to do with.
“Gundahar,” he said, “breathe. Focus. Get on your feet – I’m taking you out of here.”
“N-no— no, Venator—” he gasped. “Too late— please—”
Whatever else he might have said died on his lips, fell to a look of resignation that passed over his features in a blink. Caiden knew it was over then, even before Gundahar’s jaw set and frigid determination rushed from him, like a gale from the North.
Gundahar surged to his feet, and with one swipe made of inhuman strength, slammed his arm across Caiden’s head powerful enough to send even him sprawling into the street, skull cracking hard against the cobblestones.
Whatever happened next, Caiden didn’t see it. Didn’t much hear it, either, for the ringing in his ears. Screaming, ripping, popping – strange sounds rippling like water swam through his head as if they were ten leagues away and drowned.
This was new. All of it. The wash of cold, biting down deep, right to the bone, and the fury. It was like nothing he’d felt before, a high-pitched scream tearing on around him, and into him, settling like it wished to stay. Wished for him to scream along with it, to give in to the anger. He almost didn’t even realize that screams – even worse, distorted, full of more pain than he and all his experience could even imagine – were also very real, filling the air around him.
And when Caiden scrambled to his feet again, his head pounding from where he’d knocked it against the ground, Gundahar was already gone.
A monster stood in his place.
Caiden stared straight down a wrinkled muzzle, lips already starting to drip strands of white froth. The thing before him looked like the largest bear he’d ever seen. Massive, hulking, covered in brown, grizzled fur and twitching muscles the size of which no man could ever achieve. Yet its shape looked almost human, with arms, and great hands bearing fingers that ended in long, hooked claws.
No recognition stirred in the green eyes like he’d seen on the man wearing this monster’s skin – or the man skin the monster wore. Maybe Gwen had been right.
Because when the bear-monster turned, it opened its wide, toothy maw and lifted a hand-paw the size of Caiden’s entire head, ready to bring it down on the nearest fleeing civilian.
This was their fault – the civilians.
But right now, that wasn’t important. All that mattered was stopping it.
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The Dumas & Morris Family Repository
Justin CARPENTER
Birth: 25 Sep 1800 - , Vermont, USA 2
Christening:
Death: Abt 1848 - ,, New York, USA 2
• He graduated with Degree in law. 2
• He worked as a Baptist Preacher also ran a temperance newspaper. 1 2
• He had a residence about 1830 in Brockport, NY. 2
Father: Cyrus CARPENTER Sr. 2
Mother: Betsey BARNEY 2
1. *Clarina Irene HOWARD 1 3
Marriage: 21 Apr 1830 - Townshend, Windham, Vermont, USA 1 4
1. Birsha CARPENTER 1
2. Chapin Howard CARPENTER 2
3. Aurelius Ormando CARPENTER 5 6 7 8 9
Birth Notes:
Justin Carpenter was possibly born in Guildord, VT
Birth: 1802 10
Mark Aurelius CARPENTER
Birth: 26 Jul 1887 - ,, California, USA 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Death: 9 Dec 1967 - Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA 18 19 20 21 25
Burial: 12 Dec 1967 - Russian River Cemetery, Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA 19 21 26
• He worked as a County Purchasing Agent. 21 27 28
• Soc Sec Num: 562-66-1465. 18 21
• He had a residence on 6 Jun 1900 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA. 29 In 1900 Mark was living in the home of his grandparents Aurelius and Helen Carpenter
• He had a residence in 1920 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA. 30
• He had a residence on 2 Apr 1930 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA. 31 East Clay Street
• He had a residence on 12 Jan 1937 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA. 32
• He had a residence on 23 Mar 1937 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA. 6
• He had a residence on 9 Dec 1967 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA. 21 431 S. Main St.
Father: Grant CARPENTER 5 18 21 33 34 35
Mother: Sophia STORM 5 18 21 36
1. *Melissa Chardon BALL 12 37 38 39
Marriage: 19 Dec 1920 - Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA 40 41 42
Death Notes:
Mendocino County Hospital
Burial Notes:
Block M-4, lots 12 & 13
May CARPENTER
Birth: 15 Mar 1856 - Grass Valley, Nevada, California, USA 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58
Death: 22 Sep 1939 - Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA 59 52 60
Burial: 25 Sep 1939 - Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA 60 61
• Hobby: Hobby. 60
• She worked as a Mendocino County school teacher. 5 62
• She had a residence on 13 Jul 1870 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA. 63
• She had a residence in 1880 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA. 64
• She had a residence on 17 Jan 1882 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA. 65
• She had a residence in 1884 in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA. 66
• She had a residence on 16 Jun 1900 in Redwood Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA. 67
• She had a residence in Apr 1910 in Los Gatos Town, Redwood Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA. 68
• She had a residence on 24 Jan 1920 in Los Gatos Town, Redwood Twp., Santa Clara Co., CA. 69
• She had a residence on 11 Apr 1930 in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA. 70
• She had a residence on 12 Jan 1937 in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA. 32
• She had a residence on 21 Sep 1939 in Los Gatos, Santa Clara, California, USA. 52 94 Hernandez Ave.
Father: Aurelius Ormando CARPENTER 5 6 7 8 9
Mother: Helen McCOWEN 5 6 71 72 73 74
1. *John Edward ELLIS 5 75 76 77 78 79 80
Marriage: 17 Jan 1882 - Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA 65 75 81 82 83
1. Helen J. ELLIS 84 85 86
2. William R. ELLIS 87
3. Edward E. ELLIS 88
4. John Francis ELLIS 89 90
5. May Elliott M. ELLIS 91 92 93
Under the auspices of Los Gatos Chapter No. 128, O.E.S. Cremated
In the 1900 census May Carpenter Ellis stated that she was the mother of 6 with 5 still living in 1900. In the 1910 census she stated that she was the mother of 6 with 1 still living, yet 2 were still living at home.
ELLIS, In Los Gatos, Calif, September 22, 1939, May C. Ellis, loving wife of the late John E. Ellis and mother of Mrs. Nelson H. (Helen)Phillips of Bronxville, New York; Mrs. George H. (Peggy) Hellborn, of Manizales, Columbia; William R. Ellis, of Chicago, Ill. A native of California, age 83 years, 6 months, 7 days.
Friends are invited to attend the services tomorrow (Monday) September 25, 1939 at 11:am from the Place Funeral Home 115 Santa Cruz Ave., Los Gatos.
A member of the Los Gatos Chapter No. 128 O.E.S, Hesperian Rebekah Lodge No. 70, Daughters of the American Revolution, and Los Gatos History Club.
Services under the auspices of Los Gatos Chapter No. 128, O.E.S.
San Jose Mercury Herald Sunday Sept 24, 1939, page 24 67 60 68
Marriage Notes (John Edward Ellis)
At the home of her parents by Rev. H. B. McBride of the Episcopal Church. Witness by Charles Cunningham and Mary Wurtemburg.
Samuel CARPENTER
1. *Phebe 94
1. Jane CARPENTER 94
1. Homer Edward CARR 95
1 Clarina Nichols, Clarina Nichols: An historical monologue. Setting Potter Valley, Spring 1872 (Sojourn Magazine
URL: http://www.gracemillennium.com/sojourn/Spring97/html/c_nichols.html).
2 Karen Holmes, Re: Justin Carpenter - b. 1800 - Guilford, VT (?) (URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.carpenter/2083.1.1).
3 1880 U. S. Census Clifton, Wilcox, Alabama, Obadiah H Dumas (Location: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), Clarina Nichols.
4 Family Search Ancestral File v4.19 (Location: Internet
URL: http://www.familysearch.org).
5 History of Mendocino County, California (Alley, Bowen & Co., San Francisco, Cal.), Page 686.
6 Death certificate of Grace Hudson 48 (File Num: Book 15, page 323
Location: Original on file at Mendocino County Recorder, Ukiah, CA).
7 1880 U. S. Census Clifton, Wilcox, Alabama, Obadiah H Dumas (Location: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), A. O. Carpenter.
8 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=003767&PN=233&SEC=California&CD=469), A. O. Carpenter.
9 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=011597&PN=211a&CD=923), Aurelius Carpenter.
10 Karen Holmes, Re: Justin Carpenter - b. 1800 - Guilford, VT (?) (URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.carpenter/2083.1.1.1.1).
11 Interview with Ronald Dumas (Location: Notes in possession of Ronna Dumas).
12 Blanche Brown, Grass Roots of Anderson Valley (1981 AVA Printing Shop, Boonville, CA), p 8.
13 Death certificate of Grace Hudson 48 (File Num: Book 15, page 323
Location: Original on file at Mendocino County Recorder, Ukiah, CA), Informant on Grace's Hudson's death certificate.
14 Mrs. Kendrick, county pioneer dies at age 81 (Ukiah Daily Journal).
15 1930 U. S. Census (Location: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_177-1017), Mark A. Carpenter.
16 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=011597&PN=211a&CD=923), Mark Carpenter.
17 Interview with Ronald Dumas (Location: Notes in possession of Ronna Dumas), 26 Jul 1887.
18 Rootsweb, California Birth Records (URL: http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/birth/search.cgi), CARPENTER MARK A 07/26/1887 STORM M CALIFORNIA MENDOCINO 12/09/1967 562-66-1465 80 yrs.
19 Grave of Mark Aurelius Carpenter.
20 Phil Carnahan, Mendocino County Cemetery Index (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/cemetery/ceml.txt), Carpenter, Mark Aurelius 07/26/1887 12/09/1967 Russian River Cem., Ukiah.
21 Death certificate for Mark A. Carpenter 2300 (File Num: Book 40, page 536
22 Mellissa Ball Carpenter, Famiily Group Sheets (Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA).
23 1930 U. S. Census (Location: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_177-1017), Age 42 born California.
24 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=011597&PN=211a&CD=923), Age 12 born July 1877 in California.
25 Interview with Ronald Dumas (Location: Notes in possession of Ronna Dumas), 1967.
26 Phil Carnahan, Mendocino County Cemetery Index (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mendocem/cemetery/ceml.txt).
27 Phil Carnahan, 1930 Mendocino County Great Register (URL: http://www.pacificsites.com/~pcarna/), Carpenter, Mark A, Ukiah No. 1 Rep County Purch Agt Ukiah.
28 1930 U. S. Census (Location: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_177-1017), Purchasing agent for county.
29 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=011597&PN=211a&CD=923).
31 1930 U. S. Census (Location: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_177-1017).
32 Probate of Grace Hudson (File Num: 6020
Location: Superior Court of Mendocino County, Ukiah, CA).
33 1880 U. S. Census Clifton, Wilcox, Alabama, Obadiah H Dumas (Location: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), Grant Carpenter.
34 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=003767&PN=233&SEC=California&CD=469), Grant Carpenter.
35 1920 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=3&state=New+York&county=New+York&township=Manhattan&ed=783&roll=T625_1204&STAbrv=NY&startimg=159&endimg=167&rp=164&hash=27162453&width=2413&height=1801&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Grant Carpenter.
36 1920 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=3&state=Michigan&county=Wayne&township=Detroit&ed=327&roll=T625_810&STAbrv=MI&startimg=24&endimg=87&rp=56&hash=1501247874&width=2561&height=1869&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Sophia Simons.
Location: Original on file at Mendocino County Recorder, Ukiah, CA), Spouse Melissa Carpenter.
38 Minnie Lambert Taken by Death; Boonville Rites (Ukiah Daily Journal).
39 1930 U. S. Census (Location: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_177-1017), Melissa B. Carpenter.
40 Interview with Ronald Dumas (Location: Notes in possession of Ronna Dumas), says 20 Dec 1920.
41 Marriage license for Mark A. Carpenter and Melissa C. Ball (File Num: Book 12, page 465
42 Mellissa Ball Carpenter, Famiily Group Sheets (Ukiah, Mendocino, California, USA), says married 20 Dec 1920.
43 1930 U. S. Census (Location: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_217-1035), May C. Ellis.
44 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=026349&PN=190a&CD=923), May Ellis.
45 1910 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=048954&PN=61&SEC=California&CD=950), May Ellis.
46 1920 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=3&state=California&county=Santa+Clara&township=Redwood&ed=142&roll=T625_146&STAbrv=CA&startimg=1068&endimg=1092&rp=1089&hash=1308034589&width=2433&height=1825&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), May C. Ellis.
47 1880 U. S. Census Clifton, Wilcox, Alabama, Obadiah H Dumas (Location: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), May Carpenter.
48 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=003767&PN=233&SEC=California&CD=469), May Carpenter.
49 History of Mendocino County, California (Alley, Bowen & Co., San Francisco, Cal.), Page 686, May was born in Grass Valley, CA.
50 Searles R. Boynton D.D.S, The Painter Lady Grace Carpenter Hudson (Interface California Corp., Eureka, CA).
51 Source, Age 23, native of CA.
52 Death certificate for May Carpenter Ellis 69 (Location: Certified copy in possession of Ronna Dumas).
54 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=026349&PN=190a&CD=923), Age 42 born March 1856 in California.
55 1910 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=048954&PN=61&SEC=California&CD=950), Age 52 born California.
56 1920 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=3&state=California&county=Santa+Clara&township=Redwood&ed=142&roll=T625_146&STAbrv=CA&startimg=1068&endimg=1092&rp=1089&hash=1308034589&width=2433&height=1825&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), Age 61 born California.
57 1880 U. S. Census Clifton, Wilcox, Alabama, Obadiah H Dumas (Location: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), Age 22 born California.
58 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=003767&PN=233&SEC=California&CD=469), Age 12 born California.
59 The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, California Death Index 1930-1939 (URL: http://www.vitalsearch-CA.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cadeathm.htm), Ellis, May C., JE., 1, 83, 43, 9/22/1939.
60 Submitter: Murial "murcal@amexol.net," Ellis (San Jose Mercury Herald).
61 Death certificate for May Carpenter Ellis 69 (Location: Certified copy in possession of Ronna Dumas), Cremated at Oak Hill, S. J.
62 1880 U. S. Census Clifton, Wilcox, Alabama, Obadiah H Dumas (Location: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), School teacher.
63 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=003767&PN=233&SEC=California&CD=469).
64 1880 U. S. Census Clifton, Wilcox, Alabama, Obadiah H Dumas (Location: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp).
65 Source.
66 Death certificate for May Carpenter Ellis 69 (Location: Certified copy in possession of Ronna Dumas), Length of residence in city of death 55 years.
68 1910 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=048954&PN=61&SEC=California&CD=950).
69 1920 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=3&state=California&county=Santa+Clara&township=Redwood&ed=142&roll=T625_146&STAbrv=CA&startimg=1068&endimg=1092&rp=1089&hash=1308034589&width=2433&height=1825&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale).
71 Aurelius O. Carpenter, A History of Mendocino County (2nd Edition Pacific Rim Research), Page 11.
72 1880 U. S. Census Clifton, Wilcox, Alabama, Obadiah H Dumas (Location: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp), Helen Carpenter.
73 1870 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=003767&PN=233&SEC=California&CD=469), Helen M. Carpenter.
74 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=011597&PN=211a&CD=923), Helen Carpenter.
75 Searles R. Boynton D.D.S, The Painter Lady Grace Carpenter Hudson (Interface California Corp., Eureka, CA), p. 18-19.
76 Submitter: Perrin Larton, Death certificate for John E. Ellis (Santa Clara County Recorder).
77 1930 U. S. Census (Location: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=CAT626_217-1035), John E. Ellis.
78 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=026349&PN=190a&CD=923), John E. Ellis.
79 1910 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=048954&PN=61&SEC=California&CD=950), John E. Ellis.
80 1920 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=3&state=California&county=Santa+Clara&township=Redwood&ed=142&roll=T625_146&STAbrv=CA&startimg=1068&endimg=1092&rp=1089&hash=1308034589&width=2433&height=1825&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), John E. Ellis.
81 Submitter: Perrin Larton, Death certificate for John E. Ellis (Santa Clara County Recorder), Spouse & informant May Carpenter Ellis.
82 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=026349&PN=190a&CD=923), Married 18 years.
83 1910 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=048954&PN=61&SEC=California&CD=950), Married 28 years.
84 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=026349&PN=190a&CD=923), Hellen J. Ellis.
85 1930 U. S. Census (Location: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=View&r=an&dbid=6224&iid=NYT626_1659-0700), Helen E. Phillips.
86 1910 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=012662&PN=171&SEC=Nevada&CD=968), Hellen I Phillips.
87 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=026349&PN=190a&CD=923), William R. Ellis.
88 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=026349&PN=190a&CD=923), Edward E. Ellis.
89 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=026349&PN=190a&CD=923), John F. Ellis.
90 1910 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=048954&PN=61&SEC=California&CD=950), John Francis Ellis.
91 1900 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?SEC=California&IN=026349&PN=190a&CD=923), May E. M. Ellis.
92 1910 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/ifa_image.cgi?IN=048954&PN=61&SEC=California&CD=950), May Elliott Ellis.
93 1920 U. S. Census (Location: http://www.ancestry.com/search/io/browse.asp?c=3&state=California&county=Santa+Clara&township=Redwood&ed=142&roll=T625_146&STAbrv=CA&startimg=1068&endimg=1092&rp=1089&hash=1308034589&width=2433&height=1825&levels=5&colorspace=Grayscale), May E. Ellis.
94 Frederic Andrew Hibbard, Genealogy of the Hibbard Family who are Descendants of Robert Hibbard of Salem, Masschusetts (Higginson Book Company).
95 Married 50 Years (Ukiah Daily Journal).
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 6, Episode 19
Legendaddy
If there has been a theme to this season of How I Met Your Mother, and I would argue at this point that there certainly has, its the idea of fatherhood. We began this season with Marshall struggling with the idea of becoming his father and Barney struggling with his strong desire to meet his dad. Along the way, Marshall lost his dad and Barney found his. These two characters have really formed the center of the show this year, and while from a masterplot standpoint that might bother me a bit (I doubt either of these plotlines is crucial to Ted meeting The Mother, but then, what is these days?), in terms of creating a season that hangs together as a coherent narrative I think it works. The show's creators promised us at the dawn of season six that this would be a return to form after the wayward (read: directionless and completely bungled) fifth season, and while I'm not sure I can call this season a full return to form, it has been at its strongest when dealing with continuing stories (I have even liked some of what the show has done with ted and Zoey, though I may be in the minority there).
"Legendaddy" is a big episode for this season, then, as Barney finally gets to meet his father Jerry, played by sitcom vet and all around awesome actor John Lithgow, who was last seen scaring the shit out of us as Trinity on Dexter. What Barney is looking for when he meets his dad is validation; what he gets is something different but quite possibly something much more meaningful. Barney hopes that his dad will drink his whiskey neat, high five his son, scam girls in bars and be a successful tour promoter after his stint as a roadie in Barney's youth. Instead, Barney is confronted with a quiet older man who drinks skim milk, teaches driving in White Plains, and has a family of his own (one that doesn't include Barney). The emotional subtext to the episode (until it is made text with such a forceful performance by NPH that the lack of subtlety didn't bother me for a second) is that Barney discovers his dad left him to become nothing more than a better dad to another family.
The scene in which Barney tries to tear J.J.'s basketball hoop fro mthe garage while his father tries his best to apologize for the ways he has failed him is nothing short of phenomenally executed, with brilliant performances by both Lithgow and NPH (who damn better get his Emmy this year). Jerry has regretted abandoning his first son for 30 years and wants desperately to make up for his greatest mistake. Yet allowing Jerry to do this will force Barney to come up against all of the ways he has fallen short because of his daddy issues. Sure, he has that gap in his knowledge that makes him ignorant of how to use tools (and there's a great gag when Jerry symbolically hands Barney the screwdriver he was missing earlier in the episode and Barney just bangs it against the backboard futilely), but he is also desperate for paternal attention and validation, a pathological womanizer who has serious intimacy issues stemming from his abandonment by his father (along with the disintegration of his first real relationship). Barney is the show's break out comedic character, to be sure, but the writers have always backed that up with a realistic and believable emotional core, and this episode lets us see again just how wounded our Mr. Stinson is inside.
The B-plot has the gang confronting each other on their gaps in knowledge and Marshall getting everyone around him to stop treating him with care after the death of his father. There isn't much here, but when the show is on its game like it was this week, there doesn't need to be. Many of the best plots the show has ever done come from letting the gang just rip on each other, and the comedy involved in all of their ridiculous "gaps" is a nice counterpoint to the often uncomfortably real drama going on in the A-plot. And, for symmetry points, Marshall makes a real step towards making peace with the loss of his father at the same time that Barney is making a real step towards accepting his dad back into his life. Nicely done, HIMYM.
The episode ends with Barney walking away from his father carrying his half brother's basketball hoop, which he feels entitled to since JJ gets the suburban upbringing with the perfect family. Things do not get a tidy conclusion this week, nor should they. The issues Barney has with his father cannot be cleaned up in a "very special episode" and I imagine we'll revisit them often in the years to come, especially now that How I Met Your Mother has been renewed for two more seasons (a fact that I have mixed feelings about). When Barney brings the basketball hoop to Ted's dream house to set it up in the back yard, he is acknowledging that Ted's children will have what he always wanted and truly needed to avoid becoming who he is today. "A kid needs a hoop," he says, and like all of the best ending lines, he speaks volumes about where he is currently as a character. "Legendaddy" is not a perfect episode of How I Met Your Mother, but it does come pretty close, and it gives me as much hope for Barney's character arc as "Oh Honey" gave me for Ted's romantic conclusion. Which is really saying something.
-"Here's the thing about me and tools. The only one I know how to use is attached to me. And I'm not going to stick that in the TV...again."
-A list of the character's gaps that we learn about this evening: Barney can't use tools, Ted mispronounces chameleon, Robin thinks the North Pole is fictional, Lily has terrible aim, and Marshall (once he gets the gang going) can't wink or swallow pills, adds too much milk to oatmeal and is too old to ask to see the cockpit.
-"I still think about him in the shower."
-"I've published two nonfiction books about asparagus. And one fiction."
-"I guess you could call me the LeBron James of drapes."
-Did I hear that wrong, or did they accidentally reverse the reverse punchline on the Vietnamese shame wheel? In the first scene, which takes place after Barney has met his dad, at Ted's house, barney tells the gang they aren't ready to hear about a Vietnamese Shamewheel. And unless I heard wrong, he tells them they still aren't ready to hear about it when referencing a travel sized version as he lies to them about his meeting with his dad, which occurred before they went to Ted's house...There's a chance I've put too much thought into this.
-"You've been treating me with kid's gloves since my dad died." "That's not true!" "Robin, don't disagree with Marshall!"
-"You think John and Jack Kennedy are the same person!...What?"
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Daddy's girls / Danielle Steel.
Steel, Danielle, (author.).
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Decades ago, after the death of his wife, Texas ranch hand JT Tucker took his three small daughters to California to start a new life. With almost no money, a will of iron, and hard work, he eventually built the biggest ranch in California. But when he dies suddenly at the age of sixty-four, the ranch is inherited by his three daughters--each of them finding it impossible to believe that this larger-than-life figure is gone from their lives. JT's relationship with each daughter was entirely different. Caroline, the youngest and most reserved, was overlooked by her father for her entire life and fled to become a wife, mother, and writer in Marin County. Gemma, his declared favorite, sought out Hollywood glamour and success and became a major television star. Kate, the eldest, stayed at home with her father to do his bidding as a ranch hand, without thanks or praise, forsaking marriage and a family of her own for the love of him. Now, upon JT's death, the paper trail he leaves behind begins to reveal much more than the three sisters ever guessed about who he really was. It will turn their world upside down, and each of them must grapple with a new reality, strengthening their relationships with one another, and discovering who they are now as grown women, in spite of him. Set against the magnificent backdrop of the West and the drama of a family in turmoil, Daddy's Girls is the story of three remarkable women and their unique bond to each other--the daughters of a complex, many-faceted, domineering father who left his mark on each of them.
Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world&;s most popular authors, with almost a billion copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include The Wedding Dress, The Numbers Game, Moral Compass, Spy, Child&;s Play, The Dark Side, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina&;s life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the children&;s books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.
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How do you boost take up of the coronavirus vaccine? – BBC Newsnight
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it's the map that defines england right now what tier its inhabitants live in we know the tears could change but it will almost certainly be a vaccine that will finally get rid of them for good so what needs to happen for the vaccine to do its job first it needs to be licensed by the regulator to make sure it's not only effective but safe to use regulators will demand at least two months if not four months follow-up to be sure that the vaccine does not have adverse events occur occurring at a rate of say one in five thousand vaccinated that are serious we really don't want to have that most of those sort of serious adverse effects will occur in the first two months but monitoring vaccines doesn't stop once they've been approved for use sometimes a side effect might be so rare many tens of thousands of people will need to have had a jab for it to become apparent more trials and big databases will allow further follow-up to happen we actually try and calculate what your risks are of having the disease over let us say the next year and compare those with the risks of having let us say a vaccine-induced adverse effect and we make sure that that balance is extremely favorable because we aren't treating people for a disease with this vaccine and we are treating people who are otherwise healthy we've heard much about herd immunity throughout the course of the pandemic the need to stop the spread but who gets it in the uk in the first instance is a matter of protection in reality many of the programs that we use for vaccines have a much broader perspective and really about trying to protect the entire population by reducing circulation of the infection but in this case in the first instance things are being very much targeted at people who are either at very high risk of exposure to the virus through their occupational uh pastimes and and so on or people who we know are very likely to get very sick or die if they get the infection once the vaccine has been approved there's the task of giving it to all those who need it the vaccine may roll off the production line but it will take thousands of extra hours work for gps could administering it leave some surgeries out of pocket even though as i understand it the box that it comes in can be stored in a normal fridge i think you will find that there will be problems in taking it out defrosting it and it probably one that will be for the large centers and hopefully the ones that we'll be getting will be the oxford one which is much more stable can be stored in a normal fridge the highest risk group of course are those in care homes and what we will be doing is making sure rather than one gp go into one care home and only immunize their own patients one gp or nurse or pharmacist will go in and immunise everybody in the care home on behalf of everybody else finally with such fast development will people hesitate before having it remember this i think the mum test is very important here my mum is um 78 she'll be 79 shortly and i've already said to her mum make sure when you're called you're ready some experts say that we need to give more detail than what's included on a press release and asking if it'll pass the mum test this should include what it is and isn't known so what harms have been reported and by whom plus the effectiveness in different groups the impact on transmission and longer term immunity because the program is targeted as i said to people at particularly high risk the majority of those people are going to be particularly keen to receive immunization once the vaccine's been properly uh licensed and authorized um because the the balance of risk and benefit is clearly very strongly in favor of receiving the vaccine this actually contains the vaccine the pm was visiting a vaccine manufacturer today the vaccine itself is within touching distance but making a success of it will take a while longer we're joined now by paulette hamilton the labour councillor and cabinet member for health on birmingham city council major general tim cross a retired british army officer and military logistics expert and james johnson who was theresa may's pollster in number 10 downing street very nice to have you all a major general tim cross i'm going to start with you if i can in terms of the military logistics do we have the capacity to to roll this out now and what is it how does it work well we don't have we don't have it in the military logistics system i mean the nation as a whole has the capacity logistics is about getting the right stuff to the right place at the right time and the trick is to ensure that you have the command and control in place to ensure that the capacity we've got is used effectively and coherently to deliver the plan whatever the plan is um the military part of this is part of a what's been legislated for for many many years it's called military assistance to the civil authority the military are not in charge of this we're here to support the government and the local governments in in the plan we will put people into their headquarters into their various command cells to help them work their way through what that plan might look like and we will put assets out and about um to help deliver you know the the the virus the vaccination wherever it needs to go so alone the military is not in a position to do this we don't have sufficient assets of our own we have to work alongside the nhs and all the other providers i'm guessing a lot of people will be looking at the problems that we've seen over the last year the problems that the government's had with test and trace or with pp procurement at the beginning what do you need or what does the army i should say need to get this right and to make it work what's the most useful thing you can get from government well it's not just the army i should stress it's it's the military as a whole maybe in the air force only deed some civilians too within the mod i mean this is all i stress what i've said before it's about command and control it's the about the ability to think through um getting the stuff to where it needs to go to the care homes to the gp surgeries or to any other outlet i mean every every village has a parish church you know whatever facility we want to use to deliver deliver it um so it's about it's about command control and an efficient communication system to the distribution of the of the vaccine wherever it needs to go right um the military as i say are in support here we're not here to take the thing over um we're here to support those who would i mean i had my flu jab a couple of months ago there is a system in place we just need to look at that and decide what needs to happen in terms of ramping up uh to get it to you know get the vaccine to the various places in a timely way because it's a whole different scale isn't it if i go to scale hamilton where you are um how nervous are you there about take up do you sense is there an is there an appetite for the vaccine can i be honest with you emma emily there is something in the community guardians conspiracy theories people feel very nervous they're nervous at the speed at which this vaccine as has come to the market they're nervous because many people think that there is a chip in the vaccine that will be put into them they're nervous because we as a community we have been disproportionately affected by 19 and i've had people come to my ward meetings and different things saying why are black people going to be at the front of the queue and that's just not the case so i've been saying and i've said all along and i'll say on here government has to be absolutely clear on the messages that it that are going out and i hear what the sergeant major says but people will not take this vaccine if people do not believe it's being given for the right reasons ever since dominic cummings went out and broke the rules in parts of the community some people feel that there is one rule for some and another rule for others so we ups have to be absolutely clear read this virus to the groups we're giving we need the messages to be clear and we need the people that are giving these vaccines to be absolutely all singing from the same imminent because that's the man that in your intro has it got the mom's test and i'm not sure it's got that at the moment across the nation paulette what what do you say personally i mean are people coming to you and saying why are we being singled out in the black or asian community to go first do you explain it's because they're vulnerable not because you know their sense that their guinea pigs absolutely do and my word to people out there in birmingham we've done a lot of work in this area and what i've always said to people is it is the most vulnerable groups it's not about your color it's it's about the most vulnerable groups but what you have to understand is at the beginning of this particular pandemic they had said that the black and asian community were disproportionately affected so they truly believe that because they were disproportionately affected at the beginning that they're being used as the guinea pigs now gosh uh james johnson i i wonder what the government does to to correct that narrative and and i mean we don't know how widespread that is but certainly uh polit hamilton's talking as a labour councillor in part of birmingham city council what's the government's first job then just to make sure people feel it's safe yeah i think exactly i mean in relative terms to other countries um uptake in uk is looking relatively healthy about 65 of people in a poll that we conducted through keck cnc say they're likely or definitely would take it now that's higher than the other five countries in that poll higher than france higher in the united states and it's particularly high amongst over 65s that's the good news but as part of reference is there you know we do see people saying by quite a large margin by about 54 saying that they're they worried it's been rushed through um and we also see a small margin saying uh that it might not have been tested thoroughly so there are those concerns about safety i think the government really has to get on the front foot and deflect some of those negatives i think it has to be really honest really clear that clarity of message um is very important and being proactive and deflecting those things the thing that worries me most is not necessarily um the conspiracy theory side though that is important but is a is a sort of a general doubt rippling through the population um that somehow this isn't safe you know one story getting blown up concerns about side effects for example so the government has to be really clear in that and they also need to talk about the positives you know promote the positives of this vaccine we've seen today you know sort of talk referring to you know restaurant cinemas banning people from going in that's important that's the stick but they also need the carrot the sort of what does this actually mean for you what will this allow you to do what would this allow us to do as a country and would you get that positive message across too yeah and paulette we um started the show i mean you mentioned the mum test um we start the show with with uh an old picture of elvis who was the role model at one time for polio is there is it a carrot is there a role model this time would you like to see politicians themselves having it for your community is it is it good to have um the military on hand is that a reassurance i mean in what sense what would bring people around to sort of believing that this is this is the right thing to do can i be honest with you i'm in a community where 84 of the community that i'm a counselor in they're from um the black and minority ethnic groups and if you put the police or the military in front of them there is a level of distrust so i don't truly believe that that would necessarily work in areas such as mine but what i do believe will work and that's what we are doing in birmingham is we have something going on called covid champions and these are people that are and they know the local community and they're going out there and they're spreading the word in the local community what's up is very popular in birmingham we absolutely use our faith groups that are without them we couldn't have got this far they have been absolutely phenomenal social media quite a lot so facebook live instagram live we're on twitter but what we also do is we get things out in different languages because people are not hard to reach the issue here is that people people are not making the effort to reach those groups so for me the police would not be or the military would not be the entity i would want to use to get the messages out there but the faith groups and others would be far more advantageous in communities like mine let me just ask general tim cross that you've made it very clear that the the army aren't taking over here they're just they're just doing the logistics on the ground where it's needed do you have a concern when you hear what pauline says um that the your people could be a sort of a a blockade in a way uh a suspicion of authority in some of these communities well i hear that but i have to say that a huge percentage of soldiers that i've worked with over 30 40 years came from exactly the sort of communities that pauline is talking about i mean this is a matter of leadership so for example when i was in the first golf campaign and we had to have all sorts of weird and wonderful things uh jabbed into our arms and tablets taken and so forth because we were worried about chemical warfare it was the senior officers and the officers who took this stuff first alongside the soldiers and you know showed them that that's we were all part of the same team now if pauline thinks that she doesn't want the police and the military in there she's she's the lady on the ground she would understand it she's talked about the faith communities which i would endorse it's the leadership so it's people like her who need to appear in the media on whatsapp on all these other stuff but show being shown taken taking this inoculation it's interesting is that the other leadership in terms of the politicians and the local community leaders and so forth it doesn't matter whether it's military or police or civil uh but but it has to it's a leadership issue yeah it's very interesting uh james i wonder if you're recalling um the hoo-ha there was with with tony blair over the mmr jab he did give it to his youngest son but but from what i recall he never went public about it and there was some sense that if he'd only done that and been a bit more vocal about it he would have brought a lot of people with so is this a top down i mean it's interesting isn't it paulette's talking very much of sort of you know grassroots and it's the local leaders and it's the religious leaders and it's and it's social media and tim cross is talking about getting the leaders you know in a position where others are able to follow what what is it for you yeah well i mean as with any sort of you know communications campaign like this the key thing is you know realizing who the audience is and you know what sources they trust and who they look to for guidance so absolutely you know for the communities as paulie's talking about um you know community leaders and so on very important uh politicians potentially important for some people uh seeing them sort of take the lead though obviously that would need to match the sort of you know order of preference for for the vaccine but other institutions and things that people trust well the nhs and nurses i think you know and not nurses and doctors people in the profession i think you know tv ads really you know with nhs nurses and doctors saying you know take this for us do it for us that would certainly uh generate support amongst the public 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5. Outstanding Contribution to Leadership Development.
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14. Outstanding cultural heritage advancement.
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The award will honor scholars who have demonstrated distinct accomplishments, professionalism, and dedication to the area of higher education in any discipline across East African universities. The HEA-EA will have the supremacy to select and award according to ethics set.
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This award will go to the business school demonstrating the most outstanding overall performance in equipping graduates with not only business skills but most importantly the art of translating the acquired knowledge into businesses in their respective societies during the 2018-19 academic year. The award will also look at how nominees have forged different business partnerships and consequently their results on the wellbeing of their establishment, the communities they serve and the east African economy at large. It is open to all business schools in the East Africa, including those situated within universities and those in the private sector.
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Emulators? Anyone play about with them?
Thread: Emulators? Anyone play about with them?
July 1st, 2016, 02:19 AM #21
Haha! Fun times ahead!
For those of you who are literal links to the past and have never played a newer Zelda game, you're in for a treat.
And all you need is to source yourself four games:
Zelda Collectors Edition for GameCube (includes emulated (so you're emulating within an emulator (emuception, much like this bracketing stack))) Zelda I and II, as well as Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask)
The Wind Waker (GC)
Twilight Princess (Wii or GC - I recommend GC because fuck motion controls)
That's all five 3D Zelda games so far.
Speaking of emuception, did you know that the original Goldeneye for the N64 included an experimental emulator within its code, which Rareware used to test whether or not the N64 could emulate games? This eventually became a feature in Donkey Kong 64 where you could unlock the original Donkey Kong arcade game and Jetpak from the ZX Spectrum console. Goldeneye actually has 10 games buried within, which can only be unlocked through modding the game.
And here's another one; if you know what you're doing, you can replace the files for Ocarina of Time in the Master Quest bonus disc for an entirely different N64 game, since all the disc really is, is an N64 emulator running on GameCube which has two titles loaded onto it.
If you get the ROM for Goldeneye, mod it to unlock the ZX Spectrum games, swap it for one of the titles in the Master Quest bonus disc, then run it in Dolphin on your PC... It's emulators all the way down.
So hey, here's something I have been looking at this week.
Dolphin can emulate the entire Wii system menu. The below video is pretty old, but it still works as described, except in Dolphin 5.0 you can just place the .wad files in the same directory as your games and run them from there, although apparently you still have to install each .wad file via the menu to make them work together properly; it's something I'm still trying out.
The ironical thing is, I have a real Wii set up and switched on so that I have a sensor bar, yet I'm using my PC connected to the TV to muck about with Wii menus. All I have to do is switch inputs on the TV and I can use an actual Wii.
Kchrpm
Corvette Enthusiast
I see your emulators and I raise you the Classic NES: https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/14/...with-30-games/
This will be Nintendo's big holiday product since the NX won't be out until March.
Get that weak shit off my track
stephenb
Damn there are some very clever people out there
September 8th, 2016, 08:38 PM #25
As it happens, Cemu struggles with Wind Waker HD on my PC, and is kinda okay with Super Mario 3D World.
It can run Twilight Princess HD just wonderfully however, which is nice because that's the least illegal WiiU game I would ever allegedly have access to. It's the most expensive amiibo I have ever bought, let me tell you.
September 9th, 2016, 10:26 AM #26
I have PSXE on my computer to play GT1/GT2, and some other games I enjoyed as a kid. Resident Evil 2, Syphon Filter, Jarrett and Labonte Stock Cars, etc.
I also have a Genesis/CD emulator to play the 1991-1994 Sanic (REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE) games when the urge strikes me.
So the digital version of Breath of the Wild for Wii U has been leaked, essentially stolen from the eShop servers a few days early.
http://kotaku.com/legend-of-zelda-br...s-b-1792802398
It boots on Cemu but doesn't get past the opening splash screens. The Cemu devs will work on it, but it will be weeks before it's anything close to running. It's nothing to get too excited about yet.
June 22nd, 2017, 06:06 PM #28
I was poking about on the Dolphin blog today and I found out that...
Dolphin Emu
And buy real games.
https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2017/03...f-of-purchase/
animalica
This board could need a "Like" option for threads/posts/replies...
The power of emulation.
Download links are in the video description on YouTube.
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That earlier builder was the original contracting party with an owner. They may have been terminated for breach, or simply walked off the job.
Or if they have done one of three things, that is died, disappeared or become insolvent, then following a claim on the domestic building insurance (previously known as builder warranty insurance), the Insurer will get 2 builders to quote on an assessed scope of works.
That scope of works will be to rectify and complete the works of the original builder. The owner is entitled to make a claim for up to 6 years post completion for structural defects, and for 2 years for ‘non-structural’. Also, they can claim for incomplete works up to 20% of the value of the adjusted contract price.
Quotes received will generally be higher than the balance left in the building contract, because the quoting panel builders are covering themselves for the risk of taking over the warranties to the owners contained in section 8 of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1993.
It can be a real hornets nest if owners end up in VCAT disputes with a second contracting builder. The quagmire is identifying genuine defects for which the second builder is liable (on the one hand) from variations or defects of the first builder on the other.
The writer was involved in one such VCAT dispute recently. The case ran for most of 2012, only settling just prior to Xmas without requiring a final hearing.
A second builder had been introduced to a developer, in circumstances where the developer had terminated the first builder from the contract because of:
Tardiness in carrying out the works (likely due to cash flow);
Defective work in regard to structural matters including frame.
The second builder argued with some justification that he could not envisage the true cost of the work when he first inspected the partially completed project, because some of the defects were only apparent when his works had commenced.
Before too long he had sent the developer a detailed letter that set out a string of variations that would be required to the agreed price, due to extra works rectifying framing matters.
There was also evidence of emails between the second builder and developer where the defective works of the first builder were discussed, and the need for variations.
When the relationship soured several months later, the developer tried to argue he had not been properly advised about extra work, denied liability for the variations, and even claimed the second builder was responsible for the defects.
While we were able to argue certain key facts, it would have been better if the builder had followed the correct procedure in the industry standard contract and the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1993 (“the DBCA”).
That is, an initial notice setting out the extra price and time associated with the variation, and then a signed notice from the Owner agreeing to have the variation work proceed.
The builder’s argument was though that:
Under section 37(3) of the DBCA the builder can still recover payment from an owner for a variation even if the builder has not complied with the ‘paper trail’ requirement;
To do that the builder would need to show:
The variation is made necessary by circumstances that could not have been reasonably foreseen by the builder at the time the contract was signed; or
There are exceptional circumstances or that the builder would suffer a significant or exceptional hardship by not being paid; and
It would not be unfair to the owner for the builder to be paid.
Furthermore, the builder argued that the correspondence between the parties near the start of the second contract showed that the owner had been notified about the defects and the need for variations.
In the case of the builder, he had seen an opportunity for a profitable project in taking over an earlier builder’s work. And it is generally accepted that a second builder will add a premium to the quoted price to cover the risk and uncertainty of:
Taking over an earlier builder’s work; and
Thereby taking responsibility for fixing earlier defects in the work.
The owner could perhaps have argued that the builder should have done a more thorough investigation and quoted higher accordingly, but did not really take this point.
On the other hand there was cogent evidence to suggest that a lot of the defects were covered up and could not be discovered until at least some work had been done. Hence the difficulty with quoting on this project.
The builder had entered into an industry standard building contract for an agreed price, that set out the works involved in completion of works on town houses, from a particular stage until completion.
The moral of that story was that a second builder on such a project needs to be diligent about the variations “paper trail” as required by the DBCA, and carefully document all variations and extensions of time.
In addition of course the quoted price needs to adequately cover the second builder for risk, given the adoption of the warranties owed to the owner (and therefore the risk on the job).
There is probably still some confusion in the industry about how long a builder is accountable to an owner for. The period is 10 years based on section 134 of the Building Act 1993, as that is the time post completion that an owner can bring a ‘building action’.
This is not to be confused with the domestic building insurance that a registered domestic builder must have for every building project, before a deposit is paid.
This is only insurance in place to protect the owner in certain defined events, it is not a panacea for a builder. The Insurer will seek recovery from the registered builder after a payout in any event.
Other “usual suspects” at VCAT are disputes where a defective building has been sold by an owner builder. This is someone who:
Intends to use their own skills to build, extend or renovate their home;
Intends to manage sub-contractors to do the work; or
Is a registered builder who does the work on their own property.
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An owner builder takes on many of the responsibilities of a registered builder, as governed by the Building Act and the DBCA. For example, an owner builder owes warranties as a vendor to any new owner based on Part 9 of the Building Act.
If the owner builder wants to sell the property within 6 years and 6 months of completion then they must:
Provide a defects inspection report not more than 6 months old from a registered building practitioner for all work; and
Take out domestic building insurance for work valued at more than $12,000, to protect the purchaser.
An owner builder must still of course have all requisite building approvals, mandatory inspections passed and obtain an occupancy permit or certificate of final inspection.
However, as they are not registered builders generally, and may just be managing their own contractors, the quality of work can suffer.
On this basis, a second builder rectifying and completing an owner builder’s work will need to be wary and allow for risk when quoting their works.
The second builder will in turn be taking over the warranty obligations that are then owed back to the owner builder. They will need to use a compliant domestic building contract for all work over $5,000.
Only a proper industry standard contract should be used and the scope of works needs to be properly set out in the schedule and specifications. The procedure for variations in the contract should be followed to the letter.
Domestic building insurance will need to be in place before you start, for all works over $12,000 in value.
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WASHINGTON, April 29 (RIA Novosti) – US President Barack Obama told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call Monday that he appreciates Russia’s assistance in the investigation of the deadly Boston Marathon attack earlier this month, the White House said in a statement.
During the call, Obama reiterated “his appreciation for the close cooperation that the United States has received from Russia” concerning the attack, in which two men with ties to Russia’s restive North Caucasus region are suspected of detonating two bombs that killed three people and wounded more than 250 near the finish line of the race, the White House said.
The call came amid US media reports indicating the Russian government secretly recorded the older of the two suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who was killed during a shootout with police days after the bombing, talking with his mother about jihad during a 2011 phone conversation.
Moscow told investigators in the US they had concerns about Tamerlan’s radical views and religious ideology in 2011, but reportedly did not share more specific information about the secretly recorded phone calls until after the Boston bombings.
White House spokesman Jay Carney told a news conference Monday that he did not “have any confirmation” about information Russia may have provided about the Tsarnaevs prior to the attack.
“We have a cooperative relationship with our Russian counterparts when it comes to counterterrorism,” Carney said.
Obama and Putin also discussed “cooperation on counterterrorism and security issues going forward, including with respect to the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,” the White House statement said.
The two leaders also discussed the ongoing violence in Syria, with Obama “underscoring concern over Syrian chemical weapons,” the statement said.
The White House said in a letter to lawmakers last week that intelligence gathered by the United States, with the help of opposition forces in Syria, shows “with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria.” Damascus has denied using chemical weapons, but said the opposition might have used them.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said last Tuesday that any reports of the alleged use of chemical weapons in the conflict must be carefully investigated to avoid a repetition of the “Iraqi scenario.”
Obama and Putin also discussed their plans to meet in person in June at the G-8 meeting in Northern Ireland and at a bilateral summit in Russia in September.
Putin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters Monday that the September meeting will take place prior to the G-20 summit in St. Petersburg slated for Sept. 5 and 6.
Monday’s call was initiated by the White House, Ushakov added.
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Sole Proprietor’s Mechanics Lien OK Where Lien Recorded in His Own Name (Instead of Business Name) – IL Court
While the money damages involved in Gerlick v. Powroznik (2017 IL App (1st) 153424-U) is low, the unpublished case provides some useful bullet points governing construction disputes. Chief among them include what constitutes substantial performance, the recovery of contractual “extras,” and the standards governing attorney fee awards under Illinois’s mechanics lien statute.
The plaintiff swimming pool installer sued the homeowner defendants when they failed to fully pay for the finished pool. The homeowners claimed they were justified in short-paying the plaintiff due to drainage and other mechanical problems.
After a bench trial, the court entered judgment for the pool installer for just over $20K and denied his claim for attorneys’ fees under the Act. Both parties appealed; the plaintiff appealed the denial of attorneys’ fees while the defendants appealed the underlying judgment.
Held: Affirmed
A breach of contract plaintiff in the construction setting must prove it performed in a reasonably workmanlike manner. In finding the plaintiff sufficiently performed, the Court rejected the homeowners’ argument that plaintiff failed to install two drains. The Court viewed drain installation as both ancillary to the main thrust of the contract and not feasible with the specific pool model (the King Shallow) furnished by the plaintiff.
The Court also affirmed the trial court’s mechanic’s lien judgment for the contractor. In Illinois, a mechanics lien claimant must establish (1) a valid contract between the lien claimant and property owner (or an agent of the owner), (2) to furnish labor, services or materials, and (3) the claimant performed or had a valid excuse of non-performance. (¶ 37)
A contractor doesn’t have to perform flawlessly to avail itself of the mechanics’ lien remedy: all that’s required is he perform the main parts of a contract in a workmanlike manner. Where a contractor substantially performs, he can enforce his lien up to the amount of work performed with a reduction for the cost of any corrections to his work.
The owners first challenged the plaintiff’s mechanics’ lien as facially defective. The lien listed plaintiff (his first and last name) as the claimant while the underlying contract identified only the plaintiff’s business name (“Installation Services & Coolestpools.com”) as the contracting party. The Court viewed this discrepancy as trivial since a sole proprietorship or d/b/a has no legal identity separate from its operating individual. As a consequence, plaintiff’s use of a fictitious business name was not enough to invalidate the mechanic’s lien.
The Court also affirmed the trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s claim for extra work in the amount of $4,200. A contractor can recover “extras” to the contract where (1) the extra work performed or materials furnished were outside the scope of the contract, (2) the extras were furnished at owner’s request, (3) the owner, by words or conduct, agreed to compensate the contractor for the extra work, (4) the contractor did not perform the extra work voluntarily, and (5) the extra work was not necessary through the fault of the contractor.
The Court found there was no evidence that the owners asked the plaintiff to perform extra work – including cleaning the pool, inspecting equipment and fixing the pool cover. As a result, the plaintiff did not meet his burden of proving his entitlement to extras recovery. (¶¶ 39-41).
Lastly, the Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of attorneys’ fees to the plaintiff. A mechanics’ lien claimant must prove that an owner’s failure to pay is “without just cause or right;” a phrase meaning not “well-grounded in fact and warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.” 770 ILCS 60/17(a). Here, because there was evidence of a good faith dispute concerning the scope and quality of plaintiff’s pool installation, the Court upheld the trial court’s denial of plaintiff’s fee award attempt.
1/ A contractor doesn’t have to perform perfectly in order to win a breach of contract or mechanics’ lien claim. So long as he performs in a workmanlike manner and substantially completes the hired-for work, he can recover under both legal theories.
2/ A sole proprietor and his fictitious business entity are one and the same. Because of this business owner – d/b/a identity, the sole proprietor can list himself as the contractor on a lien form even where the underlying contract lists only his business name.
Posted on September 5, 2017 September 5, 2017 Categories Real estate litigationTags contractor, D/B/A, extras, Illinois, lien, mechanics lien, sole proprietorship, SWIMMING POOL
Sole Proprietor d/b/a Auto Dealership Held Liable For Floor Plan Loan Default- IL 2d Dist.
The Illinois Second District brings into focus the perils of a business owner failing to incorporate in a car loan dispute in Baird v. Ogden Lincoln Mercury, Inc., 2016 IL App (2d) 160073-U. Affirming judgment on the pleadings for the plaintiff lender in the case, the Court answers some important questions on the difference between corporate and personal liability and how judicial admissions in pleadings can come back to haunt you.
The plaintiff sued the individual defendant and two affiliated corporations for breach of contract and quantum meruit respectively, in the wake of a “floor plan” loan default. The individual defendant previously signed the governing loan documents as “President” of Ogden Auto Group, an entity not registered in Illinois. The corporate defendants consented to a judgment against them on the quantum meruit claim and the case continued on the lender’s contract claim versus the individual defendant.
The Court first rejected the individual defendant’s argument that the breach of contract claim “merged” into the quantum meruit confessed judgment against the corporate defendant. While a breach of express contract claim normally cannot co-exist with an implied-in-law or quantum meruit claim, the plaintiff’s quantum meruit claim lay against different defendants than the breach of contract action: the breach of contract suit targeted only the individual defendant. In addition, Illinois law permits multiple judgments in the same case and so the earlier quantum meruit judgment didn’t preclude a later money judgment. See 735 ILCS 5/2-1301(a).
The Court then granting the plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings based on the defendant’s judicial admissions in his verified answer to the Complaint.
– Judicial admissions conclusively bind a party and include formal admissions in the pleadings that have the effect of withdrawing a fact from issue and dispensing wholly with the need for proof of the fact.”
– Judicial admissions are defined as “deliberate, clear, unequivocal statements by a party about a concrete fact within that party’s knowledge” and will conclusively bind the party making the admission.
– A statement is not a judicial admission if it is a matter of opinion, estimate, appearance, inference, or uncertain summary.
– An admission in a verified pleading, not the product of mistake or inadvertence, is a binding, judicial admission.
– An unincorporated business has no legal identity separate from its owner and is deemed an asset of the responsible individual. A sole proprietorship’s liabilities are imputed to the individual owner. One who operates a business as a sole proprietor under several names remains one “person,” and is personally liable for all business obligations.
(¶¶ 31-32)
Here, the individual defendant admitted signing both floor plan loans on behalf of Ogden Auto Group, which is not a legally recognized entity. Since Ogden Auto Group wasn’t incorporated, it was legally a non-entity and the individual defendant was properly found liable for the unpaid loan balances.
1/ A business owner’s failure to incorporate can have dire consequences. By not setting up a separate legal entity to run a business through, the sole proprietor remains personally liable for all debts regardless of what name he does business under;
2/ Verified admissions in pleadings are hard to erase. Unless a party can show pure mistake or inadvertence, a verified pleading admission will bind the litigant and prevent him from later contradicting the admission.
Posted on November 23, 2016 November 30, 2016 Categories Business Torts, CorporateTags borrower, corporate liability, floor plan, judicial admission, lender, ogden auto, sole proprietorship
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww man! Talk about ending the episode at the worst possible time. So, Crane and Abbie are able to finally "catch" and trap the Headless Horseman and then.......fade to black, roll credits. Ack!!! Not cool!! Anyway, some really funny moments in this episode and naturally it's Crane behind everyone of them. Is computer "skills" is pretty damn funny....random hunt and peck typing if you will. I also thought it was funny how he got his first taste of internet p o r n too. Hahaha. Bring on the next episode! I need to see the conclusion of this!!!
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It makes perfect sense why UV Lights would stop him dead in his tracks. Marcus Van Sciver IS the Headless Horseman! Ha. Inside joke tracing back to Blade The Series. Pretty good "origin" story showing how The Headless Horseman came into being and how he is tied into Crane and more importantly.....his wife.
Added Episode 9: Sanctuary
Well, we finally find out how Abbie and Crane are connected. It's revealed that Abbie is the descendant of Grace Dixon who helped Katrina give birth to her son.....Crane's son that is. So, Abbie and Crane's destiny was foreseen right from the beginning. What's great about the show and this episode is that with a series like Sleepy Hollow, any 'Thanksgiving' episode is still going to feel like Halloween. Not sure what the 'Monster' was called.....Tree Man? Twig Man? Branch Man? Plant Man? Whatever the name, there were parts of it that reminded me of Swamp Thing.
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I liked the look and design of the Golem. Too bad this one just one appearance before its demise. Yay for John Nobel's return as Henry 'the Sin Eater'. I wasn't sure if he would be coming back. At the end of the episode, it's pretty much written out that he will be a recurring character, helping Crane and Abbie on their journey. I don't expect him to be in every episode, but it's nice knowing there is more to come from him.
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Sleepy Hollow has a lot of elements of the Horror genre working for it. The title character dictates that after all. But in the first 10 episodes, it may come across as being 'sanitize' for broadcast TV. Maybe it has to do with FOX not wanting (or can't) to push the envelope a bit further. That is until now. The Vessel is definitely on the right track here. It's not gory or anything and I don't think it needs to be that to claim itself as 'Horror'. But The Vessel itself is the closest thing to a true Horror episode that takes a page right out of Fallen with demonic possession and the ability to jump from one host to another. I thought the pacing was fantastic in this episode. The FX were great and it just played extremely well overall. Lyndie Greenwood did an awesome job with her scene being possessed. Same goes for Amandla Stenberg. Also great to see Clancy Brown. I hope there are more episodes with him in the future.
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Rental Cars: No-show fees are in the works With hotels and flights, travelers are charged when they fail to show up on the date of a reservation. With car rentals, there's no fee for no-shows. But that may soon change. Budget Travel Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 12:31 PM Budget Travel LLC, 2016
Rental Cars: No-show fees are in the works
by Brad Tuttle Rental Cars 60
With hotels and flights, travelers are charged when they fail to show up on the date of a reservation. With car rentals, there's usually no fee for no-shows. But that may soon change.
Auto Rental News reports that the very real possibility of instituting no-show fees dominated a recent car rental convention panel. "We are the only segment of the travel industry that does not have a fee for no shows or a system to guarantee a reservation," said Bob Barton, president of the American Car Rental Association (ACRA) and the panel's lead moderator.
The ACRA says that the no-show rate on car rentals runs as high as 30 percent in some locations, and in the age when most rental lots have much smaller fleets than in the past, it is increasingly difficult for agencies to manage inventories. (Granted, at the same time, agencies have more than doubled the cost of rental rates, which certainly helps their bottom lines.) Car rental insiders swear that no-show fees aren't at all about the money such fees would generate. Instead, per the ARN story:
The panel stressed that the industry is not looking for a revenue grab, similar to airline baggage fees, but a way to better manage utilization.
"I don't care if I ever take a dollar from a customer for a no show," said Craig Parmerlee of Ace, who is working to formulate no-show fee guidelines for Open Travel Alliance. "I just want my customer to show up for the rental so I can plan my fleet better."
The latest speculation is that such fees will become a reality soon—perhaps in 2011, perhaps with Avis Budget taking the first step. At the end of the discussion, the panel moderator requested a show of hands of those who want to see the advent of car rental no-show fees. Nearly everyone there raised their hands.
It's not clear whether all of those people who want to institute a no-show fee would also agree to the flip side of the issue—you know, the one that would actually benefit travelers. We all know that when you make a car rental reservation, there's a chance that by the time you arrive at the rental counter the agency might not have the type of car you reserved. It might not have any car available at all, for that matter. Agencies have always partly blamed this unfortunate scenario on the high no-show rate.
But if travelers face the prospect of no-show fees, the no-show rate will surely drop dramatically, and the agency has no excuse for renting out a car that someone else reserved.
If a car rental agency implements a fee to guarantee travelers will show up for their reservations, the agency should at least guarantee that they are going to honor those reservations. It's only fair.
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Obama Won, America Lost
After spending election night banging the wall with my head in disbelief, I realized that what was valid in American politics in the past will no longer be. The sad fact is that Democracies are not perfect systems; despite the economy, despite the Middle East, despite the unemployment rate, the majority of the American public chose to go with the illusion of change rather than with the sacrifices inherent in dealing with reality. As for the newly reelected President Obama, he must confront his greatest challenge today, uniting a deeply divided nation and making the switch from campaigning to governing.
>Obama's second term, can no longer be about hope, the hope is largely gone. Obama will confront a daunting agenda, from an economy that is still largely unable to sustain a prosperous American society for most Americans, to rampant unemployment in the foreseeable future, to the looming "fiscal cliff" towards the end of the year. Internationally, the Iran nuclear threat is like a ticking bomb waiting to explode, and America's standing in the eyes of Russia, China, and the majority of the third world sees Obama's America as weak, always retreating, always uncertain about her role as the leader of the free world.
On Tuesday night, Bill O'Reilly was interviewed on Fox news, it was hours before Obama was declared the winner, but O'Reilly could read the writing on the wall. He was about to talk about what is largely taboo in the American political discourse, mainly that it's all about demographics, which is a code word for the black and Latino communities who voted in bloc and in mass for Obama, opting for a clan mentality vote irrespective of ones personal preference. “The white establishment is now the minority,” O’Reilly said. “You are going to see a tremendous Hispanic vote for President Obama. Overwhelming black vote for President Obama. “People feel that they are entitled to things and which candidate, between the two, is going to give them things? “The demographics are changing,” O’Reilly said. “It’s not a traditional America anymore.”
Besides the demographics, there is something else, even though it didn't show up in all of the traditional polls. When Obama campaigned, in speech after speech, the same thing would always happen. “We love you!” someone would shout out from the crowd. And always Obama would shout back “I love you back,”. I don't think this happened to often if at all to Mitt Romney. The bottom line being that what motivated the Obama majority on Election Day is about who makes my life and my family's life better. Obama legitimatized dependency and entitlements, making it OK to get something for nothing. No guilt, no Protestant work ethic, giving his supporters not what they need, but what they want. This is why Obama won, the majority of voters trusted and believed in him to do exactly that, more so than in Romney.
Romney was known as a moderate, a successful father, husband, businessman, and governor. He seemed like a nice guy, modest yet determined, always decent, yet the Obama campaign succeeded in making Romney seem like a menace, the enemy of the middle class, the one who will pull the plug on free lunches. Obama successfully defined Romney in the minds of the majority of Americans as a selfish unrepentant Capitalist, and the mud stuck. The idea that success is a function of perseverance, sacrifice, and education, as represented by Romney became a liability. Obama knows his constituency, you know, the "demographic changes", and he knows that they don’t want to be held personally accountable for their situation. Making Romney the embodiment of all that is wrong in the Capitalist system works much better on Election Day than rejecting the entitlement movement.
Let's not forget the weather, Katrina was famously politicized by the Democratic Party and the enlisted Media to beat George Bush into mince meat politically. Yet, with the arrival of hurricane Sandy, leaving millions with no heat or electricity, looters roaming neighborhoods still without power, no gas at the stations, followed by a mediocre response by the Federal agency responsible for mass disasters, yet Obama is projected as the great savior, the shining black knight on a white horse. Romney could do no right, the weather being only a timely and convenient occurrence used to strengthen Obama's standing on the eve of elections. Obama could have been held accountable in the same manner that President Bush was, but then again, why waste an opportunity to help Obama. Former President Bill Clinton saw the potential of Sandy as win. "Getting off the campaign trail, putting aside politics, working with the Republican governor of New Jersey, the independent mayor of New York City, and the Democratic governors of New York and Connecticut," said Clinton, in a joint appearance with Obama. "It was a stunning example of how 'we’re all in this together' is a way better philosophy than " you're on your own.'" Case closed.
Romney's message to the voting public was not undone by the weather. Romney often exhibited moral courage in sharing his belief that the growing inclination towards dependency and entitlements rather than self initiative and making it on your own is America's greatest challenge. The results of the election show us that American society has opted for a free lunch. May God help us.
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Obama's Parallel Universe
Living with Missile attacks
A Clear and Present Danger
Our Own Worst Enemies
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Synopsis of Change
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Taking the Jewish Vote for granted
The Seven Principles of Leadership
Our Turn to help American Jewry
Re-branding the Occupation
Letting go of the Occupation
"Dirty Jewish Money"
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Politicizing Water preservation
The Empty Chair Syndrome
Israel's forgotten refugees
The Naked President
Why Arabs are so easily offended
The Empty Chair has Spoken
How to Debate When You Have Nothing to Say
Political Memory- Aryeh Deri and the Oslo Agreement
Don’t Worry, Be Jewish
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Gaza 101 for Dummies
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Demented thinking beyond the green line
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About Rembrandt and Wine
- an early sip and print
Who thought of the sip and print concept?
Whoever thought up the idea that printing is enough fun to make a business? Bill Ritchie - who enjoyed all the aspects of printmaking during the 50 years he spent in printmaking starting when he as a teenager and then as a professor. Printmaking is seen by many artists as a messy and disappointing way to make art; while that can be the case, Bill taught alternatives to thousands of people.
He says "Printmaking is like a world with many portals - making plates, printing them, and tangents that radiating out of the fine arts. Crafting, designing, print shop technologies and machines can lead to fun and even games."
When did the sip and print industry start ?
In the 1970s when colleges were a firmament of change and challenge, and about the only place where you could learn printmaking. Exciting times they were, when professors had to think on their feet to keep the students' attention and stay one page ahead.
Professor Bill (who adapted the sip and print from paint and sip industry in 2014) used printing games and tricks that he thought would develop independent and creative thinking. The games backfired sometimes, but the experiments resulted in new ways of seeing printmaking as an experiences, not mere production printing, nor drawing and painting experiences.
What triggered the sip and print idea?
A book by an economist, Small is Beautiful, it triggered the success of the Mini Halfwood line of etching presses. Add to this printmaking experiences as fun and learning games, the unique, personal-sized Halfwood Mini presses enabled the next step, which was to align the art and craft of printmaking with performance and entertainment arts.
What sparked the sip and print ?
Bill was with Ethan Lind, a Busker-Etcher, at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, at his stall when a visiting Texan compared Ethan's printing stall to a "paint and sip." Bill learned about paint and sip industry from her, a spark like the birth of a new kind of edu-tainment. Bill switched the letter 'A' in the word paint to the letter 'R' in print and the print and sip industry was born.
What came next?
A few technical questions needed answers, but were easy and constituted the proprietary factors in Bill's Rembrandt and Wine concept for the sip and print industry. Fifty years in printmaking encountering just about every kind of problem helped Bill get get solutions.
Opening a business, however, is another story, though, and it's just beginning. Bill is an innovator in the arts, moreso than a business man; but he learned the lessons of the "minimum viable product" through ten years of press marketing and sales.
It's best to start by making, selling, getting feedback, improvements, and reinvesting for the next round - Rembrandt and Wine, Washington States's first sip and print, featuring presses, wine and beer made here.
What were the risks?
The paint and sip industry was twenty years old by the time sip and print started, and there were risks involved - many of the risks have already been taken by the painters. This leaves Bill and his co-founders with less risk than is typical in small business startups when engaging with the public in a profitable business venture.
Disclaimer: This is a concept under development.
For information contact Bill Ritchie
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In the second instalment of Eye’s online series about graphic design at the UK seaside, Justin Burns navigates the history of the travel poster
The Bank Holiday, a very British institution, was first introduced in 1871, allowing workers an allocated day for respite and recuperation in August, writes Justin Burns.
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A mischievous book by Claes Oldenburg showed me the importance of realising an idea physically, writes Andy Martin
I first came across Notes in Hand in the mid-1970s, when I was a freshly enrolled graphics student trying to make visual sense of the world, writes Andy Martin.
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Kitching’s letterpress lockdown, Gorilla returns, dogs in cars, quarantine fonts, colouring in and a pastel poster tribute to immigrants
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If you have any interest whatsoever in illustration for picturebooks, this excellent book is worthy of a place on your shelves, writes Clare Walters.
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Matt Lauer Will Replace Glenn Beck on Fox News.
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“It was only a matter of time before Fox News dragged him away from us. I have eaten Matt’s flesh because George Soros asked me too. That was supposed to suppress his desires to go to Fox, but now that I got the axe they can go screw themselves. Let him go. I might even vote for Sarah Palin 2012 — how do you like them apples?”
Rumors flew like bats out of a cave in Texas when Glenn Beck got fired — I mean, moved onto other projects. There is still a chance that Michael Savage will get the spot and then there are the persistent rumors that Three’s Company star Joyce DeWitt will co-host a new show with Al Sharpton. It’s all been so confusing, but now that Matt Lauer has announced that he is leaving his gig, it’s pretty obvious that he is the one who is taking over for Glenn Beck.
“Matt became very conservative after his hair started to thin,” said Ralph Macchio from his chair at The Hair Club For Men where he was being refitted with a brand new toupee. “I like to think that my dancing on Dancing With The Stars is conservative and Matt backed me up on that. Matt is a conservative guy and he even thinks that I should get a more conservative hairpiece.”
Sources close to Lauer tell TheDamienZone that Lauer was annoyed that he had to ask hardball questions to Republicans and softball questions to Democrats. He knew that he was being a patsy and when he requested to his bosses that he wanted to do a show from Seaside Heights, he was denied.
“Matt wanted to be on one episode of Jersey Shore with Mike The Situation,” said former child star Mickey Rooney.
“Those sons of bitches wouldn’t let him and Matt got angry. Hey, the kids just want to have fun like everybody else did when they were kids. I had fun when I was a kid even though I didn’t get to screw Judy Garland in a hot tub massager thingy that the kids have these days. Matt is a kid himself and when his hair was going he knew that this was his last chance to be a kid and run around the beach and feel the sand between his toes. I think he will make a great replacement for Glenn Beck, who by the way has a great head of hair and ugh……beeeeeeeeep.”
Our interview with Mickey Rooney was interrupted by a gasp and a gurgle and then a long beeping sound. Maybe it was a bad connection or something.
So Matt Lauer will take Glenn Beck’s place and he has made the political move to the right wing — and why not? It pays better and you don’t have to work with Al Roker when he farts and shits out stomach staples on the floor of the studio.
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The Dev Team's Favourite Golf Games
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The development team behind The Golf Club is full of keen golfers and keen golf gamers. We’ve all spent a lot of time playing the Tiger Woods series over the last decade but there are a lot of other golf games out there that have influenced us. Below is a list of the favourites.
Peter Garcin – HB Studios Executive Producer
Links 386 (Access Software) – PC
I think I’ve got to go with Links 386 – mostly because of the absolute wow-factor the graphics had at the time. I remember sitting in my friend’s basement, booting this up on his 386 and us just ooh-ing and ahh-ing over the graphics – it “looked so real” to us. We just thought this was it – it couldn’t get any better than this. The game itself was also super solid and I can remember sinking a lot of hours into Links. The way the courses “draw” themselves was also pretty memorable.
Sid Meier’s SimGolf – (Firaxis) – PC
Anthony Kyne – Producer
Super Golf (Squirrel Software) – BBC Micro
Although definitely not the best golf game ever made, I’m going to choose Super Golf by Squirrel Software on the BBC Micro. The game play wasn’t amazing and it wasn’t even particularly revolutionary at the time, you entered the club you wanted and the power you wanted to hit the ball, all from the keyboard, and you’d watch the ball fly across the 2D course from a side on view. The reason for this being my choice though is, as a 10 year old, it introduced me to the game of golf and also inspired me to write my first golf game on the Amiga a few years later.
PGA Golf (Sterling Silver Software) – Amiga
Wii Golf – (Nintendo) – Wii
Rami Alia – Technical Lead
Super Stick Man Golf (Noodlecake Studios Inc) – iOS
My favourite golf game currently is The Golf Club (wrong answer Anthony), but on mobile devices they are Super Stick Man golf and Hot Shots Vita. A lot of my golf is single player or portable lately so these games are pretty focused on making that a challenging and engaging experience.
Dave McFarland – Software Architect
Because it was the best and it was named after my CPU!
Matt Lane – Senior Designer
In the mid-late 90s I was really heavy into the sports game scene on PC, when PC games were still graphically miles ahead of console-based sports titles. I remember being really into the Links golf games, buying Links 386 CD and then proceeded to buy every Links course add-on I could get my hands on from local stores. I can still remember the funny jibes from Bobcat Goldthwait and the joy of playing an easy course like Troon North and scoring well below par, but then tearing my hair out playing Devil’s Island. The Links LS games came along eventually and I was pretty stoked that my old course collection was compatible with the new game. LS really took things to the next level including online play support and I remember playing the odd tournament or two in what was a pretty vibrant and competitive online community at the time. So for me, I would have to say the Links series would be my pick for favourite golf game(s), and looking back now… heck, I spent a lot of cash on each of those courses!
Notable Mention
Leaderboard (Series) – Commodore 64 (the forerunner to the Links series!)
Jordan Ault – Designer
Links 2004 (Indie Built Inc.) – Xbox
I kind of feel like I’m cheating with this choice; although this title came out over a decade ago, I never had a chance to play it until recently. Devon bought a copy off eBay after it was mentioned in comparison to The Golf Club several times on our forums. We had to check it out, and now I’m smitten. I haven’t had copious amounts of time to devote to digging into the title, but from a raw gameplay perspective the Advanced Mode is incredibly rewarding to play. I love that it’s all about the feel of your swing, and—with the exception of the glowing-club head for bonus power—very light on visual swing aids.
HB Arcade Disc Golf (HB Studios) – Wii (Technically not ‘golf’ but the first title I worked on at HB!)
Sam & Max Hit the Road: Gator Golf Mini-Game (LucasArts) – Windows PC
Bryan Gorrie – Multiplayer Software Engineer
Kirby’s Dream Course – SNES
An arcaedy mini-golf game where you launch Kirby through the air and connect with enemies. Fantastical levels and power-ups galore, Kirby’s Dream Course is about as far from our game as you can get. I have very fond memories of playing this game with my father, always trying to get the best transformation first or sabotage his carefully lined up shot. The adversarial nature of the multiplayer coupled with the sheer sense of accomplishment from hitting the angle/spin needed to weave through obstacles means Kirby’s Dream Course will always be a favorite of mine.
Paul Connors – Course Creator Software Engineer
World Tour Golf (Electronic Arts) – PC
The golf game I probably had the most fun with would be World Tour Golf (or just known as Golf to me, since the World Tour part was really small on the splash screen) made by Electronic Arts in 1985. I played this on the Tandy 1000, my first PC. It played well for the time and had a wide variety of courses to choose from. On top of that, it included a course editor, where you could design your own course, laying out each hole individually. I must have spent hours making my own courses to play in this game.
John McCarthy – Senior Audio Designer
The golf game that is closest to my heart is Links 386 Pro. When we bought our first PC, this came with it and was by far my favorite game at the time. It had amazing SVGA graphics, sweet nature sounds and even had some play-by-play commentary. Little did I know that in the future I would be working on a golf game (or any game for that matter). I’ve been playing this over lunch as I’ve been working on TGC and have even gotten a few commentary ideas from it.
Jeremy Wellard – HB Studios’ President
Leaderboard (US Gold) – Commodore 64
Leaderboard on the Commodore 64 left an indelible mark on my gaming memory. The pseudo 3D viewpoint and rewarding game mechanics seemed way ahead of anything else at the time. I loved the way it drew the hole from the green back to the tee before you could tee off. World Class Leaderboard was probably a better game but this one had, for me, the bigger impact.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 – PlayStation 3
PGA European Tour – Amiga
Jim O’Brien – The Golf Club Grounds Maintenance Worker (Lead Artist)
PGA European Tour (EA Sports) – Sega MegaDrive
My favourite golf game. Very fond memories of playing this. It was the first golf game I bought, released ’94 – Many great (and very late) nights with friends playing this.
Laura Cosham – Graphic Art
Wii Sports Resort – Frisbee Golf (Nintendo) – Nintendo Wii
I’m bending the definitions of ‘golf’ a bit, but I have to admit that Wii Sports Resort Frisbee Golf is my go-to. It’s become a family event during holidays and parties, with everyone touting their favorite play style (and occasionally mocking everyone else’s). It’s easy to learn and finesse pays off. The only real downside is the extra-game hazard of smacking someone with the wiimote.
Alan Bunker – HB Studios C.O.O.
World Class Leaderboard (US Gold) – Spectrum 48k
WCL is by far the best golf game ever after TGC. It can claim to have come with the fastest growing trees in any computer game as they appeared from nothing before your eyes, best in class sound and – surely not – required skill and judgement from the player. In other words, players were rewarded by learning and improving, not by being spoon-fed, upgraded for time spent regardless of achievement, or rewarded a trophy for getting past the loading screen, like many modern day gaming experiences.
Leaderboard.
Monton pitch and putt, Manchester, UK.
Joel Thompson – Head of Animation
Hot Shots/Everybody’s Golf (Clap Hanz) – Playstation 2
Being an animator I’ve always been lured to the more cartoonish/stylized golf games. Mario Golf was the first to really grab my attention, followed by the Hot Shots Golf series, and this is where I’ve spent most of time in the CG golf world. Although these games do lack the realism and challenge of a more ‘sim like’ golf title that’s not what I was looking for in a golf game in the first place. I enjoy a little silliness mixed up with my golfing experience and this is exactly what Mario Golf and Hot Shots Golf delivered! I’ve logged my fair share of hours into the Tiger Woods PGA series as well, but it’s a game like Hot Shots that would, more often than not, get picked off the shelf first if I was looking to play a few relaxed and fun holes of golf.
Josh Hickey-Patriquin – Senior Animator
Waialae Country Club (T&E Soft) – SNES
Probably not my favorite golf title to play anymore, but I still keep a copy of this on hand, as it’s the first golf game I ever played. Hours passing around SNES controllers with my father and other family, playing this, would lead me to follow and play golf games socially ever since. I still think there is no better game genre to play and compete with friends. For me it all began with this game.
Will MacNeil – QA
Mario Golf (Nintendo) – Nintendo 64
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By Anne Meyers Features, News and Features, The Artichoke February 10, 2016
HGTV-inspired student attempts to flip and sell West Side singles for profit
Photo courtesy of Megan Stormberg '18, Photo Editor.
Following an entire wintersession spent marathoning HGTV staples such as “Flip or Flop”, “House Hunters” and “Property Brothers,” Erica Chapman ’17 has started her own flipping business. Her specialty? High-demand singles on the college’s beautiful, historic West Side.
The Wellesley News met with Chapman to discuss her company, tentatively named The Single Life, LLC. Clipboard in hand, a busy and exhausted Chapman met us in her room where she offered us some tea and a hardhat — but not in that order. In her spacious single on the third floor of Shafer, Chapman’s construction crew was hard at work, installing exposed beams to add historical character.
Gloria Lopez ’17, who lives across the hall from Chapman’s single-turned-construction-site, described herself as “less than pleased” by the construction noise. Nonetheless, she admits that she cannot help but admire her hallmate’s quickly growing construction empire.
Shaking her head in awe and disbelief, Lopez said, “It’s just one of those moments where you’re like, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’”
It was indeed an entrepreneurial revelation that helped Chapman discover the real value in flipping singles.
“I went on Free and For Sale over wintersession and saw that completely unrenovated singles were selling for $400,” she recalled. “And I just thought, wow, what a steal! Four hundred dollars for a property in a town like Wellesley.” Within minutes, she had paid for a new, completely undecorated single in cash.
Over the course of her final week of wintersession, Chapman worked from dawn to dusk drawing up plans, calculating costs and editing her vision to devise the perfect, cost-effective renovation agenda. When she arrived back on campus in late January, the renovation kicked into gear — and it was desperately needed.
“The whole place was falling apart,” Chapman said. “The radiator was an eyesore, and it was in the worst possible location for the room’s layout. Oh, and it was like, fifty years old. The paint was peeling, the windows were almost impossible to open and the walls were so poorly insulated that I could hear my neighbors breathe.”
Nonetheless, Chapman believes in the potential of her single and claims she’s an incredibly lucky investor.
“It’s completely uninhabitable right now,” she said. “Like, I got this room for $400 because that’s really all it’s worth. Paying any more than that for this tiny hole in the wall would be inexcusable. It would be a complete scam.”
It would indeed be a scam, but it’s a scam that happens fairly regularly across campus, even right next door to Chapman.
Celia Pope, ’16 had a single in a state of disrepair similar to Chapman’s.
“My room has the same square footage as Erica Chapman’s room and the same problems,” Pope said. “I have chipped paint, a barely functional radiator, a leaking ceiling, and structural damage. I even worry sometimes that I may have mold.”
The price tag for Pope’s dorm in disrepair? A non- negotiable $13,000. By comparison, Chapman’s $400 buy on Free and For Sale is an evident steal.
After her fortuitous initial payment, Chapman hopes to invest $1200 in her new dorm, which will cover the costs for paint, a new radiator, drywall repair, new crown moulding, a closet door that actually opens and, of course, Chapman’s beloved historical beams. Her expected profit margin remains uncertain — knowing that her neighbor paid $13,000 for her crappy single, Chapman hopes to sell her single on Free and For Sale for an estimated $15,000 — either that, or trade up for a turret room.
Chapman is looking forward to expanding her flipping business once her room gets renovated and sold. “Luckily for me, but unfortunately for the student body, there are just so many dorms on this campus in desperate need of a flip,” Chapman said. “We have roofs falling off, problems with buildings sinking into their foundations, poor insulation, dysfunctional water heaters and appalling energy inefficiency. And no one else seems to be stepping up to do the work.”
Chapman is currently collaborating with students majoring in economics and math to determine the best upcoming markets for investing in singles. So far, she believes that the best investments are dorms such as Beebe and Claflin, as the dorms have an excellent location but appear to have gone at least forty years without renovation.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1
SPOILERS TOTAL. You've been warned.
101 & 102: Encounter at Farpoint 1987 September 28
Being the first episode of the series, and really relatively early in all of Star Trek considering how much came after, I won't nitpick about everything that seems a bit off 26 years later. But one thing that really stuck me as weird was when Counselor Troi said something like "I'm only half Betazoid. My father was a Starfleet officer." Those are totally unrelated things, unless we're either supposed to assume that every Starfleet officer is human (clearly not, though a disproportionately large amount) or male Betazoids are prevented from serving in Starfleet.
103: The Naked Now 1987 October 5
The Good: It's an OK idea to take a concept from the old series and bring it back, to see how it plays out differently.
The Bad: Given that this is only the second episode, the viewer isn't supposed to be very familiar with these characters yet. So seeing how they act when out of character doesn't mean much.
The Ugly: Seriously, who thought it was a good idea for the first episode after the pilot to have the crew acting stupid and sex-crazy? INCLUDING THE MACHINE!? It's a minor miracle that the Yar-Data hookup got put to dramatic use in The Measure of a Man next season.
104: Code of Honor 1987 October 12
Zach and I found it interesting that while the Enterprise crew had a plan in place so the fight to death wasn't actually to the death, nobody tried to save the guy in the audience that got scratched by the poison weapon. Also worth noting this is the episode the "I'm not entitled to ramble on about something everyone already knows." bit of the Picard Song comes from.
105: The Last Outpost 1987 October 19
Considering how awesome the Ferengi became on DS9 it's really weird to look back at this early time when they were supposed to be a new rival to the Federation. But looking at it now, there's more of the later Ferengi there than I remembered. Though they're an unknown with supposedly equal tech to the Federation, they're still presented as cutthroat businessmen. Even when they're trying to diss the Federation to the old empire's guardian, they say great things like how refusing to provide advanced technology to backwards planets is squandering a business opportunity.
106: Where No One Has Gone Before 1987 October 26
This is decent stuff. The weirdness of TOS or early TNG, but without TOO much of the stupid. The Traveler is an interesting character, and his talk to Picard gives a sensible in-universe reason for Picard to start treating Wesley like a member of the crew.
107: Lonely Among Us 1987 November 2
How were the two guest races even in the farthest consideration for Federation membership? They were both batshit crazy, and if they were at an advanced enough stage to join the Federation wouldn't they have their own ships that could transport them to Parliament?
108: Justice 1987 November 9
The planet that cloth forgot. Considering so much of this episode is about the Prime Directive, how did they get in contact with these people? They don't seem too technically advanced, and wonder if the Enterprise crew are gods for being in orbit.
109: The Battle 1987 November 16
Maybe it's my lack of practical starship knowledge, but I don't really get the Picard Maneuver. So a quick jump at high warp makes it briefly appear like there are two ships? The one way I can see this working is by the warp beating the light coming from the original image. HOWEVER, surely starship sensors aren't limited to detecting things at lightspeed? Also, when Riker and Data were talking about potential defenses... well, if you know it's coming in advance, what's to know? Even if the trick is played properly and there appear to be two ships, you know it's the closer and newly appeared one that's the real one.
I like that the Ferengi daimon got ousted from command due to unprofitable behavior.
110: Hide and Q 1987 November 23
Q is really something that could only have come from early TNG, a time when everything was more TOS-like, and playful weird godlike entities fit right in. But he gets to evolve along with the rest of the show, which is cool!
Adult Wesley is interesting for a few reasons. I like that the older actor matches young Wesley's dopey expressions pretty well. Funny that they use a somewhat deepened Wheaton voice rather than using the older actor's voice. And also funny how in retrospect he looks nothing like an older Wil Wheaton. Though since Riker was trying to give gifts, maybe he wasn't going for that sort of accuracy.
111: Haven 1987 November 30
112: The Big Goodbye 1988 January 11
They can't get in or out of the holodeck, and can't communicate... nobody tries beaming anybody in or out?
They finally succeed in fixing the thing and opening the door... and nothing? I mean, Wesley, Geordi, and several other guys were working right beside it. Nobody goes to the door and says "There you are, you're needed on the bridge!" or even notices the hologuys stepping out?
Interesting to note that at this point, a mistake in shutting off the program could mean all the real matter inside is vanished away, too.
Future baseball reference made to the London Kings, who would get more attention by Ben Sisko years later.
113: Datalore 1988 January 18
So they discover Data is the creation of a Dr. Noonien Soong... did nobody previously hypothesize that the guy who was Earth's leading cyberneticist and looked exactly like Data in his youth might've been involved? Though I guess at this point it hadn't been settled what exactly he looked like.
114: Angel One 1988 January 25
Not a two parter? Just felt as long as one to sit through? Okay.
115: 11001001 1988 February 1
I've got some problems with the basic conceits of this episode. A spacefaring species that has adapted to work with computers to an enormous extent, they're experts at making even Federation computer tech better... but they don't have a vessel with the computer storage of the Enterprise-D? You'd think that would be the area they WOULD outclass the Federation. Looking at it another way, though, how in the hell does the Enterprise-D have the storage space to hold all (or at least enough of all) the data stored by such a computer-heavy people? And weren't they trying to get the data onto the Enterprise to get it away from the effects of a nearby supernova? But once they hit Bynar orbit they seemed to just stay there.
The Bynars were really stumbling over their excuses at the beginning. They might as well have been adding "Yeah, that's the ticket."
It's got to be an awkward moment for Riker when his boss walks in on him kissing a hologram.
Picard sure jumps to "We'd better set the self-destruct." pretty quickly. He's right that it would be irresponsible to let the Enterprise end up in the wrong hands, but giving himself a max of 5 minutes to find out what's going on and do something about it seems a bit tight. There are other instances where the ship is taken over and that doesn't seem to be the first thing to come to mind.
116: Too Short a Season 1988 February 8
I was pretty shocked to find out the admiral was only supposed to be 85. Dude looked older than McCoy did in the first episode, and he was in his 130s.
117: When the Bough Breaks 1988 February 15
The Aldeans seemed... pretty stupid in how they handled this situation. They investigated the Enterprise at long range, but not enough to realize how pissed they'd be at having their children taken. So they risk poisoning any relationship with the Federation over a half dozen children? That ain't gonna help anything long term. Certainly the Federation could've helped them, even if their health problem wasn't a relatively simple fix that Doctor Crusher was able to take care of in the space of an episode. We have people now who act as surrogate parents or just donate genetic material to others. Surely there are some 24th century folks who'd be willing to give some sperm and help create the next generation of a fabled lost civilization. Surely there are some orphans out there who could use some help. Though maybe the Aldeans are just too picky--there were still a lot of kids on the Enterprise who apparently they didn't find worth grabbing.
I like that when the little girl "feels her music", it's music we've heard in a previous episode. Maybe this means the television composer is as talented as a child, or maybe it means she's a plagiarist. It's hard to say.
118: Home Soil 1988 February 22
"How could it be alive? It's inorganic." Geordi said TO THE ANDROID.
A mysterious lifeform that's not even recognized as such, inadvertent hostilities started, mutual understanding and peace achieved... a very Star Trekky episode.
I like that the crystal thing's term for humans is "ugly bags of mostly water". Reminds me of the assassin robot from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
119: Coming of Age 1988 March 14
The whole shuttle scenario seemed pretty unbelievable. They were in orbit close enough to beam people to and from the planet, but not close enough to beam from a shuttle between the ship and the planet? They weren't close enough to use the tractor beam, but in a Galaxy class starship couldn't catch up to a malfunctioning shuttle in the ~minute they had to work with?
The whole Starfleet Academy entrance test thing has also always seemed a stretch to me, even when I watched it at a younger age than Wesley. Say what you will about his merits as a character, but he's very competent and knowledgeable--any sort of entrance process that has him failing seems totally bogus--clearly a lot of people a lot less qualified get in--and get to high ranks.
It is nice to see some continuity, with many events from earlier in the season referenced.
120: Heart of Glory 1988 March 21
The transmitter allowing the bridge crew, and so us the viewer, to see what Geordi sees was pretty cool and informative. I don't think they used that again? From an in-universe standpoint, though, seems pretty impractical. Since Geordi's the only one who can interpret the fancy features anyway, wouldn't it be simpler to just stick a Google Glass on Riker? Or hell, they've got constant audio communication going on--modern tech could fit a tiny camera of some sort into the communicator, let alone 24th century tech.
The Klingons seemed very Star Trek III. I suppose it was only about 5 years later, and the biggest Klingon appearance since then, so it makes sense.
So the walkway around the warp core... glass? Not transparent aluminum, or plastic, or something else that wouldn't shatter when a guy falls on it?
Data says until now probably no outsiders have seen the Klingon death ritual. Considering that the Federation and Klingon have been allies for more than a day, and that death happens, that seems kind of unlikely. Hell, the time when they WEREN'T allies was probably as good a time as any to see a dead Klingon being handled by his peers.
121: The Arsenal of Freedom 1988 April 11
Before they made him chief engineer, they really seemed to have some command aspirations for Geordi.
I like Riker's Lollipop.
122: Symbiosis 1988 April 18
This is episodic sci-fi done decently. An unusual sociological situation to show, our heroes unable to just patch things up perfectly, and their hands are wiped of it for next week.
Some practical questions about how they got in this situation, though. There was no Federation information about this system except that 200 years ago a society was near getting space flight, and they just mosey on in to study a star without either taking precautions about detection by the locals or investigating whether they're ready for contact?
123: Skin of Evil 1988 April 25
And Macho Man Randy Savage as Armus.
Tasha's death is interesting for how uninteresting it is. I mean, death among main characters that doesn't get reset by the end of the episode is very rare in Star Trek, and usually when it happens it's under a pretty auspicious circumstance. Here, it's just the bad luck of being on an away mission that turns out as deadly as most of them have the potential to be.
This is definitely a very fanon type idea, but considering how imprecise the backstory of Armus is, I could imagine him being one of the lost Odo-type shapeshifters we'd later hear about on DS9.
124: We'll Always Have Paris 1988 May 2
I guess this is pretty much our first indication of Picard being a less perfect guy in his youth, though we see more of that later.
The time repeat/overlap scenes are cool, though there aren't many of them.
125: Conspiracy 1988 May 9
Maaaan it is not every day you see Picard and Riker graphically explode a guy's head with a phaser.
It is also not every day you get stop-motion animation on ST:TNG.
126: The Neutral Zone 1988 May 16
They kind of lampshade that there's no good reason for the cryo-facility to be that far out from Earth. Given that it's so weird, I'm surprised Data is the only one who had any curiosity about it.
Picard's reaction to their revival is a bit weird. He's like "They were already dead, how much worse could things be for them!?" Surely if their capability of revival is so much greater in the 24th century, so would they redefine what they really consider dead. Though they did consider the loser of the fight in Code of Honor dead, too, when obviously they patched her right back up.
I like the 20th century people's differing ways of reacting to their new surroundings. Sonny in particular was pretty quick to adjust, and was more accepting of Data as a person than a lot of 24th century people.
And there's Gul Dukat, Marc Alaimo, as one of the first TNG Romulans.
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Every year the average number of prescriptions purchased by Americans increases, as do healthcare expenditures, which are projected to reach one-fifth of the U.S. gross domestic product by 2020. In Drugs for Life, Joseph Dumit considers how our burgeoning consumption of medicine and cost of healthcare not only came to be, but also came to be taken for granted. For several years, Dumit attended pharmaceutical industry conferences; spoke with marketers, researchers, doctors, and patients; and surveyed the industry's literature regarding strategies to expand markets for prescription drugs. He concluded that underlying the continual growth in medications, disease categories, costs, and insecurity is a relatively new perception of ourselves as inherently ill and in need of chronic treatment. This perception is based on clinical trials that we have largely outsourced to pharmaceutical companies. Those companies in turn see clinical trials as investments and measure the value of those investments by the size of the market and profits that they will create. They only ask questions for which the answer is more medicine. Drugs for Life challenges our understanding of health, risks, facts, and clinical trials, the very concepts used by pharmaceutical companies to grow markets to the point where almost no one can imagine a life without prescription drugs.
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Oct 9, 2011(Thanksgiving Day) Phillippian 4:4~13(Rev. Hyunchoul Shin)
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Today is not only Thanksgiving but also “Hangul Day,” a day that celebrates the invention and the proclamation of the Korean language. I actually had completely forgotten about this day until I saw an article about how the Cia-Cians in Indonesia were learning Korean. There were numerous articles that were about “Hangul” and one of the articles said that North and South Korea were working to create a dictionary together. The dictionary has words like ‘Ggot-mi-nam,’ meaning a guy as handsome as a flower, and “Ak-peul,’ meaning malicious comments online. The dictionary will also contain words that are used more in North Korea, such as “Bbal-lae-jib,’ meaning the Laundromat, “Bok-eum-muh-ri,’ meaning a perm, and “Sa-teut-ha-da’ meaning orderly and tidy. Furthermore, it will have words from other nations such as “Sul-sa-rob-da” from Kazakhstan, meaning, to be poor.
When we look at these expressions, they are quite amusing. Since we are on this track, if we examine “Hangul” further. “An-ta-ggab-da” meaning irritated, came from “An-e-dda-gab-da” meaning itchy on the inside. “Ul-gan-ee” meaning a fool, came from an expression that means that the flavouring in the food is not yet correct. Thus, it would mean that the person is also ‘incomplete.’ The word that means the body, “mom” means everything is together and the expression that means a talented person actually means that the person has enough skills to pull the antlers out of the deer. Interesting, right?
As you can see, when you think about the origins of words and expressions, they become clearer in meaning. If we apply this to thinking about Thanksgiving, Thanks in Korean implies respect to God. Thus, when we say thank you in Korean, “Go mab da,” we are actually saying that I think of you as a God and thus think that you are noble and that I respect you. Thus, before we go on, we should say thank you to God and to those around us.
I hope that during today’s sermon, we will think about those around us whom we are thankful for and for things that have happened to us to be thankful for and to our gracious God. The scripture we read today in Philippians, is a part of a letter from Paul when he was in prison. He is saying that when he thinks about the people in the Philippians church, he is thankful and overjoyed. Thus, I’d like for us to think about this ‘rejoice’ and ‘thanksgiving’ Paul is talking about.
First, let’s we look at verse 4, where it says “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!” If we look at the Greek original, the verse starts and ends with the word Χαίρετε and also in the English version the verse is bookended by the word ‘rejoice’. 9 Paul starts with rejoice and ends with rejoice. Furthermore, in verse 10 he “rejoice[s] greatly” and in chapter 4 he repeats the word rejoice 16 times in total. Through this he is testifying that he is joyous from the beginning to the end and that this happiness is not a small joy, but something great and a joy that is with him in every moment continuously.
This then begs the question, ‘what is he so happy about?’ Did something happen in his family that was worth celebrating? But, when we remember when this book was written we realize that Paul is not in a situation to be happy about. He is in jail. He should be depressed, not happy. Strangely, however, Paul talks of joy in Philippians to an extent which is not discussed in any other letters. 11 Happiness is not mentioned as a passing remark, but rather he talks of joy every chance he gets. If he were not truly happy, would this have been possible? Remember, he didn’t say he was just happy enough. He says over and over again how greatly happy he was.
Someone once said that life in prison is not much different from a life in a monastery. The poor meals, harsh living conditions and limited way of life are all the same. But, there is one key difference: Is there happiness in that life? So, one may be in a jail, but live a life of someone in a monastery. On the other hand, there are those in a monastery who live like prisoners.
In this way, Paul is not in prison right now. He is in a monastery in reflection and prayer. So, he doesn’t think of himself as trapped. Instead, he thinks that he has escaped from the busy and complicated world and is taking time to rest. He believes that he is in communication with God which is the most important thing. Also, he is not disappointed that he cannot see more people, but rather he is spending his time trying to reach out to and encourage those that he loves through prayer and letters. This is why Paul couldn’t help but confess of his happiness so often.
When I was reflecting upon today’s scripture I thought about how we are living our lives. We live in one of the most beautiful places in the world, but how are we? Don’t we think that it feels like prison? Separated, isolated and perhaps trapped? If that were true, we may be living in the most beautiful prison in the world. If our lives are drying up of the happiness God has given us, then it doesn’t matter if we live in such a wonderful place. It will still feel like hell. What I hope is that our lives will recover the happiness that God wishes to give us.
Look at verse 10: “I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.” Here Paul says that he is happy to see that they have ‘renewed their concerns’ for him. This shows that his happiness doesn’t just come from the Lord, but that it can also come from other Christians, especially when he sees that they are growing.
I’m not sure if you can remember, but our church’s motto in 2010 was ‘The church that makes God happy. Life of faith full of happiness.’ Unfortunately, I become sad sometimes when I think that this kind of happiness is fading from our church.
Paul does not talk about just happiness. In verse 6, it is written: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.”
To whom should we say this? Saying this to someone who does not worry is no use. This verse implies that the situation at that time was full of anxiety. Paul must have been very worried when he was writing this. But he still says not to be anxious about anything. How can you stop worrying in this kind of situation?
There is no special secret to this. The Bible says “By prayer and petition, and with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” In other words, instead of worrying, one should present whatever problems he has to God. Then, “and the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus”
Is it too simple? That’s it? If you give your prayer and thanksgiving, God will guard your hearts and your minds. Shouldn’t all problems be resolved automatically after the prayer?
In verse 5, “Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.” People who know that the Lord will come soon will show tolerance and thus live with gentleness in life. And by living like that, they will give prayers of thanks rather than worrying. And that is how God will watch over those people’s hearts.
Last week, the death of Apple’s cofounder and former CEO Steve Jobs made headlines all around the world. Lots of articles have appeared regarding his life, especially the words he had left behind which are becoming a hot topic today. During the commencement speech at Stanford University, Jobs reminded the students that “Death is very likely the single best invention of life.” To why life’s best invention is death, Jobs states “time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” 22. Death reminds us of this truth. So from his own experience of almost facing death with pancreatic cancer, he came to realize “what [he] loved to do most,” and “what was most important to [him].” These words were so touching to me, Jobs was always able to ask himself if what he was doing at the moment was what he would be doing before his death, whether it was what he really wanted to do, whether it was worthy enough to him for him to be doing.
Jobs, who had no faith, faced death and thus was able to distinguish what was truly important to him. Then how about those who have faith, especially those who believe that God’s Kingdom is near? They will forgive anyone with generosity. When we think about the light of Jesus’ return, we will sufficiently understand everything and forgive everyone. Also, instead of wasting time with worries and anxieties, we should live life with a grateful heart. And God will guard the hearts of those who live in this way.
Beloved fellow church members, I hope that God will continue to guard our hearts like this. Proverbs 4:23 reads “Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.” The bible is telling us that guarding our heart leads to life. I hope that, as those who know that the time for Jesus’ return is near, we can all become someone who can pray in thanks.
The last thing to think about is that these kind of rejoice and joys only come from within Jesus. Line 4 says, “Rejoice in the Lord” line 7 says, “Will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus,” and line 13 says, “I can do everything through him, who gives me strength.” All these lines emphasize the idea of being ‘in’ Jesus. Then we must wonder, what does it mean to be within Christ Jesus?
I am sure that all of you at one point have heard of Dasan Jeong Yak Yong, a famous philosopher of his time. Yong lived in exile for 20 years in Gang-Jin and met a 15 year old boy named Sang Hwang. Yong took Hwang in as his apprentice but Hwang told Yong “Sir, I have three problems. One, I am slow-witted. Second I don’t’ think outside the box and third, I am obtuse. Do I still have hope?” Yong replied “People who learn have three problems, but you don’t seem to have any of those qualities. One is that they memorize too quickly. The problem with this is that they trust their heads and are careless. Second is that they write well. The issue with this is that they figure out the intention of a question much too quickly and try to outdo one another to the extent that their writing becomes rubbish. Third, they are too fast in understanding. Thus, they all are impatient. Thus, only people like you, Hwang, should study. You said that you were slow-witted, uncreative and obtuse, but it is when people like you persevere, that the world becomes a better place since you add much more value than all the other students.”
After this little speech, Yong wrote a set of commandments called “Sam geun gae” that talked about the importance of diligence and perseverance.
Sixty years later, Hwang wrote a book entitled “Lim sul gi” in which Hwang confessed that the teachings of Yong on that fateful day never left him.
Beloved church members, what does it mean to be within Jesus? I thought about this story between Yong and Hwang and how Hwang had kept the “Sam geun gae” for all his life. I thought that Paul also lived with Jesus’ teachings all his life and hoped to live within them. Thus, Paul is able to tell us to rejoice in Jesus; that he will guard us, our thoughts and minds; and that with him, everything is possible.
(translated by Soyeon Song, Chayeon Song, Mika Choi, Jiye Chun)
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A Time Ago, cont'd
Sister Mary Lawrence, Notre Dame Nun at Saint Peter and Paul Catholic grade school, my summer school teacher, told me our family was blessed to have Bones in our lives. I totally agreed with her. "He's one of God's creatures, meant to give you enjoyment," she said.
"I certainly enjoy him. So does everyone else," I said.
No matter what kid was playing with Bones, and we all did, Bones was more than pleased to lie on his back so we could scratch and tickle his stomach. Of course, he didn't giggle—dogs can't snicker even though Doc said he could—but you knew he enjoyed getting tickled. I could easily see that just by the way he wouldn't move or roll over and get back up on all fours.
Many times during the day and also during the night before we'd go to sleep, Bones approached us and offered his head so we could scratch it. It was like he was begging to get it scratched. And, boy, did he like it when we did what he wanted. Once we started petting and scratching around his head and ears, he didn't move a lick.
He didn't mind getting his neck scratched, either. Whenever we'd scratch the area just above one of his hind legs, the leg popped up and down like old men's legs hopped up and down as they danced the polka.
Plenty of times, Bones ran ahead of us as if we were playing a game of tag. He was too quick. Not a one of us could catch him if he didn't want to be caught. Finally, he stopped. Most of the time, it was a trick. When we were just about ready to pet him or grab him or hug him, he'd take off like a beagle chasing after a rabbit. No doubt about it, Bones enjoyed us. And we enjoyed him.
Paul and Glen Peterson and Jimmy and Bobby Kell liked our dog very much although Paul said, "He's a Sooner Dog.""
"A what?" I asked.
"Sooner," said Paul. "He'd sooner eat and sleep than hunt."
"No big deal," I said.
"Hoffmans don't hunt."
"Doc, the Third, does."
'Yeah, but he's the only Hoffman who does."
Also, it didn't take Bones a lot of time to put on weight. It didn't matter if we saw his rib cage anymore, or not; we still called him Bones. Heck, we couldn't change his name to Fatso. Now, could we?
Bones ate and ate and ate from his bowl on the kitchen floor even after all the food was gone. He'd continue to lick the empty bowl until he discovered there was no taste left
Then, tragedy took place. During our lunch time. When the whole family was there.
Crazy Annie got up from the kitchen table and walked over to where Bones was eating. She reached down to pet him. Totally unlike him, the pup stiffened, growled, and snapped at Annie. It scared the daylights out of her and just about everyone else in the kitchen. Me, included. Wow, I thought, we had a pet alligator covered in black hair instead of a cuddly pet puppy. Crazy Annie cried. Which was normal.
Doc stopped cutting his noon steak into pieces. "That does it," he said. He dropped knife and fork and got up from his chair and hurried out to the parlor. "No dog in this house is going to get away with biting my kids." In the parlor, Doc grabbed yesterday’s Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune newspaper. Once back in the kitchen, he rolled up the Tribune. Bones had already returned to chomping away at his food.
Doc made believe he was going to pet Bones. Bones stiffened and growled. "No," yelled Doc as he swung the rolled up newspaper at the dog's rear end as hard as Joe DiMaggio hits balls out of Yankee stadium. Bones squealed. He backed away. He seemed confused. At least, to me. He eyeballed Doc with a questioning look. "Why'd you do that?" he seemed to be asking. The next thing you know, Bones returned to his eating. I guess that's what happens to a dog that in his early life nearly starved to death. It's eat, eat, and eat all the time. And don't let anyone bother his eating. At least, that was the case for Bones.
Once again, Doc made believe he was going to pet Bones. The dog snarled. "Whack" went the rolled up newspaper as it struck Bones pretty darned hard. This time, the dog cried and yipped plenty. No matter, it didn't take him long to lick his chops and return to his bowl.
"Don't hit him anymore," pleaded Crazy Annie.
Doc approached her and knelt in order to be just a little bit shorter than Annie who sat on a chair. He spoke awfully gently to her. "I'm trying to teach him not to bite anyone when he's eating. Is that okay?"
"Yes," said Crazy Annie, still blubbering. "Anyway, I think so."
Doc rose. Annie and everyone else watched as Doc made another move for the dog. Sounds like a dirty joke, doesn't it? Three times. And then end of joke. Well, this time Bones didn't stiffen or snarl or bite. Instead, he stopped eating, backed off, wagged his tail, and let Doc pat him on the head.
Bones seemed to be saying, "You don't have to worry about me, anymore. I learned my lesson."
"Good boy," said Doc. "Good boy. You can eat now.”
As if the dang dog understood each word Doc spoke, Bones returned to his bowl.
"Annie," said Doc, "why don't you pet Bones now?"
She put a finger to a lip. "I don't—"
"Go ahead," said Doc. "I don't think he'll bite you anymore."
Annie got off her chair. Bones stiffened. And snarled. Maybe Bones was more like Dork than I had thought, dumb as all get out.
Doc started rolling up the newspaper. That noise—just the sound—changed Bones' mind. In an awful hurry.
When Crazy Annie reached down to pet Bones again, the dog didn't pay attention to Annie but eyeballed Doc with mournful eyes that seemed to say, "Please, pretty please, don't hit me. I promise I'll be a good boy from now on."
After that, Bones never, ever again stiffened or growled or snapped at anyone who talked to him or came near him or pet him while he ate.
That darned dog still had other problems, though. Plenty of them.
He sometimes pooped or peed on the kitchen floor during the night when everyone else was asleep. And he didn't do it on the newspaper Mother laid out for that purpose. Lord help Bones if she was the first person in the kitchen that morning. She started screaming, "Bad dog. Bad dog."
Hearing her, I woke up, made my way to the kitchen, and saw her pick up the dog, grind his nose into his poop like she ground my face into my wet sheet. Next, she hit him as hard as she could before tossing him, squealing in pain, out the back door.
I'll say this: It didn't take too many of her "lessons" for Bones to learn he had to do his duty outdoors, not indoors. He'd better wait. Or else poop was going to be up his nose and in his mouth.
When she thought it was time for him to come back into the house, he wouldn't because he was scared. She'd come to my bedroom. "Wake up, Gordy. I want you to get dressed and catch Bones.”
I was hardly awake but I told her, "He doesn't always."
"Doesn't always what?"
"Come for me when I call him."
"Did you piss the bed?"
"Yeah."
Honest to gosh, she didn't try to drown me in the urine that morning. She didn't do anything. Saved by Bones.
I wished I learned as fast as Bones. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop. It was a miracle when I didn't pee the bed. That day, I tried to copy what I did the previous day. I wouldn't drink any water after six O'clock in the evening. But the next morning, disaster. Honestly, I hated having my face ground on that stinky, wet sheet. Yet, I continued to wet the bed. That's what a guy gets for being a reject.
After she told me to go outside and catch Bones and bring him back indoors without nearly killing me, I went outdoors and called Bones. He thought I was playing "our game." He'd come toward me and then suddenly stop and run in the other direction. Darn that dog.
A lot of times, when anyone except Mother, that is, opened the rear screen door, Bones would scoot by and run outdoors. He ran around like he'd been in Waupun prison for first degree murder and this was his first day of freedom after thirty five years. He loved freedom. We'd call to him but he thought we were playing games. He'd come toward us as if he was willing to have us pick him up and take him inside. Instead, he put on the brakes, made a beeline, right or left, or even in the opposite direction. Then, he'd wait for a few seconds and make his way toward us. Good, we'd think. Except that darned dog took off again.
He'd often go over to Mrs. Hahn's yard. If a chicken escaped from the fenced-in chicken yard, Bones had a lot of fun. Not the chicken, though. White Feathers ran and jumped and flew and squawked like mad. Bones chased after that bird, yipping. It was then that I agreed with Doc. That dog of ours was grinning. That's for certain. He scooted this way and that, chasing the hen that probably thought Bones was going to eat it. So, it went nuts—as scared chickens will.
Mrs. Hahn was nearing a hundred years old and she said she was as mad as all get out whenever Bones came into her yard. But then she smiled. "Dogs will be dogs, Gordy. Don't fret. It was that durned chicken's fault." (That's how she pronounced darned). "It shouldn't have been out in the yard."
Mrs. Hahn was nice. The neighbors just to the north of Mrs. Hahn and directly to the west of us were old man and old lady Fahl. Although they were our neighbors, they weren't neighborly. At all. In fact, they were bad people. I'll tell you more about them later.
Mister Fahl drove a coal truck. He delivered little chunks for stoker furnaces, briquettes for small furnaces like ours that heated water that made radiators hot to touch in the winter time, and then, of course, big chunks for regular hot air "octopus" furnaces.
Old Mr. Fahl delivered coal to most houses in town because he worked for Cavalier Coal and Oil Co., the only coal company in town, located right next to the Green Bay and Western railroad tracks, east of Preway Stove Company. Everything there was black. The ground. The fence. The road. The railroad's cars filled with coal would dump tons and tons in Cavalier's coal yard.
Back to Bones. That dog had other problems that Doc or anyone else in our family couldn't fix—even with a rolled up newspaper.
For one, barking.
Barking is normal for dogs. It's just like people talking. But dogs can't talk. Which is why they bark. We don't understand barks. But dogs understand our words. So, dogs must be smarter than people. Except for Bones. Sometimes, he was kind of dumb. Bones didn't like being tied up in our back yard. So, he'd bark and bark until some Hoffman paid him some attention.
We live in a small city with rules and regulations and laws and such. So, we couldn't allow Bones to go outdoors unless he was tied up, or else we clipped a leash to his collar so we kids could let him walk in front of us. Actually, we ran. He pulled hard, I tell you.
Doc, the Third, rigged up a pulley system, using Mother's clothesline. Bones ran around and round the clothesline pole until he couldn't anymore. He didn't know he had to go in the opposite direction in order to be free again. And then he'd bark. And bark. And bark some more. "Maybe, he is dumber than Dork," I thought.
And another thing. Mr. and Mrs. Fahl had a garden only inches from our property line, right next to our garage. I don't know why but Bones liked to go in that garden. He didn't eat any vegetables or strawberries or raspberries, but he dug holes.
That’s when Old lady Fahl would try to telephone us. And since Doc was a real medical doctor, our telephone wasn't on a party line like hers. So, if somebody was on the phone in our house, which normally meant Doc, the Third, who was usually whispering lovey-dovey things to his girlfriend, Eunice Bankenbush. Really, that was her name. I'd rather be a Hoffman than Bankenbush. Maybe that's why she liked Doc, the Third. She'd get to change her last name to Hoffman when they'd marry.
As I said, Doc, the Third, was always on the phone talking lovey-dovey stuff to Eunice. And I suppose she liked lovey-dovey stuff. Yuck.
All their whispering on the phone upset Mrs. Fahl because she couldn't just lift the phone and yell at Doc, the Third, for letting Bones dig holes in her garden. So, instead, she called the police department.
Each time, Officer Exner, Chief Exner's brother, knocked on our front door. And everyone in the house knew why. Mrs. Fahl. Bones. Again.
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YouTube introduces new features to address toxic comments
December 3rd, 2020 John Anderson
YouTube today announced it’s launching a new feature that will push commenters to reconsider their hateful and offensive remarks before posting. It will also begin testing a filter that allows creators to avoid having to read some of the hurtful comments on their channel that had been automatically held for review. The new features are meant to address longstanding issues with the quality of comments on YouTube’s platform — a problem creators have complained about for years.
The company said it will also soon run a survey aimed at giving equal opportunity to creators, and whose data can help the company to better understand how some creators are more disproportionately impacted by online hate and harassment.
The new commenting feature, rolling out today, is a significant change for YouTube.
The feature appears when users are about to post something offensive in a video’s comments section and warns to “Keep comments respectful.” The message also tells users to check the site’s Community Guidelines if they’re not sure if a comment is appropriate.
The pop-up then nudges users to click the “Edit” button and revise their comment by making “Edit” the more prominent choice on the screen that appears.
The feature will not actually prevent a user from posting their comment, however. If they want to proceed, they can click the “Post Anyway” option instead.
Image Credits: YouTube
The idea to put up roadblocks to give users time to pause and reconsider their words and actions is something several social media platforms are now doing.
For instance, Instagram last year launched a feature that would flag offensive comments before they were posted. It later expanded that to include offensive captions. Without providing data, the company claimed that these “nudges” were helping to reduce online bullying. Meanwhile, Twitter this year began to push users to read the article linked in tweets they were about to share before tweeting their reaction, and it stopped users from being able to retweet with just one click.
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These intentional pauses built into the social platforms are designed to stop people from reacting to content with heightened emotion and anger, and instead push users to be more thoughtful in what they say and do. User interface changes like this leverage basic human psychology to work, and may even prove effective in some percentage of cases. But platforms have been hesitant to roll out such tweaks as they can stifle user engagement.
In YouTube’s case, the company tells TechCrunch its systems will learn what’s considered offensive based on what content gets repeatedly flagged by users. Over time, this AI-powered system should be able to improve as the technology gets better at detection and the system itself is further developed.
Users on Android in the English language will see the new prompts first, starting today, Google says. The rollout will complete over the next couple of days. The company did not offer a time frame for the feature’s support for other platforms and languages or even a firm commitment that such support would arrive in the future.
In addition, YouTube said it will also now begin testing a feature for creators who use YouTube Studio to manage their channel.
Creators will be able to try out a new filter that will hide the offensive and hurtful comments that have automatically been held for review.
Today, YouTube Studio users can choose to auto-moderate potentially inappropriate comments, which they can then manually review and choose to approve, hide or report. While it’s helpful to have these held, it’s still often difficult for creators to have to deal with these comments at all, as online trolls can be unbelievably cruel. With the filter, creators can avoid these potentially offensive comments entirely.
YouTube says it will also streamline its moderation tools to make the review process easier going forward.
The changes follow a year during which YouTube has been heavily criticized for not doing enough to combat hate speech and misinformation on its platform. The video platform’s “strikes” system for rule violations means that videos may be individually removed but a channel itself can stay online unless it collects enough strikes to be taken down. In practice, that means a YouTube creator could be as violent as calling for government officials to be beheaded and still continue to use YouTube. (By comparison, that same threat led to an account ban on Twitter.)
YouTube claims it has increased the number of daily hate speech comment removals by 46x since early 2019. And in the last quarter, of the more than 1.8 million channels it terminated for violating policies, more than 54,000 terminations were for hate speech. That indicates a growing problem with online discourse that likely influenced these new measures. Some would argue the platforms have a responsibility to do even more, but it’s a difficult balance.
In a separate move, YouTube said it’s soon introducing a new survey that will ask creators to voluntarily share with YouTube information about their gender, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity. Using the data collected, YouTube claims it will be able to better examine how content from different communities is treated in search, discovery and monetization systems.
It will also look for possible patterns of hate, harassment and discrimination that could affect some communities more than others, the company explains. And the survey will give creators the option to participate in other initiatives that YouTube hosts, like #YouTubeBlack creator gatherings or FanFest, for instance.
This survey will begin in 2021 and was designed in consultation with input from creators and civil and human rights experts. YouTube says the collected data will not be used for advertising purposes, and creators will have the ability to opt-out and delete their information entirely at any time.
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CarNewsCafe > Manufacturers > Renault > New Formula One engine design marks the pinnacle of engine development
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New Formula One engine design marks the pinnacle of engine development
Posted by Aaron Turpen March 1, 2014
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It’s hard to imagine a tiny little six-cylinder engine that weighs less than many four-cylinder offerings, yet produces 760 horsepower, revs to 15,000 RPM, and yet displaces less than a two-liter Coke bottle in cylinder volume. Yet this is exactly what the new Formula One engines for the 2014 season can do.
Renault, one of the three F1 engine suppliers, released information about their engines for this year’s season – or at least as much as they can release – to show us how very high-tech this new race season will be.
FIA, which ovesees F1, introduced a double restriction for the 2014 race season. First, the fuel quantity for each race is limited to 100 kilograms (220 pounds), a thirty-five percent reduction from last year. They’ve also introduced a flow rate restriction, requiring that fuel use be restriction to 100 kg/h. This forces turbo boosting to about 3.5 bar and forces the race teams to come up with other ways to speed engine revs and power output. This has meant that engines have both shrunk in displacement and increased in power output per fuel drop.
Just looking at a graphic showing one engine over the other illustrates how much smaller and more streamlined the 2014 engine is compared to the big V8s of 1980:
Further restrictions, such as the five engines per driver, per year, continue the difficulty, requiring the Formula One engineers to not only create more powerful engines, but to also create reliable, re-usable ones. The most difficult part was to make the engine run at extremely high pressures (around 200 bar), which produces a “knock challenge” for the turbo – if the turbo produces knock within the combustion chamber, at those pressures, the engine will literally explode.
Several things were improved to make all of this feasible. The turbo winds up at around 100,000 rpm, which produces a lot of heat – never mind the high-compression engine itself and its extreme heat production. This heat is converted via a thermal system into electricity and stored in an energy pack behind the engine. This energy can be used to add power to the wheels via a hybrid system (the F1 car now has about 160 of its horsepower in electric motor boosting) and to keep that turbo wound up to speed during braking and cornering. Keeping the turbo wound up is both more fuel efficient and reduces turbo lag to nearly zero, which improves performance.
To further improve energy recovery, the old KERS system has been replaced with a dual recovery system. One is a motor generator unit-heat (MGU-H), which recovers energy from the exhaust system, and the other is the MGU-K (kinetic), which recovers braking energy. If either of these systems fails, the car can still race, but is basically no longer competitive because of the loss of energy recovery and/or power from the propulsion motor, which is critical to the car’s speed capability coming out of corners.
The energy recovery and return system acts as a wastegate, though the engine is also equipped with a standard wastegate as a just-in-case measure and to bleed off excess heat that cannot be converted fast enough. Basically, the MGU-H absorbs power from the turbine shaft to convert heat from exhaust gases as well as control the turbocharger’s speed.
Compared to last year, the energy being used to improve the F1 car’s performance this year is about ten times greater. Batteries are required to weigh at least 20 kg (44 pounds) and shielding had to be improved throughout the car because the huge amounts of electromagnetic forces being created interfere with sensors.
Now, here’s where it all comes together. The fuel restrictions mean that there is only enough fuel in the race to power the car for about an hour, flat out. Even at only 1.6-liters of displacement. Considering a Grand Prix can last as long as twice that, it’s very important that Formula 1 teams be frugal with their fuel.
During acceleration, the turbo is at maximum (100k rpm), the MGU-H is producing power from exhaust heat and sending that power to either the battery or the MGU-K, which is the motor on the crankshaft that aids power output to the wheels (up to 160 hp). The MGU-K can either help conserve fuel or boost the total output for acceleration.
When the driver lifts off the throttle for a corner, the MGU-K converts to a generator and acts as an engine brake, saving physical brakes as much as possible, and sending the recovered energy to the battery and the MGU-H. The MGU-H, at this point, is now a motor keeping the turbo wound up to speed to avoid turbo lag.
Coming out of the corner, the driver accelerates again and everything swaps back, with the MGU-K aiding acceleration once again.
All of this is monitored on-board the car and by the pit engineers. The sweet spot the team is aiming for is to find the minimum lap-time frontier, that border between the physically possible and the impossible for the complete system on that particular track.
For this reason of balance, this season will be one of the first times where we’ll consistently see faster qualifying laps than we see actual race lap times. During qualifying, there are no fuel restrictions and drivers will go flat out. During the Grand Prix itself, however, conservation is as important as speed, so we’ll see more moderate times and a lot more strategy on the field.
It’s going to be an interesting year. The first Grand Prix in the F1 series this year will be on March 16 in Australia.
Tags: F1 engine formula 1 formula one Grand Prix mgu-h mgu-k
Aaron Turpen March 1, 2014
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Bearded Magazine / Features and Interviews / Empress
Introducing… Empress
Our Introducing... series focuses on artists who we think are worth shouting about. Here we have Empress, a technical/math/progressive metal foursome from LDN.
Posted on May 13th, 2013 in Features and Interviews, Empress / By Benton Schecter
Name: Empress
Location: Reading, UK
Genre: Technical Metal/Prog. Rock
Similar Artists: Tool, Feed The Rhino, Slipknot, System Of A Down
Contact: Facebook, Twitter
An irrevocably rising behemoth of metal, yet still fresh enough to just be cutting their teeth, Empress are a fusion of mathy/technical metal and soft-around-the-edges progressive rock.
“We always take on influences from new stuff we check out, so our sound will always grow and develop because of that.” They aren't wrong; the music goes from bitingly hard, and suitably epic metal which is as raw as it is defined, straight into soft and calming acoustic interludes in the flick of an eyelid, many times over.
Having just capped off an incredible tour with Cancer Bats earlier this month, Empress show no signs of calming down: “Every show went really well and we got to hang out with awesome bands every night. Finishing the album was pretty monumental, too; we can’t wait for people to hear it.”
Empress have already had quite a year – as well as the tour with Cancer Bats, the guys have just embarked on an epic tour with the mighty Bring Me The Horizon and Crossfaith, and as if that wasn’t enough, the boys are bringing their frenetic, spasmodic cocktail of math and metal to this year's Download Festival, which they feel will be for “anyone looking for the perfect warm-up to Mastodon and QOTSA”. All this, and the release of a new single, 'Deeper in Disguise'.
The band issued a cover of Pink Floyd's 'Breathe' on 2012’s EP, Perplexed Again; an unusual choice for a band with more energy than Slipknot on speed – the song is famously airy, light and euphoric: “We absolutely love Pink Floyd, and Dark Side is one of the most influential albums on our own sound as well so many other people's. We were aiming for a more 'stoner' sound. We tuned the guitars down and made them really fuzzy – and used an octaver for the heavy parts. It came out great! The song is so powerful that even after changing the vibe it resonates through. Just unfortunate we can't take credit for it!”
Empress are on tour right now with Bring Me The Horizon and Crossfaith, and the video for their new single, 'Deeper in Disguise', has just been released. You can catch it below.
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C'est Acheve
One of the Legendary Figures in my life has passed on from our sad old world.
Mr. Bob Butz, Leo Robertus, the Roaring Lion: he was one of my greatest teachers and someone who was a shining example of what an artist can and should be. He taught Latin and he taught a class in Etymology that woke me up to the fascinating power of words, and the stories of where those words come from.
He was builder and a mason -a barrel-chested man who was as strong as the stone he worked. I spent a summer working with him, building stone walls and steps, and I will never forget the day he grabbed a sledgehammer from me and showed me how you really use it. It was terrifying.
He wise and he was jolly and gruff by turns. And he had a voice -a voice that rumbled like oncoming thunder and will reverberate in my memory for as long as I live. It was the voice of Oz the Great and Powerful, and it was the voice that rang out the Christmas proclamation every year at midnight on Christmas Eve. It was the voice of God.
And he had hands -strong calloused, gnarled hands that created wonders (though he was quick to tell me that art was not in the hands but in the eye "because you can train your hands to do anything"). Mr. Butz was a sculptor, a painter, a set designer and a draftsman.
Mr. Butz was the first person to encourage me to draw and then tell me my drawing was terrible and that I could do better. And he was right. He pushed me gently, but seriously forward. He taught me when I was very young but he always treated me as if the only difference between us was experience.
And he had faith. When I was in high school he still traveled every year to Lourdes to spend a week carrying the very sick in and out of the waters there. He did this even after having both of his own knees replaced.
When I graduated from high school he gave me a mounted photo of a wood carving he had made. It's a somber Face of Christ carved from a block of walnut. The photo has looked over almost every drawing table I've worked from since:
The letter on the back reads:
I've enjoyed working with you in grade school, Jr. Hi and High School. We've been exchanging our work for some time now, so you can add this to your Butz Collection as a memento of all the good times we've shared.
The carving is in walnut (finished and rough-cut) and rests in the Bureau Medical in Lourdes. The inscription in French means "Consummatum Est" from our Latin Class.
Have a full and bright future!
B. Butz
The Roaring Lion lived a life that was intellectually and artistically rich and he made a gift of that life.
You know, like you're supposed to.
Posted by Ben Hatke at 11:54 AM
Labels: artists
I’m Ben Hatke: writer, artist, author of graphic novels and other kinds of books -most notably the Zita the Spacegirl trilogy and the picture book Julia’s House for Lost Creatures.
I like adventures, and sometimes even misadventures.
I post comics and art and stories here.
Pull up a chair.
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THE ORPHANAGE/EL ORFANATO - a supernatural thriller dripping with guilt
THE ORPHANAGE is a handsome, patient, supernatural thriller from debutant director Juan Antonio Bayona. A young mother returns to the orphanage in which she grew up, only to find that her own son has been abducted. She suspects a weird, fraudulent social-worker, and then connects her son's imaginary friends to the ghosts of the children she grew up with. In desperation she calls in a medium, only to tip her supremely rational husband into leaving her.
On one level, the movie plays a tense thriller that edges close to horror in a tour-de-force scene featuring Geraldine Chaplin as a medium sensing screaming children in a darkened house.
But the real heart of the movie lies in Belén Rueda's performance as the frightened, desperate, grief-stricken mother. Her performance, and indeed the entire film, drips in a sense of guilt and shame. The guilt of having been adopted and leaving behind her comrades; the guilt of whether she sufficiently loves her adopted child; the guilt of choosing to forget uncomfortable facts in her past.....
As I said, THE ORPHANAGE is a good movie. But the marketing campaign is rather misleading, playing as it does on Gulliermo del Toro's well-deserved reputation for richly imagined, genuinely horrific thrillers. THE ORPHANAGE is good but it's still some way off the sheer brutal horror of THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE let alone PAN'S LABRYNTH. Having said all that, it's definitely worth a look.
THE ORPHANAGE played Cannes, Toronto and Frightfest 2007. It opened in Sapin, Greece, Finland and the USA last year. It opened in Venezuela, Denmark, Colombia, Mexico, Germany, South Korea, Russia, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Brazil, Iceland, Argentina and Norway earlier this year. It is currently on release in Singapore, the UK and the Netherlands. It is released on DVD in April.
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Labels: geraldine chaplin, horror, spain, thriller
Why does DRILLBIT TAYLOR exist?
Back in the 80s, John Hughes made a string of films that were brilliantly funny, tightly structured and perfectly articulated the anxiety of growing up in suburban America. His best movies - THE BREAKFAST CLUB; SIXTEEN CANDLES - didn't rely on the improbable plot devices. But even movies like WEIRD SCIENCE were firmly nailed to the ground with their honest depiction of adolescent sexual frustration. It was refreshing to see life from the point of view of the ordinary people - the anonymous mass rather than the pretty cheerleaders.
Since then, teen comedies have become a much impoverished genre - alternating between gross out spoofs for the guys and air-brushed love-stories for the girls. As for John Hughes, he became enmeshed in the depressingly mediocre HOME ALONE and BEETHOVEN franchises.
With THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN and KNOCKED UP, it looked like Judd Apatow might have inherited Hughes' ability to chronicle our anxieties with a healthy whollop of self-deprecating wit. These movies appealed to the generation reared on Hughes, now dealing with the transition from college grad to responsible adult.
No doubt Apatow and his frequent collaborator Seth Rogen are cresting a wave. The question is whether they are spreading themselves too thin and letting the quality of their projects suffer.
DRILLBIT TAYLOR is a case in point. Even roping in the legendary Hughes hasn't produced a tightly-plotted, consistently funny script. In fact, this film feels hastily assembled and overly-reliant on Owen Wilson's goofy smile. The plot is simple. Three geeks (Hughes-a-go-go!) hire a bodyguard (Wilson) to pose as a teacher and protect them from the school bully. But the bodyguard is really just a homeless scam-artist looking for a quick buck until his heart-of-gold (and bogus friends) get in the way.
There's no coming-of-age; no biting satire; no real jokes. Wilson is sweet; the geeks are sweet; everyone's rather lovely and it all ends well. The final point is this: DRILLBIT TAYLOR is not a bad film but it IS a deeply lazy, forgettable and mediocre film. Why does it need to exist at all?
DRILLBIT TAYLOR is currently on release in Australia, Canada, Mexico, the US, Belgium, Estonia and the UK. It opens in April in Russia, Argentina, Turkey, Iceland and Sweden. It opens in May in France, Denmark, Germany, Singapore and Spain. It opens in June in Finland, Norway and the Netherlands.
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Labels: comedy, fred murphy, ian roberts, john hughes, judd apatow, kristofer brown, nate hartley, owen wilson, seth rogen
ONCE - Brief Encounter for buskers
ONCE is a sweet, melancholy movie about a hesitant and unconsummated romance between two musicians living in contemporary (but roughed up) Dublin. Their emotional attachment is expressed through their music, which we see them rehearse, record and "montage" to. Musicians cum actors Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová do admirable work. They have clear chemistry and seem relaxed and natural in front of the camera. Director John Carey creates a feeling of intimacy with his unobtrusive long shots. It's also refreshing to see a story about two "normal" people connecting in seemingly everday circumstances. My only criticism is that while this film is already under 90 minutes, it could have been under 60 minutes. The movie is padded out with constant repetition of its famous, award-winning song, and frankly, I got a little bored by it.
ONCE pkayed Sundance, Dublin and Edinburgh 2007. It won an Oscar for Best Original Song and won the World Cinema Audience award at Sundance. It is now available on DVD.
Labels: glen hansard, ireland, music, romance
Dullard DVD of the month - GOOD LUCK CHUCK
GOOD LUCK CHUCK is a piss-poor romantic comedy starring alleged stand up comedian Dane Cook and the not unattractive Jessica Alba. The set-up is ridiculous. Dane Cook plays a man who has been cursed. If a woman sleeps with him, she is bound to marry the next guy she dates. Apparently, this leads lots of credulous women to offer themselves to him, just so they can end up married - an absurd, and borderline misogynistic premise. Cook's character then meets a pretty girl played by Jessica Alba and has to work out how to date her, but stop marrying the next guy she meets.
Director Mark Helfrich eschews verbal witticisms in favour of physical humour. Now I have nothing against slapstick but this stuff is obvious and neither Cook nor Alba have the talent to pull it off. Neither do they have the chemistry to pull of a rom-com. As for Cook's comedy side-kick, Dan Fogler, that actor is rapidly becoming the Rob Schneider of his generation. Definitely one to avoid.
GOOD LUCK CHUCK was released in Autumn 2007 and is now available on DVD.
Labels: comedy, dan fogler, dane cook, jessica alba, josh stolberg, piss-poor, romance
Overlooked DVD of the month - RAZZLE DAZZLE
If Chris Guest defines the spectrum of quality for mockumentaries, then RAZZLE DAZZLE lies somewhere below THIS IS SPINAL TAP and BEST IN SHOW but somewhere above FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. By which I mean that RAZZLE DAZZLE is a brilliantly observed, witty addition to the genre. Director Darren Ashton sends up the world of children's dance contests, and with it the wider world of pushy parents, bitchy mentors and that business we call show. Given that popular culture has become infested with reality "talent" contests - super-ego judges and glossy dance routines, this movie couldn't have come at a better time.
British actor Ben Miller is superbly under-stated and dead-pan as the kind-hearted perpetual runner-up Mr. Jonathan. He shepherds his girls through insane routines that aim to entertain, but also to instruct. From the environment to the Taliban, Mr Jonathan has a routine to prick our conscience. Mr Jonathan comes up against Miss Elizabeth, a prim dance teacher who wants to win at all costs, and pushes her girls to perfection by way of anorexia and harsh rejection. Along the way to the state finals, we'll meet a rogue's gallery of recognisable but exaggerated characters but the real stars of the film are the costume designer, choreographer and young kids who pull off such absurdly brilliant dance routines.
RAZZLE DAZZLE does better than most mockumentaries in maintaining the fiction that this is real footage that captures people unawares. But there are just one or two over-the-shoulder shots that look too posed and not enough of the through-the-blinds camera-work that made THE OFFICE so credible. Still, for sheer wit and warm-hearted enjoyment, it's hard to beat.
RAZZLE DAZZLE played Berlin 2007 and was released in Australia, New Zealand, Irealand, the UK and Norway last year. It opened in January in france. It is now available on DVD.
Labels: australia, comedy, dance, kerry armstrong, mockumentary, nadine gardner, robin ince
RACE - the superficial
RACE is a fantastically superficial, depressing and boring Bollywood action thriller. The film is characterised by hyper-glossy women; self-conscious slo-mo action shots; an ear-threateningly loud score; and a penchant to shoot all the stars as if they were in rap videos.
The brothers Burmwalla are best loved for their hit movie CHORI CHORI CHUPKE CHUPKE but have significantly amped up the stunts and the sex scenes since then. In this film they concoct a ludicrous tale about two feuding brothers who are both the subject of $100m life insurance policies. The brothers and their accomplicies scheme and plot to kill, defraud, bribe and triumph. They are aided by two hot chicks, and held up by a comedy double-act of coppers. The plot has so many implausible plot twists that the audience is long past caring well before the end. Still, giving credit where it's due, unlike some convoluted thrillers, the Burmwalla brothers do manage to tie up every loose end.
As we go from plot twist to plot twist we're kept busy by fast-paced, western-influenced dance numbers; some action scenes and a bit of light relief. The dance numbers are universally poor, both in terms of the songs and the choreography. Fans of Bipasha Basu will find no hit song to match "Beedi" here. And Katrina Kaif as the second hot chick is, as always, wooden and lacking in true dance ability. The action scenes are ambitious by Bollywood standards but car chases have been done better in movies like DHOOM. And overall, KRRISH had a more high-quality tech-package than RACE. Which brings us to the light relief. Johnny Lever - veteran comic actor of Indian cinema - is outstanding in his five-minute cameo. And Anil Kapoor is decent as the Columbo style cop. I even liked Sameera Reddy as his idiot side-kick.
Still, I can't help but thinking that RACE is a step back for Hindi cinema. All style but no substance and the abasement of actors better known for art-house work. In particular it's a shame to see Saif Ali Khan, who was so outstanding as the Iago character in the brilliant OMKARA, posing like a rapper. It's a shame to see Bipasha Basu, who also made a breakthrough as a serious actress in CORPORATE, take a step back to steamy love-scenes and being just a "body".
RACE is on release in India and the UAE.
Labels: action, anil kapoor, bipasha basu, comedy, India, johnny lever, katrina kaif, saif ali khan, sameera reddy, thriller
THE COTTAGE - do you wanna buy some pegs, Dave?
THE COTTAGE wants to be a gore-filled black comedy in the manner of the wickedly funny, horrifically scary SEVERANCE. [ah! do you remember when Danny Dyer was value-for-money entertainment?!] It starts off well. Under-stated opening. Tense atmosphere. Andy "Gollum" Serkis, Reece 'Papa Lazarou' Shearsmith and Steve 'Spudgun' O'Donnell showing real comic timing and chemistry. Two bickering brothers and their half-wit friend have kidnapped the local pimp's step-daughter. In true RUTHLESS PEOPLE style, the kidnappee runs rings round the kidnappers and soon the conspirators and the victim are running around the British countryside in the middle of the night, being chased down by a crazed yokel. Jennifer Ellison - a British Z-list "star" of day-time TV - lowers the tone with her one-note angry Scouser routine, though it's hard to know if this is merely a fault of the script. The bigger problem is that the movie is never scary enough to be labelled a horror flick. And it's really funny never funny enough to get a belly-laugh. Sadly, after THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN so successfully sent up the British obsession with sinister peasants, movies like THE BAKER and THE COTTAGE just seem old-hat. Which is all rather a shame, because Shearsmith, Serkis and Williams have all done really impressive work in the past.
THE COTTAGE is on release in the UK and opens in France on May 7th.
Labels: andy serkis, British, caper, comedy, horror
10,000 BC - don't scratch my soca!
Cinegeeks crack me up! Seriously, there are people on IMDB complaining that 10,000 BC contains factual errors. Ye gads, it's a Roland Emmerich big-budget studio action flick! It's not a National Geographic segment! This is the man who had Bill Pullman and Will Smith destroy invading aliens by uploading a virus into their improbably compatible computer network!
Thing is, if I see a movie like 10,000 BC, I don't expect it to be factually correct. In fact, if I'm going to have spend 2 hours watching actors in cheap wigs speaking gibberish I need A LOT of absurd craziness as compensation. I need good-looking people, scantily clad, running from bad-ass hairy mamaluks.
Tragically, 10,000 BC falls between the two stalls. It has great pretensions toward serious drama and gut-wrenching action but has neither the intelligence nor the sheer heart-busting adrenaline-rush chase scenes of APOCALYPTO. (And, frankly, if actors are going to have to utter such ridiculous dialogue - viz. the scene where our hero politely asks a sabre-tooth tiger not to eat him - I'd rather they did so in ancient Mayan or some other incomprehensible language.) More than once, I thought I saw the awesome Cliff Curtis smirking as he looked upon the ridiculous action before him.
Still, 10,000 BC isn't a complete write-off. First, the landscape photography from DP Ueli Steiger is truly beautiful to contemplate. Second, there's an unintentionally comedy performance from Mona "Auntie Susu" Hammond as Old Mother. That was enough to send me on a whimsical tour of old episodes of Desmond's whenever the action got too tedious to pay attention to.
10,000 BC is on global release.
Labels: action, anna foerster, camilla belle, cliff curtis, omar sharif, roland emmerich
HORTON HEARS A WHO! - by far the best of the recent Dr Seuss adaptations
Like many of you, I grew up reading Dr Seuss, so his books are a cherished part of my childhood.* That's why it hurt so much when Jim Carrey and Mike Myers' live action versions of his books were less CAT IN THE HAT than Smelly Cat. But prejudice aside, I am pleased to report that HORTON HEARS A WHO! is a giant step forward. First off, the minute you see the animation you realise how intrinsically right it is to forgo actors dressed in prosthetics. Dr Seuss should feel whimsical and magical rather than forced and deliberate. And no matter how good Carrey and Myers are as comedians, they never managed to make all that make-up seem, well, natural. Directors Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino also make the right choice in keeping a lot of Dr Seuss' famous rhyming couplets in a voice-over narration from Charles Osgood. I particularly liked their little conceit of having Horton day-dream in Seuss' trademark 2-D style!
But back to basics. For those who don't know, you're in for a treat! Horton is a large, happy-go-lucky elephant who stumbles upon a delicate little speck sitting on a flower. He hears a little voice and makes contact with the tiny little Mayor of Who-ville, who lives in a miniature world upon that very speck. Horton and the Mayor realise that unless Horton can put the speck in a safe place, Who-ville will be destroyed by all the commotion. But first, Horton and the Mayor have to gather the courage to hold on to their belief in each other's existence; and to fight for the right to br heard, no matter how big or how small they are.
The directors handle the animation beautifully and the voice-cast also do a superb job. Steve Carell is charming as the Mayor and Jim Carrey is absolutely hillarious in a slightly more modulated performance than he typically gives. The script-writers manage to keep to a minimum the post-modern in-jokes that cover modern animation like poisonous pustules. And the defiantly pop-culture reference they do include - having Horton imagine himself as a manga hero - is absolutely brilliant. My only slight criticism is that the material is too thin for the run-time. Frankly, they could've trimmed the film down to 70 minutes and we would have all gone home as happy as after 85 minutes but without having mainlined as much glucose from the tofee popcorn.
HORTON HEARS A WHO is on release in the USA, Argentina, Chile, Germany, Russia, Singapore, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Estonia, Iceland, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Spain, Belgium and the UK. It opens next week in Egypt, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Australia, Hong Kong and Croatia. It opens on March 27th in Croatia. It opens in April in France, the Czech Republic, Greece, Israel, Italy and Turkey. It opens in May in South Korea and in Japan in July.
*I even went to the same college as Dr Seuss, although I must confess that by the age of 16, the fact that John Le Carre was an old boy was far more impressive to me.
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Labels: amy poehler, animation, carol burnett, children, dan fogler, isla fisher, Jim Carrey, jimmy hayward, jonah hill, seth rogen, steve carell, steve martin, will arnett
CHILDREN OF GLORY/SZABADSAG, SZERELEM - a partially successful movie about the Hungarian Uprising
CHILDREN OF GLORY is a bombastic, self-consciously epic film from the pen of Joe Eszterhas of BASIC INSTINCT fame. He brings a mainstream Hollywood, glossy sensibility to the deathly serious subject matter of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 and the blood in the water incident at the Melbourne Olympics. I have mixed feelings about the glossy style of this film. Perhaps superimposing a schmaltzy love story onto this material will win it a wider audience - and frankly, this is such an important subject that you could take the view 'by any means necessary'. But I also felt a little uneasy, especially in the final scenes, that the movie had reduced something important to a sort of under-dog sports-movie finale.
The movie opens with the Hungarian water-polo team playing a rigged match in Moscow. Evidently the Soviets will not lose to a satelite state. Upon their return, the team are upbraided by the secret police for rubbishing their hosts and our beautiful hero, a fictional composite called Karcsi Szabó (Iván Fenyö) is initially happy to comply. Being an Olympic sportsman brings him privilege and protects his family. Our hero gets drawn into the student protests against Soviet occupation when he spots a pretty protestor called Viki (Kata Dobó). Through her, he finds that he actually does believe in fighting for freedom even it means sacrificing his place in the Olympic team.
The protests spill into a wider Hungarian uprising and the Soviets mobilise their tanks. But in a cruel twist of history, the Hungarians are fooled by a temporary withdrawal and appeasement. Thinking they have won, Karsci goes to the Melbourne Olympics to win glory for his newly free country. But Viki is left behind as the Soviets renege on their promises and send in the tanks. She continues to fight, hoping the Americans will intervene.
As the revolution is crushed, we move to the Olympics for the obligatory Hollywood adrenaline packed finale. The water-polo team triumph, despite a vicious attack on Karsci in the water. But the simplistic end of the film seems thin and unsatisfying. Can we really take any comfort from a sporting triumph when we've just seen Hungarians butchered? And what will become of our hero? We know his friends will defect but the movie doesn't bother to tell us whether he goes back to Budapest.
Still, I can't help but think that it's worth watching CHILDREN OF GLORY. It's handsomely shot and you certainly get a feel for how a student protest spilled out into a wider protest. I like the little details. Moreover, while the love story may seem a little cheap by the end of the film, there's no doubt that it provides a useful hook upon which to hang the audience's interest for the majority of the film.
CHILDREN OF GLORY opened in Hungary and the USA in 2006. It played Berlin 2007 and opened in Thailand, Sweden and Japan. It is currently on limited release in the UK.
Labels: drama, Hungary, romance, russia, sport
WATER LILIES/NAISSANCE DES PIEUVRES - sinister, breath-takingly honest coming-of-age movie
WATER LILIES is a delicate, schmaltzy title for a film that is uncompromising, sinister and breath-takingly honest. It has an 85 minute run-time but creates an atmosphere that is so oppressive and yet so mesmerising that it feels longer. This is a good thing. Indeed, debutante writer-director Céline Sciamma has created one of the best films I have seen in 2008.
The movie explores how we abase ourselves in search of sexual fulfilment. Our two protagnists are teenage girls living in contemporary suburban France. They aren't cool or self-assured but awkward and strange. Marie (Pauline Acquart) is introverted and mostly silent, so that when she does act and exhibit her strength, it's almost frightening. Anne (Louise Blachère) is unhappily ridiculous, self-conscious about her body, and yet willing to throw herself after love. Marie ingratiates herself into the world of glamourous Floriane (Adele Haenel). Marie's crush may or may not be reciprocated - but Floriane certainly languishes in their intimacy, taking their mutual obligations to an audacious extreme. But, while she teases Marie, Floriane's real mission is to lose her virginity so she can be the slut that everyone assumes she is, and satisfy her boyfriend François (Warren Jacquin), who is also the object of Anne's sexual desire.
The four lead actors do a tremendous job, although one has to gasp at what Sciamma asks her young cast to do. The sexual tension drips from the screen and while there are no easy resolutions, there is at least some groping toward self-awareness for the two outsiders by the end of the film. This is perfectly complemented by Crystel Fournier's superb photography. Her camera is a voyueur, sneaking into changing rooms, swimming pools and night-clubs along with Anne and Marie. It makes us feel uncomfortable but convinces us of the beauty and violence to be found in such commonplace activities.
WATER LILIES played Cannes, Toronto and London 2007. It was released in Belgium and France last year and is currently on release in the Netherlands and the UK. It will play the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival next month and opens in Norway on April 11th.
Labels: adele haenel, coming of age, France, sexually explicit
Overlooked DVD of the month - ROCKET SCIENCE
ROCKET SCIENCE is an alpha-gamma movie. Or rather, it's a gamma-alpha movie. The opening sequence was a blatant rip-off of Wes Anderson. A Max Fisher-style character, complete with bow-tie and preppie confidence, is speaking at a school debate. This is over-laid with a self-conscious, portentious narration by an actor called Dan Cashman who sounds just like Alec Baldwin in the opening sequence of THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS. As we moved onto the meat of the movie, I still felt wary about the movie's derivative feel. The sound-track, shooting style, dead-pan comedy and focus on eccentricity and quirk all had me bewailing the pervasiveness and same-ness of modern American independent movies.
The good news is that once the movie settles down it becomes really rather wonderful. Writer-director Jeffrey Blitz paints a convincing picture, evidently drawing on his own experience, of a sweet, intelligent boy who can't express himself because of his stammer. Rather improbably, the school's star debater picks him to join the debating team. Our hero is thus forced to find his voice.
What I love about ROCKET SCIENCE is that the director doesn't make it a conventional triumphing-over-adversity movie. There's no magical denouement where our hero takes to the stage and, thanks to some little trick, becomes the most articulate and eloquent debater in the state. But he does find his voice in another sense: he becomes confident - active rather than passive - and while still puzzled about life and love ("it shouldn't be rocket science"), more engaged with it.
ROCKET SCIENCE played Sundance 2007, where Jeffrey Blitz won the Directing (Drama) Award. It went on limited release in the UK and US last autumn. It is now available on DVD.
Labels: aaron yoo, comedy, coming of age, cool tunes, dan cashman, drama, jeffrey blitz, jo willems, margo martindale, overlooked, Sundance, wes anderson
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES - beautifully made children's fantay film
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES is a beautifully made, well-acted, children's fantasy adventure.
A young boy, angry at his parents' separation, discovers a curious field guide to a magical world of faeries, goblins and sylphs. Problem is, an evil ogre wants to steal the book and use its collected knowledge to rule the magical world. So much for the plot. The real meat of the movie is a story about children who have to live without their fathers, and the importance of family.
The great thing about SPIDERWICK is that the wonderfully-rendered CGI effects never swamp the story. Indeed, director Mark Waters takes an admirable amount of time to establish the human story before he unleashes the magical world. I also think that the casting is spot-on, and helps us feel real empathy for the characters. Freddie Highmore pulls off playing both twins - giving each a distinctive character and voice. Sarah Bolger and Mary-Louise Parker are believable as the big sister, mature before her time, and the mother at the end of her tether. But I especially like th casting of Nick Nolte as the ogre; David Strathairn as the author of the field-guide; and Joan Plowright as his grown up daughter Lucinda. Joan Plowright has the most amazingly sympathetic, twinkling eyes, and it's a pleasure to have her back on the big screen. The voice-work is also great, with Martin Short playing a sweet little brownie called Thimbletack who morphs into the angry Bograt; and Seth Rogen as the cowardly but kind-hearted Hogsqueal.
My only reservations about this movie aren't really concerned with the film-makers but with the source material. I was never particularly convinced by the internal logic of the fantasy world. (Then again, if you have Tolkien as your benchmark, everything seems thin by comparison). Moreover, I never felt the stakes were high enough. I don't think we see enough of the fantasy world to care about it's destruction and the script didn't make it very clear whether the human world was really at risk from the ogre, beyond the family itself.
Still, these are all comparatively small quibbles that might concern adults but not the kids. THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES is sure to keep children amused (at least those who aren't so young as to be scared by a pretty mean looking ogre who can morph into a snake).
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES opened in February 2008 in the US, Canada, the Philippines and South Korea. It opened earlier in MArch in Thailand, Mexico, Poland and Finland. It opens this weekend in the Netherlands, Greece, Portugal, Singapore, Colombia, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and Venezuela. It opens next weekend in Belgium, Argentina, Chile, Croatia, Germany, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Peru, Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, the Czech Republic, Iceland, Italy, Panama, Romania, South Africa and the UK. It opens on March 26th in Egypt and in April in Australia, Taiwan, New Zealand, France, Serbia and Montenegro, India and Japan.
Labels: caleb deschanel, children, david strathairn, fantasy, freddie highmore, holly black, joan plowright, john sayles, mark waters, martin short, mary-louise parker, nick nolte, sarah bolger, seth rogen
Wong Kar Wai retrospective - AS TEARS GO BY/WONG GOK KA MOON
AS TEARS GO BY sees Wong Kar Wai's essentially romantic, fanciful nature shoe-horned into a conventional Hong Kong traid movie, reminiscent of MEAN STREETS. The result is a movie that is occasionally surprising but which has dated badly. Indeed, to modern eyes, it can sometimes feel like a pastiche. Having said all that, the movie opens in classic WKW territory. We're in a cramped flat in Kowloon and a young man (Andy Lau of INFERNAL AFFAIRS fame) is about to fall in love with a woman he has barely met. Instead of the femmes fatales of later flms, AS TEARS GO BY features a young Maggie Cheung as a milk-sop provincial who simpers in a hugely under-powered role. Naturally, this new relationship will force Brother Wah to reconsider his future as a gangster. It doesn't take much: he was already getting tired of bailing out his volatile, useless side-kick, Fly (classic Joe Pesci territory).
The movie oozes eighties stylings. There's a deeply annoying synthesizer sound-track; everyone looks like they trying to be extras in TOP GUN; the plot is pretty conventional and the denouement utterly unsurprising. Jacky Cheung over-acts horribly as Fly and Andy Lay isn't given a chance to display the talent he shows in INFERNAL AFFAIRS. So, pretty much the only reason to watch this film is to trace out the developing style of Wong Kar Wai. We can see it in superficial things like the use of cheesy songs and stroboscopic photography from DP Wai-Keung Lau. But we can see it in the substance of the film and the scenes that sit around the obligatory set-piece action sequences: lovers are thwarted and romantic life is squeezed between the petty obligations of real life.
AS TEARS GO BY was originally released in 1988 and played Toronto 1989. It is available on DVD.
*Thanks to the old lag, Berko, for clueing me in to the correct terminology for this maddening effect that so marred my enjoyment of MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS.
Labels: andy lau, hong kong, maggie cheung, wong kar wai
Wong Kar Wai Retrospective - CHUNG KING EXPRESS
CHUNG KING EXPRESS is a wonderful film from Wong Kar Wai. Originally released in 1994 to critical acclaim, it foreshadowed much of the thematic material of IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE and 2046 and some of the stylistic mannerisms of the disastrous MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS.
The movie takes the form of two loosely connected stories set in contemporary Hong Kong. As in later films, Wong Kar Wai takes us into cheap diners in dingy, crowded cities. Bus terminals have lockers that are dented and covered in grafitti and the floor is strewn with litter. The protagonists live in cluttered filthy apartments with mould in the shower and subsist on canned food bought in grubby 7-11s. The great thing about this film is, however, that it doesn't judge any of this. Indeed, it rather revels in the accidental beauty of such scenes. The key to these films is to uncover the romantic leanings of the ordinary people who inhabit these locales - the people one might pass on the street and assume, rather patronisingly, were leading drab uninteresting lives. So, in sharp contrast to his later films, the characters in the film look "normal". They aren't dressed to perfection, hovering in a state of delicate beauty: girls wear normal clothes, but even when they dress up, it's in a rather grubby mac and blonde wig.
But there are other elements that form a straight line through to MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS. The use of popular, almost cheesy, Western pop songs on almost continuous loop; the love of neon signs; a femme fatale; a camera that follows its prey with a voyeuristic, intimate glee; and in the first section the use of slow-mo and distorted vision to try and capture the frenetic pace of city life.
My preference is for the scenes where the camera is fluid but not "interefered with" in the style so irritating in the first scenes of MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS. And it's hard to know whether my weaker response to the first story is due to the shooting style. Still, even apart from that, the story is lyrical, compelling and beautiful. A lonely police officer (Takeshi Kaneshiro) is mourning a failed relationship, creating bizarre little rituals involving out-of-date canned food to focus his mind. He runs across a mysterious blonde, who turns out to be a drug smuggler. (Note the fantastically fast-paced, beautifully edited scene in which she suits up and organises the Indian mules.) As we come to expect in a Wong Kar Wai film, when the two finally meet their relationship is fleeting and muted - and is valued mostly for the memories it will generate.
The second story takes similar material. Another lonely cop (a very young Tony Leung) is mourning another failed relationship, in another cramped apartment. He strikes up a bizarre relationship with another quirky girl, who expresses a desire for intimacy by secretly cleaning his flat! It sounds bizarre and it is bizarre but it's never cheap or crudely funny. Rather, it's sweet, strange and wonderfully fresh. This is largely down to Tony Leung's superbly melancholy presence and a rightly award-winning performance by Faye Wong - the stand-out actor in this film. It just goes to show how important it is to cast actors and indeed locations that can make the most surreal and unabashedly romantic material seem real and natural. That is the key difference between a pantheon film like CHUNG KING EXPRESS and a disappointment like MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS.
Labels: christopher doyle, cool tunes, faye wong, hong kong, lee-na kwan, liang zhen, pantheon, romance, tony leung, wong kar wai
FOUR MINUTES/VIER MINUTEN - provocative, affecting, but finally mis-judged
For about the first seventy minutes, VIER MINUTEN is a refreshingly complicated, provocative movie. Writer-director Chris Kraus puts us in a contemporary German prison where a pernickety old piano teacher is giving lessons to an astonishingly talented, but murderous, young woman. As their relationship develops, we learn about their thwarted past lives.
Unlike a conventional Hollywood movie, Monica Bleibtrau's withered teacher is not a wise, comforting figure with angelic patience. This movie is about as far away from FINDING FORRESTER or GOOD WILL HUNTING as you could get. Frau Krueger emphatically does not believe that delinquent Jenny will be "saved" by her art or become a "better person". Indeed, Frau Krueger's motives and methods are both rather suspect, as is her categorisation of jazz as abominable "negro music". Even the prison guards and governor are compromised, and therefore more credible. For example, a kindly guard called Muetze - one of those solid good men - is capable of viciousness when provoked.
And what of Jenny? There is no doubt that Hannah Herzsprung gives a raw and convincing performance as this deeply traumatised girl. Both her acting, and what I can only assume was her own piano playing, are affecting and, in the final scene, quite remarkable. But I do feel that she was rather under-mined by some of the screen-writer's choices regarding her character's motivations and past life. What's worse, the whole movie was seriously thrown off its balance by a misjudged, sentimental, final act.
If only Chris Kraus had shown more restraint, this could have been a true pantheon movie. As it is, he has made a memorable and promising movie. Solid characterisation and deft handling of the music aside, I would also like to praise DP Judith Kaufmann's fluid camera movements that follow Frau Krueger even when that takes us away from the action or the conversation. The way she shoots the concert scene, and indeed the way the whole movie is edited to show elipses in time, are also remarkable.
FOUR MINUTES played Toronto 2006 and Berlin 2007. It was released in Germany, Italy, Australia, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Greece, the Czech Republic, South Korea, Japan and Belgium in 2007. It opened in France earlier this year and is currently on release in the UK.
Labels: drama, Germany, hannah herzsprung, monica bleibtrau, music
Overlooked DVD of the month - KLIMT
KLIMT is a wonderfully free-form movie from veteran film-maker Raul Ruiz. Released in butchered format in the UK last year, it's now available in a full two hour director's cut on DVD. The film is less of a standard biopic than an impressionistic, sometimes surreal visit with the Austrian artist. John Malkovich gives a wonderful performance in the central role. We see Klimt's foul mouth and short temper with the pretentious fools in cafe society. We see his childlike excitement, but also gentle discretion, over his many affairs. He fathers many children, sees them rarely, but when he does he has a great affinity with them. He is broad-minded, honest, but has that thin-skinned anger that people who have no time for convetional mores often have.
If you don't know much about Klimt prior to watching the film, you might feel a little lost. Ruiz assumes knowledge about the paintings, the people in Klimt's life and the "characters" of the day. I find this refreshingly unpatronising, but frankly, if you haven't heard of Wittgenstein or Schiele you might feel a little lost. In addition, Ruiz' film resists a straightforward linear narrative structure. We first meet Klimt on his deathbed and then skip back and forth through different scenes in his life. Some of these are presumably real, some are fantastic. To give two examples, Saffron Burrows plays an artist's muse who has seemingly two disinct characters - the "on-show" personality, and the private personality - and these are represented as two separate people. And Stephen Dillane plays an enigmatic figure who pops up throughout the film, commenting acerbically on Klimt's life and acting as a sort of ghostly companion.
To be sure, the film is far from perfect - if you want a sure vision and a film that feels like a composed, coherent unit, you'll have to look elsewhere. But the fun is in the feeling that anything could happen. Moreover, I did feel that I had gained an insight into the artist's personality and work. The tech package feels a little rough - or perhaps it's the DVD transfer that makes everything look muddy and under-lit? Still, the movie is well-worth checking out.
KLIMT was released in Austria, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, South Korea and Japan in 2006. It was released in Spain, Estonia, the US and UK in 2007. It is now available on DVD.
Labels: austria, biopic, costume, georgia reeve, gilbert adair, john malkovich, saffron burrows, stephen dillane
VANTAGE POINT - tedious, exciting, laughable
VANTAGE POINT is an action movie about a terrorist attack on the US President. The concept is to have the attack re-hashed from the points-of-view of different characters until the audience can piece together the truth, Rashomon-style.
The first third of the film must have looked really clever on paper, but is actually pretty tedious to watch. We see the attack around four or five times, each time learning a little more about the conspiracy, but not enough to justify rehashing the story *yet again*.
The second third of the film picks up in inverse proportion to the film-makers' willingness to drop the Rashomon conceit. A further plot twist is revealed and the movie settles down into an exciting political thriller, complete with betrayals and a high-adrenaline car chase.
But the film-makers drop the ball in the final third of the film, which is literally laughable. We are asked to believe that various people would survive hideous car crashes and that a hardened terrorist would swerve to miss a child.
The movie has its moments but overall it's rather forgettable. In such a large ensemble cast, no single actor has a chance to shine, or to capture our imagination. We never get a clear handle on the terrorists' motivations, and the whole thing seems rather mechanical. The attempt to graft on a sentimental story involving a divorced parents and a small girl is simply toe-curlingly saccharine.....Basically, this is a movie to avoid.
VANTAGE POINT is on release in the Philippines, the US, Hong Kong, Qatar, Austria, Canada, Mexico, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Argentina, Germany, Kuwait, Russia, Swizterland, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Sweden, India, Estonia, Japan and the UK. It opens later in March in Indonesia, Australia, Croatia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Brazil, France, Chile, Portugal, Singapore, Bulgaria, Finland, Bahrain, Belgium, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, Greece, Israel, Lebanon, Nigeria, Slovenia, the UAE, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway and Romania. It opens in April in Peru, Thailamd, Ecuador, Kenya, Latvia, Polamd, South Africa, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Turkey, Colombia, Uruguay, Bolivia and the Ukraine.
Labels: dennis quaid, forest whitaker, james le gros, matthew fox, sigourney weaver, thriller, William Hurt
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL is strewn with cowpats from the Devil's own satanic HERD
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL is an adaptation of Philippa Gregory's historical novel. She portrays the Boleyn and Howard family as eager to advance in wealth and position by pimping out their daughters to Henry VIII. First, Henry knocks up docile Mary, but then casts her aside for her more intelligent and ambitious sister Anne. Her pride piqued by her rejection at the hands of Henry Percy and her family's prior support of Mary, Anne pressures the King into divorcing his true wife, Catherine. But as Queen, Anne's position will only be safe if she can deliver Henry a son.
It's a fantastic story written in clear unpretentious English. Best of all, Gregory manages to balance our base instinctual need for trashy romance and a happy ending with a more profound depiction of a society where women were chattel, and those who made their own way were liable to be seen as abominations.
The movie, however, is problematic.
The problems start with the script. Peter (of THE QUEEN fame) takes an intellectually superior work of historical fiction and strips it of any subtlety. He leaves behind a work that is much reduced - in terms of scope, motivations, credibility and enjoyment. The novel made the relationship between the two sisters more complicated. Yes, there were jealousies and rivalries but there was also a shared commitment to success and wrongs on either side. By contrast, the film has Mary as a pantomime do-gooder heroine and Anne as a malicious little whore. (Anne's relationship with Henry Percy is so quickly skated over that we have no time to see her softer side. It's also ironic to see Anne portrayed in the first half of this film almost as maliciously as she would have been portrayed at the time. So much for historical revisionism in a post-feminist world!) The motivations of Henry VIII are rendered especially opaque and Peter Morgan creates a particularly crass scene in which Henry rapes Anne. This strikes me as a particularly lazy and insidous short-hand. The mechanics of how Anne comes to be accused of being a witch are also reduced to a crude and obvious incest charge - a theme that is handled with far more subtlety and intrigue in the novel.
Finally, the most grave charge against Peter Morgan's adaptation is slovenliness. He introduces themes only to leave them hanging in the air. A classic example is that we are introduced to Mary's husband William Carey. He sort of disappears and then before we know it William Stafford is offering to take care of her. The informed viewer will realise that Carey has died in the interval, but Peter Morgan doesn't bother passing on this information. Morgan also allows a couple of lines of jarringly anachronistic dialogue to creep into the script. So, one moment we are talking of "piss-pots". The next, we're being asked to "look on the bright side". Morgan also makes the Boleyn's mother, Lady Elizabeth, the voice of feminist dissent. This is rather patronising. I think I might have worked out the social importance of the film without having a character precis it for me.
The director and cinematographer, Justin Chadwick and Kieran McGuigan, do little better, making choices that reduce their film to a cheap bodice ripper with no self-respect. From the start, the movie is drenched in a warm honey glow - soft-focus love scenes and dappled sunlight that renders the actors faces orange in the interior scenes. This is so starkly in contrast to the aggressively modern, grimly real look of Chadwick's BLEAK HOUSE that one can only assume that the critically acclaimed BBC adaptation was a success because of fine editing and production design rather than its direction. Or maybe Chadwick was hamstrung by producers and marketing departments going for a "heritage" TV look and a simple tale of sibling rivalry?
There's little joy in front of the camera. Scarlett Johansson (Mary Boleyn) doesn't so much act as look doe-eyed and slow-witted. Natalie Portman (Anne Boleyn) is the better actress. At least, she is very good at working herself up into fits of hysteria. Her mastery of the English accent is less certain. Jim Sturgess (George Boleyn) looks uncomfortable and inadequate. David Morrissey (the Duke of Norfolk) delivers his lines in a modern style that stands out from the self-conscious affected period melodramatics of the lead actress. Accordingly, he seems mis-cast, or at least misdirected. Eric Bana (Henry VIII) is a fine actor but Peter Morgan's script doesn't offer him much opportunity to portray the complexities and gravity of Henry VIII's decisions. There is some compensation in the smaller roles. Mark Rylance (Sir Thomas Boleyn), Kristin Scott Thomas (Lady Elizabeth Boleyn) and Benedict Cumberbatch (William Carey), all do brilliantly well is largely under-written parts.
Finally, what more can one say than that this movie is a dreadful disappointment?
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL is on release in the US, Netherlands, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Spain, Egypt, Russia, Germany and the UK. It opens later in March in Australia, South Korea and Iceland. It opens in April in France, Singapore, Belgium, Israel and Italy. It opens in May in Brazil; in August in Norway and in Finland on Septmeber 12th.
Labels: benedict cumberbatch, biopic, costume, david morrissey, eddie redmayne, eric bana, jim sturgess, justin chadwick, kristin scott thomas, mark rylance, natalie portman, peter morgan, scarlett johansson
THE BAKER - hokey cokey pig in a pokey!
Milo is a hitman on the lam in a Welsh village. The locals presume he's the new baker and Milo's all to happy to swap his Glock for an apron and stave off his mid-life crisis. Problem is, the locals soon twig what he really does for a living and start commissioning him to kill their irritating neighbours. Milo still thinks they're ordering "cake". So proceeds a comedy of errors that is painfully executed. Writer-director Gareth Lewis never moves beyond the obvious - exploding Welsh sheep, garden gnomes - and always crosses the line from silly to plain stupid. The classic example of this is a scene where our (anti-)hero Milo (Damian Lewis) and his love interest Rhiannon make love smeared in flour, eggs and cocoa powder. Unsexy and, what's worse, not hugely funny.
We've seen hitmen turn soft before. This territory is covered better in THE MATADOR. Even ANALYSE THIS makes a better fist of it. Fish-out-of-water comedy has been done better too. But the most tragic thing about this movie is that it seems to ignore all the development in British comedy over past decade, not least by the genius TV series THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN. In that phenomenonally successful show, the comedians moved beyond the crude stereotypes used by Lewis. They satirised the urban view of rural life as well as pushing those stereotypes to their logical and grotesque conclusions. By contrast, THE BAKER seems very old-fashioned and unambitious.
THE BAKER is on release in the UK but is also available on DVD.
Labels: British, comedy, damian lewis, dyfan dwyfor, gareth lewis, kate ashfield, michael gambon, nikolaj coster-woldau, romance, sean bobbitt
27 DRESSES - superior but still flawed rom-com
27 DRESSES sees Katherine Heigl of KNOCKED UP play a sweet girl called Jane, who copes with early grief by becoming super-romantic, super-organised and super-accommodating. The movie is about Jane facing up to all of this. She has to stop obsessing over everyone else's life and start living her own. The film is at its best in the scenes where Jane argues through her issues with a cynical journalist called Kevin and her apparently obnoxious kid sister, Tess. Katherine Heigl is a delightful actress - she makes the audience feel sympathetic even when she's doing something truly mean, and she has a real talent for physical humour. She could easily become the Meg Ryan of her generation. I also like James Marsden in this movie. He seemes believable in the crumpled cynical journalist role, even though his character isn't as well fleshed out.
The problem with 27 DRESSES is that the screen-writers didn't leave it as a relationship drama with the odd painfully funny moment. Instead, they have shoe-horned the material into a formulaic romantic-comedy. So, we have quirky wise-cracking sidekicks, one of which is Indian. We have an understanding father who makes his grown daughter pancakes. We also have the path of true love blocked by a third man (in this case, Jane is in love with her boss, played by Ed Burns). Instead of people getting to know one another while walking down the street (Woody Allen style), we have implausible scenes of bar-room drunkenness. Just when love reveals itself, the girl is betrayed by her guy. And instead of a private declaration of love in the final act, we have a ludicrously stagey public avowal. Note that all these features apply not just to 27 DRESSES, but equally to another romantic-comedy on release this week: THE ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND. All of this is a great shame because 27 DRESSES could've been a great relationship film. Instead, it's just a superior, but still flawed genre movie.
27 DRESSES was released earlier in 2008 in Australia, Hong Kong, the US, Singapore, the Philippines, Argentina, Denmark, Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Estonia, Icleand, Russia and Spain. It opens next week in Belgium, the Netherlands and South Korea and on the weekend of March 14th in Finland and Ireland. It opens on March 20th in Russia and Italy an don March 27th in the UK and Sweden. It opens in Norway on April 11th and in France on April 23rd.
Labels: anne fletcher, comedy, edward burns, james marsden, judy greer, katherine heigl, malin akerman, melora hardin, peter james, romance
THE BANK JOB - brilliant story; workmanlike execution
True story: in 1976 a bunch of loveable idiots tunnelled into a London bank and nicked three million quid in cash and jewels. They also nicked some tasty pornographic photographs incriminating a member of the royal family and more than a few members of the government. This, naturally, caught the attention of the British secret service, policeman both straight and corrupt, not to mention the porn king of Soho. In fairness though, the rozzers were given a bit of a head start when an amateur radio enthusiast picked up the idiot robbers chatting to each other on their walkie-talkies!
It's a great story. The resulting film, however, is worth a watch but probably not the price of a cinema ticket. It's more the kind of film you watch by chance on Freeview on a boring Tuesday night. Roger Donaldson's direction is competent but unimaginative. The cast are all fine but there are no stand-out performances. (Although I have to say that David Suchet did look eerily like Ronnie Barker.) The production design is fine, but I've seen the seventies re-created more thoroughly on screen. The biggest problem is that the heist takes too long to crank up and grind out. The viewer has more fun watching the bunglers wriggle out of the mess they've made. Frankly, we could've lost twenty minutes off the run-time and it would've been a much snappier, much more exciting film.
THE BANK JOB is on release in the UK. It opens in the USA on March 7th; in Russia on April 3rd; in Finland on July 11th; in the Netherlands on July 31st; and in Belgium on August 6th.
Labels: British, caper, craig fairbrass, daniel mays, david suchet, dick clement, ian le frenais, jason statham, keeley hawes, roger donaldson, rozzers, saffron burrows, stephen campbell moore, thriller
SEMI-PRO - Ricardian cinema
Will Ferrell was a hysterically funny bit-part player in frat-pack comedy, OLD SCHOOL. And in ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY, he got a showcase for his very special brand of comedy. Ferrell typically plays middle-aged men clinging onto the last vestiges of some earlier minor league fame. They are desperate, emotionally vulnerable men who act like spoiled children when real life catches up with them. They can be vicious and mean to their best friends and alienate their loved ones. But somehow these freaks always redeem themselves and come out smiling. I use the word freak advisedly. Ferrell's signature style is to selflessly embarass himself in the pursuit of a cheap laugh. No costume is too ludicrous - no nude scene over-looked. It's as though he is so deperate to raise a laugh that he throws himself onto the mercy of the audience. "Okay, what I'm doing here may be pretty lame, and you may have seen it in every other film I ever made, but I'm trying so very hard, pleeeeeeeeeease love me!"
The problem is this: Will Ferrell has been in so many films spoofing the 1970s that his movies now strike me as stale, cynical, lazy cash-ins. I haven't genuinely belly-laughed at a Ferrell movie in years. On the other hand, you can't damn his movies completely. After all, his attention to the costume and production design and his willingness to whip himself up into hysteria is, well, admirable.
The sad truth is that I have a lot of respect for Ferrell, but his movies have been delivering diminishing returns to the £10 ticket price ever since ANCHORMAN. And let's face it, why do you need him return to the screen as a semi-pro basketball player doing basically exactly the same schtick as he did as a racing car driver or weatherman? Ferrell is a great actor. It's time that producers and script-writers rose to the challenge and gave him a new outlet for that talent. Otherwise he's going to turn into a sad pastiche of himself.
SEMI-PRO is on release in the UK and USA. It opens in Iceland on March 7th; in Singapore on March 20th; in Australia on April 3rd; in France on May 14th and in the Netherlands on May 22nd.
Labels: andre benjamin, comedy, jason sudeikis, maura tierney, scot armstrong, shane hurlbut, will arnett, will ferrell, woody harrelson
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The song “Money Ain’t A Thing” by InderPaul Sandhu is already BBC Asia’s track of the week this week. We at DesiHipHop.com extend our congratulations to the man for this well crafted song. “Money Ain’t A Thing” gives out a mature outlook on wealth. It is a short and sweet song about getting to the money. The most distinct thing about the track is the soulful voice and the emotions behind it. A laid-back flow and tune accompanies the vocals expertly.
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Difference between Oscar and Academy Award
Key Difference: The Academy Awards are an accolade that are given annually for recognizing excellence in films and is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. An Oscar is another term, interchangeable, for an Academy Award. There is no difference between both the terms.
The Academy Awards are an accolade that are given annually for recognizing excellence in films. The Academy Awards are run and maintained by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which was originally established by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio executive Louis B. Mayer. The winners of the awards are also selected by the Academy, which includes approximately 60,000 industry professionals. The awards are often given at a formal ceremony. The first award ceremony was held in 1929 and fifteen statuettes were awarded during that ceremony. Currently, the Academy Awards has more than a dozen categories and also includes various different types of film. The Academy Awards take place in February of each year.
The Oscars is an infromal term for the Academy Awards. The Oscars are more formally known as the Academy Awards because it is organized and overseen by AMPAS. An Oscar is interchangeable for an Academy Award. They are one and the same thing. There is no difference between both the terms. The Oscar name was discovered by an executive secretary Marget Herrick, in 1931. It was allegedly named because her ‘Uncle Oscar’ was nominated in that year and was the great winner among all the nominations, since then the name “Oscar” is widely used.
Comparison between Academy Award and Oscar:
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An annual award given to a performer, director, technician, etc., of the motion-picture industry for superior achievement in a specific category, as judged by the voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and symbolized by the presentation of an Oscar.
One of a group of statuettes awarded annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion-picture production and performance.
Academy Awards are handed out to the winners.
Oscars is the other name for the Academy Awards. It used interchangeably.
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Brands Help Define Moments in Time
Do popular brands help define who we are? Do they help provide the visual and iconic clues that define an era or specific moments in time? And do brands need to stick to one image or campaign in order to be successful as representations of moments in time?
Brands that stand the test of time are the ones that are fully ingrained in consumers’ minds. Al Ries of Advertising Age recently wrote an excellent article that argues, “Once a brand is established with a clearly defined marketing position, the brand’s owner should ask a fundamental question before making any significant changes. Why tinker with success?”
Mr. Ries also states, “the way to build a brand is with a consistent message over an extended period of time.” The end result of creating a consistent message is what’s known as building brand equity. Brand Equity is created over time through marketing, PR, advertising and more recently social media, and is constantly reinforced by gentle or sometimes over-the-top reminders (ads) that together serve as a ubiquitous force that’s woven into our collective conscience. In other words, we become so familiar with the brand that we recognize it as being a normal part of popular culture and our everyday lives.
As Colin Drummond so eloquently wrote in his blog Brands Belong in Culture, Not Categories:
A brand’s true usefulness is in how it helps us to participate in culture… brands represent aspects of today’s America: modernity, hope, intelligence, optimism, blindness and decay. These brands are culturally useful to us when we use them or even just have an opinion about them. Because our association with them says a lot about who we are. Significant brands are never just relevant to a category, they contribute to culture at large.
Marking Time with Familiar Brands
Familiar brands from Apple and IBM to Kellogg’s and Colgate-Palmolive often form the backdrop to our daily existence and over time become the icons that help define the present and our past. As Science Creative‘s blog mentioned in an earlier post on technology, “look at any old photograph and it’s the clothes and “products” around the subjects that truly dates the photo.”
Making Films Look Contemporary
And what about movies that take place in present day? Present day is only deemed “present” for a limited time, then the film becomes a representation and a reminder of the past. If you think way back to Stephen Spielberg’s 1977 classic, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind or 1982’s ET the Extra-Terrestrial, these two films were contemporary for the day and each contained scenes where many familiar brands were in view. Yes, what some may call shameless product-placement, was in fact Spielberg carefully setting a baseline for normality. In Close Encounters we see Barry Guiler’s (the little boy) refrigerator filled with familiar brands including pull-tab Coca-Cola cans spilling their contents and later we see a McDonald’s and Shell gas station that all seem to validate the “typical” landscape of Midwest America in 1977. At one point in ET the audience sees the title character looking inside a fridge that also contains several well-known brands such as Coors beer– all of which reinforces the notion that it’s just a normal American household.
The point is, Spielberg wasn’t looking to incorporate these well known brands into the script only for the product placement fees, rather, they played an integral role in creating a sense of the familiar and even framing a banal comfort zone for the viewer so that when each of the film’s extraordinary events later took place – they appeared that much more intense. Spielberg employed the use of everyday products and their core brand equity to help deliver realistic scenes that the audience would immediately (maybe even unconsciously) recognize and therefore accept as being ordinary.
Brands – Clearly Defined
Many of the brands that we are most familiar with have been carefully crafted and strategically positioned over time. Advertisers and marketers would argue that having one consistent message is what’s most important when building a product’s brand equity, and for the most part that is true.
However, a clearly defined brand isn’t necessarily the result of a single, consistent advertising campaign. As most marketers know, a clearly defined and recognizable brand is much more than an ad campaign or a distinct logo. It’s the cumulative product of those who live the brand (employee’s) and those who interact with it (customers, shareholders, vendors and potential customers). The core brand equity is built up (or torn down) as a result of the consistency of the ad message – specifically as it pertains to delivering on its promise. Does the product or service live up to its claim? If the perceived value is positive then the reputation of the brand should excel. If not, then retooling is required for both the message and the product. This is where Ries argues that “the urge to tinker never dies”, only his key point is don’t fix it if it’s not broke.
Therefore, as long as the brand has a solid reputation with its customer base there should be no real issue with having more than one campaign. (Assuming of course if it makes sense with the target audience demographics.) After all, Budweiser has had several campaigns that have run at the same time and each has added to strengthening its core-brand equity over several decades.
GEICO insurance is another leading example of a brand that has run several different advertising campaigns simultaneously with great success. From the Cockney gecko to a stack of cash with googly eyes, to the popular cavemen series and most recently with the “serious guy” asking rhetorical questions, GEICO has developed a reputation for humor while deftly targeting several demographics.The Berkshire Hathaway owned company has created its brand equity through multiple campaigns that all conclude with the familiar tagline “15 minutes could save you 15% or more on your car insurance.”
Any one of the GEICO campaigns could also be used a marker of time. If one of the commercials were placed in the background of a present day movie – most of the audience would immediately make the connection with the brand. For example, if a film were to be set in 2005 the first of the caveman series could serve as a beacon to help authenticate that moment in time. The GEICO caveman has also transcended the TV screen and are the characters are even “spokesmen” at live events such as NHL games. For example, several years from now looking back at a broadcast of a 2010 Washington Capitals game that featured a caveman in the stands will definitely mark this era.
It may be true that not all brands help define who we are or the times we live in, but there are many that clearly do just that. They serve as signposts that help delineate a decade, year or even a certain day. Brands that standout as being part of an era are those that have done so by being well integrated into present day life in a seemingly effortless manner. It’s those iconic brands with a clear and concise message, no matter what the campaign may be, that we easily recognize in present day films as being contemporary and years later, as the true representations of the past.
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Home / News / 'We're not going to use taxpayer money to pay people more to stay home': Mnuchin promises to scale back unemployment benefits in new $1 trillion coronavirus package as he reveals next round of $1,200 checks will be sent out in August
'We're not going to use taxpayer money to pay people more to stay home': Mnuchin promises to scale back unemployment benefits in new $1 trillion coronavirus package as he reveals next round of $1,200 checks will be sent out in August
Steven Mnuchin and Mark Meadows will return to Capitol Hill Sunday afternoon to continue negotiations over the most recent $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill, which they claim will include a cut back on unemployment benefits and another round of stimulus checks.
Meadows, President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff, and Mnuchin, his Treasury Secretary, said Saturday that the next legislation will scale back unemployment benefits to up to 70 per cent of their normal wages in an effort to incentivize individuals to go back to work.
"We're not going to use taxpayer money to pay people more to stay home,” Mnuchin told reporters outside the Capitol following a meeting with lawmakers Saturday, referencing the $600 bonus for those left without a job during the pandemic.
“I think workers and Americans understand the concept that you shouldn't be paid more to stay home than to work,” Mnuchin reiterated during an interview with Fox News’ Chris Wallae Sunday morning.
“The fair thing is to replace wages,” he continued.
Mnuchin also vowed there will be a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks sent out in August.
The duo is hoping to negotiate with Senate Republicans over the specifics of the bill to gain a solid position before talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Pelosi wouldn’t say Sunday morning whether she would accept a proposal that did not include the boosted unemployment benefits.
“You don’t go into a negotiation with a redline but you do go in with your values,” the California Democrat told CBS News’ Margaret Brenner during an interview on Face the Nation Sunday.
She also said the $600 figure was agreed upon because it was simple, in contrast to the Republican proposal of 70 per cent of wages, which she said would be much more difficult to figure out and organize.
While speaking to reporters at the Capitol on Saturday, Mnuchin explained: “We were in an emergency last time, so we instituted this quickly.”
He also acknowledged that Republicans knew this was a ‘fundamental issue’ when it made it into the previous relief package.
'In certain cases, people were paid more to stay home than they were to work,' the Treasury secretary lamented. 'And I think that's something the American public understands.'
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Sunday that the Republican bill will not extend the $600 in unemployment benefits.
'The original benefits will not [be extended],' Meadows told ABC News' This Week host George Stephanapoulos. 'The original unemployment benefits actually paid people to stay home, and actually a lot of people got more money staying at home than they would going back to work.'
The $600 per week unemployment benefits end this week, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says Republicans have no intention of renewing it in the next coronavirus relief bill
Mnuchin (left) and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (right) told reporters at the Capitol Saturday the next Republican coronavirus legislation will seek to scale back unemployment benefits
'We're not going to use taxpayer money to pay people more to stay home,' Mnuchin said, adding: 'In certain cases, people were paid more to stay home than they were to work'
Mnuchin told Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace that the administration gave up on getting a payroll tax cut into the legislation because 'in our conversations with Pelosi and Schumer, it was very clear that the Democrats were not going to give us a payroll tax cut'
Meadows detailed to ABC News' This Week host George Stephanapoulos Sunday that the new benefits would give people up to 70 per cent of the wages they were making before they lost their job
The new package will comes as coronavirus cases continue to surge in the U.S. in recent weeks
Mitch McConnell expects direct payments in next stimulus bill
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Some of Republicans' biggest complaints about the last sweeping stimulus bill is that it incentivizes people to stay home and collect a check rather than go back into the workforce.
Mnuchin and Meadows detailed that the new legislation would transition to a 'wage replacement' unemployment insurance system.
'We talked about approximately 70 per cent wage replacement,' Mnuchin said – meaning those who lost their job or are unable to work in the midst of the pandemic would be given up to 70 per cent of their usual earnings.
Mnuchin detailed that Republicans will roll out the next coronavirus relief package on Monday, also promising that along with the aide will be another round of $1,200 direct checks for Americans in August.
He also assured following meetings with Meadows that the bill has backing from the White House.
Mnuchin also detailed in an interview with Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace that the administration swiftly gave up on trying to get in a payroll tax cut because it was clear Democrats would not budge on the issue.
'Well, in our conversations with Pelosi and Schumer, it was very clear that the Democrats were not going to give us a payroll tax cut,' Mnuchin told Wallace Sunday morning. 'So that's something the president will come back and look at later in the year –'
Wallace cut into Mnuchin's answer, pushing him on if there was Republican support for the measure Trump has been pushing.
'There are other Republicans that supported it, and let me just say – again, we know we need bipartisan support. We have tax credits that we put in here to incentivize people to get back to work and small businesses to hire people. We have the direct payments,' he said.
Mnuchin also assured: 'As you know, the direct payments are much quicker way of effectively giving everybody a tax cut and it's much quicker than the payroll tax cut.'
Meadows and Mnuchin met with Republicans and GOP staff on Capitol Hill to salvage the $1 trillion proposal – and the secretary told reporters there one of Trump's biggest concerns is extending but reducing the expiring unemployment benefits.
Mnuchin called the $600 weekly aid 'ridiculous' and a disincentive for people to go back to work.
'We want to move forward quickly. The bill will be introduced Monday and we're prepared to act quickly,' Mnuchin said of the bill, adding the president would 'absolutely' support the emerging Republican package.
'This is all about kids and jobs,' he continued. 'This is our focus and we want to make sure something gets passed quickly so that we deal with the unemployment and all the other issues.'
Mnuchin also vowed Saturday that the next round of $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks will be sent out in August
Mnuchin (right) said Republicans are 'moving quickly' to get the $1 trillion measure passed after he and Donald Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (left) met with GOP lawmakers at the Capitol
Nancy Pelosi SLAMS Republicans over unemployment benefits
Trump's push for another coronavirus aide bill comes as he has continued to slip in public polls, especially over his handling of the pandemic.
But the president has denounced the poll numbers as 'fake,' assuring he has a high amount of enthusiasm for his reelection in November.
'The Trump Campaign has more ENTHUSIASM, according to many, than any campaign in the history of our great Country - Even more than 2016,' Trump tweeted Sunday morning. 'Biden has NONE!'
'The Silent Majority will speak on NOVEMBER THIRD!!!' he touted. 'Fake Suppression Polls & Fake News will not save the Radical Left.'
Mnuchin's optimistic assessment of the new legislation came before Democrats weighed in publicly on the updated proposal, which remained only a starting point in negotiations with House and Senate Democratic leaders.
He said he recently called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ahead of shuttle negotiations next week on the broader deal.
Since the COVID-19 threat hit the U.S., Mnuchin has acted as the liaison between the White House and Congress, specifically with Democrats.
But while Mnuchin, who is friendly with Democrats and has donated to them in the past, is making efforts in Congress – Trump continues to bash Pelosi, and other opposition leadership, for their responses to coronavirus.
'Crazy Nancy Pelosi said I made a mistake when I banned people from infected China from entering the U.S. in January,' Trump reminded in a tweet Sunday.
'Tens of thousands of lives were saved, as she danced in the Streets of Chinatown (SF) in late February,' he continued. 'Biden agreed with her, but soon admitted that I was right!'
Trump is pushing for another sweeping relief package with stimulus checks attached as his poll numbers continue to slip in regards to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But he instead deflects to touting the 'enthusiasm' for his reelection
The White House and Senate Republicans are racing to regroup after plans to introduce another $1 trillion rescue bill collapsed Thursday amid GOP infighting over its size, scope and details.
The original bill measures were expected to bring $105 billion to help schools reopen in the fall, new money for testing and benefits for businesses – including a fresh round of loans, tax breaks and a sweeping liability shield from COVID-related lawsuits.
But as Republicans struggled over the details, the White House team downplayed the differences with the GOP senators as overblown and said Trump was focused on providing relief.
'The president has been very clear. He wants to make sure that the American people have what they need during this unprecedented time,' Meadows said, 'to make sure not only the money is there but the programs.'
The expiration of the $600 weekly jobless benefits boost had been propelling the Republicans to act. Democrats already approved their sweeping $3 trillion plan from Pelosi two months ago. But with millions of Americans about to be suddenly cut off from the aid starting Saturday, they were bracing to prevent social and economic fallout.
The White House floated plans to cut the additional aid back to $100 a week, while Senate Republicans preferred $200, with general agreement about phasing out the flat boost in favor of one that ensures no more than 70% of an employee's previous pay.
Mnuchin also said the $1,200 direct payments would be based on the same formula from the earlier aid bill. Individuals making $75,000 or less, for example, received the full amount and those making more than $75,000 received less than $1,200 depending on their income. Individuals earning above $100,000 did not qualify for the payment.
'We´ll get the majority of them out in August and those will help people,' Mnuchin said.
The administration officials said the overall package remained at $1 trillion, apparently on par with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's original draft.
Democrats had warned time was running out, saying Republicans were in disarray.
Unemployment levels skyrocketed as coronavirus hit the U.S. and states were forced to go on lockdown – effectively closing for months all restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, shops, malls and other brick and mortar public commerce
Millions of Americans were left either laid off, furloughed or temporarily laid off and instead began collecting the increase unemployment benefits of $600 extra per month upon the passage of the first emergency relief package
The jobless benefit officially expires July 31, but due to the way states process unemployment payments, the cutoff was effectively Saturday. Other aid, including a federal eviction moratorium on millions of rental units, also expires at month's end.
The GOP plan was not expected to come to a vote but serve as a counter-offer to Democrats. That strategy enabled McConnell, who did not have full support from his GOP majority, to avoid having to endure a failed outcome. But it also gave Democrats some leverage in insisting on their priorities as part of any final deal.
The path ahead remained uncertain, but both sides were scrambling to reach a deal.
McConnell, who spent time over the weekend in his home state of the Kentucky, said Friday he hoped a package could be agreed on 'in the next few weeks.'
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Silver Wind Live Voyage Report – Day 10 South African Cruise Q&A
Silver Wind Live Voyage Report – Recap
By Aaron Saunders On January 12, 2016 · 4 Comments
Cape Town, Cape Grace & the Journey Onward
The morning sun rises over Cape Town, South Africa on January 25, 2013. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
“You’re going to love this,” she says as the elevator doors open on the fourth and uppermost floor of the Cape Grace Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa “She” is Jana, the hotel’s Public Relations Executive and she’s right: instead of a nondescript lobby, the elevator doors whoosh open to reveal the dream room in my fantasy house.
The impressive fourth-floor lobby at the Cape Grace Hotel reflects Cape Town, South Africa’s rich maritime heritage. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
I actually let out an audible “gasp.” A magnificent hand-painted mural of Cape Town’s historic harbour lined the room, at the center of which stood a chest notable for being the only thing saved from an 1895 fire that destroyed the Groote Schuur, an estate owned by the Dutch East Indian Company. The chest itself dates back to 1795, and was a gift from Cecil Rhodes to Herbert John Baker. It is, without a doubt, priceless.
Hand-painted murals adorn nearly every wall of the Cape Grace Hotel, along with custom-made iron fixtures like this lamp. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
On one side, a custom-designed lamp resembling an anchor cast light across a hand-crafted table. Artifacts from Cape Town’s maritime heritage graced the room, done in shades of soft white and nautical blue.
“It’s like a beautiful woman,” Jana said. She’s right, of course – I couldn’t take my eyes off the room. And much like a beautiful woman, I am willing to bet the room looks spectacular in the soft evening light.
Light fixtures are designed to resemble an anchor rising from the sea, full of debris. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Two things popped into my mind: I was immediately regretting my decision not to spend more time post-cruise in Cape Town. Secondly, I blinked hard to make sure I wasn’t still onboard Silversea’s elegant Silver Wind.
Silversea’s beautiful Silver Wind docked in Cape Town, South Africa on Friday, January 25, 2013. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
As usual, disembarkation was a snap: with a 10:20pm flight to London’s Heathrow airport, I was in no hurry to disembark, so I waited until my luggage colour tag (Brown) was called around 9:20 AM. I then walked off the ship, swiping my keycard through for the last time and saying goodbye to new and old friends from the crew and passenger complement alike. One particular person to mention is Guest Relations Manager Tim Trumpfheller, whom I met onboard Silver Spirit and who was just as congenial now as ever.
Overlooking the V&A Waterfront in the early morning hours from my suite. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
With so much time to kill, I wanted to do something unique. In particular, I wanted to see what one of Silversea’s partner hotels was like, so off I strolled along the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront over to the Cape Grace Hotel – an easy 10-minute stroll, with luggage, from the Silver Wind’s docking place at Jetty #2.
When I arrived – as something of a fraud, a guest neither checking in nor staying – I was greeted warmly by the porters, who offered to carry my luggage up four steps so I didn’t have to struggle. Now, I know what you’re thinking: they were doing it for a tip. But they weren’t: they were genuinely interested in helping me.
The Cape Grace Hotel is located along Cape Town’s historic V&A Waterfront – and an easy 10-minute walk from the Silver Wind! Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
I arrived over an hour ahead of schedule. I figured if I was lucky, I’d be able to maybe store my bags; I was already working on my standard spiel when I was ushered over to a small desk (there is no imposing check-in counter at the Cape Grace) and welcomed warmly to the hotel. When I mentioned I was only there for a meeting, their tone didn’t change in the least. Can we store your luggage for you? Yes, of course – thank you. Would you like to go to the Library for a cup of tea? Yes!
Fresh flowers are everywhere in the hotel; a tribute to the region’s floral kingdom. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Oh, did I not mention there is a library at the Cape Grace? There is – and it is the most stunning one I have ever seen in a hotel. Come to think of it, it is the only library I have ever seen in a hotel.
The warm and inviting Library at the Cape Grace Hotel. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Adorned with nautical memorabilia and hand-painted curtains, everything in the room is evocative of South Africa’s rich history as a maritime trading outpost. Custom-made wrought-iron light sconces and fixtures adorn the room, and I settled into a plush, oversize chair with rattan back and sides. Tea came around promptly, but what I loved was that the service was genuine – not pretentious or stuffy like some luxury properties. I was dressed in jeans and a nice button-up shirt, while two men in t-shirts and shorts sat on my left, and a group of eight businessmen in full suits and ties sat directly ahead of me. And yet, I felt very comfortable.
Tea in the Library! Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
There are basically four categories of rooms at the Cape Grace, ranging in size from 484 square feet to the massive, three bedroom suite measuring 2,150 square feet. Each has a standard set of amenities that includes toiletries made in South Africa, coffee and tea from South Africa, and even bottled still and sparkling water that is made on-site.
Bathroom amenities by Charlotte Rhys all originate from Cape Town & South Africa. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Custom-designed fixtures, like these brushed metal sink walls, are featured throughout the property. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
But that’s where the similarities end. No two bedspreads, which are hand-painted by local artists, are alike. Ditto for the gorgeous, hand-painted curtains: each is completely unique. Even the furniture changes from room to room, floor to floor. Each floor has its own colour scheme running throughout the lobbies, corridors and guest rooms, and the property will even monogram custom sheets for repeat guests booking “their” favorite room.
No two rooms at the Cape Grace are alike. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Bedspreads are hand-painted, and completely individual. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Even the curtains in the library, which feature handwritten text – aren’t arbitrary: the curtains contain real historic Cape Town journal entries that can be read if the curtains are drawn.
Knowing I was a lover of all things maritime, Jana had me look at the magnificent crystal chandeliers that adorn the central staircase: they depict a chandelier rising up from a shipwreck, carrying with it things like wine glasses, cups, anchors, and other nautical memorabilia. The nautical theme even continues in guest rooms, some of which feature classic white roped life rings as décor above the bath tub.
Fourth-floor rooms offer plenty of nautical touches, like this life ring above the bathtub. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
The Cape Grace has the largest whisky bar in the entire continent, and a wine cellar that would make even the staunchest teetotaler thirsty. Patrons can even purchase memberships in the hotel’s unique Wine and Whisky clubs that allow them to store their favorite beverages on-site.
The Bascule Whisky & Wine Bar is located “below decks.” I love it! Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Gorgeous murals and accents at every turn – what’s more, no two are alike, and all are hand-painted by local artists. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
I’ve been to some very nice hotels around the world, but I have never seen the same kind of loving thought and care placed into a hotel. The Cape Grace is like a living, breathing museum, where every object has a story and every painting has a meaning.
It’s elegant, yet welcoming: the hotel even rolls out the welcome mat for children, providing them with kid-sized robes and slippers and thoughtful touches like yellow rubber ducks placed in the bathtub. There’s even a traditional African storytime kids can take part in down in the Library.
The Spa at the Cape Grace Hotel. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Like any good hotel, the Cape Grace has a spa on-site. But unlike any good hotel, this one has locally-inspired treatments, including one that features sand from the Namib Desert. I ran my fingers through some of the sand: it feels soft and inviting, with a texture similar to that of cocoa powder.
The view from the spa, overlooking Cape Town’s imposing Table Mountain. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
The spa is, of course, enhanced with breathtaking views of Table Mountain, and can even be transformed into a private dining venue for special occasions like proposals, with your own private waiter and a full menu of offerings.
Signal’s Restaurant is full of amazing views and maritime accents. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
The Roast Vegetable & Chickpea Salad, with added chicken! Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Speaking of food, the on-site restaurant, Signals, could have been lifted off of some of the greatest steamships of the 1800’s, with a beautiful space reminiscent of the lounge aboard the Great Eastern of 1858. The wine list at Signal was massive and very reasonably priced, and even my Club Sandwich – which should be pretty “Plain Jane” came out with its own unique twist, served up on fresh bread and heaped with loads of avocado.
The Clubhouse, Cape Grace-style. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Dessert: Strawberry Cheesecake! Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
As I left South Africa, I am surprised at what an impact this one property had on me. I’ve toured and stayed at beautiful hotels around the world, yet few have had the kind of emotional impact the Cape Grace hotel did. I remain very conscious that, as I return to Vancouver, it isn’t just the weather that will seem dull and grey.
People normally stay at hotels because they’re visiting a country. I will return to South Africa to stay at the Cape Grace.
The Cape Grace Hotel. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
In case you missed it, the full itinerary from the past week. Click any link to read that days’ post:
January 15 – Cape Town, South Africa & Embarking the Silver Wind
January 16 – Sailing the Indian Ocean
January 17 – Port Elizabeth & the Addo Elephant Park Safari
January 18 – At Sea
January 19 – Coming ashore in Maputo, Mozambique
January 20 – Richards Bay & the iSamangaliso Wetland Park
January 21 – Richards Bay & the Hluhluwe-Umfolzi Game Reserve
January 22 – Durban & the Tala Private Game Reserve
January 23 – East London & the Inkwenkwezi Game Reserve
January 24 – One last day sailing the Indian Ocean aboard Silver Wind
The Waiting Game: two British Airways planes at Cape Town International wait for their respective flights back to London’s Heathrow Airport. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
On the eve of my departure from Cape Town, I ran into some new friends from the UK who had sailed with me on the Silver Wind. They were waiting for a Virgin Atlantic flight to Heathrow, while I was headed there on British Airways. Vince, a Scot with a great sense of humour, says that he liked my blog, but he had thought the guides were saying the elephants were “in musk” when they were ready to mate. I thought they were saying they were “in mast.” So we had this lively debate in the middle of the café near the departures terminal about which one it was.
A quick Wikipedia search revealed we were both wrong: an elephant is in musth, which is actually pronounced mast. You just never know what you’ll learn when you travel.
London’s Heathrow Terminal 5B. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity, the likes of which I’ve never seen or experienced before. For me, my 10 days spent aboard Silver Wind equals the 11 days I spent sailing aboard Silversea’s expedition vessel, the Silver Explorer, around Britain, Ireland and Scotland last May – a voyage I never expected to be able to match in terms of its raw, unchained power.
Spending some quality time at London’s Heathrow Airport on my long journey home, made better by an English pub lunch. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
For North Americans, the journey to South Africa is long – but the rewards are many. The things I saw and did aboard Silversea’s Silver Wind changed my life, and the people of South Africa will long remain in my memories. When I first came to Cape Town, I heard that as many as 80 percent of visitors to South Africa return.
Now I know why.
Silversea’s SIlver Wind sails off into the setting sun. Photo © 2013 Aaron Saunders
Our Live Voyage Report from aboard Silversea’s elegant Silver Wind has sadly drawn to a close, but stay tuned for details of our next Live Voyages upcoming here on From the Deck Chair!
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Lessons for living: Agency, efficacy and autonomy
by Evan Dwan | Jun 25, 2020 | News |
Agency is the capacity to act or exercise power. The root of agency is agere, which means to do, to act or to manage. Agency is all about action and having the power to affect the world around you. To have agency means that we have choice and free will. It is the feeling that we have control over our lives and influence over our world. When we have agency, we feel empowered to create change.
Efficacy is a related idea that refers to the belief that you can make a difference in the world. Autonomy also is linked to agency. Autonomy refers to the state of having choice and freedom. It is the freedom to direct one’s own activities. Autonomy means having some control over what we do rather than being told what to do the whole time.
The sea bird
Once upon a time in ancient China, there was an unusual bird from the sea that landed in the countryside. It was large and beautiful, resembling the legendary phoenix. People called it the Sea Bird. Rumours about it spread like wildfire, and soon reached the ears of the King.
“I must have this extraordinary creature!” the King declared. He sent hunters and soldiers after it. After much effort, they managed to capture it alive and unharmed.
The King kept the Sea Bird in a cage at the palace temple. He had his musicians play their best music for its amusement. He had his chefs prepare royal feasts for its consumption.
None of these had a positive effect on the Sea Bird. It was confused by the offerings, frightened by the sounds, and depressed by its captivity. Despite the King’s best effort, it refused to touch the dishes of the most succulent meats, or drink the wine of the finest vintage. After three days like this, it died.
The King was frustrated. Did he not treat the Sea Bird as the most honoured guest? Did he not give it the very best the kingdom had to offer? Why did the Sea Bird die on him in such a rude and inconsiderate manner?
(source: Derek Lin)
Does the sea bird have agency and autonomy? How does this effect the well-being of the bird?
What does this story teach us about the importance of having the autonomy to direct our own actions?
Do you think that agency, efficacy and autonomy are important? Why?
We can understand agency through the following metaphor. To be an agent is to be a hammer rather than a nail. Discuss what you think this means.
It is really important to exercise your agency. This means taking action, realising that you can affect how things turn out. We are not helpless, passively waiting for things to happen. We can make things happen.
How much control do we have over what happens in the world? Who controls how events unfold?
Remember a time when you took action which made a difference. Maybe you helped a friend with something. Or you stood up for something. Perhaps you created or achieved something. Tell the story of what happened. Identify what strengths helped you to do this. Write about how did it felt to act in this way.
In pairs share with your partner about this experience. Then swap over and listen to your partner recount a time they made a difference. Help them to identify the strengths they used. When we listen to stories of others using their strengths we can ‘catch’ these powers from them. Notice how it feels to share in your partners experience of their act of triumph.
How might we increase our agency – our ability to act – to create change in the world? How might we use our collective agency to make the world a better place?
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Our Town. Our History. Our Heritage.
The mission of the Elmhurst Heritage Foundation is to stimulate broad-based support for local history, the Elmhurst History Museum, and the Churchville Schoolhouse through advocacy, education and fundraising.This citizen-based support group works actively in the community to support the Elmhurst History Museum and the Churchville Schoolhouse -- two very important cultural institutions that allow residents and visitors to experience the unique history of Elmhurst. Through strategic planning, donor development, outreach, and essential fundraising, the Elmhurst Heritage Foundation will offer guidance and support to keep history alive for future generations.
Since its inception, the Elmhurst Heritage Foundation has planned and implemented several fundraising events and donor campaigns to make significant contributions to achieve these goals. Some examples of this support include:
Donations to complete renovation of the historic Churchville Schoolhouse;
A new membership program to encourage community support;
Donation of history books to Elmhurst elementary schools;
Provision of transportation for student field trips to the Museum and the Churchville Schoolhouse;
An expanded volunteer program to offset staff reductions;
Annual grants to enhance Museum exhibits and programs and to support ongoing living history programming at the Churchville Schoolhouse.
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#AuthorInterview with Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Today, Feathered Quill reviewer Holly Connors is talking with Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino, author of Pinky Doodle Bug.
FQ: I loved the idea of Pinky and her doodles. Where did the idea of Pinky come from?
HAMILTON-GUARINO: Thank you! Pinky is a name my mom used to call me when I was little. I have dreamed of having children’s books published since I was in Kindergarten. We quickly noticed I am not an artist and much more of a writer. Pinky Doodle Bug celebrates collaboration and how our individual talents combine to create.
FQ: As well, why doodles and drawing? Is drawing a passion of yours?
HAMILTON-GUARINO: Pinky shows us that when we collaborate with others, we combine our strengths and weaknesses and help each other for the greater creation. I am a passionate doodler with doodles that are not the level of much more than great scribbles In other words, my children’s books will always need an artist other than myself!
FQ: As I mentioned in my review, your book is written in rhyme. I’ve read quite a few rhyming books where the rhymes just don’t fit. How hard was it to work out the rhymes? To get each line to fit properly. To have them work and say what you wanted to say?
HAMILTON-GUARINO: Kris Fuller and I had so much fun creating this book together. I thought I had the book done and Kris took a look at it, read it and had many edits and great suggestions. I love her enthusiasm and talent she brings to the Pinky Doodle Bug series.
FQ: Did you ever consider writing the story in prose instead? What made you decide to go with rhyming text?
HAMILTON-GUARINO: We did not consider prose for this project. All in the series will rhyme.
FQ: You’re fond of saying, “Let Your Dreams Fly!” Would you tell our readers a bit about this and how it can help inspire children?
HAMILTON-GUARINO: “Let Your Dreams Fly” is one of my favorite sayings. I believe all of us, at all ages, can learn from this saying. Never stop dreaming and sidestep the naysayers.
FQ: As the founder and CEO of “The Best Ever You Network,” you’ve put your words into action. Please tell our readers a bit about your organization and how they can learn more.
HAMILTON-GUARINO: The Best Ever You Network was founded in 2008 to help people be their best. We invite you to join the website at BestEverYou.com. My radio show, The Best Ever You Show celebrated 500 episodes in 2020. Additionally, we have articles, videos, classes, journals, books and more. We have multiple tools and resources, mostly free or small fee items to help you be your best.
FQ: The artwork in Pinky Doodle Bug is fabulous. Did you have a vision for how Pinky, and her world, should look before you started working with your illustrator, Vova Kirichenko?
HAMILTON-GUARINO: Our illustrator is incredible. We went through a few drafts to get the character of Pinky right. We worked on every dot and every detail you see carefully. Another favorite character that we hear quite a bit about is Pete the Porcupine! People seem to love him!
FQ: Will we be seeing more of Pinky? If so, would you give us a little teaser on what to expect?
HAMILTON-GUARINO: Our next book in the series is being released May 2021. It’s called Pinky Doodle Dance and is also published by Waldorf Publishing.
FQ: From Children’s book author to Harvard Business School and being the recipient of the 2019 Excellence in Finance - Leaders award for significant contribution towards the financial sector from FiNext. Those are very impressive achievements and also quite varied. How does one go from business school to writing children’s books?
HAMILTON-GUARINO: I believe everything I do is interconnected with a goal to help people be their best – at all ages. As a mom of four sons and being married for over 22 years, life, for me, isn’t about all the things I do and awards I might win, but rather the lives we impact in a positive and gracious manner.
Thank you for this interview. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity.
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#BookReview - The Power of Positivity
The Power of Positivity: The ABC's of a Pandemic
By: Ruth Maille
Illustrated by: Harry Aveira
Reviewed by: Holly Connors
Review Date: December 23, 2020
There's no denying that 2020 has been one heck of a difficult year. Covid spread throughout the world and country after country went on lockdown. Children were undoubtedly confused and stressed by these unusual events. Now, thankfully, author Ruth Maille has published a delightful children's book aimed at spreading positive messages to everyone during this difficult time.
There are a lot of ABC books on the market - filled with animals, colors, numbers, and all sorts of other things. But Maille has come up with a unique re-imagining of an ABC book; she created a book all about the covid pandemic. But this book isn't a sad read about all the awful things that have happened in 2020. Instead, The Power of Positivityis all about the positive things that we can do, or that have happened, in spite of the pandemic.
First, we meet "Orbit," the book's mascot. Orbit is "...a fun-loving Planet Earth whose purpose is to spread kindness..." And, to add a bit of fun to the story, he likes to hide in plain site. How many "Orbits" can you find on the pages of the book?
Once Orbit has gone off to hide within the pages of the story, we can start the adventure. "A is for Appreciation" and I think we can all agree with the picture of a doctor, nurse, an elderly patient and child. "We appreciate the doctors and nurses who are working day and night to heal the people who are sick, and help everyone stay healthy." Move to the next page and the story continues with "B is for Breath." People are definitely stressing and the author acknowledges this by noting, "We all feel anxious from time to time. Taking a deep breath can help you feel calm."
The story continues with all sorts of great messages about things that have brought us together, or things that keep us going during this difficult time. Optimism, persistence, love, and understanding are just a few of the words that are used to run through the alphabet. At the back of the book is a two-page glossary of terms used, plus a page that asks the reader to write down some positive things that have happened to them in 2020.
It's easy to think that children haven't been affected by the pandemic of 2020 but the truth is they may be hiding the stresses they feel. Separated from school friends, believing they are alone or the only one feeling confused, is likely a common thread with many children today. Giving them this book is certainly a great idea because it's a very positive, fun, enjoyable read that will help children deal with the pandemic. The illustrator, Harry Aveira, has illustrated over 100 books, and it's easy to see why he's so popular. The bright, creative illustrations, especially those of Orbit, are eye-catching and really add to the story. If you need a little, or a lot, of positivity in this unusual time of stress and worldwide face-mask wearing, share this book with your loved ones. You'll be glad you did.
Quill says: There's enough positive messaging in The Power of Positivity to spread to all our family and friends. We will get through this together and author Ruth Maille and her wonderful new children's book is going to help.
For more information on The Power of Positivity: The ABC's of a Pandemic, please visit the author's website at: www.ruthmaille-author.com
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#BookReview - Grims' Truth Book 1: The Spinner's Web
Grims’ Truth Book 1: The Spinner’s Web
By: Isu Yin and Fae Yang
Publisher: Evolved Publishing
Reviewed by: Anita Lock
Authors Isu Yin and Fae Yang spin a wildly imaginative, cryptic fantasy in the first book of the Grims’ Truth series.
A birthday celebration turns debase for seven-year-old Princess Cruentus Fate when Cruentus Neco, her father and the king of Macellarius City, sells her to a brothel where she will be primed and auctioned off to Neco once she turns sixteen. Fate’s distress over the drastic change in her life slowly disappears when Fortuna, the headmistress known as Madam, encourages her to bond with “her sisters,” the other girls in the brothel. Through them, Fate learns they are all a part of the Fortuna’s Rebellion, her way of protecting the girls from the corruption in the Empire of Mu. Later, a visit to Prince Abyssus, Fate’s brother who’s being held captive in the palace, provides her an eye-opening moment when Abyssus reveals through his scrutinized research Neco’s true identity and why Fate and he have been targeted.
Around her twelfth birthday, Fate receives a gift—a book on folklore—from Prince Hero, Abyssus’s close friend. Fate’s curiosity about the book’s cryptic messages leads her to sneak out of the brothel to see Hero and inquire why he gave the book to her. Since the visit goes oddly well, considering that he’s from a different ancient clan, Fate plans to win his affections to make her his queen once he becomes High King. But in the meantime, Fate needs to develop skills to protect herself, especially from Neco. Fortuna gets Hero involved two years later to teach fencing to the brothel girls. As she turns sixteen and the auction becomes a reality, Fate has no idea all that will unfold once she leaves the brothel.
Rising authors Isu Yin and Fae Yang are a force to be reckoned with. The highly imaginative duo has turned their fantastical dreams into actuality, creating The Spinner’s Web, the first of many (an ambitious plan of sixty books!) in a riveting new Grims’ Truth series. Replete with an authentic-looking map and a reference guide, The Spinner’s Web unveils a tale about a princess who desperately seeks ways to escape a life that has fallen victim to a corrupt empire. Critics may be quick to assume that Yin and Yang have produced another good-vs-bad story, but don’t be fooled. The authors’ relatable main and supporting cast are well developed as they are evasive, leaving readers getting only a glimpse of what may possibly lie ahead.
Fantasy aficionados have plenty to wrap their heads around, learning about Royals, Breeds, Ancient clans, and more. The Spinner’s Web opens with a dark and mysterious scene before launching into an unrecognizable realm—barring possibly Tir Na Nog—all steeped in unimaginable folklore. Yin and Yang’s short chapters, complete with richly detailed descriptions and engaging dialogue, seamlessly connect scene after scene of twists and turns while Fate, their main character, grapples with information that is both intriguing as it is terrifying while dealing with a flurry of frightening dreams—a clear indication that she is something more than the Royal she believes herself to be.
Quill says: The Spinner’s Web is the beginning of one spellbinding series with high Silver Screen potential.
For more information on Grims’ Truth Book 1: The Spinner’s Web, please visit the website: www.grimstruth.com
#AuthorInterview with Keith Thye
Today, Feathered Quill reviewer Lynette Latzko is talking with Keith Thye, author of Rusty Kenneficke's 3rd Quarter (Rusty Kenneficke Trilogy Book 3).
FQ: Now that you've completed the Rusty Kenneficke trilogy, do you have a favorite book of the three?
THYE: I like the third book of the trilogy as it completes Rusty’s life and ties everything together. I did a rather lengthy recap of the first two books in case someone reads only this book - they’ll be able to understand what led to this outcome.
FQ: How long does it usually take you to write your books, and do you have any rituals while you’re writing?
THYE: I’m in no hurry, writing only a couple of hours a day so it takes about one year for me to complete the writing; another for editing and publishing.
FQ: If the Rusty trilogy were ever to be made into a movie (or even a TV series), who would you like to have in the starring role?
THYE: Hard to say as Rusty is 37 years old in book one; 37-50 in book two and 50-75 in book three. It would take multiple actors, I imagine.
FQ: What have you learned throughout your writing and publishing journey? Looking back, would you have done anything differently?
THYE: I came to this endeavor late in life and have learned that I can’t rush the writing. I don’t use outlines, rather let the story take its own path once I get started. Sometimes I have to stop for a week or two while it comes together. I wouldn’t do anything differently as I enjoy doing it my way - it works for me.
FQ: In our last interview, you briefly mentioned working on writing a mystery. Is this still in the works?
THYE: I’ve completed Randy and Ron and Cindi and Zeke, Zeke being a dog. Three teenagers spy on two couples skinny dipping and a woman’s naked dead body is found floating in the lake the next day. Accident or murder? Zeke helps solve the mystery. Currently in edit to be published next spring.
FQ: This last book’s cover differs from the first two. Is there any meaning behind your change from the pencil drawings of the first books, to the full color photo of this last one?
THYE: I was going to do the cover in a pencil drawing as the first two but liked the color cover so well that I decided to keep it. Odd perhaps but it works for me.
FQ: Who are some of your favorite authors?
THYE: Ken Follet, Mark Twain, Richard Russo to name a few.
FQ: I noticed that you released the second book in the early months of this year, and this final one in November. Has the current pandemic positively or negatively affected your writing endeavors?
THYE: Yes, the pandemic has had an effect. The story was ready and I didn’t want to wait.
FQ: Is there anything that you’re dying to tell your readers that hasn’t been asked in previous interviews?
THYE: I’m currently working on a historical novel. It will be a longer book (500-600 pages) and a few years in development. But again, I’m in no hurry.
#BookReview - Rusty Kennefick's 3rd Quarter
Rusty Kenneficke's 3rd Quarter (Rusty Kenneficke Trilogy Book 3)
By: Keith Thye
Publisher: Classic Day Publishing
ASIN: B08MV9XB8P
Reviewed by: Lynette Latzko
Author Keith Thye and his protagonist, Rusty Kenneficke, are back once again with their final book in the Rusty Kenneficke trilogy, Rusty Kenneficke’s 3rd Quarter.
Readers were left shocked at the end of the last novel when Rusty found himself in one of the worst possible situations a person could ever find themself; being the prime suspect in a recent murder. To make matters worse, the murder happens to be of his longtime archnemesis, Boomer Laughlin, who just recently appeared in the town where Rusty and his wife Jan were living, threatening to kill Rusty. All fingers unfortunately pointed directly at Rusty being the murderer for several reasons. First, he was recently overheard saying maybe he should just try to kill off Boomer Laughlin before Boomer attempted his murderous revenge upon Rusty, and second, but perhaps the most damning of evidence, was that Boomer’s girlfriend reported that she saw Rusty drive off in the vehicle that killed Boomer. Unfortunately, Rusty also had no alibi to corroborate his story that he was nowhere near the scene of the crime, and was instead on his usual weekly solo trip riding his motorcycle far away in the mountains.
A few successful years went by for Rusty, his wife Jan, and their motorcycle business, and while he remained the prime suspect in the murder of Boomer, no new leads were discovered and the case went cold. Rusty and Jan continued to expand their business (of course not without a few bumps in the road), but the specter of Rusty being the prime suspect in a murder continued to loom over their heads. While Rusty can’t exactly figure it out, he suspects someone has set him up to take the blame for Boomer’s death. But who?
Meanwhile, much like the previous book, two new characters are introduced and expanded upon: Lindsey Fisher, Boomer Laughlin’s supposed girlfriend at the time of the hit-and-run, and Lindsey’s new man, Barry Marcini. Lindsey remains steadfast in her conviction that it was Rusty who killed her boyfriend, but she’s never officially called to testify and eventually moves on with her life to Las Vegas with Barry. Mr. Marcini is a businessman with quite a shady past, starting with his juvenile gang involvement, and working his way towards owning several strip clubs and eventually pawn shops, as an adult. While Lindsey and Barry were busy intensifying their personal relationship over the years, they solidified their professional relationship as well by collaborating and expanding Barry’s business interests into jewelry stores and debt collection agencies. Never a person to simply be content with what he has, Barry decides his next business deal will be to join a group of investors interested in purchasing a casino. However, he doesn’t quite have enough money to make the initial payment to join the group, but he’s willing to do anything to come up with it. But will this move prove to be successful for Barry, or will it be his demise? And how does a strange twist of events eventually entangle Barry back with Rusty Kenneficke?
Rusty Kenneficke's 3rd Quarter is, as previously mentioned, the last novel in the trilogy, and is just as well-written and engaging as the first two. The author continues to not only fill readers in on Rusty’s latest whereabouts, but like the second novel in which he expands upon Boomer Laughlin’s life, this time the author takes his readers on another equally compelling adventure into the lives of Lindsey Fisher and Barry Marcini. The first several chapters have some repeat story from the previous books, and while this inclusion could be a helpful reminder to some readers, I felt like it could have been condensed a bit because I found myself anxiously skimming these parts in order to quickly get into the thick of the new story. But this should not deter potential readers from diving right into this book and experiencing Rusty Kenneficke’s final exciting adventure.
Quill says: Rusty Kenneficke’s 3rd Quarter, the final book in the Rusty Kenneficke trilogy, has a good plot, and a few twists that keeps readers engaged and guessing if Rusty will ultimately be able to get out of his worst predicament ever, right until the very end.
For more information on Rusty Kenneficke's 3rd Quarter, please visit the author's website at: www.keiththye.com
#BookAwards - Last Day to Nominate!
Nominations close today for our annual Feathered Quill Book Awards. Learn more at:
https://featheredquill.com/feathered-quill-book-awards/
(We've unofficially extended the date for books to arrive at our office because USPS, even their priority service, is in meltdown mode right now.) #bookawards
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#BookReview - A Lesson for Every Child
A Lesson for Every Child: Learning About Food Allergies
By: Sally Huss with Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Review Date: December 8, 2020
Jack never wanted to be the center of attention, but in the informative children's book, A Lesson for Every Child: Learning about Food Allergies, he does just that so that he can teach the other students in his class all about food allergies.
A Lesson for Every Child begins with a brief introduction to Mrs. Emerson, a wonderful teacher who loves learning and sharing. Turn the page and we see Mrs. Emerson meeting a new student - Jack. While she reads his file, Jack sits quietly in a chair, a bit scrunched up in the hopes of not being too visible to his neighbors. He really, really doesn't want to be the center of attention.
After reading Jack's file, Mrs. Emerson announces to her class, "We have an extraordinary opportunity to learn something new. And Jack here is going to be our teacher. His parents have given permission for him to tell us about it." Oh, boy, Jack really doesn't want to do this...but then...
Mrs. Emerson explains to her class that Jack knows something that they all need to know. That caught Jack's attention and he quickly sits up and it sure looks like there is a smile on his face. Mrs. Emerson tells the class that Jack has food allergies and he would be the best one to explain just what that means.
Jack, happy that he knows something the other children don't, begins his explanation of food allergies. The class is enraptured with his words and ask many questions. It would be a day that the kids wouldn't soon forget.
A Lesson for Every Child tackles a topic that many children (and adults!) deal with every day (per the text, six million American children face food allergies). The children in the story ask many probing questions, questions that the reader will be wondering about too. The authors also tackle something that seems to get glossed over much too often - how the child who has the food allergy (or allergies) feels about being "different." With simple, bright illustrations that convey the children's feelings perfectly, young readers will enjoy learning about what food allergies are and how those who have such allergies deal with them. At the back of the book is a page with some information on food allergies, as well as a link to FoodAllergyAwareness.org where readers can learn more. This is an excellent book that should find its way into all school libraries as well as be shared with both those youngsters who have food allergies and those who have never heard of such things.
Quill says: A Lesson for Every Child is a fun book that will open the eyes of many children to the challenges of food allergies.
For more information on A Lesson for Every Child: Learning About Food Allergies, please visit the author's website at: www.elizabethguarino.com
#BookReview - Moral Indignation: Embryonic Stem Cells, DNA, and Christians
Moral Indignation: Embryonic Stem Cells, DNA, and Christians
By: Sherman P. Bastarache
Publisher: Idein Publishing
Reviewed by: Diane Lunsford
Sherman P. Bastarache’s Moral Indignation is a challenge to his readers to open the mind and consider the ‘...impartment of a soul and human dignity…’ when seeking the balance between morality and science around Embryonic Stem Cell Research.
To sit and attempt to unpack the plethora of considerations outlined in this book is a monumental feat in and of itself. Before diving into Chapter 1, Mr. Bastarache’s starts with a Preface. His explanation is simple: ‘I was not going to include a preface in this book, but I felt it necessary to inform the reader of certain facts. The main one being that it is not possible to cover all the content of this subject in anything resembling complete detail.’ I could not agree more. The depth and breadth of information, subject matter, opinion, etc. within the covers of this 280+ page book is mind-boggling. Immediately beyond the preface, the tone is set in Chapter One, ‘The Knowledge Tree.’ The notion of ‘...In dealing with faith and reason, some of you, reading this book, will be tempted to close your minds...’ nuances the dichotomy between faith/religion and bare bones science, ergo, which side are you (figuratively) on?
The complexities of this body of work continue to evolve. Moving on to Chapter Two, ‘Modus Operandi,’ Mr. Bastarache presents food for thought around evangelical ministers and how they define their description of God. Is the foundation of who God is based on faith? Belief? Both? After birth, ‘...the scriptures indicate one must first believe, and then be baptized...’. Bastarache’s argument is there aren’t scriptures indicating anything to the contrary, i.e., ‘...Baptism does not save you! Believing saves you!...’ Continuing on, Bastarache presents scientific theory and consistently attempts to balance the argument with theology. There are foundational arguments around when is a life a life as much as when is it safe to perform stem cell studies without threatening the sanctity of life?
I tip my hat to Sherman Bastarache for writing such an in-depth body of work on a controversial topic. There is a strong argument and view on both sides of the coin—science and religion, in addressing the ‘morality’ (or lack thereof) toward Embryonic Stem Cell Research. It is abundantly clear Mr. Bastarache has woven his theories and opinions throughout the book, but not with arrogance. Rather, he took his time with carefully crafted theories and left it up to the reader to decide: is this moral or is this for the greater good of progress, scientific breakthrough and a necessity to the continued evolution and advancement of man? In the next breath, he plays with his audience and strips the theory of science away and leaves it up to the reader to consider, perhaps the overall research is unnatural and all rests in God’s hands. This was an interesting and quite thought-provoking read. This book is not ‘light’ reading but is bountiful in its delivery of both scientific basis as much as theological considerations.
Quill says: Moral Indignation is a well-balanced and foundational read that enables the reader to enlighten him/herself with both ‘science’ and ‘faith’ when it comes to understanding the importance of Embryonic Stem Cell Research whichever side one considers.
For more information on Moral Indignation: Embryonic Stem Cells, DNA, and Christians, please visit the author's website at: shermanbastarache.ca
#AuthorInterview with Norman Whaler
Today, Feathered Quill reviewer Holly Connors is talking with Norman Whaler, author of Tiny Tim and The Ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge: The sequel to A Christmas Carol (Children's Edition - Narrated With Audio Christmas Carols).
FQ: You obviously have a deep love for Dickens and A Christmas Carol. What is it about this story that captivates you?
WHALER: Yes, that’s true! (Lol) The message I love the most is that every one of us is redeemable, no matter how far down we are!
FQ: Kindness is a theme that runs strongly through your story. In this hyper-crazy time we’re living in, what can people do to spread a little kindness?
WHALER: One can open a door, carry a heavy package, or maybe simply say a kind word to someone who needs it! If everyone did just one act of kindness a day for another person, can you imagine the different world we could make together?
FQ: I love the “feel” of the illustrations in your book. Would you tell our readers a little about the process of working with your illustrator(s) and what you wanted to convey with the drawings?
WHALER: For myself, I always prefer illustrations that have what I call ‘movement,’ an ‘action’ from the story that helps propel the story forward and that makes, I think, the story much more interesting. Static (or still-lifes, I call them), as beautiful as they may be, doesn’t do this nearly as well for me. I always give illustrators very detailed notes of what I am looking for including character actions, positions, and background ideas. And trust me, illustrators appreciate it! This style is called ‘Fantasy’ and has a realism element I love.
FQ: A lot of young readers today look at a Dickens novel and only see the “long” story and “difficult” language and stay away from his writings (or complain miserably if forced to read a Dickens tale). They want the quick and easy reads. But his stories are so rich and vivid. What would you say to a teen or even younger reader to encourage them to try a Dickens novel?
WHALER: I would say, “Really? Dickens’ books reveal flawed good guys, devious bad guys, unsavory characters throughout, painfully unflattering details with a dose of sarcasm, eccentric characters, humor and life lessons, struggles and victories, love won and lost, moral conflicts, and an unvarnished look at the human condition. Pretty good stuff, if you ask me! Move over, Netflix and Hulu!”
FQ: Are there other Dickens novels that are calling to you, asking for a sequel?
WHALER: Not at this time, but it would be an interesting idea for Dickens,’ Great Expectations!
FQ: Is this your first audio ebook? Might you also do audio versions of your other children’s books?
WHALER: Yes, this is my first interactive ebook with narration, illustrations and music. The adult edition of the book with the same title also has an audiobook edition with sound effects and Christmas Carols (carols are a bit more classic and haunting, though), produced in London with Gordon Griffin as narrator. I am definitely thinking of producing interactive ebook editions of my other books!
FQ: How difficult was the process of converting your story to audio and would you recommend doing audio ebooks to other authors?
WHALER: It is definitely a longer process, to be sure! But I think the effort is well worth it! I mean, narration, illustrations, and music all in one book! And yes, I would recommend to other authors! It is a great way to ‘up’ their game with readers!
FQ: This story is a shortened version of your 2017 print story by the same title. How hard was it to re-work the text, writing in verse, and deciding what to include and what to cut out? Was it hard to leave so much of the “original” sequel behind?
WHALER: There are many lessons and themes in the adult edition geared to an older reader. For the children’s edition, I needed to simplify for a much younger reader and select just one theme to be the focus. In this case, I chose ‘kindness,’ something a younger reader could readily understand and everyone can do.
FQ: I love the addition of the Christmas carols to the book. How did you decide what songs to include?
WHALER: My father was a classical composer (passed in 2011) and wrote four of the carols I included in the book. The other selections were based on classic Victorian traditionals with an ‘up’ feel, not only for children to enjoy, but adults as well!
FQ: Might we be seeing Tiny Tim in another story next Christmas? Or, if not, what’s your next project?
WHALER: I am working on another ‘Oink and Gobble’ book (series book 4) that should be out by Spring 2021.
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#BookReview - Pinky Doodle Bug by Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Pinky Doodle Bug
By: Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino
Illustrated by: Vova Kirichenko
Publisher: Waldorf Publishing
A sweet story about a cute little bug who loves to draw and doodle will enchant children who will want to read about Pinky Doodle Bug every night.
Pinky Doodle Bug is an adorable bug who has a passion for doodling. She likes to doodle and draw things she sees in the world as well as things she sees in her mind.
One day, while Pinky was doodling, she had a strange thought...she was sure something wasn't quite right with her doodles but what was it?
"She doodled on this and she doodled on that.
She doodled on everything she could see and everywhere she sat.
As she doodled, she thought there was something amiss;
it was a thought she could not dismiss."
Pinky couldn't figure it out so she called to her friends the birds. In just moments, birds from the forest flew from their perches to help their friend with her problem. Her doodles were amazing so what could the problem be? Fortunately, the birds had an answer, "You need stories and tales to go with your art." But how would Pinky Doodle Bug get those stories?
Luckily, Pinky had lots of friends in the woods - the birds, lightning bugs, bunnies, butterflies, caterpillars, turtles, porcupines...and so many more. They all agreed to help Pinky find the best stories ever. Would they find the stories she needed to go with her amazing doodles?
Pinky Doodle Bug is such a fun story with a great message - by working together great things can happen. The story is upbeat and Pinky is a character the reader will undoubtedly fall in love with as she plays with her friends. All the characters work together to come up with neat stories that Pinky can then bring to life with her doodles. The story is told in rhyme and works perfectly without any clunky, strained lines. Finally, no review of Pinky Doodle Bug would be complete without mention of the beautiful illustrations by Vova Kirichenko. The drawings are bright, playful, and when combined with the author's words, really bring the world of Pinky to life. I can't wait to see what Pinky will do next - this will hopefully be a series with many more adventures for Pinky.
Quill says: I love the story, the illustrations, and the fantastic message Pinky Doodle Bug shares with readers. This is a book that your child will love reading again and again.
For more information on Pinky Doodle Bug, please visit the author's website at: www.elizabethguarino.com
#BookReview - Why Did Chicken Cross the Road? @BooksFrog
Why Did Chicken Cross the Road?: Chicken and Egg Book 2
By: Deborah Stevenson
Illustrated by: David Stedmond
Publisher: Frog Prince Books
Reviewed by: Ellen Feld
Review Date: December 2020
Chicken and Egg are at it again - this time as they try to solve the age-old question of why did the chicken, or in this case Chicken with a capital "C," cross the road?
As the story opens, best-buddies Chicken and Egg are walking along the sidewalk, deep in discussion. They have just come from the pharmacy where Chicken had to pick up some medicine. The two friends can't seem to agree on how to pronounce "antibiotics."
"It's pronounced an-TIE-biotics," said Chicken
..."No, no, NO!" argued Egg. "It is most certainly pronounced an-Tee-biotics!"
Chicken and Egg continue to argue as they cross the road. Once on the other side, Egg asks his friend why he crossed the road. Hmmmm.... Chicken didn't know. "I'm sure I had a reason," he declares. But what was the reason?
Why did Chicken cross the road? The two friends think, and think, and think...and as the author notes, "this went on for a ridiculously long time" (a statement that is repeated often throughout the story, much to the delight of the reader). Egg eventually comes up with an excellent solution - to retrace their steps. Surely if they follow their earlier path, they'll likely discover why they crossed the road. Chicken agrees and off they go.
Chicken and Egg first go to the doctor's office and ask the receptionist for help. She makes some suggestions of what they might have forgotten - a hat, a jacket, a prescription. Nope, nope, nope. None of her suggestions help Chicken remember why he crossed the road. Next, they head to the hardware store. Surely they'll find a clue to why Chicken crossed the road there. Unfortunately, all they find is an annoyed clerk when the two friends make a mess. Will Chicken and Egg ever discover why Chicken crossed the road?
Author Deborah Stevenson has written a treasure-trove of children's books with memorable characters and fantastic illustrations. With her newest series, Chicken and Egg, she has taken the well-known "why did the chicken cross the road" question and created an entire, delightful world for Chicken, Egg, and all their friends. In this, book 2 in the series, Chicken and Egg go on another hilarious adventure that children will love. And in case you're wondering, yes, they do discover why Chicken crossed the road and kids are going to get a giggle when they discover the reason.
Quill says: The Chicken and Egg series is such a fun series - it's funny, clever, and offers up loads of giggles. If you haven't added these books to your child's reading list, don't delay! They will absolutely love Chicken and Egg!
For more information on Why Did Chicken Cross the Road?: Chicken and Egg Book 2,please visit the publisher's website at: www.FrogPrinceBooks.net.
#AuthorInterview with Tyler Michael - Author of Apex
Today, Feathered Quill reviewer Barbara Bamberger Scott is talking with Tyler Michael, author of Apex.
FQ: Did current isolation/quarantine play a role in what must have been your intense concentration in constructing this complex story?
Author Tyler Michael
MICHAEL: Absolutely. My career keeps me on the road most weeks, and my company made the correct decision in March to ground my team and have everyone work from home until the pandemic subsided. With my workload shifted to my home office, and travel restricted, I was able to allocate significant time to the crafting and writing of Apex.
FQ: Can you cite one major work that influenced your plot?
MICHAEL: I don’t think you can attempt a story like Apex without acknowledging Richard Connell’s classic short, The Most Dangerous Game. This was certainly a piece of work that I kept in the trunk of my mind as I worked through the Apex storyboarding process. However, as I dug deeper into the characters and events of my book, it became clear that this was a story I wanted to tell and a story that could stand on its own.
FQ: You would seem to have some specialized knowledge of wilderness survival; from where does that spring?
MICHAEL: I have family and friends who are avid outdoor enthusiasts and I’ve have been fortunate enough to join them on various outings over the years; I owe 100% of my limited knowledge of survival skills to them. That being said, Apex absolutely draws from the experiences I’ve had on the trails over the years, especially the sequences involving the river and hills.
FQ: The suspense in Apex gets pretty intense in parts - how did you keep your focus while writing these parts? Did you have to walk away for a bit or ?
MICHAEL: Keeping focus wasn’t a challenge. I storyboarded every chapter and event in Apex before writing a single word. Once I had the characters and events where I wanted, I commenced with the writing process. This is true with all of my works; I strongly believe in having a blueprint. Ironically, my main concern was that I didn’t create enough suspense throughout the book; it can be tough to evaluate when you know every twist and turn.
FQ: How has your obvious interest in computer games, etc., come about – is it profession-related or solely personal?
MICHAEL: Computer Games, Movies, and Thriller Books have always been my escape. I own (literally) hundreds of movies and books. I’m always amazed by the worlds and complex scenarios that the creators come up with. I love being taken for a ride or given the opportunity to navigate within a world on my own. These interests are major influences in my writing.
FQ: Do you see Ranger as a sort of central, behind-the-scenes mover/shaker who might appear in future works?
MICHAEL: Ranger is certainly in a difficult position. He’s accepted his role within Apex, but his disdain for certain expeditions is obvious. As to whether we’ll see him again, you’ll have to wait and see.
FQ: Given that the hunters in this story seem to have mixed motivations, perhaps including power being wielded over them, do you have a sequel in mind?
MICHAEL: Yes. The storyboard is complete, and writing is underway. Without giving too much away, the next chapter embraces the pacing and unpredictability of the first but has zero interest in kidnapping another group of unsuspecting young adults and throwing them into a hunt for survival. I’ve written that book, and it’s time to take the story somewhere else.
FQ: Related to the last question, do you think a sequel might work with a different setting? Say in a city?
MICHAEL: Different settings could certainly work, but I don’t think a city is one of them. Part of what made Apex chilling, in my opinion, is the isolation and sense of helplessness experienced by the protagonists. Cities introduce complex social structures, access to technology and resources, and other components that would likely require an exponentially more complex and far-fetched story.
FQ: Do you believe that the kind of “game” depicted in Apex might actually be playing out somewhere in reality?
MICHAEL: I certainly hope not.
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Roulac, author of the immensely popular Backyard Composting (1991), is working hard to revive commercial cultivation of hemp, a wonder plant once widely grown in the U.S. but long discouraged by the government for no good reason. Roulac explains very clearly that hemp is not, as so many people assume, the same plant as marijuana; it is a nonnarcotic variety that is amazingly versatile and nutritional, environmentally sound, and potentially very profitable. Hemp is being grown with great success in Europe, and American farmers, particularly tobacco farmers, are now becoming interested in hemp as an important rotational crop and a new source of income. Roulac presents an eye-opening history of hemp cultivation, the politics that have suppressed it, and concise descriptions of all the products its processing can yield, from textiles, both for clothing and sturdier items such as tarps, to building materials, paper, foods, solvents, lubricants, and cosmetics. Roulac’s to-the-point book is an ideal primer on a subject we’ll be hearing more about.
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March Madness!!
Charlotte Speed Demons & GDD Bad News Babes
Like I said, the Dames have been busy in the Month of March! Bad News Babes traveled up to Charlotte to face off against Race City's Charlotte Speed Demons. It was a hard fought bout on both sides. The Babes pulled out an early lead, but with a few exciting lead changes thrown in the babes couldn't hold on to the lead. In the end the Speed Demons were victorious; 169-137.
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Two weeks later the Bad News Babes were at it again, hosting the Sumter Fly Girls at home at the Dame Dome for Season 4, Bout 2. However, the first bout of the night was a show down between the two home teams, Victorious Secrets and the Dames of Destruction. Last time they met the Victorious Secrets took home the win. It was a nice close game between the two home teams, lots of team work and fast paced action. After the dust settled it was the Dames of Destruction that emerged with the win bringing the home team rivalry to 1-1. Bragging rights currently rest with the Dames of Destruction, but only until the two meet again...
The Bad News Babes rolled out the welcome wagon for The Sumter Fly Girls. Hats off to the Sumter ladies in hanging tough, playing with heart and coming out swinging in their first bout of their first official season. The Babes held them at zero for most of the first half, but let me tell you - those Fly Girls earned every single point they scored against the Babes. The Bad News Babes took home the win that night, but Sumter took home a lot of experience and knowledge from that bout and will be exciting to see grow even better through out their season this year.
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When Nancy Pelosi said, "The President will Self-Impeach" she really knew what she was talking about. Emboldened by his claim of victory over Robert Mueller and his testimony before Congress, Donald Trump doubled-down and then (the next day) solicited the Ukrainian President to assist him with digging up dirt on a potential 2020 political opponent. Instead of coming right out and admitting he did this, Trump manufactured several lies first, before ultimately admitting he did do just that, but it was "Beautiful" and only a dummy would believe he did anything improper. I guess then actual thinking people are all "dummies" in Trump's mind as opposed to those that believe his daily lies? The ACT of soliciting assistance is the wrongdoing - using a "quid Pro Quo" is secondary and is not a necessary component of wrongdoing here. In a purely cynical act, Trump had released a Memo outlining one of his many interactions with the Ukrainian President and it reveals he indeed asked for help in providing information that could be used to attack a political rival - for the sole benefit of the president's re-election campaign. Visions of Richard Nixon are swirling in my head.
So to prove he did nothing wrong, Trump released the memo and it reveals he did commit wrongdoing - including offering his Attorney General and personal attorney to intervene on his behalf. Having Bill Barr involved raises further legitimate questions of impropriety - and at the very least - should force Barr to recuse himself from any further involvement. As for Rudy Giuliani, he should be subpoenaed to testify before Congress and potentially charged for treasonous actions. Again, NO quid Pro Quo is required to violate Article II's "Take Care Provision" or the Emoluments clause prohibiting a president from seeking to gain something of value without it being in the nation's primary best interests but in the personal political or financial interest of the president.
Should one disagree with my position - see the released memo itself. How can Trump or the GOP claim this was okay? Let the chips fall where they may. The die-hard Republicans will back him all the way, but independents and Democrats will see right through Trump's smoke screen (it has gotten easier to see through the subterfuge considering Trump is a creature of habit and his defenses run the same plays over and over). They will not work this time, if they do, our Constitutional form of government will be officially buried by the GOP and Trumpism. See for yourself and think for yourself. See: games-cdn.washingtonpost.com/notes/prod/default/documents/d2311f4f-a767-4ddc-868b-8bc9af8226c5/note/339b784b-719c-464f-9eda-85daede53092.pdf#page=1.
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Fatal Tendency
I have to be honest with you all. It is getting more and more difficult to write about Donald Trump and his repeated efforts to destroy America. Not because he isn't, but because he actively is and his supporters continue to ignore it. Why else would over 90 percent of Americans want background checks on weapons being purchased, yet after one conversation with the NRA the initiative to require them dies an instant death. Why is it that when the House passes a Bill to require background and Red Flag checks, GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch MoConnell says no action will even be considered unless Trump says it should. (See: time.com/5667917/mitch-mcconnell-gun-legislation-trump/). I seem to recall that the U.S. Senate works for the People of the United States, not the president. In fact, some seem to forget the President works for US and not the other way around. The amount of scandal, corruption and outright lying by Trump and his government has tarnished America far worse than any other president has in our history. Think I am wrong?
Years go the public ridiculed then Vice-President Dan Quayle for being stupid because he misspelled potato (resulting in many believing his poor intellect disqualified him to be POTUS).
(See: www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/06/21/why-quayles-potatoe-gaffe-wont-fade/b7eecf20-d43f-4781-ab46-9a865df08b58/). Now we have a president that can mis-spell the entire English language and some Americans will claim that his "version" of spelling is correct and anyone who says it isn't somehow is "less American" for pointing mistakes out. When FDR resided in the White house, he admitted he did not know everything he would need to know in order to pull our country out of the malaise of the Great Depression. He famously said he would try many alternatives until he found those that would be effective. Harry Truman followed his presidency with the mantra that the "Buck Stops Here", meaning he took personal responsibility for whatever goes wrong in his administration because he is the man at the top. And then we have Mr. Trump. A man that can not accept blame for anything he does wrong and then demands everyone beneath him either change their positions to come into agreement with his wrong headed notions or face vengeful consequences. So much for ANY responsibility at Trump's desk. It's always someone else's fault. Yet, his supporters blindly follow his misdirection and lies as if they are heaven sent. It appears more and more likely that Mr. Putin sent them instead of heaven - but you know - "Russia is a hoax the Dems projected for being sore losers in 2016!" Except Russia did interfere with our elections. They did hack county Board of elections in Florida and elsewhere. To claim they didn't change any votes without fully investigating what they did actually accomplish is insane. And to refuse to provide further election security to our voting machines reflects a total disregard to our government's sovereignty - safe and secure, free and open elections. (See: www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/us/florida-election-hacking-desantis.html).
Last week I had a "discussion" on social media with Trump supporters. They are very sensitive to being labeled "Racists" because "labels are often not true and are unfair", all the while they actively label anyone they disagree with as "Leftists, Socialists and haters of America." Seems like being labeled a "racist" is more damaging than being labeled a "traitor?" Anyway, the discussion fell apart when I pointed out that Trump has actually accomplished very little as president (at least accomplished positive things) and I was not met with a counter-argument; I was met instead with a simple shoulder-shrugged induced "Well, we like the direction America is going under Trump." But what direction is that? One that includes accelerating climate degradation by eliminating species protections? Eliminating clean air and water regulations? Expanding the "swamp" with corruption not seen since the Harding presidency (See Tea Pot Dome). Racial divide, criminal injustice, attacking the judiciary when decisions are not "approved" by Trump and eliminating the oversight role guaranteed by the Constitution in favor of authoritarian rule? These same people demand loyalty to the military, yet turn a blind eye when Trump eviscerates their funding in favor of a Wall no one needs but his ego and his frenzied supporter's jingoistic and xenophobic dreams. (See: www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/us/politics/pentagon-border-wall.html).
And now we see the racism extend to the people of the Bahamas devastated by Dorian. In order to come to America, one must have a VISA - except where should one obtain such a visa in a country with areas completely wiped out. No electricity, running water, shelter but you must magically produce a Visa to enter the land of the Brave and free? The reason? According to Trump, "I don’t want to allow people that weren’t supposed to be in the Bahamas to come into the United States — including some very bad people and very bad gang members." (www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/09/bahamas-survivors-visa-ferry-stranded-cpb/).
On top of this nonsense? Trump seemingly has encouraged our military to go way out of their way to stay at his property in Scotland. In fact, he has also directed the military to purchase fuel at commercial rates at private airports he personally supports What? (See: www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/air-force-reviews-all-layovers-after-crew-stayed-trump-s-n1051296). And when the Democrats dare to call for an investigation? The GOP sits on their hands with their mouths taped shut. All of this from the same folks that held 8 hearings on Clinton and Benghazi - only to silently declare "other failings" caused the tragedy (like the terrorists themselves and the Ambassador's refusal to follow orders to stay put in our actual embassy far from Benghazi).
We are now heading into the stretch towards the 2020 elections. I pray that Trump and "Trumpism" is soundly defeated. In doing so, I also hope the many that cast aside their thinking skills in favor of Trump crawl back into their hole of hypocrisy. As George Washington once said; "All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels and modified by mutual interests." Let the countdown to 2020 begin and let the Trumpians then crawl back under the rocks from whence they came.
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According to the latest polls, most Americans are dissatisfied with the job Donald Trump is doing as President (See: www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/trump_favorableunfavorable-5493.html). I mean, he sure is trying to JOB all of us with his lousy "winnable" trade war with China that is adding thousands to the cost of consumer goods and his foreign policy that seems to have been devised directly from the Russians. Despite this and many, many other reasons, Trump's diehard base refuses to consider that he is not fit to be president. By reading some supporters' comments on social media, their support appears iron-clad. The irony? Their belief system is heavily reliant upon information that has been piped into their systems by Trump and his media for two years via gaslighting.
Case in point. A rabid Trumper recently claimed that he supports Trump because of all of the things he has done to meet his campaign promises. On Israel - He moved the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem. He lowered corporate taxes and regulations. He secured our southern border with a new wall. He clamped down on Sanctuary Cities. He has called out "Un-American Leftists." Great, except none of that is quite true. You see, the US has had diplomatic offices in Jerusalem for decades, even though our embassy was in Tel Aviv. How do I know this? Because I've been there (more than once). The person claiming this accomplishment? Never set foot in the Land of Israel.
Second, the supporter (like most of the hypocritical GOP) used to argue the Deficit Ceiling as a tool against Obama claiming that the man was "Blowing up our deficit" all to spread Socialism (the supporter also remains a proud "Birther"). Yet now deficits seemingly don't matter when it comes to Republicans steering the economy (back into a ditch). The tax cuts Trump supporters seem to like don't have any positive effect on any of them. How do I know? Because I personally know these people and one has been living off the public dole for years while the other couldn't tell you who wrote the Constitution let alone how many Amendments there are. Neither of them could begin to explain the difference between Socialism and Communism yet they claim somehow that only "leftists" are fascists. (See: www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-in-the-budget-deal-negotiated-by-congress-and-the-white-house/).
Third, another false argument they routinely make is that the Wall is being built - except no new wall is being constructed, only areas that needed updating and maintenance are being "built". They always seem to ignore the fact that Trump promised that Mexico would pay for it. Except now Trump says he wasn't serious when he made those claims (hundreds of times). (See: time.com/5499391/donald-trump-border-wall-mexico-pay/ See also: www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2019/aug/30/donald-trumps-border-wall-how-much-has-really-been/).
Fourth, Trump has done nothing except whine when it comes to Sanctuary Cities. Suddenly Rightwingers forget the 10th Amendment when it suits them (and all Constitutional rights too). When I point out these rights exists for everyone, not just citizens, they simply think I am wrong or ignore the facts as presented.
The best one I heard this weekend though was from a couple that strongly support Trump. You see they told me that they were walking on a sidewalk and a bicyclist demanded they move out of his way. When they refused (bikes belong on the bike path - they have no right of way on sidewalks), the rider yelled they should "Go back to where they came from!" The amazing part of this story was not that this happened or that it is becoming common. The amazing part is that neither of them honestly understood why anyone would tell them such a thing. They claimed they have no idea why anyone would tell anyone else to "go back" to somewhere other than America. Even Trump supporters have been so gaslit they can't think where anyone would get the notion to tell someone to "leave" America because the guy didn't like their appearance or attitude - except we all know it started with Trump calling out opponents and telling them to leave. (See: www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741737426/in-tweet-trump-tells-congresswomen-to-go-back-where-they-came-from). Being clueless has taken on a whole new level when it comes to the idiocracy found on the Right with those that still support Trump. And the response from those I tried to educate on why Trump's promises are hollow? No response other than "I like the direction Trump is taking the country" - no other response. Even though every claim they make in support of Trump can be demonstrably proven as false, they just default back to "He's my guy!"
So even though they can be shown their support for Trump is based upon a con, they still embrace him. It always amazes me how some can't accept that they may be not only wrong, but terribly wrong. I hope I live long enough to remind these people that their positions were not only wrong, but dangerous to our democracy. America is not a country where the blind lead the blind. It's time we have our collective eyes checked so that a real vision for a future America can come into proper focus. 2020 elections can't come soon enough! Try to have a great week.
Daniel R. Rubin is an Attorney, Key Note Presenter, Lecturer and Award Winning Author. He is a retired Adjunct Professor of American History who also taught Advanced Placement United States Government and American Politics in Venice, Florida. @2021 Daniel R. Rubin Copyright. All Rights reserved.
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The communicants line the sacrarium step and kneel, all of them adults except Brodie's daughter, Meg, who has aligned her firm calves and erect heels behind her but is having trouble keeping her school-shoes on in this position. An organist, out of sight behind a white pillar, plays the slow, bass-hand only, notes of a hymn. The minister's voice is rich and grave. 'This Is My Body,' he says, holding aloft unleavened wafers on a silver plate as if they were messages written on squares of vellum for the eyes of the Lord of Hosts. Much of his profile, or at any rate the strong black temples and helmet of short-cropped hair, is repeated in scenes from biblical stories which hang around the walls. There he is, or it is some close kinsman from Bouganville? rolling aside the rock at the sepulchre in Jerusalem and, with wide eyes, finding it empty. Elsewhere on show, any four of the twelve apostles could have come from the Highlands, and the brawny Magdalene, stooping to wash the Son of God's feet with her grainy hair, looks to Brodie more like his house-girl, Guluweia. The disciples, hauling nets behind the cloister, are as sunburned as fishermen anywhere, but whatever that is, trussed about each of their loins, might easily be the phallic sheath which men from the Sepik are proud of, and the Sea of Galilee around them is rimmed with mudflats and mangroves.
Brodie, after pause enough to be taken for serious prayer, slides back onto the seat. Although he wears shorts and no tie, his shirt is sticky, and he eases his waistband with a discreet thumb. From where he sits, he can see Meg's hands, held at slim chest height, crossed right above left to make a cruciform dish for the wafer. It seems to Brodie that this supplicant gesture is, more than the usual escutcheon and Latin motto, truly the emblem of a School for Anglican girls. Meg is twelve. It is at St Hilda's in Sydney, to which Brodie sends two thousand dollars south by international bank-draft every school term, that Meg is a seventh-grader. She wears, right now, a buttercup cotton frock, but her long brown hair is tied with an orderly ribbon at the nape and the frock is cut like a tunic.
"Stap bilong oltaim," says the minister. The Life Everlasting. The goblet he holds is carved from a gourd. He wipes the rim, with a napkin, for the lips of the next communicant, saying, "This is my blood." A drop of holy wine has run the hem of his bright chasuble. His tone is intimate but his step along the line, as Brodie judges it, is less priestly than it is the thoughtful stride of an inspecting warrior. For Meg, who takes a modest and reverent draught, he says, "Hia blut bilong mi," and Brodie watches to see how the child takes this deviation from the Eucharists she must be used to, but when she genuflects and makes back for the pew her mouth is placid, her gaze serene.
Here is Brodie, an expatriate trader in New Guinea, whose understanding of the sorceries and rituals he now lives with is moving close to respect and wonderment. He watches his visiting daughter, a twelve year old, being captivated by this culture of theatre.
The place was packed. Tiptoe, over the matt-black heads of the crowd, he could see the performers. He edged closer, but so rapt was everyone that none of them looked around. The figure who held their attention was not from anywhere Brodie could place, and indeed, more than anywhere else, he might have come from the grave. His eyesockets were painted with sulphur, enlarged to include much of the temples and the cheekbones, so bright a yellow that the eyes behind seemed empty. His skull was shaved and rubbed with ashes, and whatever hank remained of the hair was evidently the support for the plumes which pealed upward like golden-throated trumpets and for the crimson lances which entered the head, one on either side, which spoke of the fierce manner of his death. The ears were now black-hearted peonies, his lips the tusks of pigs, his teeth long and wasted. Limp birds hung, throttled, in the raffia skirt as if entangled in dainty flight, and from a waist-band swung cowrie shells with dismal mouths. The thongs which tightly bound the chest seemed designed to keep a cadaver together, and all this was eloquent enough, even to Brodie, of the terrible encroachment of the netherworld, of the power of the risen dead, but confused by the fact that this horrifying necromancer was also wearing a single-breasted evening jacket, decently pressed.
And with him was Meg. Brodie's throat pulsed and his ears hummed, but what stopped him from bursting through to gather the child up and away, was his sudden understanding that she was having a good time. For some reason she was balancing a live pigeon on a deliberate finger, but this, and the function of the evening jacket, came clearer with the appearance of another fluttering bird. Evidently this sorcerer was also in the entertainment business. Instead of twisting their necks he slipped them into a sack. Meg was delighted when he teased from her empty pocket more silken scarves than there was possibly room for, and when her hair yielded a string of fat wrist-watches. She laughed and clapped as she must have done at children’s' parties for years now, but the crowd was in silent and respectful thrall. All good theatre has its affecting metaphor, as we all know, and what unsettled Brodie right now was the implication that the desirable things of the modern world could be charmed out by some secret and superior power. Politicians had long ago banned witch-doctors and mesmerists from politics, and broke up meetings with riot wagons, but it occurred to Brodie that they might have done better to fear magic-stores and mail-order catalogues.
The sorcerer extended a skeletal arm, and Brodie thought Moses might have made a gesture of comparable imperiousness to part the waters. The crowd divided to make a path, at the end of which Brodie stubbornly stood his ground, waiting to be discovered, and as Meg happily tripped along toward him he might have felt something like triumph, had not sighs of wonder and approval made it clear that everyone thought this magician had now capped off a fine performance by conjuring Brodie.
When daughter Meg falls suddenly ill, Brodie fears she will be relying more on a matrix of magic rather than the sterile planes and inoculant infusions he would better trust.
This novella was first published in Antipodes Journal, Austin, Texas.
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Ju-Hui, Kim;Byung-Chul, Park;Jeong-Hae, Lee
Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science. 2013. Sep, 13(3): 173-177
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/JKIEES.2013.13.3.173
Copyright ©2013, The Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Received : May 23, 2013
Accepted : June 27, 2013
Ju-Hui, Kim
Byung-Chul, Park
Jeong-Hae, Lee
jeonglee@hongik.ac.kr
Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. New Analysis Method Using the ABCD Matrix
Ⅲ. Optimum Placement of Asymmetrical Relays
Ⅳ. Conclusion
This paper presents a new method for analyzing the maximum efficiency of a wireless power transfer (WPT) system with multiple n resonators. The method is based on ABCD matrices and allows transformation of the WPT system with multiple n resonators into a single two-port network system. The general maximum efficiency equation of a WPT system with multiple n resonators is derived using the ABCD matrix. Use of this equation allows placement of the relay resonators for maximum efficiency even though they are asymmetrical. The general maximum efficiency equation and the method of the optimum placement are verified by a full wave simulation. The results show that the method is useful for the analysis of a WPT system with relay resonators.
ABCD Matrix ; Optimum Placement ; Relay Resonators ; Two-Port Network Theory ; Wireless Power Transfer.
Many researchers are currently investigating magnetically coupled wireless power transfer (WPT) systems. A conventional WPT system consists of two main resonators for the transmitter and receiver, which operate at the same resonance frequency [1 - 3] . This system, however, has a limitation on the distance between transmitter and receiver for achieving high WPT efficiency. This limitation can be overcome by using some resonators as relays between the two main resonators [4] . The WPT system is then composed of multiple n resonators, which can achieve a higher WPT efficiency than a conventional WPT system can at the same distance. This system is well analyzed in [5] with respect to the general circuit model and the maximum efficiency with a matched load. However, the general maximum efficiency equation of a WPT system with multiple n resonators described in [5] becomes complicated when analyzing the type of system normally utilized for practical applications.
This paper proposes a new analysis method for the WPT system with multiple n resonators. The method simplifies the entire WPT system into a single two port network expressed by an ABCD matrix. The general maximum efficiency equation of the WPT system with multiple n resonators can then be obtained with elements of the ABCD matrix. This equation provides a much more convenient way to obtain the maximum efficiency and the optimum placement of the asymmetrical relays for the best utilization. The general maximum efficiency equation and the method of the optimum placement of the asymmetrical relays are verified by a full wave simulation of ANSYS HFSS (high frequency structural simulator).
The schematic diagram of a WPT system with multiple n resonators is shown in Fig. 1 (a). The non-adjacent coupling coefficient is ignored since it is very small in a practical WPT system with the relays. Thus, the WPT system with multiple n resonators can be considered as n —1 parts of two-port networks connected in series, as shown in Fig. 1 (b). Two-port networks have three types of connections: transmitter-relay, relay-relay, and relay- receiver. The system in Fig. 1 (b) can then be represented as the single two-port network shown in Fig. 1 (c) by the matrix multiplication of ABCD matrices. The maximum efficiency equation in [1] can be adapted for this single equivalent two-port network system because the WPT system with two resonators is also a single two-port network. RL at the end of the circuits in Fig. 1 (b) and (c) is a matched load required to obtain the maximum efficiency of the WPT system. The matched load RL can be connected to the receiver either directly or indirectly by inductive coupling with the feeding loop. When the load impedance ZL is connected through the feeding loop, RL can be expressed with the elements of a feeding loop as:
where κs is a coupling coefficient between a feeding loop and the receiver, L is the inductance of receiver, and Lf is the inductance of a feeding loop.
(a) Wireless power transfer (WPT) system with n resonators, (b) the equivalent circuit model of a WPT system with n resonators at the resonance frequency (f=f0), and (c) the equivalent two-port network of a WPT system with n resonators.
In order to obtain ABCD matrices for three types of two-port networks shown in Fig. 1 (b), the circuit equations of a WPT system are needed. When the system operates at the resonance frequency ( f = f0 ), the circuit equations derived from Fig. 1 (b) are the following equations:
The Z matrix and ABCD matrix of each divided two-port network of a wireless power transfer system
Then, Z matrices of each two-port network are obtained by (2)―(4), and they can be transformed into ABCD matrices [6] following Table 1 , where C i—1 is
( i = 2 , 3 , …, n ), and κ i—1 is the coupling coefficient between i -1-th resonator and i -th resonator. The single ABCD matrix of the WPT system with multiple n resonators can then be obtained. Finally, the system is equivalent to a WPT system with two resonators.
The maximum efficiency ( η max ) equation of the WPT system with two resonators can be applied to the WPT system with multiple n resonators:
is the figure of merit of a WPT system with two resonators, and Qi = ωoLi / Ri ( i =1, 2) is the quality factor of each resonator [1] . The figure of merit U can also be written in terms of elements of the Z matrix and ABCD matrix:
where Zij ( i =1, 2 and j =1, 2) is the element of the Z matrix, and A and D are the elements of the ABCD matrix of the WPT system with 2 resonators. The figure of merit U in terms of the elements of ABCD matrix can be applied to a WPT system with multiple n relays using the elements of its single ABCD matrix and it is renamed U' .
The Eq. (5), ηmax , should also be modified to make a general maximum efficiency equation because Eq. (5) is suitable only for a WPT system with two resonators. The WPT systems with multiple n resonators are classified into two types of systems by the phase difference of the current on the receiving resonator. The phase difference is π /2 between the odd and even numbers of resonators. Thus, the modification of phase for power is j2 , which is multiplied in Eq. (5) when the number of resonators is odd. Finally, the general maximum efficiency equation of a WPT system with multiple n resonators is given by:
As an example, the maximum efficiency equations of WPT systems with three and four resonators derived by (6) and (7) are represented as:
where U i—1 2 = κ i—1 2 Q i—1 Qi ( i = 2 , 3 , …, n ) is the square of figure of merit between i - 1 -th resonator and i -th resonator. Qi = ω0Li / Ri is the quality factor of i -th resonator. The matched load RL is also expressed with the elements of ABCD matrix.
The maximum efficiency of a WPT system with multiple n resonators and the matched load RL can then be obtained by the elements of the single equivalent ABCD matrix for the system, (6), (7), and (10). These equations provide a much simpler form than those in [5] .
The maximum efficiencies calculated by Eq. (7) are compared with those simulated by ANSYS HFSS, as shown in Fig. 2 . The systems operate at 6.78 MHz and have three and four identical resonators, as shown in Fig. 2 (a) and (b), respectively. The square resonators [7] used for this system have the following dimensions: a =20 cm, w =2 cm, t =0.2 cm, and C =1,498 pF, and the material of resonators is assigned as copper. The total distance of both systems is changed from 30 to 90 cm. The resonators in the WPT system are equally spaced and have Qi of 950, and the coupling coefficient κi is found from even and odd mode analysis at each corresponding distance between two adjacent resonators [1] . In Fig. 2 (c), the efficiencies obtained by two different methods agree well, indicating the validation of the derived equations. However, small differences appear as the distance increases due to the non-adjacent coupling. As the distance gets progressively longer, the difference between the adjacent and non-adjacent coupling coefficient become smaller and, thus, the non-adjacent coupling coefficient has a much stronger influence on the efficiency.
(a) Wireless power transfer (WPT) system with three identical resonators, (b) WPT system with four identical resonators, and (c) maximum efficiency of WPT systems with three and four resonators at 6.78 MHz. HFSS=high frequency structural simulator.
The optimum placement of a WPT system with the asymmetrical relay resonators can also be found with (7). When the WPT system has different sizes of resonators or more than 2 relays, the maximum efficiency will be determined not by the equal spacing but by the optimum placement. The optimum placement should be found by observing the maximum efficiencies at the various placements. These can be easily obtained by calculating (7) with respect to different placements. The optimum placement can then be found from the peak value of the calculation from (7).
This method is verified by constructing the WPT system with four resonators shown in Fig. 3 (a). The system operates at 6.78 MHz and has four square resonators, as shown in Fig. 3 (a). Each resonator has Q 1 = Q 4 of 878, Q 2 of 1,004, Q 3 of 567, and the adjacent coupling coefficients are changed by the different distances. The square resonators [7] , assigned as copper, used for this system have the following dimensions: a 1 = a 4 =20 cm, a 2 =30 cm, a 3 =10 cm; w 1 = w 2 = w 4 =2 cm, w 3 =1.5 cm; t =0.2 cm; and C 1 = C 4 =1,467 pF, C 2 =804 pF, C 3 =3,860 pF. The total distance between the transmitter and receiver is 75 cm. The optimum distance of d 1 and d 2 should be determined to obtain the maximum efficiency. The maximum efficiencies calculated using Eq. (7) are compared with those simulated by ANSYS HFSS, as shown in Fig. 3 (b), changing d 1 and d 2 from 28 to 38 cm and from 10 to 20 cm, respectively. The results from calculation and simulation are obtained at every 1 cm. The coupling coefficients used for calculated maximum efficiencies are calculated from the field calculation of HZ in [8] . The maximum efficiencies and the optimum placement of the WPT system for the verification can then be found from simulation and calculation. The optimum placement is found at d 1 =34 cm, d 2 =16 cm with the efficiency of 81.17% from the simulation and at d 1 =37 cm, d 2 =15 cm with the efficiency of 77.3% from the calculation. The results show that the tendency for variation in both methods agrees well, despite the small difference caused by the non-adjacent coupling. Thus, the maximum efficiency and the optimum placement can be found quite simply using the proposed calculation.
(a) Wireless power transfer (WPT) system with two asymmetric relay resonators and (b) maximum efficiency having different size of relay resonators at 6.78 MHz.
A simple method to obtain the maximum efficiency of a WPT system with multiple n resonators is presented in this paper. This method is based on ABCD matrices and allows the WPT system with multiple n resonators to be transformed into a single two-port network system. The general maximum efficiency equation of a WPT system with multiple n resonators is derived using the ABCD matrix and is verified by a full wave simulation. This equation is also applied to a WPT system with asymmetrical relays for placement of the relays for the maximum efficiency. The method of optimum placement is also verified by a full wave simulation. The results indicate that our method can be extended to analyze WPT systems with asymmetrical relay resonators.
This research was funded by the Ministry of Science,ICT & Future Planning, Korea in the ICT R&D Program 2013.
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ARMY OF ANYONE TAKE TO THE AIRWAVES
FROM: MARCEE RONDAN/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON
ARMY OF ANYONE TAKE TO THE AIRWAVES: ARMY OF ANYONE will celebrate the release of their self-titled CD (due out November 14 on Firm Music) with a series of television appearances and an in-store performance/signing in Los Angeles. First up for the band–vocalist RICHARD PATRICK, formerly of Filter; guitarist DEAN DELEO and bassist ROBERT DELEO, ex-Stone Temple Pilots; and drummer RAY LUZIER–is a Friday, November 10 appearance on NBC-TV’s “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” where the group will perform “Goodbye,” the album’s first single. This Saturday, November 11, ARMY OF ANYONE will appear on “CD USA” which airs on DirecTV (Channel 101 in HD). Then on Wednesday, November 15, the band will do an in-store performance/signing at the Virgin Records Megastore at Hollywood & Highland 7:00 PM (marking their only LA performance for now). This will be followed by a November 20 appearance on NBC-TV’s “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” and a November 23 spot on NBC-TV’s “Last Call with Carson Daly.” This month, the band will also debut their first U.S club dates which kick off November 18 in Philadelphia, PA and which will continue through the holidays. Stay tuned for additional tour dates in 2007. For more information on ARMY OF ANYONE, visit www.armyofanyone.com or www.myspace.com/armyofanyone.
ARMY OF ANYONE’s initial tour dates are as follows:
Sat 11/18 Philadelphia, PA The TLA
Tue 11/21 Boston, MA The Paradise
Sat 11/25 Miami, FL WHDR Christmas Khaos
Mon 11/27 St. Petersburg Janus Landing
Tue 11/28 Orlando, FL House of Blues
Thu 11/30 Nashville, TN Exit Inn
Fri 12/1 Seattle, WA KISW Holiday Hangover Ball
Tue 12/5 Chicago, IL Metro
Wed 12/6 Cincinnati, OH Bogart’s
Fri 12/8 Houston, TX KTBZ BuzzFestivus
Sat 12/9 Dallas, TX KDGE How The Edge Stole Christmas
Sun 12/10 Albuquerque, NM KTEG Not So Silent Night
Tue 12/12 Toledo, OH Gator’z
Thu 12/14 Indianapolis, IN WRZX Not So Silent Night
Fri 12/15 Kansas City, MO KQRC Radio Show
Sat 12/16 Minneapolis, MN 93X Nutcracker
Mon 12/18 Pittsburgh, PA Rex Theater
Tues 12/19 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
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BLACK BOOTS Release New Single “Flash Of Light” Today, January 15 on Ultra Music/Las Vegas Duo Performing Live Friday, January 18 at Control at Avalon in Los Angeles
DT: JANUARY 15, 2013
FR: ANGELA VILLANUEVA/JOHN OCHOA/MITCH SCHNEIDER
RELEASE SECOND SINGLE “FLASH OF LIGHT”
ON ULTRA MUSIC TODAY, JANUARY 15
FOLLOW-UP SINGLE TO “REBELS IN THE NIGHT”
LAS VEGAS DUO PERFORMING LIVE FRIDAY, JANUARY 18
AT CONTROL AT AVALON IN LOS ANGELES
Following their debut single “Rebels In The Night” released November 2012, Las Vegas duo BLACK BOOTS return with “Flash Of Light,” their second single for powerhouse Ultra Music, the world’s leading independent electronic music label. Out today (January 15), the track features a hypnotizing melody that skillfully bridges the worlds of electronic pop and modern indie rock with equal parts after-hours club bounce and rock ‘n’ roll spirit. Listen to “Flash Of Light” here: http://youtu.be/R1hRoN6zuXY. Meanwhile, look for the official video for “Flash Of Light” to be released in the coming weeks.
Only recently making their worldwide debut, BLACK BOOTS—Lightknife (production) and Mikey Francis (vocals, production)—have already been tapped as “artists to watch” in 2013 by several prominent media outlets, including: Vibe.com, who tagged them in their “30 DJs To Watch in 2013” feature; and Las Vegas CityLife.
Following their first live performance (12/29/12) in Las Vegas’ recently reopened Body English (Hard Rock Hotel and Casino) alongside M83, BLACK BOOTS are making their debut Los Angeles appearance Friday, January 18 at the celebrated electronic club night Control at Avalon in Hollywood supporting fellow Ultra Music label mate Congorock. The night will feature a full live act with Lightknife on live electronics joined by live vocalist/production Mikey Francis performing “Flash Of Light” and “Rebels In The Night,” as well as several other original tracks.
Check out what the press is already saying about BLACK BOOTS:
“Bucking the trend of the Facebook-obsessed EDM generation, Vegas producers Black boots have eschewed all the trappings of social networking, making their blossoming fan base all the more impressive. Fusing a rock-n-roll attitude with a dance floor focus, their signing with Ultra Records this year means they’ll be making even more noise next year.”
–VIBE.COM, December 17, 2012
“With Francis singing of living fast and dying young over a hydraulic beat and effervescent synth lines, the song mates a rock swagger with an insistent dance music propulsiveness.”
–LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL, Jason Bracelin, December 27, 2012
“…their debut single ‘Rebels In The Night’ falls somewhere on the musical spectrum between New Order, The Presets, and Swedish House Mafia, combining Mikey’s subdued but emotional voice with guitars and sweeping, euphoric hooks. The song is accompanied by a captivating video that will thrust you deep into the world of Black Boots. Expect plenty more from them via Ultra in 2013, and with this video currently sitting at nearly 150,000 views, I’d say their message is getting out loud and clear so far.”
–GOTTA DANCE DIRTY, November 6, 2012
“Merging DJ production and live vocal performance is a risky endeavour, but these two seem to have pulled it off with songs like ‘Rebels in the Night’ and ‘Flash of Light.’ Francis was originally a singer for the group Afghan Raiders. His voice feels raw, real, and vulnerable and the two’s music has a bit of a Killers vibe to it, but better produced for the nightlife and EDM scene…We’re expecting to see these two take off in 2013 and can’t wait to see where they go.”
–DAILYISO.COM (Artist of the Month), Daniel Farr, January 11, 2013
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NORMA JEAN DEBUT BEHIND-THE-SCENES CLIP FROM VIDEO SHOOT FOR FIRST SINGLE “ROBOTS 3, HUMANS 0”
Posted on September 15, 2008 by MSOPR
DT: SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
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DEBUT BEHIND-THE-SCENES CLIP FROM VIDEO SHOOT FOR FIRST SINGLE
“ROBOTS 3, HUMANS 0”
As NORMA JEAN prepare for their headlining fall U.S. tour, the group has debuted a behind-the-scenes teaser from the video shoot for their first single “Robots 3, Humans 0.” The making-of-the-video clip features interviews with NORMA JEAN and video director Daniel Chestnut (Hurley Entertainment) as well as appearances from such artists as Saosin, Beat Union and Confide. To view the making-of-the video clip, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvesAB6_t-g. To check out the trailer for the “Robots 3, Humans 0” video, visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3-o_G_5CKI.
NORMA JEAN’s explosive fourth album THE ANTI MOTHER (Solid State)–hailed by Alternative Press magazine as “…the best record of their career” (September 2008)–debuted at #29 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, with over 16,000 copies sold in the first week alone.
This fall, catch NORMA JEAN–CORY BRANDAN (lead vocals, guitars), SCOTTIE HENRY (guitars), JAKE SCHULTZ (bass), CHRIS DAY (guitars) and CHRIS RAINES (drums)–as they headline “The Anti Mother Tour” presented by Solid State records (dates below). The six-week nationwide U.S. tour–with additional sponsorship from Hot Topic and Monster Energy Drink–kicks off Friday, October 3 in Knoxville, TN and wraps Saturday, November 15 in the post-hardcore group’s hometown of Atlanta, GA.
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Norma Jean Headlining Solid State Records’ “The Anti Mother Tour” (w/Haste the Day, The Showdown, Mychildren Mybride, and Children 13:8)
Fri 10/3 Knoxville, TN Valarium
Sat 10/4 Nashville, TN Rocketown
Sun 10/5 Sauget, IL Pop’s
Tue 10/7 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
Wed 10/8 Dallas, TX The Door
Thu 10/9 Houston, TX Meridian
Fri 10/10 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
Sat 10/11 Odessa, TX Dos Amigos
Sun 10/12 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
Tue 10/14 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
Wed 10/15 San Diego, CA Soma
Thu 10/16 Pomona, CA The Glasshouse
Fri 10/17 Ventura, CA Ventura Theatre
Sat 10/18 Santa Cruz, CA The Catalyst
Sun 10/19 Reno, NV The New Oasis
Tue 10/21 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater
Wed 10/22 Seattle, WA El Corazon
Thu 10/23 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
Fri 10/24 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
Sat 10/25 Salt Lake City, UT Avalon Theater
Sun 10/26 Engelwood, CO Gothic Theater
Norma Jean Headlining Solid State Records’ “The Anti Mother Tour” (w/Haste the Day, The Showdown, MyChildren MyBride, and Oh, Sleeper)
Tue 10/28 Des Moines, IA People’s Court
Wed 10/29 St. Paul, MN Station 4
Thu 10/30 Chicago, IL Metro
Fri 10/31 Louisville, KY Club Oasis
Sat 11/1 Pontiac, MI Clutch Cargo’s
Sun 11/2 Cleveland, OH Peabody’s Down Under
Tue 11/4 Buffalo, NY Xtreme Wheelz
Wed 11/5 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s
Thu 11/6 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
Fri 11/7 Syracuse, NY Lost Horizon
Sat 11/8 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Sun 11/9 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
Tue 11/11 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
Wed 11/12 Norfolk, VA The Norva
Thu 11/13 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
Thu 11/14 Charleston, SC The Music Hall
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Using ancient minerals from deep within Earth’s crust to measure cosmic radiation
If you want to understand a part of Earth’s galactic history—whether it passed near a supernova during its path around our galaxy, for example—you may be able to find the answer in the crystal structure of a rock, according to a University of Michigan study.
The study outlines a method using paleo-detectors, an idea inspired by work from the 1960s, which used ancient minerals to search for new physics. The idea is this: The Earth is constantly showered with cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are particles produced by an energetic universe, one in which stars explode in supernovae, supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies accelerate particles to near the speed of light, and neutron stars collide and produce bright flashes of gamma rays and other energetic particles.
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“There are energetic particles produced in cosmic events all the time: neutron star mergers and black holes and active galactic nuclei,” said lead author Joshua Spitz, a particle physicist and the Norman M. Leff Assistant Professor of Physics at U-M. “Some of those energetic particles reach the Earth and interact with the atmosphere, producing showers of particles which rain down on us all the time.”
Some of these particles are neutrinos, which are fundamental particles that only interact with matter very weakly. As a result, these atmospheric neutrinos can pass through the Earth without interacting, allowing them to reach ancient minerals deep in the Earth.
Occasionally, one of these neutrinos will interact with an atomic nucleus in the ancient mineral, leaving a trace within the rock’s crystalline structure. By examining these traces in excavated rocks, scientists can study the flux of cosmic radiation on Earth over time. The researchers’ method is published in Physical Review Letters.
“About a hundred billion neutrinos from the sun pass through the tip of your finger every second, but almost none of them interact. The same applies to atmospheric neutrinos, which rarely interact. However, every once in a while, one of these atmospheric neutrinos will hit a nucleus,” said co-author and U-M graduate student Johnathon Jordan. “And when they do, they give the nucleus a kick.”
After it’s kicked, the nucleus moves a tiny distance—from just a few microns to a few hundred in length. A human hair is about 70 microns wide. As the nucleus recoils within the mineral, it makes a tiny path of destruction through the rock’s crystal lattice.
Finding these structures in rocks and then determining the rocks’ age could help scientists pinpoint when an event occurred that might have increased cosmic ray exposure during a certain period of Earth’s history—and answer broader questions about the rate of cosmic rays and radiation that hit the Earth over time, Spitz says.
“It’s a big question: has that cosmic ray rate changed as a function of time? Has it always been the same rate, or was it bigger in the past? Was there a single event that caused it to increase for a short amount of time, or has it been slowly increasing or decreasing?” Spitz said. “These are questions we don’t really know the answers to.”
Observations of atmospheric neutrino damage within crystals have not yet been made, but it would be similar to the damage caused by the spontaneous fission of uranium-238, Jordan says. During this fission, the heavy nucleus of uranium-238 splits in two, and each half shoots outward, away from each other, and creates tiny scars in the rock’s crystalline structure. Scientists use these tracks to determine the age of rocks.
The same idea could also be used to search for dark matter, the researchers say. Currently, one method to search for dark matter is to monitor for dark matter particles as they pass through detectors filled with argon or xenon buried deep underground—a pricey endeavor, Jordan says, because argon and xenon are expensive, and because the detectors need to be big.
“You want these detectors big, and you want them to be able to run for a long time because you want them to have as much exposure as possible,” Jordan said. “What paleo-detectors do is they flip that script. At most, the rocks are 100 grams or a kilogram. And instead of waiting 10 years, we’re waiting a billion years. The novelty of paleo-detectors is that you win not by having a big detector, but by having a really long exposure time.”
The study came out of Spitz and Jordan’s hope to use paleo-detectors to observe proton decay, a big question facing particle physics. Typically, physicists monitor huge tanks of water for flashes of light that could signify proton decay, but they realized you might be able to survey hundreds of millions of years’ worth of rocks for tiny etches of damage that could signify the same thing. But when the researchers looked into this idea, they found they couldn’t discern the signature made by potential proton decay from damage made by atmospheric neutrinos.
“This article is actually the result of turning lemons into lemonade,” Spitz said. “These atmospheric neutrinos were the background of the search we were originally interested in.”
Instead, the team realized this method could provide a window into Earth’s history in a different way.
“Our solar system is revolving around the galaxy once every 250 million years,” he said. “An extremely interesting question is, what has Earth encountered in its path around the galaxy?”
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Anjanaparvata – 3 (Añjanaparvata - 3)
According to Kiṣkindhyākāṇḍa (Kishkindhyakanda) of Rāmāyaṇa (Ramayana), Añjanaparvata (Anjanaparvata) and its surrounding area was the habitat of the vānara (vanara) people (the Sanskrit word means ‘monkey’. Surely this place was no ‘monkey kingdom’. It is supposed that this area was ruled by an ethnic group of people who used to wear the totem of and identified themselves with monkey, which imparted to them this particular epithet). Advised by Hanumān (Hanuman), Sugrīva (Sugriva) invited the legion of monkey soldiers hailing from Añjanaparvata to aid Rāmacandra (Ramachandra) in the siege of Laṅkā (Lanka). As a response to that invitation an army of three million monkeys arrived at Kiṣkindhyā (Kishkindhya) from Añjanaparvata.
Brahmapurāṇa (Brahmapurana) recounts that Añjanaparvata was ruled by the monkey king Keśarī (Kesari), the father of Hanumān. He had two wives, Añjanā (Anjana) and Adrikā (Adrika), who actually were two accursed apsarā (apsara). Once the famous sage Agastya, while visiting Añjanaparvata, blessed the two women with the boon of mothering immensely strong and powerful sons. Later on this very Añjanaparvata Hanumān was born to Añjanā, fathered by Pavana, the Wind-god.
Rāmāyaṇa (Tarkaratna-Beng.)(4.37.5)
The notion of the actual location of Añjanaparvata, the place of birth of Hanumān, has generated conflicting opinions among scholars of geographical history. As per the account of Uttarakāṇḍa (Uttarakanda) of Rāmāyaṇa, Hanumān was born on a mountain near Sumeruparvata (the Sumeru Mountains). In accordance with this information, many scholars hold the view that this Añjanaparvata, as described in Brahmapurāṇa to be the birthplace of Hanumān, is same as the Añjanaparvata mentioned in the Vedic literatures. But then again, while describing the geographical location of Añjanaparvata, Brahmapurāṇa itself indicates that the mountain was situated beside Mount Brahmagiri — girirbrahmagireḥ parśve añjano nāma nārada.
Now, it is well nigh unanimously believed by scholars that today Brahmagiri is to be identified with one of the mountain ranges of the Western Ghats, situated in the South Indian state of Karnataka. As Brahmapurāṇa clearly mentions the river Godavari or Gautamī Gaṅgā (Gautami Ganga) as well in this context, the notion of the location of Añjanaparvata being in South India becomes stronger. The description of Kiṣkindhyākāṇḍa that Añjanaparvata was the abode of the vānara people indicates even more prominently that this Añjanaparvata could never be the Añjanaparvata referred to in the Vedic literature; because since long it was clear that the non-Aryan ethnic tribes were inhabitants of the region south of the Vindhya mountain range. H.H. Wilson observes that Mount Hanumanmalai of Karnataka (Mysore) appears to be the Añjanaparvata of the Puranic descriptions. Compared with the information gathered from Rāmāyaṇa, this seems to be a likely assumption.
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Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Signs With New Management
December 18th, 2009 by Andy Greene Leave a reply »
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Rolling Stone has confirmed that Steven Tyler fired his new management team and signed with Mötley Crüe and Buckcherry’s managers Allen Kovac and Eric Sherman at 10th Street Entertainment. Less than a year ago Tyler parted ways with Aerosmith manager Trudy Green and signed with John Greenberg and Jason Flom at Union Entertainment Group. The move enraged his bandmates. “It just kind of splits up the tribe,” Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer told Rolling Stone last month. “Then you have two different camps to go back and forth from and it really confuses things.”
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According to Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford, Tyler had been threatening to hire his own manager for years. “I was always like, ‘Well, stop talking about it if you feel like you need someone else to represent you, do it, get it done,’ ” Whitford said. “It was always put in the context of a threat which was not understandable on my part.” Relations between Tyler and Aerosmith worsened this year when the singer informed his band that he needed a two-year break to work on “Brand Tyler.” Aerosmith says they aren’t going to wait for him and are seeking a new singer.
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Mum’s recreation of Jennifer Lopez’s X-rated snap has people in stitches
She recreated J-Lo’s single art (Image: celestebarber/Instagram)
A mum who recreated a saucy snap of Jennifer Lopez has people in stitches.
Celeste Barber, an Australian mum and comedian, is known for mocking celebrities' poses – and her latest famous victim is J-Lo, reports Daily Star.
In the photo, Jennifer ditched her clothes for the official cover of her latest single, 'In the Morning'.
When the mum recreated the pose, she wore nothing but a nude coloured thong, and to protect her modesty, she carefully positioned her arm across her body taking hold of her knee with her hand like the singer.
Celeste shared the snap with her 7.5 million followers on Instagram, where she wrote: "I'm on the right."
Fans said they couldn't see the difference between the two of them
(Image: celestebarber/Instagram)
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Since being shared, it has received over 650,000 likes.
The comedian has also been flooded with praise from her followers who say they "can't tell the difference" between the two women.
One person said: "Was waiting to see how long it would take!"
"Almost couldn't work out which one you were" joked another.
A third said: "This is great."
And: "If you didn't tell I wouldn't know #clone" wrote another fan.
However, this isn't the first time Celeste has parodied a celebrity's snap.
The pulled off the pose
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Celeste was last seen recreating a picture of a Rita Ora, who stood wearing only a pair of bright red leather gloves.
When the mum recreated the pose, she wore a fashionable pair of blue and yellow cleaning gloves and wrote the word "tattoo" in place of the star's graphic ink on her hip, which fans thought was hilarious.
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Book Review: 'Sapphire of Souls' by M.R. Mathias
Author M.R. Mathias is an award-winning self-published Fantasy Writer. He is noted for his epic fantasy novels and his prolific social network marketing activity. `Reading fantasy takes us away from reality to a place where impossible things are possible and the righteous somehow find a way to win the day.' And nothing could be more true than stepping into the world of The Legend of Vanx Malic or The Wardstone Trilogy. Mathias freely states his past: `I was in and out of jail since I was a teenager. I used to have a serious drug habit. I stole stuff, I lied, and I abused every known drug on the streets. My charges were for drug possession, that is what I did time for. I also did time when I was younger for burglary. Writing was my salvation. I was in maximum security for a while, over a few fights. I was in a dungeon cell 23 hours a day, everyday.' All the novels were written in longhand, without the luxury of spell check, or word processors, or even a dictionary. Now he is noted for his epic fantasy novels and his prolific social network marketing activity. His 2011 book `The First Ten Steps' shares shared his considerable knowledge of self-promotion. Searching for further information about this author reveals a man less concerned about resume status than about storytelling and his book are directed at the Young Adult sector. And as one interviewer remarked, `Kudos to Mathias for having the audacity to be openly reveal his darkest secrets. It made him the person he is today, an extremely talented fantasy author. He dared to step outside the line and risk just how far he could go.' Mathias has been clean and free since his release, and he has every intention of staying that way.
And now he magically continues his new series FANTASTICA of which SAPPHIRE OF SOULS is Book 2. The writing is ever more polished and sophisticated. As the author states, ‘Fantastica was written a long time ago. So long ago, in fact, that I had forgotten about it for almost two decades. While going through my mother's house, after her death in early 2017, I came across a box containing this manuscript in longhand. It was written after The Wardstone Trilogy, but before I started writing The Legend of Vanx Malic. I estimate it will be at least four books, maybe five in all.‘ A fine promise for us!
Briefly the complex plot is as follows – ‘Ragged and weary from their previous ordeals, Braxton and his motley crew of elves, dwarves, and humans, set off into the Wilderkind Forest in search of the Sapphire of Souls. The problem is, the last time anyone saw the powerful gem was over a hundred years ago when a wood dragon ate the elf who was carrying it. With the necromancer Reaton-Stav forcing his animated corpses to wreak havoc at every turn, and the demon Pharark using the giant gothicans and trolls to invade Narvoza, the future of the realm hangs in the balance. Can our heroes find and destroy the sapphire before Pharark can use its power to bring the kingdom to its knees? Will the necromancer who covets Braxton's medallion find a way to stop them? Does the love Nixy and Braxton share for each other even stand a chance in the brutal world they've found themselves in? There is only one way to find out.’
You must read MR Mathias to appreciate the manner in which he holds together characters through long novels and brings solutions to all the adventures he creates. Some have difficulty with the names at first, but remember this is fantasy and no easy common name would be suitable. Mathias knows exactly how to weave a spell that entraps us from book to book. Grady Harp, September 17
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Costa del Sol train action group renews call to extend line along coast
Campaigners want to see the line extended towards Estepona. File photograph. / SUR
The group has called on the central government to finance the project with EU coronavirus restructuring funds
FRANCISCO JIMÉNEZ
11 January 202111:49
An action group fighting to extend the passenger train service from Malaga towards Estepona has said it believes the central government has a "unique, probably historical" chance to finance the project with EU coronavirus restructuring funds.
Businessmen and hospitality associations have long called for the extension of the line from Fuengirola along the coast to Estepona, which they claim could carry up to 50 million passengers a year.
The 'Plataforma por el tren litoral en la Costa del Sol' has renewed its calls for the project to get the go-ahead saying, “We are faced with a unique opportunity, probably historical, for the construction of this extension to the line, since it fits perfectly with the objectives set by Europe for restructuring funds, where among other issues it is committed to the development of sustainable transport, such as the rail transport, and to infrastructures that stimulate the economy.”
The group says, “It is a line that facilitates the mobility of the coastal population, while reinforcing our international relations making the most of the potential that having an international airport and the AVE high-speed train links provides.”
Finally they point out that if the project doesn’t get the green light, “It will bea difficult decision to explain to the 50 million annual passengers, which the administration itself has estimated, is the demand for a train to Estepona."
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Rotastic: Time to get into the swing of things
Reviews / Xbox 360 / by Eric Albuen /
Rotastic is an odd game to describe. It looks like Castle Crashers and plays like Cut the Rope and Peggle having a wild time at night, with all the collection elements of Bejeweled. Regardless, the game still manages to hold its own charming personality.
There’s really no story within this game, so they throw you right into the action without much of a second thought. Thankfully, the controls are simple enough that you’ll know immediately what to do the moment they drop you in.
Basically, you swing from different pegs placed around the stage and collect jewels. Meet the goal for the stage (which could involve collecting all the jewels, surviving for a certain amount of time or hitting switches), and then you try to escape through the door that pops up before time runs out. Depending on how many points you earned, you are awarded with a helmet that helps unlock stages later on. Each individual helmet actually counts as its own trophy, so you could earn three helmets per stage.
Swinging has a meter-based system, but it’s not complicated at all. The more momentum you get on the swim, the further your meter builds. This meter helps you with grabbing other pegs and protecting you from various things the stages throw at you, such as buzzsaws, other characters, or even lava planks.
As you progress through the game, you unlock more characters to play as. In this world, somehow, a Viking, a boar, an elf, and an entity of death seem to have an affinity for jewels. As you get further through the game, you unlock these characters, as well as alternate colors for each.
The game also offers a multiplayer mode featuring two different game styles: Deathmatch, where you send your opponent to a rough death in to the pits of oblivion, and Collection ,where you fight to collect more jewels than your opponent. It’s a quick distraction from the main game, but it’s still fun to go against your friend in seeing who has better judgment in physics.
However, while Rotastic has simple-to-grasp physics-based puzzles and a charming outlook, the game isn’t without its flaws.
As simple as swinging from rope to rope is, the shoddy reading of controls might detract from clearing a stage as easily as possible. If anything, it’s probably one of the game’s most frustrating aspects. You think you’re far enough to grab another peg, but you’ll suddenly find yourself swinging on the same peg you were trying to get off of in the first place. The game gets unforgiving even further, when there’s almost no margin for error for launching yourself or even grabbing another peg. If you mess up even once, you can kiss your gold helmet goodbye.
Despite the flaws that might make a person cringe, the game actually is fairly fun. The whimsical humor of the narrator, the characters’ charm and the love of physics-based puzzles make for an interesting blend. If you can look past the punishing difficulty and neediness for perfection, it’s good fun.
Pros: Challenging physics based puzzles, whimsical sense of humor
Cons: Rapid difficulty spike, needless sense of perfection
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After his five-year-old daughter is murdered, family man Ryan Olsen becomes convinced that the oddball down the street is guilty. But when the police ignore his suspicions, Ryan must decide how far he’s willing to go to find the truth.
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Starring: Adam Donshik, Andy Lauer, Marie Burke, Jeremy London, Addison Ross, Jennifer Adams, Bryan Pierce
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In a world riddled with demons, members of the Demon Slayer Corps are tasked to investigate the mysterious disappearance of passengers aboard the Mugen Train. With the help of a powerful ally, these Demon Slayers must confront evil in a heroic battle to bring an end to the nightmare!
Directed by: Haruo Sotozaki
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Inspired by the true stories of New Zealand's street gangs across 30 years, SAVAGE follows DANNY at three defining moments in his life as he grows from a boy into the violent enforcer of a gang.
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Determined to fulfil her late mother's dream of opening a bakery in charming Notting Hill, 19-year-old Clarissa enlists the help of her mother's best friend Isabella and her eccentric estranged grandmother Mimi. These three generations of women will need to overcome grief, doubts and differences to honour the memory of their beloved Sarah while embarking on a journey to establish a London store filled with love, hope and colourful pastries from all over the world.
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With Some Kind of Heaven, first-time feature director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community – a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, Some Kind of Heaven invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents – and one interloper – who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise. With strikingly composed cinematography, this candy-colored documentary offers a tender and surreal look at the never-ending quest for finding meaning and love in life’s final act.
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About Cres
Lubenice
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Miholašćica
Stivan
Walking tracks and promenades
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Churches and convents
Old town centre
Valun Table
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Olive growing
Vrana Lake
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Days of Frane Petrić
Lubenice music evenings
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Lubenice is a small village on the island of Cres located at the top of a cliff 378 meters above the sea. In the Middle Ages Lubenice was one of the centres of archipelago due to its geostrategic significance.
In Lubenice there are medieval fortress and remnants of the medieval city wall and city gate. Besides the old square there are also many chapels in Lubenice: St Sunday Chapel, the Gothic chapel of St. Anthony the Hermit, the Parish Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a bell-tower from the 18th Century and St. Jacob Chapel. Lubenice has an oval shape through which two parallel winding streets run from the north to the south. Streets in Lubenice have no names and house numbers range only from one to forty two. There is a school in Lubenice; however, as no person younger than 65 lives here, there is no need for school.
During the summer the city of Cres traditionally organizes music evenings in Lubenice attended by a huge number of guests. Concerts are staged in St Mary church and in the square in front of the church the opening and closing ceremony of “Lubenice Evenings” are held where numerous world and Croatian authors perform.
Below Lubenice there is St John beach that was ranked fifteenth among the forty most beautiful beaches in the world by the German magazine Bild.
Legend of Origins of Lubenice
Every village as well as Lubenice has a legend of its origins or at least of its name. Once upon a time lived a king who had a daughter in whom a young man from a hill, where Lubenice is located today, fell in love. The young girl loved him back, but the king dissatisfied with her decision expelled her from Osor so that the princess settled with her love on the hill. Her name was Ljubica so that the village was named after her “Ljubenice”. As the Italians, who installed their government on the island in 1918, could not pronounce Ljubenice, the village was renamed into Lubenice. Furthermore, Lubenice is believed to be named after a Latin word “hibernicius” meaning windy, since the wind is quite often in this village.
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Puerto Rico Partnership information
TRBA is developing a strategy to help move the gospel forward in Puerto Rico. In 2017 2 category 5 hurricanes hit in one season. Months after thousands are still without power. Over 100,000 houses destroyed. Poor and elderly are suffering the most. PTSD and suicide rates are at an all time high. The government is bankrupt with a failing education system. 300 school systems are closing. Hurricane season is about to start again...
Please give to the Puerto Rico partnership. Use the videos below to pray and to promote offerings in your church or VBS.
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TRBA is developing a four-fold strategy to lead the association and its member churches to become actively engaged in reaching our world for Christ - locally, globally, and EVERYWHERE in between. Join us in prayer as we develop final details. We hope to reveal complete details at the Spring Meeting of the association.
At that time, we will provide a booklet detailing four levels you can pray for, support, and engage in missions and ministry. Our plans include venues for you to become involved locally in ministries to the needs of people in our immediate area; working with Baptist Men in state missions; working with church planting efforts in North America; and working to impact lostness on the foreign mission field.
We are excited at what God is doing in partnership missions. Pray with us! We believe this initiative will truly strengthen our member churches and impact lostness locally and globally.
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If you are an undocumented immigrant….
If you are in the U.S. on a visa but are not an immigrant…
If you are a legal permanent resident…
You should keep proof of what you’ve been doing your whole life, but especially in the U.S. When I say your “whole life,” I’m not kidding.
Immigration law, or executive orders and policies, sometimes change, and when they do change in ways that benefit immigrants or non-U.S. citizens in the U.S., they usually benefit people who have been here the longest, or who have been here under certain conditions.
For instance, in 1986 Congress enacted some changes granting a form of “amnesty” to people who had been performing agricultural work, but these people had to prove that they had been in the U.S. and working. And in 2012, President Obama signed an Executive Order providing for “deferred action” (not removing/deporting) certain young people who had come to the U.S. before they reached the age of 16, were under 31, had been in the U.S. since June 15, 2007, were in school or had completed high school or a G.E.D., and had not been convicted of serious crimes or more than two misdemeanors.
If you are put in removal (deportation) proceedings, either because you are undocumented or because you are in the U.S. as a legal permanent resident who has been convicted of a crime, you might be able to apply for cancellation of removal. One of the criteria for applying is that you have lived in the U.S. for a certain number of years.
But it’s hard to prove you’ve been living somewhere for years when you’ve been trying to keep a low profile and have people NOT notice you! It’s especially hard to do if you have been living with other people, in places where your name is not on the lease or mortgage, and you’ve been conducting most of your business in cash because you don’t have a Social Security number.
No one knows the future, but you can prepare now by keeping records of where you’ve lived and what you have been doing.
How do you prove that you have lived in the U.S. since a certain date? This should be an easy task if you’ve been in school the whole time you’ve lived in the United States. If you’ve been out of school for a while, proving your continuous residence may be difficult.
One strategy is to organize your materials chronologically, so that it is easy to see what time periods you can prove you were in the U.S., and where you still need proof. Here’s a guide: continuous residence worksheet
Think of “records” broadly. What tracks and traces have you left; what clues are there that you’ve been in the world?
Birth certificates of your parents, children, spouses, and siblings
Divorce certificates (if you’ve been married more than once)
grades, dates, attendance, campuses
Notes from teachers, especially dated
Programs from school events
Photographs – especially class photographs
Counselors’ notes
Clubs, sports, music, year books (students often don’t have, but don’t think of asking school), competitions
Affidavits from teachers, other school personnel
Financial aid records – if a grant/scholarship to participate in a field trip
Look at your calendars: did you meet with the student or her parents on particular days? Say so
Vaccination records – may need to connect the dots where there are only stamps or initials for clinic
Emergency rooms/clinics – broken legs, high fevers, rashes
Summer programs: parks and recreation
Library card?
Borrowed and returned a musical instrument?
Band camp, or any extramurals that kids prepare for during July or August
Community and specifically religious communityrecords from churches, synagogues, mosques, temples
Affidavit from clergy (on letterhead)
Newsletters or programs mentioning your name
Certificates of life-cycle events/sacraments
Participation in religious education/Sunday school/summer programs
Any kind of service/volunteer activity/club or grouping
Any records that show you’ve been a soccer coast, band mom, PTA member, library or literacy volunteer, volunteer at any public or community organization or service
Law enforcement records
Police records, juvenile court, child protective services
Family violence – could get some kind of general statement without needing to get into detail?
Have you ever been mentioned in a police report as a witness, or have you ever testified in a case?
Send money home via money order? Western Union?
Bank account, even if now closed
Cable bill
Affidavits from people who are in the U.S. legally, especially U.S. citizens and people with Legal Permanent Residence status
Sometimes affidavits need to be in a certain form, so ask
It is best to attach copy of driver’s license or other government-issued ID
Affidavits work well in combination with photographs
– The “best” or strongest affidavits are ones from official government or well-established institutions (school counselors, teachers, coaches)
Examples: aaffidavits from mentors, teaching assistants, student teachers
School administrators and staff – main office (sign in/sign out), janitorial staff, cafeteria workers and crossing guards
– Next best are letters from people writing on business letterhead (cashier or manager at grocery store?)
Examples: an employer, or the owner of a business you’ve patronized for many years, a hairdresser, your landlord or the manager at your apartment complex
– Least effective, but still worth gathering, are affidavits from ndividual people writing without letterhead
Affidavits from parents, siblings, extended family with whom student lives or used to live, and who received and paid bills, or whose names were on a lease.
Facebook (check to make sure you want to share this information with immigration officials!) or other people’s Facebook pages if they document the person’s presence, connect the dots with affidavits
Other tips about documenting yourself with the immigration court or USCIS
Make copies. Never send originals through the mail. You can BRING the originals with you so that a USCIS official or a judge can review the original, but don’t give your original birth certificate or any other crucial document away to anyone (even your lawyer). Bring copies.
DO NOT highlight anything on the USCIS forms or write in any spaces anything other than what the form requests.
DO HIGHLIGHT, in yellow, dates, and names on copies of documents.
DO not use “white out”/correctional fluid on USCIS or court documents.
When you do send applications or petitions or pleadings by mail, send them by certified U.S. mail and request a return receipt . These services costs a little more money, but you then have proof of mailing and proof of receipt.
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ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH DRUG RESISTANT TB TO BE RELEASED INTO GENERAL U.S. POPULATION
By Patty McMurray | Apr 6, 2015
Is anyone else 100% FED UP?
On Friday, Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar, along with Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) and Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ), sent a letter to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson and ICE Deputy Assistant Secretary Saldaña warning them not to release an illegal immigrant with drug-resistant tuberculosis into the general public.
“I was alarmed when I was forwarded a letter written by Pinal County Director of Public Health Thomas Schryer indicating that the ICE Detention facility in Florence is planning on releasing an illegal immigrant with drug resistant tuberculosis into the Pinal County Community in the next couple days,” Gosar said in a statement. “I demand ICE and DHS rethink this awful decision and not release this dangerous individual. Such actions put our citizens at risk and will impose significant financial burdens on the County.”
Dr. Thomas Schryer, Director of Public Health for Pinal County, wrote a letter explaining his concerns about releasing the detained illegal immigrant, who has been receiving treatment for seven months for his tuberculosis. “Tuberculosis is a very dangerous disease that can spread easily, due to the public health threat Arizona Revised Statutes and good public health practice dictates that we provide healthcare to treat tuberculosis for anyone residing in our county (other than those incarcerated) as a result when the ICE facility releases this individual he will be treated at the local tax payers’ expense,” he stated. “From a public health perspective it is essential that anyone who is suffering from TB be treated so they are not a health threat to others, I request that ICE pay the costs of those who are released from their facility.”
The full text of Dr. Schryer’s letter and the letter from Gosar, McCain, Flake, and Kirkpatrick can be read below.
FINAL Letter to ICE and DHS re Illegal Immigrant with TB in Florence Facility.docx
Secretary of Defense Says No Intel of Insider Threat to DC Inauguration, Despite Unprecedented 25,000 Troop Military Occupation, “Zero Active Threats”
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Gayle Benson Releases Statement on George Floyd
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Uncertainty surrounds us right now as a nation from the coronavirus pandemic to the police brutality situation with the brutal and senseless murder of an innocent man in George Floyd.
Monday was the first time we really heard from the Saints and Pelicans as a whole and the statement came from the very top from Mrs. Gayle Benson herself.
Here's what she had to say via Amie Just a New Orleans Saints Reporter for Nola News on Twitter:
As Just says, it's a lot to unpack with what Benson had to say but bringing together Demario Davis (LB-Saints), Lonzo Ball (PG-Pelicans), and JJ Redick (SG-Pelicans) to discuss the next steps the two organizations should take was a great start.
She mentions the work Demario Davis has done with his social justice reform projects so he's definitely the right place to start as they've formed the Social Justice Leadership Coalition. It'll be interesting to see which other players get involved, as she said all of the players from each organization are welcome to contribute.
Actions truly speak louder than words especially during a time like this where something needs to change. Acknowledging that there is a problem is a good start but instituting true change is the key, how do we do that? That's something we're all going to have to figure out together.
However, it is good to hear the strong, united front that Benson presents in her statement and look forward to seeing what the results of this new Coalition will produce for the New Orleans area.
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Mike Pence Got Some News About His 2020 Plans That Just Changed Everything
Vice President Mike Pence is a frequent target of rumors and innuendo.
Whispers routinely fly around Washington that he will be replaced on the 2020 ticket.
And now Mike Pence got some news about his 2020 plans that just changed everything.
As Conservative Revival reports:
Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is the darling of the left.
Abrams – who refused to admit she lost the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election despite Democrat cries Trump hypothetically refusing to do so represented a danger to democracy – is one of the most talked about names as a potential Vice Presidential nominee for the prospective Democrat Presidential standard bearer.
Stacey Abrams – who is a mediocre romance novelist and $54,000 in debt to the IRS for unpaid taxes – is a 43-year-old black state senator from Georgia.
Abrams’ youth, race and geographic home base – Democrats hope to put Georgia in play by supercharging black voter turnout – make her an attractive potential running mate for the remaining Democrats – all of whom are old white people.
The eventual Democrat nominee will need to check the identity politics boxes with the Vice Presidential selection because Democrat voters increasingly believe white people in a position of power represent a patriarchal structure of systemic racism in America.
“Diversity” is the new political North Star and since the party increasingly depends on minority voters, picking Abrams as a running mate seems like a natural decision for the eventual Democrat Party Presidential nominee.
The leading contenders for the Democrat Presidential nomination are all white.
They will need a minority running mate to try and appease the groups of minority voters that make up large portions of the Democrat base.
And Stacey Abrams made it clear she would jump at the chance to join the Democrat ticket.
In an appearance on liberal comic Seth Meyers’ late night NBC show, Abrams described her interest in being the eventual nominee’s running mate.
“I think it could be a very lovely experience,” Abrams told Meyers.
Abrams fed red meat to the Democrat base by claiming she couldn’t wait to share a debate stage with Mike Pence and express the hatred and rage many on the left feel toward Pence because of his devout Evangelical Christian faith.
“I have a lot of pent up aggression and some stark disagreements that I think could really lead to a vigorous debate,” Abrams added.
Of course, Abrams could not let any chance pass to offer up praise to the left’s slogan, “diversity is our strength,” and that all Trump supporters were racist.
“We actually reflect the composition of the United States as we go through the process, because we give so much credence to this that it really needs to be reflective of the demography and the people of the country,” Abrams began.
“We should be trying to convince people who share our values to live those values. I think Trump has helped us convince some of his former voters that they actually share our values and we want those folks to vote with us. But we should not be compromising our values to convince them that they want to come to us. If you agree with Trump after three and a half years of ignominy and demonization and sheer stupidity of his Administration, then mazel tov,” Abrams concluded.
Conservative Revival will keep you up to date on any new developments in the 2020 Presidential election.
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Is Rihanna Releasing New Music?
Rihanna might be releasing a new song very soon.
It's been three years since the "Work" hitmaker released her album Anti – and fans have been patiently waiting for her to drop new music ever since. According to a fan account, RiRi registered a new song called "Private Loving."
The track seems legitimate because both British singer Monique Lawz and Jamaican artist Demarco, who are credited as songwriters, reacted to the listing on social media.
Last month, Rihanna sparked more album rumors after she followed Spotify and reportedly unfollowed Tidal on Instagram on the same day, which fans collectively decided meant new music was coming. Though the 31-year-old never addressed her social media activity, Spotify was happy to gain her as a new follower.
During an interview with T magazine in May, Rihanna confirmed she doesn't have a title for the album yet and that she might just name it R9. "I’m about to call it that probably, ’cause they have haunted me with this ‘R9, R9, when is R9 coming out?'” she said. "How will I accept another name after that’s been burned into my skull?"
Meanwhile, last year a source claimed the new album might be two records. "She’s currently recording two albums – one full of chart-friendly songs, and another made up of moody and experimental tracks – and is considering releasing a double disc if she feels the songs won’t mesh well on the same album.”
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Dan & Beth
Were able to remain calm when a buyer backed out of escrow and resell on Aalto in days.
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Dan, a former high-school athletics director, avoided what could have been a disastrous selling process had his agent, Alex, not suggested a private sale through Aalto.
“We had chosen a buyer from Aalto, and were later surprised to find some mold, a small amount and easy to remove — but it still lost us the buyer.”
Because Aalto has no addresses, no days on market, and no permanent public record, Dan could avoid having his home, Charming Home in San Anselmo, labeled as a “problem house” in the local gossip mill. In addition to the injustice, such false rumors could have disastrously stigmatized the home.
Instead, Aalto simply provided another high-quality buyer after Dan had a chance to hire professionals to remedy the minor issue.
“[If we had tried to sell publicly] buyers would have said, ‘Oh it was sold, and then the sold sign came down. Then why did it go back on the market? What’s wrong with that house?’ Then all of a sudden the rumors and gossip, and people saying ‘Don’t go near that house.’ We were lucky to escape all that.”
Deal-killing surprises like this happen more often than you would think.
In addition, Dan benefited from Aalto’s focus on the home, rather than on the home’s exact location.
“Because Aalto doesn’t have exact addresses, it gave buyers a chance to fall in love with the home itself first, rather than being distracted by it being on a busy street, which the buyers realized they didn’t mind.”
Finally, it was also an easier showing process, which was important to his family.
“The people [Aalto] brings are serious people, and that’s a huge benefit for me and my wife. We’ve got three dogs and a cat, so it’s a pain to have showing after showing of lookie loos. [Aalto] takes away the lookie-loos and just brings in people who are serious about buying a home.”
“But the worst part about a public sale is the open house… you also lose an important bargaining chip. You’re at the mercy [of the real estate portals]. With Aalto I had a chance to get the price I wanted, the price I thought was fair.”
And what about Dan’s wife, Beth?
“[She] hates that public listings cause people to call at random, and how it’s open to everybody… She said, ‘I’m so glad [we sold with Aalto]… We could just live in our house instead of having people go through it the whole time!’”
In the end, Dan was able to sell his house privately on Aalto at an exceptional price without having to move out, pay for staging, or upset his life with time-wasting, lookie-loo showings.
“We maximized [our home sale] because of Aalto… [If we had sold publicly] we would not be as happy as we are today; there’s just no chance.”
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Slam of Pleas for Help Forces Congressional Staff to Adjust (1)
June 4, 2020 6:35 PM By Nancy Ognanovich
(Adds quote to 22nd paragraph. An earlier version corrected DeGette’s leadership status and the number of virtual town halls she held.)
Capitol Hill staffers received an unusual notice for a stress management webinar this week to help them cope with the crush of calls, emails and letters on the coronavirus.
The session highlighted that congressional offices are on the front lines as Americans seek help in dealing with the pandemic’s economic and health fallout.
Constituents are flooding lawmakers’ offices with requests for help with issues including unemployment claims, stimulus checks and small business aid. Many lawmakers also had to help stranded constituents return home from overseas because of the travel disruptions caused by the crisis.
“There is no precedent for the outreach of constituents to their members of Congress in terms of both the intensity, the emotion, and the volume,” said Brad Fitch, president of the Congressional Management Foundation and a former congressional aide. “Some of these offices are dealing with four to five times the volume. One office we deal with got creative and basically turned all of their staffers into customer service representatives.”
The pressure to respond to these urgent needs has taken its toll on staff.
“Many House offices have become inundated with constituent calls that are often tinged with stress, anxiety, fear, and grief,” the House Office of Employee Assistance said in announcing the stress management sessions.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said calls from his constituents doubled after Congress passed the CARES Act (Public Law 116-123), a virus relief measure, at the end of March, and that agencies such as the IRS and the Small Business Administration were unable to keep up with public demands for help.
Hoyer joined other lawmakers in both parties who set up virtual meetings with constituents to help them get through the crisis. He reached over 10,000 people during each of his three telephone townhalls this spring, according to the leader’s office.
(Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg)
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)
Lawmakers are “working around the clock, communicating ‘round the clock” to respond to the crisis, Hoyer said on the House floor amid criticisms he won’t call members back for votes until June 30.
“I think we do a disservice to our members and to this institution if we go home and pretend that somehow members aren’t working because they’re not physically in this room,” Hoyer said.
Congress anticipated some of the extra work and inserted into the CARES package an extra $93.1 million in emergency funds for congressional offices, including $25 million to support the ability of House members to telework and $10 million to help cover the Senate’s telework costs. Aides in both chambers said they had to almost immediately purchase laptops on the commercial market before their offices could work effectively away from the Capitol.
The next recovery package, or the Legislative Branch spending bill for fiscal 2021 that may move in the House in July, could become vehicles for more funds.
‘All Hands on Deck’
Brooke Bennett, chief of staff for Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), said an “all hands on deck” response was necessary to deal with a tripling in constituent contacts.
“We had our legislative staff helping out with our traditional casework staff,” she said at a recent event sponsored by the Congressional Management Foundation.
Many members’ offices and committees put on hold work on traditional must-dos, such as the annual appropriations bills and the defense authorization bill, which typically move in the spring. While work on those measures is beginning to gain momentum again, not all offices are geared up for those debates, Bennett said.
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) said she heard from and responded to 50,000 constituents from her Denver district in the first 50 days after her office shifted to remote work in mid-March. In addition to 3,000 calls, she said she received more than 47,000 letters and emails — a roughly 450% increase from the numbers seen during a 50-day period earlier this year.
More than 17,000 constituents participated in town halls during the same period, her office said. The two events attracted between 8,000 and 9,000 people on each, it said.
“In her 20-plus years in Congress, this was the highest level of engagement Congresswoman DeGette had ever seen,” spokesman Danielle Cohen said.
The situation has been much the same in the Senate where the office of Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) saw a marked boost in email and opened 550 new cases for constituents so far this year compared to 70 new cases during the same period in 2019.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who is running for a second term, reported the number of emails rose to 242,606 between mid-March and end of May, compared to 46,166 during the same period last year.
House freshmen also have been swamped with constituent work. The office of Rep. Joe Neguse(D-Colo.) said the 44,000 emails he received this spring represent a doubling of what he saw during the same period last year.
Fitch said that in many ways the pandemic has revealed the best in public service. “But it’s also created a new era of extraordinary strain,” he said. “Both in terms of the quantity of the work but also because of the amazingly emotional nature of the work.”
‘Immediate Reward’
Despite the increased opportunity for interaction during the election year, Fitch said any political benefit for incumbents taking on the extra work is limited.
“Casework has never been a real political winner from an investment stand point,” Fitch said. “But sometimes members do turn these into really compelling campaign ads.”
Susan Wheeler, chief of staff for Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), said there have been unforeseen rewards, however, in helping constituents with the unemployment payments or small business loans.
“It’s almost instant,” Wheeler said at the event sponsored by the Congressional Management Foundation. “There’s a lot more immediate reward for a job well done than there normally is.”
Wheeler said that before her office could telework she had to send staff to Best Buy to buy laptops because the Senate didn’t have them on hand and some people just used iPhones to conduct work until they could get more.
Despite the shift from postal mail to email, Hill’s office still prioritized answering the old-fashioned telephone that serves as a lifeline when no one could get through to federal agencies.
“Just that little bit of having a human at the other end of the phone to answer your questions when you are in a distressed situation has been enormous,” Bennett said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Nancy Ognanovich in Washington at nognanov@bgov.com
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Bennett Roth at broth@bgov.com; Kyle Trygstad at ktrygstad@bgov.com
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Home / Alberta Politics / Did the premier just forget to tell his Chief Medical Officer of Health he’s about to end Alberta’s public health emergency?
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s Chief Medical Officer of Health during yesterday’s daily COVID-19 briefing (Photo: Screenshot of Government of Alberta Video).
Did the premier just forget to tell his Chief Medical Officer of Health he’s about to end Alberta’s public health emergency?
David Climenhaga
It was a short exchange during Wednesday afternoon’s daily COVID-19 briefing by Alberta Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw.
It carried quite a bit of information, though.
CBC Provincial Affairs Reporter Michelle Bellefontaine (Photo: Twitter).
Here is my transcription:
Disembodied official voice: “Operator, can you put through the next question, please?”
Operator: “Next is Michelle Bellefonatine with CBC. Go ahead, Michelle.”
Michelle Bellefontaine: “Oh, hi there, Dr. Hinshaw. Thanks for taking my call. Today in the Legislature, Premier Kenney indicated that Alberta will not renew the state of public health emergency on June 15. So what does that mean? And how would that affect people’s lives here in Alberta?”
Dr. Deena Hinshaw: “Uh, so, I, uh, I haven’t had the opportunity to have that conversation. So I think that might be a question best addressed to the premier in terms of that particular information.”
Rick Blaine, as played by Humphrey Bogart (Photo: Warner Bros.).
Dr. Hinshaw keeps a good poker face. Just the same, though, one didn’t have the sense she was pleased.
Good for Ms. Bellefontaine for asking the question. Most of the rest of the media were focused on the complications of allowing NHL teams to play in Alberta during a pandemic, and, more seriously, on the occurrence of a case of Multi-system Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, a serious condition associated with COVID-19.
Will any of the Press Gallery’s reporters bother to put Ms. Bellefontaine’s question to the premier? That remains to be seen.
And good for Dr. Hinshaw, too, I guess, for revealing as much as she did. Premier Jason Kenny and his digital Praetorian Guard won’t be pleased either.
Since she declined politely to follow up, here are your blogger’s thoughts on what her response really meant: Mr. Kenney doesn’t just ignore my advice, he doesn’t even consult me.
Capt. Louis Renault, as played by Claude Rains (Photo: Warner Bros.).
If she had been as annoyed as she looked like she might be, she could have added: I’m considering my options.
Dr. Hinshaw has to know that if there’s a major second wave of COVID-19 as a result of this government’s rush to get back to fighting with physicians, privatizing parks, creating pipeline jobs in Montana, and getting its paws on your Canada Pension Plan, she’s the one who’s going to have to stand there expressing her sympathies with the bereaved and making excuses for the government.
So she might also have said, pay no attention to my little homily at the start of this briefing, about “how COVID-19 was and is a deadly illness,” and “we must continue to be cautious in our relaunch,” because the government of Alberta certainly doesn’t plan to.
Were Dr. Hinshaw not an obvious team player, she might even have made a pithy observation about that bit at the start where she said “we are still in this fight together.” It would seem we’re not.
This all reminds me of a famous bit of movie dialogue:
Capt. Louis Renault: “What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?”
Rick Blaine: “My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.”
Capt. Renault: “The waters? The waters? We’re in the desert!”
Rick Blaine: “I was misinformed.”
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22 Comments to: Did the premier just forget to tell his Chief Medical Officer of Health he’s about to end Alberta’s public health emergency?
As I recall from the last time I watched the old movie, Rick and Louis run off to the Belgian Congo together in the end as the final twist in their beautiful, but at times hard to grasp friendship. Neither seem very good at commitment or honesty until forced into it by circumstances, this much they seem to have in common.
If the Belgian Congo still existed, I doubt Premier Kenney would ever choose to go there and if somehow forced into any sort of principled action he would probably try claim he was misinformed to try escape from it. I suppose he might have this much in common with the movie character. Entente cordial? Pehaps for now, but hardly a beautiful friendship.
The Kenney government wants to reopen the province so they can get back to shutting it down.
Bob Raynard
If this goes south will Jason Kenney blame Dr. Hinshaw?
Brent McFadyen
Kenny will throw her under the bus for sure, he has to blame someone else for his treachery .
Yes, of course he will. Nothing is ever Kenney’s fault.
Athabascan
Who cares? I call it a two scorpions in a jar dilemma. Who do you cheer for?
Where was Dr. Hinshaw when Kenney was sacrificing Cargill workers for profit?
Friends, you are misinformed. It’s just the flu. Who has been telling you otherwise all this time?
https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/braid-kenney-begins-to-normalize-covid-19-as-a-risk-mainly-to-the-elderly-almost-zero-danger-to-the-young/wcm/264d4e97-bd0e-42c8-8566-be9fcf69f8e7/
And furthermore, certain segments of the population (i.e. The disenfranchised, unwealthy) have immunity! Immunity, I tells ya!
“One thing I think we’re learning epidemiologically is that that population has a very high level of immune resistance, of immunity, and resilience against an influenza of this nature,” Kenney said.
Science be darned! And for fans of Donald, we even have the Alberta version of “build a wall” and “lock her up”, with “her” being grandma, as in Kenney’s “wall of defence” around seniors and the vulnerable. Presumably the miraculously immune homeless will be outside the wall.
It’s a good thing 18 out of 23 cabinet ministers weren’t in the legislature to hear this brew of shambolism. One of them might have spoken up against this travesty. Oh, right, we know they are part of the hive mind.
You just can’t make this stuff up. Only in Alberta.
I must have missed the part where you provided a link to information that disproved Braid’s assertions about Chupacabra. There is lots of huffing and puffing about Tailgunner Jay, but not much analysis of the data here in Alberta coming from the outraged. Despite the ominous spectre of a new Chupacabra henchman, MISC (think of the children!), there is no evidence contrary to Braid’s claim. Out of just about one thousand positive PCR tests in children, the massive toll wrought by Chupacabra and MISC has resulted in two stays in ICU. It’s a charnel house!
Flu put 1400 Albertans in hospital out of 8000 positive test cases, Chupacabra put 300 in hospital out of almost 7000 positive cases. So you’re right it’s not flu.
It provides no end of amusement to me that the entire nature of Chupacabra as perceived by the public in Alberta derives from the failed states in the UK and the US, delivered to us by the kind folks in corporate and state media. Saddam Hussein has saddled up his personal helicopter, which runs on the blood of his own people, and is off to attack London with glow-sticks he got got from Osama bin Laden!
The fatalities linked to Chupacabra in the care homes provide stark evidence of something seriously awry in the homes, not the lethality of the bug. The billions lost through the socio-economic rituals of the Branch Covidian faith could have gone to actual provision of care to those who might actually be at risk, although it is harder every day to tell just what factors do put someone at risk.
It seems clear that in the US they massacred thousands of people by using ventilators in their third-world health system. Doctors early on in the panic found that patients had deficiencies in the oxygen-carrying capacity of their blood, but in order to stop the spread of the Chupacabra, they intubated them rather than providing PAP oxygen, and they killed them.
The numbers of fatalities in the States are absolutely fallacious, and likewise in the UK. Or do you believe that the bug just loves Albertans so much that it only kills the invalided octogenarians trapped in the disgraceful care centres operated by “entrepreneurs”, but the scythe chops down all in NYC?
According to the Alberta Government, the Chupacabra killed one person in each ten-year-cohort from 20 to 50, and two people in the 50-59 bracket. But even those numbers are highly suspect as the PCR tests have at least a one-in-ten false positive rate. So which is more likely, that the bug killed one in a thousand in those groups, or that the single fatalities were subject to a one-in-ten garbage test?
We’ll never know, but we do know that those single fatal cases all went on the books early in the panic and try as they might, no other school and working age folks were able to succumb.
Nevertheless, I will continue to newspaper my windows each evening to avert the possible attack by the naval and air forces of Imperial Japan, because we’re all in this together.
https://www.alberta.ca/stats/covid-19-alberta-statistics.htm
https://globalnews.ca/news/6741560/alberta-flu-season-2019-2020-26-deaths/
Chupacabra has turned out to be the worst draft-pick ever in the history of grave threats to humanity, but there’s always hope. My late grandmother would have loved this. She was a fortune teller, and thus well-versed in the manipulation of folks through their anxieties, although I have to say, her methods (tea leaves and cards) were more scientific and rooted in reason than Covidmania. She plied her trade a few months each year at the Hotel Vancouver, and among her clients long ago was Bill Kenny. This little number is quite apropos to the ending of the Great Alberta Chupacabra Plague.
“The Ink Spots – Until The Real Thing Comes Along”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFSfcthAimU
Further to your plaintive cry to save the homeless from Chupacabra, I finally returned to work last week, at night, in the downtown core. The only people about were police and the homeless, who are now legion in Calgary. I would challenge anyone to find a stand of three trees in Calgary that does not constitute the infrastructure of a hobo jungle. Great to see that End Homelessness by 2018 worked so well. The “outdoorsmen” were huddled in their customary groups, with the customary numbers roving about betwen groups on BMX bicycles, seemingly without a care in the world, (other than the usual ones that drive people to live in the now-permanent street society). I spent 14 months working with this population at a facility that shall remain nameless (fired without cause and signed a non-disclosure agreement to get severance) and in that time I caught two adenoviruses that permanently ravaged my innards. The clients had outbreaks of MRSA and other nasty pathogens, that spread rapidly and thoroughly. If Chupacabra posed a real threat, it would have torn through the indigent faster than you can say Domino Theory. And it has not done so. But hey, better to completely upend society, rather than say, having 67-year-olds stay home from work at Cargill while an epidemic is occurring.
Dfjo
As far as I aware, Flu normally leads to a-poopin’ and a-sprewin’. I am not aware of any strain of influenza that requires blood thinners to block the clotting that has occurred to individuals sick from Covid. This first came to light at a hospital in N.Y.C.
You are mistaken. Influenza is a respiratory disease. A-poopin’ and a-spewin’ as you put it so colourfully is unusual among adults infected with influenza. Diarrhea and vomiting occur more in gastroenteritis, which is an unrelated disease, although it is frequently inaccurately called “stomach flu”. Just call me Dr. Rocky. “
This is why the Branch Covidian faith has taken off in what is definitely one of the Great Revivals. Comprehensive lack of information amongst the those being proselytized. Sometimes it causes me to tremble!
“Were You There When They Crucified My Lord”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3egxGf_63Cg
Keith McClary
Braid: “Increasingly, he refers to the disease as ‘influenza,’ although most health experts put it in a unique category of severity and contagion.”
This is like referring to a giraffe as an octopus. The viruses are not closely related:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_classification
Corona is in Class IV. Influenza is in Class V under Orthomyxoviruses.
Using the wrong names of things has an effect of building distrust among the public.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/canada/alberta/article-jason-kenney-faces-criticism-for-incorrectly-referring-to-covid-19-as/?__twitter_impression=true
The CBC’s Graham Thomson pointed out that Kenney used “influenza” to describe the novel coronavirus commonly known as Covid-19 six times during debate in the legislature. This was a deliberate choice of words, although subsequently Kenney is trying to walk that back — too late when the cat is out of the bag six times.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-premier-jason-kenney-covid-19-1.5589419
As for the homeless, many may have saved their own skins by sleeping rough, due to their distrust of the Covid-19 emergency shelters. Thankfully this didn’t happen in mid-winter.
The Twitterverse points out that the people of Alberta trust Kenney to build a “wall of defence” around the vulnerable about as about as effectively as he did for workers at Cargill and JBS. How did that work out?
Bill Malcolm
I saw that clip live on CBC News Network on the main network . They often stuff Dr Hinshaw’s press conferences on air after the local evening news here in Halifax to no one’s interest whatsoever with Vassy Kapelos gabbling away like Dr Demento in the background. When Kapelos takes over the commentary is when I change channels. Dr Hinshaw’s stammering response from the surprise she experienced from Bellefontaine’s query was not adequately portrayed by the transcript above. Most awkward for her. Her tension is always in great contrast to Dr Bonnie Henry next door in BC. Is there a Chief PHO in Sask? Never seen hide nor hair of them.
Well anyway, kenney knows you land-lubberly Albertans have had a three month paid luxury vacation and dopefest courtesy of the feds because some of his UCP party workers are part of that crew, and is worried you all might have forgotten how to put nose to grindstone. Quite enough cavorting about. Time to get back to Making kenney Great Again. Sure, there’s a few plague flareups here and there, so what? It’s all officially over June 15. Defeated like Vietnam by Nixon and Ford. He’s sick and tired of the pause; it’s time to waste some REAL money! Yours.
It occurred to me that It would be easier to steal pension funds from deceased seniors than from living pensioners, who tend to get vocal about such things. To a ruthless person devoid of humanity, someone like Jason Kenney for example, people over 60, the immune compromised, those with multiple health conditions and the 82+ crowd, are money on the hoof. They don’t produce profit until they are harvested. If the oldest seniors simply get disposed of conveniently on their 83rd birthdays, the pension money otherwise disbursed to them could revert to foolish, risky AIMCo. Investments in resource companies friendly to the UCP. This would apply only to LAPP and others for now, until the CPP can be spirited away from everyone by the UCP. Then, guess what’s cooking for your 83rd birthday? You! After all, you are of limited value to Kenney’s Alberta after your 60th birthday or if you have any imperfections; and no value at all after 82 years of age. You are nothing more than money on the hoof, Albertans.
(And soon enough you useless eaters in the above categories will have your health care plans declared null and void when the system is privatized. Promise made, soon to be kept. Didn’t you read the election platform that was updated tomorrow?)
I guess Kenney will do anything to bring the Stanley Cup finals to Edmonton, though I can’t say what he hopes to accomplish if no fans are allowed in the stands and no Canadian teams survive the first round.
Ending the emergency orders will pretty throw all the precautions to the winds and let everyone do as they please. Maybe that will mean that fans will be in the packed stands, unmasked and coughing on each other.
Given Kenney’s fantastic streak of incredible bad luck over the last year, I can’t wait for Alberta to be declared the “other China” thanks to the massive super-spreader event that will radiate out of Alberta and around the world.
Second wave, anyone?
In conclusion, Jason Kenney can get Joseph (who?) Schow to tell Dr. Hinshaw to “Settle down, kitty cat.” That should do it. Works for Schow. It’s how he deals with women in the legislature. Looks like one of those marches with full cat ear regalia is overdue.
And that is the one thing I fail to understand and find so reprehensible. Why are these individuals that are well educated and respected, fail to have to have the courage to resign from their job and thereby send a message.
Does not have have degrade into a tell-all just have the courage to resign, step aside, be done with it. But I guess money, benefits, and prestige will always overcome (I was going to say trump – but that is just bad) integrity.
Mind you the same would apply to Dr. Fauci and Dr. Brix in the USA or any other MD who failed to step aside, especially during this pandemic.
This is as much a problem that Mr. Kenney creates as it is of those around him, who through their in-actions become enablers.
I fully expect Hinshaw to either resign very soon or be forced out.
Ken-DOH! is employing a Trump strategy, where he listens to Hinshaw but does the exact opposite.
During a recent exchange with a caller, conservative talk-radio blow-hard and soon to be cancer victim, Rush Limbaugh, revealed a secret about Trump relationship with Dr. Fauci. Limbaugh revealed that Trump listens to Fauci and respects his views and advice; but the moment Fauci is out of the room, Trump says, “Now…whatever he said, we’re not doing it.” That’s the extent of Hinshaw’s influence at this point.
Whether or not Hinshaw wants to be around when the second wave hits, and wrecks greater havoc, would not be a dereliction of her duties; rather, it would be her admission that she has no influence over Kenney’s panicked mind.
Even Global news is decrying the “flu” speech in the legislature. This has been a costly mistake for Jason Kenney.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7000260/alberta-premier-jason-kenney-covid-19-speech-trumpian/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
“A day after his speech in the legislature, Kenney says his comments are being misrepresented or they’re misunderstood,” the article reads. For anyone not versed in the tactics of narcissists, this is classic. He said what he said. It meant what it meant. It was recorded six times, and in a subsequent media interview. It was a prepared speech. This was calculated and intentional. It was shrewd, but narcissists always trip themselves up in their own superiority eventually. It’s never good to assume everyone else is stupid.
Four free flu masks with every purchase at the drive-thru. Grab ’em while they’re hot. I’m not lovin’ it. How about the walk-up counter for people without a vehicle? What next, “Would you like a nasal swab with that?” Doc in a box coming soon. Family doctors who cannot find their own meducal masks to buy after July 1 should jump on this deal now, and go round and round in the drive-thru. There’s no limit on how many times you can do this. The inept clownitude continues.
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/mobile/alberta-to-distribute-20-million-face-masks-at-a-w-mcdonald-s-and-tim-hortons-drive-thrus-1.4960115
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Makunudhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)
Country Maldives
Distance to Malé 261.15 km (162.27 mi)
Administrative atoll Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Geographic atoll Māmakunudhoo Atoll
Time zone MST (UTC+05:00)
Makunudhoo (Dhivehi: މަކުނުދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Māmakunudhoo Atoll (Malcolm Atoll) in the north of the Maldives. It is the western most inhabited island in the Maldives.
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Malcolm AtollEdit
Historically, several ships have been wrecked on the treacherous reefs surrounding the island. The most famous wreck was that of the English spice ship Hayston in July 1891. Several tons of cloves were salvaged and later distributed to the military and aristocrats in Male'. Makunudhoo is also famous as the island where Vazir Ibrahim Famuladeyri Takurufaanu who plotted to assassinate Sultan Muhammed Ghiya'as ud-din was exiled to in 1767. However along with other plotters of the assassination he escaped to Chandannagar where they got protection from the French governor Monsieur Le Termellier. King Giyasudeen sent a number of gifts and a letter to the governor of Sri Lanka and asked him to arrest the men and return them to Maldives. The governor ignored this request.
This island is the only inhabited island in Māmakunudhoo or Makunudhoo Atoll (Malcolm Atoll in the Admiralty Chart). This atoll has a large reef with lagoon, 15 miles long by only 3 miles broad. It has only one inhabited island and a small islet and it lies 10 miles west of the NW part of the Miladhummadulhu group. It is said to have been unknown to non-Maldivians previous to the 1834-36 survey of the Maldives. According to the locals, many ships have been lost on its barren reefs with crew, cargo and all, scarcely a vestige of the wrecks remaining after a few hours, from the violence of the surf and the perpendicular sides of the reef. The lagoon is deep but full of coral patches (giri).
In the Admiralty Chart this atoll is named after Sir Charles Malcolm, commander of the Bombay Marine (renamed the Indian Navy in 1832). Malcolm had the vision to introduce steam navigation to the Red Sea, which would enable boats to navigate up the Gulf of Suez. He was instrumental in making sure that the surveys conducted by Commander Robert Moresby in the Maldives took place.
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Honda announced motorsport activities in 2020 (Part 2)
In the terrain racing mode, Honda will continue to organize training sessions in Japan for riders of the competition team at the MFJ All-Japan Motocross Championship.
In addition, Honda will also continue training programs for young riders with the potential to participate in training camps around the world and compete in MXGP races.
With motor racing, in the Formula One World Championship (F1), Honda will strive to win even more victories by continuing to supply engines with the same specifications for the Scuderia AlphaTauri 3 racing team and the Red Bull Racing racing team.
In addition, Honda will continue to support young Japanese riders to compete in the FIA Formula 2 World Championship (F2) and the French F4 Championship.
In Japan, Honda will try to regain the championship in the most prestigious races by using the all-new NSX-GT model in GT500 competition, SUPER GT, which will apply the new technical regulations in the 2020 season. At the same time, Honda also changed the structure of the teams competing in the SUPER FORMULA Championship Japan Championship.
For customer races, in vehicle-based racing categories developed on the market-wide version, Honda will raise the challenge by not only providing engines but also enhancing support for teams so that each team can compete more competitively.
Honda will offer the CIVIC Type R and CIVIC TCR, at the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR), a tournament that started in 2018 and the TCR endurance race series, which is a race. popular all over the world. In addition, Honda will offer the NSX GT3 Evo at the Intercontinental GT Challenge (IGTC) – a competition held on five continents as well as GT championships and other races held in North America, Asia and Europe.
In North America, through Honda Performance Development (HPD), Honda will provide engines for five teams with a total of 13 cars to compete in the IndyCar Series.
In the field of motorbike racing, in 2016, SRS-Junior was renamed SRS-Moto, and the pain-developing systems and textbooks, as well as the machines used in the program, were renewed for them to work towards developing drivers to be able to compete at the level of world championships like MotoGP.
In the field of motor racing, SRS-Kart and SRS-Formula will maintain the structure established last year with Takuma Sato and Shinji Nakano as Principal and Vice-Principal, to further enhance the development environment of young driver.
Honda has been working hard to expand the popularity of motorsport. To spread the passion of motorsport to more people, Honda has been carrying out a wide range of events and activities, including those that are not yet familiar with motorsport can still be enjoyed such as: One-make race series sponsored by Honda Racing Corporation (HRC); Honda Sports & Eco Program; FIT 1.5 Challenge Cup; N-ONE OWNERS ’CUP; Honda Eco Mileage Challenge 2020; 2020 MO-SPO Suzuka Festival – A day of gratitude for fans; Honda Racing THANKS DAY 2020 …
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The humpback whale is black or gray with a white, grooved underbelly. Megaptera means 'giant wings' and refers to the their large front flippers, which are up to 15 feet. Humpback whales measure 35 to 48 feet long and weigh up to 65 tons. The female is larger than the male. In the 1870s humpback whales numbered around 125,000, but early in the 20th century whaling drastically reduced the population. Humpbacks now number around 5,000 to 7,500.
The humpback whale is capable of living up to 95 years. They are found in all the world's oceans. Humpback whales migrate annually from the tropics to polar regions.
Humpbacks sometimes engage in social hunting in which several whales encircle a school (group) of fish and blow bubbles that form a 'net' around the fish, then move in with their mouths open to devour their prey. Their favorite foods include krill and small schooling fish such as herring and mackerel, consuming between 2,000 and 9,000 pounds a day.
The 'songs' of humpback whales are complex vocalizations made only by the males. Humpbacks are well known for hurling their massive bodies out of the water in magnificent displays called breaching. Scientists are unsure why humpbacks breach, but believe it may be related to courtship or play activity.
Humpback whales mate during winter migration to warmer waters. Eleven to 12 months later the female gives birth to a single calf, weighing about two tons and measuring up to 13 feet long.
Whales suffer from illegal whaling, entanglement in fishing nets and death from pollution.
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Due to the danger of extinction facing many whale species, the IWC voted to suspend all commercial whale hunting beginning in 1986. Despite this international agreement to stop killing whales for their parts, several countries continued to kill whales and sell their meat and parts, including Norway, Iceland and Japan.
A loophole in the ban on commercial whaling allowed for the killing of large and medium whales for "scientific purposes." The ban also doesn't cover smaller whales like pilot whales, dolphins and porpoises. Iceland and Norway take whales within their own waters, otherwise known as exclusive economic zones. Japan conducts whaling in international waters, including in a whale sanctuary in the ocean off the Antarctic coast, despite the ban.
Whales are most often killed using a primitive weapon called a harpoon. The harpoon has a grenade attached that explodes when the harpoon enters the body of the whale. It can take a very long time for some whales to die which causes additional suffering and fear in these gentle animals. There is no humane way to kill a whale.
Despite international pressure and the best efforts of grassroots movements to ‘save the whales’ around the world, whaling continues to be a danger facing whales and their future here on earth.
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Sinking Teeth Into The Mysteries of Plague -Thursday, February 6, 2014
Two plague victims in Aschheim-Bajuwarenring cemetery in Bavaria, Germany who died some 1500 years ago have been unearthed and are able to help provide an international team of scientists with a better understanding the type of virus that was responsible for their deaths sometime between 541 and 543. Thanks to the dental remains of these two unearthed plague victims, researchers using very sophisticated methods were able to extract DNA fragments of plague from the teeth from the skeletal remains and reconstruct the genome of what is now the oldest pathogen obtained to date. Yersinia Pestis or Y. Pestis is also known as plague. This bacterium was found to be responsible for the Justinian outbreak and the results showed that this was unique and distinct from various other strains that would later become the Black Death and other plague pandemics that would follow.
“This study raises intriguing questions about why a pathogen that was both so successful and so deadly suddenly died out. One testable possibility is that human populations evolved to become less susceptible,” says Edward Holmes, an NHMRC Australia Fellow at the University of Sydney.
Up until now little has been known about the exact cause of the Justinian epidemic’s origins or cause. The Justinian plague is thought to have been instrumental in bringing about the end of the Roman Empire and was, until the recent findings were too discover, responsible for the Black Death. The Justinian Plague is believed to have killed 30 to 50 million people, estimated to have been at least half of the world’s population at that time. Later the Black Death would emerge to ravage the medieval population killing 50 million Europeans between 1347 and 1351 some 800 years later. These recent findings now show that the Justinian plague was a unrelated strain from the plague that caused the Black Death.
The new results that are published in online edition of The Lancet Infectious Disease, show that the Justinian Plague was a distinct and separate genome of the same Pathogen know as Yersinia Pestis and not an evolutionary forefather or related to the same Yersinia Pestis strains responsible for the Black Death. Another pandemic that had taken hold in Hong Kong and spread across the globe is now more likely to be considered the precursor to the Black Death.
These findings would suggest that the Justinian pandemic strain also originated in Asia and not in Africa as some scientist originally thought. This would lead them to theorize that earlier epidemics, such as the Plague of Athens (430 BC) and the Antoine Plague (165 – 180 AD) may have also been unique and distinct emergence of related Yersinia Pestis strains.
“We know the bacterium Y. Pestis has jumped from rodents into humans throughout history and rodent reservoirs of plague still exist today in many parts of the world. If the Justinian plague could erupt in the human population, cause a massive pandemic, and then die out, it suggest it could happen again. Fortunately we now have antibiotics that could be used to effectively treat plague, which lessens the chances of another large scale human pandemic” says Dave Wagner, an associate professor in the Center for Microbial Genetics and Genomics at Northern Arizona University.
These studies would suggest that the threat of an outbreak of Yersinia Pestis can occur at any time now, or in the future, is quite possible. Add to this, the possibility of some individual or person intent to using the pathogen as a weapon to wreck terror on an unsuspecting population raises the stakes even higher. New technologies are now available to health and safety teams in the early detection of such possible natural outbreaks and first responders now have the capabilities to be able to equip themselves with the latest tools required to easily and reliably detect not only Yersinia Pestis, but other possible pathogens that could be used as weapons against humanity. This ability to provide early detection is essential in containing and maintaining control of a terrorist planned outbreak and is crucial to preventing another full scale global population pandemic such as those seen in the past.
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Return of the Black Death -Friday, August 2, 2013
It may sound like a campy title to a old Hammer Film Horror Movie but unfortunately it’s real and it’s more common then you may think.
According to a article posted by Reuters on July 25, a Squirrel was found at the Angeles National Forest in California that was infected with the Plague. This has been the sixth squirrel located in Southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains since 1995 to test positive for the disease.
Authorities have shut down the park for at least a week while they have a chance to dust the burrows for fleas, which carry the bacteria and test more squirrels in the area. The most recent squirrel was trapped on July 16 during a routine check in the park and was confirmed to be carrying the disease on July 23.
Called the “Black Death” in history books due to the disease ravaging the European continent during the Middle Ages. Yersina Pestis (aka Y. Pestis) also known as Plague was responsible for killing more the 25 million people.
There on on average 7 cases a year that are reported in the United States and if discovered within a timely manner can be treated with antibiotics. According to the Center Disease for Control, almost all cases have been found in the Western United States and fortunately at this time none of these cases have been fatal.
Y. Pestis, Anthrax, Botulinum, Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) and Tularemia along with Ricin Toxin among others are currently under the Dept. of Homeland Security radar since they are all good candidates for being developed into a weapon that can be used by terrorist. As a result several protocols have been put into place to rapidly detect and deter such a horrific act form happening and putting plans in to play to dramatically minimize the event should one occur.
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The Economics of Black Mold -Wednesday, November 30, 2011
AdVnt Biotechnologies LLC, the first company to design a rapid Bio-Warfare detection device that can run 5 test from one sample, decided that the next project they would develop should be one that hits close to home. Not just close to home but actually in the home or office and with good reason. With the highest foreclosure rate in American history showing no sign of slowing down while the mortgage of many houses are costing more then the property is worth. The current economic crisis is taking a horrendous toll on both the homeowner and business owner. The very last thing a concerned homeowner wants to hear about during these uncertain times is an economic threat that could be growing behind the walls or floorboards of their biggest investment. Unfortunately for those residences that live in regions that have had high water and moisture accumulations or flooding this past year, mold growth and it’s economic impact is a very real concern. So when AdVnt Biotechnologies LLC was looking for the next big biological threat to US citizens, the decision to research and develop a product to add to their catalog of Bio-Threat Detection Tests was a no-brainer. AdVnt Biotechnologies set out to design a low-cost device that could accurately detect the dangerous black mold species responsible for costly damages to both health and hearth. Their efforts paid off and now AdVnt Biotechnologies is proud to announce it’s successfull new black mold detection device… “The Informant 15-Minute Black Mold Detection Test”.
Since there are over 100,000 + species of mold and scientist are always finding more new species, there is no getting away from mold. It is just as much a part of the world we live in as the air we breathe, the ground we stand on and the water we drink. Mold is everywhere, but when mold enters a home under the right conditions, the only course of action is to take action before things get out of control. Like the old Benjamin Franklin quote goes…”Time is money… and when it comes to mold growth in a home, there simply is no other statement that sums it up best.
Mold enters a home as microscopic spores that are most generally carried by airflow. Once these spores find the perfect condition such as high humidity, water, moisture, oxygen and a food supply the spores starts to thrive, grow and reproduce until they become more then a common nuisance. Festering and feeding themselves on the materials that makes up the very structure of a home or office, such as wood, drywall, leather goods, food, ect … Once these intruders take root, the mold spores then grow until they become an economic liability with horrific long-term financial consequences. Not unlike the deregulation of our banking system during the greed rush of the 90’s that set the stage for the eventual crisis we are all now having to confront. Mold spores like Enron, Maddoff, and those shifty real estate investments conspire to eat away at your hard earned investments without giving you the slightest clue to the amount of damage that is being done to your health and welfare. A black mold infestation left untreated in a home or business can have a staggering impact on the building infrastructure resulting in expensive mold remediation bills and extremely high medical cost to those unlucky enough to be living or working within the structure.
When mold is left untreated, it becomes unsightly, smelly and in the case of three types of species, hazardous to your health. This type is known as Black Mold. The staggering economic losses that come from a severe black mold infestation ranges from decreasing the value of your home and rising medical cost for the treatment of symptoms such as allergies, asthma, bronchitis, respiratory infections, migraines, and in the case of those who live with immune challenged systems, long-term damage to their health or even death. Structural damage to buildings that require mold remediation can be as little as a simple clean-up to having the entire building demolished.
The Center for Disease Control as determined that of the 100,000 known species of mold, three qualify for causing hazardous health problems for humans. Penicillium , Aspergillus and Stachybotris. These three species are capable of producing Mycotoxins, a type of metabolite that can be poison to some species but not to others. The type of mycoxins produced depends on the type of species produces it. It is the effects of these mycotoxins that the Center of Disease Control was able to narrow down the mold threat to humans to just three species.
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After ten years anthrax is still a threat -Monday, November 7, 2011
Despite the passage of ten years, the threat of an anthrax, or similar attempt of bioterrorism still looms large over the United States. Stringent security measures are in place to scan the US mail systems. Since September 2001 when these bioterrorism attacks started, the postal authorities have responded to around 52,000 calls concerning suspicious mails. The US Postal Inspectors office has implemented the best detection technologies available in today’s marketplace. One of the threat detectors used by the US Postal Inspectors Office is Advnt’s Pro Strip Rapid Detection System.
The US authorities are making no compromise over such threats and anyone taking it light has to face imprisonment under the same charges. Likewise Jay Stuart DeVaughn, who wrote 26 letters to President Obama and others inscribed with “Take a whiff of this”, landed him in jail for six-year imprisonment. Again, Advnt’s Pro Strip is a product utilized by the US Secret Service, due to it’s unique operating capabilities, the ease of use, sensitivity and specificity make it a must have for “pointy-end-of-the-sword” assets that guard the most prized targets.
Though the white powder inside the letters later proved to be a coffee sweetener and no one was harmed, the event raised suspicions of being an Anthrax-like attack, of which now hundreds occur every year in this country. In 2001-02, the multiple attacks of anthrax delivered in letters killed fifteen people and injured many others and illuminated the inherent security weaknesses of the mail industry.
Most American’s have forgotten the entire issue. Perhaps incidents like that of DeVaughn may help bring the anthrax and bioterrorism case back into the news. I’ve found that the US media purposefully does not report about the hundreds of false threats that occur each year in America.
As per revised security parameters, the postal system now depends on both manual checks as well as machine screenings. The postal inspectors receive multiple calls daily on postal security with the majority of them being false alarms. Regardless, such calls show that anthrax threats are still at the top of the preparedness chain requiring utilization of state-of-the-art, instantaneous bio-threat screening systems like Advnt’s Pro Strip Rapid Screening System.
Historically anthrax has been used as a deadly weapon for centuries. Biological and chemical agents have been used throughout history. Individuals, as well as organized groups, use these naturally occurring agents to attempt murder. Just 60 years ago a woman was arrested in 1952 after she mailed a box full of cyanide-laced Bon Caramels to her estranged husband who was doubtful of it and called the legal authorities.
Another horrid mail related crime involved Theodore Kaczynski who killed three people and injured 23 over 15 years by sending mail bombs. He was finally arrested in the mid 90’s. A few years ago, inspectors arrested a West Virginia man for mailing an improvised explosive device to a former neighbor in Minnesota. He’s serving 2½ years in prison.
Bottom line appears to be that living in an open and free society is fraught with many security leaks. Organized groups and sick individuals will always have ample opportunity to strike with deadly agents to attempt pre-meditated murder on an individual or communities of people who are un-suspecting of the threat.
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Anthrax Vaccine for Children? -Wednesday, November 2, 2011
A recent article published in the Homeland Security Newswire Oct 26,2011 titled “Government considers testing anthrax vaccine on children” discusses the issues currently being considered by the US Government for inoculating children for Anthrax. While the vaccine has been administered to adults with no ill effects to date. The question about the safety of vaccinating children has raised some serious questions. How is it justifiable to vaccinate children for Anthrax with a new untested drug when there is no immediate danger of anthrax present? The more rational answer of course is it’s better to test the drug now then to wait when there is a full blown emergency and find out only then whether or not the vaccine is safe for children.
The article does not go into detail about how well the vaccine was received by the adults (mostly military personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan) or list any ill side-effects. Nor does the article explain where the US Government plans to locate these parents who will be willing to subject their children to a untested vaccine for a serious life threatening disease. Especially for a threat they may never come into contact with in their lifetime. Since this is an issue of proper preparedness there might be other options to consider. Companies like AdVnt Biotechnologies LLC, now provide early detection test for anthrax and now it is possible get results to show in as little as 3 to 15 minutes. Early detection of exposure will noramlly allow plenty of time for proper medical attention. But how much more prepared can we be through the use of vaccinations and more important, how safe can we make our children?
On the surface it seems that maybe the US Government is acting a bit hasty in getting this new vaccine to the general populace. It is important to remember in the framework of Domestic Preparedness, the argument can seem rational when confronted with the day to day possibility that at any time one person acting alone or in concert with others can create a bio-terror crisis by releasing weaponized anthrax or other harmful bio-agents into a heavily populated area. Therefore, being able to conceive of a plan to prepare a nation of fully vaccinated bystanders could go along way to contain the spread of such a threat if such an bio-terrorist event such as the release of anthrax were to occur. So we also have to take into consideration, what are the chances going to be of this event happening in or around our children?
To get a better understanding of this discussion, it might be a good idea to take a moment to step back and reacquaint ourselves with anthrax and why it has become one of the most notorious bad boys in the bio-threat arena. The Center of Disease Control has listed Anthrax as a class A agent meaning it poses a hazard to human health and is able to affect large population and requires a great deal of planning to control
Anthrax comes from the bacteria Bacillus anthracis and is able to spread through spore growth. Anthrax infection can be introduced through three manifestations, cutaneous (skin), inhalation, and gastrointestinal. The most common mode of Anthrax infection is cutaneous, which can enter the body though cuts or abrasions on skin. Anthrax can contaminate animal hides such as wool, hair products and leather goods from infected animals. It is also known for it’s ability to lay dormant in the ground or in the environment for extremely long periods of time. The symptoms of anthrax depends on the manner in which it is delivered to your system. If it is through the skin, symptoms include raised itchy bumps that resembles insect bites but within 1-2 days develops into a vesicle and then a painless ulcer, usually 1-3 cm in diameter, with a characteristic black necrotic (dying) area in the center accompanied by swollen Lymph glands near the adjacent area. Deaths are rare if treated with the appropriate antimicrobial therapy.
The second manifestation of anthrax is gastrointestinal and most likely to come from contaminated meat. Incidents of death through gastrointestinal contact is usually very high. Infections through gastrointestinal anthrax is an acute inflammation of the intestinal tract. Initial signs of nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting, and fever are followed by abdominal pain, vomiting of blood, and severe diarrhea. Cases of gastrointestinal anthrax is higher then skin infection.
Anthrax can also be transmitted through inhalation. This method of infection presents the most serious threat to humans. Inhalation of anthrax resembles a common cold or flu like symptoms accompanied by a sore throat, mild fever, muscle aches with weakness and lightheadedness. Because of the familiar flu like symptoms, anthrax can infections can often be overlooked as a possible cause of infection for several days until the symptoms progress to severe breathing problems and toxic shock. The inhalation of anthrax is usually fatal.
Once the forensic details of the anthrax threats are laid out, it is easy to see why the development of a anthrax vaccine and it’s application has become a matter of concern for the US Government in designing a preparedness plan in case of a bio-terrorist anthrax attack. The risk of vaccinating children with a yet unproven drug seems pale in comparison with the harsh reality of what those children could be facing should they ever come into contact with weaponized anthrax. Imagine how parents felt when confronted with the choice of inoculating their children with the then unproven polio vaccine when they were confronted with the very real possibility of seeing their children infected with polio.
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FBI Investigates Newest Anthrax Inhalation Exposure Case in US. -Monday, August 29, 2011
Government health officials have investigated a case of anthrax exposure after tests confirmed that a hospitalized individual had been infected with the dangerous bacteria; due to the deadly nature of anthrax and its feared use as a biological weapon back in 2001-02, the FBI joined Minnesota health officials in the investigation.
At least fourteen people died in 2002 in the last instances of undeniable anthrax terrorism in the USA.
Officials have concluded that the hospitalized individual became infected naturally after encountering the “non-weaponized” bacteria during his travels. The individual had travelled through several western states before becoming admitted for treatment in Minnesota.
An epidemiologist with the state, concluded that “Evidence points to this case of anthrax being caused by exposure to naturally occurring anthrax in the environment.”
What kind of a generalized, non-descriptive statement is this? Yes, it seems re-assuring in some sense, however, if the hearer had any understanding of how difficult this in fact is to occur, that being inhalation infection, you would be scratching your head, as we are.
I suppose this statement is made in hopes of assuring us that this was not a successful domestic terrorist attack utilizing highly concentrated weaponized anthrax. In such an instance there would be a large amount of suspicious white powder and some broadcast by a radicalized group taking responsibility for the terror evoking event.
In this instance, the individual had been exposed to soil and animal remains where the anthrax bacteria can easily be grown. The bacteria is known to develop in hooved animal carcasses each year in certain areas around the world.
The FBI determined that there was no evidence to suggest that the individual was infected as part of a criminal or terrorist act and the agency is no longer actively investigating the incident.
Health officials were careful to note that the public need not worry about potential anthrax exposure as these cases are extremely rare, unless you come in contact with the infectious source.
Health officials stressed that the case does not represent an increased risk of anthrax for the public. “Anthrax is not spread from person to person, and it is extremely rare for humans to become sickened with anthrax, especially through inhalation,” an official reported.
Only in rare cases do individuals become infected with anthrax by handling infected animal carcasses or ingest contaminated soil or meat from infected animals. People can also become infected by handling contaminated wool or hides from infected animals.
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For a clear and concise understanding of the significance of this one event, I would draw attention to an article of some importance. “Pathogenic Ecology: Where have all the pathogens gone? Anthrax: A Classic Case.”
It Creeps, It Crawls, it climbs on walls... -Thursday, June 24, 2010
For movie fans, this line may bring back memories of a popular 1950′s science fiction movie starring the late great actor Steve McQueen called “The Blob”. In this creature feature a grey slimy glob of space goo from outer space falls to earth with a voracious appetite and proceeds to eat on the denizens of small town USA. As the creature consumes its unwilling victims it takes on the form of a big red glob of goo, hence the making of the creative title. This cosmic space sludge would slowly and methodically ooze its way through floorboards, sink drains, walls and air vents allowing it to sneak up on its unsuspecting victims, cover them up and ingest them. What’s interesting about ‘The Blob’ is that it uses the same exact modes of home invasion as does toxic Black Mold. Areas in homes that have been damp for long periods of time are susceptible to Black Mold spores taking root and settling in and spreading throughout a household as quietly and efficiently has ‘The Blob’. And since it is not a big red glob with molecular stability issues but microscopic airborne spores that can be everywhere and not even be seen, the idea of Black Mold could even be considered more threatening. This concept was not lost on Hollywood either, other such fungi infested features sprung to life in those no to distant days of Hollywood, The classic British yarn “Day of the Triffids” featured cannibalistic space plants that grew out of a space based fungus and the popular “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” were also banking on the fear of the unseen flesh devouring microbes to bring home the box office shivers.
Most recently in the film “The Happening” a mysterious ‘Red Fungus’ comes out of nowhere to cause entire populations of individuals to suddenly have a desire to commit suicide. This of course wrecks havoc on the day-to-day activities of it’s bewildered cast and a ten-dollar hole in the wallets of the unlucky masses that filed in to see this drama play out on a big screen. Unlike the cosmic invaders of yester year, this time the threat is explained as a defense mechanism built into the earth’s eco-system to help maintain a natural balance to human over population, making it an even greater ‘Inconvenient Truth’.
Although we may never see a horror film from Hollywood featuring the horrifically nasty black crawling slime known as “BLACK MOLD” (music builds to crescendo), the amount of damage that this primordial black substance can bring to an unsuspecting household, or an unknowing bystander can be just as horrific. Sometimes reality can be stranger then fiction and the devastation that can come from simple environmental fungi is no exception. Aside from the harsh impact it can have on health and finances, Black Mold has been known to take out more buildings then a man in a rubber Godzilla suit. Millions of dollars are lost every year to buildings that have to be destroyed because no one realized until it was too late that Black Mold, hiding behind walls, growing under floorboards and crawling through vents, had been growing undetected in the dark places. Now, thanks to Hollywood, we all know about those dark places, and it knows what scares you.
Then there’s the innocent victims who sit quietly at home watching a large fish consume unsuspecting beach goers in “Human Sushi II” while microscopic mold spores are unknowingly inhaled into their lungs and up their nostrils causing their immune systems to go to defcon 5. Then after several days, they find themselves short of breath, congested, sore throat, nausea, and suffering from memory loss or screen writer’s block. Many of them will make costly medical visits and consume large amounts of over the counter medications that will at best temporarily alleviate the symptoms but never really cure anything. But then a select few may discover the cause of their woes and respond, but countless others will be trapped in a vicious cycle of ongoing health conditions and over medicated futures.
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ANCIENT BIOTHREATS part II -Monday, June 21, 2010
It is the year 184 BC and you are a soldier on a Pergamene Ship headed to Carthage to confront the opposing forces of that mega barbarion superstar known as Hannibal. As you near your destination and prepare to put all the years of your razor sharp warfare training and barbarian bashing expertise to the test, your are focused on how you are going to show this tyrant what a real warrior is all about. When suddenly, and without warning, something in the corner of your eye blocks out the sun for just a tic and catches your attention. then CRASH.
A large object clay pot shatters on the deck of your ship. Your first reaction is to grab some water or a blanket fearing the enemy has attacked your vessel with a pot of burning oil and coal, but instead of flames and smoke spreading on the deck of the ship, you are shocked to discover that lying among broken shards of clay fragments are hundreds of poisonous snakes of various varieties slithering and swarming all over the deck in all directions. Cobra’s sliding under the feet of those beloved slaves chained to the oars. Large Black Mamba’s wrapping themselves around post, and disrupting the captain’s afternoon tea. These fanged vermin are angry and not feeling very loved. Why should they? After being packed in a cramped pot like moldy roman grain and tossed through the air like the heads of Roman disidents at a gladiator free for all, these snakes have a serious attitude problem. Fast and vicious, within seconds they have already have bitten more then half the crew. The few remaining stoic warriors have decided to take their chances in the shark infested ocean waters and bravely abandon ship.
Before you can join in this decision to run away, you find yourself surrounded by a swarm of fanged attitude and the only thing you know to do besides scream like a captured carpathian in hot boiling oil is to start beating these misplaced reptilians with your trusty sword. But these snakes are fast and three of them have already gotten a few bites in on your sandal-clad ankles while several others are squirming closer. As the poision starts to set in, confusion and frustration starts to slowly give way to a sinking feeling swimming around in your head as neurotoxin courses through your veins and nausea and pain begin to register shades of Elysian Fields. Your last thoughts is the realization of why you hate snakes. Let there be no doubt about it, Biowarfare is a nasty business and not for the mortally challenged.
With the passage of time comes change, instead of clay pots, biowarfare can come in the form of a dirty bomb, a discarded package, a letter sent by the mailman, the happy fellow you have known since high school or a misplaced clay pot full of scorpions sitting unnoticed on the promenade deck of a large luxury liner. Strange has it may seem, some things never change. Although most modern bioterrorist find bravery in not confronting their enemies face to face, it is safe to say they too are afraid of snakes. Though proven to be a formidable weapon, snakes have now slithered aside and have been replaced by prayer books and lab coats. Clay shards now look like powders or toxic gasses and instead of a few hundred crewmembers on a long wooden war vessel; the victims are now in shopping malls, school yards and sports arenas can now number in the tens of thousands. Let there be not doubt about it, these are not the good times.
Now lets take a look at that sword and the improvements that can only come with the blessings of time. Back in the day, the sword would have held back a few of the vermin, but even the craftiest war trained soldier would have found himself at a great disadvantage. Now the snakes are powders and liquids and a simple 2-inch by 3-inch plastic hand held device and an easy to use plastic buffer bottle that can test suspicious bio threat residuals with given results in less then ten minutes. With that type of knowledge in hand, first responders will be able to make valued decisions that can save the lives of millions, making it better then a sword and much easier to carry.
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Black Mold adds insult to injury for flood victims -Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Flooding in the Country Music capital of the world has reached catastrophic proportions for many of the residence of Nashville Tennessee. As many homeowners try to restore their homes back to their former glory, many are finding themselves faced with another natural catastrophe literally growing beneath their floorboards, behind cabinets and in their drywalls. Taking advantage of the longstanding waters and wet materials that often remain for days during the clean-up and restoration process of flood remediation, Nashville residence find themselves deeply immersed in trying to prevent their homes from being overrun with the fast growing, disgusting presence of black mold. For months after a major flood, the lingering damp, humid conditions that hover over a flood plain provide the perfect Petri-dish like environment that mold thrives in and spreads at alarmingly exponential rates. The high cost of this infestation can easily run in the thousands of dollars for the average homeowner and upwards in the millions of dollars on the city and state levels. In Phoenix Arizona, one of the nations most dry and arid climates there are at least 20 listings for mold remediation crews alone.
Recently reported that in Antlers OK. US congressman Dan Boren announced that the Antlers Public school system would be receiving a large 3 million dollar portion of a federal grant to build a new elementary school to replace the severely water damaged and mold infested Brantley Elementary.
Soon homeowners and city officials will have a new tool on their side to help them in the early detection and remediation battle to offset the damages caused by black mold. Thanks to the creation of AdVnt’s soon to be released ‘In Home Mold Detection Kit’, the rapid and early detection and elimination can begin long before the spores have a chance to proliferate. Using a simple Hand Held Assay, and a small sample from a suspected area, a person can determine in 10 minutes or less weather or not immediate remediation action will need to be taken. No special unit will need to be called out to the house, no samples will need to be sent to the lab, the simple easy to follow instructions will allow for a quick private assessment of the situation before one phone call needs to made.
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The Long Lasting Legacy of Biowarfare -Tuesday, May 25, 2010
What was once known as ‘Germ Warfare’ for decades is now being termed ‘Biowarfare or Bioterrorism in keeping with the current state of affairs. Unfortunately biowarfare is not a new tactic in warfare, in fact biowarefare’s roots go way back to the ancient history of dirty warfare tactics. One example of ancient biowarfare assults can be found in the fourteenth century when Asian armies catapulted the bodies of plague victims over city walls to infect the entrapped population of a fortified city. Later, during the French and Indian Wars in the United States, a British Military officer is reported to have given unsuspecting Indians blankets infected with small pox resulting in several fatalities. The US militia are said to have continued this same tactic on the American Indians as the US expanded further into the western territories.
In Modern times, in Sverdlovsk Russia, anthrax spores were released from a military facility some 1450 km east of Moscow resulted in 100 deaths in 1979. That same year, Ricin another biological warfare toxin is said to be a preferred poison with the KGB, was used to coat the assassin’s bullet that killed Bulgarian dissident writer Georgi Markov on September 7, 1978. The use of anthrax spores as a weapon was implemented in WW II when both Japan and Great Britain tested weapons carrying anthrax spores.
The development in recent times of genetic engineering holds the grim and disturbing promise of manufactured toxins never before experienced on this planet. Genetically altering already harmful microorganisms into super harmful mutations is no longer the stuff of science fiction and comic book villains. Biological Warfare and all its’ ramifications as been with us throughout our history and promises to become more formidable as we move forward into the future.
In 2003 AdVnt biotechnologies sought to pave the way in responding to the growing threat of biowarfare by creating a rapid hand held assay that would give hazmat, and emergency first responder teams a way to identify a biowarfare agent in less then 15 minutes, giving these teams plenty of time to make important containment decisions and save the lives of millions. Thanks to this pioneering technology, a rapid, low-cost solution to biowarfare threats has been greatly diminished.
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These are not prints as each is individually done and signed to order and consequently vary a little from the illustrated picture. These paintings are sprayed onto the pages of the Daily Telegraph "borrowed" from the pub. The newspaper is emulsionned with a specially formulated paint which provides a random texture and finish that suits the "Urban" concept. If you're lucky you might get a half-finished crossword. Ready to hang with crossbars and nails.
It is likely that Juan Sly has become the biggest seller of original artworks in the UK. An artist exhibiting in mainly spray stencils and oils. He has exhibited at the Saatchi (a proper gallery with pillars and everything!) alongside the likes of Banksy, Terry O'Neil, Tracy Emin and Vic Reeves and now has a permanent collection at the Cut-Up in Germany, Detroit to a gallery opposite the Tate alongside Damien Hirst and some other artists you might have heard of plus private collections around the globe. His works rock from humour to anti-war, sex to surreal. Particularly fond of the stencil medium as it allows him to quickly respond to events and ideas and gives the work that gritty illegal look. The stencils naturally allow the works to be resprayed and so become affordable and disposable. He likes the fact that people can buy art that they like and not to show off how much they can afford. You can find them in bedsits, legal offices in the Temple or stuck to a fence in Bristol.
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https://artgallery.co.uk/coronavirus-black-on-the-daily-telegraph-finalist-of-painting-of-the-year 201029 Coronavirus. (Black On The Daily Telegraph). Finalist of https://artgallery.co.uk/media/catalog/product/c/o/coronav-k-tel_3.jpg 45 45 GBP OutOfStock /Artworks/Artforms/Painting /Artworks/Popular Subjects/People /Artworks/Popular Subjects/Still Life /Artworks/Popular Styles/Portraiture /Artworks/Popular Styles/Pop art <p>These are not prints as each is individually done and signed to order and consequently vary a little from the illustrated picture. These paintings are sprayed onto the pages of the Daily Telegraph "borrowed" from the pub. The newspaper is emulsionned with a specially formulated paint which provides a random texture and finish that suits the "Urban" concept. If you're lucky you might get a half-finished crossword. Ready to hang with crossbars and nails.</p> <p>Urban pop art in your own home by cult artist Sly.</p> <p>These are not prints as each is individually done and signed to order and consequently vary a little from the illustrated picture. These paintings are sprayed onto the pages of the Daily Telegraph "borrowed" from the pub. The newspaper is emulsionned with a specially formulated paint which provides a random texture and finish that suits the "Urban" concept. If you're lucky you might get a half-finished crossword. Ready to hang with crossbars and nails.</p> <p>It is likely that Juan Sly has become the biggest seller of original artworks in the UK. An artist exhibiting in mainly spray stencils and oils. He has exhibited at the Saatchi (a proper gallery with pillars and everything!) alongside the likes of Banksy, Terry O'Neil, Tracy Emin and Vic Reeves and now has a permanent collection at the Cut-Up in Germany, Detroit to a gallery opposite the Tate alongside Damien Hirst and some other artists you might have heard of plus private collections around the globe. His works rock from humour to anti-war, sex to surreal. Particularly fond of the stencil medium as it allows him to quickly respond to events and ideas and gives the work that gritty illegal look. The stencils naturally allow the works to be resprayed and so become affordable and disposable. He likes the fact that people can buy art that they like and not to show off how much they can afford. You can find them in bedsits, legal offices in the Temple or stuck to a fence in Bristol.</p> <p>Spiel by Steeve</p> 0 0 https://artgallery.co.uk/media/catalog/product/2/b/2backframe_2_10.jpg https://artgallery.co.uk/media/catalog/product/3/b/3backtele_2_9.jpg https://artgallery.co.uk/media/catalog/product/c/o/coronav-k-tel-det_3.jpg add-to-cart Yes 2020-11-28
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Other people's paintings only much cheaper: No. 11 Bäst (on The Daily Telegraph).
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In less than 20 years, Christopher Nolan has become one of the most important directors working today, dreaming visions larger than most directors’ canvases could contain, yet remaining steadfast in his dedication to traditional filmmaking, being vocally analog in an increasingly digital world.
If Paul Thomas Anderson is the new Stanley Kubrick and J.J. Abrams is the new Steven Spielberg, then Christopher Nolan is the new James Cameron, dedicating years of his life to maintaining the visions of his movies and caring about more than just spectacle.
Over the span of eight movies — nine, including his hotly anticipated Interstellar, opening in theatres this week — Nolan has reshaped the landscape of modern movies and become one of the most well-known and respected directors working today.
These are the movies of Christopher Nolan: RANKED.
8. FOLLOWING (1999)
CAST: Jeremy Theobald, Alex Haw, Lucy Russell, John Nolan, and Dick Bradsell
PREMISE: Like a D-budget Coen brothers movie, Following deals with a nameless young writer (Theobald) who begins following people to gain insight into writing. When the burglar Cobb (Haw) catches him, the young man gets drawn into a web of the criminal underworld, tangled up with a blonde femme fatale (Russell), a naïve gangster (Bradsell), and several other neo-noir staples.
VERDICT: Nolan showed great promise with his debut, but despite his best efforts, the lack of a budget still hurts the film greatly. Noble-minded but amateurish in quality at times, Following takes an already interesting movie premise and ratchets the insanity as the film marches along. Better camera equipment, stronger acting, and a higher quality of film would have helped the movie draw audiences in more, but as a premiere feature, Following still pointed to the heights Nolan would be able to reach once he had budgets large enough to visualize his dreams.
RATING: 3 stars / 5
7. BATMAN BEGINS (2005)
CAST: Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkinson, and Rutger Hauer
PREMISE: Everyone knows who Batman is, but before Nolan took the wheel of the Caped Crusader’s franchise, few moviegoers knew (beyond the occasional flashback or Jack Nicholson monologue) how Bruce Wayne actually became Batman. With Bale donning the cowl left sullied by a miscast George Clooney, Batman Begins aimed to do just that.
VERDICT: The biggest problem with Batman Begins remains how disjointed its two halves feel. For the first hour, the realistic tale of the Dark Knight’s origin story is an interesting presentation of a character that had long been associated with camp. When the movie shifts to a third-act switcheroo involving a man from Wayne’s past and a plan to destroy Gotham City, Batman Begins starts to feel like a movie that didn’t have a natural climax and so had a separate, more action-y story sewn on to make the movie more climactic. It mostly works, but it lives on more as the setup to the masterful sequel that followed it than anything else. It also, notably, feels the least like a Christopher Nolan movie, with an almost complete absence of his cinematic flavour; it outright feels like a job-for-hire, unlike Nolan’s second Batman movie.
6. INSOMNIA (2002)
CAST: Al Pacino, Hilary Swank, Robin Williams, Nicky Katt, Martin Donovan, Maura Tierney, and Paul Dooley
PREMISE: Nolan’s first studio picture was this remake of the 1997 Norwegian thriller of the same name. Al Pacino plays an LA detective stuck in an Alaskan town during a period of perpetual daylight. As he slowly begins losing it over an accidental crime he committed and is trying to cover up, his inability to get any sleep compounds his fragile mental state and threatens for a grave mistake to be made.
VERDICT: Despite Nolan’s best intentions, his remake loses much of the thrill of the original. Replacing the nuanced Stellan Skarsgård with the over-expressive Al Pacino borders on misfiring, although Pacino holds it back when he really needs to. Williams, meanwhile, is excellent as the villainous Walter Finch, in a year Williams also went full-crazy in Death to Smoochy and One Hour Photo. Artfully made, skilfully paced, and the first time Nolan looked like he wasn’t shackled by any kind of budgetary handcuffs.
5. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012)
CAST: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Matthew Modine, and Cillian Murphy
PREMISE: Having foiled the Joker at the end of The Dark Knight (and with Nolan unable to use the character so soon after the death of Heath Ledger), Batman now faces an unstoppable force with a cunning intellect and the brute strength to outfight Batman.
VERDICT: Cursed with being the Batman movie that followed The Dark Knight, Nolan had a nearly futile task ahead of himself in trying up his trilogy and living up to the already-mythic performance of Ledger, so the fact the movie is such a success really shouldn’t be forgotten. It does feel like the movie’s trying to throw everything it can fit into its running time at you in the hopes it doesn’t fail to try something, and Nolan flagrantly rips off his brilliant ending to Inception to diminished effect here, but the concluding tale of Batman facing a plainly stronger villain than he is delivers in most ways.
RATING: 4½ stars / 5
4. MEMENTO (2001)
CAST: Guy Pearce, Joe Pantoliano, Carrie-Anne Moss, Mark Boone Junior, Stephen Tobolowski, and Harriet Harris
PREMISE: Leonard Shelby (Pearce) has a condition: he can’t make new memories. His head got smashed during a home invasion that claimed the life of his wife, and now Leonard’s short-term memory resets every eight minutes. (He still retains all his memories prior to his attack.) With his wife dead, Leonard has been chasing down the man who killed her for longer than he can remember.
VERDICT: The genius of Memento lies in Jonathan Nolan’s screenplay, which brilliantly tells Leonard’s story in reverse, starting with the final scene chronologically, then showing the scene that led to it, then the scene that preceded those events, and so on, back to the very beginning. While this could easily have backfired, through giving the “ending” away at the start, the clever script packs a number of twists into itself that frequently change what you thought you knew and redefine the events that initially seemed different. Pearce is fantastic as the struggling Leonard, as is Pantoliano as a man who may be a friend or an enemy.
3. THE PRESTIGE (2006)
CAST: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, David Bowie, and Andy Serkis
PREMISE: Two magicians with a friendly rivalry end up locked in a bitter war after one of their wives dies in the middle of an act. As their feud grows bitterer, the stakes become deadlier, with each wanting to triumph in the destruction of the other.
VERDICT: Ingeniously, the movie functions that same way as any of the very illusions the movie deals in: it’s a magic trick in its own right, bedazzling you with one hand while pulling the rug out from underneath you with the other. Every actor in the film is at the top of his or her game and the wickedly smart screenplay is perfectly brought to life by Nolan. Of all his movies, The Prestige is Christopher Nolan’s most underrated.
2. THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
CAST: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman
PREMISE: Bruce Wayne (Bale) finds himself torn in all directions: his love, Rachel (Gyllenhaal) has left him for the noble D.A. Harvey Dent (Eckhart); despite the hit to their business, the mob has taken an even stronger root in Gotham; and the anarchic, maniacal Joker (Ledger) unleashes himself upon the city.
VERDICT: After having set up the Caped Crusader’s backstory already, Nolan was able to just let loose and dive headfirst into the grandest superhero movie that had existed up to that point. Pitting Batman against the Joker for the sequel was a smart movie, because while it seemed difficult in 2007 to imagine anyone besides Jack Nicholson in the role, the was definitively the villain people wanted to see – and Ledger made the role so much his own, many would argue his is now the definitive performance. The action is insanely tense, the spectacle was unlike anything seen up to that point in a superhero movie, and the moral issues the movie tackled were quite timely in 2008. Ultimately, The Dark Knight remains one of the greatest superhero movies made, if not still the champion.
1. INCEPTION (2010)
CAST: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard, Dileep Rao, Michael Caine, Tom Berenger, Lucas Haas, and Pete Postlethwaite
PREMISE: Inception tackles what seems like it would be well-worn ground – assembling the crew, the prodigy doing “one last job,” a team pulling off a con by all playing their parts at the right time – except for the fact the heist (or, more accurately, the sneaking in of something instead of out) takes place within someone’s mind. Cobb (DiCaprio) leads a crew of highly specialized individuals who break into people’s subconsciouses while they dream and steal ideas. When he’s contacted by a business mogul (Watanabe) who wants an idea planted in his competitor’s (Murphy) mind, DiCaprio foolishly takes it, setting his team on a path to which no one knows can foresee the end.
VERDICT: Despite his success with the Dark Knight trilogy, Nolan is always at his best when tackling an original, heady idea (like Memento or The Prestige). Inception is his opus. (It made the top 10 of my 50 Greatest Sci-Fi Movies list last year.) Nolan spent close to a decade working on the movie in some way, and it shows. The world of Inception is fully realized and wholly original, with clever turns of the script you can’t see coming, likeable characters that work really well together, and a maddeningly open ending that is still argued over to this day. (Did that top fall over or not?) The set and script design married M.C. Escher and Sigmund Freud in a marvellous melange of unique action. Ultimately being nominated for eight Oscars (including Best Picture) and grossing over $825 million worldwide, Inception can arguably be called Nolan’s biggest hit to date, and the reason behind that is simple. When you have a brilliant script idea, the perfect cast, and a limitlessly capable director like Nolan, almost all the work is already done for you. Interstellar may change things, but for now, Inception is the pinnacle of the career of Christopher Nolan and proof of one of the most gifted and visually talented directors alive working at the top of his game.
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Kyle Hooten
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar says her local Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) is “rotten to the root” and needs to be replaced.
Omar’s commentary came Sunday morning via an interview on CNN. “You can’t really reform a department that is rotten to the root,” she said. “What you can do is rebuild, and so this is our opportunity as a city to come together [and] have the conversation of what public safety looks like.”
This is not the first time Omar has characterized the MPD as “rotten.” Earlier this month, she retweeted an anti-cop statement from the Minneapolis City Council President, adding her own commentary.
We can’t reform a system that is rotten, reimagining and reconstructing a new way forward is a better approach.
Thankful for Minneapolis city council for their leadership on this. https://t.co/Vm9cbRfgzn
— Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) June 5, 2020
That same day she posted another tweet outright calling for the abolition of the MPD. “It’s time to disband them and reimagine public safety in Minneapolis,” she said.
The Minneapolis Police Department has proven themselves beyond reform.
It’s time to disband them and reimagine public safety in Minneapolis.
Thank you to @MplsWard3 for your leadership on this! https://t.co/AQfHM5M6eR
The Minnesota congresswoman is not alone in her anti-cop fervor. Rather, she appears to have the full partnership of the Minneapolis City Council. The Council voted unanimously to pass a resolution, Friday, that will “commence a year long process” that involves “structural change to create a transformative new model for cultivating safety in our city.”
That resolution also decries America as a “racist society” and seeks to encourage the “creation of a new City Department of Community Safety,” ostensibly to replace the MPD.
This move by the City Council was long foreshadowed in statements made by council members, including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s own son.
We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department.
And when we’re done, we’re not simply gonna glue it back together.
We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response.
It’s really past due. https://t.co/7WIxUL6W79
— Jeremiah Ellison (@jeremiah4north) June 4, 2020
Councilman Ellison has also declared his allegiance to ANTIFA.
I hereby declare, officially, my support for ANTIFA
Unless someone can prove to me ANTIFA is behind the burning of black and immigrant owned businesses in my ward, I’ll keep focusing on stopping the white power terrorist THE ARE ACTUALLY ATTACKING US! https://t.co/m6jxtDYmTi
— Jeremiah Ellison (@jeremiah4north) May 31, 2020
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MS Access, Marketing Strategy, Database Marketing, Marketing Research, Competitive Analysis, Marketing Communications, Teamwork, Social Media Marketing, Research, MS Excel, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Marketing Management, Access, Data Analysis, Management, Analytics, CRM, Digital Marketing, Strategy
Rakesh Saxena
VP & GM, Trimac Inc.
MBA, Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Trimac Inc. August 2006 - Present
Emerson Climate Technologies August 1996 - August 2006
Fawaz Refrigeration & Air Conditioning WLL September 1991 - August 1996
Dubai Plaza Hotel 1988 - 1991
Disciplined, Analytical..., Mentor, Motivator &..., Out-of-the-Box Thinker, Digital Savvy, Transparent, Honest &..., Strong Technical..., Able to Secure..., Analytical Skills, Ethics, Supplier Development, Team Building, Mentoring, Background, Thinking Outside The Box, Computer Security, HVAC, Product Development, Business Planning, Air Conditioning, Leadership, Commissioning, Sales Management, Strategic Planning, Refrigeration, Marketing Strategy, International Sales, Business Strategy, Project Management, Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, Energy Efficiency, Sales, Cross-functional Team..., Program Management, Product Marketing, Key Account Management, Training, Strategy, Product Management, New Business Development, Six Sigma, Competitive Analysis, Pricing, Contract Negotiation, Supply Chain Management, P&L Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Negotiation
Abdul Waris Khan
Regional and Community Planner with International Experience Looking for Challenging Opportunity
The University of Winnipeg 2010 — 2010
Certificate, Communication Skills
Sheridan College 2006 — 2007
Post Graduate Certificate, Financial Planning
Ryerson University 2000 — 2007
Certificate; Tailored for Internationally Trained Professional Planners, City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Humber College 2003 — 2005
Post Graduate Certificate, Municipal By Laws
Post Graduate Certificate, International Project Management
University of Wales, Swansea 1990 — 1992
Master, Regional Development Planning
Khyber Law College, University of Peahawar 1978 — 1981
Bachelor of Law and Legislation, International Law
University of Peshawar 1974 — 1976
Master, Geography
Beachlor of Science, Geography, Chemistry and Botany
Keewatin Tribal Council February 2014 - Present
Keewatin Tribal Council August 2008 - February 2014
City of Toronto August 2003 - August 2008
Town of Milton August 2007 - February 2008
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Toronto July 2002 - December 2002
Planning and Development Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa 1992 - 2000
Government of Pakistan July 1997 - June 1999
Agricultural Dev Bank of Pakistan July 1995 - July 1997
Proposal Writing, Policy, Community Development, Project Planning, Government, Research, International..., Sustainability, Nonprofits, Environmental Awareness, Community Outreach, Strategic Planning, Program Management, Data Analysis, Fundraising, Economic Development, Report Writing, Qualitative Research, Organizational..., Volunteer Management, Budgets, Capacity Building, Negotiation, Public Relations, English, Coaching, Team Building, Teamwork, Planning, Event Planning, Project Formulation, Non-profits, Event Management, Editing, Grants, Budgeting, Administration, Excel, Environmental, Government Liaison, Problem Solving, Land Use Planning, Climate Change..., Aboriginal Relations, First Nations, Policy Analysis, Public Speaking, Project Management, Sustainable Development, Grant Writing
Ade Adelowokan P.Eng, MSc, PMP, PMI-ACP, SSBBP®
Edmonton, Canada Area
University of Alberta 2011 — 2012
Masters, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
University of Ibadan 1996 — 2002
BSc, Electrical Electronics Engineering
GE Energy Management July 2014 - Present
City of Edmonton April 2011 - June 2014
Long View Systems 2011 - 2011
Toshiba Information Systems, UK May 2006 - September 2010
Fidaret Solutions October 2002 - April 2006
Program Management, Business Process, Integration, Project Management, Leadership, Analysis, Business Analysis, Project Delivery, CRM, PMP, SDLC, PMO, Requirements Analysis, Business Process..., Team Leadership, Strategic Planning, Network Administration, Project Planning, Change Management, Cross-cultural Teams, Task Analysis, MS Project, Quality Assurance, Telecommunications, Management, Agile Methodologies, Scrum, Software Engineering, Microsoft Project
Alex McEwen
Chief Operating Officer at PPI
Project Management Institute (PMI) 2015 — 2015
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management
ACSA 2011 — 2012
NCSO
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology 2010 — 2012
Oilfield Production, Production Accounting, Business-to-Business Sales
The University of Calgary 2007 — 2009
Petroleum Processors Inc. (PPI) February 2012 - Present
McEwen Consulting Services 2010 - Present
Energy, Petroleum, Project Management, Oil/Gas, Strategic Planning, Business Strategy, Upstream, Mergers & Acquisitions, Energy Industry, Financial Modeling
Bernard Mariette
Montreal, Canada Area
President CEO & CBO Lolë Paradox
Master of Business Administration (MBA), International Finance & Marketing
Montpellier University
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Finance, Legal & Accounting
Coalision Inc. 2009 - Present
Quiksilver Inc. 2001 - 2008
Quiksilver Europe 1999 - 2005
Timberland France/Spain 1992 - 1994
L'Oréal UK/Ireland 1989 - 1992
Marks and Spencer Europe 1987 - 1989
Business Strategy, Business Development, Financial Analysis, Market Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operations Management, Marketing, Product Development, Sales Management, Retail, Social Entrepreneurship, Team Leadership, Negotiation, Public Relations
BHUPENDRA BHATT
Winnipeg, Canada Area
SENIOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEER at Motor Coach Industries
Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
independent 2012 - Present
Motor Coach Industries 2007 - 2011
Lean Manufacturing, Process Improvement, Manufacturing, Six Sigma, 5S, FMEA, Root Cause Analysis, Value Stream Mapping, DMAIC, MRP, Kaizen, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, ISO, Operations Management, Materials Management, Supply Chain, Product Development, MS Project, SPC, Process Engineering, Cross-functional Team...
Bhuwan Prasad
Environmental Engineer at Genivar
University of Toronto 1999 — 2003
Master's degrees, (i) Chemical Engineering (ii) Forestry (Nano Composite Engineering)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur 1977 — 1982
B.Tech., Civil Engineering
St. Xavier's College
GENIVAR February 2009 - Present
Environmental Impact..., Environmental Compliance, Air Quality, Acoustics, Emissions, Emission, Environmental..., Environmental Consulting, Project Planning, Environmental..., Water Resources, Environmental Awareness, Engineering, Project Management, Construction, Environmental Permitting, Wastewater Treatment, Waste Management
Carl Lewis MSc. BBA
Senior Construction Supervisor at Metrolinx/GO Transit
Masters, Project Planning & Management
Midwestern State University 1996 — 2000
Bachelors, Management
Metrolinx/GO Transit April 2014 - Present
Metrolinx/GO Transit November 2011 - April 2014
Government of Grenada- Ministry of Finance/Basic Needs trust Fund Project December 2009 - December 2010
Government of Grenada- Ministry of Finance/ Basic Needs Trust Fund Project February 2003 - December 2010
Boys and Girls Club of Wichita Falls, Texas October 1999 - December 2000
Contract Negotiation, Team Building, Compliance, Budgeting, Negotiation, Planning, Problem Solving, Strategic Planning, New Business Development, Sales Management, Risk, Coaching, Account Management, Analysis, Procurement, Risk Management, Change Management, Leadership Development, Project Planning, Scheduling, Budgets, Contract Management, Government, Leadership, Process Scheduler, Project Management, Proposal Writing, Financial Risk, Construction Management, Construction Safety
Chandran Kulachandran
Senior Software Performance Enigneer at OpenText
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science
The Manchester Metropolitan University 1973 — 1976
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science & Physics
OpenText April 2014 - Present
BlackBerry May 2008 - March 2014
Nortel Networks March 1999 - April 2008
Nortel Networks June 1993 - February 1999
Nortel Networks February 1988 - May 1993
SIP, Requirements Analysis, Testing, Embedded Software, LTE, ClearCase, Java, Software Development, GSM, TCP/IP, Integration, Agile Methodologies, VoIP, VxWorks, Wireless, CDMA, Software Design, SS7, Telecommunications, IP, Ethernet, C++, Unified Communications, Embedded Systems, Mobile Devices, System Testing, Linux, Unix, H.323, Software Engineering, Performance Engineering
Software Engineer at Nortel
Chitra Anand
Head of Public Relations,Communications & Corporate Reputation Microsoft Canada at Microsoft
Research Doctorate
Authentic Leadership Program
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Bcom, Business
Microsoft October 2012 - Present
University of Bradford September 2012 - Present
Humber College November 2010 - September 2012
TELUS Health Solutions December 2009 - August 2012
International School of Business, Seneca September 2009 - September 2010
TELUS Communications December 2007 - December 2009
TELUS March 2005 - December 2007
TELUS January 2003 - March 2005
Open Text December 2000 - December 2002
Metafore January 1996 - December 2000
Social Media Marketing, Public Relations, Marketing Strategy, Project Management, Strategic Planning, Marketing Communications, Problem Solving, Bilingual, Leadership, Creative Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Executive Management, Brand Management, Corporate Branding, Branding & Identity, Brand Awareness, Social Perceptiveness, Community Outreach, Strategic Communications, Corporate Communications
christopher perkin
CEO at Altasciences and Algorithme Pharma
B.Sc(Hons), Applied Biology
watford boys grammar school 1962 — 1969
A-levels, biology, chemistry and physics
Altasciences December 2011 - Present
Algorithme Pharma June 2010 - December 2011
BioResearch/CTBR/Charles River October 1988 - May 2010
Beecham Pharmaceuticals May 1983 - September 1988
Huntingdon Research Centre December 1975 - May 1983
GLP, CRO, Drug Development, Clinical Development, Pharmaceutical Industry, Clinical Trials, Biotechnology, Sop, Lifesciences, Pharmacology, Drug Discovery, FDA, GCP, Clinical Research, Validation, Regulatory Affairs, Oncology, GMP, Immunology, HPLC
Dali Shi
Financial Services Representative at CIBC
Banking, Finance, Business Strategy, International Business, New Business Development, Negotiation
Dan Hepworth
Regional Sales Director at Lufthansa Technik
Bradford University School of Management 1992 — 1996
Bachelor's Degree, Management Studies and French, 2:1
2:1 BA Hons, Management Studies and French
IECS - The Strasbourg Graduate School of Management 1994 — 1995
Erasmus Diploma, International Business and Languages
Lufthansa Technik April 2012 - Present
Airline Services Group January 2009 - April 2012
Lufthansa Technik May 2004 - December 2008
FLS Aerospace 1999 - 2004
Airlines, Aviation, New Business Development, Contract Negotiation, Account Management, Aerospace, Customer Relations, MRO, Sales Presentations, Aircraft, Commercial Aviation, Maintenance & Repair, Customer Service, Aircraft Maintenance, Avionics, Flights, Civil Aviation, Airworthiness, Change Management, Aeronautics, Airports, Flight Safety, Business Aviation, Charter, Airline Management
David Ha
Owner at Icare Optical
Seneca College 2010 — 2012
diploma, Opticianry/Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician
Master, International Business and Management
Icare Optical January 2014 - Present
Advanced Optical May 2011 - December 2012
Advanced Opticians March 2010 - March 2012
Heilongjiang Wanda Group March 2003 - May 2008
Healthcare, Opticians, Retail, Optics, Inventory Management, Store Management, Trade Shows, Merchandising, Market Planning, Customer Service, Sales, Strategic Leadership, Optometry, Lenses
Dawn Herrera
Senior Program Adviser at ministry of municipal Affairs and Housing
Master's degree, English Language and Literature, General
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing July 2005 - December 2011
Program Development, Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Management, Program Evaluation, Policy Analysis, Program Management, Report Writing, Research, Strategic Planning, Workshop Facilitation
Diana Good
Archaeologist at Parks Canada Agency
MSc, Human Osteology and Palaeopathology, with distinction
University of Manitoba 1998 — 2003
BA adv, Anthropology, Classics
Parks Canada Agency January 2007 - Present
Leptiminus Archaeological Project 2006 - 2006
Kinsey Cave Archaeological Project 2005 - 2005
Parks Canada 2003 - 2004
SCAPE archaeological project 2002 - 2002
Cultural Resource..., Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Historical Archaeology, Historical Research, Archaeological Survey, Human Osteology
Dilip Mistry
Logistics Project Manager at Ryder Integrated Logistics
AutoCAD - Advanced Level
CIFFA, Diploma in International Logistics
Aston University 1996 — 1997
MSc, Marketing Management
B.Eng (Hons), Civil & Structural Engineering
Ryder Integrated Logistics December 2005 - Present
DB Schenker June 1997 - December 2005
AutoCAD, International Project..., Project Implementation, Logistics, Start-ups, 3PL, Transportation..., Logistics Management, Supply Chain..., Warehousing, Warehouse Management, International Logistics, Transportation, Supply Chain, Freight, Supply Chain Management, Shipping, Truckload, Operations Management, Freight Forwarding, Air Freight, Leadership
Doug Brayshaw
Branch Manager at TD
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)
TD July 2010 - Present
The Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group January 2006 - June 2010
Commercial Banking, Banking, Relationship Management, Portfolio Management, Credit, Mortgage Lending, Loans, Retail Banking, Project Management
Erika Berndt
Advertising Media Sales Graduate Humber College
Diploma, Advertising Media Sales
M.Sc Cert., Human Osteology & Palaeopathology
Laurentian University/Université Laurentienne 2001 — 2006
Hons. B.Sc, Anthropology
Twillingate International January 2015 - February 2015
MEC May 2012 - June 2012
Collect Com Credit March 2010 - May 2010
Bradford Royal Infirmary September 2007 - December 2007
Canadian Tire April 2006 - August 2006
Laurentian University January 2005 - June 2006
RONA October 1999 - August 2004
Administrative..., Qualitative Research, Research, Teaching, Higher Education, Statistics, Public Speaking, Time Management, Proposal Writing, Fundraising, Improvisation, Social Media, SPSS
Fred Labarre
Programme Manager at PfP Consortium
Royal Military College of Canada/Collège militaire royal du Canada 2006 — 2010
MA, Peace Studies
University of Ottawa 1995 — 1998
BA cum laude, Political Science
PfP Consortium July 2014 - Present
Security Governance Group February 2013 - Present
Inter Sec Forum March 2009 - July 2014
Independent February 2010 - June 2014
Public Safety Canada 2011 - 2012
SNC-Lavalin 2011 - 2012
Baltic Defence College January 2008 - February 2010
NATO Defense College 2004 - 2007
Negotiation, Multilingual, Multicultural, Government Liaison, Event Planning, Budget Management, Defence, National Security, International Relations, Policy, Research, Strategic Planning, Analysis, Program Management, Government Relations, French, Government, Public Relations, Business Strategy, Editing, Public Speaking, Problem Solving, NATO, Policy Analysis, Crisis Management, Budgets, Project Management, Teaching, Operational Planning, Defense, Military, Public Policy, Security, International Security, Command, Leadership, Diplomacy, Proposal Writing, Governance, Emergency Management, International..., Qualitative Research, Strategic Communications, International..., Political Risk Analysis, Conflict, Conflict Analysis, Peacebuilding, Foreign Policy
Godfrey Frank
Senior Policy Analyst at Nova Scotia Department of Health
Skeldon Line Part Secondary 1974 — 1979
BSc, Economics
Guysuco Apprentice Training School
Nova Scotia Department of Health August 2009 - July 2012
Nova Scotia Department of Health April 2007 - July 2009
Policy Analysis, Research, Public Policy, Public Administration, Program Evaluation, Training, Strategy, Policy, Program Management, International Relations, Strategic Planning
Hamid Samavat
Provincial Radiation Safety Officer at Cross Cancer Institute
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Medical/Health Physics
Tarbiat Modares University 1989 — 1992
Master of Science (MSc), Medical Physics
Daneshgahe Oloom Pezeshki va Khadamat Behdashti Darmani Iran
Cross Cancer Institute 2012 - Present
The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences September 2011 - April 2012
Mahdieh Radiation Therapy and Imaging Centre 2003 - 2009
Hamedan University of Medical sciences 1992 - 2009
Medical Imaging, Radiation Safety, Medical Physics, Radiography, PACS, Clinical Research, Radiation Therapy, X-ray, Computed Tomography, Dosimetry, Radiation, IGRT, MRI, Health Physics, Radiation Protection, Stereotactic..., Brachytherapy, Positron Emission..., Tomography, Cancer
Hardik Dave
Senior Advance EMC Test Engineer at Honeywell
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Electronics, Telecommunication and Internet Engineering
Gujarat Technical Board 2001 — 2004
Diploma, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Ankur High School 1999 — 2001
Honeywell January 2015 - Present
Hertz March 2014 - January 2015
Tata Teleservices Ltd December 2011 - October 2013
University of Bradford August 2008 - July 2011
Tata Docomo Business Services February 2005 - September 2006
Systronics India September 2004 - February 2005
3G, 2G, Transmission, Testing, MPLS, Telecommunications, Customer Service, Service Operations, Technical Resource..., Complaint Management, Account Management, DSL, Operations Management, RF, WCDMA, LTE, HSPA, Business Development, Service Assurance
Helen Ying-Strother
Supply Chain Management Association of Canada
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.)
CWS Industries January 2006 - August 2015
Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Sales Management, Strategic Sourcing, Materials Management, Supply Chain, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Global Sourcing, International Business, Lean Supply Chain, Project Procurement, Operations Management, Logistics Management, Negotiation, New Business Development, Strategic Planning, Cost Reduction, Management Consulting, Business Process..., Operation Management
Ian MacNeil
Managing Director at Manulife Financial
St. Francis Xavier University 1988 — 1992
BBA, Economics
Manulife Financial 2007 - Present
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 1997 - 2007
Credit Lyonnais 1994 - 1997
Credit Suisse 1993 - 1994
Corporate Finance, Investments, Project Finance, Private Placements, Capital Markets
Jamie Dookie
Senior Managing Director at Dookie & Associates Consulting
University of Toronto Schools 2008 — 2008
CTE, Travel & Business Operations
CTE, Business Travel & Operations
York University - Osgoode Hall Law School 2008 — 2008
Certificate, Tender & Competitive Bidding Law
CITT, Traffic & Transportation Operations & Law
CPM, Procurement
CPP, Supply Chain Management
University of Wales, Cardiff 1998 — 2000
Ph,D, Operations Management
MBA, Business Administration
University of Kentucky 1996 — 1996
TQM-Certification, KAIZEN-Operations
Dookie & Associates Consulting January 2014 - Present
Dookie @ Associates 2010 - 2015
Dookie & Associates Consulting 2010 - 2015
Toronto Grace Health Centre October 2011 - December 2013
Money Plus Group October 2010 - September 2011
CAMH August 2007 - August 2009
PMP-Progressive Moulded Products September 2005 - June 2007
CASI February 1990 - January 2005
AMAR'S HOLDING LTD February 1978 - October 1989
Supreme Court of Justice September 1975 - January 1979
Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Leadership, Process Improvement, Management, Purchasing, Materials Management, Logistics, Enterprise Software, Operational Excellence, Teamwork, Strategic Sourcing, Change Management, Operations Management, Supply Management, Continuous Improvement, Inventory Management
Jean Verdi
Owner at The UPS Store 325
Bachelor's degree, Biochemistry
Marketing, Strategic Planning, Advertising, Marketing Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Team Building, New Business Development, Online Marketing, Social Networking, Retail, Social Media, Entrepreneurship, Small Business, Event Management, Sales, Customer Service
Joe Zhao (CFP)
Asset Specialist
MBA, MBA
CIBC World Markets August 2014 - Present
CIBC August 2013 - August 2014
TD Bank Group June 2010 - June 2013
TD September 2008 - July 2010
CIBC April 2006 - August 2008
Banking, Coaching, New Hire Training, Mortgage Lending, Investments, Retail Banking, Credit, Loans, Credit Risk, Credit Analysis, Risk Management, Portfolio Management, Financial Analysis, Financial Risk, HR Consulting, HR Policies, Hiring Employees, Mentoring New Hires
Julie Di Marco
Interprète et traductrice
Postgraduate Diploma, Interpreting and Translating
Concordia University 1994 — 1998
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Liberal Arts and Spanish double major
Palais de justice de Montréal June 2001 - Present
Private sector September 1999 - Present
Angloamericano September 2010 - August 2011
Legal Translation, Translation, Technical Translation, English, French, Spanish, Teaching, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Film, Transcription, Traduction, Français, Traduction technique
Kamal Khiani
General Manager at VAHNTECH International Inc.
Master of Business Adminstration, Marketing
VAHN-TECH International Inc. June 2005 - Present
Product Development, Negotiation, Key Account Management, New Business Development, Business Strategy, Management, International Sales, Valves, Automation, Business Planning, Business Development, Engineering, Manufacturing
Kelley Yang
Bachelor of Science, Business & Management Studies
RBC August 2013 - Present
Newmarket International 2012 - 2012
Mandarin Orchard Singapore 2005 - 2007
Fairlake Residential Community and Club 2005 - 2005
Yield Management, Hospitality Industry, Hotels, Hospitality, Revenue Analysis, Sales, Hotel Management, Event Management, Restaurants, Food & Beverage, Catering, Hospitality Management, Front Office, Tourism, Resorts, Strategic Planning, CRM, Cloud Computing, Business Development, Account Management, E-commerce, New Business Development, Negotiation, Business Planning, Management, Contract Negotiation, Budgets, Banking
Lisa Kondrat
Corporate Controller at Ducks Unlimited Canada
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba 2004 — 2006
Chartered Accountant Designation
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Accounting and International Business
Ducks Unlimited Canada September 2013 - Present
Legumex Walker Inc. January 2011 - September 2013
Betazeta Networks S.A. 2011 - 2011
Ernst & Young 2004 - 2010
Internal Controls, Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, Auditing, IFRS, GAAP, Finance, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Accounting, Accounting, External Audit, Assurance, Financial Analysis, Budgets, Consolidation, Financial Modeling, Management, US GAAP
Lynne Mackie
Kitchener, Canada Area
Senior Tax Consultant and Training Officer at H&R Block
MBA, Eoconomics and Corporate Planning
Waterloo Oxford
H&R Block January 1998 - Present
CIBC Mortgages January 2013 - April 2014
Zehr Insurance Broker December 2004 - November 2010
CIBC January 1998 - December 2002
Strategic Financial..., Insurance, Mortgage Lending, Customer Service, Sales Management, New Business Development, Small Business, Risk Management, Underwriting, Retirement Planning, Team Leadership, Mutual Funds, Loans, Banking, Credit Analysis, Credit, Residential Mortgages
Maarten Jan Sluimers
Sustainability professional
Postgraduate, European Integration
BSc, Communication Management and Public Affairs
ING DIRECT Canada April 2011 - December 2013
BuildDesk April 2007 - July 2009
Pace Consultancy February 2003 - July 2004
Mercire BV 2000 - 2001
Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy, Energy, Policy, Environmental Awareness, Project Management, Change Management, Strategic Planning, Business Strategy
Marianne Sadar
Chief Scientific Officer at ESSA Pharma Inc
PhD, Biochemistry
University of British Columbia June 2012 - Present
BC Cancer Agency April 2011 - Present
ESSA Pharma Inc December 2010 - Present
Marie-Catherine Bernard
Manager, Project Planning and Cost Generation at Algorithme Pharma
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Social Science and Health
Master of Science (MSc)
Algorithme Pharma August 2015 - Present
Algorithme Pharma March 2012 - Present
CRO, GCP, ICH-GCP, 21 CFR Part 11, Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical Industry, GLP, FDA, EMA, TPD, Organization, Business, Project Management, Project Coordination, Communication, Lifesciences
Martha McManus
Peace and Conflict Transformation Consultant
Masters of Philosophy, Trauma and Resilience-Peacekeepers
Master's degree, Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Gonzaga University 1997 — 1999
Master's degree, Counselling Psychology
Mount Royal University 1994 - Present
Independent Consultant 1990 - Present
Calgary Centre for Global Community 2011 - 2014
International Medical Corps 2009 - December 2011
Ahimsa December 2004 - July 2005
Conflict Resolution, Program Development, Conflict Management, Non-profits, NGOs, Program Evaluation, Human Rights, Public Speaking, Capacity Building, Mediation, Coaching, Organizational..., Community Development, Workshop Facilitation, International..., International Relations, Conflict, Policy, Public Policy, Civil Society, Nonprofits, Volunteer Management
Nazir Sunderani
Senior Program Manager, Operations AESO
University of Calgary 2008 — 2008
PMP Certified, Project Management
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Engineering, B.Sc. Hons Engineering
Alberta Electric System Operator October 2012 - Present
Alliance Pipeline May 2010 - September 2012
City of Calgary April 2007 - May 2010
Petro-Canada, Calgary, AB February 2006 - April 2007
Suncor March 2004 - February 2006
TranAlta Corporation July 2002 - March 2004
TransCanada Pipelines / Nova Gas Transmission January 1981 - July 2002
Project Portfolio..., PMO, Business Process..., Project Delivery, PMP, Business Analysis, MS Project, Process Engineering, Program Management, Project Management, Business Process, Project Planning, IT Strategy, Governance, Document Management, Business Process Design, Integration, Requirements Gathering, Agile Methodologies, Databases, Business Intelligence, SharePoint, Software Development, Data Warehousing, Change Management, Software Documentation, Process Improvement, SDLC
Information Technology and Services Consultant and Professional
Nigel Hunter
Lead Animator at Atomic Cartoons
University of Central Lancashire 2006 — 2009
Masters, Animation
Manchester College of Arts & Technology 2005 — 2006
Professional Training, 3D Modelling, 3D Animation, 3D Environments
BSc (Hons) 2:1, Electronic Imaging & Media Communications
Harry Carlton Comprehensive School 1989 — 1991
A-Levels (High School Diploma), Mathematics, Physics, Geography
Atomic Cartoons June 2015 - Present
Atomic Cartoons March 2014 - June 2015
Bardel Entertainment September 2013 - March 2014
Bron Studios August 2012 - July 2013
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc August 2011 - May 2012
Rainmaker Entertainment Inc June 2011 - August 2011
Lancashire County Council June 2005 - June 2009
wild-wild-webs November 2000 - June 2005
Powergen September 1996 - December 2001
Character Animation, Maya, 3D Studio Max, E-on Vue, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Web Design, User Interface Design, Video Editing, Video Production, Film, Computer Graphics, Animation, Computer Animation
Olivia Lake
Corporate Services & Operations Manager at Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Consulate General
University of Victoria 2012 — 2013
Professional Specialization Certificate, Public Policy and Governance
BA (Hons), Politics & Peace Studies
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Consulate - General February 2009 - Present
e:merge (Laisterdyke) Ltd October 2006 - December 2008
Center for World Indigenous Studies 2006 - 2006
Wyndham Worldwide / RCI October 1998 - September 2001
Public Relations, Event Management, Research, Government, Strategic Planning, International Relations, Policy, Project Management, Team Leadership, Customer Service, Crisis Management, Security Management, Human Resources, Public Sector Budgeting, Funding Applications, Stakeholder Engagement
Paul Artes
Professor at Plymouth University
PhD (Strategies for Visual Field Examinations), Ophthalmology
BSc Hons (1st class), Optometry
Paradiesschule Carl Zeiss Jena, Germany 1988 — 1991
Plymouth University November 2014 - Present
UNIL Université de Lausanne & Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules-Gonin August 2012 - Present
Capital District Health Authority August 2007 - November 2014
Dalhousie University August 2007 - October 2014
The University of Manchester September 2007 - September 2009
Wolferstans May 2005 - May 2008
The University of Manchester August 2005 - August 2007
Centre for Research in Innovation and Competition (CRIC) August 1998 - August 2002
Specsavers August 1997 - April 2001
Boots August 1997 - April 2001
Data Analysis, Analysis, Ophthalmology, Healthcare, Immunohistochemistry, Research, Biotechnology, University Teaching, Lecturing, Science, R, Hospitals, Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, Optics, Optometry, Hardware Diagnostics, Lifesciences, Glaucoma, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Image Processing, Research Design, Epidemiology, Surgery, Medical Devices, Medical Education, Medical Imaging, Public Health, Medicine, Scientific Writing, Pediatrics, Diabetes, Cancer, Treatment, Medical Research, Translational Research, Biostatistics, Research Ethics, Experimental Design, Medical Writing
Paul Fasulo
Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences, Univer
Research, Public Speaking, Higher Education, Teaching, Clinical Research, University Teaching, Data Analysis, Lecturing, Qualitative Research, Science
Peter Langille
London, Canada Area
Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Master's degree, Conflict Analysis
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Global Common Security i3 September 2008 - Present
Philip Walsh
Chair, Entrepreneurship & Strategy Department at Ryerson University
IMD Business School 2005 — 2006
ITP, Teaching
PhD, Strategic Management
The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of Business 1993 — 1995
Postgraduate Certificate in Business Management, Management
Queen's University 1977 — 1981
B.Sc., Geology
Ryerson University January 2007 - Present
Smith, Walsh & Associates April 1987 - Present
University of Surrey School of Management September 2003 - September 2006
Union Gas 1984 - 1987
Strategic Planning, University Teaching, Public Speaking, Research, Qualitative Research, Business Strategy, Social Media, Entrepreneurship..., Policy Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Analysis, Strategic Communications, Higher Education, Sustainability, Teaching, Statistics, Community Outreach, Management Consulting, Non-profits, SPSS, Critical Thinking, Teamwork, Social Networking, Editing, Consulting, Lecturing, Grant Writing, Strategy, Project Management, Management, Data Analysis, Proposal Writing, Report Writing, Nonprofits, Energy, Staff Development, Science, Microsoft Office, Marketing Strategy, Leadership Development, Research Design
Piyush Sethi
Pursuing CPA 2014 — 2017
BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance, 1st
Modern School 1999 — 2005
Commerce, Accounting and Business/Management
Durabuilt Windows & Doors Inc. September 2013 - November 2014
Durabuilt Windows & Doors Inc. January 2013 - August 2013
Durabuilt Windows & Doors Inc. September 2012 - January 2013
Corporate Executive Board September 2011 - April 2012
CEB April 2010 - August 2011
Cummins Inc. June 2007 - July 2008
Management Consulting, Organizational Design, Business Strategy, Research, Strategy, Sales, Client Relations Skills, Team Leadership, Market Research, Process Improvement, Management, CRM, Competitive Analysis, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Human Resources, Business Planning, Product Development, Change Management, Analysis, Business Development, Marketing, Business Analysis, Finance, Forecasting, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Analytics, Account Management, Negotiation, Team Management, Project Planning, Team Building, New Business Development
Pushpa Mistry
Risk and Internal Controls Consultant
BA Hons, Accounting, Organisational Behaviour, Economics, Marketing, Law
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) November 2013 - Present
Direct Energy January 2011 - October 2012
Direct Energy January 2010 - December 2010
Direct Energy October 2008 - December 2009
Direct Energy October 2006 - October 2008
Hummingbird Ltd January 2006 - September 2006
Hummingbird Ltd January 2002 - December 2005
GE Power Management June 2001 - December 2001
Yorkshire Electricity August 2000 - March 2001
Yorkshire Electricity February 1999 - July 2000
Internal Controls, Business Analysis, Budgets, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SAP, Accounting, Account Reconciliation, Financial Analysis, Business Process..., Analysis, General Ledger, Tax, Training, Accounts Payable, Financial Reporting, Quality Assurance, Energy, Auditing, Process Improvement, Financial Accounting, Testing, Risk Management, Finance, Variance Analysis, Access, Financial Modeling, Internal Audit
Rich Allan
Recruitment Consultant Accounting & Finance (Contract) at David Aplin Group
Msc, Marketing and Management
Fort Frances High School 1998 — 2003
David Aplin Group January 2015 - Present
Connaught Education June 2013 - December 2014
Global Academic Placement September 2012 - September 2013
Dipont August 2011 - September 2012
SBC- Sino British College 2008 - 2011
Wuxi Lambton College 2008 - 2008
Coaching, Recruiting, Leadership Development, Staff Development
Richard Corbridge
Director, International Programs at War Child Canada
The Open University 2008 — 2013
Executive MBA, Merit
Post-graduate Professional Diploma in Management, Profit/Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
University of Leeds 2001 — 2002
Postgraduate Certificate in Management, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
War Child Canada January 2010 - Present
Lancashire Global Education 2006 - 2009
VSO 2004 - 2006
PECKHAM VOLUNTARY SECTOR FORUM 2003 - 2003
Learning Partnerships 2000 - 2003
AWA Records 1990 - 2000
Organizational..., Capacity Building, Strategic Partnerships, Performance Management, Change Management, institutional..., Grant Writing, Fundraising, Strategic Financial..., International..., Program Management, Strategic Planning, Cross-functional Team..., Program Evaluation, Community Development, Organizational Design, Strategic Leadership, Quality Assurance, Financial Reporting, Operational Risk..., Program Development, NGOs
Richard Ullyott
Senior Fellow, Systems at Pratt & Whitney Canada
B Eng, Mechanical Engineering, Honours
Pratt & Whitney Canada September 2013 - Present
Rolls Royce Limited July 1979 - June 1984
Project Engineer ( Husky/BP Sunrise Project ) at BP Canada
BEng(Hons), Mechanical Engineering
BP Canada October 2010 - Present
BP Canda Energy 2008 - 2011
Oil/Gas, Pipelines, Engineering, Petrochemical, Onshore, Gas, Petroleum, Project Planning, EPC, LNG, Construction, FEED, Project Engineering, Energy, Inspection, Energy Industry, Refinery, Commissioning, Upstream, Oil & Gas Industry, Contract Management, Petroleum Engineering, Safety Management..., Drilling, Natural Gas, Piping, Completion, Occupational Health, Project Control, Pumps, HAZOP, Offshore Drilling, P&ID
Sean Gehring
Manager, Rehabilitation Services at The Ottawa Hospital
Master, Business Administration
B.Sc., Occupational Theray
2008, Industrial Relations
The Ottawa Hospital May 2011 - Present
the In Community June 2012 - March 2014
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada September 2013 - October 2013
Ottawa Hospital October 2009 - April 2011
Ottawa Hospital October 2008 - September 2009
the United Nations Secretariat June 2009 - August 2009
Ontario Public Service Union October 2007 - September 2008
The Ottawa Hospital July 2005 - October 2007
Analysis, Budgets, Change Management, Collective Bargaining, Healthcare, Strategy, Recruiting, Project Management, Program Management, Clinical Research, Healthcare Management, Labor Relations, Management, Marketing, Nursing, Quality Improvement, Organizational...
Sheikh Rajib
Junior Electrical Engineer (EIT) at AMPS Services Inc
Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Power System Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electrical Engineering, First Class
AMPS Services Inc October 2014 - Present
University of Manitoba September 2011 - July 2014
EBB Services Ltd. June 2009 - May 2011
Tenaga Nasional Berhad July 2007 - December 2007
Mega Steel Sdn Bhd September 2006 - December 2006
Electrical Engineering, Engineering Project..., HVDC, PSCAD, PSS/E, AutoCAD, ISO 9001:2008, Power Electronics, Signal Processing, Java, Matlab, Simulations, Simulink, Labview, LaTeX, C, Mathematical Modeling, Engineering Management, LabVIEW, Project Management, Power Systems, Microsoft Project, Project Planning, Engineering, Project Engineering, Factory
STEFAN CHUN HUANG
Global Sales Manager at Yuen Foong Yu(YFY) Investment Co., Ltd.
Paper & Forest Products
MBA, Management Strategy
Fu Jen Catholic University 1998 — 2002
Bachelor, Marketing and PR
Yuen Foong Yu(YFY) Investment Co., Ltd. March 2014 - Present
Paper Excellence Canada Holdings Corp. June 2013 - February 2014
Asia Pulp & Paper August 2010 - May 2013
Chinatrust Hotel Group (now is L'Hotel de Chine Group) April 2006 - April 2008
ETTV 2004 - 2006
Competitive Analysis, Marketing Management, Sales, Market Analysis, Pricing, Customer Service, Public Relations, Marketing Strategy, Brand Management, Marketing, Market Research, Teamwork, Business Planning, Marketing Research, Product Management, Management, Negotiation, New Business Development
Stephen Paul Ecclestone
Sales at PacTec, Inc.
Master of Science with Distinction, International Business and Management
Saint Mary's University 2000 — 2005
Bcom, Global Business Management
Certificate, New Product Development
Alliance Francaise
PacTec, Inc. September 2014 - Present
Intertape Polymer Group November 2011 - May 2014
Helly Hansen Canada Ltd. March 2010 - November 2011
Pitney Bowes Canada March 2009 - December 2009
Busan Board of Education October 2006 - August 2007
Marketing Strategy, Product Development, Market Research, Business Planning, Business Development, New Business Development, Strategic Planning, Negotiation, Marketing, Research, Key Account Management, Account Management, Product Marketing, Forecasting, Business Strategy, Sales Management, Sales, Marketing Management, Competitive Analysis, Product Management, Strategy, Team Leadership, B2B, Marketing Communications, Cross-functional Team...
Terry Dixon
VP, Clinical Services at Bellwyck Packaging Solutions
M.Pharm., Clinical Pharmacy
B.Pharm., Pharmacy
Bellwyck Packaging Solutions September 2012 - Present
Bellwyck Packaging Solutions 2007 - Present
DiLan Clinical Packaging Ltd. March 1994 - 2007
GlaxoSmithKline 1991 - 1994
GMP, Pharmaceutical Industry, Packaging, FDA, Key Account Management, Sop, Manufacturing, Folding Cartons, New Business Development, Continuous Improvement, Biopharmaceuticals, Clinical Development, Clinical Trials, SOP, Validation, Quality System, Pharmaceutics, R&D, Clinical Research, CRO
Tracy Shannon
Regional Contracts Manager, Waste at Provincial Health Services Authority
University of Birmingham 1992 — 1996
PhD, Chemical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Chemical Enginerring
Provincial Health Services Authority December 2010 - Present
Provincial Health Services Authority December 2008 - December 2010
Outokumpu Stainless Ltd October 2002 - August 2007
Environment Protection Agency UK 1997 - 2002
William Cowell
Plant Manager at Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company June 2012 - Present
Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing
Yingying cao
Laboratory Technician pathogens at Maxxam Analytics
Centennial College 2013 — 2016
Biotechnology - Advanced (Co-op), Biotechnology, GPA ALMOST 4.0
Bachelor's degree, Finance and Global Trade, Upper second-class honours（GPA 3.79）
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics 2009 — 2012
HND, Financial Services, GPA 4.0
Maxxam Analytics May 2015 - Present
Maxxam Analytics January 2015 - April 2015
Shanghai University of Finance & Economics September 2010 - May 2012
Laboratory, Microbiology, SOP, LIMS, Research, Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Environmental Awareness, Communication, Team Leadership, Analytical Chemistry
Akli Tarzalt
Algeria area
Key account manager chez ABB
MDI Algiers 2001 — 2003
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Management de projet
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Génie civil & structures
ABB September 2012 - Present
ABB SpA - Algiers 2012 - Present
Benisaf Water Company May 2008 - August 2012
GE Power & Water May 2007 - April 2008
Key Account Management, Product Marketing, Product Development, New Business Development, Business Development, Account Management, Negotiation, Business Strategy
Ali cherif cherif
Senior executive of Sonatrach , at the moment without commitment.
Bachelor of Egineering (sandwich course), Electrical and Electronic, Grade 2/2 Honors Degree
Lycée Abdelmoumen Saida 1976 — 1979
Baccalaureat, Serie Maths, Grade B
None February 2012 - Present
Sonatrach February 2008 - February 2012
SONATRACH ( the Algerian National Oil Company) February 2007 - January 2008
Liquified Natural Gas Plant-GL4Z (SONATRACH) January 2002 - February 2007
Engineering Direction (SONATRACH) July 2001 - January 2002
SONATRACH Renovation Project of LNG-GL1Z November 1992 - November 1999
SONATRACH - Liquified Natural Gaz Plant -GL1Z. October 1984 - November 1999
Factory, Software Documentation, Power Plants, Auditing, Mining, Petroleum, Oil/Gas, Gas, Upstream, Onshore, Drilling, Offshore Drilling, Energy
Elaiche Siad
Accounting Supervisor at Hallibuton Energy Services
MA financial accounting and Management, Accounting and Business/Management
Leeds University 1998 — 2002
BA Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance
Université de Ouargla
Hallibuton Energy Services January 2012 - Present
Halliburton January 2009 - January 2012
SH BP Statoil 2005 - 2006
Halliburton 2004 - 2004
PSL Energy Services 2004 - 2004
Gas, Financial Reporting, Petroleum, Financial Analysis, Management, Oil & Gas, Accounting, Oil/Gas, Onshore, Project Management, Project Planning, SAP, Procurement
MBA Candidate (Boston & NewYork) | Budget & Finance officer | Business Analyst | Audit | Treasury
Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier Business School 2003 — 2007
Danone September 2011 - Present
Danone February 2009 - September 2011
EY September 2007 - April 2008
Lacoste September 2006 - September 2007
Airbus February 2005 - September 2005
Forecasting, Financial Audits, Financial Reporting, Managerial Finance, Financial Analysis, Budgets, Internal Controls, Cash Flow, Working Capital..., FMCG, SAP, IFRS, Business Planning, Variance Analysis, Finance, Reporting financier, Management, Analysis, Auditing, Business Strategy, Business, Hyperion, Microsoft Excel, Budget, Controle de gestion, Controlling, planning, Prévisions, Finance managériale, Stratégie commerciale, Analyses, Audit, Analyse financière, Planification...
Andrés Álvarez Castañeda
Guatemala area
Conflict manager, security sector reform expert and coach of a new generation of rebels.
Master of Arts (MA), Conflict Resolution
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales 2003 — 2005
Master of Science (MSc), Social Sciences
The National Center for Strategic Studies 2003 — 2003
Postgraduate Certificate, Strategic Studies
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala 1997 — 2001
Licentiate degree, Anthropology
Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Postgraduate Certificate, Regional Security, Defense and Development
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala January 2013 - Present
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala January 2007 - June 2013
UNDP 2009 - 2010
Conflict Early Warning System April 2006 - December 2006
National Security Advisory Council January 2005 - September 2005
Human Rights Ombudsman of Guatemala 2005 - 2005
Strategic Analysis Secretariat July 2000 - August 2003
Conflict Analysis, Conflict Prevention, Conflict Transformation, Qualitative Research, Research Design, Project Management, Faculty Management, University Teaching, Action Research, International Relations, English, Analysis, Research, Social Sciences, International..., Spanish, Teaching
Fernando de la Cerda
Senior Associate Palomo y Porras
L.LM, Business and Trade
Universidad Francisco Marroquín 2004 — 2005
Master of Arts (M.A.) Cum Laude, International Relations, Cum Laude
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), Public Notary Degree
Governmental Reforms and Regulations, International/Global Studies
Law Firm Palomo y Porras March 2014 - Present
Diplomacy, Economics, Human Rights, Foreign Policy, International..., Foreign Affairs, International Law, International Relations, Legal Research, Political Science, Politics, Public Policy, Spanish
Technical Lead (Manufacturing Head) at Oriel Therapeutics
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School 2015 — 2018
Nottingham Language School 2012 — 2015
German Language CEFR Level B2
PhD, Pharmacy
Newcastle University 2001 — 2002
MSc, Process Analytics & Quality Technology
University of Hertfordshire 2000 — 2001
BSc, Chemistry, 1st Class Honours
Oriel Therapeutics November 2010 - Present
Vectura November 2009 - November 2010
GlaxoSmithKline R&D June 1999 - November 2009
Respiratory Products, Cross Cultural..., Manufacturing, FDA, Pharmaceutical Industry, Dry Powder Inhalers, Generic Drugs, GMP, R&D, Formulation, Validation, Technology Transfer, Medical Devices, Inhalation, HPLC, German
Julie Carney
Washington, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
International Sales Manager at Canford Audio PLC
BA Hons, German & Spanish
Canford Audio PLC December 1995 - Present
Canford Audio PLC December 1995 - August 2011
New Business Development, Account Management, International Sales, Key Account Management, Sales Management, Negotiation, B2B, Key Account Development
Adam Bickersteth
Financial Operations Manager at Detroit Metro Area
Ph.D, Political Science
The University of Stirling 1984 — 1988
BA (Hons), Political Science
n/a, Government
Detroit Metro Area Payments ManagerCambridge AssessmentDecember 2007 - October 2010
Cambridge Assessment February 2005 - December 2007
Cambridge Assessment June 2001 - February 2005
Cambridge Assessment May 2000 - June 2001
Self-Employed April 1999 - May 2000
Bradford Integra Programme November 1997 - January 1999
Department of European Studies, Bradford University 1993 - 1996
Customer Service, Microsoft Office, Mac OS X, Team Leadership, Managing Processes, Financial Management, System Deployment, Software Development, Analysis, Qualitative Research, Report Writing, Recruitment/Retention, Staff Development, Staff Training, Staff Supervision, Intercultural..., Copy Editing, Academic Writing, Interviewing, Spanish, Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Financial Analysis, Interviews, Research
Alex Denning, M.Sc., RPA
Museum Collections Technician at Harvard Medical School
Master of Science with Merit, Human Osteology and Palaeopathology
Adams State College 2010 — 2010
Archaeology- Research Design and Report Writing, (short graduate course)
SIT World Learning 2008 — 2008
Himalayan Buddhist Art & Architecture, (summer study abroad course)
Muhlenberg College 2005 — 2009
Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology; Physical Anthropology
Harvard Extension School 2015 — 2017
Harvard Medical School April 2015 - Present
The Center for Forensic Science Research & Education June 2014 - March 2015
Hunterdon Medical Center March 2014 - March 2015
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia January 2014 - March 2015
JMA - a CCRG company August 2014 - October 2014
A.D. Marble & Company April 2014 - May 2014
CHRS, Inc. November 2013 - April 2014
E2 Project Management, LLC July 2013 - October 2013
WDF Inc May 2011 - July 2013
The Nevermore Hotel May 2010 - August 2010
Archaeology, Research, Qualitative Research, Human Osteology, SPSS, Statistics, Anthropology, Microsoft Office, Analysis, Leadership, Museums, Excavation, Museum Collections, Teaching, Quantitative Research, Human Anatomy, Laboratory Safety
Freelance Motion Designer
BSc - First Class, with honours, Electronic Imaging and Media Communications
Various August 2008 - Present
Mode Adjust November 2013 - Present
NORTH October 2013 - Present
ZERO vfx 2013 - Present
Black Math 2013 - 2013
Established 2010 - 2013
Jump Design and Direction December 2012 - December 2012
Wolff Olins July 2012 - December 2012
The Mill August 2012 - November 2012
The Partners September 2012 - September 2012
Art Direction, Graphic Design, Branding, Animation, Motion Graphics, Compositing, 3D animation, Computer Animation, Storyboarding, Cinema 4D, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premiere, 3D, Film, Television, After Effects, Motion Design, Visual Effects, Creative Direction, Art, Post Production, Broadcast, Graphics, Digital Compositing
CEO of The Creative's Loft, CoFounder at Breakin Bread, 1st Winner at SWMIAMI
Audencia Nantes Ecole de Management 2009 — 2010
Master, International MBA
International MBA, Management
Universidad de Deusto 2008 — 2009
Santa Clara University 2007 — 2008
Major in Advertising Communication, Major in Advertising Communication
Major, Advertising & P.R. / Communication
The Creative's Loft January 2012 - Present
Breakin' Bread May 2015 - Present
Luxe Fête April 2014 - Present
Rokk3r Labs November 2014 - May 2015
Arista USA (Miami) January 2011 - November 2014
Arista January 2010 - December 2011
OgilvyOne July 2009 - January 2010
Arista February 2008 - August 2008
Social Media, Advertising, Digital Strategy, Digital Marketing, Marketing Communications, Marketing Strategy, Project Architecture, International Management, Interactive Strategy, Account Management, International Project..., Foreign Languages, Interactive Marketing, Social Branding, Community Management, Social Media Marketing, Marketing, Corporate Branding, Web Project Management, International Relations, Blogging, International Business, International Branding, Online Marketing, Online Advertising, Strategy, Direct Marketing, Event Management, Event Planning, Corporate Events, Public Relations, Events Coordination, Organization Of Events, Management, Brand Awareness, Lead Generation, Integrated Marketing, Email Marketing
Andrew Cowell
Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area
Technical Group Manager Visual Analytics at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mercyhurst College 2007 — 2007
Graduate Certificate, Intelligence Analysis
University of Central Florida 1996 — 2001
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering
Master of Science (M.Sc), Cognitive Science
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, First Class Honours
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory October 2014 - Present
Washington State University June 2011 - Present
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory March 2002 - Present
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory February 2011 - September 2014
Masterlink Corp March 2001 - December 2001
Kodak June 1999 - June 2000
British Telecom Research Labs June 1994 - August 1995
Semantic Web, User Experience, Interaction Design, Information..., Usability Engineering, Social Computing, Human-computer..., Human Factors, User Interface Design, Usability Testing, Teaching, Requirements Analysis, Social Media, Analysis, Human Computer..., Information Architecture, Ethnography, Artificial Intelligence, Technical Writing, User Interface, User-centered Design, Machine Learning, Web 2.0, Data Mining, Computer Science, Mobile Devices, User Research, Text Mining, Semantic Search, Data Analysis, Human Factors..., Contextual Inquiry, Task Analysis, Natural Language..., Software Engineering, Research Design, Statistics, Semantic Technologies, Science, Simulations, Algorithms, Information Retrieval, Wireframes, Heuristic Evaluation, Usability, Cognitive Science, Data Visualization, Experimental Design, High Performance...
Alan J. Porter
Writer / Content Marketing Manager at Caterpillar Inc.
BSc, Industrial Technology & Management
Caterpillar Inc. January 2013 - Present
Freelance May 1993 - Present
PTC October 2010 - December 2012
4J's Group LLC April 2005 - December 2012
Quadralay Corporation November 2006 - December 2009
MessageOne September 2004 - June 2005
Evergreen Assurance June 2003 - September 2004
Advent 3B2 Inc. November 2001 - May 2003
Chrystal Software December 1998 - October 2001
InterCAP Graphic Systems April 1996 - December 1998
Publishing, Content Strategy, Marketing, Technical Writing, Social Media, Content Management, Content Development, Content Marketing, Creative Writing, Comic Books, Graphic Novels, XML, Technical Publication, Enterprise Content..., Public Speaking, Strategic Consulting, Change Management, Fiction Writing, Non-fiction, Research, Blogging, Technical Communication, Software Documentation, Consulting, Technical Documentation, Marketing Strategy, Corporate Communications, Online Publishing, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Books, Web Content, Entrepreneurship, Cross-functional Team..., CRM, Management, Training, Publications, Business Process..., Project Management, Creative Direction, Leadership, Process Improvement, Product Development, Web Content Management
University of Wales, Cardiff
Guildford, United Kingdom
Birmingham, United Kingdom
The University of Hull
Hull, United Kingdom
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Europe Rises to the Challenge Posed by Trump
France and Germany step up cooperation as the United States under Donald Trump turn inward.
Nick Ottens July 14, 2017 July 31, 2020
Paolo Gentiloni, Mariano Rajoy, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Mark Rutte, the leaders of Italy, Spain, France, Germany and the Netherlands, deliver a joint news conference in Berlin, June 29 (La Moncloa)
I argued here last month that Donald Trump was inadvertently breathing new life into the EU — whose demise he has publicly wished for — by driving France and Germany closer together.
Now Politico reports that Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel have agreed to:
Jointly develop a new generation of fighter jets;
Push ahead, together with Italy and Spain, to procure a European alternative to American drones (a “Eurodrone”);
Cooperate on military space surveillance; and
Beam data to the EU’s European External Action Service for use in missions around the world.
At a joint news conference, Merkel also left the door open to creating a eurozone finance minister and harmonizing French and German tax rates.
“It’s complicated, but it could boost the internal market,” she said.
These used to be taboos.
France has traditionally been protective of its military independence. Germany has been wary of giving the French and other Southern Europeans too much influence over economic and fiscal policy lest they hurt the bloc’s competitiveness.
But the rise of Trump, and the challenge of illiberal democracy more generally to the European project, has focused minds in Berlin and Paris. Merkel and Macron realize they need to provide a counterweight.
If Trump won’t unequivocally back NATO, then Europe must make clear Western solidarity still extends to Russia’s border.
If Trump won’t defend free trade, Europe will. It recently negotiated pacts with Canada, Japan and Mexico.
Read more: Europe, France, Germany, Post-American World, Transatlantic Relations, Western Europe
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