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Renewable Energy: Finance
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of public funding for renewable energy since 2010.
Sefton Central
Bill Esterson
<p>The Government is committed to investing in renewable energy and our support has enabled the UK to become a world leader in clean growth with the fastest emissions reduction on a per person basis than any other G7 nation.</p><p> </p><p>We will spend £4.5 billion between 2016 and 2021 to support the development of renewable and low carbon heating through the Renewable Heat Incentive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also encouraging private sector innovation and £92 billion of private funding has been invested in clean energy in the UK since 2010.</p>
Biography information for Bill Esterson
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Pay
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the pay settlement for staff of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Luke Pollard
<p>Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel are part of the civil service. Therefore, responsibility for setting their pay and terms and conditions lies with the Cabinet Office and Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p>
South West Norfolk
Elizabeth Truss
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What recent assessment she has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the UK’s ability to tackle (a) hybrid and (b) cyber-enabled threats.
John McNally
<p>The Government takes hybrid and cyber threats very seriously, and we are strengthening the UK’s defences against increasingly sophisticated attacks. This includes assessing how we will tackle these threats once we have left the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The security partnership agreed between the UK and the EU sets out the broadest and most comprehensive agreement between the EU and a third country.</p>
Biography information for John McNally
What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) capabilities and (b) strength of the armed forces.
Robert Courts
<p>The Ministry of Defence launched the Modernising Defence Programme in January last year which looked across the spectrum at our current and planned capabilities, right through to our business practices.</p><p> </p><p>It is an ambitious programme, but we are confident that Defence is making the right capability investments and policy approaches to ensure we remain one of the strongest Defence players in Europe.</p>
Biography information for Robert Courts
Nuclear Weapons: Employment
What recent estimate she has made of the number of jobs supported by the nuclear defence sector.
<p>We estimate, based on industry and Government statistics, that the Defence Nuclear Enterprise supports at least 30,000 jobs, supporting prosperity across the United Kingdom.</p>
Stuart Andrew
Biography information for Stuart Andrew
How many organisations have signed up to the armed forces covenant.
Kevin Hollinrake
<p>To date over 3,600 organisations have signed the Covenant at an average rate of 30 per week, up from five per month in 2014. In addition, all Local Authorities in Great Britain and four in Northern Ireland have pledged to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant.</p><p> </p><p>Broadening support for the Covenant is a top priority for the Ministerial Covenant and Veterans Board and the Armed Forces Covenant annual report outlines the progress we have made.</p>
Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
Armed Forces: Pay
What recent discussions she has had with the Armed Forces' Pay Review Body on levels of pay for the armed forces.
Stockton North
Alex Cunningham
<p>The Ministry of Defence has provided the Armed Forces’ Pay Review Body with all its evidence to support their recommendations for Pay Round 2019-20 and is awaiting submission of the Pay Review Body’s final report. The Government will then consider the recommendations before agreeing the final 2019 Armed Forces Pay Award, taking into account the need to recruit, retain, and motivate suitably able and qualified personnel, as well as the long term affordability of the Armed Forces.</p>
Biography information for Alex Cunningham
Air Commodore Charles Clarke
If she will pay tribute to Air Commodore Charles Clarke OBE.
<p>Air Commodore Clarke was a great friend and ambassador of the Royal Air Force and a truly remarkable man.</p><p> </p><p>Air Commodore Clarke was a member of a World War Two Lancaster aircrew, and one of the last surviving prisoners of the Stalag Luft III Prisoner of War camp in Poland at the time of the great escape.</p><p> </p><p>Following a distinguished career in the RAF, he worked tirelessly as Chairman of the Bomber Command Association, not to mention his support for the RAF Association, RAF Benevolent Fund and the Air Cadets. His courage in the face of adversity is an inspiration to us all, and I know he will be sadly missed by all those who knew him.</p>
Weedkillers: Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of whether the weedkiller RoundUp is a potential cause of cancer.
<p>Like all pesticides, Roundup (a range of weedkillers containing glyphosate) is subject to strict regulation to ensure that its use will not harm people or have unacceptable effects on the environment.</p><p> </p><p>The European Commission decided in December 2017 to approve glyphosate for continuing use until December 2022. The decision followed a scientific risk assessment by the European Food Safety Authority, which included a very close scrutiny of the evidence on whether glyphosate causes cancer. UK experts participated in that assessment and supported its conclusions.</p><p> </p><p>All pesticide products, including Roundup, are tightly regulated by the Health and Safety Executive. They are only authorised for use if scientific data demonstrates that they will not harm people or have unacceptable effects on the environment.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to keep an active watch on the scientific evidence on glyphosate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
Scarborough and Whitby
Mr Robert Goodwill
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Aviation: Fuels
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of introducing fuel duty or VAT on aviation fuel.
Paul Farrelly
<p>Members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), including the United Kingdom, are prevented from taxing international aviation fuel, or any proxies for fuel, under the Chicago Convention. However, Air Passenger Duty – which raised £3.4 billion in 2017-18 – ensures that the air travel sector contributes to the cost of public services.</p>
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What recent assessment he has made of the effect on asylum seekers of his Department's policy on the right to work.
Stuart C. McDonald
<p>The Government fully appreciates that this is an important and complex issue which we need to consider in further detail.</p><p>That is why the Home Secretary has committed to review the policy.</p><p>We are continuing productive discussions with key partners, listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on this issue</p>
Biography information for Stuart C. McDonald
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of reported disability hate crime.
Debbie Abrahams
<p>The latest official data indicates an increase in police recorded disability hate crime, which is mostly due to general police recording improvements.</p><p>The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales indicates a downward trend in overall hate crime incidence over the past decade but any instance is one too many and we stand alongside all victims of this abhorrent crime.</p>
Biography information for Debbie Abrahams
What progress he has made on his review of the treatment of overseas students accused of cheating in the Test of English for International Communication between 2011 and 2014; and if he will make a statement.
<p>Following my last update to the House and the publication of the National Audit Office report into this issue I have sought further advice from officials in my department about measures we can put in place for those who maintain their innocence.</p><p>I intend to make a statement to the House this very soon.</p>
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Large Goods Vehicles: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of ECMT permits (a) required by UK haulier operations and (b) that will be made available in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Neil O'Brien
<p>The Government has been clear that it does not intend to rely on ECMT permits after we leave the EU. The EU has agreed a regulation on basic road connectivity which guarantees rights for UK hauliers to continue providing services between the UK and the EU should the UK leave without a deal. As it stands, the Regulation would come into effect if the UK left the EU without a deal and would last until 31 December 2019.</p><p>Going forward, we will be working with Member States to agree on bilateral arrangements. Many old bilateral agreements would become reinstated if we leave without a deal and we are confident that other bilaterals will be agreed swiftly, given it is in the interest of both sides for freight to continue to flow.</p><p>The UK’s allocation of ECMT permits for 2020 is a base quota of 174 which is equivalent to 2,088 annual Euro VI ECMT permits.</p>
Epsom and Ewell
Chris Grayling
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Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether representatives from Saudi Arabia (a) have been or (b) will be invited by the Government to send a delegation to the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition taking place at the Excel Centre in London 10-13 September 2019.
<p>Representatives of Saudi Arabia will be invited to DSEI 2019.</p><p> </p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons claimants of personal independence payments who have received a tribunal decision since the Upper Tribunal’s judgments on MH and RJ have been excluded from the administrative review.
<p>Following the MH and RJ judgments, the Department updated its guidance on Personal Independence Payment (PIP). In June 2018 it began an administrative exercise to identify claimants assessed using previous guidance to identify those who may be entitled to more support under PIP.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who have had a tribunal decision since the judgments are not being reviewed as part of the MH RJ administrative exercise. The tribunals are obliged to apply the law as it stands (including the MH and RJ Upper Tribunal judgments) to all appeals, and to award claimants accordingly. The Department does not have the legal powers to override tribunal decisions.</p>
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Research: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what account he has taken of his Department's report entitled What is the relationship between public and private investment in R&D published July 2015 which stated that an extra £1 of public funding would give rise to an increase in private funding of between £1.13 and £1.60 in setting policy on the relationship between public and private investment in R&D.
Newcastle upon Tyne Central
Chi Onwurah
<p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on 9 July 2019 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-07-04/273388/" target="_blank">273388</a>.</p>
Chris Skidmore
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 263146 on Visas: Applications, if he will ensure that the processing of in-country visa services by Sopra Steria will not result in increased prices for visa services for (a) international students and staff at UK universities and (b) universities.
<p>The application fee for a visa or visa extension is paid to the Home Office and is not related to the service provided by Sopra Steria.</p><p>As part of the application process in the UK individuals must enrol their biometrics at a UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service centre which are run by Sopra Steria.</p><p>For the majority of applicants in the UK there are a variety of offerings for students and other employees at UK education institutions which include free appointments at core service points, access to enhanced service points and the premium lounge for a fee. Additionally, to help meet demand for the autumn increase in student applications a “Tier 4 Service Point” will also be offered by Sopra Steria for a fee. This cost of this is lower than the costs of an out of hours, enhanced service point or premium lounge appointments under the normal UKVCAS service and will save students the financial and logistical burden of travel.</p><p>As part of our governance processes, we work closely with SSL to ensure that excessive charges are not imposed on UKVI customers. Whilst SSL may offer added value services to customers, these are optional and aim to enhance the customer experience.</p>
Smoking: Pregnancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the projected change in smoking rates among pregnant women is over the next two years.
<p>As outlined in the Tobacco Control Plan for England, published in 2017, the Government is committed to reducing the prevalence of women smoking during pregnancy to 6% or less by the end of 2022.</p>
South Ribble
Seema Kennedy
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to A connected society: A Strategy for tackling loneliness – laying the foundations for change, published 15 October 2018, what progress has been made on his Department's commitment to fund research into the impact of community-led housing and cohousing solutions on loneliness.
Portsmouth South
Stephen Morgan
<p>We have committed to funding research into housing solutions to tackle loneliness. The research will specifically explore how community-led housing initiatives, including cohousing, can help connect communities. <br> <br> This commitment was set out in the Government’s strategy paper: 'A connected society: A strategy for tackling loneliness’ <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-connected-society-a-strategy-for-tackling-loneliness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-connected-society-a-strategy-for-tackling-loneliness</a>. <br> <br> The Department has invited bids for the provision of our Loneliness and Community Led Housing Research. <br> <br> The aims behind the research are to: evaluate the value for money and impact of housing interventions on loneliness; understand the impact of community-led housing initiatives, including cohousing, on reducing loneliness across all ages; and to explore best practice in housing schemes that promote social cohesion.</p>
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Tourism and Foreign Investment in UK
What recent steps the Government has taken to promote (a) inward tourism and (b) foreign direct investment in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
Michael Fabricant
<p>Last year, over 3000 jobs came to Wales through Foreign Direct Investment, through 57 projects of which 93% were supported by both my department and the Department for International Trade.</p><p>Between 2015 and 2018, the UK attracted more foreign direct investment in capital investment than France and Germany combined.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all the crematoria in England operating within the 50-yard requirement of Section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902.
<p>Section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902 requires that a crematorium must be sited at least 50 yards from a public highway. It is a criminal offence for cremation to take place at a crematorium which does not meet this requirement.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not keep a record of whether individual crematoria comply with this requirement.</p>
South East Cambridgeshire
Lucy Frazer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student specialist dermatologists there were in each of the last 10 years for which data is available.
<p>The number of doctors in dermatology specialty training programmes in England is shown in the following table. Data is not available for years prior to 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Number of doctors in dermatology specialty training at March of each year in England</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year in training</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of dermatology trainees</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Published General Medical Council (GMC) data</p><p> </p><p>Doctors wishing to enter specialty training in the United Kingdom need to have completed an undergraduate medical degree and two years of foundation training, after which they can enter a six-year specialty training programme. This comprises of one of three two-year core training programmes (Core Medical Training, Acute Care Common Stem in Acute Medicine or Level 1 Paediatric training), followed by four years of dermatology training, and upon successful completion they can gain registration with the GMC as a specialist doctor.</p><p> </p><p>The data in the table is specific to years three to six of this training pathway.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were treated by consultant dermatologists for skin diseases in (a) the last 12 months for which data are available, (b) 2014 and (c) 2009.
<p>The information is unavailable in the format requested.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of professional training places for medical graduates wishing to specialise in dermatology; and if he will make a statement.
<p>The number of medical specialty training places that are available each year is set by Health Education England (HEE) and based on their assessment of service gaps and predicted workforce needs.</p><p> </p><p>Data from the HEE National Recruitment Office shows that there has been a 100% fill rate in dermatology specialty training in each of the past six years. The numbers of training places available in each year since 2013, the earliest available data, are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total national training numbers</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: ST3 recruitment website: <a href="https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/dermatology" target="_blank">https://www.st3recruitment.org.uk/specialties/dermatology</a></p><p> </p><p>Note: Data includes England, Scotland and Wales</p>
Blood: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2019 to Question 216936, for what reason NHS Blood and Transplant has not conducted paid for advertising to inform men who have sex with men of changes to blood donation rules.
<p>During 2017/18, NHS Blood and Transplant spent £3.14 million on paid media to encourage people to donate blood. All marketing materials promote the ‘eligibility criteria tool’ which is found on the Give Blood website at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.blood.co.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.blood.co.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>The ‘eligibility criteria tool’ lists the deferral times for a range of scenarios such as travel, medical conditions, tattoos and includes information for men who have sex with men and wish to donate blood. NHS Blood and Transplant is committed to exploring whether a more individualised approach to risk assessment could be taken to donor selection and expects to report on its findings regarding new evidence and new technologies for assessing risk by 2020. NHS Blood and Transplant has and will continue to engage with key stakeholders such as the Terrence Higgins Trust, the National Aids Trust and Stonewall about changes to eligibility criteria.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on advertising directly to men who have sex with men to inform them of recent changes to the rules on blood donation.
<p>In November 2017, when the change to the blood donor criteria for men who have sex with men came into force, a media release was distributed to national, regional and trade media. Posts on blood donation social media channels also directed individuals to this information. NHS Blood and Transplant has and will continue to engage with key stakeholders such as the Terrance Higgins Trust, the National Aids Trust and Stonewall on this issue. Further to this activity, NHS Blood and Transplant has not conducted paid for advertising to advertise the change.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Blood and Transplant is committed to exploring whether a more individualised approach to risk assessment could be taken to donor selection and expects to report on its findings regarding new evidence and new technologies for assessing risk by 2020.</p>
Government Departments: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what requests his Department has received from other Government Departments for the use of service personnel as part of (a) the Modernising Defence Programme and (b) other programmes to improve the resilience and defence of the UK; and if he will make a statement.
<p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) routinely works with other Government Departments to assure the resilience of the UK. The MOD holds forces, specialist capabilities and equipment ready to provide assistance to civil authorities if required.</p><p> </p><p>While programmes like the Modernising Defence Programme are used to agree the range of tasks that Defence fulfils for the Government, specific requests for Service personnel are made through the separate, routine process of cross-Government operational planning.</p><p> </p>
Milton Keynes North
Mark Lancaster
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Local Enterprise Partnerships: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to reply to the letter from Andy Street, Metro Mayor of the West Midlands, on proposed changes to the geography of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull local enterprise partnership; and if he will make a statement.
<p>The letter from Andy Street, Metro Mayor of the West Midlands, has been received. A response will be sent shortly.</p><p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) have been integral to economic growth across England since their establishment in 2010. This Government remains committed to strengthening LEPs to deliver ambitious strategies for growth and build an economy which is fit for the future.</p>
Rossendale and Darwen
Jake Berry
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Lichfield Trent Valley Station: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November to Question 190750, if he will (a) respond to the question of disabled access from the London side car park at Lichfield Trent Valley railway station and (b) provide Access for All funding for the construction of a ramp enabling disabled access from that car park to the station and its platforms; and if he will make a statement.
<p>Access for All is already due to provide an accessible route into the station and to and between all platforms, including access to one of the car parks. As only around a fifth of UK stations have proper step free access we intend to target the new tranche of funding at stations that disabled passengers are unable to use, ensuring that Access for All will benefit the maximum number of people across the country. Additional scope at existing projects, such as an extra ramp, would therefore need to have third party funding.</p>
Wealden
Ms Nusrat Ghani
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Category : Science
High Doses of Vitamin D Rapidly Reduce Arterial Stiffness
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – In just four months, high-doses of vitamin D reduce arterial stiffness in young, overweight/obese, vitamin-deficient, but otherwise still healthy African-Americans, researchers say.
Rigid artery walls are an independent predictor of cardiovascular- related disease and death and vitamin D deficiency appears to be a contributor, says Dr. Yanbin Dong, geneticist and cardiologist at the Georgia Prevention Institute at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University.
So researchers looked at baseline and again 16 weeks later in 70 African-Americans ages 13-45 — all of whom had some degree of arterial stiffness — taking varying doses of the vitamin best known for its role in bone health.
In what appears to be the first randomized trial of its kind, they found that arterial stiffness was improved by vitamin D supplementation in a dose-response manner in this population, they write in the journal PLOS ONE.
Overweight/obese blacks are at increased risk for vitamin D deficiency because darker skin absorbs less sunlight — the skin makes vitamin D in response to sun exposure — and fat tends to sequester vitamin D for no apparent purpose, says Dong, the study's corresponding author, Science Daily reported.
Participants taking 4,000 international units — more than six times the daily 600 IUs the Institute of Medicine currently recommends for most adults and children — received the most benefit, says Dr. Anas Raed, research resident in the MCG Department of Medicine and the study's first author.
The dose, now considered the highest, safe upper dose of the vitamin by the Institute of Medicine, reduced arterial stiffness the most and the fastest: 10.4 percent in four months. "It significantly and rapidly reduced stiffness," Raed says.
Two thousand IUs decreased stiffness by 2 percent in that timeframe. At 600 IUs, arterial stiffness actually increased slightly — .1 percent — and the placebo group experienced a 2.3 percent increase in arterial stiffness over the timeframe.
They used the non-invasive, gold standard pulse wave velocity to assess arterial stiffness. Reported measures were from the carotid artery in the neck to the femoral artery, a major blood vessel, which supplies the lower body with blood. The American Heart Association considers this the primary outcome measurement of arterial stiffness.
When the heart beats, it generates a waveform, and with a healthy heart and vasculature there are fewer and smaller waves. The test essentially measures the speed at which the blood is moving, and in this case, fast is not good, Raed says.
"When your arteries are more stiff, you have higher pulse wave velocity, which increases your risk of cardiometabolic disease in the future," says Raed.
The varying doses, as well as the placebo participants took, were all packaged the same so neither they or the investigators knew which dose, if any, they were getting until the study was complete. Both placebo and supplements were given once monthly — rather than daily at home — at the GPI to ensure consistent compliance.
Dong was also corresponding author on a study published in 2015 in the journal BioMed Central Obesity that showed, in this same group of individuals, both 2,000 and 4,000 IUs restored more desirable vitamin D blood levels of 30 nanograms per milliliter.
The 4,000 upper-limit dose restored healthy blood level quicker — by eight weeks — and was also better at suppressing parathyroid hormone, which works against vitamin D's efforts to improve bone health by absorbing calcium, they reported.
While heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, blacks have higher rates of cardiovascular disease and death than whites and the disease tends to occur earlier in life. The authors write that arterial stiffness and vitamin D deficiency might be potential contributors.
While just how vitamin D is good for our arteries isn't completely understood, it appears to impact blood vessel health in many ways. Laboratory studies have shown that mice missing a vitamin D receptor have higher activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, says Raed. Activation of this system increases blood vessel constriction, which can contribute to arterial stiffness. Vitamin D also can suppress vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, activation of garbage-eating macrophages and calcification formation, all of which can thicken blood vessel walls and hinder flexibility. Vitamin D also reduces inflammation, an underlying mechanism for obesity related development of coronary artery disease, says Raed.
Now it's time to do a larger-scale study, particularly in high-risk populations, and follow participants' progress for longer periods, Dong and Raed say. "A year would give us even more data and ideas," Raed adds.
Dong notes that pulse wave velocity and blood pressure measures are complementary but not interchangeable. "We think maybe in the future, when you go to your physician, he or she might check your arterial stiffness as another indicator of how healthy you are," Raed says.
There were no measurable differences in weight or blood pressure measurements over the 16-week study period.
The Institute of Medicine currently recommends a daily intake of 800 IUs of vitamin D for those age 70 and older. For adolescents and adults, they recommend 4,000 IUs as the upper daily limit; 2,000 was a previous upper limit.
More than 80 percent of Americans, the majority of whom spend their days indoors, have vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency. Dong, an expert in vitamin D and a professor in the MCG Department of Population Health Sciences, says about 15 minutes daily in the "young" sun — between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. — but before your skin starts to get pink, is the best source of vitamin D.
Foods like milk, milk products like cheese and yogurt, fatty fish like mackerel and sardines, some greens like kale and collards and fortified cereals also are good sources. The researchers say a vitamin D supplement is an inexpensive and safe option for most of us.
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Emotional Interview and Photo Gallery
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Brian Wakefield of San Francisco-based Emotional took a few moments before the band’s set on April 4th to talk with me about Emotional’s latest LP, The Band, and some of the tour highlights. He also expressed mild disapproval when he learned I gave up my tape collection (but I assure you, their departure weighed heavily on my heart).
A photo gallery of Emotional’s April 4th show at Denver’s Hi-Dive follows the interview:
Can you tell me a little bit about the current tour and how it worked out that you’re touring with the Memories?
Well, we talked about it for a long time. We’ve been friends for a long time; we used to live together in Portland. We took a long time talking about it, but then we finally did it together. It took us along this magic journey. It’s been pretty good so far.
What have some of the highlights been?
Oh boy. This might be a five minute pause because it was too good of times. Tuscan, we had a fun night. We played a nice, raunchy DIY space. South by Southwest was cool. We only played one show, but it was really good. New York, we played two shows. The first one was really bad, but the second one, we came back and it was a good redeemer. I have a bunch of fireworks I can’t wait to light off.
Where are you going to light the fireworks?
We’re going to Vegas tomorrow, and then Joshua tree.
The tour is ending in Joshua Tree, right? Is that where you’re going to set them off?
Yeah, I guess it depends on when the acid hits.
And you guys played South by Southwest last year, too, right?
Yeah, we did.
How did it compare?
Last year, we did more, like, scrappy shows that were cool – house parties and stuff – and that was fun. But this year, I think the band was a lot tighter and and more fun, and was relaxed and cool. Also, last time we went with our guitar player for this tour – his band is Friendless Summer. So, we were touring and sharing a van, sharing people and stuff. It was one really hectic van ride that was super fun. This year was cool; it was mellow. We only played one show. It was at sunset, so I was really into that one.
You guys are also promoting your second full length album, The Band. And you guys worked with Alex Brettin. He was the producer for some of the songs.
He helped take the songs from a reel-to-reel machine to getting them to where they were. We spent a few days at Studio G with Izak. Chris Funkle helped a little bit and even Jimmy was around. I met Alex because we played a show together one time. We got along and we both like to do the same kinds of drugs. When he was recording his album, I was there and he had me do some stuff for it, so I was trying to return the favor. His band is very next level. I was also trying to get secret tips from him, but all in all it just came down to “it is what it is,” you know? He’s playing in Oakland tonight – Mild High Club.
In an interview I read, you mentioned that writing and recording is more like keeping a diary than being in a band. For a lot of people, a journal entry should be kept private. What makes you want to divulge something so personal?
I think my friends would tell you that I can’t stay face. I’m emotional. I need to get better at hiding my emotions. I’m also kind of okay with being embarrassing to make it okay for other people. My line for awkwardness is a little skewed. I tell too much, sometimes, to strangers.
In addition to being involved with Emotional and Melted Toys, you also founded Death Records, which releases albums on cassette, and LP a little bit.
Yeah, this is our second LP, technically. We mostly do tapes.
Why do you mainly do tapes?
A lot of it has to do with these dudes. When we lived together, I saw them run a tape label. My time in Portland ran up and I was like “Fuck, I guess I’ll move back to San Francisco.” I moved to San Francisco, and I thought, “What am I gonna do?” All my friends were starting cool new bands and stuff. I needed to distract myself from other things, you know, stuff you get caught up in: drinking too much, getting your heart broken all the time, which I was really into in my younger, more vulnerable years.
But why cassettes versus vinyl?
Because you can do a million for super cheap, really quick. You can do ten different bands’ tapes – ten different separate releases – and that’s still less than the cost of one vinyl record. In that situation, you get a thousand tapes and you get three hundred records. It’s kind of just to spread it out. And I like tapes a lot. You can get a tape player for super cheap and it’s portable. You don’t have to look at a screen to use it. Before that, I was just into collecting tapes because Goodwill had them for cheap. And you can put tape on it and record on it. It’s so versatile.
I had a really great tape collection but I had to get rid of it.
I move a lot. And I had a vinyl collection, so I chose the vinyl over the tapes because I couldn’t bring it all.
Tapes are lighter.
Haha. They are! But I had to keep my vinyl. I have some good vinyl. My tape collection wasn’t as great. I did keep most of my mix tapes from my friends.
That would be messed up if you threw out your mix tapes.
Well I’ll let you get back to your shit – keep it short.
Cool. That’s it. Sweet.
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Title: Vietnamese language
Subject: Chinese calendar, Languages of the United States, Â, Yu (Chinese surname), Khmer language
Collection: Analytic Languages, Isolating Languages, Languages of Cambodia, Languages of China, Languages of Laos, Languages of Taiwan, Languages of Vietnam, Subject–verb–object Languages, Vietic Languages, Vietnamese Language
(Northern)
(Southern)
Kinh/Gin people
75 million (2007)[1]
Vietic
Viet–Muong
Latin (Vietnamese alphabet)
Vietnamese Braille
Vietnam[2]
Czech Republic[3]
viet1252[4]
46-EBA
Natively Vietnamese-speaking (non-minority) areas of Vietnam and China[5]
Percentage of Vietnamese people, by province[6]
Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is the national, official language of Vietnam. It is the native language of Vietnamese people (Kinh), and of about three million Vietnamese residing elsewhere. It also is spoken as a first or second language by many ethnic minorities of Vietnam.
It is part of the Austroasiatic language family of which it has by far the most speakers (several times as many as the other Austroasiatic languages combined).[7] Vietnamese vocabulary has borrowings from Chinese, and it formerly used a modified set of Chinese characters called chữ nôm given vernacular pronunciation. The Vietnamese alphabet (quốc ngữ) in use today is a Latin alphabet with additional diacritics for tones, and certain letters.
Geographic distribution 1
Linguistic classification 2
Phonology 4
Vowels 4.1
Consonants 4.2
Tones 4.3
Language variation 5
Writing systems 7
Computer support 7.1
Proto-Viet–Muong 8.1
Origin of the tones 8.2
Middle Vietnamese 8.3
Word play 9
Examples 10
Bibliography 13
General 13.1
Sound system 13.2
Pragmatics and language variation 13.3
Historical and comparative 13.4
Orthography 13.5
Pedagogical 13.6
Geographic distribution
As the national language, Vietnamese is spoken throughout Vietnam by ethnic Vietnamese and by Vietnam's many minorities. A few thousand native speakers live just across the border in China. It also is spoken in overseas Vietnamese communities, most notably in the United States, where it has more than one million speakers and is the sixth most-spoken language (it is third in Texas, fourth in Arkansas and Louisiana, and fifth in California).[8] It is the seventh most-spoken language in Australia.[9] In France, Vietnamese is the most spoken Asian language and the eighth most spoken immigrant language.[10]
Linguistic classification
Vietnamese was identified more than 150 years ago[11] as part of the Mon–Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family (a family that also includes Khmer, spoken in Cambodia, as well as various tribal and regional languages, such as the Munda and Khasi languages spoken in eastern India, and others in southern China). Later, Mường was found to be more closely related to Vietnamese than other Mon–Khmer languages, and a Việt-Mường sub-grouping was established, also including Thavưng, Chứt, Hung, etc.[12] The term Vietic was proposed by Hayes (1992),[13] who proposed to redefine Việt–Mường as referring to a subbranch of Vietic containing only Vietnamese and Mường. The term Vietic is used, among others, by Gérard Diffloth, with a slightly different proposal on subclassification, within which the term Việt-Mường refers to a lower subgrouping (within an eastern Vietic branch) consisting of Vietnamese dialects, Mường dialects, and Nguồn (of Quảng Bình Province).[14]
The words in orange belong to the Vietnamese native lexical stock while the ones in green belong to the Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary.
As a result of 1000 years of Chinese rule, much of the Vietnamese lexicon relating to science and politics is derived from Chinese — see Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary. Some 30% to 60% of the lexical stock has naturalized word borrowings from China, although many compound words are composed of native Vietnamese words combined with naturalized word borrowings (i.e., having Vietnamese pronunciation) . As a result of French occupation, Vietnamese has since had many words borrowed from the French language, for example cà phê (from French café). Nowadays, many new words are being added to the language's lexicon due to heavy Western cultural influence; these are usually borrowed from English, for example TV (though usually seen in the written form as tivi). Sometimes these borrowings are calques literally translated into Vietnamese (for example, software is calqued into phần mềm, which literally means "soft part").
Like other southeast Asian languages, Vietnamese has a comparatively large number of vowels. Below is a vowel diagram of Hanoi Vietnamese.
i [i] ư [ɨ] u [u]
Close-mid
ê [e] ơ [əː] ô [o]
Open-mid
e [ɛ] â [ə] o [ɔ]
ă [a] / a [aː]
Front, central, and low vowels (i, ê, e, ư, â, ơ, ă, a) are unrounded, whereas the back vowels (u, ô, o) are rounded. The vowels â [ə] and ă [a] are pronounced very short, much shorter than the other vowels. Thus, ơ and â are basically pronounced the same except that ơ [əː] is of normal length while â [ə] is short – the same applies to the vowels long a [aː] and short ă [a].[15]
In addition to single vowels (or monophthongs), Vietnamese has diphthongs[16] and triphthongs. The diphthongs consist of a main vowel component followed by a shorter semivowel offglide to a high front position [ɪ̯], a high back position [ʊ̯], or a central position [ə̯].[17]
Vowel nucleus
Diphthong with front offglide
Diphthong with back offglide
Diphthong with centering offglide
Triphthong with front offglide
Triphthong with back offglide
– iu [iʊ̯] ia~iê~yê [iə̯] – iêu [iə̯ʊ̯]
– êu [eʊ̯] – – –
– eo [ɛʊ̯] – – –
ưi [ɨɪ̯] ưu [ɨʊ̯] ưa~ươ [ɨə̯] ươi [ɨə̯ɪ̯] ươu [ɨə̯ʊ̯]
ây [əɪ̯] âu [əʊ̯] – – –
ơ
ơi [əːɪ̯] – – – –
ay [aɪ̯] au [aʊ̯] – – –
ai [aːɪ̯] ao [aːʊ̯] – – –
ui [uɪ̯] – ua~uô [uə̯] uôi [uə̯ɪ̯] –
ôi [oɪ̯] – – – –
oi [ɔɪ̯] – – – –
The centering diphthongs are formed with only the three high vowels (i, ư, u) as the main vowel. They are generally spelled as ia, ưa, ua when they end a word and are spelled iê, ươ, uô, respectively, when they are followed by a consonant. There are also restrictions on the high offglides: the high front offglide cannot occur after a front vowel (i, ê, e) nucleus and the high back offglide cannot occur after a back vowel (u, ô, o) nucleus.[18]
The correspondence between the orthography and pronunciation is complicated. For example, the offglide [ɪ̯] is usually written as i; however, it may also be represented with y. In addition, in the diphthongs [aɪ̯] and [aːɪ̯] the letters y and i also indicate the pronunciation of the main vowel: ay = ă + [ɪ̯], ai = a + [ɪ̯]. Thus, tay "hand" is [taɪ̯] while tai "ear" is [taːɪ̯]. Similarly, u and o indicate different pronunciations of the main vowel: au = ă + [ʊ̯], ao = a + [ʊ̯]. Thus, thau "brass" is [tʰaʊ̯] while thao "raw silk" is [tʰaːʊ̯].
The four triphthongs are formed by adding front and back offglides to the centering diphthongs. Similarly to the restrictions involving diphthongs, a triphthong with front nucleus cannot have a front offglide (after the centering glide) and a triphthong with a back nucleus cannot have a back offglide.
From the front and back offglides [ɪ̯], [ʊ̯], many phonological descriptions analyze these as consonant glides /j/, /w/. Thus, a word such as đâu "where", phonetically [ɗəʊ̯], would be analyzed phonemically as /ɗəw/.
The consonants that occur in Vietnamese are listed below in the Vietnamese orthography with the phonetic pronunciation to the right.
m [m] n [n] nh [ɲ] ng/ngh [ŋ]
p [p] t [t] tr [ʈʂ~ʈ] ch [c~tɕ] c/k/q [k]
voiced
b [ɓ] đ [ɗ]
aspirated
th [tʰ] kh [x~kʰ]
ph [f] x [s] s [ʂ] h [h]
v [v] d [z~j] r [ʐ~ɹ] gi [z~j] g/gh [ɣ]
u/o [w] l [l] y/i [j]
Some consonant sounds are written with only one letter (like "p"), other consonant sounds are written with a two-letter digraph (like "ph"), and others are written with more than one letter or digraph (the velar stop is written variously as "c", "k", or "q").
Not all dialects of Vietnamese have the same consonant in a given word (although all dialects use the same spelling in the written language). See the language variation section for further elaboration.
The analysis of syllable-final orthographic ch and nh in Hanoi Vietnamese has had different analyses. One analysis has final ch, nh as being phonemes /c/, /ɲ/ contrasting with syllable-final t, c /t/, /k/ and n, ng /n/, /ŋ/ and identifies final ch with the syllable-initial ch /c/. The other analysis has final ch and nh as predictable allophonic variants of the velar phonemes /k/ and /ŋ/ that occur before upper front vowels i /i/ and ê /e/. (See Vietnamese phonology: Analysis of final ch, nh for further details.)
Pitch contours and duration of the six Northern Vietnamese tones as spoken by a male speaker (not from Hanoi). Fundamental frequency is plotted over time. From Nguyễn & Edmondson (1998).
Vietnamese vowels are all pronounced with an inherent tone.[19] (More formally, diacritics indicate the tone of the entire word, centered on the main vowel or group of vowels, whereas accents qualify the vowel(s).) Tones differ in:
length (duration)
pitch contour (i.e. pitch melody)
pitch height
Tone is indicated by diacritics written above or below the vowel (most of the tone diacritics appear above the vowel; however, the nặng tone dot diacritic goes below the vowel).[20] The six tones in the northern varieties (including Hanoi), with their self-referential Vietnamese names, are:
Diacritic
Sample vowel
ngang 'level' mid level (no mark) ma 'ghost'
huyền 'hanging' low falling (often breathy) ` (grave accent) mà 'but'
sắc 'sharp' high rising ´ (acute accent) má 'cheek, mother (southern)'
hỏi 'asking' mid dipping-rising ̉ (hook) mả 'tomb, grave'
ngã 'tumbling' high breaking-rising ˜ (tilde) mã 'horse (Sino-Vietnamese), code'
nặng 'heavy' low falling constricted (short length) ̣ (dot below) mạ 'rice seedling'
Other dialects of Vietnamese have fewer tones (typically only five). See the language variation section for a brief survey of tonal differences among dialects.
In Vietnamese poetry, tones are classed into two groups:
Tone group
Tones within tone group
bằng "level, flat" ngang and huyền
trắc "oblique, sharp" sắc, hỏi, ngã, and nặng
Words with tones belonging to a particular tone group must occur in certain positions with the poetic verse.
Vietnamese Catholics practice a distinctive style of prayer recitation called đọc kinh, in which each tone is assigned a specific note or sequence of notes.
Language variation
There are various mutually intelligible regional varieties (or dialects), the main five being:[21]
Dialect region
Names under French colonization
Northern Vietnamese Hanoi, Haiphong, Red River Delta, Tây Bắc and Đông Bắc Tonkinese
North-central (or Area IV) Vietnamese Thanh Hoá, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh Annamese
Mid-Central Vietnamese Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, Huế, Thừa Thiên Annamese
South-Central Vietnamese (or Area V) Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam, Quảng Ngãi, Bình Định, Phú Yên Annamese
Southern Vietnamese Nha Trang, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu, Saigon, Lâm Đồng, Mekong Delta Cochinchinese
Vietnamese has traditionally been divided into three dialect regions: North, Central, and South. However, Michel Ferlus and Nguyễn Tài Cẩn offer evidence for considering a North-Central region separate from Central. The term Haut-Annam refers to dialects spoken from northern Nghệ An Province to southern (former) Thừa Thiên Province that preserve archaic features (like consonant clusters and undiphthongized vowels) that have been lost in other modern dialects.
These dialect regions differ mostly in their sound systems (see below), but also in vocabulary (including basic vocabulary, non-basic vocabulary, and grammatical words) and grammar.[22] The North-central and Central regional varieties, which have a significant amount of vocabulary differences, are generally less mutually intelligible to Northern and Southern speakers. There is less internal variation within the Southern region than the other regions due to its relatively late settlement by Vietnamese speakers (in around the end of the 15th century). The North-central region is particularly conservative. Along the coastal areas, regional variation has been neutralized to a certain extent, while more mountainous regions preserve more variation. As for sociolinguistic attitudes, the North-central varieties are often felt to be "peculiar" or "difficult to understand" by speakers of other dialects.
The large movements of people between North and South beginning in the mid-20th century and continuing to this day have resulted in a sizeable number of Southern residents speaking in the Northern accent/dialect and, to a greater extent, Northern residents speaking in the Southern accent/dialect. Following the Geneva Accords of 1954 that called for the temporary division of the country, about a million northerners (mainly from Hanoi, Haiphong and the surrounding Red River Delta areas) moved south (mainly to Saigon and heavily to Biên Hòa and Vũng Tàu, and the surrounding areas) as part of Operation Passage to Freedom. About 3% (~30,000) of that number of people made the move in the reverse direction.
Following the reunification of Vietnam in 1975–76, Northern and North-Central speakers from the densely populated Red River Delta and the traditionally poorer provinces of Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình have continued to move South to look for better economic opportunities, beginning with the Hanoi government's "New Economic Zones program" which lasted from 1975–85.[23] The first half of the program (1975–80), resulted in 1.3 million people sent to the New Economic Zones (NEZs), majority of which were relocated in the southern half of the country in previously uninhabited areas, of which 550,000 were Northerners.[23] The second half (1981–85) saw almost 1 million Northerners relocated to the NEZs.[23] As well, government and military personnel, many from Northern and north-central Vietnam, are posted to various locations throughout the country, often away from their home regions. More recently, the growth of the free market system has resulted in business people and tourists traveling to distant parts of Vietnam. These movements have resulted in some small blending of the dialects, but more significantly, have made the Northern dialect more easily understood in the South and vice versa. Most Southerners, when singing modern/popular Vietnamese songs, do so in the Northern accent. This is true in Vietnam as well as in the overseas Vietnamese communities.
Regional variation in grammatical words[24]
English gloss
này ni, nì nầy "this"
thế này ri vầy "thus, this way"
ấy nớ, tê đó "that"
thế, thế ấy rứa, rứa tê vậy đó "thus, so, that way"
kia tê đó "that yonder"
kìa tề đó "that yonder (far away)"
đâu mô đâu "where"
nào mồ nào "which"
sao, thế nào răng sao "how, why"
tôi tui tui "I, me (polite)"
tao tau tao "I, me (arrogant, familiar)"
chúng tôi bọn tui tụi tui "we, us (excluding people you talk to, polite)"
chúng mình, chúng ta bọn mình tụi mình "we, us (including people you talk to, polite)"
chúng tao choa, bọn choa tụi tao "we, us (but not you, arrogant, familiar)"
mày mi mầy "you (thou) (arrogant, familiar)"
chúng mày bây, bọn bây tụi mầy "you guys, y'all (arrogant, familiar)"
nó hắn nó "he/him, she/her, it (arrogant, familiar)"
chúng nó bọn hắn tụi nó "they/them (arrogant, familiar)"
ông ấy ông nớ ổng "he/him, that gentleman, sir"
bà ấy bà nớ bả "she/her, that lady, madam"
cô ấy dì nớ cổ "she/her, that unmarried young lady"
chị ấy chị nớ chỉ "she/her, that young lady"
anh ấy anh nớ ảnh "he/him, that young man (of equal status)"
The syllable-initial ch and tr digraphs are pronounced distinctly in North-central, Central, and Southern varieties, but are merged in Northern varieties (i.e. they are both pronounced the same way). The North-central varieties preserve three distinct pronunciations for d, gi, and r whereas the North has a three-way merger and the Central and South have a merger of d and gi while keeping r distinct. At the end of syllables, palatals ch and nh have merged with alveolars t and n, which, in turn, have also partially merged with velars c and ng in Central and Southern varieties.
Regional consonant correspondences
Syllable position
North-central
syllable-initial
[s] [s]
[ʂ] [ʂ, s]
[c, tɕ] [c]
[tʂ] [tʂ, c]
[z] [ɹ, ʐ]
[z] [j]
[ɟ]
v[25]
[v] [j, v]
syllable-final
[k] [k] [k]
after e
[k, t]
after ê
after i
[k] [t, k]
[ŋ] [ŋ]
after i, ê
[ŋ]
In addition to the regional variation described above, there is also a merger of l and n in certain rural varieties:
l, n variation
"Mainstream" varieties
Rural varieties
[n] [n]
Variation between l and n can be found even in mainstream Vietnamese in certain words. For example, the numeral "five" appears as năm by itself and in compound numerals like năm mươi "fifty" but appears as lăm in mười lăm "fifteen". (See Vietnamese syntax: Cardinal numerals.) In some northern varieties, this numeral appears with an initial nh instead of l: hai mươi nhăm "twenty-five" vs. mainstream hai mươi lăm.[26]
The consonant clusters that were originally present in Middle Vietnamese (of the 17th century) have been lost in almost all modern Vietnamese varieties (but retained in other closely related Vietic languages). However, some speech communities have preserved some of these archaic clusters: "sky" is blời with a cluster in Hảo Nho (Yên Mô prefecture, Ninh Bình Province) but trời in Southern Vietnamese and giời in Hanoi Vietnamese (initial single consonants /ʈᶳ/, /z/, respectively).
Generally, the Northern varieties have six tones while those in other regions have five tones. The hỏi and ngã tones are distinct in North and some North-central varieties (although often with different pitch contours) but have merged in Central, Southern, and some North-central varieties (also with different pitch contours). Some North-central varieties (such as Hà Tĩnh Vietnamese) have a merger of the ngã and nặng tones while keeping the hỏi tone distinct. Still other North-central varieties have a three-way merger of hỏi, ngã, and nặng resulting in a four-tone system. In addition, there are several phonetic differences (mostly in pitch contour and phonation type) in the tones among dialects.
Regional tone correspondences
Chương
ngang
˧ 33 ˧˥ 35 ˧˥ 35 ˧˥ 35, ˧˥˧ 353 ˧˥ 35 ˧ 33
huyền
˨˩̤ 21̤ ˧ 33 ˧ 33 ˧ 33 ˧ 33 ˨˩ 21
˧˥ 35 ˩ 11 ˩ 11, ˩˧̰ 13̰ ˩˧̰ 13̰ ˩˧̰ 13̰ ˧˥ 35
˧˩˧̰ 31̰3 ˧˩ 31 ˧˩ 31 ˧˩̰ʔ 31̰ʔ ˧˩˨ 312 ˨˩˦ 214
ngã
˧ʔ˥ 3ʔ5 ˩˧̰ 13̰ ˨̰ 22̰
nặng
˨˩̰ʔ 21̰ʔ ˨ 22 ˨̰ 22̰ ˨̰ 22̰ ˨˩˨ 212
The table above shows the pitch contour of each tone using Chao tone number notation (where 1 = lowest pitch, 5 = highest pitch); glottalization (creaky, stiff, harsh) is indicated with the ⟨◌̰⟩ symbol; breathy voice with ⟨◌̤⟩; glottal stop with ⟨ʔ⟩; sub-dialectal variants are separated with commas. (See also the tone section below.)
Vietnamese, like many languages in Southeast Asia, is an analytic (or isolating) language. Vietnamese does not use morphological marking of case, gender, number or tense (and, as a result, has no finite/nonfinite distinction).[27] Also like other languages in the region, Vietnamese syntax conforms to subject–verb–object word order, is head-initial (displaying modified-modifier ordering), and has a noun classifier system. Additionally, it is pro-drop, wh-in-situ, and allows verb serialization.
Some Vietnamese sentences with English word glosses and translations are provided below.
Minh là giáo viên.
Minh be teacher
"Minh is a teacher"
Trí 13 tuổi
Trí 13 age
"Trí is 13 years old."
Tài đang nói.
Tài -ing talk.
"Tài is talking."
Mai có vẻ là sinh viên hoặc học sinh
Mai have the look be student (college) or student (under-college)
"Mai looks like a college or high school student."
Giáp rất cao.
Giáp very tall
"Giáp is very tall."
Người đó là anh của nó.
person that be brother of he
"That person is his brother."
Con chó này chẳng bao giờ sủa cả.
classifier dog this not ever bark at.all
"This dog never barks at all."
Nó chỉ ăn cơm Việt Nam thôi.
he only eat rice (colloquial) Vietnam only
"He only eats Vietnamese rice."
"He only eats Vietnamese food." (especially spoken by the elders)
Cái thằng chồng em nó chẳng ra gì.
focus classifier husband I (as wife) he not turn out what
"That husband of mine, he is good for nothing."
Tôi thích con ngựa đen.
I (generic) like classifier horse black
"I like the black horse."
Tôi thích cái con ngựa đen đó.
I (generic) like focus classifier horse black that.
"I like that black horse."
Up to the late 19th century, two writing systems based on Chinese characters were used in Vietnam.[28] All formal writing, including government business, scholarship and formal literature, was done in Literary Chinese (chữ nho 𡨸儒 "scholar's characters"). Folk literature in Vietnamese was recorded using the Chữ Nôm script, in which many Chinese characters were borrowed and many more modified and invented to represent native Vietnamese words. Created in the 13th century or earlier, the Nôm writing reached its zenith in the 18th century when many Vietnamese writers and poets composed their works in Nôm, most notably Nguyễn Du and Hồ Xuân Hương (dubbed "the Queen of Nôm poetry"). However it was only used for official purposes during the brief Hồ and Tây Sơn dynasties.
A Vietnamese Catholic, Nguyen Truong To, sent petitions to the Court which suggested a Chinese character-based syllabary which would be used for Vietnamese sounds; however, his petition failed. The French colonial administration sought to eliminate the Chinese writing system, Confucianism, and other Chinese influences from Vietnam by getting rid of Nôm.[29]
A romanization of Vietnamese was codified in the 17th century by the French Jesuit missionary Alexandre de Rhodes (1591–1660), based on works of earlier Portuguese missionaries Gaspar do Amaral and António Barbosa. This Vietnamese alphabet (quốc ngữ or "national script", literally "national language") was gradually expanded from its initial domain in Christian writing to become more popular among the general public. However, the Romanized script did not come to predominate until the beginning of the 20th century, when education became widespread and a simpler writing system was found more expedient for teaching and communication with the general population. Under French colonial rule, French superseded Chinese in administration. Vietnamese written with the alphabet became required for all public documents in 1910 by issue of a decree by the French Résident Supérieur of the protectorate of Tonkin. By the middle of the 20th century virtually all writing was done in quốc ngữ, which became the official script on independence. Chữ nho was still in use on early North Vietnamese and late French Indochinese banknotes issued after World War II[30] but fell out of official use shortly thereafter. Only a few scholars and some extremely elderly people are able to read chữ nôm today. In China, members of the Jing minority still write in Chữ Nôm.
Changes in the script were made by French scholars and administrators and by conferences held after independence during 1954–1974. The script now reflects a so-called Middle Vietnamese dialect that has vowels and final consonants most similar to northern dialects and initial consonants most similar to southern dialects (Nguyễn 1996). This Middle Vietnamese is presumably close to the Hanoi variety as spoken sometime after 1600 but before the present. (This is not unlike how English orthography is based on the Chancery Standard of late Middle English, with many spellings retained even after significant phonetic change.)
The Unicode character set contains all Vietnamese characters and the Vietnamese currency symbol. On systems that do not support Unicode, many 8-bit Vietnamese code pages are available such as VISCII or CP1258. Where ASCII must be used, Vietnamese letters are often typed using the VIQR convention, though this is largely unnecessary with the increasing ubiquity of Unicode. There are many software tools that help type true Vietnamese text on US keyboards, such as WinVNKey and Unikey on Windows, or MacVNKey on Macintosh.
It seems likely that in the distant past, Vietnamese shared more characteristics common to other languages in the Austroasiatic family, such as an inflectional morphology and a richer set of consonant clusters, which have subsequently disappeared from the language. However, Vietnamese appears to have been heavily influenced by its location in the Southeast Asian sprachbund, with the result that it has acquired or converged toward characteristics such as isolating morphology and phonemically distinctive tones, through processes of tonogenesis. These characteristics have become part of many of the genetically unrelated languages of Southeast Asia; for example, Thai (one of the Tai–Kadai languages), Tsat (a member of the Malayo-Polynesian group within Austronesian), and Vietnamese each developed tones as a phonemic feature.
The ancestor of the Vietnamese language is usually believed to have been originally based in the area of the Red River in what is now northern Vietnam. However, Chamberlain argues that the Red River Delta region was originally Tai-speaking and became Vietnamese-speaking only between the seventh and ninth centuries AD, as a result of immigration from the south, i. e., modern central Vietnam, where the highly distinctive and conservative North-Central Vietnamese dialects are spoken today. Therefore, the region of origin of Vietnamese (and the earlier Viet–Muong) was well south of the Red River.[31]
Like the ethnonym Lao, the name Yue/Việt originally referred to Tai–Kadai-speaking groups. In northern Vietnam, these later adopted Viet–Muong and further north Chinese varieties, where the designation Yue Chinese preserves the ethnonym. (Both in Vietnam and southern China, however, many Tai–Kadai languages remain in use.) This explains the fact that the same ethnonym Yue ~ Việt is associated with groups that speak Tai–Kadai, Austroasiatic and Chinese languages, which are typologically similar and share significant amounts of lexicon, but have different origins.
Distinctive tonal variations emerged during the subsequent expansion of the Vietnamese language and people into what is now central and southern Vietnam through conquest of the ancient nation of Champa and the Khmer people of the Mekong Delta in the vicinity of present-day Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon.
Vietnamese was primarily influenced by Chinese, which came to predominate politically in the 2nd century BC. After Vietnam achieved independence in the 10th century, the ruling class adopted Literary Chinese as the medium of government, scholarship and literature. With the dominance of Chinese came radical importation of Chinese vocabulary and grammatical influence. Much of the Vietnamese lexicon in all realms consists of Sino-Vietnamese words.
When France invaded Vietnam in the late 19th century, French gradually replaced Chinese as the official language in education and government. Vietnamese adopted many French terms, such as đầm (dame, from madame), ga (train station, from gare), sơ mi (shirt, from chemise), and búp bê (doll, from poupée). In addition, many Sino-Vietnamese terms were devised for Western ideas imported through the French.
Henri Maspero described six periods of the Vietnamese language:[32]
Pre-Vietnamese, also known as Proto-Viet–Muong or Proto-Vietnamuong, the ancestor of Vietnamese and the related Muong language.
Proto-Vietnamese, the oldest reconstructable version of Vietnamese, dated to just before the entry of massive amounts of Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary into the language, c. 7th to 9th century AD? At this state, the language had three tones.
Archaic Vietnamese, the state of the language upon adoption of the Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary, c. 10th century AD.
Ancient Vietnamese, the language represented by chu nom characters (c. 15th century) and the Chinese–Vietnamese glossary Hua-yi Yi-yu (c. 16th century). By this point a tone split had happened in the language, leading to six tones but a loss of contrastive voicing among consonants.
Middle Vietnamese, the language of the Vietnamese–Portuguese–Latin dictionary of the Jesuit missionary Alexandre de Rhodes (c. 17th century).
Modern Vietnamese, from the 19th century.
Proto-Viet–Muong
The following diagram shows the phonology of Proto-Viet–Muong (the nearest ancestor of Vietnamese and the closely related Muong language), along with the outcomes in the modern language:[33][34][35]
Dental/Alveolar
Palatoalveolar
Stop/
voiceless *p > b *t > đ *tʃ > x *c > ch *k > k/c/q *ʔ > #
voiced *b > b *d > đ *ɟ > ch *ɡ > k/c/q
aspirated *pʰ > ph *tʰ > th *kʰ > kh
voiced glottalized *ɓ > m *ɗ > n *ʄ > nh
*m > m *n > n *ɲ > nh *ŋ > ng/ngh
voiceless *s > t *ɕ > th *h > h
voiced *(β) > v *(ð) > d *(ς) > r *(ʝ) > gi *(ɣ) > g/gh
*w > v *l > l *r > r *j > d
^1 According to Ferlus, */tʃ/ and */ʄ/ are not accepted by all researchers. Ferlus 1992[33] had an additional phoneme */dʒ/, and had the preglottalized consonant */ʔj/ in place of the implosive consonant */ʄ/. Note that the latter two sounds are not all that different, both being voiced palatals and glottalic.
^2 The fricatives indicated above in parentheses developed as allophones of stop consonants occurring between vowels (i.e. when a minor syllable occurred). These fricatives were not present in Proto-Viet–Muong, as indicated by their absence in Muong, but were evidently present in the later Proto-Vietnamese stage. Subsequent loss of the minor-syllable prefixes phonemicized the fricatives. Ferlus 1992[33] proposes that originally there were both voiced and voiceless fricatives, corresponding to original voiced or voiceless stops, but Ferlus 2009[34] appears to have abandoned that hypothesis, suggesting that stops were softened and voiced at approximately the same time, according to the following pattern:
*p, *b > /β/
*t, *d > /ð/
*k, *ɡ > /ɣ/
*s, *ɕ > /ς/
*c, *ɟ, *tʃ > /ʝ/
^3 In Middle Vietnamese, the outcome of these sounds was written with a hooked b ( ), representing a /β/ that was still distinct from v (then pronounced /w/). See above.
^4 It is unclear what this sound was. According to Ferlus 1992,[33] in the Archaic Vietnamese period (c. 10th century AD, when Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary was borrowed) it was *ɽ, distinct at that time from *r.
The following initial clusters occurred, with outcomes indicated:
*pr, *br, *tr, *dr, *kr, *gr > /kʰr/ > /ks/ > s
*pl, *bl > MV bl > Northern gi, Southern tr
*kl, *gl > MV tl > tr
ml > MV ml > mnh > nh
*kj > gi
Note also that a large number of words were borrowed from Middle Chinese, forming part of the Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary. These caused the original introduction of the retroflex sounds /ʂ/ and /ʈ/ (modern s, tr) into the language.
Origin of the tones
Proto-Viet–Muong had no tones to speak of. The tones later developed in some of the daughter languages from distinctions in the initial and final consonants. Vietnamese tones developed as follows:
Initial consonant
Smooth ending
Glottal ending
Fricative ending
High (first) register
Voiceless A1 ngang "level" B1 sắc "sharp" C1 hỏi "asking"
Low (second) register
Voiced A2 huyền "hanging" B2 nặng "heavy" C2 ngã "tumbling"
Glottal-ending syllables ended with a glottal stop /ʔ/, while fricative-ending syllables ended with /s/ or /h/. Both types of syllables could co-occur with a resonant (e.g. /m/ or /n/).
At some point, a tone split occurred, as in many other Southeast Asian languages. Essentially, an allophonic distinction developed in the tones, whereby the tones in syllables with voiced initials were pronounced differently from those with voiceless initials. (Approximately speaking, the voiced allotones were pronounced with additional breathy voice or creaky voice and with lowered pitch. The quality difference predominates in today's northern varieties, e.g. in Hanoi, while in the southern varieties the pitch difference predominates, as in Ho Chi Minh City.) Subsequent to this, the plain-voiced stops became voiceless and the allotones became new phonemic tones. Note that the implosive stops were unaffected, and in fact developed tonally as if they were unvoiced. (This behavior is common to all East Asian languages with implosive stops.)
As noted above, Proto-Viet–Muong had sesquisyllabic words with an initial minor syllable (in addition to, and independent of, initial clusters in the main syllable). When a minor syllable occurred, the main syllable's initial consonant was intervocalic and as a result suffered lenition, becoming a voiced fricative. The minor syllables were eventually lost, but not until the tone split had occurred. As a result, words in modern Vietnamese with voiced fricatives occur in all six tones, and the tonal register reflects the voicing of the minor-syllable prefix and not the voicing of the main-syllable stop in Proto-Viet–Muong that produced the fricative. For similar reasons, words beginning with /l/ and /ŋ/ occur in both registers. (Thompson 1976[35] reconstructed voiceless resonants to account for outcomes where resonants occur with a first-register tone, but this is no longer considered necessary, at least by Ferlus.)
Middle Vietnamese
The writing system used for Vietnamese is based closely on the system developed by Alexandre de Rhodes for his Vietnamese–Portuguese–Latin dictionary, published in 1651. It reflects the pronunciation of the Vietnamese of Hanoi at that time, a stage commonly termed Middle Vietnamese (tiếng Việt trung đại). The pronunciation of the "rime" of the syllable, i.e. all parts other than the initial consonant (optional /w/ glide, vowel nucleus, tone and final consonant), appears nearly identical between Middle Vietnamese and modern Hanoi pronunciation. On the other hand, the Middle Vietnamese pronunciation of the initial consonant differs greatly from all modern dialects, and in fact is significantly closer to the modern Saigon dialect than the modern Hanoi dialect.
The following diagram shows the orthography and pronunciation of Middle Vietnamese:
voiceless p [p] t [t] tr [ʈ] ch [c] c/k [k]
aspirated ph [pʰ] th [tʰ] kh [kʰ]
voiced glottalized b [ɓ] đ [ɗ]
voiceless s [ʂ] x [ɕ] h [h]
voiced ꞗ [β] d [ð] gi [ʝ] g/gh [ɣ]
v/u/o [w] l [l] r [ɹ] y/i/ĕ [j]
^1 [p] occurs only at the end of a syllable.
^2 This symbol, "Latin small letter B with flourish", looks like: . It has a rounded hook that starts halfway up the left side (where the top of the curved part of the b meets the vertical, straight part) and curves about 180 degrees counterclockwise, ending below the bottom-left corner.
^3 [j] does not occur at the beginning of a syllable, but can occur at the end of a syllable, where it is notated i or y (with the difference between the two often indicating differences in the quality or length of the preceding vowel), and after /ð/ and /β/, where it is notated ĕ. This ĕ, and the /j/ it notated, have disappeared from the modern language.
Note that b [ɓ] and p [p] never contrast in any position, suggesting that they are allophones; likewise for gi [ʝ] and y/i/ĕ [j].
The language also has three clusters at the beginning of syllables, which have since disappeared:
tl /tl/ > modern tr
bl /ɓl/ > modern gi (Northern), tr (Southern)
ml /ml/ > mnh /mɲ/ > modern nh
Most of the unusual correspondences between spelling and modern pronunciation are explained by Middle Vietnamese. Note in particular:
de Rhodes' system has two different b letters, a regular b and a "hooked" b in which the upper section of the curved part of the b extends leftward past the vertical bar and curls down again in a semicircle. This apparently represented a voiced bilabial fricative /β/. Within a century or so, both /β/ and /w/ had merged as /v/, spelled as v.
de Rhodes' system has a second medial glide /j/ that is written ĕ and appears in some words with initial d and hooked b. These later disappear.
đ /ɗ/ was (and still is) alveolar, whereas d /ð/ was dental. The choice of symbols was based on the dental rather than alveolar nature of /d/ and its allophone [ð] in Spanish and other Romance languages. The inconsistency with the symbols assigned to /ɓ/ vs. /β/ was based on the lack of any such place distinction between the two, with the result that the stop consonant /ɓ/ appeared more "normal" than the fricative /β/. In both cases, the implosive nature of the stops does not appear to have had any role in the choice of symbol.
x was alveolopalatal /ɕ/ rather than dental /s/, as in the modern language. In 17th-century Portuguese, the common language of the Jesuits, s was an apicoalveolar sibilant /s̺/ (as still in much of Spain and some parts of Portugal), while x was a palatoalveolar /ʃ/. The similarity of apicoalveolar /s̺/ to the Vietnamese retroflex /ʂ/ led to the assignment of s and x as above.
De Rhodes' orthography also made use of an apex diacritic to indicate a final labial-velar nasal /ŋ͡m/, an allophone of /ŋ/ that is peculiar to the Hanoi dialect to the present day. This diacritic is often mistaken for a tilde in modern reproductions of early Vietnamese writing.
A language game known as nói lái is used by Vietnamese speakers. Nói lái involves switching the tones in a pair of words and also the order of the two words or the first consonant and rime of each word; the resulting nói lái pair preserves the original sequence of tones. Some examples:
Original phrase
Phrase after nói lái transformation
đái dầm "(child) wet their pants" → dấm đài (nonsense words) word order and tone switch
chửa hoang "pregnancy out of wedlock" → hoảng chưa "scared yet?" word order and tone switch
bầy tôi "all the king's subjects" → bồi tây "French waiter" initial consonant, rime, and tone switch
bí mật "secrets" → bật mí "revealing secrets" initial consonant and rime switch
The resulting transformed phrase often has a different meaning but sometimes may just be a nonsensical word pair. Nói lái can be used to obscure the original meaning and thus soften the discussion of a socially sensitive issue, as with dấm đài and hoảng chưa (above) or, when implied (and not overtly spoken), to deliver a hidden subtextual message, as with bồi tây.[36] Naturally, nói lái can be used for a humorous effect.[37]
Another word game somewhat reminiscent of pig latin is played by children. Here a nonsense syllable (chosen by the child) is prefixed onto a target word's syllables, then their initial consonants and rimes are switched with the tone of the original word remaining on the new switched rime.
Nonsense syllable
Target word
Intermediate form with prefixed syllable
Resulting "secret" word
la phở "beef or chicken noodle soup" → la phở → lơ phả
la ăn "to eat" → la ăn → lăn a
la hoàn cảnh "situation" → la hoàn la cảnh → loan hà lanh cả
chim hoàn cảnh "situation" → chim hoàn chim cảnh → choan hìm chanh kỉm
This language game is often used as a "secret" or "coded" language useful for obscuring messages from adult comprehension.
See "The Tale of Kieu" for an extract of the first six lines of Truyện Kiều, an epic narrative poem by the celebrated poet Nguyễn Du, 阮攸), which is often considered the most significant work of Vietnamese literature. It was originally written in Nôm (titled Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh 斷腸新聲) and is widely taught in Vietnam today.
Austroasiatic languages
Chữ nho
Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary
Vietic languages
Vietnamese alphabet
Vietnamese literature
Vietnamese morphology
Vietnamese phonology
Vietnamese pronouns
Vietnamese studies
Vietnamese syntax
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^ Citizens belonging to minorities, which traditionally and on long-term basis live within the territory of the Czech Republic, enjoy the right to use their language in communication with authorities and in front of the courts of law (for the list of recognized minorities see National Minorities Policy of the Government of the Czech Republic, Belorussian and Vietnamese since 4 July 2013, see Česko má nové oficiální národnostní menšiny. Vietnamce a Bělorusy). The article 25 of the Czech Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms ensures right of the national and ethnic minorities for education and communication with authorities in their own language. Act No. 500/2004 Coll. (The Administrative Rule) in its paragraph 16 (4) (Procedural Language) ensures, that a citizen of the Czech Republic, who belongs to a national or an ethnic minority, which traditionally and on long-term basis lives within the territory of the Czech Republic, have right to address an administrative agency and proceed before it in the language of the minority. In the case that the administrative agency doesn't have an employee with knowledge of the language, the agency is bound to obtain a translator at the agency's own expense. According to Act No. 273/2001 (About The Rights of Members of Minorities) paragraph 9 (The right to use language of a national minority in dealing with authorities and in front of the courts of law) the same applies for the members of national minorities also in front of the courts of law.
^ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Vietnamese". Glottolog 2.2. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
^ From Ethnologue (2009, 2013)
^ "The 2009 Vietnam Population and Housing Census: Completed Results". General Statistics Office of Vietnam: Central Population and Housing Census Steering Committee. June 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
^ George van Driem (2001). Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook.
^ "Table 53. Languages Spoken At Home by Language: 2009", The 2012 Statistical Abstract (U.S. Census Bureau), retrieved 2011-12-27
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^ "Mon–Khmer languages: The Vietic branch". SEAlang Projects. Retrieved November 8, 2006.
^ Ferlus, Michel. 1996. Langues et peuples viet-muong. Mon-Khmer Studies 26. 7–28.
^ Hayes, La Vaughn H. 1992. Vietic and Việt-Mường: a new subgrouping in Mon-Khmer. Mon-Khmer Studies 21. 211–228.
^ Diffloth, Gérard. 1992. Vietnamese as a Mon-Khmer language. Papers from the First Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 125–128. Tempe, Arizona: Program for Southeast Asian Studies.
^ There are different descriptions of Hanoi vowels. Another common description is that of Thompson (1965):
unrounded
i [i] ư [ɯ] u [u]
ê [e] ơ [ɤ] ô [o]
e [ɛ] â [ʌ] o [ɔ]
a [a] ă [ɐ]
This description distinguishes four degrees of vowel height and a rounding contrast (rounded vs. unrounded) between back vowels. The relative shortness of ă and â would then be a secondary feature. Thompson describes the vowel ă [ɐ] as being slightly higher (upper low) than a [a].
^ In Vietnamese, diphthongs are âm đôi.
^ The diphthongs and triphthongs as described by Thompson can be compared with the description above:
Thompson's diphthongs
Front offglide
Back offglide
Centering offglide
– iu [iʊ̯] ia~iê [iə̯]
– êu [eʊ̯] –
– eo [ɛʊ̯] –
ưi [ɯɪ̯] ưu [ɯʊ̯] ưa~ươ [ɯə̯]
ây [ʌɪ̯] âu [ʌʊ̯] –
ơi [ɤɪ̯] – –
ay [ɐɪ̯] au [ɐʊ̯] –
ai [aɪ̯] ao [aʊ̯] –
ui [uɪ̯] – ua~uô [uə̯]
ôi [oɪ̯] – –
oi [ɔɪ̯] – –
Thompson's triphthongs
Centering diphthong
ia ~ iê
– iêu [iə̯ʊ̯]
ưa ~ ươ
ươi [ɨə̯ɪ̯] ươu [ɨə̯ʊ̯]
ua ~ uô
uôi [uə̯ɪ̯] –
^ The lack of diphthong consisting of a ơ + back offglide (i.e., [əːʊ̯]) is an apparent gap.
^ Called thanh điệu in Vietnamese
^ Note that the name of each tone has the corresponding tonal diacritic on the vowel.
^ Sources on Vietnamese variation include: Alves (forthcoming), Alves & Nguyễn (2007), Emeneau (1947), Hoàng (1989), Honda (2006), Nguyễn, Đ.-H. (1995), Pham (2005), Thompson (1991[1965]), Vũ (1982), Vương (1981).
^ Some differences in grammatical words are noted in Vietnamese grammar: Demonstratives, Vietnamese grammar: Pronouns.
^ a b c Desbarats, Jacqueline. "Repression in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Executions and Population Relocation". Indochina report ; no. 11. Executive Publications, Singapore 1987. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
^ Table data from Hoàng (1989).
^ In southern dialects, v is reported to have a spelling pronunciation (i.e., the spelling influences pronunciation) of [vj] or [bj] among educated speakers. However, educated speakers revert to usual [j] in more relaxed speech. Less educated speakers have [j] more consistently throughout their speech. See: Thompson (1959), Thompson (1965: 85, 89, 93, 97-98).
^ Gregerson (1981) notes that this variation was present in de Rhodes's time in some initial consonant clusters: mlẽ ~ mnhẽ "reason" (cf. modern Vietnamese lẽ "reason").
^ Comparison note: As such its grammar relies on word order and sentence structure rather than morphology (in which word changes through inflection). Whereas European languages tend to use morphology to express tense, Vietnamese uses grammatical particles or syntactic constructions.
^ David G. Marr (1984). Vietnamese Tradition on Trial, 1920–1945. University of California Press. p. 145.
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^ a b c d Ferlus, Michael (1992), "Histoire abrégée de l'évolution des consonnes initiales du Vietnamien et du Sino-Vietnamien", Mon–Khmer Studies 20: 111–125 .
^ a b Ferlus, Michael (2009), "A layer of Dongsonian vocabulary in Vietnamese", Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 1: 95–109 .
^ a b Thompson, Laurence C., "Proto-Viet–Muong Phonology", Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications, Austroasiatic Studies Part II (University of Hawai'i Press) 13: 1113–1203, .
^ Nguyễn Đ.-H. (1997: 29) gives the following context: "... a collaborator under the French administration was presented with a congratulatory panel featuring the two Chinese characters quần thần. This Sino-Vietnamese expression could be defined as bầy tôi meaning 'all the king's subjects'. But those two syllables, when undergoing commutation of rhyme and tone, would generate bồi tây meaning 'servant in a French household'.
^ See www.users.bigpond.com/doanviettrung/noilai.html, Language Log's itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001788.html, and tphcm.blogspot.com/2005/01/ni-li.html for more examples.
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Honda, Koichi. (2006). "F0 and phonation types in Nghe Tinh Vietnamese tones". In P. Warren & C. I. Watson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (pp. 454–459). Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland.
Luong, Hy Van. (1987). "Plural markers and personal pronouns in Vietnamese person reference: An analysis of pragmatic ambiguity and negative models". Anthropological Linguistics, 29 (1), 49-70.
Pham, Andrea Hoa. (2005). "Vietnamese tonal system in Nghi Loc: A preliminary report". In C. Frigeni, M. Hirayama, & S. Mackenzie (Eds.), Toronto working papers in linguistics: Special issue on similarity in phonology (Vol. 24, pp. 183–459). Auckland, New Zealand: University of Auckland.
Sophana, Srichampa. (2004). "Politeness strategies in Hanoi Vietnamese speech". Mon–Khmer Studies, 34, 137-157
Sophana, Srichampa. (2005). "Comparison of greetings in the Vietnamese dialects of Ha Noi and Ho Chi Minh City". Mon–Khmer Studies, 35, 83-99
Vũ, Thanh Phương. (1982). Phonetic properties of Vietnamese tones across dialects. In D. Bradley (Ed.), Papers in Southeast Asian linguistics: Tonation (Vol. 8, pp. 55–75). Sydney: Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University.
Vương, Hữu Lễ. (1981). Vài nhận xét về đặc diểm của vần trong thổ âm Quảng Nam ở Hội An [Some notes on special qualities of the rhyme in local Quảng Nam speech in Hội An]. In Một Số Vấn Ðề Ngôn Ngữ Học Việt Nam [Some linguistics issues in Vietnam] (pp. 311–320). Hà Nội: Nhà Xuất Bản Ðại Học và Trung Học Chuyên Nghiệp.
Historical and comparative
Alves, Mark. (1999). "What's so Chinese about Vietnamese?", in Papers from the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. University of California, Berkeley. PDF at the Wayback Machine (archived June 26, 2008)
Cooke, Joseph R. (1968). Pronominal reference in Thai, Burmese, and Vietnamese. University of California publications in linguistics (No. 52). Berkeley: University of California Press.
Gregerson, Kenneth J. (1969). A study of Middle Vietnamese phonology. Bulletin de la Société des Etudes Indochinoises, 44, 135-193. (Reprinted in 1981).
Nguyễn, Đình-Hoà. (1986). Alexandre de Rhodes' dictionary. Papers in Linguistics, 19, 1-18.
Shorto, Harry L. edited by Sidwell, Paul, Cooper, Doug and Bauer, Christian (2006). A Mon–Khmer comparative dictionary. Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics. ISBN
Thompson, Laurence E. (1967). The history of Vietnamese finals. Language, 43 (1), 362-371.
Haudricourt, André-Georges (1949). "Origine des particularités de l'alphabet vietnamien". Dân Việt-Nam 3: 61–68.
English translation: Michaud, Alexis; Haudricourt, André-Georges (2010). "The origin of the peculiarities of the Vietnamese alphabet". Mon-Khmer Studies 39: 89–104.
Nguyễn, Đình-Hoà. (1955). Quốc-ngữ: The modern writing system in Vietnam. Washington, D. C.: Author.
Nguyễn, Đình-Hoà. (1990). Graphemic borrowing from Chinese: The case of chữ nôm, Vietnam's demotic script. Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, 61, 383–432.
Nguyễn, Đình-Hoà. (1996). Vietnamese. In P. T. Daniels, & W. Bright (Eds.), The world's writing systems, (pp. 691–699). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507993-7.
Pedagogical
Nguyen, Bich Thuan. (1997). Contemporary Vietnamese: An intermediate text. Southeast Asian language series. Northern Illinois University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
Healy, Dana. (2004). Teach Yourself Vietnamese. Teach Yourself. Chicago: McGraw-Hill. ISBN
Hoang, Thinh; Nguyen, Xuan Thu; Trinh, Quynh-Tram; (2000). Vietnamese phrasebook, (3rd ed.). Hawthorn, Vic.: Lonely Planet. ISBN
Moore, John. (1994). Colloquial Vietnamese: A complete language course. London: Routledge. ISBN; ISBN (w/ CD); ISBN (w/ cassettes);
Nguyễn, Đình-Hoà. (1967). Read Vietnamese: A graded course in written Vietnamese. Rutland, Vermont: C.E. Tuttle.
Lâm, Lý-duc; Emeneau, M. B.; & Steinen, Diether von den. (1944). An Annamese reader. Berkeley: University of California, Berkeley.
Nguyễn, Đăng Liêm. (1970). Vietnamese pronunciation. PALI language texts: Southeast Asia. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Online Vietnamese lessons from Northern Illinois University
USA Foreign Service Institute Vietnamese basic course
Vietnamese Vocabulary List (from the World Loanword Database)
Swadesh list of Vietnamese basic vocabulary words (from Wiktionary's Swadesh-list appendix)
Nôm look-up from the Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation
Lexicon of Vietnamese words borrowed from French by Jubinell
List of Japanese-Vietnamese Kanjis by Jubinell
The Vietnamese keyboard its layout is compared with US, UK, Canada, France, and Germany's keyboards.
The Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project
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Here's a Part of Aging That Really Stinks
THURSDAY, Aug. 16, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Unpleasant phantom odors haunt many older Americans, a new study finds.
Of more than 7,400 people over age 40 who took part in a federal health survey, 6.5 percent said they experience nasty odors -- such as burning hair or the reek of an ashtray -- from nowhere. That's 1 in 15 people.
As folks age, their ability to identify odors tends to decrease, but their detection of phantom odors increases. Why this happens is a mystery, but smelling something that isn't really there can be life-changing, the researchers said.
"Problems with the sense of smell are often overlooked, despite their importance. They can have a big impact on appetite, food preferences, and the ability to smell danger signals such as fire, gas leaks and spoiled food," said Judith Cooper. She's acting director of the U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). It led the study.
Lead researcher Kathleen Bainbridge said overactive odor-sensing cells in the nasal cavity or a malfunction in the brain area that understands odor signals may be involved. The new study lays the groundwork for further research.
"A good first step in understanding any medical condition is a clear description of the phenomenon. From there, other researchers may form ideas about where to look further for possible causes and ultimately for ways to prevent or treat the condition," Bainbridge said in an institute news release. She is an NIDCD epidemiologist.
Study co-author Dr. Donald Leopold is a clinical professor of surgery at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. He said many people who experience strong phantom odors have a poor quality of life. They may also have trouble maintaining a healthy weight.
The new research follows a Swedish study that reported 4.9 percent of people older than 60 experienced phantom odors. It said the rate was higher among women than men.
This new study found a similar rate among Americans over 60, but an even higher rate among those between 40 and 60. Roughly twice as many women as men reported experiencing phantom odors, and the gender gap was greatest in the younger group, the NIDCD study found.
Besides gender, other risk factors for experiencing phantom odors include head injury, dry mouth, poor overall health, and being poor, the researchers said.
They said poor people may have greater exposure to environmental pollutants and toxins, or have health conditions that contribute to the problem, either directly or because of medications they take.
The study was published Aug. 16 in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
The U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders has more on smell disorders.
SOURCE: U.S. National Institutes of Health, news release, Aug. 16, 2018
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Burdock is a wide-ranging plant, native or naturalized across North America, Europe and Asia. Usually a biennial, it consists of a rosette of leaves the first year, becoming tall and stately when it is in full bloom in the second year. It can grow up to ten feet tall and three feet wide. It's large, broad leaves, which resemble rhubarb leaves, are bright green with the undersides covered with white, wooly hairs. The flowers are purple and thistle-like in appearance. The burr-like fruits stick to clothing and animal fur and can be painful to remove. Burdock has a long, slender taproot that can grow up to three feet deep. It is commonly found in waste areas and is often considered an annoying weed because of its large size, clinging burs and persistent growth.
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Inulin is the most abundant constituent of burdock, being present at up to 45% in the root. Other constituents include mucilage, a tiny bit of essential oil, tannins and a number of plant acids.
Burdock roots have a brown bark and a light tan or ivory interior. If the fresh root is damaged or cut, the part exposed to air turns dark ﾗ so good color is an indication of proper handling and drying of the fresh roots.
Burdock root powder is tan in color with a faint aroma and a slightly sweet and bitter, mucilaginous taste.
Burdock is grown as a vegetable, primarily in Japan, where it is called gobo. The young roots are harvested before they become fibrous, are peeled to reveal the creamy interior, and then eaten raw, like carrots, as well as in soups and stir-fries. Gobo has a crunchy, somewhat sweet and starchy flavor, and when eaten as a vegetable it is a source of dietary potassium and magnesium. Burdock, like its relatives salsify and chicory, does not contain starch, but rather inulin, a non-starch alternative for energy storage for these roots.
Burdock roots are considered purifying, cleansing, cooling and tonifying to the body. They have a special affinity for the skin and are used both internally and externally for improving skin health. Burdock is often combined with yellowdock root, cleavers or red clover to make a tea or skin wash.
To use as a tea, pour one cup of boiling water over one teaspoon of burdock root. Cover and let steep for 3 to 5 minutes. To make a decoction, add one teaspoon of burdock root to one cup of water, bring to a boil and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. The flavor of the tea is considered pleasant and more palatable than other herbs with similar uses and therefore often the herb of choice for teens, children and picky adults.
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Burdock, cut (root) 2.6 g **
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GAME #52 THIRD PERIOD FADE – New Jersey-3 Canadiens-2 (Overtime) Feb. 2, 2019
Posted by Ron Reusch | Feb 3, 2019 | 1
Forgive me for repeating an oft-told tale.
The injury plagued New Jersey Devils come to Montreal to play the Canadiens as decided underdogs. They fall behind a dominant Canadiens effort but manage to hang around on the scoreboard only to take advantage of a couple of late defensive breakdowns to steal a win.
It’s always something when the Devils come to Montreal.
Fact of the matter is, if the Canadiens had shown an urgency that matched their overall effort they might have had a 4-0 lead in the game by the end of the second period which would have mitigated any Devils comeback attempt.
A tough loss to swallow considering the Devils had won only six of twenty-six road games and were missing Taylor Hall, Travis Zajac and Sami Vatanen.
But of course, the Canadiens will reluctantly accept the loser’s point.
Seems like, more often than not, we wind up pointing a finger at Jonathan Drouin and his defensive lapses in losses like this one. In this case Drouin has to take at least part of the blame. The energy had come out of the Canadiens game in the third period but they were still protecting a 2-1 lead. The Danault line which included Drouin was on the ice against the Devils top line. Drouin’s job was to look after Nico Hischier as Danault struggled to recover a loose puck in the Canadiens end. For some reason Drouin elected to turn away from Hischier and go on offense. Kevin Rooney found Hischier alone in front of the net and the game was tied. Drouin’s only notable event in the game turned out to be a negative.
GAME WINNER
Claude Julien has taken to putting his speed players on the ice for 3-on-3 overtime. He had them out for this overtime as well including Victor Mete in the second minute. Problem was Mete wasn’t fast enough to handle Hischier who swept around him to score the overtime winner. Up to that point Antti Niemi had a pretty solid game. In what Julien called “a goal he would like to have back”, Niemi pulled away from the post allowing Hischier to score high on his short side.
It seems every game there’s a flash of brilliance from Jesperi Kotkaniemi. There was more than a ‘flash’ in this game. Kotkaniemi was the best player as centre on the Canadiens best line with fellow Finns Joel Armia and Artturi Lehkonen. Kotkaniemi scored the Canadiens first goal. By the time the first period ended he might have had three. His coaches have been harping on the fact that he hasn’t been making use of a better than average shot. He took ten of them against the Devils. Five-on-five the line controlled 80 percent of the Corsi shot and scoring attempts while they were on the ice.
MAN ADVANTAGE
Once again the power play came up empty, but there were promising signs – at least on the first unit.
For the second consecutive game Julien used Kotkaniemi as a right side wheelman with Armia and Tatar and point men Weber and Drouin. As a unit they maintained puck possession and generated shots. The same couldn’t be said when the second PP unit (Domi, Gallagher, Hudon, Petry and Reilly). Five of the seven power play shots over six minutes came from the first unit.
….Accurate chart of the flow of the game. In the first two periods the Canadiens had five high danger scoring chances to only one for the Devils. In the third period the Devils out-chanced the Canadiens 4-0 despite the Canadiens holding a 64% territorial advantage.
….Shots on goal favoured the Canadiens 39-27. The Canadiens attempted 79 shots to New Jersey’s 39.
….Brendan Gallagher led the Canadiens with 7 shots on goal in 12 attempts.
….Eighteen seconds into the overtime Max Domi hit the goalpost.
…..Not a very good day for Jordie Benn who picked up two bad penalties. The first was a momentum killer at the tag end of an excellent shift from the Kotkaniemi line. He was also sitting in the penalty box with Shea Weber when the Devils scored their first goal.
After the Saturday schedule the Canadiens remain in third place in the Atlantic Division three points behind Toronto and one ahead of Boston eaich of whom has a game in hand. The Canadiens will host Edmonton at 2:00 Sunday afternoon in the second half of their Super Bowl weekend doubleheader. The Oilers were lost in overtime at Philadelphia Saturday.
PreviousGAME #51 – INTO THE BREAK ON A ROLL – Canadiens-2 Arizona-1 (Jan. 23, 2019)
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OUTMANNED – Washington-4 Canadiens-1 (Jan. 9, 2017)
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david deVries on February 3, 2019 at 09:22
Another loss that should have been in the win column.
When Shaw returns there will be an excess of forwards- who will depart?
Drouin was traded for to be an impact player in the lineup.
I have been disappointed in his erratic play this season.
Is this player coach-able? What can the coaching staff do to improve
his play and make him into the impact player he was brought into Montreal to be?
Would sitting him in the press box a game or two wake him up? There are an
excess of forwards begging to get in the lineup.
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GAME #71 – WHEN THEY ARE BAD……. NY Islanders-2 Canadiens-1 (March 14, 2019)
Posted by Ron Reusch | Mar 15, 2019 | 0
It’s not that the Canadiens lost in New York on Thursday night, after all the Islanders have surprised more than a few teams this season.
It’s the way they lost. For whatever possible reason, the Canadiens didn’t come to play and, but for some heroic work by Carey Price, earned themselves a 6-1 loss rather that the 2-1 defeat that showed on the game-ending scoreboard.
Some will say that, because of that late game-winning goal, the loss was a heart-breaker but the only member of the Canadiens who should be heartbroken is Price himself. His teammates didn’t put in enough work to merit a win.
Bluntly put: the Islanders played like professionals involved in a playoff race.
The Canadiens didn’t.
THE OPENING ACT
The Canadiens have had trouble putting together 60-minute efforts this season. On more than a few of those occasions the opening minutes have been their downfall.
But for Price, this was one of those nights. Of the nine shots Price faced in the first six minutes of the game five required spectacular goaltending efforts to keep the game scoreless. By the end of the first period, scoring chances favoured the Islanders 13-6 and high danger chances were 7-2. (The grade-A chances for the Canadiens were both from Brendan Gallagher). And at the end of it, it the game was still scoreless.
THE FINAL ACT
1-1 with three minutes left and Canadiens fans hoping to at least get the game into overtime. Jonathan Drouin, who for some reason had been put back on the Domi line late in the game, sent one of his soft passes intended for Max Domi. Domi fell and with Brett Kulak pinching at the wrong time, the Islanders Mathew Barzal and Anders Lee were off on a 2-on-1. Barzal’s pass through Jeff Petry to Lee was perfect. Game winner with 2:57 remaining.
EARNING THE BIG BUCKS
The Canadiens team defence spent the entire night playing “let Carey do it all.” The Islanders attempted 69 shots on the Canadiens goal, 38 of them on-target. In what must have been a low point in the season, according to naturalstattrick.com in all situations the Islanders had forty-six scoring chances. Twenty-one of those were of the “high danger” calibre. Price weathered it all right to the end. Another wasted effort.
THE QUANDRY
We ask the question yet again. What is the coaching staff (or for that matter Marc Bergevin) going to do with Jonathan Drouin?
Drouin started the game on the third line with Kotkaniemi and Jordan Weal. As the game was clearly slipping away from Canadiens control, Drouin was moved up to the Domi line. His sloppy intercepted pass led to the game-winning goal. It wasn’t his only mindless giveaway in the game and one of many over the last month.
At the end of the night, only Kotkaniemi and Nate Thompson logged fewer minutes than Drouin’s 13:35.
Drouin has not scored a goal in six weeks (February 7th). His only points over that time (4) came in the 8-1 pasting of Detroit February 26th. For someone who’s skills are so highly regarded Drouin has showed a shocking lack of competitiveness and leadership when the team has needed him most.
Neither Carolina nor Columbus played Thursday night so the Canadiens remain ninth in the Eastern Conference but they’ve lost another in the games-played column leaving Carolina with two games in hand and Columbus with one. Columbus with the same 81 point total as the Canadiens has the last playoff berth because of regulation/overtime wins. The Blue Jackets will host Carolina Friday night. The Hurricanes have 83 points. Philadelphia lost to Washington Thursday night. They’re still five points behind the Canadiens with a game in hand as they head in to Toronto Friday night.
….Brendan Gallagher again led the Canadiens in shots-on-goal with 5. His only dangerous scoring chances (2) came in the first five minutes of the game. After that he was nearly as invisible as his teammates, which is a rarety for him.
….Jordie Benn scored the only Canadiens goal. He’s had a few rough outings recently but he was good in this game. Although I’m less enthusiastic about Christian Folin, the Benn/Folin pairing was the Canadiens best of what was a terrible lot.
….I still like what I’m seeing from Jordan Weal. Although he didn’t get a shot on goal, it was Weal’s screen that allowed Benn to score from the blueline. Weal started the night with Drouin and Kotkaniemi. Byron replaced Drouin on the line late in the game.
….Kotkaniemi had a chance to score his first goal on the road when he used a nifty toe drag to set himself up midway through the third period with the game still tied. It was one of Thomas Greiss‘ better saves.
….The Canadiens, who have scored the fewest power play goals in the league, had their second chance of the game with thirteen minutes left. They didn’t get a shot on goal.
….The final 1:40 of the game was instructive as the Canadiens were trying to get Price out for the extra attacker. What followed a neutral zone faceoff were two Islanders hits, two Islander takeaways and a Canadiens giveaway, all in a period of 55 seconds while Price was trying get to the bench. The only Canadiens shot in those final 100 seconds was Jeff Petry’s 93-foot drifter with one second remaining. Humiliation piled upon humiliation.
….Including their February 9th home overtime loss to Toronto February 9th the Canadiens have won only six of their last sixteen games (6-9-1). Of the six wins, only one has come against a team currently in the playoff picture (Columbus).
THE HARD ROAD AHEAD
Over the last three years the Eastern Conference playoff cutoff point has been between 95 points (2017) and 97 (2018). The Canadiens have eleven games to accrue the 14 points that would get them to the low water mark of 95. It means they would have to finish the season with something like a 7-4-0 record. Of their eleven remaining games, seven are against teams currently in a playoff position; five of those on the road.
Next up – Chicago Saturday night at the Bell Centre and then at Philadelphia Tuesday. The only option at this stage is wins in both games.
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The aim of IJBR is to promote high quality theoretical and empirical research relating to global business opportunities and threats. The journal will present new methods and models of organizational diagnosis.
Frequency: There are 4 issues of IJBR published each year. They publish in March, June, October, and December. Occasionally this journal publishes special issues on specific topics related to the focus of the journal.
To propose a special issue, contact the editor at
editor@ijbr-journal.org
and include the following information.
• Title for the special issue
• A short summary for the special issue, no longer than 1 page. This will describe the
importance of the thematic of the special issue
• Estimated number of papers
• Information about Guest Editor
• Estimated time for publishing
The journal focuses on the following topics: Operational Research, Risk Analysis, Foreign Exchange, Corporate Responsibility, Ethics and Accountability, International Finance and Investments, Business Research Methods and Data Analysis, International Business Management, International Business Marketing, Business Education, Organizational Efficiency, Competitive Analysis, Product Research, Consumer Feedback, Recruitment and Retention Strategies, International Business Environment, and Sustainable Development.
Experts from all over the world are welcome to present different aspects of the business environment. The journal will promote articles with high visibility in the international scientific community.
Articles published in the journal can be cited, but certain rules must be applied. Each article citation must include the following key components:
• Name of the author
• Title of the article
• Name, Volume, and Issue of the Journal in which the article is published
• Page Number(s) of the cited information
• Publisher of the Journal
• Date of publication
All articles published in International Journal of Business Research undergo a rigorous, double-blind, peer review process by leading experts. The review process normally takes 4 to 8 weeks. When the review process is complete, the editor will inform the author(s) about the results of the evaluation process. Based on each reviewer evaluation, the Editor will accept the manuscript for publication (without any improvement, with minor revision, with major revisions) or will reject it.
If a paper/case is accepted for the International Journal of Business Research, the author(s) is invited to submit the final manuscript for publication in IJBR and to present the paper at one of the IABE Conferences. Editors will verify that the final manuscript includes all changes requested by reviewers and that it meets all other requirements before publication.
The International Journal of Business Research (IJBR) is an academic journal published by the International Academy of Business and Ecomomics.
Frequency: There are 4 issues of IJBR published each year. They publish in March, June, October, and December. In some cases, it is possible for there to be a special issue of IJBR.
The International Journal of Business Research is published by the International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE), along with 10 other refereed journals.
The mission of the IABE is to be the premier international scholarly academy for exchange and advancement of research, teaching, and managerial best practices in all fields of business and economics.
In order to accomplish its mission, the IABE organizes and holds conferences for participants from all over the world. The IABE promotes the exchange of ideas in research, teaching, and managerial practices through formal presentations of research, discussions, semianars, and publication of scholarly journals.
In appreciation for their support, the IABE would like to thank the following Universities for helping to organize its upcoming and past conferences.
Keiser University IABE-2020 West Palm Beach
About the Conference:
Dates: March 7-9, 2020
Location: 2600 N. Military Trail,
Chair: Dr. Matthias Eggertsson, Keiser University
About the University:
For over 35 years, Keiser University has maintained a practical, hands-on approach to career-focused education to help its students achieve their personal and professional goals. Its student-centered philosophy remains at the foundation of Keiser University’s mission and continues to attract students who prefer a more personal learning experience.
University Website: www.keiseruniversity.edu
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) IABE-2018 New York
Location: Manhattan Campus, 16 W 61st Street, New York, NY 10023, USA
Chair: Dean Jess Boronico, Ph.D., School of Management, New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) offers 90 degree programs, including undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees, in more than 50 fields of study, including architecture and design; arts and sciences; education; engineering and computing sciences; health professions; management; and medicine. A non-profit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institution of higher education, NYIT has more than 12,000 students worldwide. Since 1955, NYIT has pursued its mission to:
University Website: www.nyit.edu
Dates: March 25-27, 2018
Location: 2600 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33409
Keiser University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award certificates and degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, masters, specialist, and doctoral levels. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Keiser University.
• Provide career-oriented professional education
• Give all qualified students access to opportunity
• Support applications-oriented research that benefits the larger world
New York Institute of Technology is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and chartered by the Board of Regents of the State University of New York; our individual programs and schools as well as our global campuses also have prestigious accreditations.
University of Sassari IABE-2017 Sardinia
Dates: June 14-16, 2017
Location: Via Francesco Muroni, 25, 07100 Sassari SS, Italy
Chair: Professor Lucia Giovanelli, University of Sassari, Italy
The University of Sassari was founded in 1558 by Alessio Fontana, a distinguished gentleman of the Town of Sassari. The official launch dates back to May 1562, when the Jesuits started.
Today, this medium-sized University, with over 10,000 students and around 700 scholars, consists of 11 Departments, which also collaborate with a number of academic and research centers and institutes. In addition to its 50+ institutional courses, it also offers a wide range of post-graduate study and research activities, including PhD courses, medical specialization schools, advanced training programs and international exchange projects.
University Website: en.uniss.it
Chair: Dr. Timothy K. Mantz, Keiser University
University of Pisa IABE-2016 Pisa
Location: Via Cosimo Ridolfi, 10, Pisa PI, Italy
Chair: Professor Silvio Bianchi Martini, University of Pisa, Italy
The University of Pisa is a public institution boasting twenty departments, with high level research centres in the sectors of agriculture, astrophysics, computer science, engineering, medicine and veterinary medicine. Furthermore the University has close relations with the Pisan Institutes of the National Board of Research, with many cultural institutions of national and international importance, and with industry, especially that of information technology, which went through a phase of rapid expansion in Pisa during the nineteen sixties and seventies.
The University of Pisa was officially established in 1343 and ranks high in most international rankings. According to the most recentAcademic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2014 released by the Shanghai JaoTong University, the University of Pisa ranks first among Italian Universities and among the top 200 universities in the world.
University Website: www.unipi.it
University of Florence IABE-2016 Florence
Location: Via delle Pandette, 32, 50127 Firenze, Italy
Chair: Professor Giovanni Liberatore, University of Florence, Italy
The University of Florence has its origins in the General Studium that the Florentine republic wanted to give birth in 1321. Today the University of Florence is one of the largest organizations for research and higher education in Italy, with 1,800 professors and researchers structured, some 1,600 technical and administrative, and more than 1,600 PhD students and postdocs.
University Website: www.economia.unifi.it
The George Washington University IABE-2016 Washington DC
Dates: April 29 - 1, 2016
Location: 2201 G St NW, Washington DC 20052
Chair: Scheherazade S. Rehman, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
The George Washington University was created in 1821 through an Act of Congress, fulfilling George Washington’s vision of an institution in the nation’s capital dedicated to educating and preparing future leaders.
Today, GW is the largest institution of higher education in the District of Columbia. We have more than 26,000 students—from all 50 states, the District and 130 countries—studying a rich range of disciplines: from forensic science and creative writing to international affairs and computer engineering, as well as medicine, public health, the law and public policy.
We strive to provide an environment where knowledge is created and acquired and where creative endeavors seek to enrich the experiences of the global society. With ten schools and colleges and nearly 100 research centers and institutes, our students receive hands-on experience as they explore nearly any avenue of personal interest.
The depth and breadth of our academic programs, the exceptional qualifications of our full-time faculty, the unmatched experiences of our adjunct faculty and the strengths of our research initiatives allow our students, our faculty and our staff to look at the world beyond the classroom. They allow us to prepare the next generation of leaders.
University Website: business.gwu.edu
Roma TRE University IABE-2015 Rome
Location: Via Ostiense, 159, 00154 Roma, Italy
Chair: Professor Mauro Paoloni, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy
The University of Roma Tre was established in 1992, it is the "youngest university" in Rome and has forty thousand students enrolled. There are 12 departments that offer courses of Degree / Master's Degree, Educational Courses, Doctoral research, doctoral schools and graduate schools.
In the implementation of the new educational offer, defined according to the needs of a labor market that has European and international dimension, Roma Tre is fully engaged in offering training programs that achieve high levels of professional specialization and research training.
Roma Tre is a vital lever of urban development of the capital. It is an active center of cultural production at the international dimension; dedicating energy and resources to the design and organization of conferences and seminars, which are opportunities for reflection and meeting with leading figures in the field of culture, research and social and political commitment.
University Website: www.uniroma3.it
University of Verona IABE-2014 Verona
Location: Via dell'Artigliere 8, 37129 Verona, Italy
Chair: Dr. Luigina Mortari, Head of the Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, Verona University, Italy
The University of Verona is dedicated to innovation and to maintaining the high quality of its teaching and research. The institution has 22,000 students, and 1,500 teaching and non-teaching staff all dedicated to a continual process of growth and to the development of human, structural and financial resources. The University has strong links to the local community and looks to the future through its constant strengthening of the link between courses offered and the world of work. In the immediate future, one of the University’s principle objectives is to continue building its program in order to create an improved and welcoming environment.
In the QS World University Rankings 2014/15 Verona University it is ranked among the top 800 universities in the world, of which only 26 are Italian. A special award is given for the quality of research, especially in the medical area, for which the University of Verona is one of the top 200 worldwide.
University Website: www.univr.it
Mahasarakham University IABE-2013 Bangkok
Location: Centara Grand at CentralWorld, 999/99 Rama 1 Road Pathumwan Bangkok Bangkok
Chair: Dean/Dr. Phaprukhe Ussahawanitchakit, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
With 18 faculties, 2 colleges and 1 school currently operating, MSU has been widely recognized as one of Thailand’s fastest-growing universities. The total enrollment has also increased, from fewer than 10,000 in its earlier years to more than 40,000 students at present.
To further extend its academic services to remote communities, the University now has 15 academic service centers in Northeastern provinces of Thailand.
University Website: www.inter.msu.ac.th
To learn more about IABE, go to www.iabe.org or www.iabe-doi.org.
Timothy Mantz, DBA
Northern State University
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Dr. Nashwa George, Larry L. Luing School of Business, Accounting and Finance Faculty, Berkeley College, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Dr. David Ward, European School of Economics, Milan, Italy
Dr. Federica Doni, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Dr. George Clarke, Distinguished Assoc. Prof. (BBVA/Compass Bank Group Distinguished Chair), School of Business, A.R. Sanchez, Jr., Laredo, TX, U.S.A.
Dr. Joel Shulman, Babson College, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Dr. Dale H. Shao, Marshall University, Huntington West Virginia, U.S.A.
Dr. Jose Sanchez-Gutierrez, Head of Department of Marketing and International Business, Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
Dr. Liang-Chieh (Victor) Cheng, College of Technology, University of Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Dr. Revaz Gvelesiani, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Dr. Mauro Paoloni, University TRE Rome, Business Studies Department, Italy
Dr. Sara Saggese, University of Naples "Federico II", Italy
Dr. Palaniappan Thiagarajan, Jackson State University, Jackson, U.S.A.
Dr. Phapruke Ussahawanitchakit, Dean, Mahasarakham Business School, Mahasarakham University, Thailand
Dr. Zinovy Radovilsky, California State University-East Bay, Hayward, CA, U.S.A.
Dr. Ricarda B. Bouncken, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Dr. Ramanjeet Singh, Amity University, India
Dr. Giovanni Liberatore, University of Florence, Italy
Dr. Silvio Bianchi Martini, University of Pisa, Italy
Dr. Antonio Corvino, University of Foggia, Department of Economics, Italy
Dr. Scott D. Swain Clemson University College of Business, Department of Marketing
Dr. Claudia Arena, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Dr. Moshe Zviran, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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If at any time a customer believes that the IABE has not adhered to these principles, please notify the IABE at admin@iabe.org and we will use all commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and correct the problem. Users should also be aware that information and data may be automatically collected through the standard operation of our Internet servers and through the use of "cookies".
IJBR Acceptance Rate: 20%
All manuscripts must be submitted electronically through this online form or as an attachment to an e-mail sent to the editor at
Before Submitting your paper, please review the following:
Paper Review Process:
1. The paper is sent to two industry experts for double-blind review. This normally takes 4 to 8 weeks.
2. The reviewers will accept the paper as is, with minor revisions, or with major revisions or they will reject it.
3. If both reviewers accept a paper but one or both reviewers accept it on the condition that minor or major revisions are made, the editor will notify the author(s).
4. Once the author(s) submit a final version of their paper, the editor will verify that all revisions have been made and formally accept the paper for publication in the International Journal of Business Research.
There is no fee to submit a paper for review. However, the fee to publish an accepted paper is $75 USD + $35 USD per page. In order to apply to sumbit a paper to IJBR, you must first have an account with ijbr-journal.org or one of IJBR's publishers' websites. If you already have an account with one of our publishers websites, iabe.org or iabe-doi.org, click the Login button below. If you do not have an account, setting one up is free and easy. Simply click the Sign Up button bellow.
* If a paper has been accepted for publication but the author is from a low developed country, the IABE will waive the publication fee.
Volume 19, Issue 2, Published in June 2019
THE LEGISLATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS FOR FDI IN ARAB REGION: DID THEY WORK?
Omar Ghazy Aziz, School of Business and Law, University of Central Queensland, Australia
Julie Knutsen, School of Business and Law, University of Central Queensland, Australia
DOI Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.18374/IJBR-19-2.1
THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY ON SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE
Alireza Hassani, Firuzkooh Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
IS A BOARD CHAIR’S ASSOCIATION WITH RELIGIOSITY CONTAGIOUS IN THE FINANCIAL REPORTING PROCESS? NONPROFESSIONAL INVESTORS RENDER THEIR PROGNOSIS
R. Steven Flynn, Thomas More University, Crestview Hills, Kentucky, U.S.A.
CHINESE PARENTS’ GENDER-ROLE PERCEPTION & PRODUCT CHOICE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
Xinwei Liu, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, U.S.A.
Joyce Zhou, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, U.S.A.
Jun Yu, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, U.S.A.
Zhao Liu, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, U.S.A.
IMPACTS OF POPULATION AGING ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM
Nguyen Thi Huong, V.N.U. University of Education, Vietnam
Pham Thu Phuong, V.N.U. University of Economics and Business, Vietnam
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND THE TENDENCY TO OUTSOURCE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Souha AbdelNour Fahed, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Management and Marketing, Notre Dame University University-Louize, Lebanon
INTERNET OF THINGS AND PROCESS PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING
Rainer Lueg, Leuphana University, Germany and University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
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DOI Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.18374/
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OCLC is a global library cooperative that provides shared technology services, original research and community programs for its membership and the library community at large. We are librarians, technologists, researchers, pioneers, leaders and learners. With thousands of library members in more than 100 countries, we come together as OCLC to make information more accessible and more useful.
https://www.oclc.org/
https://www.oclc.org/worldcat-local/content/journals.en.html
EconLit includes the most sought-after economics publications including peer-reviewed journal articles, working papers from leading universities, PhD dissertations, books, collective volume articles, conference proceedings, and book reviews--all expertly indexed, classified, and linkable to full-text library holdings.
Students and professionals at all levels rely on EconLit's broad scope and authoritative, up-to-date coverage with nearly 1.3 million records and coverage as far back as 1886. Nearly 65,000 entries are added each year.
https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/
https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/journal_list.php
CNKI is a leading provider of academic resources, solutions and knowledge service to all types of customers around the world. Its headquarters is located in Beijing, China.
CNKI was started in 1995 as a national project and has since become the largest aggregator and distributor of academic digital resources in China. Since 1996, CNKI has built the China Integrated Knowledge Resources Database, integrating more than a dozen resource types, such as Chinese and foreign academic journals, theses & dissertations, conference proceedings, newspapers, patents, standards, reference works, and books. So far we have integrated over 95% of Chinese academic resources.
With over 25,000 institution users and over 20 million registered individual users, CNKI now provides comprehensive and customized services that cover a wide spectrum. CNKI has established copyright cooperation with over 400 international publishers and has integrated over 50,000 journals on its cross-language search platform.
http://scholar.cnki.net/webpress/brief.aspx?dbcode=SJOH
ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca) is the Italian National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research Systems. ANVUR was established by a 2006 law with the objective of improving meritocracy in Italian academic research. It was based on Aeres in France and the Research Excellence Framework (REF) in the United Kingdom.
ANVUR began to compile its assessment of Italian research, the "VQR" (eValuation of the Quality of Research) in November 2011, assessing 95 universities, 21 research agencies or institutes, and 17 inter-university consortia.
http://www.anvur.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=103〈=it
http://www.anvur.org/attachments/article/254/Area13_SCIE_III_Quad.pdf
The VHB is the German Academic Association for Business Research and pursues the development of business research and business studies as an academic discipline at universities. While the VHB is a registered association under German law, it represents the German-speaking region rather than only Germany. VHB membership includes most of the university professors of business research in Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein as well as the German-speaking parts of Switzerland and Italy.
http://vhbonline.org/en/service/jourqual/vhb-jourqual-3/complete-list-of-the-journals/
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Ulrich's™ is the authoritative source of bibliographic and publisher information on more than 300,00 periodicals of all types academic and scholarly journals, Open Access publications, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters and more from around the world. It covers all subjects, and includes publications that are published regularly or irregularly and that are circulated free of charge or by paid subscription.
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The ICI Journals Master List database contains over 22,000 journals, including 3,000 from Poland. Journals that are registered with Index Copernicus have undergone a multidimensional parameterization successfully. As a confirmation of the indexation in our database journals receive the ICV (Index Copernicus Value).
For many years, the evaluation of scientific journals has been conducted through an analysis of every published issue, on the basis of both journal’s declaration in an application form and hard copies – full versions – of evaluated journals, delivered to the Index Copernicus Office. This is the only comprehensive journal evaluation in this part of Europe – fully based on facts and Index Copernicus archives consisting of original issues of the evaluated journals for a current as well as past years. Experts, who take part in evaluating and formulating the criteria of the process deal with bibliometrics, analysis of scientific achievements and productivity on a daily basis.
http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/
http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/International+Journal+of+Business+Research+,p24782643,3.html
The Research Bible (ResearchBib) Journal Database is the largest complete journal database available on the internet freely.
Its Journal Database tries to cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system, and it will not be limited to particular languages or subject areas. The aim of the Journal Database is to increase the visibility and ease of use of open access scientific and scholarly journals thereby promoting their increased usage and impact.
The Journal Database contains 420,000+ journals from different publishers, which includes the title, abbreviation, journal host url, index, publisher, description (aims and scope), online issn and print ISSN etc.
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Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD) is one of the largest archives for research data of its kind and provides data to researchers and students in Norway and abroad. Additionally, NSD is a resource centre, which assists researchers with regard to data gathering, data analysis, and issues of methodology, privacy and research ethics. The main objective is to improve possibilities and working conditions for empirical research that is primarily dependent on the access to data. To fulfil this objective NSD works to reduce financial, technical, legal and administrative barriers between users and data resources.
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I want to submit my paper to the International Journal of Business Research (IJBR), does it fall within the scope of the journal?
The scope of the International Journal of Business Research (IJBR) includes the following topics: Operational Research, Risk Analysis, Foreign Exchange, Corporate Responsibility, Ethics and Accountability, International Finance and Investments, Business Research Methods and Data Analysis, International Business Management, International Business Marketing, Business Education, Organizational Efficiency, Competitive Analysis, Product Research, Consumer Feedback, Recruitment and Retention Strategies, International Business Environment, and Sustainable Development.
Is IJBR an indexed journal?
IJBR is indexed with and included in OCLC, ECONLIT, American Economic Association, CNKI, ANVUR, VHB - the German Academic Association for Business Research, Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory, Index Copernicus, Research Bible, and NSD.
Is this journal a refereed journal?
Yes, IJBR is a refereed journal. It uses a double blind review process.
Is this journal published both in print and online versions?
Yes, IJBR is published both in print (ISSN: 1555-1296) and online (e-ISSN: 2378-8577) versions.
Is IJBR an open-access journal?
No, IJBR is a subscription journal. Each article published in IJBR is assigned a DOI link through CrossRef. Anyone can follow the link to a page that has the title, author information, abstract and an option to purchase electronic or printed copies of the article or the journal issue containing the article.
What type of paper does IJBR publish?
IJBR publishes original papers, review papers, conceptual framework, analytical and simulation models, case studies, empirical research, technical notes, and book reviews.
Does IJBR publish special issue?
Yes, special issues devoted to important topics in business and economics will occasionally be published.
Who is the publisher of IJBR?
IJBR is published by International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE), USA.
I want to submit my paper to IJBR. How should I submit it?
Yes, click
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Does IJBR have ‘manuscript submission guidelines’?
to access the Submission Guidlines.
Is there any page limit of the paper?
There is no word/page limit in a paper, but the paper should not exceed 30 pages (double space, 12 fonts).
How long is the review process?
The editorial board is highly committed to a quick review process of the paper, but not at the expense of the quality of the journal. The review process usually takes between 4 and 8 weeks.
Does IJBR require any publication fee?
If the paper is accepted for publication, author(s) will be asked to pay $75 USD plus $35 USD per page. Author(s) will receive one copy of the printed journal (one printed copy is provided regardless of the number of the authors). Authors can also get additional copies of the printed journal by paying 60 USD for each additional copy.
What is the acceptance rate of papers?
Can I submit more than one paper for the same issue?
Yes, you can submit more than one paper at a time.
My paper has been accepted for publication. How can I pay the publication fee?
Contact the editor at
I want to know about the copyright policy of IJBR.
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What is the frequency of publication of IJBR?
There are 4 issues of IJBR published each year. They publish in March, June, October, and December.
Author Submission Guidelines
MANUSCRIPT CONTENT GUIDELINES
Manuscript Title
The tile must be clear and concise and provide information about the content of the paper.
For every author, state the complete name and organization affiliation. There are no rules about the number or order of authors. It is assumed that all authors have equal contributions to the manuscript. If this is not the case, complete the “COAUTHORS DECLARATION FORM” and specify this in the manuscript.
The abstract will provide concise information about the content of the manuscript, the methodology used, the results and conclusions.
Specify up to 5-6 words that provide the reader with information about the article. The keywords will help the reader to find relevant articles in his research/interest domain.
All articles will have the Journal of Economic Literature classification system (JEL classification). https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/jelCodes.php?view=jel
The introduction will mention briefly the aspects that will be discussed in the article.
According to the paper title, abstract and keywords the author will present the views of various researchers on the topic discussed, their own research methodology, the current state of research and the results.
Each paper must present the research results and ideas for further research.
Author Profile(s)
At the end of the paper, include author profile(s), not exceeding five lines for each author, including the author’s name, highest degree/university/year, current position/university, and major achievements.
MANUSCRIPT FORMATTING GUIDELINES
Select Letter 8.5” x 11” size portrait ONLY. No Landscape formats are permitted. Set all margins to 1” and headers/footers at 0.5” each. Use Arial 10 point font, single-spaced lines, full-justified style in MS Word. All data Tables/Figures must be in Portrait format ONLY.
• Paper title, not to exceed two lines, must be CAPITALIZED AND CENTERED IN BOLD LETTERS.
• List of Authors, one line per Author. Specify the name and university/organizational affiliation of each author in the list.
• Do NOT include titles such as, Dr., Professor, Ph.D., department, address, email address etc.
• Use the word ”ABSTRACT” in capitalized bold letters, left-justified, and double-spaced from the last author’s name/affiliation. The Abstract should be in italic.
• After abstract, write any Keywords for your paper.
• Please see the sample manuscript.
All other Headings
All references listed in this section must be cited in the article and vice-versa. The reference citations in the text must be enclosed in parentheses within sentences with the author name followed by a comma and the year of publication.
Tables, Figures, and Charts
All tables, figures or charts must be inserted in the body of the manuscripts within the margins with headings/titles in centered CAPITALIZED BOLD letters. The Table lines must be printable to print the Table.
References and Bibliography
All references listed in this section must be cited in the article and vice•versa. The reference citations in the text must be inserted in parentheses within sentences with author name followed by a comma and year of publication.
Please follow the following formats:
Journal Articles Khade, Alan S. and Metlen, Scot K., “An Application of Benchmarking in Dairy Industry”, International Journal of Benchmarking, Volume 3, Number 4, Pages 17•27, 1996.
Books Harison, Norma and Samson, D., Technology Management: Text and Cases, McGraw•Hill Publishing, New York, 2002.
Internet Hesterbrink, C., E•Busines and ERP: Bringing two Paradigms together, October 1999; PricewaterhouseCopers., www.pwc.com.
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Author Profile:
Dr. Tahi J. Gnepa earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1989. Currently he is a professor of international business at California State University, Stanislaus, and Managing Editor of the Journal of International business and Economics.
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All submitted manuscripts must be original and must include the result of the author’s research. By submitting a manuscript to be revised and to be published in the journal/ proceeding or to be presented in an IABE conference, the authors assume responsibility for the entire contents of the manuscript.
By submitting a manuscript for review, the author takes the responsibility that the manuscript is presented in the final version, is original, does not contain elements of plagiarism and there are no conflicts of interest from the author.
If elements of plagiarism are detected, the author is legally liable for all damages.
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Authors may use information from outside sources provided that complete information is given about each source. Use one of these methods to present information from an outside source:
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• To present the entire study in one manuscript
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The International Journal of Business Research (IJBR) is a peer reviewed journal published by the International Academy of Business and Economics (IABE).
The IJBR Editorial Board is inviting all papers relating to the following topics.
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ARTICLE REVIEW STEPS
1. Read the article critically in order to identify the structure, the methodology, and the data used to support conclusions.
2. Examine the data used in the research, the methodology and the conclusion.
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• Reviewers will not ask for the identity of the authors.
• Reviewers will always use the same standards to evaluate every manuscript.
• Reviewers will not take into consideration any recommendation of the editors regarding acceptance or rejection of a manuscript.
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• Reviewers will be objective in their evaluation.
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• A Reviewer will inform the editor if he or she is not qualified to review a particular manuscript.
IABE allows reviewers to submit manuscripts. In such cases, the editors must send the manuscript to different reviewers for the double-blind peer-review process. The manuscript will be sent to those reviewers by different editors and, also, the final decision regarding whether the article will be published or not, will be made by different editors.
Reviewers will work together with the editors and publisher to find the best solutions and to attract the best manuscripts and authors in the economic field.
The aim of this journal is to certify that the reader will receive a quality research article. In order to accomplish this, it is necessary to subject the entire publishing process to rigorous quality control. The author must submit original articles, publishers must submit the manuscript to experienced reviewers, the reviewers should pay particular attention to the revisions of the manuscript and the publisher must ensure that articles are published based on the recommendations of reviewers and editors.
Considering that, based on the reviewers’ analysis of a manuscript, it may or may not be published, reviewers’ activities have a special importance in the academic world.
REVIEWERS WILL ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING ETHICAL RULES
• Reviewers will keep confidential all information from the manuscripts they review.
• Reviewers will not use any data, theories, or conclusions from any manuscript for their own purpose and will not reveal to anyone the contents of any paper they review.
• Reviewers will not ask for the identity of the author. At all times this information is to remain confidential.
• Reviewers should disclose any conflict of interests to the editor before starting the review process.
• Reviewers should inform the editor if they are not qualified for the manuscript distributed to them.
• Before asking for another certified opinion, reviewers must request permission from the editor and they must provide detailed information about the outside experts.
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Journal editors play an important role in establishing the editorial policy and increasing the quality and the visibility of the journal. Editors' responsibilities are to regulate both the activity of authors and reviewers. Editors are also responsible for the quality of scientific papers provided by the journal in the scientific community and for general readers.
EDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR AUTHORS
• Elaborate a set of standards that provide guidelines for writing and submitting a scientific research manuscript
• Establish communication channels with authors
• Provide information about the manuscript submission process
• Send Conference notification form letters of acceptance/rejection/ revision requirements
• Preserve the confidentiality of all information, data and ideas from the content of submitted manuscripts
• Establish and monitor conflict-of-interest policy for authors, editors and reviewers
• Respond promptly to any complaints
EDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR REVIEWERS
• Set standards for the review process in order to ensure the integrity of the evaluation process. The evaluation process will be double blind peer review.
• Establish communication channels with reviewers
• Assign manuscripts to each reviewer according to their area of expertise
• Inform reviewers that they cannot make any changes to the manuscript. They can only suggest changes to the author
EDITOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
• Approve publication of original manuscripts, supported by scientific evidence
• Work together with reviewers and publishers in order to attract the best manuscripts and authors in the economic field
Based on each reviewer evaluation, the Editor will make one of the following recommendations:
1. Recommendation for publication
• The manuscript will be accepted without any improvement.
• The manuscript will be accepted with minor revision.
• The manuscript will be accepted with major revisions. In this case, the authors must make all the requested changes and resubmit the manuscript for evaluation by a new reviewer.
2. Recommendation not to publish. The manuscript is rejected based on the recommendation of two reviewers. Authors have the right to receive all the reviewer comments if they require this.
IABE allows editors and board members to submit manuscripts. In these cases, the review and final decision regarding publishing of the manuscript must be made by a different editor.
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR EDITORS
To ensure readers that all articles from our journals present original and accurate information, the editors need to follow some principles.
Integrity and independence
Editors’ decisions should not be influenced by personal, commercial or political factors. Editors are obliged to disclose any conflict of interest.
If any article published in the journal contains an error as reported by readers, authors, etc., the editors will publish corrections. If any article published in the journal is found to be fraudulent, the editors will proceed to retract the article.
Editors should create Professional and Ethical Standards for authors to guide the authors in their activity and decisions. Editors will never be involved in the double blind review process. they will decide based only on reviewers’ recommendations. Editors will intervene during the peer-review process only when needed to mediate and alleviate conflicts between authors and peer reviewers. All manuscripts will be treated as confidential documents by all persons involved in the publication process.
ETHICAL OBLIGATIONS OF EDITORS
Based on principles from “ETHICAL PRINCIPLES FOR EDITORS”, the editors have the following obligations:
• To provide original, accurate, complete academic research
• To provide Professional and Ethical Standards for journals
• To ensure the confidentiality of manuscripts
• To detect any errors in published articles and to publish corrections
• To retract any published article in case of fraud
• To adopt an impartial selection process for publishing, based on reviewers’ recommendations
• To disclose any conflict of interest
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PUBLICATION MALPRACTICE STATEMENT
This journal will only publish high quality studies and original research, after a rigorous evaluation through a double blind peer review process.
RESPONSABILITIES OF AUTHORS
• Submit only the original manuscript that contains new ideas, research, data, etc
• Prevent duplicate submission of manuscripts
• Submit only the manuscript that is no longer considered for publication by other journals and has not previously been published
• Present only real information, without intervening in any way in the collection or processing the data used in the research, without changing the results of the research. If there are suspicions of plagiarism, suspicions that the authors tried to influence research and change data, etc editors may request the submission of all data elements underlying the research (questionnaires, tests, etc.)
• Present the entire study in one manuscript
• Specify all authors who have contributed significantly to the manuscript and to disclose the identity of all contributors who does not fulfill the authorship criteria
• Disclose all sources of information used for the research manuscript
• Disclose information about financial support and about any potential conflict of interest
• Respect IABE Ethical Principles for Authors
• Notify editors in case of any major errors or inaccuracy discovered in his/her own article and cooperate with them in order to make necessary corrections or to retract the article
• To ask permission from IABE in order to reproduce parts from an article or to republish any material published by IABE. At the moment of publishing, the author transfers exclusive publication rights to IABE.
RESPONSABILITIES OF EDITORS
• Provide original, accurate, complete academic research
• Provide Professional and Ethical Standards for journals
• Adopt impartial selection process for publishing, based on reviewers recommendation
• Ensure the confidentiality of manuscripts
• Detect any errors in published article and to publish corrections
• Retract any published article in case of fraud
• Respect IABE Ethical Principles for Editors
• Disclose any conflict of interest
RESPONSABILITIES OF REVIEWERS
• Inform the editor, in case that he/she is not qualified for the manuscript distributed by editor
• Keep confidential all the information from manuscripts. Reviewers will not use any data, theories, conclusion of the manuscript for their own purpose and will not reveal this information to anyone.
• Not ask information about the identity of the author, the author name will remained confidential
• Disclose any conflict of interests to the editor before starting the review process
• Evaluate the manuscript based on content without taking into account the authors’ ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, political orientation, etc
• Provide clear and concise information to the authors in order to improve the manuscript
• Provide additional information in case that their recommendation for the manuscript is “not to publish”
• Ask permission to the editor in case they need another certified opinion. It is mandatory to present detailed information about these persons to meet deadlines imposed by publishers
RESPONSABILITIES OF PUBLISHER
• Provide support for editors, reviewers and for editorial board members
• Increase the quality and the visibility of the journal
• Protect intellectual property and copyright
The IABE has a responsibility to provide only quality academic research articles to the public.
In order to ensure the credibility of scientific articles published in our journals, it is necessary to pay special attention to any conflicts of interest that may arise in the process of publishing. Conflicts of interest can occur when a person (author, editor, or reviewer) is impeded from acting impartially because of a relevant personal, financial, intellectual, or political relationship with another person or organization. IABE requires all authors, editors, and reviewers to declare any conflicts of interest that may affect their decisions.
At the moment of submission, authors are responsible for recognizing and disclosing any conflicts of interest. Authors must specify all potential conflicts of interest, including personal or financial affiliations and relationships with persons or organizations that funded or otherwise supported the research, including persons who collected or processed data.
Editors will disclose any potential conflict of interest related to their activity for the journal. They will not be involved in any decisions related to the article in which a conflict of interest exists. If necessary, editors will require statements about conflicts of interest from the authors. The editors will not be influenced in their decisions regarding any manuscript by IABE.
If a reviewer identifies a potential conflict of interest, he or she will inform the editor about this situation and will not continue to review the manuscript.
If for any reason, a conflict of interest occurs, all persons in this situation must present detailed information about:
• Type of conflict of interest (affiliation, funding sources, financial interest, etc.)
• Name of the person or organization with a relevant relationship to the person (author, editor, or reviewer)
• Type of relationship (personal, financial, intellectual, political, etc.)
When a conflict of interest is disclosed, the article must contain a phrase that describes the conflict.
Plagiarism represents a violation of academic ethics and one aim of IABE is to eliminate unethical behavior.
Plagiarism represents the exposure in a scientific research of paragraphs, ideas, data, procedures, methods, theories or scientific results derived from other scientific research papers, without mentioning this and without making any reference to the original sources or intellectual property of the author.
Self-plagiarism occurs in situations when the content of an article shows similar content to other articles written by the same author.
Authors may use information from outside sources, provided that complete information is given about each source. In presenting information from an outside source, authors must use one of the following methods:
• For citation, use quotation marks for paragraphs taken verbatim from a source and then give detailed information about the source of the quote.
• For paraphrase of concepts, major ideas, or a summary phrase in the author’s own words, the paraphrase must be followed by an indication of the source or sources used.
Each source citation must include:
• A mention of all cases where parts of the authors’ scientific research used another source
• Source information about table, graphs and figures when these are imported from other sources
• Complete information about the source (author, title, name of publication, number, volume, pages, date of publication)
• In the bibliography, a complete list of all sources used in the research. Authors can use different types of sources, such as printed sources (books, magazines, journals, articles, etc.) and electronic sources (websites, online articles, etc.)
IABE condemns any form of plagiarism and aims to identify and reject all scientific works that include elements of plagiarism. IABE uses expert reviewers with vast experience in order to identify and prevent any form of plagiarism. Additionally, the IABE uses iThenticate to identify any form of plagiarism.
By submitting a manuscript to be revised and published in the journal/ proceeding or to be presented in an IABE conference, the authors assume responsibility for the entire contents of the manuscript.
By submitting a manuscript for review, the author takes responsibility that the manuscript is presented in the final version, is original, does not contain elements of plagiarism and is free from any conflicts of interest on the part of the author.
Copyright protects original articles, research, etc. from use without first receiving permission from the other person. Manuscripts or cases submitted for publication should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. Authors submitting manuscripts/cases for publication warrant that the work is not an infringement of any existing copyright, infringement of proprietary right, invasion of privacy, or libel. Authors further indemnify, defend, and hold IABE or sponsor(s) harmless from any damages, expenses, and costs against any breach of such warranty. For ease of dissemination and to ensure proper policing of use, manuscripts/cases and contributions become the legal copyright of IABE unless otherwise agreed to in writing. At the moment of publishing, the author transfers exclusive publication rights to IABE. In order to reproduce parts from an article, authors need to obtain written permission from IABE. It is also necessary for every author to ask permission in order to republish any material published by IABE. Authors should know that at the time of subscription they need to meet all legal obligations regarding the manuscript.
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ARTICLE RETRACTION POLICY
If, either on their own, or through correspondence with members of the scholarly community, the managing editor of the International Journal of Business Research concludes that an article meets one or more of the following conditions, the article will be retracted.
• The article constitutes Plagiarism
• The article uses fake or deceitful data
• The article has been published elsewhere and or has been submitted to other journals
• There is clear evidence that the findings within the article are unreliable, either due to fabrication or to honest error
• The article reports unethical research
RETRACTION PROCEDURE:
1. The managing editor will contact the Author(s) and/or their institutions to give them the chance to investigate and respond to any concerns about the article.
2. If the managing editor is not satisfied with the response from the author(s) and/or their university, the following steps will be taken.
• The articles DOI webpage will be modified to include a retraction note.
• The electronic version (.pdf) of the original article will also be modified to include a watermark indicating that the article has been retracted.
• The next issue of the journal will include a retraction note giving article title, author list, the DOI link to the original article, and the reason for the retraction. The retraction note will be placed in the paginated portion of the journal and reference in the table of contents.
PUBLICITY AND SPONSORSHIP POLICY
Publicity policy aims to promote professional practices in advertising. IABE reserves the right to periodically revise this policy in order to maintain a high degree of quality of information provided by our journals, brochures, and website.
These principles provide guidance for entities who wish to advertise through IABE:
• Advertisement will not contain inaccurate information and will provide all relevant information about the product or service presented. All information will be clear and understandable.
• Discriminatory posts of any kind are prohibited.
• Subliminal advertising is prohibited. Subliminal advertising is defined as advertising that uses messages too weak to be perceived consciously but that can influence the economic behavior of a person.
• The company that promotes the products or services must be identified in the content of the advertising message.
• Advertisements must be clearly distinguishable from the scientific content of the journal.
• IABE will publish advertisement messages/logo on separate pages from those that contain scientific content.
• IABE will not disclose to any entities the identities of persons or companies that have any relations (connection) with this professional organization.
• The advertiser is responsible for all content of advertising (slogans, illustrations, messages, logo, etc.). IABE will not be liable in any way for the content of any advertisement supplied by an advertiser.
• IABE will pay attention to all complaints concerning advertising offered by all means and try to resolve the complaints, appealing to experienced professionals and experts from the advertising and law fields.
In order to preserve the scientific character of the journals, IABE will accept to publish on the front cover of every journal only the name /logo of the universities, colleges, or organizations from the economic field sponsoring the journals.
In order to promote educational programs of the sponsoring university/college/ organizations, IABE will insert one full-page advertisement about these entities. IABE does not allow any other form of advertising in the journal.
IABE can include in the content of the Conference Program an advertisement of a university or college and for certain categories of products that promote economic and financial services. IABE reserves the right to accept or reject any advertisements that would damage the IABE image or have a negative impact on IABE activity.
During conference breaks, IABE may allow some promotional brochures to be distributed to participants, provided that the content of these brochures has been previously analyzed and approved by IABE. Depending on the location of the conference, IABE may allow the use of posters and banners for advertising purposes. All advertising materials must be approved by IABE prior to the conference.
It is possible to promote different entities that are related to our academic activities on IABE.org, including Universities, colleges, and financial, economic, and educational organizations.
Other benifits of journal sponsorship:
• We invite you to nominate one of your faculty members to join as managing editor of the sponsored journal. We encourage your university to assist your nominee for managing editor with some administrative support.
• We will acknowledge your university/college in promotional brochures and other materials distributed about the journal.
• A link from the IABE home page to your university/college home page will reach our global membership for the duration of your sponsorship.
• We will acknowledge your sponsorship of the journal during a luncheon at the IABE annual conferences.
• We offer you complementary issues of the journal each year during the sponsorship period.
• We invite the Dean of your School/College to attend the IABE Annual Conference during the sponsorship period (without the regular registration fee).
We are open to your suggestions with regards to these benefits.
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April 24, 2015 Design Fashion Interview
Everyone in our scene had an entry point into streetwear and mine was New York’s own 10Deep. Initially I was drawn by the bold graphics and the bravado of the statements on the t-shirts, before falling in love with the unique cut’n’sew pieces, all with the small details and quirks that only a designer with real passion would have dreamt up.
Many don’t realise that 10Deep has been around for 20 years now, the same as Supreme – something really must have been in the water in New York back in 1994. But unlike Supreme, 10Deep have quietly gone about their business for the best part of those two decades, and even though I don’t have as much of their gear as I used to, I still regularly check in and look on – to see where they’re headed next.
My mom once told me that, no matter what, don’t get into the apparel industry. Despite that she did help me get my first cut-and-sew stuff off the ground.
Always relevant, their recent World Wide Wave collection shows they’re still tapping into the street zeitgeist, while their collab BMX bike with New Jersey’s Animal Bikes via BMX Pro Mike Hoder shows that they’re still prepared to do things outside the streetwear lexicon.
At the helm of the brand is Scott Sasso, an enigmatic designer and brand leader who still designs most of the collection for the brand, as well as overseeing the rest of the operation. 20 years of dedication right there. Scott and I conversed over email for this interview, and it was a pleasure to delve deeper into the brand that got me started on this path.
Much like most of the earlier roots of ‘street wear’ it was honestly done with out any sense of business consciousness. I woke up one morning, thinking that I wanted to start a t-shirt brand like many of the guys graduating from graffiti before me were doing, so I wrote down a bunch of names on a piece of paper, taped it onto the wall of my college dorm, and eliminated the ones that I liked least over the next few days.
10Deep was the name I liked best. I just wanted to make a couple of t-shirts really as something cool to do and as an extension of my interests in graffiti, zines, etc.
The brand has always been true to its core so there hasn’t been a need for reinvention. We’ve always been based not in what we think we ‘should’ do but from the collective of interests and tastes of our small and eclectic crew of friends. That said, sometimes we find it necessary to re-remind the street wear public (who often like to assign their own assumptions and values to brands) who we are.
We stick to the essence of where we come from – the 90s NY indie brand scene. Much of what is called street wear today doesn’t necessarily fall into stuff that we would call streetwear.
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(Psephizo) Ian Paul–Sex, gender and marriage in the C of E
Underlying the problems arising from contradictory statements, and the difference between civil and Church understandings of marriage, is the difference between biological sex and gender. The Church of England’s view of marriage as being between ‘one man and one women’ has usually been understood as a reference to biological sex—hence Christine Hardman’s answer to the question seems to assume that, since biological sex has not been changed by gender transition, the marriage is still believed to be valid. But the previous decision in 2004—that the notion of man and woman is understood with reference to the legal definition of gender—takes the opposite view. That was similar to the Government’s approach, in that prior to the 2013 Equal (Same-sex) Marriage Act, gender transition would lead to the dissolving of a marriage, since it was not possible in law for two people of the same gender in law to be married to each other—but it is worth noting that the Government here was only concerned with status in law, rather than questions of ontology and theology that the Church is more interested in.
In fact, the question was explicitly raised in the law around gender recognition. It is only possible to obtain a GRC for married people if they have obtained ‘spousal consent’; without this, the person would first have to get a divorce prior to applying for a certificate. (The Liberal Democrats opposed this idea, which would have meant that the spouse of someone undergoing gender transition would be forced into a same-sex marriage against their will.)
The term ‘gender’ with reference to the social manifestation of sex identity is relatively recent, having been coined in the 1950s by sexologist John Money. The term was taken up by feminists as a way of detaching biological sex from the (often rigid) expectations of social roles of the sexes. But with the rise of transgender ideology, the term has now been turned inward and used to refer to an ‘inner’ sense of sex identity—though without any real evidential basis in biological or psychological study. And this inward turn has ill-served feminists, since biological males who claim an ‘inner’ sense of being female can, under the legal mechanism of gender recognition, now enter social contexts that are limited to women only.
The Church of England is seeking to explore these complex questions around sexuality in a process called Living in Love and Faith (LLF). It is becoming ever clearer that this exploration will have to come to a view on the status of ‘gender’ in relation to biological sex: is it really a thing? how is it understood? how does it relate to biological sex as part of bodily human existence? does it have any theological status? And until that is done, I think the Church would be wise not to make any more ad hoc pronouncements about transgender issues.
Two truly excellent talks today by Revd Dr Ian Paul at Manchester Cathedral. He spoke about “Hope in Revelation”. What a scholar and preacher. Thank you!https://t.co/YIQOLM28r9 @ManCathedral @DioManchester pic.twitter.com/LGiyUGTRqY
— Paul Monk (@Revd_Paul_Monk) February 26, 2018
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Protected Bike Lanes in Winnipeg
More details will be announced soon. My thanks to the Metro for covering this story.
Could a cycling grid be right for Winnipeg? Councillor Lukes wants safer biking system similar to BC
Metro News Winnipeg Braeden Jones October 3, 2016
A Winnipeg councillor who saw the lights and lanes of a complete bike network out West on a recent visit thinks one could be rolled out here if only there were the “political will.”
Councillor Janice Lukes (St. Norbert) recently attended the Pro Walk/ Pro Bike conference in Vancouver.She said she was “blown away” by how easily navigable the city was by bike.
“You can do all the reading in the world, follow all of the blogs, listen to all of the people but there’s nothing like experiencing it,” she said of the city’s bike infrastructure. “I was biking in downtown, day and night, up and down very busy streets and felt completely safe.”
At home, she admits openly she’s a part of a reasonably intimidated demographic of people who wish cycling felt safer, aware that disconnected lanes siphon cyclists into traffic often feels anything but safe. “It makes me nervous without protected bike lanes, you can only go up and down Assiniboine Avenue so many times,” she said. “Biking all over Vancouver with protected bike lanes was spectacular.”
While at the conference, she also attended an information session on Calgary’s successful implementation of a minimum cycling grid—a network of protected lanes installed quickly to gauge potential usage. Edmonton city council is making moves to follow Calgary’s example, and Lukes said Winnipeg could be next.
“Now is the time we should be looking at doing it, looking at temporary pieces of infrastructure to try it out,” she said. “We can learn from these other cities and apply it in a timely manner.” Lukes plans to host a seminar on the bike network question near the end of October.
“We are going to talk about what Calgary did, what Edmonton is doing, and where we are at with what Winnipeg can do,” she said, noting the date and place are to be determined.
Depending on how that session goes, and what kind of support she has from others councillors, Lukes said there’s a chance increased interest in closing the gaps in our bike network could be reflected in this year’s budget deliberations.
Bike Winnipeg Executive Director Mark Cohoe said he hopes that’s the case. “We are falling behind, we’re in a position in this city where we can lead if we want to—we are flat, sunny, perfect for biking—but we have to have that political will and it has to be backed up with funding,” Cohoe said.
Twitter: http://janicelukes.ca/?p=7019
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A unified theory of the firm from Tawhidic paradigm
Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi (2013) A unified theory of the firm from Tawhidic paradigm. In: 1st World Congress on Integration and Islamicisation of Acquired Human Knowledge (FWCII 2013), 23-25 August 2013, Prince Hotel & Residence, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)
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This study develops a unified theory of the firm from Tawhidic paradigm for a comprehensive theory to describe the nature of the firm, the scope and boundaries of assessment on organizational environments, and the assessment of internal organizations to formulate, implement and evaluate organizational strategies. The conventional approach to the theory of the firm is not adequate to respond to external, internal, and human dynamism. The market-based theory of the firm emphasises on the industrial organizational perspective only of the firm, which is lack of dynamism. The evolutionary approach into resource-based and knowledge-based of theory of the firm is also unable to provide a unified theory of the firm due to lacks of spirituality foundation to sustain intellectual contribution from knowledge workers. As an alternative, this study proposes a unified theory of the firm the Tawhidic paradigm approach as a mean to achieve organizational sustainable innovation and competitive advantage. The study used qualitative method via personal interview 15 senior managers of Islamic financial institutions that listed in Bursa Malaysia about the nature of the firm, the scope and boundaries of the companies that contribute to a unified theory of the firm. The informants argued that the vision, mission and objective statements that differentiate the shari’ah compliant and non-shari’ah compliant companies. The shariah-compliant companies apply Tawhidic paradigm in terms of companies’ continuous improvement in all functional aspects, value added services to the stakeholders, and enhancing social welfare to the humanity. The use of qualitative method through personal interviews is appropriate for exploratory nature of the study to develop a unified theory of the firm. Nevertheless, the findings cannot be generalizable. Theoretical contribution from this study is the development of framework of the theory of the firm from Tawhidic paradigm, which adds into the sustainability principles and business continuity. In terms of policy implications, the study provides significant insights to business decision makers and economic policy makers to subscribe Tawhidic paradigm for sustainable economic growth and national prosperity.
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RJ announces 2 weekly Aqaba-Dubai direct flights
By JT - May 31,2017 - Last updated at May 31,2017
AMMAN — Royal Jordan Airlines on Wednesday announced plans to operate two weekly direct flights between Aqaba and Dubai as of June 8, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority Chief Commissioner Nasser Shraideh said that the flights will enhance tourism, as the UAE is the biggest investor in Aqaba, 330km south of Amman, with a value of $10 billion.
Various airlines have established flights departing from the port city since 2017 including Cairo, Beirut and Istanbul, the official said, adding that the flights will facilitate reaching the city and other tourist destinations such as Petra and Wadi Rum.
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Ultrastructural localization of rRNA shows defective nuclear export of preribosomes in mutants of the Nup82p complex
Pierre-Emmanuel Gleizes, Jacqueline Noaillac-Depeyre, Isabelle Léger-Silvestre, Frédéric Teulières, Jean-Yves Dauxois, Denys Pommet, Marie-Claude Azum-Gelade, Nicole Gas
Pierre-Emmanuel Gleizes
1Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse cedex, France
Jacqueline Noaillac-Depeyre
Isabelle Léger-Silvestre
Frédéric Teulières
Jean-Yves Dauxois
2Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information, 35170 Bruz, France
Denys Pommet
Marie-Claude Azum-Gelade
Nicole Gas
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200108142 | Published December 10, 2001
To study the nuclear export of preribosomes, ribosomal RNAs were detected by in situ hybridization using fluorescence and EM, in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In wild-type cells, semiquantitative analysis shows that the distributions of pre-40S and pre-60S particles in the nucleolus and the nucleoplasm are distinct, indicating uncoordinated transport of the two subunits within the nucleus. In cells defective for the activity of the GTPase Gsp1p/Ran, ribosomal precursors accumulate in the whole nucleus. This phenotype is reproduced with pre-60S particles in cells defective in pre-rRNA processing, whereas pre-40S particles only accumulate in the nucleolus, suggesting a tight control of the exit of the small subunit from the nucleolus. Examination of nucleoporin mutants reveals that preribosome nuclear export requires the Nup82p–Nup159p–Nsp1p complex. In contrast, mutations in the nucleoporins forming the Nup84p complex yield very mild or no nuclear accumulation of preribosome. Interestingly, domains of Nup159p required for mRNP trafficking are not necessary for preribosome export. Furthermore, the RNA helicase Dbp5p and the protein Gle1p, which interact with Nup159p and are involved in mRNP trafficking, are dispensable for ribosomal transport. Thus, the Nup82p–Nup159p–Nsp1p nucleoporin complex is part of the nuclear export pathways of preribosomes and mRNPs, but with distinct functions in these two processes.
ribosome; nuclear export; nuclear pore complex; yeast; electron microscopy
Molecular exchanges between the nucleus and the cytoplasm in eukaryotic cells are driven by a complex set of mechanisms that direct the trafficking of molecules across the nuclear envelope (Fabre and Hurt, 1997; Mattaj and Englmeier, 1998; Wozniak et al., 1998; Ferrigno and Silver, 1999; Gorlich and Kutay, 1999). In eukaryotic cells, ribosome biogenesis involves a large number of nucleocytoplasmic transport events at various steps. For example, in order to produce ∼200,000 ribosomes and thus double the translation machinery over a 100-min cell cycle, ∼4,000 ribosomal subunits must be exported every minute from the nucleus in proliferating Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. To assemble these preribosomes, the trafficking of ribosomal proteins should amount to ∼1,000 molecules/min/pore (Warner, 1999). This high-rate transfer of preribosomes to the cytoplasm is presumably coordinated with the maturation of the preribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) and the assembly of the ribosomal proteins. But in contrast to these processes which have been the focus of many studies (Venema and Tollervey, 1999), the mechanisms underlying the nuclear export of preribosomes remain largely unknown.
In S. cerevisiae, the small ribosomal subunit (40S) comprises the 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and ∼32 proteins, whereas the large subunit (60S) is made of three rRNAs (25S, 5.8S, and 5S) and ∼46 proteins. Transcription of ribosomal DNA by RNA polymerase I in the nucleolus yields a large 35S precursor transcript, which immediately undergoes methylation and pseudouridylation guided by snoRNPs (Bachellerie and Cavaille, 1997; Tollervey and Kiss, 1997). This pre-rRNA is converted to the 18S, 5.8S, and 25S mature rRNAs after elimination of two external and two internal spacers by a series of endo- and exonucleolytic cleavages (Venema and Tollervey, 1999). Most steps of this maturation process are thought to take place in the nucleus, except conversion of the 20S pre-rRNA to the 18S rRNA, which in S. cerevisiae occurs in the cytoplasm (Udem and Warner, 1973; Trapman and Planta, 1976; Vanrobays et al., 2001). A separate gene transcribed by RNA polymerase III encodes the 5S rRNA, which is incorporated into the precursor for the large ribosomal subunit in the nucleus. Early steps of ribosomal biogenesis take place in a large 90S preribosomal particle which divides into 43S and 66S particles, precursors for the 40S and the 60S subunits. The assembly of the ribosomal particles starts in the nucleolus with the binding of some ribosomal proteins to the nascent transcript, and is completed with the late addition of others after export to the cytoplasm (Hadjiolov, 1985).
Transport across the nuclear envelope takes place at the nuclear pore complex (NPC),* a large proteinaceous structure (M = 50–60 MDa in yeast) that forms an aqueous channel (Stoffler et al., 1999). Extensive characterization of the NPC composition in S. cerevisiae by various approaches (including genetics, biochemistry, biocomputing, and recently proteomics) has led to the identification of a virtually complete list of ∼30 proteins, called nucleoporins (Doye and Hurt, 1997; Fabre and Hurt, 1997; Rout et al., 2000). Physical interactions between some nucleoporins have been established, thus defining a series of subcomplexes including the Nup82p complex (Nup82–Nup159p–Nsp1p) (Grandi et al., 1995a; Hurwitz and Blobel, 1995; Belgareh et al., 1998), the Nup84p complex (Nup84p–Nup85p–Nup120p–Nup145Cp–Seh1p–Sec13p) (Siniossoglou et al., 1996, 2000), the Nic96p complex (Nic96p–Nup49p–Nup57p–Nsp1p) (Grandi et al., 1995b), and the Nup53p complex (Nup53p–Nup59p–Nup170p) (Marelli et al., 1998). Transport across the NPC of most proteins, of tRNAs, and of snRNAs has been shown to require their interaction with a member of the karyopherin family (also called importins/exportins), a group of soluble receptors that recognize nuclear import or export signals and mediate binding to nucleoporins (Mattaj and Englmeier, 1998; Wozniak et al., 1998). Isolation of thermosensitive (ts) mutants accumulating poly(A)+ RNAs in the nucleus has led to the identification of several nucleoporins required for mRNP transport (Doye and Hurt, 1997), including proteins of the Nup84p complex (Heath et al., 1995; Goldstein et al., 1996; Siniossoglou et al., 1996; Fabre and Hurt, 1997), Nup82p (Hurwitz and Blobel, 1995), and Nup159p (Gorsch et al., 1995).
The yeast S. cerevisiae has recently been used to develop new assays for identifying proteins involved in the nuclear export of preribosomes. Hurt et al. (1999) have fused the green fluorescent protein (GFP) to Rpl25p, a protein of the large ribosomal subunit, in order to detect the accumulation of pre-60S particles in the nucleus. Mutants affecting the function of the small GTPase Ran/Gsp1p, a key regulator of nucleocytoplasmic transport (Gorlich and Kutay, 1999), as well as mutants of the nucleoporins Nup49p and Nsp1p, displayed nuclear accumulation of Rpl25p-GFP. This assay was used to show that the exportin Xpo1p/Crm1p could act as a nuclear export factor for pre-60S particles through binding to protein Nmd3p, which in turn associates with the ribosomal protein Rpl10p (Ho et al., 2000; Gadal et al., 2001). A similar approach with an Rpl11p-GFP reporter protein was developed by Stage-Zimmermann et al. (2000). Regarding the transport of the pre-40S particles, Moy and Silver (1999) used fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to monitor the fate of the 5′ part of the ITS1, which is cleaved off the 20S pre-rRNA in the cytoplasm and degraded by the exonuclease Xrn1p; in an xrn1Δ background, this product accumulates in the cytoplasm unless a second mutation blocks the nuclear export of the small subunit. As for the large subunit, this approach revealed deficient transport of the 20S pre-rRNA upon alteration of Ran function. In addition, mutants of Xpo1p/Crm1p and Nup82p displayed accumulation of the 20S pre-rRNA in the whole nucleus. Mutations affecting other nucleoporins resulted in a strong FISH signal in the nucleolus, a phenotype interpreted as a defect in ribosomal processing rather than in transport. Thus, these first studies in yeast have led to the identification of proteins involved in preribosome trafficking; however, no clear picture has yet emerged regarding the role of the components of the NPC in this process.
Here we present a novel approach using the detection of the ribosomal particles by in situ hybridization and EM, with probes complementary to various regions of the pre-rRNA. This method differs from the previous ones in several aspects: both pre-40S and pre-60S particles can be visualized with the same method; the introduction of a reporter gene or the modification of the genetic background of the cells is not needed; the observation of ultrathin sections gives direct access to the nucleus without interference of the strong signal coming from the cytoplasmic ribosomes; and preribosome distribution within the nucleus can be semiquantitatively analyzed. We first evaluate this ultrastructural approach by examining the phenotypes of mutants known to be impaired in ribosome synthesis or ribosomal nuclear export. Then, in combination with FISH, we show that mutants of the nucleoporins forming the complex Nup82p–Nup159p–Nsp1p, but not the Nup84p complex, are affected in the nuclear export of the ribosomal subunits. Further analysis of deletion mutants of NUP159 demonstrates that the function of Nup159p in mRNP trafficking can be uncoupled from its role in preribosome nuclear export.
Localization of the precursors of the small and large ribosomal subunits in the nucleus of S. cerevisiae
The localization of the small and large subunits and of their precursors in wild-type S. cerevisiae was first established by in situ hybridization using probes complementary to the 18S and the 25S rRNAs (Fig. 1) . As expected, both probes labeled the nucleolus, where rDNA is transcribed, and the cytosol where ribosomes accumulate and carry out translation. However, the labeling level of the nucleoplasm was different with the two probes: this part of the nucleus was poorly labeled with the 18S probe, with only 10–15% of the total nuclear labeling; in contrast, 25–35% of the nuclear 25S rRNA (and its precursors) was detected in this compartment. The rRNAs labeled with the 25S probe in the nucleoplasm mostly corresponded to mature 25S RNA and not to its precursors, as a probe complementary to the ITS2 was primarily detected over the nucleolus (10% in the nucleoplasm). In accordance with the labeling obtained with the 18S probe, a probe directed to the 5′ part of the ITS1 (D-A2 segment), which is present in the 20S pre-rRNA, decorated the nucleolus almost exclusively. This difference in the distribution of the pre-40S and pre-60S particles in the nucleolus and the nucleoplasm suggests that the two subunits exit the nucleus along distinct intranuclear pathways or with different kinetics. This is in accordance with previous biochemical data showing that the small subunit is exported to the cytoplasm faster than the large one, and is more rapidly incorporated into polysomes (Udem and Warner, 1973; Trapman and Planta, 1976).
Ultrastructural localization of preribosomes by in situ hybridization in the nucleus of S. cerevisiae. In situ hybridization was performed on sections of wild-type cells with probes complementary to the 18S rRNA, the 25S rRNA, the ITS1, or the ITS2. The majority of the nuclear labeling is found over the nucleolus (No), which is more electron-dense than the nucleoplasm (Np). However, a significant fraction of pre-60S particles is detected in the nucleoplasm. The distribution of the labeling in the nucleoplasm and the nucleolus was assessed by counting the gold particles on a series of pictures of nuclei taken randomly. Bars, 200 nm.
Distribution of ribosomal RNA upon a defect in nucleocytoplasmic transport
One result expected from a defect in the nuclear exit of preribosomes is the rapid buildup of (pre-) rRNA level in the nucleus, as compared with the wild-type situation. In parallel, the amount of rRNA in the cytoplasm should decrease, but this may occur slowly due to the long half-life of the ribosomal subunits, and the fact that nuclear export may not be completely stopped in the mutant context. For this reason, we mostly concentrated on the nuclear retention of (pre-) rRNA. In addition to a quantitative change in the amount of rRNA in the nucleus, we also considered a possible shift in the distribution of preribosomes from the nucleolus to the nucleoplasm. Data from Moy and Silver (1999) suggest that a mutation affecting an early step of the pre-40S particle synthesis pathway would result in the accumulation of pre-18S rRNA in the nucleolus, whereas disruption of a late step (i.e., passage through the NPC) would lead to the accumulation of pre-18S rRNA in the whole nucleus.
The activity of the GTPase Gsp1p/Ran was previously shown to be necessary for the nuclear export of both subunits (Hurt et al., 1999; Moy and Silver, 1999), as for many transport substrates. Thus, we examined ts alleles of MTR1 (mtr1-1) and RNA1 (rna1-1), two genes whose products act as the GTP exchange factor and the GTPase activating protein, respectively, of Ran (Fig. 2) . In wild-type cells, raising the temperature above 30°C (up to 37°C) for 3–4 h only led to a slight decrease of the amount of preribosomes in the nucleus, and did not change their nuclear distribution (Fig. 2, a and b). In contrast, the mtr1-1 and rna1-1 strains, grown for 4 h at 32°C, strongly accumulated (pre-) rRNA in the whole nucleus, as seen with both the 18S and the 25S probes (Fig. 2, c–f). The increase of the labeling was particularly conspicuous in the nucleoplasm in comparison with wild-type cells. The subunits did not accumulate at the vicinity of the NPCs, but instead were distributed throughout the entire volume of the nucleus. To look more specifically at ribosomal trafficking, we tested a ts mutant of Nmd3p (nmd3-2), a protein shown to act as an adapter between the pre-60S particle and the exportin Crm1p (Ho et al., 2000; Gadal et al., 2001). After 3 h at 33°C, a strong labeling was observed with pre-60S particles both in the nucleolus and in the nucleoplasm, whereas the pre-40S particles were mostly observed in the nucleolus (Fig. 2, g and h). This observation is consistent with a transport defect specific for the large subunit. Thus, mutations known to affect preribosome export result in the buildup of the amount of (pre-) rRNA in the entire nucleus, particularly in the nucleoplasm, as compared with wild-type cells. These observations are reminiscent of the data obtained with these mutants using functional assays based on fluorescence microscopy.
Localization of preribosomes in strains defective in ribosomal nuclear export. The mtr1-1 and rna1-1 strains, grown for 4 h at 32°C, strongly accumulate pre-40S (18S probe) and pre-60S (25S probe) particles in the whole nucleus (c–f), whereas the nmd3-2 mutant (shifted to 33°C for 3 h) is specifically affected in the export of the large subunit (g and h). Wild-type cells cultured at 34°C for 4 h are shown in pictures a and b. No, nucleolus; Np, nucleoplasm. Bars, 200 nm.
Effect of ribosomal RNA processing defects on the nuclear transport of preribosomes
Although accumulation of preribosomes in the whole nucleus is expected from an alteration of the export machinery per se (namely the NPC, karyopherins, and Ran), such a phenotype could also result from the release from the nucleolus of aborted preribosomes incompetent for nuclear export (due to a defect in pre-rRNA processing or in the assembly of a subunit), or from the failure of a maturation step that normally occurs in the nucleoplasm. For example, we have shown previously that preribosomes strongly accumulate in the nucleus of cells bearing a mutated 5S rRNA (Dechampesme et al., 1999). To gain more insight into the fate of preribosomes upon a defect in pre-rRNA processing, we looked at strains bearing conditional mutations of NOP1 and GAR1, two genes encoding nucleolar proteins found in C + D and H/ACA box snoRNPs, respectively. Depletion of Nop1p in a GAL::NOP1 strain leads to a general defect in pre-rRNA processing and methylation (Tollervey et al., 1991). The ts gar1-1 mutant is mostly affected in the synthesis of 18S rRNA, and pre-rRNA pseudouridylation is abolished (Bousquet-Antonelli et al., 1997). Observation of these mutants under nonpermissive conditions revealed different accumulation patterns for the small and large subunits (Fig. 3 , a–f). The nucleolar labeling was higher with both probes (18S and 25S) under nonpermissive conditions, probably due to accumulation of ill-processed pre-rRNAs. In addition, the amount pre-60S particles dramatically increased in the nucleoplasm in both gar1-1 and GAL::NOP1 mutants. The ITS2 probe revealed a large amount of pre-25S/pre-5.8S rRNA in the nucleoplasm of these cells, indicating the release of immature pre-60S particles from the nucleolus (compare with wild-type cells in Fig. 1). Although these cells were shown to accumulate aberrant precursors (23S) of the 18S rRNA, the loss of Gar1p or Nop1p function did not result in the accumulation of 18S precursors in the nucleoplasm. Because Nop1p or Gar1p act in early steps of pre-rRNA processing, we studied a strain conditionally expressing RRP7 (GAL::RRP7), an essential gene whose product is required downstream of Nop1p and Gar1p in the synthesis of the small subunit (Baudin-Baillieu et al., 1997). Upon depletion of Rrp7p, no nucleoplasmic accumulation of pre-18S rRNA was observed (Fig. 3 g); a similar result was obtained with a mutant deleted of the ribosomal protein gene RPS27B (Fig. 3 h), which can act as a multicopy suppressor of RRP7 deletion, and whose absence severely impairs growth and 18S rRNA production (Baudin-Baillieu et al., 1997). Last, in a double mutant of Kap121p/Pse1p and Kap123p (pse1-1Δkap123), two karyopherins involved in import of ribosomal proteins (Rout et al., 1997), (pre-) rRNAs accumulated in the nucleolus but not in the nucleoplasm, as checked with a probe to the entire ribosomal transcription unit (Fig. 3 i).
Strains defective in pre-rRNA maturation or ribosomal protein trafficking accumulate pre-60S, but not pre-40S particles in the nucleoplasm under nonpermissive conditions. EM in situ hybridization was performed with the 18S, 25S, and ITS2 probes on the pre-rRNA processing mutants gar1-1ts (transferred for 3 h to 37°C) (a–c) and GAL::NOP1 (grown for 20 h with glucose) (d–f). Pre-60S particles are detected in high amount in the whole nucleus, whereas pre-40S particles accumulate in the nucleolus. Nucleolar, but not nucleoplasmic, accumulation of pre-40S particles is also observed in GAL::RRP7 cells cultured with glucose for 16 h (g) and in rps27BΔ cells (h). In the nucleus of pse1-1ts/Δkap123 cells shifted to 37°C for 2 h, pre-rRNAs are found in the nucleolus, when detected with a probe against the entire ribosomal transcription unit (35S probe) (i). Bars, 200 nm.
Thus, a strong defect in pre-rRNA processing is not sufficient to induce accumulation of pre-40S particles in the nucleoplasm, in contrast to a defect in Ran activity or in some nucleoporin mutants (see below). This suggests that the exit of these preribosomes from the nucleolus is tightly controlled and gives a criterion by which to distinguish a defect in ribosomal synthesis from a defect in the nuclear export of the 43S particles. In contrast, both kinds of defects result in a high level of 60S particles in the entire nucleus. For this reason, we mainly concentrated on the nuclear export of the small subunits in the subsequent experiments.
Ribosomal trafficking defect in nucleoporin mutants
To get further insight into the function of the NPC in the nuclear export of preribosomes, we next examined ts mutants of nucleoporins. We focused on two sets of nucleoporins which have been shown to be involved in mRNA trafficking and to physically associate in two distinct complexes: (a) Nup82p, Nup159p, and Nsp1p (Belgareh et al., 1998); and (b) Nup84p, Nup85p, Nup120p, and Nup145-Cpwhich form the so-called Nup84p complex with Sec13p and Seh1p (Siniossoglou et al., 1996, 2000). All these proteins are required for the nuclear export of mRNAs, with the exception of Nsp1p (Doye and Hurt, 1997).
Upon transfer to 37°C, we observed that all the mutants displayed a fragmented nucleolus, as already reported for some of them (Aitchison et al., 1995; Iovine et al., 1995; Del Priore et al., 1996; Goldstein et al., 1996; Dockendorff et al., 1997); an example is given with nup159-1 in Fig. 4 . Nucleolar fragmentation could be monitored by fluorescence microscopy in live cells transformed with a Gar1–GFP fusion (Fig. 4 A), starting as soon as 5 min after the shift to 37°C. Under these conditions, the nucleolar protein Nop1p was localized throughout the nucleus around dense bodies that did not contain rRNA (Fig. 4 B), and the in situ hybridization signal in the nucleus was low, probably due in part to alteration of rRNA synthesis upon heat shock (Warner and Udem, 1972; Veinot-Drebot et al., 1989). Therefore, to observe the effect of the ts mutations on preribosome export under conditions that preserve the nuclear organization, we first determined the threshold temperature above which the nucleolar structure is altered, using Gar1–GFP as a marker. We found that in most mutants, the nucleolus was not fragmented when the temperature was raised up to 34–35°C, as shown for nup159-1 cells in Fig. 4, A and B. Nevertheless, this temperature was sufficient to induce accumulation of poly(A)+ RNAs in the nucleus, as checked by FISH with an oligo-dT probe (Fig. 4 C).
Setting appropriate conditions to study the trafficking of preribosomes in nucleoporin ts mutants. (A) Visualization of the nucleolus in live wild-type and nup159-1 cells at various temperatures with a Gar1-GFP reporter protein. The nucleolus is fragmented in nup159-1 cells at 37, but not at 34°C. (B) Ultrastructural morphology of the nucleus in nup159-1 cells at various temperatures; after 2 h at 37°C, several nucleolar fragments containing the protein Nop1p are detected. The nucleolus remains intact at 34°C. (C) FISH with an oligo-dT probe in nucleoporin mutants cultured for 3 h at 34°C. Poly(A)+ RNA nuclear accumulation is seen in all mutant strains except nsp1 ts10A. Bars (EM), 200 nm.
Thus, exponentially growing wild-type and mutant cells were transferred to 34–35°C for 4 h and prepared for EM. In situ hybridization was performed with the 18S and 25S probes (Fig. 5) , and the distribution of the 18S probe in the nucleus was analyzed semiquantitatively (Fig. 6) . This temperature switch had no effect on the amount of preribosomes in the nucleus of wild-type cells (Fig. 5 a). Under these conditions, mutants nup84Δ, nup85-1, nup120Δ, and nup145-10, in which the corresponding protein is either absent (nup84Δ, nup120Δ) or extensively truncated (nup85-1, nup145-10), showed a 1.5–2× increase in the labeling of the nucleolus with the 18S probe as compared with the wild-type cells, and either no change (nup85-1, nup145-10) or a modest 2× increase (nup84Δ, nup120Δ) in the labeling of the nucleoplasm (Figs. 5, e–h, and 6). In contrast, in the strains nup82Δ108, nup159-1, and nsp1 ts10A cells, the nucleoplasm was 5–6× more labeled than in the wild-type cells, whereas the labeling of the nucleolus was multiplied by 1.5–2 (Figs. 5, b–d, and 6). As shown in Fig. 6, the labeling of the nucleoplasm significantly increased relative to the labeling of the nucleolus in these three mutants, whereas in the mutants of the nucleoporins forming the Nup84p complex, this ratio was equivalent to that found in the wild-type cells. The nup82Δ108, nup159-1, and nsp1 ts10A cells, but not the other strains (unpublished data), also displayed a high labeling of the nucleoplasm with the 25S probe, showing that the export defect was not restricted to the small subunit (Fig. 5, i–l). Similar to the situation in the rna1-1 and mtr1-1 mutants, the preribosomes did not accumulate at the NPC. Accumulation of pre-40S and pre-60S particles in the nucleoplasm could also be observed at the permissive temperature (25°C) in these three mutant strains (unpublished data). Thus, these results indicate that the Nsp1p–Nup159p–Nup82p complex, but not the Nup84p complex, is required for efficient nuclear export of the ribosomal subunits.
Nuclear export of preribosomes is altered in mutants of the Nup82p complex, but not in mutants of the Nup84p complex. Exponentially growing cells were shifted to 34–35°C for 3 h and processed for EM. In situ hybridization with the 18S probe reveals the accumulation of pre-40S particles in the whole nucleus of mutants nup82Δ108, nup159-1, and nsp1 ts10A (b–d), as compared with wild-type cells (a). The same labeling pattern is also observed with the 25S probe in these mutants (i–l). In contrast, labeling with the 18S probe is limited to the nucleolus in mutants nup84Δ, nup85-1, nup120Δ, and nup145-10 (e–h). Bars, 200 nm.
Semiquantitative analysis of the labeling distribution in the nucleolus and the nucleoplasm after in situ hybridization with the 18S probe. Pictures of cells grown at 34°C and prepared as in Fig. 5 were taken randomly; on each picture, the labeling density of the nucleolus (dNo) and of the nucleoplasm (dNp) was evaluated as described in Materials and methods, and the ratio dNo/dNp was calculated. The graph shows the mean values for each strain. A one to one comparison of the mean value of the wild-type strain (FY86) with the others was performed (* P<0.05; ** P<0.01; *** P<0.001). Two independent in situ hybridization experiments were necessary to examine all the strains. The results obtained for the wild-type cells in these two experiments are shown (WT #1 and WT #2).
Ribosomal RNA processing in mutants nup159-1, nsp1 ts10A, and nup82Δ108
We checked the status of pre-rRNA processing in mutants nup159-1, nup82Δ108, and nsp1 ts10A at the permissive and semipermissive temperatures by Northern blot analysis with probes complementary to the internal transcribed spacers. As shown in Fig. 7 A, no rRNA precursor strongly accumulated in these mutants, although a slight increase in 35S pre-rRNA could be observed. As in wild-type cells, 20S pre-rRNA was the most abundant species detected with a probe hybridizing to the D-A2 fragment, which reveals all the precursors of the 18S rRNA. Pre-rRNA overall signal in nup159-1 and nup82Δ108 was dimmer at the semipermissive temperature, consistent with a lower rDNA transcription rate. Despite the general decrease in rRNA signal, the amount of 20S pre-rRNA in these cells at the semirestrictive temperature remained as high as at the permissive temperature, indicating a relative accumulation of this species. We thus checked by in situ hybridization where the 20S pre-rRNA accumulated in these cells, using a probe complementary to the ITS1 upstream of the A2 cleavage point (Fig. 7 B for nup159-1). As with the 18S probe, labeling was mostly restricted to the nucleolus in wild-type cells, whereas it spread to the nucleoplasm in the mutants. Thus, the small subunits accumulating in the nucleoplasm contain 20S pre-rRNA, in accordance with early results showing that cleavage at point D, which yields 18S rRNA, takes place in the cytoplasm in yeast (Udem and Warner, 1973; Trapman and Planta, 1976). Unlike in pre-rRNA processing mutants (Fig. 3), the probe to the ITS2 mostly labeled the nucleolus in nup159-1 cells (Fig. 7 B), strongly suggesting that the rRNA detected with the 25S probe in the nucleoplasm corresponds to mature 25S rRNA, in agreement with the Northern blot analysis showing no accumulation of 27S pre-rRNA in this mutant.
Pre-rRNA processing in mutants nup82Δ108, nup159-1, and nsp1 ts10A. (A) Northern blot analysis of pre-rRNA processing. No gross defect in pre-rRNA processing is detected, although a slight increase in 35S pre-rRNA is visible in the mutant strains as compared with the wild-type cells. Pre-rRNA overall signal in nup159-1 and nup82Δ108 is dimmer at semipermissive temperature, except the amount of 20S pre-rRNA which remains constant, indicating a relative accumulation of this species. (B) EM in situ hybridization with probes complementary to the D-A2 fragment of the ITS1 and to the ITS2. The ITS1 probe labels the nucleoplasm in nup159-1 cells grown at 34-35°C for 3 h, but not in a wild-type strain. No accumulation of pre-5.8S/25S rRNA is detected with the ITS2 probe in the nucleoplasm of this mutant. (C) FISH with a probe to the D-A2 domain of the ITS1 (red), and DNA staining with DAPI (green). Mutations in the Nup82p, but not in the Nup84p complex, lead to the accumulation of pre-18S rRNA in the whole nucleus (nuclei designated by arrows) and a very low cytoplasmic signal. In cells defective in pre-rRNA processing (GAL::NOP1 and GAL::RRP7 mutants grown for 20 h on glucose) and in nuclear import of ribosomal proteins (pse1-1/Δkap123 transferred for 3 h to 34°C), the ITS1 is localized to the nucleolus. Bars (EM), 200 nm.
To confirm the results obtained by EM with the ITS1 probe, we performed FISH with an oligonucleotidic probe also directed to the 5′ part of the ITS1. As shown in Fig. 7 C, wild-type cells were mostly labeled by this probe in the nucleolus (no colocalization with DNA). Additionally, a dim signal was detected in the cytoplasm. The pattern observed in the strains mutated in nucleoporins of the Nup84p complex was similar, except that the nucleolar labeling appeared to be stronger. In contrast, in the nup82Δ108, nup159-1, and nsp1 ts10A mutants, some cells displayed a strong labeling of the whole nucleus, whereas the cytoplasm was not fluorescent, consistent with the nuclear retention of pre-40S particles. As a comparison, no signal was either detected in the cytoplasm of the GAL::NOP1 and GAL::RRP7 strains grown on glucose, but the ITS1 remained confined to the nucleolus, suggesting very early sequestration of the pre-18S rRNAs in this domain. Similarly, the pse1-1/Δkap123 cells displayed strongly labeled hypertrophied nucleoli; in this strain, a dim signal could still be detected in the cytoplasm.
The results of the FISH experiments are in agreement with the pictures obtained by EM in situ hybridization with the 18S and ITS1 probes. Overall, these data show that the nucleoplasmic accumulation of rRNA associated with the mutations nup82Δ108, nup159-1, and nsp1 ts10A does not correlate with a major alteration of pre-rRNA processing in the nucleus, and is likely to reflect a defect in the nuclear export process.
The function of Nup159p in the nuclear export of ribosomal particles and mRNPs is different
As mentioned above, mutation of NUP159 as well as NUP82 impairs mRNP nuclear export, which might result from the loss of function of one of the proteins interacting with Nup159p, in particular the DEAD-box RNA helicase Dbp5p/Rat8p (Hodge et al., 1999) and the mRNA transport factor Mex67p (Strasser et al., 2000). Dbp5p, which was isolated in a genetic screen for mRNA transport mutants, is bound to the NPC through the NH2-terminal domain of Nup159p. Deletion of this domain in Nup159p results in the loss of Dbp5p from the NPC, confers thermosensitivity, and severely affects mRNA export, even at 25°C (Del Priore et al., 1997; Hodge et al., 1999). Dbp5p in turn forms a complex with the nucleoporins Gle1p/Rss1p and Nup42p/Rip1p (Hodge et al., 1999; Strahm et al., 1999), which are also involved in mRNA export (Murphy and Wente, 1996; Saavedra et al., 1997).
First, we established whether the domains of Nup159p involved in the nuclear export of the ribosomal subunits were the same as for mRNPs by looking at mutants expressing Nup159p deleted of its NH2-terminal domain (nup159ΔN), its central region (nup159ΔR), or both (nup159-C) (Fig. 8) . As described previously, the mRNA transport defect in mutants nup159ΔN and nup159-C was more pronounced than in nup159-1 cells, with 100% of the cells showing nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ RNAs at the permissive temperature (Fig. 8 B). However, under the same conditions (25°C; unpublished data) or at 34°C, these strains displayed no accumulation of the small ribosomal subunits in the nucleus, as visualized by EM in situ hybridization with the 18S probe (Fig. 8 A), and as confirmed by FISH with the 5′-ITS1 probe on cells grown (Fig. 8 B). Deletion of the central domain (mutant nup159ΔR) had no effect. Thus, expression of the sole COOH-terminal domain of Nup159p was sufficient to ensure the proper trafficking of the pre-40S particles.
Function of Nup159p in the trafficking of the pre-40S particles: structural requirements and interacting proteins. (A and C) EM in situ hybridization with the 18S probe. (B and D) FISH with the poly-dT probe or the ITS1 (D-A2) probe (red), and DNA staining with DAPI (green). Arrows indicate nuclei displaying overall accumulation of the ITS1. In A and B, the cells were grown at 25°C or shifted to 34°C for 3 h as indicated. In C and D, all the cells were cultured at 34°C for 3 h, except the GAL::GLE1 strain, which was grown for 12 h on glucose. The domains in Nup159p interacting with Dbp5p, Nsp1p, and Nup82p are indicated on the schematic representation of the wild-type and mutated forms of Nup159p in A. Bars (EM), 200 nm.
We then examined the conditional mutants rat8-2 (dbp5ts), GAL::GLE1, and gle 1-37ts. At 34°C, the rat8-2 strain displayed a higher labeling in the nucleolus with the 18S probe than wild-type cells (2× increase; Fig. 6), but no accumulation was seen in the nucleoplasm (Fig. 8 C). Similarly, FISH with the 5′-ITS1 showed no nuclear retention of pre-40S particles, whereas poly(A)+ RNAs were primarily detected in the nucleus at this temperature (Fig. 8 D). Depletion of Gle1p after a 12-h growth on glucose resulted in a mild nucleoplasmic accumulation of rRNA (Fig. 8 C), although not as dramatic as in mutants nsp1 ts10A, nup159-1, or nup82Δ108. Cells bearing the GLE1 ts mutant allele gle1-37 grown at 34°C displayed no clear increase of the EM nuclear labeling with the 18S probe (Fig. 6, semiquantitative analysis), and FISH revealed a strong nuclear accumulation of poly(A)+ RNA, but no obvious defect in 20S rRNA export (Fig. 8 D). Deletion of the nonessential NUP42 gene had no effect either on ribosomal trafficking (unpublished data). GLE1 was also isolated as a weak multicopy suppressor of the ts phenotype of mutant nup159-1 (Del Priore et al., 1996). It restores slow growth at 37°C and partially corrects the mRNA transport defect in nup159-1 cells. Strikingly, there was no pre-40S nuclear accumulation in nup159-1 cells overexpressing Gle1p (Fig. 8, C and D), indicating that GLE1 is an efficient multicopy suppressor of the rRNA trafficking defect observed in this mutant at 25 and 34°C. In contrast, a high level of Gle1p did not correct the ribosomal transport defect in mutant nsp1 ts10A (Fig. 8 C).
Thus, the transport defect observed for the ribosomal particles upon alteration of the Nup82p–Nup159p–Nsp1p complex is not due to the loss of Dbp5p from the NPC, as described for mRNPs. In addition, GLE1 corrects the preribosome and mRNP transport defects to different extents in nup159-1 cells. These observations indicate that Nup159p, although involved both in mRNP and preribosome nuclear export, does not fulfill the same function in these two pathways.
Early cell fractionation experiments by Udem and Warner (1973) showed that nuclear export of the pre-40S particles in S. cerevisiae takes place within 5–10 min after synthesis of the 35S pre-rRNA, whereas the pre-60S particles are transferred to the cytoplasm after 15–20 min. Incorporation of the neosynthesized 60S subunits into polysomes happens with the same delay. Comparable results were found in Saccharomyces carlsbergensis (Trapman and Planta, 1976), strongly suggesting that the intranuclear pathways of the two subunits derived from a given 90S precursor are not temporally coordinated in yeast. Indeed, we see here at the ultrastructural level a clear difference in the distributions of the precursors for the pre-40S and pre-60S particles within the nucleus of wild-type cells: the 18S probe mainly labeled the nucleolus (10–15% only in the nucleoplasm), whereas a substantial part (25–35%) of the signal obtained with the 25S probe was found within the nucleoplasm. This observation provides ultrastructural evidence that the two subunits travel through these nuclear compartments along distinct pathways and/or with different kinetics. The occurrence of pre-60S particles in the nucleoplasm is consistent with some late assembly steps taking place in this part of the nucleus. Accordingly, Rsa1p, a protein involved in the biogenesis of the 60S subunits, has recently been shown to be exclusively nucleoplasmic (Kressler et al., 1999). In contrast, the 43S particles may be entirely assembled in the nucleolus and rapidly exported to the cytoplasm, although the low but reproducible labeling of the nucleoplasm with the 18S probe shows that some small subunits, if not all, transit through this part of the nucleus.
This difference in the nuclear distributions of the pre-40S and pre-60S particles was exacerbated in mutants affected in pre-rRNA processing: the 25S and ITS2 probes strongly labeled the nucleoplasm, whereas the 18S probe was only detected over the nucleolus. Nuclear accumulation of pre-60S subunits was also observed in mutants affected in 5S rRNA production (Dechampesme et al., 1999). Recently, Stage-Zimmermann et al. (2000) reported nuclear retention of pre-60S particles in the ribosomal assembly mutants dob1-1, nsr1Δ, nop1-3, and fal1-1. Therefore, ill-matured pre-60S particles appear to be released from the nucleolus and accumulate in the nucleoplasm in a variety of situations that are not directly related to a defect in the nuclear export machinery. In contrast, the nucleolar exit of aberrant processing products of the 18S pathway seems tightly controlled. These intermediates may be rapidly degraded by the exosome complex (Allmang et al., 2000) before exiting the nucleolus, and the signal detected in the nucleolus with the 18S probe in these mutants corresponds in part to accumulation of 32S and 35S pre-rRNAs. These results show that the small subunits do not necessarily accumulate in the nucleoplasm upon a defect in rRNA processing. A similar conclusion was reached by Moy and Silver (1999) when they examined by FISH the localization of the 20S pre-rRNA in ts mutants affected in 18S production, including fal1-1, nop1-3, and nsr1Δ. Nucleoplasmic accumulation of pre-40S particles in the whole nucleus may be more confidently interpreted as a defect in nuclear export than in the case of the pre-60S.
Examination of different nucleoporin mutants revealed a clear correlation between a function in preribosome export and known structural data on nucleoporin subcomplexes. The three nucleoporins whose mutation was found to trigger a strong nuclear accumulation of ribosomal particles, namely Nup82p, Nup159p, and Nsp1p, were previously shown to be physically associated within the NPC (Belgareh et al., 1998). In contrast, mutants of the four nucleoporins of the Nup84p complex (Siniossoglou et al., 1996, 2000) that we looked at (Nup84p, Nup85p, Nup120p, and Nup145Cp) displayed very mild or no nuclear retention of preribosomes. All of these nucleoporins, Nsp1p excepted, were found to be involved in mRNP export (Doye and Hurt, 1997), whereas only a subset of them are shown here to be necessary for trafficking of the ribosomal subunits. Using a functional assay based on the use of a GFP fused ribosomal protein (Rpl25p–GFP), Hurt et al. (1999) also found no requirement for Nup84p and Nup85p in the trafficking of the large ribosomal subunit. Similarly, detection of 20S pre-rRNA by FISH did not show overall nuclear accumulation of the pre-40S particle in mutants of the nucleoporins composing the Nup84p complex. Our data extend these observations by showing, with a single assay, that both subunits are correctly exported from the nucleus in mutants of the Nup84p complex. Interestingly, nup84Δ, nup85-1, nup120Δ, and nup145-10 share with mutant nup159-1, and to a lesser extent nup82Δ108, the property of displaying NPC aggregation (Doye and Hurt, 1997). In addition, all these nucleoporin mutants have fragmented nucleoli at 37°C. Our results show that there is no direct correlation between these phenotypes and a defect in preribosome trafficking.
Nsp1p, Nup82p, and Nup159p are associated through interactions of coiled-coil domains contained in their COOH-termini (Belgareh et al., 1998). These domains in Nup159p and Nsp1p are necessary and sufficient for cell viability (Nehrbass et al., 1990; Del Priore et al., 1997). The nup159-1, nup82Δ108, and nsp1 ts10A mutations all affect coiled-coil domains, and result at nonpermissive temperature in the disruption of the complex; thus, our data suggest that the integrity of the whole complex is required for preribosome export. Two other ts alleles of NSP1, nsp1-ala6 and nsp1-5, were also reported by Hurt et al. (1999) to accumulate L25-GFP in the nucleus. In contrast, Moy and Silver (1999) detected overall nuclear accumulation of the 20S pre-rRNA in the nup82Δ108 mutant at 37°C, but not in the nup159-1 and nsp1 ts10A mutants. However, this discrepancy may be related to the temperature chosen to trigger the ts phenotype, as we observed that shifting these mutants to 37°C leads to the disruption of the nucleolus and a drop in the rRNA in situ hybridization signal.
The transport defect seen here for preribosomes upon alteration of the Nup82p complex could be explained as the result of a pleiotropic effect on nucleocytoplasmic transport, but there is no general defect of protein nuclear import and export in nup159-1 and nup82Δ108 cells, as shown with reporter proteins carrying an NLS or an NES (Belgareh et al., 1998; Hurwitz et al., 1998), and tRNA export is not affected in the nup159-1 mutant either (Sarkar and Hopper, 1998). Because of the diversity of the karyopherins and of the nuclear import routes, one cannot formally exclude that the mutations in the nucleoporins of the Nup82p complex primarily affect a particular pathway required for the nuclear import of factors involved in preribosome maturation and transport. Here we show that the phenotype observed in nup159-1, nup82Δ108, and nsp1 ts10A cells is not reproduced in the double mutant pse1-1Δkap123, and, concerning the small subunit, in cells mutated for some pre-rRNA processing factors.
The roles of the Nup82p complex in the nuclear export of preribosomes and mRNPs are compared in Fig. 9 . The deletion of Nup159p NH2-terminal domain results in the loss of Dbp5p from the NPC, which has been proposed to be the reason why poly(A)+ RNA accumulate in the nucleus of this mutant (Hodge et al., 1999). Here we show that the release of Dbp5p may not account for the negative effect of nup159-1 mutation on preribosome trafficking, as this process is neither affected by the deletion of Nup159p NH2-terminal domain, nor by the loss of DBP5 function in the ts mutant rat8-2. Interestingly, our data show that GLE1 is an efficient high-copy suppressor of the defect in preribosome transport in nup159-1 cells, whereas it poorly corrects nuclear retention of mRNPs in this mutant (Del Priore et al., 1996). Although an explanation of the suppressive effect of GLE1 remains elusive, this observation supports the idea that Nup159p plays different roles in the transport of the two types of RNPs. Because Nsp1p is lost from the Nup82p complex in mutant nup159-1 (Belgareh et al., 1998), one possibility would be that an excess of Gle1p directly or indirectly allows Nsp1p to stay on the cytoplasmic side of the NPC. From our observations, we propose that Nup159p has a dual role in RNP export: (a) the NH2-terminal region mediates a function which is critical for nuclear export of mRNPs, but not of preribosomes (presumably anchoring Dbp5p and other proteins to the NPC); and (b) the COOH-terminal region, containing the coiled-coil domains, is necessary and sufficient for preribosome export, at least by ensuring the stability of the Nup82p complex. Further insight into this question may be gained from the analysis of GLE1 suppressive effect in the nup159-1 mutant and Nsp1p function in ribosomal trafficking.
Schematic overview of the involvement of the Nup82p complex in nuclear export of preribosomes and mRNPs. The proteins required for mRNP transport are in light gray, whereas involvement in ribosomal export is indicated in dark gray. Nup159p and Nup82p are acting in both processes, whereas Nsp1p is not required for mRNP trafficking. Gle1p overexpression corrects the ribosomal export defect in mutant nup159-1, but direct involvement of Gle1p in this transport remains to be shown.
Yeast strains
Yeast cells were culture in standard YP supplemented with 2% glucose (YPD) or 2% galactose (YPG), and in YNB supplemented with amino acids and bases as required. The strains studied in this article are listed in Table I.
Probes for ultrastructural in situ hybridization
To make probes complementary to the 18S and the 25S rRNAs, fragments 859–2371 (XbaI-StuI) and 3378–6471 (KpnI-NheI) from S. cerevisiae ribosomal transcription unit were inserted into vector pGEM4. These fragments span at least 80% of the 18S rRNA and of the 25S rRNA, respectively. Labeling with biotin was performed by nick translation on the entire plasmids in the presence of dUTP-16-biotin (Enzo). The 35S probe used in Fig. 3 was prepared according to the same protocol with a plasmid bearing the full transcription unit.
To obtain a probe complementary to the 5′ part of the ITS1, the D-A2 rDNA fragment from S. cerevisiae was amplified by PCR and subcloned into pGEM4. The resulting plasmid was linearized at a restriction site close to site D, and used for multiple cycles of DNA synthesis in a thermocycler using Goldstar DNA polymerase (Roche), primer 5′-CTC CAC AGT GTG TTG TAT TG, which encompasses site A2, and a mix of dNTPs containing dUTP-biotin (Roche). The single strand DNA fragment thus obtained was purified from free dUTP-biotin by salt-precipitation and used as a probe for in situ hybridization on ultrathin sections.
An antisense probe to the ITS2 was generated by in vitro transcription of the corresponding DNA fragment subcloned into pGEM4. Synthesis of the antisense RNA was performed with the Sp6 polymerase in the presence of UTP-digoxigenin.
Ultrastructural in situ hybridization
Embedding of yeast cells for EM was performed as described (Léger-Silvestre et al., 1997, 1999). In brief, cells were cultured at permissive (25°C) or semirestrictive temperature as indicated (OD600nm final = 0.2–0.6), and fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde in the culture medium for 45 min. The cell wall was permeabilized by oxydizing polysaccharides with 1% sodium metaperiodate for 1 h, followed by a 1-h treatment with 500 mM NH4Cl to reduce aldehydes. Dehydration was performed with ethanol, and the cells were embedded in LR White resin (London Resin Company) according to the manufacturer. Ultrathin sections were performed with an Ultracut E ultra-microtome (Reichert-Jung) and recovered on nickel grids. The ultrastructural observations were performed at the EM facility of the Institut d'Exploration Fonctionnelle des Génomes (IFR 109) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Toulouse, France).
For in situ hybridization, the grids were incubated with 1 ng/μl of labeled probe in 50% formamide/10% dextran sulfate/2× SSC for 5 min at 75°C, and then for 3 h at 37°C. The grids were washed three times in 50% formamide/2× SSC for 5 min at 65°C, three times in 0.1× SSC for 5 min at 45 °C, and once in 4× SSC for 5 min at room temperature. The grids were first incubated in 4× SSC/5% BSA for 30 min at 37°C, and then in 4× SSC containing anti-biotin antibodies conjugated to 10- nm gold particles (British Biocell International) for 1 h at 37°C. After washing three times for 5 min in 4× SSC, the grids were plunged repeatedly in water to remove salts. Finally, the sections were contrasted by staining with uranyl acetate and lead citrate, and observed in a Jeol 1200-EX electron microscope at 80 kV.
Semiquantitative analysis of the labeling on micrographs
To evaluate the distribution of rRNAs in the nuclei of mutant cells after EM in situ hybridization (Fig. 6), 20–30 sections of nuclei displaying both the nucleolus and the nucleoplasm were randomly photographed per strain. On each picture, the labeling density of the nucleolus and of the nucleoplasm was calculated as the ratio of the number of gold particles by the surface. For statistical analysis, a one to one comparison of the mean value of FY86 cells (wild-type) with the others was performed, based on the test of normal means in the two populations case (with or without equality of variance); there was no significant violation of the assumption underlying this test.
FISH with Cy3 labeled oligonucleotides was performed as described (Bertrand et al., 1998). The probe complementary to the D-A2 fragment (5′-ITS1) had the following sequence: TT*CGAACATT*CAAAGAAAGAACGAT*AAGGTTTGCCACT*CTCTAAAGACACGT*T, where the asterisks represent amino-modified nucleotides coupled with Cy3 (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech). The 50-mer poly-dT probe for poly(A)+ detection was also labeled with five Cy3 molecules. Images were captured with a CoolSnap cooled CCD camera (Photometrics) mounted on a DMRB microscope (Leica). Composites were prepared using Adobe Photoshop.
Extraction of total RNAs from yeast was performed as described by Tollervey and Mattaj (1987). Pre-rRNAs were detected on Northern blots as reported elsewhere (Vanrobays et al., 2001) using the following probes: probe 20S.3 (5′-TTA AGC GCA GGC CCG GCT GG-3′) complementary to the D-A2 fragment of ITS1; probe 23S.1 (5′-GAT TGC TCG AAT GCC CAA AG-3′) hybridizing within the A3-B1 segment of ITS1; and probe rRNA2.1 (5′-GGC CAG CAA TTT CAA GTT A-3′) complementary to the C2-E segment of ITS2.
The authors are grateful to Agnès Baudin-Baillieu (CGM-CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Chuck Cole (Dartmouth Medical School, NH), Valerie Doye and Olivier Gadal (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France), Ed Hurt (Biochemie Zentrum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany), and Alan Tartakoff (Case Western University, Cleveland, OH) for providing yeast strains and advice, and to Yves Henry and Philipp Milkereit for critical reading of this manuscript. They also thank Jean-Paul Gélugne, Emmanuel Vanrobays, Anthony Henras, and Michèle Caizergues-Ferrer (LBME-CNRS, Toulouse, France) for strains, fruitful discussions, and technical help, and Edouard Bertrand for sharing his expertise of FISH. Anna Lladó-Equisoain, Roshan Jahangir, and Luc Lehman were also involved in this study.
This project was supported by the Association pour la Recherche contre le Cancer (grants 9454, 5494, and 5878), the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, and the Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse, France).
↵* Abbreviations used in this paper: FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization; GFP, green fluorescent protein; NPC, nuclear pore complex; ts, thermosensitive.
Submitted: 28 August 2001
Revision received 29 October 2001
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Journal of Materials Research and Technology
The Journal of Materials Research and Technology (JMRT) is a publication of the Brazilian Metallurgical, Materials and Mining Association and publishes four issues per year. JMRT provides an international medium for the publication of theoretical and experimental studies related to Metallurgy, Materials and Minerals research and technology. Appropriate submissions to JMRT should include scientific and/or engineering factors which affect processes and products in the Metallurgy, Materials and Mining areas.
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Alloy strategy for biomedical magnesium alloys
Summary of currently investigated mg-re alloys
Mg-re binary alloys
Classic mg-re alloys
Mechanical property
Degradation rate
Mg-re alloys most likely to be used in biomedical applications
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2018.08.003
Mechanical properties, corrosion resistance and biocompatibilities of degradable Mg-RE alloys: A review
Dexue Liua,b,
dexeliu@hotmail.com
Corresponding author at: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals School of Material Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Langongping Road 287, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province 730050, China.
, Donglin Yanga, Xinling Lia, Shiwen Hua
a School of Material Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, China
b State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-ferrous Metals, Lanzhou 730050, China
Table 1. Cell viability of several cell lines cultured in Mg-RE alloys and its alloys extracts.
Magnesium-rare earth (Mg-RE) alloys, as potential biodegradable materials, are attracting considerable attention owing to their good mechanical properties and biodegradation behavior. Indeed, some RE elements within certain amounts of addition have proved to exhibit biocompatibility. Two main strategies have been applied to develop biomedical Mg-RE alloys. One strategy depends on the industrial fabrication system for these alloys while the other is to redesign them from the view point of biomaterials. In this work, the advances in new Mg-RE alloys design are reviewed. It is also summarized the mechanical properties, biocorrosion resistance and biocompatibilities of currently reported Mg-RE alloys. Then, several Mg-RE alloys that may be used in future medical applications are proposed. Finally, a strategy for ongoing development of biomedical Mg-RE alloys is suggested.
Mg-RE alloys
Biodegradation
1Introduction
Magnesium based alloys and their use in medical implants have been the focus of significant recent research. Compared to conventional metallic implant materials, such as titanium alloys, stainless steels, and cobalt alloys, biomedical magnesium alloys have better degradability and absorbability [1]. Additionally, magnesium alloy implants have excellent biocompatibility and can enhance bone formation [2]. However, insufficient strength and a significant degradation rate are major obstacles to the use of magnesium in implant applications, as these factors can decrease the structural integrity of the implant, allowing the formation of gas cavities before the tissue is completely recovered [3]. Therefore, pure magnesium must be supplemented with other elements to improve the mechanical property [4] and corrosion resistance of these materials [5,6]. Rare earth (RE) elements are promising candidates as supplemental elements for magnesium alloys used in biodegradable devices for biomedical applications [7,8]. Many studies have shown that rare earth-containing magnesium alloys can be used in biomedical applications due to their excellent biocompatibility, appropriate mechanical properties, and good corrosion resistance [9]. However, some rare earth elements, such as lanthanum, cerium and praseodymium, must be used cautiously in biomedical applications due to their potential toxicity [8,10].
2Alloy strategy for biomedical magnesium alloys
An important step of current research is to optimize alloy design and processing to obtain magnesium-based biomaterials with excellent properties.
2.1Mg-RE binary alloys
Several rare earth elements have been studied in binary magnesium alloys, including lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), neodymium (Nd), gadolinium (Gd), dysprosium (Dy), yttrium (Y) and scandium (Sc). The addition of trace La and Ce elements effectively improved corrosion resistance and the plasticity of the resulting alloys, but in vitro tests indicated that materials prepared with La and Ce resulted in higher toxicity than ones made with other elements [8,10]. In vivo tests indicated that these elements localized in a small area around the implant [8,11]. According to Willbold et al. [8], no gas cavities appeared in the bodies of rabbits with Mg-La and Mg-Ce alloys implants, and the operation sites were recovered well after four weeks. As heavy RE elements, Gd and Dy have higher solid solubility, 23.49% and 25.3% respectively, than that of Nd, indicating these elements may be more suitable for use in alloys [10]. Hort et al. [12] found that the property profile of Mg-Gd alloys was much closer to the values of bone and the elongation of alloys was better than that of other metallic implant materials, like stainless steels, titanium alloys, and cobalt-chromium alloys. The high solubility of Gd in Mg allowed extremely wide ranges of the mechanical properties to meet different application requirements [12]. However, Myrissa et al. [13] studied the corrosion behavior of Mg-10Gd pins implanted in rats, and found that Gd concentration increased with the implantation time in some animal organs during a 36-week experiment, especially in the spleen, liver, lung and kidney. About Mg-Dy binary alloy, Yang et al. [14,15] found that as-cast Mg-10Dy alloy exhibited appropriate mechanical (ultimate tensile strength (UTS) up to 131MPa, yield strength (YS) up to 83MPa) and corrosion properties (0.8mm/year in 0.9% NaCl) for use in biomedical implants. The in vitro result showed that Mg-10Dy alloys prepared by solutionizing heat treatment (T4) and artificial aging heat treatment (T6) exhibited excellent corrosion resistance (1.34 and 0.97mm/year, respectively) in cell culture medium due to the formation of a relatively Dy-enriched film that was more resistant to corrosion. In binary magnesium alloys, Y addition has shown great hope for degradable implant applications [16]. Wang et al. [17] found that Y ion implantation of pure magnesium improved the resulting corrosion resistance. Peng et al. [18] investigated an effective zone solidification method to prepare high purity Mg-Y biomaterials, and the result showed that the corrosion resistance of Mg-8Y alloy was greatly improved compared to that of as-cast alloys lacking Y addition (2.17mm/year vs 7.11mm/year). As an alloy additive, Sc has been shown to exhibit a grain refining effect that is better than that of other rare earth elements like Y and Ce [19]. Brar et al. [20] studied as-cast Mg-3x alloys (x=Gd, Y, Sc). Compared with Y and Gd, there was better grain refinement by Sc (up to 119μm) and the Mg-3Sc alloy showed the lowest corrosion rate (1.01ml/cm2/day) in Hanks’ solution.
2.2Classic Mg-RE alloys
Mg-Zn based, Mg-Ca based, Mg-Al based, Mg-Li based and WE systems have been considered for use in materials to be implanted in the human body. Screws, pins and stents made of commercial WE43 (W represents Y element, E represents RE elements, 4wt.% Y, 3wt.% RE) are currently being tested in clinical trials [21].
2.2.1Mg-Zn-RE ternary alloys/Mg-Zn-X-RE quaternary alloys
Zn exists in all human tissues and is one of the most abundant nutritionally essential elements in the human body [21]. Zn is commonly used as an alloying element in magnesium alloys to improve the mechanical properties of the alloy, providing a maximum solubility of 6.2wt.%. The addition of rare earth elements to Mg-Zn alloys is considered an effective way to weaken and modify the basal texture of magnesium alloys to obtain excellent properties [22,23]. Thus, a variety of Mg-Zn-RE alloys, such as Mg-Zn-Gd [22] and Mg-Zn-Y [23] alloys, were developed with high strength, ductility balance, and excellent corrosion resistance. Bian et al. [24] developed three magnesium alloys with both Gd and Zn added together at low levels. Of these, Mg-1.8Zn-0.2Gd alloy exhibited a relatively low level of corrosion rate (<0.28mm/year) and no cytotoxicity in L929, MG63, and VSMC cells in vitro (cell viability of higher than 80% for all) and the implant maintained its structural integrity for two months, and only some residual parts were detected after 6 months in vivo, demonstrating the potential use of Mg-Zn-Gd alloys in implant materials. Miao et al. [25] also reported that Mg-2.4Zn-0.8Gd alloy was tolerant of solution treatment. Additionally, extrusion resulted in high mechanical properties (yield strength up to 284MPa, ultimate tensile strength up to 338MPa, and elongation up to 24%) and good corrosion resistance in Hanks’ solution (corrosion rate of 0.16mm/year measured by hydrogen evolution or 0.21mm/year measured by the mass loss) due to a homogeneous microstructure with uniformed grain size and dispersed secondary phases [25]. In studies of Mg-Zn-Y alloys, Kawamura et al. [26] found long period stacking ordered (LPSO) phase in ternary Mg-Zn-Y alloys, with high strength and usable ductility. Zhao et al. [27] further studied the WZ21 (2wt.% Y, 1wt.% Zn) alloy after it was micro alloyed with zirconium and warm extrusion. The result showed that LPSO exhibited high mechanical strength and low degradation rate, suitable characteristics for use as a candidate material for biodegradable orthopedic implants.
Zhang et al. [28] found that increased Y content decreased the grain size of as-cast and as-extruded Mg-Zn-Y alloys (80–200μm) but increased the tensile properties (UTS 260–266MPa, YS 198–213MPa) and elongation (23%-25%). Immersion tests in Hanks’ solution indicated that alloys with single I-phase (Mg3Zn6Y) as the second phase showed the lowest corrosion rate (<0.1mg/cm2/h). Kraus et al. [29] compared two biodegradable magnesium alloys, ZX50 and WZ21, implanted in the bones of rats. WZ21 persisted a longer time (more than 4 weeks) in the bone, and also generated enhanced bone neoformation around the implant, suggesting the good biocompatibility of WZ21. Hänzi et al. [30] studied the degradation performance and biological response of biodegradable WZ21 and ZW21 (2wt.% Zn, 1wt.% Y) alloys both in vivo and in simulated body fluid (SBF). Immersion testing showed that the Mg-Zn-Y alloys exhibited fairly homogeneous degradation behavior and corrosion rates were similar to that of WE43 (about 3.5ml/cm2). An assay of cytocompatibility showed that an eluted pH value of ZW21 of 9.0, compared to 8.5 and 8.25 for WZ21 and WE43, respectively. After 27 days of in vivo testing, some hydrogen bubbles were observed, with significantly reduced gas after 91 days. These results suggested that WZ21 exhibits good biodegradable due to the addition of Y. Gao et al. [31] investigated a new Mg-5.6Zn-0.55Zr-0.9Y alloy by adding Y into ZK60 and found that the addition of the alloying element Y improved the corrosion resistance of Mg-Zn alloys (1.7% vs 3.1%, mass loss after 242h in SBF).
ZEK100 (1wt.% Zn, 0–0.5wt.% Zr, 0–0.5wt.% RE) was found to be a potential biodegradable implant material for osteosynthesis due to its good mechanical properties [32,33]. Waizy et al. [32] investigated the corrosion of ZEK100 in Hank's Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS). The bending strength of the plates was lowest after 4 weeks impression (0.05Nm), compared to 2 weeks (0.08Nm) and 6 weeks (0.1Nm). The highest amounts of O, P, and Ca were detected on the surface, indicating the precipitation of calcium phosphates on the surface of ZEK100 plates. Weizbauer et al. [34] compared the corrosion behavior of ZEK100 and MgCa0.8 in HBSS. The corrosion rates of ZEK100 were significantly lower than that of MgCa0.8 after 4 days (0.63mm/year vs 2.89mm/year). The bending strength of ZEK100 (0.306Nm) was stronger than that of MgCa0.8 (0.272Nm) in the initial state. After 4 days, the bending strength of both alloys decreased by 7%. Huehnerschulte et al. [35], Dziuba et al. [33] and Reifenrath et al. [36] investigated the degradation behavior of ZEK100 in vivo. Huehnerschulte found that the degrading ZEK100 caused adverse host reactions by inducing the unfavorable osteoclastogenic resorption of bone and a rushed reactive formation of new bone periosteal after 6 months. Dziuba conducted a 9–12 month experiment, and found that ZEK100 had pathological effects on the host tissue following complete degradation. Reifenrath performed studies 4–6 weeks after implantation and observed a weight reduction of 7.5% and pull-out forces that were significantly decreased to 44.4% compared to the original value. These different in vivo tests suggest that ZEK100 is suitable for implant applications due to its very high initial stability and a positive biodegradation rate [33,36].
Nd element was also shown to improve mechanical properties and corrosion resistance with acceptable toxicity [37]. JDBM alloy (Mg-(2.0–4.0) Nd-(0.1–0.5) Zn-(0.3–0.6) Zr, wt.%) has high mechanical property (UTS and YS of 300MPa, elongation increased 15%) and excellent corrosion resistance (0.0125mm/year in SBF) [37,38]. Niu et al. [39] found the JDBM alloy could be absorbed in vivo after 18 months (with an average corrosion rate of 0.122mm/year).
Some references suggested that magnesium alloy containing 1wt.% Zn and 1wt.% Mn was easily absorbed in vivo as a bone implant [40]. Stulikova et al. [41] prepared and investigated Mg-4Y/4Ce-1Zn-1Mn alloys, in the T5 condition, and found that the equilibrium Mg12Ce and Mg24Y5 phase enhanced the mechanical properties of the alloys (UTS of about 180MPa and YS of about 130MPa). He et al. [42] studied the corrosion behavior of extruded Mg-Zn-Mn-Y alloy in Hank's solution and found that a protective Y2O3 film formed on the surface of the alloy, improving the bio-corrosion properties (pH value 7–8).
Ca is the most important element of the human skeleton and is the preferred choice for alloying [43]. Zhang et al. [44] and Tong et al. [45] investigated the effect of La/Ce on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and corrosion performances of an as-cast/solid solution Mg-Zn-Ca alloy and an extruded Mg-Zn-Ca alloy. The results showed Ce/La effectively refined different states of Mg-Zn-Ca alloys and restrained grain growth (up to 2–5μm). The addition of 0.5% Ce/La improved the mechanical property of the extruded Mg-Zn-Ca alloy (UTS of 311MPa, YS of 270MPa), while further addition reversed the effect. The corrosion resistance was improved with the increase of Ce/La from 0.5% to 1% (30 to 20mm/year).
2.2.2Mg-Ca-RE alloys/Mg-Ca-Zr-RE alloys
Ca is a major component in human bone and also beneficial to grain refinement of magnesium alloys. A recent study reported that the addition of Ca increased magnesium tensile property and corrosion resistance [46], suggesting better properties might be obtained by adding rare earth elements to the Mg-Ca alloy. Li et al. [46] developed a Mg-1Ca-1Y alloy as a potential biomaterial and reported increased elongation (up to 15.9%) and decreased corrosion resistance (up to 100μg/mm2/day) for the Mg-Ca alloy with Y addition. You et al. [47] investigated the effect of Y addition on a Mg-Ca-Y-Zr alloy, and found that the strength was largely improved with increased addition of Y (UTS of 145–191MPa, YS of 66–120MPa, and elongation of 5.4%-8.3%).
2.2.3Mg-Al-RE alloys
The addition of Al element can effectively promote grain refinement and improve the corrosion resistance of magnesium alloys through solution and precipitation strengthening [48,49]. Yokobayashi et al. [50] prepared a new ternary Mg-Al-Gd alloy by high frequency induction melting and observed two types of needle-like precipitation, including Mg5Gd and LPSO phases after heat treatment. Lu et al. [51] found that heat-treated (T4 and T6) alloy exhibited better corrosion resistance in 1wt.% NaCl solution (331μm/year vs 226μm/year) due to the presence of these needle-like precipitations on the surface. However, Al can harm neurons and enhance the risk of Alzheimer's disease [52]. El-Rahman et al. [52] concluded that accumulated aluminum in brain and altered amino acid neurotransmitters are important mechanisms of aluminum neurotoxicity. According to Rao et al. [53], the direct effect of aluminum depends on Al binding to different brain cells including astrocytes, neural cells and synaptosomes, but interactions with astrocytes inhibits activity of membrane-bound Na+, K+, and Ca2+ ATPase, leading to cellular alterations, and even death.
2.2.4Mg-Li based alloys
In the past decade, Mg-Li based alloys have been studied for biomedical applications, especially LAE442 alloy (4wt.% Li, 4wt.% Al, 1.3wt.% Ce, 0.37wt.% Nd, 0.5wt.% La) [54–58]. Witte et al. [54] investigated the corrosion resistance of gravity-casted LAE442 and AZ91D (Mg-9Al-1Zn, wt.%) in vivo and in vitro. AZ91D was more resistance to corrosion than LAE442 as determined by in vitro tests (−0.267mm/year vs 5.535mm/year) but LAE442 showed greater corrosion resistance than AZ91D in vivo (1.205×10−4mm/year vs 3.516×10−4mm/year). Witte et al. [55] also investigated the corrosion rates of extruded LAE442 with and without additional MgF2 coating. The extruded LAE442 exhibited low corrosion rates (about 0.4mm/year) in vivo and an acceptable host response, but the corrosion resistance was increased by the MgF2 coating (up to about 0.2mm/year). Krause et al. [57] compared the degradation behavior and mechanical properties of extruded LAE442 and WE43 after 6 months in vivo. The initial strength of WE43 implants (238.05N) was lower than that of LAE442 implants (255.67N), and after 6 months, the loss in strength continued at a constant rate. LAE442 implants degraded slower than WE43 as measured by the degradable volume (22.4% vs 33%), suggesting that LAE442 seems sufficient for an application in weight-bearing bones. Zhou et al. [59] compared the mechanical property, biocorrosion, and in vitro biocompatibility of Mg-Li-Al ternary and Mg-Li-Al-RE quaternary alloys. The addition of rare earth elements enhanced mechanical strength while intermetallic compounds distributed throughout the magnesium matrix decreased corrosion resistance. These Mg-Li-based alloys showed no significant reduction of ECV304 cell viabilities (>75%) except for the Mg-8.5Li-2Al-2RE alloy (<60%). Kramer et al. [60] investigated intramedullary nails made of extruded LAE442 by cyclic fatigue tests in both distilled water and HBSS until implant failure or a limit of 500,000 cycles. The result showed that five implants broke in HBSS within the first 70,000 bending cycles but the implants survived in distilled water after 500,000 cycles, which suggested that LAE442 might not have the required fatigue resistance for load-bearing applications in the human body environment. Recently, Minarik et al. [61] investigated the effect of equal channel angular pressing (ECAP) on in vitro degradation of LAE442 magnesium alloy. The corrosion rates of WE43 processed by twelve cycles of ECAP (12p) were 2.49mg/cm2/day and 0.18mg/cm2/day in 0.1M NaCl and in SBF, respectively. In vitro cytotoxicity tests showed, that the ECAP-treated material allowed 80% viability of ECV304 and VSMC cells after 7 days. It was concluded that ECAP could be used to obtain excellent corrosion resistance of LAE442.
2.2.5WE system alloys
Y added to magnesium alloys for biodegradable applications due to its beneficial effect on alloy corrosion and strength [62]. Due to the addition of Y, WE43 alloy containing 4wt.% Y and 3wt.% RE has excellent corrosion resistance. In the past decade, WE43 materials produced by various processing methods have been tested for biomedical application. Hänzi et al. [63], Chu et al. [64], Liu et al. [65] and Davenport et al. [66] investigated the corrosion performance of heat-treated WE43 in vitro. Hänzi found that the performance of annealed and polished WE43 exhibited parabolic behavior in SBF [63]. Degradation decreased over time due to the deposition of corrosion products on the surface while the sample in the thermally oxidized state exhibited more corrosion resistance at the beginning of immersion due to formation of a Y2O3 layer at the surface during annealing at 500□. Chu reported that the corrosion rate decreased after heat treatment due to interactions between finely dispersed precipitates and due to corrosion reactions [64]. Liu concluded that WE43 materials subjected to extrusion and heat treatment transformed from severe diffusional corrosion to uniform corrosion and the corrosion rate decreased from 0.9mm/a to less than 0.4mm/a in PBS solution [65]. The YS, UTS, and elongation increased from 158MPa to 190MPa, from 224MPa to 282MPa, and from 10% to 37%, respectively. Davenport reported that Y-rich regions in the matrix of as-cast WE43 slowed the propagation of corrosion, indicating that the corrosion rate of heat-treated WE43 decreased due to the more homogenous distribution of Y [66]. Liu et al. [67] investigated the properties of WE43 alloy processed by hot extrusion and high-pressure torsion (HPT) and found that the initial grain size decreased to 12μm and the UTS increased from 244MPa to 256MPa after 5 cycles of HPT. Gu et al. [68] investigated the corrosion fatigue behaviors of as-cast AZ91D and extruded WE43 in SBF. The corrosion fatigue limit of the extruded WE43 alloy was obviously higher than that of as-cast AZ91D alloy in SBF (40MPa vs 20MPa) and in air (110MPa vs 50MPa). Moreover, Jamesh et al. [69] investigated the corrosion fatigue of as-cast ZK60 (6% Zn and 0.5% Zr) and WE43 in Ringer's solution and SBF. The corrosion current density (icorr) was 72μA/cm2 for WE43 and 82μA/cm2 for ZK60 in Ringer's solution, but 409μA/cm2 and 419μA/cm2 respectively in SBF suggesting better corrosion resistance of WE43 compared to ZK60.
In addition, many surface modification technologies have been used to further improve the corrosion and biocompatibility of Mg-RE alloys [70]. Jamesh et al. [71] investigated the effect of Zr and N plasma immersion ion implantation on the corrosion behavior of WE43 alloy in SBF and Cell Culture Medium (DMEM). The icorr of treated WE43 was 12-fold lower than that of untreated WE43 in SBF (29.8μA/cm2vs 368μA/cm2) and was 71-fold lower than that of untreated WE43 in DMEM (0.51μA/cm2vs 36.6μA/cm2), suggesting that Zr and N plasma immersion ion implantation could improve corrosion resistance. Jin et al. [72] found significantly increased corrosion resistance and biocompatibility of WE43 magnesium alloy by neodymium self-ion implantation. A 70nm thick Nd2O3 layer covered the surface after implantation, which could act as a protective barrier. Compared to untreated WE43 samples (555μA/cm2 in SBF and 2.55μA/cm2 in the cell culture medium), the treated WE43 samples showed significantly lower icorr values (11.9μA/cm2 in SBF and 0.5μA/cm2 in the cell culture medium). The viability of MC3T3-E1 preosteoblasts in the Nd-implanted WE43 extract was 102%, higher than 98% of untreated WE43 extract. Imwinkelried et al. [73] investigated the effect of a plasma electrolytic coating on WE43. In vitro testing showed high initial gas release rates of non-coated samples (more than 1ml/cm2/day) that decreased to ∼0.3ml/cm2/day after 4–5 days, but the coated samples nearly released no gas during the 4–8 day, and then increased to ∼0.2ml/cm2/day, lower than the non-coated samples. The average weight loss of coated plates in vitro was about 15mg per week compared to 20mg per week for the non-coated plates. In vivo testing showed large gas bubbles around the non-coated plates after one-week implantation that disappeared at the fourth week. No gas pockets were visible around the coated plates after one-week implantation, and tiny gas pockets appeared around the thread holes at the fourth week that remained throughout the lifetime of the animals. These results suggested improved corrosion resistance of coated WE43. Recently, the use of polypyrrole (PPy) coatings was studied as a way to decrease the degradation rate of WE43 alloy [74]. PPy is an electrically-conductive polymer with good biocompatibility and has been used in biomedical applications related to the development of artificial muscles, neural recording stimulation of nerve regeneration, biosensors, and controlled drug release [75]. Ascencio et al. [75] investigated the corrosion behavior of PPy-coated WE43 alloy in a modified simulated body fluid solution (m-SBF). The result showed that the PPy coating effectively decreased the corrosion rate of WE43 alloy due to the formation of a protective layer after 24hours immersion, and the layer could also absorb CO2 to impede charge transfer. Ye et al. [76] investigated a phosphate modified WE43 magnesium alloy and studied its corrosion and biocompatibility in vitro. Immersion test showed that the hydrogen evolution rate of non-coated WE43 (>4ml/cm2/day) was far more than coated WE43 (about 1ml/cm2/day) at the beginning of 50h, and the rate of two groups became more similar (about 1ml/cm2/day) in the next 160h. L-929 cell viability in coated WE43 extract was 96.21%, much higher than the 34.80% viability for the non-coated material. These tests demonstrated that phosphate treatment is an effective way to improve the corrosion resistance and biocompatibility of WE43 alloy for biomedical applications.
Other Mg-Y-Nd-Zr alloys have also been studied. Hakimi et al. [77] investigated a novel Mg alloy (Mg-6% Nd-2% Y-0.5% Zr (EW62)) by rapid solidification (RS) and studied the stress corrosion cracking resistance of the alloy in simulated electrolytes. Immersion tests were divided into short-term (1 day) and long-term (>10 days). In the short-term tests, the corrosion rate of the RS alloy was 0.5mm/year, significantly lower than the 2.1mm/year of conventionally cast (CC) alloy. In the long-term tests, the corrosion rates of the RS alloy and CC alloy were 0.078mm/year and 0.152mm/year, respectively. In the stress corrosion test, the UTS values of RS alloy (from 274MPa in air to 223–262MPa in corrosive environment) were higher than those of the CC alloy (from 181MPa in air to 141–178MPa in corrosive environment). Therefore, EW62 alloy prepared by rapidly solidification has the potential to be used as a biodegradable implant. Aghion et al. [78] compared corrosion performance of EW10X04 (1.16wt.% Nd, 0.48wt.% Y, 0.48wt.% Zr, 0.43wt.% Ca) and EW10 (1.15wt.% Nd, 0.43wt.% Y, 0.46wt.% Zr) in 0.9%NaCl, and found a lower corrosion rate of EW10X04 (about 0.5mm/year) compared to EW10 (more than 1mm/year). However, the stress corrosion resistance of EW10X04 was lower than EW10 as determined by slow strain rate testing.
3Summary of currently investigated Mg-RE alloys3.1Mechanical property
As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, Mg-RE alloys exhibited a large range of UTS (from 76MPa to 354MPa), YS (from 40MPa to 316MPa) and elongation (from 0.7% to 60%). With the increase of rare earth content in Mg-RE binary alloys, UTS and YS increased and elongation decreased. The strengthening effect of Gd was higher than that of Dy. The YS and UTS of most Mg-RE binary alloys were less than 100MPa and 200MPa respectively and the elongation was less than 10%. Overall, Mg-RE binary alloys have lower sufficient strength than that of WE43 alloy for use as implant materials. The elongation of extruded WE43 was more than 35%. Mg-Zn-Y alloys (Mg-1.73Zn-1.54Y, WZ21, ZW21 and ZEK100) exhibited similar yield strength and ultimate tensile strength to that of WE43 with elongation of only about 28%. However, the yield strength and ultimate tensile strength of JDBM and Mg-2.4Zn-0.8Gd alloys exceed those of WE43 reaching 280MPa and 310MPa respectively, with elongation of 15%-25%. The YS and UTS of Mg-4Y/Ce-1Zn-1Mn alloys were about 120MPa and 170MPa, less than those for WE43. The elongation of Mg-4Ce-1Zn-1Mn alloy reached 60%, indicating that addition of Ce element promoted elongation better than the addition of Y. Moreover, hot extrusion [79] and solution treatment also generally improved the strength of Mg-RE alloys, though solution treatment decreased the strength of Mg-Dy binary alloys and Mg-2.4Zn-0.8Gd alloy. Overall, the results suggest that alterations in alloying or processing can be applied to obtain Mg-RE alloys with the appropriate range of mechanical properties for use in biomedical applications.
Ultimate tensile strength and yield strength of selected Mg-RE alloys.
Elongation of selected Mg-RE alloys.
3.2Degradation rate
Fig. 3 shows the corrosion rate and hydrogen evolution of Mg-RE alloys in 0.9%/1% NaCl, in vivo and in vitro. The extruded LAE442 and WE43 alloys exhibited the lowest in vivo corrosion rates. Simultaneously, its strength was reduced 40% when the decreased volume of LAE442 reached 15.2%, during the three months in vivo[57]. The loss in strength of WE43 in the three-point bending test was 22.04% after 3 months of implantation [21]. For orthopedic biomaterials, 3–4 months are typically required from fracture callus formation to new bone formation [21], which means that Mg-RE alloys should provide sufficient strength, and durability for bone restoration. Further efforts should focus on improved degradation and corrosion resistance, using methods such as surface treatment [80,81].
Corrosion rates of selected Mg-RE alloys in 0.9%/1% NaCl, in SBF, in Hank's and in vivo[91,92].
3.3Biocompatibility
Table 1 shows the cell viability of several cell lines cultured in Mg-RE alloy extracts. According to ISO 10993-5:2009 [82], a reduction of cell viability of more than 30% is considered cytotoxic. Compared to pure Mg, the JDBM, Mg-1.8Zn-0.2Gd, WE43 and LAE442 alloys showed good biocompatibility (low cytotoxicity) with L929. The cell viability of Mg-0.69La, Mg-1.27Ce, and Mg-2.13Nd with MC3T3-E1 was lower than that of pure magnesium. Nevertheless, the cell viabilities of Mg-RE alloys with ECV304 and VSMC are roughly equal, and higher than that of Mg-1.8Zn-0.8Gd alloy. In vivo tests in rabbits showed no abnormal reaction after implantation of Mg-La and Mg-Ce alloys for 4 weeks [8]. The JDBM stent covered by brushite coating maintained its original shape after 4-month implantation, with a lower hemolysis rate and anti-vascular restenosis. As bone materials for rabbits, the Mg-1.8Zn-0.2Gd, WE43, and LAE442 implants were well integrated with the surrounding bone within two months, with mineralized areas larger than the magnesium alloy without rare earth elements (for example, AZ91) [55]. The magnesium ions stimulated the increased release of neurotransmitters such as calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) at the periosteum site to further promote osteogenic differentiation of stem cells in the periosteum [83]. Eventually, a large amount of new bone formed at this site.
Cell viability of several cell lines cultured in Mg-RE alloys and its alloys extracts.
Culture time (day)
Cell viability (%)
Pure Mg As-cast L929 4 65.7 [6]
As-cast MC3T3-E1 7 87.5 [6]
As-cast ECV304 7 76.8 [6]
As-cast VSMC 7 93.6 [6]
Mg-0.69La As-cast MC3T3-E1 5 78 [8]
Mg-1.27Ce As-cast MC3T3-E1 5 51 [8]
Mg-2.13Nd As-cast MC3T3-E1 5 78 [8]
Mg-1.8Zn-0.2Gd As-rolled L929 5 82 [24]
As-rolled MG63 5 100 [24]
As-rolled VSMC 5 90 [24]
As-rolled ECV304 5 75 [24]
JDBM As-extruded L929 5 80 [37]
LAE442 ECAP L929 7 100 [61]
WE43 Phosphating coated L929 4 96 [76]
Although these magnesium implants showed great biocompatibility at the treatment site in animal experiments, it is important to determine the RE content and evaluate RE effects on other organs. In the design of Mg-RE alloys, the toxicity of rare earth alloying elements must first be considered. The toxicity of several rare earth elements were measured in vivo as the amount giving a 50% lethal dose (LD50) [10]. Ce showed the highest cytotoxicity (LD50: 10mg/kg), followed by La (LD50: 150mg/kg), and other rare earth elements (Gd, Nd, Dy, and Y) showed only a slight reduction of viability (LD50: more than 550mg/kg) [10]. In addition to cytoxicity assays, RE pathology trials have been performed on animals. After GdCl3 injection into the abdominal cavity of mice, the ulcer at the wound site developed into a muscular layer in 7 days [84]. In rabbits, GdCl3 affected the contraction of the small intestine [84]. Du et al. [85] found that after treatment with 1000μmol/L GdCl3 in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons for 96h, the cells did not show apoptosis. Additionally, Gd3+ at 100μmol/L in the extracellular solution inhibited the transient outward potassium current (IA). When DyCl3 was injected into rat veins, there was increased activity of liver RNA polymerase II, with no effects on polymerase I. DyCl3 also exhibited antibacterial effect on E. coli at 300μmol/L concentration [86]. Clinically, lanthanum carbonate is used to treat hyperlipidemia in patients with end-stage renal failure. For patients treated for up to 6 years, the concentration of sputum in the blood did not increase during the initial treatment and after treatment, without any liver poisoning [87]. One day after the intravenous injection of CeCl3, there was no Ce3+ in the blood of rats, but after three days, there was jaundice and elevated transglutaminases, with severe hepatotoxicity [88]. The proliferation of osteoclasts was greatly inhibited in the presence of Nd3+, especially at 1×10−7mol/L [85]. In addition, Nd3+ promoted the differentiation and formation of mineralized matrix nodules of osteoclasts at concentrations of 1×10−8mol/L and 1×10−5mol/L, respectively.
Nevertheless these studies have not completely characterized the biocompatibility of all rare earth elements. Rare-earth elements can exist in magnesium alloys in solid solution, as precipitates, and as oxides, so the release forms, degradation, absorption, and metabolism of these elements in animals require more comprehensive characterization.
4Mg-RE alloys most likely to be used in biomedical applications
Biocompatibility is a crucial determinant of whether Mg-RE alloys can be used for biomedical applications. Implanted Mg-RE alloy material should not cause great cytotoxicity or a strong host reaction. According to in vitro cytotoxicity tests listed in Table 1, Mg-1.8Zn-0.2Gd, LAE442, WE43 and JDBM have little effect or no effect on the viability of L929 cells. Fig. 4 shows that L929 cells in the Mg-Zn-Gd extract group and control were generally equal in number and higher in number than the HP-Mg group (green indicates live cells). Mg-Zn based alloys containing trace Gd element have an acceptable cytotoxicity. In terms of hydrogen evolution in vivo, after WE43 and LAE442 materials were implanted for one week, gas bubbles appeared around both alloys and then disappeared gradually after 2–3 weeks, with no detected adverse effects caused by the gas bubbles in vivo[55]. Subcutaneous gas bubbles were observed on postoperative radio-graphs for 4 weeks, as shown in Fig. 5. In addition, no formation of a hydrogen gas pocket was observed during WE43 implantation [89], and WZ21 implantation only caused limited hydrogen gas after 91 days, with no adverse effects observed in vivo[30]. In conclusion, the hydrogen evolution reaction of Mg-RE alloys was inhibited compared to that of pure Mg. The restoration of bone after the implantation of Mg-RE alloys was the most direct evaluation of biocompatibility. Newly formed bone was observed adjacent to the Mg-1.8Zn-0.2Gd implant, and no abnormal effect was observed for bones tissues surrounding the implant [24]. In addition, Witte et al. [54,55] investigated the corrosion behavior of WE43 and LAE442, compared to that of AZ91D. The result showed that the corrosion layer of these alloys contains a lot of Ca and P and was in direct contact with the surrounding bone tissue, which might slow the corrosion process. However, the AZ91D rod was almost destroyed by severe pitting after 18 weeks of implantation, while the LAE442 rod showed more uniform corrosion. Torroni et al. [89] studied the corrosion behavior of WE43 in a cranial bone sheep model. As shown in Fig. 6, newly formed woven bone was observed due to blood clot chambers that formed between the periosteum (red arrows) and bone in regions surrounding the implants (depicted by white arrows in A and B), with virtually no formation of a hydrogen gas pocket. Niu et al. [39] conducted an 18-month implantation of JDBM screws and observed formation of some new bone around the screw, as shown in Fig. 7(a). As shown in Fig. 7(b), after four months, the screw maintained good integrity, with only 16% volume loss, but showed a volume reduction of nearly 90% at 18 months. In addition, Mao et al. [90] conducted a four-month implantation test of a JDBM stent, and as shown in Fig. 8, the stent still maintained its basic shape without fracture of the tube wall, indicating sufficient strength. Based on these studies, magnesium alloys containing RE elements are shown to be suitable as implant materials in bone surgery and vascular stent applications.
Live/dead staining of L929 cells after culturing in HP-Mg and Mg-Zn-Gd alloy extracts (100% extract, without dilution) for 3 days, normal culture medium as control (green for the live cells).
Subcutaneous gas bubbles observed on postoperative radiographs for four weeks after implantation during magnesium implant degradation.
Low- and high-magnification optical micrographs for (a, c) as-cast WE43 and (b, d) WE43-T5.
(a) Vertical section of a screw. The residual screw is marked by the red dashed line. (b) The original screw and segmented residual screw at 1, 4, and 18 months post operation.
(a) Image of implantation of JDBM stent in rabbit abdominal artery. (b) SEM image of JDBM stent. (c) 3D reconstruction image of JDBM stent after 4 months of implantation.
5Concluding remarks
With the continued development of biodegradable magnesium alloys, many reports show that addition of RE results in increased corrosion resistance, grain refinement, and solubility of magnesium, enhancing the mechanical and degradable properties of alloys. The WE43 magnesium alloy is currently being clinically tested in the form of screws, pins, and stents and scientists are exploring the potential of other RE-based magnesium alloys. Specific implant materials may be designed for different functions in different parts of the human body. For example, a biodegradable vascular stent should have the ability to undergo plastic deformation, with YS and UTS above 200MPa and 250MPa respectively, and with at least 20% elongation to fracture [93]. The material must be able to function for at least 6 months. A biodegradable screw requires a YS of at least 250MPa, tensile strength of at least 275MPa, elongation rate of at least 10%, and an offset elastic limit of Rp0.2 at least 250MPa in addition [94]. Different RE elements and the amount added can affect the mechanical properties, degradable behavior, and cytotoxicity of alloy materials. As mentioned earlier, Dy, Gd, and Y have high solubility, while Sc has better corrosion resistance and grain refinement capability [19,20]. Some processing techniques can further improve material performance, such as heat-treatment, severe plastic deformation (SPD) [95], and surface modification. Cytotoxicity tests show that Dy, Y, Nd, and Gd are less toxic than La and Ce. However, the effect of RE elements on the body is related to the degradation of metallic implants and the released form of RE elements, therefore systemic in vivo tests are required. Additionally, because in vivo assays are costly and time-consuming, there is a need to develop proper bio-reactors to mimic in vivo conditions for more rapid testing of materials.
Dexue Liu was supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 51365029 and 51664041. This work was also supported in part by International (regional) cooperation and exchange projects-BRICS STI Framework Programmer, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Universities in Gansu Province, the Program for Support Projects of Science and Technology in Gansu Province under Grant No. 1604GKCA038 and Longyuan Youth Innovation and Entrepreneurship Projects.
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Manny Gonzalez – 5 Ways to Create a Better Community Room
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1. Focus on People More Than Rooms
“In the past, it felt like enough to build and furnish a community room—if you build it, they will come,” says Dana Totman, president of Avesta Housing in Portland, Maine. “In reality, we’ve learned it takes much more to create a community room that residents use and that will benefit them. It takes services and programs. Avesta has increasingly invested resources that are more about building community and less about building rooms. Currently, programs around gardening (the outside community room!) and nutrition are very popular with our residents.”
2. Break Bread
At 409 Cumberland, Avesta Housing’s new mixed-income development in downtown Portland, the community space includes a commercial-grade teaching kitchen (pictured). The nonprofit worked closely with city planners who wanted the first floor to capture the outside sidewalk activity to create a level of vibrancy. With this in mind, the entire first floor is surrounded by floor-to-ceiling windows that bring the Portland sidewalks into the community space.
The first floor is available for community groups to use for healthful living–related events and classes, many of which are open to the residents. This has been a way to bring additional programming into the building at no cost to Avesta or its tenants. In addition, there’s a rooftop community garden and greenhouse.
3. Think Tech
Community rooms still need the basic elements, but taking advantage of today’s technology can really engage residents, says Manny Gonzalez, principal at KTGY Architecture + Planning, explaining that things like a “trending wall” that display what residents are doing or are interested in not only lets them find other tenants with similar pursuits but assists management in creating relevant programs.
KTGY Architecture + Planning designed a room that gave residents at Heritage Oaks in Oakdale, Calif., the feeling of having their own garage.
Gonzalez has gotten creative in his designs, as well. He and a client discussed what residents leave behind when they move from their homes, so they provided a patio and barbecue area. “I said I would miss my garage the most,” Gonzalez says. “So we provided the residents with a 400-square-foot garage with a roll-up door that opens onto that same patio, and it’s the most popular spot in the community.”
4. Mix It Up
Consider having a mix of furniture and equipment to accommodate different groups and functions. Couches, comfortable chairs, and coffee tables are inviting for small, private groups. For larger gatherings, tables, chairs, and display monitors may be needed, notes the staff at CommonBond Communities.
The St. Paul, Minn.–based firm offers a number of valuable programs at its developments. At several sites, the community rooms are used for the distribution of biweekly food shelf deliveries.
5. Take Down Walls
“What we’ve begun to do is eliminate the notion of assigning separate rooms for each function by creating a single large space where all activities engage or overlap,” says Ron Lloyd, president and founder of RDL Architects. “For instance, we bring the kitchen out into the open, instead of behind a wall, complete with bar seating and coffee station for residents. With the introduction of personal mobile devices, the former computer room goes away and becomes part of this space, much like a bistro or a coffee shop.”
Lloyd has also been working to add features that promote intergenerational and community engagement. “We designed a facility for a continuing-care campus that has a bistro complete with a commercial kitchen. The bistro not only serves the needs of the residents but is frequented by staff and employees from the surrounding community.”
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2016/09/14 Droid and Friends, 5 miles of Thunderhill Record: 3:30 Flat
π 2016-09-14 01:01 in Cars
It was nice to be back at Droid and Friends again. It had been a while since I had ran the full 5 mile track (as opposed to 4.3 miles with bypass) and I had forgotten how tough it is on the car and tires if you are truly pushing to be fast.
my brand new pads have been working, but still get too hot and turn white
The good news is that I had fresh tires and that my brakes did not misbehave for a change. My only issue were my tires that were eventually overheating, and my catalytic converters that were doing the same. I was however soon able to match my previous best time of 3:33 before my tires got greasy. By the afternoon, the track got more greasy and I started getting slower, as usual.
And like I've done at some other days before, for reasons I can't explain, on my last session out, I just got my best time of the day. Somehow on my 2nd lap I shaved a full 3 seconds off my best morning time, both because I was driving better and deeper in some corners than I was in the morning, and because probably the track got just a bit cooler and my tires were still cool for the 2nd lap (my subsequent laps were 3:31).
This was an awesome way to end the day, 3:30 for a (admittedly fast) street car on (admittedly good) street tires is not bad for me. I'm sure with a better line still, there are still a couple of seconds I left on the table, but I was happy enough with this for that day :)
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Musings on food matters
Beyond Produce: Other Edible CSAs Bring Mixed Results
by Sarah Henry on April 22, 2011 · 30 comments
in baking,berkeley bites,farmers' markets,food businesses,sfgate site
Would you buy a box of bread, cheese, chocolate, wine, olive oil or jam from a local artisan on a regular basis?
In Berkeley and beyond, budding food producers are incorporating the community food model in their business plans. But they are having mixed success. Indeed, whether this concept can become financially feasible outside of the fruit and vegetable box remains to be seen.
“The jury is still out on if this is sustainable, long term,” said Cindy Tsai Schultz, co-founder of Fresh Bite, a baked goods start-up that began with a community supported approach, but has since put the idea on hold.
Community supported food began with CSAs or Community Supported Agriculture, which has proven mutually beneficial for farmers and consumers. It’s a popular way to buy local, seasonal, organic, sustainable vegetables, fruits, and herbs directly from a small-scale farmer through a subscription or membership system, and it offers a direct connection between producer and purchaser. From an economic standpoint, a CSA provides growers with upfront funds and a known demand, an important buffer in the risky and unpredictable business of farming. (Subscribers pay a regular weekly fee, typically in the $20-$55 range, depending on the size and mix of the box.)
Full Belly Farm was one of the first farms to offer a CSA in Berkeley. Another farmers’ market regular, Riverdog Farm, also offers a subscription veggie box program. Eatwell Farm and Terra Firma Farm are also popular CSA programs offering weekly pick-up at central locations. Capay Organic Farm (whose CSA is known as Farm Fresh to You) delivers to your door.
Other perishable CSA purveyors include Soul Food Farm (chicken and eggs), Marin Sun Farms (meat) and Massa Organics (rice), which partners with produce CSAs to provide its products. Bellwether Farms and Cowgirl Creamery have cheese clubs, which essentially work in a similar way to CSAs. (Find a long list of CSAs that deliver around town here.) Berkeley also boasts the community supported kitchen Three Stone Hearth.
But a review of recent start-up community supported food initiatives reveals the challenges of making such a model cost-effective.
Pandora’s Box, a community supported bread seller, had short but sweet success before calling it a day. Fresh Bite began as a baked-good community supported business, but quickly morphed into providing complete meals, following consumer demand.
Cindy Tsai Schultz and Terry Betts of Fresh Bites.
The new business is the brainchild of two moms, friends Terry Betts and Cindy Tsai Schultz, who have six kids between them and so know just how challenging it can be to get a healthy dinner on the table. But building a membership base proved too onerous for the nascent company, which opted to put the weekly subscription on hiatus to concentrate on its wholesale line of baked goods, available at Monterey Market and Star Grocery. Their seasonal, savory and sweet eats will also be available at the new farmers’ market opening in May on Wednesdays at San Pablo and Solano Avenues.
Another local business that tried a community supported element up until recently was The Xocolate Bar store on Solano Avenue, where once-a-month members received handmade chocolates and truffles featuring seasonable, sustainable organic ingredients. The effort has also been discontinued. “Even in Berkeley there’s still a lot of education you have to do with eaters around a subscription,” said Malena Lopez-Maggi, co-owner of the chocolate shop. “It’s a really hard sell. I’d suggest other businesses interested in this kind of model partner with an existing CSA instead of starting their own.”
Some local businesses have made the model work. At Vintage Berkeley, wine buffs can walk in and pick up a monthly six-pack (six mostly red wines for $60), curated by owner Peter Eastlake and Vine Street store manager Brent Fraker. A more traditional subscription wine club is also available, and the store has about 200 wine lovers signed up, which helps the staff negotiate better rates with wine distributors. And in a new, symbiotic relationship, Vintage on Vine Street has just begun serving as the East Bay CSA pick-up spot for the Fatted Calf Charcuterie. “We just figured it was a good fit,” said Fraker. “People who like artisan salumi, duck confit, and pork terrine are probably going to want to drink some wine with their meat. It’s working out really well.”
Dafna Kory, maker of the popular preserves INNA jam says that 25-30% of her business comes from people who sign up for her seasonal subscription (starting at $60 for six jars). Kory, like others who provide this option to their customers, likes to include something special for folks on her subscription list, this spring it’s a limited edition organic kiwi jam. “When it works, the community supported model can really help you plan and grow your company,” Kory said. “It’s an important part of my business and it’s a show of support from customers who invest in you when you need it most.”
This post originally appeared on Berkeleyside and was cross posted on SFGate.
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Diane {Created by Diane} April 22, 2011 at 9:06 pm
I will have to look into the csa box more in my area.
Looking forward to seeing you at campblogaway!
Sarah Henry April 23, 2011 at 8:15 am
Nice to see you here, Diane, and I look forward to meeting you next weekend too.
nancy Olin Heldt April 23, 2011 at 8:43 am
If you haven’t already check out Pop Up General Store: Founded by Christopher Lee and Samin Nosrat, Pop-Up General Store is a group of professional cooks {nearly all of them current or former Chez Panisse cooks} making the foods they love to eat. They Pop-Up every two or three weeks so that you can get your hands on some. http://www.popupgeneralstore.com
Yep, have both been to and written about the Pop-Up General Store, which you can read about right here: http://lettuceeatkale.com/2010/berkeley-bites-samin-nosrat-ex-eccolo-chef-co-creator-of-the-pop-up-general-store/
Elliot April 23, 2011 at 11:12 pm
I think as far as concept the subscription based food model (pertaining to healthy food) is a mixed bag. On the upside, it helps the local economy and cultivates healthy eating. But on the downside, the food is very expensive (for the common American) and it is largely overlooked because of that. A perfect balance would be amazing, and would attract lots of business, a food revolution of sorts.
Nice to see you here, Elliot, and you raise valid points about some of the obstacles for making this model work beyond the produce box.
NoPotCooking April 26, 2011 at 7:09 am
I think it’s an interesting idea, but it requires people to change how they think about cooking. It no longer is “what do I feel like making?” but “What do I have I can use?”
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Really good point, NPC. I actually like to look and see what’s in the fridge and pantry and what I might be able to concoct, but that’s not how all home cooks like to roll.
Sheryl April 26, 2011 at 7:10 am
I like the concept and the idea of supporting the local community. Whether or not I’d do it would depend on a few factors like price, consistent quality and availability. But if it helped make my life easier (and healthier), that would be a very big draw.
Good points, all Sheryl.
Roxanne @ Champion of My Heart April 26, 2011 at 7:44 am
Boy, you really want to see operations like this succeed, but I can see how it would be a tough go … especially in this economy. I know some folks who tried the CSA thing with fruits and veggies, but after not too long, even that couldn’t survive here in Colorado.
A childhood friend’s son is starting a little CSA. They home school, and he has this whole plan. It’ll be neat to see how he does.
Keep me posted, Roxanne. I’m all for these edible entrepreneurs finding their niche and making a decent living.
Ruth Pennebaker April 27, 2011 at 6:55 am
I love the idea of this, but think it would be hard for disorganized types like my husband and me to plan well enough to take advantage of it.
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That’s honest of you, Ruth, and quite possibly how a lot of folks feel.
Jennifer Margulis April 27, 2011 at 8:08 am
I love their idea. If they bring it to Oregon, I would definitely sign up!!
Assuming loads of regular CSAs in Oregon, right, Jennifer? What kind of other food artisans would you be willing to support this way?
Alexandra April 27, 2011 at 9:07 am
Interesting post! Here on Cape Cod, fish csa is an option. I did not sign up because I shop at the local fish store in summer and like to patronize it. I wanted to sign up for the veggie one, but they are all in another part of the Cape and I cannot fight traffic to pick up.
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Convenience and old-fashioned customer interaction, as you note here, Sandy, are two factors folks weigh up in signing on (or not) to such things. I think a fish CSA is super cool and know there have been mixed results in CA with this model too.
Susan April 27, 2011 at 10:36 am
It’s not local per se, but for awhile I subscribed to the monthly Tasting Box from Foodzie.com. Each month, they choose six products to feature from their pool of small artisan food producers. You also get a map showing where in the country your items come from and sometimes they enclose recipe suggestions. I think that model is a great way for small producers to gain exposure even if they can’t get a critical mass from the local community.
Sarah Henry April 27, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Hi Susan, thanks for letting me know about the tasting box, which I hadn’t heard of. Interested folks can learn more here: http://foodzie.com/tastingbox
Curious to hear what kinds of artisan goodies you received.
MyKidsEatSquid April 27, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Like others, I’m wondering about pricing. It seems like food in general is getting more expensive. Do any of these CSAs have wiggle room with their pricing–I guess I’m wondering if they’re going to raise their prices as the costs for all goods are increasing?
The cost of food certainly in the news a lot these days, it’s true, and that may explain why some of these specialty community supported food models didn’t fly. But then some are doing quite well, so I’m sure there’s more to it than straight economics.
Casey@Good. Food. Stories. April 27, 2011 at 6:01 pm
If these out-of-the-box CSAs can’t make it in the Bay Area, I wonder how they would ever find success in other parts of the country. I know there are artisanal ice cream memberships in my area, but the price is so prohibitive… of course, I just make my own.
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An artisanal ice cream membership? Wow, remind me again exactly where you live, Casey?
Stacy (Little Blue Hen) May 3, 2011 at 9:10 am
My CSA (which, as Sarah knows, I adore) just got chickens and is preparing to add on an optional egg share I’m excited about, and you can pay online to add the farm’s jam to your share from time to time. Added-value items I could get behind, but most other products you mentioned don’t get used up fast enough at our house to justify a subscription. The CSA tried a partnership with a local tea shop last year, and while I like the company, I don’t drink that much tea.
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Sarah Henry May 3, 2011 at 10:31 am
Hi, Stacy, thanks for chiming in and sharing your own experience with a CSA. Makes sense in terms of the add-on products, you really want to buy items that you use on a regular basis to make it worthwhile.
Jane Boursaw May 4, 2011 at 4:10 pm
I think it’s a great idea. I mean, it really goes back to the Olde World notions of sharing sourdough starter and helping each other thresh wheat. It’s time we got back to those methods of shared sustainability.
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Sarah Henry May 7, 2011 at 11:11 pm
It seems to be an increasingly popular concept, Jane, shared sustainability, that is.
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Toronto to get its first VR lounge
While only 9% of Canadians believe they'll consume more VR next year, founder Jonah Brotman said this presents a massive market opportunity.
Virtual reality’s penetration in the Canadian market is still relatively low. But entrepreneur Jonah Brotman sees this as an opportunity.
Speaking to MiC, the founder of Toronto’s soon-to-open House of VR cited data from AOL that stated only 9% of Canadians expect to watch more virtual reality in the next year. (In the U.S. and Southeast Asian markets, the number reaches 21%.)
Indeed, Canada’s spend on virtual reality and augmented reality is predicted to reach $723 million by 2020 (according to predictions from the International Data Corporation), but that still will only put Canada as the seventh highest-spending region in the medium. According to the Media Technology Monitor, as of fall 2016, 10% of Anglophone Canadians had tried virtual reality — but only 2% owned headsets.
So why is Brotman (whose past projects include the social tech start-up SokoText and travel platform Operation Groundswell) choosing to open a business that is part arcade, part gallery and part event space, showcasing VR game and video experiences?
Getting in first is a big priority, he said. “There are very few places where people can go out to just find VR,” he said. He added that Canadians might not see themselves further immersing themselves in VR because it still seems so inaccessible.
“It’s still not affordable,” he said. The HTC Vive headset, of which the House of VR will carry 13, costs just over $1,000, and a PC with a sufficiently powerful graphics card would cost an estimated $2,000 to $2,500. There are cheaper alternatives for VR headsets, such as Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR, which incorporate smartphones as screens, however those do not have the power to create virtual walk-around spaces with 3D graphics and 360-degree sound.
“The average consumer’s not going to hand that over,” he said.
The VR space, located in the historic Burroughes Building in Toronto’s Queen West neighbourhood, will fill what Brotman calls the “adult play experience” category, which also includes activities like escape rooms, axe throwing and board game cafes. However, he added that it will be slightly more “up-market” with more of a gallery feel.
When it comes to content, the House of VR will license experiences from a number of genres including kids’ content, tourism, education, meditation and live sports. Content will be curated and updated on a weekly basis. Brotman said the company is also open to licensing branded VR content as well as serving as a space for VR-centered brand activations.
He cited the example of Sony’s Ghostbusters activation in 2016 in New York, which promoted the film through an immersive, 360-degree experience that combined gaming with cinema. The experience resulted in plenty of positive media attention (TheVerge called it “mind-blowing” and Polygon called it “better than reality”), and Brotman said the aim would be to eventually host brand activations of that caliber.
Canadian media has gradually gravitated toward VR, experimenting with projects such as NBA Canada’s six-week live broadcast through Samsung NextVR, Sportsnet’s Molson-sponsored VR hockey broadcasts and Blue Ant Media’s six-part immersive DIY series, Brojects.
Brands have also incorporated VR storytelling into their activations, such as Club Med Canada’s virtual vacation experience and Global’s gamified VR promotion of its new drama Timeless.
House of VR will is set to officially open in April.
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Magna Carta Virtual Tour
Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy has been the most successful exhibition ever staged by the British Library, with in excess of 100,000 visitors. But we are aware that many, many more will never be able...
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Shameful and Demeaning: The Annulment of Magna Carta
Today, 24 August 2015, marks an important date in history, one overlooked in this year of anniversaries (the Battle of the Somme, Waterloo, Agincourt, the De Montfort Parliament). For on this day 800 years...
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Little Ado About Something Rather Significant: William Shakespeare and Magna Carta
If you were writing a play about the reign of King John, what would be the one scene you could not dispense with? The sealing of Magna Carta at Runnymede, perhaps? Yet, this is exactly the scene that the...
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Two Weeks to See Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy
Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy, the British Library's most successful exhibition ever, closes on Tuesday, 1 September. This week we were delighted to receive our 100,000th paying visitor, all the way...
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Putting together any major exhibition always calls upon the expertise and generosity of countless individuals. In the case of Magna Carta; Law, Liberty, Legacy -- which closes at the British Library on...
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Magna Carta Catalogue On Special Offer
Our wonderful Magna Carta exhibition is coming to an end — it closes on 1 September 2015. But all the exhibits can also be viewed in the accompanying illustrated catalogue, edited by curators Claire...
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The Peasants Are Revolting: The Coronation Charter of Henry I
When the charter of liberties we now know as Magna Carta was drawn up at Runnymede in 1215, it tapped into a long tradition of English kings making promises to uphold good laws and repudiate past oppressions....
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Help Us Decipher This Inscription
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What's Your Favourite Magna Carta Item?
A group of us were recently discussing what is our favourite item in the British Library's Magna Carta exhibition. Mine changes every day, but I had recently plumped in a Twitter Q&A for the John Wilkes...
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Equality, Huh? Who Would Have Thought It?
Our current major show, Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy, is about to enter its final weeks. The exhibition closes on 1 September, so hurry to see it while you still have the chance. If you're not aware,...
Happy Birthday, Declaration of Independence!
Today is the 4th of July, the birthday of one of the most famous documents in the world, the United States Declaration of Independence. This year we are celebrating another very important birthday at the...
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How The Forest Charter Was Saved From Destruction
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Magna Carta: My Digital Rights
This week the public have the chance to shape a ‘Magna Carta for the digital age’, by voting for My Digital Rights clauses generated by school students from around the world. Launched with BBC Radio...
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The Document That (Almost) Changed the Course of History
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Quirky, semi-sweet, funny, Welsh coming of age tale with a great cast including Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine and Noah Taylor.
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It's okay. More of a drama than a comedy. Will Ferrell makes it watchable.
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GENTLEMEN BRONCOS
Jared Hess is a genius and how this gem slipped by me, I don't know. Funny, original: loved it!
Official Site: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/gentlemenbroncos/
Love love this movie. Funny, well-written family drama / comedy with high school wrestling.
Official Site: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/winwin/
CONAN O'BRIEN CAN'T STOP
A must-see for fans of Coco. Funny, unpolished documentary chronicling talented, relentless, attention-seeking O'Brien on the road with a live act in response to his firing from NBC.
Official Site: http://conanobriencantstop.com/
ZAZIE DANS LE MÉTRO (1960)
Absurd slapstick French New Wave comedy with loads of visual and lingual trickery. Louis Malle adapts Raymond Queneau's popular novel. Malle: "a critique of the language of cinema... with lots of parody and pastiche." Cool because it's Paris: 1960.
Official Site: http://www.criterion.com/films/27626-zazie-dans-le-metro
Slightly funny, space alien movie homage from Nick Frost and Simon Pegg. Doesn't compare with their previous work; Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz. The cast is fine, direction: ho-hum.
Official Site: http://www.whatispaul.com
POTICHE (TROPHY WIFE)
Funny French social comedy starring Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, and directed by (Swimming Pool) François Ozon. Set in the late '70s. Sweet.
Official Site: http://potichemovie.com/
Dark, funny, weird; great cast, art direction & cinematography. Writer director Todd Solondz takes chances with taboo topics. His writing is tight. See it!
Official Site: http://www.criterion.com/films/27659-life-during-wartime
How long is this Man-Child obsession going to last? And in how many movies will Ed Helms portray a character in a doomed relationship who falls in love with a blond prostitute? Not many laugh out loud moments, a slight quirky film with John C. Reilly: so therefore you must see it.
Official Site: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/cedarrapids/
Netflix: http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Cedar_Rapids/70138638?trkid=496624
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Gymnasts impress at overseas invitationals
Published Feb 22, 2019 at 8:00 am (Updated Feb 21, 2019 at 9:03 pm)
Youngsters from the Bermuda Gymnastics Association outside their Southside training centre
Bermy Bouncers head to Norway
Podium places across the board in Trinidad
Gymnasts to compete in Caribbean
Griffiths wins all-round title
The Bermuda Gymnastics Association has had a very busy start to the season as their competitive team attended three major overseas invitationals over the past two weeks.
More than 24 gymnasts took the opportunity of a mid-term school break to attend up to three competitions, as well as several overseas practice sessions.
They were able to gain experience and test their mastery as each athlete strives to continue challenging higher competitive levels.
Overall, the Bermuda team, who train at the National Training Centre in St David’s, performed impressively on the international stage.
The first competition was the Chicago Style, held at the Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois, and considered the largest women’s gymnastics invitational in the World.
The Bermuda team had 13 athletes competing and finished the competition with four podiums. Eleven-year-old Ella Younie placed highest amongst her team-mates, taking home the title of level six floor champion and a strong second overall.
Team members met up with additional gymnasts from Bermuda in Orlando, Florida, including boys aged 8 to 16, for an equally good showing at the Presidential Classic held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Facility.
The Presidential Classic is the second largest combined event in the United States.
A total of 24 medals were garnered by the Bermuda team. Highlights included six gold medal finishes over the four-day competition from Ella Newton, Azalea Pontes, Tse Burgess, Bethany Cooze, Sanaa Simmons and Ben Mello.
In addition, Burgess, Cooze and Ella Newton earned overall awards in their respective categories.
The final competition, the Magical Classic, was also held in Orlando and hosted more than 2,000 athletes from around the world. Bermuda once again earned podium medals, 11 in total, with three gold-medal finishes on vault from Cooze, Burgress and Sanaa Simmons in their respective age groups. Cooze also finished second overall in level six, and Burgess third overall in level seven.
Adriana Forde, the Bermuda head coach, said: “Some of my favourite moments this weekend were not the gold medals but the team comradery, improved attitudes and scores from athletes that had sub-par warm-ups or performances the day before.
“They came back focused and wanting a chance to show everyone what they could really do”.
Only one more overseas competition remains before the gym hosts its own international event the BIG Challenge from March 15 to 18.
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Capital of Texas, the city of Austin lies almost in the centre of the state, a big city with a small-town feel, young population, casual lifestyle and reputation as a Mecca for live music shows.
Home of the University of Texas campus, Austin life is closely entwined with the energy and enthusiasm of its students, but this city that has been a state capital since 1838 does not ignore its history. Young people are drawn here too by the array of live concerts that are held frequently around the shores of Town Lake. Most famous of these events is the annual South by Southwest music festival-conference held every March. Visitors wanting to tune in to Austin's live musical repertoire, which spans everything from blues and country to reggae, simply have to drift down the famous Sixth Street strip of pubs and clubs any night of the week.
Austin's laid-back attitude lends itself to the great outdoors, and the city has miles of hiking and biking trails linking parks, preserves and greenbelts adding to the ambience of its leafy streets.
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The Catholic Historical Review
Predicazione e Inquisizione nell’Italia del Cinquecento: Ippolito Chizzola tra eresia e controversia antiprotestante by Giorgio Caravale (review)
Emily Michelson
The Catholic University of America Press
10.1353/cat.2013.0214
Predicazione e Inquisizione nell’Italia del Cinquecento: Ippolito Chizzola tra eresia e controversia antiprotestante by Giorgio Caravale
Predicazione e Inquisizione nell’Italia del Cinquecento: Ippolito Chizzola tra eresia e controversia antiprotestante. By Giorgio Caravale. [Studi fonti documenti di storia e letterature religiosa.] (Bologna: Società editrice il Mulino. 2012. Pp. 306. €23,00 paperback. ISBN 978-88-15-24103-0.)
Ippolito Chizzola (1521–65) got his hands dirty in the religious and political turmoil of sixteenth-century Italy. Chizzola was a minor figure in the broad circle of elite religious reformers and political manipulators in Rome and northern Italy in the postTridentine period. His success as a renowned preacher and writer came only after accusations of heterodoxy, an Inquisition trial, and an apparently heartfelt recantation. Chizzola’s careers as a close associate of well-known religious doubters, as an enthusiastic anti-Protestant polemicist, and later as a spy and factotum for Duke Cosimo I Medici bring us close to his powerful contemporaries and show us the inner workings of sixteenth-century institutions. Giorgio Caravale, in this thorough and informed report, has given Chizzola his first in-depth study.
Chizzola spent his youth in the monastery of San Salvatore in Sant’Afra in Brescia, where he grew close to his older confrere, Celso Martinengo (later a Protestant supporter); they were both influenced by Peter Martyr Vermigli. Caravale convincingly shows, in the first three chapters, how interest in heterodoxy was a natural aspect of conversation and study in Chizzola’s intellectual circles in Brescia and its environs. He traces the rhetorical techniques of dissimulation that characterized a network of Protestant sympathizers and inspired inquisitors to insist on ever more explicit declarations of orthodoxy.
The middle section of the book examines the documentation for Chizzola’s heresy trial. His views on confession veered dangerously close to those of Desiderius Erasmus. Chizzola, like Erasmus, emphasized the need for internal readiness before confession, and relied on evasion and ambiguity, as had many other intellectuals in Italy distantly inspired by Martin Luther. The trial took place during the very months when the Tridentine decree on confession was being elaborated, after which point preachers were ordered to preach explicitly anti-Protestant doctrine. Whereas some of his companions chose heresy and exile, Chizzola, to their surprise, undertook a radical aboutface, devoting the rest of his life to vehement anti-Protestant preaching and writing.
The final chapters of the book examine Chizzola’s activities after the trial, when he became an informer for Cosimo I in Rome under Pope Pius IV through various struggles between the papacy and the College of Cardinals, and through Cosimo’s attempts in the early 1560s to influence the outcome of the election of the Holy Roman Emperor. [End Page 791]
Caravale has reconstructed Chizzola’s trial in its entirety, allowing us to see his intellectual and political evolution. Caravale’s ability to situate Chizzola’s trial within broader Tridentine concerns and the growth of the Inquisition is very valuable. He has also helpfully included, in two appendices, the documents relating to Chizzola’s Inquisition trial and fifty-four unedited letters sent or received by Chizzola, primarily between himself and Cosimo I or Ercole Gonzaga. These appendices constitute about 40 percent of the book and will be useful for the growing number of Inquisition scholars and for those studying the Medici political sphere.
The book’s strict focus on Chizzola’s trial and his later political activities has left some issues unaddressed. Caravale devotes relatively little attention to the text and content of Chizzola’s written work. Chizzola’s sermons and treatises raise important questions about shifting definitions of orthodoxy within Catholicism. Although a historian and not a literary scholar, Caravale might have paid some attention to Chizzola’s use of the vernacular and its implications for the religious significance of the laity; these were urgent concerns in Chizzola’s circles. A review of previous scholarship and a complete bibliography of Chizzola’s work would also have been helpful. But Caravale’s meticulous scholarship and prodigious archival discoveries have paved the way for other scholars to pursue these themes.
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Theatre Topics
Stage Combat Arts: An Integrated Approach to Acting, Voice and Text Work + Video by Christopher DuVal (review)
Macaela Carder Whitaker
10.1353/tt.2018.0034
Stage Combat Arts: An Integrated Approach to Acting, Voice and Text Work + Video by Christopher DuVal
Stage Combat Arts: An Integrated Approach to Acting, Voice and Text Work + Video. By Christopher DuVal. Theatre Arts Workbooks series. London: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2016; pp. 304.
Stage Combat Arts: An Integrated Approach to Acting, Voice and Text Work +Video by Christopher DuVal, is a unique workbook that joins stage combat techniques with actor-movement disciplines. As a fight choreographer and an educator, it reminds me that stage combat (while a discipline in and of itself) engages the body, voice, and mind in order to create the illusion of violence to tell a story. DuVal recognizes that the inclusion of voice and mind in conjunction with body are often excluded, intentionally or unintentionally, when first learning stage combat. He firmly situates the book as a part of an actor-training curriculum, suggesting that the basics of stage combat are not a separate skill set, but one that should be integral to actor training.
In the introduction, DuVal provides a detailed explanation that this it is not a stage combat manual, but a stage combat arts workbook. His term stage combat arts appears throughout the text with very specific intentions; he uses it to highlight the interconnectivity of breath, voice, and physicality that is integral to a fight scene, as well as to differentiate it from the discipline of stage combat. He focuses the book around three main disciplines (Aikido, Stage Combat, and Fitzmaurice Voicework), and highlights how the three disciplines complement one another and how they are intended to be used in the text. DuVal invites the reader to approach the text in “exploration mode” to “engage with an openness and curiosity to developing new patterns of the body and breath” (11). His writing style is accessible and clearly intended for a wide audience, from teachers to student actors. For example, I come to this text as an educator and fight choreographer. I have a familiarity with Fitzmaurice Voicework, but have never studied Aikido; I found DuVal’s application of these disciplines something that I would feel comfortable using in a classroom.
Stage Combat Arts is organized into four chapters that focus on individual topics designed to guide the reader’s development of “connecting the Stage Combat Arts to the overall tasks of actor training” (6). Each chapter is then further split into subcategories (framework; exploration; exercises; follow-up; further reading). All sections have video links to use as teaching tools, which provide a visual to the author’s clearly detailed exercises. What I appreciate is how DuVal identifies his influences and acknowledges sources throughout the text—even taking the text space to thank specific individuals. He also provides “teaching tip” boxes throughout. While the tips are extremely helpful reminders, during my first reading I found them disruptive to the flow of the text, specifically when they appear in the exercise sections. Upon subsequent readings of Stage Combat Arts, I found the teaching tips to be helpful in shaping lesson plans and further clarifying exercise objectives.
Recently, a local community theatre reached out to me to create the fight choreography for a production of Cyrano, and I found myself returning to Stage Combat Arts to aid me in rehearsals. As I was working with two of the actors, I noticed that one was holding his breath, tensing his body, and his defensive moves became dangerous to his partner. I separated the two and tried DuVal’s breath and extension with a weapon (basic parry-system exercise) in his chapter on “Breath and Connection.” As he points out, it is counterproductive to “explore one’s freedom and ‘relaxed [End Page 187] readiness’ in isolated exercises,” because if those exercises do not transfer into stage combat sequences the actor’s “habitual patterns of tension” will resurface (52). This particular exercise combines a basic parry drill for a single sword with a breath and weight-shift exercise, encouraging the actor to become aware of body, breath, and weapon. With each parry the actor breathes and shifts weight in the en garde position, encouraging the actor to remain grounded in stance while freeing...
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Tag Archives: suction records
A Canadian minimal wave retrospective: Ceramic Hello’s Absence of a Canary (1981)
When the long-defunct Burlington label Mannequin Records pressed their original run of 1000 copies of 1981’s Absence of a Canary, it seemed unlikely that anyone could foresee the legacy of this record three decades later. Elusive minimal synth duo Ceramic Hello, consisting of Roger Humphreys and ex-Spoons keyboardist Brett Wickens, had a short and mysterious run as a band.
Original album artwork for Ceramic Hello’s “Absence of a Canary” (1981)
Ceramic Hello’s few releases (a single in 1980 and an LP in 1981), both released in limited quantities, and their lack of live performances are all factors that placed an exclamation mark next to the seminal minimal synth LP Absence of a Canary when discovered by electro fetishist and cratediggers, long after the band had dissolved.
The mythology of this album persists domestically and abroad after two comprehensive reissues, one by the German label Vinyl on Demand in 2006, and the other by the Toronto based Suction records in 2012. The longevity of Absence of a Canary, as Matthew Samways of Halifax based minimal wave label Electric Voice can attest to, is owed to its sound being unique to a moment of bold DIY experimentation that struck during the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. Ceramic Hello seized the sonic potential of newly-available equipment at the time, such as the Roland CR-78 and Korg MS-20. A borrowed TEAC 8-track brought the recording studio into the bedrooms of Wickens and Humphreys in unassuming Burlington, ON. This pastoral suburban setting and lack of resources spoke to the record’s unique minimalism. Absence of a Canary is earnestly influenced by the works of Brian Eno (Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy), Gary Numan, and Kraftwerk.
The Climactic Nouveaux 7″ is the third release from Burlington’s Mannequin records, which operated in the early 80’s with a staff of one.
However, this simplicity is misleading. Despite the minimalist production, the eclecticism displayed on the album’s 14 tracks makes Ceramic Hello’s strange brand of jagged synth pop hard to digest upon first listen. Just as the title of the album may ominously allude, we the listeners are the canaries in the coalmine exploring novel, and often austere sonic textures, together with Wickens and Humphreys as our guides. Behind slow chugging beats, wailing synths compete with Wickens’ vocals on the opening track The Diesquad. Half of the tracks on the record are instrumental pieces, which range from overtly grotesque synthesized horns on StatiCarnival to the triumphant ebb and flow of Grey Man. Humphreys, presumably influenced by John Foxx and the newly established Mute label, seized the records’ instrumental breaks as a means to inflect the synth tunes with classical influences.
This is particularly heard in the latter half of the record, with the track Trio giving the song a disquieting timelessness that sits at odds with the claustrophobic frigidity on the track previous, Ringing in the Sane. Absence of a Canary never lulls listeners into a passive state, the promise and vulnerability of Footsteps in the fog is abruptly shattered by the next track, sustaining a sense of volatility that persists until the closing Dig that crazy beat. Ceramic Hello’s deranged bedroom synth pop delivers visions of a dystopic future from the confines of suburban Ontario. The synesthetic characteristic of the music is no surprise considering Wickens’ parallel design career, going on to work on LP covers of more commercially successful peers including Joy Division, Peter Gabriel, New Order, and Ultravox.
Wickens would go on to design various album covers for Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark including their 1981 LP “Architecture and Morality”
It’s doubtful that Humphreys and Wickens knew that with their original 1000 copy run of Absence of a Canary they would be contributing to a long-term movement for public attention and acclaim 30 years later. I am delighted that Absence of a Canary has been uncovered and hope it will continue to merit the attention it deserves as a pioneering Canadian minimal synth record.
The 9th song off the album, “Footsteps in the Fog”
– Danilo Bulatovic
Danilo hosts Computer Sourire, a show about synth-driven music, every Tuesday at 4pm on CJLO 1690AM
This entry was posted in CKUT programming and tagged Brett Wickens, ceramic hello, Mannequin records, minimal synth, minimal wave, OMD, Roger Humphreys, suction records, Synth Pop on February 11, 2016 by Danilo Bulatovic.
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Done Deal Pro Forums > Business > Business Questions and Advice > what's a low-concept writer to do?
View Full Version : what's a low-concept writer to do?
MalcolmMKM
Okay, final question before I give up and become a plumber (thus making my mother-in-law very happy):
If a spec script only sells if it's high concept,
If most agents and producers will only consider spec scripts that are high-concept,
If I can't really expect to interest anyone in an original script unless it's high concept,
If I hate high concept, I love low (or lower) concept, I love to write little off-beat, weird, quirky comedies and sci-fi flicks like the ones some of the independent companies put together (REPO MAN, NIGHT OF THE COMET, EATING RAOUL, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, ALIEN AVENGERS, DROWNING MONA),
Is my only choice to stop sending out queries, move immediately to L.A., network, find indie directors and producers who like the same sort of stuff I like, and "make my own damn movies?"
(This question flows out of another thread I started about the "cruel hoax" of queries disappearing into the void, but since it's really a new question, I decided to make it a new thread.)
-- Mac
Well... that's what I'm doing.
I have one "low concept" script - that I love. I found a local director who also loves the script, and we'll be forming an LLC and looking for funding (with or without a producer)
I've enrolled in film editing classes - we will film it digitally, locally and edit it ourselves.
In the meantime.. I'm writing other scripts that I think ARE high concept and keep hoping to break in the easy way :rollin (as if there was one)
Malcom,
Check out indietalk.com
SebsWrtrDad
I feel you're pain and it's a difficult question to answer. It comes down to the age-old screenwriter conundrum:
What kind of writer am I?
I always think that is the most important thing a new screenwriter can ask themselves (any screenwriter for that matter). Because while neither type of script is right or wrong, the paths to success with them can be very different.
Low Budget can be tough - I know people who have written and shot their own flicks. Am thinking about it myself. But even after you have made your film, there's no guarantee that it will get distributed, get you more work, etc. Just like a high-end spec sale is no guarantee of long term success.
It's a tough thing but here's the important part of your post, to me:If I hate high concept, I love low (or lower) concept, I love to write little off-beat, weird, quirky comedies and sci-fi flicks like the ones some of the independent companies put together (REPO MAN, NIGHT OF THE COMET, EATING RAOUL, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, ALIEN AVENGERS, DROWNING MONA),
If you don't love high concept, high budget extravaganzas, you shouldn't force yourself to write them. Search out people in your town,city, state who do low budget stuff -- or even research companies from where you are who are in LA. Submit to them. Not everyone is looking for high-concept. I have dealt with prodcos looking for 'lower' concept (I don't like the term) stuff. They exist. Find them.
And ignore your mother-in-law.:D
Yes, nix the mother-in-law. I hate the term low-concept too. Have you tried adapting your published novels? I mean they were published by Doubleday for chissake.
LauriD
Actually, I write high-concept, high-budget extravaganzas and everyone seems to be looking for high-concept, LOW-budget semi-extravaganzas... ;)
Hamboogul
I don't think there are really clear lines between high concept and low concept movies per se.
I think that any script that is well-executed, fresh, and provide a Herculean journey for its characters will always find fans. The truth is that very few spec sales from first time writers sell (less than 10 a year to studios). But many first-time writers get agents, pitches, assignments because they wrote something that had compelling stories, high or low budget.
So don't worry about that fact that you are writing "low-concept" but focus on writing the best stories possible. And if you truly have a great script, leave it on a street corner of Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills. Someone from one of the Big Five will sign you up.
Mike Samonek
This is a silly thread. I'm sorry, but this high-concept/low-concept stuff is garbage and people have misunderstood and misinterpreted this to death. It's really getting awful.
You don't have to write Independence Day 2 to make a spec sale. You don't even have to write The Hot Chick. Just try to write something that has a hook. That's all it takes to get people's attention. Great films of all budget ranges have great hooks. Name a great film - indie or studio - and I'll bet you money it has a great hook. If you don't have a hook of some sort, then what do you think will attract people to want to make - let alone see - your movie? This idea that low-budget or indie movies are "low concept" (or that there's even such a thing) is really ridiculous.
REPO MAN, NIGHT OF THE COMET, EATING RAOUL, WAITING FOR GUFFMAN
All have GREAT hooks. (I've never seen the other two)
elephant1978
I have two really excellent, top notch specs that I use as writing samples--one is extremely high concept, high budget and the other is a low concept indie piece. Most people I make a connection with ask to read the low concept script.
So don't give up on those stories. But do move to L.A. You could meet the right connection in the john at Staples Center. Although, I wouldn't recommend shaking his hand.
Ele...
wcmartell
Well, independent films are made independently. That is - someone finds the money from and independent source, then produces and directs their own script. Just take a look at your list of films!
The average movie costs $102 million and will be seen by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. That's what movies *are* - mass market entertainment.
Indie films are a different animal - made by filmmakers (often for pocket change) for a niche audience.
If you plan on selling a script, you need to write the kind of script that producers want to buy.
If you want to make your own movies - you can write small, quirky stuff.
- Bill
seeb55
what's a low-concept writer to do?
Novels.
I seem to be spending all my time reading and replying to posts. Not getting much else done. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm going to force myself to stop doing this and get back to work.
I've gotten some great advice and some welcome support here. Before I leave, special thanks to:
Wenonah (wish you the best of luck with your script, and, yes, I can cook food!);
Victorian (didn't know about indietalk.com, thanks for telling me);
SebsWrtrDad (you're right, I should write what I love to write -- and don't worry, I ignore my mother-in-law);
Mark (my published novels are detective stories, but maybe I'll try it sometime);
elephant (I'm really hoping to move to L.A., I know that's where the action is).
And, note to Mike Samonek -- with all due respect, this is NOT a "silly thread," I've been yelled at and insulted time and again for not writing "high concept," and the term is not the same thing as a "hook," and every screenwriting book I own and every serious screenwriter or producer I've heard from has pointed out that "high concept" is absolutely required to sell a spec script, and anyway, how can it be a "silly thread" if it's important to me and I was asking a serious question? Are you rich and famous?
Anyway, thanks to the rest of you, and...
I'm outta here.
:rollin
that cooking food quote was from dclary, in response to a woman on another board who had a really hard time at a fondue restaurant with the raw chicken.
creativexec
I don't think the thread is silly either. But I
agree with Mike. If a writer can concoct
a good "hook," it could be enough to garner
some interest.
For instance (off the top of my head), there
is a script (THE EXPENDABLES) about a group
of men who are sent to salvage valuables off
a sunken WWII Japanese submarine.
Not all that exciting or interesting.
The hook: The salvage team is made up of
lifers from a California state penitentiary.
Sort of an underwater version of THE DIRTY
DOZEN.
Not a high concept. But it has enough of a
hook to add life to a prosaic idea.
But it doesn't hurt to come up with a high
concept either. However, one would be
better served to dream up something along
the lines of LIAR LIAR instead of INDEPENDENCE
DAY. (The former would be less likely to
scare away producers.)
The problem with "low concept" for a new
writer is that it will be difficult to pitch and
hard to land an agent - and almost impossible
if you don't have an "in" at the agency.
For a new writer, an agent wants to be
able to sell his script. If the agents knows
he won't be able to sell the script, he most
likely won't sign the writer.
Instead of hoping for an outright spec sale,
the agent could package the script.
But that is a lot of work for an agent (who
is already juggling lots of projects), and he
probably won't want to get mixed up in all
that for a brand new scribe. (There are
always exceptions. Like if the script won
the Nicholl contest - it could be different.
But in such a tough town - it is wiser to
avoid the "exception game.")
If the "indie" script is VERY VERY VERY
good, the agent may hip-pocket the
Like Bill said, if you want to write for Holly-
wood, you need to concoct an idea that
will connect with the masses.
And that's the hard part here.
Remember: Anyone can write a screenplay
that will never sell.
F--k all this crap about screenwriting is art.
The true art in Hollywood screenwriting is
telling a tale that audiences will want to
see again and again. That's the story that
producers and studios will snatch up.
Writing a script than no one on the planet
wants to read isn't art... it's masturbation.
I meet writers who pitch "my summer on
Grandma's pig farm" and believe it is the
next E.T.
I see lots of writers throw around the term
"high concept" on this board and abroad.
"My new script is really high concept...."
I read thousands of scripts a year and only
a handful are high concept.
The real gift in screenwriting is stumbling
upon the story that audiences stand in line
and pay to see.
Everything else in screenwriting can be
learned, but it is this elusive element -
that cannot be found in a class or on a
message board - that lets some in and
keeps others out.
"Writing a script than no one on the planet wants to read isn't art... it's masturbation."
Yes well, goes with delusional self-aggrandizment I suppose and many of the scripts I read at Zoetrope were in this category. I think the prison crew example is what we're up against. That is a freak show aspect many want to see. They don't want to see normal. They live normal and want to see possibilities no matter how strange.
Don't come to LA trying to pitch indie films. It's not that kind of town. If one can pitch big and quality at the same time, that's the ticket. None of this is silly. It's business.
So I thought I would waste some bandwidth and tell a little 'high-concept/low-concept' anecdote.:D
My wife recently received her MBA -- while she was in school, we had this long discussion about Hollywood's idea of high concept vs 'the real world' definition.
In the business world, a high-concept idea is a more complex, harder to understand, unique idea. A low-concept idea can be summed up in a sentence and is easily digestible. (A generalization, but you get the point)
In Hollywood of course, the opposite is true. (Again, I admit it;s a generalization) High-concept movies tend to be simple and can be summed up pretty easily in a sentence or two (by simple I don't mean stupid - a high concept movie can be very well made and smart). Low-concept movies tend to be more complex and obtuse and hard as hell to pitch in under a paragraph.
The only real similarity we could see is that in both cases, a high-concept idea has to have a uniqueness to it.
No matter how hard we argued, I could never convince my wife that Hollywood wasn't run by wackos. Of course, living with me pretty much just reinforces her opinions on the subject.....
I now return you to your debate.....
And, note to Mike Samonek -- with all due respect, this is NOT a "silly thread,"
What I meant was it's silly to obsess over terminology like high/low concept. I still believe that. But if that's what you want to spend your time doing, then so be it. My point was more along the lines of "don't worry about it, just write compelling stories."
I've been yelled at and insulted time and again for not writing "high concept," and the term is not the same thing as a "hook,"
I wasn't saying they were the same thing - in fact, I was saying just the opposite - that low concept scripts with a hook have a shot of getting people's attention. That's the entire point of my post. :rolleyes
And who's doing all this yelling and insulting? Who yells at writers?
and every screenwriting book I own and every serious screenwriter or producer I've heard from has pointed out that "high concept" is absolutely required to sell a spec script,
Well, I've made my views on screenwriting books pretty clear over the years I've been here. And anyone who tells you something is "Absolutely required" to sell a script doesn't know what they're talking about. There is no magic bullet. There is no "must have" element to sell a script other than it being a compelling story. Regardless of the "size" of the concept.
and anyway, how can it be a "silly thread" if it's important to me and I was asking a serious question?
Again, sorry it came across that way. But I do still believe your time would be better served just writing what you love and not concerning yourself with what will sell. Everyone else around here says that all the time and no one gets bent out of shape. Believe it or not, I was trying to be helpful.
Are you rich and famous?
What does being rich and famous have to do with me having an opinion on this subject? Are you now saying that someone has to be a professional screenwriter to even chime in on a subject?
I promise to stay out of all high/low concept discussions in the future. You guys can have it. :lol
Gillyflower Cooms
Cruel but cool, CE. :lol
Salazkin
next E.T.Brutally hilarious, C.E. :rollin
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American University of Health Sciences, USA
Ph.D. in Cancer Chemoprevention from Jadavpur University, India
http://livedna.org/1.5964
Cancer Chemoprevention
Radiopharmaceutical Therapy
Jadavpur University, India
Thoppil, R.J., E. Harlev, A. Mandal, E. Nevo and A. Bishayee, 2013. Antitumor activities of extracts from selected desert plants against HepG2 human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Pharmaceut. Biol., 54: 668-674.
Sinha, D., J. Biswas and A. Bishayee, 2013. Nrf2-mediated redox signaling in arsenic carcinogenesis: A review. Arch. Toxicol., 87: 383-396.
Shanmugam, M.K., X. Dai, A.P. Kumar, B.K.H. Tan, G. Sethi and A. Bishayee, 2013. Ursolic acid in cancer prevention and treatment: Molecular targets, pharmacokinetics and clinical studies. Biochem. Pharmacol., 85: 1579-1587.
Mandal, A., D. Bhatia and A. Bishayee, 2013. Simultaneous disruption of estrogen receptor and Wnt/β-catenin signaling is involved in methyl amooranin-mediated chemoprevention of mammary gland carcinogenesis in rats. Mol. Cellular Biochem., 384: 239-250.
Hou, I.C., S. Amarnani, M.T. Chong and A. Bishayee, 2013. Green tea and the risk of gastric cancer: Epidemiological evidence. World J. Gastroenterol., 19: 3713-3722.
Harlev, E., N. Eviatar, E. Solowey and A. Bishayee, 2013. Cancer preventive and curative attributes of plants of the Cactaceae family: A review. Planta Medica, 79: 713-722.
Darvesh, A.S. and A. Bishayee, 2013. Resveratrol and Neurodegenerative Diseases. In: : Resveratrol: Sources, Production and Health Benefits, Delmas, D. (Ed.). Nova Publishers, New York, pp: 419-438.
Darvesh, A.S. and A. Bishayee, 2013. Chemopreventive and therapeutic potential of tea polyphenols in hepatocellular cancer. Nutr. Cancer, 65: 329-344.
Bishayee, A., R.J. Thoppil, A.S. Darvesh, V. Ohanyan, J.G. Meszaros and D. Bhatia, 2013. Pomegranate phytoconstituents blunt the inflammatory cascade in a chemically induced rodent model of hepatocellular carcinogenesis. J. Nutr. Biochem., 24: 178-187.
Bishayee, A., R.J. Thoppil, A. Mandal, A.S. Darvesh and V. Ohanyan et al., 2013. Black currant phytoconstituents exert chemoprevention of diethylnitrosamine-initiated hepatocarcinogenesis by suppression of the inflammatory response. Mol. Carcinogenesis, 52: 304-317.
Bishayee, A., A. Mandal, R.J. Thoppil, A.S. Darvesh and D. Bhatia, 2013. Chemopreventive effect of a novel oleanane triterpenoid in a chemically induced rodent model of breast cancer. Int. J. Cancer, 133: 1054-1064.
Bishayee, A., 2013. Inflammation and Liver Cancer. In: Inflammation and Cancer, Aggarwal, B.B., B. Sung and S.C. Gupta (Eds.). Springer, New York.
Bishayee, A., 2013. β-Catenin: A Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target in Liver Cancer. In: Cancer Biomarkers, Georgakilas, A. (Ed.). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp: 51-75.
Bhattacharyya, P. and A. Bishayee, 2013. Ocimum sanctum Linn. (Tulsi): An ethnomedicinal plant for the prevention and treatment of cancer. Anti-Cancer Drugs, 24: 659-666.
Bhatia, D., R.J. Thoppil, A. Mandal, K.A. Samtani, A.S. Darvesh and A. Bishayee, 2013. Pomegranate bioactive constituents suppress cell proliferation and induce apoptosis in an experimental model of hepatocellular carcinoma: Role of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. Evidence-Based Complement. Alternat. Med., Vol. 2013. 10.1155/2013/371813.
Thoppil, R.J., D. Bhatia, K.F. Barnes, E. Haznagy-Radnai, J. Hohmann, A.S. Darvesh and A. Bishayee, 2012. Black currant anthocyanins abrogate oxidative stress through Nrf2- mediated antioxidant mechanisms in a rat model of hepatocellular carcinoma. Curr. Cancer Drug Targets, 12: 1244-1257.
Stakleff, K.S., T. Sloan, D. Blanco, S. Marcanthony, T.D. Booth and A. Bishayee, 2012. Resveratrol exerts differential effects in vitro and in vivo against ovarian cancer. Asian Pacific J. Cancer Prevent., 13: 1333-1340.
Sinha, D., J. Biswas, B. Sung, B.B. Aggarwal and A. Bishayee, 2012. Chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic potential of curcumin in breast cancer. Curr. Drug Targets, 13: 1799-1819.
Reuben, S., A. Gopalan, D.M. Petit and A. Bishayee, 2012. Modulation of angiogenesis by dietary phytoconstituents in the prevention and intervention of breast cancer. Mol. Nutr. Food Res., 56: 14-29.
Mbimba, T., P. Awale, D. Bhatia, W.J. Geldenhuys, A.S. Darvesh, R.T. Carroll and A. Bishayee, 2012. Alteration of hepatic proinflammatory cytokines is involved in the resveratrol-mediated chemoprevention of chemically-induced hepatocarcinogenesis. Curr. Pharmaceut. Biotechnol., 13: 229-234.
Harlev, E., E. Nevo, E.P. Lansky, S. Lansky and A. Bishayee, 2012. Anticancer attributes of desert plants: A review. Anti-Cancer Drugs, 23: 255-271.
Harlev, E., E. Nevo, E.P. Lansky, R. Ofir and A. Bishayee, 2012. Anticancer potential of aloes: Antioxidant, antiproliferative and immunostimulatory attributes. Planta Medica, 78: 843-852.
Gopalan, A., S. Reuben, A. Shamima, A.S. Darvesh, J. Hohmann and A. Bishayee, 2012. The health benefits of blackcurrants. Food Funct., 3: 795-809.
Geldenhuys, W.J., A. Bishayee, A.S. Darvesh and R.T. Carroll, 2012. Natural products of dietary origin as lead compounds in virtual screening and drug design. Curr. Pharmaceut. Biotechnol., 13: 117-124.
Darvesh, A.S., R.T. Carroll, A. Bishayee, N.A. Novotny, W.J. Geldenhuys and C.J. Van der Schyf, 2012. Curcumin and neurodegenerative diseases: A perspective. Expert Opin. Investigat. Drugs, 21: 1123-1140.
Darvesh, A.S., B.B. Aggarwal and A. Bishayee, 2012. Curcumin and liver cancer: A review. Curr. Pharmaceut. Biotechnol., 13: 218-228.
Darvesh, A.S. and A. Bishayee, 2012. Modulation of the Nrf2 Signaling Pathway by Chemopreventive Dietary Phytoconstituents. In: Nutrition, Diet and Cancer, Shankar, S. and R. Srivastava (Eds.). Springer, New York, pp: 521-539..
Bishayee, A., R.J. Thoppil, A. Waghray, J. Kruse, N.A. Novotny and A.S. Darvesh, 2012. Dietary phytochemicals in the chemoprevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma: In vivo evidence, molecular targets and clinical relevance. Curr. Cancer Drug Targets, 12: 1191-1232.
Bishayee, A., 2012. Editorial: Recent advances in the prevention and therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma. Curr. Cancer Drug Targets, 12: 1043-1044.
Bishayee, A., 2012. Editorial: Current advances in cancer prevention and treatment by natural products. Curr. Pharmaceut. Biotechnol., 13: 115-116.
Bishayee, A. and A.S. Darvesh, 2012. Pomegranate-Derived Constituents as Inducers of Cell Death: Implications in Cancer Prevention and Therapy. In: Natural Compounds as Inducers of Cell Death, Diederich, M. (Ed.). Springer, New York, pp: 33-47.
Bishayee, A. and A.S. Darvesh, 2012. Angiogenesis in hepatocellular carcinoma: a potential target for chemoprevention and therapy. Curr. Cancer Drug Targets, 12: 1095-1118.
Thoppil, R.J. and A. Bishayee, 2011. Terpenoids as potential chemopreventive and therapeutic agents in liver cancer. World J. Hepatol., 3: 228-249.
Luther, D.L., V. Ohanyan, P.E. Shamhart, C.M. Hodnichak and H. Sisakian et al., 2011. Chemopreventive doses of resveratrol do not produce cardiotoxicity in a rodent model of hepatocellular carcinoma. Investigat. New Drugs, 29: 380-391.
Bishayee, A., T. Mbimba, R.J. Thoppil, E. Haznagy-Radnai and P. Sipos et al., 2011. Anthocyanin-rich black currant (Ribes nigrum L.) extract affords chemoprevention against diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocellular carcinogenesis in rats. J. Nut. Biochem., 22: 1035-1046.
Bishayee, A., S. Ahmed, N. Brankov and M. Perloff, 2011. Triterpenoids as potential agents for the chemoprevention and therapy of breast cancer. Frontiers Biosci., 16: 980-996.
Bishayee, A., D. Bhatia, R.J. Thoppil, A.S. Darvesh, E. Nevo and E.P. Lansky, 2011. Pomegranate-mediated chemoprevention of experimental hepatocarcinogenesis involves Nrf2-regulated antioxidant mechanisms. Carcinogenesis, 32: 888-896.
Bishayee, A., 2011. Liver Cancer Prevention and Treatment with Resveratrol. In: Liver Cancer: Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment, Valverde, B.J. (Ed.). Nova Publishers, New York, pp: 103-135.
Sengupta, S. and A. Bishayee, 2010. MicroRNAs in cancer: From bench to bedside. Curr. Cancer Therapy Rev., 6: 157-162.
Darvesh, A.S., R.T. Carroll, A. Bishayee, W.J Geldenhuys and C.J. Van der Schyf, 2010. Oxidative stress and Alzheimer's disease: Dietary polyphenols as potential therapeutic agents. Expert Rev. Neurother., 10: 729-745.
Darvesh, A.S. and A. Bishayee, 2010. Selenium in the prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Anti-Cancer Agents Med. Chem., 10: 338-345.
Carroll, R.T., D. Bhatia, W. Geldenhuys, R. Bhatia, N. Miladore, A. Bishayee and V.B. Sutariya, 2010. Brain-targeted delivery of tempol-loaded nanoparticles for neurological disorders. J. Drug Targeting, 18: 665-674.
Bishayee, A., T. Politis and A.S. Darvesh, 2010. Resveratrol in the chemoprevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Treatment Rev., 36: 43-53.
Bishayee, A., K.F. Barnes, D. Bhatia, A.S. Darvesh and R.T. Carroll, 2010. Resveratrol suppresses oxidative stress and inflammatory response in diethylnitrosamine-initiated rat hepatocarcinogenesis. Cancer Prevent. Res., 3: 753-763.
Bishayee, A., E. Haznagy-Radnai, T. Mbimba, P. Sipos and P. Morazzoni et al., 2010. Anthocyanin-rich black currant extract suppresses the growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Natural Prod. Communicat., 5: 1613-1618.
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Bishayee, A., A.S. Darvesh, T. Politis and R. McGory, 2010. Resveratrol and liver disease: From bench to bedside and community. Liver Int., 30: 1103-1114.
Bishayee, A., A. Waghray, K.F. Barnes, T. Mbimba, D. Bhatia, M. Chatterjee and A.S. Darvesh, 2010. Suppression of the inflammatory cascade is implicated in resveratrol chemoprevention of experimental hepatocarcinogenesis. Pharm. Res., 27: 1080-1091.
Bishayee, A., 2010. Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment with Dietary Agents Affecting Angiogenesis: Progress and Promise. In: Angiogenesis and Therapeutic Targets in Cancer, Chatterjee, M., A. Rana and B. Rana (Edsd.). Bentham Science Publisher Ltd., Oak Park, IL., pp: 31-44.
Bishayee, A. and A.S. Darvesh, 2010. Oxidative Stress in Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases: Prevention and Treatment by Dietary Antioxidants. In: Handbook of Free Radicals: Formation, Types and Effects, Kozyrev, D. and V. Slutsky (Eds.). Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, New York, pp: 1-55.
Rabi, T. and A. Bishayee, 2009. Terpenoids and breast cancer chemoprevention. Breast Cancer Res. Treat., 115: 223-239.
Bishayee, A., 2009. Cancer prevention and treatment with resveratrol: From rodent studies to clinical trials. Cancer Prev. Res., 2: 409-418.
Bishayee, A. and N. Dhir, 2009. Resveratrol-mediated chemoprevention of diethylnitrosamine-initiated hepatocarcinogenesis: inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of apoptosis. Chemico-Biol. Interactions, 179: 131-144.
Howell, R.W. and A. Bishayee, 2002. Bystander effects caused by nonuniform distributions of DNA-incorporated 125I. Micron, 33: 127-132.
Saha, B.K., A. Bishayee, N.B. Kanjilal and M. Chatterjee, 2001. 1α,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits hepatic chromosomal aberrations, DNA strand breaks and specific DNA adducts during rat hepatocarcinogenesis. Cellular Mol. Life Sci., 58: 1141-1149.
Bishayee, A., H.Z. Hill, D. Stein, D.V. Rao and R.W. Howell, 2001. Free radical-initiated and gap junction-mediated bystander effect due to nonuniform distribution of incorporated radioactivity in a three-dimensional tissue culture model. Radiat. Res., 155: 335-344.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 2001. Protective Effect of Diospyros peregrine Root Extract Against Carbon Tetrachloride-Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice. In: Ayurveda Vistas, Kulkarni, P.H. (Ed.). Sri Satguru Publications, New Delhi, pp: 154-158.
Goddu, S.M., A. Bishayee, L.G. Bouchet, W.E. Bloch, D.V. Rao and R.W. Howell, 2000. Marrow toxicity of 33P-versus 32P-orthophosphate: Implications for therapy of bone pain and bone metastases. J. Nuclear Med., 41: 941-951.
Bishayee, A., S. Oinam, M. Basu and M. Chatterjee, 2000. Vanadium chemoprevention of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced rat mammary carcinogenesis: Probable involvement of representative hepatic phase I and II xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes. Breast Cancer Res. Treatment, 63: 133-145.
Bishayee, A., D.V. Rao, S.C. Srivastava and R.W. Howell, 2000. Marrow-sparing effects of 117mSn(4+)Diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid for radionuclide therapy of bone cancer. J. Nuclear Med., 41: 2043-2050.
Bishayee, A., D.V. Rao, L.G. Bouchet, W.E. Bloch and R.W. Howell, 2000. Protection by DMSO against cell death caused by intracellularly localized Iodine-125, Iodine-131 and Polonium-210. Radiat. Res., 153: 416-427.
Bishayee, A., D.A. Rao and R.W. Howell, 2000. Radiation protection by cysteamine against the lethal effects of intracellularly localized Auger electron, α- and β-particle emitting radionuclides. Acta Oncol., 39: 713-720.
Bishayee, A., A. Sarkar and M. Chatterjee, 2000. Further evidence for chemopreventive potential of beta-carotene against experimental carcinogenesis: Diethylnitrosamine-initiated and phenobarbital-promoted hepatocarcinogenesis is prevented more effectively by beta-carotene than by retinoic acid. Nutr. Cancer, 37: 89-98.
Basu, M., A. Banerjee, U.K. Bhattacharya, A. Bishayee and M. Chatterjee, 2000. Beta-carotene prolongs survival, decreases lipid peroxidation and enhances glutathione status in transplantable murine lymphoma. Phytomedicine, 7: 151-159.
Bishayee, A., S. Roy and M. Chatterjee, 1999. Characterization of selective induction and alteration of xenobiotic biotransforming enzymes by vanadium during diethylnitrosamine-induced chemical rat liver carcinogenesis. Oncol. Res., 11: 41-53.
Bishayee, A., L. Beguinot and S. Bishayee, 1999. Phosphorylation of tyrosine 992, 1068 and 1086 is required for conformational change of the human epidermal growth factor receptor C-terminal tail. Mol. Biol. Cell, 10: 525-536.
Bishayee, A., L. Beguinot and S. Bishayee, 1999. Conformational analysis of the phosphorylated epidermal growth factor receptor. Biosci. Reports, 19: 397-402.
Bishayee, A., D.V. Rao and R.W. Howell, 1999. Evidence for pronounced bystander effects caused by nonuniform distributions of radioactivity using a novel three-dimensional tissue culture model. Radiat. Res., 152: 88-97.
Howell, R.W., S.M. Goddu, A. Bishayee and D.V. Rao, 1998. Radioprotection against lethal damage caused by chronic irradiation with radionuclides in vitro. Radiat. Res., 150: 391-399.
Chatterjee, M. and A. Bishayee, 1998. Vanadium: A New Tool for Cancer Prevention. In: Vanadium in the Environment, Part 2: Health Effects, Nriagu, J.O. (Ed.). John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, pp: 347-390..
Bishayee, A., S.P. Kulkarni, K. Roy and M. Chatterjee, 1998. Alterations in total iron, zinc and calcium levels and their influence on the hepatic activities of gamma-glutamyl transferase and glucose-6-phosphatase in the host bearing transplantable murine lymphoma. Cancer Investigat., 16: 231-236.
Sarkar, A., R. Basak, A. Bishayee, J. Basak and M. Chatterjee, 1997. Beta-Carotene inhibits rat liver chromosomal aberrations and DNA chain break after a single injection of diethylnitrosamine. Br. J. Cancer, 76: 855-861.
Mandal, A., A. Bishayee and M. Chatterjee, 1997. Trianthema portulacastrum affords antihepatotoxic activity against carbon tetrachloride-induced chronic liver damage in mice: Reflection in subcellular levels. Phytother. Res., 11: 216-221.
Bishayee, A., S. Banik, P. Marimuthu and M. Chatterjee, 1997. Vanadium-mediated suppression of diethylnitrosamine-induced chromosomal aberrations in rat hepatocytes and its correlation with induction of hepatic glutathione and glutathione S-transferase. Int. J. Oncol., 10: 413-423.
Bishayee, A., R. Karmakar, A. Mandal, S.N. Kundu and M. Chatterjee, 1997. Vanadium-mediated chemoprotection against chemical hepatocarcinogenesis in rats: Haematological and histological characteristics. Eur. J. Cancer Prevent., 6: 58-70.
Banerjee, K.K., A. Bishayee and P. Marimuthu, 1997. Evaluation of cyanide exposure and its effect on thyroid function of workers in a cable industry. J. Occupat. Environ. Med., 39: 258-260.
Bishayee, A., A. Mandal and M. Chatterjee, 1996. Prevention of alcohol-carbon tetrachloride-induced signs of early hepatotoxicity in mice by Trianthema portulacastrum L. Phytomedicine, 3: 155-161.
Sarkar, A., A. Bishayee and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Β-Carotene prevents lipid peroxidation and red blood cell membrane protein damage in experimental hepatocarcinogenesis. Cancer Biochem. Biophys., 15: 111-125.
Bishayee, A., K.K. Banerjee and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Effects of human placental extract on hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme. Eur. Rev. Med. Pharmacol. Sci., 17: 19-26.
Bishayee, A., A. Sarkar and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Hepatoprotective activity of carrot (Daucus carota L.) against carbon tetrachloride intoxication in mouse liver. J. Ethnopharmacol., 47: 69-74.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Time course effects of vanadium supplement on cytosolic reduced glutathione level and glutathione S-transferase activity. Biol. Trace Elem. Res., 48: 275-285.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Mechanism of anti-stress activity of Mikania cordata root extract in albino mice. Int. J. Pharm., 33: 215-221.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Inhibitory effect of vanadium on rat liver carcinogenesis initiated with diethylnitrosamine and promoted by phenobarbital. Br. J. Cancer, 71: 1214-1220.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Inhibition of altered liver cell foci and persistent nodule growth by vanadium during diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in rats. Anticancer Res., 15: 455-462.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Increased lipid peroxidation in tissues of the catfish Clarias batrachus following vanadium treatment: In vivo and in vitro evaluation. J. Inorg. Biochem., 54: 277-284.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Anticarcinogenic biological response of Mikania cordata: Reflections in hepatic biotransformation systems. Cancer Lett., 81: 193-206.
Banerjee, K.K., A. Bishayee and M. Chatterjee, 1995. Effects of human placental extract on brain monoamines and monoamine oxidase activity in rats. Tohoku J. Exp. Med., 176: 17-24.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1994. Protective effects of Mikania cordata root extract against physical and chemical factors-induced gastric erosions in experimental animals. Planta Medica, 60: 110-113.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1994. Hypolipidaemic and antiatherosclerotic effects of oral Gymnema sylvestre R. Br. leaf extract in albino rats fed on a high fat diet. Phytother. Res., 8: 118-120.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1994. Dose-related enhancement of cytosolic glutathione S-transferase activity and glutathione content in liver and extrahepatic tissues in mice with Mikania cordata root extract: probable involvement in chemical carcinogenesis. Aust. J. Med. Herbalism, 6: 9-13.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1994. Anti-stress potential of Mikania cordata root extract in mice. Int. J. Pharm., 32: 126-134.
Banerjee, K.K., A. Bishayee, S. Banik and M. Chatterjee, 1994. Hepatotoxicity of human placental extract in rats: A biochemical evaluation. Nihon Univ. J. Med., 36: 197-206.
Banerjee, K.K., A. Bishayee and M. Chatterjee, 1994. Role of human placental extract on succinic dehydrogenase activity in carrageenin-induced edema in rats in vivo and its effect on erythrocyte lysis, platelet aggregation and trypsin activity in vitro. Indian J. Physiol. Pharmacol., 38: 121-124.
Mandal, P.K., A. Bishayee and M. Chatterjee, 1993. Stimulation of tissue repair by Mikania cordata root extract in carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury in mice. Phytotherapy Res., 7: 103-105.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1993. Selective enhancement of glutathione S-transferase activity in liver and extrahepatic tissues of rat following oral administration of vanadate. Acta Physiologica Pharmacologica Bulgarica, 19: 83-89.
Bishayee, A. and M. Chatterjee, 1993. Carrot aqueous extract protection against hepatic oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation induced by acute carbon tetrachloride intoxication in mice. Fitoterapia, 64 : 261-265.
Banerjee, K.K., A. Bishayee and M. Chatterjee, 1993. Elevated lipid peroxidation, decreased glutathione levels and changes in glutathione-related enzymes in rats treated with human placental extract. Acta Medica Okayama, 47: 223-227.
Mandal, P.K., A. Bishayee, J.R. Mukherjee and M. Chatterjee, 1992. Effect of Mikania cordata root extract on lipid metabolism in carbon tetrachloride-induced fatty liver in mice. Fitoterapia, 63: 160-162.
Mandal, P.K., A. Bishayee, J.R. Mukherjee and M. Chatterjee, 1992. Mikania cordata root extract in the inhibition of lipid peroxidation and reduction of enzyme leakage in mice with carbon tetrachloride induced liver damage. Phytotherapy Res., 6: 227-229.
Mandal, P.K., A. Bishayee and M. Chatterjee, 1992. Stimulation of hepatic protein synthesis in response to Mikania cordata root extract in carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity in mice. Italian J. Biochem., 41: 345-351.
Banerjee, K.K., A. Bishayee, S. Bhattacharjee and M. Chatterjee, 1992. Acute effect of human placental extract on NADPH producing pathway in rat. Indian J. Pharmacol., 24: 176-177.
Banerjee, K.K., A. Bishayee and M. Chatterjee, 1992. Anti-inflammatory effect of human placental extract: A biochemical mechanistic approach. Eur. Rev. Med. Pharmacol. Sci., 14: 361-366.
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Bayou Bridge Pipeline could aid Bakken, DJ, Powder River shippers
Energy Transfer LP and Phillips 66 Partners LP have announced plans to potentially expand crude oil shipper access on a Louisiana refinery-linked system to Bakken, Powder River, DJ Basin, and Permian producers.
The Bayou Bridge Pipeline, jointly owned by the two entities, is already serving a Lake Charles, Louisiana refinery.
According to the companies involved, Bayou Bridge LLC will hold a binding expansion open season to finalize committed subscriptions. The incremental capacity that will be created on the various pipeline systems will be determined based on committed subscriptions made by shippers during the binding expansion open season.
The connection points could come from Patoka, Illinois, where the Dakota Access Pipeline moves Bakken crude through. Other connections points could include Cushing, Oklahoma and others yet to be determined in the Permian Basin region of West Texas.
The Bayou Bridge Pipeline, which has a capacity of approximately 480,000 bbls/d, provides light and heavy crude oil service from different sources to the St. James crude oil hub, which is home to important refineries located in the Gulf Coast region. The 30-inch Nederland, TX, to Lake Charles, LA, segment went into service in April 2016, and the 24-inch Lake Charles to St. James, LA, segment was completed in March 2019. The Bayou Bridge pipeline offers producers, refiners, and marketers an efficient option to move barrels from origins in the Nederland, area to the refining demand centers around Lake Charles and St. James.
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ballsy crime Aug. 6, 2010
The Hippie Grifter
By Jessica Pressler
Move aside, Kari Ferrell. There’s a new sweet-faced, cancer-faking ingenue on the scene. Today’s Toronto Star tells the story of Ashley Anne Kirilow, a troubled 23-year-old who has turned the Canadian “all-ages music and skateboard board scene” upside down with a two-year scheme in which she conned hundreds of Canadian hippies into giving her thousands of dollars to treat her fake cancer. Apparently Ashley — a difficult child whose parents seem to like her not at all — discovered after suffering a benign breast lump in 2008 that people are nicer to you if you have cancer. So she shaved her head and eyebrows, plucked her eyelashes, starved herself sick-skinny, and began telling people she had, variously, brain cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, and ovarian cancer.
Benefits ensued, donations rolled in to her fake charity, “Change for a Cure,” and she even got to go on several fab vacations, including one to Disney World with a “Newmarket skateboarding heartthrob,” Rob Dyer. In short, cancer made Ashley incredibly popular. “I thought she was an angel,” one 19-year-old girl told the paper. “I wanted to be a friend for her because she didn’t seem to have anyone.”
When Adam Catley, 22, heard Ashley was broke, alone and dying of cancer, he found her a place to live rent-free with some of his friends.
“Obviously I wanted to do what I could to help her,” Catley said.
On Sept. 27, Catley and a group of friends organized a benefit for Ashley at The Queen’s Head, Catley’s father’s pub in downtown Burlington.
They charged a $20 cover, bands travelled in from out of town at their own expense, Labatt donated the beer, staff donated all of their tips, and the bar itself donated the night’s profits.
Proceeds totalled almost $9,000, Catley said, and he gave the cash to Ashley in an envelope the next day.
This is, of course, the problem with using “faking cancer” as your means of being loved. When people find out it’s not real, then they pretty much hate you.
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Is Wall Street Robbing Pensions Blind?
By Leo Kolivakis April 21, 2015
Dan Davies, a senior research adviser at Frontline Analysts, wrote a comment for The New Yorker, Is Wall Street Really Robbing New York City’s Pension Funds?:
Most any fee, even a fraction of one per cent, will come to look big if it’s multiplied by tens of billions of dollars. So when New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer wanted to make a point recently about the fees the city’s public-sector pension system had paid to asset managers between 2004 and 2014, he didn’t have to work very hard to find an outrageous number. Over the past ten years, New York City public employees have paid out two billion dollars in fees to managers of their “public market investments”—that is, their securities, mainly stocks and bonds. Gawker captured the implication as well as any media outlet with its headline: “Oh My God Wall Street Is Robbing Us Blind And We Are Letting Them
Stringer’s office was barely more restrained, sending out a press release that called the fees “shocking.” The comptroller also issued an analysis that spelled out the impact of fees on the investment returns of the five pension funds at issue: those of New York’s police and fire departments, city employees, teachers, and the Board of Education. Though the comptroller didn’t specify which firms had managed the funds, they were likely a familiar collection of financial-industry villains. “Heads or tails, Wall Street wins,” Stringer said.
The rhetoric tended to brush past the fact that the pension funds didn’t actually lose money. In the analysis, their performance was being measured relative to their benchmarks, essentially asking, for every different class of asset, whether the funds performed better or worse than a corresponding index fund would have. For reasons unclear, the city’s pension funds have been recording their performance without subtracting the fees paid to managers, but the math shows that New York City’s fund managers outperformed their benchmarks by $2.063 billion across the ten-year period under review, and charged $2.023 billion in management fees.
Compared with the average public pension fund’s experience on Wall Street, this is actually, frighteningly, pretty decent. All too often, when researchers investigate pension-fund performance, they find that management fees have eaten up more than any outperformance the managers have generated. A study published in 2013 by the Maryland Public Policy Institute concluded that the forty-six state funds it had surveyed could save a collective six billion dollars in fees each year by simply indexing their portfolios.
I covered the institutional-fund-management industry as an analyst for ten years, and was never given specific information on the pricing of individual deals, but I would estimate, based on the growth of the funds from 2004 to 2014, the variance in the market (especially the crash of 2008), and the total fees, that New York City paid, on average, about 0.2 per cent, or what a fund manager would call “twenty basis points.” You would expect the trustees of such a large portfolio to strike deals on fees, and indeed twenty basis points is much lower than the average paid to managers of most actively managed mutual funds (between seventy-four and eighty basis points, according to the Investment Companies Institute). It is still far more, though, than the five basis points charged by the Vanguard index tracker fund to large institutional investors.
For extremely large pools, fees for equity funds tend to be between twenty and twenty-five basis points, and those for fixed-income funds potentially reach into the high single digits. New York’s pension portfolio is large and mature, so it ought to have a relatively high fixed-income weighting, which means that the city was probably paying too much. The fact that the funds were reporting their returns with the fees included shouldn’t fill the city’s public pension holders with confidence that the tendering and monitoring process was very sharp, either—$2.063 billion, gross of fees, is an inflated way of presenting the actual gains of forty million dollars, net of fees.
The bigger question is whether New York, and other places dealing with large public pension funds, ought to be paying these kinds of fees at all. The safest alternative, per the Maryland study, would be to index the pension funds at, say, five basis points. Following the presentation used by Stringer, this would mean, with close to certainty, that over a ten-year period New York City’s pension funds would pay five hundred million dollars to Wall Street and get no outperformance—a net cost of five hundred million dollars. A second possibility would be to keep the same fund managers and try to bargain down the fees, say to fifteen basis points. From 2004 to 2014, that would have meant one and a half billion dollars of fees paid for two billion dollars of outperformance, a net benefit of five hundred million dollars. But there would be no guarantee of outperformance in the future, and a considerable risk of underperformance.
There is a third possibility, one that Stringer’s office, in its disdain for Wall Street, might well be considering. To provide a little perspective, if the city’s pension pool were a sovereign wealth fund, its current value—a hundred and sixty billion dollars—would make it the twelfth biggest in the world, just below Singapore’s Temasek and quite a ways above Australia’s Future Fund. When you’re that big, it’s fair to ask why you’re paying external managers at all. (It’s sure not like New York City lacks fund managers to hire.) The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, which is roughly the same size, carries out nearly all of its fund management in-house, and historically it has seen very good results.
Some—notably, Michael Bloomberg, in 2011—have proposed that the city move to a system along these lines. In 2013, Stringer himself identified a “yearning” among union trustees for this. Could it be that by directing public anger toward Wall Street, the comptroller is trying to move the debate in this direction?
There is a catch, though: however the funds are structured, outperformance won’t come cheap. The O.T.P.P. pays high salaries to attract its in-house managers. Its expenses were four hundred and eight million Canadian dollars in 2014 alone, well above the two hundred million dollars the New York funds averaged over ten years. That figure includes investments in private-equity operations such as 24 Hour Fitness and Helly Hansen, but this level of expense isn’t uncommon. Looking at a few sovereign-wealth funds, I didn’t find a single one of comparable size to New York City’s pensions that had paid as little as twenty basis points, whether their management was outsourced or not.
Which is to say that, while bashing Wall Street might help a shift toward another model, the city could end up paying just as much, or more, to generate the returns it wants. And if history teaches us anything, it’s that Americans tend to get upset when public employees are paid millions of dollars—unless, of course, they’re college-football coaches.
I already covered New York City's fee debacle in my comment on all fees, no beef where I commended the city's comptroller Scott Stringerfor for providing a detailed study on value added after fees.
In his article above, Davies delves deeper into the subject, looking at just how well New York City's pensions have performed relative to others and then exploring other alternatives like squeezing external manager fees down to a more appropriate size or adopting an Ontario Teachers' model where they compensate pension fund managers appropriately to manage more of the assets internally.
This is where I think his analysis is lacking. Instead of exploring the benefits of the Canadian governance model where independent investment boards operating at arms-length from the government oversee our large public pensions, he just glares over it. And this is where his analysis falls short of providing readers the true reason why Canada's top ten have grossly outperformed their U.S. counterparts over the last ten and twenty years.
Davies states the expenses at Ontario Teachers were twice as much as the average of the New York funds over the last ten years, but he fails to understand the different composition of the asset mix. Ontario Teachers and other large Canadian funds moved into private markets and hedge funds way before these New York City pensions even contemplated doing so.
And despite paying fees to private equity and hedge funds, Ontario Teachers still manages to keep its costs way down:
The plan’s expense rate is a miniscule 0.28 per cent. The average Canadian mutual fund has a management expense ratio of about 2 per cent.
Investment returns account for more than three-quarters, about 78 per cent, of the pension payouts that teachers receive in retirement. Member contributions account for 10 per cent and the Ontario government, as their employer, contributes 12 per cent.
As far as why Ontario Teachers pays fees to external managers at all, it has to do with their risk budgeting which their CIO oversees. Whatever they can do internally, like enhanced indexing or even private equity or absolute return strategies, they will and whatever they can't replicate, they farm out to external managers and squeeze them hard on fees. Also, given their size and that they manage assets and liabilities, they need to invest in external funds for their liability hedging portfolio.
And because of their hefty payouts, Ontario Teachers' was able to attract fund managers that have added billions in active management over their indexed portfolio, lowering the cost of the plan and more importantly, keeping the contribution rate low and benefits up. This active management combined with risk-sharing is why the plan enjoys fully funded status. But again, their governance model allowed them to attract top talent to deliver these strong results.
Another world class pension plan in Canada is the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), which pretty much does everything internally and has delivered top returns over the last ten years while remaining fully funded. HOOPP pays virtually no fees to any external managers but as Ron Mock, CEO of Ontario Teachers, explained to me: "if it was twice its size, HOOPP would have a hard time not investing in external managers or maintaining such a high fixed income allocation."
The discussion on fees is gaining steam. In recent weeks, I've covered why it's time to transform hedge fund fees to better align interests. The same goes for private equity where some think it's time to stick a fork in it. Even in public markets, a significant chunk of institutional investors plan on increasing their use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded notes (ETNs).
What is going on is nothing less than a major awakening. Chris Tobe sent me a paper from CEM benchmarking, The Time Has Come for Standardizing Total Costs in Private Equity, and told me "typically pro industry, CEM used by many public pension plans documents excessive PE fees" and added "the number 382 bps is important."
An expert in private equity shared these insights with me on CEM's study:
I look at a partnership as an investment like any other company investment, like for eg. a listed operating company. Does one buy into an IPO and separate the underwriter fee or the CEO and executive team compensation? So the key question is whether you try to make a partnership look like a traditional public securities asset manager, or is it like an operating company whose business is the creation and operation of a portfolio, like a holding company styled business. It's really about what bias you bring when looking at this. CEM is just following its asset management industry bias, and trying to fit a PE partnership into that model.
Another way to look at things is since all costs in most partnerships must be recovered before carry, the base fee is really an advance against a profit share.
Either way, I find the CEM type of info good to know and measure for sure, but I do not find value in the total "cost" data aggregated across all activities in eg. a pension plan like CEM advocates.
All excellent points but we need to develop standards for reporting fees and performance (internal and external) across all investment portfolios. When it comes to pensions, we need a lot more transparency and accountability across the board.
Below, Neil Weinberg of Bloomberg discusses how Wall Street may threaten your pension but I don't like this discussion because mutual funds still charge fees and they typically underperform markets. Still, Weinberg who co-authored an article with Darell Preston on how private equity is gaming pensions, raises many excellent points.
Also, with nearly $200 billion under management, CalSTRS CIO Christopher Ailman, outlines current asset allocation and remains bias to the U.S. (March 4th, 2015).
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Sea Change At The Fed?
By Leo Kolivakis September 24, 2015
Mary Childs of Bloomberg reports, Gross Tells Fed to `Get Off Zero Now!' as Economies Run on Empty:
Bill Gross said the Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates as soon as possible, trading some near-term market losses for longer-term stability and a healthier financial system.
If zero interest rates become the long-term norm, economic participants will soon run on empty because their investments aren’t producing the gains or cash flow needed to finance past promises in an aging society, he wrote in an investment outlook on Wednesday for Denver-based Janus Capital Group Inc. That’s already beginning to happen as Detroit, Puerto Rico, and, he predicts, soon Chicago, struggle to meet their liabilities.
“My advice to them is this: get off zero and get off quick,” Gross urged the central bankers. He said it’s time for a “new thesis” that allows people in developed economies to save, enabling liability-based business models to survive and spurring more private investment, “which is the essence of a healthy economy. Near term pain? Yes. Long term gain? Almost certainly. Get off zero now!”
The Fed last week decided to keep its benchmark rate near zero, showing reluctance to end an era of record monetary stimulus in a time of market turmoil, rising international risks and slow inflation at home. Futures traders are betting the Fed is unlikely to act in October, as they put 43 percent odds on an increase by December and 51 percent by January, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
‘Wreak Havoc’
Last week, Gross said the Fed was right to keep interest rates near zero at the September meeting, and that it may take years for the economy and rates to return to more normal levels. Monetary policy has exhausted its effectiveness, with asset prices distorted by years of near-zero rates, and fiscal policy will be needed to get the economy back on stronger footing, Gross said in a Sept. 18 interview with Tom Keene and Michael McKee on Bloomberg Radio.
“They did the right thing,” he said in that interview, citing current financial conditions. “When they did the wrong thing, and this is way back in terms of past history, they went below 2 percent in terms of the short-term rate. They didn’t have to do that, they didn’t have to go to zero. So now getting back up there will wreak havoc on asset markets.”
Gross, 71, joined Janus about a year ago after leaving Pacific Investment Management Co., where he once ran the world’s biggest mutual fund. He now oversees the $1.4 billion Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund. The fund lost 1.7 percent this year, putting it behind 76 percent of similar funds, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
‘Revolving Spit’
Gross underscored that it’s not just insurance companies and giant pension funds that are suffering from low interest rates. Investors aren’t getting the 8 percent to 10 percent returns they counted on to pay for education, health care, retirement or vacation.
“Mainstream America with their 401(k)s are in a similar pickle,” he wrote. “They are not so much in a pickle barrel as they are on a revolving spit, being slowly cooked alive while central bankers focus on their Taylor models and fight non-existent inflation,” Gross said, referring to a rule named for Stanford University economist John Taylor.
Fellow famed bond manager Jeffrey Gundlach, co-founder of $80 billion DoubleLine Capital, sees a fifty-fifty chance the Fed will raise interest rates in December. Gundlach forecast “choppiness” in fixed-income markets, though he said yields won’t actually change much. Los Angeles-based Gundlach has been saying for months that the Fed may not be able to raise rates this year for reasons including a strong dollar.
Bill Gross is right about mainstream America where the 401(k) nightmare continues. In fact, if you ask me, it's time to declare the 401(k) experiment a failure and realize the United States of pension poverty needs to come to grips with the brutal truth on DC plans. Now more than ever, the U.S. needs to implement radically new retirement policies that enhance Social Security and are modeled after the Canada Pension Plan and the Dutch pension model.
But is Gross right about the Fed needing to move off zero rates now? Here I'm perplexed as he recently warned that the global economy is "dangerously close" to becoming a "deflationary world" and raised alarm over weakness in emerging market currencies and commodity prices.
In other words, Gross agrees with me that the Fed has a deflation problem, especially after China's Big Bang, and can ill-afford to raise rates and watch the mighty greenback surge higher stoking more fears of deflation and raising the specter that it eventually comes to America.
So why is Gross pressing the point for the Fed to move off zero now if he's warning the world is perilously close to deflation? I think he sees that zero rates have been a boon for overpaid hedge fund managers borrowing on the cheap and leveraging up their stock and bond investments as well as corporations on a buyback binge, but they haven't helped regular people struggling to find work and save for their retirement.
In other words, the Fed's zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) is exacerbating inequality which is deflationary. Worse still, by maintaining rates at zero, some argue the Fed is introducing more uncertainty into the financial system and reinforcing a deflationary mindset that can that easily devolve into a dangerous deflation trap.
While I'm sympathetic to these concerns, I agree with Jeffrey Gundlach who recently stated on CNBC the Fed shouldn't raise interest rates and if it does, it will introduce more uncertainty in the financial system. Gundlach is worried about the high-yield corporate bond market (HYG) and for good reason, he sees it as a leading indicator for risk assets and thinks it will head lower if the Fed hikes rates (click on image):
But apart from the junk bond market, I think the Fed made the right call last week because it's rightfully concerned of global economic weakness spreading to the U.S., especially now that inflation expectations are so low. As Lawrence Lewitinn of Yahoo reports, this shift from domestic to international focus represents something huge from the Fed:
The Federal Reserve hasn’t raised rates in 9 years, but its latest reasons why may indicate a shift in how the Fed makes decisions.
Last week, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to keep the federal funds rate between 0% and 0.25%. When issuing its latest statement after its meeting, the Fed said its assessment took into account unemployment and inflation, the bank’s two stated mandates. But a third factor was also mentioned: “readings on financial and international developments."
This indicates a sea change in the Fed’s policy motivations, according to Ira Jersey, senior client portfolio manager at OppenheimerFunds.
“The acknowledgement that the Federal Reserve is going to be looking at things like global deflation and a slowdown in the global economy is a big deal,” said Jersey. “U.S. data is actually holding up reasonably well. But with the market volatility and the slowdown of emerging economies, they’re really concerned about that.”
The recent shakeup in China’s markets after fears the country’s growth may slowdown took its toll on U.S. financial markets. The Shanghai Composite index has plunged 37% since its mid-June record highs while the S&P 500 is off by 6% during that same time frame. Jersey said the Fed has grown worried about the impact on the overall U.S. economy.
“Just in June, you only had two members of the Federal Open Market Committee saying that they wanted to see hikes in 2016,” he said. “Now you have four members who think that they should be hiking only in 2016 or later. It’s hard to see what’s going to change over the next couple of months that is going to convince them that it’s actually time to hike without any significantly detrimental affects on the U.S. economy or market.”
By holding off on a rate hike, the Fed also made it easier for other central banks to take on their own monetary stimulus measures, Jersey added. It may relieve some of their concerns that capital could flee out of flagging economies and into the U.S. with its relatively higher rates.
“If the ECB were considering extending their own quantitative easing program beyond 2016, this would be an opportunity for them to do that,” said Jersey. “Other central banks like the People’s Bank of China or even the Bank of Japan could also potentially come up with additional easing mechanisms without having to worry too much about their currency really devaluing a lot against the dollar.”
Lower U.S. rates also makes slightly riskier American assets more attractive by keeping the hurdle fairly low. Jersey expects that to continue.
“Once it becomes common consensus that the Fed is going to be very, very slow once they do hike sometime, ultimately equities and corporate bonds can do very well in that environment,” he said.
I agree with Jersey, there's a sea change going on at the Fed and this isn't necessarily a bad thing given the world is perilously close to global deflation. If the Fed holds off a bit longer, allowing other central banks to keep pumping liquidity into their financial system, then those betting big on a global recovery might turn out to be right (so far, it's been painful).
Conversely, if the Fed hikes rates too soon, ignoring the dire warning of the bond king, it will be making a monumental mistake which is why Ray Dalio is worried about the next downturn and why Harvard's endowment is warning of market froth.
Below, take the time to listen to Ira Jersey, senior client portfolio manager at OppenheimerFunds, discussing a sea change in the Fed’s policy motivations.
Update: Bloomberg reports Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. central bank is on track to raise interest rates this year, even as she acknowledged that economic “surprises” could lead them to change that plan:
“Most FOMC participants, including myself, currently anticipate that achieving these conditions will likely entail an initial increase in the federal funds rate later this year, followed by a gradual pace of tightening thereafter,” Yellen said during a speech Thursday in Amherst, Massachusetts. “But if the economy surprises us, our judgments about appropriate monetary policy will change.”
Yellen, 69, spoke a week after the Federal Open Market Committee left its benchmark federal funds target near zero, saying "recent global economic and financial developments" might damp growth and inflation in the U.S. Concerns over a slowdown in China following a surprise Aug. 11 devaluation of the yuan triggered turmoil in financial markets and raised questions about the outlook for the global economy.
While “there wasn’t anything significant enough that changed in one week for her to give us a different take,” said Tom Porcelli, chief U.S. economist at RBC Capital Markets LLC in New York, Yellen “finally acknowledges that she, specifically, does believe that a rate hike is appropriate this year.”
Porcelli expects a December increase, but thinks there’s a high hurdle to moving this year.
Slower demand from China, where growth is projected to drop below 7 percent this year, has helped push down commodity prices, sapping already low inflation in the U.S. The Fed’s preferred gauge of price pressures rose 0.3 percent in the year through July and has been under its 2 percent target since April 2008.
We'll see if global economic conditions improve enough to warrant a rate hike this year. I remain skeptical but if global PMIs come in stronger than expected, the Fed will likely move.
As for Fed Chair Yellen, I hope she's feeling better on Friday as she paused a few times during her speech in Amherst, Massachusetts on Thursday (see below, h/t Zero Hedge). The 69-year-old Fed chief got medical attention after struggling with her speech and was said to be dehydrated and exhausted after speaking for nearly an hour before a packed university auditorium.
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Halloween seems to be especially big this year - it hasn't always been much of a thing in England (though both Ireland and Scotland have celebrated it for years, I think it may have originated in one or the other). I've always suspected that this is because it's too close to Bonfire Night, and we have our autumnal light-bringing ritual to mark the drawing in of the nights then. Anyway, everyone seems very excited about it this year so in addition to the Halloween-themed Buffy post I have planned for Sunday, I thought I'd get in the mood a little early with some very different vampires.
True Blood is an intriguing show. I started watching it because a couple of friends alerted me to the fact there appeared to be a maenad among the main characters. The show has a largely likeable cast (Sookie, Tara and the rather yummy Sam the bartender) and a great opening credits sequence. I've never been to the American South (though I'd love to go) so I have no idea how accurately the images here portray it, but it certainly conveys a really strong sense of atmosphere, helped by the deliciously catchy and naughty-sounding song 'I Wanna Do Bad Things With You'. (I could live without the gross dead animals though).
The trouble is, the vampires on True Blood are just too nasty for it to really work for me. They're represented as an oppressed minority, chiefly drawing parallels with the gay community (the title sequence features a church with a notice reading 'God hates Fangs' and vampires supposedly 'came out of the coffin' a couple of years ago). I can see the idea behind it - there are good vampires and bad vampires, just as there are good and bad people in any group. But the 'good' vampires here are not vegetarian Cullens, ensouled Angels or well-behaved members of the League of Temperance. Of the two main vampires, who both serve as love interests for the heroine, one locked a man in a cell and tortured him for weeks, throwing the dismembered limbs of his former cellmate around at him, and the other recently turned a teenage girl into a vampire. Apparently this was because he had killed another vampire, so he had to make one to replace the dead one. Just think about the implications of that metaphor for a moment. I really don't think implying that members of minority groups really are inherently violent and sadistic (the main love interest is also shown enjoying sex while covered in the blood of a gasping victim who hasn't died yet - lovely) is doing anyone any good, nor do I feel the slightest bit of sympathy for any of the True Blood vampires, who are all downright creepy and not remotely attractive (no, not even Alexander Skarsgard) (Later edit: I would like to retract that last statement. I get it now. Boy oh boy I get it now...).
Anyway, I started watching at episode 2, season 2 to see what this possible maenad was up to. I didn't post about it immediately because True Blood is one of those very arc-driven US shows where plot developments happen veeery slooowwly over a number of episodes, so single episodes don't necessarily move things along very far. However, we're halfway through season 2 now, so I thought I'd stop and take stock.
A maenad is a female follower of the god Bacchus/Dionysus. In real life, they had a biannual festival in which they went into the mountains and had wild party, complete with drumbeats and getting themselves into a state of ecstasy but probably without vast amounts of sex, since they were all women (I'm not saying that rules out sex, but sex was not the object of the ritual - there are other types of ecstasy). In myth, they were, of course, even wilder, tearing Pentheus to pieces and so on. They crop up every now and again, most bizarrely in Prince Caspian.
Weird shaky-thing, complete with Greek-ish costume, in case we haven't got it yet.
Maryann the maenad's main trick so far is to throw a wild party, do a weird shaky-thing with her body (a quite bizarre CG effect) and make everyone have a lot of sex while their eyes go black and they go into a trance. I'm calling her a maenad because that, according to the internet, is what she will turn out to be, though so far signals have been mixed. According to Billie Doux, the first episode of season 2 (which I missed) featured this line:
Maryann: "The Greeks knew there was the flimsiest veil between us and the divine. They didn't see the gods as inaccessible, the way everyone does today."
There was also a mural of Pan, the goat-legged god of music and shepherds. Her reference to accessing the gods makes sense for someone who is, essentially, a worshipper, not a divine being herself (though she seems to have aquired some supernatural powers). But in addition to apparently worshipping both Pan and Dionysus (nothing wrong with that in a polytheistic religion) she has the ability to force shape-changers to change, which in the ancient world would be connected with witchcraft (Circe turned men into pigs, while the witch in Apuleius' Metamorphoses turns into an owl and her magic turns Lucius into a donkey). Then things get really confused; there is yet another minotaur running around (whether there's more than one or not remains to be seen) and the ritual at her latest party involves some kind of bull's head thing.
In the latest episode, Sam told Daphne (a minion of Maryann) that he didn't want to go near drums because they only lead to hippies and cults. Daphne replied 'not this time' in the sort of knowing, evil tone of a minion about to reveal her evilness to the guy she's been duping - except that is exactly, in the most literal sense, what the drums are leading them to. The cult of Bacchus/Dionysus was one of the most prominent of the ancient religions known today as mystery cults ('cult' from the Latin cultus, worship). These were groups dedicated to a particular god who carried out secret rituals known only to members, and which new members had to undergo sometimes lengthy initiation ceremonies to join. Their secretive nature leads to all sorts of speculation from modern writers on what might have gone on behind closed doors with, of course, no evidence to contradict even the wildest ideas, because it was secret. Daphne has most definitely led Sam into a cult.
(Daphne is also a Greek name, but whether or not she has anything to do with Apollo or laurel trees remains to be seen).
The trouble with the bull's head thing, though, is that it's connected to the wrong cult. Bulls were associated with another mystery cult, that of Mithras, joined chiefly by soldiers. Bulls were also essential to the taurobolium, a rite carried out by followers of the cult of Cybele. I'm not sure, however, what they would have to do with the cult of Dionysus. And the minotaur thing is getting weird now - just what is so attractive about bull-headed men?!
Maryann's ultimate goal has yet to be revealed, but so far her parties seem to bear more resemblence to the pop culture notion of a Roman orgy than a Bacchic festival (though the word orgy does come from orgia, a Greek word for ritual connected with mystery religions). Ecstasy, sometimes including sexual ecstasy, is certainly a feature of the mythology of Bacchus and may have been a big part of Bacchic ritual (hmm, that sentence came out wrong!). But on the television - unsurprisingly - sexual ecstasy seems to be the only type that Maryann the maenad is interested in. Considering the title sequence includes images of Christian religious ecstasy, it seems rather a shame to reduce Bacchic ritual to just sex and nothing more.
Further analysis will have to wait until we know more about Maryann and what she actually wants, which so far is unclear (well, she wants everyone around her to have a lot of sex, but I'm guessing there's more to it than that). Meanwhile, I will continue to watch and hope to see more of cute Sam the bartender, and less of blood, guts or really any vampire at all! (Later edit: I would also like to retract this statement. Except for the part about Sam, I still like him too).
Posted by Juliette at 16:24
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DemetriosX 27 October 2010 at 18:17
It's hard to know exactly what the maenads got up to, and there may have been variations from place to place. Despite their association with Thebes, Athens and Delphi seem to have been the major events. But there are reports that they did tear apart animals that they came across during their frenzies. Of course, that could all very well be male writers getting freaked out over women going off into the woods and doing mysterious things. Or they might simply have conducted sacrifices on their own, which would have been very far outside the norm.
If they have a bull-headed person running around, I would have said the religion in question was not Mithraism, but something Minoan. It's more Greek, they were definitely into bulls, and there is a direct connection with the minotaur. But that's expecting way too much out of Hollywood in general, let alone television.
Juliette 27 October 2010 at 19:41
Bulls appear in all sorts of contexts throughout antiquity, but since we're talking about mystery religions here, Mithras is what comes to mind (he is frequently depicted in art sacrificing a bull, so bulls seem to have been important in his cult). Bulls and cows were important to lots of ancient societies, there's nothing particularly Greek or Minoan about them in general, though the minotaur story is Greek/Minoan of course.
And I don't know what kind of women you know, but I can tell you right now, no matter how frenzied I might be, I am not capable of tearing an animal apart with my bare hands! Unless we're talking spiders/ants/butterflies of course.
Great post! Just a comment on the vampires in True Blood though- techinically they can be 'vegetarians' if they choose to be. They 'come out of the coffin' in the show becuase they can now survive on a sythetic blood substitute called True Blood (although alot of them don't, apart from Bill and Jessica).
Since True Blood is on HBO, it's really more about shoehorning in as much sex and violence as possible- if they can get an historically innaccurate orgy in there, then they will!
Thanks! I figured they must be supposedly not drinking humans any more - trouble is, none of the vamps on this show seem to stick to that! Or if they do, they're pretty nasty anyway. I prefer my vampires to be more like Angel or Spike... ;)
Come to think of it, Spike is probably a bad example - just stick to Angel!
In the spirit of defending fictional characters, I suspect that Eric's actions should be thought of in the context of restorative justice - since vampires are supposed to be engaged in a battle for civil rights, they currently have no recourse to the law (they don't have any provocatio while we're being classical). Eric imprisons Lafayette because he suspects that he killed a nice vampire called Eddie (he didn't) and because he's part of the trade in dealing vampire blood (which is presumably difficult to obtain voluntarily). Also, since Eric is a thousand years old, he seems to have reasonably old-fashioned views on what constitutes community service.
I think Bill is the most rubbish character on TB, but again his conversion to 'vegetarianism' (subsistence on True Blood) is a personal decision and not one forced upon him like Angel's is.
As far as bulls and bacchants go (now there's a title for my novel), I seem to remember from doing Euripides' Bacchae that there's quite a lot of bull-imagery. Pentheus thinks he sees a bull leading him up to the mountain, and Dionysus is the 'bull-horned god' in various places (I think in the hymn to D actually). This doesn't really fully explain the decision to have one of his followers bull up, unless she's supposed to be a kind of lady-Dionysus.
To sum up - I clearly need to re-read the Bacchae; watch season 1 of True Blood!
I clearly need to re-read the Bacchae as well! That does rather explain the bulls - I think most people, doing a quick bit of research on Bacchants and maenads, probably have a skim through the Bacchae and leave it at that.
I love your defense of Eric, especially the idea that he's doing community service! I'm afraid Bill just seems creepy and unattractive to me, but that's probably a personal thing.
Just to throw in my two cents worth - I think TB shows an interesting return to the fear and terror that vampires used to portray in older Gothic texts. They've become kind of 'neutered' in recent years (Angel and his soul, Edward and his sparkling, etc.) and some of the violence and morally ambiguous actions in TB offer a step back towards their function as a device of terror and horror narratives.
And also: definitely watch Season 1 - it's soooo much better than Season 2!
Yep, but that is because Bill is creepy and unattractive. It's an entirely natural reaction. Also Stephen Moyer is from Essex, so all his energy goes into doing a Louisiana accent rather than a) not being an chemistry or b) attempting any semblance of chemistry with his real-life wife.
I imagine that Viking community service is fairly similar to what happens to Lafayette! Also, Eric is the only man alive who can succesfully carry off a tracksuit, highlights and fake blood all over his chin.
I do like the idea of returning to vampires as scary things - but for me, that means not representing them as some kind of metaphor for real life minority groups, nor jumping into bed with them! Definitely a relief to get away from sparkles though.
Will have to get hold of season 1 at some point.
Phoebe, I'll give you the tracksuit and highlights, but no man can pull off fake blood all over his chin!
I doubt any of the women I know could tear apart a living animal either. OTOH, I bet at least one of your great-grandmothers could have wrung a chicken's neck, for example, without batting an eye. And in a state of ecstasy where that sort of behavior is expected, who knows what a person is capable of.
Interesting note on the maenads. I saw a report a couple of years ago that said that they essentially used headbanging to induce their mania. Apparently, rapidly flinging the head and upper torso back and forth can induce some interesting psychological effects.
hussein 30 October 2010 at 16:17
TV Tropes said it best when they labelled the 'vampires as a metaphor for minorities' as a failed Aesop. People fear vampires, but this is a perfectly justified fear since we have not seen any vampire that's not a bloodthirsty killer. Perhaps the closest is Jessica, the teenage girl who got turned by Bill, who is shown to show remorse and conflict.
the vampires as a metephor for minorities assessment botherss me as a minority.i dont think the vampires are supposed to represent anything other than vampires. in the commentary for the first episode of season 1 allen ball (who is a gay man) said that the vampires are not supposed to represent minorities because they eat people, and that would insunate that minorities are secretly evil. Minorities are represented on the show as themselves, human and vampire. btw that guy eric ripped apart had it comming and the only time i didnt think angel was lame was when hes evil. you are right bill is creepy and unatractive.
Juliette 28 April 2011 at 16:46
I'm now finally watching season 1 so I'm catching up! And I have, since writing this post, fully come to see what everyone sees in Eric (yum). I do think, though, that if Ball/the credits designers/whoever didn't want to draw parallels between vampire and minority groups, they shouldn't have included the 'God hates Fangs' sign in the credits sequence.
RWMG 3 February 2012 at 14:24
I've only seen seasons 1 and 2 of True Blood and later seasons may render what I'm about to say irrelevant.
Gay humans are there in the Sookie Stackhouse novels but not in a big way (unlike gay vampires), which is reasonable enough since they are first person narratives by Sookie and I don't suppose (generalising wildly) a straight or asexual woman in a small town in Louisiana would have many gay friends and acquaintances.
But True Blood seems to be more of an ensemble piece, though the main focus is still on Sookie. Of the main characters, Lafayette is the only gay one. He is a drug dealer, prostitute, and pornographer. He also seems as far as I can remember to be the only major character who hasn't been shown stripped off and having sex on screen (if I remember rightly his encounters with Edie and the would-be senator both take place off screen) and/or having fallen in love. True Blood seems to want kudos for having a gay man as a major character but without the risk of showing him in a positive light as a sexual person. So, I think there is more to be concerned about than parallels between vampires and gay men.
Juliette 4 February 2012 at 17:55
Lafayette has a long term relationship in seasons 3 and 4 so there's an improvement, tho I think the metaphor can be inherently problematic
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I've had my eye on Jennifer Murphy's beautiful handmade bears for a while and have been thinking of making Eli, a tiny stuffed elephant from one of her downloadable patterns. I contacted Jennifer to ask a few questions about her work and to find out more about the POLKA DOT CLUB.
How did you start making bears and soft toys? My mom has always been a collector of things and in the 1980's she was especially drawn to old mohair teddy bears. At the time selling, they were selling for thousands of dollars, so she decided to try making them herself. The only place we could find the mohair fur that was similar to the old toys was in lining of vintage jackets. We would drive all over southern michigan to every thrift store gathering old jackets and ripping them up. This all started when I was 7 years old, and by the time I was 11 she had quit her conventional hospital job and was traveling all over the country selling her amazing teddy bears to collectors. An artist teddy bear movement was happening and there were huge shows popping up all over the world. Convention centres were filled with people making and buying teddy bears. It was a strange and amazing way to grow up. My mom built a business and made it work. I was inspired. I started out making bears from the scraps she couldn't use when I was 11. I would put a few of my bears out on her table at shows and began to draw collectors of my own. I put myself through college, making and selling bears, and in 2001 I launched my website www.jmurphybears.com. I've been making mohair and wool toys for what feels like my whole life. It's a strange and amazing thing to be a second generation teddy bear maker. What is the POLKA DOT CLUB? The POLKA DOT CLUB is a collection of heritage toys. Each bear is made by hand in Minneapolis, using the same materials and techniques employed by the finest toy makers over 100 years ago. The first teddy bears were designed and made out of mohair and it’s still the best fabric available today. Our mohair is woven on one of only a few looms left in the world. The mohair fibers (sheared from the mohair goat) are looped onto cotton backing, creating a 100% natural fur that’s durable, beautiful, and totally unique but because of its expense and rarity almost no toy makers use it today. Mohair ages very differently than the contemporary alternative - synthetic plush. It ages with dignity, showing it’s years gracefully and begs to be passed on from one generation to the next. Inside all PDC bears is 100% cotton stuffing and the Classic Bears are disk jointed allowing the head and limbs to turn freely. I hand embroider each nose one at a time with love and care. Every step, process, material, and fiber is chosen specifically with your child in mind - It's not easy or fast but every PDC bear is made with intention and love. What is the difference between the POLKA DOT CLUB and your own Jennifer Murphy Bears? I started making and selling my bears when I was so young, it was a business that slowly turned into a living before my eyes. I sold one-of-a-kind mohair pieces that looked like toys but were made for adult collectors to plop on a shelf and admire. I was basically making toys that weren't meant for kids, which just seemed wrong given my inspiration was old toys that were played with to the point of becoming hairless and deformed with love. No one was making mohair toys for kids today. Even Steiff, the first and finest maker of teddy bears and animals was making stuffed animals "not intended as a toys". I wanted kids besides my own, to have these objects, and have the pleasure of passing them on to their children. It has so much to do with those bears my mother and I admired when we began this whole thing in the 80's. Bears that were over 100 years old, and played with for generations. I wanted to start that again. How do your kits work? I'd love to make one - are they difficult? I'm really connected to the materials I use - mohair specifically is just so beautiful. I want everyone to be converted to it's magic so I've made patterns and supplies available on my website. While none of the patterns are easy, the instructions are incredibly detailed. There are videos and so many photos, in the 5 years they've been available, I think I had one person have an question about how to do something. That feels like a victory. Basically, there are the patterns and then there are the supplies needed to make those patterns. You can buy one or both. I think it's easier to make the project with the materials it was drafted for, but wool felt or even cotton would work too. Skip the synthetic fur though, the backings are just too thick for these patterns. I think it would just be an exercise in frustration. Where can people buy your bears? Both of my websites have online shops. In the JMurphyBears shop, there are patterns, supplies, and occasionally I update it with one of a kind and limited edition teddy bears and animals for collectors. I announce the date and time for the updates on my social media feeds and my mailing list. As for the POLKA DOT CLUB, there are a handful of pieces I make available all the time like the PDC Classic Bear, but I'm always working on new things. For instance this spring I made a Rolypoly linen Rabbit which was only available for a short time. I like to switch things up in the studio, it keeps the whole process fresh for me while bringing new designs in to the mix. What are your plans for the future? There are so many challenges in starting this new business. The POLKA DOT CLUB is now only a year old, though it took about 4 years to nail down all the details and legal issues not to mention the millions of little details I couldn't ignore before I was ready to launch it out into the world last summer. I feel like I'm just beginning to get my footing, but I have plans for new designs and pairing with other designers and artists for collaborations. 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Chinese Buddhism vs. Tibetan Buddhism: How are they different?
Difference between Chinese Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhism is a way of life and a religious tradition for millions. It turns our sights to our inner world and through vehicles such as meditation, teaches followers how to develop themselves spiritually. Achieving an ultimate state of awareness is necessary in order to become kind and acquire wisdom. Buddhism does not believe in worshipping a creator god but it is pretty practical and straightforward. It is a bit like a chain-reaction, where every single action has a consequence. If one follows the teachings of Gautama Buddha, one can enter into the state of Buddha themselves. Buddha was born in India, in the area now known as Nepal and he traveled in his lifetime teaching to those in the Ganges plains – along the edge of the Himalayas.
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Introduction to Buddhism
Buddhism is a guide to behave, be responsible, be honest and doing this all with a mind of peace, harmony, compassion, and sharing. Buddhism is the opposite of conservatism and does not wish to force other people into believing and relies on oneself to obtain a higher state of awareness and the capacity to truly understand the nature of things. People are the focus point instead of the traditional belief that we worship and give our lives over to a creator.
Buddhism was translated into Chinese centuries ago. Fact is, the Chinese began suppressing it as early as 213B.C. The original translations were performed by Indian wise men who understood the terminology of the Taoists and translated teachings in terms understood by the Chinese. Mahayana teachings were quite popular but eventually gave way to Theravada schools. Ultimately in 845A.D. during the Tang Dynasty, suppression of Buddhism came down hard because Chinese rulers viewed Buddhists as withdrawn from society, lacking in Confucius inspired family influenced values, as tax evaders, and far too powerful in their reach into the minds of its citizenry. Buddhism never fully recovered. Today Theraveda Buddhism is practiced by ethnic minorities in Northern China.
Tibetan Buddhism is also based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama Buddha but became very popular during the 7th century under the rulership of King Gampo. Indian sage Guru Rinpoche is credited with translating many important texts for the Tibetans and for creating numerous tertons – or texts to be found in the future when the time is right to know certain truths. Two notable characteristics of Tibetan Buddhism are critical skepticism and devotion to the Guru. Due to the open skeptical aspect of Buddhism, Mao’s socialist idealism was determined to destroy followers of Buddhist teachings in China. Tibetans also are credited with altering Buddhist practices in several ways including the establishment of several schools of thought, detailing Mahayana practices and the establishing the practice of reincarnating lamas.
The Four Noble Truths
The fundamentals of Buddhism in China relies on the 4 noble truths; First Truth, sickness, aging, injuries, anger, frustration, anxiety, loneliness and death are just one of the many aspects of life when suffering physically and mentally; Second Truth, craving causes these sufferings and people who are selfish and greedy will eventually be unhappy and cause sickness; Third Truth, the truth relies on avoiding all of these sufferings if one gives up the greediness and prepares to endure life without it and eventually happiness will eventually be obtained; Fourth Truth, the eightfold path is the way to overcome these sicknesses and involves, Perfect Concentration, Perfect Mindfulness, Perfect Effort, Perfect Livelihood, Perfect Action, Perfect Speech, Perfect Though, and Perfect Understanding.
China and Tibet
The Buddhism practiced in northern China is known as Theravada Buddhism and is based on the original teachings of the Gautama Buddha. It focuses on the personal enlightenment. Tibetan Buddhism is known as Mahayana Buddhism and focuses on bringing enlightenment to all sentient beings on the Earth. It recognizes that all humans are one family and enlightenment is the ultimate goal for our race.
There are over 400 million people who follow Buddhism world wide
Buddhism relies on the 4 Noble Truths
Buddhism is a path to self-awareness and enlightenment
Buddhism ultimately releases the pain and suffering by following the 8 fold path
Chinese and Tibetan Buddhism are not the same
Which is better understood in the West?
Rama Patel wrote on May 2010
Excellent article. Yes indeed Buddhism is a way of life so as Hinduism.
Buddha was born in 563 BCE or 623 BCE in Lumbini, India(now in Nepal). He died in 483 BCE or 543 BCE (at the age of 80) in Kushinagar, India.
Hindus still believe that Buddha is one of the Hindu incarnations.
Buddha is a refiner of Hinduism.
jose wrote on May 2010
after seeing the twitter remarks, i think he was looking at this article in the wrong light. i think it has some good points.
John wrote on May 2010
Lisa wrote on May 2010
Very good comparison of Buddhism. Could you please write Zen Buddhism vs Tibetan Buddhism?
Bruce wrote on November 2010
This article is not accurate. China practices Mahayana Buddhism. Confucius and Daoist ideas are incorporated into Chinese Buddhism to fit the Chinese culture. Daoist ideas and Confucius ideals are not in conflict with Buddhist ideas, it only increases it's wisdom. Tang Dynasty is when Chinese Buddhism actually flourished. Theravada Buddhism is mainly practiced by South East Asia countries like Thailand, Combodia etc. Chinese Buddhism was only suppressed by the communist goverment, but it quickly flourished again in the 21st century in Taiwan and Malaysia etc. Tibetan Buddhism is the way it is because of it's culture, Buddhism changes according to region's culture not because it's greater or lesser. The important point is that both Tibetan and Chinese Buddhism practices Mahayana
Mei Z. wrote on July 2011
The Buddhism practiced in northern China is known as Theravada Buddhism and is based on the original teachings of the Gautama Buddha.
This is wrong, Chinese Buddhism is a Mahayana Buddhism, not Theravada. And Chinese Buddhists don't eat meat, don't use sex as a practice path, absolutely strict Mahayana.
Matete wrote on November 2011
I have read and reseached on a number of religions of the world and I was brought up as a christian however buddisim is the only religion I find to be meaningful and provides me with answers to life an its purpose, yet I hate the fact that just like most religions of the world, the are diferent sects of buddisim, because it leaves me with the inevitable question, of which is the correct buddism
Dr. Don Rhudy wrote on January 2015
Matete, as Gotama and the Dalai Lama point out, Buddhism has many sects because people are different. Don't get caught up in exoterica. Practice the approach that feels best to you.
BZ wrote on May 2013
This article is very wrong, and has a very strong political agenda. I recommend "Free Tibet" misfits spend the time to learn about Chinese Buddhism and Chinese culture before trying to slander fellow Dharma practitioners.
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Fasting for the first time
8th May 2019 |
by Sahera Patel |
@saherapatel
One pillar of Islam that my mum strictly adhered to was the difficult but humbling act of fasting. Unfortunately, at the point that it became obligatory for me to fulfil this religious duty, the lunar Islamic calendar was displaying summer, and in my long-ago youth, summers really were summers. Gloriously long, hot days tasted delicious during the school holidays. Each drop of sunshine was absorbed with full appreciation of its ability to put smiles on people’s faces – except when they were hungry: tired, lethargic, thirsty and hungry. Depriving the body of its essential requirements from sunrise to sunset is a cruel experience, especially when that body is a mere twelve years old.
I lay sprawled across the carpet, light-headed and weak, staring intensely at the minute hand of the clock. Each second lasted a lifetime as I waited for it to strike ten. No food or water had entered my body for over seventeen hours. I was on the verge of collapse! My first ever genuine full fast was drawing to an end. All day, my older siblings and I had fantasised about food. We would try to sleep during the day to help pass some of the long hours before sunset. As we lay in our beds, curtains drawn to block out the sunlight, our mouths dribbled with saliva. We visualised spicy samosas and melt in the mouth mangoes making their way towards our mouths. This self-torture would continue until we fell asleep in the bright sunlight, our bodies surrendering to the lure of semi-consciousness.
And at precisely ten ‘o’ clock the binge would begin. We would break the fast with a date – a modern super food that has been considered beneficial throughout Islamic history. With the date, I would recite a small prayer thanking God for the food before us. For a few seconds, I would feel genuine heartfelt appreciation for all the culinary delights in front of us, deciding that I would never be ungrateful or complain about anything ever again.
A huge, round tray filled with spicy savouries would be awaiting demolition. Those who weren’t fasting had to display some self-control as they did not deserve the food as much as the more pious amongst us. Slowly, each pakora, kebab, samosa and lamb chop would be devoured. Only when the prime pickings were consumed did we move on to the more mundane varieties: fruits such as apples and grapes and home-made poppadoms dipped in masala tea. The curry was a last resort if our appetites hadn’t been satisfied. By the end of the feast, it became almost impossible to get up from the floor. Our bodies were heavy and lazy. At the age of twelve, I was allowed to stay sprawled and useless on the floor, avoiding the necessary chore of clearing up after myself.
The next fast and the fast after that became less like a punishment and more of a spiritual undertaking. Year after year, one month of the year, I would make a humble attempt at walking in the shoes of the less fortunate: the poor, the vulnerable and the hungry. It was never close to the reality – how could it be? I had a guarantee of nourishment at the end of the day, unlike the millions with nothing but hope to keep their spirits alive. However, for a short few hours in the day, usually around lunchtime when the body expected nourishment, I would feel weak, hungry and develop a very short temperament. My rumbling stomach would be screaming for something, anything to ease the turbulence within. Once it realised that there was nothing to be had, it quietly accepted its fate, and the fast would take on the purpose of spiritual fulfilment, rather than just a day of obligatory starvation.
Sahera Patel
Sahera Patel is a 43 year old British Muslim. She is a teacher, an author and a public speaker, promoting the positive nature of a deep faith that suffers many misconceptions.
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The eBullet: Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2018
Posted By tagsrwc On May 14, 2018 @ 5:30 am In The eBullet | Comments Disabled
The eBullet
An Online Newsletter of “The Andy Griffith Show” Rerun Watchers Club (TAGSRWC)
Welcome to Our Third Issue for 2018!
There’s a whole lot of recent and upcoming happenings in Mayberry, including festivals and other personal appearances by TAGS stars.
Andy Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy, N.C., is the hub for most things Mayberry, but there’s also news from Florida and Alabama, from California to France and back home again in Indiana.
But enough chit-chat–it’s time to make our move to all the news!
Floyd’s Barbershop
ABOUT TO POP–You don’t even have to be as sharp as Barney’s Bloodhound to locate Mayberry fun that meets your taste.
Here are some notices that folks have posted on Floyd’s bulletin board:
The Andy Griffith Museum, featuring the late Emmett Forrest’s amazing collection of Andy Griffith memorabilia, is celebrating 2017’s dazzling remodeling. The museum is open daily in Mount Airy, N.C. For info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
ROCKER OF AGES–Just a glimpse of the opening section of the totally remodeled Andy Griffith Museum.
Betty Lynn signs a photo for TAGSRWC member Bruce Fisher at the Andy Griffith Museum. Photo by Hobart Jones.
* May 18: Betty Lynn greets fans at the Andy Griffith Museum 12:30-3:30 p.m. She will have autographed 8 x 10 photos available ($10). Info at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
* May 18-20: Fifth Annual Mayberry in the Midwest festival (also featuring the Mayberry Squad Car Nationals) in Danville, Ind. Special guest stars this year are Maggie Peterson Mancuso (Mayberry’s Charlene Darling), Ronnie Schell (two episodes of TAGS and Duke Slater on “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.”), Margaret Kerry (Bess Muggins and Helen Scobey), Dixie Griffith (daughter of Andy Griffith), and George Lindsey Jr. Lots of Mayberry tribute artists will be on hand as well. Look for updates here and either on the event’s website or at Mayberry in the Midwest on Facebook.
* May 19: Roland White and his band perform at the Station Inn in Nashville, Tenn., at 9 p.m. Tickets at the door.
* May 20: Rodney Dillard and wife Beverly are joined by the Walker Brothers for “An Afternoon in Mayberry” from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Florida Opry, located at 605 N. Collins St., Plant City, Fla. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 (cash only) at the door. For more info, visit www.ehhsoc.org/the-florida-opry.
* June 15: Betty Lynn greets fans at the Andy Griffith Museum 12:30-3:30 p.m. with autographed 8 x 10 photos available ($10). Visit www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
* June 15: Roland White and his band perform at the Station Inn in Nashville, Tenn., at 9 p.m. Tickets at the door.
Ensnare knowledge!
* June 16: Mayberry 101 author Neal Brower kicks off his summer lecture series about TAGS with a talk about the “Back to Nature” episode (including Golden Arms, Wild Pheasant Birds, and Lake Loons!), starting at 2 p.m., in the Andy Griffith Museum Theatre in Mount Airy, N.C. Admission is included with Andy Griffith Museum admission ($8 for adults, $6 for ages 12 and under). Visit www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604. (Note: Neal Brower will also be doing a lecture at the Andy Griffith Museum on the previous Sat., June 9, as part of a private three-day motorcoach tour hosted by Our State magazine. For more info about that Mayberry-infused tour of the Mount Airy area, visit https://ourstate.events.)
* July 12: Karen Knotts brings her “Tied Up in Knotts” show to the Muckenthaler Cultural Center in Fullerton, Calif. Show time is 7:30 p.m. For info, visit themuck.org/upcoming.
* July 20: Betty Lynn greets fans at the Andy Griffith Museum 12:30-3:30 p.m. She will have autographed 8 x 10 photos available ($10). For more info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
* July 20-22: The 6th Annual Mayberry Meet-Up takes place in Mount Airy, N.C., sponsored by TAGSRWC’s “Two Chairs, No Waiting” Podcast and hosted by Allan “Floyd” Newsome. Home base for the event is the Mayberry Motor Inn.
This year’s event is timed to coincide with both Betty Lynn‘s meet-and-greet at the Andy Griffith Museum on July 20 and Neal Brower’s lecture at the Museum on July 21. For more info, visit the Mayberry Meet-Up Facebook page.
FREE THINKING–Join the Mayberry tree of knowledge!
* July 21: Mayberry 101 author Neal Brower presents a lecture on the classic “Opie the Birdman” episode of TAGS, starting at 2 p.m., in the Andy Griffith Museum Theatre in Mount Airy, N.C. Admission is included with Andy Griffith Museum admission ($8 for adults, $6 for ages 12 and under). For more info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
ARE YA OR AIN’T YA?–Gonna learn, that is. You’ll definitely get your nickel’s worth at this month’s lecture by Neal Brower!
* Aug. 11: Mayberry 101 author Neal Brower wraps up his trilogy of summer lectures with a session on the “Opie and the Bully” episode of TAGS, starting at 2 p.m., in the Andy Griffith Museum Theatre in Mount Airy, N.C. Admission is included with Andy Griffith Museum admission ($8 for adults, $6 for ages 12 and under). Visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
SPECIAL DELIVERY–Betty Lynn creates a memorable moment for a delighted fan at a previous meet-and-greet event at the Andy Griffith Museum. Photo by Hobart Jones.
* Aug. 17: Betty Lynn greets fans at the Andy Griffith Museum 12:30-3:30 p.m. She will have autographed 8 x 10 photos available ($10). For info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
* Sept. 21: Betty Lynn greets fans at the Andy Griffith Museum 12:30-3:30 p.m. (Beat the rush to visit with her the next week at Mayberry Days!) She will have autographed 8 x 10 photos available ($10). For info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
Rodney Dillard
* Sept. 27-30: 29th Annual Mayberry Days in Mount Airy, N.C. Actually, a few festival events start as early as Monday the 24th. Stars from “The Andy Griffith Show” confirmed so far include Betty Lynn, Rodney Dillard, Ronnie Schell, and LeRoy McNees. Karen Knotts will also present her show “A Deputy’s Daughter.” Much more TBA soon.
BUDDIES TO THE CORPS–Ronnie Schell and Jim Nabors in “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.”
Tickets are already available for several performances and activities, including The Doug Dillard Tribute Concert featuring Rodney Dillard and his band, Ronnie Schell’s Salute to Jim Nabors, and “Bluegrass Mayberry Style” by LeRoy McNees and Friends.
Also performing are the VW Boys with their “Salute to Mayberry,” the Motown Legacy Revue, Michael Hoover’s “Memories of Elvis,” the Mayberry Days debut of country star Collin Raye (four platinum albums and four #1 singles), the legendary Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives (another Mayberry Days debut), James Gregory (“the funniest man in America”), and the Malpass Brothers.
There’s still more: Colonel Tim’s Talent Time, Neal Brower’s Lecture/TAGSRWC Annual Meeting, and the Mayberry Days Golf Tournament and its separate Banquet & Entertainment.
Or make it a whole week of fun in Mount Airy with shows earlier in the week, Sept. 24-26, including comedian John Floyd (Mon.) and beach music by both Band of Oz (Tues.) and The Embers featuring Craig Woolard (Wed.).
2017 Mayberry Days Parade. Photo by Hobart Jones.
And those are just the ticketed events. There’s much more that doesn’t require tickets, including the Mayberry Days Parade, Mrs. Wiley’s Tea Party, trivia, apple-peeling, checkers, horseshoes, pie-eating, pork chop sandwich-eating and Mayberry Idle Talent contests, music, and vendors.
And that’s not to mention meet-and-greet sessions with the Mayberry stars, the Andy Griffith Museum, Mayberry-related movies at the Earle Theatre, Mayberry Days Silent Auction and all of the everyday sights and attractions of Mount Airy.
In other words, it’s not at all too early to start making plans to attend. For complete info, visit www.mayberrydays.org.
* Oct. 19: Betty Lynn greets fans at the Andy Griffith Museum 12:30-3:30 p.m. She will have autographed 8 x 10 photos available ($10). For info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
* Nov. 5-10: Mayberry Cruise 13. Dixie Griffith (daughter of Andy) will be the guest for the cruise to the Western Caribbean from Tampa to Cozumel and back aboard Carnival’s Paradise. For more info, visit www.allaboutcruisesnc.net or call (336) 538-4926.
* Nov. 16: Betty Lynn greets fans at the Andy Griffith Museum 12:30-3:30 p.m. She will have autographed 8 x 10 photos available ($10). For info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
* Dec. 21: Betty Lynn greets fans at the Andy Griffith Museum 12:30-3:30 p.m. She will have autographed 8 x 10 photos available ($10). For info, visit the website at www.andygriffithmuseum.org or call (336) 786-1604.
**** News of Cast & Crew ****
Ron Howard is in full promotion mode for Solo: A Star Wars Story. In addition to making the interview rounds with all major media, he welcomed stars from Hollywood and beyond for the spectacular world premiere at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre on May 10.
EONS FROM LEON–Sandwiched between George Lucas and brother Ron, Clint Howard is joined on El Capitan Theatre’s red carpet by fellow members of the cast and crew for the world premiere of Clint’s new movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Ron’s at the Cannes Film Festival for this week European premiere on May 15 ahead of the film’s nationwide opening weekend in the U.S. on May 25.
Ron also has recently completed narration for the fifth season of “Arrested Development,” which will be released on Netflix on May 29. And Ron did narration for a remix of the show’s fourth season, which was released on Netflix earlier this month.
With worlds colliding, Ron narrated this hilarious recap of Star Wars history that has Ron doing the narration “Arrested Development”-style.
GOING SOLO–Ron Howard tweeted this editing-room photo on Clint Howard’s birthday (April 20) as proof that brother Clint is indeed in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Follow Ron on Twitter at @RealRonHoward.
Ron’s Imagine Entertainment has purchased the film rights The Warehouse, a novel by Rob Hart that’s scheduled for publication next year, with the idea that Ron will likely direct the movie version of the spy thriller.
Dean Webb (the Darling mandolin player) and his fellow Missouri Boatride band members were inducted into the Reeds Spring (Mo.) Area Hall of Fame on May 5. Hearty congratulations to Dean and the band!
Rodney Dillard has been performing with the Walker Brothers at churches and other venues in Florida and elsewhere this year. He hopes his much-anticipated and long-awaited CD 0f new Dillards music will be released soon.
Margaret Kerry has been making lots of personal appearances, mostly in California and focused on her Disney experiences, though she is among the guests for this month’s Mayberry in the Midwest festival. She was also a guest at the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival in Marshfield last month.
MERRY KERRY–Margaret Kerry goes for a spin at the Country Jam in Northview, Mo., on April 27, during festivities for the Missouri Cherry Blossom Festival in nearby Marshfield. Seated at left, Maggie Peterson Mancuso, another of the festival’s guests of honor, enjoys the musical fun. And not to worry–Maggie also took her turn to sing and dance till her stockin’s were hot and ravelin’! Facebook photo.
HAPPY DAY–Jackie Joseph-Lawrence shares a smile with Doris Day last month.
Jackie Joseph-Lawrence helped her longtime pal Doris Day celebrate her 96th birthday in Carmel, Calif., in April. A birthday bash helped raise money for the Doris Day Animal Foundation. Jackie and husband David also had an eventful trip to France in late April.
George Lindsey Jr. has released GoobaSon Sings, a CD of him performing funny songs. (Song titles include “Fleas,” “Roaches,” “The Ol’ Rubber Handshake Gag” and his always-popular “Goober Says, ‘Hey!'” He’ll have some CDs on hand at Mayberry events that he’s attending this year, including Mayberry in the Midwest (Danville, Ind.) this month and Mayberry Days (Mount Airy, N.C.) in September.
**** Chapter Update ****
We’ve had three new chapters start since the March eBullet:
“Do Cousins Count?” Key West, Fla., and elsewhere
Fife’s Mountain Folklore Society Mt. Pleasant, N.C.
Mayberry Supper Club Orlando, Fla.
That brings us to a total of 1,455 chapters founded since TAGSRWC began with four Goobers sitting around a TV in Nashville in the fall of 1979.
Starting a chapter of TAGSRWC is actually really easy to do. Just pick a name that hasn’t already been selected by another group. (Granted, that is getting harder!)
You can check the searchable list of chapter names already taken at www.tagsrwc.com. Then submit your chapter’s name with a list of your founding members by e-mail (to Goober@imayberry.com) or by U.S. Mail to TAGSRWC’s HQ (118 16th Avenue South, Suite 4, PMB 146, Nashville, TN 37203-3100).
Whether or not you start or join a local chapter, you can always join our online “Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board?” chapter or any of several chapters on Facebook.
**** Merchandise Update ****
For Mayberry shopping big and small, our Weaver’s Department Store has something for everybody. Just in time for summer we have a whopping 10 new T-shirt designs!
Six of our 10 new T-shirt designs.
We now have more than 50 different T-shirt designs to choose from!
Most of our adult-sized T-shirts are just $20. A few designs are $18, and the Lawmen and Sheriff all-over designs are $25. (The long-sleeved Sheriff shirt is $40.) Several designs are available in sweatshirts (and some also as hoodies) as well.
We also have caps, Goober beanies, deputy patches and both Mayberry Sheriff and Mayberry Deputy badges.
And we have a new totes, throws, pouches, pillows, pillow cases, blankets and towels in this design:
New “Fishin’ Hole” items
(Throw Pillow shown here.)
Check out new items and old favorites (including lots of great books for summer reading!) online at Weaver’s Department Store. (Or just go to www.imayberry.com and click on one of the orange and blue Weaver’s buttons at the top of the page.)
And remember that your purchases from Weaver’s help support Mayberry events and Mayberry-related charitable causes all year long at locations all around the country. Those sales also help keep our online Mayberry newsletters and communities available to everybody free of charge. As always, thank you for shopping at Weaver’s!
**** Chapter News ****
“Some of Us Got It, Some of Us Ain’t” (Garner/Clayton, N.C.) celebrated its 20th Anniversary as a chapter on April 19, which just happened to be Elinor Donahue‘s birthday, too. The group watched episodes, did some trivia and games, did some hearty eatin’, and just enjoyed Mayberry fellowship.
Members of at least five chapters (Barney, Greensboro, N.C.; Mother Figure, Huntsville, Ala.; “I Ain’t No Rockefeller,” Big Stone Gap, Va.; “Hearty Eatin’ Men and Beautiful, Delicate Women,” Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and “You Better Put a Buckeye in Your Pocket and Do the Incant for a Sore Foot,” Bessemer, Ala.) and fans from at least six states participated in April’s annual fundraiser in Tuscaloosa for the Eagles’ Wings organization, which provides housing and support for adults with disabilities.
PAUSE FOR A GOOD CAUSE–Dixie Griffith (Andy’s daughter, as Fun Girl Skippy in yellow dress) is surrounded by Mayberry tribute artists (and a Dodge City Festus at far left), along with local TV host Kip Tyner (third from left) after filming a segment promoting the Eagles’ Wings benefit in Tuscaloosa, Ala., in April.
Many of the Mayberry tribute artists (including Dixie Griffith) also hopped over to nearby Gordo, Ala., the day after the Eagles’ Wings event to participate in a local sock hop featuring Allan “Floyd” Newsome as the DJ.
That’s Chapter News for this round. If you have news or photos of your chapter activities that you want to share in The eBullet, please send your updates to Goober@imayberry.com.
**** Mayberry on the Web ****
The iMayberry Community
This TAGSRWC online group is organized and overseen by webmaster Allan “Floyd” Newsome with spirited help from Keith “Col. Harvey” Brown. You can check out the fun and sign up for free at: http://imayberrycommunity.com.
The iMayberry Community complements our other online activities, including our main www.imayberry.com page, podcasts, Facebook pages, online newsletters (such as The eBullet!), weaversdepartmentstore.com and chat rooms.
Two Chairs, No Waiting is our weekly podcast of TAGS news, interviews and pretty much whatever happens to be going on in and around Mayberry. It’s hosted by Allan Newsome. Most weeks also include a Mayberry History Lesson from special correspondent Randy Turner.
There’s a new episode every Tuesday (and you can watch and listen live during tapings on Monday evenings). Past episodes are in an online Archives in case you want to listen to or view classic installments you’ve missed. (As of this week, there have been 478 episodes since Allan started the podcasts almost a decade ago.)
And you’ll also find links on that web page to a couple of other outstanding Mayberry-related podcasts: Burke on Mayberry (hosted by TAGSRWC’s Kevin Burke) and the Mayberry Bible Study Podcast (again hosted by Allan Newsome).
TAGSRWC’s official page on Facebook has over 240,000 Mayberry friends! You can find us at www.facebook.com/tagsrwc. If you haven’t already dropped by the page, we hope you’ll check it out sometime when you have the chance. We invite you to become a TAGSRWC Facebook Friend!
We also have links in our “Liked by this Page” section to the pages of several TAGSRWC chapters on Facebook (including the Gomer and Goober Pyle Comic Book Literary Guild), as well as to Facebook pages of Mayberry Days, the Andy Griffith Museum, TAGS actors and others.
Ben Weaver also has his own Facebook page at www.facebook.com/weaversdepartmentstore. It features all the latest in Mayberry items and merchandise news.
**** Post Note ****
You can always catch up on back issues by visiting the eBullet Archives in the Newsletters section at imayberry.com. Each issue is placed in the Archives at the same time that it’s published.
Between issues of The eBullet, keep up with all the happenings in Mayberry with the daily Who’s Been Messin’ Up the Bulletin Board? (aka “WBMUTBB?”) Digest. It’s a free subscriber list that consists entirely of comments, newsflashes, and questions and answers from subscribers. You can sign up for that list by going to the Mailing Lists link at tagsrwc.com. “WBMUTBB?” also has its own Archives where you can follow the ongoing stream of messages.
TAGSRWC publishes Weaver’s Newsletter in alternate months to The eBullet. Like The eBullet, the Weaver’s Newsletter is free. Its focus is tilted a little more to Mayberry merchandise and collectibles and quick newsflashes. It has some content overlap with The eBullet, sometimes earlier and sometimes later, depending on the timing of the news. To sign up, go to Weaver’s Newsletter Sign-Up.
The next eBullet will be published in July. The next Weaver’s Newsletter is scheduled for June.
O SOLO TRIO–Even though this star-filled photo is from a previous millennium, it really doesn’t seem like such “a long time ago,” especially for the Opie one.
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Mayor Karachi will resign if legal houses demolished: MQM-P
By Shaoor Media Network on December 3, 2018 Local
Karachi (Web Desk) Lashing out at the Pakistan Peoples Party-led provincial government, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan said on Sunday that it would resist every move to demolish legally constructed houses in the name of ongoing drive against encroachments.
The MQM-P organised a protest demonstration against water shortage in Karachi at Nagan Chowrangi. The event was attended by a good number of party workers and supporters, including women, and area residents.
One of the speakers claimed that Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar, who is also an MQM-P leader and part of its coordination committee, had made it clear to the Sindh government that he would resign if houses were demolished in Karachi.
Protest against water shortage held; Sattar asks coordination body to stop shedding crocodile’s tears
Addressing the protesters, MQM-P convener and federal minister Dr Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui said that the provincial government was hatching a conspiracy to make the people of Karachi shelterless in the guise of the apex court’s decisions.
He said that the people of Karachi were not behind encroachments in the city as everyone knew who had encroached upon hills and Hawkesbay.
Dr Siddiqui questioned that why the PPP government took control of the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board as well as the Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA). “It is unfortunate that the people of Karachi are protesting for water because a few people are selling the water of this city.”
He appealed to the chief justice of Pakistan to take suo motu action against those who patronised the land mafia in Karachi.
Speaking on the occasion, senior deputy convener Amir Khan said that everyone praised the Karachi mayor when he launched an operation in Saddar on the directives of the apex court.
He said that now the Sindh government was using the SBCA to demolish legal houses. “We are making it clear to the Sindh government that they would have to take action against our houses on our bodies.”
He said that the MQM-P was standing with the people of Karachi and its mayor had clearly told the Sindh government on Saturday that he would resign if houses were razed.
Senior leader Khwaja Izharul Hasan said that the KWSB be handed over to the MQM-P if the Sindh government could not control it. “We will resolve the issue of water within one week,” he said.
He said that the local government minister should have resigned if he could not provide water to Karachi.
He said that the elected representatives of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf should also have been present in the protest demonstration if they were serious in solving people’s problems.
Kanwar Naveed Jameel said that the Sindh government and KWSB were patronizing the ‘water mafia’ in Karachi. He said the MQM’s city government had laid the foundation of the K-IV project but the Sindh government did not work on this project.
MQM-P MPA Muhammad Hussain said that the water of Karachi was being stolen and provided to Bahria Town on the Superhighway.
Strict security arrangements were made and a heavy contingent of police and Rangers was deployed in the area.
Sattar wants mayor to suspend anti-encroachment drive
Disgruntled MQM-P leader Dr Farooq Sattar on Sunday demanded that the coordination committee ask Karachi Mayor Wasim Akhtar to suspend the anti-encroachment operation forthwith.
He said on one hand the coordination committee was giving mandate to the mayor but on the other it was holding a press conference against the campaign against encroachments.
“The coordination committee should stop shedding crocodile’s tears and order mayor Wasim Akhtar to stop the operation forthwith,” he said.
He said that the operation should be suspended until alternative arrangements for the affected people were made.
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Valkyrie Profile Original Soundtrack
Motoi Sakuraba (composition)
2 discs, 119 minutes total
Disc 1 (55 minutes)
Epic poem to sacred death
Take a flight
To the unhallowed ground
Requiem to a predicament
All is twilight
Prosperity's compensation: an introduction
In water, air and light
The road to glory and prosperity
When a person changes
Soon we see shadow and light
Emotion upset
Turn over a new leaf
Fighting the shadowy gods
The key to singing the praises of victory
Doorway to heaven
The counterfeit self
Distortions in the void of despair
Confidence in the domination
Blameless Thoughts
Ancient fantasies eternal
Eternal Hydrogen Anxieties
Evil Tales and Obligations
Clouds of spray
Black blinding nightmare
Hopeless Resolution
Illuminating Magic Links
Oblivion's Joy
The name of his people is fear
In the beginning, there was light?
An illusion of the brainstem
Hard Chain Reaction
Ray of darkness, ray of light
Delusional extremities
Ending the spiral
Rise above the world
Eternal engine of linguistic massacre
Negative roots
Circulate on a windup doll
Reflections of trickery
An inscription on a tombstone
Eternal spirits arise
Unstable balance
Recurrent shudders
Heads magic, tails curse
To the last drop of my blood
The nonsense of reality
A hollow heart
A tense atmosphere
A clash of personalities
Weeping Lilies
The crumbling Id
Through a thin haze
Behave irrationally
A chamber of the heart
The first union
Systematic Enemy
Vestigal dream
The neverending cycle of reincarnation
Turn over a new leaf (rhythm ver.)
The true nature of all
Becoming Accustomed of Happiness
Fantasy and reality intermingled
Mission to the deep space
Beast of prey
The Climax of the tower
The incarnation of devil
Mighty blow
Nostalgia into Hope
Released Feb 17, 2000 by First Smile Entertainment (catalog no. FSCA-10118, retail 3500 yen).
Sakuraba's score is filled with power and grace.
Reader review by Kenny Peeples
It all began last summer, when I was playing a GBA game called Golden Sun. The music in that game was nothing short of breathtaking. "Who did this?" I always wondered to myself. I finally learned that the man behind this sound was Motoi Sakuraba. I definitely wanted to check out his other works, and had a nice interest in a game entitled Valkyrie Profile. Upon finally playing that game, and listening to its music, it had become apparent that I had another favorite composer.
Valkyrie Profile Original Soundtrack is much different from any RPG soundtrack I've ever heard personally. There aren't too many classical/orchestral pieces, as the bulk of the soundtrack is made up of a progressive rock (power rock, as I hear it referred to) style. Now, I'm not a big fan of power rock, but I absolutely adore it here. The introduction piece, "Take a flight", is the best opening intro song I've heard in any RPG. And that type of sound is what you should expect throughout the entire score. Dungeons are the backbone of this game, and you'll not find one atmospheric dungeon theme (unlike almost every other RPG on the market today) in the entire soundtrack. That is what I love about the soundtrack - it isn't cliche in any way, and I embrace its differences.
The dungeon themes in Valkyrie Profile are extremely high-powered and full of energy. I was impressed with "Clouds of spray" (as are most people who like this OST!). It's oriental in flavor, and has a very addictive melody. I'm also very fond of "Distortions in the void of despair" and "Hopeless Resolution", both of which will never fail to get your adrenaline pumping, as well as the evil and sadistic sounding "Evil tales and obligation". Other notable pieces include "Hard Chain Reaction", which plays in the tower of Lezard Valleth. The slow and ominous "Ending the spiral" gives the feeling of impending doom. And of course, there's the triumphant "Blameless thoughts", which you'll hear after you successfully complete a dungeon. The aforementioned tunes are only just a fraction of the dungeon themes in the game. And if you think that's as good as it gets, it's only because you haven't heard the battle themes yet. Valkyrie Profile is a great example of what battle themes should be. First, "Turn over a new leaf" and "Turn over a new leaf (rhythm ver.)" (the latter of which plays on disk two of the game) will warm you up for the impending battle, and then "Fighting the shadowy gods" will take your breath away! The boss battle theme, "Confidence in domination", is truly amazing. I love the electric guitar riffs throughout the song; there's never a dull moment... ever.
As great as the dungeon themes are, I would be lying if I said they were my favorite songs on the soundtrack. I actually prefer the slower, more beautiful side of Valkyrie Profile OST. The opening movie piece, "Epic poem to sacred death", is just as beautiful as it is sad. As is "All is twilight", which features a really nice guitar, bell tones, and that beautiful flute sample that Sakuraba is known for. "Through a thin haze" is another beautiful, yet sad and emotional piece. "Behave irrationally", the song that plays whenever someone dies, is the perfect song for such an event. The flute plays a somber melody over a music box in the background just before an entire synth orchestra joins in and repeats that same melody. It's really effective and very beautiful. "Valhalla" is heavenly, epic, and painfully majestic. The choir, bell tones, harp, strings - everything - makes this one of the best pieces of music I've ever heard. The same can be said about "When a person changes", in which the chorus and flute sample carry this piece to unfathomable heights of emotion and beauty. These two pieces are by far the best choral tracks I've ever heard in any videogame.
By now, anyone would've gathered that I have a deep love affair with this soundtrack. But there are two things that really annoy me about this release. Firstly, I noticed that there were a few songs on the end of disk two that weren't in the game. I later learned that these songs were from Star Ocean 2: The Second Story. Now, I personally don't see the logic in this at all. That game already has a soundtrack release! Why include some of those tracks here? Including those Star Ocean tracks just takes up space, which could've been put to much better use. And that brings me to my next point, the bane of my existence: the songs don't loop (you knew this was coming!). Even if the budget only allowed for a two CD set, many tracks could've still been looped. Disc one has a skimpy running time of only 54:53, so much space was wasted! And while disc two is over an hour, someone decided to fill disc space with tracks from another game instead of looping what was already there. I just don't understand it! But there's nothing anyone can do about it now. But again, I will not be satisfied unless I get every song *twice*! And with all that being said, the OST is still a great listening experience.
Valkyrie Profile Original Soundtrack is a wonderful thing. I wish someone had told me about Sakuraba sooner! I now have the daunting task of tracking down his earlier works, not to mention making room for his new ones. If you're tired of your typical RPG soundtracks, and want to try something a little new and different, then this album is definitely the way to go. A true gem.
Sakuraba's latest is overflowing with energy.
Reader review by Kurt Kalata
Since my first encounter with Motoi Sakuraba's music in Star Ocean: Second Story, I've been very intrigued by his work. There's a very unique style that is prevalent among many other games he's composed before, including Tales of Destiny and Shining Force 3. Many games seem to use the same sound samples and never shy away from mixing artifical synth with very realistic bass or flutes.
The initial reactions around the game music community was that a majority of the Valkyrie Profile soundtrack was composed of action-oriented fighting and dungeon type music. This alone made me immensely excited - Sakuraba composes battle themes with such power and strength that it should make other composers envious.
And disappointed, I was not. The first piece I immediately turned to was the battle theme, which begins with a burst of drums before exploding into the main melody. After it loops once, the melody repeats, only with an even stronger sense of urgency in the background. The boss theme, "Confidence in Domination", doesn't fare quite as well - it's certainly exciting, but ends up sounding like random noise at times.
The dungeon themes, however, are truly the most standout pieces on the soundtrack. Mostly taking up the end of the first disc and beginning of the second, there are at least 20 of such tracks, most of them very memorable and full of energy. One of my favorites, "Clouds Spray", has a distinct Japanese feel merged with the usual Sakuraba synth style, while "Illuminating Links", with its organs and waltz-like tone, sounds heavily reminscent of a Castlevania game. I could go on and on, but almost all of these songs stand out in some way. Some even contain a strong guitar behind them, giving an undeniable rock feel.
There are those, however, that really don't care for Sakuraba's action tracks, instead preferring the serene melodies of his town themes - another area he's quite good at. While there aren't nearly as many of these as in other games, there are still enough to keep those people happy. Track 10, "When a Person Changes", begins with a choir and the same beautiful flute sample found in other games, containing a smooth and chilling feeling. The best example, however, would be the theme when Valkyrie takes the souls of the dead - "Behave Irrationally". The music box lends to an eerie but serene atmosphere, and it is just a gorgeous song. A similar pretense is found in the "Weeping Lilies" with its playful demeanor - but it still radiates a bit of anxiety.
For some reason, near the end of the second CD, there are several songs from Star Ocean: Second Story, mostly from the final battles. They don't seem any different than the ones on the SO2 OST, but it's a nice addition.
If there's one problem with the Valkyrie Profile OST, it's the same problem of every Sakuraba OST thus far - the songs don't loop at all. This can be a plus at the same time, as to keep the dungeon tracks from getting too repetetive (as they tended to become sometimes during gameplay), but it's an annoyance nonetheless. Also, some of the battle themes seem to begin their fade out before the track is even finished playing.
In short, if you love Sakuraba's exciting music style, Valkyrie Profile is a must-have. Those not as partial to that style of music will still find plenty to enjoy, but perhaps not so much as earlier works.
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Marissa Mayer resigns as Verizon closes Yahoo acquisition
By Shawn Knight on June 13, 2017, 12:30 9 comments
Verizon as anticipated on Tuesday sealed the deal with regard to its acquisition of Internet pioneer Yahoo. After gaining shareholder approval last week, the nation’s largest wireless carrier today finalized the purchase which sent former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer packing.
As has been previously reported, Verizon intends to consolidate what’s left of AOL and Yahoo and form a new entity called Oath. According to recent estimates, as many as 2,100 people could soon be out of a job.
It’s been nearly five years since Yahoo took a gamble and hired former Google employee Marissa Mayer to lead the ship. Many will pin Yahoo’s shortcomings on Mayer’s leadership decisions but in reality, the task of turning around a company that had fallen so behind the times was incredibly daunting.
Despite being acquisition-happy, Mayer was willing to pull the cord on several products that were well past their prime, helped rebuild their advertising business, improved its website and mail systems and sent share values on a trip north in which they recently hit a 17-year high. Yet again, achievements like those will likely be forgotten as people focus on the negative such as the massive security breaches that took place under her watch
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Case against HS2
HS2 Route
Posted on 25th July 2013 by Penny
Judicial Review: what they said
The leader of Camden Council Sarah Hayward said:
‘We believe that there are serious defects in the government’s proposals for HS2 and urge them yet again to reconsider their plans which have ignored the evidence of the damage it will cause to our residents, visitors and businesses.’
She added: ‘Whilst we consider the option of appeal we will continue to demand appropriate levels of financial compensation for Camden residents and businesses which we know HS2 has woefully underestimated the cost of.’
Next Stop for HS2, The Supreme Court.
Warwickshire County Council HS2 spokesman councillor Bob Stevens said:
“However, I am pleased Lord Justice Sullivan, one of the country’s leading environmental planning judges, has recognised that a Strategic Environmental Assessment is a key part of the process and should have been carried out.
“The comments in his judgement will make difficult reading for the Department for Transport and HS2 Limited.
“It will be interesting to see how the Government responds to this ruling. In the meantime we will carefully consider what our next steps will be on behalf of Warwickshire’s communities.”
David Elvin QC argued on behalf of the objectors:
“The level of parliamentary scrutiny in a proposed hybrid Bill would not meet the standard of scrutiny required by European law, given the all-party support for HS2 and the fact there would be a whipped vote”.
UKIP councillor Chris Adams, county councillor for Wendover, Stoke Mandeville & Halton, said:
“We take heart of course from the Appeal Court’s decision to allow a further appeal to the Supreme Court on the environmental case but are bitterly disappointed that another battle in the Courts against HS2 has been lost.
“Today’s arrogant gloating from Tory Transport Minister Simon Burns MP adds insult to the recent injury of Parliamentarians remaining stuck in their Westminster fact-free bubble, voting 12-1 in favour for HS2, and against the overwhelming majority of people in Bucks.
“This second setback in the courts is of course very disappointing but even an Appeal Court win and almost certain government appeal to the Supreme Court would not in itself have changed the political realities or the need for a political response to kill off HS2.
“Only yesterday Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron was quoted in The Evening Standard as saying that HS2 is essential.
“He and the national Conservative party in particular need to keep getting the message that they are going to be hit hard over this issue at the next general election.”
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For Doug Potter: Whites in New Orleans Forming "French Quarter Minuteman" to Patrol Against Black Crime
So your vocation is a jazz musician.
You're employed in New Orleans, playing music for paying customers in the French Quarter.
Well-known throughout the city, you're attacked late at night by two black males, Reeshawn Arnold and Terrell Belvin.
Nothing is stolen.
Back in January, musician Doug Potter was left in coma after he was attacked by two blacks (who stole nothing from his person)... now, citizens gather to patrol the French Quarter
No money.
Not even your instrument, which you had just finished playing at a well-attended show.
Your name is Doug Potter.
A white man, trying to make a living in the Chocolate City.
Beaten so severely by those two black males he was left in a coma for three weeks.
Police gave no motive for the attack, but the racial dynamics of the vicious assault should be evidence enough that Arnold and Belvin were merely vessels of God, if we are to believe Ray Nagin's claim of a God's will behind keeping New Orleans majority black...
Or perhaps, in a city where "crime" is to "blacks" as "peanut" is to "butter" (look no further than the hilariously named NOLA For Life campaign enacted by the city targeting only black males for living crime-free lives), the story of a white man being assaulted by two blacks is yet more reason for the law-abiding to fight back... [Armed citizens form group to keep eye on French Quarter:
Founder: We are not vigilantes, WDSU New Orleans, 5-29-14]:
In the French Quarter a new group is forming and ready to hit the streets.
They call themselves the French Quarter Minutemen and are made up of all volunteers who possess concealed handgun permits.
The founder told WDSU they are not vigilantes, but additional eyes and ears in an area of the city very sacred to them.
"We all share a common love for the French Quarter and we want its beautiful history to be preserved," said Aaron Jordan.
Jordan said what inspired him to form the group was the severe beating of jazz musician Doug Potter, who was attacked after a gig in the Quarter right outside the 8th District Police Station.
"That would lead me to believe more citizen involvement can only help," Jordan said.
He said they would obviously follow the law and not use force unless forced to.
Louisiana is an open-carry state, which means someone can openly carry a firearm in public.
Jordan said they wouldn't openly carry their weapons. As concealed carriers, their firearms would be hidden by clothing.
"We wouldn't want to cause unnecessary concern," said Jordan.
Opponents of the concept worry it could backfire and someone could get hurt if additional private citizens are carrying firearms in the Quarter.
"I'm not advocating that citizens carry weapons, I don't support that," said Attorney David Oestreicher.
Oestreicher, formerly part of the Civil Patrol said what he does support is a common interest in making the Quarter and New Orleans a safer place.
"If the volunteers could certainly have access to letting the regulars (police) know that something needs attention, I think it would make a huge difference. Too many people put their head in the sand," said Oestreicher.
Jordan said they would dress in plain clothes and likely walk in pairs looking for suspicious people and activity, then report it to police.
"With the way things are now, I don't understand how this could be a bad thing," said Jordan.
The New Orleans Police Department didn't have a comment about the group's formation.
In 2007, shortly after Hurricane Katrina, a similar group, the Guardian Angels, patrolled the streets of New Orleans.
French Quarter Minutemen will hold its first informational meeting soon. Anyone interested in learning more about the group and its intentions can visit their Facebook page, French Quarter Minutemen.
When the state fails to act in protecting citizens, it's only natural those citizens band together and fight to protect the lives of their family, friends, and their property.
What's unnatural is no reaction to the gruesome, obviously racially-in-nature attack on Doug Potter by two black males.
A glimpse of America's chaotic future is found in this story: a law-abiding, productive white male attacked and left in a coma by two blacks; citizens, instead of fleeing the city in the face of obvious racial animosity and resentment, band together to make their streets safe where the police are more focused on coordinating a safe "Midnight Basketball" tournament.
Say it's not racial all you want, but this "French Quarter Minuteman" organization wouldn't be necessary if the NOLA For Life campaign - targeted at black males - wasn't necessary.
Jay Santos said...
Armed patrols of white citizens. Concealed carry permits, weapons and holsters; the fastest growing phenomena in the country.
It almost seems as if white people are afraid of their negro neighbors. Why would that be?
Obama and Holder have lit the fuse on this. Wasn't good before them, now it'll get worse.
So like how many middle aged black dudes will sign up for those safety patrols? Oh yeah, and not be paid for those safety patrols either! I'm guessing this many middle aged black dudes....
ZERO... any aged black dudes!
james m said...
And in a related vein it would seem our cousins across the sea are standing up for each other as well
http://dailykenn.blogspot.com/2014/06/black-mob-taken-down-in-london-media.html
I do not advocate violence.
This is the way white neighborhoods (faced with negro crime) used to protect themselves from feral, marauding negroes.
No, they didn't patrol the streets but they were watching that feral creep shufflin' through the neighborhood and were ready (as per the Minuteman) to pour out of their houses and drive the negro beast back into it's lair.
Of course, dat be rayciss!
NotTooSwift said...
NOLA for Life Campaign is a good start, but there need to be other teaching programs for the negro dealing with the following:
1. Illegitimate off-spring
2. Failure to support above off-spring
3. The entire drug culture
4. Shitting in swimming pools
5. Males f**king punks (shemales)
6. How to properly attend school
7. Serving draft beer in bars
8. Tipping
8. Working
8. Getting to above work on time
9. Paying bus fares
10. Rap music
11. Saying "ohhhhhh" while filming someone getting stomped
12. Using the "N" word while condemning whites from using nigger.
13. Wearing pants properly
14. Personal hygiene
15. Safe sex
16. Having off- spring inoculated when required
17. Voting only once in an election
18. All of this disrespect shit
19. Try non-menthol cigarettes
20. When ordering Yat Ga Mein, don't ask for extra ketchup
21. Stop with the stupid wigs and weaves, especially black female members of Congress.
22. Stop saying "that's for Travon".
23. Stop saying "nomasain" do you know what I'm saying?
24. Etc, etc.
Twitter: "last century types" = racist whites
Chuck D @MrChuckD 1m
As soon as mention the word 'BLACK' these new clear 'millennial' cats get confused,& last century types start crying & running for the hills.
Lionel said...
I've been to New Orleans and the French Quarter area is quite small. Basically its bars, not a family vacation type place, so the tourism industry is pretty fragile to begin with. If people have to worry about being attacked even in that one small, expensive touristy section of the city, how are they going to keep a tourist industry? One would think that area would be heavily patrolled by the best cops they've got. But Baltimore is the same --- bums in the tourist area, dangerous bums. There are lots of other places to go.
"Doug Potter, who was attacked after a gig in the Quarter right outside the 8th District Police Station."
I think these minutemen will quickly learn that alerting the authorities in New Orleans is about as effective as asking a black to pay his rent on time.
I'm a former cop. The department I worked for got a black chief and in seven years went from all white to mostly black. Black police are lazy, cowardly civil service parasites. They let white officers who have a sense of pride and duty do all the work, while they sleep, watch tv, talk on the phone and eat. They ignore calls for service and will drive in the other direction whenever something is going down.
Police Departments in black cities are nothing more than gold plated welfare programs.
Reminds me of the Tuba Man in Seattle, another musician beat down.
Edward Scott McMichael (March 15, 1955 – November 3, 2008, also known as the Tuba Man, was an American tubist who became well known in Seattle for busking outside of the city's various sports and performing arts venues during the 1990s and 2000s. McMichael played outside the Kingdome, KeyArena, McCaw Hall, Safeco Field, and Qwest Field, among other venues.
McMichael was known for playing songs appropriate for the climate of the venue where he was playing, such as "Happy Days Are Here Again" during the Seattle Mariners' successful 1995 season; for adapting mainstream rock and roll songs to the tuba; and for wearing funny, often colorful hats while he played.
McMichael...played in the Bellevue Philharmonic, Everett Symphony and Cascade Symphony.
According to police, on October 25, 2008, a group of youths beat and robbed McMichael near Seattle Center just after midnight. The attackers punched and kicked McMichael as he lay on the ground in the fetal position. He was treated at a hospital, but died November 3.
Three teenagers were sentenced to detention in connection with the death of McMichael. One was sentenced to serve up to 36 weeks, and the other two were sentenced to serve up to 72 weeks, including the time already spent in custody (about 24 weeks). The two other suspects have not been found and their whereabouts are unknown. In regard to the two at-large suspects, the Seattle Police Department's morning press release stated: "Unfortunately, the only description that we have is that the suspects were black males in their mid-teens."
Not until the last line is it revealed that the beaters were black males. And the three caught? They had to serve "detention"--what ever that means. 72 whole weeks! WOW! That's some penalty for murdering a man.
They are liable to end up hassling White kids on skateboards while nog kids sell crack on the opposite corner.It is a damn shame with all the taxes Whites pay they have to strap on a gun after their day job and play cops while the real cops are doing what exactly ?
It seems like 10 dedicated people with the right tools could post up on rooftops and so forth and bring 'justice from above'.Codewords,scrambled walkie-talkies,targetting scouts on the ground,you get it.It really would not take that much.
Richard Cranium
A recurring theme on the comment section of this site involves a White Homeland. Richard Cranium (Bless you for being white, sir) pointed out that the biggest bang for the White Homeland buck is in the form of local elections. Let me type it again.
Local elections.
The federal system has been rigged for longer than most (all) of us have been alive but, in the event of a reset, the local officials may be a great resource. This resource can only be utilized if we take the time to vote in the local elections. It may very well come down to what our mayors/aldermen/state legislators do if the SHTF.
A reset will usher in a "post-federalism" era, which is the only way a White Homeland on American soil can possibly be realized. The Federal Leviathan exercises tight control over the state governments right now, but nothing lasts forever.
I don't advocate revolution. I advocate knowledge, preparation, and perseverance.
Ex-brooklynite said...
It is a damn shame with all the taxes Whites pay they have to strap on a gun after their day job and play cops while the real cops are doing what exactly ?
I live in a mostly white neighborhood. We have middle aged to older white people walking around the neighborhood daily. There is no work for them in this economy. They could lie around, go on EBT, eat junk food, and watch TV,
Instead, they walk about, garden on their houses, greet each other, and build social capital. It is a wondrous thing to see: even if they cannot make an economic contribution, they will do so by their physical presence. I would guess it is these people who still care about places like New Orleans, and have pride in them, that will do this.
Places that lack social capital will collapse when the economic capital disappears.
Your blog should be labeled, "Biased Racist Crap Black People Couldn't Possibly Like", I find it quite pathetic and sad that there are sites like this in 2014, just as I find sad that there are black people who hate white people. It's all just so exhausting, how wasted is your cause.
Suspicious people = young black men
Same experience here, although I was in corrections in detroit. When anything went down, rest assured, colored officers did nothing spouting all kinds of excuses. Mostly said "Let the White boys do it". Hopefully the Minutemen will flourish zcross the country and reclaim the republic from the marauding domestic enemy.
"Your blog should be labeled, "Biased Racist Crap Black People Couldn't Possibly Like", I find it quite pathetic and sad that there are sites like this in 2014, just as I find sad that there are black people who hate white people. It's all just so exhausting, how wasted is your cause."
Why can't we all just... get along...
Don M said...
Your blog should be labeled, "Biased Racist Crap Black People Couldn't Possibly Like", I find it quite pathetic and sad that there are sites like this in 2014, just as I find sad that there are black people who hate white people. It's all just so exhausting, how wasted is your cause."
Yes, yes. We know. We're horrible "RAYYYYYYYCCCCCIIIIISSSSSSSTS!!!!" Yawn.
Look, we find it sad and pathetic that liberal white betas like yourself get beaten into comas or worse, a la Thomas "TC" Maslin and Ray Widstrand by feral blacks.
But I'm sure that won't happen to you because you're "down" with blacks and know some good ones.
Our cause is wasted? No, my friend. Our fire is rising!
Looks like the KKK is rearing its ugly head again ...
-A Compassionate Oregonian
The PDK Herald/Crier Project said...
Another one of ours. Another one of our sons done wrong by negroes because white liberal ideology has forced upon our white collective, the white man's burden.
Who is more to blame.
Is it the poor, innocent and lowly negro, born of his more r selective gene pool, which in turn endows him with his physically smaller, lower IQed cerebrum, which further, fails him miserably in the white man's higher culture of civilization?
Or is it the white liberal, born of a more K selective gene pool, which endows him with the physically larger, higher IQed cerebrum which serves him well in the white man's higher culture of civilization, but who refuses to embrace his personal responsibility to mature and instead passes the buck of that failure's debt onto the white collective?
The lowly negro is a fish out of water. The white liberal is the lower than the belly of a snake, scum of the Earth, child of Satan.
Doug Potter might care less about who is more at fault, for he now must bear personally the white man's burden and white liberal ideology courtesy of the American negro.
For the rest of us, we must decide how to deal with this nefarious, 21st century reality.
We non-liberal whites have lost, we have ceded ground after ground to white liberal ideology and only now do we see how foolish our folly was.
We are now the fool, separated from his money.
America, as with every free white man's nation state on planet Earth, if not every white man's nation-state on planet Earth, has succumbed to the illness of the immature and the insane, has succumbed to, white liberal ideology.
White flight is irresponsible and futile.
The sooner we choose our ground and stand our ground, with our own laws, the greater the probability of the continuation of the white gene pool/race.
Our posterity hopes and believes, that we, on our watch, and at the helm today, will make the right choice and bear its burden, that they will have the opportunity we, their ancestors have had.
From the Sanctuary, I'm PDK: Thank you.
I find it even sadder that there is a NEED for this blog in 2014.After spending trillions to pacify the unworthy
gkruz said...
Please spare us the inane comments from nogs and lbtards. I know you think they are a reminder of the pathetic state of the current White consciousness, but I hear more than enough of that drivel everyday. Liberals (and Freeper cons) ban us without remorse on their web sites, please return the favor. Thanks!
Yeah, the on-line KKK - very scary.
I'm glad to have this blog to get the news of the real world and read comments about other parts of the country. But this blog and its readership are not influencing white people to avoid blacks. White people avoid blacks to avoid trouble and danger. White people sense the hostility from blacks on top of the normal condition of danger and chaos in the "black community."
This is a very positive story. It sounds like this volunteer patrol group knows what to do, how to act.
They finesse racial realities, but are most certainly aware of the situation.
I suggest we closely watch this group and learn from them, form similar groups... Everywhere.
Gwoobus Harmon said...
I lived in NOLA for 8 years, and my next door neighbor was a cop. It is unbelievable some of the stories of what goes on in an average shift.
Here is an example from a few months back where a bunch of blacks are brawling in the middle of the downtown shopping district, and the black cop just stands by on his walkie talkie letting them land haymakers literally feet away, and couldn't care less about stopping it or making an arrest.
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/09/nopd_officer_suspended_after_v.html
The armed patrols are a last ditch effort to save an area from the black undertow's criminal element. It's no different than when blacks discover a shopping mall and suddenly (because of their horrible behavior) there has to be a last ditch effort (through massive increases in security) to save it. Then, the police have to set up mobile towers outside to watch the parking lots due to muggings, carjackings, etc. by black thugs.
However, if anyone offends the black community (or delusional huggy feely white libtards) via the crime of noticing that it's all directly because of black people.....well! That's racist!
No! No! We must pretend it's "youth" of no specific racial group so as not to make the black community feel bad! Even though they're responsible they mustn't be held accountable or be put on the spot about it.
If mobs of black teenagers are flash mobbing, robbing stores, beating up innocent people on the street, we mustn't target them! No! We must make ALL teens subject to a curfew or make all teens have to be accompanied by an adult after a certain hour of the day! The feelings of the black community must be protected!
To actually target the demographic responsible is~ gasp!~ discrimination and racism! Or so claim blacks and "heads up their own asses" white libtards.
It's past time to tell both groups to shut the fuck up and to proceed to do what's necessary to preserve a civilized environment whether they like it or not.
"Then, the police have to set up mobile towers outside to watch the parking lots due to muggings, carjackings, etc. by black thugs.
LOL, when you see a police mobile tower in a shopping center parking lot thats a Big Clue to go elsewhere to shop. Mobile tower means sub-saharan yute's own & patrol the parking lots "liberating" merchandise from ebil YT shoppers.
Stop the anti-whitism
/H hypie our H\
I am often in awe of reading the news...
At the sheer number of antisocial, inhuman crimes of only 13% of our population...which is black people...
Who commit atleast 50% out of the TOTAL of violent crimes....like murder,robbery and rape, out of a multicultural nation of 300,000,000 people...
Oh,dont talk about that...it's be racist!!!
I'm an old man now. But I relate this story occasionally to remind those younger who will have to live in an increasingly uncivilized America. I remember coming home from school in the '60s as a teenager. After the Civil Rights Act was passed by Johnson (who said after signing it "I'll have these niggers voting Democrat for the next 200 years), I remember watching a South Carolinian Segregationist on TV lamenting the passage of the Act. He said the following: "We cannot afford equality to the negroe. For as surely as water seeks its own level, within several generations, we will see OUR CULTURE pulled DOWN to the level of THEIRS."
I'm watching "The View" and 3 out of the 4 hosts today are black. That's not unusual. TV shows regularly have a disproportionate number of blacks. It is a concerted effort to portray blacks as non-threatening and normal.
It doesn't work! The show of black media personalities and celebrities doesn't influence white people to want to be around - or even accept being around - blacks who are not media personalities and celebrities. Proof that people actually do think for themselves.
http://www.ibtimes.com/i-kill-white-people-you-lashonda-lee-williams-allegedly-threatened-k-colleen-coult-amid-1593832
What is even sadder and more pathetic is an entire culture built on violence, greed, respeckt, and ignorance. Then this group wonders why there are no jobs that pay for not working, no businesses that flourish whilst being robbed frequently or why the schools are built to keep the children safe from the "adults".
The street took him is a cheap excuse for I could care less about my kids until they are shot and I need an airbrush tee, cheap bouquet, 8th grade grad pic and a fresh weave for the vigil covered by local TV. The falling out over the dead is faux drama at it's finest. The justification that God somehow made it happen is laughable, a sad parade of brain dead cry babies.
More like 85% in most large urban areas. Funny how urban actually means, blacks live there to most people. Urban blight, urban pioneers (yt), urban youth.....
Bogolyubski said...
.... we'll see how long this is allowed to stand by Holder & Co. - who I note still has his job, now a full two years after the Repukes at FreeRepublick were all celebrating his upcoming departure. Betcha those fearless white boys in the badge gang will be happy to take down these evil rayciss vigilantes (for the promise of a non-existent pension blown from a banksta's arse) the second St. Skittles II goes to his eternal reward from some "last-century-KKK-rayciss-crackah" who fails to fall before his negro god and offer his own life and the lives of his family - in accordance with the dogma of the Banana Empire's state religion.
I do hope I'm wrong about it, but unfortunately I rarely am.
It is about time for some good news ! Read the comments,they are very funny.Thanks for some hope !
What are YOU doing to help?
Too true,too sad.Rotten rotten rotten 'people'.What a mess.
.... we'll see how long this is allowed to stand by Holder & Co. - who I note still has his job, now a full two years after the Repukes at FreeRepublick were all celebrating his upcoming departure.
Those Freepers believe in God, country, patriotism (no matter what) and equality. They will work for and vote in mass for Dr. Ben Carson with his running mate, Allen West. Because inside every black person is a patriotic believer in liberty and the free market. It's obvious.
"the second St. Skittles II goes to his eternal reward from some "last-century-KKK-rayciss-crackah" who fails to fall before his negro god and offer his own life and the lives of his family - in accordance with the dogma of the Banana Empire's state religion."
Yup. The headlines nearly write themselves. Some poor SIMBAs (say 10 or 20) sees a pair of White guys laboring under the weight of their cell phones and wallets and offers to help them at gunpoint. Result is a number dead and a number injured. Cue wailing and sobbing negresses and T-shirt sales. Dept of Cibil Rights jumps in with Holder calling a press conference decrying the evil racists out "hunting" our poor dear SIMBAs and demands prosecution as well as a Federal investigation. (Remember DWL and blacks love to reverse the truth, so who was hunting who will become "controversial).
Facts be damned, the "vigilantes" are broken financially over a two year prosecution where several new black lawyers make their bones and that ends the Whites lives because, like Zimmerman, they must flee the Country because of a Fatwa placed on their heads by the Black Panthers.
Holder then makes the case that only "police officers" have the experience and training to conduct "law enforcement" and therefore all citizen patrols will be disarmed or face Federal Civil Rights violations.
Black. Run. America. Must. End.
... and yet, there you are; watching "The View".
kennymac said...
My God you are a call condescending ass.
Your blog should be labeled, "Biased Racist Crap Black People Couldn't Possibly Like", I find it quite pathetic and sad that there are sites like this in 2014, just as I find sad that there are black people who hate white people.
Many Whites dont hate blacks, they fear them and rightfully so.
Of course, once a St. Skittles gets wasted there will be all the attendant histrionic negro and libtard drama festival erupting and the ebbil honkies will be attacked by the Feds for defending themselves or others.
After all, in negro-think, if you defend someone else who is being robbed, raped, beaten or in the process of being killed, you is interferrin' in sumpthin' that didn't concern you and wuzn't none of yo' bidness. It wuzn't happenin' to you! You shoulda jes' minded yo' own bidness and keep walkin' down da skreet.
Or, if you be a sacred negro memba of da tribe, you kin jump in and get in on da festivities yo'self.
In a civilized society, civilized people will jump in and protect one another as that's part of being a civilized human being. However, the majority of negroes aren't civilized and see that jumping in as an offense against their sacred right to behave like uncivilized savage assholes.
Of course, an Eric Holder (black racist jerkwad) can't admit subscribing to such a mentality so all that will be covered up with weasel speak and he'll act under the color of law to launch his attack. After all, you done offended da black people's ob da worl'!"
Via Drudge
http://houston.cbslocal.com/2014/06/03/fort-hood-sergeant-accused-of-setting-up-prostitution-ring-with-cash-strapped-female-soldiers/
1. Sgt. Gregory McQueen is a Sexual Abuse Educator at Fort Hood in Texas
McQueen works as a sexual harassment/assault response and prevention coordinator at Fort Hood in Texas, but has been suspended from his duties since the allegations
Only slightly OT, but here's an interesting piece about the recently departed State Poet of the Banana Empire. Let's all gnash our teeth, tear our clothes and pour ashes on our heads now that this demi-godess has gone to her eternal reward.
It's sad. I'm sad. So sad. That's sad. How sad. Really sad.
If you read enough Facebook comments on news items, you see a lot of the above. It's a pattern repeated over and over. That's because the vast majority of "Facebook people" are actually retarded.
They have exactly two emotions or two reactive states. One is sad :-( and the other is happy :-)
This is characteristic of 8 year-olds, or adults with the intellectual capabilities of 8 year-olds.
This is just like people of Walmart, only the actors are black:
Black couple under scrutiny for attaching month old newborn to train of wedding dress.
"Don't judge!"
Dumb-asses.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2645593/Baby-board-Bride-fire-fastening-newborn-baby-TRAIN-wedding-dress-walked-aisle-says-covered-Christ.html
"""""""""""""Your blog should be labeled, "Biased Racist Crap Black People Couldn't Possibly Like","""""""""""""""""""
What kind of world do you live in? One where its all good and nothing ever bad happens and whenever a group is at fault for something, chances are it's YT's fault.
Have you ever read black oriented blogs? Do you think that they truly desire to see race relations heal AND desire to see more blacks grow up, act more responsibly, live more responsibly and reduce dependence on the government programs specifically designed for them?
If you were given everything in life without questions and it never seemed to end, would you really desire change? Change to remove that cord from birth onward of freebie gimmedats?
And, who said that blacks had to approve much less like what PK choses to post?
"""""""""""""""""I find it quite pathetic and sad that there are sites like this in 2014,"""""""""""""""""""
You don't know much about the internet, do you?
So very high minded on top of that high horse of condescension.
Yup, the John Wayne image says it all.
"""""""""""""just as I find sad that there are black people who hate white people. """""""""""""""""
You don't say! Really? Seriously? There are? They do? Wonder why they'd hate YT after all they've been given? Why would they possibly hate YT?
cool, back to the wild wild west....why not I do not see a problem with this...blacks,obviously with no family structure,and they could care less anyway as blacks believe the tribe should raise the kids or should I say community...isn't that what that airhead said on MSNBC .Melissa hair on her azz Perry..."We have never invested as much in public education as we should have because we've always had kind of a private notion of children. Your kid is yours and totally your responsibility. We haven't had a very collective notion of these are our children,” she says in a spot for the network’s “Lean Forward” campaign. “So part of it is we have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents, or kids belong to their families, and recognize that kids belong to whole communities.”
Anonymous and Anonumous said ”re
As for myself, I don't hate any individual until I know something about them. It is more of a presumption issue. Because of the actual facts that blacks as a group commit far more crimes than whites and blacks as a group have much lower IQs than whites and are therefore far less qualified for white collar jobs my initial presumptions regarding the two races are different.
When I meet a newly hired white I presume that he/she is probably qualified, but in our world of affirmative action I presume that a newly hired black is quite possibly not qualified. If I meet two average looking white guys on the street, I presume that they will not attempt to rob me, whereas if I meet two average looking black guys on the street, I presume that there is a significant possibility of a fracas. These presumptions are usually correct, but I won't hate any of these individuals until they attempt to rob or harm me. And these presumptions can be overcome as more information becomes available.
This shift in presumption is not because of skin color, it is because of a factual difference in propensity to commit crimes. Black skin color merely bears a strong statistical correlation to a high propensity to commit crimes and high levels of stupidity. I've never understood why observing an indisputable factual correlation could be deemed racist, but in our world it most certainly is. However, as long as the correlation between violence and skin color is reliable I will continue to rely on it to improve the safety of my family.
These normal citizens are being forced to band together because government at all levels has willingly failed in the most basic responsibility of the state - to maintain law and order. Government's that can't maintain the peace loose their legitimacy.
Anonymous said ”This is just like people of Walmart, only the actors are black:
On the bright side - at least they got married.
Bogolyubski said ”Only slightly OT, but here's an interesting piece about the recently departed State Poet of the Banana Empire. Let's all gnash our teeth, tear our clothes and pour ashes on our heads now that this demi-godess has gone to her eternal reward.”
I keep reading all of these articles about what's-her-name and her amazing accomplishments and world wide appeal, and I wonder how I could have lived my life without having ever heard of her. Honest, I read a lot. How could this happen?
"Looks like the KKK is rearing its ugly head again ...
-A Compassionate Oregonian"
Said by someone who chooses to live in one of the whitest states in America. Typical.
The only Whites afraid of Blacks are Whites that are afraid of Firearms. And they DESERVE to be afraid.
So like how many middle aged black dudes will sign up for those safety patrols?
Blacks and volunteerism?
Blacks will not sign up, it will be up to Whites to protect them under the Aybah Poda Hep doctrine. Whites will do all the work, and I hope the leader of the Citizen Patrol is one Merritt Landry.
SwampThizzle said...
"After all, in negro-think, if you defend someone else who is being robbed, raped, beaten or in the process of being killed, you is interferrin' in sumpthin' that didn't concern you and wuzn't none of yo' bidness. It wuzn't happenin' to you! You shoulda jes' minded yo' own bidness and keep walkin' down da skreet."
I see you've seen this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0As39F3bTBU
BONUS! Teenaper Marvell tasers random honky at the bus stop and gets shot twice and sent to jail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjP39MS_GYk
Anyone that puts their personal business and photo on the internet is a damn fool and beyond help.Why would anybody do this or think it is a good idea ? Richard Cranium
These citizens are doing what they feel is right. How long until one of them is the next George Zimmerman? An intended consequence of the Zimmerman case was to discourage future Zimmermans. His life is forever altered for the worse. A signal is then sent to others to stay inside, lock the door, and watch "Dancing with the Stars." In other words, be a good drone and let the groids have their day.
Another point from a previous thread. Accelerating BRA collapse by way of voting straight democrat is sound, but I don't think that's a good idea in the local elections (which references a more previous thread). On the federal end, you'd theoretically force BRA collapse, and on the local end you'd support officials who would be more likely to protect the citizens and not cut and run.
Are liberals the cut and run types? In Wisconsin they are:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/116381289.html
Big Bill said...
The patrols may work out. Shooting more criminals may work as well. Now that the black police force of Detroit is taking an hour to respond to 911 calls the black population of Detroit is shooting and killing many more black criminals, and the black judges are declaring these incidents justifiable homicide and are not prosecuting the black shooters who are defending themselves.
I appreciate you mentioning me,thank You . I do not recall ever saying much about elections.I have said many times that the 'White homeland' idea could end up wasting a lot of valuable time.
If there is no mechanism to exclude those from whom we are running,it will all be for naught.Thank You for your always interesting posts.
NB with IPMSsaid ”. . . Another point from a previous thread. Accelerating BRA collapse by way of voting straight democrat is sound, but I don't think that's a good idea in the local elections (which references a more previous thread). On the federal end, you'd theoretically force BRA collapse, and on the local end you'd support officials who would be more likely to protect the citizens and not cut and run. . .”
Good point. Everyone agrees that BRA exists at the federal level, but the degree of infection at the state level needs to be considered separately. Along those lines, it was previously suggested that sitting out an election is almost as effective as voting democratic because the left will always vote democratic. If the goal is to initiate a rapid societal/BRA failure, no one should sit out the election. When the left sees absolutely overwhelming support with no possibility of opposition they will much more aggressively pursue their dreams which will lead to collapse. Sitting out an election will be reflected as low voter turnout with the possibility that a stronger future turnout could lead to different results. Give the left massive support with massive turnout and there will be no limit to the levels of irresponsibility they will reach.
Having made these observations, I want to be clear that my preferred plan of action is to force BRA to reform through the election process by unifying the white population to avoid the impending collapse.
Why is what year it is relevant again...?
Blacks act the same in 2014 as they did in 1914...the difference was, in 1914 they knew their place, while in 2014 they run wild.
J. James notes a fundamental truth:
The fact of your statement is unassailable. The governments of New Orleans, Louisiana and the Banksta Empire lost all legitimacy many moons ago. Most of your fellow white residents of all three have not realized the essential truth of this, and indeed (thanks to a superb public edumacation and endless media saturation into the new state religion of Crystal Methodism) are likely permanently rendered incapable of doing so.
As I stated above, I really do hope the French Quarter militia pulls it off. My bet is that the first time a holy negro aristocrat is stopped from harvesting his customary Eloi tax or droit du signeur with deadly force by some pasty-faced cracka zek, the jackboots will come down and the militia will be outlawed. It might be outlawed even before that in a city that re-elected the likes of Ray Nagin. Compstat is a much simpler way to make crime vanish. Murders become accidents, assaults become misdemeanor public disturbance. Showing a Gadsden flag means you're a gap-toothed goathumping ter-r-r-r-rst though, so they'll send in the Marines to deal with such folks.
>>Alexandra said:
""""""""""""""Blacks act the same in 2014 as they did in 1914...the difference was, in 1914 they knew their place, while in 2014 they run wild.""""""""
What makes you think that they knew their place in 1914?
In 1914, Director D.W. Griffith's epic masterpiece "The Birth of a Nation" was released.
If anybody here hasn't ever seen it, you really should.
Sometimes its forgotten what the film's main point was about (HINT: The opposite of To Kill a Mockingbird, and this time the groids aren't the sweet, innocent victims).
But that was released in 1914, a full century ago. So clearly there were concerns starting to be voiced, just as the good people of Baltimore in the early 1910s were starting to voice some major concerns regarding the groids.
Funny how they seem to provoke that reaction in others. Wonder why that is?
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Heroes, "I Am Become Death": Atomic waffle man
Spoilers for last night's "Heroes" coming up just as soon as I pick the John Foster Dulles desk...
Okay, I think we're at the That's It For Me point, where I either stop watching "Heroes" or just stop writing about it.
"I Am Become Death" should, in theory, have been an episode that really got my blood pumping. We had another trip to an alternate future, a superpowered brawl at papa Sylar's house that culminated in a nuclear detonation, Peter inadvertently turning evil, Nathan making a rare trip through the air and Hiro and Ando digging up Adam Monroe. It was an hour that moved quickly and had a lot of action -- all of the things that we keep asking "Heroes" to do -- and yet all I could notice were the flaws.
Just like in the X-Men comics where they got the idea, trips to alternate futures yield diminishing returns the more often you do it. "Five Years Later" was one of the show's most exciting episodes ever, while "I Am Become Death" briefly had me wondering how all these role reversals came to be before deciding I just didn't care. After all, Future Peter already modified this future once, and our Peter's going to try to change it again, and the chances that we ever actually get to see the characters travel this path and wind up that way are as good as the chance that Masi Oka will ever get to permanently use his deeper Future Hiro voice.
Meanwhile, it turns out that Peter's gullibility and penchant for listening to whatever awful advice is offered by the person standing next to him now extends to himself. Future Peter doesn't give a good explanation for why Peter should need Sylar's "ability" (and good lord am I growing to hate the show's artificial insistence on using that word instead of "power") -- after all, Peter can already acquire any powers he wants without having to pop open skulls -- and Sylar offers a very convincing argument for why he might not want to have that hunger, but Peter goes and does it anyway.
Like Peter, I think you really have to be able to turn your brain off to enjoy "Heroes" these days, and unfortunately, I don't have that ability... er, power. (Gah!)
What did everybody else think? And if I'm still watching, do you want me to keep writing anti-"Heroes" rants, or should I stick to my usual "Life's too short to waste it writing about bad TV" philosophy?
Posted by Alan Sepinwall at 7:46 AM
Labels: Heroes
Finally! I checked last night at 10 pm to see if you had posted on that mess of an episode. I just needed confirmation that it really was as horrible as I thought it was. If I had been at home watching, I would've most definitely deleted it as a series recording from the DVR. I enjoy the anti-Hereos rants, but I'd also respect there's too much good TV to write about bad TV angle.
keyser soze said...
I thought the first ten minutes were particularly annoying. Can the writing for this show get any worse? I'm amazed each week to find that it can. The whole exchange between Future and Present Peters was awful. "People are awful." "No, people are good." "Ahh, let's talk about philosophy without mentioning philosophy or having any deep discussion about it." And I'm so irritated by the timeline of relationships -- Adam Monroe was stuck in the ground for a reason; Hiro and Ando could have sought someone else to help them. Sylar cut open Claire's brain, and there is no amount of dialogue that can convince me that these two can bond. (My whole thing is -- kill the cheerleader, save the show. But really, I wouldn't mind if most of the characters die...)
This is the point where I give up -- I've already given up on Fringe. But I always enjoy recaps better than actually watching Heroes (which tells you that it has the potential to be great), so I say that you post rants if it'll be cathartic. Sometimes it's just nice to really hate on a show... especially when it's completely deserving.
I saw that the episode began with Mohinder and turned off the television. I just didn't have the patience for it after that. The episode remains on my DVR, but I'll have to decide whether to delete it outright and abandon this show.
How can this show be so bad?
BF said...
I can buy that there is some chemical compound one can inject that will give you powers. How then do you explain the Magic Walkman?
PS: The greenscreen work on the bridge sequence was particurlaly horrid. I guess all the FX budget went into nuking San Diego ... er ... Costa Verde.
Kyle Wasko said...
No love for Mohinder, aka the "Phantom of the Laboratory"? If nothing else, it was unintentionally hilarious.
Can't seem to sit through an entire ep any longer (Worst Week, flawed in its own right, usually hooks us at 9:30). That said, I love the anti-Heroes recaps, Alan. Unless it physically pains you to do so, I think you should keep doing them...
Peter Petrelli Squared, even for part of an episode, is an act of multiplicative audience cruelty. More needs to be said about the show's original sin of casting as its emotional fulcrum Milo Ventimiglia, an performer not talented enough to play Sylvester Stallone's son. Heroes' hamfisted "who gives a crap" writing could be watchable if it were anchored by someone who didn't suck, but Ventimiglia not only sucks, he invents new ways to suck every week.
I agree it was definitely diminishing returns. The trips to the future are no longer cool because they do them practically once a week now. And this trip in particular was just an incoherent mess. I mean, lots of stuff happened that was cool to watch, but I'd be hard pressed to explain how any of it made even the slightest bit of sense. Also, does every episode have to involve the potential end of the world? It's hard to take the apocolypse seriously when all of the characters have become so one-note and laughable.
Like last week, I'm glad that they are finally getting explicit about what Sylar/Gabriel's power actually is. And by the way, it's exactly what I've been saying ever since that first episode where they showed him as a watchmaker with Mohinder's father: the ability to understand how things work. And it has nothing to do with eating brains, although apparently it does require you to get up-close-and-personal with the brain. I was so very sick and tired of all that brain-eating fanwank.
Other than that... yeah, the glimpses of a future that are going to get changed anyway get really, really tiresome. All the good guys become bad guys and the bad guys become good guys and we never quite could figure out what Nathan was anyway...
There's really very little logic or continuity here. It all feels like random ideas tossed into a Cuisinart with no lid on it and exploded all over the page. Twin Peaks Disease, my friends and I call it: cool ideas that seem to be going somewhere but never quite do, until you suddenly realize that the writers have no idea what they're doing. Heroes felt like that at the beginning of season 1, seemed to be coming together as the season progressed, but never quite got there and have shown less coherence as the series has gone on.
Please keep posting. This show has been very watchable in a twisted Studio 60 way. I can't turn it off but can't explain why I watch. You help that dissonance.
I'm drifting away from Heroes, but I would totally watch a Sylar The Family Man spinoff. Every one of Zachary Quinto's line readings in the waffle scene made me giggle.
filmcricket said...
What in God's name did Grunberg do to get stuck with his storyline? A turtle. Could there be a better metaphor for how the show's going so far? And again, when is the space coyote voiced by Johnny Cash showing up?
Heroes is now the show I watch while I'm doing other things - laundry, checking emails. Chuck and Life I both sat down to watch and didn't get up again until they were over, but Heroes deserves no such attention anymore.
So, so bad. I accidentally forgot to tape last week, never did get a chance to watch in online, but when I caught up this week...guess what? I really didn't even need to watch last week! That shows you how little the story moves forward from week to week. It doesn't. It's just the same stuff over and over again.
This is getting deleted from the Tivo today. Waste of my time.
The switching back and forth between present and future and dream future and...who the heck knows *what* is going on or why? And why do I care what happens in the future when I don't even know half the people who are in the future acting as important players?
It took me the whole episode to figure out that wasn't Kristen Bell in the future scenes. Where did she go? What a career blunder for her! She should have chosen the "Lost" role over this mess.
I care about no one now. Not even Noah. And I used to really feel for that guy.
I can see where they are going...turning the good guys into the bad guys. But that just makes for a big old mess. You have no one to root for anymore. Not a single character.
Bye-bye "Heroes." I'll try to remember that first season (minus the finale) and pretend that was all they ever filmed.
I could not agree more. I've even gone so far as to tell my TiFaux to stop recording it.
Bobman said...
The worst part is, a lot of the other corners of the Interwebs that I check regularly still think this show is compelling. What?
I literally laughed out loud a few times, in particular (ironically) when the nuke that is Sylar went off. I'm sure that's not the reaction they were going for. it seems like they've entered into the "24" zone, where they just keep trying to top themselves. Except there is NO accountability or consequence anymore. Time travel is a tough thing to pull off, and when you have several characters who can do it willy nilly, you have to be REALLY careful how you use it. These writers aren't up to the task of writing a children's book, let alone dealing with the consequences of time travel.
So awful.
Also, why the hell did Mohinder hide in the shadows with his Batman voice, and in the next scene he's walking around and doesn't even look deformed or anything?
bobman,
See that is the problem they are having with this back-and-forth time travel. The scene with Mohinder hiding was in the future. Where he supposedly recorded one last thing on his recorder, and then decided to stay in his lab but never clean or work in it again! (what a cheap and stupid way to show the passage of time...if the guy is still hanging out there, why would he let cobwebs and dust take over like no one lived there for years?)
Once they brought past Peter into the future, it just got all confusing and messed up. And they aren't even following their own rules anymore...future Peter is easily killed...I didn't see cheerleader purposefully shoot him in the back of the head...oh, and my favorite stupid moment:
Peter is tied down to the table. Cheerleader brings the Haitian in there so Peter won't jump away. Brother shows up, and they send EVERYONE away, including the Haitian. Why wouldn't Peter LEAVE right then? Why would he wait around for his brother to untie him when he has threatening people right outside the door? And why would the cheerleader allow the Haitian to leave the room when she very well knows Peter will leave?
Ugh. This show is ridiculous!
Hmm. Blogger just ate my comment.
Basically what I was trying to say is that I don't know what to say you Alan.
One the one hand I like the recaps because for some unknown-to-me reason I still watch this show despite feeling it is impossible to understand or care about. Yet the rest of the internet (including PopCandy) still thinks the show is great and makes sense (sometimes I think people pretend to understand things cause they don't want to seem dumb). So I like being able to come here for some sanity.
On the other hand, maybe if you stopped writing the recaps I would finally give up, admit it is over and cancel the DVR season pass.
I never thought I was the type of girl who would stay in a bad relationship even once I knew it was bad, but that is how Heroes makes me feel.....
See that is the problem they are having with this back-and-forth time travel. The scene with Mohinder hiding was in the future.
Ah ha. That's what I get for playing games on my iPhone while the show was on. My B.
Also, can someone explain to me how Peter was able to jump into Sylar's cell when that whole area is supposed to inhibit the use of "powers"? Not that I expect an answer.
They need to kill every character that can time travel. It'd make their jobs as writers easier and make the show better. Time travel never makes any sense unless you have a Delorean and having multiple characters with that "ability" just creates more and more issues.
At this point I don't think anyone is emotionally invested in any of the characters so you might as well start cleaning up shop. I don't care who is "good" and who is "bad", I just want to see some people in the right timeline and reality end up in body bags.
Mohinder has always been worthless but we know for a fact that his formula doesn't work and rips off the plot of The Fly, so why do we keep seeing him? Multiple Peters when we don't need one.
We still have 4 annoying years of Nathan and everyone else in nuke. But even then, Peter, Sylar and Claire will all be just fine to chew up more scenery later on.
^Allow me to fanwank that one, bobman:
Er...yeah...I got nuthin'.
I'll still watch because I still enjoy Ando and Hiro and...that's about it. Plus, I was right that it was Daphne who becomes Parkman's wife. Apparently, I'm as stupid as this show is :-D
@filmcricket: As soon as Parkman started following the turtle, I thought, "D'oh!" I was kind of hoping he'd kick it.
More needs to be said about the show's original sin of casting as its emotional fulcrum Milo Ventimiglia, an performer not talented enough to play Sylvester Stallone's son.
Yes, yes, a thousand times, YES! WHY do they put the most important info into the hands of the dumbest characters (i.e., Peter and Mohinder)? Especially Peter, who keeps screwing up over and over because he doesn't understand a g.d. thing? ARRRGGGH!!!
I want my Hiro and Ando spinoff NOW (with Noah as their leader). Nathan can come along, too (with Linderman's Ghost), and they can bring back muscle-memory chick and Micah. Heck, I'm even cottoning to the Niki V2.0. But for God's sake, let them really kill Peter and Mohinder off for good.
Evie Garland said...
I'm enjoying this season way more than last--but it's because I try not to watch it sober. A sober viewing, however, is not something I think you should have to endure every week, Alan....
I really enjoy reading your rants on Heroes- I was actually upset you didn't weigh in fully on last week's episode. My vote is for you to please continue.
I'm going to continue watching the show, being a sucker for this superhero genre and I'm also really enjoying the unintentional comedy too.
The argument between Future and Present Peter was a clinic on bad acting (Milo's lower lip is firmly in Stallone territory right now). And Primatech's prisons are becoming Arkham Asylum-like in their ineffectiveness.
The problem with the time travel, like many of the problems with the show (future Molly looks just the same 4 year later? REALLY?) is that such devices can be used to cover bad or lazy writing. Time travel and other "abilities" can be used in interesting ways, but when they are used to cover lack of planning and sloppy writing, and when they are pulled out every time instead of giving us a coherent storyline or characters that are more than paper-thin. Plus the writers and showrunner can't even seem to keep track of what actions and reactions make sense with a given character's abilities. This show was never actually very *good*, but it used to be fun, and it is fast-approaching the point where it isn't even that any more.
And can I also comment on the total "4400" rip off? With the future having people using an injection to get super abilities? Yes, abilities and not powers, which is EXACTLY what they were called on the "4400."
Does anyone really care who has the 'formula'? I don't.
I actually thought this episode was better than the rest of the season thus far. The showdown in futureSylar's house was quite tense and exciting. Unfortunately, it was all watered down with present day storylines. And after Sylar went nuclear, there was still like half an hour left!
(I can't seem to keep track of my sentences today. I won't fix and re-post my comment, but I apologize for the sentence fragments and typos.)
I gave up on this show last week, deleting it as a series recording before this week's episode. Good to see I made the correct decision.
The turning point for me was when I realized I was no longer capable of cutting the show any slack. My distaste for it had grown so large, that I can't imagine anything it could do to make me interested again.
Also, a lot of the promise of the first season of this show is that we were seeing a bunch of individuals with "abilities" who would one day grow to become... what's the word... HEROES! Here we are in season three... and we're no closer to that goal. Shouldn't they be a group by now?
As for your dilemma Alan, I'll probably keep reading if you keep writing, but you'd probably feel better if you stopped watching altogether. Plus, taking this show off your schedule would probably lead to better posts on shows that deserve the attention.
vacelts said...
Is anyone else blown away by the fact that the supreme villain from the last two seasons is not only playing house, but has a son of his own now. Just who is Noah’s mom?
This episode really blurs the line between right and wrong. Just who are the real villains?
http://redlightnaps.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/heroes-i-am-become-death
And are the paternity/maternity issues from the last two episodes going to come to a head next week?
http://redlightnaps.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/heroes-one-of-us-one-of-them/
Lizbeth said...
I also noticed that future Peter seemed to be from the Sylvester Stallone school of acting. LOL.
And I too am disappointed with the the way the show keeps introducing new boring Heroes with more worthless abilities (seriously, Tracy can "freeze things to death") and revisiting the same dull old plot over and over again -- trying to save the world from mass destruction in the near future. Yawn...
Next year they should separate the heroes into "Imbeciles" and "Semi-Imbeciles" instead of "Villains" and "Heroes."
Why do I keep watching? For Sylar/Gabriel, Hiro, Ando, and Noah Bennet. The Haitian is also okay. I wouldn't care if any of the others perished.
Please keep writing about Heroes Alan! I'm right there with you on what the show has become but for me it is too good a train wreck not to keep watching. I love reading your posts when you tear into a show.
This is pretty much a Studio 60 situation, I love nothing more than reading your complaints about what they got wrong this week.
This highlights all that is bad with network TV these days - I'd pay good money to have another season of Middleman versus the crap sandwich that Heroes has become.
Fall 08 isn't looking too great for storytelling, which is odd given the circumstances in the Really-Real™ World. Isn't this the time when escapist ideas blossom?
I actually thought this week was an improvement over last week. Damning with faint praise.
This show continues to yield more comments than several of your other show write-ups, despite many people pledging to stop watching even during last season. Until interest completely wanes, I'd say keep going- your posts are entertaining and I look forward to them.
J-bone said...
I continue to watch this amaturish this show because I can see how the writers came up with all their ideas.
Writer 1: "But if we travel to the future, how will be able to tell the differences between the two Peters"
Writer 2: "How about we give him a scar across his face like Omar on The Wire, even though he has the ability to heal himself"
Writer 1: "Brilliant!! But what about Claire"
Writer 2: "I'm stumped... We could just have her tie her hair back."
Writer 1: "And dye it black!"
Writer 2: "You sir, are a genius"
Please keep ranting! Noone at my office sees any of the problems, they all still think that this show is the greatest thing ever. I can't really explain why I still watch...except that I am curious to see what the writers do now that there is no good excuse for Peter to continue making dumb moves now that he has Sylar's "ability."
I'm sure they will continue to hit us over the head with the Sylar's "hunger" side effect. And are we really supposed to believe that Sylar was only bad because he was "hungry?" He was still super evil last season when he had no powers at all.
Ingrid said...
...future Peter is easily killed...I didn't see cheerleader purposefully shoot him in the back of the head...
Exactly what I was thinking, Kristin! This show does not even attempt to follow its own internal logic anymore. Truly lame and pathetic.
So, in the interest of highlighting how lazy these writers are, can we make a list of exactly how many shows are being ripped off here?
The 4400 was mentioned in this post. Someone previously said Quantum Leap (when Peter was in the other guy's body). I say Galactica (Head Linderman showing Nathan his path). What else? I know there are more.
Rev-Views said...
If it's not going to make you too unhappy I'd love to read anti-heroes rants. Seriously, get as venomous as you like because Heroes has moved into the same realm that was previously occupied by three BBC Shows (Torchwood, Bonekickers and Robin Hood). In that it's so ridiculous that the only thing more fun than scoffing while watching it is reading the sarcastic/angry/bemused posts that rise up from it's existence.
If I could do them myself I would, but I can only verbally express my derision when dealing with shows like this. Most of the venom gets sucked out by the time I put finger to keyboard.
kristen & ingrid,
The reason Peter didn't get up after getting shot was because The Haitian was around to stop everyone's power. Which means Peter couldn't have healed, or lept away, or frozen time Matrix-style or even "heard" Claire using the mind-reading trickola.
Still, you think that once The Haitian left FuturePete's vicinity, he would have woken up. Unless Claire shived him in the back of the head off-screen. Which I'm *SURE* was what the writers intended (yeah, right...)
We need to send the Haitian to the writer's room, see if he can get them to stop putting out this drivel. Although I would think it would be really hard to stop the ability to suck so spectacularly.
The show could really easily be improved.
Just add flying motorcyles!!
No, honestly, I'd rather read your thoughts on something you're interested in. But if you want to work up some venom for this pile of poo, I'd read that.
I'm no longer watching the show. Last night I sat next to my husband as he watched it, but I won't be able to do that any more. I just can't watch it for the three cool minutes that Hiro, Ando, HRG and Angela Petrelli bring. Spotting Sylar in the "Hail to the Chef" apron was a great moment. The other 43 minutes? Not so much.
In the interest of keeping my blood pressure in a healthy place, I'm gonna leave the room whenever Heroes is on in future.
(seriously, Tracy can "freeze things to death")
It's not even permanent! As soon as she let go of Alexander Cambias' arm, he was fine! Now he can go back to "All My Children" and kill more of their extraneous characters ;-)
Chip said...
Your anti-Entourage comments make me mad lol, even your short blurb on the renewal. But when it comes to Heroes its so frustratingly good and bad at the same time that all I can notice are the flaws as well. Keep writing, and write longer, sometimes your posts are frustratingly short.
That First Andrew said...
Don't forget Mohinder "Brundlefly" Suresh doing such a blatant rip off of Cronenberg's "The Fly" that I would lay odds to anyone that Maya is pregnant with his mutant baby.
I say keep writing about Heroes. You can learn more from a bad TV show than you can from a good one, and you'll have more to choose from. Admittedly Monday's are pretty chock full, but with the general awfulness of the freshman class this year, and the unlikelyhood of a lot of them to catch on (I'm looking at you, Gary Unmarried...) there will be some free time in a month or so.
Besides, it is fascinating in its own way. How can a show that had so much going for it two years ago go so wrong so much?
Tasia's mom said...
All I have to say is that you have more staying power than we do, but then again of course you are a man paid to watch TV. Joe and I made it one hour into the first episode of this season. When Mohinder took his shirt off and came onto Maya we were DONE. Deleted that, the second ep and deleted the season pass from TiVO. We figured if it got better we could rent it later, but sounds to me like the downward spiral has continued. Such a shame since the first season was so good until the finale, but we barely hung in there last season. We have better things to do (and watch)! More power to you if you can actually continue to watch and write about this crap every week.
Yes, how could I forget? And I think you are right, the next generation is already growing.
Heroes has become background for me now, as I check email, blog, play Scrabble, etc. Since I'm not paying as much attention, it means I only look up at the particularly notable moments and miss a lot of the crap. I've given up on trying to follow the storyline, so now I just get the gist of it, and it's still dismally bad. But, I love your rants and will keep reading as long as you post them.
I thought Milo was of the Joey Tribbiani "smell the fart" school of acting when he was trying to out-mind-meld Sylar. Those facial expressions were hilarious!
does anyone know what role Kristen Bell was supposed to play on LOST?
Please keep writing the anti-Heroes rants. They are infinitely more enjoyable than the show that for some reason i can't stop watching.
in fact, the more bitter and sarcastic you can be, the better.
I need this outlet. Need it.
There are many recaps of Heroes that people could read sprinkled about the internet (IGN.com, Zap2it.com, other bloggers such as James Poniewozik. If you've lost interest, spend your energy on shows you actually like. Certainly theres plenty of other TV to watch and comment on on Monday nights.
I have to say though that I was surprised by the sheer amount of hate in the comments (and the fact that you are not the only blogger who quit over this episode). I thought that (despite a few flaws, such as the emotionally manipulative kid's death and the bad flying special effects) it picked up alot of momentum and was alot of fun. But maybe I have too much of a soft spot for time travel storylines.
Finally, I'm sick of people getting irate over a "plot hole" that really isn't one. Such as Peter's powers being drained, and that Hiro doesn't watch to go backwards in time anymore (between Charlie and last season, it makes sense). The show is no Lost, and I enjoy its lead-in, Chuck, more, but I'm surprised by the anger.
well, i'm angry because the first season was so amazing for so many reasons, but now all the plotholes, inconsistent character development, and convoluted storylines are --well, tantamount to blasphemy!
Stef, Kristen Bell was supposed to play the character of Charlotte on "Lost."
Did anyone else notice that Future Peter's chest seem to be moving when he was "dead" on the autopsy table after Sylar went nuclear?
There was a 1 or 2 second shot right before they cut to another scene (after Future Claire finished speaking) where it very clearly looked like Milo was breathing. Poor guy can't even act dead...
As for the show, I'm really finding it hard to care all that much about a show that spends some much time in "possible future timelines" which will NEVER ACTUALLY HAPPEN once the events of the rest of the season happen.
Also, what's with the need to always use and re-use all of the characters on the show? They introduce Daphne this season, so all of a sudden she is Parkman's wife in the future. Adam Monroe was supposed to be left for dead, but oh hey let's bring him back too. The writers killed off two characters played by Ali Larter, so they write a 3rd sister into the show! And of course there's Sylar, who should have died in the first season finale. It's like every actor who has appeared on the show at any point has signed a contract guaranteeing them to be in every future episode of the show as long as it exists. It's insulting to the viewer.
The writing has been on the wall for a while now.
The majority of Season One was very entertaining. However the last two or three episodes of that season were very disappointing. The payoff was not nearly as rewarding after the season-long build up of Save the Cheerleader, Save the World.
At the end of Season One, I knew the show was only going downhill.
The whole time traveling idea seems bogus because after every mistake or crisis, couldn't Peter just travel back to five minutes earlier and just act differently?
Because Sylar ate Tim Kring's brain?
Adam Monroe was supposed to be left for dead, but oh hey let's bring him back too.
Like Claire, he can't die, so Hiro put him in a situation he couldn't easily escape from. I expected he would be unearthed at some future point.
Future Sylar = Vampire with a soul.
Oh, the hunger, the terrible hunger! Bite me.
At least when Spike got his soul, it was an ironic twist.
BTW, I'm right with the "Studio 60" comparisons. I hated that show, and actually looked forward to watching it every week to see how they were going to totally frack up what should have been an amazing show.
However, I'm not sure that Heroes even deserves that type of consideration.
Mrglass said...
OK I'm with you Alan, Heroes sucks now. Yet, after a busy weekend, here is the order in which I watched the few show on my DVR:
1.Heroes
2.Dexter
3.Madmen
So please don't give up. Panetiere (?) and Miloventilia (?) are horrible actors, but this series is still interesting. As in, you can point out every single week how bad these actors, and this story, are.
I agree with Tara, Zachary Quinto rocked during that waffle scene. He really should have his own program.
My breaking point was the Tracy scene. Where did this scientist with the Austrian accent come from? He referenced a third daughter... she didn't even ask any logical follow-up questions. I mean if someone tells me there are three versions of Ali Larter walking around, I am definitely asking follow-up questions.
I need to stop thinking about these things and start
the process of deleting the show from my DVR season-pass.
Goodbye Heroes.
im amazed more people arent pissed off at the apparent contradictions the show creates to get by every episode, they create characters which are immmortal, but then say they can die with a bullet to the back of the head, then say that they can never die again. have time travel in every season, even when in the first season it was said that the future couldnt be changed, thus the mendez paintings that almost all came true...in fact i think all of them came true to a degree. so f'in weak of a show.
JCM said...
Plot holes from this week:
Hiro is trapped in Level 2 confinement and can't use his ability to get out. Peter uses the same ability to get into Level 5 to visit Sylar.
Present Peter in the morgue with Future Peter on the slab and President Petrelli can't use any of his powers to free himself, but as soon as the Haitian leaves the room, he can read his brother's mind. It was established that the Haitian doesn't need to concentrate on you, just be within about 25 yards when Daphne couldn't run fast and Hiro couldn't time travel at the movie theater earlier in the season.
If Present Peter can read minds, Future Peter should be able to heal himself after the Haitian leaves the room like Claire did in season one after being autopsied. It is an unconscious ability.
This is from memory, but didn't Hiro put Adam Monroe in the coffin while it was in the ground last season? Why then does he have to dig it out to release him?
The one power Peter never needed was Sylar's because he could absorb abilities just be being near them. There is no conceivable reason to add the equivelant of a heroin addiction with nothing to gain.
Once Peter was out of range from the Haitian when Claire was shooting at him, why didn't he time travel to the present?
I am getting totally bored too! i hate future and present peter, future claire sucks more than present claire and i am just losing interest. I do love all Sylar scenes though!
This one's easy: Because he's an eeediot.
Kyri said...
Why didn't Peter freeze time is any of his fights? It makes no sense, he did it last week
or knowing that they are being hunted why didnt both peters become invisible...because we would be depriving the world of milo's brilliant mug and acting
Please! Please! I request the anti-hero rants with full on rage.
I too am watching this show and not entirely sure why. But it does often provoke the angry range (whereas if I give up on fringe, it'll be with a "meh"). I don't know why, perhaps because I remember how good it was (or seemed to be) in season one.
Perhaps because the thin veil of sanctimonious purpose that is sprinkled on every single action of every character is.. well.. thin enough to be transparent. It angers one!
HULK RAGE!!!
See, that's why you should rant, because I'm less gooder at it than u.
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I haven't written about the last couple of episodes of "Grey's," but it feels like this season has finally taken a turn for the better, with "Stand By Me" being the first episode since very early in the season that I liked pretty much unreservedly. Now, this is two seasons in a row of "Grey's" where we had to suffer through a whole lot of heinousness (ghost sex, Frankenstein interns, and Asperger Doc this year; George + Izzie, the end of Bailey's marriage, and non-stop moping by everyone last year) before Shonda finally pulled things out of the tailspin late in the year. (Both upswings, perhaps not coincidentally, were punctuated by a Kate Walsh guest appearance.) Considering that this season started off pretty well before flying off the rails, maybe ABC should figure out some kind of scheduling plan that keeps the show off the air in the winter and only around for fall and spring.
Regardless of all the silliness that took us to this point, Izzie's illness is now being taken seriously by the show and its characters, and I liked seeing Yang struggle to keep the secret, to the point of almost messing up her first solo surgery. And Justin Chambers and Chandra Wilson did a great job acting with their eyes when Cristina spilled the beans in the operating room. And, of course, Izzie's problem ties in neatly with Derek's crisis of confidence, which gave Meredith the opportunity to make a very mature and well-phrased argument for why he needs to get back to the hospital already, regardless of what happens with them.
Derek's story was maybe the strongest part of the episode, as his sense of helplessness slowly engulfed first Callie, then Hunt, a set of characters we've rarely seen spend much time together before. And that in turn led to the Chief coming in for an emotional ass-kicking, which has always been one of James Pickens' specialties.
I also thought the interns were better used here than they've been at any point to date. We're seeing the hospital from the point of view of what are now the second-year residents, but there were interns before them and interns after them, and surely Lexie isn't the only one of them going through her own equivalent of what we saw over the first few seasons. It's good to see that they're catty, too, and that they have their own personal drama going on that Meredith is trying to avoid noticing just as much as Bailey tried to ignore her drama back in the day.
People keep asking me why I suffer through this show I bash so often, and that's so easy to beat up on or abandon. An episode like this, and the possibilities it creates for the remainder of the season, is why. When "Grey's" is good, it's very very good. And when it's bad, people have sex with ghosts.
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I strongly agree with your thoughts on Grey's. The last couple weeks were strong. I particularly enjoyed the scenes out at Derek's trailer this week.
7:09 PM, March 20, 2009
Byron said...
Re: Our continuing patronage.
Plus, it's just so easy to watch. I get mad when Grey's is terrible, but I never really think about quitting.
Aristophanes said...
I definitely think this was an improvement on earlier episodes, and really enjoyed Cristina's reactions to Izzie's news. (It's nice how well they've humanized her and taken her beyond being the very smart but feelings-less Asian cliche into a deeper character.)
And while I am glad to see the stupid ghost stuff gone, it seems kind of off to me that Izzie's dying and we haven't seen any symptoms for quite some time (months in broadcast terms, I think). It's harder to take her situation with the proper gravity when she doesn't appear sick.
(My husband commented that Alex is going to fall to bits when Izzie dies, and I told him my pet theory now is that Izzie will be fine, but George will die. I don't have any spoilers to back that up, I just have this gut feeling. I hope I'm wrong, because I like George a lot more than Izzie.)
This was one of the best episodes in years. Loved Bailey's concern that Callie & Hunt had been hacked into pieces, put on a spit and turned into schiskabobs by a one-armed man. Hilarious! And the scenes with Dempsey and Pickens were dynamite. Also loved the last scene with Callie & Cristina on the bench. This is the Grey's I know and love. Hope we get more of it from here on out.
When "Grey's" is good, it's very very good. And when it's bad, people have sex with ghosts.
I'm going to have to steal that. Not sure for what, at the moment. It would make a great sig... but there are other places. Hope you don't mind. I promise to credit you.
I really loved last night's ep, much as I suffered thru it due to severe pollen issues and the phone which would not stop ringing (ABC comes in so cruddy on the new DVR, you would think it's UPN - so to see pretty, I have to watch DTV - and that cannot be paused. Trust me, I was ready to smack the roommate when he called to ask which kind of biscuits to buy just as Izzie was having one of many intense moments)
Really, there's not a lot I can add - you covered all the good stuff.
I did want to mention, as I already don't remember if you did - that yes, Dr Dixon was not on last night, but that brought something to mind (aside from my joy that Callie got to do something that didn't have to do with sex for a change) - These people want to hire Dixon - not as a CT attending, but as DEPARTMENT HEAD (sorry for the caps).
I might just barely buy autistic/aspergers CT surgeon - but Department Head? I realize that not one dept head on Grey's actually runs a department (it could be because they Don't Have Offices) but still... this woman has problems dealing with people - so hey, why don't we hire her to Manage people...
back to last night - which I just loved to death.
The interns are human! They aren't just secretly playing Surgeon Teach Thyself in the basement (btw, there is a new Grey's Video Game -which is getting absolutely no press. or maybe i don't read video game press) but they have actual lives! the usual SGH drama (Zoanne, the writer, said that in her hospital she's an ER doc now,but this was residency) someone was going with a superior, so yeah, I guess it really does happen. (not just with Carter and Abby Keaton)
and I loved Mer and George dealing with it.
and I loved the new tech - our residents don't text it seems. our interns are probably on Facebook and Twitter. In any case, I do hope it's not forgotten and we get to see what happens with Megan and the baby (my guess, they ship her to HIMYM and hide behind things. kidding)
Cristina holding Izzie's hand, Callie and Hunt falling into The Black Hole That Is Derek, The Chief paraphasing Leo McGarry's man in a hole story (kind of), our five interns together at the end... there was so much going on, I forgot about Faceless Guy.
And I was eating during that first scene...
I don't think this is the best episode ever, but I might be hard pressed to beat it. (I'd probably vote for something with Ellis - like Wishin' and Hopin')
Aside from Denny (and Hahn and Sadie and Dixon) this has been a much better season. Perilously close to good in fact. And I'm just sad as to how much time they wasted in seasons 3 & 4. We only have 2 left!
I'd like to add that it puzzles me as to why our interns got a 4th year to ride herd over them, when it should have been an R2 (I think) as they now are.
I won't quibble much.
I'll just say that Denny, while now explainable, still wasn't a good idea IMO. Viewers rarely have that kind of patience.
Last week, the Chief asked if Derek was "going to grace us with his presence."
I found that amusing.
Shonda once said that the best parts of Grey's are when our five (then interns) are together, griping over their day, or whatever. I mostly agree. I watched 90210 for a while when they were on their all for one kick. I like it wherever I see it. Always will.
Another random thought - last week, in his attempt to scare Mer away, Derek took the lowest shot he could and called Mer a lemon. Not so oddly, this made me smile, wondering if Tina Fey named her character that on purpose.
And even with the gripe fest in the woods - Owen does not talk about Iraq.
So, I loved when Mer said no, and gave Derek the scans, and also when she didn't say he was the only surgeon in the country who might be able to "fix" Izzie (can he use the new protocol from last season?)
I'm just random tonight. I only saw the ep twice and that was yesterday ;-)
Did you see George 3.0? I love New George. I hope he doesn't really want to leave. I mean, they are giving him stuff to do now and all. I hope they don't kill Izzie (she might actually be Emmy worthy for real after all of this (I don't think she deserved to win the year she did))
and the people who said Wow, did you see? Patrick can act! Well, I guess they never saw Once and Again.
I love Derek (sometimes) but he's no Jeffrey Geiger. And yes, I have been spoiled. Even Aaron Shutt had his breakdown. It was my favorite Chicago Hope ep. So here, at least, is a place I *have* been before (on TV). It's okay.
I'm not sure whether or not I find it odd that Derek values Mer over his career. I guess I should be happy.
One thing - he callled what he botched "a simple surgery." Are brain aneurysms *routine* for neurologists??
Okay, I'm done for now. :-)
Thanks for giving me a place to vent and sing praises. Grey's Writers never posted my comments last week, but it's not that - here, it's more... cozy. (and of course, less biased)
and i haven't watched 30 Rock yet. (or Private Practice - where people continue to look for someone to match Josh Hopkins up with, after he's twice failed with Calista Flockhart)
PS - after Grey's I watched ER, about which i will just say (for now) - happy. cried. both for the same reason.
Exactly. This was such a satisfying episode in so many ways (which have already been pointed out here). I would just like to reemphasize how great Justin Chambers'(s? stupid last names ending in "s") acting was with his eyes. They were the only part of his face you could see when Cristina broke the news, and they broke my heart. Brilliant. I thought that Lexie's mini-speech to Sloan about their relationship was a bit cheesy ("they think we're ugly, but I know we're beautiful") and taking the patient/doctor parallel a bit far, but I'm glad that she's facing some social repercussions for bedding an attending much like Meredith did (briefly). Yeah, this episode was pretty friggin' good. Emmys for everyone! :)
I can't decide whether or not I think Izzie is actually going to die. It seems like it would be pretty awesome for TPTB to say, "You want to go? Well, here you go: we're going to give your character a 5% chance at surviving this wicked cancer and STILL not kill you off! Ha! That's what you get for saying our writing was crappy!" On the other hand, if she wants to go, she should go. I dunno. I'm fine with George leaving since he's been gone all season anyway and I haven't really missed his absence, but the idea of Izzie leaving now actually makes me kind of sad because I kind of like her again.
Bailey rocks. Her soap opera addiction and crazy imagination only make me love her more.
And I agree, Alan, Derek - Callie - Owen was a good combo. I like when they shake up the character groups every once in a while. Bailey-Addison-Callie is still my favorite friend group so far.
10:13 PM, March 20, 2009
Ophelia said...
There was a lot of good in this episode, but I missed some of it, because I found all of the face transplant stuff too stomach turning to watch -- I had to fast forward through most of those scenes with my hand over my eyes.
it seems kind of off to me that Izzie's dying and we haven't seen any symptoms for quite some time (months in broadcast terms, I think). It's harder to take her situation with the proper gravity when she doesn't appear sick.
Of course, this is a valid criticism, but I learned long ago not to hold Grey's to any kind of high medical standard as doing so only results in disappointment and frustration.
12:42 AM, March 21, 2009
I've enjoyed Private Practice more this season as a whole, but it looks like Greys is finally getting it's shit together.
Despite all the bitching about Katherine Heigl, the loss of Izzie is going to leave a void (if true).
Kacie @ Mixed Media said...
Grays is a soap opera that doesn't feel like soap opera, so we don't feel like total saps for watching it, despite the fact that half the time it's mindless drama.
Does it bother anyone else that although we all hated the George and Izzie thing, it was dropped with really NO resolution whatsoever?
This week was great.
not as much as the way the Lexie/George thing was dropped.
I'm surprised, as people are forever saying that Mer is self-obsessed, that no one noticed that while Derek is out in the woods drinking himself and everyone else into... whatever, that she's walking the halls wondering if she's been dumped??
I really found that section of dialogue very annoying.
*I* don't think Meredith is *that* self-obsessed. I found it out of character.
Also - every week, Fox throws meaningless "graphic" warnings at us for House. For a guy with half his face missing, we get nothing? (Does ABC have any standards at all? Seriously. NBC only gave us a warning when Romano lost an arm. And I was already numbed to the warnings and forgot to be careful and not look.)
Of course I was eating when they were taking off the donor's face. That was a bit difficult. (at least I wasn't physically present)
I hope they gave the guy some bones too..
tdf said...
Highlight for me was the scene with Bailey and Hunt - "people don't often say no to you do they?"
My problem with Greys is that the main characters are mostly written as children. When they are written a little more like normal people, as they were in this episode, it can work pretty well.
electricia said...
Yep, I agree, best episode in a very long time.I really liked that George seems to be an actual character again, and I thought the way he and Meredith played good cop/bad cop was great. There were so many good beats, as Alan and others have already covered.
I think the scene with Derek and the Chief was one of the best on the show in a long time. Patrick Dempsey played it so well, and he continued so nicely into the scene with Meredith, especially his expression when he asked if she'd still love him if he weren't a surgeon and she said no. Great acting from him.
Of course, I just watched the end of BSG, and I think my standard for great acting has been altered forever. It astounds me that this show get truckloads of Emmys while BSG is out there silently floating in space. Oh well, if Mary McDonnell gets and Emmy for playing Dr. Asperger's, at least she'll have an Emmy, which she certainly deserves.
Don't despair, electricia, it's only one two Emmys in five seasons.
One of my New Year's resolutions was to either quit complaining about Grey's Anatomy or quit watching it.
Installments like Thursdays (and hopefully the upcoming one) make me glad I decided to keep up and shut up.
Yeah, Grey's doesn't get a lot of Emmys. I remember sitting watching one year as the show lost 11 Emmys.
When Katie won, I was shocked (and it was probably cause she had a movie. Do these Emmy voters even watch TV? Sandra or Chandra lost to Katie.I'd take myself out of the running too!)
So, no, they don't win a lot.And I'm not sure Justin has ever been nominated.
And we all know - SciFi shows don't win Emmys :-(
I'm not a big Dempsey fan, but I'd recommend his role as Lily's schizophrenic brother in Once & Again. Season 3 never got released, but 1 and 2 are out there.
What do I think? I think you should be watching Supernatural. Not every episode hits it out of the ballpark, but way more fun in the long run.
1:52 AM, March 22, 2009
is JDM still in that? (even if he was, it's not my cup of tea, but I heard he was, a while back)
I thought the special-effects makeup/prosthetics on Blowhole were stunning. I mean, it had to be makeup, right? I kept looking at it and not seeing how it could be makeup (where was HIS NOSE?), but I'm assuming there's not really an actor with that disfigurement out there.
have they gotten a makeup/fx Emmy before?
darci said...
Fantastic episode! Definitely one of the best all season.
I really loved that song "Driveway" by Great Northern that plays while Meredith and Derek have their moment together while she pleads for him to help Izzy. Fit the scene so well...I thought i wasn't going to cry but this scene really did it to me. Grey's always has great music, but this scene and song really stuck with me, so I blogged about it here:
http://modestcomplexity.blogspot.com/2009/03/pop-culture-song-of-week.html
Great episode…great to see that finally, after 3 seasons, the writer’s seemed to have come back to where the show started and what made originally made it a success. Loved the song at the end of the episode, “Driveway” by Great Northern. Anyone know when this season’s soundtrack comes out?
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By Markham Hislop October 29, 2016 50 Comments Read More →
Dakota Access protests poised to become political debacle for American oil and gas industry
Dakota Access protestors. Photo: Standing Rock Sioux Nation.
Industry leaders, including Kelcy Warren, have mishandled Dakota Access pipeline protest right from the beginning
Six weeks ago, I warned that the Dakota Access pipeline protest was going to be the next Keystone XL issue for the American oil and gas industry. I was wrong. It’s going to be much worse.
Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, builder of Dakota Access Pipeline.
Eco-activists have acknowledged that opposing Keystone XL was more than just the pros and cons of the pipeline project. It was about re-energizing the American environmental movement around climate change and against fossil fuels.
From that point of view, it was spectacularly successful. With an ally in the White House, the political momentum created by the process that led up to the Paris climate accord, and funding from the deep pockets of major charities and newly minted “green” billionaires like Tom Steyer, US eco-activists have probably never been as powerful as they are today.
But something is going on with the Dakota Access protests that is likely to make them even more powerful – and influential with the next president and Congress. Something that could be a turning point for the American oil and gas industry.
That something is the decline of industry’s legitimacy in American political culture.
Erica Ciszek is an assistant professor with the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston. She says that if today were 1950 or even 1990, the American oil and gas industry would have tremendous legitimacy with the American public. Energy producers powered the economy, providing cheap gasoline for consumers and millions of good paying jobs for workers. Fossil fuels were seen as the backbone of the economy.
Economic strength conferred political legitimacy, says Ciszek: “The oil and gas industry had a political legitimacy that was pretty secure…The companies were viewed positively and they enjoyed political legitimacy as an economic institution, as a social institution.”
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Gallup public opinion polling shows how that legitimacy has been eroded over the past decade or so.
When asked, “Which of the following approaches to solving the nations energy problems do you think the US should follow right now?” – 73 per cent of Americans chose emphasizing “alternative energy” over oil and gas. The partisan split was quite significant: 89 per cent of Democrats and 51 per cent of Republicans. Support for alternative energy was as low as 59 per cent in 2012.
A Pew Research poll conducted in March shows that “74% of U.S. adults said the ‘country should do whatever it takes to protect the environment,’ compared with 23% who say ‘the country has gone too far in its efforts to protect the environment.’” A 2014 Pew poll found that increasing American oil and gas production didn’t change voters’ views about energy, with those favoring the expansion of “alternative energy” outnumbering those supporting oil and gas by six to three margin.
Changing national attitudes are not a pendulum swing in politics, but a structural shift in political culture driven by changes in energy technology and the way Americans think about energy, says Ciszek.
“These [oil and gas] companies are going to have to recognize the way the landscape has shifted over the past twenty years – it is not the 1990s,” she said.
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“I think we’re having a national shift in terms of who we are as a nation, how do we fuel ourselves, both literally and metaphorically and ideologically. The oil and gas industry has a lot of soul-searching to do to figure out what role they’re going to play in the American political narrative in terms of the respective roles of oil and gas, and renewable energy.”
The national “soul searching” around the energy narrative will not be aided by violent confrontation between Native Americans (supported by well-funded and organized environmental groups) and heavily militarized police forces enforcing the rule of law on behalf of a pipeline company.
That is a losing scenario for the American oil and gas industry already plagued by declining political legitimacy.
Energy Enterprise Partners had a chance to de-escalate tensions with the Standing Rock Sioux – as crisis communications experts always advise. Instead, the company chose to escalate and continue escalating, culminating with the clash Friday between protestors and police forces who looked like they were ready for a war.
Images of armored vehicles and SWAT teams and young women hit in the face with rubber bullets and rumors of arrested protestors being held in dog cages – and so much more – are buzzing around the world on social media. The Standing Rock Sioux are not going away; instead, they have vowed to continue their protest over the winter and have begun crowdfunding online to pay for provisions and housing. Protests have broken out in other parts of the United States in support of the Sioux.
And if Democrat Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election only 10 days hence, protestors will have a powerful ally in the White House (and possibly in Congress if the Democrats take the Senate, as seems possible).
The Dakota Access protests have the making of a disastrous political and public relations debacle for the industry. One it brought on itself at time when its legitimacy with voters is on the wane.
Industry leaders, including Energy Enterprise Partners CEO Kelcy Warren, should do some immediate soul searching before Dakota Access becomes a much bigger political disaster than Keystone XL ever was.
Unfortunately, it may already be too late.
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50 Comments on "Dakota Access protests poised to become political debacle for American oil and gas industry"
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Susannah Israel says:
Thank you for this honest and farsighted analysis. Your sanity is appreciated.
Janet Campeas says:
Delighted to see that this issue, providing strong national support for the South Dakota and numerous other Native Indian tribes is finally becoming publicized and causing national and international reaction. The arrest of peaceful protestors and protecters as well as news reporters is unconscionable and despicable and violates Constitutional rights of the arrestees. It’s time for President Obama to come forward to put a stop to the illegal activities of the BIG OIL Company who refuse to recognize the rights of the tribes.
Thomas Ward says:
George Wallace and the Bridge at Selma Alabama resulted in our the civil rights act. Kent State was the end of the Vietnam War. The images of dogs attacking women and children, people being shot with rubber bullets, old people being attacked and wounded by military attired law enforcement is an image the American people can not stomach. The company that is building the pipeline have destroyed the Gas and Oil Industry. The only thing that can change the outcome is to come out against the pipeline that actually will change nothing if completed.
Marci Fowler says:
Hillary is pro-fracking and sadly has not made any attempt to speak on behalf of halting the project or to acknowledge the efforts of the protectors taking a stance for the land, water and future for millions of people.
Hopefully, congress does get flipped so it can be addressed by Bernie.
Brandt says:
You are right that Hillary is pro-fracking and it is also a fact that under Obama’s tenure as POTUS there has been an unprecedented increase in fracking throughout the USA. So he is also pro-fracking make no doubt about that.. Bernie did write an open letter to President Obama demanding that he halt construction of the pipeline until federal officials conduct a proper environmental and cultural review also asking him to show the same opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline that he took against Keystone. Bernie also urged Obama to send federal observers to see for themselves what is happening to the protesters First Amendment rights.
Verne McIntyre says:
The statement Hillary put out regarding the water protectors should give them great pause before considering her an ally in the White House. The oil and gas industry loves her and supports her campaign. She’s bought and paid for.
Ben Wolf Necklace says:
This is an international outrage and a Kelsey Warren needs to be brought up on war crimes as well as Governor Dalrymple and Sheriff Kirschmeier.
Ellen Yarnell says:
Waktegliwea says:
Where is Native American Elizabeth Warren’s support for the water protectors?
Bonnie Hardinger says:
I have looked on both of the candidates and they have their hands get into the big oil!
At this moment I pray for my people up and Standing Rock that Justice will be served!
Our only cause was for our water and not only for the natives but the surrounding area and it turned into a big Warfare.
My people are called Protectors not protesters and that’s what they became because of the way we were treated!Prayers to all who are involved
Defend Big Bend says:
Kelcy Warren’s company is called Energy Transfer Partners (not Energy Enterprise Partners). You’ve got it correct in the photo caption, but not in the text.
Judith Champagne says:
This is a thoughtful article, but I think that several other important issues need to be discussed as well.
1. The oil companies lost the sympathy of many Americans because there has been the perception that our recent military conflicts and alliances are tied to oil. 2. Many of us view the current stand off as just one more example of Americans and the American government not respecting treaties with Indians. The militarization
Of our police forces is frightening, but it is even more horrifying when the police are enforcing racism and repeating the history we claim to regret. This is especially true when the protestors are striving to keep their side peaceful, even spiritual. Why isn’t the National Guard protecting treaty rights and sacred grounds?
3. The pipeline was diverted from a city because of perceived danger to the population. Apparently Indian tribes do not matter. In the past, water sources of various tribes have been contaminated with methane and uranium. It is time to draw a line. 4. Water is increasingly becoming a precious commodity to be guarded. It is the cause of migration and conflicts in some parts of the world. Some states, like mine, have faced drought for years and have experienced rationing. We need to protect our water sources for all Americans. .
Virginia Serna says:
Your statement is wonderful and points ate right on. Thank you.
Walt1957 says:
These actions make Big Oil look bad, but they also make many of us wonder about the allegiance of our militarized police. BLM looked like a lot of violent protesters supporting an otherwise reasonable request for change. Now we are Seriously reconsidering that opinion. Infiltrators, violent treatment of well behaved, peaceful water protectors seen by our own eyes on live feeds. That was a very smart move by the water protectors, and the turning point for getting past the otherwise apathetic national media.
jimbo says:
Exxon Mobile had a hand in destroying the industry when it covered up their study results that outlined climate change due to gasses released from burning fossil fuels. That egregious act must be repaid.
Oil companies…no more crude oil. Seriously it threatens life. Eventually..there will not be people left to buy the oil you poison them with. Water is life. We can use alternative and renewable energy so please, get on it and make us proud!
Carolynne Cullerton says:
Well reasoned essay. I’m afraid it is altogether too optimistic. We no longer live in a democracy. We are no longer represented by a government “by the people and for the people”. Corporations, big money, and the 1% will have their way at any cost. The reality of mother earth on the precipice is of no matter.
bob hill says:
Why has it taken so long? Climate has changed, water is polluted and still corporations go full steam ahead.
You speak the truth Bob. It is disheartnening.
Herb Wolfe says:
This harkens back to the day when disarmed Lakota people were shot down with Hotchkiss guns at the hands of federal troops that is better known as The Wounded Knee Massacre that occurred on December 29, 1890
Excellent article. The only thing I question is the following, “And if Democrat Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election only 10 days hence, protestors will have a powerful ally in the White House.” I’m not so sure about that. I think for Hillary to be moved to stand up to big oil – the Senate must have the strong leadership of Sanders and Warren to push Hillary to do the right thing and that we, the people, will have to push her and not back down.
Every citizen should be outraged by what they saw take place at Standing Rock. I agree with Thomas and pray that no-one will die from the militaristic, criminal violence that took place by police. I read a sad article from a Iraq and Afgan war Vet… he went to Standing Rock (as many others have) and he said this is the first time he feels like he is actually fighting for Americans and not corporations.
Also, just saw for the first time, a Navy Vet, Whistleblower, speaking out about the a town called Enbridge and horrific oil spill on a river: https://www.youtube.com/user/johnbolenbaugh. Very scary, extremely sad, and gutwrenchingly disgraceful of a country. We have to change our ways. Or else…. Be well.
Robyn Blanpied says:
Congress has not done their job. They write the corporate laws. They could shut down pipelines.
But they try to sabotage Clinton.
Mark Fredericksen says:
It is remarkable how much the Standing Rock situation reflects our history of the 1800’s; history which industry apparently didn’t learn and is here repeating. The white man can never morally subjugate a people, violate treaties, ignore the environment’s constraints to exploit a commonly held resource for their own personal economic advantage. It’s just wrong. Pressing what violates our human social contract is going to lose. Lack of communication hid these wrongs with the 19th century Robber Barons. With social media the whole world can arise to oppose this fundamental injustice. “Even the stones will cry out.”
Bob Wilson says:
I’m a Canadian and don’t really have a dog in this fight BUT as a resident of N.America I feel an anger over what is being at the DAPL site.
I’m so angered by this whole debacle that I feel Mr Warren and the stock holders of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) should be made to account for what is being done at that sight in their name! If these people don’t find a way to seriously deescalate this incident and pull back the armored troops they have onsite, they are going to find themselves seeing more and more worldwide protests against them. How do you think it’s going to go if Anonymous decides to publish the names and addresses etc of the ETP board and stockholders? How do those folks think their children and grandchildren are going to feel when the world knows who the people are that back this ridiculous money making disaster for an industry that is being made a villain at every turn? Every single oil spill the public becomes aware of is only making this whole industry look worse and worse and the “water guardians in N.Dakota the sane ones in all of this. How much worse do they need it to get before they find another way around that site? This incident will be long remembered if there is even ONE death on that site related to the struggle going on there. What will that do for the struggling energy sector then?
Rhea Hunter says:
The Fukushima disaster is killing our oceans it is still leaking Tons! Of radioactive waste into our ocean if you look at a map of the world all the Ocean’s connect somehow with each other. Now you want to ruin the fresh water don’t you realize everything EVERTHING ON MOTHER EARTH NEEDS CLEAN FRASH WATER TO LIVE!!! EVEN that book case, table, you think it doesn’t need water then why are there humidifier’s? Think about it you can provide a mask to breath oxygen, put on a protective suit to provide protection from the sun’s rays but you can’t make water to drink if there is none! You can’t eat or drink your Money! Please think! I would love for my Grandchildren to enjoy a world like I had growing up we could use in real lakes, breath the air and run and play outside! Please think of the ones left after yourself on this OUR MOTHER EARTH! PLEASE?
Hillary is no an ally. She will collude with the elites as she seeks to serve corporate interest. “Oil lives matter” to Hillary.
I don’t think it’s as dramatic as that. She’s a pragmatist who is very unwilling to act quickly or push to change the status quo in any area. Her comment about acting in ‘the largest public interest’ is akin to prior comments about current energy usage and demand. I doubt any issue is about people to her, whether people getting the short end of the stick or elites, she and the current administration are much more about ideology and statistics.
Greg Tunison says:
Seriously? Killary IS BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY THE ELITE! Your comment reads as if you work for her campaign.
Ardee says:
Corporations want to be people when it comes to influencing elections but they are bad citizens. They refuse to pay taxes and when change occurs in the marketplace, as is happening now in energy, they think they are owed that income and will complain, bribe, lie and cause death to keep it. No one is guaranteed a job in an industry that has seen it’s time come and go. How about listening to your hallowed Free Market and take a hint – your days are numbered, oil and gas industry. Bet a good citizen and learn a new trade. And pay your goddamn taxes.
Mik says:
I sat with friends a few weeks ago discussing this issue…we have all worked in the petroleum industry and recognize the value of oil & gas to our economy and lifestyle. But we also respect citizen concerns and environmental issues, so we were deeply troubled by how this had been handled. Dialogue is always preferred to violence and it puzzled us as to why the company was digging its heels in instead of having discussions. That hard line has intensified and a solution is drifting out of reach; the company has overplayed its hand to its own detriment.
Grace_AZ says:
If the pipeline were on The Reservation land, then they should have final say. If it is on US soil then they need to back off on the construction aspect of this. We do not tell the Natives how to manage their resources. With that said, they should just let them protest, it will die down & the Feds do not need to go in there armed like they are in Iraq. That is excessive, sit down and negotiate, the ground water needs to be safe and protected from contamination no matter who’s land it is on. WORK IT OUT without the attack dogs.
Trude says:
The Rules are different when Native American tribes are involved. It is not just a matter of private vs. Tribal land. They are sovereign nations and by law must be consulted about actions off the reservation which may impact the reservation. They claim they were not consulted. There is also a claim that the tribes never ceded the land on question under a treaty.
The ONLY high profile politician who has come out in support of the Sioux of Standing Rock and steadfastly opposes the Dakota Access Pipeline is Senator Bernie Sanders.. Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party is also another politician who stands with the Sioux of Standing Rock but I would say with certainty that it is Bernie Sanders who is much more high profile.. As for Hillary Clinton she has not gone to South Dakota to show her support for the Sioux of Standing Rock unlike Bernie and Jill have in the past so I seriously doubt Hillary will go against the wishes of those corporations who have contributed heavily to her presidential campaign. Hillary has taken the typical stance of “waiting for more information” which politicians use when they don’t want to get dragged into anything that is controversial.
John Young says:
The business-government partnership model has changed the way federal and state business regulations are being applied and enforced. Regulations were meant to control business practices and operations to protect the health, safety, and other interests of the general public. Now they’re being used by big businesses to increase and enforce their control over the general public. Enabling them to decrease our rights to protect our health, safety, property, and local economies, businesses, and ways of life to maximize their growth and profits. As if they have a right to grow larger and increase their profits by whatever means they see fit no matter what their growth, operations, and profits cost anybody else.
Here on the south most tip of Texas (think South Padre Island, TX), the Valley Crossing Pipeline is heading our way. To be built for Mexico by the Canadian company TransCanada that’s presently suing the United States for $15 billion dollars under NAFTA for stopping its Keystone XL Pipeline. TransCanada has partnered with Spectra that’s seeking a merger deal with Enbridge that’s funding the North Dakota Access Pipeline. Valley Crossing is a subsidiary of Spectra. In all, by 2018 at least six pipelines are supposed to be supplying Mexico with natural gas from Texas across the Rio Grande River. It looks like the first was put into operation at Rio Grande City, TX, December 2014.
But right now our attention is focused on three LNG export companies seeking FERC approval to build and operate at our local Port of Brownsville (see saveRGVfromLNG on Facebook) even though four communities close in to the Port have passed resolutions opposing LNG there.
And our Port is building a new oil dock and repairing a new one so we can expect oil trains heading our way starting Summer 2017. Also Summer 2017 a condensate processing and distribution operation at our Port is scheduled to start running two trains a day through a number of our local communities, 120 rail tanker cars each, each full of highly flammable West Texas condensate. And Shell is drilling deeper and pushing the limits harder than BP’s disastrous Deepwater Horizon 135 miles due east of Brownsville, TX, and isn’t the only company drilling there (the Perdido fold belt). And there are three drilling/fracking sites of some kind just off the coast of South Padre Island. And . . . .
And most people around here aren’t up to speed on the LNG threat let alone all the other threats headed our way. Stand with Standing Rock or you and your community could be next.
John Young, this sounds like what is happening in Florida with the Sabal Trail Transmission Pipeline and the LNG plants and LNG applications and the All Aboard Florida trains. Now we are learning about even more pipelines and taps, and tonight I learned about more wells being drilled. Of course there are elements that are wanting to frack Florida, so that is what is coming if we don’t stop Sabal Trail and all this other mess. Here we call ourselves the “Sunshine State,” but do we promote solar here? No. The utilities have a “wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing” “Solar Amendment” on the ballot now, but it is deceptive and it is designed to keep them in control of our energy supply. Anyway, I will go to saveRGVfromLNG Facebook page. Check out Stop Sabal Trail Pipeline (also a Facebook Page.) Also, #STOPSABALTRAIL. Thanks for posting about your situation with the Valley Crossing Pipeline. I was not aware of that, but I had read about the Trans Pecos Pipeline. Of course the Natural Gas Act allows these private companies to use eminent domain on people and take their land for these pipelines so they can profit. The Sabal Trail attorney admitted publicly that this gas could be sold for export. This is abuse of eminent domain, in my opinion, and I am not alone. People are angry, and we are not going to take it any more.
Sander Pactor says:
May it not end only the industry and its standards but hopefully it will bring down all corporate power over the government and bring back the government to We The People.
Pualani says:
The gas and oil industry is used to getting their way throughout history in this country. Isn’t that why they even killed a president right infront of all of us…in Texas in the 60s. over the oil tanker that sank near Cuba.
“And if Democrat Hillary Clinton…”
She’s a far right wing shitting Republican, not a Democrat.
Arthur DeVitalis says:
You folks at North American Energy News must realize that you are engaged in an obsolete energy technology.
You are the horse drawn cart as the automobile first hit the streets 110 years ago. Solar Electric, Wind Electric, Tidal, Wave and Ocean Current Electric as well as Sewage Methane Electric all go online daily and improve efficiency by the minute. Did ya know ya can drive coast to coast in a full size all electric car today for 1/4 the cost of dead dinosaur fuel?
But don’t worry, you can still sell Fossil Fuel to the vintage car and bike collectors and museums. Oh and don’t forget my vintage oil lamps.
T Eliason says:
If you think Obama and Clinton are green “allies”, you are out of your mind. Obama has expanded drilling in the Gulf with no change in policies as well as supporting pipeline projects… and Clinton single-handedly expanded fracking worldwide more than any person in history.
If those are “allies”, I’d like to know what it takes for you to consider someone an enemy – ?
It seems that one of the consciously dismissed elements here is the absolute good that oil pipelines, and any organic form of energy in general, do for most of the people in a civilized country. By allowing production, industrious people to fuel their dreams and actually build things, they also benefit others, who they employ, as well as those who benefit from more, less expensive energy. All I see here are a bunch of let’s not allow big energy companies to do anything. Is it possible that an oil pipeline ‘nearby’ the indian reservation could have provided jobs for the 85% of natives who are unemployed, leading seemingly listless lives and dreaming of that which no longer exists? Most all of the comments regarding this are totally bogus. And anyone who has watched the current administration block most of the energy development in this country that isn’t ‘renewable’, must have some doubts about the collusion between them and the energy companies. I mean why not at least make arguments that aren’t filled with venon towards anything that produces energy, and allows people to improve their lives. Just imagine how much good the money and energy could do the nearby natives were they to actually step out of the 1800s. Fracking, btw, is a totally safe method of extracting natural gas from deep in the ground, and isn’t the ugly monster underground that all the ecoids make it out to be. If you buy into the ecoid scare mongering, of course it sounds horrible, but sound science shows us otherwise. Why not step out of your progress hating bubbles and actually speak the truth.
Brad, there are plenty of pipelines already: we don’t need more! If we put as much effort into alternatives as Germany, just think how far ahead we’d be towards bringing our greenhouse gas emissions down to reasonable levels. Did you know there are more new jobs in renewables than in the Oil & Gas Industry for all their expansions? But we have a long ways to go yet. Why aren’t there solar panels over every parking lot and on every roof? Solar heat stored underground–BTES (Borehole Thermal Energy Storage)–has been ‘fulfilling 90% of each home’s space heating requirements from solar energy’ in a solar community in Alberta, Canada! Installing such systems could put a lot of oil drillers to work! http://www.dlsc.ca.
Your comment about enabling ‘nearby natives…to actually step out of the 1800s’ is patronizing at best, and smacks of racism. I’m sure they would much prefer solar and/or wind power to contaminated water or poisoned wildlife if they were looking to change anything about their lives–just as most people would.
As to your contention that fracking is ‘totally safe’, then why are the chemicals in the billions of gallons of water used not made public but continue to be ‘proprietary privilege’, as well as being Illegally injected into public reservoirs in California? Your ‘sound science’ doesn’t seem to include people’s water that has been contaminated to the point that you can light it! If those are ‘progress bubbles’, we do hate them!
eric frazee says:
Oil spills ruin land, water, environment, wildlife, the list goes on and on, just as the list of spills in the below link. Fracking has been documented many times in many areas to ruin water wells close by, and fracking companies have been shirking their responsibility…Oklahoma has had a sudden spike in earthquakes since fracking started there, and at first it seemed apparent that fracking was the cause…fracking companies countered that it was due to natural causes, and now have discovered a loophole, since scientifically, the actual fracking has little or no effect on the lower strata as the water and chemicals are being pumped into previously drilled wells. This is true, however, what’s causing the earthquakes is the reclaimed water and chemicals coming from those operations, along will well drilling operations being pumped into to new deep drilled disposal wells where the strata hasn’t been disturbed previously…no matter how the coin is flipped, no matter the huge campaigns currently launched to claim innocence and deny complicity, and there are plenty out there, the drilling and fracking companies are responsible. Their ploy wasn’t even an artful dodge. Of course then global warming is non existent, has nothing to do with air pollution, gas emissions have nothing to do with it, and the earth was formed 6000 years ago. Sorry, science isn’t on your side regarding your statements, unless of course you side with bought and paid for oil industry ‘pundit’ climate deniers who have no credentials
and draw big checks to spread lies…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills
https://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/tag/earthquakes/
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From Bollywood to Bommarillu with Genelia and Siddharth
As a fan of Indian cinema, I ought to have crossed over to Telugu cinema (from Tollywood) a long, long time ago. But better late than never. Finally got the push I needed courtesy Genelia D'Souza and Siddharth Narayan in Bommarillu (2006), and this post on the film by Sita-ji at the Bollywood Food Club. Both Genelia and Siddharth have works in Bollywood they (and their fans) should be proud of, and I was very, very glad to have seen it Friday night. Started watching at midnight, and was surprisingly wide awake at 3 AM. It was that good! Here are some highlights:
1. Genelia D'Souza as Hasini was fantastic. It is no surprise she won the Best Actress Filmfare award that year for her performance. Reword her name to Haseena (gorgeous) or Hansini (swan), and it would be appropriate. She played a temple-going and superstition-subscribing (excuse me if that is grammatically incorrect) belle...
...who was a bindaas (fearless) college student not afraid to sneak out of class...
...and speak her mind to her concerned father every once in a while (despite contradictions, which only justified the realism in her character -- young, silly woman).
Most importantly, she was sincere and honest, a khuli kitaab (open book). She also appreciated the finer foods in life. :) The paani puri she loved instantly reminded me of its distant cousin sev puri (discussed in this post).
She was fantastic and lovable no matter what she wore (expressions and colors) and when.
She need not act in this. I am convinced this is who she is in real life!
And she liked Siddhu (short for Siddharth). Loved that she would use 'Siddhu' in almost every other sentence during their conversations. Sounded so innocent. Awwww.
She also managed to take over the film in this sequence. On a more serious note, she really does have phenomenal improvisational skills.
2. My introduction to Siddharth came in one of my all-time favorite films, Rang De Basanti (2006), in which he was fantastic as Karan Singhania. Here, he played the son of a rich businessman too. Again, his acting was excellent. He struck a balance between the comedy...
...the romance...
...and the sentimental. Each time he succeeded.
3. Loved how the movie started out. Every guy who has gone shirt-shopping with dad can relate to this:
4. The rest of the actors were extremely well cast. Siddhu's father -- played by Prakash Raj -- was very good.
5. This scene, in which the family was watching a soccer game, reminded me of at least three instances of soccer World Cups during which members from my extended family and I would stay up late to watch games. Each time, there was a wedding for which we had gathered. Each time, the living rooms we were in would be as loud as a sports bar. This was really quite representative of not only South Indian culture, but Indian culture as a whole.
6. What I really liked about the film was that so little looked artificial. The flow was natural, the people looked and acted very natural. And things seemed easy to relate to. The ambiance in some of the sequences was splendid. In addition to that TV room noted above, the dining room was well put together. Heck, Hasini was even made to sit to the right of the host (albeit farther away), perhaps an indication of her special guest status in the house (dining room etiquette experts, be proud!)?
And this scene in the living room was well done too. That lady in the blue saree reminded me of Tabu, which is freaky, given that this is my second consecutive movie review (the other being Kashmir Ki Kali) with honorable mention of the lovely lady :)
7. An important feature of the film was the time spent on the phone. Reminded me of this bit of dialogue in Jaane Tu, "Phone par, beta" (on the phone, child).
8. Oh, did I mention Hasini looked fantastic throughout, time and place notwithstanding?
9. The film has an interesting end. This provides some indication of the source of intrigue.
This might seem exaggerated to those who have not seen Bommarillu, but the film is easily up there with its Bollywood counterparts, films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Dilwaale Dulhania Le Jaayenge. It has more soul than at least one of those two blockbusters. And this is not an impulsive reaction either. I watched bits of it again on Saturday, and continue to be amazed at how well everything fit!
I do not speak Telugu (sadly, but Genelia speaks Hindi, so that's okay), but the dialogue, as translated, was fantastic, and so was the music. Enjoy my favorite song below (love the music and choreography). Sita-ji shared it in her review, and I like this even more after having seen the film.
Was waiting to see Genelia in a second lead role before adding her name to my list of favorite actresses, and the film provided that and a whole lot more. Four stars and then some for a beautifully made and entertaining film that delivers because of fine performances by everyone involved. Watch Bommarillu to remind yourself why we all love Indian cinema to begin with!
My rating: 4.25/5 (excellent!)
My classification: G (clean -- great for family viewing)
A wish: When this film is remade in Hindi, please, please, please cast Genelia opposite Siddharth again or opposite Imran Khan. Anybody with me on not wanting Harman Baweja here?
Published Sunday, July 13, 2008 Labels: Bommarillu, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj, Siddharth
Adab! EXCELLENT review, nawab. You really did it justice and I’m delighted you liked it. I too started this film very late one raat and ended up watching it all the way through. I TRY and start by Indian films by 9 or earlier, but it usually is more like 10 or 11. I just can’t stop at the intermission most times and continue the next day. This film’s intermission was exciting! I agree with your statement, “the film is easily up there with its Bollywood counterparts, films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Dilwaale Dulhania Le Jaayeng,” and I would add Maine Pyar Kiya to that list too. And how did you like the slap? Didn’t it take you by surprise? Ditto on the Tabu actress vibe too. I wanted to tell you, but not until you saw it, that THIS is really where Genelia shines, much more so than in JTYJN. Right? Any cuter she’d self combust. Prakash was almost my favorite next to her and I look forward to seeing Nana Patekar in the Hindi version. Yet, fresh off seeing Dasavatharam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dasavatharam)
this weekend, I’d also like to see Kamal Haasan as the dad. I’m with you on the Imran Khan vs. Harman Baweja for Siddu. :)
Adab Sita-ji: Thank you again for recommending this! I haven't been up that late on a Friday night in a while. So I almost went 24 hours without any sleep, and it was all very well worth it. Played it a second time on Saturday just to be sure I wasn't dreaming of its quality the night before :)
The scene right before the intermission was excellent. The major touch points all coming together, some unaware of the others' presence. Quite amazing, really.
You were right about the timing of the slap somewhat catching the viewer by surprise. It was undeserved. All right, maybe I am biased, but what's wrong with a little bias? :)
Genelia was fantastic. Agree about her performance here being special, and perhaps even better than JTYJN. Okay, so it probably was better, there, you got me to say it :P
Now that I think about it, it'd be nice to have the same cast dub it in Hindi and release it under a Bollywood banner. It really is so well done...unless there's someone other than Harman playing Siddu, I wouldn't want a remake. Although Genelia might just save that film :)
Kamal Hasan is such a good actor. Haven't seen him in a long, long time. There was at least one Hindi film I remember watching and liking as a kid, with him in it. I'll have to look it up...
Adab yaar,
I want to give Bommarillu another watch to see anything I missed. Yes it does seem to be that good of a movie. Was the movie you saw with Kamal maybe Saagar?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saagar
That's where I fell in love with him. Madly in love. I wanted Dimple and Rishi to get off the screen so I could watch Kamal! He can really dance too.
Now get to bed, so you can get up later to watch ore movies!
Yes, I believe it was Saagar, although I can hardly recall anything from the movie. Should see it soon. But I need to see Bobby before that!
Rushi said...
Hello. I came across your blog site on Google, and as a Hyderabadi now living in America, I can tell you this movie was popular among Telugu movie buffs in India and in America. I am happy you liked it as your review suggests.
Telugu filmmakers have a long ways to go to attract new fan followings. Sometimes I wish they catered more to NRI tastes, but we have Bollywood (hate the term, but you seem to like it) for that!
Hi Rushi: Thank you for stopping by and for your comment.
You bring up two interesting debates:
1. On The use of the term 'Bollywood':
This one's been ever since the term was coined. There are names as big as Amitabh Bachchan and Naseeruddin Shah who oppose its use. I see their point. Yet, I choose to embrace the term, if only in acceptance of it being a more specific term for the Hindi film industry (as opposed to saying Hindi movies or Indian movies, both of which are not specific to the Bombay-based industry, at least to someone who is unfamiliar).
As a fan of the industry, I would rather not disown the term. I've seen and met enough people who refer to 'Bollywood' rather lovingly -- besides, there is a cardinal principle in marketing to be market-driven. If the term 'Bollywood' is pervasive, why not embrace it, be comfortable with it, and use it ? Of course, this term is most useful when away from India, which brings us to your second point.
2. Bollywood being the primary industry from Indian cinema's many faces that is often geared toward foreign audiences.
Salman Khan wrote about this recently at his blog in this post. Couldn't agree more with him.
There are too many NRIs in the world to ignore, so focus on them is not bad. The problem arises when the films cater to one specific audience and completely ignore the other (unless it absolutely intends to, in which case, so be it). That is when the appeal of the film to the masses takes a dive for the worse. So the challenge for filmmakers is to deliver products that have a vast appeal. That is very difficult to do, yet several manage to do it successfully every year.
For the very reason I use the term 'Bollywood', I'll use 'Tollywood'. Do forgive :)
Tollywood and other regional film industries in India have served as an incubator for talent for Bollywood. I would think the financial rewards in Bollywood have something to do with that. And Tollywood must do its share of marketing in the west, but it seems to often not be geared, as you say, to attracting new, non-Telugu-speaking viewers. Having said that, Tollywood is resourceful too, and it's not that they lack finances to go all out and market a filmy product.
Here's to more visibility in the eyes of others!
I'm really excited about seeing this after reading Sita-ji's and your review. Especially since, given TZP still isn't out on DVD, it'll probably be my only opportunity to see Genelia in action till next year!
SO totally agree w/ your Genelia love! I love this movie (http://apnieastindiacompany.blogspot.com/2008/01/and-southwards-we-go.html). I'd like to see Siddharth in the Hindi version as well though, he is so adorable here :) But Imran wouldnt be a bad bet- I've also Abhishek is running for it, but somehow I dont want to see that at all.
Dad- Boman would be cool as Genelia's dad- and Amrish, were he alive, would rock Sid's dad's character- in his absence, perhaps Kaml wouldnt be a bad choice, as Sita-ji suggests!
Ajnabi: Yes, this is worth getting excited for. It's made me a believer in crossing over to Tollywood every once in a while, that's for sure.
Who knows when Jaane Tu's DVD will release, so you can catch Genelia?! TZP will hopefully release very very soon, so at least there's something to very much look forward to.
Shweta: Genelia was fantastic in the film. I cannot say it enough times, really. And she's made for this kind of role. It really didn't seem like she was acting at all. That's exactly what I thought of her in Jaane Tu as well. Here's to plenty more Genelia!
I'm with you about no Abhishek as well. Boman, Kamal, Nana, would all be very good for Sid's dad, agreed. Of course, Amrish Puri would rock the character. He is truly missed. :'(
Thank you both for stopping by.
Can you imagine that scene before the "interval" when the dad enters the home and over hears Sid talking about Hasini being played by Amrish? I don't want to swear, but DAMN! That would be frightening. I think Nana will pull that off really well though. Having recently seen him in Shakti, where he played a total scary freak, I know he can do it...but Amrish, just imagine.
You're right Sita-ji! That would frighten the heck out of the viewers too! It is a scary thought...dear, oh dear... =)
Me 2 really want to see siddharth and genellia together again and a hindi remake of this movie would be great...
Hi Vidhya: That it would! Thanks for stopping by!
Nirosha said...
I WANT Siddharth and Genelia back together..man they are the BEST couple ever!!!!!!
I would hate it if they cast someone else...Siddharth, please come back...I bet if he does in the hindi bomarilu version, he will be the next super star of bollywood. He's got amazing talent..
Hi Nirosha, and welcome! Genelia and Siddharth were really good here, yes. They deserve to be in it!
Siddharth in Rang De Basanti was quite a sensation, wasn't he? I don't know much at all about regional cinema, but I'm guessing he's decided to focus more on the industry he's been primarily involved in. It's not like there's a dearth of prospective projects for him in Bollywood -- he's as talented as anyone else.
Good review of a very good movie. Totally agree with you on all the points you have mentioned.
Another good factor about the movie is the way Hyderabad has been projected - good cinematography.
As a Hyderabadi NRI (living overseas) for several years, I not only enjoyed the good story, acting, direction etc but was also happy to see my beautiful Hyd picturised so well.
Yes Siddarth is a good actor and deserves more interesting hindi film roles (I too dislike the term bollywood - seems to imply we indians have to always compare ourselves to a foregin barometer ie Hollywood.
I liked Genelia in Bommarillu, Boys (tamil movie made by Shankar - her first movie which i am told was a big hit down south) and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. I read somewhere that her first film was actually a hindi movie which failed unfortunately.
Yes Regional Indian cinema ie from the South as well as Bengal has given us some real talent that hindi film makers sometimes cash on but most often fail to do so.
Hi Anonymous, and thank you for your visit and comment. It's great to be able to relate to a former hometown on film. Good to know you enjoyed the Hyderabad setting, and thank you for that insight! I can certainly relate to it every time I see Mumbai. Thanks for those Genelia recommendations as well.
I too Hope Siddharth gets good roles in Hindi films. He's been very good in the two films I've seen him in.
Nida said...
Hi Bollywood Fan! Spending some time perusing through your Genelia reviews!
Wow, I agree so much with this review! And, aww, its clear Genelia has stolen your heart ;)! And why wouldn't she? The girl is absolutely delightful, and LOL at the Hindi speaking comment!Is she your next "Aye-Allah! Juhi Chawla?"
But I had the same reaction, as you know from my reviews of Jaane Tu and Bommarillu...I loved her in the former, but fell for her completely in the latter!
And oh my gosh, I had the same thought about Siddhu's Baabhi(is that the right way to spell?) looking like Tabu!
Your observations are spot on, as usual...I loved this film's simplicity, too. It did feel like you were a part of the family, because everything about the sets felt so natural...like they weren't sets at all.
I love the way Genelia played Hasini with so many distinct characteristics...she was so fidgety, always pulling on her backpack strap or saree or something...and she did use Siddhu's name in every other sentence! That impressed me so much when I went back to rewatch Jaane Tu..after this...she played Aditi very differently, yet both girls were somewhat similar in age and playfulness.
And I am soooo with you on the Hindi version! That was my first thought when I heard the lead was going to Harman...I thought to myself, why oh why not Siddarth? But Imran would be acceptable, too! But Harman?
Great review!On to Jaane Tu next!
Thanks Nida! You're spot on about Genelia. And yes, I do believe she has the potential to be the next Juhi Chawla (say it with me, haaye Allah, LOL)! I think I was telling Ajnabi the other day that as blasphemous as this might sound, I think Imran-Genelia can be the second coming of Aamir-Juhi. Let's hope they do a few more films together. Aamir and Juhi were near inseparable in their early days.
Glad to know I wasn't the only one reminded of Tabu with Siddhu's bhabi (you almost got it, way to go!). Agree with all your comments. I really liked how redundant she got with the guy's name, verrrry cute! And you're very correct with your thoughts on Hasini v Aditi. Here's the Jaane Tu post. I really enjoyed your review here. There's so much we've written that we have yet to read, I'll be doing some reading too!
the movie was superb......
I Luv U Geenu
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An arsonist struck across Hollywood this morning, torching vehicles and setting homes ablaze in 19 separate fires over a four-hour period.
Firemen in Los Angeles, California, were scrambling to put out the fires that lit up parked cars and then spread to nearby homes and flats.
Dozens of Hollywood residents were forced out of their homes and power was disrupted in several neighbourhoods shortly after midnight.
‘It was a long, tough night,’ a Los Angeles County fire spokesman said, adding that the department does not yet have any suspect description.
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Home Anderson County Anderson County Council approves incentive package for solar project
Anderson County Council approves incentive package for solar project
By Stan Welch
The Anderson County Council gave first reading approval for an economic incentive package for a proposed solar facility in District Six. The project, called Project Azul, will receive a fee in lieu of taxes agreement as well as certain special source revenue credits.
Economic development director Burriss Nelson explained that the property currently generates sixty one dollars a year in property taxes. If the facility is constructed the land use designation will change from residential agricultural to manufacturing. The taxes generated under the new rating will be approximately seventeen thousand five hundred dollars. Over the twenty year life of the FILOT arrangement, that will mean $350,000 in taxes compared to the current rate which would generate $1200 in twenty years.
The planning and public works committee, chaired by Councilwoman Cindy Wilson, presented two ordinances to the full council for review and a vote. Both related to the storage of commercial equipment in areas zoned residential. The first focused more on subdivisions, which often have covenants and other restrictions of their own in place. That proposal won first reading approval with little ado.
The second ordinance, however, seems likely to undergo serious amendment during the next two readings. Several councilmen, including Messrs. Graham and Dunn, expressed serious reservations about imposing such control over the more rural properties in the county, especially for those who operate businesses from their homes.
Chairman Dunn expressed concerns that people operating lawn care or landscaping services, or any such enterprise involving equipment would be seriously impacted by the ordinance. “I just don’t want to see people who have been doing this for years suddenly told they can’t.”
Councilman Graham, who represents large rural areas, also expressed similar concerns, saying that being unable to bring equipment home would pose a hardship. “Many of these people have been working from their homes for years and years. I’ll vote for this on first reading, but a lot of work needs to be done if you want my vote for final approval.” Dunn nodded vigorously.
Councilmen Davis and Sanders, the other members of the PPW committee, both stressed that the thrust of the ordinances was to avoid unsightly situations in residential neighborhoods. Chairwoman Wilson pointed out that the grandfather option was also possible.
The County Administration was recognized by the South Carolina Association of Counties for its speed in reporting claims for workers’ compensation. The county has the third fastest reporting rate, and often reports incidents within a half day. SCAC representative Robert Benfield presented the award to the council.
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Nouns and Verbs
I occasionally remark, with no real explanation, that Fate is a game of nouns and Dungeon World is a game of verbs. This is probably a little flip of me, so I figured I’d take a minute to explain it a little more fully.
To understand this, understand that I see that the big sentiment that Fate and Dungeon World share is a spirit of emulation. That is, they strive to capture a certain sort of fictional ideal, not by simply reproducing it, but by reproducing the structures that enable it. That structure raises the very interesting question of what fiction is made of, and this is where the difference emerges.
Fate is predicated on the idea that the smallest practical element of fiction is descriptive of character or situation. The brave knight. The locked room. The haunted duchess. The action and interaction of these make for fiction. Notably, Fate is not terribly unique in this, and games like Heroquest and Risus use similar units of fiction.
Dungeon World is predicated on the idea that key elements are the actions that define things. The clash of blades. The race over rough terrain. The duel of wits. It is these actions which reveal and transform the other elements of the fiction. This is, I think, a focus which is fairly unique to the *World games.
Importantly, they’re both right, and they offer no contradiction. Rather, they’re simultaneously distinct, rather like the whole light being a wave and a particle thing. And equally importantly, this is not a pure thing- Fate has plenty of support for actions and DW has plenty of support for people and things. But that difference in approach informs many of the difference between the systems.[1]
I like this comparison because I feel it gives me greater insight into the way moves do and should work. At their most ideal, moves are the things which – if you were watching this movie – you would know that character was going to do. The ranger is going to track a dude. The Fighter is going to wield her badass weapon. In short, you can design for *World by imagining the ideal outcome, and designing back from there. That’s powerful[2].
But it has also highlighted a faultline for me. The discussion of Discern Realities touched on the edges of this, but I think I’ve got a better grasp on it now. See, in the ideal, a move in a *Worldgame is a moment. It’s that thing, and it’s going down. The game is built to deliver that moment, and the move is an expression of that.
But not every moment is a moment. There’s a lot of interstitial stuff along the way, and a lot of stuff that the character does is interesting and play driving, but is not definitive. Not in the same way. And that creates a bit of a disconnect. it is the difference between fighting a few thugs in the alley and the bloodied last stand against the evil warlord. The situation plays into it, but at it’s heart, it’s that moment when a little voice chimes up “Now’s my time to shine!”, your theme music starts playing, and it’s on.
But, mechanically, there is no difference between that moment (move) and any other. Which is a shame.
The hilarious thing (to me) is that Fate has the same problem. Aspects are always true, but sometimes you want them to be big T True, a huge, defining element of the character, something to which all other things bend. You can play it that way, of course, but the mechanics don’t differentiate.
Mind you, I’m not here to offer a solution. I’ve been wrestling with this one in Fate for as long as the game has existed[3] so it’s somewhat comforting to be coming at it from a different angle. Perhaps I can even find something in between. I use the word casually, but I think perhaps there may be something in the idea of a moment. In the abstract, it is a fiction beat which reveals essential character (noun) through action (verb), so perhaps the solution exists when both are brought to bear at once.
Something I’ll be thinking about, certainly.
Another core difference is that there is no true “vanilla” *World game. Even Apocalypse World is emulating a very specific vision. Fate is designed with that backplane, which is expressed through specific builds. it might be theoretically possible to articulate the “Generic” *World system, but I doubt it would be practically worth it. ↩
It is also why both games are such genre chameleons. Just as Fate’s aspect allow you to make the characters that should exist in a given genre, Moves allow you to design for the actions and activities which define the genre. If you do a highlander game, then you build from the essential action of chopping off a dude’s head. ↩
Literally. The iconic example of this was Finndo’s “Duty” aspect in the very first Fate game. It was big T True and then some. ↩
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged DW, Fate on June 25, 2014 by Rob Donoghue.
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TheOtherTracy June 26, 2014 at 8:52 am
If you’ve not read Avery McDaldno’s Dream Askew, it’s worth taking a look. They address some of the Big Moment-Little Moment stuff with differentiating between types of moves and giving Fate-like tokens as currency for using different types of moves. It’s awesome.
http://buriedwithoutceremony.com/dream-askew/
Rob Donoghue Post author June 26, 2014 at 8:56 am
It’s been sitting in my “To Read” queue for a bit. Going to have to get more aggressive about that, I think. (And I’m unsurprised because Avery is a genius)
Brian Bentley June 26, 2014 at 9:55 am
This brings up an interesting tangent related to music. When a character has a genuine Moment, what is the song playing in the background? I think it’s the sort of question that can help solidify characters. I saw the picture in the article and was immediately transported back to the 80s. These are scenes that I can remember years later with vivid clarity because it was both Optimus Prime’s and Hotrod’s Moment. I literally can’t envision those scenes without that music and it defines something about those characters.
Rob Donoghue Post author June 26, 2014 at 10:09 am
Yeah. “The Touch” is pretty much the definitive “This is the moment!” song for me.
Howard M Thompson June 26, 2014 at 10:09 am
Why isn’t the analogy verbs are to Dungeon World as adjectives are to Fate?
Largely depends upon whether you think that the essential element of Fate is Aspects (nouns) or the ladder (adjectives). To my mind, Aspects are the thing that are the reason Fate and Fudge are different things.
(And it gets weirder when you get to Fae, which is arguably all about adverbs!)
Howard M Thompson June 26, 2014 at 4:34 pm
I think Fate is about aspects. But, when I look at, “The brave knight. The locked room. The haunted duchess.” I focus on brave, locked and haunted. So, I guess it’s really the noun with its modifiers.
silverwizard June 27, 2014 at 1:46 pm
I think you’re zooming in on the Obstacles (which I agree are definitely important in Fate, and where moments of tension and skill use are coming from).
Jesse June 26, 2014 at 10:38 am
I’m going to second TheOtherTracy in recommending A Dream Askew.
A lot of games have some sort of scarce resource that, I think, is supposed to help with this: willpower, hero points, etc. They often seem to degenerate into economic fiddliness or other, interesting but not what you’re looking for, dynamics.
I think part of the difficulty is that, for those *moments* you want the whole table to be invested in that character’s awesome, naturally, which is hard to coordinate mechanically. Resource mechanics seem instead to try to put forth what a “fair” distribution of moments is, so people don’t object — but that’s different from the really engaged buy-in.
Alan June 26, 2014 at 1:03 pm
Minor thing: the ↩ link for [1] doesn’t work for me. The ones for [2] and [3] do. I think the [1] link is missing id=”fnref:1″
Rob Donoghue Post author June 26, 2014 at 1:07 pm
Fixed, thank you!
Iain June 26, 2014 at 11:09 pm
This reminds me of the WEG Star Wars Force point mechanic. Not only was it a bonus but it was a big one and it’s use at dramatically appropriate times was rewarded. It’s the part of Fate that doesn’ go far enough. Certain moments need to bend the narrative morecthan they do.
Josh W June 30, 2014 at 8:07 am
Jenna Moran handled this in an amusingly cheaty way in her game WTF (which does a lot of amusingly cheaty things)
She defined character abilities in terms of valence, truth, and effectiveness.
Instead of having a skill, you have an aspect-like-thing that says about a truth of your life, rated in 3 categories; valence says whether it makes your life good or bad, truth says the extent to which you can stand on it as something substantial, and effectiveness says the extent to which you can use it to do stuff.
And then she pretty much leaves it there. But it’s an elegant point to make; one of the implicit things about GMs handling the context for tasks is precisely about how a task can be immediately successful but in the long term just create problems, but more importantly, the truth measure means that you can decide how much this is something you can take as read in the game world, how much you can use it to gainsay proposals or to make advantages implicit.
Fate leaves valence and effectiveness largely up to the players and the fate point economy, but leaves truth in a grey area. I feel like there’s still some thought to be done on what always true means, along that previous distinction; how much veto power do they have, how much do they implicitly structure things?
In modern fate, with it’s lower numbers of aspects, aspects are always true seems to me to automatically be a more natural thing to do, because unlike the old hoard of aspects brought in situationally by compels, these are more like constant free-standing things, a short list of descriptions of the character. It makes me wonder whether there could be a more general kind of aspect shortlist, covering the most relevant and in-focus aspects of the moment, and you could manage aspects moving in and out of that shortlist according to some scheme, so that people focus first on those elements of the story over others when coming up with stuff.
Like (untested idea incoming) you spend a point to highlight an aspect, and highlighted aspects are expected to shape all contributions for a short period, like a kind of slow motion compel for effect, and the fate point spent goes to whoever gets their aspect knocked out of the highlighted list.
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Government encourages development of creative economy
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The government will encourage the development of a creative economy which produces culture-based products to increase the state`s foreign exchange earnings.
"The challenge to us is giving an added-value to the products and branding both on the local and global market," Minister of Trade Marie Elka Pangestu told a seminar on fourth stage development: "Cultural Heritage and Creative Economy", here on Wednesday.
Right now, products of the culture-based creative industry contributed only 1.9 percent to the GDP, while in the industrialized countries the contribution reached 30 percent.
Singapore started developing a creative economy in 2005, and its contribution to their foreign exchange revenue had reached 3-4 billion US dollars.
Globally, culture-based creative economy contributed 2 trillion US dollars to the world`s GDP, and may reach 10 trillion US dollars by 2010.
Therefore, the seminar and discussion held during the Cultural Exhibition dedicated by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday (July 11), are expected to produce an action plan and blueprint on the development of creative economy.
In the meantime, the Central Bureau of Statistics is determining the share of cultural products of the creative industry in the GDP. And the trade ministry is finalizing the mapping of a culture-based handicraft industry scheduled for completion in October this year.
"All of Indonesia`s cultural creative industries have good prospects on the export market, and it is therefore necessary to be boosted," she said.
She also said that some of the commodities which could be developed as cultural creative industrial products are food spices, advertisement, work designs, the art of dancing, and some other arts and cultural product, like coffee, tea and spices.
"Imagine a country like Korea which has only ginseng, but it can produce beverages, cosmetics and other products from ginseng only," she added.
The minister also said that Indonesia needed a new promotion agency carrying Indonesia`s good image around the world.
"A favorable image will boost investment and trade," she said.
Players in the cultural creative industry would have to make an adaptation on the domestic and overseas market to develop cultural creative products and improve human resources.
Giving an example, she said that "lurik" (kind of striped woven cloth) can be developed into a kimono, and sold to Japan. "Sasando" from East Nusa Tenggara if electrified becomes an electric bass guitar.
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Kelly Clarkson shuts down tabloid story about Carrie Underwood "feud": "At least give me a good pic if y’all are gonna be lying"
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Kelly tweeted a photo of the magazine's cover -- which claims that the two American Idol winners' "secret feud" has exploded, and they are "TRASHING each other to friends" -- and complained that the magazine didn't even have the decency to use a good picture of her.
"Someone just sent me this & I'm like why does she get the good pic & I have the worst expression I've ever made w/zero muscles being used in my face ha!" she wrote. "I officially have a feud w/whoever used this pic!"
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The upcoming election in 2020 is “likely to be a flash point for hate speech, harassment, misinformation, incitement to violence, and other actions designed to undermine the political process”, it said.
Facebook should be prepared for “multiple eventualities” now, it said, without going into detail.
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The assessment additionally warned that authorities and nationalists in the country have become more sophisticated in targeting civil society groups and activists on the platform.
It said Myanmar risks turning back into a “surveillance state” with a large number of insecure accounts due to the use of out-of-date Facebook apps.
Facebook said it is working on rooting out abuse ahead of the elections — but admitted it had failed to do enough to prevent the incitement of violence.
“The report concludes that, prior to this year, we weren’t doing enough to help prevent our platform from being used to foment division and incite offline violence,” said Alex Warofka, product policy manager.
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Most people in Myanmar came online in the last few years as smartphone usage soared after the country opened up to the outside world, with Facebook serving as a one-stop shop for news, entertainment and communication.
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Moreover it promised that the number of Myanmar-language reviewers would increase to 100 by the end of 2018.
But sceptics question whether they will be able to monitor the country’s 20 million accounts and myriad languages.–AFP
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The Natural Arsenical Waters Of La Bourboule
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An excerpt from a review in The Dublin Journal of Medical Science,Volume 101, published in 1896.
The rarity of arsenical springs, and their value in the treatment of certain classes of disease, give special interest to this tract. There is, if we remember aright, a mineral water containing arsenic in England, but it has not been utilized for therapeutical purposes. In France several springs-at Mont Dore, La Malou, Vals, Vichy, Plombieres, St. Nectaire-have traces of arsenic in their composition; but the spring of Choussy-Perriere at La Bourboule is an arsenical water. Its characteristic is a high percentage of the sodium arsenate and sodium chloride, with a small amount of iron.
This copious spring-discharging 23,310 litres in the hour-has a constant temperature of 60° C. Its composition per litre, as analysed by MM. Bouis and Lefort in 1878, is as follows:-Sodium arseniate, 0.02847 "(equal to 7 milligrammes of arsenic"); free carbonic acid, 0.0518; sodium chloride, 2.8406; potassium chloride, 0.1623; magnesium chloride, 0.0320; sodium bicarbonate, 2.890; sodium sulphate, 0.2084; "bicarbonate of lime," 0.1905; ferric oxide, 0.021; silicic acid, 0.1200; with traces of lithium chloride, manganese and aluminium.
The water of this spring is carefully bottled for export; but its good effects will be more surely produced on the spot, where internal administration is combined with baths. These are taken at a temperature of 35° C, and, as a general rule, continued for half an hour at a time.
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DO HO SUH, installation view of the exhibition “Passage/s” at Victoria Miro, London, 2017. Copyright the artist. Photo by Thierry Bal. Courtesy the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong, and Victoria Miro.
DO HO SUH, installation view of the exhibition “Passage/s” at Victoria Miro, London, 2017. Photo by Ned Carter Miles for ArtAsiaPacific.
Passage/s
Do Ho Suh
Ned Carter Miles
Victoria Miro
Korea, South United Kingdom
In dreams, it is possible for places, events and conversations to coalesce under a singular logic. Their settings may have the appearance of one location and yet feel impalpably like another. In our reveries, the order of emotion and memory supersedes that of time and space, and the dreamer like the nostalgic finds herself in many places and none, subject to the detached wistfulness of liminality. By this standard, the pieces in Korean-born Do Ho Suh’s “Passage/s” at Victoria Miro gallery—the most extensive presentation of his work since a 2002 survey exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery—are his most dreamlike yet.
DO HO SUH, installation view of the exhibition “Passage/s” at Victoria Miro, London, 2017. (Left) Staircase, Ground Floor, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA and (right) Main Entrance, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA (both 2016). Copyright the artist. Photo by Thierry Bal. Courtesy the artist, STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery, Singapore, and Victoria Miro.
Whether with frottage, as in works from the “Rubbing/Loving Project” series (2012–16), or through architecturally precise fabric models, Suh has long sought to replicate and index his past homes. The contents of the exhibition’s first room were no exception, but employed a new process, and alluded to a fresh conceptual approach suggested in the title “Passage/s.” The pieces there were sewn in the same way as his recognizable fabric sculptures, but using gelatin tissue rather than polyester. The gelatin was then dissolved in water, compressing the form and leaving its tint and flattened lineation fused to paper in a depiction of space that eschews the axonometric projection of architectural drawings.
All but one of these works represented the facades of buildings and their entrances. The exception, Staircase, Ground Floor, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA (2016), offset them. This flattened coquelicot-red staircase, recalling the Tate-owned Staircase-III (2010), occupied more space in its implied three dimensions than the neighboring doorways, and hence would lose more of its form once flattened, heightening the effect of compression and suggesting the destabilizing experience of liminality.
The upstairs gallery was more focused on interior objects. One wall had basins and light bulbs subjected to the same gelatin technique, their subverted likenesses implying dream-creatures: medusal, elephantine, amoebal. Similar items appeared on the opposite side of the room as translucent polyester models. In between, skewed cyanotypes at once recalled blueprints and x-rays. Each group permitted otherwise impossible perspectives of familiar objects, as might a work of analytic cubism.
DO HO SUH, Main Entrance, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA (detail), 2016, polyester fabric on stainless steel pipes, 312.3 × 174.1 × 214.7 cm. Photo by Ned Carter Miles for ArtAsiaPacific.
DO HO SUH, Hub, Unit G5, Union Wharf, 23 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7SB, UK (detail), 2015, polyester fabric and stainless steel tubes, 214.2 × 303.5 × 190.3 cm. Photo by Ned Carter Miles for ArtAsiaPacific.
DO HO SUH, Hub-2, 3rd Floor, Union Wharf, 23 Wenlock Road, London N1 7ST, 2016, polyester fabric on stainless steel pipes, 259.2 × 464.1 × 202.5 cm. Photo by Ned Carter Miles for ArtAsiaPacific.
Next door, a three-channel video installation, Passage/s: The Pram Project (2014–16), projected footage from a GoPro mounted to the stroller of Suh’s daughter, cutting between excursions in Seoul and London, where he has lived since 2010. Here, Suh’s daughter dictates the logic by which space is ordered: she sings Korean songs in London and speaks English in Korea; she enquires about an upcoming trip to Seoul and suddenly we’re there; she provides the gaze through which we approach an Islington shopping center before the film cuts to the interior of its Korean analogue, hinting at a further compression of space as a function of global capital. The “/s” in the film’s title evokes an ambiguous plurality, the dreamlike possibility of being simultaneously in one and many places.
In the “Hubs” series (2015–16), exhibited in Gallery II, Suh’s signature fabric and wire structures made an appearance. However, unlike their forebears, they did not represent places defined by inhabitation, but liminal spaces: entranceways and corridors through which we are meant to pass but never truly be.
DO HO SUH, Passage/s: The Pram Project, 2014–16, 3-channel video installation with audio: 14 min 25 sec. Courtesy the artist, Lehmann Maupin, New York/Hong Kong, and Victoria Miro.
Replicated with precision after those in Suh’s various residences, these vividly colored, gossamer passages were conjoined in a walk-through configuration that traversed many implied places but arrived at none. Only the specificity of intricately detailed features—a door handle, light switch or fuse box—cut through the sense of constant transition with one of vicarious nostalgia. They were ghostly indices to someone else’s life, and yet familiar.
This is what makes Do Ho Suh’s art so appealing beyond its aesthetic and technical merit. His reflections on itinerancy are deeply personal, but hint at something shared. The loss of a home, even by choice, does not merely displace us in space. As time passes, we inexorably leave behind those places that have sheltered us, revisiting them only in dreams. In exposing the ceaseless in-betweens engendered by both our movements and by the passage of time, Suh’s work evokes and upholds a maxim: You can never go home again.
Do Ho Suh’s “Passage/s” is on view at Victoria Miro, London, until March 18, 2017.
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A&N State Cooperative Bank Felicitates Physically Challenged
Last Updated on 17 February 2013
Port Blair, Dec. 3: In a function organized by the State Cooperative Bank, Prothrapur Branch today on the occasion of the ‘World Disabled Day’, as many as eleven physically challenged persons were felicitated. Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Vice Chairman of the Bank graced the occasion as the Chief Guest.
At the outset the Managing Director, ANS Coop. Bank Shri Ravinder Rao welcomed the gathering and stated that, this is the first time in the history of Cooperative Bank in A&N Islands that ‘World Disabled Day’ is being organized to honour the disabled persons of the area. The Bank has thus proposed to mark it as a calendar event. Rao further stated that this programme is the brain child of Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma who has inspired the bank officials to organize such programmes.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma said that these disabled persons should never think themselves as inferior in any respect as they are very important part of the society who show the world about their courage to lead a happy life like others. Sharma further said that that apart from introducing pension card for door to door delivery of pension amount to the Handicapped, widow and old age, he has plans to send Doctors from April, 2012 who will attend the elderly persons at their door steps and give free medical services.
He also informed that a scheme of sending Nurses on getting calls from the hapless persons to get their blood and other samples for further investigation is on the anvil. He also called upon the handicapped persons to avail loan from the bank as per their need to make them self sufficient. Sharma explained that that for a loan upto 25,000/- no security will be asked.
Among the dignitaries present on the occasion were S/Shri Ghyas Meshak, Mohd Ali, Smti Tamilarasi, Sanjay Meshak, Chandrashekhar, Madan Lall and Smti Madhu. The vote of thanks was proposed by Shri K Murgan, General Manger of the bank.
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Toronto eatery is the world's first pop-up run by HIV+ chefs
June’s HIV+ Eatery is popping up in Toronto for two nights this November. Billed as the “world’s first pop-up restaurant run by HIV positive chefs,” it’s a new initiative from Casey House that aims to “fight HIV/AIDS stigma with every bite.”
13 December, 2016 14:52, Partnership projects: news
В Киеве состоится премьера документального спектакля о жизни ВИЧ-позитивных подростков
11 декабря, в воскресенье, состоится премьера документального спектакля «Никому не говори», основанного на реальной истории жизни двух ВИЧ-позитивных подростков. Спектакль режиссера «Театра Переселенца» Алика Сарданяна был подготовлен при поддержке проекта Safe Connection...
21 October, 2016 10:50, Partnership projects: news
HIV-positive people and participants of the reality show Ukrainian Supermodel dispelled the myths about HIV/AIDS
October 21, 2016, an episode of the Ukrainian Supermodel project third season, which was produced jointly with the Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation was released on the Novy TV Channel. HIV-positive people took part in it. They talked with the participants of the show and walked the runway with...
Elton John visits a clinic treating LGBT people with HIV in South Africa
Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) Founder Sir Elton John, joined by Chairman David Furnish and Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi visited a health clinic in Durban, South Africa which provides HIV testing and treatment for LGBT people. The clinic in Umlazi township is operated by EJAF’s...
Elton John pledges millions to support LGBT people in Africa
Singer links up with US Aids relief agency to create $10m fund that will issue grants and provide expertise to people living under homophobic regimes.
Elton John AIDS Foundation and PEPFAR Announce Inaugural LGBT Fund Recipients
The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) are today announcing the first two recipients of The LGBT Fund. The inaugural recipients are the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (The Alliance) and the Global Forum on MSM & HIV...
14 June, 2016 01:28, AIDS: global picture
Killings of LGBT and HIV-affected people rose 20% in 2015, report finds
Homicides of LGBT and HIV-affected people in the US have risen 20% since 2014, according to a report released on Monday.
Orlando club was sister's tribute to gay brother who died of AIDS
The co-owner of Pulse, the Orlando gay nightclub that became the scene of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history on Sunday, founded the club to honor her brother who died of AIDS and to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.
17 May, 2016 17:21, AIDS: global picture
Muslim states block gay groups from U.N. AIDS meeting; U.S. protests
A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 gay and transgender organizations from attending a high-level meeting at the United Nations next month on ending AIDS, sparking a protest by the United States, Canada and the European Union.
29 February, 2016 22:32, AIDS: global picture
Sri Lankan school empties amid Aids rumours
A school in western Sri Lanka has been emptied of all but one pupil amid false rumours that the boy has Aids.
7 December, 2015 20:23, AIDS: global picture
Welcome to our house: women living with HIV
The largest survey on women living with HIV, commissioned by the World Health Organisation, has revealed the stark truth about the gender-based violence and mental health challenges that positive women face.
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Y2Y: A BOLD EXPERIMENT
Tupperware! The Musical
The Mercury 13
HIV Prevention
Young Inventors: Global Dreams
Love Between the Covers
What Is Love? Romance Fiction In The Digital Age
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A Midwife's Tale
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Becoming Helen Keller
A feature-length film by Straight Ahead Pictures
Blueberry Hill Productions’ founder Laurie Kahn is a consulting producer for Becoming Helen Keller, an exploration of Keller’s life and the creation of our culture’s enduring saintly imagery (and bawdy jokes) about Helen Keller. Almost every schoolchild knows about Keller’s dramatic incident at the water pump which happened she was a little girl; this film takes the public beyond that point, exploring Keller’s long, eventful life, examining her socialist beliefs, her work raising money for organizations devoted to the blind and the deaf, her performances on the vaudeville circuit, her diplomatic trips overseas for the government (including Japan just after WWII), and the cultural context in which her life – and the perception of her life – took shape. The film will be shown as part of the PBS series American Masters in 2012.
Blueberry Hill Productions, 112 Bailey Rd, Watertown, MA, 02472, United States(617) 924-6633info@blueberryhillproductions.com
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Wastewater Utility In The News... Administration Wastewater Informational Brochures BioSolids Composting Pretreatment Program Treatment Plant Collection Plant Tours Department History
BioSolids Composting
In 1990 the city constructed the region’s first composting facility for municipal biosolids. These are byproducts of municipal wastewater treatment. Prior to this process, treated and de-watered biosolids (sludge) were made available to the general public. New concerns and regulations led the city to try this innovative form of biosolids management. Today the facility produces about 4800 cubic yards of compost annually. It is a “Class A” product that is unrestricted in its horticultural use and can be obtained from area landscapers.
Located at 3500 Julia Street, the 18-acre facility is staffed by two compost operators. It is here that the annual average of 18,000 wet-pounds per day, 365 days per year, of biosolids are processed during the 51-day journey through the plant. The compost is then ready for wholesale purchase by our vendor(s).
The process used is called Aerated Static Pile Composting because non-moving, “static”, piles are built and aerated for the composting to occur. While the facility has been on line since 1990, several major additions and modifications have been made. They include covered chip storage, outside pile bays, aerated coring, additional conveying, and mixing and screening equipment. Other essential equipment includes 2 front-end loaders of 3 cubic yard capacity—used for building and tearing down the piles.
The city does not sell compost directly to the public.
Coeur d'Green Compost can be purchased from one of the following resellers:
Northland Nursery (208) 773-3247, located at: 8093 W. Prairie Ave., Post Falls, ID 83854
Rockhound Landscape Supply (208) 773-4346, located at: 2591 N. Hwy 41, Post Falls, ID 83854
Tumble Stone (208) 762-3206, located at: 13131 N. Government Way, Hayden, ID 83835
Main Composting Building
How Composting Works
De-watered biosolids from the city’s wastewater treatment plant are brought to the compost facility. Here it is mixed with a bulking agent—wood chips.
The wood chips provide three functions:
1) They promote a loose mix with many spaces between the chips to allow air to circulate. This provides the needed oxygen to support the compost process and the high temperatures needed for EPA requirements.
2) They are used to adjust the mixed pile moisture content to an optimum ratio.
3) They are used to adjust the nutrient balance of the mix to promote ideal compost operation.
The compost mix is then formed into piles—10 piles inside and up to 6 on the outside. Perforated air pipes are located at the bottoms of the piles. Air is either forced into or sucked from piles. Drawing air through the piles is done as both a temperature and odor control measure. As the biological activity takes place, the organic material in the biosolids is decomposed, giving off heat. The temperature must rise to at least 131° F for 3 consecutive days and average 113° F for 14 days. The mix remains in the piles for a total of 21 days. Prior to screening, they are slowly allowed to cool to ambient temperature.
Chip Hopper & Twin Auger Mixer
A front-end loader then loads the pile contents into a screening unit to separate the majority of the wood chips from the compost. The wood chips are recycled for reuse with the next batch of incoming biosolids.
The screened compost looks like an organic topsoil which is placed in aerated curing piles for 30 days prior to sale. Curing occurs under covered storage.
Aerated “Static” Composting Piles
During heavy biosolids production in the summer months when phosphorus removal at the advanced wastewater treatment plant takes place, composting is done on the exterior as well as inside the main building.
Odor control is accomplished using compost-bed biofilters that act as biological odor scrubbers. These have their greatest value when drawing air through the piles—rather than blowing air into them—when ammonia is present.
The final product is sold wholesale to landscaping contractors who sell retail to the public.
It is recommended for use as an amendment for top soil, potting soil, nurseries, golf courses, land reclamation projects, humus for sandy soils, and vegetable gardens. It is about 60% biosolids and 40% wood product.
Screening Unit
Finished Compost
Compost contains essential micro-nutrients and looks, smells and has a texture similar to commercial soil conditioners. Although compost fertilizer values (N, P & K) may be less than chemical fertilizers, their release is slower and may be more beneficial. The organics in compost provide valuable water retaining capabilities in soil. Representative properties of compost are:
pH Slightly Acidic @6.1
Nitrogen, % (as N) 3.1
Phosphorus, % (as P2O5) 3.8
Potassium, % (as K2O) .21
C.E.C., meq/100 grms 69
Organic Matter, % 48
Bulk Density, lb/ft3 35-40
Coeur d’Green™ meets all U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations for unrestricted use in the areas of agriculture, agronomy, and horticulture. It may be used on vegetable gardens of all types. The product is regulated under the city’s wastewater discharge permit and is regularly tested for toxicants and for pathogenicity. The low levels of toxicants and pathogens qualify our product as Class “A” by the E.P.A.
Coeur d’Green™ is a registered trademark to the City of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. TM#13504. Coeur d’Green™ is also licensed with the State of Idaho as a soil amendment product. Certificate #2640.
Compost Plant Profile
For guided group tours of either the compost facility or the advanced wastewater treatment plant, contact our main office at the phone number found on our Administration page.
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More Afghans Displaced by Drought Than War: UN
Kabul (BNA) A total of 275,000 people have been displaced by drought in western Afghanistan, 52,000 more than the number uprooted by conflict this year with over two million threatened by the effects of water shortages, the United Nations said.
Reports from the UN and aid charities described farmers lacking seeds to sow following crop failures in some areas and livestock dying for anything to eat.
Afghanistan, a country where nearly 20 million people rely on farming, has suffered a 45 percent fall in agricultural output this year as the drought has bitten, officials at the ministry of agriculture have said.
In a regular update, the UN humanitarian office reported that 120,000 people fleeing the drought arrived in Qala-e-Naw City in Badghis Province in the week to September 9.
A second UN report, with data covering August, said more than 100,000 people may have moved to Herat City for the same reason by the end of last month. It estimated 2.2 million Afghans would be affected by the drought this year.
In Qala-e-Naw, where there are an estimated 66,500 drought displaced people, supplies and humanitarian aid are already insufficient to meet the needs of newly arrived families.
The UN cited an assessment by aid charity World Vision International that 99 percent of people in Badghis said their food situation was worse or a lot worse than a year ago.
“The assessment also indicates that most farmers lost last season’s harvest and nearly all of them lack seeds for new planting season,” the UN report said, noting reports that about 40 percent of livestock has been lost in Badghis due to a lack of pasture and fodder.
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET), a US funded food security monitoring service, said in a report on August 31 that the number of Afghans in a food “crisis” was atypically high.
“Crisis” is step three on a five-step scale, where four is “emergency” and five is “catastrophe” and possible famine.
In Badghis and Faryab provinces, emergency outcomes are expected to emerge in January, FEWSNET said.
“Normally during this time period, food security outcomes begin to seasonally improve in much of the country, but due to drought and serve reduction in wheat production, reduced labor opportunities, and continued conflict more households face Crisis outcomes than normal.” It said.
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Scholastic Chess Info
The PGN
MacArthur Park Musings
Essential Endings
Scholastic Chess Information
Welcome to our Scholastic Chess Page. Here you’ll find information of special interest to junior players, from stories about today’s young chess superstars.
22 Year Old US Champion played for World Title
This feature story from 1996 includes coverage of the FIDE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!!!! This event pitted Gata Kamsky, a US Champion who just turned 22 on June 2nd, as the challenger against FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov, 45, of Russia in a 20 game match for the World Title. At age 14, Bobby Fischer startled the world by winning BOTH the US Jr. and regular US Championships, eventually going on to win the World Title. Gata Kamsky sidestepped junior events altogether, and won his US championship at age 17. In this event, he had his chance to become the next American World Champion. The odds were against him, and after losing, Kamsky announced that he was retiring from chess in order to go to Medical school.
1996 US Junior Championship for Players under 20 Years Old
This exciting event included 12 of the top American players ranging from age 16 to 19. Special feature coverage includes the final standings and biographies of the players. For the 1997 event now underway, see US Chess Federation news feature.
Charity Chess Events Benefit Chernobyl and Bosnia’s Children
Chess is an international sport, and its grandmasters often step forward to help the world’s children. While many charity events, like the amazing US Chessathon, focus on getting chess equipment and lessons into schools, others take a more direct approach. In 1996, two separate groups of grandmasters worked on charity events to benefit children more directly.
World Champion Helps Collect Toys for Chernobyl
FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov held a simul exhibition in mid-1996 to benefit the children of Chernobyl, who were affected by an accident at a Russian nuclear plant a number of years ago. These children still show a much higher rate of cancer than typical, and need medical assistance. The Champion raised funds by giving a simultaneous exhibition. Adults were asked to pay a fee: children were asked to bring a new toy.
Norway, Bosnia, play a match to help clear Bosnia of mines
One of the biggest problems in Bosnia is left-over landmines. Recently, a special match was staged between a team of two Norwegian Grandmasters and two Bosnian Grandmasters, to help raise funds to assist in clearing these mines. The match, which featured a lot of exciting chess, ended up tied at 4-4: but the children of Bosnia will be the real winners. For game scores and commentary in Norwegian, see the Norwegian news site at http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/forste/sjakk.htm.
Fun Sayings About Chess
The Chess Coaches Homepage at Exeter has put together a great collection of sayings on chess.
You may know this:
“When I have White, I win because I am white;
When I have Black, I win because I am Bogolyubov.”
–Bogolyubov
But who said:
“Chess is mental torture.”
[Hint: He was the youngest World Champion in chess history, and he recently played a match against the strongest chess-playing computer on the planet–and won! ]
More Information on the 1st Man/Machine match!
Some of the world’s best junior players participated in the Internet World Student Chess Championship.
The winner was the number one junior player in the US, Grandmaster Gabriel Schwartzman, age 19, who had a perfect 6-0 Result! This event was played online at the Internet Chess Club, and included players from a dozen countries around the world.
Planning a vacation? Check these out!
Chess Museum in Washington, DC
Scholastic Tournaments & Chess Magazines for Kids
Think you’re ready for tournaments? The US Chess Federation has a number of scholastic events around the United States. You can get a rating, play with kids from other schools, and have a lot of fun! They also publish a bi-monthly chess newsletter just for kids called SCHOOL MATES. Cost for membership (magazine included) is $10/year.
Canada also has a scholastic chess association, the Chess and Math Association. (Epileptics beware–this site uses WAY too many “blink” tags!)
The Chess’n Math Association (CMA) is a non-profit organization with provincial coordinators dedicated to bringing the game of chess to schools across Canada.
Lots of information on scholastic chess in Canada, including reports on local tournaments and how Canadian juniors did in important international events. They also publish Scholar’s Mate , a chess magazine aimed at kids ages 7-12, published 5 times a year for about $12 Canadian.
I’ll be glad to include links to junior chess organizations in other countries: just drop me an e-mail!
Scholastic Resources at Other Chess Sites
These resources are available at other Scholastic Chess Sites
An Online Chess Encyclopedia–from Italy!
This online chess encyclopedia (in English) has entries on famous players, special events, and country information. Although it doesn’t cover everything, you’ll find lots of fun facts here. Check the listing under “World Championship” for all world champions up through 1995.
Duif also writes articles for several other chess sites. The US Chess Federation has started a new Fun Facts feature as part of its Chess Buzz each week. These include trivia questions, the lighter side of the chess news, and features on junior superstars. See Chess Life Online Index for a list of features available.
Have a Question about Chess Tournaments or the Top Players?
Duif’s Guide for New Tournament Players We cover chess notation, time controls, how to get a rating, and more.
Coaches’ Section
Coaches: Don’t miss Dr. Dave’s fine CHESS COACHING homepage from Exeter, England
Looking for coaching ideas? Help for promising juniors? For more information on the CHESS IN THE SCHOOLS program in the U.S., check the ACF homepage
Get a Free Listing in our new International Directory of Chess Teachers on our Teachers’ Page
Welcome to Unofficial Website Of Bangor Chess Club © 2015
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NA Chairwoman holds talks with Chinese National People’s Congress leader
Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan held talks with Chairman of the Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) Li Zhanshu in Beijing on July 11.
Defence minister affirms ties with Laos
Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich has affirmed that the Party, State, army of Vietnam always treasure ties with Laos.
Vietnam always treasures the role of the Philippines in ASEAN, and as the respective strategic partner, both countries should step up all-faceted relations, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said.
Top legislator leaves for China on official visit
Updated at 15:14:04 07/08/2019 (Views: 105)
Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan left Hanoi on July 8 morning for a five-day official visit to China.
PM urges efforts to complete socio-economic goals
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has required ministries, sectors and localities to focus on completing all socio-economic targets set by the National Assembly.
Vietnam vows to protect Japanese investors’ interests: PM
The Vietnamese Government commits to protecting Japanese investors’ interests during their business process in the country, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed while meeting with leaders of nearly 30 Japanese technology firms in Tokyo on June 28 (local time).
PM assigns tasks for public security forces in next six months
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 26 asked the public security forces to keep a close watch on the domestic, regional and international situation relating to Vietnam’s security.
PM asks for improvement in legal system amid Industry 4.0
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has underlined the need to accelerate the building of a digital government, digital administration and smart urban system, affirming that the application of new technologies will contribute to speeding up policy response and promptly detecting shortcomings in law enforcement.
Vietnamese Prime Minister meets with Lao, Cambodian counterparts
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a working session with his Lao and Cambodian counterparts Thongloun Sisoulith and Samdech Techo Hun Sen in Bangkok, Thailand, on June 23 on the sidelines of the 34th ASEAN Summit.
Vietnam pledges to fulfill ILO membership obligations
Vietnam will make all-out efforts to fulfill its obligations as a member of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and further promote cooperation between the organisation and tripartite actors – the Government, employers, and employees in the country.
PM asks press to intensify fight against fake news
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 19 asked the press offices to manifest their core values of providing verified news and intensify the fight against fabrications as well as fake news.
PM congratulates journalists on Revolutionary Press Day
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited veteran journalists in Ho Chi Minh City on June 18 ahead of the 94th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).
Steering committee requests strictly dealing with corruption
The Central Steering Committee on Corruption Prevention and Control has sent a dispatch to Party units and authorities of centrally-run cities and provinces requesting strictly dealing with negative and corruption behaviours in anti-corruption units.
Overseas Vietnamese in France mark 100th anniversary of patriotic movement
A ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the movement of Overseas Vietnamese (OV) in France was held on June 15 at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, where President Ho Chi Minh held a meeting with 2,000 OVs in France on July 15, 1946 during his official visit to the country.
Vietnam’s election to UNSC proves its prestige on int’l arena
Vietnam’s election as non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 tenure with 192 approval votes out of the 193 UN members has proved the country’s improving prestige on the international arena, said Russian expert Grigory Lokshin.
Vietnam’s efforts in fighting zoonoses applauded
The Annual One Health Forum 2019 took place in Hanoi on June 12, highlighting Vietnam’s efforts to prevent and control diseases transmitted from animals to humans.
NA deputies to debate two bills on June 11
National Assembly (NA) deputies are scheduled to debate the draft Law on Reserve Force on June 11 as part of their ongoing seventh session.
Deputies continue discussion of ILO’s Convention 98
Lawmakers continue their discussion about Vietnam’s participation in the International Labour Organisation (ILO)’s Convention 98 on the application of principles of the right to organise and bargain collectively at the ongoing seventh session of the 14th National Assembly in Hanoi on June 7.
Public security minister first to field questions by NA deputies
Minister of Public Security To Lam is the first to field queries at the National Assembly’s question-and-answer (Q&A) session that begins in Hanoi on June 4.
Defence Minister holds bilateral meetings on Shangri-La Dialogue sidelines
Defence Minister Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich held bilateral meetings with other delegates to the 18th Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on June 1.
Voters applaud NA’s straightforward discussion of hot issues
Many voters nationwide have showed their approval of the National Assembly (NA)’s debate on May 30, while also highlighting issues they hope will be raised for further discussion.
Province’s leaders set to meet with business leaders on improving investment environment
BTO –An online conference “Improving business environment and provincial competitiveness index” and a forum between the province’s leaders with representatives of enterprises are about to be held in Phan Thiet city on Sunday (May 31).
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets Swedish parliament speaker
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a meeting with Speaker of the Swedish parliament Andreas Norlen on May 28 as part of his official visit to Sweden.
Four subjects up for NA’s QA sessions
Public security, construction, transportation, and culture-sports-tourism will be up for question-and-answer sessions scheduled for June 4-6 at the ongoing seventh session of the 14th National Assembly (NA), NA General Secretary Nguyen Hanh Phuc told the media on May 27.
Deputy PM receives Australia-Vietnam young leadership dialogue’s members
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam received members of the Australia Vietnam Young Leadership Dialogue (AVYLD) in Hanoi on May 27.
Prime Minister starts official visit to Sweden
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Stockholm on May 26, starting their official visit to Sweden at the invitation of Prime Minister Stefan Lofven.
Vietnam – Russia friendship year launched
The Vietnam Year in Russia and the Russia Year in Vietnam were launched at a ceremony in Moscow on May 22 night, with the Prime Ministers of the two countries attending.
Vietnam, Laos share experience in mass mobilisation work
The Commission for Mass Mobilisation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Central Committee worked out directions for bilateral cooperation in the time ahead at their talks in Vientiane on May 22.
NA’s second working day focuses on education, architecture laws
The National Assembly (NA) discussed the draft revisions of the Law on Education and the Law on Architecture at the ongoing seventh session in Hanoi on May 21.
Binh Thuan’s party leader hailed ROK’s Pyeong Chang delegation
BTO – On May 20th afternoon, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Nguyen Manh Hung hailed a delegation from ROK’s Pyeong Chang district, Gangwon province.
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BUV395 Rat Anti-Mouse Axl
Clone 175128 (RUO)
Alternative Name Ark; adhesion-related kinase; Tyro7; Ufo; tyrosine-protein kinase receptor UFO
Isotype Rat IgG2a, κ
Reactivity Mouse (Tested in Development)
Immunogen Mouse Axl (Ala19–Trp445) Recombinant Protein
The 175128 monoclonal antibody specifically recognizes Axl which is also known as Adhesion related kinase (Ark), Tyro7, or Ufo. Tyro-3, Axl, and Mer constitute the TAM subfamily of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK). Axl is a single-pass type I transmembrane glycoprotein comprised of an extracellular region with two immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domains and two fibronectin type III (FNIII) domains, a transmembrane segment and a conserved intracellular tyrosine kinase domain. Axl is variably expressed by multiple cell types including monocytes, macrophages, dendritic cells, platelets, endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, and fibroblasts. Axl binds to the vitamin K-dependent Growth arrest-specific protein 6 (Gas6) through its extracellular Ig-like domains. Ligand binding leads to receptor dimerization, and autophosphorylation of tyrosine residues within the cytoplasmic Axl domains. This results in the activation of downstream signaling pathways that control cellular adhesion, aggregation, phagocytosis/efferocytosis, proliferation, survival, and migration. Through these activities, Axl plays major roles including development, the regulation of hematopoiesis and immunity, and ensuring the integrity of the vascular system. Abnormal expression of Axl has been observed in various cancers and by tumor cell lines.
The antibody was conjugated to BD Horizon™ BUV395 which is part of the BD Horizon Brilliant™ Ultraviolet family of dyes. This dye has been exclusively developed by BD Biosciences to have minimal spillover into other detectors, making it an optimal choice for multicolor flow cytometry. With an Ex Max at 348 nm and an Em Max at 395 nm, BD Horizon BUV395 can be excited with a 355 nm laser and detected with a 379/28 filter.
BUV395 is a UV-excitable dye that has been developed exclusively by BD Biosciences. With an excitation max of 348 nm and emission max of 395 nm, BUV395 can be excited by the 355-nm laser and detected in a 379/28 filter. This dye is optimal for multicolor flow cytometry because it has little to no spillover into other detectors.
Purified Rat Anti-Mouse CD16/CD32 (Mouse BD Fc Block™) 2.4G2 RUO
0.1 mg Cat No: 553141
Red Nucleic Acid Stain RUO
0.5 mL Cat No: 565804
BUV395 Rat IgG2a, κ Isotype Control RUO
BD Horizon Brilliant Ultraviolet 395 is covered by one or more of the following US patents: 8,158,444; 8,575,303; 8,354,239.
Aguilera TA, Rafat M, Castellini L, et al. Reprogramming the immunological microenvironment through radiation and targeting Axl.. Nat Commun. 2016; 7:13898. View reference
Paolino M, Choidas A, Wallner S, et al. The E3 ligase Cbl-b and TAM receptors regulate cancer metastasis via natural killer cells.. Nature. 2014; 507(7493):508-12. View reference
Rescigno J, Mansukhani A, Basilico C. A putative receptor tyrosine kinase with unique structural topology.. Oncogene. 1991; 6(10):1909-13. View reference
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Vision aims to make Benha University as a leading example for the Egypt"s universities in education, scientific research, social and university life, and reaching to international competition in some fields
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Prof.Dr. El-Sayed EL-Kady, the university president issued a decree to appoint prof.Dr. Ashraf Farouk as the acting dean of the faculty of science. It is important to say that prof.Dr. Ashraf Farouk is the faculty's deputy of the post-graduate studies and research. The university president also thanks prof.Dr. Abd EL-Azim Mehna, the former dean of the faculty of science for his efforts.
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Column: Happy Anniversary 97 Rock
Buffalo Broadcasters Association > Blog > Buffalo Broadcasting News > Column: Happy Anniversary 97 Rock
This week marks the 40th anniversary of an iconic Buffalo radio station – 97 Rock. On February 10, 1975, WGRQ 96.9FM dropped its top 40 format and launched album rock Q-FM-97. This past weekend, 97 Rock celebrated the anniversary with a weekend of tunes from the mid ‘70s and reminisces from old staffers about Q-FM.
While 97 Rock perfected the format, we all remember that WYSL 103.3FM actually created “progressive†radio in the late 1960s. I would tune in from time to time. But I was in high school. And like many kids of my generation, my favorite stations were WKBW and WYSL-AM. I enjoyed the high energy of top 40 radio. When I arrived as a freshman at St. Bonaventure University in the fall of 1973, I did a morning show on the campus carrier current station patterned after one of my favorite KB jocks, Don Berns.
But during the summer of 1974, Don left KB to join 103.3FM, which was then branded as WPhD. I followed him. My musical tastes were evolving, too. I had just purchased my first FM receiver and speaker set. It was the first year of Summerfest at the Stadium, featuring Eric Clapton, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Crosby, Stills Nash & Young, the Doobie Brothers and Chicago. I was all in to album rock radio. When I returned for my fall semester, I traded in the morning top 40 show for a late night album rock program. Then, the plug was pulled! The call letters at 103.3 changed back to WYSL-FM with a format of top 40 music.
During either the Thanksgiving or semester break in late 1974, there was a move on to change WBUF at 92.9FM from a beautiful music format to progressive rock. I called a phone number to find out how I could help make this happen. Bob Allen (remember him?) actually came to my house and dropped off a roll of white wallpaper. I was to go to the Thruway Mall and get people to sign the wallpaper, which would then be presented as a scroll to WBUF’s owners. Bob was envisioning thousands of signatures from people clamoring for a progressive station. Well, I was less than successful at getting people going about their holiday shopping to sign my wallpaper. I ended up with maybe a dozen signatures, mostly from family. When Bob picked up my scroll, I was embarrassed. Maybe the other people he had doing this were more successful because a couple of weeks later, a progressive format was launched at WBUF. Now, 92.9 has enough of a signal to reach Olean. So, I was able to tune it in inside my St. Bonaventure dorm room. As I recall, it was really free-form – a bit too much for my tastes.
So, I was really pleased when a few weeks after that, Q-FM-97 arrived along with some of my favorite former WPhD hosts — Jim Santella and John McGhan. Unlike WBUF, Q-FM-97’s signal wasn’t strong enough to reach Olean with a clear sound. So, I had to wait until spring break to sample it. I was hooked! The station was all over what was now called Superfest at the Stadium. (Apparently, Summerfest was trademarked somewhere else and couldn’t be used again.) The three concert season featured such bands as J. Geils, Yes and the Eagles, culminating with the Rolling Stones! (I could tell you some stories about those concerts, but then I would have to kill you or be killed by the people I named in my stories.) When I returned to St. Bonaventure that fall, I was elected station manager of the new 10-watt FM station, WSBU, and I wanted us to sound like Q-FM-97.
So, I wrote John McGhan seeking his advice for programming our station. To my amazement, he responded! I never met him in person, but he will always loom large in my memory because of that. We called our station SBU-FM-88. And much to the chagrin of our student announcers who wanted to do whatever they wanted, we employed as many of John’s ideas as we could. After graduation, I became a top 40 DJ at WMNS in Olean before embarking on my news career. But Q-FM-97 was still my station for music when I came back to Buffalo to visit family. My colleague Tim Hill at WMNS lived far enough outside of Olean to successfully pull in Q-FM-97 with a good antenna. On occasion, he would use a timer to start his cassette machine while we were doing our own shows so that he could record the Bearman in the morning. Then, we’d head to his house after work to listen.
By the time I arrived at WBFO in 1981, Q-FM-97 was re-branded as 97 Rock. It was still my go-to rock station until one of the biggest “WTF†moments in the history of Buffalo broadcasting. With apologies to anyone reading this who was involved, the bone-headed decision was made in January 1985 to drop 97 Rock and fire the staff. What was Taft management thinking? WRLT’s light rock format was an abysmal failure. Fortunately, when Taft sold WGR and WRLT to Rich Communications, the new owners were smart enough to realize the value of the 97 Rock brand and brought it back in fall 1988. I had taken a hiatus from WBFO in the late ‘80s and was working with Danny McBride at his ad agency. I remember my friend Mike McKay telling me about a huge project he was working on. He crossed the border each day to Fort Erie where the Riches had a temporary office to work on this “project.†Despite my prodding, Mike held his tongue. It was only later that I learned he and others were working on plans to bring back 97 Rock. The Riches staged an elaborate launch party at the Tralf. You may remember that the light rock was dropped on a Friday, and all we heard throughout the following weekend were construction sounds with an announcer saying something along the lines that a new radio station was being built.
I’ll admit I don’t listen to 97 Rock as much as I did when I was younger. My musical preferences are more in the jazz and classical veins now. But when I want to rock out on a summer’s day with the car windows wide open, I hit 96.9, and it’s good to know the station is still there after 40 years. I really enjoyed hearing Jim Santella, Irv Goldfarb and others from the Q-FM-97 era share their stories this past weekend. I will say I was thrilled back in 1992 when I got a call from Jim Santella at WBFO pitching a weekly theater segment that became “Theater Talk.†Today, I count Jim as a friend. Age has caught up with this icon of the radio. But when I do see him with his stylish cap and sun glasses, he looks as cool as when he was spinning records on Q-FM-97.
So, to everyone at 97 Rock – Norton and the gang, JP, Carl Russo, Slick Tom, John Hager and Anita West – happy anniversary! And keep on rockin’!
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Malaria: Lower Forex Exchange Rates Would Make Drugs More Affordable, Yakasai Tells FG
•Adopt Multi-Sector Collaboration To Tackle Scourge
To end malaria scourge in the country, pharmacists have urged government to adopt more of team approach by involving importers and manufacturers as well as reducing foreign exchange (forex) on drug matters to enable the common man access quality health care, especially the anti-malaria ones.
Speaking for the pharmacists was Pharm. Ahmed Yakasai, the President Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), who stressed that the Federal Government, importers and manufacturers should join hands in the strategies to control and eliminate malaria in Nigeria.
Yakasai who made the call during a press conference at Pharmacy House, Lagos to mark this year’s World Malaria Day, insisted that the government should make the business environment more conducive and friendly for Pharma businesses for production of affordable anti-malaria medicines.
Specifically, the PSN boss demanded for the institution of a reasonable tax regime, availability and affordability of capital and reduced exchange rate for malaria drugs.
He said; “Government needs to make the business environment more conducive and friendly for Pharma businesses by instituting a reasonable tax regimes and make capital available and affordable by also instituting a cheaper exchange rate of not more than N200 for $1 as done in other sector not as critical pharmaceutical sector.”
Noting that the theme of this year’s World Malaria Day is, “Ready to beat Malaria,” the PSN president underscored the collective energy and commitment of the global malaria community to unite with the common goal of ensuring a world free of malaria.
Malaria burden
On the worldwide scourge of malaria, Yakasai said that in 2016, nearly half of the world’s population was at risk of the disease, noting that most of the malaria cases and deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa.
“The African region continues to carry a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden. In 2016, the region was home to 90 per cent of malaria cases and 91 per cent of malaria deaths.
“Some 15 countries including Nigeria – all in sub-Saharan Africa, except India – accounted for 80 per cent of the global malaria burden.
“In areas with high transmission of malaria, children under five are particularly susceptible to infection, illness and death; more than two thirds (70 per cent) of all malaria deaths occur in this age group.
The number of under-five malaria deaths has declined from 440 000 in 2010 to 285 000 in 2016. However, malaria remains a major killer of children under five years old, taking the life of a child every two minutes,” he stated.
Yakasai saying that he was saddened that malaria still kills thousands of Nigerians, urged the government to encourage Research and Development (R & D) and take-off of petrochemical industries to encourage local production of drugs.
“As long as the 95 per cent of raw materials – Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) and packaging materials for drugs are imported, the prices of medicines would continue to skyrocket,” he contended.
He also urged importers and manufacturers to realise that provision of anti-malarials should be seen as a social service which does not require high percentage mark up, hence the need for downward review of prices of anti-malaria.
World Health Organisation at 70
As this year’s World Malaria Day coincided with activities to commemorate the 70th anniversary of World Health Organisation (WHO), Yakasai said the PSN celebrates the achievement of WHO in the past 70 years and the progress they have made so far in improving the quality of people’s lives.
The seasoned pharmacist pledged that PSN would continue to work with the world health body and other partners for the wellbeing of all Nigerians.
On the state of the nation, Yakasai noted that issue of drug abuse and misuse calls for a national emergency that requires total commitment from the government and all stakeholders in the country.
He however gave the National Assembly a pat on the back for giving the right attention to the menace. He added that National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and PSN-YPG are collaborating to educate young people in secondary schools on the danger of drug abuse.
“As the father of PSN-YPG and a friend of NAFDAC, we will continue to support this laudable initiative to make sure that all our teenagers are empowered and educated to do the right things and become contented citizens of our dear country,” he said.
PSN-YPG means the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria – Young Pharmacists Group.
Health sector situation and strikes
Meanwhile, the PSN president again draws the attention of the federal government to the spate of unwholesome strikes by health workers in Nigeria with the consequent fallout of avoidable morbidity and mortality.
He contended that at the root of the avoidable strikes was the desire for benefit packages and privileges for all concerned.
“These clamours from all sides of the divide appear to have been grossly mismanaged by government at all levels over the years,” he said.
He went down memory lane on the genesis of the industrial action tracing it to the Olikoye-Kuti leadership in the Federal Ministry of Health that got the military administration of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida to approve the Medical Salary Scale (MSS), a discriminatory salary wage in favour of medical doctors in public service.
“The MSS obviously disrupted the equilibrium of public sector wages as it became the basis for other sectoral players request for exclusive wages in the health sector. After the MSS was introduced, the Health Salary Scale was introduced for health workers apart from doctors,” he added.
Yakasai reeled out the position of the PSN on the issue as follows:
He said the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria demands that the enabling circular to adjust the CONHESS scale like was done with CONMESS in 2014 and 2017 be issued immediately as agreed.
“In similar spirit, we request the President Muhammadu Buhari to direct the issuance of the circular that legitimises the consultancy cadre for pharmacists in public service as approved by the National Council on Establishment.
“We strongly recommend that to stem the tide of industrial disharmony in the public service, the Federal Government must restructure the wage pattern to fit into one universal scale which gives preferential entry point to those who have longer duration of training to enable them enter at higher steps on the Universal Salary Scale as a permanent intervention.
“The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has always been matured and peaceful in its agitations. This has made us very vulnerable to exploitation by some stakeholders. In the current dispensation we demand justice and equity for all concerned without further delay in the interest of consumers of health in our country,” he said.
Yakasai also called the attention of the government to the welfare of all health care providers, noting that the brain drain of pharmacists, nurses, doctors and all healthcare providers could be reduced with the right welfare packages.
“I also use this medium to add my voice to Bill Gate call on all tiers of government to increase their budget for the health sector. A healthy country is a productive country,” he said.
Miral – YPG Ravimal Essay Competition
Yakasai also seized the opportunity to launch the Miral – World Malaria Day Essay Competition tagged, “RAVIMAL Essay Competition” observing that it seeks to engage young Pharmacists and pharmacy students in malaria elimination and tackle the widespread of malaria.
The topic of the essay is, “Ending malaria deaths in Africa;the challenges, the opportunities.”
Commenting, Mr Onyeka Onyeibor, Miral Pharmaceuticals Managing Director, said the competition will help take on the possible solutions on the reduction of malaria as the deadly killer of about one thousand people every day.
He added that the objective of the competition is to discover students and young health professionals, who do not only know about malaria, but effectively can, communicate it to the global community as well as the Nigerian public.
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Birth Registration: Over Four Million Nigerian Children Miss National Planning Radar Yearly
With little resources to cater for the needs of a fast growing population put at 200 million in a country that boasts of four million unregistered births annually, stakeholders foresee more hard times for Nigeria in the nearest future.
Out of over seven million babies born yearly in Nigeria, the equivalence of the population of Sierra Leone, more than four million of these babies lack legal existence as their births are not registered. In view of this, experts say, “they are worried.”
There is no gainsaying that knowing the number of children born in a country would allow the government to make right policies for the betterment of all citizens.
Similarly, the United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) notes, “Children with no birth certificate don’t exist before the law, and are in danger of remaining on the margins of society, or being shut out altogether.
“They are more likely to face major challenges in accessing healthcare, education and social assistance.”
Regrettably, only 2.6 million children under the age of one were registered by the National Population Commission (NPopC) last year. This year so far, 1.6 million infants have been registered, regardless of the law stipulates that birth should be registered within 60 days.
Birth registration does not correspond with birth rate in the country. On New Year’s Day alone, more than 20,000 babies were born in Nigeria, the third highest in the world, according to UNICEF, the UN children’s agency.
One in five births in Africa takes place in Nigeria and the country accounts for five per cent of all global births. UNICEF estimates that from 2015 to 2030, 136 million births will take place in Nigeria – making up 19 per cent of all African babies and 6 per cent of the global total. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) further projects that by 2050, Nigeria alone will account for almost one-tenth of all births in the world.
This issue was the focus recently in Kano at a media dialogue on birth registration organised by UNICEF in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture (FMIC) and National Population Commission (NPopC).
Mrs. Sharon Oladiji, Child Protection Specialist, UNICEF, in her presentation, ‘Current Situation of Birth Registration in Nigeria’ notes that birth registration in 2018 is abysmally low, revealing that “the performance of birth registration is only 32 per cent.”
For her, this figure shows that “all the states have low registration and this can be traceable to some limitations which must be urgently addressed.”
Oladiji also says, only eight per cent of under-five children are registered in Nigeria. She noted that birth registration is a key issue evidenced by a birth certificate and requires urgent attention.
The Child Protection Specialist states, “Currently only eight per cent of under-five children are registered in Nigeria: http:br.rapidsmsnigeria.org.
“Only 44 per cent of Africa’s births are registered, leaving an estimated 85 million children under five unregistered.
“Eight of the 10 countries with the lowest levels of birth registration are in Sub-Saharan Africa, with Nigeria having the largest population of unregistered children.”
Noting that about 62 per cent of children were given birth to outside Nigeria’s health facilities, Oladiji stresses, the advocacy at all state levels, if strengthened would support birth registration.
She insists that the importance of birth registration to the national development could not be overemphasised as this would allow the government to make right policies for the betterment of all citizens.
She further says, only 40 per cent of women access healthcare facilities which were a major problem in birth registration, querying, “When women don’t visit the healthcare, how do you expect them to register?
“In 2016, registered birth under aged one is 2,519,071 which translated to 51 per cent of the estimated birth in the country.
“But in 2017, it is reduced to 7,066 birth registration out of the 4,758,812 expected births under the age of one.
She states, the 2013 National Demographic Health Survey (DHS) revealed the low level of registration which could not be traceable to only ignorance of rural community dwellers while calling on Civil Society Organisations and the media to rise up to the challenge.
Oladiji who presented the Rapid sms data dashboard of Birth Registration also comments, “It shows the status of U1 and U5 BR in Nigeria for years 2016 and 2017, adding, “This depicts a glaring decline in BR at present.”
This implies that people were not registering the birth of their children probably because they did not know the importance of BR, she adds.
A major essence of presenting the Rapid sms data, she explains, is to highlight the gaps which exist in the BR process in the country and arm journalists with data.
The Child Protection Specialist observes that this would help media advocacy for relevant actors – parents, caregivers, religious/traditional/community leaders, LG chairmen, etc. These are the individuals needed to bring about the desired behaviour change towards birth registration within the next three months.
She further explains that birth registration is free for children under 17, adding that those who claimed that they pay to procure birth certificates from the health facilities and Local Government Areas are above specified age.
She projects that Nigeria would be producing 257 million children in Africa from 2015 to 2050 and these children needs to be planned for.
Further Oladiji provides the lists of the benefit of birth registration in the country to the Nigerian child if registered noting that it covers health, education, survival, social services initiatives, developmental goals, etc.
She observes, birth registration processes face some challenges, some of which are both internal and external. The internal challenge is within NPopC, while the external concerns health, education, community and other government actors.
She stresses the need for inter-agency collaboration and extensive media campaigns to help surmount the weak knowledge of birth registration process and create awareness of the operations of NPopC.
In her presentation titled, National Population Commission: The historical Perspective of BR in Nigeria, Haiya Husaini highlights a host of challenges the institution is facing – ranging from lack of infrastructure, weak knowledge base of people, to collaborations.
She however notes that the collaboration with UNICEF has resulted in production of radio jingles and print materials currently being utilised in on-going enlightenment campaigns.
Jude Inegbeboh, another facilitator demonstrated how to navigate the Rapid sms dashboard to help participants gain more knowledge and information on BR situation, thereby deriving data needed to do evidence-based stories.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, in his welcome address corroborates that there is need for widespread media campaign to enlighten and create awareness in homes, communities and at all levels of government on birth registration.
Mohammed, who was represented by Mr. Olumide Osanyipeju, Head of Advocacy, Child Right Information Bureau in the Ministry, also says the low awareness of birth registration had resulted to lack of planning.
“The low level, or apparently lack of awareness on the importance of birth registration has resulted in lack of planning for children and improper capturing of this important segment of our society in developmental and social processes that affect them.
“Workable solutions to this general weak knowledge can begin right from the homes and communities and through a wide spread media campaign aimed at creating awareness at all levels of governance and civil society.”
He adds, the media campaign would drive demand for birth registration services and promote increased knowledge on the importance of birth registration.
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In Her Gentle Jaws
An Introduction To The Depreciation Guild
Katelyn RoofMuch of the buzz surrounding next Thursday’s show at Neutral is focusing on the evening’s headliners, Brooklyn’s The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, and with good reason – their new self-titled album, out tomorrow, is wonderful and will be discussed soon enough. But it’s a shame that all the attention is falling on them when their tourmates are just as noteworthy.
That would be The Depreciation Guild, also from Brooklyn, and talking points around the band generally center around the fact that they’re giving their debut album, In Her Gentle Jaws away for free on their website and also that their band’s sound is built off of an old 8-bit Nintendo gaming system. Which, as far as angles for getting noticed go, are pretty good. But putting those aside and focusing on the music, there’s still plenty to comment on.
Like how they take those tones and textures that evoke memories of pixelated plumbers amongst those of a certain generation and build soaring, shoegazing soundscapes of pop wonder out of them. And while the 8-bit aesthetic is fundamental to their sound, they’re not beholden to it – they also use more conventional instruments like guitars and drums to get where they’re going and the songs would more than stand up even without the Nintendo backbone – it just might not be quite as much fun.
Exclaim and Gothamist talk to The Depreciation Guild about, um, their Nintendo-fi sounds and their free album. And you can also get their EP Nautilus for free at 8-Bit Peoples. Update: This show has been moved to Lee’s Palace.
MP3: The Depreciation Guild – “Darklooming”
MP3: The Depreciation Guild – “Butterfly Kisses”
MP3: The Depreciation Guild – “Nautilus”
Video: The Depreciation Guild – “Nautilus”
MySpace: The Depreciation Guild
Rolf Klausener talks to The National Post about the utter bizarreness of The Acorn’s world right now, where just before setting out on an arena tour of the UK in support of Elbow, they get the Kanye West seal of approval for their video for “Crooked Legs”.
Video: The Acorn – “Crooked Legs”
The Village Voice and Exclaim talk to Matt & Kim, though it’s really just Matt.
Spinner interfaces with Of Montreal, feels vaguely dirty about it the next morning.
It’s a kiwi invasion! First, Cut Off Your Hands will make their Toronto debut at the Horseshoe on March 30 – tickets $10 in advance.
And then Flight Of The Conchords will play not one but two nights at Massey Hall on April 21 and 22. Presale goes today at 10AM, tickets $49.50. That’s… a lot.
Cloud Cult and Margot & The Nuclear So And So’s are at the El Mocambo on April 3, tickets $10.
Super Furry Animals have a new album in the can, if not a name for it, and will release it digitally via their website on March 16 and give it a physical release on April 21. Details at Beggars blog.
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Spin gets the backstory on the AC Newman song “Submarines Of Stockholm”.
White Lies’ chart-topping (in the UK) debut To Lose My Life will get a North American release on March 17 – none of this, “wait a year before jumping across the pond” nonsense. Tickets for their March 31 show at Lee’s Palace with Friendly Fires and The Soft Pack will run you $15.
By : Frank Yang at 8:13 am
Tags: AC Newman, Acorn, Airborne Toxic Event, Cloud Cult, Cut Off Your Hands, Depreciation Guild, Flight Of The Conchords, Margot & The Nuclear So And So's, Matt & Kim, of montreal, Super Furry Animals, White Lies, Wrens
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Shame how expensive FoTC are. But they won’t be getting any cheaper, and it’s Massey Hall, not something they could play like Ricoh.
I’ll suck it up and get it in now before these prices only go higher.
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City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > General U.S. > City vs. City
What Cities Looks & Feel Bigger. What Cities Feel Smaller (In Terms Of Population) (living, America)
JJG
Originally Posted by 58rhodes
just take a look
http://www.city-data.com/forum/attac...y-statue-2.jpghttp://www.city-data.com/forum/attac...y-statue-2.jpg
...the only thing that shows me is that Jersey City has a skyline.
NOT that it "kicks major butt over most top 20 cities"
58rhodes
Location: Tualatin Oregon
Originally Posted by JJG
since it has a density of over 15,000 people per sq mile I would tend to think that it does kick butt over just about any place in terms of feeling bigger than it is.
I read the the title of the thread---excuse me
it is the anti Ft Worth LOL
• Density 2,166.0/sq mi (835.2/km2)
Ok, then. You weren't specific at first.
bawac34618
Location: The middle of nowhere
Bigger: New Orleans, Memphis, Louisville
Smaller: Oklahoma City, Dallas, Phoenix
I don't think any city in the country can match Oklahoma City in terms of feeling smaller than its actual size, both city and metro. It's a metro of 1.3 million that feels (and acts) like a metro area of around 500k. I like Phoenix but it doesn't really offer a big city feel. I would say it feels like a metro of around 2 million with a city population of about 600k. Same story with Dallas. I love Dallas but when I am there, I don't feel like I am in the fourth largest metro in the country.
Shakeesha
Originally Posted by Blackbeauty212
That's Pittsburgh too.... a city of 305K.... Feels more like a city of 600-700k even a 1 million at times.... because of the small sq miles (55), and it has a lot of Urban Inner Suburbs that transact mostly with the city.
Not to me. The downtown feels small and compact, and its metro feels small as well. Cincinnati's metro feels bigger than it is, while the downtown feels small. Indianapolis's downtown and metro both feel significantly smaller than the population suggests. Knoxville also doesn't feel like a million+ metro (csa), no way does it feel the same as similarly sized Tulsa, Little Rock, or even Birmingham and New Orleans.
mjlo
No I'd imagine not, It's infrastructure and skyline came into place when it was more than twice that size.
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SouthernBoy205
Houston feels bigger than 6.6 million people. The city is massive.
Birmingham feels bigger than 1.2 million.
IrishIllini
Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205
The city limits are massive. Miles upon miles on SF detached housing doesn't necessarily make a region feel "bigger" in an urban sense. Seems we're talking about the urbanity of regions rather than their actual population. Houston does not have the foot traffic you'd see in a place like San Francisco or Portland which tends to make a place feel larger than it actually is.
Originally Posted by IrishIllini
Yes, we are.
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Tiger. Beat.
Monday, September 28, 2009 by Judd Spicer in News
Images courtesy of SD Dirk, Keith Allison
Déjà vu isn't a bad thing if the senses rekindled are of a pleasing nature. For the second consecutive year -- and the third time in the past four seasons -- the Twins bring a hardball campaign down to the final week, beginning tonight with a four-game set against a Tiger club holding a two game lead in the Central. Past becoming Prologue wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing for this 2009 version of the Bread Basket, considering that the club ascended past 162 games in both 2006 and 2008 before losing in the ALDS and in game #163, respectively.
The Twins' mantra this past weekend should have been labeled: Gain Ground. And if they indeed monikered their time in K.C. as such, then the club's objectives were realized as we scooped up a game on the Tigers, who dropped two of three to the Chi Sox while the Twins took the first two from the Royals before getting shut down by likely Cy winner Zach Greinke.
The Twins have won nine of 14 versus Detroit this season, including the two of three we took from the Tigers on 9/18-9/20. Previous to those three ballgames in which the clubs combined for 19 runs, the Twins and Tigers had collectively averaged 12.8 runs per in their prior 11 contests. The average for the most recent series? About half that at 6.3. As the adage goes: Offense sells tickets, pitching wins titles. It will be wholly interesting to see which clubs has more (or less) juice to squeeze as the pressure cooker now bubbles at full tilt.
While concurrently charting Joe Mauer's quest for this third battling title since '06 (I'd say about a hit a game -- putting him at about .366 -- would do it), the larger portrait brushes a scenario in which a sweep of Detroit would put the Twins up by two games with the weekend Dome closer still to play. Taking three of the four would find us tied; a spilt would put us in a gritty spot and so forth.
After taking a moment to appreciate the fact that the Boys are even in such a position to compete in the last week of the season after having trailed the Tigers by as many as seven games this month -- the attentions become grounded. And we focus on today, before tomorrow. Here are your Twins & Tigers capsules -- enjoy the pressure baseball:
Tonight: Nick Blackburn (11-11, 4.18 ERA) vs. Rick Porcello (14-9, 4.14)
Blackburn makes his third 2009 start against the Tigers this season, against whom he's 1-1 on the year coupled with a disturbing 5.11 ERA. Seven Tigers hit him at lifetime clip of .300 or better. '09 has proven a polar year for Blackie, however recent starts have found him on the positive end with four Quality Starts in his past five outings.
There are those that believe that the "P" in the 20-year-old Porcello's surname stands for Prodigy. The likely AL Rook of the Year has had a stellar season, accruing the most wins for a sub-21-year-old since Doc Gooden in 1985. Tonight marks his fourth start versus the Twins, the most recent of which was a 9/18 outing in which he was outdueled by Brian Duensing. All told, Porcello is a pedestrian 1-2 with a 3.71 ERA in his previous three against Minnesota; of great note is Jason Kubel's success, hitting at a 7-for-8 (.875, yep) clip against the kid.
Tomorrow night: Brian Duensing (5-1, 3.33) vs. Justin Verlander (17-9, 3.41)
Duensing is now a stellar 5-0 as a starter, although dude is coming off his worst outing to date, a 5.2 inning, 3 run effort (and win) against the Chi Sox last Wednesday. He's had great success against Detroit this year in both relief and starting roles, allowing just one run in 14.2 innings pitched.
Verlander's 17 wins are tied for second-most in baseball, although it's well-worthy of mentioned that there are a few ghosts behind that bulky total, most notably: he's tied for just 18th in Quality Starts (64 percent) and gets a boatload of run support at 6.14 per nine innings -- good for 6th most in the AL. Verlander is 0-2 with a bulky 5.49 against the Twins this season; he hasn't beat the Bread Basket in four straight starts dating to last year.
Wednesday night: Carl Pavano (13-11, 4.86) vs. Eddie Bonine (0-1, 4.60)
Pavano's last "biggest start" since 2004 is usurped by this next start. After tossing 6 innings and giving up 4 runs in his Friday win over K.C., Pavano is pitted against a Tiger club that he has thus far owned in '09. To wit: the vet of 206 MLB starts is 4-0 with a 1.69 ERA in five starts against Detroit (between his time here and in Cleveland). While six Tigers hit him at .300 or better, he has surrendered just one HR and a lone walk to their collective batsmen.
Bonine makes just the fourth start of his season and ninth of his career on Wednesday night. He has yet to face the Twins this year, although in a July 2nd start against Minnesota from last season he gave up a whopping seven hits and two walks in just 2.2 innings of work. He sports a sound 3.03 ERA as a starter, although Eddie is apt to give up a few bombs, as evidenced by his 7 HR's allowed in less than 30 innings pitched.
Thursday afternoon: Scott Baker (14-9, 4.48) vs. Nate Robertson (2-2, 5.56)
Like Pavano, Baker earned a weekend win over K.C. despite a less-than-inspired performance. He'll need a stellar outing in this afternoon set to change his fortunes against Detroit, versus whom he's 0-1 with a wild 9.00 ERA in three starts this year. Carlos Guillen just kills him lifetime, sporting a .725 slugging percentage in 25 at-bats. On a more sanguine note: Baker owns a career 14-10 record in day games.
Which is better than the wholly average Robertson, who offers a cruddy 18-27 career record in day starts, coupled with a 9-10 lifetime mark against the Bread Basket. Seven Twins hit him a at career clip of .300 or better. Robertson was very recently shifted back into a starter's role, in which he's rewarded his betters with just a lone Quality Start (over lowly Cleveland) in five August/September outings.
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Those Outside Our Circle of Concern: Strip-Searches and a Failure of Empathy
By Sherry F. Colb
My Verdict column for this week is about Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, a case that the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing this coming Term. Florence involves a challenge to a policy under which detention facilities strip-search all arrestees prior to entry. The policy applies even to those people charged with minor, non-indictable offenses, and it requires no reason to suspect that an individual searched is actually in possession of drugs, weapons, or other contraband. The Supreme Court upheld a similar policy in the 1979 case of Bell v. Wolfish, but the facts of Florence are arguably distinguishable, as I discuss in the column. Though I make no strong outcome predictions, I will boldly say here that Justice Kennedy's vote will be important. Justice Kennedy has a somewhat uneven record when it comes to prisoners' rights, having recently written a majority opinion on the side of California prison reform in Brown v. Plata but having also in the past extended enormous deference to prison officials, including in Washington v. Harper, in which he wrote for the Court that we could trust prison psychiatrists to sedate prison inmates only when doing so was in the patients' medical best interests, even if prison rules did not include any consideration of patient's medical interests.
However the Supreme Court rules, it is noteworthy that our society largely tolerates policies under which incarcerated people are routinely subject to highly invasive and often pointless indignities. Our threshold for outrage when a victim of harm is not "one of us" -- those we include in our circle of concern -- seems inordinately high. If we are not personally connected to individuals at the receiving end of the criminal justice system, we may too readily accept as normal and unremarkable the grotesque conditions that prevail in penal institutions. We may even take comfort in the belief that our Constitution guarantees prisoners at least some protection.
Many of us would feel differently if the matter were closer to home. Imagine that the State in which we live passed law requiring every middle school student, at private and public schools, to disrobe the first day of classes in front of a teacher who would visually examine the student's genitalia. We might well be outraged and immediately ask why such a policy was implemented, what other policies were considered and rejected first, and whether this approach could possibly be necessary to any important objective. Unless we have no connection to middle school populations, as a parent or other relative, as a child, or as a friend, we would probably not react with indifference and think, "Who cares? They're only children."
When it comes to people entering a detention facility, however, those of us who have never been arrested and taken to jail tend to react in just this way, a reaction that that leaves prisons free to adopt blanket strip-search policies until a court is ready to declare them unconstitutional.
When I contemplate the impact of an overly narrow circle of concern, my thoughts turn to the animals whose bodies and hormonal secretions have become a part of virtually every meal that most Americans eat. If our threshold for outrage is high when it comes to prisoners, it is stratospheric when farmed animals are at issue, and the effects are all around us. Animals on modern farms experience excruciating pain, sickness, stench, and grotesque deprivation almost every day of their short lives, and then they are subjected to a terrifying and painful process of slaughter. Compared to this torture, an animal on a small family farm who only, as a young baby, is castrated, has his skin branded, or has his ears scissored, all without anesthesia, is a beneficiary of "humane" treatment. We view as similarly humane the treatment of a mother cow or goat or sheep whose every baby is forcibly removed from her side so her milk can be diverted to humans, and who is later slaughtered at the age of 5 for hamburger meat, but who was allowed out of doors and given some grass on which to graze.
We not only feel no outrage about the suffering we support, but we may even feel pride when we buy "local" or "organic" animal products, imagining that we have done well by the animals. It is so easy for us to forget to ask the question "Is this necessary?" when it comes to those outside our circle of concern, and the animals we consume seem as far outside as a living and sentient being could possibly be. Are blanket strip searches necessary (or even effective) means of securing jails? I doubt it, and the policy in Florence did not rest on any demonstrated need or utility. Is the consumption of animal products necessary (or even beneficial) to a good human life? It is not, as people are slowly but surely recognizing.
I heard recently about a scientist who suggested that we might have a different attitude toward other animals if some of the other hominid species, including the Neanderthals and Homo Habilis, had survived to live among us. The suggestion was that with some of these "missing links" around, we would have an easier time understanding how much we share (in our experiences of pain, pleasure, fear, anger, and psychological distress) with our fellow earthlings, even those very different from ourselves.
I am quite skeptical of this idea. Human beings have a remarkable ability to expand and also to contract our circle of concern, with or without the presence of Neanderthals or Homo Habilus in our midst. When we put our minds and hearts to it, we can feel empathy and extend our conscience to those well outside of our species -- this is why some of us take such loving care of our companion animals. At the same time, when we take our minds and hearts out of it, we are capable of viewing others of even the same species as so alien to us that we need not bother refraining from enslaving and even killing them. The path out of violence and indifference to violence is as simple as it is radical: expanding our circle of concern to all of those capable of suffering, and understanding that unnecessary violence and cruelty, whether inflicted on a jail inmate, an "enemy" or an animal, impoverishes our world. Two quotes from Albert Schweitzer speak to this idea: "Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight." and "Until we extend our circle of compassion to all living things, humanity will not find peace."
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Dovetail and Tavolàta in the News
The 16-foot-long tavolàta (Italian for table), made in Dovetail's wood shop from a maple slab with live edges.
Dovetail is proud to complete Tavolàta Capitol Hill, another restaurant we've built for chef and restaurateur, Ethan Stowell. Designed by Atelier Drome Architecture, the 2,600-square-foot restaurant is housed on the ground-floor of the new Dunn Motors Building, on the corner of East Pike and Summit Ave. The original building was constructed in 1925, and preservationist-minded developer Hunters Capital preserved the historic façade and simultaneously created a new building that references the original 1920’s design with large warehouse-style windows and high quality finish materials.
Tavolàta in Seattle's Daily Journal of Commerce. Click image to read the whole story.
Atelier Drome principal, Michelle Linden, explains that the team designed Tavolàta as a “modern interpretation of the original Bell Town Tavolàta, with lighter woods, a pallet of gray hues, and exposed mechanical systems,” creating a warm yet urban feel. Linden adds that further influence comes from the food itself, “they cook finely crafted meals with handmade pastas and sauces, and the build-out reflects that tailoring with handmade wood and steel furniture, surfaces, and details. The space is built with the same quality and care as the food.”
Tavolàta in Seattle Met. Click image to read full story.
The main design vision for the restaurant, however, derives from its name, “tavolàta,” a large Italian communal table that emphasizes conversation and community. When entering the restaurant the first big gesture is the table – a sixteen-foot-long maple slab with live edges. Sourced locally from around Lake Whatcom and designed and built in Dovetail’s wood shop in collaboration with Dovetail’s metal shop, the communal table can be separated into two eight-foot-long tables. Bare bulbs hang above the table, illuminating its entire length.
Tavolàta is a beautiful space with beautiful food. Come for the delicious eats and stay for community and ambiance.
Tags: Tavolata, Commercial, Capitol Hill, Restaurant
A Day in the Life at Dovetail: Quarterly Snapshot
At any given time, we're building about ten different projects. Here's a sneak peek into five current works in progress.
Whidbey Island: Smuggler's Cove Residence
Smuggler's Cove residence on Whidbey Island, designed by MW|Works, under construction.
It's busy and exciting at the Smuggler's Cove residence, designed by MW|Works. Inside, rough-in for all the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing is taking place. Outside, we're beginning to enclose the building envelope and preparing to install the window package from Quantum. Notice the Prosoco Wet-Flash on the sheathing, a roll-on, waterproof and breathable barrier that wicks away moisture on the outside while allowing water vapor to escape from the inside. A high-tech, yet green product that was awarded the Declare Label by the Living Future Institute. We began using Prosoco while building a net-zero-energy home, and fell in love with the quality and ease of application. Now we use it on almost every residential project.
Above, details of the interior living areas, as well as exterior, where 75% will be covered in windows. The residence consists of several structures that come together at a clearing in the woods, overlooking a pond. Far left: kitchen and living space. Middle left: office area off the master suite. Middle right: lower bedroom with views of the pond. Far right: the massive cantilever, an engineering feat, protects an outdoor patio and the entry-path to the front door.
Tavolàta Capitol Hill
Tavolàta is located at the busy corner of Pike and Summit in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Dovetail is thrilled to build chef Ethan Stowell’s latest restaurant, Tavolàta Capitol Hill. Designed by Atelier Drome Architecture, the 2,600-square-foot restaurant is housed on the ground-floor of the new Dunn Automotive building. The team at Atelier Drome designed Tavolàta as a modern Italian eatery with light woods and a pallet of gray hues, creating a warm yet urban feel.
“Tavolàta,” is Italian for a large communal table. When entering the restaurant the first big gesture is the table – a 16-foot-long maple slab with live edges. Designed and built in Dovetail’s wood shop in collaboration with Dovetail’s metal shop, the communal table can be separated into two eight-foot-long tables.
The tavolàta, in Dovetail's wood shop, before being shipped to the restaurant.
Tavolàta Capitol Hill is one of several Ethan Stowell Restaurants that Dovetail has built throughout the years. Dovetail principal, Scott Edwards, says “it’s always such a pleasure working with Ethan because he’s incredibly dedicated to craft and quality, whether it’s food or building materials. As a builder, it’s really special teaming up with him because he cares so much about design and craft.
View Ridge Residence
Back exterior: cantilever love at the new View Ridge residence, designed by Heliotrope Architects.
How we love the View Ridge residence, let us count the ways. 1: Heliotrope Architects delivered a stunning design. 2: We're crazy about the massive cantilever roof on this house. 3: The cedar doesn't stop at the soffit - it continues inside! 4: Gorgeous custom windows by Quantum - 'nuff said. 5: The clients are really really fabulous! We could go on, but we'll let the rest of the images speak for themselves (kind of).
Far left: the stairwell with floating treads. Middle left: the third-floor window walls open up to a porch with views of the entire Cascade Range. Middle right: the cedar soffit appears to seamlessly glide into the living room. Far right: marble, marble, marble in the master bath.
Harvard Exit Theatre
Interior third floor of the historic Harvard Exit Theatre, renovation design by S+H Works.
What's going on inside the historic Harvard Exit Theatre? Well, we can tell you we're thrilled to be performing the historic preservation and restoration of the entire theatre. It's getting a total make over. We're gutting the theatre down to the studs (meanwhile stripping and preserving all the trim and fancy details), performing seismic and structural upgrades, applying a new roof, adding new mechanical, electrical and plumbing service, restoring windows and installing new ones, and lastly adding an elevator. After all the upgrades are performed we then begin putting the building back together and add the old but newly restored trim and details. Here's a sneak peek at what we've been up to over the last few months.
Far left: the roof will be tented while structural upgrades are performed and a new roof is applied. Middle left: the foreman on the job removes an exterior siding panel to reveal the massive old growth beam and column supporting the third-floor theatre. Middle right: the main theatre floor will be leveled. Far right: the newly cut elevator shaft.
Perkins Lane Residence
We're building a new home on Perkins Lane, in Magnolia, designed by Coates Design Architects. We recently demolished the existing home - the retaining wall and parking slab will remain. In its place we're building an entirely new custom home with stunning views of Puget Sound and the Olympics. Stay tuned for progress on this project and more!
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Accueil » Évènements » Roundtable Discussion: Rural China, global capitalism and social...
Room Segalen, 25/F, Admiralty Centre, Tower 2, 18 Harcourt Road, Hong Kong (Admiralty MTR station, exit A)
Jack Linchuan Qiu, Tom McDonald
Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong
and The C-Centre, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
With more than 700 million users as of 2016, the growth of internet users has been unprecedented in China. Social media have also been playing an ever more central role in people’s everyday lives. In this dual book launch roundtable discussion: Rural China, global capitalism and social media: from production to consumption, on the one hand we shall get into the heart of the production and labor politics of information and communication technologies in China. In Goodbye iSlave. A Mafinesto for Digital Labor Abolition, Jack Qiu documents and interrogates « how corporations and governments everywhere collude to build systems of domination, exploitation, and alienation ». The presentation of this volume by the author and the discussion will touch upon questions such as: what parallels are there, if any, between the seventeenth century Atlantic triangular slave trade system and today’s “twenty-first-century slavery” or “iSlavery” ? What are the features of Chinese workers’ digitally networked labor activism and their resistance to exploitation and how do they differ from patterns elsewhere in the Global South ? What is specific about this IT-based industrial capitalism and how does it inform the broader transformations of global capitalism ? In an era of global production of desires and global connectivity, what intellectual and moral challenges do these questions raise in China and beyond?
On the other hand, through an in-depth ethnographic exploration of the uses of social media in a rural town of Shandong province, we will delve into the varied and often contradictory effects the use of social media bear upon the everyday lives of rural dwellers. The presentation of Social Media in Rural China by Tom McDonald and the discussion that will follow will include questions such as : how do the uses of social media by townfolk affect their moral and ethical frameworks and how do they relate to the tensions between traditional moral values and the growth of individualism, and the rise of personal choices and desires ? How do the uses of social media shape townfolk’s understanding of the broader socio-political and economic changes taking place in their lives and how do these uses relate to changes in material consumption? How do social media users in rural China experience government censorship and propaganda and what effects do these have on townfolk digitally-mediated social relations?
Presentation of Goodbye iSlave. A Mafinesto for Digital Labor Abolition, by Jack Linchuan Qiu (Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Discussion by Jenny Chan (Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Social Science, Hong Kong Polytechinic University) and Eric Florence (Director of CEFC)
General Discussion (Q&A)
Presentation of Social Media in Rural China by Tom McDonald (Associate professor, Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong)
Discussion by Ka-ming Wu (Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Séverine Arsène (Chief Editor of China Perspectives, CEFC)
Eric Florence chaired the seminar
The seminar was held in English
* We are sorry for the lost of voice recording of the discussion of Ka-ming Wu and Séverine Arsène to Tom McDonald’s book because of the technical fault.
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BMA PRESENTS IMMERSIVE INSTALLATION BY BALTIMORE-BASED ARTIST PHAAN HOWNG
Phaan Howng: The Succession of Nature
WHEN: On view November 3 through August 2018
WHERE: 10 Art Museum Drive, three miles north of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.
ADMISSION: General admission to the BMA is free. Special exhibitions may be ticketed. The BMA is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. The museum is closed Monday, Tuesday, New Year’s Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
For general museum information, call 443-573-1700 or visit artbma.org.
The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) presents an immersive experience that highlights local environmental issues using intense, unnatural colors inspired by toxic waste. The installation was created by Baltimore-based artist Phaan Howng in partnership with Blue Water Baltimore and is on view in the Commons gallery adjacent to the Imagining Home exhibition in the BMA’s Patricia and Mark Joseph Education Center.
“We look forward to the conversations, ideas, and actions that Phaan Howng’s work will inspire,” said BMA Dorothy Wagner Wallis Director Christopher Bedford. “In light of recent events demonstrating both the fragility of our physical environment and the resilience of its inhabitants, we are excited to explore the connection between environmental concerns and home.”
“I am excited for visitors to engage playfully with the space while reconsidering the impact of their personal engagement with the environment both locally and globally,” said artist Phaan Howng.
Phaan Howng: The Succession of Nature is part of the BMA’s Commons Collaboration initiative, which commissions an artist and non-profit to work together on an installation and offer a series of public programs related to Imagining Home. Phaan Howng and Blue Water Baltimore teamed up to create a colorful, all-encompassing space that immerses and disorients viewers to spark dialogue about current ecological crises brought on by the Anthropocene (human-influenced) age. The installation and accompanying suite of programs will raise awareness about the protection and restoration of Baltimore’s waterways and their important role in public health and civic life. This is the third year of the Commons Collaboration project.
PHAAN HOWNG (American, b. 1982) is a painter, sculptor, installation, and performance artist based in Baltimore. She received an MFA in multidisciplinary art from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she is a faculty language learning instructor. The multidisciplinary artist has been awarded residences at Windy Mowing, Halifax, VT (2015); Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia (2012); and Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2005). Howng has also received honors for her recent work and has given artist talks regionally. Her solo and group exhibitions include Biological Controls: If It Bleeds We Can Kill It at School 33 Art Center, Baltimore; Strange Genitals, Art F City, Brooklyn; Satellite Art Show, Miami Beach; and Instigate. Activate: No Place, No You or Me, Arlington Arts Center.
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Free Baltimore's New Year's Eve Spectacular Sunday, December 31, @ Inner Harbor
Now Accepting Applications for the 2018 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade
Now Accepting Applications for Parade Participants
There is still time left to be a part of the 18th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Parade on Monday, January 15, 2018 at noon. Eligible applicants to walk in the parade include cheer and dance squads, college and high school bands, community bands, equestrian groups, floats, honor/color guards, military groups and civic/community organizations.
All parade applications are due by Sunday, December 31, 2017. For more information and to apply visit www.promotionandarts.org.
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Free Annual Community Kwanzaa Celebration
WHEN: Thursday, December 28th, 6-9pm
WHERE: Eubie Blake Cultural Center at 847 N. Howard Street, Baltimore MD
Free street parking is available after 6pm. There is a paid garage across the street at 821 Eutaw Street.
TICKETS: This event is FREE and open to to the public
Join us as we celebrate Kwanzaa at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center! We will be discussing the principle Ujimaa, or Collective Work and Responsibility. (Above: Kwanzaa Celebration 2016)
There will be a thriving African marketplace, food for sale by Next Phaze Catering, a Kwanzaa ceremony with libation, a poetry reading by Rubys Artist Award Grantee celeste doaks, and live performances from Keur Khaleyi African Dance Company, DJ Hoeteps, Next Generation of Wombworks Production, and the Eubie Blake Cabaret Company. The evening will be hosted by MC Tracie Jiggetts.
RSVP: Be sure to bring your family and friends! Ticket sales will close by noon on December 24th. After this date, we will no longer take reservations online. Tickets WILL sell out. Once they do, you can be put on the waitlist for the event.
DONATE: If you can't attend our event and would still like to support us at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center, we welcome you to make a tax-deductible donation. Support from community members like you allows us to continue doing the work we do.
Labels: Eubie Blake Cultural Center, Family, Free, Kwanzaa
BTO: Modular Synth Meetup and Eurorack Introduction @ The Red Room
Baltimore Technology Overdrive presents
An Introduction to Eurorack Synthesizers
WHEN: Monday, December 18, 7PM
WHERE: The Red Room at Normals Books and Records, 425 E. 31st Street, Baltimore
This free event is for those curious about analog modular synthesizers. How do they work? What do all those colorful cables do? What’s with all those knobs?
Maybe, you can answer these questions already, but you haven’t built your own Eurorack synthesizer, yet. Come learn about this popular, inexpensive modular format.
Baltimore Technology Overdrive is an ongoing Red Room series focusing on electronic music in all its forms. It is a forum for interested persons to share information and ideas.
Labels: Computer Music, Digital Music, Electronic Music, Red Room
Applications Now Open for Artscape 2018
2018 Applications Now Open
Join us at the 37th Annual Artscape, July 20–22, 2018!
Applications are being accepted for:
Artwork Projects
Artist-Run Art Fair
Artists’ Market
Artists’ Market Emerging Artist Program
The Fred Lazarus IV Artscape Prize (“The Fred”)
Gamescape
Kidscape
LOL@Artscape
Non-Profit and Arts/Cultural Organizations
Visit www.artscape.org for more information and to apply.
Questions? Email artscape@promotionandarts.org
Labels: Applications, ARTSCAPE
JAMES HENNESSEY - 50 Years of Painting in Baltimore
JAMES HENNESSEY: ENDURING CONCERNS
50 Years of Painting in Baltimore
From 1965 – 2002, painter James Hennessey taught at MICA, influencing the artistic production of thousands of artists. This career-spanning exhibition focuses on work produced in Baltimore over the course of more than 50 years.
WHEN: Exhibition On View: DEC 9 - JAN 13; Gallery Talk: SAT JAN 6 | 7PM
WHERE: Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave. Baltimore MD 21224
When artist James Hennessey moved to Baltimore in 1965 to teach painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), he never anticipated the influence he would have on thousands of young painters who took his classes until 2002. Beyond his impressive career as a teacher, Hennessey’s success as a painter has seen his signature soft palate aesthetic and subtle depictions of mythological fables exhibited across the globe. Enduring Concerns focuses on Hennessey’s large paintings and celebrates more than 50 years of his work in Baltimore.
James Hennessey is a painter’s painter: his daily studio practice finds him methodically working his large canvases, adding and subtracting inflections of color and light, scraping and sanding away excess, and repeating as necessary to achieve his thoughtful surfaces. While his subject matter varies slightly between series, he concentrates on landscapes, interior spaces, figures, light, and atmosphere in his carefully constructed compositions. Hennessey paces himself when creating work, sometimes taking months to complete a single painting, and generally working on only one painting at a time.
The exhibition’s title, Enduring Concerns, references his steadfast consistency and intense focus on a small number of subjects. According to Hennessey, “my work is episodic – there are clusters of paintings that fall into categories, such as ‘Windows’, ‘Irish Paintings’, ‘Italian Paintings’, and ‘Furniture’, among others.” All episodes of the artist’s illustrious time in Baltimore will be represented in this rare survey.
James J. Hennessey earned his undergraduate degree at Illinois Wesleyan University and a graduate degree at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he studied with Richard Diebenkorn, Wendell Black, and Roland Reiss. Hennessey’s first teaching position was at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where he was hired in 1960.
In 1962, one of Hennessey’s paintings was included in the Museum of Modern Art’s (MOMA) exhibition, “Recent Painting U.S.A., The Figure”. The show was a juried exhibit that subsequently toured the country after the New York opening. In the same year, the American Academy in Rome, Italy awarded Hennessey “The Rome Prize”. As a result, he was in residence for two years in Rome and exhibited in several galleries both in Rome and Milan.
In 1965 Hennessey joined the faculty of MICA, where he taught until he retired in 2002. During this time he accrued an extensive exhibition record with works shown in New York at the Marilyn Pearl Gallery, the Boris Mirski and Alpha Galleries in Boston, and at the Pensler Galleries in Washington, DC, among others. He directed programs for students, faculty, and professional artists in Italy and France, including the MICA Italian Program in Sorrento, Italy, and the Alfred and Trafford Klots Residency Program in Rochefort-en-Terre, France. His paintings continue to be fueled by his extensive European experiences.
James Hennessey maintains an active studio in downtown Baltimore, Maryland.
Labels: Creative Alliance, Paintings
Navasha Daya Presents: A Soulful Rock & Roll Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
w/ Mathew Chase, Lafayette Gilchrist, Katrina Ford, Kelly Bell & more
WHEN: SAT DEC 16 | 8PM
Tix & Info
Baltimore soul singer Navasha Daya taps into her Mississippi blues heritage to celebrate the soulful side of Jimi Hendrix on his 75th birthday. It will be a psychedelic trip as Navasha, along with guitarist Matthew Chase (Jazz is PHISH), Kelly Bell (Kelly Bell Band), Lafayette Gilchrist (Lafayette Gilchrist and The New Volcanoes), Katrina Ford (Celebration), and others join together to celebrate Jimi Hendrix's 75th birthday!
Dori Freeman w/ Letitia VanSant
WHEN: FRI DEC 15 | 8PM
Join us for a night of beautiful and mesmerizing songs, as we shine a light on two songwriters in their musical prime! Baltimore’s own Letitia VanSant opens with a set of tunes sure to inspire. Dori Freeman closes out the evening. T
he New York Times named Dori’s self-titled debut—an honest and achingly beautiful collection of folk and country songs—one of the best albums of 2016. She has gone on to open for Mandolin Orange, Loretta Lynn, and others. Tix & Info
2017 Charm City Klezmer Holiday Dance Party
WHEN: SUN DEC 17 | 7:30PM
Burn off all of those latke calories by dancing up a storm at our annual Charm City Klezmer Holiday Dance Party. Learn Yiddish social dances and be propelled across the floor by a Baltimore band that hits harder than a hammer! Tix & Info
WHEN: SUN DEC 17 | 5-9PM
This candle-lit street procession from Creative Alliance to Lady of Pompei will be followed by a fiesta with piñata breaking for all ages! The community procession begins at Creative Alliance with pilgrims María and José. Join us for the walk, hot chocolate, singing, and candles. Bring musical instruments, such as tambourines, rattles, and maracas! More Info
SONGSTERS SERIES
LaFayette Gilchrist & Eric Kennedy
WHEN: TUE DEC 19 | 7PM
Join host Brooks Long for an evening of music and conversation with two Baltimore Jazz heavyweights, LaFayette Gilchrist (piano) and Eric Kennedy (drums, piano, vocals). Info
FREEZE PEACH COMEDY SERIES:
Looking at Comedy About Sexual Violence
WHEN: WED DEC 20 | 7PM
We will be screening a short film by Hannah Brancato, co-founder and co-director of Force: Upsetting Rape Culture. Entitled "Something Funny About Rape," the film is a capsule of a call for accountability after a performance in Baltimore in 2010. Info
INTERACTIVE MOVIE NIGHT
WHEN: FRI DEC 22 | 7PM mingle, 8PM film
Shout the lines, play games, imbibe Bruce drink specials, and win stuff! We're making your favorite Xmas action movie into an interactive movie night! Tix & Info
UPCOMING HOLIDAY EVENTS
A wild variety of holiday performances, workshops, shopping, and more! From silly and sparkling date nights to family processions through the neighborhood—there's something for everyone. We can't wait to share ALL the holidays with you! More Info
Labels: Comedy, Creative Alliance, Creative Alliance at the Patterson, Film, Jazz, Klezmer Music, Rock 'n Roll, Short films
Baltimore Clayworks is Back! Get Fired Up! Registration Open for Jan.-Feb. Classes, Workshops
WHERE: Baltimore Clayworks Inc. | 5707 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209
Kick off the new year with a Class or Workshop at Baltimore Clayworks. Find a workshop for you, no matter what your level of experience with clay. Our 6-week sessions and 1-day workshop—featuring outstanding instructors—make the joy of learning affordable and convenient. Register soon, because space is limited. Click here for complete info on Winter 2018.
Community Festivity at Baltimore Clayworks
What a wonderful party! Enjoy photos of the Community Thank You Party here.
Holiday Sale—Best Gifts in Baltimore
So much to choose from—ornaments and mugs, platters and sculptures, vases and dinnerware, jewelry and scarves, quilted linens and painted plates. The variety of artwork, from the affordable to the collectible, at Baltimore Clayworks is a delight. Come see! Open through December 23.
Gift Certificates make it nice to share the joy of clay!
Buy a 1-day workshop ($50) or a 6-week class ($185) for the aspiring and experienced artists on your gift list. Or give a gift card for shopping in the Gallery shops. Available here at Baltimore Clayworks or gift cards online.
To theFund for the Future of Baltimore Clayworks. Thank you!
Labels: Baltimore Clayworks, Ceramics, Classes, Pottery, Workshop
Vibraphonist Warren Wolf Quintet with Trumpeter Sean Jones this Saturday, Dec. 16
A Classical, Jazz & World Music Concert Venue
409 N Charles Street
Baltimore MD 21201
www.andiemusiklive.com
Buy tickets online at www.instantseats.com
Or by calling us as (410) 385-2638
Warren Wolf meets Sean Jones
WHEN: Saturday Dec 16 - 8 & 9:30 pm
TICKETS: $22 in advance/$25 at door/$10 full-time students with ID
Warren Wolf, vibes
Sean Jones, trumpet
Warren Wolf is a multi-instrumentalist from Baltimore. From the young age of three, Warren has been trained on the Vibraphone/Marimba, Drums, and Piano. Under the guidance of his father Warren Wolf Sr., Warren has a deep background in all genres of music.
Warren attended the Peabody Preparatory for eight years studying classical music with former Baltimore Symphony Orchestra member Leo LePage. During his high school years at the Baltimore School for the Arts, he studied with current Baltimore Symphony Orchestra member John Locke. He then enrolled at Berklee College of Music where he studied with Carribean Jazz Vibraphonists Dave Samuels and Ed Saindon.
After two years of teaching at Berklee, Warren headed back to Baltimore where he landed the piano duties performing in the Rachael Price Group. Recording and touring with Rachael, Warren has had the opportunity to tour throughout the entire Unites States of America. Warren is currently the drummer of choice for Alto Saxophonist Tia Fuller, who tours with internationally renowned pop star Beyonce Knowles. Warren is also a member of the Donal Fox Group which includes bassist John Lockwood and drummers Dafnis Preito and Terri Lyne Carrington. Also, Warren tour and perform with Bobby Watson’s “Live and Learn” Sextet, Karriem Riggins “Virtuoso Experience” and Christian McBride & “Inside Straight”. With these three groups Warren has traveled the world. Warren has performed worldwide.
Warren has several recordings as a leader. He recently signed to the Mack Ave recording label.
Music and spirituality have always been fully intertwined in the artistic vision of trumpeter, composer, educator and activist Sean Jones. After receiving his Master’s Degree from Rutgers University, Sean had a 6-month stint with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. This marked the beginning of a relationship with Wynton Marsalis, whose personal work ethic and ability to break barriers had already made a significant impact on the emerging artist. Wynton offered Sean a permanent position as lead trumpeter and Jones remained there until 2010.
Sean was prominently featured with a number of artists, recording and/or performing with many major figures. He has a longtime relationship with Mack Avenue Records, for whom he has just released his seventh recording: im.pro.vise = never before seen.
Heavily involved in education, Sean has recently joined the Berklee College of Music’s distinguished faculty as the Chair of the Brass Department. He also serves as Artistic Director of both the Pittsburgh and Cleveland Jazz Orchestras and is working toward organizing the various Jazz orchestras all over the country. Sean is current Artist-in-Residence at San Francisco Performances and is a member of The SF JAZZ Collective.
Clearly a passionately committed, heavily focused and deeply spiritual man, Sean relies upon his serious study of philosophy – especially that of 13th century theologian and mystic Meister Eckhardt; and Don Miguel Ruiz, whose vision is drawn from the ancient wisdom of the Toltec native people of Southern Mexico – to fuel the pursuit of his expansive and generous vision. www.sean-jones.com
Limited Time 2-for-1 Discount on Musicophilia Music Passes
As a special incentive, we are offering a limited time 2-for-1 deal on Musicophilia Music Passes!!
Buy a pass for yourself, and get one to gift. Or, give both as gifts.
Musicophilia Concert Passes are offered at five levels:
$50 one concert ticket + one in-stock CD
$100 one ticket to six concerts in one month
$200: one ticket to an unlimited number of concerts for one month
$500: one ticket to an unlimited number of concerts for three months
$1000: one ticket to an unlimited number of concerts for six months
$2000: one ticket to an unlimited number of concerts for one year
The 2-for-1 offer ends on January 31, 2018.
Click here to purchase: Musicophilia Concert Pass
Labels: An die Musik Live, Jazz, Music
MARYLAND FILM FESTIVAL: Opening Friday at the SNF Parkway
Director: Joachim Trier, 2017, Norway, 116 min
Thelma, a shy young student, has just left her religious family in a small town on the west coast of Norway to study at a university in Oslo. While at the library one day, she experiences a violent, unexpected seizure. Soon after, she finds herself intensely drawn toward Anja, a beautiful young student who reciprocates Thelma’s powerful attraction. As the semester continues, Thelma becomes increasingly overwhelmed by her intense feelings for Anja -feelings she doesn’t dare acknowledge, even to herself –while at the same time experiencing even more extreme seizures. As it becomes clearer that the seizures are a symptom of inexplicable, often dangerous, supernatural abilities, Thelma is confronted with tragic secrets of her past, and the terrifying implications of her powers.
Visit mdfilmfest.com for showtimes.
Praise for THELMA
Indiewire: "Ingmar Bergman meets Stephen King in Joachim Trier’s beguiling lesbian horror movie." - David Ehrlich
The New York Times: "Mostly, and most satisfyingly, it plays with the female Gothic, those unnerving tales — churning with desires and dread, and quivering with anxiety and suspicion — in which women are at once the victims and agents of change." - Manhole Dargis
Director: Oren Jacoby, 2017, United States, 82 min
In the 1980s, Richard Hambleton was the Shadowman, a specter in the night who painted hundreds of startling silhouettes on the walls of lower Manhattan and, along with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, sparked the street art movement. After drug addiction and homelessness sent him spinning out of the art scene for 20 years, the Shadowman gets a second chance…but will he take it? Shadowman plunges the viewer into the chaotic life of a forgotten artist, from early fame as a painter and denizen of the Lower East Side, through his struggles with heroin, to his surprising comeback as street art exploded to become one of the most popular and lucrative art movements in the world. Before Banksy, there was Hambleton.
Labels: Film, Maryland Film Festival
B.I.G. SHOWS THIS WEEKEND & B.I.G. UNIVERSITY
This Weekend's Shows!
Friday, December 15
7 pm -- "Happy Hour" -- with Plan B (tickets)
8 pm -- "No Reservations" -- with Hostel and Aftermath (tickets)
9 pm -- "Two for the Road" -- with Bears Only and Old City (tickets)
7 pm -- Casually Dope (tickets)
8 pm -- "Saturday Night Double Feature" -- with Training for Prom and Lekker (tickets)
9 pm -- "Hot 'n' Heavy with GUS -- with GUS and special guest Hot Pursuits (tickets)
7 pm -- The Launch Pad with Trampus, Fractal and After School Grandma (tickets)
WHERE: The BIG Theater, 1727 N. Charles St., in the Station North Arts & Entertainment District.
ADMISSION: All shows are STILL only $5, with separate admission for each show.
Convenient $3 parking in the garage across the street from the theater, at 1714 N. Charles St. Tell the attendant you're attending a show at BIG to get the discounted parking rate.
Every Tuesday Night at 7:30 pm, come see The Conservatory & Friends, our showcase for rising improv troupes. Just $5 for two Conservatory teams and a special guest troupe.
Every Thursday night at 7:30 pm, play along in Impropourri, BIG's super-fun bring-your-own-troupe spectacular. Show up with your own troupe, or sketch team or team up with others on the spot! Free.
“It will change your life!” That’s what we hear most often about taking improv classes. At BIG University you’ll work with the best improvisers in Baltimore to perform original, honest, and funny work through games, exercises and performances. We offer classes for all levels – from introductory level to advanced specialized programs. Age is truly just a number in improv. There are classes and workshops for kids, teens, and adults.
You will receive excellent training and specific feedback while you have the time of your life!
WHERE: All classes, unless otherwise noted, will be held at Bolton Street Synagogue, 212 W. Cold Spring Lane, in Evergreen
Labels: Baltimore Improv Group, Classes, Improv
READY! AIM! SPITFIRE! “THE REVOLUTIONISTS” @ EVERYMAN THEATRE THROUGH JANUARY 7
THE REVOLUTIONISTS
WHEN: on stage now through January 7
WHERE: Everyman Theatre, 315 W. Fayette St., Baltimore
Fresh, funny and as timely as ever, The Revolutionists is a spirited, race-against-the-guillotine thrill-ride that celebrates the powerful bond among women and the capacity of art and expression to create change.
Starring Resident Company members Beth Hylton as Marie Antoinette, Megan Anderson as Olympe de Gouges, and Dawn Ursula as Caribbean spy Marianne Angelle, with Emily Kester (Noises Off) as Charlotte Corday, prepare to laugh your head off at this imaginative, irresistible mash-up of historical whimsy and modern-day wit, from "America's Most Popular Playwright" (The New Yorker), Lauren Gunderson.
Screening: Farewell My Queen
The Revolutionists Set Designer Daniel Ettinger presents a screening at the Parkway Theatre of this passionate and visually stunning French drama about Marie Antoinette, followed by a discussion.
Fridays, December 15-January 5
Escape to the theatre for a fabulously fun and memorable night out with your BFFs, featuring 4 tickets to the show, a plate of delectable LB Bakery macarons and a bottle of house wine to share!
Battle of the Female Bartenders
Hurry—tickets going fast! Taste of Everyman welcomes three of Baltimore’s best female mixologists—Chelsea Gregoire (Hotel Revival), Pam Haner (W.C. Harlan) and Amie Ward (R. Bar)—plus sweet and savory cake bites in the spirit of Marie “let them eat cake” Antoinette, and a party playlist curated by Victoria Legrand. LEARN MORE
Tenets of Comedy
Laugh your way from The Revolutionists to this one-of-a-kind workshop for adults, taught by Resident Company member Bruce Nelson. With a focus on physical comedy, students explore using their actor's tools to create humor onstage—from individual comedic bits to the fundamentals of making a joke come hilariously to life. LEARN MORE
Q&A: The Revolutionists Costume Designer David Burdick
From sketchbook to sewing machine, Everyman Theatre Resident Costume Designer David Burdick talks about his inspiration and creative process bringing The Revolutionists costumes to life.
Off-Stage Stories: Today's Artistic Revolutionists
For centuries, women have used the power of the pen, the paintbrush and the performance stage to demand their voices be heard on important political and social issues. So who are some of today's artistic revolutionists? READ MORE
Labels: Everyman Theatre
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR “WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT” IN LIMITED RUN @ CENTERSTAGE
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
By Nassim Soleimanpour
WHEN: Dec 12–23 ONLY!
WHERE: Centerstage, 700 North Calvert Street, Baltimore
No rehearsals. No set. And a different actor reads the script for the first time at each performance. A play for the most curious and adventurous theatergoers, this performance transcends time and distance.
Written by Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour when his plays could not be seen in his own country, the White Rabbit Red Rabbit is an utterly original, wildly imaginative theatrical experience.
Just Announced: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Actor Kevin Kilner!
We just added two new performers to our lineup of actors and community luminaries for the upcoming (and limited) run of White Rabbit Red Rabbit.
Among the most talked-about and also least talked-about plays, White Rabbit Red Rabbit is an utterly original, wildly imaginative theatrical experience. Learn more.
Seats are extremely limited. Buy your tickets before it’s too late!
Tickets in the Third Space are just $25!
Tickets to the special benefit night with Carrie Preston are $75.
Pick your performance and get your tickets first before they sell out!
Tue, Dec 12 at 8 pm: It could be you!
Tonight’s actor will be picked at random from a pool of willing participants.
Wed, Dec 13 at 8 pm: Vincent Lancisi
Artistic Director and founder of Everyman Theatre
Thu, Dec 14 at 7 pm: Saycon Sengbloh
Actress (Tony Award nominee, Eclipsed; Scandal; BCS: Marley)
Fri, Dec 15 at 8 pm: Sonja Sohn
Actress & Community Activist (The Wire, Baltimore Rising)
Sat, Dec 16 at 2 pm: Wes Moore
Author & Philanthropist (The Other Wes Moore)
Sat, Dec 16 at 8 pm: Felicity Jones Latta
Actress (BCS: ‘Tis Pity…, The Homecoming, Lady Windemere’s Fan)
Sun, Dec 17 at 2 pm: Kathryn Erbe
Actress (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
Sun, Dec 17 at 7:30 pm: Rosiland Cauthen
Theatre Department Head at Baltimore School for the Arts
Mon, Dec 18 at 8 pm: JUST ANNOUNCED: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Former Baltimore City Mayor
Tue, Dec 19 at 8 pm: Lisa Lampanelli
Comedian/Actress/Playwright (HBO Comedy Special, Tonight Show, The Howard Stern Show)
Wed, Dec 20 at 8 pm:Jonathan Palevsky
Radio Host (WBJC, Cinema Sundays)
Thu, Dec 21 at 7 pm: Carrie Preston Benefit Night! Tickets $75
Actress (Emmy Award winner, The Good Wife; True Blood)
Fri, Dec 22 at 8 pm: JUST ANNOUNCED: Kevin Kilner
Actor (House of Cards, One Tree Hill, Smart House, BCS: An Enemy of the People)
Sat, Dec 23 at 8 pm: Tracie Thoms
Actress (The Devil Wears Prada, Rent, BCS: A Raisin in the Sun)
Casting is subject to change.
Labels: Centerstage, Limited Run
Tonight, Monday, December 11, at 6:00 pm, Hopkins' Got Talent will showcase Johns Hopkins University staff and faculty to raise money for the United Way campaign. The talent show will feature bands, singers, dancers, a whistler, an acrobatic gymnast, a Michael Jackson-inspired performance, and more. Peabody faculty artist Thomas Dolby will be one of the judges. Buy your tickets in advance for a discounted price of $5 instead of $10 at the door. The performance will take place in Peabody's Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall.
Monday, December 11, 7:00 pm
Student chamber music ensembles will play works from the vast chamber music literature—from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras—in free recitals in Cohen-Davison Family Theatre.
Wednesday, December 13, 6:30 pm
The Preparatory Vella Silver Recital will feature Preparatory students selected through the adjudicated Signature Recital Series. Connor Chaikowsky, Jing Fan, Elizabeth Gange, Zoe Hsieh, and Joseph Tao, violin; Maya Cooper, Helia Hung, Henry Hung, Michelle Kim, Alan Mao, Elliot Shin, Benjamin Yin, and Philip Yoon, piano; and Luka Stefanovic, cello, will perform works by Beethoven, Debussy, Dvarionas, Dvořák, Kabalevsky, Lalo, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, and Schubert. This concert, in Leith Symington Griswold Hall, will be free.
Saturday, December 16, Sunday, December 17, 4:30 pm
The Peabody Children's Chorus, under the direction of Doreen Falby, will perform "Dancing Day" with works by Bernstein, Brahms, Britten, Handel, Holst, and more. Bradley Permenter is associate director and accompanist, and Julia Sheriff is assistant director. Performances will take place in Jim Rouse Theatre for the Performing Arts, 5460 Trumpeter Road, Columbia, Md. This concert will be free. Tickets are currently unavailable; please call the Box Office at 667-208-6620 to be added to the waiting list.
Saturday, December 16, 7:30 pm
The Preparatory wind ensembles will present a free concert in Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall. The Preparatory Wind Band, conducted by Karen Seward, will perform Rossano Galante's The Redwoods, Percy Aldridge Grainger's Irish Tune from County Derry "Londonderry Air," John Philip Sousa's El Capitan, and Maurice Jarre's Lawrence of Arabia. The Preparatory Wind Orchestra, directed by Elijah Wirth, will perform Scott Joplin's Overture to Treemonisha, Richard Wagner's Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from Lohengrin, Ralph Vaughan Williams' English Folk Song Suite, and James Reese Europe and Ford Dabney's Castle Walk. Tubist Keith Fleming, winner of the Wind Orchestra Concerto Competition, will be featured with the band on Antonio Capuzzi's Concerto for Double Bass arranged for Tuba.
Sunday, December 17, 3:00 pm
Led by Ankush Bahl, the Peabody Youth Orchestra will perform Copland's Orchestral Variations, Debussy's Petite Suite, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique." Conservatory students Jordan Dinkins, horn; Szymon Rywalski, horn; Ben Giroux, timpani; and Nonoka Mizukami and Adam Rosenblatt, percussion, will perform side-by-side with the ensemble. This concert, in Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, will be free.
This is the last Peabody Events email of 2017. We wish you a happy holiday and a happy new year, and we'll see you in 2018.
Saturday, January 13, 1:00 pm
Preparatory Jazz Ensembles
Sunday, January 21, 3:00 pm
Faculty Recital: Ira Gold
Peabody Modern Orchestra
The full calendar of events at Peabody, including all Conservatory student recitals, can be found at peabody.jhu.edu/events. For other events featuring Peabody performers, please visit our Peabody Institute Concerts Facebook page.
Labels: Music, Peabody Institute
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SEASONS 2016/17: TEAM STATS
Poor season in general and poor season at home, Depor suffered again scoring goals and adding points at the Riazor. The team also failed four penalties despite been a strong side in set-pieces.
SEASONS 2016/17: PLAYERS STATS
Juanfran was the player with more minutes, Andone was the top scorer and Álex Bergantiños had the best passing ratio. Andone, Sidnei and Çolak also shone compering their numbers with other Primera players.
THINKING OF UD LAS PALMAS
The permanence is secured, but protests are expected for the final game in liga. Pepe Mel recovers Sidnei, but losses Celso Borges and Lux for suspension.
LUX: “WE HAD AN IRREGULAR SEASON”
German Lux conceded a press conference on Wednesday, he talked of his future and admitted that the team didn’t fulfil the expectations of the fans during this season.
ANDONE: “WE AREN’T FULFILLING THE EXPECTATIONS”
Depor’s current top-scorer, Florin Andone, talked on Wednesday. He is optimistic ahead of the last two games in liga, but seemed uncomfortable towards the questions regarding the unhappiness of the fans with the team.
THINKING OF RCD ESPANYOL
Pepe Mel is facing problems at the centre of the defence as Sidnei is injured and Albentosa is suspended. RCD Espanyol are also facing problems in defence due to the casualties.
PLAYER OF APRIL: LUISINHO
Luisinho returned to be a starter in April and immediately had an impact at the team as he was chosen as the best player in the month, though it was a difficult period for Deportivo after only winning one of the seven games disputed.
DEPOR LADIES: PROMISING FIRST SEASON
Depor’s gals ended its first season on last weekend. The team was unable to qualify for the promotion playoff, but the second place is meritorious and marks the promising future of a club that aspires to reach the elite.
THINKING OF CA OSASUNA
Two teams with different situations collide at El Sadar, one is about to reach the salvation, while the other says good-bye to Primera. And both face the meeting with several casualties due to the injuries.
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Wimbledon Is Here Again. Time To Head For The Covers?
by Derek | Jun 15, 2016 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
It’s Wimbledon Fortnight Once More Which Means Game, Set And Match to……..Well Not An Englishman?
There are two things that really blacken my mood each year. One is the onset of winter and the other is the approaching two weeks of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. It’s that time of year when we English luxuriate in being complete shite at a tennis tournament which is generally viewed as the world’s greatest. A kind of unofficial world cup if you like. This hallowed sanctuary of grass, tradition, blazers, officials, rules, more rules, incessant rain, strawberries and very early British casualties!
And let me just say straight off before anybody leaves a smart arse comment. Andy Murray is Scottish OK? Along with millions of others I have never forgotten that little cat he let out of his sporran when, in mock jest, he announced that in any foot ball tournament he would ‘support whoever England were playing against’. Although I have long since enjoyed the way that he squirms in his best ‘I was only joking’ face whenever it’s brought up. So that’s that out of the way.
But apart from the miserable Scot, it’s the noisy, unknowledgeable crowds that I hate most of all. What with all of the teenage pubescent like shrieking during a rally, before they all collapse with laughter whenever a player almost decapitates himself on the umpire’s chair as he tries to reach an unreachable volley. And then when the umpire then tells them all to be quiet they start applauding like penguins before feeding-time in that English ‘quite-right-too kind of way’ as if it was someone else making all the racket. And yet the vast majority of these tennis morons know next to shag-all about tennis whatsoever. If you don’t believe me then just ask any one of them the name of the current Australian women’s singles champion and they would stare back at you like an inmate at an asylum. That’s because they have no wider interest in tennis apart from telling their two friends that they went to Wimbledon!
So what about the players? Well I reckon that most of them only take up the sport with the sole aim of retiring as multi-millionaires at the age of twenty-five which may account for the fact that the game is completely devoid of personalities. Yet all it takes is for one player to swear in a moment of stress, and the BBC complaints department telephone glows so hot you could use it to cut your way into a bank vault.
But none of the players ever seem to smile do they? It’s all so very serious and heaven forbid if you speak or you’ll be executed. And don’t give me all that tosh about them just being concentrated on the game. It takes less than a second to be polite and to thank the ball girl who’s just handed you back your wet sweaty towel. Personally if I was one of the ball boys I’d be blowing my nose into it between rallies before I handed it back. Anyway, I can’t think of anything worse than being a ball boy or girl, apart from missing school for a week or two. They have to go through vigorous training and all the while only being acknowledged as a number!! Yes, you heard me correctly. A number, because nobody cares about their name. They must call everybody by sir or miss and if they don’t then it’s back to school with them. Oh…and they don’t get paid!
And have you noticed this new phenomenon of the modern game where the players now turn after almost every point toward their coterie of chums in their ever-present entourage for approval? A coterie that usually consists of their trainer, their hitting coach, at least one psychotic parent, and their current partner, whom, depending on their sexuality, is usually referred to as a ‘good friend’.
Oh and then we get to the rip-off prices on food and drink at which Wimbledon is also an unofficial world champion! A glass of Pimms, sir? Eighty quid please.’ And that’s before you get around to the ye olde Wimbledon tradition of eating scrumptious strawberries and cream. Well for a start they’re not that olde and the strawberries aren’t that scrumptious. Still, it’s all part of the experience, rather liking eating candy-floss at the fairground, but just don’t expect any change from a fifty-pound note!! Then there’s the queuing prowess where the English literally jump at any opportunity to form one. So, there will be queues to get onto your preferred choice of transport to get to the tournament, queues to get into the grounds, queues to get into the courts, queues for refreshments, queues for toilet facilities, queues to join a queue, queues to leave a queue.
If you also happen to be a tourist and staying in a nearby hotel well then good luck with that because you’ll soon find that Wimbledon is a long way from your hotel or anywhere else in London. The famous SW19 club can be reached by bus, train, or tube from central London. The first option takes the better part of the Wimbledon fortnight to reach its destination, the second rarely works, and the third requires you to sit in stifling conditions for up to an hour at ruinous expense. Whichever option you plump for, you stand a good chance of being asphyxiated and/or suffering permanent psychological damage before you ever get to hear the phrase ‘New balls please.’
But, and here’s the question. Why are the English so shite at this tennis lark? Well for a start it’s not really a working-class sport is it? And as such isn’t very accessible. It’s rarely, if ever, played in state schools, very few public parks now contain tennis courts and any parents with a young Federer or a Venus Williams on their hands will need to sell their house and the house of their relatives to enable them to afford the prohibitive joining fee of the private tennis club three and a half hour’s drive away! But none of this occupies the minds of the giggling, screeching Wimbledon set who will settle down into their over-charged seating while
They cheer on anyone considered an underdog, any former champions, and generally anyone who’s a bit shite which basically covers all of the English players?
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French Flair: Modern Vintage Interiors
Sebastien Siraudeau
Flammarion, Paris, France, 2012, English
Nonfiction, Interior Design
7.5 x 9.5 inches, hardcover, 832 pages, 1000 color illustrations
From the Publisher. While modern design often neglects cultural and artistic heritage in favor of minimalism, Siraudeau demonstrates that it isn’t necessary to forgo tradition to create a fashionable home. With his eye for idiosyncratic details, Siraudeau has an exceptional flair for finding homes characterized with vintage style, where antique objects invoke nostalgia and time-tested quality. French writer and musician Boris Vian declared, “Any object can be an objet d’art once put in a frame,” and that innovative spirit shines through in the one hundred properties featured here. From 1960s mannequins to antique books to a salvaged Parisian streetlamp, any kind of paraphernalia can define and enrich the personality of a home by giving it a history. Styles and periods don’t need to match because French design is about integrating the unexpected alongside unconventional details to make a modern home unique.The reader is guided through some of the most remarkable locations in France, each abounding with features that characterize the unique French flair for home decorating. From delightful rural guesthouses, exquisite townhomes, and charming seaside retreats to the best of France’s antique shops, Siraudeau reveals how an extraordinarily diverse range of ambiences can be achieved by integrating the simplest of decorative touches. His ideas and advice are astute to contemporary comforts and the practicalities of modern living, and his exquisite photos, flooded with the soft light of a French summer, make this an invaluable volume for admirers of French style.
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By Greg Johnson August 24, 2008 11:00pm
Updated: April 22, 2009 2:58pm
Lookin' back on Beijing
Hopes have been dashed, records smashed and now the cleaners are mopping up the aftermath of Beijing...
New Zealand's Timothy Gudsell has some fun celebrating his 'victory' at the finish line
Still got it: Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France) may be 49 years of age, but she's still a medal contender.
(Casey Gibson)
Golden farewell: Kristin Armstrong finished off her Olympic Games career on top.
She had a great effort in the road race but Nicole Cooke was completely exhausted
Cadel Evans (Australia) fought hard but couldn't pull out a medal winning ride.
USA's Levi Leipheimer ensured his homeland was on the podium in both the men's and women's time trials.
Tounge wagging time: Denis Menchov (Russia) never found a rhythm
Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) shows the strain
(Rob Jones)
Relief: Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) enjoys his gold medal moment.
With two Tour de France time trial wins to his name German Stefan Schumacher was one of the big favourites
Hard knock: Kamil Kuczynski (Poland) falls during the men's team sprint
Frenchmen Kevin Sireau and Arnaud Tournant get some support from the boards
German Rene Enders was emotional after helping his team
Little legend: Days after doing her bit for Nicole Cooke's gold-winning road race campaign, Emma Pooley took her turn
Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) came close to losing the Olympic Games road race, but instead stormed to victory.
He was the defending champion but Paolo Bettini showed little signs of pressure when he arrived in Beijing
After a poor performance in the Olympic Games time trial, we wonder if Stefan Schumacher (R) regretted his
USA riders stired up a media dust storm when they arrived in Beijing
Bradley Wiggins listens to some beats while warming up for Great Britain's training session.
Riders pass Tiananmen Gate at the start of the race.
At 30 years of age Samuel Sánchez (Spain) couldn't believe
Paolo Bettini (Italy) leads Fabian Wegmann (Germany) through the great arch
Samuel Sánchez (Spain) can't believe he just won the gold medal.
There might not have been many fans on the finishing curcuit, but the Spanish fans were
Women's road race medal winners Emma Johansson (Sweden), Nicole Cooke (Great Britain), and Tatiana Guderzo (Italy)
Hanka Kupfernagel (Germany) wipes away a day of intensive racing
Russia's Natalya Boyarskaya tried to get away on the finishing circuit.
Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) waves the flowers on top of the Men's 4000m Individual Pursuit final podium.
Give us a hoy: Chris Hoy (Great Britain) stands proudly at the centre of the podium
Wet patch: Riders pass through the showers that were set up to keep body temperatures cool.
Belgium's Iljo Keisse and Kenny De Ketele desperately reach for one another during the men's madison.
The Laoshan Velodrome was packed to the rafters for the final night.
Some of the finishing margins - like this one between Australia's Anna Meares and Shuang Guo (China) - were breathtaking.
Australia's Anna Meares was pumped after realising she made it
The Kiwis celebrate their bronze medal victory over Australia.
Heading up? Chris Hoy (Great Britain) and Mohd Azizulhasni Awang (Malaysia)
Chris Hoy (Great Britain) muscles his way to a two-race elimination
Marianne Vos savors the win a great turn around of luck
Nowhere to go: Sarah Hammer (USA) goes right over Wadami Satomi (Japan), Verena Jooss (Germany) and Trine Schmidt (Denmark).
Chris Hoy (Great Britain) has pleanty of practice at celebrating ahead of his home Olympic Games in 2012.
Great Britain blasted around the course and almost caught the Danes.
A focussed Chris Hoy set a new Olympic record in the 200m...
More Great gold: Great Britain's Rebecca Romero celebrates
I'm the Bos: Theo Bos (Netherlands) reacts to beating France's Kevin Sireau during the 1/8 finals of the men's sprint at the 2008 Olympic Games.
Australia caught the Dutch squad's remnants on its way to
Marianne Vos (Netherlands) goes on the attack and ends up taking a lap
Sarah Hammer (USA) in obvious pain after crashing in the points race.
Sabine Spitz crossed the line in first carrying her bike
Geoff Kabush (Canada) got the holeshot and led for the first part of lap one.
Fans line the final descent where gold medallist Julien Absalon
History in the making: BMXers bolted down the start ramp adorned with the Olympic Games rings.
Anne-Caroline Chausson made even more history for France.
Kyle Bennett (United States of America) leads the charge down the
British glory: Great Britain finished the track meet the way it started - on top.
Juan Esteban Curuchet (Argentina) was emotional after taking his first gold medal in the men's madison,
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa's tough few years ended even tougher in Beijing.
British pride: With the United Kingdom holding the next Olympic Games
Tales from the peloton, August 25, 2008
Hopes have been dashed, records smashed and now the cleaners are mopping up the aftermath of Beijing Olympic Games' after party. As those athletes who stayed in China for yesterday's farewell bash start making their respective ways home, we re-live some of the highs and lows of this Olympiad.
Great Britain proved dominant not only on the track, but also strong on the road with Nicole Cooke taking the women's road race victory while compatriot Emma Pooley hooked silver in the Time Trial. The Spaniards did what was expected in the men's road race, although few thought it would be Samuel Sánchez to take gold for the nation. Meanwhile the Swiss-clock Fabian Cancellara performed like, um, clockwork to take bronze in the road race and a brilliant Time Trial gold medal.
While neither the men's nor women's teams from North America were able to jag a road race placing, both squads faired well in the Time Trials. Kristin Armstrong took out the women's gold while Levi Leipheimer was delighted with his bronze. The Americans also placed well in BMX's debut, with three medals between the men and women, but it was Frenchwomen Anne-Caroline Chausson and Latvia's Maris Strombergs that took home the discipline's first Olympic gold medals.
The fortnight of action finished off on Saturday with a mountain biking double, after the women's race was postponed due to a heavy downpour. The shower did little to dampen Sabine Spitz's (Germany) spirits as she claimed the women's race a few hours before Frenchman Julien Absalon claimed the Beijing's final cycling gold medal.
As the sun goes down on China's Olympiad, enjoy re-living the memories with our highlight gallery below. In just four short years, we will be converging on Great Britain where, in between intermediate showers, the sun will rise on London 2012.
Emma Johansson
Arnaud Tournant
Kévin Sireau
Rene Enders
Nicole Cooke
Sarah Hammer
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Cootes Paradise Band
Cootes Paradise Fragrance
No-Waste Roll-On Bottle .35oz/10ml
Custom Blended Natural Fragrance
Handmade in Dundas from pure essential oils & jojoba oil
.35oz/10ml purple glass roller bottle ($40.00)
Noëlle Smith, proprietor of Ellënoire, located in a gorgeous space inside the old post office in downtown Dundas, Ontario, Canada, and Lily Sazz, founder and leader of Dundas-based independent roots/blues band, “Cootes Paradise”, put their heads together, and decided that it would be novel and interesting to develop a natural fragrance.
Noëlle Smith, fragrance designer
Sazz’s motivation was to come up with a “merch” idea for her band that steered away from t-shirts made in China, and other typical wares that bands tend to sell. She was looking for a way to support a local business and sell a unique and natural product, while highlighting Cootes Paradise, which is also the original name of Dundas, Ontario, and the namesake of a large conservation area surrounding the valley town.
As soon as Sazz mentioned the idea to Smith, she jumped on board, and they put their heads together to come up with a plan. The fragrance is gender-neutral, created on demand and in-house at Ellënoire, right in Dundas, and sourced from natural essential oils and fragrances as developed by the two women.
“The band was really excited about the idea of offering something unusual to sell at concerts, with our trademark Dragonfly logo and Cootes Paradise name on the pretty label. I was jazzed about supporting a female business woman who is local, LGBTQ friendly, ridiculously good at what she does, and into our music. Noëlle was already a supporter of our band and has been our local Dundas retail outlet for our self-titled CD. The whole idea just made sense (pun intended).”
Comes in a lovely package with a bow, made from recycled materials.
“Our goal was to choose fragrance notes that were gender neutral, universally appealing, light, & friendly. We wanted to create a scent to match the mood of a walk in Cootes Paradise. Natural fragrance in an oil base like this one wears very quietly, not creating the cloud of elevator-filling scent bombs most people are familiar with when they think of cologne or perfume”, says Smith.
“I’m thrilled that my husband, who is often bothered by and allergic to commercially available fragrances, has no problem at all with this natural formulation, so it’s safe for me to wear it when we’re together”, says Sazz. “Another cool thing is that the .35oz/10ml attractive purple glass roller bottle means that a little goes a long way. There’s no waste of mist going into the air.”
©2019 Cootes Paradise Band | TT Creative
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Bruce Springsteen..., 2003-09-21 06:20:33 | Main | Ethnic Kurds in Turkey - What's In a Name?..., 2003-09-24 11:09:42
And the Powell comes tumbling down:
via video footage of Powell speaking in Cairo on February 24, 2001, aired a night ago on British television: "He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbours." (via blogdom at large) The Guardian saw stuff too:
"Colin Powell in February 2001 saying that Saddam Hussein had not developed weapons of mass destruction, nor had he rebuilt his military power. The US had originally funded and supported the Taliban. There were no links between Iraq and al-Qaida. There was no 45-minute capability. Even a former CIA man admitted the pretext for war was "a charade".
Which is only somewhat more direct a statement than "there was no effort on the part of the Reagan administration to either ignore it or not take note of it." You'd think he'd just resign in self-disgust. We should never let something like this happen again, either. I recall something about turning jail cells into horror chambers as yet another justification trotted out for invading Iraq - who wants to bomb Alabama?
And then we have Mr. President today before the UN, who gave them nothing, in some ways less than nothing. Why buy into the Bush fire sale of Iraq for some insecure oil reserves when you can pitch more fuel onto the Congo conflict and get looted coltan dirt cheap.
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The Effect of Colonialism in Nigeria
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Stakeholders, Ethics, Public Policy. Toronto: McGraw-
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Added on December 19, 2015 Andrew Dipper
R4 orders a second series of Kate Fox’s The Price Of Happiness
Radio 4 have commissioned a second two-part series of comedy series, The Price of Happiness, from stand up and poet Kate Fox.
In the first series of two half-hour shows, she looked at things she didn’t want to have, including children and a big white wedding.
In the highly interactive show her audiences voted on whether they too wanted to pay out the £133 000 cost of having a child or the £18 500 cost of a big white wedding.
The shows were recorded at the Live Theatre in Newcastle and broadcast in June 2015. They were produced by Mark Watson and Lianne Coop’s production company Impatient Productions which has also produced shows by Mark Watson, Angela Barnes and Ria Lina.
Kate Fox was familiar to Radio 4 listeners as a regular Poet in Residence on “Saturday Live” from 2007-2014, writing topical poems about everything from politicians to pop stars. The Price of Happiness shows are mainly stand up and storytelling but feature one poem at the end which ties the shows together.
Forty year old Fox who lives in North Yorkshire and is currently doing a PhD in Northern stand up performance at Leeds University said:
“I’m really chuffed to be making more of these shows. I’ve been able to think of lots more things I’m supposed to want but don’t, since making the first two.
“I look forward to going on about not wanting to be middle class, have sensible hair, toned abs, a nine to five job and a conservatory, among many other things. (Though if someone’s offering a conservatory, I might not say no).”
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout � CBFC deletes Kashmir references from Tom Cruise's action film
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Productivity Squared
Money Machines
Flat-top vacuum tanks give Marcellus contractor’s portable restroom service vehicles added flexibility.
When things got crazy busy at natural gas drilling pads in the Marcellus Shale play, Steve Bishop – the owner of Bishop’s Fulltime Portables in Ulster, Pa. – started looking for a versatile vacuum truck that would provide more utility for servicing/transporting portable restrooms than the flatbed trucks with slide-in tanks he’d been using.
The answer: Vacuum trucks made by Crescent Tank Manufacturing. The trucks feature unique, rectangular-shaped vacuum tanks that serve as a truck bed, allowing Bishop to carry up to six portable restrooms at a time (four atop the tanks and two on a lift gate). Most portable restroom service trucks can only carry two restrooms at a time, usually on the tailgate.
“The slide-in units [with 300-gallon waste/150-gallon freshwater tanks] on flatbeds worked fine until we got real busy,” Bishop recalls. “I didn’t know what I was getting into … with 300-gallon waste tanks, we started to reach capacity pretty quickly and I found we were making two or three trips a day back and forth to locations.”
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Today, Bishop’s owns seven restroom service trucks: a 2006 International 4200, a 2006 GMC 5500, a 2006 Chevrolet 6500, a 2009 Isuzu NRR and three 2011 Ford F-550s. They’re equipped with steel Crescent vacuum tanks that range in size from 650 to 850 gallons for waste and 350 to 500 gallons for freshwater, as well as pumps made by Masport Inc.
The trucks’ biggest advantage is their ability to carry more than just two restrooms. The restrooms stand upright and stay that way, thanks to the trucks’ low center of gravity, Bishop notes.
“A lot of fracking sites have anywhere from eight to 12 restrooms at one location,” he explains. “If a customer wants to pull, say, three units off a location, I can put them on the deck, strap them down and continue on my route. And if someone calls along the way and needs a couple restrooms at a different location – which happens more often than you might think – I can deliver those three on the truck, as long as they’re clean enough to reset.
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“Without the Crescent trucks, I’d have to send a separate truck and trailer from our yard to deliver more restrooms. So the larger hauling capacity saves us an extra trip. Cost-wise, it adds up. If you’re always sending someone to a drilling site where you just had a driver, it’s a pretty substantial expense in the long run, with the high cost of fuel and labor.”
Moreover, in the fast-moving world of gas fracking, providing fast, efficient service can differentiate Bishop’s from other contractors who lack the extra carrying capacity. Sure, it sets the customer-service bar high when you consistently deliver same-day service to vendors again and again. But with the Crescent trucks, Bishop is confident he can deliver the goods. In fact, two of the trucks – the International and the GMC – can hold up to eight restrooms, providing even more flexibility.
Moreover, the trucks feature lift gates, so they’re easier for drivers to load and reduce the risk of injury. In addition, the trucks are easier to maneuver around drilling sites than a truck and trailer, which Bishop would have to use if he didn’t have the extra carrying capacity provided by the Crescent trucks.
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In conjunction with the restroom business, Bishop also operates a hardware store that rents equipment and tools, and a mini-mart gas station. As such, the flat-top tanks also allow him to make deliveries for hardware-store customers, adding to their utility.
“We can carry anything on pallets – it’s essentially a flatbed truck,” he says.
One thing is certain: Bishop won’t buy any other kind of vacuum truck.
“After I got the first one and saw how versatile it was, and found all the different things it allows us to do, I just kept buying them,” he says. “For the amount of restrooms we were moving – easily 30 units a day between all six drivers at the peak of activity – I just couldn’t imagine doing it with a truck and a trailer. It was like a giant chess match … and we couldn’t do that amount of shuffling without these trucks.”
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Monday 6/17/2019: Full Moon in Sagittarius; Neptune Retrograde; the Slings & Arrows of Mercury-Mars with Pluto
And heeeere we go again!
The Full Moon in Sagittarius happened at 4:31 AM ET and then went void until 12:13 PM ET. That’s your excuse for any flake or twist that may have disrupted your morning routine. But as of 12:13 PM ET, the Moon is now fully focused in Capricorn, seeking to take care of business no matter how it feels. The week rolls like this — and these patterns are all part of the release and illumination of this Full Moon, which challenges the Gemini Sun’s ability to present factual information, against the Sagittarius need to express an enthusiastic and/or bombastic opinion
TUESDAY — Saturn makes a cooperative connection with Neptune at 7:40 AM ET. Saturn is structure; Neptune is vision. If you have a vision it, make it real — would be one interpretation. That could be awesome — unless your vision happens to be a lie. Hmmm. At 12:05 PM ET, Mercury and Mars meet up in Cancer, seeking a convincing and provocative case for home/homeland security and other domestic concerns. Around midnight, the no-nonsense Capricorn Moon meets up with the toxic South Node and Saturn, then sextiles Neptune, suggesting an ambitious corporate/patriarchal advance, with a pair of rose-colored glasses at no extra charge. Is it a coincidence or conspiracy that at 8 PM ET — live from Orlando, FL — P45 will officially launch his 2020 campaign? Consider the patterns outlined in this paragraph to give you a sense of its message, along with this next batch, exact on…
WEDNESDAY — as a ruthless barrage of provocative communication, along with someone’s dirty laundry exposed is reflected by a face-off between the Capricorn Moon and Cancer Mars, exact at 6:22 AM ET. Next is a face-off between Mercury (how we think and communicate) and Pluto, exact at 6:52 AM ET. If you know someone with a tough aspect between Mercury and Pluto, you may have noticed they will not hesitate to slice you to pieces in a war of words. But wait — there’s more! At 7:16 AM ET, Moon makes its weekly clash with Pluto, suggesting a catharsis or power play. Three minutes later, Moon opposes Mercury (more challenging communication) — before going void for the rest of the business day. Chill chill chill during the Moon void — don’t make a mountain out of a molehill. This is especially relevant on this day because at 11:21 PM ET, Mars — seeking to defend its turf in homeland Cancer — will oppose Pluto, suggesting strong potential for stamina (useful if physical exertion is required) or a nasty outburst of aggression. Here are some headlines from past Mars-Pluto oppositions — and here’s a write-up about Bette Midler’s horoscope, as she was born with Mars opposing Pluto, as clearly evidenced on her relentless Twitter feed.
THURSDAY –– At 10:01 PM ET on Wednesday, Moon enters Aquarius, seeking to network and be of social significance. After the disruption suggested by the Moon’s weekly clash with rebel Uranus at 8:56 AM ET (surprise!), Moon cruises through the day without any bumps in the road. What we are likely to be noticing now is…
FRIDAY — Moon goes void at 10:03 AM ET for the whole business day. Wanna start the weekend early? Go for it. At 10:36 AM ET Neptune — planet of dreams — turns retrograde. That means it’s been slowing to a virtual standstill all week, with an effect not unlike the sound of a blaring car horn. When a planet changes direction, it brings matters symbolized by that planet into focus. We’ll talk more about Neptune retrograde later this week. We will also talk about the Summer Solstice, which happens at 11:54 AM ET. Just know that as the Sun makes its way through the last days of Gemini, it suggests prominent developments involving leaders and CEOs. So watch the news.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY — Moon enters Pisces at 7:02 AM ET and there is no reason why you can’t enjoy a beautiful weekend escape, as planetary patterns sublimely suggest. Stay tuned to this channel for details.
Oh — almost forgot to mention the Sabian Symbols for this morning’s Full Moon. For the Moon: “A flag bearer.” For the Sun: “Winter frost in the woods.” The last time I wrote about this pair was…wait for it…ready? On the New Moon in Gemini on June 16, 2015 — that’s when P45 launched his election campaign — here’s the forecast for that day. Amazing.
Jupiter = big. Jupiter = publishing. Neptune = music. From Sunday’s NYT magazine: “Behind the Untold Story of the Universal Music Fire” — in which thousands of master recordings were apparently destroyed, and the artists are just learning about it now…
Neptune = toxins and plastics. The Guardian, having launched one investigative series called “Toxic America,” just launched a new one: “The United States of Plastic.”
Meanwhile, a random example of Saturn (reality) driven by illusion (Neptune): “They have millions of Instagram followers, but they’re not real people.” Instead they are computer-generated creations being used to promote various brands — presumably for less cost and risk of a human doing something scandalous that sullies the brand.
In other news, I promised you last week that under this Jupiter-Neptune square we would hear stories of refugees sparking compassion, likely involving bad initiatives launched for the sake of homeland security (thank you, Mars in Cancer opposing Saturn in Capricorn). Have you heard of Baby Constantin? He’s the subject of this NYT investigative story: “The Youngest Child Separated From His Family at the Border Was 4 Months Old.”
UPDATE: on Melania Trump, who made news on Friday in a special CNN report: “Woman of Mystery: Melania Trump.” Of course she would be a woman of mystery, given her natal Neptune opposing her Venus and Mars. That’s a potentially glamorous, sexy and enigmatic combination. Bill Clinton has a similar pattern: Mars, Neptune and Venus right on his people-pleasing, conflict-avoiding Libra Ascendant. But why would that CNN special about Melania be airing now? Because — as noted here last year — Melania’s Taurus Sun is being supercharged by transiting Uranus right this minute — and will continue to be cattleprodded into early 2020. Break-outs and/or break-ups; either would apply.
With all the dreadful and bewildering stories making news, at the end of this day, the most-shared item on The Guardian (posted during the morning’s Moon void) was this: “Accidental cat filter appears on Pakistan official’s briefing.” Enjoy!
Is your horoscope scheduled for a potential break-out or break-up? If so, life will be easier if you are prepared to channel that buzz of excitement — or manage any surprise that may be in store. Here’s the 411 on personal consultations.
I leave you with flowers gifted by a cherished client over the weekend — as a reminder to take time to seek beauty under this week’s dreamy Neptune spell…
June 17th, 2019 | Tags: a flag bearer sabian symbol, bette midler horoscope, full moon in sagittarius 2019, jupiter square neptune 2019, mars opposing pluto 2019, melania trump horoscope 2019 2020, mercury mars in cancer, mercury opposing pluto 2019, neptune retrograde 2019, sabian symbol 26 gemini, sabian symbol 26 sagittarius, saturn sextile neptune 2019, trump reelection launch 2019, winter frost in the woods sabian symbol | | Leave a comment
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